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PESH Track and Field
by webmaster | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
No one knows for sure how anyone or any team will finish at this weekend's state track and field meet in Austin. After all, the element of luck, whether good or bad, always plays a role in determining the outcome.
However, one can make a reasonable judgment based on performances at the regional meets and in past state competitions.
For instance, in the case of senior sprinter Chris Ntreh, he ran a 10.58 at the Region I meet, good enough to get him in the state meet, but still it's only the No. 4 time coming out of regionals.
On paper, Ntreh, who is .10 seconds slower than the No. 1 seed, Devin Duvernay of Sachse, should finish just out of the running at the state meet.
However, a year ago, Ntreh finished third in the boys' 100 meters (10.45), which earned him a bronze medal. He also took sixth in the 200, an event he did not qualify for in 2015.
Another No. 4 seed is senior Madison Compass, who'll represent PESH in the girls' 800 meters. Her regional time of 2:12.13 is a little less than two seconds slower than the top three seeds, including McKinney Boyd's Aaliyah Miller (2:10.58), a fellow District 6-6A runner who won state 800 a year ago in a record 2:07.7.
Compass is also part of the No. 5 seed 1,600 relay team (3:47.95), with Converse Judson as the No. 1 team (3:46.11).
In the field events, East's Jackerria Hughes (18-04.75) is the No. 6 seed in the girls' long jump. The top jumper entering the competition is Mesquite Horn's Zuliat Alli (19-04.00), who finished sixth a year ago.
Notes: Hughes will be the first PESH athlete to take the field on Saturday, as the girls' long jump is set to go off at 6:15 p.m. at the University of Texas' Mike Myers Stadium.
The girls' 800 meters will take off shortly after that (6:20 p.m.), with the boys' 100 meters scheduled to start around 7:05 p.m. The girls' 1,600 relay will close out the event, with the girls' race set to begin at 9:15 p.m. Saturday.
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Cook Comfort Food Once, Enjoy it Twice
Jun 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Cook once, eat twice. It's a kitchen practice as simple as it sounds. Cook a base dish that can be enjoyed today and used for an entirely different meal tomorrow. For example, bake some fish for tonight's dinner, and enjoy fish tacos for tomorrow's lunch. With so many...
City of Murphy reviews stance on holding public events
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From staff reports [email protected] Arising from a cautious level of concern for the health, safety and security of residents and participants, the City of Murphy has announced the cancelation, postponement or schedule changes to several upcoming public events....
Plano East-Plano West football updates
Oct 27, 2017 | Latest, Sports, Uncategorized
• Plano East-Plano West will kick off 7:30 p.m. tonight at Kimbrough Stadium. • Plano West leads Plano East 14-7 in the second quarter. • Game tied 21-21 late in the first half. • Plano East leads Plano West 35-28 late in the third quarter. • Plano East leads Plano...
Plano East-Denton Guyer football
Oct 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
From Staff Reports [email protected] • Tonight's football game between Plano East and Denton Guyer will kick off 7:30 p.m. at Kimbrough Stadium. • Denton Guyer leads Plano East 7-3 after one quarter of play. • Guyer leads PESH 21-10 at halftime. • Guyer ahead...
Plano East-Jesuit football
Sep 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
The game is kicking off at The Cotton Bowl. • Jesuit leads Plano East 14-7 end of the first quarter. • Jesuit holds a slim 24-21 halftime lead. • Plano East scores twice in the third quarter to take a 33-24 advantage into the final 12 minutes of regulation. • Plano...
Jul 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
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By Ed Sterling Director of member services at the Texas Press Association Gov. Greg Abbott on July 10 issued a formal proclamation for the special session that begins July 18, directing the Texas Legislature to extend expiration dates for the Texas Medical Board and...
School's out for summer!
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2009 – 2011 Vice President Newport News Nuclear, responsible for providing oversight to the Savannah River Site operations and developing operational management approaches to nuclear waste processing in the Idaho desert
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1999-2001 Deputy Commander, Logistics, Maintenance, Depot Operations Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. responsible for operations of the 22,000 personnel $2.1 billion annual revenue Naval Shipyard Corporation with a plant value in excess of $5 billion. Managed 280 personnel, $1.8 billion in ship outfitting funds, Navy dry-dock certification program, Navy ship quality program, Naval Shipyard Safety and Environmental Program
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Great War Dust Jackets
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Scribner 1929
Cape 1930
The US & English 1st's of Hemingway's masterpiece
3 of Howard Leigh's' colourful jackets for Haupt Heydemarck. John Hamilton 1931, 1934 & 1935
Constable 1925 Novel (by Pamela Hinkson)
Gollancz 1929. Novel based on the author's experiences. The 'Grey Dawn' was his childhood in Manchester. The 'Red Night' of the war scenes is especially vivid.
Hutchinson 1936 2nd imp. The definitive Tank Corps memoir.
Gollancz 1930. Here the sparse lettering is particularly effective
Hurst & Blackett 1937 with the 2nd Batt. Prince of Wales Leinsters. A true classic.
Melrose 1919 (from JRF). War in the desert.
Benn 1930. Younger brother of Ford Madox Ford. A suspenseful war novel & love story set in Mexico, London & the Front.
Re-issue in Hamilton's 'Ace' series 1938 (from Renzo)
John Day 1929. Jacket by Rockwell Kent. Nine stories of the recipients of this medal
Newnes 1935. Adventure story with the RFC against the Turks in Egypt
Progress Publishers, Moscow 1976. Way outside the scope of this site but such a fine jacket needs to be recorded (from Fons)
On to next page
Houghton 1931. Service with the MG Corps in Italy & on the Western Front 1917-1918 (from Nick Fletcher).
