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Color code of a traditional outfit had two meanings:
it marked an age group and a social category of a wearer. In earlier times it also signified that this person belonged to a certain tribe.
colored parts worked as "graphic spells".
These two functions were blended, so we can say "this color meant this and that (social meaning) because… (spiritual meaning)".
Symbolic language of colors was formed many years (centuries, perhaps even millennia) ago. At that time people colored their cloth in primitive conditions, and used natural dyestuff (minerals and plants) only. It happened that the most ancient pigments were red and black. Therefore, main "words" of "color dictionary" are: white (natural color of linen and wool), red, and black.
1) White (creamy-white).
Again, it is a natural color of wool and linen (both bleached and unbleached). Bleaching of linen took a lot of time, work, and money. So, bleached linen, as an expensive cloth, was a sign of a high social status of a wearer. But, symbolically, unbleached creamy linen was counted as "white" too.
People wore white clothes during any period of transformation of their social role. Russian people believed that during any life transition (childhood/teen age, or single/married status) the border between material and spiritual world becomes thin and transparent. A light of Heaven ("Eerey" in Russian) shines upon a person-in-passage. The people who must wear white (pure white, without any decoration) were:
children before age of 7-8
seniors (after 60)
brides (a couple of hours, right before a church ceremony)
military recruits
Besides, white color was a symbol of motherhood (and of a married woman), in contrast with red - a color of a young girl. In accordance with village point of view, a healthy married woman should give birth to one child per year. So, she did not experienced her periods this time - she was "white" symbolically. Of course, married women wore red color too, but only as a small decoration (not as a main color of an outfit).
So, white represents:
a light of Eerey (Heaven)
a world of spirits
a mature woman and motherhood
2) Red.
Red was the first color people used for coloring cloth. They started to use it as early as in Paleolithic Period, first for ritual purposes. Certain herbs (Rubia tinctorum) and minerals (hematite) can give red color to cloth and tread.
It is obvious that red color symbolically means blood and fire. As a symbol of blood, it shows energy flow between nature and human being. In ritual harvesting costumes you can see long red stripes - "streams of energy" flowing from woman to a grain field. Everyday clothes has protective "fire" trim around neck, wrists, and bottom (both in men and women outfits).
Besides, according to pagan Russian beliefs, gods of Fire and Sun were men. So, red color symbolized Male Power (productive, fertile, defensive) - both in spiritual and physical (practical) aspects. Young just-married men worn red shirts decorated with ritual signs of fertility. Also, In Russian, a lot of words describing fertility, fitness, health, beauty, are derived from a root "KRAS" (red). Village people thought physical beauty ("KRASota") as readiness for childbearing. Therefore, a red color was also a symbol of a young woman, who is ready to be a mother. That's why a bride's costume in Russian villages was red.
So, red is:
blood (physical power)
fire (defense)
a mature man
a young woman ready to be a mother
3) Black and other dark colors: dark-grey, dark-brown.
They are natural colors of wool. Also, several plants, which contain Acidum tannicum, can color linen and cotton into black.
These people wore black costumes:
seniors of "second stage of aging" (after 70 years old)
spinsters
monks and "self-proclaimed-monks" (a specific category of people, mainly women, who lived as regular farmers but decided to keep celibacy)
Black color signified a distance between a person and a world (and especially an omission of having children). Married people tried not to wear black. But, after separation of Russian Orthodox Church in 1666-1667 years ("raskol"), the most orthodox part of Russian Christians ( "old believers") started to use black color for women's sarafans (dresses).
However, an exception exists. In Voronezh region (South Russia) people used black color even for wedding ritual costumes. Voronezh-style black embroidery looks astonishingly noble and elegant. Scientists stay that Southern Russians accepted this "black" style from their neighboring Polovtsy - nomads of southern steppes.
So, black means
old ages
disability (or omission) to have children
a great "no" to the outside world
Before 1850s, Russians used yellow, blue and green for their cloths only as tiny decorative details. These colors were expensive and difficult-to-make.
4) Yellow.
Some minerals can give yellow, yellow-brownish, golden-brown colors to tread and cloth.
5) Blue and 6) Green.
According to archeological data, Russian farmers added these three colors in their clothes even in the 15th century. However, until 1700s, blue and green were not base colors of a clothes. Only after establishing a trade with Iran, these colors became affordable not only for nobility, but for village people also. In some regions, blue outfits started to be a token of a wealth and respect. Rich married women after five or six years of marriage were allowed to wear blue dresses (sarafans). Blue shirts signified a wearer as a head of an extended family. At the same time, blue was symbolically understood as "already not red, but not yet black". Therefore, seniors (especially these who had grandchildren) worn blue too.
Sources (in Russian)
I.M.Kolesnitskaya, L.M.Telegina "Folklore and Archaic Beliefs"
B.A.Rybakov "Paganism of Slavs and Pre-Slavs"
A.M.Sokolov "Russians: Dyeing of Wool" (issued in 1900, re-issued in 1997)
V.A.Shchavinsky "Art Techniques and Coloring Technology in Ancient Russia"
S.N.Bibikov ""Mother-Goddess of Paleolithic Farmers of South-Eastern Europe"
N.Sosnina, I.Shangina, Russian Traditional Costume (a directory)
"Men and Women (male and female in traditional Russian culture)" (a directory)
B.Dm.Pokrovsky, memoirs (a manuscript).


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The volume of edible food that is wasted is staggering. In 2017, the UN estimated that almost a third of all food that is produced is discarded. In the commercial F&B environment the challenges in mitigating this are huge.
Edible food makes up approximately 1.3 gigatonnes of this (one gigatonne is a billion tonnes). For comparison, one tonne of wasted food is about the equivalent of 127 large plastic bin bags.
This not only represents a phenomenal loss in terms of food that could feed people, but also a loss in resources such as water, labour power, soil nutrients, transportation energy and so forth.
Recent analysis shows that about one third of the edible food that is wasted globally comes before the farm gate and about one fifth comes from people's plates and refrigerators.
This means that just under half of all edible food that becomes waste does so during manufacturing, distribution and retail.
For example, on an assembly line producing ready meals, there may be several machines operating to produce different parts of the meal. If something happens to one of the machines, rather than stop the whole system while the machine is reset, the food keeps coming but is redirected into waste.
It is more efficient both in terms of both money and food resources to lose this food than it is to stop the production for a few minutes. So what is technically inefficient may also be a food and labour efficiency.
In addition, there is always food loss associated with machinery start-up. Volumes described on the label are calibrated based on normal speed of production, and it takes a few minutes for the machinery to meet this speed.
As a result, the first few pallets of packaged food are also not able to be sold because the volume in each package is less than the calibrated standard.
This is why stopping the production line when faults occur is actually more wasteful: restarting produces more unsellable edible food than redirection does.
New product development also creates a lot of potential food waste because the production processes must be calibrated and training carried out to ensure that when high volumes are produced the taste and quality matches what was developed at a smaller scale in the testing kitchen.
Machinery must also be run for some time to ensure volumes are correct, packaging is printing properly and so forth.
It is true that new tax policy, regulation and industry standards might encourage food manufacturers to help feed people with this surplus food, rather than waste it or send to anaerobic digestion.
Despite this, focusing on regulations and policies is not enough to ensure that this food can reach mouths. This is because movement of surplus requires a lot of coordination between a whole range of people and organisations.
Surplus food, for example, cannot be accepted by a food redistributor if there are not enough people in the warehouse to unload the food from the delivery truck. Machinery is needed to move and in some cases repackage the food so that contents match labelling.
When volumes are particularly large, spaces are needed to store and break down pallets into amounts that a community cafe, food pantry, or children's holiday or breakfast club can store and use while the food is still good.
Surplus food distribution has a number of other challenges not faced in a commercial system.
A food manufacturer can throw money at a problem if there is a financial benefit. But those operating in the surplus system are generally reliant on unpredictable resources and face problems that do not necessarily have a financial return on the investment.
They often also rely on volunteers to fill their labour needs. Food arriving in the surplus system from food manufacturers is very unpredictable both in terms of type and quantity. Food redistributors must therefore work out how best to redistribute the food under time pressure.
This is not to say the problem is impossible. Those engaged with moving surplus along for social good rather than financial gain are working out new ways to use technology to communicate food availability.
Some are experimenting with blockchain technology to encourage voluntary participation and others to facilitate donations from individuals and corporations.
Meanwhile, organisations like the FareShare, The Bread and Butter Thing, His Church, City Harvest London, The Felix Project, The Real Junk Food Project, Community Shop and others are experimenting with different models for collecting and distributing this food.
Consumers have a role to play in this. We need food producers to remain committed and engaged in finding ways to redistribute their surplus and consumer pressure is influential.
Food redistributors are often not the first place where people think to volunteer, but regular and committed volunteers are needed as are financial donations.
Food is not waste until its wasted – and we all can contribute to moving it along.
The Conversation, authored by Megan Blake, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Director of the MA Food Security and Food Justice between 2014-18, University of Sheffield.


