A high-tech game of tag is unfolding on America`s highways as police officers use new devices to catch speeding motorists, and producers of radar- detection equipment scramble to develop new wares to thwart authorities.
For a year, sheriff`s deputies in Charleston, S.C., have used a new laser-based system that conventional radar detectors cannot pick up because it uses light pulses instead of the radio waves that are the basis of radar.
Use of the laser units is not yet widespread. Only two companies make them. One of those, Laser Technology Inc. of Englewood, Colo., has sold about 150 to police departments in 15 states, said David Williams, company president.
Other police departments are turning to upgraded radar equipment to outwit the estimated 2 million radar detectors sold annually.
At the heart of this long-running battle is the irrepressible urge of motorists to speed, especially on open roads with light traffic. For more than two decades, manfacturers of radar devices for police departments and consumers have been matching electronic wits. And it all adds up to a landslide business, even though the use of radar detectors is illegal in some areas.
A police radar unit sends out radio waves that bounce off moving cars. A car`s speed is shown by the frequency of reflected signals. A radar detector is a receiver that can pick up signals from a police radar unit. Sophisticated radar detectors can pick up a lurking radar unit a mile away.
About 98 percent of police radar units across the country use frequencies known as the X band or K band, which all detectors can intercept, said Al Silverberg, vice president of sales for Uniden America Corp. of Ft. Worth, which makes radar detectors.
Those two bands are extremely narrow, each only a single frequency. So some manufacturers of police radar equipment are switching to units that use the broader Ka band, which gives a choice of frequencies.
said Alan Mead, vice president of Applied Concepts Marketing Inc. in Richardson, Texas, which makes police radar equipment.
One Ka-band device, first marketed by Applied Concepts last year, is called the Stalker. Because the Ka band is wide, the device`s frequency can be readjusted if detector manufacturers lock onto it, Mead said.
But in June, Whistler Corp., a detector producer in Westford, Mass., began offering a unit that it claims can intercept the Stalker, and other producers are expected to follow.
''Everyone is building products to pick up the Stalker,'' said Silverberg. The new units are expected to cost $170 to $250, he said. Generally, detectors cost $49 to $350, depending on their features.
Mead maintains that the Stalker is not about to become obsolete, because it takes time for manufacturers of radar-detection devices to catch up. ''We should be able to stay ahead easily,'' he said.
However, detector manufacturers and the speeding public should not be underestimated. When ''photo radar'' was introduced about five years ago, some police departments began using it. The system photographs a speeding vehicle, and the owner is sent a ticket by mail, rather than an officer`s issuing one on the road.
But that technology already has been dropped in some areas, like Peoria, Ariz., after complaints from motorists that the system is unfair. One problem is that someone besides the car`s owner might be driving when it is caught in a photo-radar trap, but the ticket is sent to the owner.
Laser technology could change the rules of the speeding game and make the most sophisticated radar detectors obsolete. Such devices send out light pulses, with each pulse measuring the distance to a car. The car`s speed is calculated by measuring how quickly the pulses are reflected.
Lasers have advantages over radar. They take only a third of a second to make a reading, while radar can take three to five seconds. A laser`s field is much narrower, letting it zero in on a single speeding vehicle in a pack of cars.
The use of laser in Charleston is not increasing the number of speeding tickets given out, but the fines are higher because motorists are being caught before they can slow down, Allen said.
''The first question we are getting from motorists is, `How many of these do you have?` and the second one is, `Who else has them?` '' he said.
But laser devices must clear several hurdles before many can use them. They are more cumbersome than radar, cost about twice as much and can`t be used in a moving vehicle.
Federal officials are just beginning to draft guidelines to establish their accuracy, an important step if laser technology is challenged in court. ''I don`t see it replacing radar in the near future,'' said Lt. Tom Moore, a spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Safety in Nashville, which began using some laser devices in state police cars several weeks ago.
For now, detector manufacturers have not started work on anti-laser units, but Williams, Laser Technology president, said he expects that day is not far off if lasers gain acceptance.
Detection industry officials aren`t so sure.
''It will be a whole new electronic war,'' said Janice Lee, president of Radar, a lobbying group for radar detector producers, based in Tipp City, Ohio.


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Family Readiness Corner: Resiliency headlines the TAG Family Readiness Conference
By Carolann Wunderlin, 129th Rescue Wing Airman & Family Readiness Program / Published June 02, 2011
Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif. -- "Resiliency Life Ties" was the main topic at the recent TAG Family Readiness Symposium and Commanders Conference for Family Readiness staff and volunteers.
Consistent with concerns voiced by First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Biden and Mrs. Mullen, wife of Admiral Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, building resilient families is the stronghold of our armed forces, but it isn't easy.
The National Guard Resiliency Training Center realized the importance of building resilient families in 2006, when the number of Kansas National Guard member suicides equaled the number of combat deaths.
As a result, they requested funds from National Guard Bureau to stand up a pilot program to create resilient service members and families. The effort has received positive reviews since then, with the number of Guard units seeing the value of this adopted mindset and lifestyle change quickly growing.
With high-profile individuals campaigning to ensure that military spouses and their families get the necessary support, resiliency skills for families is becoming a unit priority. Twenty-two states have sent personnel to receive training through the Resiliency Training Center, with California being one of them.
During the symposium, two key concepts from the "Resiliency Life Ties" course were presented: resourcefulness and reframing. Volunteers came away with a sense of validation; their life experiences have already provided them with a solid foundation of resiliency skills.
This sense of validation is key to providing the hope that ongoing deployments and other military life challenges could be managed better each time. Many spouses and family readiness volunteers shared their many accomplishments in finding community resources that have helped their own family and others in scenarios such as moving to a new area, finding childcare, instructions on local school registration, locating affordable dining and shopping, etc.
Now, the most important support the family readiness volunteer leader can provide is modeling hope and perseverance during deployment separation and helping with the reintegration process. This is where reframing becomes the honing tool to resiliency.
The cumulative experiences of both the family readiness staff and volunteers was helpful in identifying key family resiliency factors such as: family problem solving, communication, equality, spirituality, flexibility, truthfulness, hope, family hardiness, family unit, resourcefulness and health.
The art of reframing our thoughts to support resiliency becomes a matter of being aware of the kinds of thoughts that hinder resiliency-building, such as the "all or nothing" mindset, catastrophizing, personalizing and overgeneralization.
With little provocation, many could recall various examples of these mindsets in different areas of their lives, past and present, without summoning the skills of reframing. Such mindsets could be responsible for marital discord, career sabotage and family dysfunction.
The mindset of choice is flexibility - the ability to handle different situations in different ways. It is especially effective in response to new, complex and problematic situations. Given our audience base, the concept of flexibility was an easy conversation starter as it is considered a characteristic that defines the military family. To sustain the mindful skill of flexibility, the course examines the concepts of optimism, self-confidence, willingness to accept uncertainty and most importantly, self-control.
All of these topics were very well received and an urging to see more of these courses for leaders and families was widely expressed. If your unit would like to have an abbreviated training for leadership or for your unit's Family Readiness Group, contact Carolann Wunderlin of the Airman & Family Readiness Office at 650-603-9118.

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This is mostly meant to give you a chuckle, but there is some validity to it as well. In my last blog post I talked about how we need to challenge the limits of what we understand agile to be. Can you be agile and waterfall at the same time? Probably not if you look through the lenses of what we typically view as a waterfall process. But it's possible.
One thing I've noticed as an agile coach is that people like to gravitate towards what they know and are more comfortable with. One way this can play out is when helping a team adopt agile, you can get a strong pull to keeping things in the box of a waterfall process. This happens both at the individual contributor level and management level. Management can sometimes want waterfall type metrics but without the changes needed to realize the true benefits of agile. It's ok though. Be patient, and see if you can find a way to meet somewhere in the middle. Waterfall isn't bad. In fact it has tremendous value in the right context. So, as an agile enthusiast make sure you aren't always negative about waterfall especially when it could be used to your advantage. However, what you don't want to do is fall into the trap of using the buzz words from agile/scrum but keeping things pretty much the same.


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I am glad to the possibility once more tell you about today's round so, that it would be at least little interesting for you.
