This sets my personal record for distance learning. I'm half-way around the world in China's largest city, Shanghai. It's Day Three of the Wofford Milliken Faculty Development seminar.
I think it's yesterday where you are, or maybe it's yesterday here, and today there. Time is just the first of my concepts under renovation. This morning the only thing I know for sure is I'm not in Kansas (or Cowpens) anymore.
I haven't had my boiled sweet potatoes yet for breakfast. That's right, our hotel buffet has a big pan of juicy steamed sweet potatoes, and being a good Southern boy, I'm taking full advantage of them. Add to the sweet potatoes the breakfast dumplings (ginger and pork), and the mixed stewed greens, and you start the day a little different over here.
Shanghai is our classroom. We're leaning history and culture, just like our students do when they come to study abroad. That's what Roger Milliken had in mind when he funded this seminar for the college. He wanted to get us out in the world, and so that's where we are. We're out there, and we're enjoying every moment of it.
For lunch I ate a "river fish" in a stew of hot chili peppers, kelp, and bean sprouts. It was so hot my lips burned all day, but it was worth it. The Chinese students complimented me on my chopstick use.
What's overwhelming so far is the pace of the change in Shanghai. We've heard about it from lecturers and we've seen it from our bus windows and on one "walkabout" downtown.
From 1978 onward there have been a series of remarkable reforms in China, culminating in 1992 when the government declared that they must do away with equality as a goal.
They allowed some groups and regions to prosper first. The result has been this amazing growth like you experience in Shanghai, or Shenzen, a city near here we will visit next week. Shanghai's always been a big city, but Shenzen grew from a small fishing village of 5,000 people to an industrial city of 5 million in 15 years.
In 1992 the government decreed that Shanghai should have a "new image" every year, and every three years, a completely new image. They want to make sure if you visit Shanghai in ten years you will not feel you are in the same city you were in before.
Progress, the reformers said, must be measured in terms of the height of skyscrapers to demonstrate the potential and strength of Chinese cities to their own people and to outsiders. Shanghai was tapped as "the Global City," and that's why it's grown at such an amazing rate– 22 million today!
We toured the city center shopping district yesterday, and it was remarkable how they've out-Westerned the West– had dinner in a five-story shopping mall with lots of fashionable shoes on sale 50 percent off.
As you could guess, this city at first hit me as my worst nightmare and challenged my values to the very core-triumphant mall culture, freeway culture, highrise culture halfway around the world.
I've always operated on the idea that the best way to build a city is to preserve as much of the old as possible and plan/design/construct the new slowly at a reasonable rate alongside the old. "Smart growth" has always been slow growth for me.
Here in Shanghai, "old" doesn't stand in the way of "new." And under it all is the sense that China is still here, not threatened by modernity converging on it. China didn't vanish in 1949 or 1992. It hasn't been blended or leveled. They have found their own way in the world, with a strong flavor of capitalism and an intact socialist framework.
What is core China survives, still perceptible in the world stew, like that indigenous river fish, head and tail, boiled in a pot of peppers and eaten with chopsticks.


August 26, 2012 by A.
I just wanted to post one more time for today in honor of what a SUPER SUNDAY it has been.
You done good. Consider this a pat on the back.
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Even cartoon me has an "angle" 😉 haha yes i changed the layout. Still not happy with it though, will be updating it again soon!
NICE! Good going Lex! Your site looks different – having a difficult time loading all the pics – taking a while.
I liked this post a lot … a friend told me to start a page of happy thoughts….about good things. That way if I ever feel down, I can go there and see all the good things in my life. When I read this one, it reminded me of that. This was bright, cheery, and oh so positive feeling. Yah!
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I've has been traveling the world with a yoga mat strapped to my back and a camera around her neck for the past 20 years.
I have a passion for photography that has given me the ability to shoot across a wide variety of genres and dedication to perfection that has kept me pursuing my dreams throughout the years. No matter the assignment my love for the art of photography completely captivates me. Taking pictures for a living is an absolute dream. I'm always striving to create something new and beautiful, something that speaks to my clients individually, an image or group of images that belongs uniquely to them.
La Croix, Generator Hostels, Michter's Bourbon, Hawthorn Beverages, Bulliet Bourbon, Brown Forman, Dickel Bourbon, Hard Rock Cafe, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Texas Roadhouse, Ruth's Chris, Highland Morning, Wiltshire Pantry, Nam Nam Cafe, Derby City CrossFit, Skanda Yoga, and many, many more.


IEPF Authority has undertaken a proactive approach to achieve its mandate of promoting investor education, awareness and protection. The Authority has taken a 360 degree approach to sensitize stakeholders to include household investors, housewives, professionals, etc. across the country in rural and urban areas through direct investor awareness programmes, media campaign and engaging with other stakeholders with the common goal.
In the urban and semi-urban areas the Authority organizes investor awareness programmes in association with the Institute of charted Accountants of India, Institute of Cost Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India, through their chapters or through the resource persons engaged for the purpose. The programmes conducted by these institutes lays focus on various subjects viz. importance of investing, Primary and Secondary Capital Markets, dos & don'ts of investing in the Capital Market, various types of investment option available like mutual funds, debentures, equity, company fixed deposit, pension funds, investment policies etc. Emphasis is also laid on rights of bank account holder and investor grievance redressal through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, SEBI, Stock Exchanges and RBI. During the programmes investors are also made aware of various dubious schemes floated in the market.
In the rural areas the programmes are organised in collaboration with CSC e-governance Services Private Limited through the Common Service Centre (CSC's) located in villages. The CSC e-governance has more than 2,00,000 CSCs registered with them catering to the rural areas of the country which are functioning as delivery points of Government and Public Services. These programmes focus on basics of investing, capital markets, savings, house hold budget, etc. A film with the title बचत नामा about the benefits of saving and to sensitize about various investor frauds is shown during the investor awareness programmes by CSCs.
The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs will also conduct some awareness programmes and research activities for the Authority.
Multilingual Information, Education and Communication booklets and films have been developed for creating awareness. A film with the title बचत नामा about the benefits of saving and to sensitize about various investor frauds is shown during the investor awareness programmes by CSCs. A Special multilingual booklet titled ग्रामीणनिवेशकों के लिए विवरण पुस्तिका has been developed on investor awareness and is distributed during these programmes. A booklet titled 'Beginners Guide' on investor awareness has been developed in association with ICSI. Fresh IEC materials are being developed through the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
A Joint Awareness campaign has been launched in association with Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India & Department of Consumer Affairs. As part of the campaign activities co-branding of awareness IEC materials like Jingles, Comic Strips, Crawlers, Newspapers Advertisements and Posters have been developed. The co branded jingles were aired on various FM and Pasar Bharti Channels.
Efforts are being made to involve Gram Panchayats in investor awareness programmes and to include these programmes as an agenda of State Level Coordination Committees.


AirGuru is a fast-growing travel agency, that's innovating the travel deals marketplace industry by a storm. They use advanced technology in transforming the way consumers plan and purchase travel services.
Founded in 2013, they've managed to increase their sales revenue from €3.2m per year to €4.5m – with almost the same number of employees. And they're saying innovative productivity tools play a huge role in this. They are proud to be one of the fastest growing travel agencies in the region.
There are currently 11 people working at AirGuru's offices in Vilnius. The entire team from Operations to Content and Marketing use Scoro.
The most used features are the Order and Invoicing features. The marketing team is using the Contact Card features for flash sales and remarketing. The Management and Sales teams use Scoro on a daily basis for business analysis and monitoring sales. Their mid-back office team uses Scoro every day for accounting and legal information. They also use the Outlook calendar integration to see the tasks not only in Scoro but also in their mobile and email.
The CEO of AirGuru, Janis Možeiko, loves the Custom Fields feature that enables him to add whatever he needs in the system. It's great for analysis and getting a real-time overview of data usually left in the dark on spreadsheets or separate files.
"For example, we can create a drop-down list of travel destinations, add this information to a dashboard, and cast it on TV in the office, so every employee of AirGuru knows what's the trendiest travel destination this week," says Možeiko.
WHAT MADE AirGuru CHOOSE SCORO?
Essentially, AirGuru started looking for a work management tool that would be easy to start working with, and customisable for the company's unique needs. They took several months on trying out different solutions, had demo meetings, and tried out some trials.
Before Scoro, AirGuru used different online tools to manage the workflow, which made their work difficult to track. They needed a great business management tool. The most challenging part of implementing Scoro for AirGuru was getting everyone to use the same system. The team was stuck using their old tools, and the change did not come easy. That's why the onboarding and team training proved valuable for the employees.
"Essentially, people are used to working how they're used to, so to give an instruction to start working with new management tool was not very easy. We really liked how Scoro's onboarding team got us started." Janis Možeiko, CEO, AirGuru.
AirGuru moved from Google Sheets to Scoro to have a united system and get everyone on the same page.
As a result of more efficient work and business processes, the company's sales revenue has increased 40%.
Scoro users at AirGuru get a real-time overview and valuable insight into important metrics, which helps them to make better business decisions.
What If Companies Managed Time as Carefully as They Manage Money?


