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Battle of Bannockburn 23 & 24 June 1314
The Battle of Bannockburn on 23 and 24 June 1314 was a Scottish victory by King of Scots Robert the Bruce against the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence. Though it did not bring overall victory in the war, which would go on for 14 more years, it was a landmark in Scottish history.
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King Edward invaded Scotland after Bruce demanded in 1313 that all supporters still loyal to ousted Scottish king John Balliol acknowledge Bruce as their king or lose their lands. Stirling Castle, a Scots royal fortress occupied by the English, was under siege by the Scottish army. King Edward assembled a formidable force of soldiers from England, Ireland and Wales to relieve it — the largest army to ever invade Scotland. This attempt failed when he found his path blocked by a smaller army commanded by Bruce.
The Scottish army was divided into three divisions of schiltrons commanded by Bruce, his brother Edward Bruce, and his nephew, the Earl of Moray. After Robert Bruce killed Sir Henry de Bohun on the first day of the battle, the English were forced to withdraw for the night. Sir Alexander Seton, a Scottish noble serving in Edward's army, defected to the Scottish side and informed them of the English camp's position and low morale. Robert Bruce decided to launch a full-scale attack on the English forces and to use his schiltrons again as offensive units, a strategy his predecessor William Wallace had not used. The English army was defeated in a pitched battle which resulted in the deaths of several prominent commanders, including the Earl of Gloucester and Sir Robert Clifford, and capture of many others.
The victory against the English at Bannockburn is the most celebrated in Scottish history, and for centuries the battle has been commemorated in verse and art. The National Trust for Scotland operates the Bannockburn Visitor Centre (previously known as the Bannockburn Heritage Centre). Though the exact location for the battle is uncertain, a modern monument was erected in a field above a possible site of the battlefield, where the warring parties are believed to have camped, alongside a statue of Robert Bruce designed by Pilkington Jackson. The monument, along with the associated visitor centre, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the area.
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State must build rainy-day fund before storms hit
By Mike Thomas and Sentinel Columnist
The Great Miami Hurricane hit in 1926. It was a Category 4 humdinger.
Luckily there were only about 143,000 people living around Miami, compared with about 2.4 million now.
So palm trees bore the brunt of the damage.
If that same storm hit today, damage could be about $130 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute. By 2020, with increased development and real-estate prices, that number could triple or more.
Hurricane Andrew caused about $15 billion in insured losses in 1992. The same storm today would cost about twice that.
This gives you an idea of how risky hurricane insurance has become.
It is why I question plans by Gov. Charlie Crist and some legislators to have taxpayers heavily subsidize storm insurance on the coast.
The risk grows fast because the subsidies encourage developers to plop massive projects and hordes of people in harm's way.
This month, residents of Briny Breezes, a beachfront mobile-home community in Palm Beach County, agreed to sell to a developer. If the state did insure their trailers, it probably was for peanuts.
Now plans call for about 900 luxury condos, a big hotel and other upscale development -- all of it plopped in hurricane alley.
The state helps make this possible by guaranteeing insurance for the project. If it goes up and private insurers balk at covering it, the state will do so. And when a major hurricane roars through, we will get the bill.
"A big problem is that insurance in very vulnerable areas is not priced according to risk," Florida TaxWatch President Dominic Calabro says.
This is not good public policy.
Nor is it good public policy for politicians to magically snap their fingers and delude people into thinking reality can disappear. And reality is that coastal real estate is booming while storms are getting bigger.
Have you heard any politician suggest a moratorium on oceanfront development? Have you heard one suggest a halt on issuing any more state insurance policies on new beachfront development?
Rising insurance premiums are a marketplace reality check. The bill has come due for our reckless over-building on the coast.
Various legislative proposals will put taxpayers at risk for tens of billions now, and possibly more than that later.
Where is Florida coming up with that kind of money?
Until now, the state has been sneaking tax increases on your insurance premiums to bail out its insurance company -- Citizens Property Insurance. This is because Citizens was not charging high enough rates to pay its damage claims.
And now there are proposals to expand Citizens and cut its rates.
Charlie Crist talks about transparency in government. Well, then, show us the money.
We'd better start building the war chest now because the experts are predicting that the upcoming hurricane season will be an active one.
Should we have $10 billion in the bank? How about $30 billion? Obviously we can't hide all that by continuing to slip in assessments on people's insurance premiums.
Increasing the sales tax 2 cents brings in about $6 billion a year, with the added benefit of having tourists pay about 18 percent of that.
Adding a point to the millage rate statewide brings in about $1.6 billion, TaxWatch says. Cutting special-interest exemptions in the sales tax brings in up to $2 billion.
Crist brags about never having supported a tax increase.
He can't be for both big government and less taxes. It's time to pick one or the other.

