11pm the night before: Garrett and I are frantically shoving the car full of gear with arguments on what goes where and cursing that we, once again, are last minute at preparing for another adventure. The car is overflowing with camping accessories, hiking boots, clothes, camera equipment and tucked on top was my excitement. I've always been a sucker for road trips, especially ones that don't require a shower, and this one was my ultimate dream. Pacific ocean meets cliff edges towering over you, making the surroundings comfortable with campfires and S'mores to end the night, yes the s'mores are my favorite part. You're either overlooking the edges watching whales surface for air in the Pacific Ocean, or encompassed by Redwoods over 2,000 years old and taller than skyscrapers. But not to get too ahead of myself, since we have to wake up at 3am to begin the journey..
4:45am: My eyes shoot open and I run into the kitchen to find my oven light piercing through the darkness back at me, two hours late and we haven't even started.
"BAAAAABE! It's 5:00 what happened to the alarm?!" We gathered the last of our protein cookies, took our bathroom breaks and sprinted to the purring car already getting broken in with smokey campfire smells.
As we pulled onto PCH, the sunrise began to peak its way over the mountains, covering the morning light with purple streaked sky as if a painter brushed the morning in vibrant watercolors. I haven't been awake for a sunrise in a while, and it makes me happy to again feel the world begin another day with easing grace. We zip through the curving roads, winding us along the morning ocean edges. I see blue, purple, pink and yellow.
This was a 3 day weekend endeavor, waking up around 5am every morning and exploring all day long until the sun retreated, forcing us to do the same. Our camera is overflowing with Big Sur, and here is our weekend trip along the stunning coast of Southern California. As always, Click to shop my look!
And many spontaneous pull off spots!
"I'm your tour guide, Kate," she smiles. "There is little cell service in Big Sur...fun fact, electricity didn't arrive in Big Sur until 1950 and still doesn't reach the more remote areas…" check, I think to myself. I prepared the majority of this trip as efficiently as possible since we only planned it less than 4 days ago. No cell service was the thing that scared me most (I hate to admit), but I managed to print out every possible route to our destinations and how to get to our camp site for the weekend.
For this adventure, I partnered with coastal Big Sur experts who helped us decide where to stop along the way called Big Sur Road Trip. Since part of the Highway 1 coastal route was shut down with no detours, we took the 101 north to Monterey and backtracked down for our roadtrip. This guide leads you through the most popular, scenic and hidden treasures along the Big Sur coast with a playlist to keep the mood right. We were only able to hit around 4 of the treasures because we had 2 days total to explore, plus partial closures made it more difficult. They also prepare you for what you're about to encounter, getting you excited for waterfalls, bluff trails, wildlife or views for days without ruining the experience itself.
Her ideal tracks made it possible to go to Bixby Bridge at 6am and set up a tripod for sunrise. We heard that it can get busy, and shooting photography in a busy spot can be an actual nightmare (either trying to crop them out or just having to photoshop them). We arrived with enough time to enjoy the sunrise and minimal traffic without compensating for images or stress. We also were stunned by the beauty Carmel-by-the-Sea could withhold from the rest of the surrounding areas. We decided to camp (worst decision for two LA city people to do. We ended up getting a hotel after sleeping maybe 2 hours and noticing our neighbor had their newborn with them. NO thank you!), but watching the nature that Big Sur really takes care of made the experience.
Kate introduces stops with facts, history, roadmap directions and what to bring(you should really try it just for this). Some of the destinations she mentions are Bixby Creek State Bridge, Mcway Falls, Point Lobos State Park, Pfeiffer Beach and so many more. This guide includes maps, a pamphlet with what to bring to Big Sur, gas stops, camping sites and of course, destinations. Basically Big Sur Audio Guide will mention about any questions you may have. To check out the guide, click here.
And of course, for my fellow Big Sur beginners, here are some tips that helped us along. First, a phone charger, camera charger and some sort of generator to give your memory makers some life (we chose a car adapter that does it all at Best Buy for $39.99). Believe me, you're going to want photos!
Secondly, you cannot leave your house without a durable pair of hiking books. Big Sur is known for it's rocky cliff overlooks, and the most scenic spots are always a little off the main trail. I chose to wear Cole Haan's waterproof boots $180.
Third, prepare for all seasons; during the day we would get streaks of 85 degrees, but nighttime can easily get below 60 degrees in the summer! Marine layers may make their way in too, so if you're camping bring waterproof everything.
Finally, I recommend not overplanning. There are so many places to sight-see it can be overwhelming, but sometimes its better to just look where the day takes you. Take your time and embrace the areas you connect with most, and pass on the others that are fun and popular but not your style. This entire Southern Coast has something for everyone and you're bound to fall in love with a peticular place without even realizing it. When I explored Garrapata Beach (pictured below) I immediately got a rush of solidarity and balance. We saw whales immediately come up out of the water, blowing water into the air and lifting their gigantic tales out of the water. Not far behind them were a school of energetic dolphins, jumping through the waves. I was sure there would be a large audience to see such grace, but when we hiked down the old wooden stairs with missing steps, the only thing I heard was a silent white noise of ocean and wind. Something about this beach left me with a piece of it, and I hope you find a spot that does just that to you..


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I am shocked that anyone should find a story about pop stars using drugs shocking. It turns out that the handsome and wholesome One Direction have been caught on film smoking marijuana. Compared to the behaviour of rock stars in the seventies only smoking marijuana would probably have been enough to count as wholesome, or even as conservative. If a story had got out that Hawkwind for example had been caught knocking back vitamin tablets and eating a salad that would have been more newsworthy.


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Calls for York river safety review after three tragedies in just days
By Chloe Laversuch @chloelaversuch Local Democracy Reporter
AN MP has called for a review of river safety in York after three people tragically lost their lives in eight days.
And the mum of a young woman who died in the Ouse five years ago has also appealed for a fresh campaign to raise awareness of the dangers posed by the river and the River Foss.
The body of missing York man Lee Evennett was recovered from the Foss last Saturday.
A woman in her 70s was discovered in the Ouse on Friday, and the body of a man was recovered from the river near Blue Bridge on Sunday.
A woman was also rescued from the Ouse near Lendal Bridge on Saturday evening.
York Central MP Rachael Maskell said last night: "Clearly we don't know all the details yet, but it has really concerned me.
"I do believe that there needs to be a fresh review and we need to understand the wider vulnerability issues. It is time to review and ensure that we draw on best practice on river safety."
Jackie Roberts, who campaigned for river safety after her daughter Megan died in the Ouse following a night out in January 2014, said it was sad to see yet more deaths in the rivers.
She said: "Obviously, the circumstances around each of the recent deaths in York's rivers are different, but that does not make them any less tragic. Every incident is different, but each time somebody will be grieving for a lost loved one.
"The most important factor in prevention is education and training. Someone has to die before anything gets done, and it tends to be grieving relatives who have to find the energy to try and make things happen."
City of York Council has ruled out putting up railings alongside the river. A spokeswoman said the authority will continue to work with organisations to improve river safety.
Tom Brittain, the council's assistant director for community safety, said: "Our sincere sympathies go to the families affected by the recent river fatalities.
"Whilst placing railings along the entire length of York's rivers is not practical, given that much of the land is in private ownership, we continue to work proactively to improve river safety in the city centre and to ensure that appropriate preventative measures are taken."
The council carried out a review in 2014 to improve river safety and Mr Brittain said the York Rescue Boat and vigilance of door staff at riverside businesses have been "extremely successful in preventing potential fatalities".
Dave Horn, the boat's senior operations manager, said various measures had already been introduced to improve safety in recent years, including new ladders to help people get out of the water.
Guildhall councillor Janet Looker said the recent deaths were "worrying" but there was public reluctance to seeing the river fenced off, adding: "There was some additional fencing put up at key areas where it was felt there was a bigger risk of someone falling in."
Micklegate councillor Lars Kramm added: "Every tragic case is different and there is no way to prevent all the cases if you do not want to cage in the river completely."
"Across all parties preventing death in the river is a major concern and there are measures we have already put in place in the last years like better-maintained rescue equipment, updated and replaced grab rails and chains and more and better integration between the rescue services and with the wonderful rescue boat team."