Naturally will start with a mini-prediction.
It's obviously, that against Vladimir plays a chessplayer, who still has not win any game. But will he managed to hold the black color? This is rather difficult problem and Kramnik should has a good reserve of energy to break the resistance. As well as to the rest chessplayers.
The chances for a success for the Russian is certainly obviously higher.
What can Anand make with such an unhappy tournament situation and bad form? And playing against the leader. But the white color - is a white color. So, the fate sent to Hindu a test one more time.
Will he managed to break an unhappy line?
Or if you got in such situation you should endure this hard time with a minimum losses? I hope that we will see a long interesting fight.
It's obviously that here will be a live game and Morozevich will try to take from this meeting the maximum. Such a predator as our young Russian will make an attempt to coutch his "fish" but will agree Leko on this role? Maybe he just wait this chanse? Nevertheless the chances of Alexander are higher. Let we wish him good luck and not to get in the mouth of more big "cachalot".
So, we are waiting the development of the events.
Was outplayed the Queen's Indian Defence. After 11.e4 (just before the castle) Black's reply 11...Bb7 seems to me not correct since either 12.e5 and 12.0-0 gives White better chances. After 13.Rfe1 White has created a good pressure and his position obviously preferable because of even the providing of a liberation c6-c5 don't solve all problems.
After 18.e5 followed an unexpected agree on a draw. It is difficult to reproach the rivals in unwillingness to fight. Most likely Kramnik considered that will be very difficult to overcome Adams's redoubt and decided to economize the forces. But it forsake a feeling that during 13-18 moves one could look for some other decisions which arise more problems. But all this is a hypothetic reasoning. The result is fixed. Whether Kramnik's decision was right or no we 'll know after the ending of the game Anand-Topalov where goes on a tangled, saturated fight.
The first surprise - in Sicilian Anand has chosen 3.Bb5 - what is this - an attempt to avoid theoretical discussions or a result of a special prepare just to this meeting? Only the questions.
In my opinion it was well to play 8...e5 (insted of 8...e6). The move 9...Nd7 insted of a natural 9...Be7 looks completely pretentiously.
The feeling is that White's position is better although to players is easy to see because they are completely in the game and see significantly more. But after b4 I will dare to predict that Black will have an "Spanish torture". After 22 moves on the board is something incomprehensible. The battle goes on the whole board.
After 25.ab6 in case of 25...Nb3? there is 26.ab3 Ra1 27.b7 Qf7 (27...Bf7 28.g6 Bg6 29.b8Q Qxb8 30.Ng6+-) 28.Qc2 with an idea 29.Qc7 and it seems White wins. But it is interesting also 26.b7!? Nd2 27.baQ Qa8 28.Ng6.
Naturally Veselin don't get in such tricks.
After 30...g4 Black has a dangerous counterplay.
After 37...Qh6 White's king is under the attack.
44.Bh1 This why with the same idea is possible 43...g5.
Nevertheless the defence should be find - very few the material.
Very hard to follow the quick-changed event on the boards. It seems that Anand played until a lost position at 60th move. So after 60...Rg2 61.Rg2 Kf3 Black probably lose.
But Topalov decided to force no the position with the control move considering that he will be able to return to this position.
After 67th White's move - does Topalov will has enough forces and energy?
And although today it's not the most successful day for white pieces during the last 15 minutes has take place some changes in both games which allowes them to hope for a draw. Did Kramnik was so perspicacious when he tested no the fortune today with white.
First time during the last few years Anand shows such an inexpressive play. The attempt to break an unhappy tournament's situation has not led to something good. Veselin Topalov turned out to be stronger today winning and becoming an alone leader.
When plays Alexander we always wait some surprises. Today he playes an old Bishop Opening, which don't promise for White any advantage but Morozevich has his own view on the theory and he constantly looks for something new and often finds it. However here I think Black has not any problem. We 'll see is it right. 13.h3 - a play for a preventive measures. White should prevent the d6-d5. To double the Rooks on d-file, then is possible Qf3 following by Nf5.
Black should find the solution to not to gasp.
15...b5!? A brave pawn sacrifice but it is clearly that Leko will not stay and look as a rabbit on a boa.
Also the variation 16.ab5 ab5 17.cb5 d5 18.bc6 d4 promise him an excellent compensation. But followed an unexpected 18.b6!? - such a move can be missed.
It is outlined a tactical skirmish and the result of the duel is unclear. After 19.Na4 there is 19...Qa5. Just so it was played.
Still one could not coutch on the material advantage.
21.Rfd1 - this is a retreat. After 21...f6 White has to look a hard way to a draw. Black stands significantly better and Leko quite could now expect a success.
After the time control Leko has an extra pawn and chances to win. So, since the 21st move White "failed to drive" and got in result a difficult position. But maybe White remains some chances to draw?
After 44.Qe4 Qe4 45.fe4 we see a realisation of the material advantage which don't presents any technical difficulties.
64.c6 - now is an obvious draw. Hope that now Alexander will not lost his chances. Leko after this meeting should improve his technic.


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Popular Diet Blogger Reveals Eating Disorder to Her 70,000 Followers
By ABC News August 5, 2014
ABC News' JuJu Chang and Ariella Weintraub report:
For Jordan Younger, going vegan began with a simple goal - to get healthy.
Little did she know her humble blog, "The Blonde Vegan," chronicling her impeccable food choices, would soon amass a huge fan base with more than 70,000 followers on Instagram.
However, an even bigger surprise came when after just a year of living and touting that vegan lifestyle, Younger, 23, says things went sour.
"I would just stand in front of the refrigerator for 20 minutes totally panicking that I wasn't going to be eating the right thing for my body," she told ABC News. "I was a slave to food."
Confessing in a shocking blog post titled, "Why I'm Transitioning Away from Veganism," Younger, of New York City, explained she had developed orthorexia, an obsession with eating righteously.
"A lot of people haven't heard of orthorexia, which is not surprising to me at all," she said.
Younger said she restricted her own diet so much that she developed a strange rash, grew weak and even stopped having her period.
"I started realizing that I had vitamin deficiency," she explained. "I was malnourished. … I was very much restricting myself through the shield of veganism."
But after coming forward, Younger was shocked to be bombarded with negative comments from people saying that she wasn't a true vegan and much worse.
"I got death threats, I did," she said. "But on the opposite side of the spectrum I just had so much support from so many people."
Now Younger has changed her diet, adding fish and eggs. She's also changed her Instagram name, from vegan to veggie, focusing now on a new direction and a new venture - her clothing line.
"The new message is all about balance," she said. "Do whatever you're doing in moderation."
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How I remove that thing Divider bar in just only below down here?
Hi zbrush users, I'd like to know is there to remove divider bar ? as shown in this photo. Thanks!
I don't know of a way to remove it, but it you click on it, it will drop down to the bottom of the screen, so you won't have all that empty space below it.


Transformation and working collaboratively is high on the agenda this week, as I also attended an event on information and data sharing run by the Local Government Association (LGA). It was attended by councillors, leaders and chief executives from across the health and social care space. People were at the heart of the conversation, both in terms of services needing to be more coordinated around their needs, but also in terms of their engagement and expectations about the sharing of information.
It's promising to see such high-profile figures such as Manzoni putting data sharing at the heart of transformation, and with information sharing events taking place which are attended by leaders and decision makers it does feel that the importance of information sharing to service transformation is being recognised. In events and conversations, I am increasingly seeing a recognition that a significant cultural issue sits behind this. Despite this, I also see nervousness about communicating about information and data sharing. And I see this nervousness at all levels (nationally and locally), even though I hear leaders saying that it needs to be addressed. And yet this continues to impact on people's lives.
We see plenty of reports about how information wasn't shared, but you just need to look at the rich resource of case studies on our website to see where information is being shared, and how important information sharing is to service transformation.
Many organisations are gearing up to implement the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation. And we have a new Data Protection Bill on the horizon. In the context of all this change, it is all the more important that we communicate more about why information sharing is important. We should consider how we engage with our people and communities about why we need to share information and data, and place this firmly at the heart of improved and transformed services.