Little Brown 1941. A novel in which the the hero tries to recover his memories of the war after being struck by a shell. (from Fons)
2 somewhat religious romances from Grace Hill (Lutz). Both Grosset & Dunlap 1919. In the Red Signal, Hilda foils the plans of German Spies and falls in love with a young engineer. In the Search love blossoms on the battlefield between a nurse & a heroic member of the Salvation army! (from Fons)
Doran 1919. Supernatural story of a society woman who loses her son in the war and tries to contact him through a medium (from Babylon Revisited)
John Lane 1924. Jacket by Claire Leighton. Novel, part of which draws on the author's time as a WAAC in the War (from Persephone Books)
G & D 1929
(from Chris Johnson)
Bodley Head 1920. Essays
Cape 1931. Intervention 1918 - 1919 (from Kerry Trubee).
Hodder 1914, Hodder 1916 & Ward Lock 1930 (f.p. 1020). Hocking was a Cornish born church minister who produced over 100 novels, around half a dozen of which used the War as background. Although too old to fight he did visit the front to speak directly to the soldiers. His son was killed in the War.
Stratford Co 1929 A Red-Cross themed love story set at the Front (from Babylon Revisited)
Appleton 1919. The author's time in the 165th Inf. AEF, part of the Rainbow Division. Most of the soldiers were drawn from Irish American New Yorkers (from William Erti)
Hutchinson 1919 with a foreword by H. G. Wells. The major has a magic ring which renders him invisible (from Babylon Revisited)
US edition below Doran 1919
Little, Brown 1918
Hodder 1926. Post-war stories about the relationship between the occupying troops and the local population.
Britton 1919. Telling the folks at home what the soldiers will be like when they return (from Warwick Books)
Davies 1934. Aboard the only ship to survive the 2 battles.
Newnes 1938. Fiction (from Renzo)
Erskine Macdonald 1918. Poems from a Lt. in the Devonshires (Vergette-Whitehorn collection)
A. & C. Black 1920. Well illustrated account of the Merchant Navy during the War.
Allen & Unwin 1942 (from JRF)
Melrose 1916 With the 2nd Light Horse at Galipolli (from Codexco Ltd)
Knopf 1920 1st US (fp Methuen 1919 in UK) Herbert served with the Hawke Batt., Royal Naval Div. & wrote 2 volumes of War poetry. This novel follows a young officer from Gallipoli to France where he is eventually court-martialed & shot.
The Ladies Road by Pamela Hinkson Gollancz 1932 Outstanding novel showing the effects of the war on 2 Irish & English families & how the women suffered as much as the men at the front.
British Regiments at the Front by Reginald Hodder Hodder 1914 What they did before the War.
Liveright 1930. A vivid account of the bloodshed of trench warfare much praised by the New York Times.
Lippincott 1919. A factual account of the SA girls at the front (from Babylon Revisited)
Harvard University Press 1916. Their experiences drawn from letters & diaries (from JRF)
Edward Arnold 1919 & Hutchinson 1931. The MP author was wounded & captured at Mons & subsequently served as an intelligence officer in Egypt & Mesopotamia.
Hutchinson 1918. An account of the Naval Operations off Zeebrugge & Ostend
(from the Bookshop on the Heath)
Alexander Gardner 1918. The work of the YMCA behind the lines.
Medici 1923. At Ypres with the 6th Div. & then to the Somme with the 56th Div. (from Tom Donovan)
Allen & Unwin 1920. A record of the movement of the 17th Divisional Supply Column from St. Omer to Ventimiglia in Italy (from David & Helen Pritchard)
Chatto 1917 An army supply officers pictures from the Salient & the Somme (from John Etheridge)
Heath Cranton 1939
Hodder 1934 Jacket by Bip Pares. Not strictly a War novel but it partially concerns the passing of the War generation.
Putnam 1916 The gains of War - in terms of moral fibre!
Hodder 1915 paperback with integral jacket. An observation of German behaviour towards the Belgians in 1914.
Maoriland Worker Printing 1919. The treatment of NZ conscripts who didn't wish to fight in the War (from Nick Fletcher)
Constable 1919. Life in a Y.M.C.A. hut on the Western Front.
(available from Mark Terry)
Putnam 1937. July - December 1917 at Ypres where the author was wounded. First rate & surprisingly scarce memoir by T. S. Hope
Putnam (US) 1937
(from David & Helen Pritchard)
2 further reprints.
Far left Grosset & Dunlap. Photoplay edition after 1932 when the film with Gary Cooper was released & The Modern Library 1932 (both from Fons).
Hodder 1923. Poems by the terribly injured flyer.
Methuen 1919. 2nd (enlarged) ed.
Vechten Waring NY 1917. Service with the Australians at Gallipoli then with the Canadian Mounted Rifles
Newnes 1937. Jacket picture of a Sopwith Camel by S. Drigin.
Press of Dunham 1919. Official History of the 29th Engineers (from Paul)
Newnes 1936 (from Renzo).
Chapman & Hall 1930. A conscript with the 11th Suffolks, 34th Div. at the battle of the Lys. (same jacket as Mahon's 'Cold Feet' differently coloured).
Houghton Mifflin 1932 later printing. Jacket by Lynn Ward. A wounded airman returns with ghostly visions (from Babylon Revisited).
Scribner 1916. An ordinary Italian family's life is turned to tragedy by the War. Touches on the efforts to keep Italy neutral (from Fons)
Bobbs-Merrill 1917. War verse.
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Houghton Mifflin 1937. Novel of the fate of a German American family in Wisconsin during the War (from Fons)
Smith, Elder 1916 (from Peter Harrington). Lt., 9th Devons. KIA 1st day of the Somme.
My Home in the Field of Honour by Frances Wilson Huard Doran 1916. Life in a chateau during the Great Retreat (from Fons)
Methuen 1928 3rd imp. The earliest UK ed I've yet seen in a jacket.
(from World of Rare Books).
Priv. Pr. 1919 no jacket as issued? The author is identified by a previous owner as Col. H.J.Hood of the DCLI.
Houghton 1930. Diary of a soldier in the KSLI who is captured soon after reaching the front. (Presumably it had a jacket but I've not yet seen one).
Franklin Hudson 1919. A history of the American 35th Division.
Hutchinson 1936. A novel of the 1918 retreat. Lauded in some quarters but regarded as 'dreary & depressing' by Hager & Taylor (from Geoffrey of the GWF)
Harrap 1929 The author travels across Europe looking, in part, at how it has changed as a result of the War.
Heinemann 1916 (by Charles Hennebois). Part of their 'Soldier's Tales of the Great War' series.
Cassell 1936. Sequel to 'Go Spy the Land' recounting the author's espionage activities.
John Murray 1920 (3rd ed., 2nd imp.)


