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Police review security steps for Sri Lankan cricket team
LAHORE: CCPO BA Nasir has warned strict action on incomplete record at police stations and offices. He directed the crime control strategy should be followed and vowed that all available resources would be utilised to control heinous crimes. He was chairing a meeting of DIGs, SSPs and divisional SPs in which the crime strategy came in to discussion.
The security plan for the Sri Lanka cricket team was also reviewed by the meeting. SP Security Muhammad Naveed briefed the meeting about the security plan prepared for upcoming Pakistan Sri Lanka cricket matches. He told the meeting that a survey of the rout to be used by the guest team had been completed and before its arrival a sweep and combing operation would be conducted.
The CCPO pointed out that the cricket series was a big event and police considered it an honour to provide security to the team. SOPs should be implemented in letter and spirit. Combing and search operations would continue till the end of the visit, he concluded. "Due action on court orders should be taken.
Meanwhile, the Lahore Police Operations Wing is all set to provide foolproof security to the visiting Sri Lankan team as well as Pakistani cricket players for the forthcoming T-20 cricket series matches to be held in Lahore.
This was stated by the DIG Lahore while chairing a meeting held on Saturday to review the security plan with regard to the matches.


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package com.jetbrains.python.findUsages;

import com.intellij.find.findUsages.*;
import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataContext;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiDirectory;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiFileSystemItem;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference;
import com.intellij.psi.search.SearchScope;
import com.intellij.ui.SimpleColoredComponent;
import com.intellij.ui.SimpleTextAttributes;
import com.jetbrains.python.PyBundle;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * @author traff
 */
public class PyFindUsagesHandlerFactory extends FindUsagesHandlerFactory implements PyPsiFindUsagesHandlerFactory {

  @Override
  public boolean canFindUsages(@NotNull PsiElement element) {
    return PyPsiFindUsagesHandlerFactory.super.canFindUsages(element);
  }

  private static @Nullable FindUsagesHandler proxy(@Nullable final FindUsagesHandlerBase base) {
    if (base == null) {
      return null;
    }
    else if (base instanceof FindUsagesHandler) {
      return (FindUsagesHandler)base;
    }
    else if (base instanceof PyFindUsagesHandler) {
      // Important note: override methods that are overridden in PyFindUsagesHandler inheritors.

      return new FindUsagesHandler(base.getPsiElement()) {
        @Override
        public @NotNull FindUsagesOptions getFindUsagesOptions(@Nullable DataContext dataContext) {
          return base.getFindUsagesOptions(dataContext);
        }

        @Override
        protected boolean isSearchForTextOccurrencesAvailable(@NotNull PsiElement psiElement, boolean isSingleFile) {
          return ((PyFindUsagesHandler)base).isSearchForTextOccurrencesAvailable(psiElement, isSingleFile);
        }

        @Override
        public PsiElement @NotNull [] getPrimaryElements() {
          return base.getPrimaryElements();
        }

        @Override
        public @NotNull Collection<PsiReference> findReferencesToHighlight(@NotNull PsiElement target,
                                                                           @NotNull SearchScope searchScope) {
          return base.findReferencesToHighlight(target, searchScope);
        }

        @Override
        public @NotNull AbstractFindUsagesDialog getFindUsagesDialog(boolean isSingleFile,
                                                                     boolean toShowInNewTab,
                                                                     boolean mustOpenInNewTab) {

          if (base instanceof FindUsagesHandlerUi) {
            return ((FindUsagesHandlerUi)base).getFindUsagesDialog(isSingleFile, toShowInNewTab, mustOpenInNewTab);
          }
          else {
            return super.getFindUsagesDialog(isSingleFile, toShowInNewTab, mustOpenInNewTab);
          }
        }
      };
    }
    else {
      @NonNls String msg = base.toString() + " is of unexpected type.";
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
    }
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable FindUsagesHandler createFindUsagesHandler(@NotNull PsiElement element, boolean forHighlightUsages) {
    return proxy(PyPsiFindUsagesHandlerFactory.super.createFindUsagesHandler(element, forHighlightUsages));
  }

  @Override
  public @NotNull PyModuleFindUsagesHandler createModuleFindUsagesHandler(@NotNull PsiFileSystemItem element) {
    return new PyModuleFindUsagesHandlerUi(element);
  }

  /**
   * Important note: please update PyFindUsagesHandlerFactory#proxy on any changes here.
   */
  static class PyModuleFindUsagesHandlerUi extends PyModuleFindUsagesHandler implements FindUsagesHandlerUi {
    protected PyModuleFindUsagesHandlerUi(@NotNull PsiFileSystemItem file) {
      super(file);
    }

    @NotNull
    @Override
    public AbstractFindUsagesDialog getFindUsagesDialog(boolean isSingleFile, boolean toShowInNewTab, boolean mustOpenInNewTab) {
      return new CommonFindUsagesDialog(myElement,
                                        getProject(),
                                        getFindUsagesOptions(),
                                        toShowInNewTab,
                                        mustOpenInNewTab,
                                        isSingleFile,
                                        this) {
        @Override
        public void configureLabelComponent(@NonNls @NotNull final SimpleColoredComponent coloredComponent) {
          coloredComponent.append(myElement instanceof PsiDirectory
                                  ? PyBundle.message("python.find.module.usages.dialog.label.prefix.package")
                                  : PyBundle.message("python.find.module.usages.dialog.label.prefix.module"));
          coloredComponent.append(" ");
          coloredComponent.append(myElement.getName(), SimpleTextAttributes.REGULAR_BOLD_ATTRIBUTES);
        }
      };
    }
  }
}