We must also start to look at ourselves. Why are we nervous about communicating and acting on information and data sharing? Understand that nervousness and address the reasons behind it. If there is a problem there, address the problem. Otherwise information sharing will continue to be a barrier to better services. Every one of us has a responsibility to stop and consider whether our actions are perpetuating a negative impact on people's lives, and whether there is more we could do to break down the information and data sharing barriers.
John Manzoni makes the link between transformation and data sharing. We must continue to build and strengthen this link, and break down the siloes that prevent us being able to provide the support to the people and communities that need it.
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The Convicts of Indy 2018
Earlier this month, Convicts & Cthulhu attained a small but significant milestone — it's first appearance at GenCon Indy. This notable achievement came thanks to the hard work and diligence of Matthew Ruane, the newest member of our C&C writing team. Matthew has a long and enviable track-record at running memorable GenCon games, so we were absolutely delighted when he expressed an interest in adapting for con-use the material previously published as Ticket of Leave #12: "Fallen Stars" (free PDF download link).
We were curious about how GenCon gamers enjoyed the challenge of a convict-based horror scenario set in the early history of Australia, so we asked Matthew for a few impressions about the experience. We were most surprised when he came back with a full and detailed retrospective analysis of the whole affair (see below, in blue). I guess that's professional writers for you!
A Review of Running "Fallen Stars" @ GenCon 2018, Matthew Ruane
As the author of Convicts & Cthulhu Ticket of Leave #12, "Fallen Stars," I informed Dean that I was planning on running the adventure twice in Indianapolis at GenCon in August 2018. He readily approved and encouraged me to give Convicts & Cthulhu its first "semi-official" GenCon appearance. Dean also was generous in providing 12 copies of the rulebook to be handed out to the players so they could become emissaries for Convicts & Cthulhu with their own roleplaying groups when they returned home.
Having run Call of Cthulhu sessions numerous times at GenCon over the last several years, and generally having great feedback and support for the adventures I ran, I expected this time to go off without a hitch. In writing and drafting the adventure, I had playtested it with a couple of different groups and got feedback from the players on where to improve the adventure. Dean and Geoff also provided feedback on where the adventure could be strengthened, and since this was designed to be run at a convention I was pretty confident that it could fit within the four-hour timeframe allotted.
A few weeks prior to GenCon, I designed 15 characters with brief backgrounds who would be part of the expedition. Because I was unsure of the gender ratio of the players, I created male and female versions of several of the characters to be used as needed. Approximately 8 player-characters (PCs)—Lt. Morrant plus 5 male and 2 female characters—were therefore available for each session. The PCs were a mix of soldiers, free settlers, and convicts at various stages in their sentences. There was also a common character Lieutenant Morrant, the expedition leader, for both groups. Based on prior experience with at least one strong player willing to be the leader, I thought this would be an ideal solution: a player to lead the expedition into the unknown and push the group forward.
My first session on Thursday afternoon had five of the six players show up. When no one appeared with generic tickets to fill the empty seat, we started. I started up my iPad with some Australian Aboriginal music in the background and began with the brief setup. The group asked for some extra labor, so I provided both Lt. Morrant with four additional soldiers, and Gribbin, a convict miner, with a half-dozen laborers he was responsible for overseeing. The party continued along the adventure, pushing through to the first real encounter at native village and a sick Aboriginal warrior who had brought back a mysterious canister. They played around with the sealed canister, eventually forcing it open, and infecting at least three or four of the non-player characters (NPCs) with the spores. Having been warned that the canisters contained spores, they were now much more cautious when they got to the dig site.
For about an hour, the first group explored the dig site, recovering pieces of meteorite, investigating dead infected Aboriginal men (and in the process, getting more of the group infected with spores). Lt. Morrant's player decided to play him as very upper class, opposed to doing physical labor, and had Morrant watch from atop the small hill overlooking the crash site, largely because Morrant had also failed a number of sanity rolls earlier in the game and was on shaky ground. Eventually, the other PCs discovered the shoggoth container inside the crashed meteorite. Curious as to what was in the sealed container (they knew what was in the blue marked ones), they forced open the canister, which popped out the proto-shoggoth they were ill prepared to deal with.
From there, things went down hill very quickly. The proto-shoggoth quickly consumed most of the NPCs, drove a few of the PCs insane who then in turn ran off or hid in their tents at the campsite. The survivors eventually rallied and decided to abandon everything to make it back to Parramatta as quickly as possible. But without supplies, and with several of the PCs insane and one player taking on the role of a surviving NPC soldier after his PC was slain, they spent the final hour making their way home. When they were attacked by the infected dingoes, several more PCs fell to insanity, and others were seriously injured and infected with the spores. In good Call of Cthulhu roleplaying, the players knew their characters were likely doomed.
They placed all hope in making it to the Aboriginal village for aid and assistance but instead found the village abandoned. They left the most injured behind, and four infected survivors made it towards Parramatta. As we were running out of time, I skipped the Blue Yowie encounter, though the sounds at night drove them to push through the bush continuously. As the infection began to take hold, two more PCs (one of whom was Lt. Morrant) stopped and shot each other as blue tints in their eyes appeared and signs of the fatal infection became obvious. That left two single PCs to make it to Parramatta, one of whom was clearly infected and the other appeared to have avoided infection (according to the rules, they managed to fight it off with a series of miraculous rolls). The game ended with the two survivors telling the authorities what had occurred, but since they were both convicts, they were imprisoned until their stories could be verified.
I received feedback about what a success the game was for one of the players, whom I'll quote briefly:
"I played in your afternoon game playing the botanist who decided opening the checkered canister seemed like a wise course of action. (or, perhaps, not)
I have been mentioning that I was able to play an adventure based in the outback with an actual professor of British history and my wife was most jealous. Thanks again for a great scenario and game."
The second session on Friday night played out very differently. This group consisted of two couples and a single male player. Since we were one player short, I asked if I could play this with a slight difference, making Lt. Morrant an NPC. They readily agreed, and this session ran a lot better than the first. I let Morrant remain in the background, but since one of the PCs was a sergeant in the NSW Corps, there was still a leader in place. However, he was in many ways more equal to the free citizens in the group. Morrant as an NPC made some hard decisions, but there was often spirited debate. Regarding the backgrounds of the players in this group, I had run a Call of Cthulhu game for one couple a few years earlier, and they had come back specifically because I was the GM.
The second couple had flown all the way from Australia (they were from Queensland) and were regulars at GenCon. It was sometimes intimidating playing for the Australians, but they were good-natured in correcting my pronunciation of Parramatta, and they also provided some local color to help establish the background and sense of being in the Australian near-outback. The fifth player was an American, and he played the NSW Corps soldier. Since there were two women playing in this group, I had one female PC, while the other played a male PC. This group of players, mostly in their early 40s or older, worked well together when the scenario called for group interaction.
Now this session was also different because the players spent additional time enjoying roleplaying. When they got to the Aboriginal village and then the crash site, they were much more thorough investigators. They managed not to open any of the canisters, though they did collect them along with significant parts of the meteorite. They spent about an hour at the crash site, and they managed to get the entire expedition back with only a single loss of life, this time being an NPC soldier. They even took precautions, wearing gloves and tying scarves and handkerchiefs about their faces, as they dragged bodies to be burned. It was efficient and tidy, and I was starting to wonder if they would make it back to Parramatta without being infected and even managing to bring the proto-shoggoth container back intact.
However, this time it all went pear-shaped with the dingo attack. Several failed rolls for attacking gave the dingoes the chance to bite and infect not only the NPC soldiers but also a few of the PCs. For the first time, sanity rolls failed in rapid succession, and temporary insanities took hold. Morrant started to throw canisters at the dingoes, and one of them burst. The PCs and survivors, having slain the attacking dingoes, hurried off to the Aboriginal village with a restrained Morrant and several soldiers showing signs of infection. They decided to then leave behind the wounded, and they would come get them when they could.
They next day the proto-shoggoth container burst. When the creature escaped, more sanity rolls were failed (several quite badly) and the PCs ran. The proto-shoggoth feasted on one of the NPCs, and the others ran off into the bush. They spent about 20 minutes in game time before the remaining survivors came back together, minus most of their supplies, and with a single haversack full of meteorite pieces and alien technology. They also had numerous paintings and sketches so they thought they had enough evidence to present to the authorities.
