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It seems as if all these dessert trends come in waves, now that the froyo craze is over what will be the next trend? I'm willing to bet that with the Messina Dessert Bar open and with the photogenic Aqua S being the latest social media craze (Instagram) it could be soft serve with a multitude toppings.
The combination of taro and sea salt was probably my favourite flavour so far, the salt balances out the sweetness of the taro. I don't think I would enjoy sea salt by itself but I did enjoy the combination. I personally thought the toppings were a gimmick, I'll probably stick to the soft serve only in future.
I visited again a little later to check out the mandarin variation which was the other flavour on rotation. Definitely enjoyed the tangy taste combined with sea salt but it might be better off by itself. Flavours change every two weeks so check out their Facebook page to see what's available!
Aqua S is pretty good, I think it's certainly been hyped up because it's so photogenic but I did actually enjoy the flavours available. The cost for toppings almost doubles the price of the dessert but otherwise I'm a fan of soft serve and it's cheaper than froyo so it's a thumbs up from me.
Great writeup! I definitely agree that it's more hyped up than it's worth but the sea-salt ice cream is definitely something I'd go for again and again. I only got toppings the first time to try and get a good photo (yes, I admit I got it just for the photo) but definitely not worth it since the toppings are so pricey!


In this lesson, students learn about the second conditional through guided discovery based on a reading text about the protests. The lesson starts with checking how much students know about conditionals by attempting to elicit a few examples in the context of protests. This is followed by a multiple choice activity that forces them to choose between real and unreal conditionals. Finally, there is some controlled practice through gap-filling actvity.
-Write on the WB 'If we had decent living conditions, this wouldn't be necessary.' -Ask a series of questions about its meaning and form 'Have they had nice living conditions?' (no) 'Are they going to have nice living conditions?' (probably not) 'Is the protest going to be necessary?' (probably not) 'Are they talking about the past or present? (present) 'Why do we use the past form of the verb? (to show that it's not real) -Write on the WB your multiple choice activity that forces them to choose between real and unreal conditionals. 'If she (has / had) a car, she (will / would) drive to work' 'If I am/were the president of the US, I will / would do things very diffrently. -Make them choose either option, but they should explain why referring to likelihood.
-Elicit the full structure of unreal conditional sentences onto the WB. If we had decent living conditions, this wouldn't be necessary. If + S +Verb in simple past tense + O, S + would + verb (infinitive) + O -Show them how the clauses can switch (if-clause first with comma or saying without.
-If you have extra time, get SS to do sentence-chaining in small groups. The first sentence is 'If I won the lottery, I would buy a new car.' Then they have to start a new sentence with the second clause e.g. 'If I bought a new car, I'd drive across all of Turkey.' etc. -Perform delayed error-correction as necessary.