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Exercise your right to vote
By the Installation Voting Assistance Office
The Airman & Family Readiness Center is now the new home to the Scott AFB Installation Voting Assistance Office. The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), protects the rights of absent service members, members of the Merchant Marines, the Public Health Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and their voting-age dependents regardless of where they are stationed.
The Federal Voting Assistance Program Web site at www.fvap.gov provides UOCAVA eligible voters a user-friendly tool to register to vote and to request an absentee ballot. Users simply click on their state of legal residence to obtain the state's specific voting instructions and requirements. Many states now allow citizens to register to vote and to vote by absentee ballot by mail, e-mail or fax.
The www.fvap.gov web site helps voters identify their state's deadlines for registering and submitting absentee ballots. The Web site also provides information for separating active duty members and military spouses. Separating service members and their families are encouraged to complete a National Voter Registration Form to register as a civilian.
Voters are encouraged to update their contact information annually via the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) available on the Web site. The information provided on the FPCA helps election officials to determine whether state-specific voter registration requirements are met, which materials voters need, and where to send ballots. Voters should follow up with their election officials or the IVAO office to ensure their FPCAs are received. Contact information is listed by state and county on the Web site. The FPCA should be completed each year by January 15th.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a president and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country."
Exercise your right to vote.
For further voting assistance, please contact the Installation Voting Assistance Office at the A&FRC at 256-vote (8683) or email us at vote-02-02@us.af.mil.
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The original Basilica was built in the first half of the 300's under Silvestro I pontificate, torn down in 1506 and replaced by the existing building. Pope Giulio II hired the architect Bramante to oversee works and the most famous architects of the time argued over the project during the years. Among these Michelangelo, Peruzzi e Bramante decided to use the Greek cross plan while Raphael Sanzio and Sangallo decided to transform the Greek cross design with a Latin cross-like structure. The basilica was defined by Carlo Maderno in the first years of 1600, during the pontificate of Paolo V who imposed to reuse the Latin cross-like structure. The Great Steps and the colonnade in Saint Peter's Square was planned and completed by Bernini replanned the baldachin and decorated the papal altar. The Dome was planned by Michelangelo who never saw it complete It was later finished by Fontana and Della Porta. The facade erected by Carlo Maderno, supported with highly prominent columns, is 115 mt wide and more than 40 metres high and the massive statues of St. Peter and St.Paolo stand out of it. The new basilica has maintained the original structure with one nave and four aisles. It is 131.66 metres (432.0 ft) long, 65 metres (213 ft)-wide, and 29.70 metres (97.4 ft)-high, the second largest in Rome.
It ranks second after St.Peter Basilica, it's the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome and it claims the title as the mother church of all the churches in the world. The basilica was built in early Christian time in the first years of 300. The Lateran Palace and the site were given to Pope Milziade by Constantine I, it's said, as thanksgiving gift to Christ following the victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge. The first building was edificated on this area and it was renovated many times over the centuries. In the first years of 1300 a huge fire destroyed the Basilica but it was immediately rebuilt by Clemente V. A wonderful porch, designed by Alessandro Galilei, leads to the entrance. The Basilica, planned by Francesco Borromini is divided into five aisles, the major have coffered ceilings whereas the two besides have small chapels, moreover the major is enriched by the statues of 12 Apostoles in the niches of pillars.
The basilica of St. Mary in Trastevere is probably the first Church dedicated to the Mother of Jesus. Legend has it that a natural oil spring in Piazza Trastevere appeared in the same year of the Birth of Jesus indicating to Pope Callisto the point where to edificate the Church and a stone bearing the inscription 'Fons Olei', marks the source under the presbytery. The Church was built and opened to the Mass by Giulius I. The aisles aside were built by Pope Adriano, whereas Pope Gregorio IV committed relevant works for the presbytery but only later works made the Basilica as stands today.
The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome's four papal basilicas, it ranks second after St.Peter in Vatican.
The Basilica of St. Mary on the Altar of Heaven, on the highest summit of the Capitol Hill, is named after a vision of the Emperor August, where a beautiful lady, the Virgin Mary, with baby in her breast said to him ' this is the God's son Altar' . Unfortunately, this church lived hard times. As it was considered the Church of people, it was turned into a stable in 1797, during the napoleonic invasion, while after Italy United things went worse and was designated to Municipal Police. The interior has three pointed naves separated by twenty-two columns, and it's full of artistic treasures: remarkable are the rich coffered ceiling, the precious pavement, Bufalini Chapel, frescoed by Pinturicchio and the tombstone of Giovanni Crivelli by Donatello. The Church saves a copy of the wooden statue of Infant Jesus. The original carved in olive tree of Getsemani, has been stolen in 1994 and never recovered.
St Mary of People is one of the most famous Church in Rome. Located in Piazza del Popolo, at the end of Via del Corso, this Church was erected in eleventh century as a small chapel, under Pope Paschal II commission, over what was believed to be the Tomb of Nero and was rebuilt and extensively modified over the centuries. The Basilica has three naves and four chapels on each side. Chigi chapel by Raphael is the most remarkable one. Among the sparkling images of angels and guilded decorations, it seems like God, surrounded by Cherubins, sticks out of the big blue porthole and observes us for real. The vault of this chapel is not the only masterpiece,indeed. In the second half of 1600, the big artist Gianlorenzo Bernini gives his contribute to the beauty of the Basilica with Abacuc and The Angel, a wonderful sculpture that became even more famous after Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.
The Crucifixion of St. Peter and the Conversion of St. Paul by Michelangelo Merisi alias Caravaggio, are also two wonderful paintings in this Church one cannot miss. Depicted between 1600 and 1601, they feature the Michelangelo painting themes in the Vatican Paoline Chapel but are different in expressive language. They represent the dramatic human reality by a contrasting game of lights and shadows that hide and enhance the characters depicted. The Augustinian cloister, then, was Martin Luther's temporary site in Italy in his early years.
Recent studies have ascertained that it is Orazio Grassi's project. He was architect, mathematician and astronomer, and antagonist of Galileo Galilei.
It was rich in works of great artists such as Andea Pozzo, Francesco Trevignani, Filippo della Valle, it shows exceptional pictorial perspectives, over 6 chapels situated along the side aisles and finally the beautiful tomb of Gregory XV.
A wonderful testimony of the religious history of Rome, the Church is in Baroque style like many other churches in Rome, but its peculiarity is in its foundations.
In 1853 the original Church was brought to light. It was situated under the current building, of the period of Constantine I, interesting frescoes were brought to light.
An exceptional discovery was made, the original church had been built on a structure of the imperial period, and inside there was a well-preserved Mithraeum.
It's made up by the merge of two neighboring churches. The first built in 330s by Constantine over the the tomb of St. Lawrence, deacon martyr, the second erected in 580s by Sixtus III in honour of the Virgin Mary and entirely rebuilt by Hadrian I. It was severely damaged in the bombing on 19th July 1943, and restored for the Jubilee in 1950.
It's also known as Basilica Apostolorum as initially dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul, whose remains were kept in the catacombs below. Subsequently it was buried St. Sebastian, victim of Diocletian persecution.


KALX has a wonderfully dedicated staff of student and community volunteers who are willing to explore with and educate their listeners. KALX is regular folks doing wild, unpredictable, extraordinary radio. All of our programs are homespun, we don't depend on satellite feeds. Rather we create programs from, and for our community (a community that includes both the University of California, Berkeley student population AND the surrounding area).
As part of our mission to educate, every KALX DJ is encouraged to play a variety of musical styles and genres. Rather than segregating music into limited boxes, this philosophy is an attempt to entertain the listener while broadening their musical experience. A pretty fun way to be educated, don't ya think!


The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer has honored VERIFI researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory for working with industry to use supercomputers to conduct engine simulations. The Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer singled out a group of researchers who transferred to private industry a two-part technology for simulating the complex inner workings of internal combustion engines. One part of the technology consisted of a fuel spray model that analyzes the behavior of fuels within an engine. The second part involved load-balancing algorithm software that helps manage the high-performance computing resources necessary for the work. Read more.