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Another thing I liked about pursuing my Master's was the degree program itself - in every module we had to do something in our ministry context, and my assignments were varied. At one point I formed a small group and asked each member to answer journal questions. Another time I was tasked with creating a worship experience not typical in my context. Throughout all of my assignments, I interviewed people about their participation in them. I didn't have to have this successful ministry - that wasn't the point. Rather, my goal was to create experiences, interview the people who participated in them, then write about it. I had a life coach for my degree track who helped me discover that I'm an intuitive person. I think quickly, I arrive at conclusions somehow, and I think everyone else should know that too. The coach helped me to externalize my thinking process more, and I was able to create some new ministries because of that. The Clermont Christmas sing-in came out of a coaching time; it was something I would think about, but it was always internal. Once I vocalized the idea, it came easily; there was support for it and it's been one of my favorite ministries to be part of. I also formed a Staff Training Resource team that helps me train staff at other bases.
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On a personal note, how has it impacted your interpersonal discipleship experiences?
"I got to walk closely with a staff member who went into the field long-term, but returned due to various factors. My studies helped me recognize that the American Christian experience is very performance-oriented. This staff member went overseas and discovered weaknesses in herself she didn't know were there, then she needed to pull out of that experience. She discovered truth about herself that she otherwise wouldn't have discovered. I was less concerned about her being a "successful" missionary than I was for her ability to embrace who she is - warts and all - and know that God is with her, no matter what her path is. I also wanted her to know that I'm with her. Before the Master's program I would probably have seen her experience as regression, but now I look at it and I see a woman who understands herself and God more. Even though it was hard, that experience had her moving forward, and that's to be celebrated."
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In addition to hearing about YWAM International, there was a commencement ceremony for myself and several others.
Tom Bloomer, the Provost of the University addressed the graduates. He commended us for our perseverance, hard work, and discipline - three words I don't usually attribute to myself. I sat there and thought back on my journey - I got every assignment done, all while juggling ministry and family (for every major assignment someone in my family got sick!). The Lord has really increased my capacity to pursue a goal and to persevere, and I've figured out what I need in order to do that. I have a confessor in my life (someone to whom I confess my bad attitude and my procrastination regularly). I've also intentionally put encouragers in my life. Before the degree, I was less intentional, but I took the initiative to surround myself with these people, which I'm sure helped me finish my Master's.
I would love to see Training Department leaders at all the major YWAM bases do this Master's program because in it we take a look at how people grow authentically. It's not just about behavior modification. It's about heart transformation."
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Dike becomes independent of Orion SpaDike, the division dedicated to safety footwear for the Calzaturificio Orion Group S.p.A., becomes independent from its parent company, strong from the 200 thousand pairs of shoes and 50 thousand garments sold in the last year alone, with a turnover of 9 million euros.
Dike, the safety footwear and workwear division of the Padua-based Calzaturificio Orion Group S.p.A., becomes a separate and independent company headed by CEO Sergio Reniero, who is also the Director of the Orion Group safety business unit.
The new Dike Srl will accordingly continue along the path of constant growth in volumes and turnover that the company first started down in 2012, acquiring the brand in its entirety, with both personnel and the previous organisation included: from the 806 thousand euros in turnover registered during the first year of activity, in fact, the brand has grown by an average of 70% a year, arriving at 1.862 million euros in 2013, followed by 3.590 million euros in 2014, 5.544 million euros in 2015 , 7.377 million euros in 2016, and around 9 million euros in 2017.
A natural, gradual process supported by the constant development of the product and by the significant expansion of the distribution chain, with an increase from the brand's initial 670 customers to today's 4032 customers. Among them are included stores that sell construction materials, hardware stores, and specialized stores, not only in Italy, but also in 34 other countries worldwide, with 53% of Dike's turnover arriving from foreign sales.
The secret at the heart of this success is without a doubt the originality of a product that has revolutionised the world of safety, which up until then had been characterised by products that were often standardised, with a focus only on the concept of safety, without taking into consideration the personality and style of the end-user. Dike has instead proposed to those individuals who must wear safety footwear and workwear all day long a number of solutions that are rich in colour, trendy, lightweight and practical, as well as high performance. Products characterised by such a meticulous attention to detail that not only are they on par with the collections of casual fashion brands, but also and above all are supported by patented technology, making them innovative in terms of safety and resistance.
Another strength of Dike is its distribution network, capillary and quick, with average delivery times of 48 hours. This is thanks to its production that is completely centralized, with footwear produced in the directly owned facility of Bagnoli di Sopra (Padua) and workwear strictly produced in the Venetian district.
As a project that is now concrete, in just a few short years, Dike has been transformed into a "Made in Italy" business par excellence, with 200 thousand pairs of work shoes and 50 thousand garments sold in the last year alone. In the mid-term, Dike expects to double its numbers.
Operating in the industrial and safety footwear sectors since 1991, over the years, Ema Safety Shoes has focused on quality and reliability, while increasing its portfolio of customers at the same time.
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Well, I am getting jaded. Sick of almost all alt.anything. Can't stomach most singer songwriters. Went out of my way to listen to other types of stuff – except for some of the old reliables.
Comfortable listening at its best. Well, the two best are gone but this one resonates with George's knowledge of what was to come. Missed.
Not prepared to like this. Did not like it at first. Worst era Dylan. Has really grown me. Loose and sloppy but the better for it.
In which the copycats invite some of their inspirations to do interpretations of UB40 songs.
Mr. Consistency. What a streak since going straight.
Sam's 1970 solo debut (were there any to follow?) is great traditional sweet soul singing. Solomon's set is powerful soul – with a little too much help from his friends.
After the surprise success of Robert Randolph comes this anthology of church music dominated by the pedal steel guitar. Never heard of anyone on this album but they are all definitely heaven-bound.
Puerto Rican hip hop. Can't tell you much about this – the liner notes are in Spanish. It is probably better no knowing the lyrics.
12X1. Homage to the Stones. Good old fashioned rock record.
Return to form. A typical boozy sounding set from a truly original band. No one else sounds like the Mekons.
2 live greatest hits collections with the Dave Alvin connection. Can't go wrong.
The Senegalese dance band from the 70's and 80's reunites for a pulsing set.
Slow to like. Still admire her artistic/business sense.
It is probably not easy to compile an album that can appeal to both kids and adults without patronizing either group. But this works.
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Finishing up some work for this upcoming exhibit… phew!
Am proud to announce that two of my photos received special recognition recently.
One image represents my response after hearing various discussions in my daily life and the government's poor handling of the damage and denial of all the human casualties on Puerto Rico caused by or related to Hurricane Maria. The other images is a minimalistic retelling of some experiences I've had in my life. Though very different styles, I am feeling very grateful that they were singled out.
I was relieved that "Raising Awareness of the Plight of Puerto Rico" was included among the winners of The Photos Review's 2018 photo competition. It was juried by Sarah Meister, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York in New York City. I was relieved because it meant, in my heartbroken mind, that there was hope that the complex issues revolving the situation on the Island might be understood by some.
For years I've admired the work in Black&White, a magazine for collectors of fine photography. Have always thought that the print quality of the magazine was excellent. Imagine how happy I am that my photo "Stranded" was selected as one of the contest winners for the 2019 Single Image Pattern, Texture & Abstract category in issue #131. Many are surprised when I mention that this piece is a self-portrait of sorts – we all have unresolved issues in our lives, right? LOL! There is an interesting story, which I will post in the future, regarding a quick conversation I had with NYC Street Photographer Louis Mendes about this magazine.
Strange thoughts happen when one comes to the realization that there are less years ahead of oneself than there are behind… make every moment count.
It's nice to go through one's work from past years… especially when thinking about the next phase.
Drawing a lot the past few weeks with my resident Art Director, Matisse, watching closely… he's bossy.
All images © 2019 C. Malhotra and cannot be used without permission.


