Lanner FW-7525 reviews, would you recommend?
I am trying to decide if I should get a Lanner FW-7525. How well does the hardware work? Are you able to route using all the NIC ports and not just have them switched? Is the dual core enough or is the quad core necessary? How many watts power does it normally use? Do you use the old fashioned compact flash or the SATA SSD?
I am looking to use this with gigabit up/down connection.
Never used one personally but that is 6 individual interfaces. 4 from the i354 in the SoC and 2 additional i210s.
It looks very similar to 7551 we used to sell a long while back. That should tell you it's an old design. I probably wouldn't buy that new now unless it was a very good price.
It looks closer to the SG-4860. For the SG-4860 Active Connections: 8,000,000 looks a lot better then Active Connections: 1.8 million for the newer SG-3100. What is better about the newer one?
What's the advantage for the SG-3100 over the SG-4860?
It depends what your use case is. Do you actually need 6 separate subnets?
The total active connections figure is limited by the available RAM.


As all B2B researchers know, reaching out to certain groups within the population can be very challenging. With workers struggling to juggle their busy diaries of work, rest and play, it can be tricky to find a time to get a group of busy people to sit down together and give their full attention to a topic.
This was exactly the challenge we faced this week in trying to coordinate a focus group of senior business professionals.
Putting ourselves in the shoes of those who we needed to speak with, a breakfast focus group was convened, held in the heart of the capital, within easy reach of one of the busiest transport hubs in the city. Although not a 'traditional' time of day to hold a focus group, this time was designed to fit the needs of a group of individuals who would find a lunch time, day time or evening slot much more difficult to accommodate.
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We added to this mix a promise of croissants, pastries and muffins, plus generous helpings of tea and coffee, and the perfect environment was created. Conversation flowed, ideas were shared as breakfast was consumed, and we achieved over 100% of our target responses. And it was all wrapped up before 9am.


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Murder victim's parents plan national campaign to encourage service to others
Parents of Jana Mackey start campaign
Nov 7, 2008 - 2:39pm
Jesse Fray
Eleven Hundred Torches campaign kickoff will be held Thursday at the Granada Theater, 1020 Mass.
A Silent auction begins at 7:30 p.m.; a campaign presentation will be at 9 p.m.; and music is planned from 9:30 p.m. to midnight.
For more information, visit www.1100torches.org.
Jana Mackey's parents were overwhelmed by the 1,100 people who attended their daughter's July 9 funeral service. The 25-year-old Kansas University law student had been found murdered inside her ex-boyfriend's Lawrence home six days earlier.
Her funeral at Liberty Hall had to be delayed by several minutes, as mourners lined Massachusetts Street waiting to get inside. The crowd was so large that dozens of people ended up sitting on the floor or standing at the back of the hall, 642 Mass.
It was the large number of people who came from across the country to pay tribute to Mackey that motivated her parents to create a national campaign, called Eleven Hundred Torches. The campaign is intended to inspire and encourage 1,100 people to find ways to serve others. The stories will be documented on a website, 1100torches.org.
"For us to find any meaning whatsoever in the whole chaotic mess, we had to come up with something positive," said Christie Brungardt, Mackey's mother. "We had to turn this horrendous event into something positive, because that's what Jana would have done."
Mackey's parents, who live in Hays, haven't been able to understand why their daughter was killed, but they hope the campaign — which kicks off Thursday in Lawrence — will help carry her legacy forward.
"We just believe that there's got to be some meaning behind this horrible event," said Curt Brungardt, Mackey's stepfather.
The second-year law student was well-known for her civic service. She had been active in political campaigns, as a state lobbyist, and was a domestic violence and women's rights advocate and volunteer in Lawrence. Every speaker at Mackey's funeral mentioned her "fallen torch."
"We had to pick up Jana's torch," Christie Brungardt said. "We couldn't let Jana's torch die with her."
Forming the campaign, named for the comments and number of people at the funeral, has been bittersweet, Mackey's parents said.
"This has been somewhat therapeutic, but on the other hand it is also a very painful thing to do," said her mother. "It occupies your life, day and night."
The man suspected in Mackey's death fled to New Jersey, where he killed himself while in police custody. The Brungardts said they feel fortunate they won't have to sit through a murder trial full of crime scene photographs or go to parole hearings for the rest of their lives.
A benefit kickoff for the campaign will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Granada Theater, 1020 Mass. The event, which ends at midnight, will include dancing and live music by The Michael Hamm Jazz Quartet and Yuca Roots, a Brazilian reggae band. A silent auction will raise money to take the campaign to a national level.
Several advocacy organizations will be on hand during the benefit, to help people find their own cause in making a difference in the world.
"As long as your purpose is to make a difference in other people's lives, we want Jana to motivate you to do that," Curt Brungardt said.
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the autonomic nervous system - which controls the heart and the blood pressure are highly affected by stress. Stress and abnormal nervous functions causes changes in bleeding patterns in females having overly sensitive automatic nerves system. The system involves the pain receptors in the nerve fibers found in the pelvic and the uterus and the abnormalities of the autonomic nerves system causes intense pain. The women suffering from abnormalities of the arteries in the female reproductive organ where the blood flow is impaired suffer from such pain or those suffering from endometriosis - can suffer from growth of tissues in the female organs - bowels, ovaries and even bladder, which causes pain and inconvenience during the monthly flow.
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Value of 2007 Euro (Slovenia) today
The inflation rate in Slovenia between 2007 and today has been 22.73%, which translates into a total increase of €22.73. This means that 100 euro in 2007 are equivalent to 122.73 euro in 2021. In other words, the purchasing power of €100 in 2007 equals €122.73 today. The average annual inflation rate has been 1.37%.
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Slovenia inflation - Conversion table
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Q: Object-oriented programming in PHP - are SOME aspects overkill for an application? I've been reading and digging into the theory in OOP a lot recently and one question always seems to come up for me.
It seems that some of the concepts, such as abstract classes, interfaces, and to a lesser extent visibility, have more to do with situations where other people will be extending your code...
For example, let's say I was making a simple CRUD application for a small company to store customer information, contact information, orders, etc. The size of the application may warrant an OOP architecture, but I know from the offset that no one else will be extending this code and that it will be a 'closed' project once I've finished it. As such, it seems that setting things up for the future, and creating those sort of protections and contracts -- via abstract classes, interfaces -- may be overkill? Does that seem accurate?
All that being said, I'm all for doing things correctly and thoroughly at all times. And I also understand that one of the main purposes of OOP is for maintainability and extendability for the future. I just have a hard time wrapping my head around interfaces and abstract classes sometimes, and I have the feeling it's because the smaller projects I do rarely involve other people extending the code, or creating APIs and such.

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The size of the app may warrant an OOP architecture, but I know from the offset that no one else will be extending this code and that it will be a 'closed' project once I've finished it. As such, it seems that setting things up for the future, and creating those sort of protections and contracts -- via abstract classes, interfaces -- may be overkill? Does that seem accurate?

Well, in short, that's not accurate.  If you're writing code for a reason, there's a good chance it'll need to be maintained.  Following good OOP practices will make it easier to debug problems in the future.  But that's not where the key to OOP is.
As you have indicated, the true benfits of the OOP paradigm are when it comes to future modification.  From the 60/60 rule, we know that 60% of a projects cost come after delivery.  And 60% of that cost comes from changes to the specification.  That's why you should do "all that work".
Sure, for some projects it will be completely overkill.  But the key is that the only time that you can actually know if it's overkill is well after delivery when you don't change the application.  I've seen first hand many projects that fit into both categories (before delivery we thought would be dead after, but wasn't and those we thought would be really active but died).  So since you can't know for certain until the time comes to make the modifications, it may (or more likely is, depending on you exact situation) be worth it to just invest all the effort for all projects...
Remember, if you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it over?