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Bethesda Mental Health Consultants
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP, BC
"Welcome to Bethesda Mental Health! My name is Dianne Mbai, and I am a Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. I specialize in adolescent and adult mental health providing Compassionate, Safe, and Evidence Based Care."
Suboxone Keller/Alliance/Southlake/Fort Worth TX
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, APRN, MS, FNP-c
"Philip is a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner with almost a decade of experience in working with individuals struggling with addiction. Addiction effects all parts of a person and as such requires treatment that addresses each of these parts. Medication assisted sobriety encompasses certain medications that help to work on the parts of the brain that either cause an individual to be more prone to addiction or to help block the reward centers of the brain in order to minimize cravings and desire to use."
Alamgir Psychiatry
"CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS Dr. Alamgir has experience treating depression, anxiety, panic attacks, PTSD, bipolar, alcohol use, and substance use. Your perspective is what matters most so I keep a humble approach to listen and be supportive. I make no assumptions and believe in remaining open-minded at all times to understand your concerns. Keeping in mind sound treatment principles, I strive to provide quality care tailored to every individual by providing education, discussing the options, and, if needed, providing medication management."
Renew Psychiatric Associates
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, PMHNP
Liberty Hill, Texas 78642
"Anastasia Corker, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) opened up a private practice in Liberty Hill to serve the general mental health needs of the community. It may be someone who has been on medications for years and would like to transfer to a experienced provider locally or it may be a child/adolescent whom is having difficulty with peer relations or school and parents would like to have someone to talk to. From medication management to brief counseling services, we are a committed member of the Liberty Hill community trying to optimize and restore mental well-being. "
Asad Kirmani
"Whether you are dealing with a chronic psychiatric condition or seeking care for the first time it can be a daunting task to navigate today's mental health care system. I strongly believe that the most important thing to do when meeting with a patient for the first time is to listen carefully and empathically. Though medications are often an important part of a patient's treatment plan, I strive to use them judiciously and will take the time to explain my rationale for the specific medication I may recommend as part of your care."
William H. Reading, MD
"I have been Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for the past 25 years. I am a graduate of San Jacinto College, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio, and Texas Tech Medical School Residency program in Neuropsychiatry. I diagnose and treat adults, adolescents, and children for most psychiatric disorders especially major depressive disorder and attention deficit disorder (ADHD)."
Kelly Martinez
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, RN, PMHNP, BC
"Appointments available today. Every individual has a story and it is my goal to help you achieve a better you. I believe my compassion and empathy shines through in my practice. I give 100% to each patient that comes to see me. I believe in equal participation from both myself and my clients. Every patient should have a voice in their treatment plan. I will work with you to come up with a treatment that not only helps you but makes you feel comfortable with it as well. My scope of practice includes the promotion of mental health along with the diagnosis and management of behavioral matters. "
Kevin J Simmons
"I am Board Certified in both Adult and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry. I have private practice in Missouri City, Tx. I pride myself on getting to the core issues and finding a treatment approach that would be most effective for the situation at hand."
Benjamin's Behavioral Health
"Happiness and true well-being are within the gasps of those who seek it and are willing to put forward the effort to archive this goal. At Benjamin's Behavioral Health we believe in a gentle and collaborative partnership with our patients to help them reach this goal. We strive in treating the whole person, and so we will dedicate our time to understand each patient's individual and unique needs before setting forward a treatment plan tailored to those specific needs. Through our diligent attention to the unique needs of every patient, we strive to give every patient the attention they deserve."
Janel Fletcher Whidbee
Boerne, Texas 78006
"Dr. Whidbee is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She attended Our Lady of the Lake University and The University of Texas at Houston Medical School. She completed her residency training here in San Antonio and served on faculty at the UT Health Science Center as a teaching clinician for 5 years. She has been in private practice since 2006 and is Board Certified in Psychiatry. Her office is conveniently located off Interstate 10 exit 542 in the Boerne Gateway building."
Thoughtful Connections Houston, LLC
"We are a small group practice providing comprehensive mental health services, including assessments, medication management, and individual, family, and group psychotherapy. Our team includes a psychiatrist and clinical social workers/therapists. Our diverse team is trained to treat a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, bipolar disorder, psychosis, maladaptive personality styles, behavioral challenges, self-harm, substance use, and family conflict/relationship challenges. We work with clients ranging from age four through adulthood. "
Kirandeep Kaur
"We all struggle through some of life's nuisances but sometimes it can feel very overwhelming that it becomes difficult to get by and live to our fullest potential. I strive to provide a warm compassionate environment for us to work together to reach your goals. I am a board certified psychiatrist and I specialize in various different areas including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, OCD, Panic disorder, Insomnia and postpartum depression and anxiety."
Leanonme Psychiatry
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-C, AGPNP-C
Cedar Hill, Texas 75104
"Mental health knows no socio-economic boundaries. I am a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who takes pride in providing holistic individualized care across the life span. Our mission at Leanonme Psychiatry is be the shoulders you can lean and depend on."
Peter Wu
"I am a psychiatrist skilled in psychotherapy (talk therapy, counseling, life coaching, and psychoanalysis). I specialize in helping people reach their full potential by answering difficult life questions such as, "What's happening," "What does this mean," and perhaps most importantly, "What should I do?" With years of clinical experience treating patients of all ages, from children to adults, I meet my patients where they are, and work to offer what they need, whether that be medication, short or long-term psychotherapy, or a combination that fits the person."
Thomas A Grugle
"Psychiatry AND Psychotherapy - emotional problems are complex - there is seldom a simple solution to them. If you've tried and given up on therapy, try again! I specialize in challenging problems. All of my patients are treated with compassion and dignity. I am LGBT affirming, and I don't discriminate based on anything. Some of the problems commonly addressed in treatment include depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, phobias, OCD, sexual problems, career challenges and relationship troubles. "
Jaron Lerner Winston
"TMS (Magnet Therapy)is a new FDA approved medical treatment for depression. TMS has no systemic or invasive properties. There are minimal side effects. It is being offered across the country in major medical centers and now in Central Texas at Texas TMS Center in Austin."
Arun A Andrews
Bellaire, Texas 77401
"I am a physician specialized in providing psychiatric care to children,adolescents,teens and adults. Through my practice I address a wide range of mental heath issues, including Depression,Bipolar Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Anxiety Disorders."
Olayinka Ayeni
Psychiatrist, M.D
"Providing General, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric care. "
Ameena Isa
"Our practice offers patients and families a calm, comfortable and confidential environment to explore evaluation and treatment options. We evaluate and treat emotional and behavioral issues, which may be adversely affecting family relationships. We also evaluate for educational success and the development of appropriate social skills. We are available to provide professional opinion and begin this process with you. We look forward to working with you!"
Peter Berndt, MD
Psychiatrist, MD, B.Sc.
"My practice offers two treatment approaches. One encourages you to talk as much as you need to. Helpful as it is, talking has limitations. Like an iceberg which is mostly underwater, only so much in our lives is accessible to this conversational approach. Many anxieties and depressions result from formative imprints left by early stressful life experiences. These imprints may be stored subconsciously and are therefore beyond the reach of conscious effort. They remain with us and continue to cause chronic suffering. Thus the second approach seeks, with the help of the motivated patient, to resolve and eliminate these imprints."
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Are you looking for a Cypress Medicare Psychiatrist? These Cypress Psychiatrists accept Medicare insurance. They include Medicare Psychiatrists in Cypress, Medicare psychologists and Medicare counseling. Please check with the Psychiatrist before confirming an appointment with a Cypress Psychiatrist who accepts Medicare, to ensure you are eligible.
A Psychiatrist in Cypress is a qualified medical doctor who specializes in treating mental health issues and diagnosable disorders.
Cypress Psychiatrists differ from other mental health professionals in that they may prescribe medication or psychotropics. Psychiatrists may conduct physical examinations, order and interpret lab tests and brain image scans, such as CT scans, CAT Scans and MRIs.
Some psychiatric practitioners in Cypress specialize in age groups (so check for Cypress child psychiatrists or adolescent psychiatrists in Cypress). Those who work with the elderly are called geriatric psychiatrists or geropsychiatrists.
Psychiatric nurse practitioners in Cypress, or mental health nurse practitioners, perform many of the same functions as a psychiatrist. This includes diagnosing mental illness and prescribing medication. Cypress Psychiatric nurse practitioners also act as a therapist, helping patients with depression, anxiety and suicidal individuals, as well as other conditions that can be remedied with counseling.
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BULOVA AND D-CAVE RE-EDIT ICONIC COMPUTRON WATCH
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When electronic and quartz watches began growing in popularity throughout the late 70's and 80's, Bulova responded to the increasing demand for digital timekeepers with a line of watches featuring digital LCD time displays, and eventually releasing the all-digital Computron LED. With its very unconventional and futuristic trapezoidal case with LED display on the side, one of the most iconic digital watches of all time was born.
