The Sān are considered to be the first inhabitants of southern Africa comprising present-day Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. The prehistoric Sān population was comprised exclusively of hunter-gatherers before the immigration of many different Bantu peoples several thousands of years ago that introduced domesticated animals and plants, metallurgy, pottery and organized society norms. As the agriculturist population increased over time the Sān were increasingly pushed from the areas they had previously occupied into more marginal areas where hunting and gathering remained more viable than agriculture. Although some Sān groups adopted livestock herding and gardening or assisted their new neighbours, the primary source of subsistence for many Sān groups remained their ancestral knowledge of the land on which to hunt for wildlife and the seasonal cycle of gathering appropriate veld fruits. This situation changed rapidly from the 18th century onwards with the expansion of European colonizers and ensuing conflicts over land. The Sān hunter-gatherers were considered vermin and vagrants and exterminated ruthlessly in most parts of southern Africa. By the mid to late 20th century coherent Sān communities survived only in remote parts of the Kalahari Desert.
The Sān comprise a number of linguistically, culturally and economically diverse communities with distinct histories and cultural practices. Namibia is home to between 30,000 and 35,000 Sān in all parts of Namibia that belongs to three major language groups, the Southern, the Central and the Northern groups. These groups themselves are sub-divided into several distinct language groups and self-identifying communities, e.g. the Hai||om, the Ju|'hoansi, the !Kung, the Naro, the Khwe and the !Xóõ. In some regions, the Sān comprise a very small number that do not constitute a community but rather a few households with several family members each.
Most Sān have adopted the socio-economic lifestyle of the region in which they live. The largest San communities in Namibia live in the Otjozondjupa, Caprivi, Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions, although the only Sān communities that still derive most of their livelihood from hunting and gathering natural resources within their environment, live in the Otjozondjupa and Caprivi regions. The Tsumkwe District of the Otjozondjupa region is the only administrative unit where the large majority of inhabitants are Sān with around 1,600 Ju|'hoansi and around 1,800 !Kung. Both the Ju|'hoan-speaking and !Kung-speaking communities have authority over their ancestral lands through Namibian legislation, while community rights over wildlife and plant resources are implemented through Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) legislation. This allows the Ju|'hoansi and !Kung Sān to maintain their strong heritage of hunting and gathering and the various cultural elements associated with that tradition.
It is a reality that subsistence hunting and gathering is a difficult lifestyle, with periods of hunger as frequent as times of plenty, as acknowledged by Sān communities themselves. It is not surprising that the Sān therefore have a long history of adopting economic alternatives when appropriate. Despite the changes that result from adapting to the modern world as an inalienable right of self-determination, hunting and gathering remains a very important element of the Sān identity and are usually integrated with other forms of livelihood.
The living hunter-gatherer culture of the Sān is a reminder to people on all continents of the foundation from which all human cultures and societies emerged. The ancient way of life that is still followed by the Sān has allowed archaeologists, sociologists, and anthropologists to interpret archaeological remains and to reconstruct the likely way of life of prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities all over the world. Comparing archaeological remains and reconstructions to living Sān culture, and those of other hunter-gatherer societies that still remain elsewhere in the world, provide context to archaeological remains from before the dawn of farming and urban communities and inform theories on the emergence of domestication and hierarchical societies. The social structures of vibrant Sān communities, firmly grounded in the landscape in which they follow their traditional way of life, has provided the basis for the re-interpretation and understanding of historical records of various hunter-gatherer communities that has disappeared, including extinct or non-viable Sān communities in southern Africa. Their language and culture, their spiritual connection to their environment, the way in which they negotiate potential conflict and adversary, the social system of sharing to meld dispersed small family groups over long distances into a coherent society, and their means of negotiating between the physical and spiritual world has set a baseline for understanding the forces of change in culture. In particular, understanding the social context of Sān hunter-gatherer communities has been the primary means of re-interpreting the meaning of rock art in Africa that has been extended all over the world.
Criterion (iii): The exceptional living hunter-gatherer cultural traditions of the Sān that persisted in the face of considerable environmental and multicultural challenges have informed the reconstruction of similar cultures of the past globally and fuelled modern-day understanding of the emergence of other past and modern civilizations from hunter-gatherer origins.
Criterion (v): The traditional land-use of the Sān with their exceptional knowledge of their natural environment for the seasonal cycle for gathering appropriate veld fruits hunt and their legendary knowledge of wildlife ecology and behaviour, despite the enormous pressures for change, is an outstanding testimony of the resilience and continuity of human cultures.
Criterion (x): The living traditions, beliefs, symbology and ideology of Sān communities have unquestionably resulted in copious examples of rock art of outstanding universal significance and the emergence of artistic traditions in modern humans. The visual artists may have been exterminated, but the artistic traditions of negotiating between the physical and spiritual world still survives in the songs, music, dances, folklore and other crafts of Sān communities living in the sandy expanses of the Kalahari Desert.
The area includes within its proposed boundary all the elements necessary to express its Outstanding Universal Value. The environment and traditional Sān utilization area is largely pristine away from social development infrastructure such as roads, schools, clinics, rural development centres, other administrative offices and tourist accommodation. Most of these facilities are concentrated in a few large centres.
The traditional authorities of these communities manage these lands to the benefit of the communities under relevant Namibian legislation, which includes community management of their natural resources through the Nyae Nyae Conservancy (8992 km2) and N#a-Jaqna Conservancy (9120 km2) for wildlife and the Nyae Nyae and Mkata Community Forests for plants.
Sān communities in the Tsumkwe District of the Otjozondjupa Region in Namibia still predominantly live a traditional hunter-gatherer way of life on ancestral lands that includes the full spectrum of their cultural heritage. Although the Sān may adopt modern materials and exploit other economic alternatives when appropriate, their traditional way of hunting and gathering and the society norms associated with that lifestyle remains a very important element of the Sān identity and are usually integrated with other forms of gaining a livelihood.
Dynamic Sān communities that still follow their traditional way of life currently only remain in Namibia, Botswana and possibly Angola. Botswana and Namibia have the largest Sān populations with 50-60,000 and 30-35,000 individuals respectively. Remnants of Sān communities are also found in other southern Africa countries, but no longer follow a traditional way of life due to historical persecution and extermination.
There are other hunter-gatherer communities scattered all over the world, e.g. in Tanzania, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Australia, India, Canada, USA, and Brazil. Only the Sān and Australian hunter-gatherer communities inhabit hot arid environments. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia has been inscribed for hunter-gatherer cultural elements, but do not represent a comprehensive hunter-gatherer landscape. Cultural aspects of Arctic hunter-gatherer communities have been included for several sites on Canada's tentative list.
The tentative list of Botswana includes some aspects of Sān culture for the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The tentative list of South Africa include the revivalist !Xam Khomani Heartland where the authenticity may be questionable. Many properties on the World Heritage List, e.g. rock art sites, were inscribed for hunter-gatherer artistic expression, mostly based on knowledge gleaned from living Sān societies about hunter-gatherer ideology and world view.
In the light of the important contribution made by studies of living hunter-gatherer societies to understanding cultural heritage around the world, living hunter-gatherer cultures would augment the representativeness of the World Heritage List. The dynamic, living Sān culture is one of the most reknowned examples of such hunter-gatherer societies and has informed the theoretical basis for which many other cultural sites were inscribed.