A: Honestly, you won't be writing any interfaces or abstract classes until you start writing code with sufficient complexity. The reason they feel like overkill for the examples you read in books is that they often are. Once you actually get into one of those big projects, though, you'll see why they're useful.
What you will immediately benefit from are simple classes, with maybe some shallow inheritance. The most obvious place will be your database abstraction and data models. You benefit from doing that immediately, even while your program is small. If there are two places you create a new blog post, then having a blog post object immediately moves the code for creating it, and all the database interaction related to it, to a single place instead of duplicated:
$post = new BlogPost();
$post->setTitle("Hello World");
$post->setContent("An awesome update about my life!");
$post->save();

...etc

A: It is not just other people extending your code, but you at a future date.
If your application is one page, or very small, you can code your PHP procedurally.

A: And I also understand that one of the main purposes of OOP is for maintainability and extendability for the future. You pretty much summed it up there. If not for the sake of present usability, it definitely can prevent major bald spots by employing such methods early on in the development process.
How are you so sure it will be a "closed" project? Is it really impossible for no other features/modifications to occur?

A: OOP is foremost a syntax variation. You can write object-oriented code in procedural or low-level languages too (see glib).
Since it's a syntax construct, it should be used for making code more readable. And only that. Maintainability and extendability are secondary attributes (and sometimes misattributions).
Avoid object happiness, but don't eschew sensible structures.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/03/your-code-oop-or-poo.html

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The hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) is a medium-sized North American thrush. It is not very closely related to the other North American migrant species of Catharus, but rather to the Mexican russet nightingale-thrush. Adults are mainly brown on the upperparts, with reddish tails. The underparts are white with dark spots on the breast and grey or brownish flanks. They have pink legs and a white eye ring. Birds in the east are more olive-brown on the upperparts; western birds are more grey-brown.
Their breeding habitat is coniferous or mixed woods across Canada, Alaska, and the northeastern and western United States. They make a cup nest on the ground or relatively low in a tree.
Hermit thrushes migrate to wintering grounds in the southern United States and south to Central America but some remain in northern coastal US states and southern Ontario. Although they usually only breed in forests, hermit thrushes will sometimes winter in parks and wooded suburban neighbourhoods. They are very rare vagrants to western Europe. It has also occurred as a vagrant in northeast Asia.


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CNC unveils new logo
The College of New Caledonia (CNC) has unveiled a new logo.
The almost 50-year-old institution hasn't updated its logo since 2004.
CNC's new look is both modern and reflective of the deep connection CNC has to the communities it has served for nearly half a century, according to a CNC news release.
"Our brand is who we are," said CNC President Henry Reiser. "It's what distinguishes us from others. It permeates our decisions and affects our service delivery. 'The College of New' – a place where the brand is as diverse as the communities we serve, the students who learn here, and the people who dedicate themselves to seeing others succeed."
In November 2017, CNC hired Léger Marketing to research its brand and discovered a disconnection between CNC's reputation and its visual identity.
Though CNC had a reputation score within its region on par with brands such as Shoppers Drug Mart and Google (81 per cent), only 45 per cent of respondents had a positive opinion of CNC's current logo with only 21 per cent thinking it stood out among other colleges.
In December 2017, the Characterizing CNC project launched with a goal to unify the college through a new visual identity, brand, and website.
Throughout the next 14 months, the project came to life from interviews, collaborative workshops, feedback sessions, and steering committees with hundreds of current and prospective students, employees, instructors, alumni, donors, partners and stakeholders.
"This project was truly a team effort encompassing all facets of the CNC community," said Alyson Gourley-Cramer, CNC Executive Director of Communications. "As a result, it genuinely captures the essence of who we are and where we have the potential to go as an institution."
CNC's logo is the centrepiece of its visual identity. It's a bold, contemporary logo that embraces CNC's heritage through colour and connection, she says.
"Our logo brings to life the transformative experience of a CNC education," Gourley-Cramer said. "While the primary logo holds a formality, the visual emphasis is on 'CNC'. This is the affectionate name that students, alumni and employees have used for years when referring to the college."
The bar is a unique, simple graphic element of the logo representing one of CNC's most important brand qualities: connection, she says.
"You will see the bar being used creatively throughout design and campaigns, extending the life of the brand as we evolve and grow," Gourley-Cramer said.
With the participation from workshops and the steering committee, CNC's colours were chosen.
"The vibrant communities CNC serves, coupled with our natural environment, determined the colour palette for this project," she said.
"Taking on a project like this takes commitment and determination to ensure consultation and collaboration occur," said CNC Board Chair Gil Malfair. "The Board has participated and supported the College throughout this process and we are pleased with the result."
The rollout of CNC's new visual identity is a phased approach to signage and asset replacement leading to a celebratory event in September for CNC's 50th anniversary year. As part of the rollout, CNC will launch its new website in May 2019.
The Characterizing CNC project featured an extensive consultation process, which involved the entire college community – every step of the way, including:
37 attendees at brand definition workshops
11 focus groups
530+ participants in workshops and sessions
66 presentations and meetings with different stakeholders, campuses, and steering committees
107 participants (and counting) in brand training
The project resulted in new policies and procedures, 400 new photos, videos and procedures and an institutional website launching May 2019.


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Name: Leonard Monteagle Barlow
Leonard Monteagle Barlow
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Place of Birth: Highbury, London, England
Died: 05 February 1918
Place of Death: Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, England
Cemetery: Bandon Hill Cemetery
The son of Leonard and Katherine (Monteagle) Barlow, Leonard Monteagle Barlow's father was an engineer and technical advisor to the Ministry of Munitions. Following in his father's footsteps, Barlow studied electical engineering before he joined the Royal Flying Corps on his eighteenth birthday, 5 June 1916. After training at Oxford, 2nd Lieutenant Barlow received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 3426 on a Maurice Farman biplane at military school, Brooklands on 22 August 1916. He then served with a variety of squadrons before being posted to 56 Squadron on 8 February 1917. Barlow accompanied this unit to France on 4 April 1917. As an S.E.5 pilot, he was known for his resourcefulness. "The Gadget King" developed a method to fire his Vickers and Lewis machine guns simultaneously with a single trigger. On 25 September 1917, he attacked four German aircraft over the Houthulst Forest and shot down three of them in three minutes. By the time he was posted to the Home Establishment on 20 October 1917, he had downed 20 enemy aircraft. Posted to the School of Aerial Fighting, Ayr on 6 November 1917, Barlow was appointed Chief Instructor. On 23 January 1918, he transferred to the Aeroplane Experimental Station, Martlesham Heath as a Flight Commander. Four months before his twentieth birthday, Barlow was killed in a flying accident whilst testing a Sopwith Dolphin. Several months later, his medals and decorations were posthumously presented to his father in a special ceremony at Wellington Barracks, London on 28 September 1918.
The Roll of Honour of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, page 13
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Military Cross (MC)
2nd Lt. Leonard Mcnteagle Barlow, R.F.C., Spec. Res.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when engaged in aerial combats. He has set a very fine example of courage and dash in attacking and destroying hostile machines. He also attacked and stopped a goods train, silenced a machine gun on an enemy aerodrome, and dispersed troops on the roads from a very low altitude.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 25 August 1917 (30251/8806)
Military Cross (MC) First Bar
2nd Lt. Leonard Monteagle Barlow, M.C., R.F.C., Spec. Res.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in aerial combats over a considerable period, during the course of which he destroyed six enemy machines and drove down three out of control. He has taken part in over sixty offensive patrols, of which he led ten. His gallantry and skill have been most marked and consistent.
(M.C. gazetted 25th August, 1917.)
Supplement to the London Gazette, 7 March 1918 (30561/2898)
Military Cross (MC) Second Bar
Lt. Leonard Monteagle Barlow, M.C., R.F.C., Spec. Res.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in aerial combats. In the course of a fortnight he destroyed several enemy machines; one occasion he attacked four enemy scouts and shot one down in flames, and two others, which were seen to crash. He showed the greatest gallantry, dash and skill.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 18 March 1918 (30583/3418)
1 24 Apr 1917 1140 56 S.E.5 (A4858) Albatros C (OOC) 1 Bellone
2 27 May 1917 0615-0700 56 S.E.5 (A4858) C (DES) Plouvain
4 13 Jul 1917 2000 56 S.E.5 (A8910) Albatros D.V (OOC) Moorslede
5 17 Jul 1917 2015 56 S.E.5 (A8910) Albatros D.V (DES) 2 Roulers-Menin Road
6 26 Jul 1917 1930-2030 56 S.E.5 (B507) Albatros D.V (DES) Roulers-Menin Road
7 05 Aug 1917 1930-2030 56 S.E.5 (B507) Albatros D.V (DES) NE of Dadizeele
8 14 Aug 1917 0930-1030 56 S.E.5 (B507) C (DES) Moorslede
9 17 Aug 1917 1920-1945 56 S.E.5 (B507) Albatros D.V (DES) Moorslede
10 17 Aug 1917 1920-1945 56 S.E.5 (B507) Albatros D.V (OOC) Wervicq
11 20 Aug 1917 1850-1930 56 S.E.5 (B507) Albatros D.V (DES) E of Roulers
12 20 Aug 1917 1850-1930 56 S.E.5 (B507) Albatros D.V (OOC) E of Polygon Wood
13 16 Sep 1917 1830 56 S.E.5 (B511) Albatros D.V (DES) Wervicq
14 24 Sep 1917 1715-1830 56 S.E.5 (B511) C (DES) S of Houthoulst Forest
15 25 Sep 1917 1740 56 S.E.5 (B511) Albatros D.V (DESF) Houthoulst Forest
16 25 Sep 1917 1740 56 S.E.5 (B511) Pfalz D.III (DESF) Houthoulst Forest
17 25 Sep 1917 1740 56 S.E.5 (B511) Pfalz D.III (DES) Houthoulst Forest
18 27 Sep 1917 1730-1845 56 S.E.5 (B511) Albatros D.V (OOC) Menin-Roulers Road
19 28 Sep 1917 0815-0840 56 S.E.5 (B511) Albatros D.V (OOC) S of Houthoulst Forest
20 01 Oct 1917 1700-1815 56 S.E.5 (B511) Albatros D.V (OOC) 3 Westroosebeke
1 Shared with Capt Cyril Crowe, Lt M A Kay (A4866)
2 Shared with Capt Ian Henderson, 2Lt Arthur Rhys Davids, 2Lt Kenneth Muspratt, Lt V P Cronyn (A4856)
3 Shared with Capt James McCudden, Lt Arthur Rhys Davids, Lt M H Coote (B1), Lt D J Reason (A8961)