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Theater Launches Raise the Roof Campaign
November 28, 2022 January 24, 2023 Katie Pecha Events, General, Members' News
Stephanie Holman, president of the Oconto Falls Lioness Lions Club, presents a ceremonial check to Bill Koehne, president of Abrams Spotlight Productions Inc. The club contributed $1,000 to the community theater's Raise the Roof fund and $250 for a new toilet.
Abrams Spotlight Productions Inc. launched its Raise the Roof campaign with a $1,000 donation from the Oconto Falls Lioness Lions Club. Stephanie Holman, president of the club, presented a $1,250 check to Bill Koehne, president of ASPI, with $1,000 earmarked for a new roof and $250 for a new toilet. Holman said the donation to ASPI fits well with the Lion Lioness Club's mission to serve the community.
"The theater gives unique life experiences to a diverse group of people in our community, whether they are attending the live performances, the actors, or working behind the scenes. We feel it enriches our community, especially with the youth and the veterans," she said.
"It's exciting to have a local organization like the Lioness become our initial donor in kicking off the Raise the Roof campaign," Koehne said. "Within the first couple of weeks, other donors stepped up to contribute an additional $2,500, but we're still a long way from achieving our goal."
The theater hopes to raise over $30,000 for a new roof. Koehne encouraged people to become Spotlight Sponsors, either Silver ($100), Gold ($250) or Platinum ($500). All sponsors receive early access to tickets and recognition in show programs. Gold and Platinum sponsors receive two or four tickets, respectively, to each show.
Approaching its 20th season, ASPI performs three or four shows every year at the Nancy Byng Community Theater, formerly St. Louis Catholic Church in Abrams. The facility, built in 1927 and home to ASPI since 2007, has undergone a series of transformations. These include the construction of a stage with modular set booms, backstage dressing rooms, a concession stand, a light, sound, and projections booth, and restoration of the original hardwood floor. ASPI built an outdoor patio and replaced the old church pews with more comfortable, padded chairs. The roof is the next project on the list.
The latest ASPI show, "White Christmas," will be presented in eight performances, Dec. 1-4 and 8-11. An anonymous donor provided 50 free tickets to veterans, and the eight shows sold out by mid-November. So, a ninth, Raise the Roof show was added on Dec. 6.
"All but seven seats sold out within the first 72 hours," Koehne said, referring to the Raise the Roof show. "What a tremendous show of community spirit and support of community theater."
Only single seats are available for "White Christmas," and the box office has a waitlist in the event of cancellations.
Over the past 20 years, ASPI has presented many amazing shows for the community to enjoy. None of these performances would be possible without the theater's volunteers and sponsors. To make a tax-deductible donation, visit abramstheater.com and click "Support."
Support the Arts: Theater Auction is Dec. 8-11
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Did you guys know John Krasinski trains with Chris Pratt? That right there immediately makes us jump to the conclusion of cyclical ketosis. Salad, chicken, and water were his staple food, which proved to help in getting him lean and muscular. Well, that makes sense. We know eating clean and finding staples to turn to are also ways to make your diet sustainable.
He postponed his first college semester to teach English in Costa Rica. He is signed with these agencies �. But, his role was uncredited. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Subscribe to our Newsletter to get a daily dose of Fitness and Celebrity. You seem to be a big fan of Healthy Celeb.
Bradley Cooper is another celebrity who works out with Jason Walsh. The result? Only having 16 weeks to transform his body, Jim from The Office knew his workout routine was going to be tough. Luckily, he had the weekends off. Also, he was allowed to take one day off during the week. Here are the primary exercises John Krasinski used.
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Initium (1984)
Reviewer John Gentile
November 1st 2018
A little music archeology, courtesy of March 1983's Flesh and Bones fanzine, shows that even as the Misfits were active (but perhaps becoming annoyed with each other) Glenn Danzig was already plotting Samhain- at the time ostensibly as a side project. Well, as we all know now, Misfit tensions came to a head at their October 29, 1983 show and the band suddenly (or maybe not so suddenly) split.
With Samhain already in germination, Danzig switched it to his main creative unit and continued recordings sessions that began as early as August 1983. Indeed, rumors are that a few of the final Misfits tracks ("Bloodfeast," "Death Comes Ripping") were actually meant to be Samhain tunes. Likewise, "Archangel" from 1981, which was originally meant for Dave Vanian, was exhumed.
For his new band, Danzig recruited an all-star lineup (one that famously didn't quite work out). Although Danzig recorded all the vocals and some of the guitars, he pulled in long time Misfits pal Eerie Von on bass, Mourning Noise's Steve Zing on drums, and Minor Threat's Lyle Preslar on guitar, who recorded about half of the new album's guitar tracks.
Misfits and Minor Threat might look great on paper, but in real life, it did not work out, with Preslar being unceremoniously dismissed for not really being into the whole macabre thing. Regardless, just as Earth A.D. was a darker turn for the Misfits, Samhain's Initium (impressively released by the very next year) found Danzig stripping away any vestiges of b-movie irony. One of the main Misfits angles was to take something that was silly at face value ("Teenagers from mars," for example) and giving it a perverted presentation, in order to suggest something sinister lay beneath the rubber costumes.
By contrast, Samhain was more rooted in the occult and ancient rites (hell, the name is taken from pagan Gaelic beliefs) and instead of converting the silly into the sinister, they simply created dark music from dark material. Even the intro, which preceded the band's self-named song, was a musing on fear and pain. Whereas the Misfits might make an oi-chorus for zombies to sing as they ate brains, Samhain literally worshipped at the altar of dark spirits. "The Howl," while still on the lycanthrope angle of Wolfsblood, was as much about giving way to dark impulses as it was becoming a wolfman.
Perhaps most interesting is that, while many first wave punk bands were venturing further down the hardcore route (or... poorly done thrash route) Danzig both doubled down on the punk aesthetic- these tracks have the clomp and punch of the classic early punk singles- as well as pulled in some hints of goth structure. "Archangel," which has a melody so melodic that it could easily be warped into a lullaby, had background howls and gossamer sounds that added a general creepiness and mysticism to the release. Not to mention, the track featured some of Danzig's finest vocal work ever, with him using both his punk growl and '50s crooner approach.
If anything, Initium underscored just how talented and visionary Danzig is. When he could have stumbled by following trends, he stuck to his instincts and crafted a record that both utilized punk hallmarks, that was also willing to veer off in to the experimental. (The Misfits cover of "Horror Biz" also helped bridge the gap, mind you). Just as Bowie would shift his persona with every release so that each album linked to the last, until a decade later he was a different creature then before, Danzig followed in those wise steps by holding true to his core essence while venturing out into the unknown. Initium truly was aptly named. Glenn Danzig may have established himself with The Misfits, but it was this album where Danzig re-birthed himself as something much more than just the "horror punk" tag.
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Q: How to import an Azure publishsettings file to an Angular project using Visual Studio Code on mac? I've built an Angular application with Visual Studio Code and I've been instructed to deploy it to Azure using a .publishsettings file that has been provided.
My attempts at accomplishing this have failed. Do I require anything besides the .publishsettings file and an Azure account in order to deploy the web app?
Most tutorials I've found online are for regular Visual Studio.
Any help is appreciated.
Edit: Adding a bit more info I posted in a comment, so it doesn't get lost:
I've successfully deployed to a new, freshly created Azure app on my Azure dashboard. The thing is, I need to deploy my Angular app to an already created Azure app, to the clients' account. Hence why I was supplied with the .publishsettings file.

A: First, I tried using the Azure App Service extension, this proved to be unfruitful.
I also attempted to transfer the project to Visual Studio Community, as it seemed to be relatively easy to import the publish.settings into it. However, the Mac version doesn't seem to have this functionality.
Ultimately, the method that worked for me was the following:

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*Opened the publish.settings file and got the FTP host, login and password from it.

*Installed a third party FTP client and used the previous information to manually upload the web app build folder to the desired destination.
I believe that the client could have given permissions to my Azure account in order to upload directly from Visual Studio Code, with the use of Azure App Service extension. But if they are unwilling or incapable of doing so, the FTP method seems to be the only way to achieve the same result.

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Are Animated Fonts The Future Of Type?
Type is no longer just for paper, leading to flexible possibilities in typeface design.
We've talked a lot about logos in the past, highlighting the fact that a logo can't just be designed for print anymore, that it needs to work as well for an email footer as a TV commercial as an animated banner ad. So if we all expect logos to be multimedia savants, why aren't we asking the same flexibility from our typefaces? Because when is the last time you printed something on paper?
Animography is a collection of animated typefaces curated by Jeroen Krielaars that can be licensed as you would any other. And while we all have our stereotypes of what animated text can be–local commercials of monster truck rallies come to mind–they're a far cry from the hokey flaming letters of LiveType. Instead, Krielaars has constructed what might be called "classic" animated glyphs for words that could look as professional in print as they do in video.
They're also a whole lot more flexible than existing Livefonts. While Apple's solution is a collection of tweakable pre-rendered QuickTime files, Animography typfaces are deeply customizable After Effects files, meaning an editor can adjust line thickness, duration, easing, wiggle, color–and do so within one of the richest pieces of post-production software in the industry.
It's a dichotomous balance that's still undefined in the industry: How do you create a marketable animated typeface that has a core identity without becoming too predictable for the masses? No one would question Charles Schwab and Merrill Lynch both using Times New Roman in a commercial, but if Charles Schwab's Times New Roman flew on the screen in the exact same pattern it flew on the screen over at Merrill Lynch, suddenly it'd feel like the exact same ad.
I'm not so sure that I completely agree with Krielaars that the industry won't find accepted standards for animated fonts. But it does seem like part of that standard will involve a certain malleability. Just as we've long tweaked kerning and line thickness in print, the animated texts of tomorrow will have their own (new) language of conventional adjustments. And so long as there's a proper flame height and explosion radius adjuster, that certainly works for me.