The Department of Design and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) seek an Assistant Professor (tenure-eligible) or Associate Professor (tenured) of Design with expertise in Information Design and Data Visualization. Candidates should be accomplished information designers with expertise in the visual translation of data-driven content and the ability to use current and emerging computational media and methods to discover, explore, analyze, and communicate complex ideas, concepts, and narratives.
This tenure-track position in the Discovery Theme of data analytics is a joint hire collaboratively situated in the Department of Design and ACCAD. ACCAD is a world-class research center that serves as a hub for a community of creative researchers exploring the potential of technology and arts based practices to inform visualization research in a wide range of disciplines. The Department of Design offers three professional undergraduate degrees in Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Visual Communication Design and an MFA in Design. These degree programs are highly-ranked by U.S. News & World Report and Design Intelligence.
The successful applicant will teach students at ACCAD and the Department of Design and will advise graduate students in the Department of Design's M.F.A. program. The applicant will contribute to multidisciplinary research at ACCAD and should excel at participating as a member of collaborative cross-disciplinary teams. This position is partially funded by Ohio State's Discovery Themes, a significant faculty hiring investment in key thematic areas in which the university can build on its culture of academic collaboration to make a global impact. The position offers opportunities for interdisciplinary work with other departments and this faculty member will also contribute to the development of new learning opportunities with special consideration of the visualization needs of students who are majors in Data Analytics (data-analytics.osu.edu/).
Applicants must have an M.F.A. or equivalent terminal degree in visual, graphic, or information design, or information technology, or animation, interaction design, digital arts, or closely related fields by the start of employment. A Ph.D. degree in one of these areas is preferred. Applicants must have the ability to work on an interdisciplinary team of developers, data scientists, designers, and subject-matter experts. Familiarity with visual analysis software and high-fidelity visualization prototyping tools is necessary. A strong record of creative research and practice in the field of information design and visualization is required. Teaching experience at the university level and/or professional practice in data visualization is desired. Appointment is contingent on the university's verification of credentials and other information required by law and/or university policies, including but not limited to a criminal background check.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a statement of research and teaching interests, a URL for a digital portfolio of creative works or research projects, examples of student work (if available) and the names of three references. Inquiries may be directed to Associate Professor Susan Melsop, melsop.3@osu.edu. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. The anticipated start date will be autumn 2017.


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Kanye West – Jesus is King
By Hannah Dutch On 25 October 2019
The time has finally come.
Kanye West's ninth studio solo album, "JESUS IS KING" has arrived! The release comes is in conjunction with the global drop of his IMAX film of the same title. Eleven tracks deep, the album – heavily inspired by his Christian Fatih – boasts guest features from Sunday Service Choir, Ty Dolla $ign, Ant Clemons, Fred Hammond, Clipse and Kenny G.
The opening track, "Every Hour," magnetizes listeners with uplifting chords from Sunday Service Choir which segues into "Selah," where Kanye proclaims that "we the defenders of Abraham" – complimented by chants of "hallelujah." Continuing the album's religious theme, every track is defined by uplifting themes – a shift from Ye's usually lyrical antics.
As influential as Kanye West has become, it's inspiring to hear his transformation throughout the years. Turning to "Gospel Rap" is definitely a side step from his usual but proves his versatility and most importantly, his growth..
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Let's first define what this article means by early potty training. We are not talking here about infant potty training (this subject is discussed on a different page).
This article, is about creating some potty training incentive for parents; its purpose is simply to encourage parents who don't want to wait until their child reaches readiness -- to take initiative and start earlier; lead potty training.
Suppose my child is older than 2 years of age, and has not "reached readiness" by the conventional signs: Do I wait?
What if he's approaching 3 years of age? Do I wait then?
There are some good reasons why earlier training could benefit your child. I invite you to read further and see what you think.
In the context of this discussion, early potty training doesn't refer to a specific age; it simply serves the attitude of initiating and leading potty training -- as oppose to waiting for readiness (and practically leaving this decision for the child).
The knowledge brought in this article is based partially on my past sessions with a professional consultant for child development specializing in toilet training, who had helped me a lot with my first child.
Toddlers and infants have the maturity to learn potty training earlier than most parents actually begin to potty train. Mostly, when we hear about (or experience) potty training daytime accidents that continue for weeks or months -- it more likely has to do with setting boundaries or setting expectations for the child, rather than being related to physiological or developmental issues (i.e. "lack of readiness" on the child's part).
[--- Sidebar --- The trend of potty training after 2.5-3 years of age and older, has become more popular in the western world over the last decades.
(1) The association of early potty training with emotional trauma; an incorrect perception, possibly influenced by outdated psychological attitudes that had shaped in a time when there was very little empathy to children, and hygiene education went together with force.
(2) The child-oriented approach to toilet training (introduced by Brazelton in 1962), recommending parents to gradually expose children to the concept of potty training, and let the motivation and initiative come from the child.
(3) The availability and the convenience of disposable diapers.
At this age they are less likely to get enthusiastic about changing their toilet habits (getting out of the diapers that is), and more likely to resist and challenge mom's and dad's authority.
The older they are, they have more likely gotten used to ignoring bludder and bowel signals, because "going in the diaper" doesn't require much of awareness.
Due to the force of habit, and typical behavioral issues associated with the "terrible twos" phase (which as we know doesn't really stop at two), potty training at an older-age can many times prolong the process and introduce difficulties that parents will find very hard to cope with.
Learning to use the toilet can enhance children's sense of independence and capability, and helps increasing their confidence and self-esteem.
Saves money: Parents of a two-year old may find themselves spending around 100$ per month for diapers. And then there are also the cleaning-wipes, and diaper creams.
Toilet training is better for childrens' health (by avoiding diapers rash for example), and it is a great opportunity to start educating them on the subject of personal hygiene.
Ecological incentive: It takes more than 500 years for the common "Disposable Diaper" to actually get consumed. You'd be doing a huge favor to the earth by potty training early.
We hope you've found this page helpful, and that it has given you some encouragement to go for an early potty training, in case you were considering it.
That means you realize it's in your hands; that you don't necessarily need to sit and wait months for your child to become ready -- you are free to take the initiative, if it suits you.


Summary: Selecting the best possible cranes and identifying spatial conflict-free locations on sites can result in productivity and safety improvements for large-scale industrial construction projects. In the current practice, experienced lift engineers select cranes based on the heaviest lift and/or the largest lifting radius of the identified crane. This practice is relatively time-consuming, and optimization of the crane's use and location is also difficult. There are many factors which need to be considered during the crane selection process, a reality which further complicates the process. This research presents a framework which aims at developing a decision support system to enhance the crane selection process and collision-free path planning for large-scale construction projects based on 3D environments. It utilizes an innovative crane selection matrix in order to establish a process for optimized crane selection for construction projects. The study considers more than 40 different factors in order to reduce time and improve safety for crane operations. Following finalization of crane type (mobile crane versus tower crane), 3D visualization model has been developed to simulate crane operation and identify collision-free crane operation paths. This process can assist project managers to plan the lifting process more effectively and efficiently. The methodology was tested in the planning and construction process for boiler house structures in Mannheim, Germany. The project entailed numerous challenges: one of the major tasks was to lift a 102-ton load on the top of the boiler structure through crane collaboration; space limitations on site also presented several challenges related to crane selection, location, and operation processes. Based on the project constraints, the proposed crane selection framework, and the visualization models, two tower cranes were selected and successfully implemented.