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2018/2019: THE YEAR OF SAINTS EPICTETUS AND ASTION. THE EUROPEAN PILGRIMAGE YEAR!
A new program of Cultural Pilgrimage for 2018/2019 was launched by Global Tourism Institution of European Council on Tourism and Trade.
The program is a reflection of the potential and the role of religious tourism and sacred places as a tool for socio-economic and cultural development of destinations.
The visitor of sacred places in general and the one of Murighiol/Dobruja in particular, is characterized by a remarkable loyalty to the visited site.
Hence, it can be said that tourist's loyalty is in these cases an essential element of the relationship that the religious tourist and the pilgrim establish with the destinations which they are visiting.
Thus, a key principle is to preserve the spirit of the destinations, authenticity and integrity in the way that they are managed and promoted while making them accessible for all.
Taken in consideration all of the above considerations the European Tourism Council has decided that: 2018/2019 will be a year dedicated to the celebration of the Christian heritage of the Europe and also of the unity of the continent and will also mark the Latin continuity and the two millennia of Christian life on Dobruja and Balkans and Asia Minor (today`s Turkey) by presenting the sacred heritage of Holy Martyrs Epictetus and Astion, has decided the Academic Council of European Council on Tourism and Trade (ECTT).
Saints Martyrs Epictetus and Astion are perfectly representing the values of today Europe as their life and sacrifice is creating a pilgrimage of faith that is uniting Turkey with Balkans and Eastern Europe.During their life and priesthood they spread the Christian light from Asia Minor (nowadays Turkey) through Balkans and obtained their crown of immortality in today Romania-Dubruja/Dobrogea.
By their life work and sacrifice they united Asia and Europe , East and West.
They also united Orthodox Christian and Catholic Church as they are celebrated in both rites and are speaking about the unity of Christianity in the world of today, they are the bridge that can and will unite the two Christian Churches.
They are also a perfect example of sacrifice and life offered in the service of Our Savior Jesus Christ, has highlighted their significance Professor Dr. Anton Caragea – ECTT President.
Europe of our days needs to be remembered his Latin/Roman and Christian roots and we must not overlook that we are the beneficiaries of two millennia of Christian legacy this are fundamental dates of the historical evolution of European culture.
Murighiol Cathedral dedicated to Saints Martyrs Epictetus and Astion.The center of European Cultural Pilgrimage Year 2018/2019.
The Halmyris-Murighiol fortification today. A central point of the map of cultural and historical treasures of Dobrogea (Dobruja).
In this perspective, the Saints Martyrs Epictetus and Astion role is a fundamental one as we are speaking of the oldest historically proven martyrs of the Church on the territory of Eastern Europe, they are not only teaching us on the uninterrupted continuity of civilization on the banks of Danube, but also are offering us a lesson on the love for Christ of our people, even more resounding as we are having here saints registered in the Catholic and Orthodox pantheon so truly universal saints testifying for the Holy Church in his wholeness, saints that are making Europe proud of her legacy, concluded the historical presentation of the moment President Professor Dr. Anton Caragea.
The focal point of the celebrations for 2018/2019 THE YEAR OF SAINTS MARTYRS EPICTETUS AND ASTION will take place on July 8, 2018 and on July 8, 2019 (dates marking the beginning and the end of the celebrations) on Murighiol (former roman city of Halmyris) in the cathedral of Saints Epictetus and Astion with a special mass taking place in the honor of the holy martyrs of Christian faith and of European Christian legacy and heritage: Saints EPICTETUS and ASTION.
The celebrations will be lead by European cultural, religious and political personalities and by representatives of all Christian faith denominations leaders and will also have European Council on Tourism and Trade President-Professor Dr. Anton Caragea in attendance.
The proposal for an European wide celebration of Saints EPICTETUS and ASTION was made by Romania and unanimously approved by European Council on Tourism and Trade as an European Cultural Pilgrimage Program dedicated to highlight the cultural richness and potential of heritage to unite peoples and traditions.
The excavated ruins of the Roman Cathedral built on VIII century on the spot where Saints Epictetus and Astion suffered martyrdom for their faith in Jesus Christ in 290 after Chr.
ON SAINTS MARTYRS EPICTETUS AND ASTION.
It is the celebration of the oldest holy martyrs known in the territory of Dobrogea, Epictetus and Astion, the Orthodox Church commemorates on 8 July.Description of life and their passion was kept in the Acts of the Martyrs with large details.They are known as saints Halmyris, the ancient Christian city located on the banks of the Danube that was called in ancient times "Almyra". They suffered a martyr's death during fierce persecution against the Christian church triggered by Emperor Diocletian (244-311) on 8 July 290. Surely they are the martyrs old Dobrogea certified undoubtedly by hagiographic resources.
Life and their passion where retold in the Acts of the Martyrs, but unfortunately the originals where destroyed,and their holy martyr act we were kept only in a later century copy. XV, located in the Church of the Saviour in Utrecht and was published in 1615 by Jesuit scholar Herbert Rosweyde († 1629).
In 1921, Benedictine Dom Germain Morin discovered in remembrance of martyrology Ieronimian St. Epictetus and Astion on May 23 in "The S.S. Epicteto presbytero et Astion monachu martyribus Almiridensibus in Scythia ", confirming the veracity of statements he Acta Sanctorum, edited by H. Rosweyde, mentioned above.
Acta Sanctorum took passages from a study of its impact on the two saints and martyrs renowned researcher and historian Netzhammer Raymund (1862-1945), Catholic archbishop arrived in Bucharest and left posterity work Epiktet und Astion, diokletianische Martyrer I Danaudelta, Zug. 1937.
The terrible proof of martyrdom: the beheaded sacred bodies of the saints discovered after an 1700 years hiatus.
HISTORICAL LANDMARKS.
Saints Epictetus and Astion from Halmyris.
Saint Epictetus, priest, and Saint Astion, originals from Asia Minor, were martyrs for Christ in the 3rd century in Scytia Minor (the today Romanian region Dobruja-Dobrogea, situated between Danube and the Black Sea).They were originally from Little Asia.Information about their lives is known only from a copy of a 15th century manuscript kept in the archive of the Savior Church in Utrecht, published in 1615 by the Jesuit monk Herbert Rosweyde, the initiator of the hagiographic collections Acta Sanctorum, under the title "SS. Epicteto presbytero et Astion monacho, martirybus Almiridiensibus in Scythia ".
WHY DJIBOUTI IS TAKING A FORE FRONT ON WORLD TOURISM?
Africa is on the rise is a well-known trope but the rapid climbing on the top of world tourist destinations is a reality powered by booming economies, improving security, better air connectivity and of course incredible natural and historical potential.
A new memento of this (we hope) unstoppable march toward tourism status was the decision of global tourism institution – EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON TOURISM AND TRADE to recognize President of Djibouti as a global leader in tourism development.
To mark this fortunate moment for Africa`s development and to mark down an African vision we present our readers with six accomplishments that are placing President Ismail Omar Guelleh achievements on the top of African and world tourism leadership.
President of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh was elected as a member of European Tourism Academy and has received the Letter addressed to world leaders in tourism and development in recognition of his visionary leadership in related to tourism.
Here are six arguments that can solid present his case:
AIR DJIBOUTI
Air Djibouti has succeeded a new re-birth starting with cargo activities in 2015 and started again to fly across the world: "Djibouti is reconfirming his strategic position in the international commerce, global transport and it is centrally positioned at the heart of the second most important maritime trade line in the world" marked Aboubaker Omar Hadi, president of Port and Free Trade Authority of Djibouti in a public ceremony on the tarmac of Djibouti airport.
New air travel connections will start in 2017, linking Asia and Europe with Africa welcoming around 200.000 passengers per year on board of his flights.
DJIBOUTI AIRPORT
Djibouti Airport and Djibouti Air are both state-owned companies that are proving that in a highly competitive market they can still impose themselves, bring profit and attract international costumers as long as they are well-managed.
Djibouti is one of the world most accommodating to world tourists offering visa on arrival to a large number of citizens from Europe, Asia and Africa.European Journal of Tourism Visa Openness 2018 evaluation placed Djibouti on the second position among African countries in term of friendliness for tourism entry and visa facilities.
DJIBOUTI CITY: A WELL-GROOMED CITY
In contrast to many other world cities, the capital of Djibouti is a safe, clean and order city ranking year after year on top of best cities to live in.
Security is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most important issues in promoting tourism.Djibouti is an example of order and with the country hosting military bases of United States, France and China you could be well safe in this nation that is enjoying a perfect security situation and is a proven exporter of stability throughout Africa.
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Djibouti city is renowned for the great numbers of high-quality hotels, well-groomed offices where businessmen's from around the world are feeling perfectly making the city a base for international trade on the continent.
With sophisticated infrastructure, Djibouti has succeeded in claiming the mantle of a regional capital for the international companies seeking to expand or making business in Eastern Africa.


