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Here's why Olympic medalists don't get flowers at the Summer Games in Rio
Olympic medalists in Rio won't get flowers. Pictured L to R: silver medalist Kenya's Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, gold medalist Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana, and bronze medalist Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba after the Women's 10,000m, Aug. 12, 2016.
Image: AFP/Getty Images
By Maria Gallucci 2016-08-12 13:04:06 -0700
Olympic medalists traditionally cradle flower bouquets as they hold up gold, silver or bronze medals from a tiered platform. But not this year in Brazil.
Instead, the world's best gymnasts, runners, ping-pongers and trampolinists are clutching small 3-D sculptures of Rio's Olympics logo.
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The switch from ephemeral flowers to long-lasting trinkets is a small part of the Olympic organizing committee's bigger mission to limit the environmental damage from the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a Rio 2016 spokesperson told Mashable.
Hope you liked those flowers, Olympians. From left to right: Germany's Anke Karstens, Austria's Julia Dujmovits, and Germany's Amelie Kober at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.
Image: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images
Through its sustainability program — called "Abraça" (Portuguese for "Embrace") — the committee pledged to limit the enormous amounts of water, energy, food and raw materials that are gobbled up during the 45-day spectacle.
The organizing committee said it "has not only taken on this challenge, but is fully embracing the cause."
Organizers estimated the Olympic venues will use roughly 29,500 megawatts of electricity, or more than twice the capacity of Brazil's massive Itaipu hydroelectric dam. Olympics-related vehicles will guzzle around 23.5 million liters of fuel, enough to fill the tanks of roughly 500,000 Honda Civics.
Rio 2016 planners have vowed to use renewable energy like wind and hydropower, biofuels and energy-efficient equipment to supply some of the Games' energy needs.
Itaipu hydroelectric plant in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.
The committee also projected the Olympics will result in nearly 19,000 tons of food scraps, garbage and solid waste — equal to five times the amount of solid waste that Rio de Janeiro's 6.3 million residents produce in a year, according to estimates by the United Nations Environment Program.
As part of its plan to limit waste, organizers made changes to the medal ceremonies.
The Rio Olympics team said it made nearly 2,500 total medallions — 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze — using sustainable methods and materials.
From L to R: Bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina, Simone Biles of USA, Alexandra Raisman of USA after the Women's Individual All-Around Final at the Rio Olympics, Aug. 11, 2016.
U.S. swimming legend Michael Phelps, for instance, so far has won four first-place medals made from gold extracted without the use of poisonous mercury. Silver and bronze medals were produced with 30 percent recycled materials. The colorful ribbons that hold the medals around athletes' necks are partly made with recycled plastic bottles.
So it's only fitting that flowers, which are unceremoniously tossed after each event, would be cut from the ceremonies, the Rio 2016 spokesperson said in an email.
"In the interest of sustainability and innovation, it was decided that flowers would not be awarded to medal winners at this Olympic Games," the spokesperson explained.
"The flowers awarded are usually thrown away or, even if kept, would struggle to survive in the tropical Brazilian climate."
The spokesperson added that some flowers are still displayed on the stage to keep with Olympics tradition.
But small tweaks such as scrapping flowers, and even bigger fixes like composting organic waste, won't be enough to resolve the broader environmental problems surrounding the Olympics and its host city.
A polluted river in Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 5, 2016.
Rio officials are facing widespread criticism for failing to clean up the city's sewage-filled waters, particularly in the Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing in the 2016 Olympics. The Associated Press found in its 16-month-long investigation that Rio's waterways are still contaminated with raw human sewage and teeming with dangerous viruses and super-bacteria.
The Guardian reported that a golf course built for the Olympics encroaches on the Marapendi reserve, which houses rare butterflies, pines and other species unique to the region.
And two Olympic pools this week turned electric green after hot weather and a lack of wind caused an algae outbreak.
Topics: 2016 olympics, michael phelps, Olympics, Olympics 2016, rio olympic games, rio olympics, Science, simone biles, Sports, World