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Foreclosures Remain High Despite Rescue Efforts
Numbers Up This Month, Nevada Still Leads
RealtyTrac (realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its February 2009 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report" last week, which shows foreclosure filings " default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions" were reported on 290,631 U.S. properties during the month, an increase of nearly 6 percent from the previous month and an increase of nearly 30 percent from February 2008.
The report also shows one in every 440 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing in February.
The increase in foreclosure activity from January to February is somewhat surprising, given that many of the foreclosure prevention efforts and moratoria in place in January were extended through most of February as well, said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac.
There were some notable exceptions to this: a 45-day voluntary moratorium in Florida expired at the end of January, and foreclosure activity there was up 14 percent from the previous month; and many New York foreclosure proceedings delayed by a new law for an extra 90 days appear to have hit the system in February, when the states foreclosure activity increased 23 percent from the previous month.
Nevada, Arizona, California post top state foreclosure rates
With one in every 70 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing in February, Nevada continued to document the nations top state foreclosure rate. Foreclosure filings were reported on 15,783 Nevada properties during the month, a 9 percent increase from the previous month and a 156 percent increase from February 2008.
Arizona posted the nations second highest state foreclosure rate in February, with one in every 147 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing during the month, and California posted the nations third highest state foreclosure rate, with one in every 165 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing.
Other states with foreclosure rates ranking among the nations 10 highest were Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Illinois, Georgia, Oregon and Ohio.
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Lee Arnold Green Sr.'s Book 'The 21st Century Black History' Provides a Synopsis of African American History in America in Relation to Systematic Racism
Recent release 'The 21st Century Black History: From the Atlantic Slave Trade in America to Its Impact on African Americans Today' from Newman Springs Publishing author Lee Arnold Green Sr. is an informative work that focuses on the injustices suffered by African Americas, highlighting the ongoing impact of the Atlantic slave trade on African Americans today.
Press Release - Oct 17, 2022
GREENVILLE, Miss., October 17, 2022 (Newswire.com) - Lee Arnold Green Sr., author of "The Answer to the Subjective Process of Drug Addictions and Natural Addictions," "The Book of Affinitive Life to the Natural Side of Life," and "The Book of Life to the Spirit Side of Life," has completed his new book "The 21st Century Black History: From the Atlantic Slave Trade in America to Its Impact on African Americans Today": a gripping and potent work that discusses racism as a covert systemic source that is celebrated, represented, and honored in American society.
Lee Arnold Green Sr. discusses the purpose behind his work, writing, "This book was written to give the public a synopsis of black history in America, from the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade to this present day, to give rise to the understanding and importance of racism in the world and especially America. It is to shine light on family trees, family roots, and the importance of family reunions, as well as to show the difference between epigenetics and genetic inheritance. Every man, woman, and child needs a fair chance of knowing from whence he or she came as well as whether or not anyone inherits racism."
Published by Newman Springs Publishing, Lee Arnold Green Sr.'s educational work encourages readers to examine their American roots and question why some people discriminate against people of color, especially black people.
Readers who wish to experience this impactful work can purchase 'The 21st Century Black History: From the Atlantic Slave Trade in America to Its Impact on African Americans Today' at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iBooks Store, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.
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On Anniversary Of Women's March, A Las Vegas Rally With A Tighter Focus: The Midterms
By Chris Benderev
1 of 7 — Diane Askwyth leads cheers as protesters make their way to Sam Boyd Stadium for the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch on Sunday, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Diane Askwyth leads cheers as protesters make their way to Sam Boyd Stadium for the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch on Sunday, in Las Vegas, Nev.
2 of 7 — Protesters carry signs as they make their way to Sam Boyd Stadium on Sunday.
Protesters carry signs as they make their way to Sam Boyd Stadium on Sunday.
3 of 7 — People wave flags and hold signs while entering the Women's March rally, Sunday, in Las Vegas.
People wave flags and hold signs while entering the Women's March rally, Sunday, in Las Vegas.
4 of 7 — A woman cries while listening to speakers during the Women's March rally, Sunday, in Las Vegas.
A woman cries while listening to speakers during the Women's March rally, Sunday, in Las Vegas.
5 of 7 — An attendee holds a sign during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas.
An attendee holds a sign during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas.
6 of 7 — Eight-year-old Zoe Rodis leans on her mother Jennifer Rodis, right, during the Las Vegas Women's March rally on Sunday.
Eight-year-old Zoe Rodis leans on her mother Jennifer Rodis, right, during the Las Vegas Women's March rally on Sunday.
7 of 7 — People wave flags and hold signs before a rally, Sunday, at the Las Vegas Women's March.
People wave flags and hold signs before a rally, Sunday, at the Las Vegas Women's March.
Saturday saw protesters take to the streets from New York to Los Angeles — from Nigeria to Iraq. Various incarnations of the second annual Women's March demanded social change, promoted female empowerment and declared a resistance to President Trump on the anniversary of his inauguration.
With Saturday's worldwide turnout, you could be forgiven for forgetting that, in fact, Sunday marks one full year since the original Women's March.
Its organizers knew, of course. And they made a conscious choice about where to host : Las Vegas, Nev.
Its title, "Power To The Polls," reveals its stated objective: to direct the ire, unity and energy of its participants into voting booths for the next round of congressional elections in November.
Nevada was chosen for its status as a "battleground state that will shape the Senate in 2018," the organizers say on their website. Organizers have been quick to note that Hillary Clinton won Nevada in the 2016 election and that the state also recently elected the first Latina U.S. senator.
Organizers say Sunday's event is meant to be the beginning of a national voter registration effort across 10 states, with the goal of registering at least one million people, reports NPR's Leila Fadel.
Sunday's event was not a march, organizers say, but a rally, beginning at 10 a.m. local time inside the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Officials tell Fadel that although the venue can hold 40,000, they expected roughly 17,000. The organizers say they are less concerned with crowd size than with spreading their message. Nearly two hours after doors opened, Fadel estimated that thousands — many in the movement's trademark pussyhats — had filed into the stadium under clear skies.
Thousands show up to Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV in support of the Women's March: #PowerToThePolls event https://t.co/bsZdgwlF81 pic.twitter.com/uo2oIcCvaJ
— Las Vegas Sun (@LasVegasSun) January 21, 2018
Thousands of women ready to rally 😍 #powertothepolls #lasvegas #womensmarch https://t.co/1vVyqqWkRO pic.twitter.com/xxZPkQSmmp
— ACLU of Nevada (@ACLUNV) January 21, 2018
The event features a slate of big names in the world of liberal activism: Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood; Melissa Harris-Perry, a professor and former MSNBC host; congressman and civil rights era icon John Lewis, D-Ga.; Alicia Garza of the Black Lives Matter movement.
"Women have beaten the odds to elect our own," Richards told the cheering crowd, referencing recent female candidacies. "Last year we dared to hope for a better, brighter, more equal and inclusive world. And this year we're going to go out and build it."
Critics argued that the original Women's March in Washington, D.C., featured and drew mostly white, liberal women. Organizers tell NPR they took that assessment to heart and increased outreach to a more diverse set of groups.
The crowd and lineup Sunday was "pretty diverse," Fadel reports. A Native American woman kicked off the day's speeches, reminding the audience that Las Vegas sits on historic native land and that indigenous women face a disproportionately higher rate of murder compared to their peers.
Fadel reports that, in a sense, political diversity was still limited. Conservative women appeared to be a rarity.
The Las Vegas rally, while one of the most prominent of the day, was not the only Women's March event planned for Sunday. According to a database kept by the organization, it appeared that dozens of both affiliated and unaffiliated marches and rallies were scheduled to take place.
Cities like Salem, Ore., and Phoenix, Ariz., also held rallies.
Demonstrators have begun their march through downtown #SalemOR from #Oregon State Capitol for #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/1aap6R1kTg
— Lauren Hernández (@ByLHernandez) January 21, 2018
The Associated Press also reports that thousands of participants trudged through sleet and snow in central London, while a heavy rain doused a relatively small gathering in Paris, and thousands mobilized in Hyde Park in Sydney, Australia.
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Liverpool missed out on 2.3 billion naira following victory over Barcelona
Posted On: May 9, 2019 9:37 am GMT+0000
Posted By: Joba
According to the Daily Mail, Liverpool dramatic champions league comeback over Barcelona cost the club a whopping £5m. The Reds did the impossible as they overturned a 3-0 first leg deficit by beating the La Liga champions 4-0 on a special night at Anfield to progress to their second consecutive final 4-3 on aggregate.
Goals from Divock Origi and Gini Wijnaldium propelled the Reds to victory as they complete one of the greatest comebacks in champions league history. However, the win came at a cost for Klopp's team as they missed out on a 5 million pounds windfall that Barcelona would've paid.
The Blaugrana had former Red stars Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho in their ranks. Coutinho joined Barcelona from Liverpool in January last year which included a clause. According to the Mirror, a clause in Coutinho's arrangement in January 2018 stated that the Reds would be owed the fee should the Spanish giants win the Champions League this season. The Premier League club will now never see the €5.23m that was set aside.
Not that Liverpool will be too disappointed. By reaching the final the Reds have guaranteed themselves a payout of at least £13m, which could rise to £16.5m should they beat Tottenham in Madrid.
The Brazilian has failed to live up to expectations since sealing his move to the Nou Camp last summer. He has scored just five goals and set up just a further two in his 33 La Liga appearances this season.
Following the catastrophic loss Tuesday, Spanish media reported Coutinho days at the club is over and the La Liga champions are ready to cut their losses this summer. Tuesday night's performance from Coutinho was unacceptable for a club competing in the Champions League semi-final with the Brazilian player touching the ball just 18 times and being virtually anonymous in the 60′ minutes he was on the Anfield pitch.
He was whistled upon being substituted for Semedo on the hour mark and if there was any doubt surrounding his future at the club, his abject display on Tuesday will surely have been the final nail in the coffin. Barça now face an arduos task of finding a buyer for the player who cost the Catalan club 120 million euro (plus 40 in variables).
There were other players in the Barça shirt on the Anfield pitch who have also been singled out for the dismal display with the normally reliable Sergio Busquets delivering a disappointing shift in midfield.
The blistering pace of the game seemed to overwhelm 30-year-old who is normally ably assisted by Rakitic and Vidal to cover the ground that the Sabadell born player can no longer reach and the Liverpool midfield surged by the hapless Busquets on at least six occasions.
The Spanish international has been one of the Catalan sides most consistently solid performers over the past decade but as time moves on, the inability of Busquets to stem the onslaught of red shirts last night will weigh on his shoulders for time to come.
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ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Chicago guard Jimmy Butler has always been clear about his appreciation for country music, particularly the music of Taylor Swift. But now he seems to be branching out, and in this recent video, Jimmy does a spot-on routine along to "Cruise" by the hit country band Florida Georgia Line.
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Jimmy Butler recently signed a long-term extension to stay with the Chicago Bulls, and now that he can put down roots long-term, he decided to get a huge fish tank in his new home, as one does. So Butler called in the guys from the Animal Planet show "Tanked," who create custom-themed fish tanks, and asked them to make him something music-related.
So they apparently put together a 6,000-pound fish tank that plays music.
The 6,000-pound tank was set up by Wayde King and Brett Raymer, the stars of Animal Planet's "Tanked." The episode featuring the installation of Butler's saltwater aquarium is scheduled to air 9 p.m. Friday.
The 9-feet-tall, 10-feet-long aquarium holds more than 600 gallons and 50 fish — for the Bulls' upcoming 50th anniversary — including the Jordan's tuskfish to honor Bulls star Michael Jordan.
"My fish gonna be bumpin' here," Butler said.