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PlanDomino keeps pharma labs healthy and efficient
EdgeTier named winner of 2019 Google Adopt a Startup programme
Government announces two funds worth €3m to help SMEs
Scepticism raised over alleged discovery of Europe's oldest human fossil
Athlone IT and Confirm centre to host €4.5m polymer test bed for industry
With a €50,000 grant, one woman aims to create her own AI JARVIS
Irish Govt plans fibre rollout to 600k homes and 100k businesses next year
24 Nov 20141.83k Views
The Irish Government has published a map of its planned €512m investment in fibre broadband, which will cover 32pc of premises – 600,000 homes and 100,000 businesses – across Ireland.
The mapping exercise, conducted as required under EU state aid, revealed there are 2.3m premises in the Republic of Ireland.
The commercial telecoms industry plans to invest to deliver high-speed broadband access to 68pc of the premises in the State by the end of 2016, including 1.6m homes and businesses.
The remaining 600,000 homes and 100,000 businesses will require direct State intervention to receive fibre speeds of 1Gbps and beyond.
In the next year, the Department of Communications will decide on the best way to run the new network in terms of ownership and governance.
Communications Minister Alex White, TD, said it has yet to be decided whether the network would be built by a single contractor or a number of contractors.
A detailed submission will then be sent to Europe for approval.
Broadband rollout will be similar in scale to rural electrification of Ireland in 20th century
The map shows Ireland in two colours, BLUE and AMBER. The blue represents those areas that the commercial operators will cover by the end of 2016. Amber represents areas that will be targeted by the National Broadband Plan.
White said the direct State intervention will be a "huge infrastructural programme akin to the rural electrification scheme of the last century".
A map for the current state of high-speed broadband in Ireland can be found online.
"The delivery of high quality broadband is about ensuring that our citizens in rural Ireland have the same life chances, and the same access to information, culture, ideas, social interaction and opportunity that people in urban areas can enjoy. It's also about jobs in the rural economy," said White.
"By ensuring access to high quality broadband we will help attract investment and ensure that businesses in rural Ireland can stay in rural Ireland.
"We will also enable people to live in their local communities and work from home if that works for them. And it's about families and communities – helping us keep in touch with loved ones, enabling our children to use the internet as a rich learning resource at school and at home, and giving people rapid access to a full range of public services."
The plan was first unveiled back in April by former communications minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, who made it clear at the time the investment was overdue. The cost of the plan was envisaged at around €512m.
The Government's plans should dovetail nicely with plans by ESB and Vodafone, as well as Eircom, to deploy high-speed fibre to Ireland's rural areas.
In recent weeks, the European Commission gave ESB the green light to press ahead with its €450m plan to deploy fibre to connect 500,000 premises in 50 towns with up to 1Gbps speeds during its first phase.
Also in recent weeks, Eircom revealed plans to connect homes and businesses in 66 towns with speeds of up to 1,000Mbps or 1Gbps.
A rising digital tide will lift all boats
The plan to broadband enable Ireland's rural economy is a sound one in light of the rapid growth of digital technologies.
According to the second UPC Report on Ireland's Digital Economy, the internet economy in Ireland employed the full-time equivalent of 49,000 people in 2012.
Some 150,000 direct and indirect jobs are set to be created in the Irish digital economy as the value of online trading from these shores is set to surge to almost €22bn by 2020.
The Government's ambitious plan could make Ireland, for a change, the envy of the developed world in terms of next-generation infrastructure.
A scenario in which Irish towns and villages could have better broadband than not only Dublin or Cork but some of Europe's most pre-eminent cities.
Now wouldn't that be quite a thing.
Digital Ireland image via Shutterstock
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La letra  (minúscula: ) fue usada en varias ortografías latinas para el turco, así como en el azerí o la ortografía jaꞑalif para el tártaro. Su nombre es «gha», y representa una consonante fricativa velar sonora (ɣ), si bien a veces es usada para la fricativa uvular sonora (ʁ). Todas las ortografías que la usan han caído en desuso, por lo que la letra no posee buen soporte en las distintas fuentes. Puede verse aún en notas bancarias anteriores a 1983 usadas por la República Popular China.

Alfabéticamente, se ubica entre la ge y la hache.

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En Unicode, la mayúscula  se codifica como U+01A3. Fue nombrada como «LETRA LATINA OI» por la Organización Internacional para Estandarización. A pesar de ello, está basada tipográficamente en la letra Q.

Letras latinas poco comunes

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Did Burger King pull the biggest publicity stunt of the year?
by Ben Dickson — in Opinion
Credit: Burger King
Burger King caused a stir when it aired its TV commercial that prompts Google to describe its flagship Whopper sandwich. Shortly after, the media went berserk over how BK had hacked Google's artificial intelligence-powered assistant to serve its ends.
But just how effective was the Google Assistant hijacking scheme?
A New York Times video shows a Google Home device actually being activated when the ad is played. But first of all, there are estimatedly less than 500,000 households with the devices across the U.S. To be activated, the device would have to be close to the TV at the time the commercial was played.
Still an innovation, Home is mainly the domain of millennials, who constitute the largest segment of the early adopter population. This is an important demographic for marketers, but millennials are not the best target for TV commercials. They also constitute the largest segment of cord cutters, viewers who cancel cable TV in favor of streaming services.
And the ad is even less likely to activate Android phones, which are tuned to the voice of their owner. Factoring in all the parameters, the commercial would affect a very small subset of all Google-powered devices.
Bottom line: The Burger King commercial was a failure if it aimed to hijack your smart assistant.
But what the fast food franchise did get was maybe more valuable than hearing a list of mostly-obvious ingredients. Within 24 hours, hundreds — if not thousands — of websites redistributed the ad. The YouTube video got millions of times, more than the total number of Google Home units across the world.
Google's not-so-silent tweak of its software to prevent the ad from activating its assistant created even more media hype. The same goes for BK's updated version of the ad, which managed to work around Google's block. Even the Wikipedia battle to change the ingredients of the Whopper got people to talk about the burger. And I don't think any sane person would believe that your burger would contain cyanide, toenails and a "medium sized child."
The real result will show off when BK releases its sales figures. But as The Verge's James Bareham says, "If the aim of David, the creative agency in Miami that made the Burger King Google Home TV spot, was to create a short, sharp, viral commercial that would generate a digital media storm and the attention of the most valuable demographic advertising, then it deserves every Lion in Cannes."
Don't expect a new trend of Google-provoking ads to start sprouting as of tomorrow. These things tend to be one off events. However the Burger King "OK Google ad" shows that we've yet to discover the repercussions of disruptive tech surrounding us. It also show that in an age where artificial intelligence developments seem to be the focus of business efforts, good old marketing tactics still work for those who know how to use them.
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FSU's Human Resources gains national exposure
Alex Burnham
Four members of Florida State's Human Resources Team recently convened at this year's annual College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) to deliver advice and innovative ideas to HR administrators from around the country.
Florida State's Renisha Gibbs, Rebecca Peterson, Phaedra Harris and Christine Conely all represented the university at the conference in Washington, D.C. last month, offering expert advice in multiple areas of human resources.
CUPA-HR is the leading association for human resource professionals in higher education and represents more than 20,000 HR professionals at nearly 2,000 organizations worldwide. Over 1000 human resources managers from colleges and universities across the nation attended CUPA-HR, which provides knowledge, resources, advocacy and connections in higher education to achieve organizational excellence.
Gibbs, assistant VP of Human Resources, and Peterson, assistant director for Faculty Relations, formed a team and gave a presentation labeled "Transformational Faculty and Salary Increases: Balancing Equity with Performance," which focused on how to retain the very best faculty despite the challenges of increased salaries for faculty across the country. The two presenters outlined a couple key complications with salaries and disparity in faculty pay that universities around the country may be facing: "Compression," where pay rates are similar despite different qualifications or level of experience, and "Inversion," where less experienced faculty members earn more than senior educators.
The presentation encouraged human resource managers to meet with administrative leaders in order to solve those issues and to ensure their respective compensation strategy aligns with their respective universities' goals and strategies.
"It is an honor to be selected to give multiple presentations to our colleagues from around the nation regarding the innovative work going on in FSU's Office of Human Resources," says Gibbs. "This is great recognition for our team and an affirmation that we are delivering high-quality HR systems and tools to the University."
The core messages from Gibbs and Peterson seemed to align with the sentiments of other leaders around Florida State, who believe maintaining a top-class faculty is a way to ensure future success at the University.
"We are going to need to, in a larger way, increase the support we have for faculty—we are in a national market for recruiting the very best faculty across the country," says Tom Jennings, vice president of university advancement at Florida State.
"In order to be competitive, we are going to have to provide the kind of salary package, kind of research packages, and kind of travel and faculty support that's going to make Tallahassee and FSU a very attractive option for high-ranking faculty and researchers," says Jennings, who also serves as president of the FSU Foundation.
On top of the valuable advice regarding salary and faculty, Florida State leaders Phaedra Harris, director of HR Operations, and Christine Conely presented "The Electronic Employee Blueprint," which offered practical guidance for modernizing business practices.
One of the main ways to keep business practices efficient and up-to-date, Harris and Conely say, is to make the switch from paper-heavy practices to electronic-based practices.
Conely, the associate director of the Office of Human Resources, remarked that, "seeing FSU selected for not just one, but two presentations demonstrates we are leading the way in best practices that can benefit other HR professionals."