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Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty confirms US foreign policy decay under Trump
25 May 2020|Connor Dilleen
Washington's announcement on 21 May that it is unilaterally withdrawing from the Treaty of Open Skies has been rightly condemned as an irresponsible national security misstep. Although there is substance to the US's claims that Russia has repeatedly violated its commitments under the treaty, which has been signed by 35 countries and allows them to conduct unarmed observation flights over one another's territory as a confidence-building measure, the decision to step away from it when the global security environment is deteriorating is yet another example of the destabilising and ultimately self-defeating foreign policy of the current US administration.
The main thrust of Washington's rationale for withdrawing appears to be that Russia has been in violation of its treaty obligations by denying the US flyover rights in certain locations. The US also argues that Russia is using imagery obtained on flyovers 'in support of an aggressive new Russian doctrine of targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and Europe with precision-guided conventional munitions … Russia has, therefore, weaponized the Treaty by making it into a tool of intimidation and threat.'
Given that Russia operates satellites equipped with greater imagery capabilities than Open Skies aircraft—which, ironically, is also one of the issues identified by critics of the treaty who see the flights as redundant—one of Washington's key defences of its decision appears hollow. The US has also gained a number of advantages from the treaty and has arguably been a net beneficiary of being a party to it.
The US withdrawal is also difficult to understand because it will be clearly disadvantaged by the decision. Russia will be permitted to continue observation flights over US military bases in Europe, provided Moscow remains party to the treaty.
But this is merely the latest instance of the White House taking a path that appears contrary not only to the US's long-term security interests but also to the objectives of international arms-control efforts.
In 2018, President Donald Trump delivered on his threat to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran's nuclear program, which had successfully wound back Tehran's enrichment efforts and provided the international community with unprecedented visibility of Iran's nuclear activities. At the time, Trump said that the US would work on finding a 'real, comprehensive, and lasting solution to the Iranian nuclear threat'.
And while the US is no closer to a new deal with Iran today, what the White House's strategy has done is prompt Tehran to resume nuclear activities prohibited by the JCPOA, in the process cutting in half the time it would need to produce enough weapons-grade fuel to build a nuclear bomb.
In 2019, Washington formalised its withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing Russian non-compliance as the reason. While Russia clearly had a case to answer in this context, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a valid point when he observed that, 'Instead of engaging in a meaningful discussion on international security matters, the United States opted for simply undercutting many years of efforts to reduce the probability of a large-scale armed conflict, including the use of nuclear weapons.'
Washington is also showing signs that it may sabotage prospects for extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty by insisting that Russia bring China to the negotiating table before the US will support its renewal. There's almost no chance China will agree, and Washington's insistence on Chinese participation has been assessed as potentially a 'poison pill' intended to kill off prospects for a new arms-control treaty.
More worryingly, on 23 May reports emerged that senior US national security officials have discussed conducting the first US nuclear test explosion since 1992 in order to establish a negotiating position for discussions with Moscow and Beijing on a trilateral deal to regulate their respective nuclear arsenals. Such a move by the US would have far-reaching consequences: it would likely kill off any prospect of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ever coming into force and it would potentially trigger a new round of testing by nuclear-weapon states, starting a new arms race.
The common thread running through these cases is the Trump administration's tendency to use a strategy of brinkmanship to force the US's favoured negotiating outcome in contentious arms-control agreements, rather than traditional diplomacy. But there are also signs that the US is potentially rethinking its overall approach to international arms control.
The newly appointed US undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, Marshall Billingslea, has said that the US 'know[s] how to win these [arms control] races and we know how to spend the adversary into oblivion'. He went on to note that Trump 'has a long and successful career as a negotiator, and he's a master at developing and using leverage'.
More broadly, the US's repudiation of key arms-control arrangements may also suggest antipathy on the part of the current administration towards the idea of international agreements. As noted by the director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, the US's withdrawal from Open Skies, 'has nothing to do with the Open Skies Treaty and everything to do with the fact that the contemporary [Republican Party] sees international agreements as a stain on our sovereignty'.
The Trump administration has hollowed out the expertise of the US State Department, so it shouldn't be surprising that constructive voices have been lost in the foreign policy debate in Washington.
At the start of 2018, a year into the Trump presidency, US think tank the Center for American Progress observed that 'President Trump has needlessly alienated America's allies; stoked tensions and heightened risks with little to show but damaged credibility; squandered the goodwill of people everywhere; and surrendered the high ground of America's moral and global leadership.' Since then, the Trump administration has continued to chip away at the foundations of the international security architecture.
But the greatest tragedy of the Trump administration from a foreign policy perspective is that this disruption has come at a time when the world needs constructive US leadership in international affairs more than it has in decades.
Connor Dilleen has worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Office of National Assessments. He currently works for Australia's privacy regulator. This article represents the author's personal views and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian government. Image: US Department of Defense.
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Ferdinand Waititu nomination may dig up integrity issues against him
By WAHOME THUKU | March 16th 2015
Kenya: The character of former Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu and his suitability to hold public office may come to the fore again, following his nomination as the Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP) flag bearer for the Kabete by-election.
Exactly one year ago, the High Court nullified Mr Waititu's appointment as the chairman of the Athi Water Services Board (AWSB) on grounds that his integrity had not been considered and evaluated, before the appointment.
And though the court was categorical that it did not determine his integrity, a similar issue could arise between now and May 4, when the by-election will be held. It could come up before Waititu's name is handed to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for nomination as a candidate.
Waititu, who lost to Evans Kidero in the contest for Nairobi governor's seat in 2013 has relocated his political base to Kiambu were he intends to vie for the same seat in 2017. On Saturday he was nominated as the JAP candidate for Kabete, a seat he says will prepare him to face Kiambu Governor William Kabogo in the next General Election.
The question of his integrity and fitness to hold public office was raised in a petition filed by businessman Benson Ritho last year following Waititu's appointment at AWSB. He contended that relevant factors had not been considered in appointing Waititu as chairman.
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One of those factors was Chapter Six, Article 73 (1) of the Constitution on integrity.
Waititu had been appointed through a gazette notice on January 10, 2014, for a three-year term. The petitioner moved to court five days later to challenge the constitutionality of the appointment.
He claimed that Waititu lacked character and integrity and it was therefore illegal and unconstitutional for him to hold such an office.
Ritho cited allegations filed in another suit that Waititu had illegally acquired property belonging to his father.
The petitioner further alleged that there were allegations made in court that Waititu had acquired public land unlawfully. He also quoted charges of incitement to violence and hate speech that had then been filed against Waititu.
He argued that had the issues been considered, the appointing authority would have come up with a different decision.
But Wititu's argument was that his integrity was not an issue during the nomination to contest the Nairobi governor's seat. He was charged in September 2012 when he was still an MP. And though he was immediately suspended as Assistant Minister by President Kibaki, he never lost is seat as MP. Later, he went into discussions with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on whether the charges could be withdrawn if he made a public apology.
In the High Court judgment, presiding judge Mumbi Ngugi found that no inquiry had been made on Waituitu's suitability to hold the office and nullified his appointment.
She, however, ruled that her findings were not related to the character or integrity of Waitutu, or his suitability to chair AWSB but only failure by the authority to consider the issue.
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AC LEOPARDS EDGE TIMID GOR MAHIA: Coach Nuttall hopeful despite mountain to climb in Congo Brazzaville after home loss
Gor Mahia conceded what could end up being a costly goal after they lost 1-0 to AC Leopards in the first leg of their champions league match at Nyayo Stadium on Sunday. The result has left them needing to score two goals in the return match at the end of this month - a possibility coach Frank Nuttall said is within their ability.
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The My First Green Toys Shape Sorter puts an eco-friendly spin on a classic play pattern. Made in the USA from food-safe, 100% recycled plastic milk jugs that save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Shape Sorter helps develop recognition of shapes and colors while also encouraging eye-hand coordination, problem solving, and fine and gross motor skill development. The two-part elliptical Shape Sorter and 8 colorful shapes (2 stars, 2 circles, 2 squares, 2 triangles) are the perfect size and weight for little hands. Each piece slides easily into the chute cut-outs on both the top and bottom of the Sorter, which opens with a simple twist, separating the two halves and letting the pieces out again. No BPA, phthalates, PVC or external coatings, and also meets FDA food contact standards. Dishwasher safe for easy cleaning. Packaged with recycled and recyclable materials and printed with soy inks.


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Run Feast As Rapids Claim Exciting T20 Victory
A bumper crowd were treated to a real run feast with 436 runs plundered in just 40 overs as first-class neighbours Worcestershire Rapids overcame Shropshire in an exciting Twenty20 clash at Bridgnorth.
The Pears, for whom skipper Daryl Mitchell just ran out of time to reach three figures, eventually emerged as 36 run victors at Cricket Meadow.
But it was a night of many positives for Shropshire, who were delighted to put 200 on the board against the New Road professionals.
Ed Barnard, one of four county old boys given permission to play for Shropshire against their current team mates, and Ross Aucott both cracked entertaining half centuries against an attack featuring Sri Lanka international spinner Sachithra Senanayake.
Shropshire coach Karl Krikken insisted he was pleased with his side's efforts and stressed the game acted as a useful warm up exercise ahead of the new Unicorns Twenty20 competition which will see the county face Oxfordshire at Eastnor CC a week on Sunday, May 31.
"I thought it was a great advert for Twenty20 cricket," he said. "Worcester brought a strong side and played tremendously to get nearly 240.
"But I was really pleased with how we played. Ross played magnificently and the reverse six off Senanayake, well, I've never seen a shot like that, it was tremendous.
"Ed Barnard, one for the future, a Worcester player, also played really well for us, so I was really pleased with the night."
Shropshire chairman Toby Shaw said it was an encouraging evening for the county as several of the team's younger players hinted at their potential.
He added: "It was a fantastic occasion and a great crowd. I was a little bit worried early on about the weather, but it turned out to be a glorious evening and the cricket matched it.
"There were lots of runs scored, but it wasn't slogging. It was proper cricket shots and that's what people like to see. Some of our home grown talent has also blossomed and that gives me a lot of pleasure.
"Bridgnorth have again done a fantastic job as hosts, as they did last year when we played Birmingham Bears."
Worcestershire opted to bat first on winning the toss and found runs in plentiful supply as they raced to 236-2 from their 20 overs.
Richard Oliver, the former Shropshire captain, dominated an opening stand of 81 before falling for 48.
Mitchell, the Worcestershire skipper, then put on 149 for the second wicket with Tom Kohler-Cadmore as the ball regularly disappeared out of the ground.
Kohler-Cadmore hit a glorious 80 from just 33 balls and Mitchell was still there as the innings drew to a close, unbeaten on 94 from 61 deliveries, a knock which featured 10 fours and three sixes.
Chasing such a big target may have overawed some teams but Shropshire showed they were up for the fight by starting positively with opener Aucott and Barnard, at No 4, providing most of the fireworks.
Aucott struck a sparkling 51 from 32 balls (two sixes and five fours) and he shared a brisk partnership of 77 for the third wicket with Barnard, the England under-19 international from Shrewsbury, who made his senior debut for Worcestershire against the New Zealand tourists a few days earlier.
Barnard took the game to his Pears team mates as he raced to his 50 off just 21 deliveries before being bowled by Charlie Morris for 64 from 31 balls. He struck seven sixes and two boundaries in a display which oozed class.
Wicketkeeper Simon Gregory then added an unbeaten 37 and Jack Shantry, another Worcestershire man loaned back to Shropshire for the night, hit 20 off the final over to lift the score up to a very respectable 200-6 at the close.
Picture: The four Worcestershire players allowed to play for Shropshire, their former county, against the Pears, from left, Joe Leach, Ed Barnard, Jack Shantry and Joe Clarke


August 15th is a time for Acadians to celebrate the society they have built despite their difficult history. It is a day for Acadian families to show their pride, and for all New Brunswickers to celebrate together.
In the 21st century, Acadians are playing an important role in the province by taking on the challenges caused for rural communities by globalization, deindustrialization, and climate change. The pursuit of food sovereignty, renewable energy, and the creation of new institutions and innovative businesses are examples of the extraordinary vitality of Acadians in New Brunswick.