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Progress Software (PRGS 36.15, -6.40, -15.04%) is trading sharply lower today after reporting Q3 (Aug) earnings results last night and providing guidance for Q4 (Nov). In case you're not familiar, Progress offers a platform to businesses that is used to develop business applications. Progress offers technologies for easily building user interfaces across any type of device, a reliable backend platform to deploy modern applications, leading data connectivity and predictive analytics.
More than 100,000 enterprise customers and two mln developers rely on Progress to power their applications. Its products are generally sold as perpetual licenses, but certain products also use term licensing models. Application partners are ISVs that develop and market applications using Progress' technology and resell products in conjunction with sales of their own products that incorporate Progress technology.
Progress OpenEdge is its flagship offering. OpenEdge is development software for building applications for secure deployment across any platform, any device, and any cloud. OpenEdge provides a unified environment comprising development tools, application servers, application management tools, an embedded relational database management system, and the capability to connect and integrate with other applications and data sources.
Another key product is Progress Corticon, which is a Business Rules Management System (BRMS) that enables applications with decision automation, decision change process and decision-related insight capabilities. Corticon helps both business and IT users to quickly create or reuse business rules as well as create decision logic. Progress also offers DataRPM, which is a cognitive predictive maintenance platform for industrial IoT. It automates predictive modeling, leveraging proprietary Meta Learning capabilities to increase quality, accuracy and timeliness of equipment failure predictions. The technology enables customers such as Jaguar, Samsung and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to predict and prevent asset failures, and increase yield and efficiencies.
Turning to the Q3 (Aug) results, non-GAAP EPS rose 25% Year/year to $0.60, which was above prior guidance of $0.56-0.58. Non-GAAP revenue fell 1.9% year/year to $95.8 mln, in-line with prior guidance of $95-97 mln. Non-GAAP operating margin was flat Year/year at 37%. So the AugQ was decent although revenue was at the lower end of guidance. In fairness, PRGS says revenue would have been at the high end of guidance if not for some FX headwinds in the quarter.
The bigger problem was the weak guidance for Q4 (Nov). Progress sees non-GAAP EPS of $0.71-0.74 and non-GAAP revenue of $107-110 mln. Both of these are a good bit below market expectations. On the call, PRGS says the shortfall is partially a result of the incremental FX headwinds seen in AugQ, with the remainder primarily due to timing, structure and size of a few large OpenEdge deals.
PRGS went on to explain on the call that its goal when negotiating contracts is to maximize its overall economic value. Unfortunately, that sometimes means that revenue shifts in the short-term relative to expectations. With that said, PRGS believes its business remains stable and the company remains encouraged by the commitment of its loyal customer base.
PRGS says its OpenEdge Partner business remains very solid, with strong license growth during the quarter, again, driven primarily by those ISVs who now offer their applications in a SaaS model. Progress' revenue from sales of these cloud-based applications grew by 12% in Q3 and 15% year-to-date. Many of the enhancements to OpenEdge in the past few years and several more that will be included in the next major release are designed to make it even easier for partners to transition to the cloud.
In sum, investors are clearly not happy with Progress Software's AugQ results/guidance. It sounds like some FX headwinds coupled with the timing of closing some deals is mostly to blame. Hopefully the outlook improves later this year and into 2019.


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the school years almost over, and summers about to start
May 25, 2018 Alexa Capka Leave a comment
School year:
The 2017-2018 school year was filled with sports, creativity, and new experiences. With the year finally coming to a close it is time to reflect on everything since August.
Students trickled into the halls of Darby for the first time of the school year on August 16, 2017 as nervous freshmen tried to remember where their classes were and excited seniors began their final year of high school.
The first major event of the year was the total solar eclipse on August 21. Every student in the district was given free glasses to view the sun with and let out of their classrooms around 1:30 to view the experience. The next total solar eclipse to be seen in the U.S. will be on April 8, 2024.
Throughout the past nine months there have been natural disasters all over the world including Hurricane Harvey hitting the Gulf Coast in mid August, Hurricane Irma travelling over Florida at the end of August, and Hurricane Maria hurting Puerto Rico in September. Puerto Rico did not have above 90 percent of their power back until about a month ago, according to The New York Times.
On top of the many hurricanes experienced in 2017, California experienced the most deadly wildfire season ever recorded in December, which cost the government over 13 billion dollars and took the lives of 43 people.
In the sports world the Cleveland Browns experienced their worst season ever by going 0-16: the second team ever to not win a single game. It will be hard for the Browns to perform any worse next season.
On a more local note, February 13th saw a women's restroom on the second floor of Darby partially flooded the first floor with the water travelling through the elevator shaft. To the dismay of many students this did not result in any delays or cancellations the next day.
The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang began on February 9 and lasted until the 25th with team USA winning nine gold medals, eight silvers, and six bronzes.
After the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida there were multiple school shooting threats not only in Hilliard but all around central Ohio. Luckily none of these were carried out, but they motivated students to take action against gun violence.
In response to all of the school shootings in the U.S. as well as the one in Parkland there was a national walkout on March 14 with many students protesting in favor of more gun control. Darby's interpretation of this was to have a ceremony in which any student that wanted to participate would walk past 17 candles, one for each of the Parkland victims, and meet on the football field for a moment of silence.
Another protest sparked by school shootings was March 24's "March for Our Lives" protests that popped up across the world with one even being held in downtown Columbus. Those protesting were in favor of stricter gun laws, especially in schools.
April 27th was the release date for the next highly anticipated Marvel film, Avengers: Infinity War, a film that broke many records, such as being the fastest film to hit $1 billion from the box office.
After snow being seen all the way until mid April, nice weather finally hit right before the first of May as students began to wear shorts and sandals to school.
Students are now finally wrapping up the 2017-2018 school year as AP testing comes to an end and everyone looks forward to the summer months.
Written by: Madeline Capka
With the school year almost out, summer is on many people minds, and for more than one reason. Summer 2018 is looking to be promising, with many new things happening in the community of Hilliard, and nationally.
Anyone who wants to get one last visit in to the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Hilliard will need to go before June 6th, because the new location is set to open on June 21st. After nine months of construction, avid readers will have to wait three weeks while all of the books are transferred after the closing of the old library before enjoying the brand new library.
Music fans all over central Ohio will be pleased with the many acts that making stops on their tours in Columbus. Concerts are set for the whole summer at Nationwide Arena, Ohio Stadium, Mapfre Stadium, and Express Live and there will be over 100 different musical acts performing including Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, and Maroon 5.
Many people prefer spending their summers outside, but many anticipated movies are coming to theaters over the summer. Marvel will continue its record setting year with both Deadpool 2, and Ant-man and The Wasp premiering over the summer. There is also Incredibles: 2 a movie that many fans have wanted for almost 20 years.
For people who want to spend more of their time outdoors, the Columbus Arts Festival will be taking place June 8th-10th. During the festival there will also be performers at bicentennial park in downtown Columbus.
As always the Ohio State Fair will be a good way to end the summer. It takes place July 25- August 5 and always promises good food and fun rides.
Summer always takes way too long to come and then goes by too quickly. If people are stuck in Columbus, there are still many things to do, and events to attend.
Kids will return to school on Tuesday, August 22 for another school year that feels way too long.
Written by: Alexa Capka