Though today's digitally native audience is fascinated with everything OG, it was not around when the original Computron took the market by storm. Hence Bulova's partnership with D-CAVE, the lifestyle metaverse marketplace for the new digitally minded community, to develop two new Computron LED watches including one Special Edition version.
The Computron was reinterpreted for D-CAVE evolving its original design by adding visual concepts inspired by the gaming world, and will be launched embracing the full spectra of the metaverse, endorsed by the world's top gamers and presented in a dedicated space in Decentraland.
Users will be able to have access to the physical watch through a unique NFT drop that will grant several other utilities, a wearable version to use on their avatars in Decentraland, and access to all future NFT drops of D-CAVE.
"For over 145 years, Bulova has been about innovating and exploring new worlds," says Jeffrey Cohen, President of Citizen Watch America. "Through our partnership with D-CAVE and the iconic Computron, Bulova interfaces with the metaverse and the gaming universe, allowing us to reach new consumers and opportunities."
Stefano Rosso, Founder and CEO of D-CAVE states, "We are very excited to have the opportunity to work on an iconic item like Bulova's Computron and re-interpret it in a futuristic way, bridging the original physical item to its new virtual version. Metaverse is not a trend, it is a new way of living. Our physical life is and will be more and more integrated with our digital life. And as in real life we want to express who we are also through the brands we love, the same will happen in the
metaverse."
Bulova's new Computron D-CAVE watches are the ultimate accessories for gamers and enthusiasts alike. The iconic design is inspired by the gaming culture and features a sleek black IP stainless steel case with luminous green accents on a black silicone strap with 3-piece buckle and a green LED time display with dual time zone capabilities. Priced at $450.
The Special Edition version features an exhibition mineral crystal case top that showcases the technology's circuit board. The design is finished with an acid etched sidewall detail inspired by computer towers and features a sleek black IP stainless steel case and matching bracelet with a green LED time display with dual time zone capabilities. It will be available only for the NFT owners.
Both watches are presented in a custom box with D-CAVE design elements, featuring a QR Code that will guide users to the dedicated Bulova-D-CAVE space on Decentraland.
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We Need to Talk About Bisexual Erasure!
Morgan Adams June 6, 2021 5 min read
Pride Month is finally back around, and I don't plan on shutting up about it!
Hello and happy Pride Month to all of our readers! Pride Month is such a fun time of year, and it truly is a magnificent way to start off our summer; with vaccines rolling out and the sun heating up Ontario, Pride month is a great symbol for the hope and togetherness that the summer and the rest of this year should bring. Even though Pride parades and parties are mostly a no-go this summer, I've already seen so many wonderful expressions of gender and sexuality that warm my heart, and I look forward to seeing many, many more.
As a bisexual woman in a heterosexual relationship, pride month often makes me consider my own identity and how I project onto the world. I am acutely aware that I, as a white, cis-gender woman in a heterosexual relationship, hold a great amount of privilege and security in my sexuality and its presentation. I am also aware that privilege doesn't make your personal problems—especially problems that pertain to misogyny and homophobia—any less significant. These two factors make the bi-erasure conversation a bit tricky to have.
Essentially, in recent history, the LGBTQIA2S+ community has had an issue with delegitimizing the experiences of bisexual people; labeling bisexuals as "confused" or "attention seeking" and distancing them from the community that they're inherently a part of. We see a lot of this kind of erasure in media, mostly television and movies, and it's ultimately damaging for the people who are having their personal identity questioned and analyzed.
Below are some of the myths about bisexuals that are often upheld by misogynist and homophobic ideals. These ideas need to be put to bed for good and not spoken about in a genuine context ever again, as they erase the bisexual experience and create a hostile environment for Pride.
The sexualization of Bisexual Women and the Hatred of Bisexual Men
Primarily, the bisexual woman has been made to be an object of sexualization by the male gaze, while gay and bisexual men remain punching bags. Myself and my other friends who are bisexual women have often encountered men who hold contempt and disgust toward gay and bisexual men, but find gay and bisexual women to be the ultimate fantasy, because they've been conditioned to see a woman's sexuality as designed for male pleasure, as opposed to an autonomous system that is independent from the male gaze.
Lesbian and feminine-bisexual porn is extremely popular among men, as is voyeurism. This is not a coincidence, as it's an age-old trope that "girl-on-girl-action" is something that men should aspire to watch and be a part of; by multiplying the number of women they're somehow furthering their own masculinity. We don't see this kind of excitement towards gay and masculine-bisexual porn videos from men because many men feel as though homosexuality diminishes their own masculinity, even if they're not taking part, even if a woman is a part of the sex as well.
The hyper-sexualization of bisexual women and the simultaneous hatred of bisexual men diminishes bisexual people to how they can benefit the male gaze and others' personal sexuality, blatantly objectifying bisexual people and contributing to bi-erasure.
Bisexual Men are Gay Men in Disguise
Often, when men come out as bisexual it's taken with a grain of salt. There's a myth that surrounds bisexual men that suggests they are gay men who are confused or gay men who aren't ready to come out fully as gay. Although the labels we use to describe our sexuality can change as we learn more about who we are and allow ourselves to experience—sometimes someone may identify as bisexual at first, and come to realize they're gay later on—this is a completely natural part of personal expression and does not mean the person was ever lying or confused.
A good example of bisexual erasure in men is the life of Freddie Mercury, who had said himself that he is a bisexual man but lives in history as a famous gay man. Often, bisexuality in men is seen as a safety shield from true homosexuality or a stepping stone to get to the gay identity, and while I'm sure there are incidents where this does happen because everyone's coming-out story is different, and it can be a difficult thing to do, that does not give anyone the right to speculate about someone else's sexuality, nor does it mean that bisexuality isn't real or shouldn't be respected.
Every individual holds their own sexuality and gender expression closely and knows themselves well enough to put a label onto it. It's our job to support that person however they identify, to listen to their feelings, and legitimize them with our words and actions. By suggesting that they're confused, lying, or that you know them better than they know themselves is arrogance at its finest, and definitely a part of bi-erasure.
Bisexual Women are Straight Women Seeking Attention
While bisexual men are often pigeonholed as "secretly gay", bisexual women are pigeonholed as "secretly straight". I believe that this ties into women's sexuality as an object of the male gaze. As a culture, we often don't see women's sexuality as autonomous and independent, we view it as an attachment of male fantasy and desire; this makes identifying as bisexual as a woman even trickier because bisexual women are at times met with skepticism.
A bisexual woman may have her intentions questioned…is she doing these for male attention/validation? Is she trying to squeeze herself into a community that she doesn't belong in for attention? Does she actually like women or does she just want to be unique? Isn't it convenient that she's in a relationship with a man? While we see the opposite questions directed towards bi men, bi women are almost challenged to prove their own sexuality or risk being labeled a faker or an attention seeker.
Just as questioning a bisexual man, questioning a bisexual woman is absolutely unacceptable. It's unacceptable to suggest that you know better about her sexuality than she does, and it contributes to bi-erasure and hatred, not to mention misogyny.
Basically, bisexual people exist and there are plenty of them, it's possible to be attracted to any and all genders and you questioning a bisexual woman or man about their own sexuality—which is really only their business—is really just you showing your ass. Devaluing bisexual people by questioning their identity, suggesting they're confused, or showing skepticism causes you to devalue yourself and your stance as an ally or member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Bi-erasure is not fair, and doesn't have space in Pride this year.
Morgan Adams
Is there a comfortable way to address women's issues? Issues that we need to have a serious conversation about and potentially abolish? Morgan is not sure yet, but definitely here to try! With a degree in English and Cultural Studies, She is an angry and unapologetic lady. A pro at dealing with big topics with grace, kindness, and most of all: humor, Morgan is here to shatter the ceilings.
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Washington: The tablet mania globally had started ever since the day Apple launched its iPad. Now the company has entered to the mass market, drawing long lines of consumers who wait to get their hot selling tablet style computer which is still in short supply in the U.S. market.
The iPad went on sale in nine countries-Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K.-nearly two months after it launched in the U.S on April 3. Since going on sale, Apple has had trouble keeping up with demand, forcing the company to push back the international launch by a month.
Analysts estimate that Apple will sell about 1.7 million iPads in the April-to-June quarter and five million for the year world-wide. "The wildcard is whether they can produce more of them to meet demand, because the demand is there," said Gene Munster, an Analyst for Piper Jaffray.
The global iPhone market is expected to comprise a significant share of overall iPad sales. Munster said that the U.S. likely contributes about a third of Apple's overall iPhone sales, with the rest coming from overseas.
In Tokyo's hip Harajuku shopping district Friday, hundreds of waiting buyers-surrounded by swarms of flashing cameras and television crews-crowded into the flagship store of Softbank, the iPad's exclusive Japanese wireless carrier, when the doors opened at exactly 8 a.m.
At the mobbed Apple store in central London, staff greeted each group of shoppers let into the store with loud cheers. Along with a local crowd, the event had drawn Apple fans from across northern Europe. Bryher Scoudan, a 59-year-old former journalist, had driven 300 miles from Cornwall to get in line at 5 a.m. Michael Eide, 47, who manages a software company, had flown in from Copenhagen to get a 64 gigabyte, 3G iPad. Ian Hanson, a 29-year-old pilot who lives in Paris, labored up the London store's staircase on crutches to snap up an iPad.
The buzz around the iPad propel Apple to over take Microsoft this week to become the world's most valuable technology stock, marking a remarkable turnaround of a company that nearly went out of business in the 1990s.