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using namespace std;

namespace Moses
{
GlobalLexicalModel::GlobalLexicalModel(const std::string &line)
  : StatelessFeatureFunction(1, line)
{
  std::cerr << "Creating global lexical model...\n";
  ReadParameters();

  // define bias word
  FactorCollection &factorCollection = FactorCollection::Instance();
  m_bias = new Word();
  const Factor* factor = factorCollection.AddFactor( Input, m_inputFactorsVec[0], "**BIAS**" );
  m_bias->SetFactor( m_inputFactorsVec[0], factor );

}

void GlobalLexicalModel::SetParameter(const std::string& key, const std::string& value)
{
  if (key == "path") {
    m_filePath = value;
  } else if (key == "input-factor") {
    m_inputFactorsVec = Tokenize<FactorType>(value,",");
  } else if (key == "output-factor") {
    m_outputFactorsVec = Tokenize<FactorType>(value,",");
  } else {
    StatelessFeatureFunction::SetParameter(key, value);
  }
}

GlobalLexicalModel::~GlobalLexicalModel()
{
  // delete words in the hash data structure
  DoubleHash::const_iterator iter;
  for(iter = m_hash.begin(); iter != m_hash.end(); iter++ ) {
    map< const Word*, float, WordComparer >::const_iterator iter2;
    for(iter2 = iter->second.begin(); iter2 != iter->second.end(); iter2++ ) {
      delete iter2->first; // delete input word
    }
    delete iter->first; // delete output word
  }
}

void GlobalLexicalModel::Load()
{
  FactorCollection &factorCollection = FactorCollection::Instance();
  const std::string& factorDelimiter = StaticData::Instance().GetFactorDelimiter();

  VERBOSE(2, "Loading global lexical model from file " << m_filePath << endl);

  m_inputFactors = FactorMask(m_inputFactorsVec);
  m_outputFactors = FactorMask(m_outputFactorsVec);
  InputFileStream inFile(m_filePath);

  // reading in data one line at a time
  size_t lineNum = 0;
  string line;
  while(getline(inFile, line)) {
    ++lineNum;
    vector<string> token = Tokenize<string>(line, " ");

    if (token.size() != 3) { // format checking
      UTIL_THROW2("Syntax error at " << m_filePath << ":" << lineNum << ":" << line);
    }

    // create the output word
    Word *outWord = new Word();
    vector<string> factorString = Tokenize( token[0], factorDelimiter );
    for (size_t i=0 ; i < m_outputFactorsVec.size() ; i++) {
      const FactorDirection& direction = Output;
      const FactorType& factorType = m_outputFactorsVec[i];
      const Factor* factor = factorCollection.AddFactor( direction, factorType, factorString[i] );
      outWord->SetFactor( factorType, factor );
    }

    // create the input word
    Word *inWord = new Word();
    factorString = Tokenize( token[1], factorDelimiter );
    for (size_t i=0 ; i < m_inputFactorsVec.size() ; i++) {
      const FactorDirection& direction = Input;
      const FactorType& factorType = m_inputFactorsVec[i];
      const Factor* factor = factorCollection.AddFactor( direction, factorType, factorString[i] );
      inWord->SetFactor( factorType, factor );
    }

    // maximum entropy feature score
    float score = Scan<float>(token[2]);

    // std::cerr << "storing word " << *outWord << " " << *inWord << " " << score << endl;

    // store feature in hash
    DoubleHash::iterator keyOutWord = m_hash.find( outWord );
    if( keyOutWord == m_hash.end() ) {
      m_hash[outWord][inWord] = score;
    } else { // already have hash for outword, delete the word to avoid leaks
      (keyOutWord->second)[inWord] = score;
      delete outWord;
    }
  }
}

void GlobalLexicalModel::InitializeForInput( Sentence const& in )
{
  m_local.reset(new ThreadLocalStorage);
  m_local->input = ∈
}

float GlobalLexicalModel::ScorePhrase( const TargetPhrase& targetPhrase ) const
{
  const Sentence& input = *(m_local->input);
  float score = 0;
  for(size_t targetIndex = 0; targetIndex < targetPhrase.GetSize(); targetIndex++ ) {
    float sum = 0;
    const Word& targetWord = targetPhrase.GetWord( targetIndex );
    VERBOSE(2,"glm " << targetWord << ": ");
    const DoubleHash::const_iterator targetWordHash = m_hash.find( &targetWord );
    if( targetWordHash != m_hash.end() ) {
      SingleHash::const_iterator inputWordHash = targetWordHash->second.find( m_bias );
      if( inputWordHash != targetWordHash->second.end() ) {
        VERBOSE(2,"*BIAS* " << inputWordHash->second);
        sum += inputWordHash->second;
      }

      set< const Word*, WordComparer > alreadyScored; // do not score a word twice
      for(size_t inputIndex = 0; inputIndex < input.GetSize(); inputIndex++ ) {
        const Word& inputWord = input.GetWord( inputIndex );
        if ( alreadyScored.find( &inputWord ) == alreadyScored.end() ) {
          SingleHash::const_iterator inputWordHash = targetWordHash->second.find( &inputWord );
          if( inputWordHash != targetWordHash->second.end() ) {
            VERBOSE(2," " << inputWord << " " << inputWordHash->second);
            sum += inputWordHash->second;
          }
          alreadyScored.insert( &inputWord );
        }
      }
    }
    // Hal Daume says: 1/( 1 + exp [ - sum_i w_i * f_i ] )
    VERBOSE(2," p=" << FloorScore( log(1/(1+exp(-sum))) ) << endl);
    score += FloorScore( log(1/(1+exp(-sum))) );
  }
  return score;
}

float GlobalLexicalModel::GetFromCacheOrScorePhrase( const TargetPhrase& targetPhrase ) const
{
  LexiconCache& m_cache = m_local->cache;
  const LexiconCache::const_iterator query = m_cache.find( &targetPhrase );
  if ( query != m_cache.end() ) {
    return query->second;
  }

  float score = ScorePhrase( targetPhrase );
  m_cache.insert( pair<const TargetPhrase*, float>(&targetPhrase, score) );
  //VERBOSE(2, "add to cache " << targetPhrase << ": " << score << endl);
  return score;
}

void GlobalLexicalModel::EvaluateWhenApplied
(const Hypothesis& hypo,
 ScoreComponentCollection* accumulator) const
{
  accumulator->PlusEquals( this,
                           GetFromCacheOrScorePhrase(hypo.GetCurrTargetPhrase()) );
}

bool GlobalLexicalModel::IsUseable(const FactorMask &mask) const
{
  for (size_t i = 0; i < m_outputFactors.size(); ++i) {
    if (m_outputFactors[i]) {
      if (!mask[i]) {
        return false;
      }
    }
  }

  return true;
}

}

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Today we are excited to introduce you to The Billionaire Looks Back by Christie Logan.
A famous athlete turned billionaire. The woman he loved and left behind. When they meet again, will sparks re-ignite? Or will a long-kept secret tear them apart forever?
Billionaire football star Shawn Canaday may seem like every woman's dream, but his reappearance in Applewood, New York makes him Marg Hahn's worst nightmare.
She fell for him once, before fame and ambition became more important to him than love, and she has the evidence to prove it—Lauren, their twenty-four-year-old daughter. Marg soldiered on as a single mother, raising her child on her own while keeping Shawn in the dark. She didn't want to hold him back from all he hoped to achieve.
Now guilt and a promise to an old friend bring him back to town, where he and Marg reconnect. When they find themselves stranded together, they discover their love never died.
But he still doesn't know about Lauren. When he learns the truth, will they at last be a family? Or will he turn his back on Marg for good?
She and Shawn had met the summer between his prep school graduation and his first year of college. He'd already secured his college scholarship and was spending time at home with his parents. Marg had a summer job serving cones, sundaes and milkshakes at the local ice cream stand.
"You ordered a large chocolate cone," Marg answered.
"No. I knew who you were. You were pretty famous around town. Local hero. Kid from humble means with the whole world in the palm of his hand…" Marg's voice trailed off.
Where had she heard those words before? Then she remembered. Shawn's own father had spoken them back in the day.
Marg stiffened. A great summer. That's all it was, for him. A little fling to enjoy, fun while it lasted, easy to forget. She was the only one who had to deal with the consequences.
A chill crept through her. The closeness and camaraderie she'd felt just moments ago drained away, leaving her empty.
As she rinsed out the cups in the sink, Marg second-guessed herself. Yes, the romance had left her with consequences: Lauren. It had been tough trying to juggle an education, job, and childcare, but she'd managed. And she had a beautiful daughter to love. In the end, Marg knew she was the lucky one.
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In all of this Bloom owes — and acknowledges — a certain debt to the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, in particular to Adam Smith. The definition of 'sympathy' used by Smith in his Theory of Moral Sentiments (to 'place ourselves' in the situation of another 'and become in some measure the same person with him') is acknowledged by Bloom to be a working definition of what we understand as empathy. And yet it is not such a good guide as people — particularly people on the political left — presently think. As he shows, the terrain is not simply rife with presumptuousness, it is a deeply uneven arbiter.
For instance if we can see a starving child we may pity that starving child. We may even donate money to alleviate the suffering of that particular starving child. But we may in the process ignore the many other starving children we could as well help but whose photos have not serendipitously been brought before us. Or consider the example of a ten-year-old girl with a fatal disease waiting in line for treatment. People told that such a girl exists and that there are others ahead of them on the list are likely to hold to the principle of the list. But give the girl a name, ask people to imagine what this one particular girl is feeling and they are more likely to move her up the line ahead of other children whose cases may be more deserving. Empathy can easily trump fairness.
If anyone is any doubt that this is a present vulnerability in western policy-making they need only consider the conflict in Syria. The occasions when public, press and politicians most commonly urge more bombing of targets in Syria is whenever an image of a bombed child emerges. 'Something must be done' is one thought often caused by a terrible image catching an 'empathetic' eye. Yet it may not lead to good actions.
In such a way, Bloom explains, empathy can easily distort our moral judgments 'in pretty much the same way that prejudice does'. Even the most 'empathetic' person mirrors the feelings of others less well than they think they do, and the action that this motivates is not necessarily what is morally right.
All this is well and good, and we need reminding of it, though not perhaps at quite such length. Yet the work is also a characteristic example of much modern American thought, of the sort perfected by figures such as Michael Sandel. There is nothing especially wrong with it, but it is all a sort of game. Pick a subject that sounds deep (empathy), strike an interesting attitude towards it (against) and cite some ancient-ish philosophers to show depth. Reference some recent neuroscience and sociology studies from other Ivy League universities, stir it about in the lexicon of modern American 'happiness' pseudery (human 'thriving', 'flourishing' etc.) and soon you have a nice 250-page book which dances around a serious subject without quite engaging with it, let alone answering the deep questions it opens up.
If it seems cruel for a note of such cynicism to enter the mind of the reader, it can be mitigated by the fact that the same has clearly infected the mind of the author. Towards the end, to keep the whole thing spinning, Bloom writes about some arguments he wants to respond to before his word limit is up and then says, 'Then, because everyone loves a surprise ending, I'll finish off by saying some nice things about empathy.' The true purpose of the book appears to be to keep the whole Bloom engine running: TED talks, professorial chair, public profile, New Yorker essays. Easy to empathise with. But not a good in itself.