In early 2014, Fortune/ CNN Money declared Apple as the world's most admired company in their top 50 list in early 2014. In Mar 2014, Brand Finance declared Apple the most valuable billion dollar brand in the world. Apple is also currently the world's top company in terms of market valuation. Under CEO Tim Cook, the company has been enjoying record sales in mobile device categories.
While those who knew him would say that now deceased Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was not big on things like succession planning, some would say that Cook's feat would not be possible without a succession plan — one which analysts and ex-insiders say included a number of product ideas. The plan also included an internal educational initiative — known as Apple University — reputedly to enable the company executives to learn to function like him after his passing.
Apple is not the first company to have a corporate campus. Pixar, another company founded by Jobs (and sold in 2006 for $7.5B to Disney), has its own Pixar University. Much further back in time, GE (General Electric) had a corporate campus. IBM is well-known for encouraging learning amongst employees, as are other large companies. Why have a corporate campus for employees? The primary reason is talent retention. Apple has lost engineers and a number of top executives — many of whom worked directly with Steve Jobs.


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Fem dagar i december är en svensk thrillerserie i sex delar från 1981, regisserad av Bo Hermansson. I rollerna ses bland andra Kent Andersson, Hans Bergström och Percy Brandt.

Handling
En tysk nobelpristagare i kemi besöker Chalmers i Göteborg som gästföreläsare. Han är kontroversiell eftersom han arbetar för att finna ett enklare sätt att utvinna plutonium ur kärnavfall. Han kidnappas av några idealistiska ungdomar i syfte att få Nobelstiftelsen att dra tillbaka sitt pris - men så blandar sig ett gäng betydligt farligare terrorister in i leken...

I TV-serien har Tingstadstunneln en viktig roll som några skurkar planerar att spränga.

Rollista
 Kent Andersson – Gunnar Hansson
 Hans Bergström – Hans Zeeger
 Percy Brandt – professor Sven Björkdal
 Ulla-Bella Fridh – sekreterare
 Ewa Harringer – Karin Ekström
 Birgitta Helling – sekreterare
 Weiron Holmberg – journalisten Åke Blom
 Sven-Olof Jansson – Anders Nyman
 Olle Ljungberg – Kjell Thulin
 Anders Nyström – Per Jacobsson
 Paul Patera – Carl Berens
 Thore Segelström – Stig Svensson
 Evabritt Strandberg – journalisten Birgitt Werner
 Roland Söderberg – rektor Göran Hultén
 Rune Turesson – Holger Wadström
 Lars G Wik – Johan Kjellberg
 Johan Zollitsch – Björn Linder

Om serien
Manus skrevs av Tony Williamson och fotograf var Bo Tak. Musiken komponerades av Egil Monn-Iversen. Serien sändes i TV1 mellan den 9 april och 14 maj 1981.

Referenser

Svenska TV-serier från 1980-talet
Svenskspråkiga TV-serier
TV-seriestarter 1981
TV-serieavslutningar 1981
TV-serier som utspelar sig i Göteborg
Svenska thriller-TV-serier
Järnväg på film
Vägtransport på film

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As election season heats up, we'll be seeing the return of a tried and tested political accessory: the pin. Since President George Washington's election, campaign buttons have played a huge role in marketing candidates. And they're super fun and cool to collect! My grandparents, my mother, and I'm sure your grandparents and mother, all have stowed away a collection of distinct campaign buttons. I love seeing the post-impeachment Richard Nixon pins from my mother's youth, as well as my grandmother's "I Like Ike" and "JFK" buttons. Indiscriminate button acceptance or less partisan politics of the past? Hard to say. If you want to pick up a pin in support of your Presidential hopeful, you'll be hard pressed to find a Hillary button that doesn't make you smile. What can I say, her campaign managers are geniuses. Anyone else equally as obsessed with her Twitter feed as I am? She's so gosh darn sassy! "Delete your account." Classic!
However, if you aren't feeling like making too much of a statement, politically that is, there are a ton of other topical, enamel pins to choose from! Whether you want to adorn your backpack or your jean jacket, these pins are humorous, light and offer great slices of personality. As back-to-school nears, this is a fun way to spice up BTS shopping. Dress up an old backpack with a new pin! The choices are endless.
Interesting fact: Did you know that the most valuable political button available is Franklin Delano Roosevelt's button? I'm curious as to why that is. Wouldn't you think someone even older might hold more ammo? (Not to say that I wouldn't be mighty pleased with an FDR button. Or a pizza button from Georgia Perry, for that matter…) Other great options: Marc Jacobs, Anne Free, Big Bud Press, Off-White and Sarah M. Lyons!
I Love pins like these.