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GOP Leaders Reinstate Adoption Tax Credit
Evan Wilt | WORLD News Service | Monday, November 13, 2017
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Republicans leaders finally took the advice of pro-life lawmakers and advocates Thursday, agreeing not to cut the adoption tax credit.
GOP leaders unveiled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act a week ago, and to the surprise of many, the 429-page document included language ending the credit that helps families cover the cost of adoptions.
No one but a handful of top-level Republican lawmakers and staffers knew about the exclusion before the release of the landmark bill. Now, blindsided pro-life groups and lawmakers are scrambling to make sure President Donald Trump doesn't sign off on a tax-code rewrite that discourages adoption.
After vocal pushback from pro-life groups and a collection of pro-life lawmakers, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, decided to offer an amendment Thursday retaining the adoption credit.
Lawmakers originally defended the move by saying few families use the credit and pro-lifer advocatess hadn't mentioned it in years, March for Life Action president Tom McClusky told me. "It's because we never thought somebody would be so stupid to remove it," he added.
The adoption tax credit provides families up to $13,570 to help offset adoption fees. In 2015, 64,000 families used the credit at a cost to the government of $251 million. Keeping the adoption tax credit would cost the United States $3.8 billion over the next 10 years, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. That's a small amount in an overall tax bill expected to total more than $1 trillion.
This week, Brady justified cutting the credit despite having adopted two children of his own. Not many people use the tax credit, and those that do are already wealthy, he said, noting it's only available to those who itemize their deductions. Brady claims more families overall would keep more of their money under the proposed bill.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., explained it this way to the Washington Examiner: "Instead of saying, 'we'll give you a one-time break if you do something we approve of,' let's just give you your money back in the first place."
The GOP bill would increase the child tax credit to $1,600 a year, up from $1,000. That's on top of Ryan's promise that the average middle-class family would save nearly $1,200 on their annual taxes.
Despite supporters' protests, it's hard to find evidence the tax credit has increased the U.S. adoption rate. Regardless of the numbers, eliminating a tax credit that encourages adoption created terrible optics for the pro-life GOP, especially since November is National Adoption Month.
Behind the scenes, critics successfully negotiated a balancing act: reinstating the tax deduction without derailing the complex legislative calculus involved in overhauling the U.S. tax code.
On Tuesday, Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., told his colleagues nixing the adoption tax credit would make them hypocrites. He circulated a letter delivered to Brady explaining why it's smart to reinstate the benefit. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., worked with Franks on the letter and told me it would be a huge disappointment to see a final tax bill without the adoption credit: "We're a pro-life party as a whole, and I think supporting adoption is an important aspect of it all, so I hope this can be resolved."
On Tuesday, Republicans passed on a chance to reinstate the benefit. During the second day of the marathon Ways and Means Committee tax bill mark-up, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., offered an amendment to reinstate the credit. It failed 23-16 along party lines. Afterward, Davis trolled Republicans on Twitter: "Pro-Life much right?"
But adoption advocates are now breathing a sigh of relief.
"The adoption tax credit has enormous symbolic, practical and humanitarian meaning and purpose," Franks said after Brady offered the amendment. "I am deeply grateful that it's been preserved in the tax plan and for all of those who acted to preserve it."
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A young man was showing off his new sports car to his girlfriend. She was thrilled at the speed. "If I do 200mph, will you take off your clothes?" he asked. "Yes!" said his adventurous girlfriend. And as he gets up to 200, she peeled off all her clothes. Unable to keep his eyes on the road, the car skidded onto some gravel and flipped over. The naked girl was thrown clear, but he was jammed beneath the steering wheel. "Go and get help!" he cried. "But I can't. I'm naked and my clothes are gone!" "Take my shoe", he said, "and cover yourself." Holding the shoe over her pubes, the girl ran down the road and found a service station. Still holding the shoe between her legs, she pleaded to the service station proprietor, "Please help me! My boyfriend's stuck!" The proprietor looked at the shoe and said, "There's nothing I can do...he's in too far."
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The reason the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines bicker amongst themselves is that they don't speak the same language. For instance, Take the simple phrase "secure the building". The Army will post guards around the place. The Navy will turn out the lights and lock the doors. The Marines will kill everybody inside and set up a headquarters. The Air Force will take out a 5 year lease with an option to buy.
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"If you had a dollar," quizzed the teacher, "and you asked your father for another dollar and fifty cents, how much money would you have?" "One dollar." answered little Johnny. "You don't know your basic math." said the teacher shaking her head, disappointed. Little Johnny shook his head too, "You don't know my daddy."
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This elderly lady went to the doctor for a check-up. Everything checked out fine. The old lady pulled the doctor to the side and said, "Doctor, I haven't had sex for years now and I was wondering how I can increase my husband's sex drive." The doctor smiled and said, "Have you tried to give him Viagra?" The lady frowned. "Doctor, I can't even get him to take aspirin when he has a headache," she claimed. "Well," the doctor continued, "Let me suggest something. Crush the Viagra into a powder. When you are giving him coffee, stir it into the coffee and serve it. He won't notice a thing." The old lady was delighted. She left the doctor's office quickly. Weeks later the old lady returned. She was frowning and the doctor asked her what was wrong. She shook her head. "How did it go?" the doctor asked. "Terrible, doctor, terrible." "Did it not work?" "Yes," the old lady said, "It worked. I did as you said and he got up and ripped his clothes off right then and there and we made mad love on the table. It was the best sex that I'd had in 25 years." "Then what is the problem, ma'am?" "Well," she said. "I can't ever show my face in McDonald's again.
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Two boys were talking and the one said to the other, "There is a easy way to get what you want." The other boy said, "How?" the boy replied, "Tell people you know their secret." The boy jumps up and runs to his dad, "I know your secret!" The dad replies, "Please don't tell your mom heres $10." The boy then runs to his mom, "I know your secret!" The mom said, "Please don't tell your dad here's $15." The boy then decides to try it on the mail man, "I know your secret!" The mail man opened his arms and said, "Come, give your dad a hug!"
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The teacher was asking the end of the day question that she asks every Friday. If the student got it right they would not have to go to school on Monday. Little Johnny Was determined to answer correctly. So he painted two black marbles black and rolled them to the teachers feet. All of a sudden she Shouted out, "Who's the commedian with the black balls?". Johnny shouted out, "Bill Cosby, see ya on Tuesday suckas!".
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A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband. Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my gosh! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful. CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the! Salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!" The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you?You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?" The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."
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A man is talking to the family doctor, "Doc, I think my wife's going deaf." The doctor answers, "Well, here's something you can try on her to test her hearing. Stand some distance away from her and ask her a question. If she doesn't answer, move a little closer and ask again. Keep repeating this until she answers. Then you'll be able to tell just how hard of hearing she really is." The man goes home and tries it out. He walks in the door and says, "Honey, what's for dinner?" He doesn't hear an answer, so he moves closer to her. "Honey, what's for dinner?" Still no answer. He repeats this several times, until he's standing just a few feet away from her. Finally, she answers, "For the eleventh time, I said we're having MEATLOAF!"
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Ethnicity in STEM academic communities - reports commissioned by the Royal Society
Ethnicity STEM data for students and academic staff in higher education
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Profile of postdoctoral researchers in UK eligible for RS early career fellowship programmes
Diversity application data for UK Early Career Fellowship Programmes
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Supporting scientists from ethnic minority backgrounds is a key priority for the Royal Society and its Diversity Committee, which set up a sub-group to focus on this important area in 2019. The Society commissioned two reports in order to understand:
Where under-representation of ethnic minority students and academic staff in STEM is occurring;
The ethnic and gender diversity of the pool of researchers in the UK eligible to apply for the Society's early career fellowships, and how this compares to the diversity of applicants to those schemes; and
What practical actions could be taken to address that under-representation.
President of the Royal Society, Sir Adrian Smith, said: "Talented Black people are not finding science careers in UK academia and that is unacceptable. The reasons are complex and have been much discussed but we have not made enough progress. Our reports show that Black people are more likely to drop out of science at all points of the career path. It is time that the whole science community comes together to find out why and put it right."
Trends in ethnic minority students and academic staff in STEM
The Society commissioned Jisc to carry out detailed analysis of Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) data (PDF) over an 11-year time period, in order to understand how the proportion of ethnic minority students and staff within STEM in the UK has changed over time, to enable the Society and the sector to identify where under-representation is occurring.
The report shows that there is significant variation in rates of progression and outcomes across ethnic minority groups, though Black staff and students have consistently poorer outcomes than white and Asian students. The proportion of Black students entering undergraduate and postgraduate education has increased over the past decade, as it has for other minority ethnic groups, but they are leaving STEM in greater numbers at all stages of the career pipeline.
The Society is convening a roundtable with representatives from organisations across the STEM and higher education sectors to discuss the report's findings, share experiences on what has – and hasn't – worked to address the issues raised, and identify practical action that could be taken to make a tangible difference.
Diversity of researchers in the UK eligible for the Society's early career fellowship programmes
The Society commissioned the Careers Research and Advisory Centre ('CRAC') to establish the diversity profile of postdoctoral researchers in the UK (PDF) that meet the eligibility criteria for its three early career fellowship programmes: University Research Fellowship, Sir Henry Dale Fellowship and Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship. This profile ('the eligible pool') has then been used as a benchmark for the Society to consider the ethnicity and gender diversity of its own early career research fellows, specifically individuals who applied for these schemes between 2018 and 2020 inclusive.
The data shows that the applicants for the three UK early career fellowship schemes are not fully representative of the ethnicity and gender profile of the eligible pool. There is low representation of Black, Asian and multi-ethnic groups for UK nationals in the eligible pool and among applicants to the Society's schemes, and little to no representation of Black postdoctoral researchers.
The Society is keen to address these concerning trends, in particular the very low participation of Black researchers.
The data in these reports shows that the gender and ethnic diversity of applications to the Society's UK early career fellowship schemes could be increased. Building on its ongoing efforts, the Society will take action to broaden applications from talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to its early career fellowship schemes. This will include:
Sharing approaches and continued working with other funders and partners: The Society will convene a funders' forum to share the data and methodology, and aim to work collaboratively to broaden participation from under-represented groups.
The Society will use the eligible pool data to benchmark the diversity of applicants and awardees for early career fellowships in future Royal Society annual diversity data reports.
Continue working with academic institutions: The Society will meet with institutions collectively and individually to share data and encourage them to support a broader range of talented candidates to apply.
Mentorship and workshops: The Society will work with partners to deliver workshops and/or webinars on planning and applying for early career fellowships for potential applicants (including future applicants such as final year PhD students) from ethnic minority backgrounds and socially disadvantaged backgrounds. It will organise webinars and networking events for potential applicants from under-represented groups, institutions or departments to explain more about the fellowships, dispel the 'myths' that exist about applying successfully and provide general guidance on how to apply for these schemes. The Society will also facilitate and encourage peer-to-peer support for applicants, including from existing grant holders who might be well-placed to provide advice and support.
The Society will develop initiatives (subject to funding) to contribute to efforts to support talented individuals from under-represented groups to pursue careers in STEM.