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Kenji Yoshida
Windows to the Universe
"I have heart and I also communicate with people who have heart. When I paint, I also pray. Searching the new in art is always like praying." - Kenji Yoshida
By K.C. Compton
If an artist were needed to illustrate the book of Genesis, Kenji Yoshida would be the logical choice. Although his oil paintings are categorized as abstract, they seem more like a deeply truthful portrait of that territory we sometimes glimpse in deep contemplation or in prayer. They feel like a snapshot of God. Stand in front of one of Yoshida's large works, close your eyes and breathe deeply. Now allow yourself simply to look, calmly and quietly for as long as your spirit is inclined. You may notice, as others have, a gradual stilling of the mind's incessant chatter, followed soon by a feeling that something small and frightened inside you may be loosening its grip.
This is the magic of Kenji Yoshida's peerless art. Passionately serene, vibrating with exuberant harmony, it represents the encounter and coexistence of opposites brilliancy and utter darkness, motion and heart-stopping stillness. For Westerners who have never understood the concept of yin and yang, the cosmic opposites that comprise life itself, Yoshida's canvases provide an instant education.
"I want each of my paintings to be a prayer for peace," says the artist. "There is much sickness, much malaise in the universe. I want the work I do to help heal the destructiveness and pain and remind people that there is also in this universe someplace where there is no separation or conflict."
Separation and conflict are much more than abstract terms for Yoshida, whose own life has known much turmoil. Born in Japan in 1924 to a family of farmers, Yoshida knew early that his life was meant for art. By 19, he had graduated from school to be a teacher; but had already begun to study art with Hayashi Kiyoshi and with Furukido, both of whom he greatly admired.
When the war heated up in the 1940s, Furukido told him, "Do not go to war. Choose to live." But Yoshida felt it was his duty to serve and he joined the Marine Air Force. He became a pilot and saw many friends, as well as his treasured Furukido, die in the war.
But after the war, Yoshida heard Furukido's words with a new intensity; and they became his life's great commission-to choose life, to create art that celebrates the majesty and wonder of the living force. Most of his later works share one title: "La Vie"--life. For decades, his work has been completely directed toward Seimei, which in Japanese means "The Act of Living."
Moving to Tokyo in 1951, he taught art and exhibited works in oil beginning in 1957. In 1964, he moved to Paris to devote himself completely to his art and slowly built up a reputation as a printmaker of great originality. A series of personal losses, including his beloved wife and his old teacher Hayashi Kiyoshi, in the 1980s brought him back to creating in ever-increasing scale oil paintings whose content became more and more confidently serene and spiritual.
Speaking of the loss of his loved ones, Yoshida's animated expression becomes perplexed. "Where do they go?" he asks. "Where do they go?" It is a rhetorical question, for in the next breath, the artist answers. "I don't think they disappear. I think they are in Paradise, where there is no pain or suffering, no alienation."
He believes a universal joy is both our origin and our ultimate fate. And he makes it clear that this assurance is at least part of what he is trying to convey in his paintings, through line, form and a forceful use of color.
"I've been a painter since 55 years ago," he says through his friend and agent Jose Ferez. "I've always looked for form, for the right shape. I've never thought about exhibitions or traveling, or whether people would like my work. I've just always looked for the right forms."
Although he was described in the early 1960s as a "brilliant colorist," for many years he worked almost exclusively in black and white or silver.
"Everybody who starts painting uses a lot of colors," he says. "Then the ones who pursue painting more start using the colors that are in accordance with their own spirit, and they begin to throw out the colors that do not reflect their Spirit."
"I threw out all the colors once," he says. His eyes dance as he relishes the tale- imagine, a "brilliant colorist" throwing out every color- "And I used only white and black-like yes and no, presence and absence, micro and macro."
"In 20 years I only did black and white until one day I thought I was dying and I said, Really Yoshida, is black the last color that you are going to use?' So I began to question myself and see what colors I would like to use now."
The colors he allowed back into his palette were few and bold: Teal and red, a piercing blue and a deep, rich green. And metal -radiant slivers, golds and bronzes that give each of his canvases their sense of excitement and transcendence.
"I ask, 'Who has given me this gift?' God has. And what is the color of God?' Brilliancy. Silver. Gold. So in my paintings, these are the colors of God."
The sense of movement in Yoshida's work, his use of simple, universal forms, and what one reviewer has called his "inescapable sense of gravity," may be traced to his roots in traditional Japanese painting and calligraphy, of which he is a master. Although Yoshida doesn't paint on sliding panels or folding screens in the traditional method, he has been called one of the greatest screen painters in this century because of his compositions that unfurl themselves across two, three or even six large canvases. Artists of any non-Western culture might study Yoshida's work to discover their own solutions to the perennial question of how to use Western styles and techniques without destroying their own cultural roots. All the tracings of traditional Japanese art are in his work, in a place of honor; as befits a revered ancestor. However, his imagination has thrown its net over much wider waters and encompassed much that is Western as well.
The result is not just a trans cultural body of work, an amalgam of East and West, but a kind of visual synergy that transcends the limitations of each.
And for the viewer who takes the time to see, rather than simply look at, his work and spend some time in contemplation, a profound conversation can occur. Yoshida believes that this dialogue actually does occur in the realm of the divine.
"Whenever you contact an image with the thought of God (in your mind), it will never be dead," he says. "A lot of painters now don't think in those terms, therefore their work cannot draw that force. But if objects are connected with a great thought, with the Universe, they will reflect a universal truth."
-Focus/Santa Fe, January-February-March 1994, used by permission
Artists' Statement:
I paint to tell people the importance of Inochi To Heiwa or Life and Peace. My honorable professor, Furukido Masaru once told me: "Yoshida, don't take up a rifle", take up painting!" During the Pacific War, Mr. Furukido refused to
take up arms and spent the rest of his life instructing others in the Pacifist cause.
Against his will I became a soldier. I spend days in meditation on Life and Death, witnessing the death of many of my companions and civilians. After the war, I was still alive, and, when I thought about how I should live and what I should do, the lesson my professor once gave me came back to me.
What people consider most important is Life and Peace. The most horrible act that destroys them is war. War should not exist. The only way to build Peace and to give importance to Life consists in giving people mutual confidence to
discuss these two values and to try to make them become real. I understood the teaching of my master: "Yoshida don't take up a rifle, take up painting" as my own
mission from the gods, given to me at the same time as life.
Every morning and every evening I express my gratitude for still being healthy today at the age of 83, and I reflect on my own insufficiencies with remorse, praying for the souls of victims that wars produce all around the world. According to my professor's words, I want to transmit my ideas though my painting, as best I can. Life brightens the most when Peace occurs. Peace is supreme beauty.
Kenji Yoshida 2007
Translated by Junko Abe
Yoshida has had numerous solo exhibitions in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States and is represented in many prestigious collections around the world.
LA Art Show, Glenn Green Galleries
The Phoenician Resort, Glenn Green Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Chateau de Blois, Blois, France
Large standing octagonal installation, Sei-mei, in Christ Church Cathedral, ...Dublin; Norwich Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral as part of the Festival of Canterbury.
Park Tower Hall, Tokyo, Japan
"Maya Series", Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, touring to five cities in Mexico.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City.
"Ancient Japan and the Maya"
February 20-April 20, 1997.
Contact Glenn Green Galleries for additional information.
The British Royal Museum, London
International Contemporary Art Ltd., London
Glenn Green Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Galeria Sephra, Madrid
First living artist to be given a solo exhibition at the New Japanese Galleries of the ...British Museum.
The October Gallery, London
International Art Fair, Chicago, USA (w.Galeria Venzor)
Boulev'art Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland
"25 Years of Atelier du Nord" Hovikodden Kunstsententer, Oslo
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
Chateau Soenderbord, Denmark
Invite au 6, Salon d'Automne de Thorigny-sur-Marne, France
Galerie Bernard Letu, Geneva, Switzerland (w/Rikizo)
Galleri JdeV, Malmo, Sweden
F.I.A.C., Paris (w/Galerie Galise)
Galerie Galise, Thonon, France
Art-Houre Gallery, Tokyo
Beni Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Taiken Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Galerie Alma, Lyon, France
L'Ecole de France, Geneva, Switzerland
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SBI said though there is little room for further reduction in the base rate, it could cut lending rates in select categories, as it recently did for the SMEs, home & auto loans.
MUMBAI: State Bank of India today said though there is little room for further reduction in the base rate, it could cut lending rates in select categories, as it recently did for the SMEs, home and auto loans.
Given that the bank has already reduced the base rate, another round of rate cut may be difficult but the bank may go for reducing rates and thereby cutting spreads in select loan categories, SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri told reporters here.
The bank had slashed its base rate by 0.25 per cent to 9.75 per cent last Tuesday in a bid to transmit the benefit of the 0.25 per cent reduction in the cash reserve ratio by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Chaudhuri said with the reduction in base rate, the bank was leading the path of interest rate reduction in the system, in sync with the wishes of the central bank.
The bank, which had also reduced its deposit rates in some specific tenors in the recent past due to subdued credit growth, currently has an excess liquidity of over Rs 70,000 crore, including Rs 50,000 crore in SLR bonds.
Chaudhuri also said despite muted credit growth, the bank is hopeful of meeting its credit growth target of 18-20 per cent on the back of recent reduction in the base rate.
According to Chaudhuri, credit growth is up 14.5 per cent as of now, while deposits are clipping at 16 per cent. The bank also aims at 20-25 per cent growth in auto and home loan in the current fiscal on the back of recent rate reduction in these segments.
Referring to net interest margin (NIM), he said that NIM for domestic business till August 31 was 3.94 per cent.
Chief financial officer and managing director of the bank Diwakar Gupta said that the overall NIM target (domestic plus international) for first half of the year is 3.6 per cent and pointed out that net interest income was better in August against July.
The bank also informed that asset quality in the second quarter was marginally better than the previous quarter. Referring to the forthcoming restructuring of state electricity boards (SEBs), Chaudhuri said it will not have any significant impact on the bank as its total exposure to SEBs is only Rs 400 crore.
The Cabinet is set to clear a Rs 1.2-trillion loan recast of 25 SEBs which will also involve a tariff hike by the discoms, which are sitting on a Rs 2 trillion debt.
The bank along with the associates would require Rs 1-1.25 trillion in capital for Basel III implementation between 2015 and 2018, taking into account credit growth of 20 percent, Gupta said, adding the bank has many options including a qualified institutional placement to raise the required capital.
The bank also informed that there is no plan to merge any of the subsidiaries till tier-I capital of the parent bank increases as SBI would require capital of Rs 2,000 crore for each merger.