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Following on from their acclaimed 2015 debut Down Time (released on Bedroom Suck in Australia, Fire Records in the UK), Her is a shining jewel of an album. Elizabeth Mitchell's voice is a thing of unearthly beauty, capable of soaring and swooping in shiver-inducing ways. As a songwriter she is equally arresting, addressing desires and dreams with affecting frankness. In Totally Mild she is joined by guitar magician Zachary Schneider, drummer Ashley Bundang and bassist Lehmann Smith. In the last few years the band have developed a quasi-psychic intensity, surging forward or pulling back in seamless unison. This intensity has been captured in crystalline form by producer and one-time Architecture In Helsinki member James Cecil. Her is polished and spacious, while never losing the feeling of a band in full flight. After Down Time's release, Totally Mild toured UK/Europe in 2015, then hit the US in early 2017, playing SXSW and a string of LA/NYC shows. In Australia they have played Meredith Music Festival and shared stages with the likes of Real Estate, Kurt Vile, Best Coast, DIIV and The Chills. About the new album, Mitchell says "Her is a record of failure and victory, new desire, stale romance, queer domesticity and what comes when the party is over. I was torn between a new domestic life and the impulse to tear it all away with bad choices. I fell in love, but I wrestled for independence. I was always trying to prove that I didn't need anyone; my wife, my friends, my band. Her is a document of a woman struggling with the idea of potential. We are told that we could be limitless, but we wrestle with unseen personal and structural walls." Mood rises and falls expertly throughout the album: Working Like A Crow, originally written for a children's choir, is simple in its self-sufficiency. From One Another is an eulogy for a toxic relationship given the most graceful pop setting. Mitchell's love for piano balladry is showcased on Lucky Stars, while Today Tonight is kinetic, dynamic guitar pop at its finest.. Across their powerful, delicate, luminous second album Her, Totally Mild move through light and shade with silky finesse….
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Le Pen stripped of French immunity over gruesome IS pictures
(MENAFN- Gulf Times) France's National Assembly on Wednesday lifted the immunity from prosecution of far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting pictures of Islamic State group atrocities, parliamentary sources said.
The decision was taken by a cross-party committee in charge of the internal functioning of the assembly, after a request from the authorities to lift Le Pen's parliamentary immunity over a crime that carries up to three years in prison.
The leader of the National Front, who ran a failed campaign for president this year, in 2015 tweeted three pictures of IS atrocities, including one of James Foley, an American journalist beheaded by the extremists.
"Daesh is THIS!" she wrote in a post accompanying the photos, using an Arabic acronym for IS.
Faced with outrage on social media and from Foley's family, Le Pen later deleted the picture of the American, saying she had been unaware he was the man in the picture.
French authorities launched an investigation into the incident but could not press charges while Le Pen had protection from prosecution.
At the time Le Pen was a member of the European Parliament.
That assembly voted in March to lift her immunity over the pictures but three months later she won it back after being elected to the French parliament.
Wednesday's decision of the 22-member Assembly committee is the latest blow to the 49-year-old politician, who has appeared adrift since suffering a sound defeat at the hands of Emmanuel Macron in May's presidential runoff.
After proving a formidable opponent, Le Pen lost to Macron with 33.9 percent to his 66.1 percent of the vote after floundering badly in a final TV debate between the pair.
The party also fared badly in June parliamentary elections, taking just eight seats out of 577 -- too few to have much of an impact on lawmaking.
In September, tensions between rival party factions -- one led by anti-immigration hardliners, the other by anti-EU nationalists -- burst into the open with the resignation of Le Pen's right-hand man Florian Philippot.
Philippot devised Le Pen's strategy of detoxifying the FN brand and her unpopular promise to pull France out of the eurozone if elected president.