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La Bienal de La Habana es una bienal de arte contemporáneo que se lleva a cabo en La Habana, Cuba, desde 1984. Es organizada por el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam y se realiza en las instalaciones de su sede -la ex mansión de los Condes de Peñalver, un edificio del  declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad- y otros espacios como el Centro Hispanoamericano de la Cultura, el Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, el Museo de Bellas Artes Universal y el Instituto Superior de Arte, entre otros. La muestra reúne obras de artistas de diferentes países bajo un criterio curatorial que tradicionalmente se ha enfocado en temas latinoamericanos y del tercer mundo.

Desde mediados de la década de 1990 mantiene una periodicidad de cada tres años. A pesar de su carácter trienal, la Bienal conserva su nombre pues así ha sido difundida internacionalmente desde sus inicios y responde al concepto original del evento.

El 14 de octubre de 2021 una larga lista de artistas e intelectuales de Cuba y el mundo, publicaron un manifiesto a manera de boicot de la 14.ª Bienal de La Habana a raíz de las persecuciones del Gobierno cubano contra artistas y escritores. En el texto "Por qué decimos NO a la Bienal de La Habana y pedimos que hagas lo mismo", se denuncian los encarcelamientos masivos de cubanos que marcharon el 11 de julio de 2021(varios de ellos menores de edad) y el hostigamiento a artistas e intelectuales, que han sido violentados de diversas formas por agentes de la dictadura por el solo hecho de ejercer sus derechos constitucionales, como la libertad de pensamiento, conciencia y expresión.

Historia

Primera Bienal de la Habana
Presidenta del Comité Organizador: Marcia Leiseca

La primera Bienal de La Habana se llevó a cabo en 1984 y fue dedicada únicamente a Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Contó con la participación de 800 artistas de 22 países, y con la colaboración de numerosos historiadores y críticos de casi todo el continente. El evento se focalizó en temas como la tradición y la contemporaneidad, desafíos, arte, sociedad y reflexión, hombre y su memoria, vida arte y vida urbana.
Los trabajos de los artistas incluyeron obras de una amplia variedad de técnicas y tendencias como fotografía, videoarte, instalaciones y performances. Tuvo carácter de concurso en los géneros de pintura, grabado, dibujo y fotografía.

El Gran Premio Wifredo Lam fue otorgado al artista Arnold Belkin. Contó con la participación de artistas como Carmelo Arden Quin, José Gamarra, Carlos Alonso, Horacio García Rossi, Adolfo Patiño, Ever Astudillo,Roberto Fabelo, Omar Rayo, León Ferrari, Fernell Franco, Tomás Sánchez.

Segunda Bienal de La Habana
Director: Llilian Llanes

Celebrada en 1986, se buscó una labor curatorial más amplia, extendió su alcance y contó con la presencia de artistas procedentes de África, Medio Oriente y Asia. Participaron 700 artistas de 56 países. El objetivo fundamental de esta edición fue posicionar el evento en el Tercer Mundo. Consolidándose también como lugar de encuentro para artistas "no occidentales".

Fueron premiados en esta bienal José Bedia Valdés, Carlos Capelán, Alberto Chissano, Jogen Chowdury, Joaquín Lavado (Quino), Lani Maestro, Manuel Mendive, Antonio Ole, Marta Palau, José Tola.

Tercera Bienal de La Habana
Tema: Tradición y Contemporaneidad en las artes plásticas y el ambiente del Tercer Mundo

Director: Llilian Llanes

Al realizarse en 1989 la tercera edición del certamen se decidió reajustar el carácter abierto que lo caracterizó en su etapa fundacional, instrumentándose, a partir de entonces, un criterio curatorial bajo premisas previamente definidas por el equipo organizador. Después de esta fecha los artistas de los diferentes países y zonas geográficas son expresamente seleccionados por los curadores del evento, en virtud de la orgánica articulación de su obra con la tesis que se trabaja en cada ocasión. Esta Bienal planteó como parte de su tesis las interrelaciones entre el llamado arte culto y el arte popular.

Contó con la participación de cerca de 300 artistas de 41 países.

Cuarta Bienal de La Habana
Tema: Desafío a la Colonización

Director: Llilian Llanes

Celebrada en 1991, funcionó como un espacio excepcional para la reflexión acerca del significado de la colonización y neocolonización, no solo de los contenidos de nuestras sociedades y culturas, sino también de los lenguajes e instrumentos manejados en la actualidad. Esta Bienal se realizó en el contexto de la polémica que generó la celebración del V Centenario del Descubrimiento de América.

Contó con la participación de cerca de 200 artistas de 45 países.

Quinta Bienal de La Habana
Tema: Arte, Sociedad y Reflexión

Director: Llilian Llanes

Esta edición de la Bienal inaugurada en 1994 tuvo la intención poner de manifiesto los estrechos vínculos existentes entre la producción artística y los conflictos contextuales, como cualidad consustancial a toda una zona del arte contemporáneo de nuestras regiones. Se trabajaron temas particulares como: el entorno físico y social; las diferentes expresiones de la marginalidad y las relaciones de poder en la esfera del arte; el fenómeno de las migraciones y los procesos interculturales; los conflictos del ser humano que habita en ¨la periferia de la postmodernidad¨; y las apropiaciones y entrecruzamientos culturales.

Contó con la participación de cerca de 200 artistas de 43 países.

Sexta Bienal de La Habana
Tema: El individuo y su memoria

Directora: Llilian Llanes

El evento, que tuvo lugar en 1997, mostró la obra de un considerable grupo de artistas que habían apelado a diversos registros de la memoria con el propósito de reafirmar su condición humana y social. La crisis de valores éticos y espirituales así como los conflictos existenciales, fueron reflejados en proyectos a través del sobredimensionamiento del cuerpo y del uso de objetos propios que asumen una connotación simbólica y que revelan un sentido de pertenencia o explican su capacidad de evocación.

Contó con la participación de 170 artistas de 41 países.

Séptima Bienal de La Habana
Tema: Uno más cerca del otro

Director: Nelson Herrera Ysla

Se llevó a cabo de noviembre de 2000 a enero de 2001. Más de 171 artistas de 43 países participaron en esta edición de la bienal, entre ellos Nadín Ospina, Susan Hiller, Luis Gómez, Francis Alÿs, Álida Martínez, Julieta Aranda , Tania Bruguera, Mónica Nador, Regina Aguilar, Diana Domingues, Adriana González Brun, el H Comité de Reivindicación Humana,  Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Los Carpinteros, Grupo Escombros, César Martínez Silva, Teresa Margolles, Miguel Calderón, Santiago Sierra, entre otros. Se realizaron numerosos eventos en diversos lugares públicos de la ciudad explorando las relaciones interpersonales y modos de comunicación entre los seres humanos.

Su objetivo fue reflexionar sobre el impacto de los avances tecnológicos en el fenómeno de la comunicación en diferentes ámbitos, que sin duda alguna han generado nuevos comportamientos individuales y sociales, pues el propio sistema del arte se ha visto afectado por esta circunstancia, dado que han aparecido nuevos soportes para la circulación de las obras, así como para su comercialización. Esto ha influido en la relación del artista con el público, del artista con la comunidad, con la ciudad y ha replanteado la integración del arte al hábitat cotidiano.

Se realizaron intervenciones urbanas en varios sitios de la zona histórica de la capital y de su zona moderna mediante proyectos de gráfica mural y la realización de obras en espacios semi abandonados que permitieron la participación de miembros de la comunidad o el barrio donde se llevaron a cabo. También por primera vez se efectuó un Encuentro Internacional de Estudiantes de Arte en la Sede del Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana.

Octava Bienal de La Habana
Tema: El arte con la vida

Director: Hilda María Rodríguez

La octava edición de la Bienal se convocó para el año 2003, bajo el espíritu de El arte con la vida, para provocar reflexiones sobre la vida cotidiana, sus conflictos y bonanzas, los problemas y semblanzas de nuestras ciudades, el rol del arte en los territorios de coexistencia, en fin, las posibles relaciones entre arte y vida, incluyendo todas sus posibles fracturas.

Contó con la participación de 150 artistas de 48 países.

Novena Bienal de La Habana
Tema: Dinámicas de la cultura urbana

Director: Rubén Del Valle

Celebrada en el 2006, en esta edición se pretendió llamar la atención sobre la cultura visual contemporánea, que le debe mucho a los componentes populares en el escenario urbano, la arquitectura y los elementos gráficos que producen una compleja trama de relaciones, coherentes en algunos casos, caótica en otros, pero sin dudas, imprescindible en el paisaje de la vida cotidiana. Se desarrollaron tópicos como: la implosión demográfica, tradiciones y economía informal, transformaciones urbanas operadas por inmobiliarias asociadas al turismo, la ciudad multicultural, urbanización acelerada, crecimiento descontrolado de las urbes, saturación publicitaria, pobreza y gentrificación, ruralización, y cultura culinaria e identidad. No faltaron las intervenciones urbanas en calles, paradas de buses, y en menor medida las de carácter interactivo como el proyecto itinerante Museo Peatonal.