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Law & Order SVU Recap 01/31/19: Season 20 Episode 13 "A Story of More Woe"
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Tonight on NBC Law & Order SVU returns with an all-new Thursday, January 31, 2018, episode and we have your Law & Order SVU recap below. On tonight's Law & Order SVU season 20 episode 13 called "A Story of More Woe" as per the NBC synopsis, "Benson tries to help two teenaged sisters after their father is killed. Meanwhile, Rollins goes into labor."
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Someone called "911" claiming a man had broken in. This man hadn't been identified and was assumed to be a stranger because the dispatcher didn't get any credible voice. The woman that took the call had only talked to one person and the voice had been young. This young girl on the other end of the line had said that her daddy was in danger and so police were sent to the address, but what they found didn't seem to match up with what they were told. They came in and found the homeowner dead. The poor man had been stabbed repeatedly and Doug had been killed in his seat. He hadn't been up nor did he fight this supposed intruder as his daughters claimed. The girls were the only other ones in the apartment and they made one claim after another about this intruder that killed their father.
The girls were Brittany and Laura Moore. Laura was the younger one and she said that the intruder came in through the window before he began to sexually assault her. She said the intruder kissed her and that he put his fingers inside her, but then her father heard the commotion and came running. The dad was painted as the hero. He interrupted the assault and fought the man that was hurting his daughter. It was a good story and unfortunately, none of it was true. The man had died seated and not on his feet. He had also been stabbed repeatedly by someone the knew well enough to allow them to get close. This person wasn't an intruder and even if he was he couldn't have come in through the window because it was humanly impossible to do so.
The window had been forced open by someone inside of the apartment. Someone like the only witnesses to their father's murder. The girls had lied about the intruder, how their father died, and they may as well have lied about the sexual assault. That was up to SVU to figure out. Benson had spoken to the older daughter Brittany and she confronted Brittany with what they learned. She then asked Brittany if there was someone she was scared of and Brittany said there was. Brittany said that her father had been a monster and that she had to kill him to protect her sister Laura. The girls said that they had lied before, but they were supposedly telling the truth when they claimed their father had been molesting Laura and that Brittany killed him to put an end to it.
Only the police couldn't take the girls' claims at face value. They had to investigate the allegations and so they asked the girls if there was anyone they told. Anyone, they would have felt comfortable around and the police were told that Laura tried to tell someone. She said she tried to tell her neighbor Greg and so the police paid him a visit. They asked Greg if he remembered a conversation after New Year's and he said that Laura had told him that she hated her dad. She also said that she didn't want to live at home. Laura never even came close to accusing her father of rape and Greg said he would have called the police if he'd ever suspected. Greg thought that Doug Moore was a good man who loved his daughters and so the allegations had come out of the blue.
Laura said that the first time her father raped her it had been a Thursday after New Year's and it turns out that Doug hadn't been at home. He had been at work and his co-workers remember him because he leads a meeting every Thursday. Therefore, the first time that Laura said her father raped her had been another lie. The police couldn't keep track of what was true anymore with the girls and them short-staffed when Rollins went into labor. Rollins had needed to go to the hospital and had asked Carisi to be there for support. Meaning SVU was short two seasoned detectives as they tried to get to the bottom of what led those girls to kill their father. And so that's when the detectives learned they would have to go through the girls' new guardian.
The girls didn't have any living relatives and so their father had named their neighbor Greg as their custodian if anything ever happened. Greg said he didn't know that he was the guardian until after he talked to the police, but he had been eager to get the girls out of the system and so he filed for guardianship right off. He won it temporarily and since then he denied the cops the chance to interview the girls. He could do that as their legal guardian. Greg got to decide what was best for those girls and the detectives' intuition told them that something was off about that. They looked into the deed that Doug put in and Brittany's name had been misspelled. Even a bad father would know his daughter's middle name and so the police checked with the lawyer that did all of the paperwork.
The woman was showed a picture of Doug Moore and she didn't know. She had never seen the reak Doug before though she did recognize the photo of Greg and said that Greg had the right ID, had the girls' ID, and had even had a credit card in Doug's name. Doug as in the real Doug had been impersonated in order for Greg to get custody of those girls and so the police got those girls out of there. They were taking them out of Greg's apartment when Laura freaked out and yelled for everyone to hear that she loves Greg. She also asked Greg to say something and he didn't. Well, he couldn't. Greg was arrested for fraud and he tried to claim that he only forged the documents because Doug told him that he was suicidal.
Greg said that Doug has been talking about killing himself since New Year's and that he had become concerned. He said that he tried to convince Doug to get help and, when Doug refused, he then forged the documents because he didn't want the girls to go into the foster system. Greg claimed that he was only thinking of the girls and so he held on the fraud charges, but the police needed the girls to cooperate if they were going to get Greg for what they suspect was really happening. The detectives searched Greg's apartment and they found the Shakespeare that Greg was reading to Laura. It was Romeo & Juliet and there was an inscription in it that says from "From Romeo to My Juliet". The only person that could have written that was Greg and the police believed he was calling the thirteen-year-old his Juliet.
They couldn't get anything out of Greg and so they went to Laura. Laura was told that Greg called her feelings for him a schoolgirl crush and that had devastated Laura. She didn't want to betray him but once Benson said Greg claimed to love his girlfriend Susan – Laura broke. She said Susan didn't have a ring and she did. She showed Benson the ring Greg got her and said that the two of them were going to get married when she turns eighteen. Laura had lied about everything because she wanted to be with Greg and so the police told Brittany everything. Brittany had killed her father because she believed Laura when Laura said it was their father that was molesting her. With the truth finally out, Brittany hated herself for what she did and she wanted to blame her sister except the police said that Laura was just as much a victim of Greg's and Brittany was.
Brittany had been lied to and manipulated. She wanted Greg to pay for what he did to the family and so she agreed to meet with Greg. Brittany wore a wire as she got Greg to admit that he's been sleeping with Laura and that he supposedly loves her. And Brittany had gotten so angry that she stabbed Greg in the face, but the police moved in and they arrested Greg for rape as well as conspiracy to commit murder.
Brittany wasn't going to serve any time for killing her father and both she and her sister will go through extensive therapy.
But at the end of the day, the detectives of SVU went to go see Rollins and her new baby daughter.
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Driven to promote men's mental health across the Riverina & Murrumbidgee
A team of six men are travelling across the rural New South Wales to promote men's mental health and suicide prevention throughout the Riverina region.
The men, who all work for mental health support organisation Wellways, come from a range of different backgrounds but they all hope to promote acceptance and the importance of talking about mental health.
They also hope to learn as much about each other as the communities they're visiting on their five-day, five town road trip from Wagga Wagga to Hay. The Riverina Roadshow will take in a mine at West Wyalong, a barber shop in Griffith and end at the first ever Hay Mardi Gras on Saturday, March 3.
Suicide rates have been rising in regional areas, especially in men.
"We want to start up conversations about men's mental health, so we're visiting interesting and different places. Places where this topic is not discussed much," said group spokesman David Bauer, a Wellways recovery support worker.
"We want to start supportive conversations with men and for them to feel more comfortable talking about these things. In my work I talk about this a lot. But we decided we could do something about this ourselves," he said.
In 2015 suicide claimed 33 lives in the Murrumbidgee area alone, according to HealthStats NSW. That year the region had about 15 suicides per 100,000 people, compared to state figure of about 10 per 100,000. The figure was statistically even higher in the Aboriginal community, and for young Aboriginal men in particular.
"Suicide, mental wellbeing and life challenges can impact anyone at any time. No one is immune to challenging life situations – mental health does not discriminate despite our diverse communities," said Wellways CEO Elizabeth Crowther. "This trip is a fantastic way to get the word out."
Wellways is delivering grass roots support to people after a suicide attempt with a $781,500-a-year investment from the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network, made possible through funding from the Australian Government under the PHN Program.
If you or anyone you know need to talk, please call:
Lifeline – 13 11 14
Suicide Call Back Service – 1300 659 467
Kids Helpline – 1800 55 1800
MensLine Australia – 1300 78 99 78
The Team (left to right) Stephen Smith – Jay Morris – David Bauer – Dean Baylis – Pat Lawson – Romeo Remi
About the team members who all work for Wellways:
Pat Lawson Peer Worker
"Bringing suicide prevention and mental health to the forefront is crucial in educating people. Suicide can effect anyone, anywhere."
Stephen Smith Community Engagement Coordinator
"I am a proud Wiradjuri man from Wagga Wagga. We are engaging with men from all walks of life discussing, listening and working towards changing the stigma around mental health and asking for help. I see this as a way we can work/promote in Aboriginal communities and work with our Koori men to empower them to become strong leaders in our communities."
Dean Baylis Suicide Prevention Support Coordinator
"I love the Australian bush and the strong and proud communities that band together when times get tough. It is important to hear the raw stories of how suicide and mental health affects the men, families and the local communities."
Jay Morris Suicide Prevention Support Coordinator
Everyone has a story, I am looking forward to hearing them and learning from the amazing people we will meet along the way. Learning about resilience, honesty, integrity and compassion whilst meeting an amazingly diverse, strong group of humans. No matter what colour, creed, sexuality, gender or identity we all have a story and their all worth sharing.
Romeo Remi Recovery Support Worker
"This trip is important to help let men know that it is okay to sometimes not be okay. It is about reaching into communities and letting them know that suicide and mental health are things that can be spoken about safely. Being from Africa, where there is much taboo and no words to describe mental health, starting these conversations with our multicultural communities is very important."
David Bauer Community Connections Coordinator
Why is this trip important? "Because suicide and mental health have affected me both professionally and personally. If this trip can save one life through raising awareness, then it's made a difference."
Day 5 Hay to Parade
Six men, one vehicle, and a road trip across rural NSW to promote men's mental health and suicide prevention ended at the first ever Hay Mardi Gras. Our weary travellers joined the revellers at the rural New South Wales town, population 2700, on Saturday.
They arrived after hundreds of kilometres, dozens of conversations … and consuming quite a bit of takeaway food.
The team joined the street parade and party, taking a well-earned break from talking about men's mental health in macho places where those conversations are often taboo.
The Wellways crew were there to promote inclusion as Hay turned "gay" for the weekend. The Wellways Well Proud crowd were there too. It was a milestone celebration of community and family to end a landmark journey. Great work team.
Day 4 Griffith to Goolgowi
The passion, raw emotions, genuine smiles and true life stories that were shared over the buzzing of a number 2 haircut were deep, inspiring and real. Today visited Tristan's Barber Shop in Griffith. We started off with just us men and the barbers in the shop, when Jay decided to get a haircut and chat to owner Tristan. As the barber shop filled with people the conversations flowed. Then a second guy jumped in the chair and had the whole room silent listening to what can only be described as his battle.
His was an amazing story. Have you ever been in awe and felt that inspired where you feel the innate need to pick up the phone and call your mum? (Or other loved ones?). That's how we felt.
Taking the time out for all important self-care, we decided to share some of the highlights so far and reconnect as a group. In discussions with one another, we came to the consensus that we were so proud of the way people have opened up and shared their stories.
We know from the people we have met, that reaching out is a key part of staying well and alive; over and over again we were told that building a strong network around you is a way to be able to share your story safely.
As we enjoyed a beautiful pub feed we sat and talked to the owners about the effects of suicide in their small town of Goolgowi. One of the biggest preventers of suicide, as they explained it, is "talking about your issues, reach out and ask for help". Our appreciation for rural NSW is at an all-time high, the openness and receptiveness of people has been amazing. As one of the lads we interviewed yesterday said you're smack bang in the middle of NSW – depending on how big you make the circle, of course.
Travelled – 134km
Members left – 4 - Did you know Dean has actually gone to Thailand? (Insert eye roll here)
Hotel stars – We are lucky enough to be staying in the same room for more than one night :D
Meals - We had what could be considered the best steak sandwich on earth at Goolgowi Pub
Conversations – 3 amazing, heartfelt conversations with locals in Griffith and Goolgowi
Complaints about lack of phone reception – Many
Fire Danger rating – The yellow one
Day 3 Lake Cargelligo - Griffith
Waking up before the sun, we had an amazing opportunity to truly feel connected to the land we were so gratefully on. Stepping outside our cabins and walking to the foreshore of Lake Cargelligo, overlooking the water we waited. As the sun began to peep its face over the distant trees, a stunning array of reds, blues and yellows could be seen in the sky. This was a simple reminder of how beautiful life can be, if we just wait out the darkness.
As our trip continues, we become busier and the distance we travel becomes farther. We have a deeper understanding and appreciation for the difficulties of living in a remote, rural town. We understand the shame and stigma that can be worn when dealing with mental health.
There is nothing more special - yet equally heartbreaking - than hearing the impassioned plea of a family that have lived through a death by suicide. As our time in Lake Cargelligo came to an end we were met with an overwhelming sense of community, compassion and caring from the people we met.
As people who work within a community service, we sometimes get bogged down or stressed over the "tasks" we have to complete, but the reality is, everything we do is for the greater good of the people and communities we lend a hand to. That reference group we hold, affects a community; that filing that we do, protects a person's privacy; that printing we do, allows us to educate another person. Going forward, as a team, we are learning that everything we do has a cause and effect and everything we do is to make one more life that little better.
Overall, day 3 was fantastic. Getting to meet some amazing individuals that were willing to share their stories and still, getting to know each other a little better too.
Travelled – 150km(ish)
Pit Stops – One (Romeo this time)
Filming time – Roughly 4 hours of filming including some more fantastic travelling shots. (Pat can now officially describe himself as the next James Cameron)
Stories told – Two mind blowing stories. Plus, some sensational stories told between groups of mates at the local.
Radio Interviews – Zero today. Pat's dream of becoming Jackie-O have been smashed out of the water.
Green "Distance" signs – 34 (maybe a few more. I stopped counting)
Road Works – Zero today. Stephen didn't have to lose is cool this time.
Wildlife sighted – Family of goats just chilling out in the hills between Lake Cargelligo and Rankin Springs
Members left – Still six. No broken fingers but, Dean will be leaving tomorrow to go to Thailand. (No one knew about this)
Chinese food consumed - Lots! Jay ate a whole plate of chicken and growled at anyone trying to even see what he was eating.
Hotel Stars – Four. The Kidman Motel is glorious.
Holidays mentioned – One. Dean is going to Thailand and hasn't said a single word about this to us. (For the last 2 minutes anyway)
Food consumed – Fishos (as mentioned in our lunch post yesterday) was even better. Romeo got a big breakfast without bacon (like, who doesn't get bacon?) and Stephen ate toasted sangas with onion (that made us nervous on our trip)
Day 2, Tuesday 27 February West Wyalong – Lake Cargelligo
It might just be the way nature works but the sky's presented a beautiful wash of blue as we drove from West Wyalong to Lake Cargelligo today lifting the clouds on what can be (but shouldn't be) a dark subject.
Our group of men had an amazing opportunity to present our trip to 20-plus services from around the Murrumbidgee and introduce our service, training and community connections. It is impressive to see the amount of passion in our region in assisting those who need it most.
Throughout the day we captured and celebrated the stories of people from vastly different backgrounds, life experiences and professions. Lunch on the go, a tight schedule and road-works brought us into the quaint, quintessentially Australian town of Lake Cargelligo.
Lake Cargelligo has a large Indigenous community, who are often the most vulnerable in relation to mental health and suicide. Our aim is to leave this beautiful town a little "Suicide safer" than when we arrived.
The most important thing to take out of today is the lessons, impressions and stories of the courageous men who shared their lives with us, even just for a moment in time.
Overall a fantastic day. Getting to meet some amazing people who were willing to share their stories and still, getting to know each other a little better too. A lot of kilometres travelled and a lot of tired eyes after a lack of sleep last night. But, we know it's worth it because of the greater cause behind what we are doing.
It's been a great trip to this point and I really can't wait to see what the next few days have in store. Stay tuned.
Pit Stops – 1 (Pat and Romeo couldn't hold it in any longer). Also, Jay, Stephen and Dean had to go do some "interagency" stuff as Romeo and Pat were stuck doing the hard work.
Filming time – Roughly 5-6 hours of filming including some fantastic travelling shots. (Pat has learnt to operate the camera a lot better. Some fantastic clips, if I don't say so myself.)
Stories told – Four Amazing stories so far, with a few more to come.
Radio interviews – One: Pat spoke with Simon at ABC Riverina and discussed what we were up to on this trip and how important it is.
Dust Clouds – Countless: so much red dust.
Road Works – Two: BIG trucks doing big jobs (slowing us down).
Wildlife sighted – Lots of cows and horses. (Do they count as wildlife?)
Members left – 6. Remember Dave's broken finger and the boring story that followed it? Well, he has an appointment tomorrow so, sadly, he has gone home.
Hotel Stars – Zero!!! We are staying in Cabins tonight and living the life of luxury on an amazing Lake.
Holidays mentioned – One. Did you know that Dean is going to Thailand, still?
Food consumed – We had an amazing breakfast in West Wyalong, Pat's latte and one of Stephen's eggs were forgotten (don't mess with Pat's morning coffee or Stephen's food) oh, and Jay got a free smoothie.
A late lunch was at a very popular café in Lake Cargelligo. Fishos Takeaway comes highly recommended.
Day 1 - Wagga Wagga – Temora – West Wyalong.
Wow! One day in and the stories that have been shared are nothing short of admirable. Driving from Wagga Wagga to Temora we all had the opportunity to get to know each other a little better, learning each of our intentions for being on the trip, a bit of our past history with suicide and mental health and our hopes for the next 6 days brought us all together.
Driving into Temora we were all anxious to hear the first set of stories from local, hardworking, honest men. Our first interviewee John sat down and shared his story, his raw, honest recount of what it has been like to live through a suicidal crisis and mental health in both a personal and community sense left us all having to pick our jaws up off the floor. What we loved even more was the fact John wanted to share some of his life experience and skills with us, being outside the set of questions we had intended to ask we all sat there on the edge of our seats eager to learn from him.
Throughout the day we met two more courageous men that wore their hearts on their sleeve and shared their journeys thus far. The afternoon rolled on and came to an end, but the conversations didn't, as we embraced ourselves in the West Wyalong community during dinner we met a couple more legends: a family that had been through a lot. We were blown away by the trust and care that were given to us to hear their story, tonight we met a family, but left with an even bigger one.
Pit Stops – 0 (surprisingly, considering the water that had been drank and Stephen eating a curry pie on the way)
Filming time – Roughly 6-7 hours of filming and a heap of photos (Pat is learning how to operate the camera now)
Stories told – 3 incredibly powerful stories for the DVD. Countless stories told in the cars.
Wildlife sighted - HEAPS. Kangaroos, Emus, Goannas (Romeo was too slow) and, they were all alive.
Hotel Stars – 3. Although, Jay thought that was 3 too many.
Holidays mentioned – Countless. Did you know that Dean is going to Thailand?