Description: What was Zechariah bursting to say when he walked dumbfounded out of the temple? Three things, each more amazing than the first. He had a profound sense of what Christmas was really all about!
What was Zechariah bursting to say when he walked dumbfounded out of the temple? Three things, each more amazing than the first. He had a profound sense of what Christmas was really all about!


Debuting in 2019, the Fidelity Bank Classic Rock 'N Country Series was created to increase headliner country music offerings in the Hamlet, NC area as well as offer classic rock music to the audience. The series is sponsored by Fidelity Bank.
- Saturday, February 23, 2019- 7:30p.m.
Hotel California - Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 7:30p.m.
www.hotelcalfornia.ca Click on band's link for video preview!
Scotty McCreery - Friday, March 29, 2019 - 7:30p.m.


Sports and games are considered to be an integral part of education as they are important for the all-round development of students. Our ACCER has made systematic efforts to improve the performance of the students in sports and games which help them to develop the qualities like leadership, team-spirit, perseverance, co-operation, participation, understanding etc.
ACCER provide facilities for football, volleyball, basketball and cricket. The students have great opportunity to participate in the inter-college and inter-university competitions. Inter-batch competitions are held once in year and also inter-college and inter-university.
Two students in our college are members in university team, who are Mr.Abdul Niyas P A(2010 batch) in both football and cricket team and Mr.Iwin K Augastian (2011 batch) in cricket team.
In inter-agriathletics meet, Mr .Basil Abraham (2010 batch), Ms.Sandra George (2010 batch) and Ms.Binsiya T K (2011 batch) secured prizes, and became winners in national level. Ms. Anjaly C. Bose Secured Gold medal in National Shooting Championship in 2012.


The new Fusion website is live!
Good morning, everybody! We've recently updated our website and logo, with more changes and news to share in 2013.
We'll provide timely updates on projects and trends in our various areas of expertise as we get settled in so we hope you'll stop by again after the holidays!
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2012 by andre.