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Today we had planned to do a day trip to Blagaj, about 12 kms from Mostar. Unfortunately Tim hasn't been feeling well today, so we spent another quiet day in Mostar. My poor husband is now wrapped up in bed and has been sleeping since mid-afternoon. He is running a bit of a fever and I just hope he will be feeling better by tomorrow.
In the meantime, I have a few things to add to my previous notes. The first is about smoking in this city (or perhaps in this country?). We realised that many people smoke, but I don't think even we had realised how many smoke! Last night we went out for a quick pasta and pizza at the little restaurant above the ABC cake shop. It wasn't too busy when we arrived, but at least 2 or 3 tables were smoking. We opted for a table next to the window, thank goodness, as there aren't actually any 'no smoking' areas in the restaurant. By the time our food arrived, the restaurant was filling up, and every single table was made up of smokers! It was unbearable. Tim and I opened the windows a little more, and then a little more and again some more. Eventually we agreed to just try and eat as fast as possible, and get out of there. We stank of smoke! I coughed uncontrollably once we got outside. We agreed not to repeat the experience – we would eat earlier during the day when it was warm enough to eat outside to avoid it ever again.
I have realised that knowing where you can and can't wear your shoes is a bit of mine field: Not in the bedroom, not in the main house, but you can wear them in the small and larger dining room. Yesterday, when we went in to see the main house, we were ordered to take off our shoes and put on slippers. I indicated that I was happy to wear just my socks. No, no, I had to wear slippers. He pointed at a pair of (worn!) slippers at the entrance. The thought made me cringe – who else had been wearing those slippers? As I hesitantly slipped my feet into the slippers, I could feel that they were still worn by whomever wore them before me. Oh my gosh it freaked me out. Another experience not to be repeated.
Today we eventually saw one of the local lads jump off the bridge – apparently they do this often as a way of making money. They walk around with a hat collecting money, and if they get enough, they'll jump off the bridge!
I have still not heard any UK English. On our first day there were a few Americans staying at the Muslibegovic House, where we are staying, and today I heard another American woman, but that's the only native English I've heard thus far.
There are no chain stores here, and very little world-wide brands: no McDonalds and I hardly recognise a single brand in the supermarkets!


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THE ERA OF PLAIN PACKAGING IS COMING IN THAILAND
The latest legislative developments in the tobacco sector in Thailand are worrying the tobacco industry but also the food and beverage sectors as similar regulations may follow.
The content of the draft Thai Tobacco Product Control Act ("TPCA") regulating the packaging and labeling of tobacco products has first been introduced in 2010 under a different Bill named draft Tobacco Consumption Control Act (or "TCCA"), and shows the ever growing restrictions imposed on the tobacco industry in Thailand.
The increased size of shock-pictures and health warning statements covering the package of cigarettes is one example. Compared with its neighbors, Thailand is leading the way since 2014 with 85% of space coverage (previously, 55%).
Key provisions of the draft TPCA
•Increase of the minimum age for the purchase of cigarettes to 20 years (instead of 18 years currently) in an attempt to reduce youth smoking (Article 26);
•Ban of the sale of individual cigarettes and in a number smaller than 20 for the purpose of limiting access to, and discouraging purchase of cigarettes (Article 39);
•Tobacco product sales restrictions such as prohibition of cigarette vending machines (Article 27);
•Broader definition of tobacco products to cover any item containing nicotine, including hookahs and electronic cigarettes (Article 4);
•Stricter rules on advertising of tobacco products such as prohibition of the display of the names or marks of tobacco products, or of the manufacturer or importer, on tobacco products or non-tobacco products and any logo or symbol that might cause the public to understand that such names or marks are the names or marks of the tobacco products or of the manufacturer or importer, prohibition of sponsorship and merchandising as forms of indirect advertisement (Articles 30-36);
•Obligation for manufacturers to disclose all ingredients in tobacco products to the MOPH for the purpose of obtaining the Certificate of Notification of the list of components of tobacco products, a necessary document for the sale of tobacco products in Thailand (Article 37). Since the list would be published, this disclosure requirement would jeopardize trade secret protection that may be granted to the composition of tobacco products (one condition of the protection being to remain secret);
•Obligation for manufacturers and importers to disclose the volumes of produced and imported tobacco products, marketing costs and incomes generated from the sale of tobacco products in Thailand and any other relevant information (Article 40);
•Open door to the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes by allowing the MOPH to impose the criteria and features of tobacco products' packaging (size, color, symbol, label, trademark, pictures and messages (Article 38- The initial disputed provision stating that « The law on intellectual property shall not apply to the display of the Package under this Section" has been deleted). "Plain packaging" – also known as homogenous, generic or standardized packaging- refers to the appearance of all tobacco packages in a standardized manner: the cigarette packaging is a single color and the brand name is reproduced in a standard font, size and location.
Public Health vs. Private Rights: the battle of the Giants
The Thai Ministry of Public Health is defending the new text in the name of public health.
For the tobacco industry, this new law (and plain packaging laws in general) are violating intellectual property rights and international treaties, encouraging illicit trade and making it difficult for consumers to identify the product's genuine source.
The Thai Ministry of Commerce is trying to conciliate the interests of both sides: whilst aiming to discourage, and help consumers quit smoking, the new Bill should not affect the rights of the trademark owners and trade secrets as protected under the Thai Trademark and Trade Secret Acts and should comply with the international agreements regarding trade and intellectual property.
These concerns are shared by some WTO Member Countries such as Mexico, Honduras, the European Union, China, the United States of America and Brazil which raised a series of questions to the Thai representatives during the last WTO's Trade Policy Review in November 2015. When asked how to ensure a fair competition environment for the sale of tobacco products, what would be the impact on trademarks currently used on tobacco products or whether similar plain packaging regulations will be extended to alcoholic beverages, Thailand reaffirmed its commitment to the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and public health policy.
Current legislative process: 2017, the turning point for plain packaging in Thailand?
The Bill has been approved by the National Legislative Assembly on March 3, 2017 and is now awaiting signature by the King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun for enactment and publication in the Governement Gazette which is expected early May 2017.
The WTO ruling in the disputes relating to Australia's tobacco plain packaging measure has been postponed to May 2017. A decision in favor of the Australian government will likely pave the road for similar regulations in Thailand. To date, plain packaging is effective in the United Kingdom since May 2016 and in France since January 1, 2017 (for retailers, manufacturers had to comply by May 2016).
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Note: This story was originally published on the Chamberlin Family Foundation website. It has been modified to reflect a continuing initiative supported by the Chamberlin Education Foundation.
Even before the pandemic, principal Nicole Ruiz planned to lead her school through significant changes this year to improve student learning. But she could not have predicted the rapid shifts in her team's teaching practices that 'distance learning' would require.
"None of us have really started a school year this way," said Ruiz, now in her third year leading Stege Elementary School in Richmond. Like all WCCUSD schools, Stege launched remote classes this semester in response to COVID-19.
Stege, which serves the highest percentage of African American students in the district (52% in 2019), was singled out last year—well before the pandemic—by the superintendent for a full programmatic redesign to address chronically low student academic scores and rampant teacher turnover, according to Ruiz.
Recognizing that she and her team could use targeted support to address these challenges, Ruiz joined a dozen other WCCUSD principals and their teams as part of the Chamberlin Education Foundation's 2020-21 Instructional Leadership Community of Practice (IL CoP).
"What I've been able to gain in this short period of time," Ruiz said after participating in the IL CoP's summer workshops, "is really invaluable."
Since 2018, the IL CoP has brought together principals, vice principals, and instructional leaders to learn from experts on curriculum and instruction, and from one another, in an effort to improve academic outcomes for students in some of the district's highest-need schools.
Above: Stege Elementary School Principal Nicole Ruiz shares her approach to a challenging school year. Top: Taylor Parham, Principal at Lincoln Elementary, in an unoccupied classroom at her school. Photo and video © Chamberlin Education Foundation
According to Ruiz, participating in the CoP's summer distance-learning workshops strengthened her team's remote teaching practices to meet grade-level standards. Beyond that, Ruiz said, she now exchanges ideas with ambitious colleagues working to accelerate student learning despite the drawbacks of online instruction.
"This Community of Practice is amazing," Ruiz said, noting the program's ability to bring principals out of "silos" to explore best practices for adapting instruction without reducing grade-level expectations.
"This time of distance learning is super challenging." Ruiz said. "I'm developing in myself some systems and tools to tackle this head-on."
Adapting to accelerate
Taylor Parham, who assumed the top job at Lincoln Elementary after three years as the school's Vice Principal, echoed Ruiz's dedication to helping teachers accelerate learning without diluting the curriculum.
Unlike traditional remediation efforts that experts claim may worsen the learning loss created by the impact of COVID-19, acceleration plans help instruction remain at grade-level even if instructional time and methods are adapted to the virtual classroom, Parham explained.
"The acceleration team experience over the summer was very positive for us," Parham said.
Parham and a select group of Lincoln teachers last summer examined the school's Math and English Language Arts curricula to ensure it could be successfully delivered through a distance-learning experience. The IL CoP provided coaching and support to schools' acceleration teams as they designed their remote teaching plans before school began.
When she was a vice-principal, Parham primarily focused on school "culture and climate." As a principal, Parham said, her participation in the IL CoP allows her to dig deeper into best practices for high-quality instruction.
"It kind of all clicked in the community of practice," Parham said.
"I was able to put my 'instruction hat' on," Parham said. "What does rigor look like in classrooms? How are we measuring this with common rubrics? How are we holding ourselves accountable as site leaders?"
Principal Taylor Parham reflects on student work that decorates Lincoln Elementary School. Photo © Chamberlin Education Foundation
The IL CoP's summer sessions that Parham and Ruíz joined provided a crash-course in filling in lost learning while keeping instructional rigor high.
During six workshops presented by TNTP, a dozen WCCUSD principals and their teams examined best practices to accelerate grade-level learning in a virtual environment. They used TNTP's Learning Acceleration Guide to structure plans and consider how systems could best support distance learning.
Workshop leaders encouraged principals to invite their Instructional Leadership Teams, which help teachers meet curriculum and instruction goals aligned with California's Common Core standards. In total, more than 50 representatives from IL CoP schools participated in each summer session.
Equity at the forefront
As an additional professional development opportunity this summer, CEF provided over 80 WCCUSD teachers and school leaders free access to UnboundEd's annual Standards Institute professional development workshop.
The two-day training (this year conducted virtually) emphasized the critical link between standards-aligned curriculum and instruction and equitable learning opportunities for all students.
"In terms of racial equity," Parham said, "this is our time to really bring it to the forefront."
At Parham's school, matters of racial and financial equity impact nearly every student. 97% of Lincoln students qualify as "socioeconomically disadvantaged," and 98% are students of color, including 74% Latinx and 18% African American, according to the California Schools Dashboard. 64% of Lincoln students are English learners.
For students at Lincoln, delivering rigorous learning opportunities is an "equity issue," Parham said, and one that she calls a "huge priority."
"We need to do some real work around this," Parham said.
In terms of racial equity, this is our time to really bring it to the forefront. — Taylor Parham
Some of the work ahead will leverage continuing professional development offered through the CoP, which has grown to support nearly 25% of WCCUSD principals this year.
Addressing unfinished learning
Melissa Chipman, the Math Content Lead at Instruction Partners, is one of the curriculum experts who will lead a series of professional development sessions for CoP principals and their teams this Fall.
A former math teacher, Chipman cited research that forecasts increased "learning loss"—particularly in math—due to the disruptions caused by COVID-19.
"That can't happen," Chipman insisted.
Excerpt from TNTP Learning Acceleration Guide
"I think about my old students. I think about what I would want to be true for them in this time. And I think of myself as a teacher, and what kind of support would I want as a teacher," Chipman said, describing the importance of offering research-backed guidance and professional assistance as a "thought partner" to ensure students can avoid the "COVID slide."
"There are kids who want to be an engineer, and there are kids who want to be an astronaut. So that can't happen."
'Capable and resilient'
Echoing Chipman's conviction, principals Parham and Ruiz insist that, no matter the circumstances, they must deliver for their students at Lincoln and Stege.
"I just feel like it is absolutely my responsibility, and it's the responsibility of every adult at Lincoln, to do right by our kids," Parham said. "They deserve it."
"You can't become resigned," Ruiz said, even in the face of difficult odds.
"Our motto is 'we are capable and resilient scholars,'" Ruiz said of the students at Stege.
Nicole Ruiz (fourth from left) and the Stege Elementary faculty. Photo courtesy of Nicole Ruiz.
With their acceleration plans in place, and ongoing support for adapting instruction to distance learning, both Parham and Ruiz began the fall semester prepared to support their team's continued growth, despite the circumstances. For the students, Ruiz said, the learning must continue.
"I don't want them to see this as a throw-away year, a give-away year, or anything like this," Ruiz added. "I want them to see [that] this is a year of them doing things differently."
"We have a saying amongst our Instructional Learning Team," Parham said, "that steel sharpens steel."
"We're making each other better," she said, "and we're bringing that work back from the community of practice to sharpen our other teachers."
"I just want to lift that up," Parham continued, "that they are the ones doing the real work on the ground every day."
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IOF detains five Palestinians across occupied West Bank
West Bank, ALRAY - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained early Sunday five Palestinian citizens from different areas across the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources, the IOF detained the ex-detainee Amer Tawfiq Abu Hilayel, Bashir al-Darabi' from Doura town in Hebron, as well as the ex-detainee Mus'ab Melitat from Beit Furik, east of Nablus.
The sources added that the IOF also detained Muhammad Alaa Haj Muhammed and Ahmed Abu Na'im from al-Mughayir, east of Ramallah.
The IOF detains Palestinians on a daily basis in various areas across the occupied West Bank, targeting all Palestinians, especially the youth.