Simon Cope has stepped down as chief executive of burger chain Byron.
Cope became chief executive of the Three Hills Capital Partners-backed burger chain last September having originally joined as managing director the previous year. He had previously worked at Wagamama and at pub and restaurant group at Mitchells & Butlers.
He oversaw the high-profile closures of 19 restaurants across the UK as part of the Byron's Company Voluntary Agreement CVA. The group now has 55 restaurants in its portfolio.
Cope is the latest in a line of people to leave the business, with chief operating officer Nick Young departing the company in August as part of a reshuffle of Byron's senior staff. Marketing director Paul Coppin, operations director Lucy Worth, IT director Sarah Andrews and chief people officer Mike Williams have all left within the past 12 months, according to BigHospitality's sister publication MCA.
Steve de Polo, who was named as Byron's new managing director in August, has been appointed a director, according to a notification today (3 December) on Companies House.
Speaking a few months ago to The Sunday Times, Cope said that Byron was recovering despite recent warnings about its financial position and was now in growth after seeing "week-on-week improvements" in sales since March.


During a Fox News interview on Sunday, former Chief of Microsoft said that he switched to Android phone. Gates also said that he is using a lot of Microsoft software on his Android phone. While this statement would sound unbelievable when Microsoft was competing with Apple and Google, at this point, it's nothing special.
Many Microsoft employees no longer use Windows Phone and have already switched to Android or Apple. Even Satya Nadella admitted that he is an Android user and that this is not a bad PR for Microsoft.
Samsung consumers can also buy the customized version of Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ Microsoft Edition phones in their US retail stores. Microsoft customization ensures best productivity experience with Microsoft applications like Office, OneDrive, Cortana etc. Having said that, it seems that Microsoft has chosen Android between the two mobile OS kings.
On the other hand, Apple is changing their Siri and Spotlight default search engine provider from Bing to Google. Apple claims that the reason for the change is consistency because Safari on both iOS and MacOS have been already using Google Search as the default search engine for the past couple of years.
During the statement about this change, Apple has also emphasized the strong relationship with both Google and Microsoft. While Siri and Spotlight search engine was changed, Siri is still using the Bing search engine for web images results.
Considering Google is paying Billions of dollars per year to Apple in order to stay as the default search provider on Apple devices, it shouldn't take them long to push the Bing search engine completely from Apple devices.


truLOCAL Blog | Meat Delivery Tips, Meat Recipes & More!
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Starting in September, with each truLOCAL order you will also receive a recipe to try out with your meat products!
Make your home/office or wherever you spend your time a positive place to be. If you find you instantly feel negative when you arrive to work, consider sprucing up your cubicle or office space. This can make for a more visually pleasing environment and help maintain a positive start to your day.


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Originally from Holland, I'm a 3D Environment artist by day and a pin-up artist at heart! In my spare time I'd like to get myself and surroundings dirty with ink, watercolours, acrylics and tons of pencil shavings. I can also be found playing around with Zbrush or working on game projects which I never actually finish. A current favourite is Procreate on the iPad Pro and it's my aim to get lots better at this. Named after my great grandmother, "Miss Beretta" is my sketching blog.
And if you like selfie-less Instagram pages filled with ink sketches, life drawings, silly paintings and the occasional goat, then go ahead and follow me on Instagram where most of the action happens.
My God, we have the same playlist. Ant people always! 🙂 I love your work!!
Thanks for checking my blog and the follow, Marielle. I'm a big Shane Glines fan too – he's fiendishly good. Also, don't know if it's intentional but you're a dead-ringer for Bettie Page in your photos! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the follow. great lady-faces!
Thank you! I love you children's book illustrations!
I love your style Marielle! Your drawings are really great. I spent about 8 years of my youth being completely absorbed into video games. Every year before that I was as absorbed as school and parents would allow. I eventually gave it up altogether when I was 21, but it's so deeply threaded into my subconscious that every dream I have has distinct characters of video games. There's over the top action, maps I know every inch of like the back of my hand, often sub-par writing and a "GAME OVER" as I wake up. I guess I still do play video games for 6-10 hours a day, every day. I can't escape!
Thanks for stopping by! Glad to have found you too, love your work!
I stumbled upon your blog and was awestruck by your creativity !
More than the beauty, the emotions behind each paint struck my chords..
Thanks for sharing your talent with the common us!
I love your drawings. I play around with trying to be creative sometimes too. I have to be in the right mood which doesn't happen very often.
It's great that you get to work in the same type of things you love to do for fun.
Marielle, just saw what you did for Patty & cute Bailey. Love your work!
I found your blog through Patty. I love the drawings of her and Bailey! Your artwork is amazing!! You are so talented.
Thank you, Victoria! Really nice to hear from you! Is there any dutch sounding names in the family?
A pleasure to hear from you! The three largest Dutch communities in Montana are, Manhattan, Silver Gate and Melville. I was born and raise in Montana.
You are very talented. Love your blog.
I forgot to say I also loved the drawings you did of Patty and Bailey. Thats how I found your blog. Emma.
Thank you, Emma! It was a lot of fun doing pics for Patty and Baily!


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Q: R: overlay plot on levelplot I have a raster file 'airtemp' and a polygon shapefile 'continents'. I'd like to superimpose the 'continents' on 'airtemp', so the boundary of 'continents' is visible on top of 'airtemp'. I plot the raster file by levelplot (lattice). I read the polygon by readShapeSpatial (maptools) first and then plot.
The problem is levelplot and plot have different scales. Plot tends to have smaller frame. Sorry I don't have a reproducible sample, but I feel this is a rather common issue for geophysicists. I've found a similar question here:
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/overlaying-a-levelplot-on-a-map-plot-td2019419.html
but I don't quite understand the solution.

A: You can overlay the shapefile using the +.trellis and layer
functions from the latticeExtra package (which is automatically
loaded with rasterVis).
library(raster)
library(rasterVis)

Let's build some data to play. You can skip this part if you already
have a raster file and a shapefile.
library(maps)
library(mapdata)
library(maptools)

## raster
myRaster <- raster(xmn=-100, xmx=100, ymn=-60, ymx=60)
myRaster <- init(myRaster, runif)

## polygon shapefile
ext <- as.vector(extent(myRaster))

boundaries <- map('worldHires', fill=TRUE,
    xlim=ext[1:2], ylim=ext[3:4],
    plot=FALSE)

## read the map2SpatialPolygons help page for details
IDs <- sapply(strsplit(boundaries$names, ":"), function(x) x[1])
bPols <- map2SpatialPolygons(boundaries, IDs=IDs,
                              proj4string=CRS(projection(myRaster)))

Now you plot the raster file with rasterVis::levelplot, the
shapefile with sp::sp.polygons, and the overall graphic is produced
with +.trellis and layer.
levelplot(myRaster) + layer(sp.polygons(bPols))

sp.polygons uses a transparent color as default for fill, but you can change it:
levelplot(myRaster) + layer(sp.polygons(bPols, fill='white', alpha=0.3))

A: As per this discussion, here is one way of doing this: it consists in breaking the SpatialPolygonsDataFrame into one single matrix of polygons coordinates separated by NAs. Then plotting this on the levelplot using panel.polygon.
library(maptools)
a <- matrix(rnorm(360*180),nrow=360,ncol=180) #Some random data (=your airtemp)
b <- readShapeSpatial("110-m_land.shp") #I used here a world map from Natural Earth.