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Q: ask a word from the console and print the index of each of its letters in the array I need to write a C# program that creates an array containing all letters from the alphabet and ask for a word from the console and print the index of each of its letters in the array.(I don't ask for the whole code I just need help on what should I do , thanks)
this what I did;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace Letters
{
    public class letters
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int l = 0;

            string[] letters = new string[26] { "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z" };

            List<string> letterList = letters.ToList();

            Console.Write("Enter a word: ");
            string word = Console.ReadLine();

            while (l <= word.Length - 1)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(letterList.IndexOf(l)); l++;
            }

        }
    }
}

but I need output like this
Enter a word: word
w:23
o:14
r:18
d:3

A: close - heres a corrected and simplified version
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        int l = 0;

        char[] letters = new char[26] { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z' };

        Console.Write("Enter a word: ");
        string word = Console.ReadLine();

        foreach(char ch in word) {
            Console.WriteLine(Array.IndexOf(letters,ch) + 1);
        }

    }

and just for fun, here is a one liner
Console.WriteLine(word.Select(ch => $"{ch}:{(Char.ToLower(ch) - 'a') + 1} ").Aggregate((a, b) => a + b));

using Flydogs calculation rather than a lookup table


Police and regulatory officers in Greater Manchester have broken up an unlicensed prescription drug empire said to have been worth millions of pounds.
Investigators from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which regulates medication and medical devices in the UK, raided five locations across Bolton on Wednesday morning, seizing large quantities of drugs.
Officers confiscated prescription-only medication including erectile dysfunction pills, hair loss treatment, steroids, and drugs used to treat sleep disorder narcolepsy.
The raid resulted in the arrest of four men, who were held on suspicion of money laundering, and conspiracy to supply medicines and controlled drugs.
The suspects, aged 44, 41, 39 and 34, were taken into custody and questioned by MHRA officers.
Commenting on the raids in a statement, MHRA Head of Enforcement Alastair Jeffrey said: "It is a serious criminal offence to sell potent unlicensed or prescription-only medicines.
"Today's arrests are a result of a determined investigation by teams dedicated to protecting public health.
"We work relentlessly with regulatory and law enforcement colleagues to identify and prosecute those involved.
The MHRA is currently running a public information campaign intended to educate people about the dangers of buying potentially dangerous drugs and medicines from unlicensed sources such as illicit online pharmacies.
Promoting the #FakeMeds campaign in November last year, the MHRA released the results of a survey that showed one in three people looking to use weight in the UK have tried slimming pills they purchased online, and that more than four in ten (44%) from the internet because they did not want to speak to a GP or pharmacist.
In all, the MHRA estimates that more than half of all medicines bought online in the UK are fake.
Earlier this year, an MHRA probe revealed that organised criminal gangs operating in Britain routinely bribe crooked pharmacists and drug wholesalers to supply them with prescription medication illegally.
The agency said it made 40 arrests linked to the diversion of legitimate pharmaceutical products in 2017, including five pharmacists, who were suspended from practice.
Speaking at the time, Jeffrey said: "Selling medicines outside of the regulated supply chain is a serious criminal offence and we are working relentlessly with regulatory and law enforcement colleagues to identify and prosecute all those involved in this activity.