Contó con la participación de 113 artistas de 49 países.

Décima Bienal de La Habana
Tema: Integración y resistencia en la era global

Director: Rubén Del Valle

Se realizó desde el 27 de marzo al 30 de abril de 2009, en el marco del 25 aniversario del evento.
El equipo curatorial designado por el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wilfredo Lam examinó más de 400 ofertas presentadas por artistas de 44 países y contó finalmente con la participación de 114.

Además de la exhibición de arte, incluyó conferencias, clases y talleres, proyecciones de documentales y otras actividades. Los artistas transformaron la ciudad en un escaparate de arte contemporáneo, asumiendo todos los espacios urbanos disponibles y galerías municipales.

Los temas trabajados por los artistas incluyeron las relaciones entre tradición y realidad contemporánea, desafíos a los procesos históricos de la colonización, las relaciones entre arte y sociedad, individuos y sus memorias, los efectos del desarrollo tecnológico en la comunicación humana y la dinámica de la cultura urbana.

XI Bienal de La Habana
Tema: Prácticas artísticas e imaginarios sociales

Director: Jorge Antonio Fernández Torres

La edición de 2012, bajo el lema "Prácticas artísticas e imaginarios sociales", reunió a más de 115 artistas de 43 países, con representaciones de arte contemporáneo de México, Guatemala, España, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brasil, Nicaragua y Panamá, entre otros.

En la oncena edición de la Bienal de La Habana, inaugurada en el año 2012, se planteó como principal interés reflexionar sobre las bases en que se constituyen las redes sociales y se convierten en espacio de socialización donde se comparte información y se generan contenidos. Era esencial propiciar los diálogos entre los de adentro y los de afuera, trabajar con el arte vivo e involucrar de forma permanente al espectador. El contexto cubano y los espacios públicos se convertirían en un laboratorio temporal de experimentación artística.

XII Bienal de La Habana

Tema: Entre la idea y la experiencia

Director: Jorge Antonio Fernández Torres

Para la 12a edición, realizada entre el 22 de mayo y el 22 de junio de 2015, se planteó como tema "Entre la idea y la experiencia", un recorrido por la historia de la propia bienal.  Aspiraba a instalarse en aquellos intersticios de la ciudad que facilitaran el trabajo sobre los presupuestos referidos. Estas ideas ampliaron las disímiles miradas sobre el papel y las funciones de la curaduría en los diversos escenarios, sobre lo pertinente o no de un tema que presidiera las dinámicas de las obra misma y el entorno en el que se produce o sobre la intervención que genera cada proceso creativo según el lugar y la situación para que fueron pensados.

Fueron organizados eventos exteriores de gran envergadura y popularidad como "Zona Franca", ubicada en La Cabaña, y "Detrás del muro", que se adueñó del malecón habanero. Además, contó con una muestra colateral que incluyó más de cien intervenciones en toda la ciudad y cerca de 50 open studios, modalidad que permitió a los artistas compartir su espacio de creación, escapando tal vez a una curaduría estricta, y a la audiencia ser partícipe de ese arte.

Artistas
Centenares de artistas han participado en las diferentes ediciones de la Bienal de La Habana, como Antoni Muntadas, Marta Palau Bosch, León Ferrari, Liliana Porter, Arnold Belkin, Fernell Franco, Oscar Muñoz, Ernesto Neto, Marco Maggi, Nelson Ramos, Luis Camnitzer, Lacy Duarte, Andrea Goic, Tania Bruguera, José Bedia, Rubén Alpízar Quintana, William Kentridge, Nicholas Hlobo, Jorge Pablo Lima, Geranio Rodríguez, Juvenal Ravelo, Nadín Ospina, Rachel Valdés entre muchos otros.

XIII Bienal de la Habana
Tema: La Construcción de lo Posible.

Dirección: Jorge Alfonso

La última edición de la Bienal de La Habana, realizada hasta la fecha, se propuso fomentar la interacción entre los artistas, curadores, expertos e institución en toda una variedad de procederes que aporten variantes de sostenibilidad, sin alejarse del carácter propositivo que toda obra o proyecto artístico representa. Aspiramos a que el arte señale nuevos caminos de razonamiento colectivo y que sus realizaciones ofrezcan, a partir de la confrontación de diferentes modelos creativos y de circulación, un mayor acercamiento entre públicos, localidades y niveles de experiencia. Junto a la idea de responder al presente, estas prácticas esbozarían posibles nociones de futuro que, al menos en el nivel poético o simbólico, se correspondan con algunas necesidades de transformación social.

Por primera vez, la Bienal de La Habana también tuvo lugar en otras ciudades cubanas, entre ellas Matanzas, donde tuvo lugar Ríos Intermitentes. Como artista invitada a la XIII Bienal de La Habana, María Magdalena Campos-Pons aprovechó para iniciar un proyecto que dinamizaría la comunidad artística matancera. Ha sido apoyado activamente por el Centro Wifredo Lam, así como por instituciones matanceras, como como Consejo Provincial de Artes Visuales, la Galería Pedro Esquerré y un equipo curatorial internacional que incluye a Octavio Zaya, Salah M. Hassan, Annie Aguettaz y Selene Wendt.

14 Bienal de la Habana
Tema: Futuro y Contemporaneidad

Director: Nelson Ramírez de Arellano

La 14 edición de la Bienal de La Habana se celebrará del 12 de noviembre de 2021 al 30 de abril de 2022 y presentará cambios significativos en su estructura y duración. Por primera vez el evento abarcará un período de casi seis meses y estará́ dividido en tres etapas que han sido denominadas Experiencias:

Experiencia 1: Preámbulo (Del 12 de noviembre al 5 de diciembre de 2021)

Experiencia 2: La Habana de la Bienal (Del 6 de diciembre al 24 de marzo de 2022)

Experiencia 3: Regreso al porvenir (Del 25 de marzo al 30 de abril de 2022)

FUTURO Y CONTEMPORANEIDAD

Tomando como punto de partida la exploración de los vínculos posibles entre los conceptos de futuro y contemporaneidad, esta edición se interesará por los imaginarios que prefiguren el porvenir desde la experiencia del presente, y que examinen los caminos por los cuales hemos arribado a la actualidad. El evento prestará además especial atención a los discursos de los países situados al margen de los centros de poder, cuya sabiduría ancestral pudiera contribuir a una mejor comprensión de los problemas de la contemporaneidad y a la preservación de la vida en el planeta.

CONTROVERSIAS

El 14 de octubre de 2021 una larga lista de artistas e intelectuales de Cuba publicaron la carta pública llamada "Por qué decimos NO a la Bienal de La Habana y pedimos que hagas lo mismo", a raíz de las persecuciones del Gobierno cubano contra artistas y escritores. En el texto, se denuncian los encarcelamientos masivos de cubanos que marcharon el 11 de julio de 2021 (varios de ellos menores de edad) y el hostigamiento a artistas e intelectuales, que han sido violentados de diversas formas por agentes de la dictadura por el solo hecho de ejercer sus derechos constitucionales, como la libertad de pensamiento, conciencia y expresión.

A la solicitud se plegaron destacados artistas y teóricos del arte que estaban invitados a la Bienal o que han participado de ellas en otras ediciones, como Marina Abramović, Nicolas Bourriaud, Henry Eric Hernández, Carlos Garaicoa, Teresa Margolles, Rachel Price, José A. Vincench, Cildo Meireles, Tania Bruguera, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Tamara Díaz Bringas, Coco Fusco, Jorge Tacla, Paco Barragán, W. J. T. Mitchell, entre otros.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Bienal de La Habana
 7a Bienal de La Habana - Universes in Universe.

