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Dott. Ing. Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni (* 7. April 1916; † 7. August 2003) genannte "CiCi" war italienischer Automobildesigner und Unternehmer.

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In den 1930er Jahren begann er seine Berufslaufbahn als Automobildesigner in der von seinem Vater, Felice Bianchi Anderloni (1882–1949), gegründeten italienischen Karosseriefirma Carrozzeria Touring Milano. Die Firma ist vor allem für die exklusiven Touring-Superleggera-Typen berühmt geworden, die in unter anderem auf den Plattformen von Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Ferrari, Maserati und Aston Martin hergestellt wurden. Er zählte von den 1930er bis in die 1960er Jahre zu den wichtigsten Karosserie-Designern in Italien. Berühmte Fahrzeuge waren zum Beispiel:

 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Coupé
 Alfa Romeo Coupé Villa d'Este
 Ferrari 166S
 Lancia Flaminia GT
 Maserati 3500 GT
 Maserati 5000 GT Scià di Persia
 Aston Martin DB4 und Aston Martin DB5
 Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint
 Alfa Romeo 2000 Touring Spider
 Lamborghini 350 GT

Ende der 1960er Jahre musste er die Firma wegen Auftragsmangel schließen. Danach war er für Alfa Romeo beratend im Automobildesign tätig.

Über viele Jahre war er Präsident der Jury beim Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, dem in Europa berühmtesten Schönheitswettbewerb für klassische Oldtimer. Ihm zu Ehren wird dort seit 2004 ein Sonderpreis vergeben, der seinen Namen trägt. Außerdem führte er ab 1995 das Touring Register.

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 Giacomo Tavoletti, Il signor Touring: Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni (Automobilia, 2004)

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Fahrzeugdesigner
Unternehmer (Automobilbau)
Italiener
Geboren 1916
Gestorben 2003
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BUHARI/APC GOVT CHARACTERISED BY INCOMPETENCE AND CORRUPTION — 1
by Dele Sobowale · February 28, 2018
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists…worst when they despise him." Loa-tsy, 6th Century Chinese philosopher.
After trying to be president three times and failing, Buhari must be wondering now whether it would not have been better to have lost again and leave Nigerians dreaming of the wonders he would have performed. Almost three years into his tenure, he has become the subject of derision in many quarters. Most of those who want him to go were people like me who could have sworn on mother's grave that the man will check corruption and bring an end to Nigeria's security challenges. Today, even his vocal spokesmen who attributed self-righteousness to their boss cannot find their voice as evidence of corruption under Buhari mounts daily. Suddenly Nigeria's former "Mr Clean" is smelling like the man who worked in a sewer for hours before taking a bath with Dettol. Nigerians now literally hold their noses when the subject turns to Aso Rock and its transient landlord. The place needs to be fumigated.
Two current events playing out in our country illustrate the ineptitude and the lack of an ethical standard of this government. Bearing in mind that "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man" (Ralph Emerson, 1803-1882), every government is the image of the President. Buhari, according to those who know him and from what we now know is a poor administrator. Great, or even good, administrators are masters of grueling routine. They work sixteen hours a day, pore through every scrap of document placed before them and have a lot of relevant facts at their finger-tips. They are also great thinkers. Buhari is none of these. The word those who worked with him use to describe him is "lazy".
He has never been and is incapable of building great teams because, with his deeply ingrained nepotism, he invariably starts his team selection from Katsina, Daura and Daura family. If he had been the National Coach of the Super Eagles, half of the team would have come from Daura. His nepotism accounts for the first example to prove the charge that the President and his government are incompetent.
GENOCIDE IN ZAMFARA
Every Nigerian recalls how the Inspector General of Police, IGP, not too long ago, made the absolutely absurd statement that the massacre of people in Benue and Taraba resulted from anti-grazing laws signed into law in those states. One does not have to have the encyclopedic record of all the herdsmen's attacks in Nigeria from 2010 to date to know that the IGP was talking rubbish. Several attacks on Agatu including the one that caught global attention in 2016 occurred long before the law.