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Brooklyn Discovery
Discovering the rich sights and sounds of our beloved borough
Martina Arroyo Foundation Hosts Spring Luncheon
Review by Nino Pantano
On the afternoon of Sunday, April 2nd at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City, the Martina Arroyo Foundation held its Spring Luncheon. The luncheon featured a special cabaret performance by Marilyn Maye and Mario Cantone with present and past Prelude to Performance artists. The glittering crowd consisted of the shakers and breakers in the world of Broadway, opera and fashion. A dazzling potpourri of the doyennes, legends and admirers. It was a love boat that took us to exotic ports and entertained us royally. The auction featured everything from rock guitars to music memorabilia.
Doug Wood of the Ford Foundation & Soprano Martina Arroyo. Photo by Kevin Alvey.
The concert began with mezzo soprano Magda Gartner singing the "Seguidilla" from Bizet's Carmen. Ms. Gartner's voice has exceptional clarity, agility and a "cutting edge" that rivals how Carmen can cut a man and discard him like a shucked clam! Slam bam, shucked clam man! A very tantalizing hors d'oeuvre of what Ms. Gartner's complete Carmen will be!
Saucy soubrette soprano Shana Grossmann was a particularly engrossing, piquant and ingratiating daughter as she sang an exquisite "O Mio Babbino, Caro" from Gianni Schicchi with subtle winsome gestures that made for an unforgettable operatic moment. Her clinging to the final "Pieta" made for great theater and a tiny humble gesture of appealing to her Daddy was the whipped cream on the Sunday, sundae!
Tenor Woo Young Yoon will soon be "the triumphant tenor talk of the town" for his splendidly lyrical and heartfelt singing of the Flower song from Carmen. His high note was caressed, swelled and diminished beautifully and the tender side of this future erupting volcano was bared unashamedly for Carmen, his delicious arsenic soaked peach! How could she not be moved by his singing of this aria? I know the audience was!
Shana Grossman (from left), Woo Young Yoon, Marilyn Maye, Mario Cantone & Magda Gartner. Photo by Kevin Alvey.
Metropolitan Opera conductor Steven Crawford was the brilliant piano accompanist.
Opera Index Treasurer, the erudite Murray Rosenthal, made opening remarks. He introduced the young singers and paid special recognition to legendary opera soprano Brooklyn's own, Elaine Malbin, ever the soubrette in a dazzling red dress. Ms. Malbin sang the "Butterfly duet" with film tenor Mario Lanza for the recording of the film, The Toast of New Orleans and vividly remembers how beautifully Mario sang and how nice he was to her and her mother who flew out to Los Angeles. (she was only 19 years old ) A special event for patrons of the Martina Arroyo Foundation will be an upcoming showing of the March 7, 1953 telecast ofSuor Angelica starring Elaine Malbin at the Paley Center for Media on Saturday, June 10th at 3:00pm hosted by Rebecca Paller. Martina Arroyo will host a segment on golden age sopranos. Ms. Malbin sang with the New York City Opera and was a pioneer of opera on television with The NBC Opera. At our table, Elaine regaled us with many tales of both her operatic and Broadway career. (My Darlin' Aida (1952-3) and Kismet (1955)
The salad was served as we recalled our "salad days" followed by a chicken dinner as we watched a cool young "red hot mamma", Marilyn Maye and her superb trio for an afternoon of CABARET! The Marilyn Maye trio with Jeff Davis on piano, Tom Hubbard on bass and Daniel Glass on the drums took us back to the days when cabaret was where one took his date.
Marilyn Maye, Martina Arroyo, Mario Cantone Anthony Laciura & Ailyn Pérez. Photo by Kevin Alvey.
Marilyn Maye, looking dazzling, admitted to being 89 which just defies mortality. It might have well been sweet 16, legal 21 or sizzling biological "peak" at 39. Her fulsome singing-and I mean SINGING, showed a voice of clarity and power, elegance and finesse, singing on the word and belting them out like Caruso, Ethel Merman and Babe Ruth – a home run every time!
For a starter, a rousing "It's a Most Unusual Day" and a medley of the familiar and not so familiar, "It's Spring Again" awakened one as "O Paradiso" from Meyerbeer's "L'Africana" would – full of newfound joys of new horizons! Her youth became our adrenalin in "That's All!" which was a blend of irony and insouciance and Artie Butler's "Here to life " was a rich tapestry of all that was and is yet to be. "Somewhere over the Rainbow" took us to that rainbow and was sung with all the hopes and dreams of mankind and the colors of the rainbow in her voice, so fresh and full of hope. Marilyn Maye had us all lift our glasses in a salute to life! An unforgettable moment!
Then to everyone's delight, she shared the stage with the brilliant comedian whose Broadway one man show was acclaimed, as well as his television and film work. Mario Cantone sang "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" with all the enthusiasm of a tarantella at a Sicilian wedding! Mario and Marilyn sang "When You're Smilin' " with real pizzazz. It's one of my favorite "old" songs and was the theme of "The Alan Courtney" radio show (WNEW) back in the 1940's.
Mario Cantone and Marilyn Maye thrilled us with "Life is a Cabaret", I never want to be "Alone in my Room." Mr. Cantone lives up to his name and is a very fine singer and in a way, a Sicilian "pop" tenor with a robust voice that is strong and clear. Bravo Mario! To hear this dynamic duo conclude "Life is a Cabaret" in full voice with such exuberance and joy was a catharsis for all. The young singers, soprano Shana Grossman, tenor Woo Young Yoon and mezzo Magda Gartner joined in. The bravos echoed through the corridors of the Essex House Hotel and literally "shook the chandeliers!"
It was a pleasure to meet and greet the young opera singers and the seasoned Broadway "stars." I told an Artie Butler story, having met him (A transplanted Brooklynite) in Los Angeles. Artie is a renowned composer (Here's to Life) who wrote the music for a brilliant Broadway show several years ago called The People in the Picture. Artie told me he was in awe of no one but one day he gave a lift to an elderly man who was huffing and puffing near his home. After a few moments of silence, the man said, "you know who I am?" and Artie Butler burst out with joy and love. "I loved your show, watched it every Saturday for years!" His "lift" was Moe Howard of The Three Stooges! The other Brooklyn born stooges were Moe's brother's Shemp and Curly. (Larry Fine was from Philadelphia)
Host Stephen Mo Hanan, Opera Index Treasurer Murray Rosenthal & Maestro Eve Queler. Photo by Kevin Alvey.
We had a lovely table with our special host Murray Rosenthal, composer Philip Hagemann, soprano Elaine Malbin, Met mezzo Jane Shaulis and President of Opera Index, her spouse, Executive Director Joseph Gasperec, Vice President Janet Stovin and Maestro Eve Queler of The Opera Orchestra of New York.
Met Baritone Mark Rucker & Sadie Rucker. Photo by Judy Pantano.
In the crowd, we chatted with acclaimed Met Verdi baritone Mark Rucker who also coaches the awardees for Prelude to Performance and his invaluable wife and accompanist Sadie who helps promote the great Martina Arroyo Foundation as well as the effervescent Norena Barbella who is the Producer of Talent, Music & Live Entertainment. Andrew Martin-Weber and Beatrice Disman are active Board Members of the Foundation also.
Talent Producer Noreen Barbella & reviewer Nino Pantano. Photo by Judy Pantano.
Of course legendary Met opera soprano Martina Arroyo was present, and welcomed all at the beginning of the program, the founder of the feast, looking radiant and proud and we paid special homage to this great lady and recipient of the Kennedy Center honors. We all look forward to Prelude to Performance in July at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College with Carmen and Gianni Schicchi. Both Bizet and Puccini are brilliantly served by the young and gifted nurtured awardees of the Martina Arroyo Foundation. Martina's Dad Demetrio, was an engineer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to support his family and assist young Martina's career and music lessons.
It was nice to chat with Maestro Stephen Phebus and his wife Linda Howes, Cavaliere Eddie Jackson, spectacular soprano Ailyn Pérez, Met Opera tenor comprimario and television star Anthony Laciura and his wife Joel. He is a fellow Sicilian also lovingly called "Ninutzu" as a child by his adoring family!
Judy and I honeymooned at the Essex House Hotel nearly 51 years ago! So to me, at least two events at this venue, fifty years apart will forever be enshrined in my memory bank!
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Elysium Between Two Continents Presents The Thirtieth Annual Erwin Piscator Awards
Erwin Piscator
On the afternoon of Thursday, March 30th, Elysium Between Two Continents Presented The Thirtieth Annual Erwin Piscator Awards at the intimate and elegant Lotos Club in New York City. This program is to benefit Elysium's International Educational Programs "Art and Education without Borders." The Lotos Club gathering that afternoon evoked memories of a musical soiree at the Kennedy White House when President Kennedy said it was "the most illustrious gathering of intellects since Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
Maria Ley Piscator
Movers and shakers notwithstanding, the "big bang" theory goes back to 1985 when Gregorij H. von Leïtis instituted the Erwin Piscator (1893-1966) award honoring Erwin Piscator's artistic and humanitarian legacy and his lasting influence on theater on both sides of the Atlantic. Piscator was convinced that "art achieves its purpose only when it contributes to the improvement of man."
The interesting program booklet included greetings from Dr. Kerstin Weinbach, City Councilor and Head of the Cultural Department forthe Magistrate City of Marburg, March 2017. The letter announced a newly opened cultural institution bearing the name Erwin Piscator Haus. Piscator went to school in Marburg and returned there in 1951.The new building replacing an older one proudly bears his name and continues his work.
After the wine and cocktail reception, the program began with soprano Jeannie Im singing "An die Freude" (Ode to Joy) music by Franz Schubert from a text by Friedrich Schiller. Ms. Im has been with Elysium since 2000 and was in the premiere performance of Ernst Krenek's "What Price Confidence" at the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma co-produced by Elysium. Among her many performances under the auspices of Elysium, were concerts of works by performers who were exiled or killed in World War II. Matthew Lobaugh, who is the Music Director of the New York City Wide Youth Opera, was her versatile piano accompanist. Ms. Im strolled through the tables and sang in a clear commanding soprano with joyful abandon.
Michael Müller, the Mayor of Berlin had his representative, Ms. Katja Weisbrock Donovan, who is the head of Cultural Affairs at the German Consulate in New York, bring greetings and speak of the cooperation of the two cities – Berlin and New York. She mentioned the Kellen family who were forced to flee Berlin during the era of the Nazis and the importance of Erwin Piscator and Maria Ley Piscator to the world. The New York Theatre Workshop founded by James C. Nicola a pivotal influence as well. Michael Lahr was the Program Editor and key to this joint effort and of the of the two countries under the banner of art and enlightenment. The dream turned into a reality of Gregorij H. von Leïtis and Michael Lahr.
The welcome was given by Gregorij H. von Leïtis who truly was monarch of all he surveyed. His cherubic demeanor could not disguise his tremendous commitment to evoke the theme of peace and justice through art. Mr. von Leïtis then
proudly introduced the chairperson of the luncheon committee, Louise Kerz Hirschfeld, whose late beloved husband Al Hirschfeld, was the Da Vinci of caricaturists. Ms. Hirschfeld's energetic defense of the arts and its importance to all, made one think of "The Line King" a wonderful, whimsical documentary of her late great husband.
A fascinating musical excerpt followed, colorfully sung by soprano Jeannie Im "Lied von der Tünche" (Song of Whitewash) with music by Hanns Eisler and a text by Bertolt Brecht. The music evoked the German cabaret offerings of Lotte Lenya and the school of cabaret in the style of The Threepenny Opera. Matthew Lobaugh's facile accompaniment made the two, one.
The salad was served and now the "salad days" prevailed. Michael Lahr, the erudite and industrious Chairman of the Erwin Piscator Awards Committee spoke. As a specialist of Erwin Piscator, the founder of the political and epic theater, Lahr brilliantly curated the exhibit Erwin Piscator: Political Theater in Exile andit traveled to Bernried, New York, Catania, Salzburg and Munich. Lahr spoke of the great joy and importance of the occasion and introduced the famed playwright Tony Kushner.
Tony Kushner, Doug Wright, and Michael Lahr. Photo by Letizia Mariotti.
Mr. Kushner alluded to the dark days we have been witnessing of late and how the arts will pave the way for better days ahead. He referred to an earlier era in Greenwich Village and elsewhere when Belafonte, Brecht and Brando championed causes and spread the word of enlightenment and creativity. They knew where they were going artistically and emotionally as did James Nicola in his early days at the studio, which has become a kind of mecca, a place "Where one can roll up in like a blanket" (Fanny). Tony Kushner spoke in staccato sentences like a prizefighter hammering away at the evils of the world and praising the good in his introduction for James C. Nicola.
Gregorij von Leïtis made the presentation to James Nicola,"for his enormous contributions to the American theater by producing and cultivating artists whose works inspire and challenge the public." As Artistic Director of the New York Theater Workshop since 1988, Nicola has forged a unique community of theater artists, a group of writers, directors, designers and actors who form the core of NYTW's artist development activities. Many plays, premiers including Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" and "Homebody/Kabul" as well as Tennessee William's "A Streetcar Named Desire" were performed.
James Nicola spoke intimately and passionately about his boyhood desire to excel in theater and his lack of concentration on other subjects. Nicola's somewhat perturbed parents granted him the right to pursue his goals but he had to measure up academically to attain them. Nicola feels theater is "a sacred light" and that it illuminates the soul. Artists are encouraged to play their chosen destined roles. A force of nature illuminated by a "splendid torch," a force of nature not to be denied. James Nicola is motivated by a sacred flame and that light has brightened the world.
Heather Randall (from left) with James Nicola and Louise Kerz Hirschfeld. Photograph by Letizia Mariotti.
With so much at "stake" we proceeded to enjoy our delectable choice of steak (or salmon), having feasted on brilliant words and deeds from the hearts and minds of the mighty.
Vartan Gregorian is the 12th President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a grant making institution and is also a past honoree of the Erwin Piscator award. He is best known for his outstanding service as President of the New York Public Library. (1981-89) His services have earned him nearly 70 honorary degrees.The brilliant Mr. Gregorian spoke eloquently on behalf of honoree Marina Kellen French. With joyful abandon and as Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote "How do I love thee?" Mr. Gregorian alphabetically listed all of Marina Kellen French's virtues practically from "A to Z" and why she is so admired. Whether it be art, music, medical, literary, educational, she is there to lend support, advice and encouragement!
Gregorij von Leitis with Marina Kellen French. Photo by Letizia Mariotti.
Gregorij von Leïtis presented Marina Kellen French with the Erwin Piscator award "for so generously giving of her time and talent to support so many artistic, cultural and educational organizations both here in New York and in Berlin." Ms. French spoke of the joys of giving and that it must be earned and of her two unforgettable years as a student in Berlin, the land of her parents birth. The art of philanthropy and of aiding mankind is her mission." What good is leaving the earth with accumulated wealth but having done little or nothing to help ones' fellow humans?" That is also the mission of Gregorij von Leïtis and Michael Lahr. That is the path chosen by Marina Kellen French. The honorary Erwin Piscator award of 2017 was in memory of Maria Ley Piscator. (1898-1999) In 2014, Ms. French was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany at the residence of the German Consul General Brita Wagener in New York City.
In a proclamation printed in the program, Governor Andrew Cuomo praised James C. Nicola for his "creative vision to American arts and culture" and Marina Kellen French "for her generous work in perpetuating and preserving a legacy of great art in the world." Mayor Bill de Blasio also congratulated the awardees and Elysium – between Two Continents in the program with a special proclamation.