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Q: Ghostscript removes content outside the crop box? I'm having troubles with ghostscript 9.10 apparently removing content outside of the crop box (specifically the crop marks I've put there)
This is the PDF before using ghostscript: with_cropbox_before_optimize.pdf
$ pdfinfo -box with_cropbox_before_optimize.pdf
  MediaBox:           0.00     0.00   651.97   898.58
  CropBox:           28.35    28.35   623.62   870.24

Setting the viewer to display the entire media box shows the crop marks outside of the crop box as expected. (the black border is there to illustrate where the crop box would be)
Then I'm calling:
gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dCompatibilityLevel=1.7 \
-dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -dAutoRotatePages=/None -sOutputFile=<out.pdf> <in.pdf>

Which yields the following file: with_cropbox_after_optimize.pdf
Now the crop marks are missing or at least they are no longer being displayed - the page dimensions are still fine however, so it hasn't cropped it or something...
$ pdfinfo -box with_cropbox_after_optimize.pdf
  MediaBox:           0.00     0.00   651.97   898.58
  CropBox:           28.35    28.35   623.62   870.24

So: Am I doing it wrong or is this a bug?

A: The first thing to understand (I know I keep mentioning this, but people don't understand it) is that Ghostscript and pdfwrite are not simply twiddling with your PDF fikle.
The input PDF file is interpreted and the PDF marking operations are converted into internal graphical primitives which are then passed through the Ghostscript device interface. In general these primitives are then rendered to a bitmap. In the case of pdfwrite, the primitives are reconverted into PDF marking operations, and a brand new PDF file assembled from them. The output bears no relation to the input, other than its visual appearance.
So when you process your PDF file with Ghostscript you are not 'optimising' it, you are creating a brand new PDF file.
In your case the objects outside the CropBox are not interpreted (because they are outside the CropBox, they are cropped). As an obvious result they are not passed through the device interface, and therefore not present in the output PDF file.
Note that while Ghostscript crops to the CropBox, that doesn't affect the MediaBox, so the media is still the same but cropped objects are cropped out. You can use -dUseCropBox to alter the media to be the same as the CropBox, but that's not what you want.
Right at the moment I can't see where the CropBox is converted into a clip, so your best solution is probably to create the file without a CropBox (or remove it, or set it to the MediaBox) and then add it in using a pdfmark when processing the file.

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Ah, Baby Boy. You're not a baby anymore! Happy Birthday to my sweet little red-headed Irish Noah boy!
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Noah is such a communicator. We've been working on signs and in the last week or so he's really picked them up. He's known "all done" for awhile, but still doesn't quite use it appropriately all the time. Now we've got "more", "eat", and "milk" down and we're working on "drink". Milk only took 4 or 5 times and he had that one down! The boy knows what he wants! And if he can see it he will point and yell. Time to learn more signs!
He says Mama and sometimes Dada. He also says Uh Oh when he drops something, usually his water on the floor. And a few times I think I've heard him make the vowel sounds for Peek-a-Boo when we're playing. Super cute!
My little man is very social and wants to be where we are all the time. He'll be out in the living room with Daddy and I'll be in the computer room. I hear crawling down the hall and soon a giggle/shriek as he comes around the corner and spots me.
Big brother wants to have music on all the time and Noah will kind of bounce along to the rhythm. Also very cute to watch when he's in his high chair!
For some reason when he's bored (like in the car) he will take off his booties and socks. If we're home he will then proceed to crawl around the house with them, one in each hand. The other day Cory took his socks off for some reason and so those were just as good. Any socks from a clean laundry pile on the couch are also fair game!
And finally... my baby is walking! He's been standing on his own for a few weeks now and then started taking a step or two towards me if I had my hands out. He would then lean and expect to be caught. He was getting better, but today he got a balloon for his birthday. The string was out about 4 feet from the couch and he just walked right on out and grabbed it!
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He grew up right in front of me. One day at a time and now he's my little man, not a baby any longer.
And I almost forgot to mention... weighing in at 24 pounds and 29 3/4 inches tall!
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The Lion King is choreographed by Garth Fagen and directed by Julie Taymor who, in 1998, made Broadway history by being the first woman to win Best Direction of a Musical. The show features music by the legendary Sir Elton John, with additional music and lyrics by Sir Tim Rice.
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Performance Times:
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Children under 3 years of age are not permitted in the Lyceum Theatre. The Lion King musical is suitable for children ages 6 years and older. All persons aged 16 or under must be accompanied by an adult and may not sit on their own in the auditorium. All persons entering the theatre, regardless of age, must be in possession of a ticket.
Disabled visitors who wish to see the Lion King are requested to contact the theatre management before making a booking.
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The Lion King musical running time is 2 hours 30 minutes, inclusive of one interval.
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The Lyceum Theatre is situated near the Strand and Covent Garden on Wellington St and is accessed by major rail, tube and bus networks in the West End.
Buses servicing the Strand include numbers 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 77a, 91 and 176, and the River Bus Service can be taken to Embankment and Savoy piers.
The Lyceum Theatre is within the Congestion Charge Zone (7am until 6pm). Disabled patrons can find suitable facilities for parking at Leicester Square or Trafalgar Square car parks and spaces can be reserved in advance by calling Masterpark and you will be eligible to a 50% discount on the parking fee.
Nearest Tube and Rail Link:
Charing Cross Mainline and Tube is 2 minutes walk away.
Covent Garden Tube is 5 minutes walk away.
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Director, Costume Designer, Mask/Puppet Co-Designer, Additional Lyrics - Julie Taymor, Music - Elton John, Lyrics Tim Rice
Over 70 million people globally have seen this original and groundbreaking production and now it is your opportunity. Against the backdrop of the Serengeti Plains, the rhythms of African music and wonderful effects, The Lion King follows the story of Simba the lion prince and his ascent to the throne of King of the Pridelands.