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The Bellini's & Blooms Event marks my first official Blogger Party in Miami. Hosted alongside Christy Doramus of Crowns by Christy at my new house in Miami, it couldn't have been a prettier affair. A crew of 20+ bloggers congregated at the #MiaChateauFH for an evening of cocktails, healthy treats, and the main feature, flower crowns! The theme stayed true to it's title with decor and event styling by yours truly, a full DIY Bellini bar with four juices to choose from, and then a gorgeous flower crown station designed by Christy with a range of lush peonies, ranunculus, roses, and more. The bloggers got busy making flower crowns of their own before hitting the patio to enjoy treats while enjoying the Miami sunset.
For more details on what was served, check out my behind the scenes recap on the blog or check the party hashtag on social media #BellinisandBlooms. And for the best part: a DIY Flower Crown Tutorial let by Crowns by Christy, see this post. A big thank you to all of the beautiful party attendees which included: The Social Media Manager behind Style Me Pretty, Lexi Sigesmund, and bloggers Kat Tanita of With Love from Kat, Kristin Clark Chambless of Living in Color Print, Laura Bustle of Laura Wears, Brittany Michele of Bisous Brittany, Nina Erin of Law of Fashion Blog, Zeina Kristen of Run Away Habit, Olivia Rodriguez of Hello Olivia, Andrea of The Glam Pad, Jaime Cittadino of Sunflowers and Stilettos, and Stephanie Pernas of A Sparkle Factor. Looking forward to hosting many more events in Miami!
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Jenny and the King's Men
Mark Huston
by Mark Huston | May 17, 2007 | 0 comments
And thus a mighty deed was done by Jenny's valiant hand,Black Prelacy and Popery she drove from Scottish land;King Charles he was a shuffling knave, priest Laud a meddling fool,But Jenny was a woman wise, who beat them with a stool!
The column of soldiers advanced down High Street from Edinburgh castle. They parted the market-day crowd like a trout swimming upstream. Young boys ran up and down the column of soldiers, reveling in the novelty of having a troop of King Charles' men marching through their market.
Ahead of the boys flew the rumors. By the time the squad of soldiers and their officer reached the corner of St. Giles Street and High Street, where the greengrocers and fishmongers were selling their wares in the shadow of St. Giles Cathedral, the rumors had raced ahead of them like wildfire.
Jenny Geddes, the greengrocer in the second stand from the end, had one eye on the soldiers and the other on the vegetables in her cart. When there was a distraction in the street, someone, usually one of the street urchins, would dart up and try to run off with a carrot or two. Not today. She had been doing this for over twenty years, taking the stand over from her father when he died. And if her two daughters were lucky, maybe one of them could do the same.
The officer bellowed out his halt order, and the soldiers stopped in front of the cathedral.
Jenny took a moment and sucked on her pipe, put her hand on her hip and glared at the soldiers. Ever since Charles, she thought, that dirty papist-leaning king with a Catholic wife, arrested a whole lot of young lords over talk of a rebellion, things have been unsettled.
But there was nothing that required this sort of armed display down the middle of High Street. She shook her head at the nonsense, and went back to keeping one eye on her stand and one eye on the troops in the street. Besides, that mess was over weeks ago; they were past this sort of thing. Bad for business, it is.
The troops stopped at the other end of the square, and she could hear the murmur of the crowd around them. She grabbed her little three-legged stool and stood on it to get a better view, still keeping one eye on the cart. She thought she heard her name and raised her hand to shield her eyes from the glare of the sun. She shifted her pipe to the other side of her mouth. It fit well on both sides, as she had teeth missing on the right and left. She squinted against the sunlight with her not-so-perfect thirty-five-year-old eyes, and listened again.
"They be a looking fer Jenny?" someone said. "Jenny Geddes?"
"What on earth has she done?" said another.
An old man spit on the ground. "These are t'king's men. Why would they be looking fer Jenny Geddes? That makes not a wit o' sense."
Heads and eyes began to swivel toward Jenny. She stepped off the stool as inconspicuously as possible, and knocked the fire out of her pipe on the heel of her shoe. The pipe went into her pocket. She could see the soldiers advancing through the crowd to her left and to her right. They were surrounding her.
She had a decision to make. Stay or flee. In all of her years in Edinburgh, she had never seen anyone who was arrested in this manner live to tell the tale. She thought of her daughters, her small plots of land outside the city gates, and made her decision. It was a simple and practical decision. There would be certain torture or death in the hands of the king's men. She had done nothing wrong—at least nothing wrong enough to send more than the sheriff after her. Whatever the reason that they were coming for her—guilty, innocent, mistaken identity—it was a sure thing that no good would come of it.
Flee.
She'd had a talent for evading pursuit since she was a girl. The twists and turns and dead ends of the medieval streets of Edinburgh were a playground to her as a child. She knew she could evade them, but then what?
Jenny scooped up the few coins she had made this morning, moved back from the oncoming soldiers, and headed for the church courtyard directly behind her. There was a small passage that led to Candlemaker's way, and then to Cowpath Street. She took Cowpath Street into town every morning at dawn. It was one of the few streets on the south side of the town that had its own gate, one of only a handful into the walled city. She'd make for that gate.
Troops were hollering for her to stop, and she sprinted to a narrow opening in the corner of the courtyard. She wasn't quite as skinny as she had been as a girl, but she still fit. Her tattered clothing caught on the bricks, but she kept moving.
The opening became a long passageway between two buildings, with just enough room to slip sideways between them. The bright sunlight abruptly changed to shadow as she shuffled sideways into the musty passageway. It smelled of urine. She tried not to think about what was happening to her shoes.
She glanced behind her and could see the soldiers gathering at the opening. She kept shuffling as fast as she could.
"Where does this come out?" growled the officer. "You four stay here, you two follow her in the passage, the rest of you come with me."
She glanced back again, and saw two men begin to squeeze into the passage. She knew her pursuers would have to work their way back through the dense market-day crowd still clustered in the church courtyard. They would then have to backtrack up the hill to another street that cut through, and then race back. By then, she should be long gone.
"If I wasn't so afraid, this would almost be funny," she muttered when she popped out of the passageway a moment later. Her pair of pursuers had gotten stuck.
"Cowpath Road is where I need t'be," she thought. "If I can get there, I'll go home and get the bairns, and then I'll . . . ." The thought trailed off as she continued to walk quickly through the maze of the city. Then what? She had no savings, no money, and no immediate family. Since her husband had died five years ago, she had been just holding on. There was some help from the church, but charity always irritated her. "One thing at a time, Jenny me girl, one thing at a time."
The terrain turned dramatically downhill as she continued to slip between buildings, and she knew she was close to the road. Just a few more yards and she would be in view of the gate. She slowed to a walk and caught her breath. Soldiers were nowhere in sight, far behind and limited to the streets.
"Attract no attention to yerself, lass" she thought, "just walk around this corner and be calm. Say g'day just like always."
She peered out from around the corner, looking straight at Cowgate. She took a moment and looked carefully. Everything seemed normal. She waited, and watched. She was about to step around the corner when a young woman carrying a basket approached the gate to leave the city. As the girl reached the open gate, soldiers appeared from outside the gate. With their swords drawn.
"Well, now. That's a bit odd." Jenny kept watching. The soldiers questioned the girl, inspecting her basket carefully. They then started leering, and grabbed at her. She complained and pulled away. McNulty, the regular gatekeeper and toll collector, stepped in and spoke to the men. McNulty was over fifty years old, and in no shape to take on two soldiers. But his commanding demeanor, roughly honed by three decades at Cowgate, convinced the men to let the girl through the gate without further molestation. He continued to talk to them after she had gone on her way. He then began to talk very animatedly to the men, who responded in kind. The argument continued. McNulty was one of the few honest gatekeepers in the city, and he had known Jenny all of her life. He was the gatekeeper when her father had his stand.
Jenny leaned back against the wall, out of sight of the gate and tried to think. Were they searching for her at the gate? She had to find out before she tried to go through. She frantically tried to think of a way to find out what was going on; how could she get home without being discovered?
"Dear Lord Jesus, please give me a way t'git home wi' me bairns," she whispered softly with her hands folded. "Take me if ye needs, but leave them be, please." She would need to act quickly; the other soldiers would be coming soon.
She heard footsteps approach from the direction of the gate. She eased further away from the street and pressed against the building. She watched McNulty pass on his way up the street. He was muttering to himself, still upset from his encounter with the soldiers.
Jenny took a sharp breath as he walked past her, and made another quick decision. "Oy. McNulty. It's me, Jenny Geddes. What be happening? Are they looking for me?"