FULLERTON, Calif. – After police saw a man passed out while waiting in a Fullerton McDonald's drive-thru, officers found and seized 96 grams of methamphetamine in his possession early Saturday.
Officers spotted the man passed out while behind the wheel of the vehicle at about 2:34 a.m., police said in an Instagram post. They discovered the 96 grams of methamphetamine inside the glove compartment.
There were also a number of items indicating the man was going to sell the meth, according to police, though no information about what the items were has been released. Police did not give any details about the man's possible arrest in the post.


Professional development is really important to StudyWorld. That's why we're delighted to launch this year's programme.
Some details are still being finalised, but we've got strands for educators, service providers and buyers. It's very flexible and it's your choice which sessions you attend.
Highlights include an analysis of the latest UK and global trends in ELT, a session on the importance of educational guardianship, hands-on sessions in marketing and brand-building, as well as a panel discussion on young learners.
There are two days of specialist advice seminars, with subjects including digital marketing for international educators, safeguarding, accreditation, student finance. It is also possible to book appointments with our advice experts in safeguarding, accreditation and digital marketing on Marcom eSchedule PRO.
There are specialist market sessions on China, Brazil and the Gulf, run by experts in these very important markets.
All of these sessions are completely free for StudyWorld delegates.
The CPD seminar programme will be held on the afternoon of Monday 3 September. The advice seminars and appointments run on Tuesday 4 September and repeated on Wednesday. Don't forget to join us!