The massacre shifted to Zamfara State two weeks ago. Suddenly, Governor Yari, an ardent fan of Buhari and one of those who recently endorsed the President for a second term had this to say. "Whatever was humanly possible to have done, we as a government have done to mitigate this disaster. But, it does appear that security agencies are failing in their responsibilities."
"I feel let down facing the people of this state whenever I remember the promise I made to them that if they elected… Buhari into power all the killings would end. But, unfortunately things are getting worse."
Now, which security agencies "are failing in their responsibilities"? The first is the Police and that security force cannot discharge its duties as it should as long as they have as head an IGP who is so totally confused as to ascribe mindless killer seeking of ethnic hegemony to a law passed long after the killings have started. Then, there is the Department of State Services, DSS, headed by Mr Daura (naturally). About the DSS, a traditional ruler in Zamfara, Emir of Zurmi, said: "I had reason to personally inform Zamfara State's Director of the Department of State Services sometime back of a large cache of weapons being brought into the country, but no concrete action was taken until the containers were moved away." So, what can Nigerians really expect when the two frontline security agencies are in the hands of such leaders?
Then, as he had done before in Maiduguri and Benue, after lecturers were killed and the rest kidnapped, and 77 died, Buhari ordered the Minister of Defence to move to Zamfara State. Three things need to be noted about this comical directive. First, the Minister also stupidly attributed herdsmen killings to anti-grazing law. Now they have ravaged a state without an anti-grazing law. Even a moron can see that the Minister is not the right person to send. Second, how many battalions will accompany the Minister to Zamfara? If he goes with his usual escorts, he is mere canon fodder for the killers – if they choose to attack. Where was the army when the place was sacked? Third, how long will he stay there? The IGP ordered to Benue spent less than a week. Was that the solution? If not, how can a president who has a firm grasp on issues continue to apply remedies that will never solve the problems? If Buhari had gone for peer review exercise and presented his "solutions" to serious national problems, his colleagues would have treated him with the contempt he deserves.
STEALING FROM THE VP'S KITCHEN – FRAUD FORETOLD
"Govt admits fraud in N1trn Social Investment Fund" –Guardian.
"NEC: Social Investment Programme Marred by Fraud" – THISDAY
Seldom does a columnist have the opportunity to tell Nigerians "I told you so". On this occasion, it is a duty mingled with sadness that once again, government officials have been proved to be dishonest despite all appearances to the contrary. But, the sad aspect of this particular example of Made by Buhari Administration Corruption is the fact that I have been warning My Fellow Nigerians about this scam right from the time the 2016 Budget was presented to the National Assembly.
Buhari, in fulfillment of his campaign promise had launched what was to be his legacy project – the Social Investment Programme – under which four key separate projects were to be undertaken. They include: support for technical training, hiring of 500,000 teachers for schools, payment of N5000 per month to 1 million poor Nigerians and the flagship project – Feeding 5 million School kids.
In 2016, N500bn was budgeted for the entire scheme – even when the details of each sub-programme had not been worked out. That was the first sign that a scam was in progress. I was not the only one who predicted corruption taking control of this programme. Senator Danjuma Goje had made the following observation:
"There is no detailed and clear-cut structure being laid down for the implementation of this project because what we have in the budget is N300bn recurrent and N200bn capital. We had to push hard yesterday to get some details, which are not convincing. For instance, the explanation we got is that N5000 will be given to one million Nigerians. Who will choose the one million? What structures do you have in place to make sure you choose the right people?" Senator Danjuma Goje, Chairman of the Joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriation, Thursday, March 3, 2016."
Earlier I also raised alarm in a column written in August 2016, stating that"
"Meanwhile, despite the inevitable harsh economic realities facing workers, the government announced last week that it all is set for the commencement of the Welfare Programmes promised during the campaigns. Many of us cannot wait for it to start. However, before government starts dishing out the free food and giving out the free money, it certainly will not be too much to ask for total transparency in the disbursement of the benefits. Nigerians would not like free food to be distributed the same clandestine and corrupt way Central Bank jobs were secretly handed to those close to the corridors of power. Those claiming to fight corruption must be prepared to be totally open.
As a minimum, Nigerians must be told who will be the beneficiaries of these programmes, how they were selected, where they can be located in order to verify the claims by government about performance later. Does this sound like no trusting government? You bet it is."
