Along with a solid cohort who have become full-blown vegetarians, a lot of my friends have mentioned to me over the past year that they are making a concerted effort to eat less meat during the course of the week. I am also in this group, and although I doubt I will ever become vegetarian, I do find I enjoy meat more the less frequently I eat it. Also, I'd rather spend twice the price and eat meat – higher welfare meat that is – half as often as to do the reverse. Plus, I absolutely love vegetables (bar okra, sweet potatoes & kohlrabi, obviously), and particularly enjoy putting them front and centre in my dishes over the summer months when so many varieties are at the top of their season, just asking to be used.
What that means in practice is a couple of nights each week where we either just omit meat completely and have something with a really punchy flavour like spaghetti with squashed tomatoes or where we sub in another kind of protein like pulses, eggs or a cheese like halloumi, feta or mozzarella in place of meat.
Either way it's no hardship, and to be honest when you have a cheese like halloumi which is deeply savoury and benefits beautifully from the caramelising effects of frying [the famous Maillard reaction that makes cooked meat so tantalising to to us humans], it covers off most of the same qualities as meat and is tremendously satisfying. What's more, almost everyone loves it (almost – a very small minority of people are too freaked out by its squeak to enjoy it) and it grills really well, making it perfect for ensuring vegetarians don't feel left out at barbecues.
Because it's such a handy addition to meat-free meals, I've been trying out a few new ways of cooking it lately. In my experience, halloumi's richly savoury flavour notes are heightened & enhanced by pairing it with a slightly acidic counterpart, so I've included a bright lemony dressing for this salad – which I should say is a total knock-out. I'm planning to make it again tonight.
If I was to be unusually prescriptive, I would urge you to serve this dish with just plain boiled brown rice, as it is a combination that falls squarely under the heading of 'more than the sum of its parts', is bizarrely comforting and will be loved by all comers.
If you're using dried green peas, bring them to the boil in lots of unsalted water and cook over a high heat for 10 minutes, then lower the heat and cook at a simmer for a further half an hour, or until tender but not yet mushy. Once cooked, season & drain. If you're not using the peas, tip the entire contents of tin of chickpeas or beans into a saucepan and heat until warmed through then season lightly, drain & set aside.
In a separate saucepan, simmer the green beans in salted boiling water for a couple of minutes until tender then blanch & leave them in ice cold water to keep their colour vivid.
Place the diced garlic in a large bowl and add the olive oil, vinegar, olives, olive brine, lemon juice & zest, a tiny pinch of caster sugar & salt and lots of black pepper, then stir in the drained cooked peas or tinned beans/chickpeas. Drain the green beans, add them to the bowl & stir well to combine. Transfer the lot to a serving dish and garnish with more herbs, lemon zest black pepper and add the sliced spring onion.
Cut the halloumi into four thick 'steaks' by slicing lengthways, ie cutting across the block rather than downwards. Pat dry with kitchen paper. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the slices for about 2 minutes on each side, or until crisp & golden, working in batches if necessary. Place the slices on top of the salad & serve immediately. Also good cold. Or reheated. Or made again, over and over as part of your weekly meat-free recipe repertoire.
Note 1: In the interests of fairness, I should probably acknowledge that my mother has been enforcing a fairly strict 'Vegetarian Thursdays' regime in our house since I was tiny, so it's not just the millennials that are at this 'meat-free' business.
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This dish looks delicious and I absolutely love Halloumi cheese!
Wow! I think that is the most beautiful salad I have ever seen!


10 students in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) at the University of North Texas (UNT) are creating wearable assistive technology devices to improve the lives of people with autism spectrum disorder.
Called Project Invent, the UNT program consists of two teams containing five students in each, which is led by TAMS senior Rik Patnaik.
Both TAMS teams are attempting to design wearable technology that could improve the everyday lives of people with autism spectrum disorder, including Asperger's syndrome.
The first team, Project Lyra, is working to create a bracelet that can record interactions with first responders – people whose job entails being the first at the scene of an emergency – through a radio-frequency identification system.
Team members spoke to UNT police about the challenges of approaching people with autism spectrum disorder and worked alongside Larry Dierker, 24, who has Asperger's, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and foetal alcohol syndrome.
The TAMS students also hope to have a database accessible to first responders with information about how the individual wearing the bracelet might react in certain unordinary situations.
Project Lyra hopes that its wearable bracelet could provide important background information about the wearer to first responders in the future.
Larry's mother, Nancy Dierker, explained how her son has been stopped by police officers occasionally and although he usually likes the interaction at first, he can run into difficulty communicating with law enforcement. She added that he also sometimes has trouble following what the police are saying.
"What he hears sometimes is not exactly what is said," Nancy told the Denton Record-Chronicle.
If police were able to scan a low-profile bracelet and see how Larry might react in stressful situations, potential problems could be avoided for all involved, stresses Project Lyra.
With an understanding that sensory overload is a serious concern for people with autism spectrum disorder, Rik's second team, Project Cape, is designing a specialised hoodie to serve as a portable, on-demand relaxation system.
Based on weighted vests used to treat hyperactivity and anxiety, the hooded sweatshirt would have a controlled system of drawstrings throughout that, when activated, would tighten and create the sensation of additional weight.
Having iPod functionality would be significant for Larry, outlines Project Cape, as he frequently listens to music to destress.
Nancy said that her son has never worn weighted vests because he's fashion-conscious. She thinks that he would much more likely wear a hoodie as people would just view it as item of clothing.
Rik hopes that both teams will be able to travel to pitch their creations to potential investors at Stanford University's design school in May 2019. If they secure funding, the inventions could help people on a much larger scale.
Most of the fundraising is online, but the teams are also attending a few events, including the inaugural TAMS fair, in order to present their work, recruit new members and get some donations.


I suppose this should be called Chicken Soup rather than Chicken Broth. We still call it Broth even though we do not strain it and turn it into a Consomme. You can make Brodu with chicken, beef and even with just vegetables, same way as you would make stock. My favorite though has to be with chicken. I use chicken wings but you can use any parts.
So when feeling a bit under the weather, a little of our Maltese Brodu will definitely make you better!
This soup could not be easier! Just place all the ingredients, except for the rice, salt, pepper and parsley in a large stock pot. Add about 5 cups of water and bring to a boil. Season with salt and pepper. Leave to simmer until the chicken and vegetables are soft. Add the rice and cook for about 10 to 14 more minutes, depending on the rice used. Add the peas a few minutes before rice is done.
Serve in bowls sprinkled with fresh parsley.
Note – I usually eat the chicken wings after I eat my soup! If you wish you can also shred the chicken and add it to the soup before serving. You can also use small pasta shapes instead of rice.