Jeannie Im accompanied by Matthew Lobaugh sang a lively "Good-Bye Trouble" with music by Mischa Spoliansky and text by Frank Eyton. "I've put on my hat, I've locked up my flat; the dog's at the vets, I've settled my debts" and concluding with "And if I could design a world, I shouldn't plan a finer world." Ev'rything in it I see as it passes Thro' wonderful rose colored glasses. Good-bye Trouble! I've finished with you, Trouble!" With that special "Thank you for coming" from Louise Kerz Hirschfeld, the afternoon drew to a upbeat close as we were enjoying the desserts and sweets of the luncheon – almost redundant when one considers the real "sweets" offered by the words and deeds of the day!
Judy and I were happy to speak to many of the awardees and presenters. James Nicola and I share Italian heritage. His family were Piedmontese from Northern Italy, mine were Sicilian from the South. We laughed about the "rivalry" between Sicilians and non Sicilians. Marina Kellen French is also on the Board of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. I mentioned the great tenor Enrico Caruso singing "Vecchia Zimarra" in "La Bohème", with the Met Opera on tour in Philadelphia when the bass, Andrés de Segurola lost his voice with the audience unaware. Caruso whispered to his friend, "turn your back to the audience and I'll sing it for you!" The mighty tenor made a recording of Colline's famous Coat aria at the insistence of the cast and his friends in 1916 – it is marked "Tenor-Bass."
Vartan Gregorian was affable and most gracious. He is the "Energizer battery" redux! Louise Kerz Hirschfeld spoke of her husband's zest for life and creative output. I told her that I especially admired his caricature of the matchless tenor Enrico Caruso (A former Lotos Club honoree in 1916) and the fact that Caruso, who caricatured as a hobby, published several volumes of caricatures. It was nice to chat with Jolana Blau, Vice Chairperson, who was also chatting with Martin Dvorak, Consul General of the Czech Republic in New York, Austrian Consul General Georg Heindl and his wife Neline Koornneef Heindl and the effervescent Midge Woolsey from both WQXR and PBS and her husband economist Dr. Jerry Stolt. Last year's honoree, President of the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Sachi Liebergesell, was present with General Counsel Brian O' Connor Esq. and his wife Maura. The lovely intimate Lotos Club is a New York treasure and the perfect venue for this stellar occasion.
Sachi Liebergesell & Vartan Gregorian Photo by Judy Pantano
We wish to thank Gregorij H. von Leïtis, President and Michael Lahr, Vice President for the pursuit of a peaceful world through art and artists and for being such gracious hosts and extraordinary humanitarians. As always, their friendship is treasured. If John Kennedy appreciated Thomas Jefferson dining alone, what about his being in a room full of people – men and women who match that ideal and are gregarious and fun as well.
I conclude with a quote from George Bernard Shaw that was referred to during this event, "You see things and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were and say, "Why Not?" Bravo to "Elysium – Between Two Continents for daring to ask "Why not?" and for keeping the work and spirit of Erwin Piscator and his wife Maria Ley Piscator alive, ongoing and thriving!
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Police identify suspect in fatal LoDo shooting; considered armed and dangerous
Posted 3:12 pm, April 17, 2019, by Eric Ruble
DENVER -- The Denver Police Department is hoping the public can help investigators locate a man who is wanted for first-degree murder in a March shooting in Lower Downtown.
In a Metro Denver Crime Stoppers bulletin issued Wednesday afternoon, DPD said the wanted man is 24-year-old Gaghe Fox. Police described him as a white male who is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs about 117 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Fox also has 'T' and 'G' tattoos on his cheeks.
The shooting occurred early March 10 in the 1500 block of Market Street. Vayron Garcia, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene. Four other people were injured but survived.
Police said a dispute between two people led to the shooting.
Shortly after the shooting, DPD said it was searching for two men. It is unknown if there is another person still at large in the case besides Fox.
Fox is considered armed and dangerous. Police did not include information as to where he was last seen.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or Metro Denver Crime Stoppers: 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous. A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered.
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Biology ⋅
Cell (Biology): An Overview of Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells
What Would Happen if the Cell Had No DNA?
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What Happens When Mitosis Goes Wrong?
By Dr. Mary Dowd
A cell without DNA has many limitations that can hasten its demise. Cells require DNA to carry out essential life functions, transmit genetic material, assemble the right proteins and adapt to fluctuating environmental conditions. Some highly specialized cells shed their nucleus to more efficiently perform a specific task such as carrying hemoglobin and carbon dioxide. Anucleated cells like mature red blood cells are more susceptible to environmental toxicity and have a relatively short life span.
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) contains the genetic coding instructions of living organisms. DNA is comprised of adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine bases that pair up and connect through hydrogen bonds. A complementary base pair – like adenine (A) and thymine (T) – attached to sugar and phosphate molecules is called a nucleotide. Long strands of nucleotides form the now-famous double DNA helix discovered in 1952 by James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, scientists at King's College in London.
Eukaryotic cells replicate DNA and then share a copy when the cell divides through the process of mitosis or meiosis. Meiosis includes an extra step during cell division where snippets of DNA break off from one chromosome and reattach to the matching chromosome. Divided chromosomes are pulled to opposite ends of the cell, and the nuclear envelopes reform around the chromatin.
DNA in the Nucleus
The nucleus serves as the commander-in-chief that passes along orders to command units. DNA housed in the nucleus provides all the instructions for encoding the proteins needed by the organism. Losing the nucleus would cause mayhem inside the cell. Without a clear set of instructions, the typical somatic cell would have no idea what to do next.
Cells also need a nucleus to help regulate the movement of substances across the cell membrane. Molecules move back and forth by osmosis, filtration, diffusion and active transport. Different types of vesicles also play a role in moving substances in or out of the cell. Without a nucleus running the show, a cell might collapse or swell and burst.
Why Can't DNA Leave the Nucleus?
The nuclear envelope is a double-membrane structure that corrals DNA (chromatin) inside the nucleus. During interphase, the nucleus procures nutrients and provides an optimal environment for duplication of DNA. Once the cell is ready to start dividing, the nuclear envelope disassembles and releases the chromosomes into the cytoplasm. DNA is protected and guarded in the nucleus because it contains the entire genome of the organism needed for species propagation.
Do All Cells Need DNA?
Can life exist without DNA? Are viruses living? Are tumor cells alive? Answering these questions requires understanding and agreement on the meaning of life, but not in an arcane philosophical sense. According to NASA astrobiologists, "Life is a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution." However, definitions of life differ, and that affects how viruses containing only RNA are classified, for instance.
Eukaryotic cells contain DNA in their nucleus, which oversees normal operating procedures. The purpose of cell division is to grow and multiply. Evolution and adaptation result from unique pairings of DNA nucleotides. Cells without DNA would have no genetic material to transmit.
What Does Messenger RNA (mRNA) Do?
Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) molecules act as the go-between for nuclear DNA and the rest of the cell. As the name suggests, mRNA copies (transcribes) parts of DNA and sends readable messages to organelles, signaling when to divide or assemble certain types of proteins. If a cell lost its nucleus and DNA, the cell would eventually weaken and catch the attention of devouring microphages in the immune system.
Basic Parts of a Cell: Eukaryotic Organisms
Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus that contains DNA. By definition, eukaryotic organisms would not come into existence without DNA. In addition to a nucleus, eukaryotic organisms contain many types of organelles that perform on cue:
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a folded membrane attached to the nucleus. The outer layer is called rough ER because it is covered with bumpy ribosomes. Protein molecules are put together between the rough ER and smooth inner layer of the ER. Vesicles move the newly assembled proteins to the Golgi apparatus for further processing and distribution.
Ribosomes are tiny but important protein structures. Ribsomes decode the messenger RNA copied from DNA and put together the prescribed amino acids in the correct order. After being formed in the nucleolus, ribosomes float around in the cytoplasm or bind to the rough endoplasmic reticulum.
The cytoplasm is a semi-fluid liquid within the cell that facilitates chemical reactions. The cytoskeleton – made of fibrous proteins – helps position organelles in the cytoplasm. Chromatids condense in mitosis and line up along the middle of the cell before being pulled apart by the mitotic spindle, which consists of microtubules in the cytoplasm.
Vacuoles are storage pouches in the cell that temporarily retain food, water and waste. Plants have a large vacuole that stores water, regulates water pressure and reinforces the cell wall.
Mitochondria are commonly known as the power plant of the cell. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) energy is produced through cellular respiration. Cells with high energy needs contain large numbers of mitochondria.
Basic Parts of a Cell: Prokaryotic organisms
The DNA of prokaryotic cells is located in a nucleoid region. Prokaryotic DNA and organelles are not surrounded by membranes. Ribosomes that produce protein are the predominant organelle in the cytoplasm. Bacteria exemplify prokaryotic life forms; some have whiplike flagellum that are sensory organelles.
Where Is DNA Located?
Most DNA is located in the nucleus (nuclear DNA), but small quantities are also present in the mitochondria (mitochondrial DNA). Nuclear DNA regulates cell metabolism and transmits genetic material from one dividing cell to the next. Mitochondrial DNA synthesizes proteins, makes enzymes and replicates itself. Prokaryotic cells also contain DNA, but there is no nuclear membrane or envelope.
Why Can't a Cell Survive Without a Nucleus?
A cell requires a nucleus for some of the same reasons that a body needs a heart and a brain. The nucleus manages the daily operations of the cell. Organelles need instructions from the nucleus. Without a nucleus, the cell cannot get what it needs to survive and thrive.
A cell without DNA lacks the capacity to do much of anything other than its one given task. Living organisms depend on genes in DNA to guide proteins and enzymes. Even primitive life forms have DNA or RNA. Within the 46 chromosomes of the human body, there are approximately 20,500 genes in DNA that are responsible for the trillions of cells in human tissue, according to Genetics Digest.
DNA and Cell Differentiation
All organisms start with a little ball of cells that specialize into many different types of cells like neurons, white blood cells and muscle cells. In the beginning, all cells need a nucleus to tell it what to do. Instructions can even include programmed death. For example, hair, skin and nails are dead cells filled with keratin.
Reproductive or therapeutic cloning involves removing the nucleus of an egg cell and replacing it with the nucleus of a somatic donor cell. Then the cell is electrically or chemically jump-started. Under carefully controlled conditions, the cells will grow and differentiate into a new organ, tissue or organism possessing the DNA of the donor.
Susceptibility of Cells Without Nuclei
Mature red blood cells and epithelial cells of the skin and gut are prone to wear and tear, injury, and mutation due to ferrying wastes or coming into contact with environmental toxins. Not surprisingly, cells that do not have a nucleus die off faster than other types of cells. Absence of a nucleus in such cells offers a protective factor. If these cells had a nucleus, the odds of chromosomal damage would be higher and possibly fatal to the organism if allowed to divide and pass along life-threatening mutations, causing diseases and tumors.
Sperm and Egg: Nucleus Function (Meiosis)
Without DNA, cells could not reproduce, which would mean extinction of the species. Normally, the nucleus makes copies of chromosomal DNA, then segments of DNA recombine, and next the chromosomes divide twice, forming four haploid egg or sperm cells. Mistakes in meiosis can result in cells with missing DNA and inheritable diseases.
Why Plant Cells Need DNA
Like animal cells, plant cells have a membrane-enclosed nucleus containing DNA. In addition, plants contain chlorophyll, which captures sun energy for use in photosynthesis and harvesting food energy. In turn, plants produce food for the rest of the food web. Plants also enhance the environment by releasing oxygen and sinking atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The presence of a nucleus enables plants to reproduce and maintain population stability. If plants did not have a nucleus directing the activities of the cell, they would not be able manufacture food. Consequently, plants would die out. In turn, herbivores would be in jeopardy if their food source was eliminated.
Plant Cell DNA and Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the key to species survival for multicellular organisms. Plant species cannot migrate to a new home if climate changes or disease vectors suddenly threaten the survival of a species isolated in a particular area. Through gene recombination in meiosis, genetic variation exists within populations that makes certain plants hardier and more resistant, thanks to their unique genome. Although plants of the same type may all look alike at first glance, there are typically small but significant differences observable to the trained eye.
For instance, two seemingly identical plants growing side by side may have slight variations in average leaf size, venation and root structure owing to their unique genotype. Such subtle differences can be helpful or harmful if environmental conditions change. For example, during periods of drought, plants face higher rates of water evaporation. Plants with heavily veined, small leaves may be better fit to survive and reproduce in arid conditions, for instance.
Viral Hijacking of Cellular DNA
Viruses may pose a serious threat the DNA of the host cell. A virus infects its host by injecting molecules of viral DNA or RNA into a host cell. Viral DNA commands the cell to produce copies of viral proteins rather than the cell's own, to create more viruses that continue to replicate. Eventually, the cell can burst and die, spreading viruses that will divide over and over again. Common diseases such as chicken pox and influenza are caused by viruses, which do not respond to antibiotics.
DNA Test Questions
Students studying cellular and molecular biology must have a firm grasp on the role and importance of DNA in all phases of the cell cycle. Without DNA, living organisms could not grow. Further, plants could not divide by mitosis, and animals could not exchange genes through meiosis. Most cells simply wouldn't be cells without DNA.
Sample test questions:
If its nucleus and DNA were missing, a plant cell would be unable to which of the following?
Complete the cell cycle.
Grow larger.
Divide by mitosis.
If its nucleus and DNA were missing, an animal cell would be unable to do which of the following?
Divide by meiosis.
Astrobiology at NASA: About Life Detection
U.S. National Library of Medicine: Genetics Home Reference: What Is DNA?
Medical News Today: Viruses: What Are They and What Do They Do?
NCBI Bookshelf: StatPearls: Genetics, Meiosis
Genetics Digest: How Many Genes Do Humans Have?
National Cancer Institute: Cell Function
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Plant Cell Structure
The National Wildlife Federation: Biodiversity
PBS:The Discovery of DNA's Structure
Dr. Mary Dowd studied biology in college where she worked as a lab assistant and tutored grateful students who didn't share her love of science. Her work history includes working as a naturalist in Minnesota and Wisconsin and presenting interactive science programs to groups of all ages. She enjoys writing online articles sharing information about science and education. Currently, Dr. Dowd is a dean of students at a mid-sized university.
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Bacterial Cell Cytoplasm
Which Cell Organelle Stores DNA and Synthesizes RNA?
The Types of Cells Which Lack a Membrane Bound Nucleus
What Is the Fluid That Fills the Space Between the Nucleus & the Cell ...
Tumor Suppressor Genes: What is it?
Roles of Cell Organelles in Mitosis
What Would Happen If a Cell Didn't Have Ribosomes?