And that's where the fun begins:
lb <- as(b, "SpatialPolygons")
llb <- slot(lb, "polygons")
B <- lapply(llb, slot, "Polygons") #At this point we have a list of SpatialPolygons
coords <- matrix(nrow=0, ncol=2)
for (i in seq_along(B)){
    for (j in seq_along(B[[i]])) {
        crds <- rbind(slot(B[[i]][[j]], "coords"), c(NA, NA)) #the NAs are used to separate the lines
        coords <- rbind(coords, crds)
        }
    }
coords[,1] <- coords[,1]+180 # Because here your levelplot will be ranging from 0 to 360°
coords[,2] <- coords[,2]+90 # and 0 to 180° instead of -180 to 180 and -90 to 90

And then comes the plotting:
levelplot(a, panel=function(...){
                        panel.levelplot(...)
                        panel.polygon(coords)})

The idea in lattice is to define the plotting functions in argument panel(see ?xyplot for a complete explanation on the subject). The function for the levelplot itself is levelplot.

Of course, in your case, it seems way simpler to plot this using base graphics:
image(seq(-180,180,by=1),seq(-90,90,by=1),a)
plot(b, add=TRUE)

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This is a rare original, matching numbers, Works Car.
Allard made an estimated 70 cars with most exported to the States with US servicemen returning home.
Allard is still a revered name in historic racing.


A Battle sign, or Battle's sign, is a bruise that indicates a fracture at the bottom of the skull. At first, it can look just like a typical bruise that could heal on its own. However, Battle's sign is a much more serious condition.
The type of fracture that causes Battle's sign is considered a medical emergency. It can lead to long-term complications. As a rule of thumb, you should call your doctor if you experience any type of head injury.
Keep reading to learn more about the signs and symptoms of Battle's sign and what you can expect in terms of treatment and outcomes.
Battle's sign appears as a large bruise that extends across the entire backside of your ear, and it may also extend out to the upper part of your neck.
Sometimes people with Battle's sign also have "raccoon eyes." This term refers to bruising around the eyes that's also related to a skull fracture.
You might also notice a clear fluid draining from your ears and nose. This is caused by a tear in the protective covering of your brain due to the trauma.
Battle's sign is sometimes mistaken for a common bruise. Bruises occur when blood vessels beneath the skin break from a direct injury. The result is a black and blue spot that can take a few weeks to heal. A typical bruise may get lighter in color or turn yellow or red before completely going away. But unlike a bruise, a Battle's sign doesn't fade without any other symptoms.
All skull fractures — including the one that causes Battle's sign — need immediate medical attention. Call your doctor and explain the circumstances surrounding your head injury, as well as any symptoms you currently have.
It's important to note that you might not experience any signs or symptoms of Battle's sign for up to a few days after the initial injury. To be safe, you should call your doctor after you experience any type of significant head injury, even without symptoms.
Battle's sign is primarily caused by a type of serious head injury called a basilar skull fracture, or basal fracture. This type of fracture occurs at the base of your skull. Fractures to the base of your skull can occur behind your ears or nasal cavity, as well as near part of your spine.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, it's the most serious and most common type of skull fracture. The danger is from associated injuries to the brain, spinal cord, and blood vessels that run through the skull to feed the brain. Any injury severe enough to fracture the skull could put these other structures at risk.
If you've had a recent head injury, broken nose, or broken cheekbone, a bruise behind the ear might be related to this condition. Unlike typical bruises that form from a direct injury, Battle's sign isn't caused from an injury at that location.
CT is the most common diagnostic tool used for skull fractures.
Your doctor will need as many details as possible about the head injury. They may also order a blood test.
Treating Battle's sign depends on the severity of the skull fracture that caused it. One main goal of treatment is to prevent permanent neurological damage. You will need to be hospitalized so that your doctor can carefully monitor your condition.
Depending on the type of injury, you may need stitches. Surgery may be needed to stop fluid leakage from your nose and ears.
Overall, this type of skull fracture heals itself. It may take several weeks before you notice an improvement in your symptoms.
Head injuries are a common cause of disability and death. The earlier you seek treatment for a head injury, the better the outlook.
Long-term rehabilitation can help. Your healthcare team, including doctors as well as physical and occupational therapists, will work with you to help you make as full of a recovery as possible.


Evelyn Faye Mock of Moscow died Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Gritman Medical Center. She was 84.
Evelyn was born December 4, 1934 at Belgrade, Montana to William C. and Florence Kent Powell. She grew up and attended school in Montana, graduating from Bozeman High School.
She and Robert C. Mock were married April 29, 1953 in Bozeman. They made their home in Missoula. After her children were older, she attended nurses training at St. Patrick's Hospital, graduating with her LPN. She worked at Western Montana Clinic in Missoula until her retirement.
She and Bob made the cabin on Lake Inez in Montana their summer home, and enjoyed wintering near Casa Grande, Arizona for several years. Evelyn enjoyed oil painting and ceramics.
Survivors include her husband of nearly 66 years, Roberts, at their home, a son Lynn (Judy) Mock of Moscow, a sister, Glenetta Bestwick of Seattle, two granddaughters, Christine Day and Brianne Fakhouri, both in Moscow along with 5 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Randy and Stanley Mock and a sister, Bertie Marie Atkinson.
The family suggests memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association.