As we approach Holy Week, Erin McCole Cupp looks to the English martyrs and the fruit of their suffering.
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Passionate about driving change, Sophia has combined all her loves into one jam-packed CV: COO of a company that transforms carbon dioxide into building products, Team Leader of a global health database, Canberra Ambassador for charity OzHarvest and Festival Coordinator for the Stronger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival! How does she achieve so much? According to her, living in Canberra is the key.
"The quality of life here and the ability to so easily access resources has really allowed me to thrive—particularly in the start-up space. Canberra is big enough for you to find your niche but small enough to connect with some incredible mentors and thought leaders. Running MCi from Canberra allows me to maintain close ties with policy makers and governmental funding bodies, and I've been taking full advantage of direct flights to Singapore to develop our overseas market.
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Fresh off his Golden Globes win for his role in Quenin Tarantino's film. Once Upon a time in Hollywood, iconic America actor Brad Pitt sat down with New Europe's Federico Grandesso while the latter was in Venice to promote the science fiction film Ad Astra, his most, and a collaboration with director James Gray.
NEW EUROPE (NE): What's your feeling about the major success of Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
BRAD PITT (BP): Well, that the movie was well-received by the critics and audiences alike, and has made a huge earning at the US box office, was expected. I think it's great. It's big for a Quentin film that it could still land like that. I think it was the only original content released over last summer that is neither a sequel nor based on a comic book or something like that. So, it's no small feat. It says a lot that the studios can still gamble on films like his. I'm really pleased for it because the film was well-suited to my taste, of course.
Brad Pitt, Chris Evans, Laura Dern and Six Other Stars Grace the Covers of W's Best Performances 2020 Issue
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For the Best Performances 2020 issue, the stars of the biggest films of the past year posed for photographer Juergen Teller in the most quintessential of Los Angeles locales: strip malls, parking lots and hotel rooms. This time around, the annual portfolio features nine different covers, with Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and Ad Astra), Joaquin Phoenix (Joker), Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers), Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name), Chris Evans (Knives Out and Avengers: Endgame), Laura Dern (Marriage Story and Little Women), Adam Driver (Marriage Story, The Report, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems) and Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit) at their bold, unvarnished, effervescent best. For the portfolio inside the issue, the actors sat down with W's Editor at Large Lynn Hirschberg to discuss their lives and work: Dern reflects on her public perception (she's never felt like an icon), Lopez recalls her early days as a dancer, and Murphy opens up about the films and comedy albums that influenced him as a kid. Here, all of Teller's iconic covers for W's first issue of the new decade, and its tenth edition of Best Performances.
Be sure to read Brad's hilarious (in my opinion) short interview right here.
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Released in December, just before awards season, the Great Performers Issue is one of The New York Times Magazine's most anticipated of the year. After watching many hours of movies released in 2019, The Times's co-chief film critic A.O. Scott and critic-at-large Wesley Morris narrowed down their choices for most striking performances in film this year to 10 actors: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lopez, Elisabeth Moss, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lupita Nyong'o, Julianne Moore, Antonio Banderas and Robert De Niro. All 10 appear in this weekend's issue of the magazine.
"You have to kind of read the room," Mr. Davison said. Some actors asked questions and wanted to collaborate; others wanted him to do his thing. Mr. Pitt, for one, "was quite interested in what the materials did when I was shooting through them," Mr. Davison recalled. Mr. Banderas even got playful. All told, Mr. Davison spent two days shooting in Los Angeles, two more in New York and one in Spain (to shoot Mr. Banderas).
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As the stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood," Brad Pitt laid down a performance of vintage Hollywood dudeness. His character is equally at ease being a human security blanket for his B-list-actor boss, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, as he is subduing murderous Manson family members while tripping on acid. In James Gray's "Ad Astra," Pitt used the same tools he wielded so deftly in Tarantino's film — laconic cool; understated emotion — to build an entirely different version of masculinity. In it, he's Roy McBride, an astronaut on an interplanetary mission to find his absentee (in multiple senses of the word) father. But McBride's imperturbability is rooted in repression and hurt, nothing like Booth's so-it-goes acceptance. "The two characters could be connected," Pitt says, "in the sense that you have to go through an evolution to get to a place of comfort. You have to go through profound internal hardships."
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Brad interviews Anthony Hopkins!
After well over a hundred starring roles, in a career stretching back to the 1960s, it's a wonder Hollywood hasn't run out of meaty, memorable archetypes for Sir Anthony Hopkins to portray. In the past, the 81-year-old Welsh Oscar winner has played more than his share of deviously brilliant psychotic murderers (The Silence of the Lambs and its sequels, Fracture); restrained, restricted Englishmen on the brink of emotional crises (Howards End, The Remains of the Day, Shadowlands, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger); iconic artistic geniuses who defined the 20th century (Surviving Picasso, Hitchcock); and more Shakespeare characters than should be expected of anyone (Hamlet, King Lear, Titus). Not to mention the other gods of celluloid he has traded dialogue with over the years (his third movie role had him starring opposite Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole in 1968's The Lion in Winter).
Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler Have an Unlikely Movie Bromance
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Brad Pitt ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," "Ad Astra") and Adam Sandler ("Uncut Gems") sat down for a chat for "Variety Studio: Actors on Actors."
As has become a tradition for Variety's Actors on Actors conversations, two superstars realize they have even more in common than celebrity. The careers of Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler ran on parallel tracks after they arrived in Hollywood in the late 1980s, emerging among the last generation of A-list superstars in the '90s through wildly different genres of film. Sandler made hits of raucous comedies like "Happy Gilmore" and "The Waterboy," while Pitt burnished a character-actor reputation with turns in "12 Monkeys" and "Fight Club." This past year, Pitt was as melancholic as he's ever been in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," while Sandler was characteristically outsized in the New York freakout "Uncut Gems." And yet, during a lengthy exchange, they keep stumbling over what unites them as artists.
"What I love when we started were cables everywhere, and massive lights," Pitt tells Sandler, reminiscing about their early days in movies. "You'd be sweating all the time, and big-ass cameras that were super loud. Now it's getting down to, we're almost sitting in our own room in the dark. It's a whole 'nother thing."
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WASHINGTON – Brad Pitt leans back and relaxes in a Georgetown hotel chair a mile and a half from the White House, though he's light-years away from worrying about presidential tweets.
It's been three days since the 55-year-old actor told a French newspaper that President Donald Trump represented a "much bigger threat" on "more serious issues" than tariffs on the French vineyard Pitt owns with ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
No angry social-media missives have been thrown his way yet, though, and "truthfully, I don't even think about it. It probably says I'm doing something wrong," says Pitt, brandishing his signature grin.
This mind-set is in line with the overall Tao of Brad: The star of the space adventure "Ad Astra" (in theaters Friday) is self-effacing and thoughtful, kind and cool, philosophical yet also guarded.
In recent years in the public eye, Pitt has navigated a two-year divorce and got sober. He's also found two of his most memorable characters onscreen: The enigmatic and easygoing 1960s stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" – which has Pitt in line for his fourth Oscar acting nomination – and stoic, introspective "Ad Astra" astronaut Roy McBride, who blasts off into the cosmos seeking his missing father (Tommy Lee Jones).
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Panther Family members and battalion leadership gathered Saturday, January 5th on Fort Bragg to celebrate the new year with a formal reception.
The battalion and brigade leaders enjoyed a time of fellowship, dining and encouragement as we enter 2019.
Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division perform a test evaluating their physical fitness and cognitive skills provided by the Fort Bragg R2 Performance Center while conducting the brigade's August Best Squad Competition conducted August 21 on Fort Bragg.
Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division complete a written test evaluating their historical and tactical knowledge during the brigade's Best Squad Competition conducted August 21 on Fort Bragg.
Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division run in Fort Bragg's Area J on August 21 during the brigade's Best Squad Competition.
A paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division pulls a Humvee on August 21 while his partners push and steer as part of a maintenance-focused station during the brigade's August Best Squad Competition. The Best Squad Competition tested the paratroopers' physical endurance and mental agility through a series of stations and forced-marches.
Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division change a Humvee tire at a maintenance-focused station during the brigade's August Best Squad Competition conducted August 21 on Fort Bragg.
Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, left, and the 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, right, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division assemble a cube from PVC piping during a cognitive testing station provided by the Fort Bragg R2 Performance Center during the brigade's August Best Squad Competition conducted August 21 on Fort Bragg.
Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, left, and the 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, right, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division assemble a cube from PVC piping during a cognitive testing station provided by the Fort Bragg R2 Performance Center during the brigade's August Best Squad Competition conducted August 21 on Fort Bragg.
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Paratroopers assigned to the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division pull a Humvee during a maintenance-focused section of the brigade's August Best Squad Competition conducted August 21 on Fort Bragg.