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Don't Kill The Carrier Part 1 — The Digital Dilemma Is A Communication Problem Not A Format Problem
By: AVP
My first experience with 16mm home projection was during a sleepover at a classmate's home. I was 7 and at the time in a private school in southern Oregon, which meant my classmate A) either lived in town or in an even smaller town somewhere within a 50 mile radius (it was the latter), and B) that his parents were either overly strict, religious, or anti-authoritarian (it was primarily the latter). For those of you not from the West Coast, this type of anti-authoritarianism tends to manifest on a broad continuum, with the peacelovehippies on one end, the Manson hippies on the other, and bulk represented in the middle by more of a Bakersfield/Five Easy Pieces kind of vibe.
Of course segments of these types mix together in contradictory ways. At my classmate's house we were forbidden from watching Three's Company because it was too racy, we went to a natural food store for snacks made from various puffed or toasted grains (after sneaking some Nerds and Bottle Caps on our way from the bus to his home), and we spent the evening watching 16mm educational films because his father worked for a distributor and could get a projector and films for free.
So my associative experience with 16mm film projection? Some combination of awe over moon landings, malnourishment (70s health food was a much different [soy-based] beast than what is available today), and primarily discomfort and slight concerns over my safety in case I made a reference to Loni Anderson or Soap. In my mind, viewing a film film in a non-theatrical venue equates to nervousness, low level fear, and hunger.
What, then, does this mean in terms of the format? Nothing, really. 16mm is not inherently Manson-like (8mm, perhaps), but these are my emotional attachments to the viewing experience. This is nothing against the format or the filmic experience — my next 16mm viewing came 20 some odd years later on a Brooklyn rooftop, discussing the deep magenta tone of a NYPL print of On The Town in between reel changes with my NYU archiving cohorts. There was probably a similar degree of fear and hunger involved, but, overall, a rather different experience than the earlier one.
Between these endpoints, my primary interactions with Cinema were the multiplex, television, home video, and TV/VCR combos rolled into classrooms. My film classes at two universities before NYU utilized projected VHS tapes, either from the library, Blockbuster, or dubbed from TV. Despite my chosen career and the obvious aesthetic qualities of film, my life and the lives of the bulk of people I know have to make me assume that over the past 30 years these types of experiences with movies are more representative of the broader culture than actual film projection.
And it is exactly these points of personal experience and aestheticism where the film-as-film preservation argument runs into the first of many impediments — not due to a question of quality but a question of how we communicate across a broad audience. We can write touching paeans about our personal attachment to film or create masterful homages to certain styles or periods in cinematic history, but in the end we have to consider whether these great enlightenment sermons are converting souls or just creating an emotional buzz for ourselves, whether they push ideas ahead or are more like resigned obituaries looking to reify the past ere it dissipates forever.
We also have to consider that media archiving and preservation extend well beyond motion picture film. Within the past 20-30 years how much content has been created on video as opposed to film? And what of audio? These media types do not have a viable long term format to migrate to outside of the digital realm, and many of them are already born digital. Perhaps we need to ask ourselves if a fundamental rejection of digital preservation and the work needed to establish archival methodologies in favor of film is ultimately detrimental to the preservation needs of non-film materials as well as the presentation needs of existing digital cinema.
The personal narrative can be an effective rhetorical angle, but it is not the entire argument. In order to more successfully advocate for the importance of media archiving and preservation we need to acknowledge that the unreceptive do not typically travel the Damascan road. Within the humanities, critical arguments based on the appreciation of all that is sweetness and light are valid but limited lines of reasoning. Limited because aesthetic arguments tend to be easily dismissed by those not of like mind or similar background as mere opinion or too soft, but also limited because it does not take full advantage of the skills a humanities education provides: analysis, questioning, interpretation, empathy, awareness of audience, historical perspective, and more.
As with all formats, the risks associated with digital media and its material differences from film are real and definable. The way those risks and differences are communicated — both in terms of creating awareness and establishing means of dealing with them — will greatly affect our ability to deal with the challenges and to gather the resources we need to do so.
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Part 2: Mix and Match
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This week's issue is about a topic that I have been pondering lately. Me, a biracial female with a white father and a black mother, love seeing people of different races in a relationship when I walk down the hallway, the street, or really anywhere. But, I have recently noticed that biracial couples are scarce when dealing with TV and media in general.
In TV shows, magazines, and movies, more often than not, if the lead character is not white, their significant other is most likely the same race as them. Even when minority characters get a partner, they're usually still the same race as them too.
I wondered if I actually had a point with my findings or if I was just being dramatic, so I asked a friend about her observations when it comes to this issue.
MHS senior Ken Casey explained how there is a big difference between preference and racial discrimination. She said, "Preference is based more on gender, typically…but, with racial discrimination, if you don't like something based on your own race, it's just flat out racist."
She went on to explain more about her opinion when it comes to biracial off-screen couples. She said, "You may not like someone for their personality, but you can't say you don't want to date them because they're black or Asian, which is what a lot of people do."
I have noticed that this seems to be a leading reason preventing biracial couples in real life, but Hollywood situations like this seem to occur on accident. What I mean is that every time there's a TV couple of the same race, it's almost because that was the "safer" option – almost as if the production company was scared to dip their toes in the sensitive topic of race.
Casey said, "I feel like the media makes couples the same race because they don't know how to portray it. I feel like they're afraid to [attempt it] because it could come off as racist or offensive."
I could see the potential problem producers might be trying to avoid, but, at the same time, I'm tired of it! Don't get me wrong, I love an "Elena and Damon" couple just as much as the next girl, but seeing more of a "Bonnie and Enzo" couple is refreshing and is a small step this generation can take in easing racial tensions.
So, Hollywood, listen up! Don't be afraid to mix and match, because, in the end, our differences will push us together.
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Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel talks to the Nordwest-Zeitung newspaper about Bundeswehr deployments abroad, the situation facing the displaced in Libya, nuclear conflict with North Korea and the Germans being detained in Turkey (interview published on 13 September 2017).
Mr Gabriel, is the Bundeswehr able to fulfil its duties on deployments abroad?
The Bundeswehr is having some issues with equipment and supplies. We should therefore get the Bundeswehr better equipped quickly so that it can live up to its responsibilities on its deployments abroad. But that's only part of the story. We Europeans, not just us Germans, also need to do more on the civilian side in crisis-hit countries. That's where we in the Social Democratic Party disagree with the CDU: they, unlike us, want to double the armaments budget. We think that's the wrong thing to do, since we are not going to solve these crises by military means alone. In Europe, we spend half as much on defence as the United States. But the trouble is that our spending is considerably less effective because we still collaborate too little with one another on military matters. It is wrong to think that ever more defence expenditure will mean ever greater security. So we do need a better-equipped Bundeswehr, which means we need to spend more – but equipment provision is not the same as rearmament.
What can be done to improve the situation facing displaced persons in Libya?
The first question that needs answering is, "Who will provide security?" Libya is a country where state structures are insufficient. The displaced-persons camps are controlled in part by criminal gangs. We Europeans therefore have to act together and do what we can so that the legitimate government is strengthened and lasting peace is established in Libya. This is a prerequisite for greater security, which will in turn better enable us and the United Nations to do more for these people on the ground. But we mustn't give in to the illusion that the military alone could pacify the situation.
What danger does North Korea represent?
We have to make sure North Korea's tactics don't inspire copycats. If what North Korea is doing brings it success, the danger is that others may follow and neighbouring countries will acquire nuclear weapons. Then, as I see it, there will a major risk of yet more countries wanting to acquire nuclear weapons, including African states. That would lead us straight into an arms race and make the world an even more dangerous place.
What can be done, in your opinion, to calm the conflict with North Korea?
We can look for new ways to work together with Russia and China. There are only three countries that can effectively prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and they are Russia, China and the United States. I therefore advocate breathing new life into détente efforts. We are approaching a new window of opportunity just now, and we should use it. At the moment, the lack of trust between East and West is causing us to lay waste to the arms-control bodies that cost so much laborious but successful effort to develop during the 1980s. Germany has to be an advocate for peace in that debate, not double our defence spending. That is Germany's role. I don't even know where that money would be supposed to come from. Surely it would be a better thing to double education spending.
What can you do for the Germans being held in Turkey?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is using Germany as an external enemy, to obscure his internal contradictions. That's a game you can't play along with. For a long time, the German Government responded in a level-headed and very restrained manner to his provocations. But with Germans being unjustly detained in Turkey and with the Turkish Government putting 680 German companies on a terrorism black list, we had to do something. We have cut our economic assistance and issued clear advice about the risks involved in investing in Turkey. Ankara reacted to that pretty quickly. Germany's private sector also objected to Turkey's actions. That economic pressure has had an effect.
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If you're getting in the business of creating software, whether it's creating bespoke tools for businesses or running a SaaS business around a particular suite of tools you continually update, you're entering a competitive market. It's fast-growing and there are new opportunities being found every day.
However, there are several different businesses aiming to exploit, fulfill, and profit from those opportunities. Marketing is going to make a huge difference in whether you're the one to do that or not. Here, we'll look at how it helps you standout well above the rest of the crowd.
You might be rather flexible in your talents, and you might think that you have the potential to profit by being all things to all people at all times. However, the people who are looking for a piece of software that fits their needs aren't looking for an all-rounder. They're looking for someone who's an expert in the thing they want.
For that reason, finding your niche, whether it's in dealing with a specific customer or creating a piece of software that does one or two things better than all the other competitors, is going to give you a stronger market position.
In time, you can grow your scope, but you have to dig into that portion of the market as deep as possible before you think of expanding.
Software businesses need to be effective at communicating exactly what it is they do. Sometimes, this means you have to be dry in your copy.
Which means that finding what opportunities you can to create a brand that pops, that's fresh and exciting, can help make it standout from all the other wholly business like enterprises you're competing with.
Naming a startup well and creating a visual style that provides a bit more life to the business can make a big difference. It keeps the audience engaged enough with the brand, making it more memorable. It also makes sure that the sometimes-dry nature of the essential service descriptions is complemented by something more immediately palatable.
Visibility is as important in standing out as having a distinct brand and aim is, too. When people think visibility in online business, they first think of search engine optimization and broad-reaching marketing. These efforts matter, but you also have to work to quickly convert the interested parties that click on your site, as well.
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Millions of foreign readers have been delighted by Scandinavian mystery stories over the past two decades, but few of them, perhaps, have given much thought to the political and social aspects of their Krimis. In Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen signs onto the critical consensus that finds "Nordic Noir" chock-a-block with political significance. Joining a chorus of voices that includes Michael Tapper (Swedish Cops, 2014) and the authors in Scandinavian Crime Fiction (eds. Nestingen & Arvas, 2011), Stougaard-Nielsen brings new works under study and challenges some received opinions. Both solidly academic and highly accessible, Stougaard-Nielsen's book should prove a standard reference point for critics of contemporary crime fiction, and a way into the complexities of its contexts for the general reader.
For Stougaard-Nielsen, as for most observers, the popular phenomenon of Scandinavian crime fiction has its roots in dissatisfaction with the success of the post-WW2 welfare state in Norway, Denmark, and especially Sweden. Americans who look to Scandinavia as a model of social welfare may be puzzled by the idea that you could criticize Sweden and Denmark from the left. But for writers like Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, the cradle-to-grave care and social engineering of postwar Sweden bore little relation to real socialism. The authors of the Martin Beck mysteries saw the welfare state as something designed to sate people with consumer goods, arrange them in placid, dehumanizing communities susceptible to easy surveillance, and cut them off from family traditions and from any real say in their destinies.
Sjöwall and Wahlöö's political critique can be easier to discern in more rhetorical novels like Wahlöö's Steel Spring, however. Stougaard-Nielsen notes that Sjöwall and Wahlöö intended to get readers hooked on the first few offerings in their Martin Beck series before letting "the mask fall" (40) in later volumes. And it is true that their topics turn to corruption, terrorism, and assassination as the series goes on. But their criticism of Swedish society can be as oblique as it is topical. Sjöwall and Wahlöö are ironists, and as Stougaard-Nielsen argues, surprisingly sentimental ones at times. The idea of Sweden as a "people's home," betrayed by the bureaucratic welfare state (and later by neoliberalism), strikes deep chords in their work. Martin Beck, after all, ends up joining a sort of commune, where he is redeemed by the affection of a nurturing woman. Perhaps you don't need democratic socialism; perhaps all you need is love.
Henning Mankell can be similarly difficult to "read." His hero Wallander is impassive and taciturn, relegating his thoughts to internal monologues that Mankell's narrator conveys to us. But those monologues can be mirror-like, emitting ideas that Wallander absorbs from the nationalist, sometimes racist and xenophobic political context that surrounds him. Michael Tapper reads these reflections as indicating that novels like Faceless Killers (with its search for "foreign" murderers) actively retransmit racist paranoia (92). Stougaard-Nielsen disagrees, noting that Wallander doesn't equal Mankell: that in fact, by creating a flawed protagonist who embodies the contradictions of his society and helps readers to focus a critique of them (96-97). Faceless Killers is the first Wallander novel, so it may well be, too, that Mankell's hero evolves a progressive consciousness as his series goes on (as Shane McCorristine argues in "The Place of Pessimism," an essay in Nestingen and Arvas's volume). In any case, Stougaard-Nielsen helps define an open, troubling question about one of the most popular Scandinavian fictional detectives.
It will be the rare reader, even among completist Krimi fans, who comes away from Scandinavian Crime Fiction without a list of newly-discovered titles to consider. Especially intriguing are Stougaard-Nielsen's readings of Anders Bodelsen's Think of a Number, a homme-traqué suspense novel from 1968, Gunnar Staalesen's somewhat anti-realistic hard-boiled private-eye novels featuring social-worker-turned-detective Varg Veum, and Kerstin Ekman's eco-thriller Blackwater.
If you thought that Scandinavian mysteries were just escapist jolts of puzzle and peril – well, of course, you're partly right. Stougaard-Nielsen points out that these fictions, originating in complex webs of political critique, are now brand-name consumer goods the world over. The Scandinavian Krimi paradoxically uses a strong dose of local color to produce a globalized, frequently imitated commodity. Stougaard-Nielsen discusses Stieg Larsson's Salander novels at length, pointing up their various contradictions. They are hyper-realist yet fanciful; they critique consumerism while glamorizing it; they are contrived, artificial entertainments with openly rhetorical purposes; they are highly topical commentaries on Swedish culture that at the same time channel sentimental visions of the past, modeling themselves unironically on the children's fiction of Astrid Lindgren. You may read The Girl who did this-or-that to shut out the world at large, but ultimately there is no escape.