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T-Bone's thoughts
By BlackandGold
BlackandGold
This is interesting. Couldn't find where it was posted before.
http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/blog.php/?p=30652&cat=0
It is interesting, but as he says he hasn't talked to Robert about the whole Zeppelin thing, obviously not to be over-analysed (just trying to cut off the speculation at the pass!).
Angel With A Broken Wing
Location:Salt Lake City, UT
That is indeed an interesting interview, thanks for sharing. I thought it was cute the way they called it "roots and roll".
lzfan715
Location:Over The Hills And Far Away
Well, I'm glad to hear that they have given Robert the freedom to do both. It does give some hope, but it's totally his choice. I'm just glad that he is still making music. I also can wait to hear Jimmy's new stuff. Didn't know T-Bone did Break Like The Wind either, I've got that on cd.
Location:Down By The Seaside
i guess the real question now is what will jimmy do with all that new material?????? i assume he wrote it with intentions to share it with the rest of the world, right?
beatbo
Location:biloxi, ms
excellent article...thanks for that!
Kentuckygirl
I think Alison will need to address the issue with her band, Union Station, before too long. The profit margins in Bluegrass are not what they are in Pop, Rock or Popular Country. Go to any popular Bluegrass band website and you will see they they tour almost constantly with very little time off. Summer is their peak time for making money with all the Bluegrass festivals in the South. Her band, Union Station, is highly respected in Bluegrass circles and these gentlemen could easily be sucked up into other bands, unless she has placed then on some sort of retainer payroll to wait around for her, which would also be expensive. And if you go to some of her message boards, religious fundamentalists make up a significant portion of her fan base and some of them feel she has taken up with Satan on this project. I just can't see this collaboration lasting much more than another six months. But I could be wrong. She is getting pressure from her fan base to return to Union Station and send Plant back to England. I read one classic hilarious comment on a Bluegrass message board regarding RP "his kids and grandkids and life are all in England, why is he always here" (referring to Nashville). LOL
wow KG, you really have given some great insight on the topic of bluegrass music (which i was not very familiar with). and you commentaries on the kraus/plant collabortion have been very, insightful as well. thank you so much for your posts!!! there is a bluegrass band playing on long island this weekend called Miller's Crossing...do you know anything about them? they are scheduled to play 2 nights before plant & kraus play MSG (I found that curious...)
Again, that's a really interesting perspective. We see this whole project from the point of view of Plant fans--I had no idea how it looked to Alison's fans. Thanks for that.
Keep in mind that her religious fundamentalist fans are praying for a Zeppelin reunion harder than we are...who knows it may help! LOL
Sometimes you get help from the most unexpected sources!
I have not run across this band in any festivals I have attended, but it is probably because they are based in New York and they are not hitting the festivals in the South due to expense. For those that are curious about Bluegrass, here is a quick band primer:
Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mtn. Boys: If they play near you, go see Ralph for the historical value. He is up there in years and has cut way back on touring. Most major Bluegrass stars have done a stint in his band. His son goes by the name of Ralph 2 and he sometimes is a bad boy, which adds color. He showed up late and crawled up on a stage in Pigeon Forge TN, wearing jeans. Joined the band mid-song, in the middle of a Dollywood concert. You could tell he had been up all night. Ralph Sr. ignored it. Ralph's brother used to play with him in the 60s under the Stanley Brothers but he drank himself to death and died in the 1960s.
Ricky Skaggs and KY Thunder: Protege of Ralph Stanley. Extremely talented musician, but a born-again Christian and he tends to preach a bit between songs. His band is considered comparably talented to Union Station by many hard-core Bluegrass fans.
AK with Union Station: The most Grammys and probably the most profitable. However, she and Dan Tyminski who sang lead on "Man of Constant Sorrow" have parted ways and he is no longer in the band, much to the consternation of Bluegrass fans. He is wildly popular, as is she.
Other bands worth seeing: The Grascals, Cherryholmes, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
Alternative Bluegrass: Nickel Creek, who are currently taking a break from touring. I never could get in to see them live because all the college kids bought up the tickets. Listen to a clip called "When in Rome". Traditional fans do not like them and do not consider them true Bluegrass. Think Flock of Seagulls compared to Zeppelin.
Hope this helps. If you have time, go catch that band and let me know if they are good.
Zepaholic
Location:Where i'm supposed to be
Do you have any insight on that front?
No, I really don't. Just guessing - I think they'll do something new. It might be a daunting task to go out night after night and re-create something that happened 30 years ago. This doesn't come from Robert - this is just me putting myself in his shoes. To go out as singer, particularly, for months, years… it might be tough. Again, this is really just me, I only know what I read, and Robert and I have hardly talked about it at all. As I understand it, Jimmy Page has a bunch of new tunes written. God, that really could be something great, you know?
One thing I can say for sure is that it's been presented like a choice - Robert's not doing Led Zeppelin so that he can do this. That's not really the point. The point is that he can do both anytime he wants to. It's about freedom for him. I hope they'll come a time when they'll get together and do something.
Geez T, why do you think that they will do something new???? I'm betting(dreaming) that he has insight.
ANd the Robert thing...very well put. Many on this site can learn from this statement.
Yeah, I've seen her message board. They are clearly not happy with her collaboration with Robert, accusing him of taking her to the dark side etc.
It'll be interesting to see what happens. My guess is they'll finish out this tour and go back to their respective bands and perhaps somewhere down the line, do something else together.
Hand_Of_Omega_91
Location:Rochester, England
The quetsion is which of Robert's bands will he go back to? Strange Sensation or Led Zeppelin?
Location:Candy store
Wow, I had no idea. I guess that explains some of the lack of enthusiasm for P/K down there. It's hard to think of Plant that way
I've been to a couple of bluegess events here. I love how people stand around jamming with each other all day. Grandmas and grandkids, uncles and cousins and everybody! People just milling around and joining in with other people/families. Really cool.
Good lord. Well, now she HAS to do him since she's going to hell, anyway.
Trashbag
Wow, and I thought WE were bad...
MadScreamingGallery
Location:el país grande del sur
Thanks for sharing this information and for your insights, Kentuckygirl. I am not familiar with the site but I am not surprised at the sentiments expressed by the religious fundamentalist fans. I remember encountering people who expressed similar beliefs about the Zep guys during the Led Zeppelin years. Back then, when I was young, my friends and I dismissed it all as the ramblings of a fringe group of people. Since then, that way of thinking has become more prevalent as the fundamentalist movement has grown.
It is hard for us to see Plant that way but I remember when there were people who viewed all of the Zep guys that way. One time, as my friend and I rolled in from a Zep concert, her mother, a fairly strict Italian Catholic, told us that, as a result of it, we would end up "having babies without heads" (we didn't).
My husband and I sometimes attend charitable events and there are often country and bluegrass bands playing. We've seen the same thing - sometimes four generations all dancing and partying together. We don't care for the music but it's for a good cause and it's always nice to see families who seem to truly enjoy being together.
The Lord works in mysterious ways!!
thanks so much for all of this great info. i hope to see that bluegrass show tomorrow, and i will report back... cheers
Location:East Coast bias
I'm going to see Ralph Stanley a week from tonight. The day after I see Robert and Allison. I can't imagine a better weekend...can't wait!
Location:where a zeppelin should never fly
Satan 'and sons of thunder doing bluegrass, Maybe he(Robert Satan/ son of thunder) should team up with TENACIOUS D and do "tribute"s
Hotplant
Oh hells yeah!
Put on some little red horns Ali.!!!
I don't think it will last either. Alison could lose her main audience and band, she isn't going to do that.
Plus, she's a Leo too, they have a hard time sharing spotlights.
PotBound
Good point. On another thread- somewhere- a Krauss fan attending a recent P-K gig was really quite perturbed listening to a gig of 'Hard core Rock and Roll', if I remember the quote correctly.
Gulp. Interesting how some folks categorize the work, huh?
Did really appreciate T Bone underscoring that folks tend to want to lump the performers into one group or another. Why?
I really hope in time there is an interesting and fluid working arrangement between several of the 'bands' Plant has worked with in recent years. Just imagine.
Heck, fans have now enjoyed the P-K version of BOE...
Anything could happen.