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Candidates for Citibank's retail division are still in the due diligence phase
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It may take time for Citibank until December to finalize a buyer for its retail business, sources familiar with the talks said.
There has been no decision on a buyer, or no shortlist made, a source said.
"The bank is in the process of answering all questions posed by potential buyers. This process will be completed by the end of this month, then bids will be solicited in sealed envelopes. It will take at least two to six weeks to start seriously considering a buyer, "the source said on condition of anonymity.
Therefore, the question of a few leading banks does not yet arise, the source said.
Another source said that virtually all banks are looking for details on the books of the retail branch for due diligence purposes. "After the due diligence period ends, starting next month, we will not be looking at a single issue," another source said.
An email sent to Citibank did not elicit a response.
On April 15, Citigroup announced that it would leave retail banking in India and 12 other countries in Asia and parts of Europe to focus on its wealth management business because it did not have the "ladder" to compete in this space.
One of the first steps new CEO Jane Fraser took after taking over the U.S.-headquartered bank in February was the decision to exit retail outlets in a few markets.
Along with India, Citigroup announced that it will also withdraw from its consumer franchises in India, Australia, Bahrain, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The consumer banking vertical contributed 30.6% of turnover at the end of March 2020 of Citibank in India, against 37.38% in 2012-13 and nearly 39.19% in 2009-10.
In 2012, with a 21% market share, Citibank was India's second-largest credit card issuer, while card spending was double the industry average; it also held a 30 percent share of e-commerce spending. In 2020, its market share fell to around 6% and sixth place, although average spend per card remained 1.4 times the industry average.
The customer base is also generally at the higher end of the spectrum for the bank, making it an attractive buy for Indian retail-oriented private banks.
Most of them are busy doing the due diligence process until the window closes this month.
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Everything You Need to Know About Digital Summit KC
James Hart May 2, 2018 Alight Insights
Digital Summit is returning to Kansas City — our hometown! — on May 16-17, and we couldn't be more excited. We're big believers in the show's value to marketers.
The two-day conference will feature dozens of workshops led by speakers from the Kansas City Chiefs, CBS, Neiman Marcus, Airbnb, Best Buy and other leading brands.
And those experts will be covering a huge range of topics, including marketing analytics, content marketing, UX, email, storytelling, SEO, social media and more.
Bottom line: If you're a digital marketer who wants to discover new solutions or find inspiration for your next big project, Digital Summit KC is going to have something that benefits you.
Interested in attending? Then check out our quick guide to help you make the most of your time at the conference.
Where and When (and How to Save $75)
Digital Summit KC will take place at the Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd. — where it was held last year, in fact. The venue has plenty of free parking. And if you're looking for a nice restaurant nearby, try Town Center Plaza or Prairiefire, both a quick drive from the convention center.
The main Digital Summit conference will run May 16-17, but you can pay extra to attend dedicated workshops on conversion optimization and Google Analytics on May 15. There are also additional half-day sessions on the morning of May 16.
You can buy your pass for Digital Summit KC here. Be sure to use Alight's VIP discount code, KCFRIEND75, to save $75 on the cost of your ticket.
Sessions You Should See
Scott Dikkers, the founding editor of The Onion, will deliver the Day 1 keynote for Digital Summit KC — "Building a Brand With Outrageous Marketing" — at 1:15 p.m. May 16.
If anyone knows how to use humor to build and promote a business, it's Dikkers, who turned a small college publication into one of the country's best-known comedy brands. He literally wrote the book on "How to Write Funny."
And not to brag, but we think you'll enjoy "Speed to Insight: The Key to Marketing Analytics," the latest talk from Matt Hertig, Alight's CEO, at 2:30 p.m. May 16.
Matt will give you a road map for rapidly evolving your marketing analytics practice — whether you're looking for a way to deliver reporting faster or you want to produce more sophisticated analysis and insights.
On May 17, James Royer, the director of digital media and strategy for the Kansas City Chiefs, will share how the team uses content strategy to drive engagement with fans. He'll speak at 11 a.m.
And Liza Dunning, brand writer and content lead at Airbnb, will give the Day 2 keynote, "The What, Why, and How of Community-Driven Brand Content," at 12:30 p.m.
Connect With Other KC Marketers
While the in-depth content is the primary draw for Digital Summit KC, make time to check out the end-of-day receptions on May 16 and 17.
They run from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. on Day 1 and from 4:50 to 5:50 p.m. on Day 2. They're great opportunities to network with marketers from the region's top agencies and brands.
And stop by the Alight Analytics booth — our team will be at the show both days. If you'd like to set up a time to talk, email us at info@alightanalytics.com.


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Author John Schultz discusses the history of the militarization of police
August 27, 2014 by and filed under Military, News and Public Affairs.
Many Americans were shocked a few days ago when snipers and heavily armed police met mostly peaceful protestors in Ferguson Missouri. That started a debate over whether the nation's police have become so militarized that they are no longer there to preserve and protect but have adopted an attitude of "us" and "them".
The militarization of the police is not a brand new practice. It has a long history and one of the worst incidents of it was 46 years ago this week during the Democratic Party's National Convention in Chicago.
About 10,000 anti-war activists had gone to Chicago to demand that the Democarts nominate an anti-war candidate for President. They were met by more than 22,000 police and National Guard. Here are some of the sounds of that convention 46 years ago this week:
Today on Radioactivity, Rob Lorei speaks with John Schultz, the author of No One Was Killed, which includes his eyewitness account of the confrontations between the power structure and the peace activists.
Schultz is also the author of The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (originally Motion Will Be Denied) which reports on the action-riddled trial of eight, then seven, defendants who were major figures in the 68 convention protest and generally represented the spectrum of 1960s protest.
Video of 1968 Chicago Convention battles
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Q: At/on/from the list I just wondered which preposition would be correct in the given content below:

We'll go through the class list and start with the person at the top of the list.
  We'll go through the class list and start with the person on the top of the list.
  We'll go through the class list and start with the person from the top of the list.

Is there any difference in meaning or are they interchangeable?

A: I think I like at the best; however, I would regard them all as idiomatic and correct, with no discernible difference in meaning.
As an aside, we could shorten the sentence a little bit by using the preposition atop:

We'll go through the class list and start with the person atop the list.

This isn't necessary unless you'd like to cut the number of prepositional phrases at the end of the sentence from three down to two. Another way to accomplish the same objective would be to simply leave out the "of the list" at the end:

We'll go through the class list and start with the person at the top.

Since the first part of the sentence mentions the list, there is no need to repeat it at the end of the sentence.
That all said, it's important to note there is nothing inherently wrong with three consecutive prepositional phrases at the end of a sentence. As a matter of fact, more than one sentence in this answer does the same thing.


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Trescal acquires GenCal in New Jersey (USA)
Based in Boonton, New Jersey, General Calibration Inc. (GenCal) is an ISO 17025 A2LA accredited one-stop-shop laboratory and employs 22 people for an annual turnover of ~3 M$.
This acquisition allows Trescal to expand its footprint in the American market, strengthening its presence in the North East. It also reinforces its technical skills, particularly in electrical High Voltage calibration. GenCal's management team will remain unchanged.
Guillaume Caroit, General Secretary of Trescal Group, said: "We are very happy to welcome General Calibration within Trescal group. This acquisition shows our strong commitment to reinforce Trescal presence in the US. We aim at continuing at the same pace our acquisition strategy in North America in 2015."
This deal was completed with the support of Trescal's majority shareholder, Ardian, the premium independent private investment company. This acquisition is the tenth build-up following Ardian's take over of Trescal in July 2013, and the fourth in the United States in 2014.
ABOUT GENERAL CALIBRATION - General Calibration was incorporated in 1988 in Whippany, New Jersey. Since then, the three founders' goal has been to provide the highest level of service excellence in calibration maintenance and repair of electrical measurement equipment. In 1996 the company moved to Boonton, in a 9 000 sq. foot state-of-the-art laboratory.
> Read the press release
New acquisitions in North America and Spain
Trescal announces the acquisitions of Calibration Solutions Inc. (US) and the calibration laboratory of GES SIEMSA (Spain).
Trescal announces an agreement with Tecnalia in Spain
Trescal stregthens its market position in Spain.
Trescal pursues its acquisition strategy in the US and Italy
Trescal announces the acquisition of US company Master Metrology Inc. and Gefran's Italian metrology assets.
Trescal pursues its acquisition strategy in North America
Trescal announces that it has acquired Instrument Calibration Services and Test Equipment Repair Corporation located in Atlanta (GA).
Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, announces today that it has acquired Instrument Calibration Services and Test Equipment Repair Corporation, two companies that provide calibration and repair services for a wide variety of measurement and test equipment. The two transactions consolidate Trescal's geographical footprint and enhance its calibration and repair capabilities in North America.
The deals were completed with the support of Trescal's majority shareholder, Ardian, the premium independent private investment company, and underscore Trescal's position as a leading global provider of calibration services through its global network of over 67 owned calibration laboratories. This is the fourth expansion since Ardian acquired Trescal in July 2013.
Instrument Calibration Services and Test Equipment Repair Corporation — both based in Atlanta, GA, and A2LA accredited — generated roughly $4.2 million in sales last year and have 24 employees including 18 engineers. The terms of the deals are not disclosed.
"The acquisition furthers our growth strategy in North America, and marks another significant step towards our goal of dominating the market within two years," Guillaume Caroit, General Secretary of Trescal said. "Once again, the expertise of the teams and the reputation of these companies were critical aspects of both acquisitions."
Britt Myers, President and founder of both Instrument Calibration Services and Test Equipment Repair Corporation, said joining Trescal, a market leader in test and measurement equipment services, was an extraordinary opportunity.
"I am happy to transfer my teams to Trescal, as this group is a pure player and specialist in calibration services strengthening its leadership position as a comprehensive test equipment solutions provider. I am confident that this transaction will be beneficial for both parties and their customers. Also, I would like to thank Guillaume Caroit and Lonnie Spires for their efforts and their professionalism," Myers said.
Thibault Basquin, Managing Director of Mid Cap Buyout at Ardian, also applauded the deal, noting the strong prospects for Trescal as it continues to work closely with Ardian.
"This latest acquisition fits perfectly with the strategy we laid out when we acquired Trescal," Basquin said. "Both the Ardian and Trescal teams have implemented an ambitious roadmap with a view to accelerate external growth and we are confident that new transactions will be announced in the coming months."