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Q: pg_dump suddenly not dumping all tables For years now we have used this command to dump data from our database calle "apflora":
pg_dump --file=/shared/$FILENAME -Fc -Z9 -o apflora

And it has always worked.
We do this on the ubuntu server. The script then sends the data to a dropbox account (it is part of a bash script that sets $FILENAME).
Since a few days (I need to pinpoint that more precisely) suddenly only 35 of 40 tables are included in the backups.
When restoring a database the log contains many messages like this:
pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR:  relation "ap" does not exist

This also happens when I backup the same database using pgAdminIII LTS by BigSQL
I checked the logs at
/var/log/postgresql

but could not find anything logged when the backups run.
What can I do to prevent this from happening?
We use

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*PostgreSQL 9.6

*Ubuntu 16.04

A: Well, the answer rather surprised me.
Actually, the backups created on ubuntu were completely o.k.
The problem occurred when restoring from a backup. The reason was that 5 of the tables use a UUID. For which the extension "pgcrypto" is needed. And pgcrypto could not be installed, because there seems to be an error in BigSQL's macOs build of postgresql (https://www.bigsql.org/postgresql/installers.jsp). And this resulted in these tables not being restored.
Well, that seems easy to solve, right? I uninstalled this version of PostgreSQL and installed EnterpriseDB's version (https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads#macosx). Only problem here: pgAdmin4 is (at the time of writing in v1.2) extremely buggy. I could try as much as I wanted, it would not restore a backup without creating errors :-(
(I know of several other bugs too, so please don't use v1.2 yet)
In the end my solution was to install only the pgAdminIII LTS from BigSQL (https://www.bigsql.org/pgadmin3/index.jsp) using their package manager (https://www.bigsql.org/package-manager.jsp). And keeping the PostgreSQL from EnterpriseDB.
Now I can finally install pgcrypto AND restore backups :-)
Hope this helps others with macOs.
Thanks Vao Tsung and Curt Evans for pitching in!