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Fake Design Firm Cons Dozens Into 6 Months of Free Labor – Media
'Jobfishing' scheme tricked dozens of people into working for free, the BBC reports
Alleged design firm Madbird lured dozens of young professionals with promises of fat paychecks and financial success, milking hours of free labor out of them in exchange for lucrative commissions that never came, the BBC reported on Monday.
The broadcaster's investigative report revealed the supposedly decade-old firm had only existed since 2020 and most of its employees were fake, their profiles having been cobbled together from stock photography sites and random LinkedIn profiles. The company's founder, a man known as Ali Ayad, nevertheless has refused to admit wrongdoing.
Of over 50 creatives duped into working for Madbird, some reportedly left good jobs and ran up debt in order to devote themselves to the firm, convinced that the big commissions the charismatic Ayad had promised them were right around the corner. Most worked in sales, pulling long hours – one employee reportedly pitched a whopping 10,000 potential clients on web redesign or app building projects, earning an 'employee of the month' title shortly before the firm was exposed as a fraud.
The employees' contracts paid commission-only for the first six months of the job, a so-called probationary period in which they would receive a percentage of any deal they negotiated. After six months, they were supposed to receive a $47,300 (GBP35,000) salary, the BBC reports. But apparently no deals were ever signed, and no employee salaries were ever paid. While several workers had left real jobs to join Madbird, others had signed on in desperation due to a dearth of good-paying jobs amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
But the 42 brands Madbird had supposedly done creative work for had never heard of the company, the BBC revealed, and work the agency claimed as its own had been stolen off the internet. Ayad had neither worked as creative designer at Nike nor received the degrees he claimed on LinkedIn, and his Madbird co-founder apparently did not exist – his profile image was borrowed from a Czech beehive-maker.
Ayad's bogus empire even stretched beyond the UK, with employees hired from Uganda, India, South Africa, and the Philippines and promised visas if they successfully passed their six-month probationary period. Employees only spoke to one another over Zoom and email, working remotely under the guise of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Finally, two employees smelled a rat and sent out a company-wide email under the alias 'Jane Smith' to reveal that much about the firm had seemingly been fabricated. Ayad responded claiming total ignorance, and then sent out an email to staff saying he "should've known better" and insisting he was "truly sorry." Shortly afterwards, his social media profiles vanished along with Madbird's website.
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After months of stringing BBC reporters along with promises to tell his side of the story, Ayad was finally confronted on the street by a camera team. Claiming he was "creating opportunity" for workers amid the pandemic, he insisted there was another side to the story, though he declined to provide it, and said Madbird was not a "fake company." He has reportedly stopped answering emails from the network, just as he stopped responding to communications from employees.
Ultimately, just one Madbird employee appears to have received any money from the company – James Harris, who had worked at the firm for two weeks leading up to the 'Jane Smith' email. He told the BBC he received a check in the mail for $40.43 (GBP29.70), apparently payment for a few hours of unpaid training.
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Senators hope to force vote on arms sales to Saudi Arabia
by: SUSANNAH GEORGE, Associated Press
Posted: Jun 9, 2019 / 03:09 PM MDT / Updated: Jun 9, 2019 / 04:40 PM MDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opposition to President Donald Trump's Saudi Arabia policy and use of executive power is building in Congress, where senators have introduced more legislation aimed at blocking the sale of weapons to the kingdom.
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a Democrat, and Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, a Republican, said in a statement Sunday they hope to force a vote on U.S. security assistance to Saudi Arabia, including arms sales, after a review of the kingdom's human rights record.
Anger has been mounting in Congress for months over the Trump administration's close ties to the Saudis, fueled by high civilian casualties in the Saudi-led war in Yemen — a military campaign the U.S. is assisting — and the killing of U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents. Tensions were further inflamed when Trump used an emergency declaration in May to sell the kingdom weapons that Congress had previously placed on hold.
The bill the senators are introducing Monday draws on a provision in the Foreign Assistance Act that allows for congressional review. The act allows Congress to vote to request information about a country's human rights practices. After receiving the information, Congress can then vote on ending or restricting security assistance.
"Congress needs to change how we do business with the Kingdom. The process we are setting in motion will allow Congress to weigh in on the totality of our security relationship with Saudi Arabia, not just one arms sale, and restore Congress's role in foreign policy making," Murphy said in a statement.
This move follows the introduction of 22 bipartisan resolutions on Wednesday that aim to block the $8.1 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that bypassed congressional review last month.
"Our arms sales to Saudi Arabia demand Congressional oversight. This bipartisan resolution simply asks the Secretary of State to report on some basic questions before moving forward with them," said Young, who like Murphy has long been an opponent of U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the sales were necessary to counter "the malign influence of the government of Iran throughout the Middle East region." Citing unspecified intelligence, U.S. officials have said the threat from Iran has increased in recent weeks.
Some of the weapons could be delivered to Saudi Arabia later this year, while other arms will not ship for another year or more. The sale includes precision guided munitions, other bombs and ammunition and aircraft maintenance support.
It is unclear if Murphy and Young's resolution would pass the Republican-controlled Senate before moving on to the House.
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Stevens died on Tuesday at age 99. He served nearly 35 years as a justice before retiring in 2010.
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The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that the individual had previously been held by Syrian Democratic Forces as a suspected member of IS.
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I've been programming ever since I was 13, so that's 8 years now. I started off in the .NET world at 15 and developed it into a career. I got into Umbraco since I got given a website to build, that used Umbraco, and needed some custom Umbraco functionalities.
Aside from Umbraco and other technologies, I spend my time watching Football, rubbing my kitten's belly, spending time managing my own start-up business whilst building and thinking of new business ideas.
Currently I am building a few different websites using Umbraco, using mainly the native features of Umbraco and not so much of the packages unless necessary. I'm looking at potentially making an open source CRM system for the Umbraco Backoffice but that's in brainstorming stages.
There's CodeCabin but why not have one for each city created and funded by the community or companies!
If you were to relate yourself to a feature/component of Umbraco, what would it be?
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The possibilities of Umbraco are endless! I raised a question in the Edinburgh Umbraco meetup in July 2018: "What do you use to allow content editors to put content on pages?". Different responses were received.
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I love you blog and follow all your recommendations, but this time I want to recommend you a book I think you will love! The Innocent Liar by Elizabeth Finn is a great read, right up your alley! I think you will enjoy it!!
Basically agree with you! Only TBH is a ten stars book!
I read and loved the Bronze trilogy, afterwards I was looking for something similar and I found The Tea Rose. You should look for it. The characters are amazing , everyting about the book is so so good. I truly hope that you get a chance to read them. There are three books, all of them are amazing. The author is jennifer donnelli.
Thank you Camile for "The Tea Rose" recommendation… It was an awesome read…I loved it!!!
The Tea Rose is also a trilogy. The second and third books are the Winter Rose and the Wild Rose. I read the first one recently and am working on the second one. I haven't read the Bronze Horseman Trilogy yet, but I keep seeing recommendations of it for Outlander fans. I think I will read it after finishing the Tea Rose Trilogy, in time for the second and third books to be released on audio; the first one is out now and the others come out on March 21st.
I have read so many of your recommendations, and I have loved everything. Thank you! Agree with above post – the Tea Rose was an excellent read!
I absolutely loved the Bronze Horseman too!! I can't wait to read more of your recommendations!
Your book blog is the best!
I'm stuck on The Summer Garden! I'm 31% done and have paused to read some other books. The first book was Excellent, the second (as is typical in a trilogy) was sort of a bridge book, and I'm finding the 3rd to be a little slow. Help!
The first 2 books go together. The second isn't really intended as a bridge at all, rather it's actually a completion of the story from book 1. The first 2 books cover one single intense period of their lives over about 7 years. The third book is almost separate. The pacing and storytelling style is completely different. It covers the entire rest of their lives together from their reunion up until very old age so it's just genuinely different. But I highly recommend completing it. It's beautiful and brings their story full circle in the most complete way imaginable.
I was reading the bronze horseman when pregnant.
As a result, my sons name is Alexander!
I stumbled upon the romance genre about six months ago, then stumbled onto your blog… now your blog page never gets closed 🙂 This series may be my new favorite too. I foresee this being my new go-to for biannual re-reads. I'm already missing the characters. Quality story telling for sure.