"Seeking the mind of Christ in all things by living in the presence of his Spirit" (Phil 2: 4 - 5 & Rom: 8: 5-9). The Anglican Diocese of Seychelles is a member of the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean. The diocese has three Parishes on Island of Mah�, One Parish on Praslin Island. These are the different Ministries in the Diocese Adam's Fellowship - Men's Ministry, Mothers'Union, Alpha Course, Youth Ministry, COMRAM- Commission on Mission, Renewal and Ministry, and Friends of Prison.
Santosh K. MARRAY, D.Min, D.D.


Titre Comparing potentially avoidable hospitalization rates related to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Switzerland: the need to refine the definition of health conditions and to adjust for population health status.
BACKGROUND: Regional rates of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) are used to compare the availability and quality of ambulatory care but the risk adjustment for population health status is often minimal. The objectives of the study was to examine the impact of more extensive risk adjustment on regional comparisons and to investigate the relationship between various area-level factors and the properly adjusted rates.
METHODS: Our study is an observational study based on routine data of 2 million anonymous insured in 26 Swiss cantons followed over one or two years. A binomial negative regression was modeled with increasingly detailed information on health status (age and gender only, inpatient diagnoses, outpatient conditions inferred from dispensed drugs and frequency of physician visits). Hospitalizations for ACSC were identified from principal diagnoses detecting 19 conditions, with an updated list of ICD-10 diagnostic codes. Co-morbidities and surgical procedures were used as exclusion criteria to improve the specificity of the detection of potentially avoidable hospitalizations. The impact of the adjustment approaches was measured by changes in the standardized ratios calculated with and without other data besides age and gender.
RESULTS: 25% of cases identified by inpatient main diagnoses were removed by applying exclusion criteria. Cantonal ACSC hospitalizations rates varied from to 1.4 to 8.9 per 1,000 insured, per year. Morbidity inferred from diagnoses and drugs dramatically increased the predictive performance, the greatest effect found for conditions linked to an ACSC. More visits were associated with fewer PAH although very high users were at greater risk and subjects who had not consulted at negligible risk. By maximizing health status adjustment, two thirds of the cantons changed their adjusted ratio by more than 10 percent. Cantonal variations remained substantial but unexplained by supply or demand.
CONCLUSION: Additional adjustment for health status is required when using ACSC to monitor ambulatory care. Drug-inferred morbidities are a promising approach.


Several weeks ago 1000 Friends of Waco shared an interesting article from the Strong Towns blog that compared property values in auto-oriented and more traditional developments (click here to read the original article) and found that in this instance traditional development patterns provide a greater return on investment than auto-centric developments.
We thought it would be interesting to take a look at a local example.
Franklin Avenue has an opportunity to become a better economic generator by considering a "road diet." A road diet is when a wide, high-speed road is redesigned to be more narrow, have slower traffic, and more space designated for on-street parking, bicycles, pedestrians and plant material.
To better understand why these recommendations make for a sensible investment for our community, we must first understand how these corridors function, their impacts on commerce and their value to the community.
The first step involved looking at what impact these improvements may have on travel times relative to roadway capacity. It was also important to determine what, if any, safety impacts may result from the proposed redesign.
An analysis of property values and building density was prepared to determine economic impact. For this analysis, Franklin, as an auto-oriented corridor, was compared to an adjacent, more multi-modal corridor with some of these improvements already in place.
Austin Avenue is immediately parallel to Franklin and more closely resembles the multi-modal corridors recommended in the Imagine Waco plan in that it accommodates pedestrians with adequate sidewalks. Austin Avenue also has dedicated space for on-street parking, which both slows down traffic and provides a buffer for pedestrians to create a greater sense of safety.
The Waco MPO made the following information available on the Franklin and Washington Corridors.
Franklin from Fifth to 11th Streets represents the most heavily traveled segment and sees about 8,500 cars per day but has the capacity to serve close to 24,000, almost three times more capacity than it needs. Similarly, Washington has six times the capacity it needs today.
This thought may not sound ideal to those who speed down Franklin to work in the morning, but theoretically two lanes could be removed without impacting traffic flow or travel times. This should also increase safety considerably by reducing potential conflict points (opportunity areas for crashes).
According to the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), Franklin Avenue is one of the more dangerous corridors in the region. The crash data on corridors reveals that it has the third highest ratio of crashes per miles traveled with 29.24 crashes per million VMT. This is somewhat concerning because as a one-way street the opportunity for left turn and head-on conflicts are virtually eliminated, Franklin Avenue has considerably fewer conflict points than the two-way streets it is measured against in the MTP. This indicates speeds may be too high on Franklin.
In conventional urban and transportation planning circles it is generally accepted that multi-modal corridors or "complete streets," as they have come to be known, improve property values, encourage business activity, increase safety and inspire density, all good things for urban economic development. A review of the improvements to Austin Avenue during the past several years will provide an apples-to-apples comparison as it relates to the Franklin redesign proposed in the Imagine Waco plan.
For the purposes of this analysis, property along Franklin Avenue between Fifth and 11th streets was compared with the adjacent property along Austin Avenue from Fifth to 11th streets. All property that fronts the streets or resides wholly within the half block of the street frontage was included in the assessment; any building that has a presence on both Austin and Franklin was eliminated; and analysis started at Fifth Street rather than Fourth Street to eliminate outliers in the Alico and Roosevelt buildings.
Using available 2011 appraisal data, large differentials in values and building density are present along the corridors.
The property adjacent to Franklin had a total of 823,606 square feet of land area covered by a total of 525,455 square feet of improvements resulting in an overall Floor Area Ratio of 0.64. Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is an index used to determine building intensity; it is calculated by dividing improved area by total land area. The Franklin Corridor has 21 vacant parcels or parking lots.
Values along the Franklin Avenue corridor totaled $18,758,133 with a net average price of $22.78 per square foot of land area.
The property adjacent to Austin represents a total land area of 666,538 square feet with improvements totaling 763,191 square feet. The FAR for the Austin corridor is almost double that of Franklin Ave at 1.15. Nineteen vacant parcels and parking lots are situated along Austin.
Values along the Austin Ave.corridor totaled $35,653,166 with an average price of $53.49 per square foot of land area. Values are 135% higher along Austin Avenue.
Given the information on roadway volume, capacity, safety, value and density, these improvements are a good investment for Waco. Imagine Waco offers guiding principles directed toward restoring Greater Downtown's vitality, increasing livability and walkability and promoting new business growth. Redesigning the Franklin corridor through Greater Downtown will take a significant step toward realizing those principles.
Franklin today is designed as an auto-oriented corridor; not for people. Until safe places are available for individuals to park and walk along the corridor, investment in redevelopment along Franklin Avenue will likely continue to result in lower densities and values.
Based on current conditions, Franklin Avenue is relatively unsafe for pedestrians and motorists. The lack of mobility alternatives provides little opportunity or incentive for business development. This results in less than comparable property values and density development relative to a more complete street scenario as represented by the adjacent Austin Avenue development trends presented in this analysis.
Investment in roadway improvements consistent with the strategies outlined in Imagine Waco would result in improved incentive for business development, increased property values and improved safety. The improvements would theoretically have minimal impact on traffic flow or travel times along the corridor.
The Greater Waco Chamber is committed and actively working to make Greater Waco a magnet for talent. Volumes have been written on the importance of place-making as a talent retention and recruitment strategy.
1000 Friends of Waco believes that implementing Imagine Waco improvements like the proposed Franklin Avenue redesign can have a profound impact on our ability to grow Greater Downtown, which is as important as any other work focused on attracting and retaining talent, growing our workforce and creating the kind of conditions that allow our community to thrive.