Last week Mrs Uwais, in charge of the SIP, confessed to widespread fraud…
OBASANJO'S RIGHT TO TALK
"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." Hubert Humphrey, 1911-1978, USA VP.
As if to prove that he still suffers from buccal dysentery, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, whose letter to Buhari brought with it unintended and unpleasant consequences last week, pronounced that he will continue to speak out on Nigerian problems. It was an unnecessary declaration. Nigerians know the man is an incurable egotist who loves to hear his own voice. As in Alice In Wonderland, he wakes up every morning; looks in the mirror and asks "Who is the cleverest and most righteous in Nigeria?" The face in the mirror replies: "You". His self-admiration is limitless and becoming comical.
Obasanjo, a sage for fools, has not yet understood, like Donald Trump, that a leader who talks all the time sooner or later talks rubbish. At any rate, "familiarity breeds contempt" and a "hero becomes a bloody bore". So, he can talk as long as he also realizes that his interventions have reached the point of what economists call "diminishing returns". He gains nothing more; loses a lot more each time.
THE EXECUTIVE VERSUS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND GOVERNORS
by Dele Sobowale · Published July 11, 2017
PRESIDENT BUHARI MEET BUBA GALADIMA YOUR FORMER ALLY
by Dele Sobowale · Published January 5, 2019
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A jigsaw puzzle of plant cells
The epidermal cells of many plant organs resemble the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle helping them withstand the high pressure in their interior
Cell Biology Plant Research (B&M)
Plant cells are under tremendous pressure. To prevent themselves from bursting, plants had to come up with something unique: According to scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, epidermal cells with an irregular shape can withstand their internal pressure better than round and other uniformly shaped cells.
Puzzle shaped epidermal cells of Arabidopsis thaliana. With this shape the cells are able to resist the pressure from within. An exception are the interspersed guard cells of the stomata which control the influx and eflux of water and carbon dioxide. They resist the high pressure because they are so small – if the guard cells were bigger, they would explode.
© MPI f. Plant Breeding Research/ Smith
Non-woody plants have no skeleton to support them. Therefore, in order to stay upright and defy environmental forces, their cells are constructed like inflated balloons. Because cytoplasm contains higher concentrations of dissolved substances than the cell's surroundings, water on the outside flows into the cell, generating what is known as turgor pressure. Turgor pressure, which can reach 20 bar or more, presses against the cell wall. To resist this pressure the wall is made of a rigid gel reinforced with stiff cellulose fibres, which are constantly rearranged to allow the cell to grow.
However, according to the findings of the Cologne-based researchers, the cell wall alone is not always sufficient to prevent plant cells from bursting. Whereas the pressure of a cell in the interior of a plant is offset by that of neighbouring cells, surface cells are exposed to especially high stress.
Could this perhaps explain the extraordinary shape of the surface cells of many plants? Epidermal cells look like puzzle pieces with their interlocking tabs and pockets. Using a specially developed computer model, the scientists calculated the internal pressure in cells of various shapes. "Thanks to their irregular shape, surface cells are able to significantly reduce mechanical stress caused by turgor pressure. Cells shaped like puzzle pieces need less cell wall to resist turgor, potentially saving the plant vital resources," says Richard Smith of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research.
Form follows growth
Model of a plant cell: The scientists discovered that the smaller the circle (yellow) that fits inside the cell, the smaller the stress it can resist. Hence, puzzle-shaped cells like this one are especially apt to handle its turgor.
Not all plant epidermal cells, however, are shaped like puzzle pieces. The scientists therefore compared various plants and found that cell shape depends on how an organ grows: "Organs with a preferential direction of growth, such as roots and stems, usually have cylindrical cells. By contrast, leaves, which grow more or less uniformly in all directions, almost invariably have irregularly shaped epidermal cells," Smith says. In experiments with genetically modified plants they show that the shape of epidermal cells depends on the type of growth. For example, if thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) is genetically modified so that its leaves have a predominant direction of growth, the epidermal cells take on a regular instead of a puzzle-piece shape.