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Imam Almasmari stands in the grand front entryway of the Muslim Unity Center in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Filling our plates with delicious, warm, flat breads, hummus and fresh falafel, we adjourned to our meeting.
Ever since writing my first book, Spiritual Wanderer, I've been part of a loose organization of Michigan Communicators who meet bi-monthly at different religious institutions across Metro-Detroit. Founded by my publisher, David Crumm, our group — representing faiths across the vast spiritual spectrum — has visited a wide array of places of worship: mosques, temples, churches, etc.
Even though Islam is in the news lately, our visit to The Muslim Unity Center in West Bloomfield, MI was planned long ago. Still, it gave our host — Imam Almasmari — an opportunity to talk about his peaceful religion and how pathological young men have turned away from their teachings, actually doing the exact opposite of what Mohammed stood for.
Almasmari loves the area and came back from abroad to live, work and worship in Motown. He proudly flies the American flag, smack in front of the Unity Center.
Thankfully, there was very little talk about the preponderance of hate speech, Islamophobia and belligerent misinformation about their religion lately. Mostly, we spoke about upcoming ecumenical and interfaith events, Jewish and Christian celebrations and the comprehensive biography of Catholic priest Father Cunningham, written by another former colleague of mine, Jack Kresnak.
We munched the food that the kind women laid out for us, shared our news, laughed a little and had what can only be described as a routine, everyday meeting. It was unique by the very fact that it was unremarkable.
Given all the insane anti-Islamic talk of the day, it was wonderful to be welcomed into their place of worship, given a tour, fed yummy food and thanked for just showing up.
Only one or two of us were on the same spiritual page as our hosts, but it's safe to say we were ALL on the same plate.


This 2-inch micro creation comes from the wonderful mind of Atmo's own T.G.O. After taking the time to find the smallest platform possible for brushless motors, while still allowing for a pod that comfortably fits all your micro electronics safely inside. This pod is designed for a micro 3-in-1 Camera-VTX-Antenna combo that uses a dipole.
Perfectly paired for the new DYS 11-series motors and 4-in-1 10A ESCs this build will be light weight and powerful for its size.
Best with a 50mm prop, or a 1.9inch. 2" will fit barely, but to get more room you can file out the motor bolt holes so they are further away from the center of the quad.
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CIE Seminar Series 2015 – Realising the Potential of Universities as Conservation Catalysts – recommendations and reflections from a recent study leave at Harvard Forest
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SPEAKER: Associate Professor Geoff Wescott, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
DATE: Friday, 11th September 2015
LOCATION: Melbourne Campus at Burwood, Room HE3.002
Seminar will also be video linked to the following campuses: Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds, Room ka4.207 (Green room); and Warrnambool Campus, Room C1.13
ABSTRACT: One of the prime recommendations in Geoff's 2013 co-edited book "Linking Australia's Landscapes" was that the study of international examples of large Landscape Scale Conservation Networks (LSCNs) would enhance Australia's pioneering work in these substantial corridor projects. Hence Geoff visited New England, USA to study among other examples the Wildlands and Woodlands LSCN and in particular (associated with the book "Conservation Catalysts – the academy as nature's agent") the vital and crucial role universities can play in enhancing nature conservation in general.
This presentation will report on his findings from that academic study leave and in particular on roles played by Harvard, Yale and Maine universities, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, as well as the exciting Cambridge Conservation Initiative that has just started in England.
BIO: Geoff is Associate Professor of Environment at Deakin University's Burwood campus and been closely involved in the Environmental Management program at Deakin University and Victoria College since its inception in the 1980s.
Over a long career in nature conservation and natural resource management he has published over 150 papers, books and chapters and served on many government and conservation bodies. He is currently Chairing the Expert Panel preparing a new Marine and Coastal Act for Victoria, is a Director of Zoos Victoria, a member of the Victorian Environment Assessment Council and President of the Australian Coastal Society. Previously he has been a member of the National Oceans Advisory Group, Deputy Chair of Parks Victoria and Executive Director of Environment Victoria amongst many other roles. He is an inaugural Fellow of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand.
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Hello. My name's Mutinta and I've been coming to the Young tailor's club for about six months. I joined to gain more knowledge of sewing and to learn how to use the machines- this is my favourite part. As well using the machines we are also learning how to sew by hand. In the future I will use these skills to make my own clothes and repair my things.


I don't think I've ever seen an egg stand before but now that I have, I kinda love it. This stand, built for a half dozen eggs, is made of hand carved pine and walnut and sealed with tung oil. Makers Shannon and Megan Brantley of Southern Alabama make two other stands fit for a dozen eggs. See them here and here.
You'll find almost a dozen wooden jewelry pieces in their shop as well. I love how they incorporate vintage brass chains with each piece to add character and style.
How sweet is this pine and copper stand for your loose jewelry? Adding a few cute, stubby legs just makes all the difference, doesn't it? Peruse Megan and Shannon's entire online shop, here.


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UK records eighth child death due to Staphylococcus A
And with this death, the death toll from staphylococcus aureus "A" bacteria rises to 8 in recent weeks in Britain.
And the country had recorded, hours before, death No. 7 due to this infection, which was of a 12-year-old child in London.
And the British "Sky News" network reported, on Monday evening, that the new victim No. 8 is a student at a basic school in Hampshire County, southern Britain.
A highly contagious form of the A strep infection has spread across Britain in recent months, with the British government warning parents to be vigilant about their children's symptoms.
However, she stressed that the country's health services authority, "NHC", is well prepared to deal with the outbreak of infection, stressing that there is no shortage of antibiotics that fight this health problem.
This infection causes a sore throat and fever leading to a rash, and occurs as a result of physical contact or from droplets of sneezing and coughing.
The authorities warned that people over the age of 65, those with HIV, those who use steroids, or those with diabetes, heart disease or cancer are the most vulnerable to infection, along with children.
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Context.The Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC) is the nearest large star-forming region, prototypical for the distributed mode of low-mass star formation. Pre-main sequence stars are luminous X-ray sources, probably mostly owing to magnetic energy release.
Aims.The XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST) presented in this paper surveys the most populated ≈5 square degrees of the TMC, using the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory to study the thermal structure, variability, and long-term evolution of hot plasma, to investigate the magnetic dynamo, and to search for new potential members of the association. Many targets are also studied in the optical, and high-resolution X-ray grating spectroscopy has been obtained for selected bright sources.
Methods.The X-ray spectra have been coherently analyzed with two different thermal models (2-component thermal model, and a continuous emission measure distribution model). We present overall correlations with fundamental stellar parameters that were derived from the previous literature. A few detections from Chandra observations have been added.
Results.The present overview paper introduces the project and provides the basic results from the X-ray analysis of all sources detected in the XEST survey. Comprehensive tables summarize the stellar properties of all targets surveyed. The survey goes deeper than previous X-ray surveys of Taurus by about an order of magnitude and for the first time systematically accesses very faint and strongly absorbed TMC objects. We find a detection rate of 85% and 98% for classical and weak-line T Tau stars (CTTS resp. WTTS), and identify about half of the surveyed protostars and brown dwarfs. Overall, 136 out of 169 surveyed stellar systems are detected. We describe an X-ray luminosity vs. mass correlation, discuss the distribution of X-ray-to-bolometric luminosity ratios, and show evidence for lower X-ray luminosities in CTTS compared to WTTS. Detailed analysis (e.g., variability, rotation-activity relations, influence of accretion on X-rays) will be discussed in a series of accompanying papers.