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Nichols Explores 'Fake News' Phenomenon
March 21, 2019 Lorraine Martinelle
On Thursday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m., Nichols College will host "What's It A'bot?" – a panel discussion on media literacy for the 21st century. Panelists will be members of the local and regional media, and it will be moderated by Shaun Moriarty, founder of local digital news publication The Citizen Chronicle. The free, non-partisan event is open to the public and co-organized by the Dudley Democratic Town Committee and the Dudley Republican Town Committee. It starts at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in Daniels Auditorium.
To register to attend, visit "What's It A'Bot?" on Eventbrite.
The following story was published in the March 22, 2019, edition of The Webster Times, on page 2.
"Everything's Misleading"
By GUS STEEVES
DUDLEY – "Everything's misleading," noted Nichols College sophomore Jack Keefe. "That chart right there shows it's not an unbiased thing."
Stating a common thought from participants of last week's "Fischer Fishbowl" on fake news, Keefe was referring to a chart of several major media sources – print, TV and Internet – projected on the screen overlooking Daniels Auditorium.
Such fake news runs the gamut from dangerously bad medicine – such as recent stories proposing use of chlorine to "cure" autism – to active disinformation campaigns for political gain to mass-marketed lies for profit. Somewhere in there are honest mistakes that become internet memes before the correction ever gets printed.
But, in fact, it's not really a new phenomenon.
As Professor Mike Neagle noted, while the term "really came into vogue with Donald Trump," fake news and "the tensions between politicians and the press have been around throughout American history." Even in the 1790s, President John Adams wrote "There has been more new error propagated by the press in the last 10 years than in the 100 years before 1780." While that probably wasn't factually true, it pointed to the fact newspapers back then (and well into the 20th century) were expected to favor a partisan position, Neagle said.
In 1798, the Sedition Act specifically targeted publication of statements that went against the president or Congress (it was later ruled unconstitutional). A century later, the era of "yellow journalism" featured a lot of hyper-partisan reporting and sensational or fabricated stories to drive up sales, he noted. One of them became infamous – the allegation that Spain blew up the USS Maine in Havana harbor. It sparked the War of 1898, but was only proven long afterward to actually have been an internal, accidental explosion.
Neagle described three major forms of fake news. One, commonly employed by the Trump administration, is to use the term to "disparage unflattering news reports, no matter how authentic those reports may be." He's not alone; many government officials and others have made such claims, even in the face of recorded evidence that the story was true. The second form are stories that are "complete fabrications," such as the PizzaGate scandal of 2016, which led a gunman to later shoot up the Washington pizzeria falsely accused of being a center of a child sex trafficking ring. The third form is intentional satire and parody, such as "The Daily Show" and The Onion.
"We choose to believe what we want to believe… and we need to decipher that for ourselves," said junior Hope Rudzinski. But the professional media also "kind of have to take credit for what's out there" because of the way the media has changed in recent years. While editors, writers and the sources they rely on should all be honest, consolidation of media has slashed jobs, forced writers into shorter deadlines, encouraged "clickbait"-style reporting, and undermined the follow-up that makes for good journalism.
"In the modern news landscape, there's a race to be first," Professor Boyd Brown observed.
While most journalists are not "out there to report inaccurately," he said, the rush often means "an incomplete story."
Neagle agreed, noting that even well-intentioned reporters might not have the resources to get the story right, and the media often fixates on "both sides-ism," which "can be taken to an extreme."
To Keefe, those factors mean "you're not going to get quality, good stories." Since people often only read the first version of a story and may never see the more detailed and correct- ed later version, they never get the full story, he said.
"I don't think I see an anchor on TV I think I can trust," Keefe said, pointing to the fact the major stations have become overtly partisan. He specifically cited 2016 election coverage in which anchors were "crying on the air. That makes it hard to trust them."
Senior Leah Baxendade noted the news fakery is also common on non-news sources, particularly social media.
"Sometimes [people will] hear something quick and make their own version of it," without seeing if it's true, she said.
With all the misinformation, she added, it "can be hard to judge which [sources] to listen to."
When asking how to identify fakery, Brown noted "sometimes really crazy stuff hap- pens and it's true." The students agreed, noting you can sometimes tell by the way the site's ads occur or look, whether it requires multiple clicks to read, and whether the website URL matches with the site's name.
"One problem with fake news is that we're so used to it, when we see it, we just roll our eyes and move on," added Professor Paul Lambert. He said he can't recall a president being "so loose with the truth" that false statements have often become the news.
Referring back to the projected chart, Lambert observed that CNN was placed in the bottom center (meaning, it's fairly neutral, but clickbait oriented).
"I don't think I'd put CNN in the middle anymore" because of how much coverage it gives to "DJT," he said.
Before the cable era, the whole nation had three main networks, and presumed the news was "impartial" and "unbiased."
"The presumption there is [objective] truth out there is gone," he added.
While he still believes it does exist, it's hard to identify when "I watch what I want to watch."
Brown agreed, noting news broadcasts used to make clear distinction between news and opinion segments, but often don't do that today.
"Objective truths are clouded in shades of grey," he said, pointing to the Benghazi attack as an example.
Since it happened in 2012, Brown said, "the narrative has been so twisted and shaped" by various sides that knowing what really happened is diffi- cult.
Several participants agreed a key way to fix the problem is good education in media literacy, a broader education in general, and more clarity on who owns or benefits from various media sources.
Nichols is planning a follow-up forum on the fake news issue for 6:30 p.m. April 11 at Daniels Auditorium.
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As Trump cracks down on Pakistan, US cuts military training programs
August 10, 2018 Breaking News, Editor's Choice, Top Storiescuts, military training, pakistan, USShahid Mehmood
10 Aug, 2018 8:39 pm
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump's administration has quietly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted training and educational programs that have been a hallmark of bilateral military relations for more than a decade, US officials say.
The move, which has not been previously reported, is one of the first known impacts from Trump's decision this year to suspend US security assistance to Pakistan to compel it to crack down on Islamic militants.
The Pentagon and the Pakistani military did not comment directly on the decision or the internal deliberations, but officials from both countries privately criticized the move.
US officials, speaking to Reuters on the condition of anonymity, said they were worried the decision could undermine a key trust-building measure. Pakistani officials warned it could push their military to further look to China or Russia for leadership training.
The effective suspension of Pakistan from the US government's International Military Education and Training program (IMET) will close off places that had been set aside for 66 Pakistani officers this year, a State Department spokesperson told Reuters.
The places will either be unfilled or given to officers from other countries.
Dan Feldman, a former US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, called the move "very short-sighted and myopic".
"This will have lasting negative impacts limiting the bilateral relationship well into the future," Feldman told Reuters.
State Department spokesperson, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the IMET cancellations were valued at $2.41 million so far. At least two other programs have also been affected, the spokesperson said.
It is unclear precisely what level of military cooperation still continues outside the IMET program, beyond the top level contacts between US and Pakistani military leaders.
The US military has traditionally sought to shield such educational programs from political tensions, arguing that the ties built by bringing foreign military officers to the United States pay long-term dividends.
For example, the US Army's War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which would normally have two Pakistani military officers per year, boasts graduates including Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar, the current director-general of Pakistan's powerful spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI).
The War College, the US Army's premier school for foreign officers, says it has hosted 37 participants from Pakistan over the past several decades. It will have no Pakistani students in the upcoming academic year, a spokeswoman said.
Pakistan has also been removed from programs at the US Naval War College, Naval Staff College and courses including cyber security studies.
"LIES AND DECEIT"
In his first tweet of 2018, Trump slammed Pakistan, saying the country has rewarded past US aid with "nothing but lies & deceit." Washington announced plans in January to suspend up to roughly $2 billion in US security assistance to Pakistan.
But weeks later, Pakistan's foreign secretary was quoted by local media saying that Islamabad had been told the United States would continue funding IMET programs.
Officially allies in fighting terrorism, Pakistan and the United States have a complicated relationship, bound by Washington's dependence on Pakistan to supply its troops in Afghanistan but plagued by accusations Islamabad is playing a double game.
Tensions have grown over U.S. complaints that the Afghan Taliban militants and the Haqqani network that target American troops in Afghanistan are allowed to shelter on Pakistani soil.
Current and former US officials said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis argued against excluding Pakistani officers from IMET courses. "I am shocked… We worked so hard for this to be the one thing that got saved," said a former US defense official, who was involved in the conversations.
The Pentagon declined to comment on internal government discussions, but Dana White, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said Mattis long believed in the value of the IMET program as a way to build relations between foreign militaries.
Senator Mushahid Hussain, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, told Reuters that a US decision to cut off such exchanges would be counter-productive and push Pakistan's military towards other countries.
"It is one of those silly, punitive measures that they have deployed," said Hussain, who sat next to a Chinese and Pakistani flag in his office.
Russia and Pakistan signed an agreement earlier this week that would allow for Pakistani military officers to train at Russian institutes.
Pakistan's military has ruled the country for about half of its history and traditionally seen the country's foreign policy in its domain.
Feldman said that after the raid, when relations were at a low point, the United States limited large security assistance items, but made active efforts to continue the IMET program.
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE
In the 1990's former US President George HW Bush refused to certify that Pakistan did not have nuclear weapons, triggering the so-called "Pressler Amendment" that required cutting off all military assistance. That included IMET courses.
"The unintended consequence was we didn't know a decade of the Pakistani military leadership as well, and therefore couldn't engage as effectively with them when we needed to," Feldman said.
Mattis, in private discussions within the government, had warned that excluding Pakistani officers from IMET courses could contribute to a similar situation in years to come, the former USdefense official said.
Pakistan had been the largest recipient of IMET between 2003 and 2017, according to the Security Assistance Monitor which tracks US assistance. "You can advocate for cutting off everything else and this was the one thing we were not supposed to touch," the former official said.
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Willy och monsterplaneten (franska: Terra Willy, planète inconnue) är en animerad fransk film från 2019 i regi av Éric Tosti.

Handling
Willy är en tioårig pojke som fastnat på en okänd planet efter att hans skepp kraschlandade och hans föräldrar försvann. Han kommer att behöva överleva tills hjälp anländer i sällskap med överlevnadsroboten Nick och ett åttbent främmande djur som heter Blixten.

Rollista

 Regissör – Ingemar Åberg
 Översättare – Mikaela Tidermark Nelson
 Inspelningstekniker – Ingemar Åberg
 Svensk version producerad av BTI Studios

Produktion

Idé och utveckling
Willy och monsterplaneten är den andra långfilmen från Toulouse-studion TAT Productions som släppts på bio, efter Djungelgänget, som blev en succé i Frankrike och utomlands med flera miljoner sålda biljetter.

I maj 2018 arbetade sjuttio personer med animeringen av filmen. Totalt hade mellan 125 och 130 personer arbetat under två år med att färdigställa filmen. Filmen har en budget på 6 000 000 euro.

TAT Productions hoppades kunna samla runt 400 000 åskådare, lite mindre än sin tidigare Djungelgänget.

Distribution
En första teaser för filmen visades på filmfestivalen i Cannes 2018. Willy och monsterplaneten såldes sedan för distribution i ett trettiotal länder av dess distributör BAC Films, däribland Kina, Sydkorea, Polen och Sydafrika. Totalt såldes den till ett 60-tal länder, vilket gör den till en av de mest sålda franska filmerna i världen 2019.