This group encountered the Blue Yowies. At the description of the creatures, the two Australian players nodded their heads and later mentioned that they sounded like the tales their grandparents had used to frighten them when they were misbehaving children. Though the Blue Yowie attack was pushed back with fire and gunshots, the PC Sergeant died and the player took over one of the remaining NPC soldiers. The others were slowly infected and showing some signs of infection, but two of the PCs managed to hold back the infection after displaying initial symptoms. All five made it back to Parramatta. Without Morrant or any other representative of the NSW Corps, it came down to the free settlers and the disgraced nobles to convince the authorities of what happened. It well after midnight when this session ended with smiles and a brief post-game discussion.
There were several lessons from this. I spotted a couple of (minor) editing mistakes in the pdf copy of the adventure that I need to fix. As for running the game at the table, I recommend that Morrant be an NPC, and that the players take on the roles of the other PCs. The first group did well with a player as Morrant, but they were often hesitant to make hard decisions when it affected other players around the table. With the second group, partly because two of the players were English and two Australian, there was good-natured banter and back-and-forth jibes, while the other American and I watched and listened with amusement.
I look forward to running at least two more sessions of Convicts & Cthulhu at GenCon 2019. Hopefully, a few more readers who are also GMs will step up run some sessions next year, and perhaps if the stars are right, Cthulhu Reborn might have a formal presence so brief sessions of Convicts & Cthulhu might also be a possibility for curious shoppers.
I'd love to hear any feedback from those readers who have managed to run "Fallen Stars" for their own group. You can always reach me at my email: mythologyprof at gmail dot com.
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Ever Get Lost On The Streets Of Arkham?
The haunted college town of Arkham is perhaps H.P. Lovecraft's second-most famous literary creation (after the great tentacled one, of course). Thus it's not surprising that many Lovecraftian tabletop games send investigators off on dark, doomed quests to peer into dim corners of Arkham. More often than not, they don't come back.
The primary gaming sourcebook describing Arkham is Keith Herber's excellent Arkham Unveiled (published 1990). While long out of print, the same material (slightly revised and diluted) is available in H.P. Lovecraft's Arkham.
When we came to creating the first product in the Dateline: Lovecraft line, we naturally thought of Arkham (and the Arkham Advertiser) as a great setting for our newspaper-based scenario-fuel resource (see this posting for more on the upcoming title).
The process of researching content to go into the large newspaper prop took us to a range of weird real-world historical places. It also forces us to take a really, REALLY close look at Herber's depiction of Arkham — not just in the sourcebook, but also in scenarios written, co-written, and edited by Herber.
What we found — particularly in the original printing of Arkham Unveiled — was a lot of evidence of the meticulous care with which Herber created his game "sandbox". He clearly put a huge amount of care and attention into making something useful, but also faithful to the spirit of Lovecraft's writing, and internally-consistent. Many of the scenarios which have made use of Arkham (or built on Keith's sterling work) haven't made much of this amazing attention to detail … but there's more than enough information buried in the various published materials to portray Arkham as a vibrant and well-drawn backdrop for scenarios.
The problem is finding the right details when you need them.
While Chaosium's books do include a few helpful indices in the main Arkham sourcebook, these don't cover the primary scenarios (some of which, surprisingly contain a wealth of background and setting detail not in the sourcebook). They are also somewhat limited in scope. During the creation of Dateline: Lovecraft we were often stymied when trying to remember where some obscure historical personage was mentioned in passing somewhere in the text. We dearly wished someone had created a comprehensive set of indices to all the people, places, and addresses referenced. One weekend, I broke and compiled such a beast, exhaustively poring over the published texts and compiling what turned out to be a lengthy set of alphabetically-sorted notes.
Today, Cthulhu Reborn is pleased to release (a tidied up version of) those notes as the Herber Arkham-O-Pedia. You can download the 43-page PDF right now, entirely free of charge. We are releasing this as a reference work that might help other writers (or even players) navigate the detailed description of Arkham and its ill-fated populace. The PDF is released under a Creative Commons license, making it free for you to re-distribute or to exploit for any non-commercial purpose.
The PDF comprises six parts:
An alphabetical index of all the People mentioned somewhere in Arkham source material or scenarios (with references to help you track down said references);
A similar alphabetical index of all Arkham Businesses, Organisations, and Facilities
A similar alphabetical index of Neighboring locations close to Arkham
A similar index of all Arkham street addresses listed in source material (or the pull-out newspaper in Arkham Unveiled)
A similar index of Arkham telephone numbers
A short treatise on the system of street numbering used in different quarters of Arkham, and an alphabetical listing of Arkham's streets and the numbering convention that applies to each one.
We hope that this free reference work will help people create new and intriguing Arkham-based material that both draws upon Herber's work, and also aligns with some of the core designs that make it such a compelling depiction.
BTW: it is worthwhile mentioning that although the Herber Arkham-O-Pedia makes reference to content that appears in several books published by Chaosium, the PDF does not contain any material copied verbatim from those works. Nor does it contain any game content.
Download the Herber Arkham-O-Pedia Here
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Extra! Extra! Dateline: Lovecraft coming soon!
Dateline: Lovecraft is one of the projects we vaguely mentioned a few months ago as something Cthulhu Reborn was actively developing. Since then, there has been a lot of frenzied activities on a number of fronts that has brought this particular project much closer to being a reality. With that in mind, I thought it might be worth sharing a little bit more information about what this product will be, and when it might materialise.
The main concept behind Dateline: Lovecraft is to create a large in-world prop document — in the form of a 1920s newspaper — that can be used as a source of inspiration for any number of Lovecraftian game scenarios. It is entirely system-agnostic: gamers who like their Lovecraft RPGs with a Trail of Cthulhu flavour could use it, as could Cthulhu Hack folks, or even people who play any of the 7 editions of the "world's most venerable tabletop Cthulhu RPG".
The Newspaper Prop
The core of the product is a 12-page broadsheet newspaper, an entire front-page-to-back-page copy of the Arkham Advertiser for Monday 15 October, 1928. Now, 12 pages might not sound like a lot … but 1920s broadsheet pages are big (about 23 inches wide by 33 inches tall) and very, very text-heavy. So, by our count the full collection of articles, general columns, advertisements, and miscellaneous weird stuff adds up to about 40,000 words of text.
Inside the 12-page newspaper, you will find all manner of things — ranging from mundane world news (sometimes with a hidden twist), local Miskatonic Valley news, editorials, display advertisements, letters to the editor and its resident "agony aunt". You'll also find columns for motoring enthusiasts, radio owners, puzzle fans, a stereotypical 1920's "page for women", a sports page, and a magazine page. Finally, you'll also find a full page of classified "want ads" covering everything from the mundane to the inexplicable and bizarre.
Scaled-down versions of several parts of the newspaper prop are scattered through this post, with colour overlays to highlight the different columns, advertisements, and articles.
The Companion PDF
While the newspaper prop is the centrepiece of Dateline: Lovecraft, the kit also feature a companion PDF which contains some helpful indices, suggestions, and advice on ways to use it to enhance Lovecraftian tabletop RPGs.
Because of the massive amount of diverse text to be found spread across the 200+ articles, columns, and advertisements, finding specific references to people, places, addresses, and telephone numbers can be a challenge. To assist, the companion PDF includes separate indices covering each of these — that way if you want to quickly track down all the newspaper content that mentions Arkham Mayor John Peabody, you can simply look him up in the index of people and quickly track down each such mention (for the record, he turns up four times). Similarly, if you want to quickly determine every newspaper mention of the Miskatonic Valley Savings Bank or the MU Department of Classical Languages, those appear in the index of Arkham businesses and institutions. Finally, if you want to see all the French Hill addresses mentioned somewhere in the paper, or see all telephone numbers listed, you can track them down quickly in the address index and telephone index respectively.