Arte de Cuba
Cultura de Cuba
Arte de América Latina
Habana, La

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When it comes to fundraising and book sales, Julie Fox–yearbook adviser at Central Middle School in San Carlos, CA–is a true guru. In 2009, as a first-year yearbook adviser, she won 2nd place in the Herff Jones Northern California Ultimate Yearbook Sales Challenge.
In 2009, the yearbook staff at Central Middle school not only wanted to increase sales, but they wanted students to buy early. So they motivated them by offering complimentary name stamps to all students who ordered books within the first 6 weeks of school. The price covered the cost of the name stamps and more. Each Monday during the sales campaign, teachers received a list of students who had not purchased. Homeroom teachers encouraged students who had not purchased books and new orders came in every Tuesday. The week the free name stamping disappeared, parents were notified of a last chance offer with order forms and personalized money envelopes in weekly mail folders. Increase in sales: 10%, and for the first time ever, the school was able to prepay, making them eligible for the prepayment discount.
How does she top it for 2010?
For her 2nd year as an adviser, Ms. Fox noticed that Central's yearbook did not have a name, so she asked the school to help. At a school-wide assembly, the yearbook staff announced their Yearbook Naming Contest. They explained the importance of a yearbook name and shared examples of other schools' yearbook names. They then opened it up to the entire student population to submit their ideas. The names started flooding in. With Principal Lynette Hovland's help, the staff narrowed it down to 2 choices: Hoofprints or The Round-Up. (Their mascot is the Mustangs.) Instead of just having students vote on one of the final two names, the staff decided to turn it into a fundraiser. They placed two jars in the school office, one labeled "Hoofprints" and one labeled "Round-up." They then asked students to vote for their favorite name by placing spare change in the jar.
Three weeks later, not only did Central Middle School's yearbook have a new name, but the entire school was excited about the yearbook and being a part of creating a tradition that will stay with the school forever. Talk about great publicity! And if that wasn't enough, the yearbook staff raised an extra $170 by simply placing 2 jars in the office.
What's the secret to her success?
5 Ways to Celebrate National Yearbook Week!


Today I am excited to team up with the lovely Leonie MacDonald of Relax Kids Canberra to bring you part four of the Managing Big Emotions printable poster series (you can find poster one here, poster two here and poster three here). Leonie is sharing a simple breathing technique (and tips for introducing the breathing exercise) that can help children (and adults) learn to manage their big emotions and calm down.
When we are stressed or upset nature's 'fight or flight' response takes over, increasing our heart rate, making our breathing fast and shallow, and sending blood from our brain out to our limbs ready to escape or challenge the perceived threat or danger. While stress hormones are flooding our bodies and we are gripped by this programmed response it is very hard to slow down, become calm, express our feelings or think rationally about what is happening to us and how we are responding. Our thought processes and self-control are actually hindered by our biological stress response.
When stressed, children may experience an additional layer of fear or distress as they feel out of control and overwhelmed, not understanding what is happening to them or why. As adults, we are more aware of our feelings and of the physiological changes that come with these, but even we may have a hard time managing our own behaviour.
What is Take 5 Breathing?
Spread your hand and stretch your fingers out like a star. You can choose your left hand or your right hand. Pretend the pointer finger of your other hand is a pencil and imagine you are going to trace around the outline of your hand and fingers.
Start at the bottom of your thumb and slide your finger up your thumb, pause at the top, and then slide your finger down the other side. Now slide your pointer up your second finger, pause, and slide down the other side. Continue tracing your fingers up, pause, and down. Slide your finger slowly, watch your finger move and notice how it feels. Keep going until you have finished tracing your fifth finger (pinky).
Now you are ready to add some breathing. Breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth. Remember to keep it slow and steady.
How does your body feel now? Do you feel calm or would you like to take another five?
Trace an outline of their hand on a piece of card and they can trace their finger along the outline. You can create a textured outline or cut out the shape if this works better.
An alternative that involves no touching is to stretch their fingers out like candles on a cake and slowly blow each candle out and tuck the finger into the palm.
While Take 5 Breathing addresses the stress response, our children need to know that their big feelings are important and we do want to hear what is going on for them. There is a difference clamping up and shutting our feelings away and calming down so that we can talk about our feelings and express them in a safe way. If children feel angry, hurt or worried, their feelings will probably still be there once they have calmed down. That makes it the perfect time to connect, reassure and listen to your children.
To download and print your poster: Click on the poster image below. This will open a larger PDF version that you can download to your own computer. Open the PDF and print. When printing, select "Fit to printable area" (or similar) to ensure the page fits with your printer type and local paper size (these have been created at A4 size). I printed ours onto matte photo paper. Personal, non commercial use only.
About Leonie: Leonie MacDonald is a qualified primary teacher, a Relax Kids coach and mother of two boys aged 9 and 6. She lives with her family in Canberra. Leonie loves cooking, growing her own food with occasional success, knitting, craft, making gifts, reading and meditation.
While mothering a sensitive, easily over stimulated and overwhelmed toddler, Leonie realised that the same relaxation and meditation techniques she had learnt in pregnancy could help children to cope with stress and unwind. So she began to create her own simple bedtime meditations and massage to help her children fall asleep. During this time Leonie discovered Relax Kids products and began to use these to bring calm into her home. Massage and meditation helped Leonie to gently wean both her children and continues to help them to relax and unwind.
Now Leonie runs her own Relax Kids classes in Canberra, providing children with the opportunity to learn and benefit from yoga-based stretches, peer and self-massage, breathing techniques, positive self-talk, mindfulness and meditation in a positive, creative and fun environment. Leonie also sells relaxation and meditation products for children, books for families and pregnancy and birth products including her book "Birth Journeys – positive birth stories to encourage and inspire". These products are available here. Connect with Leonie via the Relax Kids Canberra Facebook page.
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I hadn't thought to practice calming techniques BEFORE anyone becomes upset, but it makes so much sense! We have students role play and practice what to do in difficult situations such as bullying, it only makes sense to have them practice personal emotional skills, as well. Thank you for the article!
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I would like to receive emails from your posts too. I find them so helpful. Thank you so much.
I work as a middle school counselor. Can these posters be used school wide?
Any chance you could make a version of this with a plain white background so it can be printed on colored paper? Pretty please?
The technique of breathing in yoga is known as pranayama. Its derivative is from two Sanskrit words, 'Prana – breath/life force and Ayama – restraint/control.' Control and coordination are vital in asanas.


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Cecily Neville (Raby Castle (Durham), 3 mei 1415 – Berkhamsted Castle (Hertfordshire), 31 mei 1495) was een Engelse edelvrouw en de echtgenote van Richard van York. Ze was de moeder van twee Engelse koningen: Eduard IV en Richard III.

Biografie

Huwelijk met Richard van York
Cecily Neville werd geboren als de jongste dochter van graaf Ralph Neville en Joan Beaufort. Haar moeder was een dochter van Jan van Gent. Op negenjarige leeftijd werd Cecily door haar vader uitgehuwelijkt aan de dertienjarige Richard van York en vijf jaar later huwde het tweetal. Toen Richard in 1441 in dienst van de koning kwam verhuisden ze naar Rouaan. Daar beviel ze van haar derde kind Eduard, die in een kleine besloten ceremonie werd gedoopt.

Toen in 1455 de Rozenoorlogen uitbraken bleef Cecily achter in Ludlow Castle, ook nadat haar man naar Ierland en continentaal Europa vluchtte. In diezelfde tijd begon ze zich in te zetten voor de zaak van het huis York en pleitte voor haar echtgenoot in Londen voor het parlement. Haar inzet mocht echter niet baten en de landerijen van Richard werden geconfisqueerd. Toch wist Cecily een jaarlijkse toelage van 600 pond te krijgen voor haar en haar kinderen. Na de Yorkistische overwinning in de Slag bij Northampton verhuisde ze naar Londen.

In de Slag bij Wakefield wist het Huis Lancaster een grote overwinning te behalen. In de slag sneuvelden zowel Richard van York als zijn zoon Edmund van Rutland. In reactie hierop stuurde Cecily haar twee jongste zonen, George en Richard, naar het hof van Filips de Goede in Bourgondië. Hiermee trok ze de Bourgondiërs mee in de Engelse successieoorlog.

Koningin-moeder
Haar zoon Eduard zette de strijd van het huis York door tegen de Lancasters. Cecily Neville had inmiddels haar intrek genomen in Baynard's Castle in Londen dat uitgroeide tot het hoofdkwartier van de Yorkisten. Toen Eduard in de Slag bij Towton de Lancasters wist te verslaan en vervolgens op 28 juni 1461 werd gekroond, werd Cecily Neville als koningin-moeder geëerd. Toen in 1469 Richard Neville samen met Cecily's zoon George in opstand kwam tegen de nieuwe koning, reisde Cecily naar Sandwich om de partijen met elkaar te verzoenen.

In 1470 werd Eduard IV van de troon verstoten en werd Hendrik VI voor korte tijd in zijn macht hersteld. In april 1471 kwam Eduard weer aan de macht, maar de relatie met zijn broer George werd niet verbeterd en uiteindelijk werd hij in 1478 wegens hoogverraad bij de Tower of London ter dood gebracht. Na de plotselinge dood van Eduard IV werd hij door zijn minderjarige zoon Eduard V opgevolgd en Cecily's jongste zoon Richard werd aangesteld als hun protector en deze plaatste hen in de Tower.

Nadat hij zijn neefjes had weggestopt in de Tower werd Richard door het parlement als de nieuwe koning van Engeland erkend. Zijn regering was echter kort, want hij werd in 1485 in de Slag bij Bosworth verslagen door de Lancasters en zijn tegenstander Hendrik Tudor greep daarop de macht.