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Coinbase Gains Approval for Acquisitions
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Tagged: Circle Internet Financial Ltd, CoinSchedule, cryptocurrency platforms, Digital Wealth LLC, Keystone Capital Corp, Venovate Marketplace Inc
Coinbase Corp. one of the most famous cryptocurrency platforms, said it got the green light to move forward with a trio of acquisitions that should allow it to become one of the first federally regulated venues for trading virtual coins deemed to be securities.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority approved Coinbase's purchase of Venovate Marketplace Inc. Keystone Capital Corp., and Digital Wealth LLC, a company spokesman said this Monday. The acquisitions could help enable the firm to offer so-called security tokens, and also place the businesses under more federal oversight. Coinbase has to date primarily been regulated by a patchwork of state authorities.
The move provides Coinbase licenses to operate as a broker dealer, an alternative trading system as well as a registered investment adviser, the San Francisco-based company said last month. Alternative trading systems operate outside traditional public stock exchanges.
On Tuesday of last week, Coinbase provided an update on its ongoing talks with regulators, showing it still has some work to do before its customers may trade security tokens.
"Being approved to take ownership of these licensed entities is just one more step toward our ultimate goal of allowing our customers to trade securities tokens on our platform," stated Elliott Suthers, a spokesman in an emailed statement. "There are plenty more steps and conversations needed with regulators before this journey's complete."
Regulated trading platforms may eventually handle billions of dollars in tokens sold by companies in initial coin offerings. Despite a crackdown by the U.S., China and other countries, companies have already raised more than $12 billion through ICOs this year more than triple what they did all of last year, according to market tracker CoinSchedule. The SEC has said most of the coins are securities, which means issuers must register and comply with federal laws — as do the platforms and exchanges that handle trading.
Coinbase isn't the only runner in this race. One of its main competitors, Circle Internet Financial Ltd., said in June that it intends to pursue registration as a brokerage and trading venue with the Securities and Exchange Commision so it can help investors buy and sell tokens deemed to be securities.
The firm also plans to seek a federal banking license to provide more services to it's customers.
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ITEM# SR-ININF9004
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=G+
Label: Infinity
Catalog: INF 9004
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01 Morning Dance
02 Jubilee
03 Rasul
04 Song For Lorraine
05 Starburst
06 Heliopolis
07 It Doesn't Matter
08 Little Linda
09 End Of Romanticism
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Morning Dance is Spyro Gyra's most commercially successful album, released in summer 1979. The song "Morning Dance" was a major hit (Billboard #24 pop, #1 adult contemporary) in summer 1979. The album cover of Morning Dance had concept origination, design and art direction by Peter Corriston. Illustration by David Heffernan. The package design was nominated for a Grammy award. [wikipedia]
ITEM# SR-MCMCA5368
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=NM-
Label: MCA Records
Catalog: MCA-5368
01 Last Exit
02 Old San Juan
03 Harbor Nights
04 Stripes
05 Oasis
06 Incognito
07 Sueno
08 Soho Mojo
Incognito is the sixth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1982. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 46 on the Top 200 Albums chart, and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart. [wikipedia.org]
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+
Label: MCA
Genre: Fusion / Jazz
01 Bob Goes To The Store
02 Freefall
03 Doubletake
04 Breakout
05 Body Wave
06 Whirlwind
07 Swept Away
08 Guiltless
Breakout is the tenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1986. It would be the last album co-produced by Richard Calandra who died of cancer in October 1986.
The band would produce an MTV video for ''Bob Goes To The Store'' shot partly from the point of view of a roaming dog (''Bob''). [wikipedia.org]
Spyro Gyra's Biography
Stephen Thomas Erlewine [allmusic.com]
Founded in 1974 by saxophonist Jay Beckenstein, Spyro Gyra have consistently been one of the commercially successfully pop-jazz groups of the past 30 years. The band became a full-time venture in 1976 and has been touring ever since. Critics love to attack this band's music, which combines R&B and elements of pop and Caribbean music with jazz, but its live performances are often stimulating -- unlike many of its records, which emphasize the danceable melodies.
The roots of Spyro Gyra lay in Buffalo, NY, in 1974. Beckenstein and his longtime friend, keyboardist Jeremy Wall, had been leading a group with a revolving membership; every one of the many members in the band were loosely involved in the local jazz and rock scenes. Around 1974, the group was beginning to gel and cultivate a following. A club owner who wanted to advertise an upcoming appearance by the band asked Beckenstein for the group's name. The saxophonist told him "Spirogyra," a word he learned in a college biology course. The owner misspelled the word as Spyro Gyra, and the band fell into place, featuring Beckenstein, Wall, Jim Kurzdorfer, and Tom Walsh. Not long afterward, the group added keyboardist Tom Schuman. Electric guitarist Chet Catallo, drummer Eli Konikoff, and percussionist Gerardo Velez all joined in 1978 (with Wall dropping out) and bassist David Wofford was added in 1980.
Spyro Gyra independently funded and recorded their debut album, releasing the record on the local independent label Amherst in 1976. The record slowly became a success and Amherst sold the rights to the band to Infinity Records, a division of MCA. Wall left the band in 1978, leaving Schuman as the group's main keyboardist. Morning Dance, their first album for Infinity, was released in 1979. The record became a major hit, spawning a Top 40 single with "Morning Dance" and going platinum. Morning Dance firmly placed Spyro Gyra as one of the most popular artists in contemporary jazz, and throughout the '80s, their popularity continued growing. Their albums were consistent best-sellers, and their concerts often sold out. In 1983, vibraphonist and marimba player Dave Samuels -- who had played on several of the group's albums -- became a full-fledged member of the band. Over the course of the '80s, the membership of Spyro Gyra fluctuated, but Beckenstein and Schuman remained at its core, keeping the group's signature sound intact.
In 1990, MCA's jazz roster was absorbed by GRP, so Spyro Gyra switched labels, releasing Fast Forward, their first album for GRP, later that year. In 1993, Samuels left the touring band, but he continued to play in the studio. By the late '90s, the band featured Beckenstein, Schuman, Julio Fernandez, Joel Rosenblatt, and Scott Ambush, and released Got the Magic in 1999. Two years later the band moved to the Telarc-affiliated Heads Up label and released In Modern Times in 2001, followed by Original Cinema in 2003. Drummer Rosenblatt left the band and was replaced by Ludwig Afonso for 2004's Deep End. A fourth Heads Up album, Good to Go-Go, was issued in 2007. The holiday album A Night Before Christmas followed in 2008.
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Opponents agree state pension to be costly
Curtis Loftis and Kevin Bryant disagree about how the state's pension system should be managed, but they do agree that the $20-plus billion pension debt will require a very expensive fix.
Opponents agree state pension to be costly Curtis Loftis and Kevin Bryant disagree about how the state's pension system should be managed, but they do agree that the $20-plus billion pension debt will require a very expensive fix. Check out this story on independentmail.com: https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/2017/01/21/state-treasurer-bryant-agree-pension-fix-will-be-costly/96833874/
Mike Eads, michael.eads@independentmail.com Published 3:55 p.m. ET Jan. 21, 2017
Rex Rice(Photo: Contributed)
"We all have some very hard decisions," according to Loftis. "We've got to deal with this issue."
Those hard decisions and their effects will be felt by public employees around the state. Local administrators don't know how it will hit their budgets yet, but they know that any solution is likely to mean more money out of their employees' pockets and their agencies' coffers.
Kevin Bryant (Photo: Independent Mail file photo)
Curtis Loftis (Photo: sc.gov)
Rusty Burns (Photo: independent mail file photo)
"I think the pension debt is so great that fixing it is going to impact every level of government to some extent, but I do not know what that is at this point," said Anderson County Administrator Rusty Burns.
"I don't know how they're going to solve it, other than everybody is going to have to contribute more," said Pendleton Town Administrator Steve Miller. "If the pension system were to go belly up, we've got employees who have worked here for 20 or 30 years who would have nothing to show for it when they retire."
Loftis, the state's elected treasurer, told Pickens County Republicans gathered at Easley's First Wesleyan Church on Thursday night that the legislative leadership is dislodging him from the state's Retirement System Investment Commission, as well as taking the State Fiscal Accountability Authority – which he is also a member of – out of pension oversight.