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Campus Galli est un monastère carolingien en cours de construction, à Meßkirch, dans le Baden-Württemberg, en Allemagne. Le projet consiste à  construire un monastère médiéval suivant le plan de Saint-Gall (début du ) en utilisant les techniques de l'époque et des méthodes d'archéologie expérimentale. Le financement à long terme du projet vient des revenus issus des visites touristiques. Le chantier est ouvert aux visiteurs depuis le mois de .

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Le monastère est en cours de construction dans une zone boisée à environ quatre kilomètres au nord de la petite ville de Messkirch dans le sud de l'Allemagne. Les bâtiments sont construits suivant le plan de Saint-Gall, qui est le seul dessin majeur d'architecture du Moyen Âge. Dans ce projet, la construction du monastère sera accompli autant que possible, avec les matériaux et les méthodes de l'époque de Charlemagne, en accord avec les principes de l'archéologie expérimentale. Le but est d'augmenter les connaissances scientifiques de l'époque Carolingienne concernant l'architecture et l'ingénierie. Les principales matières premières, comme le bois et la pierre, sont celles disponibles sur le site.

Entre 20 et 30 personnes œuvrent en permanence sur le site, hormis, selon la coutume médiévale, lors des mois d'hiver, entre le  (la Saint-Martin) et le  (anniversaire de Charlemagne). Le temps total de construction est estimé à quarante ans. Des bénévoles aident à la construction ou comme interprètes costumés.

Le projet a été lancé par Bert Geurten, journaliste d'Aix-la-Chapelle, avec un financement d'un million d'euro fourni par la ville, l'État et l'Union européenne. Un Conseil scientifique de 18 experts en, archéologie, histoire, théologie et médecine vétérinaire veillent sur le projet.