Laatste jaren
Na de troonsbestijging van Hendrik VI trok Cecily Neville zich terug en wijdde ze haar leven aan haar religieuze verplichtingen. Ze overleed op 31 mei 1495 en werd naast haar echtgenoot en zoon Edmund begraven in de kerk van Fotheringhay.

Nageslacht

Cecily Neville kreeg samen met Richard van York twaalf kinderen:
Anne (1439-1476), gehuwd met Henry Holland (hertog van Exeter)
Hendrik (1441)
Eduard (1442-1483), koning van Engeland
Edmund (1442-1460), graaf van Rutland
Eilzabet, gehuwd met John de la Pole
Margaretha (1446-1503), gehuwd met Karel de Stoute
Willem (1447-jong overleden)
George (1449-1478), hertog van Clarence
Thomas (1451-jong overleden)
Richard  (1452-1485), koning van Engeland
Ursula (1454-jong overleden)

In populaire cultuur
Cecily Neville is een belangrijk personage in het toneelstuk Richard III van William Shakespeare waarin ze wordt neergezet als een liefhebbende moeder naar haar dode zoons Eduard en George en koud en afstandelijk tegen haar zoon Richard. Ze is door verschillende actrice geportretteerd in Britse televisieserie's en films. Maggie Smith speelde Cecily Neville in de film Richard III
uit 1995 en Anne Jeffreys zette haar neer in de gelijknamige productie uit 2008. Caroline Goodall portretteerde haar in de televisieserie The White Queen in 2013 en diens opvolger The White Princess uit 2017. Voor de Hollow Crown televisieserie uit 2016 werd Cecily Neville gespeeld door Judi Dench.

Neville, C
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BANGKOK: Police have arrested two Nigerians and three Thai women for allegedly swindling women seeking foreign husbands out of B50 million through an internet romance scam.
Police identified the Nigerians as Okwutor Peter, 29, and Jeremiah Ndidi, 27. The Nigerians arrived in Thailand in 2014 on tourist visas and their documents had expired, Provincial Police Region 4 chief Maj Gen Jatupon Parnraksa said yesterday (Nov 24).
Police arrested the Nigerians and their Thai accomplices at a condominium in Bangkok and seized 20 bank books and ATM cards with transactions totalling more than B50mn. They also confiscated 15 mobile phones, a laptop computer and 50 other valuable items.
"The suspects tried to destroy the bank books and other documents linking to their victims during the arrest," Maj Gen Jatupon said.
Police were acting on a complaint filed in Udon Thani province last month by the gang's latest victim who was a 45-year-old rubber plantation owner who had been swindled out of B500,000.
Maj Gen Jatupon said the Nigerians used a familiar trick of claiming to be good-looking, white and well-to-do. They developed close ties with women seeking rich foreign husbands via Facebook or online chat programmes, and proposed marriage.
According to the complaint, the gang used a Facebook account with the name "Bush Bush" and a fake photo. The account holder claimed to be an engineer in a global company who wanted to settle down and marry a woman in Thailand. They talked with the victims for six months, with the help of an online translation service, and arranged a meeting with her in Thailand.
Maj Gen Jatupon said three women, all aged over 45, in the Northeast had filed complaints with police for being lured by the online romance scam since last month.
"The gang spent an average of six months on online chats with each victim. Checks on the seized bank books show each transaction from the victims ranged between B50,000 and B200,000," Maj Gen Jatupon said.
The Nigerian suspects would get 70 per cent of the money they deceived from each victim while the rest went to Mr Yusuf, the Provincial Police Region 4 chief said.


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Кимбая — язык индейцев провинции и долины Кимбая.

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Как пишет хронист Сьеса де Леон: «Они сведущи и рассудительны, а некоторые — великие колдуны. Они устраивают вместе праздники в своё удовольствие: после того, как выпьют, образуется группа женщин по одну сторону и другая — по другую. То же самое делают мужчины, юноши так же не остаются пассивными и то же учувствуют в этом, и они набрасываются друг на друга, произнося сонет: "бататабати, бататабати", то есть "а ну, сыграем!". И так со стрелами и шестами начинается игра, заканчивающаяся впоследствии множеством раненных и несколькими убитыми. Из своих волос они делают большие круглые щиты, беря с собой их, когда идут сражаться на войну. Люди они были непокорные и чрезвычайно сложные для завоевания, пока старые касики не были осуждены. Ведь чтобы убить нескольких, многого не требовалось, главное было добыть у них это злосчастное золото, и по иным причинам, о которых будет сообщено в своём месте.
Когда они выходили на свои праздники и развлечения на какую-нибудь площадь, то все индейцы соединялись, а два из них с двумя барабанами наигрывали мелодию: опередив других, они начинают плясать и танцевать, и все им подражают, неся каждый в руке большой кувшин вина, поскольку пить, петь и плясать, — все это им доводится делать одновременно. Их певцы на свой лад произносят [слова о] нынешних трудностях, и пересказывают о событиях прошлого своих предков. У них нет никакой веры: они общаются с дьяволом, как и остальные».

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Nebraska has named Casey Thompson, a transfer from Texas, as its starting quarterback for next week's season opener against Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland.
Coach Scott Frost, speaking Thursday night on his radio show, said Thompson "will take the first rep" against Northwestern. Thompson, who transferred to Nebraska in January, started 10 games for Texas last season and led the Big 12 with 24 touchdown passes while passing for 2,113 yards and completing 63.2% of his attempts.
He had been competing with Chubba Purdy, a transfer from Florida State, and Logan Smothers for the top job. Frost said he "wouldn't be surprised" if more than one quarterback played this season for Nebraska. Thompson underwent surgery on his throwing thumb this summer after playing with ligament damage for much of last season.


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I'm back from Spain and Fall is fully in the air making reality even harder to get back to to. I actually had a moment when I left the mall a few days ago with my arms filled with bags of Fall clothes. As much as I was looking forward to new clothes for a new season I just couldn't help but to feel like I wasn't ready yet. Summer always flies by and all I can hope for is a mild, tolerable winter to get me through to the next summer. But on to less depressing thoughts I do love the transition period Fall brings us. One trend I love seeing is cinched sweats dressed for the streets. It's cozy and comfortable but when styled right it can actually look super rad. I came across these Bench sweats called the Takeover Trouser that looked perfect to style for the task. You can actually do a lot with sweats but here I obviously paired it up with a crop, layered it with leather and polished it with a set of pumps. You might as well give it a go since crisp air is upon us, just make sure you up your game. No ones gonna prop you if you look like you should be lounging back at your house.
OMG I'm so exited to finally share this project with you guys. Back in July I teamed up with a friend of mine, Amber Watkins, who is an amazing stylist and my partner at Toronto Fashion Week. I've always wanted to do an editorial style shoot to take style to a new extreme from the day to day that I normally post about. It was a no brainer to team up with each other because the second we decided on an athletic poolside theme our visions quickly united and the results even exceeded our initial ideas. To pull this all together we also teamed up with incredible fashion photographer, Brogan McNab, who captured the City from the Fashion House Pool perfectly and vividly (like is this even really me). On hair and make-up was Danielle Sea who made my lips pop and maintained my wet flow with every look. The end of summer is around the corner so I hope this brings a little warmth to these last few days!!


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package il.stqa.pft.addressbook.tests;

import il.stqa.pft.addressbook.model.ContactData;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;

/**
 * Created by Irena on 9/19/2016.
 */
public class ContactDetailsTests extends TestBase {
  @BeforeMethod
  public void ensurePreconditions() {
    app.contact().goToContactTab();
    if (!app.contact().isThereAContact()) {
      app.contact().createContact(new ContactData().withFirstName("Irina")
              .withHomeNum("+(44)666").withMobileNum("999").withWorkNum("888")
              .withCompanyName("Random").withAddress("Israel Bat Yam")
              .withLastName("Havkina").withFirstMail("emailone").withSecondtMail("emailtwo")
              .withThirdtMail("emailthree"));
    }

  }

  @Test
  public void testContactDetails() {
    app.contact().goToContactTab();
    ContactData contact = app.contact().all().iterator().next();
    ContactData contactInfoFromDetailsForm = app.contact().infoFromDetailsForm(contact);
    assertThat(mergeDetails(contact), equalTo(cleaned(contactInfoFromDetailsForm.getDetails())));

    //assertThat(contact.getAddress(), equalTo(mergeAddress(contactInfoFromEditForm)));
  }

  private String mergeDetails(ContactData contact) {
    return Arrays.asList(contact.getFirstName(), contact.getLastName(), contact.getAddress(), contact.getAllPhones(),
            contact.getAllMails())
            .stream().filter((s) -> !(s == null || s.equals("")))
            .collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
  }

  public static String cleaned(String details) {
    return details.replaceAll("[()]", "").replaceAll("\\sHavkina", "\nHavkina").replace(" ","").replaceAll("\n\n", "\n").replaceAll("H:", "").replaceAll("M:", "")
            .replaceAll("(www.gmai.com)", "").replaceAll("(www.rom.co.il)", "").replaceAll("(www.jj.com)", "");