Social media marketing offers you a great way to increase awareness of your brand and grow a following.
To take that following to the next level and turn followers into customers, social media marketing consultants stress the importance of offering your followers the two things they want most: information and a great experience interacting with your page.
Focus on three great tips about how to provide your followers with what they seek and watch your sales grow.
Even though your company's social network pages exist to get you more sales, social media marketing services get the best results by focusing first on catering to the audience.
The last thing your audience wants is another business trying to sell to them with every post.
Instead, your social media marketing strategy should concentrate on giving your followers content they can appreciate, interact with, and share.
Offer them the information they want without high-pressure sales tactics.
Instead of losing the attention of your followers, you'll be in a better position to gain reputation points with them and get more shares.
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When you post content that invites engagement and begin to see followers interacting with each other, offering advice and answering questions, it suggests your environment is comfortable and becoming "the" page to go to for information as well as products.
This community feeling to your page offers positive messages to followers and customers, making them more likely to buy from you.
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Four classes had the biggest impact for me. The first was an early bird session during registration on Wednesday afternoon. It was called "Fail Big" with Olivia Omega. Failure is a big part of success, but it's something that we as a society are so uncomfortable talking about. People love to hear about the success after the comeback, but the process of the comeback is so messy that we prefer to gloss over that part. That's too bad because that is where the magic is! Sometimes we have to be cracked open in order to grow. Olivia told the story of her own big failure and how she moved forward to an even better life. It was exactly what I needed to hear to kick off the conference.
This list was awesome for me. But the greatest take away was the last point. She elaborated to explain that we don't have to be completely original to be creative. As long as we inject ourselves into our work, it will be unique, just like us.
The third class that really hit home for me was Finding Your Niche with Jessica Doll. Through a series of deceptively simple exercises, she helped us to define our brand's core elements. For me, that wound up being Motherhood, Design and Culture. Each of those includes a lot of topics, but it is going to be so helpful to have that framework as I come up with post ideas. If an idea doesn't fit into one of those categories, maybe it doesn't really belong here. If you'd like to do the exercise yourself, first do a total brain dump and write down all of the adjectives or attributes you would like people to think of when they think about your blog or brand. Then narrow it down to ten, then five and then three. Voila. Those are your core values!
The final class session the really did it for me was Reframing the Metrics You Use to Define Your Success with Vana Feliciano. Vana runs a coaching business focused on the idea of designing your day rather than managing your time. We explored other metrics we can use to measure our success, like lower stress levels, more time snuggling with our children, less time looking at our numbers and more time cooking, knitting, painting your nails or whatever gives you more overall life satisfaction. The idea is to do your work, to be accountable, but not to be consumed by it. Her tagline is "doing less with more love" and I walked out of her roundtable session feeling so grounded and good.
Because networking and business cards are such a huge part of Alt, I perfected my elevator pitch and got really comfortable with handing out my card. That may sound simple, but there is something profound about having a card and claiming what you do. I am a blogger. It's a hobby for many, sure, but for me it's become a (small for now) source of income and I want to keep that going. It was amazing to see the difference between the plane ride there and the return trip. I wound up handing out my card in both directions, but my delivery was much smoother and my confidence much higher on the return segment.
On the last night of Alt, there were a series of mini parties. By that time, I was so filled with ideas and information, exhausted from all of the learning, and really quite giddy and high on life following multiple days of no diaper changes, crying, whining, meal prep or bathtimes. It was exhilarating! Have you heard of Silent Disco? It is this AWESOME party service where it's silent in the room, and yet people are dancing - all to the same beat - and they are really, really into it. Then, you put on a pair of headphones and BAM! You're there, too. Everyone is hearing the same song, but with the music right there in your ears, it's somehow more intimate and moving. It was so much fun!
When it popped up on my screen, I knew it was a sign from the universe that I'm on the right track. You, dear readers, are going to be getting a lot more of this girl. :) I realize that somewhere along the way, after I graduated college and got into the Montessori training and went along down that career path, that I let a key part of myself go. I felt it was so important to be serious and respectable and seem professional, that I decided it was necessary to suppress my super funny, loud, talkative, enthusiastic, life-is-a-party, cheerleader, comedienne side of my personality. Do you realize I used to do improv comedy and acting in college? It was awesome, and I was so good at it! Why did I want to turn that part of myself off?! Well, I can't tell you why, but I can tell you it's not going to continue. I can be myself and still be serious, well-respected and professional all at the same time. It's not one or the other. Besides, dampening the irrepressible aspects of our personalities is exhausting and no fun anyway!
It reminds me of my favorite chapter in Eat Pray Love. She's at the ashram and decides that she has been talking too much, or rather, that her entire life she's been talking too much, but definitely right then, on a spiritual retreat, she is taking too much. She decides to practice silence and gets a little button that says, "I'm in silence." She's really getting down on herself for her ability to create a cocktail party atmosphere wherever she goes and she is determined to change it. Then, right when she gets her button, she is assigned a new job: social chair, or greeting person, or something to that effect. The ashram staff tell her she's just perfect for it with her bubbly nature and ability to have a conversation with a brick wall. And so she's forced to embrace herself as is. No silence, after all. I love that. I'm going to live that.
Overall, going to Alt was just perfect for me during this particular season of my life. I never, ever thought I would say this, but I'm beginning to think that going to Minnesota, and having our lives turned upside-down, may have been the best thing that ever happened to us. Seriously. But, more on that later this week.
Do you attend conferences for your industry? How do you stay inspired and fill your cup, so to speak? Please chime in in the comments below!
hi Lyndsey. I'm delighted you had such a positive experience at the Alt summit. Your enthusiasm and positivity is really shining through in this post. I really enjoy your blog. Best of luck to you!
Beautiful recap, Lindsey! I'm so thankful to have gone through this experience with you. Looking forward to our next amazing hotel slipper party in 2017!
Thank you so much for sharing your ALT experiences. Both the detailed lessons and your take on the summit are very inspiring. Would love to join you there next year.
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West Virginia is one of the most homogeneous states in the nation, with among the lowest ratios of foreign-born and minority populations among the states. But as this collection of historical studies demonstrates, this state was built by successive waves of immigrant labors, from the antebellum railroad builders to the twentieth-century coal miners. Transnational West Virginia offers a new understanding of how laborers and their communities shape a region's history. Transnational West Virginia includes essays and studies on immigrant networks, such as Irish workers along the B&O Railroad, Wheeling Germans in the Civil War era, Swiss immigration to West Virginia, and European Jews in Southern West Virginia. This work also covers Belgian glassworkers in West Virginia, black migration to Southern West Virginia, Italians in the Upper Kanawha Valley, Italian immigration to Marion County, Wheeling Iron and the Welsh, West Virginia and immigrant labor to 1920, Monongalia miners between the World Wars, and West Virginia rubber workers in Akron. Transnational West Virginia is the first volume in the West Virginia and Appalachia series.
Introduction: Networks Large and Small
Section I: Antebellum Roots
Matthew Mason, "Paddy vs. Paddy: Labor Unrest and Provincial Identities along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1849–1951"
Ken Fones-Wolf, "Caught between Revolutions: Wheeling Germans in the Civil War Era"
Section II: Niche Communities
Elizabeth Cometti, "Swiss Immigration to West Virginia, 1864–1884: A Case Study"
Deborah R. Weiner, "From Shtetl to Coalfield: The Migration of East European Jews to Southern West Virginia"
Ken Fones-Wolf, "Craft, Ethnicity, and Identity: Belgian Glassworkers in West Virginia, 1898–1940"
Section III: Immigrant Coal Miners
Joe William Trotter Jr., "Black Migration to Southern West Virginia"
Frederick A. Barkey, "'Here Come the Boomer 'Talys': Italian Immigrants and Industrial Conflict in the Upper Kanawha Valley, 1903–1917"
William B. Klaus, "Uneven Americanization: Italian Immigration to Marion County, 1900–1925"
Section IV: Representations of Ethnic Work Communities
Anne Kelley Knowles, "Wheeling Iron and the Welsh: A Geographical Reading of Life in the Iron Mills"
Kenneth R. Bailey, "Strange Tongues: West Virginia and Immigrant Labor to 1920"
Ronald L. Lewis, "Americanizing Immigrant Coal Miners in Northern West Virginia: Monongalia County Between the World Wars"
Epilogue: Leaving West Virginia
Susan Johnson, "West Virginia Rubber Workers in Akron"
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Sr. Anne Munley to end nine year tenure as Marywood's President
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Patrick Kernan, Managing Editor
On Monday of this week, Sr. Anne Munley, I.H.M., Ph.D, President of Marywood University, announced that this semester would be her final one in her post as president. Her final day as president comes on June 30 of this year.
The announcement of Sr. Anne's retirement comes just slightly more than two months after faculty took a vote of no confidence in her leadership.
Sr. Anne made her announcement in a set of letters sent to the Marywood community, one to students, and one to employees. In both letters, Sr. Anne stated that the decision came after "deep thought, reflection, and prayer."
In the letter to students, Sr. Anne reflected on some of the accomplishments of the Marywood student body that she is particularly proud of.
"Our students have been recognized year after year as leaders, competition winners, academic achievers, and dedicated employees—as innovators and artists, scientists and political scientists, musicians and speech pathologists, social workers and writers, actuaries and digital media experts, psychologists and sociologists, teachers and scholars—all of whose talents have been nurtured and developed by outstanding faculty, talented in their own right," Sr. Anne said in her letter to students. "And all have been imbued with the unique gift of Marywood service—a vital component of a hope-filled future."
The memo to Marywood employees echoed many of the same points, but also laid out seven points to be accomplished this semester.
Before the end of the semester, Sr. Anne stated that all of the following will be worked on: the finalization of the Middle States accreditation self-study; the identification and action on the next steps in the financial stabilization process; the completion of Larry Goldstein's Strategic Resource Allocation process; continued work on shared governance; the projection of realistic enrollment goals; the creation of goals for a new committee focused on inclusion; and the transition to a new president.
Ann Henry, Ph.D, chair of the Board of Trustees, issued a statement via a press release from Marywood about the search for a new president.
"The Board of Trustees will be announcing in early February the plans for a comprehensive national search to recruit and select the successor to Sister Anne," Dr. Henry said.
In the press release, Dr. Henry also praised Sr. Anne's career as president.
"Sister Anne has been an outstanding leader and visionary for Marywood University," Dr. Henry said. "Our entire Marywood community is grateful for her guidance, her commitment to our students, and her passion for education in the Marywood IHM tradition."
Dr. Henry has not responded to The Wood Word's request for comment.
According to a page on Marywood's website regarding the retirement, Sr. Anne became Marywood's 11th president in 2007.
In her tenure as president, Sr. Anne worked through both high points and controversies at Marywood, including the opening of its School of Architecture, the loss and subsequent regaining of accreditation for the nursing program, and the various stages of the Learning Commons project.
Sr. Anne has not yet responded to The Wood Word's request for comment regarding the announcement of her retirement.
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The Lively Arts (redux)
Art and Music in Denver and Beyond
I've been reading Words without Music by Philip Glass. His memoir recalls meetings with some very interesting visual artists. He worked with Richard Serra and through John Cage he was introduced to Marcel Duchamp. (I recently viewed an exhibit in San Francisco: http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/2015/06/26/exhibition/28372/san-francisco-duchamp-in-pasadena-by-julian-wasser ) Cage credits Duchamp with the idea that the listener completes the work. It was one source of inspiration for Cage's famous 4'33", a composition for a pianist to sit at the piano for exactly 4 minutes and 33 seconds. What the listener hears is the piece so each listener could potentially hear a different piece.
Glass goes on to say "A work of art has no independent existence. It exists because people see if or hear it or experience it."
I want to transfer that idea to the written word here. A piece of writing will ring differently for various readers because of those readers' particular schemas. I may pay more attention to the relationships of mothers and daughters because I have two daughters or my emotions will be swayed more easily if an author pens a piece about a mother with Alzheimer's disease. Consider that your reader will absorb what is true to his experience, so do not worry that your piece will have enough vampires, zombies and sex. Concern yourself with writing what is truth.
The Jerusalem Quartet
Last evening, Friends of Chamber Music, Denver patrons were treated to a tremendous program performed by The Jerusalem Quartet. While the cellist lives in Lisbon, Portugal, they do claim Israel as their home. One member repeated that Israel is a "very special place." The program consisted of a Haydn Quartet (Opus #77 No.1 in G flat major, Bartok's String Quartet #5, and Dvorak's String Quartet in F Major, Opus #96, "The American." The Haydn tempered the older crowd with one of Haydn's many string quartets. The #77, one of his later works, is filled with ornamentation. The Adagio was so moving, it was revived as the musician's encore.
The Bartok is symmetrical in its structure with the energetic Scherzo: alla bulgarese placed in the center of the five movements. Movements two and four are lyrical and thus considerably slower and sweeter than movements one, three and five. This listener of the Jerusalem Quartet's performance of the piece, composed in 1934, was reminded of jazz and the contradictions of that decade. Dissonance collided with sweet Hungarian melodies as if to remind us that memory is not all sweet. Kyril Zlotnikov, cellist, Sergei Bresler, violinist, Ori Kam, violist, and Alexander Pavlovsky, violinist, did tremendous service to shaping the piece into a memorable performance. I was completely surprised to hear that this was their first performance of the Bartok quartet. Alexander admitted that it was a difficult piece to master. Master it, they did.
The Dvorak was my favorite quartet of the night and the audience's too. The standing ovation only abated with the Haydn encore. The title of "The American" refers to the summers that Dvorak spent in Spillville, Iowa. He felt his moments in the country returned him to his home. The melodies were evocative of American folk song. Another audience member claimed the music recalled bird songs. I wondered if Aaron Copland had been influenced by the work. Dvorak's string quartets add so much to a quartet's repertoire but after hearing two quartets by the composer in a single week, I admit that I might have enjoyed the pieces to be performed rather by a full orchestra.
It is important to consider the exposure of a string quartet member's talent. There is no hiding. Collaboration is key and these musicians seemed completely aware of when another member drew in a breath. By being an international quartet, the instruments are exposed to constant changing climates. Colorado's dry air added another complication to the performance. While Kyril complained that his cello was not at its best, not a member of the audience at Gates Hall at DU's Newman Center noticed. Audiences continued clapping until the house lights lit up the Hall.
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Scott for Young Russians
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We recently acquired an adaption of Sir Walter Scott's novel "Kenilworth", an adventure story set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) with a bit of a tragic ending. What makes this acquisition so interesting is not that it is aimed at younger readers, but that it's a Russian adaptation! It was printed in Moscow and St Petersburg in 1873, that is 52 years after the original edition.
Translations of Scott into Russian began to appear in the 1820s. Scott reached probably the widest audience of any foreign author in Russia in the 19th century. Not only that, he also had a considerable influence on the development of the Russian historical novel. It even became fashionable in 19th-century Russia to wear tartan and so-called 'Walter Scott' cloaks, and to dress up as characters from his novels.
You'll find lots of information about Walter Scott's life and works in the Walter Scott Digital Archive maintained by Edinburgh University Library. Have a look in particuar at the page about the novel "Kenilworth".
More Information about Sir Walter Scott is available from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (accessible through NLS Licensed Digital Collections)
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Resilient Birmingham
Centre for Brexit Studies are hosting a seminar on Friday 26 November 2021, with a panel of experts discussing a more Resilient Birmingham.
By 2030 it's predicted 60% of the world's population will be living in cities. As drivers of economic growth, this critical mass has enabled more efficient delivery of services to greater numbers of people. But there are challenges too with new digital realities changing accepted models. Cities are confronting the need to build more efficient infrastructures and connectivity, accelerating the protection of their environment and biodiversity, decarbonising lifestyles and delivering healthy cities with good air quality, improving levels of physical and mental health, high-quality public services and fair access to economic opportunity.
Birmingham has set its ambition to be 'a fair and thriving city where everyone has the opportunity to share in the city's success'. During 2021-2022 it has set priorities underpinning our long-term prosperity by being an entrepreneurial city to learn, work and invest in; an aspirational environment to grow up in; a fulfilling city to age well in; a great, clean and green city to live in. It aims to enable residents to gain the maximum benefit from hosting the Commonwealth Games and to take a leading role in tackling climate change.
But Birmingham suffers from acute challenges too. Ranked as the 7th most deprived local authority in England there are 490,000 citizens living in the top 10% most deprived areas in England and claimant unemployment stands at over 15% - above both the West Midlands at 9% and the UK just less than 8%. COVID-19 has had a severe impact on businesses, residents and the economy. In this environment, Birmingham is having to find over £20m of budget cuts after similar sums last year and following a decade of austerity.
Cllr Brigid Jones, Deputy Leader Birmingham City Council will consider these pressing challenges and the ways in which the city council is building on its strengths as the UK's largest regional capital to deliver a healthy, resilient and green place to live and grow for residents and businesses into the future.
Share your thoughts on social media with the hashtag: #CBSResilientBrum
Hosted by Professor Alex de Ruyter, Director at the Centre for Brexit Studies.
Cllr Brigid Jones - Deputy Leader, Birmingham City Council
Beverley Nielsen - Associate Professor and Executive Director at the Institute for Design, Economic Acceleration & Sustainability (IDEAS) as well as Senior Fellow at the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University
David Horsfall - Property Director, Webster and Horsfall Group and Director of Tyseley Energy Park. A Chartered Surveyor with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
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Q: 'unlink()' does not work in Python's shared_memory on Windows I am using Python 3.8's new shared_memory module and fail to free the shared memory without terminating the processes using it.
After creating and using a block shm of shared memory, I close it via shm.close() in all processes and finally free it via shm.unlink in the main process. However, the reseource monitor shows me that the memory is not freed up until the program is terminated. This is a serious problem for me, because my program needs to run for a long time. The problem can be reproduced on Windows/Python 3.8 with the following program:
from multiprocessing import shared_memory, Pool
from itertools import repeat
from time import sleep