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Une petite zone de la forêt a été défrichée fin , et des abris temporaires pour les artisans ont été construits. Une carte du site montre des zones pour les charpentiers, les vanniers, les potiers, les forgerons, les tailleurs de pierre, les tourneurs sur bois, les fabricants de balais, les décideurs, les couvreurs, les travailleurs du textile, et des fabricants de corde Il y a aussi des enclos pour les porcs, les chèvres et les moutons, ainsi qu'un poulailler et un rucher. Il y a également un jardin d'herbes aromatiques et médicinales. Au centre du site, une église en bois est en cours de construction.

La construction de l'église en bois commence en 2014, et la structure principale est achevée en 2015. La construction se poursuit à l'intérieur et sur les détails de l'extérieur.

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Le , le Campus Galli est officiellement nommé site d'enseignement et de recherche de l'Université de Tübingen.

La production de céramique et des mortiers suivant les techniques médiévales à Campus Galli intéressent le centre de compétences d'archéométrie du Bade-Wurtemberg (CCA-BW). Les investigations minéralogique permettent d'établir une connexion entre les découvertes archéologiques et les éléments produits à Campus Galli selon les méthodes traditionnelles. Les expérimentations archéologiques concernant la cuisson de la céramique, ou  des formations pour les étudiants en archéologie sont également menées dans le cadre de la coopération.

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 , reconstruction d'une résidence d'un chef de clan écossais.
 Le château de Guédelon en France, visant à reconstruire un château médiéval à Treigny.

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The film 'Spartacus' was directed by Stanley Kubrick. The 1960 film is based on Howard Fast's novel of the same name and covers real events. Spartacus is a rebellious slave who leads a violent revolt against the Roman empire. The film won four Oscars. Stanley Kubrick also directed The Killing", "2001: A Space Odyssey", "A Clockwork Orange", "The Shining" and "Full Metal Jacket".


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Two sisters on the run, both pursued by their mother. But when this mother is the Empress of Ghana and one of the most powerful people in the world, it is no ordinary chase.
And life has changed in the mid twenty second century. The aether is a telepathic cyberspace. Biochips augment human brains. AIs, concepts, even symbols can be dangerous.
Mnada is heir to the Ghanaian throne, yet something has been done to her brain that has made her insane, something to send her fleeing north across jungle and desert towards the mysterious place called Muezzinland.
Nshalla is relegated to the status of puppet, ignored, yet also part of her mother's plan; she follows her sister's flight, determined to discover the truth behind Muezzinland.
And the Empress herself, possessing the most modern technology with which to recapture her daughters – androids, morphic tools, orbital stations, all powered by a ruthless will. But not even she can predict what might happen should the family be reunited, least of all if it is inside Muezzinland…
Set in a vivid and fascinating future, Muezzinland is a novel by the author of Memory Seed and Glass.
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(Gwyneth Jones in the New York Review Of Science Fiction Jul 2003): In Stephen Palmer's Muezzinland… Western civilisation has simply faded away. The human world, dominated by a secret group of Pacific Rim and African aether-aristocrats, is interpenetrated by the "aether" of radio-telepathic cyberspace. Twenty-second century Africa – with a ruthless empress and her android servant I-C-U Tompieme out to control a new race of virtual divinities – is an apt venue for an exploration of what this means. When Nshalla, younger daughter of the Empress of Ghana, sets out in search of the unstable and possibly very dangerous heir to the throne, she faces a world that behaves like a fabulously complex data network of minds (not all of them human). It comes complete with myth and folklore routines that can suddenly co-opt you, like awful pop-up adverts that take over your screen.
Muezzinland is a real treat. Much of its charm lies in the evocative, poetic travelogue of a journey through beyond-futuristic West and North Africa, where the camels are refractory, the desert night is a blazing tapestry of many-coloured stars, and the great river journey is enlivened by savages and giant water monsters. It's also a tour de force in imagining possibilities that lie beyond our information age: a time when human psychology has become concrete, as it is in myth. (Your friend has a shattering experience, you crawl around picking up the oozing pieces, you literally hold her together in your arms, and it's nasty.)
Though rich in incident and characterization, Muezzinland suffers a little from lack of dramatic tension, with everything else overshadowed by the guided tour – but I wouldn't fault it as science fiction. If you enjoy the full immersion experience of neo-magic, you'll [like] Muezzinland.
(Matrix Jul 2003): Stephen succeeds when many other similar attempts to fuse the mythic and the modern fail. All to often the hybridisation of myth and technology withers and dies as you read. But in Muezzinland, the hybrid thrives, creating a compelling and cohesive vision. And the narrative structure counterpoints the external and internal journeys during which the protagonists discover much about themselves, their relationships and their country. It's an unusual and successful combination.
(Vector May 2003): While the plot can be read as a relatively straightforward thriller, the book as a whole is considerably more than this. It succeeds in integrating the elements of myth and high technology, producing something of a hybrid that feels right. Muezzinland is at its strongest when dealing with the journey… ultimately it is the journey that matters.
(InfinityPlus 2003): Human interest, a rich atmosphere and Palmer's pleasingly lyrical prose keep the reader's interest, which is just as well because several key plot points are revealed halfway through the novel. Surprise last-minute plot twists are not a prominent feature of Muezzinland, although the sisters' odyssey across Western Aphrica maintains a certain pace, and Palmer manages to wrap the story up in a way that is neither obvious nor deus ex machina. The early over-exposure of the plot slightly jarred with me — I like a little more suspense with my reading — but overall I'd say it stands up well, and it's a thoroughly enjoyable read.
(amazon.com 2003): Muezzinland had me gripped from the first chapter. The future world of Africa was exotic and strange, with enough technological detail to convince, but not so much as to overwhelm. This image of the future has its roots in cyberspace, but with a neat twist – global comunication has broken down to the point where even knowledge of local geography is limited. Apart from the main characters (all female) there are very interesting A.I., hybrid and mystic inclusions; in fact, the way the mystic element to the story is handled is its main strength, giving a neat new angle on the subject of archetypes, deities, etc. The way Stephen Palmer has woven these elements into an exciting storyline is great, leaving me on the look out for more of his work.
(Goodreads, Estelle): A fascinating novel, where Africa has become the dominant continent, and technology mixes with older traditions and beliefs. The two main characters, both female, are beautifully drawn and realised, and the book holds you as a reader right to the end.
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Dilip Kumar's wife Saira Banu, who often operates the veteran actor's Twitter account, shared the acting legend's health update on Thursday and also mentioned about her recent outing without him. "29 June '18 was one of the RARE times I attended a social event without my Kohinoor (my Sahab) besides me. I went for the nikah of Nida, daughter of Asif Farooqui. I felt lonely without Sahab, but was overjoyed to bless the couple and interact with so many of you," Ms Banu tweeted from Dilip Kumar's Twitter account. She also posted a picture of herself from the wedding. Read the tweet here.
"Sahab is doing well. He is resting at home. He is truly overwhelmed with your messages of love through every medium possible. Thank you," read another tweet.
Last year in November, Dilip Kumar was diagnosed with pneumonia and before that, he was hospitalised for a brief while at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, where he was being treated for dehydration and kidney malfunction. His homecoming was followed by regular health updates on Twitter. Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra had visited him later.
Dilip Kumar turned 95 last December. He married Saira Banu in 1966. The couple are co-stars of films like Sagina Mahato, Chhoti Bahu and Duniya. He was born Mohammad Yusuf Khan and his six-decade career, he has starred in films such as Madhumati, Devdas, Andaz, Mughal-e-Azam, Ganga Jamuna, Ram Aur Shyam and Naya Daur.