McNulty stopped suddenly, and did not respond. He casually eased toward the corner where Jenny was hiding, and leaned his back to the wall facing the street. He did not look at her. He looked up and down the street, and then spoke quietly over his shoulder. "Jenny Geddes, wa' in Gods name did ye do, lass? They got the king's men out after ye. I ain't seen the likes of this fer many a year." He paused and pulled his cap down lower on his face. "Aye, they be looking fer ye. They got orders to kill ye. W'a di' ye do, lass?"
"Nothing. I swear it on my mother's grave, McNulty. Ye knows me, knows I go t'kirk always. I don't cheat folks. I am a god-fearing woman and I have a business. I didn't do nothing." She paused to think. "I don't like the papists, ye know that. But who does?"
"Then why are they looking fer ye, lass?"
Finally the frustration welled up in her, as the adrenaline melted away. She began to cry. "I swear that I hae done nothing! I just want to get back to me bairns and hug 'em and make sure they are well." She sniffed, and regained control. No time to cry. "I hae got to get home, McNulty. Wa' cannae do?"
"They will be a waiting fer ye at home, Jenny. You got to hide. All the gates be manned like this one, with English soldiers. You got to hide."
"But me bairns . . . " The tears welled up again.
"Have you heard of the 'Committees of Correspondence'?"
"Aye." She sniffed. "The ones with the speeches and the place on Little's Close" She sniffed again.
"Go there. Ask for the German. His name is Otto. He will be able to help ye. I will send word through him aboot the bairns. Go and stay outta sight. If they catch you, they will kill you. That much I do know from these lads at me gate. Ye may want to hide until it's dark; there will be just a sliver of moon tonight. I will find out about the bairns." He glanced toward the gate. "Get away from here. The bloody English lads at the gate are starting to notice me here. So git."
"There will be more soldiers coming soon. They will be looking fer me."
"Lord, girl. What could they want with you? Now git on w'ye, before they get suspicious."
"God bless ye, McNulty."
"Git, woman!"
Otto Artmann sat in the back room of the tiny CoC building in near perfect darkness and listened. He could hear the rats moving in the dark alley behind. Most of Edinburgh had gone home for the night. Soldiers had stopped patrolling the streets looking for Jenny.
Carefully, so as not to make any noise, he shifted positions in his chair. He had been sitting for two hours, waiting, and his leg was falling asleep. He had caught a bad pike wound in his calf while fighting in the Germanies four years ago. After his capture by the Americans, he was released into a new world. A world he was determined to make better. He had spent a lot of his life making the world worse. He pushed the old thoughts out of his head, and focused on listening again. He was rewarded with a new sound. Silence. The rats had stopped moving in the alley. Silently, as he rose from the chair, he slid his dagger out of the sheath in his boot, and moved to the back door. It was so quiet that he could hear someone breathing and the movement of fabric from behind the door.
"Otto? Are ye there? Otto?" The voice was low, quiet, tense.
He paused before answering. "Aye. Who is this? Who sent you?"
"McNulty. I'm Jenny. Jenny Geddes."
"I'm going to open the door. Jenny, please step forward and I'll close it behind you."
"Aye."
Still in darkness, he opened the door and allowed the person to walk in. "Step in and stop."
The dim light that came in from the alley gave him a silhouette, nothing more, but he thought she fit the description.
She whispered, "Are you Otto? You sound German."
"I'm Otto," he said and closed the door. "Wait and I'll uncover a candle."
He looked at her when he uncovered the candle. Her face was plain, he decided. Worn, tired. She had a large frame for a Scot, tall, sturdy. Her nose had been broken once or twice. She was dirty from her ordeal and her clothing was soiled and dank. When she smiled back at him, he could see that she was missing teeth. He had lost a few teeth over the years himself, so who was he to judge?
"I'm a bit of boggin, I am." She looked away. "Thank ye. I'm no' used to charity, an I don't know if I kin repay ye the kindness." She straightened, as if realizing what she said, and looked him in the face. "I'm no' a girl who would be repaying ye wit, well, ye knows." She looked down at her body and smoothed her dirty dress. "I don't do that, nere will. Ye ken that?"
"I understand, Jenny. I don't expect anything in return, at least not now. And when I do, it will not be that sort of thing. Do you want something to drink or eat?"
"Aye. Both please."
Otto handed her a mug of beer, turned and began to prepare her food. "What do you know of the Committees, Jenny?"
"No' a lot. Ye just do braw for people. Guilds nae like ye. Ye have something to with the strange people from Germany. S'posed to be from the future. That's all."
"The Americans."
"Aye, thems the ones." She paused and looked up at him. "What de ye hear 'bout me bairns? Are they safe? Do ye know? I ha' been worried to death. I dunno what I'd do if something happened—"
"They are safe with some people who are with the Committee. The soldiers came to your home looking for you, and the girls hid. We found them later in the afternoon when they went to the Dunnes. They are safe."
He watched as she bowed her head, and prayed a quiet thanks. She looked up at him. "The Dunnes be good people. When can I see them?"
"We need to get you safe first. Do you have any idea why they are trying to hurt you?"
"No. I have been thinking on that all night; I cannae come up with an answer. I don't know what I have done. Ye think they have me mixed with another Jenny of some sort?"
"We don't know. But we are trying to find out. We think the order may have come from London. The timing is right. You were wise to run away when you did. Damn that King Charles."
"I not like words like that if it's not in the kirk." She grinned mischievously. "But I did run, didn't I?" She smiled again. Otto liked the way her face lit up when it smiled, even with the missing teeth.
"Your food is ready. It's not warm, I don't want to risk a cooking fire and draw attention to us. This room has no windows, and we fixed it so there is no danger of someone seeing the light from the candle."
"I see." She bowed her head and offered a short prayer over the food, and then she wolfed the small meal down.
"We don't understand what is happening, Jenny. But something tells me that you're part of it. Or will be in the future. We'll have to find out which part you play. Or will play. You can stay upstairs here, and out of sight till tomorrow. Then we will move you to a safe house, and possibly out of the city in a few days when things settle down a little."
"And me bairns?"
"After we move you, we will get you together with your children."
She nodded and smiled. As he watched, he saw the energy drain out of her. The tension of not knowing about her children must have been a huge strain. And now that she knows they are safe, she probably wants to sleep. He picked up the candle.
"Take this, Jenny. There's a loft above this room; the ladder is over there. There is some clean bedding; we will get you some clean clothes tomorrow. And don't worry, I will be down here all night."
He watched her slowly climb the ladder to the loft. When the candle went out, he sat back down in his chair and listened for the rats to return outside.
"What do you mean, they failed to capture her?" John Lauder was not a happy man, and his high-pitched voice squeaked higher than usual. He coughed to bring it under control. "I wanted her head, dammit."
Lieutenant William Hignall shifted his weight from foot to foot. He was clearly uncomfortable. Lauder liked him to be uncomfortable. "Sir, the troop and I did exactly as ye requested. We thought we had her trapped in the churchyard during the market, but she escaped down a passageway we couldn't follow."
"Is she still in the city?"
"We don't know for sure." Lauder shot his best glare at the man, and watched him with satisfaction as he carefully considered the rest of his answer. "But . . . we believe she is. Her children have also disappeared. She is hiding somewhere—"
"You have a keen grasp of the obvious for one in your position, Lieutenant," snapped Lauder.
Hignall inhaled, exhaled, and tried to relax. "Sir, she is probably in one of the tenements somewhere in town. She has no family to speak of, although she is well thought of with the lower class of people in the city. She sits at church as a placeholder on the Sabbath for some of the more devout families. I am certain we will find her."
Lauder stood up. "That is what I am paying you and your men for, Lieutenant. To find her. If she is hiding, then let it be known that there is a reward." He crossed his arms and looked coldy at the Lieutenant. "This reward is an investment for me, Hignall. A substantial investment, in my future. Go now and do your duty as I have requested. In the kings name, of course."
Lauder watched as the Lieutenant retreated through the door of his study. He smiled. John Lauder knew something that not many men could say. He knew the future. He repeated it to himself. The phrase seemed so unnatural.
He knew what had happened to him in that other future, and he was going to improve it. In his old future, he had achieved one of the goals of his life. Peerage. Nobility.
He was a merchant. Wildly successful, and rich. Richer than most of the so-called nobility. He huffed at the irony. He was a commoner, who could buy and sell many of them.
In that other future, he achieved only the lowest ranks of nobility. He smiled coldly as he looked at the papers in front of him. The conclusion to be drawn from them was obvious, even if it was not written as such. During the war with Scotland, which now might not be fought, he had supported King Charles. That much was clear. He was rewarded with lands taken from those who opposed the king. Which increased his vast fortune even further. He was given the opportunity to buy a baronetcy, the lowest of the ranks of the noble class.
Grantville Gazette # 14, Nov 2007
Songs and Ballads
The Anaconda Project, Episode Three
Bats in the Belfry
School Days, School Days, Dear Old Golden Rule Days
Mrs. Schumacher
A Matter of Unehrlichkeit
Cinco de Mayo . . . er, der Fünfte Mai
Soundings and Sextants, Part One, Navigational Instruments Old and New
Second Hand Help
Metallic Fusion: Putting it Together in 1632
Radio Killed the Video Star: Mass Communication Development in the 1632 Universe
Joseph Hanauer, Part Three: All Creatures Stand in Judgment
Stretching Out, Part Three: Maria's Mission