Long thin cells, or those with a puzzle shape, have no large open areas, that would tend to bulge out without the support from cross-walls, and are able to better withstand turgor pressure. The researchers confirm this hypothesis with a mechanical computer model of a virtual plant tissue. They then go on to develop a growing model where cells alter their shape in response to stress. When the scientists grow a virtual epidermis in all directions, the epidermis resembles a jigsaw puzzle. By contrast, when the epidermis grows mainly in one direction, the cells are uniformly shaped. By changing other parameters, such as the maximum size of the largest open area, or the stiffness of the wall, the program is even able to produce other cell shapes that occur in nature.
Communication without signaling molecules?
According to their model, the various cell shapes occur without the need for cells to communicate with each other via chemical messengers. Much work has focused on the idea that a cell that wants to form a tab could use such a chemical messengers to tell its neighbour to make room and form a corresponding pocket. "We don't know if chemical messengers are involved, but our models show it's not required," Smith says. Instead, cells could also communicate and trigger shape changes purely through the forces they exert on their neighbors.
The research provides insight into how geometry affects the mechanics of the cell, and how the plant might use cell shape to optimize its use of resources as the plant "grows" its structure. Today there exist many biologically inspired synthetic materials. The puzzle shape, and how plants exploit it, could provide valuable insight into the design of new materials and structures, potentially informing the design of buildings that depend on inflatable "cells" for their shape. Such applications will become especially relevant as scientists begin to explore materials that grow.
Dr. Richard S. Smith
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln
smith@mpipz.mpg.de
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Why plants make puzzle cells, and how their shape emerges.
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WFU hosts 28th annual Project Pumpkin
Julia Haines
Children of the Winston-Salem community and their families celebrated the 28th annual Project Pumpkin on Wednesday, Oct. 26 on Hearn Plaza.
This year's theme was "Zootopia" after the recent hit Disney movie.
More than 500 Wake Forest students attended the event with their respective student organizations, even more students worked as escorts or behind-the-scenes in the planning process.
Project Pumpkin resembles trick-or-treating; kids go up to different booths hosted by student organizations and play themed games to get candy. In Winston-Salem, not every family lives in a neighborhood where traditional trick-or-treating is safe, so Wake Forest began the event in 1989 to offer an alternative.
A record-breaking number of student organizations participated this year, including several Greek organizations and the Wake Forest men's basketball team. There were more than 80 booths in total.
"It's great that we get the chance to give back to the kids and the community," said freshman Richard Washington. Junior Troy Rike added, "It's a wonderful event, and it's great to interact with the community because we are a part of the community too."
Last year's Project Pumpkin was moved to its rain location in Reynold's Gymnasium, forcing close quarters and causing transportation issues for many organizations. This year, the good weather allowed for it to return the upper quad, where booths were able to take advantage of the open space.
Students of Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosted a hayride in the parking lot circle between Davis and Taylor, a new event addition for Project Pumpkin. This paired well with several haunted houses, a cookie decorating booth, seahorse races and more.
"It's really important to interact and connect with the community we are a part of," said Head Pumpkin Janelle Thomas. "As Wake Forest students, it's good to engage with the community because it breaks down any boundaries that are in place, and it allows us all to bring out our inner child."
Thomas was the lead student in charge of running Project Pumpkin this year after having been involved with the event since her freshman year.
A capella groups, dancers and the Spirit of the Old Gold & Black marching band performed throughout the event, some even while in costume. Chi Rho a capella group sang "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in accordance with the "Zootopia" theme.
The "Zootopia" Project Pumpkin t-shirt sold exceptionally well this year. Profits from the t-shirt sales went directly to funding the event.
Budget-friendly costumes and animal onesies were also popular outfit choices for college students at the event. Sophomore Alex Morgan wore a Peter Pan costume which she made with green leggings and a big t-shirt.
"Being in costume really allowed me to embrace the whole spirit of the event, and it made our booth more interactive for the kids," Morgan said. "I think that Project Pumpkin really embodies the Pro Humanitate spirit of Wake Forest."
"Project Pumpkin is definitely my favorite event of the year," said junior Royce Rose, who serves on one of the Project Pumpkin student committees. "It brings the community together and lets the kids come here and celebrate Halloween in a safe, friendly environment, and the students love it, too."