The CIMA Examiner will prepare five variants of the Ops ICS exam for each quarterly sitting, I recommend that as part of your exam preparation, you review the documentation from the November 2016 sitting.
DO NOT consider the Marici Power case at all! Use each task to review your approach to identifying the requirements within the task, ensure you have the technical knowledge required to respond accordingly to each task or address your own knowledge gaps. In addition to this, you should also be mindful of the areas that the Examiners Report identifies students struggled with (this will be published when available).
Whilst undertaking your own review, identify if any of the technical knowledge required in each task may be relevant to your case study scenario and thus developing your skill of application to the scenario to tailor your answer and improve your marks overall.
In anticipation of CIMA May 2016 results being announced, CIMA have produced an article to explain the results.
The original article can be found here.
As part of our efforts to improve your learning experience while studying the CIMA Professional Qualification, we are publishing new "grade descriptors" to help you understand your case study exam results feedback across the competencies. Grade descriptors will be implemented from May Case Study exam results onwards.
How should I interpret my case study exam results?
To pass you need to score 80+ and reach a minimum threshold score for each competency (approximately one third of the total marks available for that competency) and Integration.
The only exception to this is Operational level where the marks available for Leadership and Integration are only a small proportion of those available and so it would not be meaningful to set a minimum threshold. No candidate will fail at Operational level on Leadership or Integration for this reason.
The sectional feedback looks at how you performed against each of the four competencies (Technical, Business, People and Leadership skills) and Integration. This is all aligned to the CGMA Competency Framework. Reflecting the knowledge and skills employers told us they expect to see from finance professionals, at various levels in their organisations. The framework is what sets the CIMA Professional Qualification and you as a CIMA student apart from other similar qualifications.
Success in the Case Study exams demonstrates your all round competence and employability. Successfully passing your case study exams gives employers the reassurance of your workplace readiness and that you are equipped with the appropriate skills and abilities to perform well in your role. Whether that's as a Finance Officer (Operational level), Business/Finance Manager (Management level/CIMA Gateway) or CFO/ Senior Business/Finance Manager (Strategic level).
Grade descriptions are a very useful and objective way of describing the standards of achievement likely to have been demonstrated by candidates awarded a particular level of performance.
For each level of the case study exam (Operational, Management and Strategic), we have developed a set of grade descriptors to map the performance ratings above (Fail, Moderate and Strong against each competency and Integration.
The grade descriptors are based on the skills and/or abilities expected for different roles. They are part of a holistic system which recognises links between categories and progression between levels. Few of you are likely to be "moderate" or "strong" across or even within all competences. Most exam performance will be a mixture of the categories. Your final result will reflect where you sit overall. Remember, a good in depth answer to all parts of the task requirements will hit the competencies and integration and is the best way to prepare to pass.
How should I use the grade descriptors?
The descriptors at each level are applicable across all variants and case study sessions and they offer a consistent way to feedback on your performance in the exam. Essentially they show you what you are aiming for and will help identify where your performance in an individual competency may have fallen short of the general standard for the level of case study you sat. They are best used in conjunction with the syllabus content and all other study resources available for the case study exams. When preparing for the exam, you can use them to benchmark your performance and see what you need to achieve to become "exam ready".
If you have performed strongly across all competencies, the grade descriptors will highlight what you should continue to do and which skills you can build on for future exams.
If you have failed a case study, they will be particularly useful when used in conjunction with other case study resources on CIMAconnect, including the post exam kit for your variant and the "walkthroughs" of real case study answers (available soon) which will illustrate how they can be used to review performance.
Here's a short video produced by CIMA to explain the process of standardising marks across all five variants of the case study exam to ensure a balanced assessment of student performance is made.
There's a link in the video to further information published on CIMA's website too.
B&M Value offer branded products at prices significantly below the prices charged by supermarkets. Mainly due to purchasing production over-runs and a completely different fixed cost structure.
However consider how supermarkets such as Merchants are fighting back. Increasing their own-branded product range, by requiring their suppliers to reduce prices and entering price wars.
Do they pose a threat to Merchants? Consider preparing your own Porters Five Forces analysis of Zeeland's supermarket industry.
The UK government recently announced plans to scrap minimum wage and instead offer the "living wage", whereby employees would be paid a wage relative to the cost of living.
Whilst the supermarkets have to pay minimum wage, this article highlights that a number of employees still have to rely on benefits in order to live.
Consider the implication of such an implementation in Zeeland and the impact this could have on Merchants.
Consider the ethical implications of supermarkets increasing pressure on their suppliers to reduce prices, the potential impact of suppliers entering administration or liquidation as a result.
This could link Porters Five Forces from E1 with Pricing Strategies and short term decision making from P1 and potentially the financial reporting treatment for potential legal claims as a result.
An interesting point to consider for any exam, in that regulation imposed by the UK Government within the Enterprise Bill to create the Small Business Commissioner to tackle the estimated £26bn of late payments.
Supermarkets are renowned for using their strong purchasing power to drive down prices, milk being one of those regularly on the headlines and also force suppliers into extending payment terms.
Working capital cycles calculated by comparing receivables days, inventory days and payables days. Supermarkets based on their high inventory turnover, lack of receivables days and extended payables days, have negative working capital cycles. Such large cash surpluses are then used to fund expansion, acquisitions and further investment into technology and infrastructure.
Consider how this could impact on Merchants, consider the impact on their working capital cycle, cash flow and possible reputational damage for failing to settle payments with suppliers in a fair and just manner.
Should shoppers in England pay for plastic bags?
Environmental and ethical issues arising from the sheer volume of carrier bags given away are a likely to appear within your exam.
Scotland and Wales have already started charging customers for carrier bags, most supermarkets offer "bags for life" and offer reward points for reusing carrier bags.
Feedback from another Global Prizewinner, Richard, on his success in February 2015.
His comments on application certainly ring true following the examiner's report stating that students who failed, generally produced textbook answers and lacked any application to the pre-seen.
How did the case study exam compare to what you had expected?
In general, it was in line with my expectations. The exam wasn't just asking me to repeat definitions and facts that I had memorised, which is a structure used by many exams. It was more about testing that I really understood the context behind different parts of the syllabus, and that I was able to communicate these concepts clearly and concisely. I hesitate to say this, but I actually quite enjoyed the format of this exam!
The main thing that surprised me in the exam was how I was expecting the questions to relate more closely to the pre-seen material. Most of the questions were quite general and could be applied to any company. The challenge was then working out how this should be applied in the context of the bottled water company that we were looking at.
I recommend reading Richard's complete blog post and reflect on his tips for success.


Venice has long been amongst Italy's leading tourist cities and enjoys high visitor numbers throughout the year, with plenty of hotels on hand to match the constant demand. Accommodation in Venice varies greatly and ranges from the most basic lodging tucked away down remote side streets, to stunning palatial five-star hotels, overlooking the piazza of San Marco (St. Mark's Square) and the famous Grande Canal (Canal Grande) itself.
Some of the most notable accommodation options residing in the San Marco area of Venice include the Al Gembero on the Calle dei Fabbri, and the very affordable Locanda Casa Petrarca Hotel on the Calle delle Schiavine, off the Calle dei Fuseri, which is amongst the best budget choices. Close to San Marco and on the western side of the Grand Canal, further lodging presents itself within the districts of San Polo and Santa Croce.
As a major tourist destination Venice offers some of Italy's finest hotels, but accommodation is limited and can very quickly book out for the summer months.
No vehicles are permitted in the Venice city precinct, adding to its charm and you'll need to arrange a transfer by vaporetti (water taxi). Pre booking is a good idea as it might be inconvenient to go looking for accommodation upon arrival. More options are available in nearby Mestre on the mainland.


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A Connected Congress: Best Practices for Engaging Constituents on Social Media
In the past decade, there has been nearly a tenfold jump in the number of adults using social networking sites, with sixtyfive percent of adults adopting at least one platform.1 In 2012, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that 66 percent of social media users (or 39 percent of all American adults) participated in some civic or political activity on social media.2 It comes as little surprise that Members of Congress have increasingly adopted social media in recent years. Twitter, for instance, reported that while only 44 percent of Senators and 35 percent of House Members were on Twitter at the start of the 112th Congress, by the time the 113th was sworn in, 100 percent of Senators and 90 percent of House Members had joined. Our own review finds that 99 percent of Republican House members are using Twitter, and 98 percent are using Twitter in an official capacity at the start of 2016. Today, established networks like Facebook and Twitter are just the tip of the iceberg with newer social media platforms — Instagram, Snapchat, Vine, Meerkat, among others — accounting for an increasing share of social networking activity.
With social media carrying increasingly more weight as a way to reach constituents, Echelon Insights conducted this study on behalf of the Congressional Institute to provide a best practices guide for constituent communications on social media, focusing on Republican House Members in the 114th Congress. In developing this study, we had to consider the unique challenges Congressional offices face when using social media. Like all social media users, Congress must try to adapt to the constant and rapidly evolving social media landscape, but distinctively, these offices must do so with generally limited resources (i.e. time, staff, money) and government ethics limitations. Acknowledging these points, we set out to address specifically how to overcome or adapt to such challenges and generate specific outcomes that are directly tied to the audience and purpose for which Members and their staff intend.
To provide a holistic guide to social media best practices for Members and Committees, we took a multifaceted approach to researching "what works," which included establishing a baseline of suggested best practices, testing those baseline recommendations, and then (based on the results) discovering which practices generated the highest levels of engagement on social media.
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N. N. (möglicherweise Adalbert (?); * um 970) war Graf von Ballenstedt und Vogt des Klosters Nienburg und der Propstei Hagenrode. Er ist der erste nachweisbare Vorfahre der Askanier.

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Sein Name ist unbekannt. Er wurde nach seinem Enkel Adalbert ebenfalls als Adalbert vermutet, kann aber auch anders geheißen haben.
Bekannt ist, dass er der Vater von Esiko, dem ersten namentlich bekannten Askanier war, in der Ehe mit Hidda, Tochter des Markgrafen Hodo von der sächsischen Ostmark. Dieser war mit einem Markgrafen Christian aus dem Gau Serimunt verwandt, woraus auf den Nachkommen Esiko möglicherweise Besitzungen in diesem Gebiet und die Vogtei über Nienburg und Frose stammten (?).