In addition to just making the newspaper prop easier to navigate, the companion PDF will include some ideas for how to leverage the wealth of mundane and weird information contained in its pages to inspire or augment Lovecraft-like game scenarios. While the "old faithful" scenario starter of "investigators notice news of a strange local murder" is an obvious option, have you ever considered hiding a key scenario clue inside a classified advertisement, or in a display advertisement for a new Arkham local brand of cigarettes? How about kicking off a scenario by having the investigators find a suspicious corpse with an apparently ordinary newspaper clutched in its hand, with odd pen scratchings calling attention to an unremarkable story about the local Varsity football team? With a bit of creativity, there's quite a variety of ways to use newspaper content in a mystery-based game.
So, When Will It Be Released?
Right now we have a fully completed design for the 12-page newspaper, and have a team of hard-working proof-readers combing it for typos and other errors.
The various indices have been compiled, and are ready to go into the companion PDF. We're still writing some of the smaller pieces of suggestions for methods for exploiting the news for game enlivenment. And we are still considering writing a short scenario seed to go into the companion PDF as a more concrete example of one method of weaving a tale out of the diverse elements in the paper.
All this means … we're not all that far away from having something that we can release as a digital product. I would like for Dateline: Lovecraft to be available for sale before the end of August (although we also have a Convicts & Cthulhu PDF to release this month).
Several people have contacted us to point out that this would be one product that would be extremely cool to have as a physical print item. We definitely agree, and once the digital product is out we will start looking into the possibility of getting copies printed as large vintage-style newspapers. This isn't as easy as just putting something up as a Print on Demand title; printers who can produce large format newspapers on authentic newsprint are much rarer, and usually cater for very large-volume print runs … but we have a few good leads on printers who might be able to create something like this for us. If you have any suggestions, feel free to get in touch (via the contact form on our About page).
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Taxonomic Literature: Lumbsch, H.T., Feige, G.B. & Elix, J.A., Bryologist 98: 561-577  (1995).
Thallus: Areolate (primarily areolate); separate thallus parts thin. Thallus Outline: Indistinct; soon disappearing. Upper Surface: Verrucose or verruculose, lime green or pale green, matt, smooth or rough, pulverulaceous; epruinose; sorediate; soralia yellow or grey, spreading, soredia coarse, (18)-20-25-30-(32) µm in diam..
Ascocarps: Soon sessile. Margin: Lecanorine, verrucose or verruculose, smooth or rough, not flexuose or slightly flexuose, persistent, prominent, concolourous with the surrounding thallus; without a thin rim between disk and thalline margin; sorediate. Disk: Plane, brownish red or brownish yellow, epruinose. Parathecium (proper excipulum): White, not inspersed with crystals. Amphithecium (thalline excipulum): Present; crystals dissolving in 10% KOH; photobiont abundant. Amphithecial Cortex: Present, indistinct, eucortical, 15-20-20-(25) µm wide, not basally widened, 15-20-20-(25) µm wide at the base; inspersed with oil droplets. Episamma: Soluble in KOH. Epithecium: Apical cells slightly swollen or distinctly swollen, hyaline or brownish red, soluble in 10% KOH. Hymenium: Not inspers. Hypothecium: White; not inspers.
Ascospores: c. 8 per ascus, broadly ellipsoid, (9)-9.5-10.5-11.5-(12) µm long, (6.5)-7-8-8.5 µm wide; wall thick, distinctly differentiated into primary and secondary wall, not ornamented.
Secondary Metabolites: Usnic acid and atranorin, of the following substance class(es): orcinol depsides, dibenzofurans [and usnic acids], and (tri-)terpenoids.


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 Heathcote; Isobel W. (1998): Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice. Canada.
 Wani; S.P., Phatak; P., Rego; T.J. (eds.) (2002): A training manual on integrated management of watersheds, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.
 Becker; Fabian, Day; Jenny, Belle; Johannes, Remy Ndam; Jules, Kwabla Attibu; Philip, Aime Feumba; Rodrigue, Thiemann; Stefan (2013): Integrated Watershed Management Research and Development Capacity Building. Integrated Watershed Management for Upper Mefou Sub-catchment Area - An Overview. Yaoundé, Cameroon.
 Wani; Suhas, Kaushal; Garg (2009): Watershed Management Concept and Principles. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Aridn Tropics (ICRISAT), Andhra Pradesh, India.
 Ffolliott; Peter, Baker; Malchus, Tecle; Aregai, Neary; Daniel (2003): A Watershed Management Approach to Land Stewardship. The Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 38: 1-4.
 Neary; Daniel, Ffolliott; Peter, Kenneth; Brooks (2000): Increasing the Visibility of Watershed Management as a Land Management Profession. USDA Forest Service.


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Pappa al Pomodoro is a thick soup prepared with fresh tomatoes, bread, olive oil, garlic and basil: it can be served hot, tepid, or chilled like a gazpacho. Used to be prepared by housewives who made a soup out of the left over bread so not to waste anything, like most traditional recipes from this country, it is the very high quality of the ingredients that make a simple dish like Pappa al Pomodoro excellent, starting from the tomatoes.
History behind it
To make a true authentic pappa al pomodoro, a particular kind of tomatoes is required: the variety is called costoluto fiorentino, a flattened, heavily-ribbed shape of various Italian heirlooms. Obviously, it is not always easy to find this variety even in Italy; If you want to stay authentic, you can use San Marzano tomatoes, which are what most Italians use. Another key ingredient is Tuscan bread: this bread is also called pane sciocco (stupid bread) or bread without salt and there is a historical reason behind it. The recipe of this bread dates back to the 12th century, when the rulers of Pisa were at odds with the rulers of Florence so they cut off their supply lines from the coast, which made salt prohibitively expensive. The Florentines, unwilling to cave to the pressure, started making their bread without salt.
A TV Star
The popular RAI television series, in which Rita Pavone sang the famous song "Viva la pappa col Pomodoro" made the dish famous outside of Italy; the song was released in 1965, and was an instant hit!
Like any old traditional recipe, especially this one which also comes from cucina povera (peasant cooking), there are as many ways to make Pappa al Pomodoro as there are families in Tuscany. You just have to choose your champion then!!!
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Guns pose a grave threat to students and teachers.
More than three-quarters of NEA members believe it is too easy to get guns in the United States and overwhelmingly favor universal background checks.
NEA members believe schools should be safe places for learning, not de facto prisons. They reject the idea of arming teachers and other educators and oppose using federal funds for that purpose.
The NEA supports H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, and H.R. 112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019, which would strengthen procedures for transferring a firearm from someone who is a federal firearms licensee to someone who is not a licensee.
NEA members also support an expanded focus on mental health in schools; additional school-based health centers; more funding for educators' professional development in bullying prevention and other areas; and research on gun violence as a public health issue by the Centers for Disease Control.
Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), introduced identical resolutions (H. Res. 231/S. Res. 110) saying federal funds should NOT be used to train or arm educators.
A March 2018 Gallup poll that found 73% of our teachers do NOT want to carry guns in school. Email your members of Congress and tell them to cosponsor and support H. Res. 231 and S. Res. 110.
Expanding background checks to close gun sales loopholes is a first step to keeping schools and communities safe from gun violence. Firearms are the leading cause of death for African American children and the second leading cause of death for all American children.
We need to do more to keep guns away from people who will use them to cause harm. Email your senators and urge them to support the Background Check Expansion Act.
Read, download and share these resources relating to Gun Violence Prevention.


THE ancients although relied primarily on physical prowess to obtain food, needed to utilize their intelligence to devise new and creative ways to hunt and store animals. The relationship between food, physical activity, and learning is hardwired into our brain's circuitry. In the modern world, although our survival no longer hinges on our ability to trap and kill a large animal, physical excursion is still plays an important role in our learning process.
As our species has evolved, our physical skills have developed into abstract abilities to predict, sequence, estimate, plan, rehearse, observe ourselves, judge, correct mistakes, shift tactics, and then remember everything we did in order to survive. the brain circuits that our ancient ancestors used to start a fire are the same ones we use today to learn French.
Evolutionary science taught us that learning is the survival mechanism we use to adapt to constantly changing environments. Inside the microenvironment of the brain, that means forging new connections between cells to relay information.