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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2013/04/24/football-hagy-connects-cornell-students-with-wall-street/)
FOOTBALL | Hagy Connects Cornell Students With Wall Street
By The Cornell Daily Sun | April 24, 2013
As Ivy League students, Cornellians like to be at the front of the pack. No one understands this more than freshman Luke Hagy. A standout rookie running back for the Red and 2012 Ivy League Rookie of the Year nominee, Hagy's motivation to succeed extends from the football field to the corporate world. This year, Hagy became a campus liaison for a start-up company called Endorse.me. An online platform to connect college jobseekers with prospective employers, the startup company focuses on sharing information privately as to give companies a better way to identify top talent. "I was contacted by a kid from back home that went to a rival high school who played football against me, and he asked me if I wanted to be a liaison for Cornell," Hagy said. "[Endorse.me was] trying to find other people who would be good for the job, and for me, it sounded like a cool opportunity, so I had a few interviews and eventually got it.Currently on 17 campuses across the country, Endorse.me aims to connect qualified stuents with firms on Wall Street and in the tech industry, according to Hagy. While it is similar to other online sites that pair potential employees and employers, such as LinkedIn, Endorse.me sets itself apart by focusing on sharing confidential information between students and companies."Their main thing is that they use private information instead of public information so it's more credible to the companies," Hagy said.With the job market becoming more selective due to an influx of applications, students and recent graduates are finding it more difficult to find work. A one-page resume isfinding it more difficult to find work. A one-page resume is no longer enough to set a candidate apart from the rest, which is where the fundamental idea for Endorse.me emerged. The startup has students create private profiles and ask for personal recommendations to complement their resume."You get a private endorsement from a past professor or coworker," Hagy explained. "You request it [and] then they write a letter of recommendation that is put on your profile. When you make your profile you select a list of firms, then those firms are notified that you're interested in them."Students begin the process by creating a list of employers that they would like to see their profiles. Since the profiles are private, they tend to contain more personal information — including what job offers a person is currently considering — that have the potential to carry more weight than a general resume and make a candidate more competitive in the job hunt. Once the professors submit the recommendations and they are added to the profile, the students can choose the companies with which they want to share information."For underclassmen, this is a way to make themselves stand out," Hagy said.As an underclassman himself, Hagy is already making a name for himself as the Cornell liaison to Endorse.me. "I contacted a lot of my friends to see how they reacted [and] then I emailed 25 or 30 clubs and at first no one responded, but in a week or two, a lot began to respond," he explained. "I created an email that basically said what Endorse.me was what the benefits were and why people should sign up." Mainly targeting the financial and technology sectors, Endorse.me is beginning to broaden its scope, as companies like Citi, Mozilla, Pinterest, Spotify, Twitter and Zaarly are currently using the website to look for candidates. While it is available exclusively to students as a free, cloud-based service at this time, Endorse.me plans to begin creating mobile applications over the summer, which will expand the audience it can reach."I think this is going to be a very successful [start up company] and if [the students at Cornell] don't start doing it, all of these other elite schools are going to be ahead of us," Hagy said, describing reasons why Cornellians should join the site. "You always want to be at the top. Even if a lot of people don't sign up, I think that for the people who do it is a great idea. Anything that helps you set yourself apart from other students is a good thing."
Original Author: Lauren Ritter
Cornell Professors Try Out 'Flipped Classrooms'
By The Cornell Daily Sun April 24, 2013
As higher education increasingly uses technology to aid teaching and learning, Cornell has recently embraced a technology-facilitated educational model that allows more class time to be spent on engaging learning activities, such as interactive polls, in place of a typical lecture. Known as "flipped classroom" or "inverted teaching," the method entails providing course content, usually given to students during lecture, before they enter the physical classroom, according to Robert Vanderlan '88, instructional specialist for Cornell's Center for Teaching Excellence.
Professor Isaac Kramnick Reflects on Ubiquity of Religion in Politics
Religion is ubiquitous in U.S. politics and American public life, Prof. Isaac Kramnick, government, said at his talk, "America Under God?" Wednesday. In his speech, Kramnick focused on the large role religion plays in most Americans' daily lives from the moment they enter school as a child.


When I first began NewNeedlepoint.com almost 10 years ago, this amazing book was still available new. It was very popular. Then one day it was out of print and became impossible to get.
I have emailed back and forth several times with Di van Nierkerk (who is a very nice lady and takes the time to respond to my pitiful emails). It is out of print and that is that.
For awhile it was impossibly expensive on the out-of-print, rare book markets. It has come down in price substantially but it is still pricey.
This is a new copy of the book but it was bought as a used book, the edges are a tiny bit worn from storage but otherwise it is, indeed, as new.
A Perfect World in Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork is a gorgeous book, it has 17 projects or what it calls "panels". They are all of flowers or small animals or both.
As always with one of Di's books, the instructions are comprehensive (and then some) and each panel chapter is loaded with full color pictures. The threads needed, needles, stitches and ribbons are specified.
Although it is Ribbon Embroidery, South Africa where this book was published, like the UK, often refers the needlepoint as embroidery or canvas work. Every design here is easily applicable to needlepoint.
First published by Search Press in 2006, this is the 2008 reprint edition. It is a glossy cover paperbound book with 160 pages.
As I mentioned, it is in new or excellent condition.


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Coronavirus poses tough challenge for economic policymakers
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2020, file photo, people wear masks as they commute during the morning rush hour in Chuo district in Tokyo. China's massive travel restrictions, house-to-house checks, huge isolation wards and lockdowns of entire cities bought the world valuable time to prepare for the global spread of the new virus. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fast-moving coronavirus isn't just confounding health officials. It's also bedeviling policymakers and central bankers who are struggling to assess the economic damage from an outbreak that's reached 37 countries and territories, infected 80,000 people and killed 2,700 worldwide.
They don't know where or how fast the virus will spread. They can't draw on clear precedents to consider what to do. And the tools they normally use to fight economic slumps — interest-rate cuts, government spending hikes and tax relief — either might not work very well, lack broad support or carry their own risks.
If they overreact, policymakers can cause self-defeating panic. Yet if they respond too slowly or timidly, they risk having the economic damage deepen and spread.
Stock markets tumbled and bond yields sank Tuesday for a second day on rising fears that COVID-19 and the quarantines being imposed to fight it are obstructing global supply chains and could derail corporate earnings and the global economy. The Dow Jones industrial plunged 878 points — 3% — after plummeting more than 1,000 points Monday, the sharpest drop in two years.
"This outbreak will have a significant effect on worldwide demand for tourism, travel, and other services, while the supply chain disruptions and increased uncertainty will hurt current production as well as investment," said Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University economist. "The timing of the outbreak is especially unfortunate … Europe and Japan are flirting with recession while China and India had been losing growth momentum.''
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said that the European Central Bank has little ability to counteract a recession. It has pushed its benchmark interest rate into negative territory, to -0.5%, and is already purchasing government bonds in an effort to lower longer-term interest rates.
"What is the policy response in Europe?" Zandi asked. "There is none."
At that point, with so many economies overseas struggling, the U.S. will likely suffer a hit just from the overseas slowdown. "With the entire global economy in recession, that likely means we are going to get pretty close to one," Zandi said.
Catherine Mann, chief economist at Citi, said the financial services giant has cut its forecast for global economic growth this year to 2.5%, the weakest pace since the Great Recession more than a decade ago.
When the virus began grabbing headlines last month, most economists were relatively sanguine about the economic damage it could cause. They predicted a repeat of what happened when the SARS outbreak hit China and its neighbors in 2003: A short-lived blow to economic output, followed by a relatively quick rebound.
But the virus has proved virulent and fast-moving. No one expected the virus to slam countries as far-flung as Italy and South Korea. And the quarantines and lock-downs that governments have imposed to try to stop the outbreak have brought business to a standstill in hard-hit places such as Chinese industrial hub of Wuhan, a city of 11 million where COVID-19 originated.
What happens in China carries far greater economic weight than it did 17 years ago. Back then, China accounted for just 4% of the global economy. Now, it's 16%. And its factories and warehouses are deeply integrated with the rest of the world, supplying toys, shoes, cellphones to importers around the world.
"This is unprecedented,'' said Sung Won Sohn, an economist at Loyola Marymount University in California. "That's one of the reasons we cannot really say this will be another SARS.''
Policymakers have decades of experience fighting traditional downturns. Typically, consumers and businesses lose confidence. They become reluctant to spend and invest, potentially creating a self-fulfilling downward spiral.
In response, governments can inject money into public works projects or approve sharp tax cuts. The Federal Reserve and other central banks can slash interest rates. Given enough of a financial incentive to borrow and spend, consumers eventually will open their wallets. And companies will hire, buy equipment and open new factories, offices and shops.
So revving up demand is something policymakers are used to. But this time, they don't have a go-to remedy for the kind of supply shock that the coronavirus is causing — the lockdown of factories in China and elsewhere that is cutting off the flow of raw materials and finished products to customers around the globe.
"Fed policy can't fix that,'' said Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at the tax advisory firm RSM.
The virus and the health measures that are meant to combat it are depressing consumer demand. Families quarantined in Wuhan and elsewhere tend to "stay at home and cut back on discretionary spending for eating, recreation and travel,'' said economist Paul Sheard, senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.
"A big looming shock calls for an early and aggressive policy response, but such a response could turn out to be unnecessary and look panicky,'' Sheard said. On the other hand, if COVID-19 continues to inflict damage, "policymakers who take an inordinate wait-and-see approach will look to have been heavy-footed and complacent in retrospect.''
So far, the Fed has chosen to monitor the health crisis and its economic fallout and hold off on any decision to cut rates below their already low levels. Its cautious approach is beginning to draw criticism from some.
"They need to be proactive,'' said Loyola Marymount's Sohn.
Fed officials have made clear that they are closely monitoring the impact of the virus but do not yet have a clear handle on its current or potential impacts.
"I'm really a data wonk, I'll look at anything that moves," Richard Clarida, vice chair of the Federal Reserve, said Tuesday at an economics conference. But he added that it is "still too soon to even speculate about either the size or the persistence" of the coronavirus' effects.
Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, said Monday that the Fed will keep in close touch with their business contacts to see how the disease affects their sales and outlooks. That may be where they see the first signs of an impact.
The Fed reduced rates three times last year, leaving its benchmark rate in a low range of 1.5% to 1.75%. There's little more room to cut. Likewise, the government has already enacted tax cuts and spending increases that have put the nation on track to record its first $1 trillion budget deficit in eight years.
"There really isn't much we can do in terms of fiscal policy," Sohn said. "Our deficits are so high, and it takes time for Congress to act. I'm not expecting much from the administration.''
Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, however, promised Tuesday that "we will be ready with a number of measures, emergency measures, common sense measures" if the virus' "contagion rate picks up.''
AP Writer Kevin Freking in Washington contributed to this report.
Follow Paul Wiseman on Twitter at @PaulWisemanAP and Christopher Rugaber at http://Twitter.com/ChrisRugaber
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Ensana Health Spa Hotels v Mariánský Lázních, dříve Danubius Health Spa Resort Classic Collection Nové & Centrální Lázně a Konferenční centrum Casino je hotelový komplex v Mariánských Lázních, který tvoří hotely Hvězda, Centrální lázně, Nové lázně, Pacifik, Svoboda, Vltava a Butterfly. Komplex se nachází v oblasti mezi Reitenbergerovou a Dusíkovou ulicí, Goethovým náměstím a Lázeňskou ulicí, v těsné blízkosti lázeňských parků a hlavní kolonády. První tři ze zmíněných čtyř budov komplexu jsou chráněnými kulturními památkami.