This review is long overdue. My father arrived at Pruitt Covington in terrible shape in February of '18 (in retrospect, he'd been discharged prematurely from Rockdale Piedmont). He could barely move and barely speak. He left two months later fully with his mental faculties, walking with a walker, and eating solid food. Truth: Pruitt Covington isn't much to look at and sometimes wasn't much to smell at. Truth: I couldn't always get the right person on the phone when I called (but when I visited, I discovered that this was usually due to the staff being with patients and not manning a phone). Truth: His stay was not without slip-ups in his care nor without strong words on my part to his caregivers. Truth: My father is now living mostly independently, preparing his own meals, walking with a cane, and reading books faster than I can send them to him. Truth: My father is alive and well due to the relentless, well-trained, and compassionate care that he received at Pruitt. I could not have asked for more.
This facility has been here decades, but it couldn't be a more modern facility. The staff is exceptional. They have a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef, who runs a staff that prepares food mother couldn't get enough of. The nurses, physical therapy, cleaning, management, etc... are very attentive and focused on my mother's speedy and permanent recovery. This facility, and Pruitt Health, has my families strongest and most sincere recommendation to bring those who need love and care!
I'm not sure which employees they had to write the good reviews, but check their rating after the State makes a visit soon! I have reported their negligence and lack of professionalism to various entities to be inspected. They are horrible at this location. God puts people in places for different reasons. And the reason for us to visit this facility was to get help for those patients and warn others!
Awesome staff! Treated my Mom wonderful! Saw positive health results soon after she checked in. Get to know the staff, they care and are very nice!
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The Best Ways To Delve Into Goa
Aromatic spice plantations, languid rivers, ancient cathedrals, and frothy waterfalls raise the bar when visiting Goa for the alabaster beaches, hypnotic swaying palms, and the easygoing nature of Goa's people. More than two million annual visitors arrive at Goa's breezy shores on India's enchanting west coast, an outpost once belonging to the Portugese for almost five centuries and where the weight of colonial rule is still evident all around. Delve into Goa through well-kept and captivating architecture, gardens thick with bougainvillea, and Susegad, from the Goan lexicon and referring to their particularly easygoing lifestyle.
Go Market Shopping
For those who love to shop, there's something particularly entrancing about a flea market and all the possible treasures to be unearthed throughout. Goa's markets are an esteemed part of tourism in the province–you haven't really been to Goa if you haven't scavenged the markets for that one-of-a-kind find. Some of the most popular market stops include Mapusa's Friday Bazaar, Arpora Saturday Night Bazaar, and the Wednesday market at Anjuna, each choice shopping spots to visit. Spices, jewelry, and clothing are top products on the circuit. There are endless rows of artisans offering brightly coloured lanterns, paintings, pottery, and an array of other handmade crafts. For some of the freshest seafood around, visit Chapora Fish Market by Chapora River (here the day's catches are up for grabs) or if you're in need of provisions, try Margao in Southern Goa for local delicacies and inexpensive alcohol.
Enjoy Wildlife Spotting
Find Goa's wild side throughout the many wildlife sanctuaries scattered through the province within the Western Ghats, a hotspot for biodiversity and one of the most famous in the world. Goa's biggest and most impressive sanctuary is Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary in Molem. It's a thickly forested environment home to a diverse array of animals and hundreds of species of birds, all best seen over at least a few days. Jungle cats, spotted deer, pythons, Sambar, and even tigers make their homes in this spectacular wildlife preserve. In southern Goa, Canacona's Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary is swath of deciduous forest where rare plants and towering trees set the landscape and the canopy keeps habitats cool from the burning sun. Skirting Karnataka state's border, many animals make their home here including the Indian Gaur, one of the largest bovine species in the world.
Get a Henna Tattoo
Few destinations are as popular for tattoos as Goa–henna tattoos that is. Called the art of mehndi, henna is centuries-old. These temporary tattoos are perfect for anyone toying with the idea of a real tattoo or wanting to try out temporary body art. Lawsonia, a bush thriving in dry, hot places, is what's used to make the dye. There are four distinct mehndi styles–India, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African–with the Indian style covering more than hands and feet, extending dye along the legs and arms to appear as stockings or gloves and adorned with teardrops, lines, and patterns of paisley. Traditionally, brides spend hours having henna applied to their bodies before they wed but in Goa henna tattoos are for any curious visitor. Beautiful, intricate patterns create exquisite art with dye lasting anywhere from a week to a few weeks before disappearing.
Explore Old Goa
The rise of Old Goa (Velha Goa) was all thanks to the Portugese, who ruled the city with their eastern empire between 1510 to 1835–life was anything but lackluster. The Portugese brought the city to its culmination swiftly, without abandon, and in less than a century the entire world knew about Goa. It was compared to Amsterdam for its great prosperity and trade and when the city reached its highest meridian in the 1600s, it was dubbed "Rome of the East," eclipsing even Lisbon which at the time had boomed immensely. The convents and churches are original buildings to Velha Goa, then called Ela, and are in impressive shape dominating central Goa–a definite UNESCO World Heritage Site and a must-see. The Basilica of Bom Jesus, Church of Saint Cajetao, and Church of St Francis Assisi pay homage to the ancient city.
Hit the Beaches
There's little doubt most foreigners make a beeline for Goa's incredible and plentiful beaches–they are stunning and mesmerizing and everything glorious. The balmy waters of the Arabian Sea and backdrop of sandy beaches are magnetic and vary so much anyone can find their own helping of perfection. Beginning at the northern tip of Goa and heading south, it's difficult to travel far without discovering a beach, and with more than two dozen beaches along that sublime stretch, it's obvious why Goa is world renowned. There are commercial beaches filled with amenities (Calangute), beaches popular with party crowds and a steady stream of all-night fetes (Baga), and quiet southern expanses ideal for a sun-kissed nap and easygoing downtime (Arambol). There are plenty of water sports to try out, massages to relish in, and seafood to die for. Goa's beaches don't miss the mark for anything.
Discover Panaji
Panaji is one of Goa's most laid back capitals and also one of its smallest. It's a place where simple explorations are the most authentic attraction and wandering the streets offers a fine example of traditional Goan life. Panaji, also called Panjim, is a lovely city where a leisurely walk, some delicious Goan food, and an afternoon catnap is a great way to spend a day. Panaji overlooks the bustling Mandovi River, near where it spills into the Arabian Sea, and sits along the peninsula in a picturesque location. In the city center, a magnificent white church overlooks the bustling avenues and wide boulevards laden with lush foliage edge the river. Art galleries fringe on commanding, colonial buildings and modern shopping malls rub shoulders with quaint bookshops and low-key alley bars. Life in Panaji is relaxed, offering respite from some of India's busiest cities.
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Voëlroepersfontein Guest House - The charming old house with massive rooms facing north is built in the shape of a bird. From the living room on the ground floor and the library and balcony upstairs, two wings flow symmetrically, slanting towards the back.
On both sides two enormous wild fig trees stand waiting. Both have been nominated as South African Champion Trees. The largest of the two, The Whispering Tree, is being accorded Champion Tree status in 2017. At night the two gigantic Ficus burkei are lit up and the twisted trunks create a magical sphere. Dimmer lights invite exploration of Voëlroepersfontein`s footpaths.
The Guest House and retreat is ideally suited for tourists and group accommodation (reunions, weddings, family gatherings, workshops and corporate retreats).
Aside from the usual facilities of tea and coffee, mini fridges and DSTV in the rooms with air conditioning, access to laundry and ironing facilities, guests have a well equipped kitchen to prepare their own food - if they so wish. Free access to internet. Security cameras ensure safety inside and out, also with regard to parking.
Voëlroepersfontein is a place of rejuvenation and inspiration, where you reconnect with nature and experience something of your own place in the universe, in harmony with Albertinia`s tourism theme of Healing through Nature.
Voëlroepersfontein loosely translated means the place with fountains where bird calls abound.
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2 bedrooms with 1 Three-quarter bed, 1 Single bed and 1 Sleeping couch. Living-space with well-equipped kitchenette: 2-plate stove, micro oven, fridge , cutlery, crockery, ironing-board and flat-iron. Private Braai. View on garden and woods.