Emerging research shows that physical activity sparks biological changes that encourage brain cells to bind to one another. For the brain to learn, these connections must be made; they reflect the brain's fundamental ability to adapt to challenges. The more neuroscientists discover about this process, the clearer it becomes that exercise provides an unparallel stimulus, creating an environment in which the brain is ready willing, and able to learn. Aerobic activity has a dramatic effect on adaption, regulating systems that might be out of balance and optimizing those that are not --- It is an indispensable tool for anyone who wants to reach their own full potential.
To better understand the link between mind and body, many scientist have focused their research on a particular class of master molecules, called BDNF (Brain-derived neurotrophic factor). To date there are more than 5,400 published researched papers on the topic. Scientists discovered something quite startling, namely that BDNF exists in the brain and nourishes neurons like fertilizers!
An initiative known as Zero Hour PE, implemented by Naperville district 203, which requires high school participants to conduct rigorous physical exercise, where participants will reach 185 HPM prior to class shows a dramatic 17% improvement in reading and comprehension, compared with a 10.7% improvement among the other students who opted to sleep in and take standard phys ed.
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) has been administered every four years since 1995. The 1999 edition included 230,000 students from thirty-eight countries, 59,000 of whom were from the United States. Naperville 203, who implemented the above Zero Hour PE program, enlisted their eighth graders for the assessment, incredibly finished first on the science section just ahead of Singapore and the rest of the participating country. On the math section, Naperville scored sixth, behind only Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan . As a whole, US students ranked eighteenth in science and nineteenth in math, which districts from New Jersey and Miami scoring dead last in math and science.
At Zen Quest, our education model utilizes a scenic and diverse wilderness environment, where groups of students are arranged into teams, we set physical and mental challenges that have a perceived level of risk and adventure, the completion of which requires team work, physical prowess and intelligence.
Aside from the confidence it instills in participants of achieving tasks previously thought to be beyond their capabilities, the above research clearly indicates that such activities increase learning capabilities at a neurological level. Once a student is taken out of his usual environment, the wilderness provides such a environmental enrichment that is conducive to the opening of new neuron pathways, the physical activities increase the BDNF, which in turns provide an unparallel advantage to increase the learning capabilities in developing minds.


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Categories: Bay Area | Earthquake Faults and Faulting | Calaveras | Did You Feel It?
After a hiatus of almost three months, the blogger was shaken back into action this morning by the strongest temblor to hit the Bay Area in nearly a year. At 10:09 am PST a magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurred on the Calaveras Fault with its epicenter roughly six miles eastnortheast of Milpitas. Its hypocenter - the starting point of any earthquake - lay at a depth of approximately seven miles beneath the surface.
Did you feel it? Map for Jan/7/2010 Milpitas Earthquake. (Click to view larger image.)
In today's interconnected world, it is very easy even for lay people to get immediate information about each tremor one feels. No, I am not talking about the emotional outbursts which hit the Twitters and Facebooks of the cyberworld ("Wow, how did I feel it shake!") after each reasonably sized shaker. I mean the reliable information, which a dedicated cadre of Bay Area earth scientists puts together with the help of mostly automated computer algorithms and which are posted on the web, as soon as they are available. My first stop while cybershopping for information about recent Bay Area earthquakes is always the map of the latest epicenters . It is published jointly by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park and the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, which also hosts this blog. Color coded and sorted by size, you will easily find the latest temblors. The map is updated immediately when a new earthquake occurs and carries all quakes, which occurred during the week before the latest event. Click on one of the squares and you will be directed to much more detailed information about this specific quake and its location within the tectonic framework of the Bay Area.
But the advances of web communication do not only benefit the public while looking for earthquake information. You can also be part of the advancement of seismology and help the researchers, by reporting on what you have felt during the shaking of an earthquake. The USGS has set-up a website under the headline "Did you feel it?", where you can access a questionnaire. You will be asked a dozen or so questions about how and where you felt it, how strong you experienced the shaking and if you detected any damage in your building or in structures around you. It does not take more than five minutes, to fill out the online form. The information is handled confidentially, although you may enter your name and communication parameters, if you think, that your earthquake observations warrant more attention by the researchers.
You will ask, how such responses can advance science. Because neither the Earth nor its earthquake faults are homogeneous and simple, seismology has to deal with lots of variables. No two earthquakes are the same and the shaking induced by seismic waves can vary consideraby even over a short distance. The topography, the type of soil and the structure of the underlying base rock determine, how strong a specific location rattles during a temblor. As scientists cannot place a seismometer on every square yard of the Bay Area and because such variations cannot be computed theoretically, the researchers need observations from the field - and that means from you, the person who has felt the quake. A lot of people contribute to the website already. In the first hour after today's quake, more than 15000 had submitted their observations, including the blogger. But because a wider response is always welcome, hit the keyboard the next time you feel a quake and look for "Did you feel it?" (hra047).


Though holidays are finished by now, a desire to indulge our sweet tooth surely exists in many of you so you still may be searching for a perfect recipe that will delight your guests and your senses. If you do not wish to bother making anything too complicated, this recipe – a chocolate paradise for your senses – is an ideal choice.
Mint is known for its nice and distinguishing scent and taste of menthol, not to mention that it is also used as a medicinal plant and to produce essential oils, medications, and teas. It is refreshing and has soothing properties so it is particularly beneficial in treating respiratory problems. Moreover, it helps reduce headaches and has calming effects as well.
Fresh mint leaves are most often used in cooking; it can be grown in smaller pots so you can always have it if necessary.
It helps treat digestion regulation and is used in various sauces, stews, vegetable dishes, but sweet dishes as well.
If you seek for a simple recipe that will ideally fulfill your holiday menu, we suggest trying out this sweet and delicious cream that your guests will surely love.
Use the water bath method to melt the chocolate and then move away from the stove.
Beat egg yolks and add them to the chocolate while it is still hot.
Add chopped mint and a teaspoon of coffee and leave this mixture to cool down for about 20 minutes.
Beat the egg-whites but make sure they don't become too stiff and then add them gently to the fine chocolate.
Serve in smaller bowls and add some whipped cream as decoration and of course, put a few mint leaves on the top.
Delicious and easy chocolate cream will blow your mind while at the same time it requires only minimal effort and time. Since this dish does not contain added carbs, you can enjoy this treat without feeling guilty.
Treat yourself with a chocolate massage!
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NEW TRAILER FOR DISNEY'S "MULAN"
Jennifer Ortega 1 week ago
Disney's Mulan
The new teaser trailer and poster for Disney's "Mulan" are here! The epic tale of a fearless young woman who risks everything out of love for her family and her country to become one of the greatest warriors China has ever known, opens in U.S. theaters on March 27, 2020.
© 2019 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.
"Mulan" features a celebrated international cast that includes: Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Cheng Honghui; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor. The film is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek based on the narrative poem "The Ballad of Mulan."
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This graduated dangle pair of earrings features high quality fancy sapphires that are round brilliant cut and share prong set. Starting at the top is a pair 3.0 mm and 0.20 carats total weight (ctw) pink Ceylon sapphires, then a pair of Thai green sapphires that are 3.7 mm and 0.35 ctw, next a pair of Tanzanian purple sapphires that are 4.2 mm and 0.76 ctw and finally a large pair of Ceylon yellow sapphires that are 5.5 mm and 1.28 ctw.
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Power and Passion Collide in Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's Antony and Cleopatra
In a world of great nations and greater longing, the quest for transcendence yields both tragedy and triumph in William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, one of history's greatest love stories opens at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Noël Coward's Private Lives, directed by Dennis Razze
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival continues its 28th summer season with Noël Coward's delectable comedy of manners Private Lives, directed by Associate Artistic Director, Dennis Razze.
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Two fearless actors and a backstage brigade deliver a multitude of quick changes and side-splitting hilarity in Charles Ludlam's gothic spoof The Mystery of Irma Vep – A Penny Dreadful, opening June 22 at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the professional theatre on the campus of DeSales University.
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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's Crazy for You features actors from Broadway and National Tours
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival announces casting for the first Main Stage production of the summer season, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Crazy for You, with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by Ken Ludwig.
Broadway actors Danny Gardner and Hayley Podschun will star as love interests Bobby Child and Polly Baker, respectively.