Wakefield Council has an enviable record in delivering housing and economic growth. We are now looking to appoint a talented and innovative Service Manager to lead the development and delivery of the Council's ambitious regeneration and housing goals.
Able to work strategically, you will lead on a range of key programmes and projects and on operational service delivery. You will be able to develop and implement creative and enterprising solutions for physically remaking Wakefield city centre and the centres of our 5 largest towns to help make them a destination for businesses, residents and visitors. Building on the strong momentum created in our local housing market, you will ensure that housing growth which meets the needs of all residents is delivered and ensure that poor housing conditions are tackled, protecting the health and wellbeing of our residents. You will also lead the delivery of schemes to reduce fuel poverty across the district and to promote and support clean, low carbon growth.
You will be skilled in creating and maintaining excellent partnership working relationships across the Council, and with a wide range of external partners in the public, private, voluntary and community sectors, and have a track record of securing investment to finance initiatives and enhance services. You should also have the capacity to adapt in a changing environment and the judgement and political intuition to make effective, deliverable decisions.
If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you……..
Please note we are looking to hold interviews Friday 18th May 2018.


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Once these forms are completed and returned, you will be asked to contact the surgery within 48 hours to check on your acceptance. If you are successful, you will need to arrange an appointment for a New Patient Check to be carried out with one of our practice nurses.
It is also important that we are provided with your current contact number.
Please note we do not accept postal registration forms, they have to be brought into the surgery together with a form of photo ID.
If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a permanent patient.


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Ykäsen Products teki muutaman modernin Piianpeilin.
Kokeilin päällystää yhden niistä samalla väripaperilla kuin päällystin tekemäni lipaston.
Ykäsen Products made a few modern Maid's Mirrors.
I decided to try and cover one of them with the same colorpaper I used on the chest of drawers.
You have made a very nice job of the mirror! Very neatly done and very colourful!
Love the paper design...the colors are beautiful.
I really loved that paper design, it looks very good for the mirror too, Kikka!
Queda muy bien con el papel del mismo tono,buen trabajo!!!
The paper looks beautiful on the mirror.
Great work. I like the paper on the mirror.


This 27,000 square-foot building was constructed of concrete plank and masonry bearing walls with brick and split face block veneer to the exterior. The building is fully air-conditioned and the project has a full fire protection system. Each floor has a common kitchen and lounge/study area. The construction time from design to final occupancy took 10 months.


Non-Disparagement and Non-Defamation Policy. The prohibition from making "disparaging or defamatory comments about Echostar, its employees, officers, directors, vendors, [and] customers" was deemed overbroad because it chilled employees from commenting on the terms or conditions of their employment.
Communications with Media Policy. The policy restricting employees from communicating with the media through print, TV or the Internet without prior authorization was found to violate the NLRA because it chilled employees' right to seek support to improve their working conditions from others outside their workplace.
Confidentiality of Internal Investigations Policy. The requirement that employees "maintain confidentiality" of their participation in internal investigations was found to violate the NLRA because it did not apply a case-by-case analysis to balance the employer's need for confidentiality against its employees' Section 7 rights.
Insubordination Policy. The definition of insubordination as "[t]he refusal to follow a reasonable work directive or undermining the Company, management or employees" was deemed to violate the NLRA because it could be interpreted to prohibit employees from challenging their working conditions.
Confidentiality Policy. EchoStar held that the company's confidentiality provisions complied with the NLRA because they were designed to protect confidentiality of the employer's proprietary business information and to not prohibit discussion of employee wages. In Costco, however, the Board held the confidentiality provision prohibiting disclosure of "payroll information" violated the NLRA.
EchoStar is particularly troublesome because it struck down many policies that are commonly used by unionized and non-unionized employers alike. Given the NLRB's recent efforts, it would be wise for employers to take time to carefully review their policies and rules to ensure that prohibitions on employee conduct, especially online and social media activity, are tailored to comply with the NLRB's recent directives and decisions.
— Wade Davis is a shareholder in Leonard, Street and Deinard's Mankato, Minnesota office where his practice focuses on litigating and resolving business and employment disputes, and advising employers in employment-related matters. Wade is a member of the firm's Labor and Employment Group and is a MSBA Certified Labor and Employment Law Specialist. He regularly defends employers against claims of sexual harassment, and age, gender, race, disability and religious discrimination.


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FBI 2020 Internet Crime Report: What About It and What Should We Do?
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Top Internet Crimes in 2020
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual Internet Crime Report on May 17, 2021. In this report, the center collected information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime. Compared to the previous year in 2019, there is an increase of more than 300,000 complaints, a 69% increase in total complaints. The reported losses exceed $4.2 billion. It suggests that internet crime continues posting a threat to businesses and individuals in 2020. The top three crimes in 2020 were Phishing/Vishing/Smishing/Pharming scams (241,342 victims), non-payment/non-delivery scams (108,869 victims), and extortion (76,741 victims).
Phishing/Vishing/Smishing/Pharming uses unsolicited email, text messages, and telephone calls purportedly from a legitimate company requesting personal, financial, and/or login credentials. Non-payment is the situation where goods and services are shipped, but payment is never rendered. In non-delivery situations, payment is sent, but goods and services are never received. Extortion is the unlawful extraction of money or property through intimidation or undue exercise of authority. It may include threats of physical harm, criminal prosecution, or public exposure.
The five most prevalent types of crime based on victim reports filed with the FBI in recent years (Source: FBI)
Crimes Related to COVID-19
More significantly, this report includes the statistics relating to COVID-19 for the first time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the scammers exploited the pandemic to conduct illicit internet crimes. In 2020, the center received more than 28,500 complaints related to COVID-19, with fraudsters targeting both businesses and individuals. Regarding business, scammers targeted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which included provisions to help small businesses during the pandemic. Most IC3 complaints related to CARES Act fraud involved grant fraud, loan fraud, and phishing for Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
Concerning individual victims, government impersonators are one of the most prevalent schemes during the pandemic. Criminals are reaching out to people through social media, emails, or phone calls pretending to be from the government. The scammers attempt to gather personal information or illicit money through charades or threats. Additionally, vaccine-related scams have also emerged. Fraudulent advertisements for vaccines popped up on social media platforms or came via email, telephone calls, online, or from unsolicited/unknown sources.
What Should We Do?
To protect yourself, some safety tips are essential:
Phone calls: Be wary of answering phone calls from numbers you do not recognize.
Emails: Verify the sender of an email. Criminals will sometimes change just one letter in an email address to make it look like the one you know.
Money transfer: Never give out your personally identifiable information or send money or gift cards to anyone you don't know or trust.
Information source: Relying on trusted sources, like your own doctor, the Center for Disease Control, and your local health department for medical information and agencies like the Federal Trade Commission and Internal Revenue Service for financial and tax information.
Source: FBI IC3 Annual Report (2020): https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2020_IC3Report.pdf
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One of the current drawbacks in visiting the Boston Harbor Islands is that the $14 price of ferry tickets for adults is on the steep side. But there's some good news for anyone who's been hesitant to visit the islands because of the ferry prices.
Travelzoo is selling half-price tickets for the Boston Harbor Islands ferries until 7 PM EDT on June 30. Tickets have been discounted to $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $4 for children. You will receive a voucher that can be redeemed for any ferry from Long Wharf through September 30. Click here to purchase tickets and get more information.
To me, it was the nadir of Boston sports.
Thousands of Boston sports fans flocked to City Hall Plaza to watch Bruins legend Ray Bourque lift high the Stanley Cup. Stymied in his quest for championship glory in Boston, Bourque finally got to drink from Lord Stanley's chalice as a member of the Colorado Avalanche. Just days after the pinnacle of his career, Bourque brought the Cup to Boston to share with Bruins fans, who had just suffered through a second playoff-less season.
It was a gracious act, but honestly it was absolutely embarrassing as a Boston sports fan to watch the reaction. City Hall Plaza had been the gathering spot for the city to celebrate its Bruins and Celtics championships in the '70s and '80s. Now we were latching on to another team's glory. This felt like table scraps being fed to a fan base starving for a championship. It had been nearly 30 years since the last Bruins championship, 15 since the last Celtics title, 83 since the last Sox crown. The Patriots? Please.
To me, the thousands who had turned out to see #77 bring the Stanley Cup to town seemed like an admission that this town would not see championship glory ever again.
But, oh what a difference a decade makes. Nearly 10 years to the day after the most pathetic moment in Boston sports, the city has hit the Grand Slam. Seven titles by all four teams. Duck Boat parade after Duck Boat parade. The longest title drought in town now belong to the Patriots. Wow.
Ten years ago when the Stanley Cup stopped by Boston for a cup of coffee, it was "Look, but don't touch." But today, you Bruins fans can not only look, not only touch, but embrace it with all of your might. Saturday you'll get the party in downtown Boston that this fan base deserves.
Today marked an exciting--and very important--landmark in the development of the Boston Harbor Islands national park area with the unveiling of a new welcome center on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The grand opening was marked by a ceremony that included remarks by Mayor Menino and Vicki Kennedy.
My first impression is that the Island Alliance, National Park Service, and all involved in the painstaking project did a tremendous job. The pavilion was much larger than I expected. It features self-serve kiosks where you can buy ferry tickets to the islands and large panels that profile the eight islands served by public ferries. The panels give brief rundowns on the islands' historical and recreational offerings on one side, and on the other they feature beautiful photography. Look down and you'll literally find yourself wandering the islands on a 2,000-square-foot topographical map of the park inlaid in granite. Rangers will be on hand during extended business hours to answer any questions.
Lovers of the islands already know what they have to offer, but for most visitors to the city--and probably the majority of its residents as well--the islands have been "out of sight, out of mind." Since this pavilion is in a very high traffic area between Quincy Market and the Marriott Long Wharf, it's going to catch the eye of thousands of people every day. No doubt the visibility of the Boston Harbor Islands national park area is going to get a big boost.
The pavilion is the first building to open on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. While you can't see any of the islands directly from the pavilion since it's a few hundred yards from the water, the Greenway is still a fitting location. The Greenway has reconnected downtown with its historic waterfront, and the pavilion will serve to further the connection between Boston and the harbor that gave birth to this city. Plus, the Big Dig project was responsible for the redevelopment of Spectacle Island, as fill from the harbor tunnel was used to resculpt the island into a vast recreational area.
If you swing by the pavilion, be sure to check out the gift shop. They have some pretty cool Civil War memorabilia (Fort Warren on Georges Island is one of New England's most historic sites connected to the war), postcards, and books on the islands. Not surprisingly, I encourage you to pick up a copy of Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands at the pavilion.
I've sung the praises of the Globe Corner Bookstore in Harvard Square on numerous occasions. It's a great travel bookstore and a local institution. Step inside and in just a few square feet you can travel the world. Sorry to hear the news then that the Globe Corner Bookstore is going to be closing its retail store, although it will live on online. The bookstore was put up for a sale a number of months ago and an acceptable buyer was not able to be found. The announcement came on the same day that Alex Beam of The Boston Globe wrote of the difficult times facing bookstores. Sickeningly prophetic.