There are three ways to win my heart - honesty, loyalty and reliability. I know that in this world there is only one way to earn the love - to cease to require it and start to give love, not hoping for appreciation. I understand that in my heart a lot love and I'm ready to give my love just for one person. I want to love and to see in the happiness of another person my own happiness. And I want this man was YOU!!!


Packaging is based on Homer's poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey".
For me, it was important to convey the epic and drama of Homer's poems. Therefore, the label is black, like the ashes of Troy.
The Iliad and Odyssey are the foundations of world art, just as water is the foundation of life, and black and white is the foundation of color. That is why the packaging is mostly black and white, with the exception of the caps and the name that appear to be bronze, which reminds weapons from the time of Troy. The bronze covers and the name, in turn, echo the back side of the box, which is the color of cardboard.
Particular attention was paid to the design of the ampersand, which at the same time would resemble the numeral two, the raster gradient plays an important role in this, it visually draws a two to an ampersand. This raster gradient is echoed by Dmitry Bisti's graphics, which motifs are used in the design.
The name of the packaging "Илион" is the ancient name of Troy "Ilion".
Box for bottles is made without any glue, only the sticker on the top.
The label is printed on a transparent film in two layers: first, white ink, then black, thus the readability of the small text is preserved and the main characters of the label (И&О) can be easily read.


For attendees at events in the Hogan Stand, car parking is available in the Davin Car Park. This is located off the North Circular Road and accessed via St Margaret Avenue (first left after Gills Pub on the corner with Russell Street). There is pedestrian access from the car park onto Jones Road / Russell Street for the main entrance to the Hogan Stand (on Jones Road, opposite the Croke Park Hotel).
Driving from O'Connell Street in the City Centre,follow the signs for the N1 North onto Dorset Street and Drumcondra Road. At the railway bridge overpass on Drumcondra Road, turn right onto North Circular Road. After the junction with Russell Street /North Circular Road (John Gills Pub on Left), take the next left on to St. Margarets Avenue. The car park is located at the end of this road.
If travelling from the Airport / North, follow directions for the city centre. Just before the railway overpass at the end of Drumcondra Road Lower, turn left onto Clonliffe Road. At the next set of traffic lights, turn right onto Jones Road Drive past the entrance to Croke Park Hotel and at the traffic lights turn left (John Gills pub on corner) and then the next left on to St. Margaret's Avenue. The car park is located at the end of this road. For further information, visit AA Route Planner Ireland or www.maps.google.com Once you have parked your car the pedestrian access is located at the far left hand side of the car park.
The closest railway station is Drumcondra at the intersection of Drumcondra Road (N1) and Clonliffe Road,5 minute walk from the stadium. This station is served by Arrow trains. The closest DART stations are Connolly and Clontarf. Connolly is a 15-20 minute walk and and Clontarf a 20-25 minute walk to the stadium. The closest LUAS and Intercity Rail stop is also at Connolly Station. For further information, visit Iarnrod Eireann.
For further information, visit Dublin Bus.
If you have any difficulty on the day please call 087 4137122 and a member of IPASS will direct you.


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Fierce Critic of Islam Honored at Israel's Open University Gala
December 23, 2014 By Masha Leon
The 2014 American Friends of Open University of Israel Gala honoring Somali-born activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was launched at The Pierre with a spectacular buffet attended by 250 supporters. AFOUI's president Ingeborg Rennert — resplendent in a purple and silver ensemble — presented the organization's Tzedek Award to Hirsi Ali explaining: "Tzedek means justice — the root of the Hebrew word tzedaka, charity."
Touting the Open University as Israel's largest university "educating nearly 50,000 students — in a state with 8.2 million people, 123 different ethnicities and over 80 regularly spoken languages and one of the few countries in the Middle East where a Muslim can receive an open education," Ido Aharoni, Israel's consul general praised the audience and the Rennerts for their tireless support.
Honored Speaker: Ayaan Hirsi Ali lectures for the American Friends of the Open University Israel
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Alluding to an alleged conversation in 1920's Vienna between Sigmund Freud and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, founder of Reform Judaism, Aharoni said: "Freud asked Wise 'Who are the three greatest Jews alive?' to which Wise replied 'One would clearly be you Freud, and the other Chaim Weizmann, leader of the Zionist movement and a famous chemist. As for the third, I can't think of one.' Freud suggested: 'Rabbi why won't you be the third?' to which Wise replied: 'Absolutely not. No! No! No!' Freud responded: 'One "No" would have been enough!'"
"What Freud was trying to each us," said Aharoni, " is that people do not always think what they say and they do not always say what they think, but what Ayaan is teaching us is that in the case of militant and radical Islam, you don't have to be Sigmund Freud to get the message, all you have to do is read their charters, listen to their speeches — it's all there. And [Ayaan] what you represent has turned you into one of the most influential, courageous women in the world and we are indebted to you for what you do."
Resplendent: AFOUI's president Ingeborg Rennert poses with Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
During her Q&A with Mimi Hass-Perlman AFOUI chairman of the Board, Hirsi Ali said: "You don't have to be Freud or Einstein to tell the difference between right and wrong…. I get a lot of accolades: 'you are such an inspiration, you are so courageous…' I don't deserve any of this. I used to hate Jews. I come from a culture, I grew up in a religion from within that culture and within that religion sprung up what has young people saying 'We love death more than we love life'…. I love life and if you love life then I am on your side — [whatever] your skin color, sexual orientation or geographic origin…."
Asked how she came to Israel, Hirsi Ali replied: " I was a student in the Netherlands in 1998/99 looking for a warm place and could not afford to go to Spain, Paris, Greece… Israel was cheap. When I went into politics, I saw Israeli democracy function with all its good stuff and challenging stuff…. Israel is the only country in the world — maybe in the history of humanity — that sets out to educate and rescue her enemies… and that makes me a most passionate Zionist."


Wollemi College is a 3-12 boys school that promotes virtuous living and academic excellence.
Currently, the school offers extracurricular Latin to some of the more capable boys -top 10-15% of the class- from Years 3 to 7.
The aim of the course is to prepare the boys to be able to read and translate Julius Caesar in Year 8.
While the course is open to boys from any denomination, some of the material that is used draws on various Catholic prayers, hymns and parts of the Mass in Latin.
Saturdays 3:00 -5:00 p.m. beginning in Term 3.
Entrance exam: Saturday July 23, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
There is also a monthly Latin course starting in September for mums and dads on the 2nd Monday of the month, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Wollemi.
Experience has shown that parents who also know some Latin are in a very good position to be able to help and encourage their children's endeavours to learn it.
American industrialist and oil man, Jean Paul Getty, widely reckoned to be the richest man in the world until his death in 1976, employed only classicists to run his worldwide business empire. He understood that mastery of (say) the passive periphrastic was a more important business qualification than an MBA. It wasn't romance but competitiveness that underlay his decision. Asked why he insisted on employing classicists in key positions, he answered bluntly: "They sell more oil."