def fun(dummy, name):

    # access shared memory
    shm = shared_memory.SharedMemory(name=name)

    # do work
    sleep(1)

    # release shared memory
    shm.close()

    return dummy

def meta_fun(pool):

    # create shared array
    arr = shared_memory.SharedMemory(create=True, size=500000000)

    # compute result
    result = sum(pool.starmap(fun, zip(range(10), repeat(arr.name))))

    # release and free memory
    arr.close()
    arr.unlink()

    return result

if __name__ == '__main__':

    # use one Pool for many method calls to save the time for repeatedly
    # creating processes
    with Pool() as pool:
        for i in range(100):
            print(meta_fun(pool))

Caution: when executing this script, you may quickly fill your entire memory! Watch the "virtual memory" panel in the resource monitor.
After doing some research, I found out that (1) the unlink() function does nothing on Windows:
def unlink(self):
    """Requests that the underlying shared memory block be destroyed.
    In order to ensure proper cleanup of resources, unlink should be
    called once (and only once) across all processes which have access
    to the shared memory block."""
    if _USE_POSIX and self._name:
        from .resource_tracker import unregister
        _posixshmem.shm_unlink(self._name)
        unregister(self._name, "shared_memory")

and (2) Windows seems to free up shared memory once the processeses that created/used it have stopped (see the comments here and here). This may be the cause for Python not handling this explicitly.
In response I have built an ugly workaround via saving and reusing the same shared memory block repeatedly without ever unlinking it. Obviously, this is not a satisfactory solution, especially if the sizes of the needed memory blocks change dynamically.
Is there a way I can manually free up the shared memory on Windows?

A: This is a bug in the multiprocessing module, which was reported as Issue 40882. There is an open pull request that fixes it, PR 20684, though apparently it's been slow to merge.
The bug is as follows: in SharedMemory.__init__, we have an invocation of the MapViewOfFile API without a corresponding UnmapViewOfFile, and the mmap object does not take ownership of it either (it maps the block again on its own).
In the meantime, you can monkey-patch the shared_memory module so that the missing UnmapViewOfFile call is added after mmap is constructed. You will probably have to rely on ctypes, as the _winapi module does not export UnmapViewOfFile, despite exporting MapViewOfFile (!). Something like this (not tested):
import ctypes, ctypes.wintypes
import multiprocessing, multiprocessing.shared_memory

UnmapViewOfFile = ctypes.windll.kernel32.UnmapViewOfFile
UnmapViewOfFile.argtypes = (ctypes.wintypes.LPCVOID,)
UnmapViewOfFile.restype = ctypes.wintypes.BOOL

def _SharedMemory_init(self, name=None, create=False, size=0):
    ... # copy from SharedMemory.__init__ in the original module
                try:
                    p_buf = _winapi.MapViewOfFile(
                        h_map,
                        _winapi.FILE_MAP_READ,
                        0,
                        0,
                        0
                    )
                finally:
                    _winapi.CloseHandle(h_map)
                try:
                    size = _winapi.VirtualQuerySize(p_buf)
                    self._mmap = mmap.mmap(-1, size, tagname=name)
                finally:
                    UnmapViewOfFile(p_buf)
    ... # copy from SharedMemory.__init__ in the original module

multiprocessing.shared_memory.SharedMemory.__init__ = _SharedMemory_init

Put the above code into a module and remember to load it before using anything from the multiprocessing module. Alternatively, you can directly edit the shared_memory.py file in the multiprocessing module's directory to contain the required UnmapViewOfFile call. This is not the cleanest solution, but it's meant to be temporary anyway (famous last words); the long-term solution is to have this fixed upstream (as is apparently underway).

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Philomena (DVD): Review
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Philomena, the film, inspired by actual events, that garnered so much attention during the 2014 awards season, is finally out for viewers to own.
Following the story of title character, Philomena, as she attempts to find out what happened to her son who was adopted when at a young age, she meets a political journalist who seems to be fighting his own demons.
Judi Dench (Philomena) and Steve Coogen (Martin) deliver a stunning performance in this drama. The pace is slow, denoting the long struggle they undertook to find details of Philomena's son). But these two bring the story alive, drawing the audience in, and allowing them to feel each emotionally charged aspect, and each sad or joyous moment.
An incredibly talented cast, a well written story. This is one to suck you in, and provide a respite from all the action and effects of the filmes of today.
The disc is encoded at a decent bitrate, with no visible artefacts, allowing it to be scaled up to HD via software. Sound makes some use of the surrounds, but being a drama, and most of the focus on dialogue and the on-screen events, there is not an over use of these. There are unfortunatly no bonus features.
Philomena is available now, for purchase, in South Africa.
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Kid Ink Shares The Last Single From His Upcoming Deluxe Album, "Fenty Secrets"
Kid Ink is kicking off the new year in a big way. After sharing "Go Mode" featuring ISM on New Years Eve, the 35-year-old has dropped off "Fenty Secrets," a three-minute and 19-second long joint that's ideal for a late-night drive with your sneaky link.
Just a week before his prior arrival, Ink also shared "Hoe Games." All three new songs will appear on this coming Friday, January 14th's deluxe version of his April 2021 project, ALIVE, including features from Rory Fresco and Bricc Baby.
The 13-track release marked Kid Ink's first full-length studio album since 2018's Missed Calls. Fans of the Los Angeles native have been happy to see him make such a triumphant return, and from the looks of things, he's showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
"Thank you to everyone who tapped in with me this year," he wrote on Instagram at the beginning of December, sharing his Spotify Wrapped with fans while reflecting on the events of the past few months. "I appreciate each and every one of you! 2022 is gonna be a special year I promise you," the rapper continued.
Stream "Fenty Secrets" by Kid Ink below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Quotable Lyrics:
It's 'bout that time that we should slide
Just let me drive, I know you work
Just roll up, and hit that blunt
I put you first, first, first
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Q: Cannot make data to be bind-able inside of the widget once i change value of input, my main model ($data.name) is not updated.
Thanks in advance
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widget's view