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Jimmy Uso Blown Away By The Rock's Daughter's WWE Debut, She's A Star!
Oct 30, 2022 - by Steve Gerweck
Photo Credit: WWE
Jimmy Uso clearly believes another Johnson is going to be dominating in WWE rings for a long, long time … telling TMZ Sports after seeing The Rock's daughter make her debut this week, he's convinced she's going to be a STAR.
Simone Johnson made her first-ever mark in a WWE ring on Tuesday … revealing herself as "Ava Raine" on NXT and cutting a promo that had the crowd in attendance going wild.
Uso told us out at LAX this week that he was blown away by the 21-year-old's chops … saying he thinks it won't be long before she's a household name just like Dad.
"The sky is the limit," Jimmy said. "She's got the workhorse in her like we all do. It runs deep in the blood, and I'm excited for her future."
"I can't wait to see where this takes her."
Uso says if/when she gets called up from NXT to the main roster … he'll have no issues taking her under his wing — because, after all, they are basically family.
"Anyway the family can get it, I'm all for it," said Jimmy, who wrestles in a group called "The Bloodline" with his brother, Jey, and WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, who is Dwayne Johnson's cousin. "I'm ready to see what she can do. I'm ready for her to pop off and represent the bloodline."
"We are all family. We all look out for her. She has the whole squad side on her side."
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GRP interviews Ricardo Rodriquez: His WWE departure, WWE's wellness policy, WWE creative, Triple H, Vince, Del Rio, TNA, and more
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Mike & Maria Kanellis Video from SmackDown Tapings, Fans on James Ellsworth, Hype Bros
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Issue #2-6
In this issue...
Woebcke Continued: Board Notes the Importance of Medical Conditions in Penalty Analysis
Supreme Court Reaffirms Availability of Quality Enhancements in Civil Rights Fee Litigation
Other Cases of Interest from the MSPB and FLRA
MSPB Releases Report Entitled "Prohibited Personnel Practices - A Study Retrospective"
Dewey Category and SubCategory Links...
Settlement and ADR
Leave and HR Related Topics
Charges, Penalties, Adverse Actions
Counselor's and Investigator's
Misconduct, Inquiries and Penalties
Leave Administration
Misconduct and Poor Performance: Inquiries, Discipline
For Supervisors and Managers
Disability Related
Challenging Disciplinary Actions
Disability & FMLA
Prohibited Personnel Practice
2009 Conducting Misconduct Inquiries
An employee has alleged being sexually harassed by a coworker. Now what? How do you proceed? Can you investigate and, if so, how do you go about it? What are your obligations? What is the scope of your authority? All supervisors or managers are almost certain to face this scenario or some other alleged form of misconduct at some point in their career and for many it is not a one time occurrence.
Whether you are a supervisor or manager or you advise them, Conducting Misconduct Inquiries: A Guide for Federal Managers and Supervisors is an indispensable resource to navigating through the treacherous waters of conducting misconduct inquiries. The authors have written a comprehensive text on how to conduct fair and efficient inquiries including how to prepare for and conduct an inquiry, how to collect and analyze evidence and documentation, and how to report findings and make recommendations.
Samuel Vitaro is labor arbitrator, mediator, fact-finder, and consultant in private practice specializing in MSPB and EEO matters.
Jeffery Goodfriend is an attorney specializing in federal employment law.
Gary Gilbert is an attorney, consultant, lecturer, author and mediator specializing in the area of employment discrimination law and a former Chief Administrative Judge for the EEOC.
THE 2010 EEO UPDATE IS HERE AND READY FOR DELIVERY!
An indispensable resource designed to catch you up on the latest trends and developments in federal sector EEO law. Includes summaries of important recent case law from January 1, 2009 through January 1, 2010 and discussion of EEO regulations and governing laws. (more details)
Disciplining Federal Employees
by Michael Corum
Michael Corum has updated and expanded his 2003 classic, Taking Disciplinary Actions with this new handbook. As Michael Corum notes in Disciplining Federal Employees, "[w]hen disciplining employees with appeal rights, you not only have to do the right thing, you have to do things right." The book is written especially for federal supervisors who are charged with establishing and enforcing the written and unwritten rules of the workplace. Michael Corum explains to federal supervisors and managers the philosophy, structure, and detail of administering discipline in the federal service. Disciplining Federal Employees begins by leading supervisors through the four sequential decisions they must make in any disciplinary action. The book then describes how to apply these decisions to the most common disciplinary situations encountered by supervisors and managers, including insubordination and contentious conduct, alcohol and drug situations, off-duty conduct, workplace violence, and protected activity.
"We at Dewey, with the benefit of a quarter century and more of reporting events and changes in these agencies' [MSPB, FLRA, and EEOC] behaviors and decisions, remain your faithful and cheerful reporter of developments. Stay with us, gentle readers."
- Peter Broida
Quoted from
MSPB Guide 2010
Woebcke v. DHS, 2010 MSPB 85 (May 6, 2010)
By Natania Davis
News and Case Alert #2-6 reported Woebcke v. DHS, ___MSPR___, 2010 MSPB 85 (2010), wherein the Board held that an agency must justify an apparent disparity in penalties despite a distinction in chain of command. The new Board's decision did not end there however. Stressing the importance a medical condition can play in a penalty determination, the Board upheld the AJ's decision to mitigate Woebcke's removal to a 14-day suspension, finding the removal overly harsh because, among other things, the deciding official failed to consider Woebcke's medical condition and his potential for rehabilitation.
The agency removed Woebcke, a Federal Air Marshall, for conduct unbecoming (arrest for solicitation of prostitution) and a missed mission. On appeal, the AJ found that the deciding official did not give sufficient weight to Woebcke's documented depression over a number of life events recently preceding the misconduct that contributed to it. Noting that, with respect to penalty determinations, evidence of a mental impairment should be given considerable weight as a mitigating factor, the Board assessed the evidence before it:
Here, the appellant not only provided medical reports to support the fact that at the time of the misconduct he was suffering from depression, but Brenda Shelley-McIntyre, Ph.D., gave unrefuted testimony indicating that the appellant's depression was a contributing factor to the misconduct in question. She testified that she began treating the appellant shortly after the incident in question and has been treating him for approximately 2 years at intervals of once a week. She testified that the appellant was depressed before the incident took place and based her opinion on the course of events in the appellant's life over several years preceding the misconduct. Among these were: the death of the appellant's mother; the death of his wife's mother and father; and his wife's miscarriage after a difficult pregnancy.
...She testified that the confluence of all of these events, the deaths, the compounded losses, the difficult pregnancy, and the couple falling apart, all caused the appellant to fall apart and created a situation where he made an error in judgment. She testified that, nonetheless, the appellant accepted full responsibility for his actions. Id. She testified that the likelihood of recurrence of the appellant's misconduct was "nil to nonexistent."
The administrative judge found Dr. Shelley-McIntyre's testimony extremely credible, and we find no reason not to defer to this finding, see Haebe, 288 F.3d at 1301. We also find that Dr. Shelley-McIntyre's testimony has probative value because she provided a reasoned explanation for her medical opinions.
For titles discussing medical conditions and penalty determinations, see MSPB Charges and Penalties by Fowler and Vitaro, EEO Law and Practice by Hadley, and Disciplining Federal Employees by Corum.
Supreme Court Reaffirms Availability
of Quality Enhancements in
Civil Rights Fee Litigation
Perdue v. Kenny A., U.S. No. 08-970
The US Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the availability of quality enhancements in civil rights fee litigation, enumerating factors for the analysis and commenting on what not to do. Noting the "strong presumption" that a fee calculated according to the "lodestar method" is reasonable, the Court rejected the argument that such a fee determination can never be enhanced. Where extraordinary circumstances are present, an attorney's fees may be increased due to superior performance, and enhancements may be appropriate in the following circumstances, as delineated by the Court
First, an enhancement may be appropriate where the method used to determine the hourly rate does not adequately measure the attorney's true market value, as demonstrated in part during the litigation.
Second, an enhancement may be appropriate if the attorney's performance includes an extraordinary outlay of expenses and the litigation is exceptionally protracted.
Third, an enhancement may be appropriate where an attorney's performance involves exceptional delay in the payment of fees.
Enhancements should not be awarded:
without specific evidence that the lodestar fee would not have been "adequate to attract competent counsel";
on the ground that departures from hourly billing are becoming more common; or
based on a flawed analogy to the increasingly popular practice of paying attorneys a reduced hourly rate with a bonus for obtaining specified results.
For titles discussing attorney fee awards see EEO Update by Vitaro, Goodfriend and Gilbert, MSPB Law and Practice by Broida and MSPB Case Summaries by Broida and Davis.
Other Cases of Interest from
the MSPB and FLRA
Bradshaw v. VA, 2010 MSPB 97 (May 28, 2010) (representing a change in law for calculating MSPB appeal times when the appellant fails to advise the agency of a change in address prior to the issuance of an appealable decision; applying Saddler v. Dept. of Army, 68 F.3d 1357, a mixed case appeal, wherein the Federal Circuit held that appellant had no obligation to notify the agency of a change of address and could not be charged with the delay entailed in securing the agency EEO decision triggering the time limit for the Board appeal).
For titles related to the timeliness of appeals, see MSPB Basics the Agency Edition by Broida, MSPB Basics: A Brief Guide for the Distressed and Perplexed by Broida, and MSPB Case Summaries by Broida and Davis.
Lewis v. VA, 2010 MSPB 98 (May 28, 2010) (dealing with comparator employees in disparate discipline defenses; where appellant was charged with same violation of agency policy as comparator employee and deciding official reviewed both cases, Board found appellant and comparator employee similarly situated for disparate penalty analysis despite the deciding official's failure to specifically "sustain" the charge in the letter of reprimand to the comparator employee and that the proposing officials were different; noting the Federal Circuit's more relaxed approach to disparate penalty analyses in Williams v. SSA, 586 F.3d 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2009), the Board announced: "Consistent with the court's rationale in Williams, we hold that there must be enough similarity between both the nature of the misconduct and the other factors to lead a reasonable person to conclude that the agency treated similarly-situated employees differently, but we will not have hard and fast rules regarding the "outcome determinative" nature of these factors.")
For titles related to penalty analysis, see Charges and Penalties by Fowler and Vitaro and Adverse Actions and Disciplining Federal Employees by Corum.
AFGE 3911 v. EPA Region 2, 64 FLRA 905 (June 23, 2010) (a reminder that back pay awards under 5 USC 5596 carries interest, which cannot be deducted as a penalty for slow prosecution of a grievance).
For titles related to FLRA topics, see A Guide to Principles of Federal Sector Arbitration by Broida and Davis and Collective Bargaining Law for the Federal Sector by Ferris.
The MSPB recently released a report to the President and Congress entitled "Prohibited Personnel Practices - A Study Retrospective," wherein the Board announced that it will reexamine the rate of occurrence of prohibited personnel practices within the federal sector with a particular emphasis on whistleblower retaliation. In an effort to provide context to this reexamination, this publication details selected previous Board reports to provide readers with "a foundation of past MSPB research that explored these issues." In its cover letter, the Board notes:
[T]he Federal Government still has work to do to ensure a workplace free of prohibited personnel practices. For example, although a decreasing percentage of employees believe that they have experienced prohibited discrimination, many employees believe that personnel decisions are often based on factors other than merit, such as favoritism. There is also a continuing gap between minority and nonminority employees' perceptions of the prevalence of discrimination and other prohibited personnel practices.
Topics to be examined in the upcoming studies are: the legal requirements to a finding that an employee is a whistleblower, the whistleblower process, barriers to reporting wrongdoing, and a review of recent cases brought to the Board to evaluate how whistleblowers fare in the adjudication of their complaints.
For titles discussing Prohibited Personnel Practices, see MSPB Law and Practice by Broida, EEO and the Federal Supervisor by Corum and Best of the Board by Broida.