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Recently recognized by Playbill.com as one of the "Must Know Regional Theatres" in the nation, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's upcoming season will feature Shakespeare's powerful and passionate Antony and Cleopatra and the epic history play Henry IV, Part 1, along with a Tony Award-winning musical and two comedic classics in its 28th season, May 31 through August 4, 2019.
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Marriage Italian Style (Blu-ray)
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Language: Italian with English subtitles. [audio]
Genres: Drama, Academy Award Nominees
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Academy Award® Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actress
One of the most famous, and funniest, Italian comedies of all time, Marriage Italian Style received nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Actress for Sophia Loren, at the Academy Awards®.
Marcello Mastroianni co-stars as the irrepressibly carnal businessman Domenico, who discovers Loren's Filumena as a young prostitute and keeps her as his mistress and confidante. When he chooses to marry a young cashier instead of her, Filumena is furious, and resorts to a series of wild and hilarious ruses to win back his hand.
Directed by the great Vittorio De Sica (The Bicycle Thief), Marriage Italian Style is a timelessly bawdy classic.
1.85:1, 16x9 • 101 minutes • Italian with English subtitles • Not Rated - Color
SURF FILM SRL presents MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE A LORBER FILMS release
starring SOPHIA LOREN MARCELLO MASTROIANNI ALDO PUGLISI TECLA SCARANO MARILU TOLO
directed by VITTORIO DE SICA cinematography by ROBERTO GERARDI produced by CARLO PONTI
written by EDUARDO DE FILIPPO and RENATO CASTELLANI
Blu-ray Extras Include:
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"Wonderfully flamboyant...rich and delicious..." – The New York Times
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Sustainability Gains Traction in Optical Industry
By Marge Axelrad
Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:30 AM
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NEW YORK—Taking it seriously. That's what's seemed to be happening to the subject of sustainability in this year like no other, 2020. From individuals and families to companies and businesses large and small, a new awareness of climate change, economic challenges, social causes, human vulnerability and a growing priority toward health and wellness are all factors. Many felt this way before, but the pandemic and a one-of-a-kind year has created more concern among customers about corporate social responsibility. In other words, they are concerned about companies' values and what they stand for and support.
Sustainability is a complex subject that touches many aspects of daily living. One of the most-often quoted definitions of sustainability comes from the U.N. World Commission on Environment and Development: "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
But this is manifesting in new ways. In a study released this spring in association with the the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the IBM Institute for Business Value, the authors wrote, "Sustainability has reached a tipping point. As consumers increasingly embrace social causes, they seek products and brands that align with their values. Nearly six in 10 consumers surveyed are willing to change their shopping habits to reduce environmental impact. Nearly eight in 10 respondents indicate sustainability is important for them. And for those who say it is very/extremely important, over 70 percent would pay a premium of 35 percent, on average, for brands that are sustainable and environmentally responsible.
The report revealed, based on an extensive survey of respondents worldwide (they conducted a research study of 18,980 consumers in 28 countries), that 81 percent belong to one of two shopper segments: Value-driven consumers (41 percent) who want good value and Purpose-driven consumers (40 percent) who seek products and services aligned with their values. Fifty-seven percent of consumers are willing to change their purchasing habits to help reduce negative environmental impact.
Looking deeper, NRF/IBM's report explained that Purpose-driven consumers (40 percent) seek products and brands that align with their lifestyle and those with health/wellness benefits. They are willing to pay a premium for products and services that align with their values and lifestyle. Purpose-driven consumers are also willing to change their shopping habits to reduce environmental impact and care about issues such as sustainability and recycling. Europe and parts of Southeast Asia and Latin America have the biggest representation of this group. Slightly over half (51 percent) of this group report middle or above middle income.
Retail and consumer products companies around the world have been increasing their focus on sustainability over the past five years. Since 2014, global sustainable and environmentally responsible investment is up 68 percent and now tops USD 30 trillion. More and more, awareness of global environmental issues is changing the habits of consumers wherever they live.
Already, substantial numbers of people have adopted a back-to-basics mindset, opting for products that are simple, fresh, and contain fewer or no preservatives or processed elements. These attitudes are driving brand choice, says NRF/IBM Business Values. Over 7 in 10 consumers say it's at least moderately important that brands offer "clean" products (78 percent), are sustainable and environmentally responsible (77 percent), support recycling (76 percent), or use natural ingredients (72 percent).
Business leaders will also want to recognize that old, stereotypical ideas are moving on. Sustainability priorities transcend age, new studies validate. While Millennials may be leading the charge in sustainability awareness, every age group indicates that sustainability, environmental, and/or personal wellness attributes are significant considerations in selecting brands while Gen Zers cite health and wellness as their top priority, clean products are most important for the other groups. Interestingly, natural/organic attributes are of lower importance across age groups.
Still more comes from the new 11th Annual PwC/Consumer Insights Report 2020: The Consumer is Transformed. "The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the pace of behavioral changes around the world—how people work, eat, communicate, play and learn. And this extends to consumption patterns, too, in every category, including groceries, entertainment, health care and even data. It's important for consumer companies of all kinds to understand the degree to which the current customer journey has already changed, and just how different it might still become."
The report explained, "The acceleration of consumer trends and behavior that was already underway prior to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken another leap forward." Research showed a clear embrace of sustainability and a sense of civic duty. For example, in survey results taken prior to the pandemic, 45 percent of our global respondents said they avoid the use of plastic whenever possible, 43 percent expect businesses to be accountable for their environmental impact, and 41 percent expect retailers to eliminate plastic bags and packaging for perishable items.
Steve Barr, global consumer markets leader for PwC U.S. said," While certain trends have been on the upswing for quite some time, our research shows that the pandemic has sharpened consumers' desire for transparency, sustainability and convenience. The companies that will reap the most rewards are the ones that have established trust with the consumer, invested in a seamless and frictionless end-to-end customer purchase journey and prioritized the consumers' health and safety."
Oz Ozturk, global consumer markets advisory leader for PwC U.K. said, "In our 11 years of surveying consumers around the globe, we have never documented such a clear convergence of themes around transparency, sustainability, and social consciousness. At such a pivotal moment, the need for consumer-facing companies to establish trust with potential customers could not be any clearer." To download the full report, visit www.pwc.com/consumerinsights.
A substantial proportion of U.S. consumers have become more focused on sustainability in their shopping journey due to Covid-19, according to another new survey by Coresight Research. In a survey of consumers last August, Coresight found that 29 percent of respondents said the pandemic has made environmental sustainability more of a factor when shopping. This compares to 16 percent that stated that the crisis made sustainability less of a factor.
Coresight also asked consumers what they consider to be the most important sustainability issues for retailers. Reducing plastics took the lead. Packaging is a huge concern for consumers in terms of sustainability. Making packaging biodegradable, recyclable or reusable was ranked the second-most important sustainability action for retailers, followed by reducing packaging.
Tracker information from Coresight is posted at https://coresight.com/coronavirus-briefing/.
Forrester's Oliwia Berdak, VP research director, recently wrote an article titled, "Rethinking Sustainability in the Middle of a Pandemic." https://go.forrester.com/blogs/rethinking-sustainability-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic/. She stated, "Sustainability has become a business necessity, not just a differentiator. In the coming years, businesses will need to adapt to a host of new environmental, social and governance risks or face extinction. It is no longer a question of whether it is 'necessary or not' to launch sustainable business practices, but rather how long it will take before consumers, shareholders, or governments punish businesses that don't."
The optical industry is seriously starting to pay attention, through the commitment of small independent practices and eyecare providers, regional groups, national companies or eyewear producers, small and large. VM will continue to monitor this space, due to continued changes surely coming our way in 2021.
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Jesse Eplan – Dreams
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New York City native Jesse Eplan has released a number of singles he's produced and distributed over a number of music platforms as well as lodging a number of high profile live appearances in one of the world's largest music markets. He's a multi-instrumentalist with the rare talent of perfect pitch further distinguishing him from his peers. He's worked hard to realize his dreams since first having his fire for music stroked at the age of seven and this latest single, "Dreams", is a profoundly honest depiction of the effect that his rising profile is having on his life and psyche. In a manifestation of true do it yourself spirit, Eplan also handles the production chores for his musical offerings and the same gifts that make him such an exemplary singer and musicians enable him to focus the sonics on this release in a compelling and entertaining way. There are no moments of outright experimentation on this song, but there's supreme technique guiding the musical mood from the first seconds onward.