Der Sachsenspiegel berichtete, dass N.N.s (Adalberts) Vorfahren mit der Einwanderung schwäbischer Stämme um 568 in das Gebiet am Unterharz, den sogenannten Schwabengau, gekommen und dort ansässig geworden sind.

Weitere Kinder könnten gewesen sein

 Uta, später vermählt mit Ekkehard II. (Markgraf zu Meißen), bekannt als "Uta von Naumburg"
 Dietrich, später Propst zu Ballenstedt (?),
 Ludolf, später Mönch zu Corvey, und
 Hazecha, später Äbtissin von Stift Gernrode

Literatur
 Helmut Assing: Die frühen Askanier und ihre Frauen. Kulturstiftung Bernburg, Bernburg 2002, ISBN 3-9805532-9-9. S. 6
 Andreas Thiele: Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte. Band 1: Deutsche Kaiser-, Königs-, Herzogs- und Grafenhäuser. Teilband 1. R. G. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-89406-460-9. Tafel 172
 Hermann Wäschke: Anhaltische Geschichte. Band 1: Geschichte Anhalts von den Anfängen bis zum Ausgang des Mittelalters. Otto Schulze, Cöthen 1912. S. 68

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Familienmitglied der Askanier
Geboren im 10. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 10. oder 11. Jahrhundert
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Album Review: The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful
By Ryan Martin (@RyanMartin182)
If you're familiar with The Killers, you might know that they have recently released their first album in five years. If you're not, you might have not even noticed they were gone. Wonderful Wonderful picks up as if they never left, neither improving nor maturing upon their last effort, Battle Born. Wonderful Wonderful does not act as an improvement in The Killers's discography, but instead, plays the same formula they've been following for the past 13 years.
The returning LP opens with the title track, which plays as a grand opening that never really reaches its full potential. It has a feeling of growing tension, almost like the storm that sparked the title of the LP in the first place. This tension does not reach a peak and leaves the listener feeling unsatisfied, bringing you into the explosion of energy in the second track. The Man, the most energetic The Killers have sounded since Day & Age, released almost a decade ago.
Where the Las Vegas band succeed the most is when they sound the most energetic. A few instances prove this throughout Wonderful Wonderful, particularly around the mid-point of the LP. Where The Killers fail the most is when they try to create grand ballads that come off more as a filler track than an album-defining track. Wonderful Wonderful is filled with these, which makes it's 43-minute run time overstay it's welcome by the time you've reached the outdrawn closer, Have All the Songs Been Written?
Wonderful Wonderful would have sounded better had it been released in 2013, back when Get Lucky by Daft Punk was the biggest song in the world. Maybe then, The Man could have stood as a decent radio single. Almost every element of Wonderful Wonderful sounds incredibly stale in the current genre of indie rock. Making songs like Rut, fueled by front man Brandon Flowers's distress with trying to help his wife's PTSD condition, feel passionless. Like Rut, most of the songs off Wonderful Wonderful try to sound like the grand stadium-closer track that electrifies the crowd, and instead sound like the deep cut off their new album that nobody knows the words too.
Battle Born, The Killers's last LP released in 2012, had similar flaws. The energetic songs didn't have the same kick that early Killers tracks had, and most of the ballads didn't feel genuine enough. Still, Battle Born had few exceptions, like Miss Atomic Bomb, and Be Still, that while they weren't the best songs The Killers had written, they were sticky enough to be included in their Greatest Hits compilation, released the following year. There are maybe two songs off Wonderful Wonderful's 10-song track listing that feel genuine enough to be revisited. At this point, one may wonder if The Killers's legacy is becoming more tainted with every studio release.
The Killers lack a certain element that makes their songs sound as grand as they want them to sound. What made songs on Hot Fuss sound as exciting and fresh as they did at the time, and endless revisable as they do today, has been poorly executed throughout their following studio albums. Wonderful Wonderful, not acting as an exception, but further proving the point that The Killers are not as great as you would like them to be.
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Stefano Casalegno is an ecologist with a focus on forestry and spatial ecological modeling. He graduated at Paris Sud University in 1995 in Natural Science (Licence ès Sciences Naturelle). In 2001 he defended a PhD in ecology, GIS and remote sensing at the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (France). His research has focused on spatial-ecological modeling and the impact of climate change on vegetation. Specific research topics have included hedgerow ecology, plant insect and plant bird interactions (Univ. Paris Sud and Univ. of Bristol, Kibale Forest Nat. Park Uganda, 1996); mountain forest ecotones and vegetation belt mapping (CEFE - CNRS, France 1997, CIBNOR La Paz - Mexico 1998, INA P-G France 1999-2001); biofuels, forestation potential and forest yield estimations (INRA Versailles - MAICh Crete 2002); integrated studies for the assessment of forest condition and climate change impact on European forests (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission 2004-2008). Since 2009 Dr. Casalegno has been teaching spatial ecological modeling at different European universities. Recently, he has been working on open access data and open source models for suitability modeling of alpine ecosystems, European forests, urban greening and peri-urban forests. He is currently a senior researcher at the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento (Italy) working with the research group MPBA (Predictive Models for Biomedicine and Environment) applying machine learning techniques and cluster processing to climate change applications.