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Scooter Rider in Critical Condition After SUV Driver Ran Stop Sign in Elmhurst Thursday: NYPD
A scooter rider is in critical condition after smashing into an SUV in Elmhurst Thursday. The SUV driver had run a stop sign. (Photo: Google Maps)
A scooter rider is in critical condition after plowing into an SUV whose driver ran a stop sign at an intersection in Elmhurst Thursday.
The victim, 55, was riding northbound on 58th Avenue at around 2:20 p.m. when he smashed into a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox in the intersection at Seabury Street, police said.
The Chevy driver, a 34-year-old man, was heading westbound on 57th Avenue and failed to yield at a stop sign at the intersection, police said.
The victim crashed into the SUV and was thrown off his gas-powered scooter before landing on the pavement, police said.
The scooter driver was transported by EMS to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst in critical condition with severe trauma to his head. It is unclear if the victim was wearing a helmet.
The Chevy driver remained at the scene and did not sustain any injuries. There were two passengers in the SUV at the time of the collision — including an infant — and they were not injured, police said.
No arrests have been made.
The investigation is ongoing by the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad.


An Introduction to Academy Accounting and Finance.
Understanding how debits and credits impact financial accounts.
Recognising how the Balance Sheet effects the value of the business.
How to understand the difference between cash held and the surplus of a business.
What effect do prepayments, accruals, deferred income, accrued income have and why are they necessary?
When is an item considered a Fixed Asset?
The day is interactive, so at no point will you be talked 'at'. You will be actively participating in exercises that help to embed concepts. While many accounting courses struggle to keep you engaged (or awake), our exercises include a hypothetical shopping trip and the use of chocolate!
Understanding your Trial Balance and Management Accounts.
Designed to expand on the content of the Introduction of Academy Accounting course, this puts into practice how we should be viewing our trial balance and what we should be considering when completing monthly management accounts.
For many academies, year end is often a challenging time, when it should be a seamless transition from a good month end.
This course takes you through actual examples of transactions that should be considered as part of the preparation of monthly management accounts.
As with all of our courses, the day is interactive and contains exercises to support the course content.
Delegates should have attended the Introduction of Academy Accounting or already have a firm grasp of accounting concepts.
Budget Planning, Forward Forecasting and Budget Monitoring.
With academies and schools finding themselves under greater financial pressure, the need to have robust budgets combined with a realistic forward financial plan is integral to success.
This course gives an overview of what should be considered when setting a budget linked to the full academy ethos/direction.
We will work through various scenarios, highlighting the need to look at a range of both financial and non-financial factors that are essential when planning a budget.
This course is not dependent on what budgeting software you utilise and all staff involved in the budgeting process are welcome to attend.
With the responsibility of ensuring that academies are fulfilling the requirements of Financial Management, it is essential that governors have a good grasp of the academy's financial position.
While this responsibility has always been a factor in the maintained sector, Governors were mainly able to focus on the income & expenditure as much of the balance sheet elements were dealt with by the local authority. As an academy, that responsibility now lays within the organisation.
Often this will mean that the Governors quickly need to grasp a thorough understanding of how the balance sheet can affect the financial position of an academy at any given time.
As many academies will also have changed their financial software to meet the additional requirements, they will also need to be able to understand the reports provided and indeed what information they should be given in order to fulfil their role as a 'critical friend'.
This course will cover all of the above aspects as well as a whistle stop tour of the returns required by the EFA.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (April 18, 2017) — A sense of fun combined with a message about the importance of understanding our planet will be on display this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in University Hall.
Students observe an experiment in atmospheric sciences. (Photo courtesy of the Times Union)
The University's 5th Annual UAlbany Family Earth Day, organized by the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (DAES) open to children/students from K-12 and their families, will seek to instruct youth about the various earth sciences and, through fun and engaging hands-on activities, see the value in taking care of the Earth. According to Pamela Eck, a graduate teaching assistant in DAES, the goals more specifically consist of:
Helping educate students about such fields of study as ecology, climate change, and geology.
Emphasizing the importance of keeping the Earth clean and healthy.
Sparking an interest and encouraging students to pursue careers in STEM.
Why is Family Earth Day so important? "Earth sciences are the study of the world we live in and how our lives impact that world every single day," said Eck. "My hope is that this event will provide a fun and exciting way to remind students of just how important these fields of study are and how interesting the relationship between people and the Earth really is."
The day will include numerous activities and presentations to demonstrate a range of earth sciences. Demos include cloud art, cloud in a bottle, can crushing, the planting of a marigold, and a solar oven. In addition to these activities there will be three featured demos: forming ice crystals from ice nuclei, a weather balloon launch and a rotating tank experiment.
This year the organizers are also very excited to announce that for the first time ever Weather Friends, friendly superheroes who engage with the students to make a science experience more memorable, will be participating. They will be handing out trading cards, signing autographs, and teaching kids about the hazards of severe weather and the steps that young people can take to keep themselves and their families safe.
Family Earth Day is sponsored by the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, the Office of Environmental Sustainability, the Division for Research and University Auxiliary Services.
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Jeremy Brodis is a member of the firm's litigation practice group who has experience with a wide variety of commercial disputes. Mr. Brodis has considerable experience with intellectual property litigation, and has advised and represented numerous clients in copyright, trademark, trade secret, and related disputes in both state and federal court.
Mr. Brodis is also a member of the firm's First Amendment and Media law practice group. He has represented media clients in juvenile, district, and appellate courts, and has secured the release of public records and argued against attempts to close courtrooms from public access. Mr. Brodis has also worked extensively on defamation and invasion of privacy issues, and he is a co-author of a survey of media libel law in Utah.
Mr. Brodis earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Dean's Award, Order of the Coif. He was the Executive Articles Editor of the Utah Law Review, a William H. Leary scholar, and a quarter finalist in the National Moot Court Competition.
Prior to joining Parr Brown, Mr. Brodis served as a law clerk for the Honorable Matthew B. Durrant of the Utah Supreme Court. Prior to earning his J.D., he worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Thomas R. Lee of the Utah Supreme Court.
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Director: Taylor Sheridan Screenwriter: Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt, Taylor Sheridan Cast: Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Nicholas Hoult, Aidan Gillen, Jake Weber, Medina Senghore, Jon Bernthal Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Running Time: 100 min. MPAA: R
I'd like to imagine that the pitch for Those Who Wish Me Dead centered entirely around the climax. Picture this: Angelina Jolie in the woods defending a boy from hitmen by engaging in a brutal showdown. Not good enough? Wait, hold on, the woods are on fire! Now we've got a movie. If only the rest of the film had a better build-up to such a scene rather than being another by-the-numbers thriller.
Jolie is at least given a decent role as the former firefighter Hannah. She has a history of dealing with forest fires but is still haunted by that one where she couldn't save everyone. The only thing that seems to keep the nightmares at bay is her beer-based bantering amid co-workers and her daringness to try exciting stuff. After all, there's not much excitement awaiting her at her new post, watching over the Montana forests from a tower. Actually, that's not true, considering a storm heads her way and she finds herself fleeing from the lightning that threatens her life, leading to her taking tough falls and scrapping skin.
Elsewhere, in Florida, Connor finds his life as a tween turned upside down when his father takes the wrong way to school. Connor gets most of the truth from his dad, that hitmen are pursuing them for learning something dangerous. What exactly did Connor's dad dig up? Does it matter? The film never gives an answer because, really, it's probably not a can of worms that the film is interested in opening. All you need to know is that Connor holds some juicy secrets that could shake politics and he needs to survive long enough to make the info public. Maybe Hannah can help, considering that she can fall out of towers and take a lightning strike to the back like a champ.
The hitmen targeting Connor are actually a father and son, working side by side to kill people with secrets. Aidan Gillen plays the seasoned killer of Jack Blackwell and works alongside his tall, quiet, and handsome son Patrick, played by a stoic Nicholas Hoult. My hopes sprang up for this pairing because there may perhaps be something to be said of how kids shouldn't have to pay for the sins of their fathers. The film certainly seems to build this up in the way Patrick looks on with concern, unsure if he can commit to killing children. This is not the case. After all, don't you want to see Hoult become the sinister villain who throws down with Jolie?
The only standout element of this film is a married couple of Sheriff Ethan (Jon Bernthal) and Allison Sawyer (Medina Senghore). They're the greatest of supporting characters considering they act as though this isn't their first action-thriller and are just as smart as the hitmen to read their actions. This leads to some of the most satisfying moments in the entire show, where Ethan calls out the hitmen for their hostage-taking logic and Allison hunts them down with a hunting rifle. Given that Allison is pregnant, there's also plenty to root for with these characters who ooze personality, charm, and grit.
Those Who Wish Me Dead is rather by the numbers and only has its moments of grit here and there. Jolie gets to grind her teeth in a role that finds her as a battered-and-bruised hero, Gillen makes a sufficient villain, Hoult has an intimidating presence, Bernthal gives his usual swagger, and Medina Senghore is quite the breakout star of the film. Despite a scene where Senghore rides horseback while wielding a rifle and being pregnant being quite an original sight, the movie is mostly familiar elements that slaps on the barebones of stagings to inch towards that fantastic climax. As fantastic as it is, so much of the standard boiling is going to make this film more of a light thrill as it'll soon evaporate from the mind, maybe coming up in conversation here and there as that movie where Jolie fought Hoult in the flaming woods.
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The Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) is a non-denominational society that promotes and facilitates the ongoing dialectic between religion and science. The Institute has held annual week-long conferences at Star Island in New Hampshire since 1954. The conference attracts about 250 members and non-members each year. The 1964 conference, for example, was attended by 215 conferees, with speeches by figures including Theodosius Dobzhansky.