Nové lázně
Správu Mariánských Lázní mělo ve svých rukou opatství tepelského kláštera. Původní budova Nových lázní byla postavena v letech 1827–1828, na sklonku éry opata Reitenbergera, podle projektu Josefa Esche. Na konci 19. století, kdy Mariánské Lázně zažívaly největší rozkvět a město začali navštěvovat bohatí návštěvníci, politici, panovníci, zámožná ruská velkoknížata i západní milionáři, se opatství rozhodlo postavit lázeňskou budovu pro prominentní hosty. Proto byly v letech 1893–1896 Nové lázně dle projektu zdejšího rodáka, architekta Josefa Schaffera přestavěny na luxusní lázeňskou budovu ve stylu monumentální novorenesance.

Mezi pravidelné návštěvníky tohoto hotelu patřil například anglický král Edward VII. Po návštěvě anglického prince Edwarda hraběte z Wessexu roku 2005 hotel zahájil pětihvězdičkový provoz.

Lázeňský hotel Nové lázně poskytuje léčebné procedury využívající přírodní léčivé zdroje, vodoléčbu v komplexu Římských lázní, které jsou dodnes zachovány v původním stavu z roku 1893 a doposud plně funkční. Léčba je zaměřena na nemoci pohybového aparátu a poruchy prokrvení orgánů, obezitu, nemocí ledvin a močových cest, nemoci dýchacích cest a poruchy potence. Zvláštní nabídkou je i minerální koupel v Královské kabině a Císařské kabině, které ke svému léčení využívali anglický král Edward VII. a rakousko-uherský císař František Josef I.

Centrální lázně
V budově hotelu Centrální lázně jsou v provozu Staré lázně.

Společenský dům Casino
Budova společenského domu Casino byla vystavěná v letech 1899–1901 ve stylu italské novorenesance.

Pravidelně se zde konají četné kulturní akce, konference a slavnostní hostiny. V roce 1904 zde vystoupila česká operní pěvkyně Ema Destinnová a její vystoupení vyvolalo obrovský ohlas. V roce 1946 se právě zde konal 1. mezinárodní filmový festival v tehdejším Československu, který se od druhého ročníku pořádá v Karlových Varech. Od 22. do 14. dubna 2009 se v sálech společenského domu Casino konalo neformální zasedání ministrů pro místní rozvoj v rámci předsednictví České republiky v Radě Evropské unie.

Mariiny lázně
Mariiny neboli Slatinné lázně (Moorbad) byly v blízkosti pavilónu Mariina pramene vybudovány v letech 1881–1882 podle návrhu architekta Friedricha Zicklera. V přízemí bylo 34 kabin slatinných koupelí se samostatnými odpočívárnami a šatnami, dále zde byla rozlehlá prosvětlená hala s relaxačními lůžky. Celkovou slatinnou koupel poprvé vyzkoušel v roce 1823 Dr. Heidler, Mariánským lázním je v tom přičítáno světové prvenství. Dr. Nehr, jeden ze zakladatelů Mariánských Lázní, používal slatinu pro zábaly rukou a nohou. V roce 1903 se zde poskytovalo více než 1 000 procedur denně.

Ke komplexu byly Mariiny lázně připojeny v roce 2011.

Vytvoření komplexu
Na jaře roku 2007 byl slavnostně otevřen koridor mezi budovami Nových lázní, Casina a Centrálních lázní. Vznikl z nich jeden lázeňský komplex, který od června 2007 nesl název Danubius Health Spa Resort Classic Collection Nové & Centrální Lázně a Konferenční centrum Casino. Patřil do mezinárodní sítě lázeňských hotelů Danubius Hotels Group a byl zapsán na seznamu nejluxusnějších lázeňských hotelů Evropy The Royal Spas of Europe. Od 1. září 2009 hotelový komplex řídil nový ředitel Karel Kalivoda, který v této funkci nahradil Roberta Landsmana.

V dubnu roku 2011 byla rekonstruována budova Mariiných lázní (prezentovaná nově pod názvem Maria Spa Courtyard) a byla taktéž připojena ke komplexu, a to spojovací chodbou k Centrálním lázním.

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'Drag Race' Contestant Gigi Goode Comes Out As Transgender
RuPaul's Drag Race alum Gigi Goode has come out as transgender.
The 23-year-old Goode was a runner-up on the twelfth season of the reality drag queen competition series.
Goode came out to her fans in a video posted on Instagram.
In the 8-minute clip, Goode said that she was recovering from recent facial feminization surgery.
"I don't even know how to start this," Goode said in the video. "Let's just jump right into it, you know what I mean? I guess, without beating around the bush, around eight months ago in January, right at the beginning of the year, I decided to begin the process of hormone replacement therapy."
"For those of you who don't know, [that is] the process of taking estrogen and testosterone blockers – differing on the person – as a means of bringing in the woman and pushing out the man. At least that was my process with it."
Goode, who previously came out as genderfluid, explained that the coronavirus lockdown gave her "a lot of time to think and reflect."
She said that she began the transition process eight months ago.
"I identify as a trans/non-binary person and I prefer she/her pronouns," she said. "I have a lot more healing to go and not a lot of time to do it."
Goode added that she is legally changing her name to Gigi.


YMCA spreads outside London and YMCA Newcastle is established on Grainger Street.
YMCA Newcastle purchases property on Blackett Street.
Duke of Connaught opens purpose built YMCA on Blackett Street.
YMCA Newcastle sells Blackett Street property to developer of Eldon Square Shopping Centre.
YMCA Newcastle open purpose built YMCA at Ellison Place.
YMCA Newcastle opens a Youth Work Project in Cruddas Park.
YMCA Newcastle opens a Youth Work Project in Walker.
YMCA Newcastle opens a Youth Work Projects in Byker.
YMCA Newcastle opens an Alternative Education Project.
YMCA Newcastle opens a Youth Work Project in Cowgate.
YMCA Newcastle establishes two new social enterprises to help tackle the unemployment young people face.
YMCA has over 58 million members in 119 countries worldwide. Since it was established, YMCA has adapted to the changing needs of young people globally.
Today it works with young men and women regardless of race, religion or culture. In every corner of the world, YMCA is helping young people to build a brighter future.


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