"They want to fire me from the pension commission," Loftis said.
The treasurer has been locked in a very public battle for several years with state staffers and legislators over the debt and management of the state's pension funds, which are showing unfunded liabilities to the tune of $24.1 billion. He claims that poor fund management has cost the fund $10 billion over the last decade in excessive fees paid to management firms and poor investment practices.
"We're going to have to issue taxes to cover the thievery and stupidity of these people," Loftis said.
Furthermore, Loftis said the annual practice of re-amortizing, or re-mortgaging, the pension debt over 30 years has actually increased it. He said the annual repayment schedules rely on contribution levels – 11.56 percent from public employers like county governments, state agencies, universities and town utilities, and 8.66 percent from public employees – that won't raise enough money to cover the debt's principal and interest, plus payouts to retirees in the system.
The treasurer, first elected in 2010, blamed legislative leaders including State Sen. Kevin Bryant, R-Anderson, State Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence,) and House Speaker Jay Lucas, R-Hartsville, for condoning poor fund management and allowing it to continue.
The expected rate of return on investment – 7.5 percent – is also cited as a revenue source in the yearly amortization, but Loftis said fund managers haven't come close to hitting that target, which is set by the Legislature, in recent years. That means the pension officials have collected less revenue than they forecast to help pay down the debt.
On that point, Bryant and Loftis are in complete agreement. Bryant said that rate should be lowered and set by some agency other than the Legislature.
"On that point, he's correct; the rate of return is set artificially high and when you get it to a more realistic number, the debt actually grows," said Bryant.
State Solicitor General Robert Cook, in response to a request from Loftis to Attorney General Alan Wilson, issued a legal opinion Jan. 10 that stated those amortization practices probably don't comply with state law and should be stopped. The opinion does not carry the weight of a court order or opinion, Loftis said, but it could be cited by a plaintiff suing the state to stop such practices.
"Until you get a court case, he's the guy," Loftis told the 15 Republicans in attendance Thursday. "We don't have to follow the opinion, but we ought to."
Bryant dismissed the charges of a legislative campaign against Loftis, however. He said Friday that he and his colleagues don't think one man should have so much say in the investing of billions of dollars held by the state. He added that Loftis often approves investment plans as a member of the retirement system commission, then publicly attacks those plans.
"We have a member of the commission itself who has complained and complained, but has offered zero amendments to the allocation plan to make it any better; sometimes he has even voted for the allocation plan, then blasted the commission in the press," said Bryant.
Both Bryant and newly installed State Sen. Rex Rice, R-Easley, do believe, however, that the pension's unfunded liability will get addressed during this year's legislative session. They declined to speculate on how much fixing it will cost, but they agreed that abandoning the current amortization practices is going to be financially painful for public employees, state legislators and taxpayers alike.
"There's no doubt in my mind that the pension is the No. 1 issue in the state of South Carolina and I think the majority of senators and representatives feel that way," said Rice, who attended Thursday night's meeting. "We know it has to be dealt with, and it's going to take several years to fix it."
"We've got to continue to see what we can do with the investment commission to get it to perform better, which it has recently," said Bryant. "And it's going to take several hundred million dollars in revenue out of the general fund just to pay the interest. It's going to take a lot of money."
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APHL Fellow Never Saw Herself Working in a Lab – And Now It's Where She's Meant to Be
APHL Fellow Lexi Duncan in the WSLH PFAS Research Lab.
Lexi Duncan joined the WSLH PFAS research laboratory in February 2021 as one of four inaugural Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Environmental Health Laboratory Fellows.
According to APHL, the Environmental Health Laboratory Fellowship program "trains and prepares scientists for public health and environmental laboratory careers and supports human exposure projects through targeted environmental or biomonitoring surveillance. Its mission is to provide a high-quality training experience for the fellow, and expand public health laboratory workforce capacity."
Lexi's work at the WSLH began with gaining both lab and field experience in sampling and testing for PFAS compounds in multiple matrices. She is also working on bringing up a method to analyze these same samples for total organic fluorine (TOF) using combustion ion chromatography to provide a general measure for total PFAS.
In addition to her lab work, Lexi is also gaining valuable experience in the outreach and policy realm by developing talking points for partner agencies and other scientists "… on how TOF can be used to advance regulatory and science goals."
Lexi and her fellowship mentor Martin Shafer are featured in the winter edition of APHL's Lab Matters magazine.
Here's a Q&A with Lexi on her fellowship and her experiences here at the WSLH.
When did you start your APHL fellowship and how long will it last?
My Fellowship started on February 21, 2021, and I have extended my Fellowship to end in November of 2023.
What appealed to you about the APHL fellowship program? About the WSLH?
The APHL fellowship program allowed me to gain experience and connections within the Laboratory community, and I wanted the chance to impact public health positively. I chose WSLH because my mentor, Martin Shafer, was very passionate about how PFAS negatively affects the environment and the population. I knew with the amount of passion Martin had for his field, he would be a great person to learn from. I also did my research before selecting my laboratory, and WSLH is one of the best labs in the nation.
What has been your favorite part of the Fellowship so far?
My Favorite part of my Fellowship has been participating in fieldwork. I enjoyed collecting and following a sample through the complete sample processing steps. I have also enjoyed working with different state and government organizations, such as the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during PFAS Research Center's projects.
How will the Fellowship help you in your career plans?
My Fellowship has helped my career plans by allowing me to gain hands-on experience and network with significant people in the lab community. Before accepting this Fellowship, I never saw myself working in a laboratory, but now I know the lab is where I am meant to be.
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Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) Course is organized by Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) and will be held from Jun 28 - 30, 2019 at Sleeping Lady Resort, Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America. Continuing Education Credits The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity is accredited through the Wilderness Medical Society. American College of Emergency Physicians: Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 20.50 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit. American Academy of Family Physicians: Approved by the American Academy of Family Physicians for a maximum of 20.5 hours of AAFP Category 1 credit. Course Description "Learn the skills to prevent medical problems; reduce suffering and save lives in non-traditional medical settings • Earn your Advanced Wilderness Life Support certification • Learn the latest practical hands-on wilderness medicine skills for patient assessment, treatment and evacuation protocols • Practice your skills in live scenarios with our expert instructors • Obtain up to 20.5 hours of category 1 CME* • Receive Wilderness Medical Society Fellowship credits Course Objectives • To provide a practical foundation in Wilderness Medicine for medical professionals • To teach patient assessment and treatment guidelines for life support until definitive care or evacuation is available • To train the provider in methods for managing medical and trauma emergencies and urgencies in the wilderness when evacuation is unavailable or unnecessary Topics Include: • Patient assessment Wound management • Trauma • Water treatment • Medical problems • Hyperthermia, hypothermia & frostbite • Infectious disease • Medical kits • Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat, Skin • Lightning • Animal & insect Bites • HAPE/HACE • Musculoskeletal injuries • Dive Medicine Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
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Q: is there a way to clear AppURL via handleOpenURL in Nativescript? appURL values remain in the scope of app after it is suspended and then resumed.
I am trying to reset the values of appURL after it has been received in App Component initialized in Nativescript Application
import { handleOpenURL, AppURL } from 'nativescript-urlhandler';