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Just over half of the New Jersey property tax bills, on average, go toward educating the state's nearly 1.4 million public school students.
The average New Jersey tax bill is $8,767. About 52.6 percent of that, or $4,610, is the taxes the local school district levies on homeowners, according to data from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
But the average taxpayers in some towns pay significantly more — and some pay significantly less — than that average towards schools, according to an analysis by the USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey.
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A homeowner with the average tax bill in Mountain Lakes in Morris County pays more than three times the state average for schools. Average home prices there are also 2.5 times the state average, while the town's average tax bill is also 2.3 times larger than the average bill in the state.
Meanwhile, a homeowner paying the average tax bill in Mantoloking is paying about $17,762 in property tax. Yet only about $226 of that goes to schools thanks to a deal where the tony beach town only pays per student it sends to nearby Point Pleasant Beach School District.
A town may have a high percentage of their taxes go toward schools, but may not necessarily be paying more than the state average for their local school taxes.
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Take Woodland in Burlington County. About 80 percent of its tax bill goes to pay for local schools. But a homeowner with the town's average tax bill is paying about $4,664 toward schools, very similar to the state average.
Yet that hypothetical Woodland taxpayer also would be paying only about $200 in municipal taxes and $969 in county taxes.
The same is true for most of the towns paying the highest percentage of their bills toward schools: These places are paying municipal and county taxes that are lower than the state average.
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Towns paying the lowest percentage of their tax bills toward schools are often wealthy beachside towns that have send/receive relationships with neighboring school districts, followed by towns that are part of the former Abbott districts.
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Mount Pleasant (Texas) CC Renovations to be Complete in May
The property-wide updates are being funded through donations from members and corporate partners. The project includes new paint, carpeting, and furniture in the dining room and ballroom, and the tennis courts and basketball courts will be resurfaced while a pickleball court will be added.
In May, Mount Pleasant (Texas) Country Club will unveil a variety of renovations funded by donations from members and corporate partners, the Mount Pleasant, Texas-based Daily Tribune reported.
"Inside we did painting, carpeting, new furniture, dining room and ballroom renovated and the bar has been re-done," General Manager Roy Stinson said. "We're going to re-do the tennis courts, basketball courts and put in a pickleball court.
"It needed to be done" Stinson said. "All this is being done (paid for) by donations."
The club contracted with local businesses to perform the upgrades, the Daily Tribune reported.
"It's all local contractors which is good," Stinson said. "The individuals that donated the money are the ones that found the contractors to work on the areas they donated to."
There is no set budget for the renovations as Stinson said that the fundraising is still under way. The renovations began back in December and should be finished by May according to Stinson. Some of the projects, such as the playing surfaces for sports and the interior of the club, just need to be re-done every so often, the Daily Tribune reported.
"The tennis courts we replace about every seven to eight years," Stinson said. "Same thing with the inside, about eight to 10 years. It just wears out."
New furniture and fresh paint aren't the only changes coming to the inside of the club, the Daily Tribune reported.
"We're replacing the light fixtures, going to LED lighting over fluorescent," Stinson said. "Things of that nature to try and modernize the building."
Stinson said that the construction has gone smoothly with the members of the club being happy with the way the changes have come about. "They're ecstatic about it," Stinson said. "They've been very pleased."
Stinson feels it is important to help bring in new members as well as keep the current ones happy. The hope is that the renovations will help attract new members, the Daily Tribune reported.
"We have around 270-275 [members] currently," Stinson said. "To join as a full family member it's $162.50 plus tax and a $25 food assessment a month. We expect you to spend $25 a month on food. If you don't we just charge you the $25 a month."
Of all the renovations Stinson seemed particularly proud of the new bar the club put in. "I think it's going to rival any bar from here to Miami, personally," Stinson said.