Mission
In its Constitution, the IRAS purpose is stated as follows: "The Institute on Religion in an Age of Science is established
 to promote creative efforts leading to the formulation, in the light of contemporary knowledge, of effective doctrines and practice for human welfare;
 to formulate dynamic and positive relationships between the concepts developed by science and the goals and hopes of humanity expressed through religion; and
 to state human values in such universal and valid terms that they be understood by all peoples, whatever their cultural background or experience, in such a way as to provide a basis for world-wide cooperation.

The IRAS Council adopted the following statement in 2003:
"We at IRAS take the natural world seriously as a primary source of meaning. Our quest is informed and guided by the deepening and evolving understandings fostered by scientific inquiry.

"From here, our quests for meaning take us in divergent directions. For some, the natural world and its emergent manifestations in human experience and creativity are the focus of exploration. Some go on to encounter and celebrate the sacred in such explorations. For others, understandings of the natural world are interwoven with understandings inherent in various religious traditions, generating additional paths of exploration and encounter. As a result, we articulate our emerging orientations with many voices that are harmonious in that we share a common sense of place and gratitude.

"We acknowledge as well a shared set of values and concerns pertaining to peace, justice, dignity, cultural and ecological diversity and planetary sustainability. Although we may differ and hence debate as to how these concerns are here addressed, we are committed to participating in their resolution."

History
IRAS evolved from the ideas of two pioneer groups. The first was a group of scientists from the Committee on Science and Values of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The second group was an interfaith, religious coalition which hoped to revitalize religion for today's needs. Members of both groups saw what some perceived as a battlefield of conflicting ideologies to be a place of opportunity for a constructive relationship to emerge. The first president was Edwin Prince Booth, a professor of church history at Boston College (1954–59). Subsequent presidents included Harlow Shapley, Philip Hefner, Ursula Goodenough, and Varadaraja V. Raman.

In 1954 the scientists accepted an invitation to present their views to the religious group at a seven-day conference on Religion in an Age of Science on Star Island. On November 9, 1954, members of the two groups established the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science to work toward these goals.