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The Governess Comforts the Disconsolate Duke
By Abigail Haversham
I looked forward to reading this Regency novella about a hero recovering from the horrors of war. Unfortunately, it read more like a textbook for show versus tell and often reads like an outline rather than an actual story. The hero and heroine don't have a real encounter until about 20% into the b	...
The Ice Twins
By S.K. Tremayne
It's official. I've stumbled into the latest thriller trend - unreliable narrators. In fact, I just about fell into The Ice Twins, even though I wasn't crazy about the premise at first. A twin dies in a tragic fall, and only later does her mother realize she may have buried the wrong sibling. Haven'	...
St. Nacho's
By Z.A. Maxfield
Narrated in the first person, St. Nacho's is a story of contrasts. Cooper, the narrator, is struggling with his past, and yet for all the angst, the story is full of hope. Also, although Cooper is a skilled violinist, he falls in love with a deaf college student. Yet it's Cooper's past that truly ge	...
By Amanda Young
Something More is a menage romance. Not only that, but it is m/m/f, with a strong m/m element, so it goes without saying that this is not for all readers. However, while this isn't one of those stories where everyone magically accepts the gay and menage relationships, I didn't completely buy into th	...
By Lee Rowan
Tangled Web is a historical romance set in London during 1816. The hero, Brendan Townsend, has always known he was attracted only to other men, despite the dangers of such a relationship. He finds himself in a case of hero worship with Philip Carlisle, an older widower whom he asks for help. The rel	...
Altered Heart
By Kate Steele
In Altered Heart, an m/m werewolf romance, the heroes come from two different worlds. Mick Matranga has been a werewolf for all his life and is part of the Committee for Supernatural Behavioral Enforcement. Rio Hardin is a runaway and hustler who was forcibly turned into a werewolf by Sutter, an alp	...
The Bachelor's Bargain
By Catherine Palmer
Are you sick of Regencies where characters treat servants like their best buddies or where class distinctions are ignored? The Bachelor's Bargain might be just the tonic you need. Be aware, however, that the heroine's faith is a strong element in this book. This is, after all, a marriage of convenie	...
A Lady of Secret Devotion
By Tracie Peterson
A Lady of Secret Devotion is the third book of the Ladies of Liberty series, which are all about women at work in Philadelphia in the 1800s, but it stands on its own. While it was a pleasant read, at times, it seemed too pleasant - because other than the villain and his cohorts, most of the main cha	...
Thanks to the success of the Twilight books, the young adult shelves are filled with paranormals with a romantic element. Yes, Meridian is about a heroine who finds herself part of a new world and meets a love interest. At the same time, it's not the same old song. No vampires and werewolves here. M	...
By Shelley Shepard Gray
Forgiven is an inspirational romance set among the Amish - a popular trend for inspirationals lately. It's also the third book of the Sisters of the Heart series, and if I had realized that, I might not have bought it because I so often get lost in series. At times, it was hard to keep the character	...


Robin goes solo in the start of this new, three-chapter storyline. Rumors of an underground fight club run by the Penguin lead Batman's partner to coin an alias and journey below Cobblepot's Iceberg Lounge. But the Boy Wonder is about to find himself in the middle of a heavyweight match between Bane and an even more frightening opponent. A disguised Robin has infiltrated Penguin's fighting pit, where survivors get to join the crime lord's gang. But an uninvited Bane is not looking for Cobblepot's approval, just the Titan drug in his possession. The tables quickly turn, though, when Penguin produces another imposing adversary who might be more than a match for Bane.