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Kate McSwain is the Co-CEO/Executive Director of American Ice Theatre (AIT) and Director of its AIT Boston satellite location. An international figure skating choreographer, Kate earned her Master Rating in Choreography from the Professional Skaters Association in 2017 and her AIT Certification in Master Choreography Techniques in 2012.
She is also certified in Pilates, has extensive training in multiple styles of dance, and over a decade of experience teaching yoga. Kate was the Assistant Director of the 2016 ISU World Championship Opening Ceremonies in Boston and co-choreographer for the 2014 US Figure Skating National Championship Opening Ceremonies. She previously worked as the Director of Operations for Grassroots to Champions — a figure skating education-based company founded by Audrey Weisiger — from 2014 through 2016; and since 2017, she has held the position of Director of the Somerville Skating Lessons program in Somerville, MA.
Kate resides in Boston but travels frequently both nationally and internationally to teach AIT movement seminars, to choreograph for competitive skaters, and to choreograph and consult with Theatre on Ice (TOI) programs and synchronized skating teams.
Additionally, as the founder of the American Contemporary Skating Festival and a founding member of the international Contemporary Skating Alliance, Kate is passionate about creating a network of contemporary skaters and awareness of the importance of authenticity, improvisation, and body movement in skating. She continues to work to advance a greater global understanding of—and appreciation for—contemporary and artistic skating.
Kate holds a B.A. in theater from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs and currently resides in Boston but frequently travels around the world, offering coaching and choreography to help TOI ensembles, synchronized skating teams, ice dancers, and single skaters to perform at their highest artistic potential.
Kate has choreographed show programs for several nationally-renowned competitors, including:
2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 U.S. Men's National Champion Jeremy Abbott
2012 Italian National Champion Paul Parkinson
2012 U.S. Men's Silver Medalist Adam Rippon
2010 U.S. Ladies National Champion Rachael Flatt
2012 U.S. National Junior Pairs Bronze Medalists Colin Grafton and Kylie Duarte
2011 National Pairs Champion Caitlin Yankowskas
2012 Canadian Ice Dance Bronze Medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirer
2008 World Junior Ice Dance Champion Emily Samuelson
2008 National Junior Ladies Champion Alexe Gilles
2008 National Novice Ladies Champion Marissa Secundy
2006 World Pairs Junior Champion Drew Meekins
National Senior Men's competitor Wesley Campbell
National Senior Men's competitor Alex Johnson
Read more about Kate's choreography.
Experience & Training
Figure Skating Experience & Training
Kate McSwain trained as an elite figure skater for nearly 15 years, including at the Detroit Skating Club and the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs, CO. She is a double gold medalist with her Senior Freestyle and Senior Moves in the Field.
Over the course of her 15 years of training as a competitive figure skater, she had the opportunity to work with elite coaches and choreographers such as:
Damon Allen
Tom Dickson
Christa Fassi
Simone Grigorescu
Johnny Johns
Mitch Moyer
Jodi Porter
Yuka Sato
Allen & Angela Schramm
Tom Zakrajsek
Dance & Choreography Training
Kate is experienced in modern, contemporary jazz, lyrical, swing, ballroom, and blues dancing. She has studied with Annette Thomas with Ballet for Figure Skaters and was trained in dance choreographic techniques by American Ice Theatre (AIT) founder Jodi Porter. With her training under AIT Founder, Jodi Porter, Kate created the movement teaching philosophy, vocabulary, and beginning exercises for "Six Ways of the Spine," now taught as American Ice Theatre's primary core body movement curriculum.
Master Rated in Choreography by the Professional Skaters Association (2017)
AIT-Certified in Master Choreography Techniques (2012)
Mat Pilates teaching certification (2004)
Finalist, Young Artists Showcase international choreography competition (2013 & 2010)
1st place, Senior Level, National Showcase Artistic Competition (2012, 2011, and 2009)
Bronze Winner, ProSkaters' "Virtual Skate Off" original performance competition (2011)
7th place, Ladies Junior Level, Midwestern Sectionals (2004)
2nd place, Ladies Junior Level, Southwestern Regionals (2004)
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An animated adaptation of the Sly Cooper brand is coming in October 2019 with 52 episodes planned for the show's first season.
It was announced last year that Technicolor Animation Productions would be partnering with Sony Interactive Entertainment to create a CG animation of Sly Cooper with all the most recognizable characters from the games included. Brand managers PGS Entertainment posted a listing for the Sly Cooper series that was shared to ResetEra, a listing that says the first few episode of the show are coming out in October 2019.
"Sly Cooper follows the adventures of an irresistibly charismatic raccoon, a modern-day Robin Hood, who restores justice to his city one theft at a time," the summary of the show from PGS Entertainment said. "Mixing humor, action, and a remarkable cast of characters, Sly Cooper promises to be an unforgettable series."
The series brings together the animated cast of Sly Cooper himself, the franchise's protagonist, along with Bentley and Murray. A trailer that's shown above is also included in PGS Entertainment's listing, though it's the same trailer as the one released years ago for the Sly Cooper movie albeit with the end that chopped off that originally said it'd be coming to theaters soon.
According to the listing, the first 26 episodes will be released starting in October 2019 with each of them running around 11 minutes. Beyond that, episodes 27-52 will be out in July 2020 to bring the total to 52 episodes for the first season.
PGS Entertainment also has an interview with Dev Madan, one of the original creators of Sly Cooper who worked as the games' art directors. Madan discussed the upcoming Sly Cooper series, and though the listing for the series says that it'll appeal to children ages 6-10, Madan said what many of us are probably thinking by adding that how well-known Sly Cooper is was instrumental when choosing a series to adapt.
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Explosion Rocks Chelsea Neighborhood of Manhattan
Police said a sweep of the neighborhood following the blast had turned up a possible "secondary device" four blocks away consisting of a pressure cooker with wires attached to it and connected to a cell phone.
An explosion rocked the bustling Chelsea district of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people in what authorities described as a deliberate, criminal act, while saying investigators had turned up no evidence of a "terror connection."
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials stopped short of calling it a bombing and declined to specify precisely what they believed may have triggered the explosion.
Neha Jain, 24, who lives in the neighborhood, said she was sitting at home watching a movie when she heard a huge boom and everything shook.
"Pictures on my wall fell, the window curtain came flying as if there was a big gush of wind," she told Reuters. "Then we could smell smoke. We went downstairs to see what happened, and firemen immediately told us to go back."
Residents living nearby were advised to stay away from windows facing the street as a precaution, and the item was later safely moved to a police firing range for further examination, officer Christopher Pisano said.
As of Sunday morning, police were still seeking to determine whether the item was an explosive and had not detonated it, said New York police Lieutenant Thomas Antonetti. [Full Story]
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Advanced Technology Group, Inc. and its parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, "Company", "we" or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy discloses our practices regarding information we collect and receive from users of the ATGPay desktop and mobile websites (the "Sites") and other services, such as online payment facilitation via ATGPay, provided by Company (collectively, the "Service"). Unless we state otherwise, any new features or functionality provided by Company on the Sites are also part of the Service. By accessing or using the Service, whether through a personal computer, mobile device or any other means, or submitting any content or information for publication or distribution, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before registering or using the Service. If you do not accept this Privacy Policy, you may not use the Service.
This Privacy Policy is subject to change by Company at any time. The most current version of this Privacy Policy can always be viewed on the Service, and we will always let you know when the latest update occurred by posting the "Effective Date" at the top of the Privacy Policy posted on the Service. By continuing to use the Service after the latest Effective Date, you accept the new Privacy Policy.
What information does Company collect and how?
Personal Information: This is information you input into the Service or give us permission to access from other sites. Personal information includes information that identifies, or could be used to identify you. Examples of personal information include:
Contact information, such as name, address, phone number and email; and
Payment information, such as credit or debit card number and bank about information.
Information collected from your browser, computer or mobile device: This is technical information that is automatically collected when you use the Service or read a message from us, including:
The website you came from and the websites you visit after visiting the Sites;
The type of browser you use;
The device, and information about that device, from which you connected to the Service;
Time and date of access;
Your IP address and protocol;
Which links you clicked on while using the Service;
Other information that does not personally identify you;
A Boolean indicating whether your device was jail broken;
Crash analytics data;
Cookie data. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device which include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information on cookies and similar technologies, see below.
Company may use your information, including personal information to:
Provide the Service to you, including providing technical and other support for the Service and working with third parties to provide the Service;
Set up your account;
Communicate with you regarding the Service and respond to your inquiries and requests, such as subscriptions to email newsletters;
Enforce this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, monitor and address fraud and other illegal activities, and protect your safety and the safety of other users of the Service;
For the purpose(s) for which you provide the information;
Deliver advertising and content that is customized to your individual behavior or demographic, based on your use of the Service and other online or mobile websites, apps and services;
Verify your identity;
Analyze your use of the Service;
Process payments made through the Service via a third party payment processor;
For audits, regulatory purposes and compliance with industry standards;
As you may otherwise agree or consent.
How do we disclose your information to third parties?
We will never sell or rent your information that personally identifies you to third parties, and we won't share it with a third party unless we have your authorization.