Presidents
Presidents of IRAS have been:
 Edwin Prince Booth, (1954–59), Professor of Church History, Boston College
 Harlow Shapley, (1960–62), Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University
 Sanborn C. Brown, (1962–67), Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Malcolm R. Sutherland Jr., (1967–68), President of Meadville/Lombard Theological School
 Carl Bihldorff, (1968–69), Minister, First Parish, Brookline, Massachusetts
 Hudson Hoagland, (1969–71), Director, Worcester Foundation of Experimental Biology
 Jerome Malino, (1971–73), Rabbi, United Jewish Center, Danbury, Connecticut
 George A. Riggan, (1973–75), Professor of Systematic Theology, Hartford Seminary Foundation
 Malcolm R. Sutherland Jr., (1976–77), President of Meadville/Lombard Theological School
 Solomon H. Katz, (1977–79), Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
 Philip Hefner, (1979–81), Professor of Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
 Solomon H. Katz, (1981–83), Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
 Philip Hefner, (1984–86), Professor of Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
 Ward Goodenough, (1987–89), Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
 Marjorie Hall Davis, (1989–92), Minister, United Church of Christ, Granby, Connecticut
 Ursula Goodenough, (1992–96), Professor of Biology, Washington University
 Karl E. Peters, (1996–99), Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Rollins College
 Christopher Corbally, (1999–2002), Astronomer, Vatican Observatory
 Michael Cavanaugh, (2002–04), Attorney (retired), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 Barbara Whittaker-Johns, (2004–05), Minister, Arlington, Massachusetts
 John Teske, (2005–08), Professor, Psychology, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
 Ted Laurenson, (2008–11), Attorney, New York, New York
 Varadaraja Raman, (2011–13), Professor of Physics and Humanities, Rochester Institute of Technology
 Barbara Whittaker-Johns, (2013–), Minister, Arlington, Massachusetts

See also
Zygon (journal)
European Society for the Study of Science and Theology
James Gilbert, Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science, University of Chicago Press, 1997, pp. 273-280.

References

External links

 Institute on Religion in an Age of Science official website
 Center for Advanced Studies in Religion and Science (CASIRAS)

Religion and science
Religious studies
Organizations based in New Hampshire

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In a first for me, when I picked up my tickets for the press night of the newly-launched tour of Avenue Q at the New Wimbledon Theatre the envelope containing them identified me as "blogger".
I guess that the way things are going all online critics are now bloggers, just as many bloggers consider themselves critics. Is there a difference anyway? Is it about the medium or the message? A review is a review, after all.
But it made me think: perhaps I should seize this opportunity: you could say that if you can't beat them, join them.
And I mean no disrespect to the brilliant blogging community by saying this. I am, after all, a co-founder of the blogging portal MyTheatreMates, whose specific aim was to promote the work of bloggers. It was intended as a way of giving greater collective visibility to bloggers.
My regular columns for The Stage, which I started writing in 2005, began with the ethos of a blog: a platform that allowed me free reign, five days a week, to comment on anything I wanted to on theatrical matters (and sometimes personal ones, too; it was there that I first announced my firing from the Sunday Express, the day after it happened, back in 2013. Although this wasn't intentional at the time, it enabled me to own the narrative of what happened, and I'm forever grateful for the support I received). At a time when there weren't that many commentators around, I ended up being dubbed by none other than Michael Grandage as "the caped crusader" of the theatre industry.
Lately, I've been reigned in a bit — I now only file two columns a week for The Stage, one of which also appears in the weekly print edition — but I'm also using this personal website channel when I have something else to say, as I did earlier this week.
Anyway, one of the joys — but also one of the ever-present dangers — of the blog medium is that no one controls you, except yourself. And this being the web, there's no reigning in on word limits either. (I've seen one online blogger post a review that ran to over 5000 words).
Of course, no one is paying me, either, to write it. (Monetising a blog isn't easy). So obviously my professional writing, for outlets that pay me, takes precedence.
But theatre is my passion as well as my profession. And writing here is another outlet for that passion (as well as a passion in and of itself). So I'm going to start generating more regular content for this website, too.


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Библиотека «Альдебаран» — одна из электронных библиотек Рунета, третий по цитируемости ресурс в каталоге «Яндекса» после библиотеки Максима Мошкова и «Журнального зала». До недавнего времени считалась одной из лучших библиотек Рунета. Тексты, как правило, носят развлекательный характер.

К недостаткам сайта исследователи относят обилие рекламы и недостаточно проработанный поиск. «Альдебаран» подвергался критике и со стороны правообладателей: в 2004 г. владельцы библиотеки проиграли судебный процесс о романе А. Марининой.

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"Remembering" is a Jewish spiritual practice that connects us to our ancestors and to generations who have come before us. We grow in depth and character when we pause the "fast forward" of our lives, to honor those who have instilled within us abiding values.
Temple gives us distinct times and ways to "remember." We invite you to observe the yahrzeit, the anniversary of a loved one's death, by saying Kaddish. We gladly send reminder cards in advance of your loved one's yahrzeit, so you will be able to be present on the Shabbat when their name will be read aloud. We invite all those saying kaddish or observing a yahrzeit to stand, so they may be recognized within community. We offer yahrzeit candles for sale at our Judaica Shop, so that you might extend this remembrance to your home.
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HTC's Link VR is a next-gen mobile headset - for Japan only
Mobile VR just got very interesting
HTC has just announced the Link VR, a new mobile VR headset powered by its U11 smartphone. With two handheld controllers, an external camera and six degrees of freedom tracking, it's a real step up from the current generation of mobile headsets like the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View.
But here's the rub: it looks like it's getting a Japan release only.
We don't have any price info on this VR hybrid from HTC yet but we do know it is scheduled for a July release date. As for specs, it has two 3.6-inch 1080 x 1200 LCD displays inside, with a 110 degree field of view and 90Hz refresh rate - all darn good specs for any headset, let alone a mobile one.
Read this: How Oculus is putting one of VR's biggest problems into focus
What's interesting is that it is powered by a HTC phone (the HTC U11) but doesn't use its display, instead it's connected by a USB-C cable so this isn't a completely wireless experience.
The Link itself weighs 554g and as far as we can tell there will be lights on the two controllers and the headset with a camera to set up which tracks their movements. Both these accessories will be bundled in the box.
HTC has confirmed this headset won't use Valve's Lighthouse tracking tech as on the high end Vive. Six degrees of freedom is positional tracking that tracks forward/back, up/down, left/right, yaw, pitch and roll movements of your headse and handheld controllers- it's a benchmark for recreating realistic movements in VR.
This won't get Vive branding either so we're not sure what VR app and game stores this will have access too aside from Cardboard apps on the Google Play Store, which can be accessed by any smartphone. There's a Ghost in the Shell VR experience tie-in for the launch but no more details on content yet.
It doesn't look like there are any plans for an international release though perhaps the Link's Japan release will give the standalone HTC Daydream headset more of a clear run globally. We'll update this story with more details as they come in.
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