BlueRock Diamonds has raised £711,000 from a placing and subscription of a combined 237 million shares to help open up KV1 and KV2, two of the five kimberlite pipes it is currently mining at its Kareevlei project in the Kimberley region of South Africa.
The company was expecting to supply about 40,000 tonnes per month of ore to its processing plant starting in the third quarter of 2019.
At an operating level of 40,000 tonnes a month, BlueRock expects its mining operations to be profitable at a grade of 2.5 cpht.
Its average grade from all of its mining operations was 2.6 cpht to date.
BlueRock's long-term aim was to optimise the resource available and increase the production to around 500,000 tonnes per annum giving Kareevlei a life of mine of approximately 10 years from KV1, KV2 and KV3.
It said the balance of the funds would be used to fund some minor improvements to the company's operating plant focussed on increasing the reliability and hence utilisation rate of the plant.


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Foot Ankle Surg. 2019 Jun;25(3):316-322. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2017.12.006. Epub 2017 Dec 23.
Minimally invasive surgery for young female patients with mild-to-moderate juvenile hallux valgus deformity.
Choi JY1, Ahn HC1, Kim SH1, Lee SY1, Suh JS2.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Electronic address: sjs0506@paik.ac.kr.
We aimed to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and distal chevron metatarsal osteotomy (DCMO) for young female patients with mild-to-moderate juvenile hallux valgus deformity.
We retrospectively reviewed the radiographs and clinical findings of young female patients with mild-to-moderate juvenile hallux valgus who underwent MIS (25 feet) or DCMO (30 feet). In 12 of 25 MIS feet, 2.0-mm bio-absorbable pins were used as an additional fixation device crossing the osteotomy site, and 1.4-mm Kirschner wires were used in the remaining 13 feet.
Radiographic and clinical parameters preoperatively and at the final follow-up were not significantly different between the 2 groups. There were no significant differences in the increments of hallux valgus angle (HVA), distal metatarsal articular angle, medial sesamoid position, first metatarsal length, metatarsal length index, or relative second metatarsal length. Two MIS subgroups according to the additional fixation device showed no significant differences in HVA, the first to second intermetatarsal angle lateral translation ratio, or plantar offset at the final follow-up.
MIS for young female patients with mild-to-moderate juvenile hallux valgus deformity had similar radiographic and clinical outcomes compared to DCMO. Regarding additional fixation crossing the osteotomy site, both temporary Kirschner wires and absorbable pins showed no radiographic differences in terms of correction maintenance.
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Copyright © 2017 European Foot and Ankle Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Distal chevron metatarsal osteotomy; Juvenile hallux valgus; Minimally invasive surgery
10.1016/j.fas.2017.12.006