Body cameras have been a hotly debated topic over the years, both from the law enforcement officers who are forced to wear them and from the members of the communities they've dedicated themselves to serving and protecting. Some argue that body cameras are an absolute necessity in terms of improving and maintaining accountability. Others argue that it's little more than a "Big Brother" tactic, taking an already difficult job and making it even worse during a time where nobody can afford for that to happen. Now, a study conducted by researchers at the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University looks to put all of that controversy to rest.
The study itself was published in Criminology & Public Policy, a respected legal journal, and is considered to be one of the largest and most comprehensive examinations of the impact of body cameras to date. The results are likely to be something of a surprise for people on both sides of this argument.
In other words, body cameras are not necessarily the "silver bullet" toward improving police accountability that a lot of us probably thought they were. In the best-case scenario, they need to be seen for exactly what they are: one small step in a much more expansive series of reforms aimed at addressing one of society's biggest issues of the modern era.
The study also takes things one step further, saying that a camera deployment will ultimately only be as successful as the department that chooses to embrace it. If there's a willingness on behalf of officers to change, body cameras may very well be a necessary tipping point. If there isn't, there won't be it truly doesn't get much more straightforward than that.
Researchers also indicated that a lot of the support for body cameras came during the early days of these initiatives around the country. Indeed, this may be part of the reason why the results of this study are so shocking. People were so quick to celebrate the very idea of body cameras that they did so before there was any type of evidence showing that they actually worked. Despite that, roughly 95% of police agencies in major US cities had already implemented body camera programs as of 2016.
It's equally important to note that there were a few surprising findings on the other side of this issue, too. Back when body cameras were initially being debated, many people argued that they would fuel "a reduction in policing activity" or that they would somehow harm officer motivation in certain areas where they already feel like they're fighting an uphill battle. That, too, isn't really true. If anything, the most shocking finding is that body cameras have yet to really move the needle at all, so to speak.
Instead of celebrating the body-worn camera itself, it seems that what people were really celebrating was a much-needed increase in law enforcement accountability. That's still as true today as it was when the first body cameras made their debut across the country. It's just that those looking for a "one size fits all" solution to what is a genuinely pressing concern for many people will likely have to keep searching.


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Tag: reward
Quite Possibly, a Bad Rap
By Ryan Morrison
Ryan Leslie is a lot of things. He's a Harvard University alum who completed his schooling at age 19. He's a record producer, an R&B singer, and a rapper with a large and loyal fan base. He's even the founder of a successful media company. One thing he is not, however, is an attorney.
So when his backpack was stolen during a tour in Cologne, Germany, in 2010, he probably should have consulted a lawyer before uploading not one, but two YouTube videos offering rewards for his lost property. First, Mr. Leslie offered a $20,000 reward for the return of his bag containing a hard drive and laptop with beats and recordings invaluable to the musician. With no results, he upped the reward to $1,000,000.
When a German auto shop owner out on a dog walk found the bag containing the computer and the hard drive and demanded his million dollar reward, Mr. Leslie refused to pay because, he said, none of the information on the hard drive was retrievable. This started an offer/acceptance problem that would make a law student scream his mother's name and pass out during a contracts exam.
Our legal system, in its infinite wisdom, takes a problem too complex for most lawyers and asks twelve individuals with no legal training to figure it out. And in a Manhattan federal court last November, a jury ordered Mr. Leslie to pay Armin Augstein, the man who found the hard drive, the full $1 million. Later, the court ordered Mr. Leslie to an additional $180,000 for interest that accrued between the finding of the laptop and the court's decision. Various newspapers, most notably the New York Post, have ruthlessly mocked Mr. Leslie for trying to get out of paying what he promised.
We wrote about the case in November of 2011 and came to the conclusion, after reading the media headlines, that Mr. Leslie had to pay up. But we've since had the opportunity to learn more about the case.
We talked to David DeStefano, the attorney for Mr. Leslie, and we're not certain the correct decision was reached.
…But let's take a look together, shall we?
Armin Augstein, contract law, David DeStefano, offer and acceptance, reward, Ryan Leslie, YouTube
Ryan Leslie Says "Reward? What Reward?"