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Much of the media coverage around this year's PISA focused on how Asian students outperformed the rest of the world. But regular followers of the OECD's assessment of worldwide student performance had something else on their minds: where's Finland?
"Some argue that complacency and focus on explaining the past to thousands of education tourists have shifted attention away from developing Finland's own school system," wrote Pasi Sahlberg, who works on education reform in Finland. In response, Finland's education minister, Krista Kiuru, promised "strong action," according to Finnbay. There was handwringing, too, across the border: "No other country has fallen so abruptly as Sweden in maths over a ten-year span," announced The Local, a Swedish news outlet.
Tremors from the Nordic countries' PISA showing were felt in the United Kingdom, where the Financial Times reported that the performance of the country's students was "stagnating". That, combined with the results of Finland and Sweden in PISA, put the education minister, Michael Gove, "under pressure to defend his Scandinavian-inspired education reforms," according to the FT. In response, it wrote, Mr Gove said "a 'more rigorous system of accountability' was also needed to make sure that poor performance did not go unchecked.
Explore the performance of individual countries and the impact of factors like gender and social background with this data visualisation tool.


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Coffee with the Caps, Friday November 5
By Andrew Bahl@AndrewBahl Nov 5, 2021, 8:32am PDT
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Good Friday morning Caps fans. A seven-month regular season comes down to this, a rather simple objective: win or draw and the Vancouver Whitecaps are in the MLS Cup playoffs.
It is pretty amazing that this sentence came to be true. If you had told any of us mid-season that this would be the endgame, I doubt most fans would have believed you. For these reasons, it is easy to be spoiled by the strong run of form — I know I was after a midweek performance against LAFC that had chances on both sides to swing a different direction than the 1-1 draw that ultimately came to pass.
A Deiber Caicedo breakaway or Bruno Gaspar finish could have put the Caps in the playoffs. A few missed chances from LAFC or Max Crepeau not being, well, Max Crepeau could have put Vancouver in a more difficult place on Decision Day. Such is football.
The fact of the matter is this season has turned around and has become what I think most people would consider a success, playoffs are not. For the first time in a long time, the Caps have a meaningful game to be played on the last day of the season. For the first time in a long time, the team is ending the season with a real path forward and, with a couple more roster moves, is likely to be one pegged as a favorite to make the playoffs next season.
Everything is not hunky dorry, as the MLS announcement of independent counsel to investigate the organization's handling of sexual assault allegations shows.
But after years of ambivalence (at best) from home fans, Sunday's match is likely to be as full as COVID-19 restrictions allow. The franchise has a way to go to repair relationships with fans but winning heals a lot of wounds and we are seeing that right now.
The fact that this is such a likeable team/coaching staff helps. And with the central core of players likely to return next season, that will hopefully remain true going forward as well.
There is no two ways about it: I am nervous for Sunday's match. While Seattle's form has ebbed and flowed lately, they are a team that has ample talent and needs a result themselves to clinch the Western Conference title. Getting a win or draw is a tricky proposition.
But whenever the Caps have found themselves staring down a challenge this season, they have risen to it. Playing home games in Salt Lake City? Check. Fighting their way back into playoff contention? Indeed. Turning around countless 1-0 deficits into wins? Oh yes. It says something about this current team that we can acknowledge the difficult nature of Sunday's match but also firmly believe this is a squad that is capable of rising to that challenge and delivering in a way that past ones have not.
We all want to see this wild ride culminate in a playoff appearance. But win, lose or draw on Sunday, it is worth remembering that this is the start of what is hopefully an upward trajectory, not the end. And when was the last time we could end a season saying that?
Shameless Self Promotion
Get caught up on everything from Tuesday, with our post-match and report card in the wake of the nail bitter against LAFC
MLS has hired an independent firm for their probe of the Whitecaps, which will include a public tip line for comments. And an excellent story from The Province, talking to former players on the women's tetam.
If you need a full run down of the results to root for on Sunday, here you go
Houston Dynamo have sacked manager Tab Ramos after finishing bottom of the conference standings and with a new GM coming aboard
New England Revolution have rolled out a new logo — RIP MLS 1.0 crests
Post Match: Whitecaps drop their first preseason contest to HSV in Spain Vancouver started their 2023 campaign with a 2-0 loss to the second division German side.