Much of the song is carried on the back of Eplan's stellar vocal. He doesn't simply choose one approach and stick with it; instead, Eplan's vocal evolves with the song. There's equal parts finesse and raw emotion that he spills into his phrasing without ever overshadowing the backing track. There's a lot of charisma in his vocal that comes through as well. "Dreams" has lyrics engaging in much self-reflection, but he puts these thoughts over in such an entertaining, lively fashion that it never taxes a listener's attention. The song length plays into this strength as well by never going on too long – it ends just a few seconds after the three minute mark and never feels rushed musically or lyrically. This is the kind of performance older music fans will equate with veteran performers, but Eplan sings with youthful energy and the confidence of someone much older.
The backing music is classic rhythm and blues spit-shined to a fine polish. There aren't any jarring or abrasive passages in this – Eplan's musical instincts keep the song's musical mood consistent throughout and when the music takes a turn, however subtle, it does so in a manner that ties it in with everything preceding it. Despite the electronic nature of the instruments, "Dreams" never falls prey to filling listeners' ears up with icy, sterile sounds. The bass, percussion, and even the synthesizer and keyboard lines resound with color and unmistakable warmth. It helps frame an overall serious lyric in the best possible way.
Jesse Eplan's singles have garnered a lot of much deserved attention and each new release builds on the success of the last. There are few music artists who have offered up initial releases so full of well honed passion, maturity, and confidence, but Jesse Eplan is poised to continue his march towards greater and greater successes in a way that few of his contemporaries will ever know.
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Katy is a mind body coach who – due to her own extensive fertility journey – now specialises in supporting women who are struggling with fertility to 'stay sane' as they try to conceive.
Katy talks really openly about her own experience with PMDD (Pre Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder) and miscarriage. We chat about her earlier career as a carer and how during her career she experienced challenges with stress and her mental health – this inspired her to train in meditation, which led her to train to be a life coach and then on to India to train to be yoga teacher.
She has focussed her work for the last 6 years on working with people with stress. More recently, when she realised she had PMDD and during the Covid lockdowns, she reflected on her business and focus area and is now working with women in a similar position to herself, having experienced multiple miscarriages.
We touch on the taboo subject of miscarriage and how we need to talk about it more. She is really open and courageous to talk about it how she does. We also touch on menstrual cycles, periods. Why is it so taboo and almost shamed? We explore this topic and Katy shares her knowledge around how other cultures celebrate and honour that time of the month and the moon cycle.
Katy 'leapt' into running her own business (her words), she chats about the challenging transition from a career in caring to being able to actually charge for her services and being able to charge her worth. She has worked on what success means to her in her business – it's so crucial to her to ensure she gives good value and looks after people.
I asked her what she likes about MPWR:
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The majority of clients that I have had so far are from this group. It's just really cool. It's a lovely way of meeting people, it's never pressured, you're encouraged and have the opportunity to promote yourself, but you don't have to do anything you don't want, you can just be yourself completely.
I can't rate it highly enough."
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As well as bringing empathy, compassion and an open hearted acceptance to her work, she uses tools from the traditions of yoga, hypnotherapy & energy coaching, along with her own first hand experience of riding the roller coaster of the extreme emotional ups and downs that women can suffer every month.
In her spare time, she loves being outdoors, so when not on her yoga mat she can usually be found walking up a hill, relaxing by a body of water or enjoying the company of a tree
In lieu of her new & improved website (currently under construction) you can find out more about her and the work she does on LinkedIn


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Pope at Mass: 'may the Holy Spirit be the protagonist of our lives'
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Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Tuesday morning inviting the faithful to make room for the Holy Spirit in their lives.
Speaking during the homily at Mass in the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis said we can be reborn from "our sinful existence" only with "the help of the same power that raised the Lord: the power of God". That's why, he continued, "the Lord sent us the Holy Spirit", because alone, we cannot do it.
He was reflecting on the Gospel of the day in which Jesus tells Nicodemus "You must be born from above".
Linking this message to Easter and the Lord's Resurrection, the Pope recalled the fact that in the first apparition of Jesus to the apostles, on the Sunday of the Resurrection, the Lord breathed on them and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit".
The Holy Spirit is our strength
"This is our strength! We cannot do anything without the Spirit", he said.
Reminding those present that a Christian life is not only about behaving well and doing the right things, the Pope said we can write our lives in "flourishing penmanship" but we are reborn only from the Spirit, therefore we must make room for it:
"It is the Spirit that allows us to rise from our limitations, from our deaths, because there are so many necroses in our life and in our soul", he said.
The Pope explained that "a life, that may call itself Christian, but that leaves no room for the Spirit and does not allow itself to be carried forward by the Spirit, is a pagan life, disguised as Christian".
"The Spirit" he said, "is the protagonist of Christian life".
It is the Holy Spirit, he said, who accompanies us, transforms us, and overcomes sin with us.
"No one has ever ascended to heaven except He who descended from heaven: Jesus. He came down from heaven, and at the moment of the resurrection, he said to us 'Receive the Holy Spirit', the companion of Christian life".
"One cannot walk the path of a Christian life without the Holy Spirit", he said.
The Holy Spirit is our daily companion
There cannot be a Christian life without the Holy Spirit, who is "our daily companion", the Pope continued: "a gift from the Father, a gift from Jesus".
"Let us ask the Lord" the Pope said, "to give us this awareness that we cannot be Christians without walking with the Holy Spirit, without acting with the Holy Spirit, without letting the Holy Spirit be the protagonist of our lives".
We must ask ourselves, therefore – he concluded – what place does the Spirit have in our lives, and we must ask the Lord for the grace to understand this message: "Our companion on our way is the Holy Spirit".
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GE Additive will be part of new aviation-focused entity, while GE healthcare and power divisions are spun off.
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GE has announced its plan to divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, healthcare, and energy. The company is pursuing a tax-free spin-off of GE Healthcare by early 2023 (with GE retaining a stake of 19.9%), and will combine its GE Renewable Energy, GE Power, and GE Digital divisions into one business, and then pursuing a tax-free spin-off of that entity in early 2024.
The remaining GE business will be focused on aviation. According to GE spokesperson Shaun Wootton, GE Additive will remain a division of the aviation business. Wootton also noted that there will be no anticipated impact on facilities or employees of the aviation business at this time. The GE Additive business has been a key player in developing end-use parts for aviation applications, including printed metal engine parts. The GE Renewable Energy division has also recently leveraged some 3D printing technology, but from other technology providers.
"At GE we have always taken immense pride in our purpose of building a world that works," said GE Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. "The world demands—and deserves—we bring our best to solve the biggest challenges in flight, healthcare, and energy. By creating three industry-leading, global public companies, each can benefit from greater focus, tailored capital allocation, and strategic flexibility to drive long-term growth and value for customers, investors, and employees. We are putting our technology expertise, leadership, and global reach to work to better serve our customers."
Culp continued, "Today is a defining moment for GE, and we are ready. Our teams have done exceptional work strengthening our financial position and operating performance, all while deepening our culture of continuous improvement and lean. And we're not finished—we remain focused on continuing to reduce debt, improve our operational performance, and strategically deploy capital to drive sustainable, profitable growth. We have a responsibility to move with speed to shape the future of flight, deliver precision health, and lead the energy transition. The momentum we have built puts us in a position of strength to take this exciting next step in GE's transformation and realize the full potential of each of our businesses."
You can read the full press release here. You can read comments by GE Aviation CEO John Slattery here.
According to the company, GE is on track to reduce debt by more than $75 billion by the end of 2021 and bring its net-debt-to-EBITDA ratio to less than 2.5x in 2023.
Culp will serve as non-executive chairman of the GE healthcare company upon its spin-off. He will continue to serve as chairman and CEO of GE until the second spin-off, at which point, he will lead the GE aviation-focused company going forward.
Peter Arduini will assume the role of president and CEO of GE Healthcare effective January 1, 2022. Scott Strazik will be the CEO of the combined Renewable Energy, Power, and Digital business while John Slattery continues as CEO of Aviation.
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