    <input class="form-control" data-bind="value: settings.name" />

        <button class="btn btn-success" type="button" data-bind="click: save"></button>
        <button class="btn btn-danger" type="button" data-bind="click: reset"></button>

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define(['context/context'], function (context) {
    var ctor = function () { };

    ctor.prototype.activate = function (settings) {
        this.settings = settings;
        this.settings.inEditMode = false;
    };

    ctor.prototype.edit = function () {
        this.settings.inEditMode = true;
    };

    ctor.prototype.save = function () {
        this.settings.inEditMode = false;
        context.save();
    };

    ctor.prototype.reset = function () {
        this.settings.inEditMode = false;
    };

    return ctor;
});

A: In the following line of code you are passing a reference to a property of the current VM (nameproperty) to the widget:

I suspect that the property name that  you are passing to the widget is not a observable. If it isn't, then you are just passing a reference to a property which contains only a value and therefore it will not trigger any change event if it gets updated.


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var fancyLog = require('fancy-log');
var colors = require('ansi-colors');
var notifier = require("node-notifier");
var report = require("./report");

"use strict";

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var logLevel = 2;

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var fnLog = fancyLog;

var logError = module.exports.logError = function (options, isError) {
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  var color = isError ? "red" : "green";
  if (!colors[color]) return;
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           '[' + colors.blue(options.title) + ']',
            colors[color](options.message)
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};

// Expose onError behaviour
module.exports.onError = function (options, callback) {
  var reporter;
  options = options || {};
  var templateOptions = options.templateOptions || {};
  callback = callback || function (err) {
    err && logError({
      title: "Error running notifier",
      message: "Could not send message: " + err.message
    }, true);
  };

  if (options.notifier) {
    reporter = options.notifier;
  } else {
    if (options.host || options.appName || options.port) {
      notifier = new notifier.Notification({
        host: options.host || 'localhost',
        appName: options.appName || 'gulp-notify',
        port: options.port || '23053'
      });
    }
    reporter = notifier.notify.bind(notifier);
  }
  return function (error) {
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    report(reporter, error, options, templateOptions, function () {
      callback.apply(self, arguments);
      self.emit && self.emit('end');
    });
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};

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module.exports.logLevel = function (newLogLevel) {
  if (newLogLevel === void 0) return logLevel;
  logLevel = newLogLevel;
};

// Expose to set new logger
module.exports.logger = function (newLogger) {
  if (!newLogger) return fnLog;
  fnLog = newLogger;
};