  }
}


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Q: Idea is correct, proof lacks rigor, coefficient of $t$ in $\det(I+tA)$ The goal of this exercise is to find the coefficient of $t$ in the polynomial $\det(I+tA)$ where $I, A \in Mat_n(\mathbb R)$.
I've thought about this long and hard as I am combinatorically challenged (it's the most difficult branch of mathematics for certain) and I'm pretty sure I have a convincing argument, but it feels handwavey and lacks rigor. I'd like someone to review it and possibly suggest way to make it less verbal and more rigorous.
My argument uses Laplace expansion, initially using the first column of $I+tA$.
$\det(I+tA) = (1+ta_{1,1})\begin{vmatrix}1+ta_{2,2} & ta_{2,3} & \dots & ta_{2,n}\\ta_{3,2} & 1+ta_{3, 3} & \dots & ta_{3,n}\\ \vdots & \vdots & \dots & \vdots \\ ta_{n, 2} & ta_{n, 3} & \dots & 1+ta_{n,n}\end{vmatrix} -ta_{2,1}\det(B_2) + ta_{3,1}\det(B_3)-\dots+(-1)^{n+1}ta_{n, 1}\det(B_n)$
Where $B_i$ are some sub matrices with accordance to Laplace.
Notice that since we used the first column in our original expansion, the first row of every $B_i$ is just $\begin{pmatrix}ta_{1,2} \dots ta_{1,n}\end{pmatrix} = t\begin{pmatrix}a_{1,2} \dots a_{1,n}\end{pmatrix} $
if we define $B_i'$ to be exactly the same as $B_i$ except the first row is divided by $t$, then by determinant rules $\det(B_i) = t\det(B_i')$, and so:
$-ta_{2,1}\det(B_2) + ta_{3,1}\det(B_3)-\dots+(-1)^{n+1}ta_{n, 1}\det(B_n) = -t^2a_{2,1}\det(B_2') + t^2a_{3,1}\det(B_3')-\dots+(-1)^{n+1}t^2a_{n, 1}\det(B_n')$
and they only contain non linear terms of $t$. So they don't matter to us at all. We can just focus on the first determinant.
But now we can just use the exact same argument on $\begin{vmatrix}1+ta_{2,2} & ta_{2,3} & \dots & ta_{2,n}\\ta_{3,2} & 1+ta_{3, 3} & \dots & ta_{3,n}\\ \vdots & \vdots & \dots & \vdots \\ ta_{n, 2} & ta_{n, 3} & \dots & 1+ta_{n,n}\end{vmatrix}$! The only thing that will matter is the first element and its leading minor. The others can be discarded as they are higher order of $t$.
We will use it again and again until at the end we are only left with $\prod_{i=1}^{n}(1+ta_{i,i})$. The answer is hidden somewhere in this product.
Since we are only interested in linear terms, we are not allowed to multiply $ta_{i,i}$ with $ta_{j,j}$. So every $ta_{i,i}$ can only be multiplied by $1$. So overall we should have $ta_{1,1} + ta_{2,2} + \dots ta_{n,n} = tTrace(A)$.
Is this result correct? is this "proof" valid? It feels too wishy washy and verbal.

A: The result is correct. I think your argument is fine, although it is not very amenable to be written nicely.
Here is a shorter proof.
If $\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n$ are the eigenvalues of $A$ counting multiplicities, then the eigenvalues of $I+tA$ are $1+t\lambda_1,\ldots,1+t\lambda_n$. Thus
$$
\det(I+tA)=(1+t\lambda_1)\cdots(1+t\lambda_n)=t^n\lambda_1\cdots\lambda_n+\cdots+t(\lambda_1+\cdots+\lambda_n)+1.
$$
So the coefficient of $t$ is
$$
\lambda_1+\cdots+\lambda_n=\operatorname{Tr}(A).
$$
We also see from above that the coefficient of $t^n$ is $\det A$.

A: Here is a different argument. Let the columns of $A$ be $C_i$. Then the determinant viewed as a function of the sequence of columns is multilinear.  Let $E_i$ be the columns of the identity matrix. Then you have
$$\det(E_1+tC_1, \cdots , E_n+tC_n)$$ now by mulitlinearily this can be expanded like an binomial product, and thus the coefficient of $t$ is
$$\sum \det(E_1, \cdots , C_i,\cdots , E_n)$$  and it is easy to see that
$$ \det(E_1, \cdots , C_i,\cdots , E_n)=a_{ii}.$$