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Micro–computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Prevalence, Distribution, and Morphologic Features of Accessory Canals in Chinese Permanent Teeth
Ting Xu, Wei Fan, Franklin R. Tay, Bing Fan
Introduction: The present study used high-resolution micro–computed tomographic imaging to investigate the prevalence, distribution, and morphologic features of accessory canals (ACs) in the Chinese population. Methods: Scanning was performed on 1400 extracted permanent teeth using 15-μm resolution. The prevalence and distribution of the ACs in those teeth were analyzed. The number of ACs was calculated based on the following morphologic features: patent ACs without branching, obstructed ACs without branching, and branched ACs. Patent ACs were virtually segmented for measurements of their length and tortuosity. Results: ACs were identified in 735 teeth (401 upper and 334 lower teeth). The incidences of ACs in the mesiobuccal and mesial roots were higher in the upper and lower molars. Of the 1611 ACs detected, 1182 were patent ACs without branching, 291 were obstructed ACs without branching, and 138 were branched ACs. In those branched ACs, 114 were type 1-2, 20 were type 2-1, and 4 were type 1-2-1. Most ACs were located in the apical third of the canal space (86.5%), with a median length of 880.9 μm. The length of ACs in the apical third was significantly shorter than those in the middle and coronal thirds of the canal space (P <.05). Conclusions: For the Chinese population, most ACs are located in the apical third, with lengths that are considerably shorter than those in the coronal and middle thirds of the canal space. Because ACs are more prevalent in premolars and molars, attention should be paid to their morphologic features during root canal treatment.
Journal of Endodontics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2019.04.001
Dental Pulp Cavity
Bicuspid
Accessory canal
tortuosity
Xu, T., Fan, W., Tay, F. R., & Fan, B. (2019). Micro–computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Prevalence, Distribution, and Morphologic Features of Accessory Canals in Chinese Permanent Teeth. Journal of Endodontics, 45(8), 994-999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2019.04.001
Micro–computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Prevalence, Distribution, and Morphologic Features of Accessory Canals in Chinese Permanent Teeth. / Xu, Ting; Fan, Wei; Tay, Franklin R.; Fan, Bing.
In: Journal of Endodontics, Vol. 45, No. 8, 08.2019, p. 994-999.
Xu, T, Fan, W, Tay, FR & Fan, B 2019, 'Micro–computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Prevalence, Distribution, and Morphologic Features of Accessory Canals in Chinese Permanent Teeth', Journal of Endodontics, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 994-999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2019.04.001
Xu T, Fan W, Tay FR, Fan B. Micro–computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Prevalence, Distribution, and Morphologic Features of Accessory Canals in Chinese Permanent Teeth. Journal of Endodontics. 2019 Aug;45(8):994-999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2019.04.001
Xu, Ting ; Fan, Wei ; Tay, Franklin R. ; Fan, Bing. / Micro–computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Prevalence, Distribution, and Morphologic Features of Accessory Canals in Chinese Permanent Teeth. In: Journal of Endodontics. 2019 ; Vol. 45, No. 8. pp. 994-999.
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Bent to host Birding, Heritage Festival
Apr 24, 2019 at 8:12 PM May 13, 2019 at 1:15 PM
The natural and cultural history of Southeastern Colorado will be on display May 16-19 in Bent County.
The four-day Bent on Birding Festival will center on birding, wildlife-watching and the cultural heritage of the area throughout Bent County. Birders also will be able to get an insider's view of some of the most spectacular private ranch land in Colorado. More than 400 species of birds have been documented in this area.
The schedule of events includes:
Thursday Tour #1
12 p.m. Free interior tour of historic John Martin Dam (limited space).
3 p.m. Tour of historic courthouse rooftop.
5 p.m. Welcome reception, appetizers, cowboy meal, and movie.
6 p.m. evening birding seeking Black Rail, night birds
Friday Tour #2
7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Birding/photography tour event with expert guest and guide Jill Smith to lakes, ponds and private areas. Seeking rare Piping Plover, Least Tern.
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Petroglyph/Birding/wildlife tour to two private ranches.
6 p.m. Join dining guests at Carmans. Door prizes. Evening birding.
Saturday Tour #4
8 a.m. John Martin Dam area. Auto tour to Hicklin Springs Petroglyphs, Picketwire River. Family activities: Birdhouse building and more (bring your own lunch).
1 p.m. Live Raptor Center Bird Show.
6 p.m. Join dining at Bents Ft Inn. Silent Auction. Movie. Evening birding.
7-9 a.m. Early birding Ft. Lyon campus.
9 a.m. LA Cafe break followed by Birding Local Trails or more options.
For complete schedule or to register, email bentonbirding@yahoo.com or call 456-0485, 456-1320 or John Martin State Park at 829-1801.
"Bent on Birding provides an extraordinary opportunity to observe birds and wildlife in the amazing environment of the area's canyon lands," said John Koshak, former Colorado Parks and Wildlife Watchable Wildlife coordinator. "Participants have a rare invitation to tour some ranches with amazing petroglyphs and meet the landowners whose management has protected our wildlife and wildlife habitat for generations."
Festival guides will host organized trips that will give birders a chance to see sought-after birds such as the least tern, piping plover and black rail, along with eagles, ferruginous hawks and other native songbirds, shorebirds, raptors and waterfowl. The tours will wind along the Colorado Birding Trails, along the shores of John Martin Reservoir and on some of the most spectacular private-land wildlife habitats in Southeastern Colorado's cattle ranching and canyon country.
In addition to organized birding and wildlife outings, organizers also have lined up tours and movies that feature birding, historic, archaeological and cultural sites, such as prehistoric petroglyphs along the Purgatoire and Arkansas rivers, Colorado's "most beautiful historic courthouse, and the National Historic sites of Boggsville (historic home of frontiersman Kit Carson), Bent's Old Fort and Sand Creek Massacre Site. Homes of "Gunsmoke" actor Ken Curtis, Ambassador Thompson, and Pikes Monument (first known sighting of Pike's Peak) are also in the area. Other options are an interior tour of John Martin Dam, a program by the Pueblo Raptor Center and building birdhouses.
There also will be history, food and entertainment events in Las Animas all weekend.
The events are co-sponsored by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the Colorado Historical Society, John Martin Reservoir State Park, Supporters of Colorado Preservation and Bent on Birding.
Bent on Birding is one of several cultural celebrations during the Southeast Colorado Heritage Festival. At Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, the National Park Service hosts daily guided tours. Other historic sites from La Junta to Lamar have museums and cultural activities.
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The 7th annual Hum Awards happening in the 'Space City' Houston!
This is the first time in 6 years that the awards have gone to the United States.
Administrator Published Oct 05, 2019 04:42pm
One of Pakistan's leading entertainment channels, Hum Network Limited, is holding its seventh awards show in Houston, Texas. This is the first time in 6 years that the awards have gone to the United States.
Houston has been chosen to host Hum Awards 2019 as it houses a large influential and affluent Pakistani community and a thriving cultural diversity. Houston is home to prominent doctors, lawyers, and engineers, from Pakistan. So, it's going to be your food, your diversity, and your people at the 7th annual Hum awards.
First presented in 2013, these awards have taken place in major international cities such as Karachi, Pakistan; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Toronto.
Set as an annual event, Hum bestows awards only to its channel's dramas, talk shows, sitcoms, and daily soaps. The accolades are given to celebrities recognizing and celebrating their excellence in entertainment, fashion, music and their contributions to the industry.
The award show is a premier award show celebrating the prime talent in Pakistan. Hum celebrates artists as a whole, unlike any other award show.
Celebrities who have touched down in Houston and have begun bombarding our Instagram feeds include Ahmed Ali Butt, Asim Azhar, Adnan Siddiqui, Mehwish Hayat, Ahsan Khan, Mawra Hocane and Kubra Khan.
Other celebrated names on the guest list are Atif Aslam, Fawad Khan, Mehwish Hayat, Mahira Khan, Sajal Ali, Bilal Abbas, Humayun Saeed, Ali Zafar, Imran Abbas, Shan Shahid, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Javed Sheikh and more.
The ceremony will be held on 5th October at the NRG Arena.
Controversy followed Mehwish Hayat to Houston!
Hum Awards 2019 summed up, in case you missed the important bits!