By Nadia-Elysse Harris
Behind the scenes footage of R&B singer Ryan Leslie on his European tour last November showed the frantic moments immediately following the loss of his laptop. At the end of the clip, a written statement turned Mr. Leslie's laptop search into a real life treasure hunt:
"In the interest of retrieving the invaluable intellectual property contained in his laptop and hard drive, Mr. Leslie has increased the reward offer from $20 thousand to $1 million."
Apparently the singer had been creating material for his new album when a bag containing his laptop, $10 thousand in cash, and his passport disappeared in Cologne, Germany. Word of the hefty reward sparked interest across the web, but when no one heard anything further from the singer on the subject, it was assumed that his effort to retrieve his lost belongings had been futile.
That was, until 52-year-old Armin Augstein filed suit on October 24 in the New York Southern District Court. (Though the laptop was lost and found in Germany, diversity jurisdiction allows Mr. Augstein to sue in U.S. federal court.) claiming that he'd found the laptop while walking his dog nearly ten miles away from Cologne. He brought the laptop to the police who, in turn, returned it to Mr. Leslie. Mr. Augstein further claims that he repeatedly tried to contact the musician, but never heard back from him with the reward. Now he's seeking the $1 million reward that Mr. Leslie promised, plus interest.
The NY Daily News reported the suit and did not lend much credence to the merits of Mrs. Augstein's case. But LASIS believes that Mr. Augstein's suit is a strong one, and that Mr. Leslie, who graduated Harvard with a degree in Government, should use his smarts and settle out of court instead of getting caught up in a trial and legal fees. Here's why: (more…)
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Jamboree Housing Corporation Receives $50,000...
Jamboree Receives $50,000 Market Impact Grant From U.S. Bank
Jamboree Housing Corporation announced that it has received a $50,000 grant from U.S. Bank Foundation. A leading affordable housing developer, Jamboree is one of 20 nonprofit organizations across the country – and one of six nonprofits in California – to receive this award as part of the $1 million Market Impact Grant program to invest in green energy initiatives in low- to moderate-income communities with an emphasis on supporting people of color and/or women.
Funding will help low- and moderate-income people who are struggling due to a lack of affordable housing while addressing broader needs related to community revitalization, enabling them to access the resources they need to lay a foundation for a stable financial life, and in turn, drive growth in the Orange County community. For Jamboree, The Green Energy Campaign will help fund new energy-efficient lighting and appliances as well as environmental education programs about energy efficiency, non-gas cooking, electric vehicles, and organic recycling opportunities for more than 3,300 families at Jamboree properties throughout Orange County.
A long-term partner since 1999, U.S. Bank has helped finance 28 Jamboree communities throughout California – many of which have received Leadership in Energy and Environmental and Design (LEED) for Homes Platinum, Gold, or Silver Ratings. "We value our 23-year partnership with U.S. Bank and the funding support that has allowed Jamboree to provide affordable housing and services that transform lives and strengthen communities," said Laura Archuleta, Jamboree president. U.S. Bank also gives back with staff who volunteer on Jamboree's advisory board – a collaborative that actively supports and promotes Jamboree and advocates for its mission – where members play key roles in several committees and attend community events.
"Our shared commitment to follow best practices in building green lowers energy consumption and provides a cost-saving benefit to and promotes the health of Jamboree residents," continued Archuleta, underscoring that the expansion of the nonprofit's educational efforts on sustainability with residents will encourage them to look for other ways to conserve water and electricity and participate in organic recycling programs. "We are grateful for the broad range of support that U.S. Bank provides to Jamboree over these many years."
U.S. Bank is committed to moving beyond philanthropy to engage the human and financial resources of the bank in their work to help close the racial wealth gap. Their philanthropic and community investments are focused specifically on breaking down systemic barriers to racial and economic equity for women, people of color and low- and moderate-income communities, within their enterprise-wide giving platform, Community Possible.
"We are excited about these projects, which include solar energy, eco-friendly housing, and renewable energy workforce opportunities, and the impact they will have on our California communities," said Rockette Ewell, vice president and community affairs manager in the Inland Empire, Orange County, and San Diego.