You authorize us to disclose your information in the following instances:
To vendors who are performing services for Company, such as servers for our email communications who are provided access to user's email address for purposes of sending email from us. Those vendors use your personal information only at our direction in accordance with this privacy policy and are contractually barred from using such information for their own purposes.
To communicate with users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support and inform users about promotional offers.
To a third party payment processor to process payments made through the Service, as well as with the company or person you're buying from. Such information will be subject to the privacy policy of the payment processor and/or vendor.
Non-personally identifiable information may be shared with companies we do business with, such as our third party payment processors and related financial institutions.
We may share your information within our parent company, and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
In the event we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that an acquirer of our assets may continue to process your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Cookies, Web Beacons, and Similar Technologies. "Cookies" are pieces of information that may be placed on your computer's browser or your device by a website or service to store your preferences, for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing your communication and interaction with that website or service or with other websites or services. Many websites, including the Sites, may also use Flash cookies, or locally shared objects ("LSOs"), that operate similarly to browser cookies. Company, or our partners, may also use "web beacons," clear GIFs or similar technologies, pieces of information placed on a service or email to track and collect information about user behavior, for example by counting the number of visitors to a web page, delivering a cookie to a user's browser or tracking open rates, clicks and forwards.
Company, or our partners, may use cookies and similar technologies to customize your visit to or use of the Sites, or to help us to enhance or improve the Service, for example by storing your password or delivering relevant advertising to you when you use the Service. Company may also work with our partners to use such technologies to help them provide advertisements to you when you visit other websites or applications, and to research and analyze how the Service is used, and user response to and interaction with advertisements.
Company may work with our partners to synchronize unique, non-personally identifiable identifiers in order to match our identifiers with those used by our partners. These companies may collect and use non-personally identifiable information during your visits to or use of the Service and other websites and apps. The use of cookies, web beacons and similar technologies by such partners and advertisers is not in our control and is subject to the privacy policies of such third parties.
By accessing or using the Service, you consent to Company and our partners using the cookies and other technologies described in this Privacy Policy, and similar technologies that may be developed in the future, to track your activities and use of the Service, including in emails we may send to you.
You may be able to set your browser to disable cookies or LSOs, or to refuse certain types of cookies or warn you before accepting cookies. LSOs using Adobe Flash can be managed using Flash management tools on the Adobe website. However, doing so may mean that certain parts of the Service may not work for you. Some partners may use technologies other than cookies to recognize your computer or device or to collect information about your use of the Service or other websites or services, and you may not be able to block use of such technologies. Some browsers may transmit "do not track" signals to websites and online services. Company does not currently take any action or respond to such signals.
We or our partners may use mobile Software Development Kits ("SDKs") to collect information, such as your IDFA or Android Advertising ID, and other information about how your device interacts with the Service. SDKs allow app developers to enable advertising, collection of data and related services and analytics in apps and websites. We may use this technology to deliver, or to help partners deliver, advertising through the Service and other mobile applications and browsers based on information associated with your device. Depending on your device, you may be able to reset your device's advertising identifier by accessing the privacy settings.
Advertising. Company and our partners use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to provide you with advertising that is relevant to you. Some of our partners that may use cookies and similar technologies on the Service, and who may export your information to countries outside of the United States which may have different data protection rules that are different than the rules of your country, are listed below. We may update this list from time to time, so please review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Google Analytics (including Remarketing with Google Analytics; Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting and integrated services that use Google Analytics to collect data using cookies and identifiers)
Stripe, Inc.
Some of these third parties participate in programs intended to provide users with choices about whether and how to receive targeted advertising. You can learn more about these programs at the Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance websites. Information about Google Analytics' currently available opt-outs is available here. These websites are provided by third parties, not Company. Company does not control or operate these websites or the choices that our partners, advertisers and others may provide through the tools offered on these websites.
We may customize the sponsored posts or other ad offerings you see on the Service based on information from our advertisers, on the demographics of your neighborhood, or on your actions on the Service. We may also offer ads that are personalized based on your actions off the Service; if we do this, we will provide you with notice and choices about it.
Legal and Safety Reasons. For legal and safety reasons, we may need to disclose your personal information. This will be done in the event that we reasonably believe : (a) we are legally required to do so in response to a legal request (e.g., a subpoena, search warrant, court order, or other request from law enforcement) or (b) that it is necessary or appropriate to do so to protect our rights, property, or safety; to enforce our Terms of Use or any other agreements we have with you; or to prevent physical injury or other harm to any person or entity, including yourself and members of the general public. To meet these obligations, we reserve the right to retain, preserve or share your personal information.
Protection for Children
The Service is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18. If we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child under age 18, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as possible.
Updating and Correcting Your Information
If you are a registered user of the Service, you can unsubscribe or opt-out of any service or update your information by editing your account. We are not responsible for removing your personal information from the lists of any third party, such as a partner, who has previously been provided your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
California Residents. California's "Shine the Light" law, Civil Code section 1798.83, requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California residents asking about practices related to disclosing personal information to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. Alternately, businesses may have in place a policy not to disclose personal information to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes if the customer has opted-out of such information-sharing. Company has such a policy. If you wish to opt-out of sharing of your personal information with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes or to find out more about your opt-out rights, please contact us at payments@atgonline.com.
You consent to retention of your information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. If you close your account, we may retain your information to meet certain obligations, such as ensuring the proper processing, settlement, refund or charge-back of transactions, and complying with anti-money laundering and other applicable laws.
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First-year law student earns highest professional fundraising credential
October 25, 2013 | News, UToday, Law
By Rachel Phipps
Benjamin J. Imdieke, a first-year College of Law student, who built a successful career in philanthropy before beginning his studies at The University of Toledo in August, has been awarded the Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive (ACFRE) credential, the highest certification offered by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Imdieke
Imdieke was honored for his achievement during the association's leadership academy Oct. 4 in Pittsburgh.
The senior philanthropic services officer at the Toledo Community Foundation has enjoyed his first few weeks at the College of Law.
"I really am quite impressed by the caliber of the College of Law's faculty and the quality of intellectual engagement I've experienced thus far," Imdieke said. "When I notice the considerable number of endowed faculty chairs here, I quickly infer that philanthropy has made an important contribution to the College of Law, and that with their support, donors are advancing the college and the legal profession. I feel grateful for the opportunity to be here and look forward to sharing with my colleagues in an exciting and enriching first year."
Available only to senior-level fundraisers who have worked in the profession for 10 or more years, the ACFRE is an achievement earned by only 100 professionals since the inception of the program in 1992.
"We are very proud of Ben, who like many of our other nontraditional students, comes to law school after a successful career in other fields," said Daniel J. Steinbock, dean of the College of Law. "In addition to bringing skills that will be useful after law school, their prior experience adds richness and diversity to our classroom interactions."
Imdieke has a bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo College and a master's degree from the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, where he was a Jane Addams-Andrew Carnegie Fellow. His former positions include vice president of development at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and senior consultant at the national fundraising consulting firm Campbell & Co.
The ACFRE Program is the most rigorous certification process available to professional fundraisers. Imdieke started the process, which includes a comprehensive application, a written examination, a portfolio representing the candidate's body of professional work, and an oral peer review, two years ago.
"Ben joins a very small group of leaders within the Association of Fundraising Professionals, an international organization with more than 30,000 members in 22 countries," said Vern Snyder, UT vice president for institutional advancement and ACFRE. "Ben is one of three ACFREs in Ohio, and all three reside in Toledo."
For more information on the Association of Fundraising Professionals, visit afpnet.org.