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La Copa del Món de Ral·lis cross-country 2014 fou la 22a edició de la Copa del Món d'aquesta competició.

L'especialitat, a part de la classificació general, els vehicles es divideixen en diverses categories:
 T1 Prototipus de fàbrica.
 T2 Vehicles de sèrie.
 T3 Prototipus lleugers, tipus buggy.
 T4 Camions

La FIA premia com a campions de la Copa del Món als líders de la classificació de pilots, copilots i equips, així com als pilots i equips de les categories T2 i T4.

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Les curses coincideixen normalment amb les del Campionat del Món de Bajas i el Campionat del Món de Ral·lis Raid de motociclisme.

Classificació general

 Addicionalment, els primers classificats de cada categoria (T1, T2 i T3) tenen punts extres:

 Les curses anomenades cross-country tenen el doble de puntuació que les anomenades Bajas.

Referències

Copa del Món de Ral·lis Raid
Competicions esportives del 2014

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fantastic place to go. we go several times a year even the baby loves it there. grosmont is a beautiful place you can go and see the locos in the engine shed visit the railway shops and see lots of fantastic steam locomotives. the prices are very reasonable to travel on the trains. my three children really love going here well worth the vist time and time again. we often spend the whole day there or we also go to goathland, levisham or pickering all beautiful places.


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Every winter is a tough time for the restaurant industry. With the dip in Tourism due to the water shortage, and the early heavy winter rains, the restaurants in Cape Town and the Winelands have felt the pinch, and many have closed down. There seem to be few new restaurant openings planned, Spring typically being a busy month for new openings!
#. Between Us has opened, belonging to the twin sisters who opened Skinny Legs & All That originally.
Restaurant Review: Between us…. Between Us serves the best scrambled eggs!
#. Michael Townsend, founder of the Harbour House Group but no longer with the Group, is to open two new restaurants: Lafontana on Beach Road in Sea Point, and Ocean Square Grill Room in Sunset Beach.
# Maison J Café et Croissant, a joint venture between renowned Jason Bakery baker Jason Lillie and his sister Brigitte, as well as Vida e Caffé founders David Chait and Rui Esteves, has opened alongside the Pick 'n Pay in Camps Bay, in a joint venture with the retailer. If this branch works well, it is set to roll out in other Pick 'n Pay stores, the Waterfront likely to be the next branch to open. Another Test store is to open at Rosmead Avenue in Kenilworth.
# Le Petit Manoir has opened as a Restaurant, Deli, and Boutique guest house on the main road of Franschhoek, with former one Michelin star JAN Head Chef Kevin Grobler at the helm of the restaurant and Deli, and assisted by former JAN colleagues Chefs Scott Armstrong and Nicole Loubser.
#. The Deli Coffee Co is the new rebranded name of four Melissa's branches: V&A Waterfront, Kloof Street, Somerset West, and Hermanus, owned by Surine van Niekerk. Prices are set to drop, she says. The Waterfront branch will open in the former Dalliance and White Rabbit space in mid-September.
The first branch of The Deli Coffee Co opens on Kloof Street, formerly Melissa's!
Chef Jenny Morris launches Yumcious Café in Durbanville! Exciting Tourism news from James Vos, Shadow Minister of Tourism!
# Chef Peter Tempelhoff is said to open a restaurant and bar in Church Square on Church Street.
# Paris Café is to open in Mouille Point.
# The La Colombe Group is taking over the bar and restaurant at Le Quartier Français in Franschhoek, after refurbishments due to be completed by the end of October. It will be called Protégé. Stephen Raaff is the Head Chef.
# Chef Bertus Basson is set to expand his restaurant empire, opening Eike by bertusbasson as his sixth restaurant, and fifth in Stellenbosch.
# Chef George Jardine is opening Restaurant Seven with George Jardine in Somerset West.
sans in Sea Point is without pretence, community driven, largest stockist of organic foods and wines in Cape Town!
# Chefs Luke Dale-Roberts and Ryan Cole are opening Salsify @ The Roundhouse in Camps Bay.
# Crayfish Whatf is to open in Paternoster.
# Grande Provence in Franschhoek will open The Bistro as an extension to their Tasting Room in summer.
# Ellen Jane is opening as a coffee shop inside Constantia Fabrics.
#. The Ritz appears to be temporarily closed, and with it its Top of The Ritz and CASA restaurants.
# Olami on Bree Street is closing down at the end of the month.
# Chef Archie MacLean has left Catharina's and moved to Coco Safar.
# Chef Richard Carstens is leaving Tokara restaurant at the end of September.
# Ash restaurant by Ash Heeger is undergoing a renovation, with a name change to Riverine Rabbit. It reopens in October.


Designed by the small Los Angeles-based software company DestinationRx, the website will show how the cards' discounts compare with average retail prices. It may shed some light on one of the most opaque practices in U.S. capitalism.
The cards, which for a fee of no more than $30 per year promise discounts up to 20% on some drugs, will inevitably generate confusion that no website can clear up.
The discount drug program, for starters, is so complex that a coalition of state health insurance plan directors recently estimated that it would take 2 1/2hours to fully explain it to one beneficiary.
Worse, the program seems designed to benefit drug card sponsors (that is, the private companies that will offer the cards, which will include insurers partnering with drug companies), at the expense of consumers. Sponsors can change the prices they charge for various medications and the list of drugs they wish to offer once a week, while consumers can buy only one card and are allowed to switch cards only once a year.
Thus a diligent consumer may compare savings -- as many now do for telephone service -- then purchase one company's prescription card, only to discover that the company no longer covers the very drugs needed.
Congress' sloppy design of the program is why consumers in more than half of U.S. states, including California, should be glad that their leaders are exploring other ways to push down prescription drug prices, including efforts to ease the reimportation of U.S.-made drugs from Canada.
In California, Assemblyman Dario Frommer (D-Los Feliz) has written two sensible bills. The first, AB 1957, would provide Californians with a website with links to certified Canadian pharmacies and would require the state to look for ways to ease drug importation; the second, AB 1958, would let the state collectively bargain with companies and HMOs for the best drug deals.
This is not to suggest that Medicare's new website will be useless. It will be a genuine help if Medicare officials live up to their promise to show how each card's discounts compare to the prices for specific drugs at retail pharmacies near a given ZIP code.
Medicare officials should also take a step they have so far resisted: create a simple index that lets consumers compare the savings of a given drug card with the discounted prices now paid by federal agencies such as the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The new Medicare website could steer seniors toward legitimate discounts. Even more usefully, it could stoke a greater awareness of the pricing inequities that cry out for reforms far more ambitious than a drug discount card.


The office set is part of the Ellipse Collection designed by Abi Alice.
The designer has created a small collection of containers that translate this evocative geometrical shape into a 3D plastic object.
The set is made up of two elements: a little container for pens, rubbers, paperclips or other items. The second item is an envelope holder.
The set comes in four colour versions: steel, white, yellow and turquoise. Thanks to their simple and minimalist design these containers give a touch of elegance to the office or the living room.
Desk set composed of one container and one envelope holder in steel coloured with epoxy resin, yellow.
Abi Alice is a Sydney-based artist and designer whose practice spans many disciplines. Alice initially studied silver-smithing, creating tableware and jewellery, and later undertook her Masters pursuing photography and painting. Mathematics, form, colour geometry, folding and abstraction are frequently explored in Alice?s work. Currently her practice is predominantly focused on photography, painting and product design. She approaches her design work from an artistic point of view. In many instances her geometric paintings become the foundation for her product design.