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The term aircraft engine, for the purposes of this article, refers to reciprocating and rotary internal combustion engines used in aircraft. Jet engines and turboprops are the other common aviation power plants; while operation differs substantially, the basics here apply to all types.
lightweight, as a heavy engine increases the empty weight of the aircraft & reduces its payload.
small and easily streamlined; large engines with substantial surface area, when installed, create too much drag, wasting fuel and reducing power output.
reliable, as losing power in an airplane is a substantially greater problem than an automobile engine seizing. Aircraft engines operate at temperature, pressure, and speed extremes, and therefore need to operate reliably and safely under all these conditions.
repairable, to keep the cost of replacement down. Minor repairs are relatively inexpensive.
This type of engine has cylinders lined up in one row. It typically has an even number of cylinders, but there are instances of three- and five- cylinder engines. An in-line engine may be either air cooled or liquid cooled. If the engine crankshaft is located above the cylinders, it is called an inverted engine. Advantages of mounting the crankshaft this way include shorter landing gear and better pilot visibility. An in-line engine has a higher weight-to-horsepower ratio than other aircraft engines. A disadvantage of this type of engine is that the larger it is, the harder it is to cool. Due to this, airplanes that use an inline engine use a low- to medium-horsepower engine, and are typically used by light aircraft.
An opposed-type engine has two banks of cylinders opposite each other. The crankshaft is located in the center and is being driven from both sides. The engine is either air cooled or liquid cooled, but air cooled versions are used mostly in aviation. It can be mounted either vertically or horizontally. The advantage of a horizontally-opposed engine is that it allows better visibility and eliminates fluid lock typically found on bottom cylinders. An opposed engine also has a relative advantage in being mostly free of vibration. This is due to the fact that the pistons are located left and right of the crankshaft and act as balance weights for each other.
Cylinders in this engine are arranged in two in-line banks, tilted 30-60 degrees apart from each other. The engine can be either air cooled or liquid cooled.
This type of engine has a row of cylinders arranged in a circle around a crankcase located in the middle. The combination of cylinders must be an odd number in each row and may contain more than one row. The odd number of cylinders allows for every other cylinder to be on a power stroke, allowing for smooth operation. The power output is anywhere from 100 to 3,800 HP.
Unlike automobile engines, aircraft engines run at high power settings for extended periods of time. In general, the engine runs at maximum power for a few minutes during taking off, then power is slightly reduced for climb, and then spends the majority of its time at a cruise setting—typically 65% to 75% of full power. In contrast, a car engine might spend 20% of its time at 65% power accelerating, followed by 80% of its time at 20% power while cruising.
The power of an internal combustion reciprocating or turbine aircraft engine is rated in units of power delivered to the propeller (typically horsepower) which is torque multiplied by crankshaft revolutions per minute (RPM). The propeller converts the engine power to thrust horsepower or thp in which the thrust is a function of the blade pitch of the propeller relative to the velocity of the aircraft.
Jet engines are rated in terms of thrust.
The design of aircraft engines tends to favor reliability over performance. It took many years before the reliability was established to fly over the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean. Engine failure at all stages in flight is a part of flight lessons for student pilots. Forced landings without power are practiced extensively over rural areas until the new pilot is proficient enough to handle such a situation during a solo flight.
Long engine operation times and high power settings, combined with the requirement for high-reliability means that engines must be constructed to support this type of operation with ease. The engine, as well as the aircraft, needs to be lifted into the air, meaning it has to overcome lots of weight. The thrust to weight ratio is one of the most important characteristics for an aircraft engine. A typical 250 hp engine weighs just 15% of the total aircraft weight when installed into a 3000 lb (1,400 kg) aircraft.
Aircraft engines also tend to use the simplest parts and include two sets of anything needed for reliability, including ignition system (spark plugs and magnetos) and fuel pumps. Independence of function lessens the likelihood of a single malfunction causing an entire engine to fail. Thus magnetos are used because they do not rely on a battery. Two magnetos with two spark plugs per cylinder are used in certified piston engines so that the pilot can switch off a faulty magneto and continue the flight on the other— dual spark plugs also provide improved combustion efficiency. Similarly,for redundancy, a mechanical engine-driven fuel pump is often backed-up by an electric one.
Another difference between cars and aircraft is that the aircraft spend the vast majority of their time travelling at high speed. This allows an aircraft engine to be air cooled, as opposed to requiring a radiator. A few notable piston engines of the past, however, such as the Rolls-Royce Merlin series have employed liquid cooling, which, though efficient, added an extra level and complexity and risk in that receiving an enemy bullet to the cooling system in combat could cause coolant loss and engine seizure. In the absence of a radiator, aircraft engines can boast lower weight and less complexity. The amount of air flow an engine receives is usually carefully designed according to expected speed and altitude of the aircraft in order to maintain the engine at the optimal temperature. Just like overheating, too much cooling can be a bad thing for an engine as well. Some aircraft employ controls that allow a pilot to manually adjust the airflow into the engine compartment.
Aircraft operate at higher altitudes where the air is less dense than at ground level. As engines need oxygen to burn fuel, a forced induction system such as turbocharger or supercharger is especially appropriate for aircraft use. This does bring along the usual drawbacks of additional cost, weight and complexity.
While some countries require twin-engined airplanes for commercial passenger transport, many, such as Canada, Australia, and the United States, allow the use of single-engine aircraft for some commercial services, including charter and sometimes scheduled commuter airline flights (the latter typically use turbine- rather than piston-powered singles).
A second engine adds redundancy so that the aircraft can stay in the air (or at least, descend more slowly) if one engine fails, providing an important safety margin during cruise flight over water or mountainous terrain; however, an engine failure on a twin-engine piston aircraft can also cause serious handling difficulties, especially right after takeoff, due to asymmetrical thrust.
A study of accidents in Australian air charter operations from 1986 to 1996 found that the overall fatal accident rate per hour for multi-engine aircraft was more than triple that for single-engine aircraft, though it did not isolate the accidents specifically caused by engine failure and the multi-engine aircraft did not fly under identical conditions. According to the U.S. Air Safety Foundation, when an engine failure leads to an incident (e.g. some damage or injuries), it has a 10% chance of causing fatalities in a single-engine aircraft, but a 50% chance in a twin.
This higher percentage of fatalities in a twin is likely due to the fact that they are designed for higher speed and higher performance, generally compromising low speed handling while increasing stall speed.
At one time all engine designs were new and there was no particular difference in design between aircraft and automobile engines. This changed by the start of World War I, however, when a particular class of air-cooled rotary engines became popular. These had a short lifespan, but by the 1920s a large number of engine designs were moving to the similar radial engine design. This combined air-cooled simplicity with large displacements and they were among the most powerful small engines in the world.
Both the rotary and radial engine have the drawback of a very large frontal area (see drag equation). As aircraft increased in speed and demanded better streamlining, designers turned to water-cooled inline engines. Throughout WWII the two designs were generally similar in terms of power and overall performance but some mature-design radials tended to be more reliable. After the war, in the USA, the water-cooled designs rapidly disappeared.
For the smaller application, notably in general aviation, a hybrid design in the form an air-cooled inline, almost always 4 or 6 cylinders horizontally opposed, is most common. These combine small frontal area with air-cooled simplicity, although they required careful installation in order to be effectively cooled, notably the rearmost cylinders. To make repairs practical, each cylinder is individually replaceable, as are each of the accessories (pumps, generator and magnetos).
Aircraft piston engines are typically designed to run on Avgas. Currently the most common Avgas is 100LL, which refers to the octane rating (100 octane) and the Tetraethyl lead (LL = Low Lead). All aviation fuel is produced to stringent quality standards (to avoid fuel-related engine failures), and 100LL has a higher octane rating compared to automotive gasoline, allowing a higher compression ratio and thus more power out of an engine with the same Engine displacement. 100LL uses Tetraethyl lead (TEL) to achieve these high octane ratings, a practice banned in automobile fuel. The shrinking supply of TEL, and the possibility of environmental legislation banning its use, has made a search for replacement fuels for General aviation aircraft a priority for pilot's organizations..
Throughout most of the history of aircraft engine design, they tended to be more advanced than their automobile counterparts. High-strength aluminum alloys were used in these engines decades before they became common in cars. Likewise, those engines adopted fuel injection instead of carburetion quite early. Similarly, overhead cams were introduced, while automobile engines continued to use pushrods.
Today the piston-engine aviation market is so small that there is essentially no commercial money for new design work. Most aviation engines flying are based on a design from the 1960s, or before, using original materials, tooling and parts. Meanwhile the financial power of the automobile industry has continued improvement. A new car design is likely to use an engine designed no more than a few years ago, built with the latest alloys and advanced electronic engine controls. Modern car engines require no maintenance at all (other than adding fuel and oil) for over 100,000 km, aircraft engines are now, in comparison and paradoxically, rather heavy, dirty and unreliable.
Much of the innovation (and most newly constructed planes flying) in the past two decades in private aviation has been in ultralights and homebuilt aircraft, and so has innovation in powerplants. Rotax, amongst others, has introduced a number of new small production engine designs for this type of craft. The smallest of these mostly use two-stroke designs, but the larger models are four-strokes. For the reasons discussed above, some hobbyists and experimenters prefer to adapt automotive engines for their home-built aircraft, instead of using certified aircraft engines.
Over the history of the development of aircraft engines, the Otto cycle, that is, conventional gasoline powered, reciprocating-piston engines have been by far the most common type. That is not because they are the best but simply because they were there first and type-certification of new designs is an expensive, time-consuming process.
Another promising design for aircraft use was the Wankel rotary engine. The Wankel engine is about one half the weight and size of a traditional four stroke cycle piston engine of equal power output, and much lower in complexity. In an aircraft application, the power to weight ratio is very important, making the Wankel engine a good choice. Because the engine is typically constructed with an aluminium housing and a steel rotor, and aluminium expands more than steel when heated, unlike a piston engine, a Wankel engine will not seize when overheated. This is an important safety factor for aeronautical use. Considerable development of these designs started after World War II, but at the time the aircraft industry favored the use of turbine engines. It was believed that turbojet or turboprop engines, could power all aircraft, from the largest to smallest designs. The Wankel engine did not find many applications in aircraft, but was used by Mazda in a popular line of sports cars. Recently, the Wankel engine has been developed for use in motor gliders where the small size, light weight, and low vibration are especially important.
Wankel engines are becoming increasingly popular in homebuilt experimental aircraft, due to a number of factors. Most are Mazda 12A and 13B engines, removed from automobiles and converted to aviation use. This is a very cost-effective alternative to certified aircraft engines, providing engines ranging from 100 to 300 horsepower at a fraction of the cost of traditional engines. These conversions first took place in the early 1970s, and with hundreds or even thousands of these engines mounted on aircraft, as of 10 December 2006 the National Transportation Safety Board has only 7 reports of incidents involving aircraft with Mazda engines, and none of these is of a failure due to design or manufacturing flaws. During the same time frame, they have reports of several thousand reports of broken crankshafts and connecting rods, failed pistons and incidents caused by other components which are not found in the Wankel engines. Rotary engine enthusiasts refer to piston aircraft engines as "Reciprosaurs," and point out that their designs are essentially unchanged since the 1930s, with only minor differences in manufacturing processes and variation in engine displacement.
Peter Garrison, contributing editor for Flying magazine, has said that "the most promising engine for aviation use is the Mazda rotary." Garrison lost an airplane which he had designed and built (and missed death literally by inches), when a piston-powered plane had engine failure and crashed into Garrison's plane, which was waiting to take off.
The diesel engine is another engine design that has been examined for aviation use. In general diesel engines are more reliable and much better suited to running for long periods of time at medium power settings—this is why they are widely used in trucks for instance. Several attempts to produce diesel aircraft engines were made in the 1930s but, at the time, the alloys were not up to the task of handling the much higher compression ratios used in these designs. They generally had poor power-to-weight ratios and were uncommon for that reason. Improvements in diesel technology in automobiles (leading to much better power-weight ratios), the diesel's much better fuel efficiency (particularly compared to the old designs currently being used in light aircraft) and the high relative taxation of gasoline compared to diesel in Europe have all seen a revival of interest in the concept. As of May 2004 one manufacturer, Thielert Aircraft Engines, is already selling certified diesel aircraft engines for light aircraft, and other companies have alternative designs under development. It remains to be seen whether these new designs will succeed in the marketplace but they potentially represent the biggest change in light aircraft engines in decades.
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↑ Charles Edward Kingsford Smith. All Star Network. Retrieved on 2006-11-01.
↑ EAA'S Earl Lawrence Elected Secretary of International Aviation Fuel Committee. Press release.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Aircraft engine".
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