ABOUT JAMBOREE: Founded in 1990, Irvine, CA-headquartered Jamboree Housing Corporation is an award-winning, broad-based nonprofit housing development company that develops, acquires, renovates, and manages permanently affordable rental and ownership housing throughout California for working families, seniors, and people with special needs. A leading community development organization, Jamboree is committed to sustaining excellence with high quality affordable housing that benefits the environment, the economy and local communities.
It currently has $1.1 billion in affordable housing projects in its development pipeline and a portfolio value of $3.2 billion that includes the development of and/or ownership interest in 10,000+ homes in more than 100 California communities. Currently, Jamboree offers resident services that foster learning, health and wellness, and community building at 34 Jamboree communities with designated staff at each location. For more information, visit jamboreehousing.com and follow Jamboree on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram at @JamboreeHousing.
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On February 18, 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army began a carefully planned massacre of ethnic Chinese men in the conquered territories of Singapore and Malaya, an effort to eliminate what the Japanese perceived to be "hostile elements." As many as 100,000 Chinese men were executed in a purge called Sook Ching by the Chinese. Soldiers carrying out the deadly deeds were supervised by the Kempeitai, the Japanese secret police.
Members of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; territory controlled at maximum height. Japan and its allies in dark red; occupied territories/client states in lighter red. Korea and Taiwan were integral parts of Japan. Map by Kendrikdirksen.
Chinese identified in the following ways were targeted by the Japanese death squads, those being born in China and having moved to Singapore, suspected communists, wealthy Chinese that had donated to Chinese causes, men with tattoos (believed to be gangsters), civil servants, those that served with the Singapore defense forces, members of any party or movement perceived as anti-Japanese and those that owned weapons. Other "suspicious" Chinese included journalists, teachers, any sort of intellectual and those that had served the British. The Japanese had 200 secret police supervising about 1000 soldiers in gathering up the ethnic Chinese men and taking them to a prison camp for screening. Mostly Chinese men between 18 years old and 50 years old were "screened," but there were exceptions, with some older and younger victims chosen. Some victims deemed anti-Japanese were identified as such merely on the whim of the ranking Japanese officer at each camp. Most of those Chinese males identified in any of the suspicious groups were executed, though a minority were merely imprisoned.
Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, the primary mastermind for the Sook Ching operation in Singapore and Malaya in 1942.
Funny how totalitarian states love their bureaucracy, in this case evidence by the practice of marking each Chinese to be released with an ink stamp of a square and those chosen for execution stamped with a triangle. The unfortunate triangle marked Chinese were rounded up and shipped to execution camps, one of at least 11 sites where the victims were mostly executed by being shot. When Singapore was liberated, mass graves were found at each of these killing sites.
In Malaya, the Japanese lacked sufficient manpower and resources to conduct the sort of systematic screening as performed in Singapore, so the manner of "purging" dangerous ethnic Chinese was to kill as many Chinese males as could be found, resulting in tens of thousands of Chinese being murdered by marauding Japanese troops.
After the War it was payback time, and the Allies conducted war crimes trials for the Japanese officers involved. While the main perpetrator had escaped to China, 7 of his underlings were tried, with 2 given the death sentence and the other 5 given life in prison. One of those 5 was later executed for a separate war crime conviction. The commanding officer that had escaped, Masanobu Tsuji, is believed to have died in Laos in 1961. The general that gave the orders for the massacre to take place, Tomoyuki Yamashita, was convicted of other war crimes in the Philippines and was executed in 1946. Other officers that had been in on the planning of the operation were later captured by the Soviets but not tried.
In the typical unrepentant Japanese fashion, the Japanese government later admitted the massacre took place, but rejected demands by Singapore that reparations be paid to surviving family members of victims, and further claimed only about 5000 people were murdered in the operation. When Singapore became an independent country, its first Prime Minister gave his official estimate of 70,000 victims killed, while scholars vary between 50,000 and 100,000 Chinese killed. Japan finally did agree to make reparations payment in 1966, a pathetic $50 million and to make matters worse, refused to issue an apology for the heinous act. A memorial gallery containing images as remembered by witnesses and survivors is located at the old Ford Motor Factory at Bukit Timah in Singapore, the location where the British surrendered to the invading Japanese in 1942.