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The fact that you are taking a debate as a personal insult is telling of your character, get over it. This was never an argument until you posted spoilers on my wall for a game that I did not receive at the time.
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Don't give me spoilers for a game that I haven't finished just so you can prove your point.
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There were many highlights in Admiral Sir William Cornwallis' long career but perhaps one of the most famous became known as 'Cornwallis's Retreat'; on 16 June 1795, he was in command of a small squadron which had sighted a much larger French fleet near Brest. At first the ships turned in retreat and Cornwallis realised that they were outgunned. He decided to turn his ship back towards the French and pretended to signal over the horizon to non-existent support. The French, thinking that a greater fleet was about to appear, promptly withdrew.
Cornwallis was appointed to Commander of the Channel Fleet in 1801. In 1803, Cornwallis began the most famous action of his career, the blockade of Brest. Napoleon's plan to invade England invovled 2,400 vessels but the first stage of the plan was to move the French navy fleet out of the port at Brest. Due to Cornwallis' perseverance and tenacity, the blockade of Brest was held until 1806 which is considered to be one of the pivotal points which helped towards the eventual defeat of Napoleon at Trafalgar.
When Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger died in 1806, Cornwallis left the navy. He returned to live in Milton-On-Sea at the Newlands estate that he had leased and then purchased in 1800, he lived there with his great friend John Whitby and Whitby's wife and daughter until Cornwallis' death on 5th July 1819.
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SAVE GRASMERE: please sign this petition!
We're all appalled to hear that there are plans to put 10 hi-tech houseboats, with all the attendant infrastructure, noise and disruption, on the lake at Grasmere.
The plans are motivated purely by profit, and are the brainchild of the Lowther Estate, one of the largest and wealthiest landowners in the Lake District.
A petition to stop this greedy and ugly plan is already gathering signatures: please sign it now! – https://www.change.org/p/lowther-castle-and-gardens-houseboats-off-grasmere-save-our-lakes
The extraordinary idea – it's hard to believe it's not a nightmare – is to put no less than TEN large powered residential craft permanently onto the lake. Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes, and has always been particularly tranquil. You can hire a rowing boat there for a few hours, and you can fish or swim. But these large crowded permanent powered boats would change the character of the lake and the whole area very much for the worse.
The writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg has written to the press that the plan would 'rip the heart out' of the peace and beauty of Grasmere. 'Should the estate get permission then I would argue that the Lake District could and should lose its status as a World Heritage Site'. The boats – to be used by well-heeled holidaymakers – would, he says, 'end up as 24-hour music-throbbing discos'. They would also require all the support structures – access roads, charging terminals and many other things – which would destroy the tranquil margins of the lake.
The National Trust are firmly opposed to the plan but they need support as the legal position is unclear
UNESCO World Heritage status depends on the Lake District continuing as a living and working landscape but also preserving its environmental and aesthetic character as a traditional landscape. Its literary heritage has also to be preserved, and the plans would have a seriously negative impact on Town End, the lakeside part of Grasmere village where William and Dorothy Wordsworth lived after 1799.
Claims that opposition to the plans are 'snobbery' are totally misguided. For a start, the plans are hatched by Lakeland's wealthiest private landowner purely for private gain. Secondly, it is important that the diverse character of the various lakes be preserved. Windermere already has a ferry, a year-round steamer service, pleasure boats and houseboats. Many of these features are also present on Derwentwater and Ullswater. That's where this kind of plan belongs. The smaller and quieter lakes need to keep their separate and varied character, not be pressed into service as noisy, expensive playgrounds.
Grasmere has come into the line of fire simply because it belongs to the Lowther Estate. No doubt their accountants see it as an 'asset' that isn't being properly 'exploited'. If that attitude had prevailed in the past, we wouldn't have the National Parks.
So please sign the petition, tell your friends, send them the link, and do all you can to oppose this unpleasant plan!
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Linda Ryle's Paintings
A visitor admires 'Show Me the Moon' (for the book cover, scroll down & look right!)
Roman and Egyptian art and artefacts inspire elements in some of the paintings
Coming face to face with Linda Ryle's painting 'Show Me the Moon' a few days ago was a shock: I've been so used to seeing it as a 13 by 17 cm cover image on my book Luna Park that I'd forgotten quite how big it really is. Meeting it again in this new exhibition at the Heaton Cooper Studio, Grasmere, was a pleasant surprise.
The painting – even more fascinating at its full size, naturally – draws you in hypnotically, with its affectionate yet slightly eerie rapport between woman and cat, and the tiny glimpse of the new moon in a limpid, radiant sky.
The sense of mystery, of magical meanings only half-revealed, is typical of Linda Ryle's work (she's also know by her married name as Linda Cooper), and this retrospective exhibition, Time Regained: 1975 – 2016 reveals these qualities as connecting elements running through some quite diverse work.
Linda Ryle in conversation at the opening
There are landscapes, figure paintings (with animals) , still lifes – often incorporating ancient Egyptian or Roman sculpture and other artefacts – and most recently detailed, almost trompe-l'oeil studies of little corners of domestic interiors: a spice cupboard; a flight of old, deeply-worn stone steps; a crucible burning with fierce flame and backed by black smoke.
Hand-painted belts – sought after by '70s celebs in the King's Road
There's even a display of the wonderfully vivid and imaginative belts, hand-painted with animal forms, which Linda supplied to a King's Road fashion boutique in the 1970s, and which were acquired by (amongst others) Elton John, Bianca Jagger and Britt Eklund.
What connects all of these works, along with a love of detail and an evocative use of colour, is a sense of symbolism, of contemplative and often disquieting meaning hidden within each image. It'sa world not unlike that of Leonora Carrington, who similarly loved to blend pagan imagery with encounters of animals and humans who had a more than normal rapport with one another. I'm inclined to think Linda deserves a place in the rich but elusive category of female surrealists, though the subtlety of her work is far from the simply bizarre or aggressively disruptive effects we might associate with mainstream (usually male) surrealism. Linda Ryle has a deep interest in Jungian psychology, and her work was exhibited last year at the Association of Jungian Analysts in London.
Strikingly, to me the most powerful works were the most recent. The meticulous representations of details of her eighteenth-century house in Cockermouth, such as a staircase leading down into a cellar, are extraordinarily suggestive: the apparently ordinary becoming a powerful symbol of something psychologically profound and (I think) more than a little disturbing. These are beautiful images; but don't be surprised if you feel the hairs on your neck rising a little. In Linda's work, the everyday becomes the slightly uncanny. It's a remarkable achievement.
A glimpse of some of the quiet but intense and deeply suggestive later work
Time Regained: an exhibition of past and present work by the painter Linda Ryle runs at the Heaton Cooper Studio, Grasmere, from July 14 until the end of October. Details from 015394 35280.
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Grasmere with David Morrell and De Quincey
Just back from Grasmere, where the Wordsworth Trust hosted an evening with thriller-writer David Morrell. David (who created the character of JohnRambo in his first novel, aptly titled First Blood, the basis of the Sylvester Stallone movie franchise) recently published Murder as a Fine Art, a serial-killer thriller set in Victorian London, with Thomas De Quincey – the famous 'Opium-Eater' – as action hero and detective.
With David Morrell and De Quincey and his family (pastel by James Archer) – and a big thankyou to Ali S. Karim for the photo
We had great fun presenting an evening 'in conversation' between biographer and novelist at the Wordsworth Trust's Jerwood Centre, just a few yards from Dove Cottage where De Quincey lived and wrote for so many years in the 1820s and '30s.
We were also able to spend a day exploring Grasmere and its surroundings. We walked around both lakes – Grasmere and Rydal Water – by way of Loughrigg Terrace, Rydal Cavern, Rydal Mount and the Coffin Path.
And the next day David and his wife Donna were able to walk up the fell opposite the village to see the view De Quincey might have had when he first tried to visit Wordsworth in 1806 – walking up from Coniston and gazing across the lake at Dove Cottage, but finding himself too shy to come any closer!
Andrew Forster of the Wordsworth Trust also gave us a special tour of Dove Cottage and a viewing of De Quincey and Wordsworth manuscripts at the Jerwood Centre.
To find out more about David Morrell's Murder as a Fine Art, click on the panel below.
And for David Morrell's personal website, click on this link:
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Alfred Heaton Cooper: A Painter's Journey
Just back from Grasmere, where Amanda and I went for the opening of the exhibition 'Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863-1929): A Painter's Journey' at the Heaton Cooper Studio.
Julian Cooper: behind him, W. Heaton Cooper's watercolour of the Hardanger Falls
A. Heaton Cooper was a fine painter in both watercolour (where his work has something in common with Turner and Ruskin) and in oils (where he approaches Post-Impressionism). He had a wonderful sense of colour and light, and was devoted to the landscapes of both Norway and the Lake District. But he was also an excellent, lively and tender portrayer of people.
He came from a poor background in Bolton, and made his own way and supported his family entirely by his own work. And he was the found of the Heaton Cooper dynasty – including his son W. Heaton Cooper, who illustrated so many classic books about the Lakes and whose watercolour landscapes are still hugely popular (though a bit bland for my taste) and grandson Julian Cooper, the adventurous and innovative painter of mountain forms and textures in Cumbria, the Himalayas, the Andes and elsewhere.
Some of the many sketchbooks and photographs on display
'A Painter's Journey', mounted to mark Alfred's 150th birthday, is a splendid show: one wall is full of his Lakeland work, the other of his Norwegian paintings, and there are fascinating displays of sketchbooks and photographs. The sketchbooks are a particular delight, offering spontaneous drawings of people and turn-of-the-century landscapes, including a wonderful, graphic and rapidly-sketched panorama of a charcoal-burners' camp in the Westmoreland woods.
We met lots of old friends there: not only Julian and his wife, painter Linda Ryle, but also Angela Locke, the Cumbrian poet and novelist with whom I'm setting up Lakeland Writing Retreats, where from next May we'll be offering creative writing courses in the Lakes. It was good to see novelist Chris Burns there too. Altogether a very happy occasion, and the next day we managed to get a good walk up to Easedale Tarn in cool but pleasant weather.
With poet and novelist Angela Locke: together we are setting up Lakeland Writing Retreats
If you can get to Grasmere before 3 November, when the exhibition closes, do go and see it. It's a very intimate and inspiring display of work by an underrated artist who is also an important part of Lakeland history.
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Crags, Caves and Squirrels
Castle Crag is full of caves and chasms
Back to the Lakes last week to give a talk to a group of Swiss students, mostly MA students studying English Romanticism. After a great day touring Dove Cottage and walking up Sour Milk Gill to Easedale Tarn I stayed on and went for a scramble around the slopes of Castle Crag near Keswick.
Slate cavern hewn at the base of Castle Crag
The Crag doesn't look huge from the Grange-Seatoller path but it's really a ridge, much larger and more intricate than it looks, full of gulleys, crags, fissures and caves. Its slopes on the east side are thickly forested and you can disappear in there for hours and get happily lost. You can spend hours and days exploring its mysteries. I took a long time trying to locate Millican Dalton's cave but didn't succeed. I've tried and failed before. If anyone out there can give me precise directions to find it, please get in touch.
Red squirrel explores dense pine forest around the Crag
I spent a while meditating in a grassy natural balcony half way up one of the crags and became aware of rapid zig-zaggy movements in a nearby tree. Turning gently that way I soon saw a pair of red squirrels chasing each other madly in a pine tree, tearing in spiral paths up and down the trunk. Managed to ease the camera out and when they finally tired of the game one of them ambled over towards me. This was about its closest point.
Helm Crag from a How Foot bedroom
Amanda came up and joined me for the weekend, which we spent at How Foot Lodge in Grasmere. They gave us a room with a wonderful foliage-fringed window looking straight out to Helm Crag. They told me they have an unusual number of free rooms this year owing to the World Cup so now's your chance to make a booking on impulse at this lovely and relatively inexpensive hotel: www.howfoot.co.uk
Bluebells cover the lower slopes of Loughrigg Fell
The weather was kind and we had a few great walks, including the circuit around Grasmere and Rydal Water. Sheets of bluebells were still floating their intense colour on the slopes of Loughrigg, making a wonderful contrast with the dead russet of the bracken.
No, it isn't a Julian Cooper painting: the rock contemplates its own face in the water
At the Rydal Cavern I disregarded the National Trust's warning notice (what are the odds, really, of a chunk of rock dropping from the roof exactly at the moment I'm standing directly underneath?) to go into this, one of my favourite spaces, and contemplate the mirrorimage of the hewn rock in the still floodwater. Of course I advise you not to do this, and if you go in there it's at your own risk. Don't sue me if you get flattened.
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