ngOnInit() {
handleOpenURL((appURL: AppURL) => {
console.log('Got the following appURL ', appURL);
var urlEncodedString = appURL.toString().split('out=')[1];
var json = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(urlEncodedString));
var token = json["token"].toString();
            }
}

or if it is possible to clear app Cache in Nativescript on app resume
Help! required

A: Is there a reason you can't define this as an entire function, rather than a function expression?
From my primitive understanding of JS, the expression is temporal/ephemeral. Trying to change an ephemeral value isn't honoring the implied expectation of that expression.
You'd be better off making a function, that when a parameter is passed, it is unique on each instance of the function object created.
function doThing(parameter){ do_operations_with(parameter) }

Each call to the function I believe will hoist the function, create the object with its own child namespace, and with each parameter passed, they will be unique to that function runtimes' namespace.

A: You may set the intent data to null once processed.
handleOpenURL((appURL: AppURL) => {
 ...
 ...
 // Once you process the app url, set intent data to null
 if (application.android) {
     const activity = application.android.foregroundActivity || application.android.startActivity;
     if (activity) {
         const intent = activity.getIntent();
         if (intent) {
             intent.setData(null);
         }
     }
  }
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Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Kenny D
I've never been a big Christmas music fan. I have a major problem with carols being played on the radio the day after Halloween. Come on! Give Thanksgiving a chance at least! I do not listen to Christmas music unless there are others in the car with me.
What is it about Christmas classics that make you sing along? As much as I resist the temptation, I just can't deny singing along with the little drummer boy. (bu rump pa pa pum!) And as much as I cannot stand Mariah Carey, I just can't refuse to croon "All I want for Christmas is you." It must be something to do with my brainwashed childhood.
Speaking of addicting music, what is the deal with Manheim Steamroller? First of all, where do they get their name? Secondly, are they robots who know how to perfectly sequence synthesizers to make perfect melodies? I'm saying yes. I'm gonna go check iTunes to see if they play anything other than fantastic christmas renditions. I would buy a Manheim Steamroller 4th of July cd in a second.
Sufjan Stevens released his Christmas cd, Songs for Christmas, in 2006. It consists of 5 discs with about 8 songs on each disc.
Sufjan (pronounced soof-yan, go figure) is an eclectic folk rocker with brains. He has released two cd's dedicated to the states, Michigan and Illinois, and is rumored to have a quest to record a cd for all 50 states. A boy can dream can't he? So it goes right along with his repertoire that he releases a Christmas cd covering classics and also filled with original sufjan songs.
It is a very welcome addition to my music library especially for Christmas because I'll listen to anything as long as it's not Christina Aguilachupacabra belting out her annoying version of Santa Baby. Sufjan's voice is easy to listen to and puts his own little twist to old songs and makes the whole experience cozy because it sounds like he has gathered the family around the piano for carols followed by wassail. (everyone's favorite)
The highlights of the song collection are his version of "Come thou fount of every blessing" "Oh holy night" "Away in a manger" and "Holy, holy, holy." Though it is his original songs that stick out and add to good holiday listening. The standout is on disc 5, it's called "Sister Winter." It's a haunting song that can be played repeatedly and is the perfect soundtrack for snowy nights. "Star of Wonder" is also quite good. He adds his own brand of bluegrass humor to songs like "Come on, Let's boogie to the elf dance!" and my personal favorite title "Get Behind Me, Santa!"
The downside of the cd's as with much of sufjans albums is that there is filler songs, i.e. bells playing for a minute, that are unnecessary and you wish he would sing the songs instead of keeping them instrumental. But all is forgiven once you hear his honey voice. Wow, you'd think I had a crush on him. I don't, if anything it's a non-sexual man crush. We could be like best friends or something.
I give Songs for Christmas 4 Stars of Bethlehem.