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The tower and its nearby annex, which share a variety of By popular demand, the club carried out another hiking event on 4 October. – Offices have an area of 127 m² to the whole floor (2161 sq m). 24,500 tonnes of steel were used in construction. Shun Hing Square aka the Diwang Building (Shenzhen, China) has only 69 stories above ground but has an overall height of 1260 feet (384 m), comparable to some 80 story buildings. Functional requirement is the principal factor in the planning of tall buildings as it dictates the lease span, building form, floor-to-floor height, core planning and vertical transportation. Shun hing Square.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 14.24 MB SZ 深圳 Shenzhen 羅湖 Luohu 深南東路 Shennan East Road 地王大廈 Diwang Businese Center facade n Shun Hing Square August 2018 SSG.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 3.25 MB K.Y. Plaza, Shun Hing Square are the tallest buildings in Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen respectively. 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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation. 17 Oct 2016 – Steve Watts, Alinea Consulting; Jianping Gu, Shanghai Tower C&D; Rui Gu, CAPOL; Ray Shick, Gensler; Chris Yoshii, AECOM, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, American Design Associates; Shun Hing Square (Chinese: 信兴广场), also known as "Di Wang Tower"[3] (Chinese: 地王大厦) is a 384-meter (1,260 ft)-tall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. 25 Feb 2016 It was built in 1996 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world. Steve Watts, Alinea Consulting; Jianping Gu, Shanghai Tower C&D; Rui Gu, CAPOL; Ray Shick, Gensler; Chris Yoshii, AECOM. 18 Oct 2016 – 17 Oct 2016 – In 1997, before the construction of Citic Plaza, Shun Hing Square was for the moment the tallest building in China and Asia. Shun Hing College Hiking Club organised a hiking session to the Dragon's Back on 27 September 2020. Hong Kong Construction (Holdings) Limited; ?, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sophia, lit. As for the photo, Kwoa stands in front of the the Shun Hing Square, which was Asia's tallest skyscraper (source website at China Highlight). Designed by K.Y. CTBUH News, Urban Development and Tall Buildings in Shenzhen CTBUH Research, CITAB-CTBUH Name 2016 China Tall Building Award Recipients Project Name: Shenzhen Shun Hing Square (BMU replacement) Building Height: 383.95m BMU type:multi-section telescopic jib BMU Manufacturer: MANNTECH, Germany (imported and installed by its exclusive agency POINT) Kumagai Gumi, China Construction Steel Structure Corporation; Jun 16, 2017 - Shun Hing Square - Shenzhen, China (384m/1260ft) (American Design Associates & KY Cheung Design Associates) In Mozilla Firefox, click File - Page Setup then check the Print Background (colors & images) box. 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Adopt a Pet, Save a Life
Connie Wilson of Flower Mound has been a foster parent since the fall of 1998, and since then she has found homes for around 70 "kids" and adopted three of them as her own.
Only Wilson's foster children have four legs and a tail.
With the countless hours Wilson spends every week on trips to animal shelters, runs to the animal clinic, working at adopt-a-pet events, and saving more than a dozen dogs every month from shelters and being euthanized, many dogs probably consider Wilson a hero.
The members and volunteers of the Humane Society of Flower Mound (HSFM) certainly find her work to be essential. Wilson is the Dog Foster Coordinator for the non-profit organization. Her job is to manage which dogs the humane society takes in, then match those dogs up with the foster parents who are best suited for them.
"It is an absolutely critical role," said Michele Langenberg, HSFM Secretary. "She has to manage a great deal of things in flux."
In fact, Wilson manages saving our local furry friends while still working full time as a Realtor with RE/MAX DFW Associates. She not only helps people find new homes, she also helps dogs find new homes too.
"To see the difference when you take a dog from the shelter and they're so scared, and to find them a home, just to see that happy ending… it's all worth it," Wilson said.
Wilson began her work with HSFM when she read in the paper about a humane society meeting that was open to the public. "I knew I wanted to do volunteer work, and I knew I loved dogs, so I just went," she said. "It turns out I was the only person to ever come just from seeing the newspaper ad."
Before long, Wilson was doing a great deal of volunteer work for the organization, and eventually became the Adoption Counselor. From there she became the Dog Foster Coordinator.
Fostering an animal works somewhat like fostering a child, in that a foster parent takes an animal in and provides them a temporary home until they are adopted.
"Fosters are at the core of our organization," said Kathey Anthony, Cat Foster Coordinator for HSFM. "If I don't have a foster then that animal doesn't get rescued."
According to the Humane Society of the United States, four million cats and dogs are euthanized every year. This makes it tough to save and place every animal in new homes.
Wilson finds that the toughest aspect of her job is turning a dog down.
"There's always lots of homeless dogs that need saving," Wilson said. "But I have to say no sometimes. If there are no foster homes available, we can't rescue the dog."
According to Wilson, HSFM averages about 15 dogs a month being placed in foster homes to await adoption.
"We really have the best group of fosters, but there are never enough," Wilson said. "I have to turn dogs down knowing that I didn't have a place for the dog to go to."
Wilson is also the first one that a foster calls if they ever have a behavioral problem with their foster dog.
Langenberg explained that sometimes the foster dogs might not get along with the other dogs the foster already owns. In that case, Wilson has to quickly find a new place better suited for that dog to stay. Other times there can be problems concerning a dog's health.
HSFM has many volunteers that put in long hours helping coordinate vet visits and help out when there is a medical emergency.
"One of the hardest things is that people think if you have a foster then everything is always good and there are no problems," Wilson said. "But they could get sick or have to go to the ER."
Yet Wilson's bright personality and kind nature makes her easy to work with even during these times of stress.
"She maintains a relationship with our foster volunteers," Langenberg said. "Without a good personable person in that role we wouldn't have such a good volunteer base.
Wilson explains that she knew practically nothing coming into the organization as a volunteer but she has learned a great deal over the years.
"She is very good at what she does and I look to her for direction in a lot of ways," Anthony said. "She has coached me about many different things."
The biggest need for the Human Society of Flower Mound is to have more foster volunteers and foster homes. "Our organization is all volunteer and there is no profit, so without more fosters we can't save as many lives," Anthony said.
Wilson explained that there are many misconceptions about fostering animals. "The main thing everyone says is that they would get too attached to the dog, but as long as they know it's going to a good home if they let that dog be adopted, then we have room for them to save another one."
Wilson also says that HSFM has a really good support system and will never make anyone feel obligated to keep a dog that they don't wish to have in their home for whatever reason. The HSFM even takes care of all medical costs for their foster dogs.
"Our fosters will never be out any money for medical work expenses," Wilson said. HSFM does ask the foster volunteers to provide food and toys if possible. If there is ever a problem, or something is not working out, HSFM is always willing to take their dogs back.
"One of the great things about fostering is that you get an idea of a dog's personality, and that helps place them in the right home later on," Wilson said. There is even the option to do a "Foster to Adopt" program, in which you can receive a two-week trial period with an animal so you can see if you fit with them and they fit with you.
All sorts of dogs in various breeds, sizes, and temperaments can be found in shelters and rescue programs. "There is a misconception that a dog from a shelter must be some horrible unadoptable dog," Wilson said. "But you can find the cutest, sweetest dogs – even purebreds – through adoptions. There are some great dogs at these shelters."
Wilson would also like to ask everyone to spay and neuter their pets. "The overpopulation of pets in this area is a major problem," Wilson said. "Since dogs and cats are out there continuing to have babies, there aren't enough people to take those animals in."
According to the DFW Humane society, almost 250,000 animals are euthanized annually in the DFW area alone.
Wilson says money is also a huge need for HSFM. "Money is always needed since we have so many medical bills that aren't covered by the adoption fees." Wilson says that it is a goal of HSFM to eventually have its own facility where it can temporarily house animals that need to be placed.
There is also a special fund, called the Mercy Fund, in which the money specifically goes to helping cover the costs of out of the ordinary medical treatments like surgeries. "A torn ACL on a lab can be $3,000 dollars to fix," Wilson said. HSFM may take in a dog that has been hit by a car or has a broken leg, in which case they use the Mercy Fund to help pay for surgeries.
Wilson explained that she has already received calls from local animal services to come look at dogs with medical problems. "As a city they just don't have the means and funds to treat the animals, and it's usually something easy to fix. That's why it's so important to have the Mercy Fund."
There are monthly volunteer meeting dates and times for HSFM posted on their website, www.hsfm.org. There are things besides fostering that can be done, and volunteer orientations last about an hour.
"At HSFM were all a very close knit group, and I wouldn't trade the experience for anything," Anthony said. "If you are considering becoming a foster, it is a very rewarding experience, but it is a lot of work. You should do it to save lives, not just for the fun of having a kitty for a couple of days."
HSFM is always looking for more volunteers to he
lp with any aspect of the organization they feel that they can contribute to. With more volunteers like Wilson, there would be more hope for local animals to be rescued and find a loving home before having their fate sealed in a shelter.
Contact the Humane Society of Flower Mound at 972-691-7387.
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