Den första förhandsvisningen ägde rum den 17 februari i Paris. Andra förhandsvisningar arrangerade i juni 2019, innan en nationell release den 3 april samma år.

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Franska filmer 2019
Franska animerade filmer
Franska science fiction-actionfilmer
Franska komedifilmer
Animerade filmer 2019
Franskspråkiga filmer

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Q: SSH.net - SSH connection works, but SCP returns "incorrect username and password" Suppose I have a connection class with properties for SSHClient and SCPClient from SSH.net library (by Renci):
public class SecureConn
{
    public SshClient Ssh {get; set;}
    public ScpClient Scp {get; set;}

    public SecureConn(string host, string usr, string pwd)
    {
        this.Ssh = new SshClient(host, usr, pwd);
        this.Scp = new ScpClient(host, usr, pwd);
    }

    ...

}

When I try to run commands with SSH - everything works fine. However, when I try to use this.Scp.Upload() (notice same credentials in constructor) to upload a file from network share to Linux server I get System.IO.Exception returning "Incorrect username or password". What might be the cause of getting this error?
Do I need to install any software for SCP to work fine on Windows? Or is it the network share source that is somehow generating this message? Maybe Linux server needs to have set different password for SCP?
I checked with WinSCP and I can connect flawlessly with it and copy files around.
Note: Above is just a code sample, not actual code, but the workflow is basically the same. I am positive about that it's Renci's ScpClient.Upload method that throws the error, so I'm looking outside the code to find an error.

A: Apparently the cause was not in SSH.net library, but in credentials used to log into network share. For anyone having same issue, storing the credentials by Windows (check "Remember my username and password" in login prompt) to network share fixed the issue. Having one-time access does not. Probably mapping a drive would work too, but I haven't checked that.

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Spider! Beware!
Jan 1, 2021 | 18 comments
By Jeremiah Reardon
Its mind made up, the four-inch wide insect plopped onto the street and stepped gingerly across the concrete. For a few minutes I stood over it, fascinated by its steady gait toward the other side. If traffic remained light, its chances looked good! Hopeful that it'd make it safely, I continued home.
A week ago in the afternoon I was reading an article on Chromebook in the guest room. Startled when a two-inch wide tarantula popped up on its left edge, I eased off the bed, and with my free hand, unlatched the sliding metal-framed window. I shook the sucker from the blue clamshell case, condemning it to its fate five stories below. Whew! Close call, I thought, grateful for my quick reaction.
Believers of reincarnation, Buddhists show appreciation for all forms of life. They also believe in karma, the concept that our daily actions determine the direction of our lives. Sparing a spider ennobles its life and ours along with it. And, it'll consume other annoying insects trapped within its intricate webs.
The summer I turned eight in Queens, New York City, my best friend Jimmy and I rode bicycles by a scene out of The War of the Worlds, then playing at Fresh Meadows Shopping Center. Busted concrete lay strewn about on sun-scorched lots in an area vacated for construction of the Long Island Expressway. A couple of miles south in wealthy Jamaica Estates, a towhead boy our age played, the future 45th president.
The path of my life changed when a stray cat ran under the wheel of a car that passed at a good clip. Smacked down, it instinctively leaped with all its strength, then twisted against the hot asphalt, in a failed effort to gain traction. "Is it gonna die, Jimmy?" I cringed, scared from having witnessed the violent impact.
"Yep, it's a goner," he replied matter-of-factly. Minutes later, the bloodied victim drew its final breath. Moving cautiously to minimize contact, I grabbed its tail and quickly dropped it onto the grass. We buried its mangy carcass under a mound of debris, offering its animal-soul to God. Who knows if my respect for ants, fireflies, and spiders sprung from this sad encounter? How had I acquired a sense of compassion while it bypassed that rich kid from Jamaica Estates in his life's path?
The closest that I've come to being bitten by a tarantula happened in the 2003 rainy season of Costa Rica. Our Philadelphia friend Francina's ridgetop casita offered a sweeping view of the Pacific Ocean. We'd follow the day's mood by glancing at the tableau of shimmering colors on its water. Early one morning, sunlight had pierced dispersing rain clouds. A double rainbow originated just ahead of us and arched across the sky toward the village of Baru. Breathtaking!
Beginning at sunrise, her neighbor Macho, a local minister wearing shorts and riding boots, occasionally wielded his scythe in rhythmic strokes over a quarter-acre perimeter. His work created a barrier around the house, as dangerous critters preferred the cover of long grass and weeds. A laminated plastic sheet illustrating poisonous insects and animals always sat on the coffee table; I'd study it before venturing out. (If it's red, beware!)
While enjoying morning coffee on the shaded porch, I gingerly slid my foot into a leather sandal. In the blink of an eye, a four-inch wide tarantula escaped from its open toe onto terra cotta tile. I screamed, "Belinda! Francina! Look, a tarantula!"
Out from the kitchen they ran. Having told them how I'd found it, Francina gasped, "Wow, that's a big one. Weren't you lucky, Jeremiah?" We lingered to watch the orange-black invader crawl in the direction of potted plants before squeezing under one. Even to this day, we always make sure to shake our footwear before getting into them.
One outcome of the visit was that Belinda realized that she couldn't handle hot weather and humidity, along with the presence of so many insects. Not her cup of tea! When it came time to retire ten years later, looking for places abroad, Costa Rica didn't make the cut.
Cuenca has its share of insects, to be sure, but not in the amount or variety found in the Amazon or along Ecuador's coast. And no snakes, at least in our experience. Our altitude in the Andean highlands keeps flies and mosquitoes at bay. Like in "The Story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears," where the sleepy girl tested each bear's bed, Cuenca is just right!


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Croatia: Dora 2020 on February 29th | Through Dora at Eurovision 2021 as well
November 7, 2019 /0 Comments/in Croatia, Eurovision, Eurovision 2020 /by Fotis Kourouvanis
The head of production company Opatija 21, which was responsible for organizing this year's Dora as well as the Dora 2020, revealed that the selection of Croatian participation for Eurovision 2020 will take place in the city of Opatija on February 29th.
The deadline for submitting applications for Dora 2020 has already begun, and it appears that Croatian public broadcaster has already signed an agreement with Opatija 21 to co-operate in organizing Dora in Opatija in 2021.
The same company helped the municipality of Opatija to bring Dora to their town.
"We have reached the end of negotiations to sign a private agreement for a two-year partnership with HRT Public Television for the coming years"
(Igor Stok on behalf of Opatija 21 for Dora 2020-2021)
In his interview, Igos Stok revealed that the agreement states that the Dora 2020 will take place on February 29 in Opatija. So far there has been no official confirmation by Croatian public television.
In Tel Aviv, Croatia was represented by Roko Blažević with the song "The Dream", composed by Jacques Houdek, who represented Croatia at Eurovision 2017. Unfortunately, he was ranked 14th in the second semifinal and so did not qualify for the final.
Source:eurosong.hr
Tags: Croatia, dora, Eurovision 2020
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Cricket, an independent designer boutique selling fashion from Balenciaga, Valentino and Celine, will open a 12,000-square-foot flagship store at Metquarter shopping centre in Liverpool.
Considered one the best designer shops outside London, the retailer also stocks contemporary products from the likes of Off-White and Kanye West's Yeezy.
Cricket is joining the shopping centre following a significant repositioning programme aimed at transforming the scheme into a premium retail destination. Additionally, a reconfiguration has created 38 new units within the centre, including three anchor units, a four screen boutique cinema and a bar and dining area.
Kids Cavern, a designer childrenswear shop selling over 140 brands such as Lanvin, Chloe, Moncler and Givenchy, has also recently launched a 15,000-square-foot anchor store on the ground floor of the scheme.
Further brands at the shopping centre include Jo Malone, Kurt Geiger, Gieves and Hawkes and Hugo Boss.


Latest Wine Version Tested: 0.9.59.
Setting 32M of digits of pi usually doesn't work (under MS Windows XP it always works).
Executing various instances of the program at the same time on a CPU with more than two cores.
I tested especially: -1 instance of 1MByte (1MByte x 1) -2 instances of 1MByte (1MByte x 2) -2 instances of 16MByte (16MByte x 2) on Wine and on MS Windows XP, obtaining similar times (:O).


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Ophidiaster arenatus är en sjöstjärneart som först beskrevs av Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 1816.  Ophidiaster arenatus ingår i släktet Ophidiaster och familjen Ophidiasteridae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Sjöstjärnor
arenatus


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Simsalabim är ett musikalbum utgivet 1976 av den svenska gruppen Gimmicks.

Spellista
De' är väl skönt med romantiken
Caesar
Ledsen är jag nästan jämt
Vår jord är en stjärna
Vintern är här igen
Visst är du kär
Boogie Woogie Charlie
Simsalabim
I min ensamhet
När solen sjunker i väster
Drömmen blev sann

Gruppmedlemmar

Anita Strandell
Diana Nuñez
Kåre Ström
Valdemar Haijer
Jerry Stensen
Mats Björklund
Björn Inge

Övriga medverkande
Leif Carlquist
Inger Öst (spår 7)

Producent: Leif Carlquist
Arrangemang: Valdemar Haijer och Leif Carlquist
Ljudtekniker: Lennart Karlsmyr och Åke Grahn
Inspelad i KMH studios, Stockholm under våren och sommaren 1976.

Referenser
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Musikalbum 1976