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My Pride Story | ep13 | Aviya Eschenazi
The Republican party is about to face the wrath of women
October 1, 2018 — Suzan
From The Guardian UK: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/25/republican-party-face-wrath-women
Women aren't just mad – they're organized and mobilized politically in a way we've never quite seen before
LA Kauffman
If there's cause for hope in these horror-show days, it's this: the Republican party has no idea what's about to hit it this November.
Even the dimmest and most misogynist of Republican operatives must realize, by this point, that the supreme court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and the handling of the sexual assault allegations against him will hurt their chances, especially with women voters, in the upcoming midterm elections.
What they don't seem to realize, though, is that huge numbers of women aren't just mad – they're organized and mobilized politically in a way we've never quite seen before. The key story of the midterms is the large number of progressive women – and to a lesser extent, progressive men – who have been taking on the crucial, unglamorous work that swings elections: registering voters, canvassing door-to-door, preparing to get people to the polls. The disdain for women that the Republicans have shown by continuing to rally behind Kavanaugh is only energizing them further.
The anguish and courage reflected in the cascade of #WhyIDidntReport stories is deeply personal, but the fallout is sure to be directly political. Well before the president who has been repeatedly accused of sexual assault nominated a man now repeatedly accused of sexual assault to a lifetime position on the highest court in the land, women were laying the groundwork for a historic political reckoning this fall. Of course there are women, mainly white women, who retain their allegiance to the Republican party; their ranks, though, are very unlikely to expand. By contrast, the rage of millions of women, including overwhelming majorities of women of color, is now laser-focused on the Republican party – and there's a robust grassroots infrastructure in place to make sure it is expressed at the ballot box this November.
Ever since Donald Trump took the oath of office, the wrath of women has found expression in a remarkable growth of activism and grassroots organizing. When millions of Americans joined the Women's Marches around the country in January 2017, the outpouring was a harbinger of what was to come: a multi-issue, women-led upsurge of political engagement on an unprecedented scale. Nearly 25,000 protests have taken place since Trump's inauguration, involving somewhere between 14 and 21 million Americans. These figures greatly exceed levels of protest participation at any prior time in US history, even the height of the Vietnam war. And no matter the issue or focus of the demonstrations, women have consistently been the majority of those taking to the streets.
Protests are only the most visible manifestation of what's been happening at the grassroots, however. Quietly and persistently, women have also been pursuing a powerful electoral ground game that's striking in both its scale and its character. During some past eras in American history when demonstrations surged, there was a gulf between protest politics and electoral activism, with those who marched in the streets shunning electoral work as impossibly compromised. That gulf has utterly vanished in the Trump era, with a clear-eyed pragmatism taking its place: "Voting," one activist friend likes to say, "is a form of harm reduction."
Continue reading at: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/25/republican-party-face-wrath-women
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review vom 22.01.2013
This booklet is the printed version of the bachelor thesis of a young German student of classics at Göttingen University, which is a remarkable feat in itself; and it is a good book at that. It deals with the only two Judaeo-Greek authors who wrote epic poetry. To be sure, probably the greatest Jewish epic poet of the Hellenistic period we know of was Sosates, ›the Jewish Homer,‹ as he was called in antiquity, but unfortunately nothing of his work has been preserved.(1) We only have the fragments of the epic poems of Theodotus and Philo (not the Alexandrian philosopher-exegete), both from the second century BCE, but these are very scanty: 47 and 23 hexametric lines respectively. They are extant solely as quotations from their work by Alexander Polyhistor in his Peri Ioudaiôn as preserved in Eusebius' Praeparatio Evangelica and hence available in the excellent GCS edition of Eusebius by Karl Mras and also in the corrected, but not always better, edition by H. Lloyd-Jones and P. Parsons in their Supplementum Hellenisticum. Theodotus' fragments deal with the city of Shechem and the rape of Jacob's daughter Dina by its rulers, followed by the murder of these rapists by Jacob's sons Levi and Simeon. Philo's fragments are about Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son Isaac and, curiously enough, the water systems of Jerusalem. We do not know the names of these works.
Kuhn presents an edition of the Greek text, his own but heavily leaning on the above-mentioned editions, accompanied by a critical apparatus (also based on Mras and SH), with a German translation on facing pages accompanied by some text-critical notes. Next follows a chapter in which Kuhn traces the Jewish sources of these authors: not only the Septuagint but also post-biblical Jewish writings containing developments (often embellishments) of the biblical stories. Then there is a chapter, the most original one of the book, in which Kuhn traces the Greek sources of these Jewish authors. He subdivides the material into three sections: ›Lexik,‹ ›Syntax,‹ ›Motivik,‹ and ›Komposition.‹ He comes to the conclusion that Theodotus more traditionally follows Homer in most of these respects, whereas Philo is more of an adept of Lycophron (who is similarly ›neologismenfreudig‹, 66) and his like, with the result that the ›schwülstige Unverständlichkeit‹ (thus Otto Stählin in 1920) of his epyllion has given rise to an alarming divergence in modern translations.(2) Finally, there is a short chapter on the prosody of these poems, followed by a bibliography, an index locorum and a subject index.
Even though a number of studies of these two Jewish authors have been published in the last three decades, especially regarding the relationship with their Jewish sources, both biblical and post-biblical, the literary relationship between them and their Greek models has remained understudied. It is the merit of Kuhn that he has done exactly this. He situates these Jewish authors on the map of early Hellenistic poetry and shows how Jews who wanted to deal with biblical material in Greek poetical forms chose different paths (just as did their coreligionists Ezekiel the Tragedian and the didactic poet Pseudo-Phocylides in their own way), one more traditional, the other more modernist, not unlike the Hellenistic poetae docti. The results of this investigation are convincing and important in that they show us to what degree Hellenized Jews had acquainted themselves with the intricacies of the Greek literary tradition.
I have only a few points of criticism. Kuhn too easily dismisses the possibility that Theodotus was not a Jewish but a Samaritan author. The city of Shechem was the religious center of the Samaritans. The fact that Theodotus presents the sons of Jacob as being proud of their murder of the pre-Israelite Shechemites because they acted on the instigation of God, may imply that he himself was an Israelite Shechemite, i.e., a Samaritan. A Jew would probably not be prone to writing a poem about the city of the archenemies of the Jews, the Samaritans. For the justification of the murder of the Shechemites (against the criticism of it in the Bible) Kuhn might also have referred to the treatise Joseph and Asenath and the rabbinical midrash Bereshit Rabba. Further, on the Aqedah (the sacrifice of Isaac) and on the etymology of names in early Judaism there is a considerable amount of literature that Kuhn does not mention. The Greek particle de is too often translated with ›aber,‹ even when it is not adversative, and at p. 21 deka is wrongly rendered by ›twelve.‹ In Philo's fragment 682 (=2 ed. Holladay), line 2, spharagoio paraklidon athroisthentos is rendered by Kuhn as »als der Hals zur Seite zusammengedrängt worden war,« but by Holladay as »[when] a rustle at one side became stronger«.(3) Here Kuhn remarks (28 n. 1) that if one takes spharagos to mean a kind of noise, it does not make sense in connection with athroisthentos, but I for one fail to see how taking it to mean ›throat‹ makes sense in combination with a verb whose basic sense is ›to gather, to collect.‹ But these are trifles, and I recommend this book to all those interested in the interface of Greek culture and ancient Judaism.
Pieter W. van der Horst
(1) S.J.D. Cohen, ›Sosates, the Jewish Homer,‹ Harvard Theological Review 74 (1981) 391-396.
(2) In my own Dutch translation of these poets I stated that almost every line of Philo's poem lends itself to a great variety of translations, mostly because the highly obscure Greek often does not enable the translator to know what exactly the poet is talking about (Joods-hellenistische poëzie, Kampen: Kok, 1987, 55).
(3) C.R. Holladay, Fragments from Hellenistic-Jewish Authors, Volume 2: Poets, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989, 237.
http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2013/2013-01-22.html
Die jüdisch-hellenistischen Epiker Theodot und Philon
Literarische Untersuchungen, kritische Edition und Übersetzung der Fragmente
Kuhn-Treichel, Thomas


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Q: Bad: stream : FirebaseAuth.instance.authStateChanges(), I work on a flutter app and I am creating the page to auth the user, but when I want to use the function "stream" its poster to me : "The argument type 'Stream<User?>' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'Stream?'."
here is my code :
Widget _handleAuth() {
  return new StreamBuilder<User>(
    stream : FirebaseAuth.instance.authStateChanges(),
    builder: (BuildContext context, snapshot) {
      if(snapshot.hasData){
        //we are auth
      } else {
        //we aren't auth
      }
    }
);

}
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package gov.nasa.arc.spife.core.plan.rules.view.detail;

import gov.nasa.ensemble.core.model.plan.advisor.provider.detail.RulesSelector;
import gov.nasa.ensemble.dictionary.ERule;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Set;

import org.eclipse.jface.util.IPropertyChangeListener;
import org.eclipse.jface.util.PropertyChangeEvent;
import org.eclipse.jface.window.Window;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;

public class PlanRulesSelector extends RulesSelector {

	public static final String PROP_WAIVEDRULESCHANGE = "waivedRules"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	private final Object element;
	private final Button button;

	private Set<ERule> waivedRules = Collections.emptySet();

	public PlanRulesSelector(Composite parent, Object element) {
		super(parent, element);
		this.element = element;
		this.button = new Button(parent, SWT.PUSH);
		updateButtonText();
		getButton().addSelectionListener(new SelectionListener() {
			@Override
			public void widgetDefaultSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				open();
			}
			@Override
			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				open();
			}
		});
	}

    @Override
	public void addListener(IPropertyChangeListener listener) {
        addListenerObject(listener);
    }

    @Override
	public void removeListener(IPropertyChangeListener listener) {
        removeListenerObject(listener);
    }

	@Override
	public Button getButton() {
		return button;
	}

    @Override
	public void setEnabled(boolean state) {
    	getButton().setEnabled(state);
    }

	@Override
	public Set<ERule> getWaivedRules() {
		return waivedRules;
	}

	@Override
	public void setWaivedRules(Set<ERule> waivedRules) {
		this.waivedRules = waivedRules;
		updateButtonText();
	}

	private void updateButtonText() {
		int size = (waivedRules != null ? waivedRules.size() : 0);
		String text;
		if (size == 0) {
			text = "No rules waived";
		} else if (size == 1) {
			text = "One rule waived";
		} else {
			text = size + " rules waived";
		}
		getButton().setText(text);
	}

	private void open() {
		PlanRulesDialog dialog = new PlanRulesDialog(getButton().getShell(), element);
		dialog.setWaivedRules(waivedRules);
		int result = dialog.open();
		if (result == Window.OK) {
			Set<ERule> newWaivedRules = dialog.getWaivedRules();
			Set<ERule> oldWaivedRules = waivedRules;
			waivedRules = newWaivedRules;
			final Object[] finalListeners = getListeners();
		    if (finalListeners.length > 0) {
		        PropertyChangeEvent pEvent = new PropertyChangeEvent(
		                this, PROP_WAIVEDRULESCHANGE, oldWaivedRules, newWaivedRules);
		        for (int i = 0; i < finalListeners.length; ++i) {
		            IPropertyChangeListener listener = (IPropertyChangeListener) finalListeners[i];
		            listener.propertyChange(pEvent);
		        }
		    }
		    updateButtonText();
		}
	}

}