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Q: How to add column total on count from inner join i have table
- table a
- table b
- table c
i want to count column status on table b where my query :
select b.code, c.nama as work, c.name as workout, b.firstdate, b.lastdate, a.code, b.status
from table a
inner join table b on A.code = b.code
inner join table c on b.code = c.code
Where b.firstdate between '12/04/2016 11:56:17' and '12/06/2016 11:56:17' order by b.nama, c.nama, b.firstdate ASC

so where I have to put count in my sql query

A: SELECT
  t.status,
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FROM
(   select
     b.code, c.nama as work, c.name as workout,
     b.firstdate, b.lastdate, a.code, b.status
    from table a
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    inner join table c on b.code = c.code
    Where b.firstdate between '12/04/2016 11:56:17' and '12/06/2016 11:56:17' ) t
GROUP BY t.Status

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Like I said, I know where Aros stands. You've seen that look before. He's probably very trustworthy, and will probably tell you exactly how it is. Now, there's two or three people in his head, so you'll have to listen carefully to know which one you're talking to. But past that, he's just like any soldier who has managed to live to tell the tale. Get him drunk and I'm sure he's great fun. 'Sides, you've got what that sort likes, and you know it.
Malak, I don't know, he really might not be crazy, but he certainly seems zealous enough. We both know too well that sort of person, too. Or do you not remember how much you loved Arcadia?
I laugh again. "Oh, but it's soooo tranquil and blissful and boring there! Point taken.
So, I suppose I'll let you do the honors tomorrow, and follow your lead. Will you choose Crow a la Scratch, or Humble Pie for breakfast?"
Scratch snorts and pops you in the back of your head. You're sure it was tail.
"Careful with that. They may think I'm a damsel in distress.
Good night, sis." I hug the air, then head back to where OmniFrost is, a pack over my shoulders now.
Let me know if OmniFrost would have wanted to interject at any time. There's plenty of room for that, of course - we just needed to knock out that large chunk of conversation that was in the making.
Otherwise, after the wind has died down completely, it's quite tranquil. You still have no view of the stars, even without the wind, because the dust around here may never settle. You don't hear even the familiar din of activity that goes with any place you've normally been. No skitters of lizards, no wings of birds, certainly no chirping of frogs, not even the buzzing of an insect. You know, there has to be something around, because you're able to breathe. You've traveled enough to know that there are places where even you are not welcome. Here, though, you've just got to find it.
I have no interjections to make. It's good to hear she has found what she was looking for. Her laughter lacks the stress that was evident earlier. I'm glad things are working themselves out.
I continue to focus on the evironment in this area trying to get a read.
This desert is ancient, thousands of years old. The spirit of this desert seems to have always been so, compared to those small wastelands that crop up from human wastefulness or other catastrophe. There is an underlying feeling of want, as if this ancient spirit once had more... something. The feeling that you get isn't exactly sad, because whatever it lost occurred so long ago, but perhaps just wistful. You sense that there are animals about, but they do not choose to be seen.
As the ancient spirit whispers, I wonder how it would respond to a spark of life.
Moments later, my eyes open as I hear the sound of footsteps in the sand. I watch as Mizuki approaches.
I sit down on the sand again, beside OmniFrost, and begin rummaging in my bag. First I lay down a cloth, then begin taking packages out.
"It looks like I've got more than my usual. I don't know what is in here, though. Lady Gennifer must have packed this extra stuff. Hmmm, pickles. And.. some kind of salted fish? And cute little pastries. And...."
I unflask a small bottle and sniff the contents, then pull my head back, eyes watering. I laugh, "Whoa!! That is definitely whiskey!"
And here I thought I was just walking down the path, yet she has me outfitted for a journey. I guess she was right, though. Well, anything strike your fancy?"
I smile, as the the spirit fades, and Mizuki sits down.
Those pastries look good. Hmmm, I don't think I have any milk. Oh well, I suppose whiskey will do. I laugh at the thought.
I laugh along with her, and offer her both in turn. "I don't think I'll mention to Aros that I was holding out on him, even though it wasn't intentional. I turned her down last night, but tonight is a different story. I hope you really do have enough water."
I pick out a pastry as well, and sample the pickles. Lady Gennifer certainly managed to make the cursed land she lived in produce to its fullest. The whiskey is single malt and quite smooth. I still grimace choking it down.
I can't help but laugh again as Mizuki's face twist into a grimace.
I take the whiskey, and take a swig. My eyes close as I inhale deeply, and then exhale a long breathe. Oh yeah...that's whiskey... all right. I take a bite of pastry hoping the sweet lessen some of the burn.
Yeah, Aros would probably love to have some of this. Maybe we should save some?
"Yeah, probably. He'd be more appreciative. Or... if things go badly, I might want to have saved some anyway." I chuckle.
I'm fairly quiet while enjoying the rest of 'dinner'.
I listen to the quiet of the night, as I finish the pastry, and enjoy the warmth spreading.
My mind continues to wander on the desert.
After some time, "I suppose I should get some rest before dawn."
I look up, startled out of my own thoughts.
"Do you need me to leave you be so you can deal with the bones? I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking."
"I don't think Malak returned them to their resting place, but I'll check."
I stand and go to where the bones were. Have they been returned?
No, Malak kept them in his pack.
I return to Mizuki, "No, he still has them in his pack. You know, the rightful place for a spirit to rest. Although if the boy was killed on his home plane, his spirit should have been released then, but you can never tell when strong magicks come into play." I shrug, and sit back down.
"Well, hopefully there will be time to set it right still.
Good night then, OmniFrost. Thank you for the company. I'm going to that little hollow in the lee side of the dune, if you need me. I'm a little worried something nasty might have followed me here, so I think I'll keep watch for a while yet."
I gather my stuff and turn towards the direction where Scratch was.
"Very well. Good night." I watch as Mizuki heads over to the lee side of the dune.
"As if I didn't already have a good enough reason for staying awake." I shake my head.
I slide my pack off, and retrieve an old book I've been reading for some time. After some time I return it to the pack. I slide the pack back on, and make my way to the chimes. I spend the rest of the night listening to the chimes, and the desert. An hour before dawn, or as best as I can tell, when dawn is arriving, I'll make my decision.
I will head back to Scratch, change out of this dreadful dress, and take turns with her sleeping and watching tonight.
The night continues without incident and the desert cools to a chill by sunrise, though there is no condensation on the sand, none at all actually. It is very dry. Both Omni (though her dehydration is mitigated) and Mizuki will be thirsty come morning. Most everyone here seems the "early riser" sort, and there's a big day ahead, so we start the awakening 'fore sunrise, which is probably a good thing.
I stir first inside the Rope Trick, fading from a dreamless sleep into the pre-dawn of reality as the early traces of light trickle in through the "window". Glancing over, I see Aros still asleep, and determine to wait for him before I make my own exit. So I content myself with looking out the "window" into the world below, watching. And while it is quiet yet, I consider what spells may be of best service for the day.
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I continue to sit by the chimes and watch the darkness turn to light. "I wonder what a sunrise looks like here." As I drink some more water, and wait for the others to show themselves.