The Sook Ching Centre site memorial stands at Hong Lim Complex in Chinatown. Photograph by Terence Ong.
Questions for Students (and others): In light of this and other Japanese atrocities during World War II, do you think the use of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified? What other horrific Japanese atrocities against Chinese do you know of?
Kratoska, Paul. The Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45: A Social and Economic History. National University of Singapore Press, 2018.
Modder, Ralph. The Singapore Chinese Massacre. Horizon Books, 2004.
Yoshimura, Mako. New Perspectives of the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45. Singapore University Press, 2008.
The featured image in this article, a photograph by Terence Ong of Sook Ching Centre site, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.


Chandigarh: Repolling was today underway at 48 polling stations under Amritsar Lok Sabha constitutency and five assembly segments of Punjab.
The repoll was ordered by the Election Commission following malfunctioning of Voter-Verified Audit Paper Trail (VVPAT) and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in these stations during the February 4 elections.
The repolling began at 8 AM amid tight security, officials said. The repolling was ordered at 12 polling stations of Majitha Assembly seat, nine each of Muktsar and Sangrur, one each of Moga and Sardulgarh and 16 polling stations of Amritsar Parliamentary constituency.
Problem in VVPAT was witnessed in Majithia, Muktsar and Sangrur assembly segments while EVMs were found faulty in Moga and Sardulgarh segments.
From Majitha seat, Cabinet minister and Akali candidate Bikram Singh Majithia is locked in a contest against Congress and AAP candidates Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lalli and Himmat Singh Shergill respectively.
From Muktsar, Congress has fielded Karan Kaur while SAD and AAP have fielded Kanwarjit Singh and Jagdeep Singh respectively. From Sangrur, Congress's nominee is Vijay Inder Singla while SAD has fielded Parkash Chand Garg and AAP has nominated Dinesh Bansal.
In Moga, Congress has fielded Harjot Kamal Singh against Akali candidate Barjinder Singh and AAP candidate Ramesh Grover. From Sardulgarh seat, the fight is between Congress candidate Ajit Inder Singh, AAP's Sukhwinder Singh and Akali candidate Dilraj Singh.
From Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, the poll fight is between BJP's Rajindermohan Singh Chhina, Congress's G S Aujla and AAP's Upkar Sandhu. Elections for 117 assembly segments took place on February 4 and the state recorded 78.6 per cent of voting.


The golden barrel is perhaps the most beautiful barrel cactus in cultivation. Large golden spines dominate this plant to make them glow. Planted as large single specimens or in groups, this plant is a must have for any desert landscape. Place among boulders with columnar cacti or large agaves for real curb appeal. Golden barrel clusters are individual plants with multiple heads or "pups". Golden barrels take full to half day sun and cold to the low twenties. Always plant in well drained soil and never over water.


What differences will I find between 18/10, 18/8, and 18/0? Why are some stainless flatware patterns more expensive than others?
The care taken during the final steps of manufacturing is one of the top determinations of why some patterns cost more.
Tines - Higher-priced patterns will have more care given to polishing the fork tines. While it's very subtle and subconscious, your lips and tongue will feel the slight roughness. When you eat with a pattern that has well-polished tines, it feels smooth all the way through. These patterns typically sell for $30 or more per place setting.
Roundness - Higher quality patterns can feature more rounded handles, and some will even be completely round.
There are three main methods for constructing a knife. The first method involves stamping a single piece of metal into the shape of a knife. The "blade" area is generally made a bit thinner, and is almost always serrated. This is the least expensive method for constructing a knife, and its cutting performance is poor to fair, depending on the manufacturer.
The second method is to use the "drop forge" technique, where molten steel is poured into a mold, and is fashioned into the shape of a knife. Again, the "blade" area is made thinner than the handle, and is also usually serrated. Most manufacturers who use this technique will spend a little more time on the blade finishing, and its performance is fair to moderate.
The third method is to use a hollow knife handle, insert a high-quality carbon-steel cutting blade, then sealing the two together. These knives are called "hollow handle" knives. With this technique, the manufacturer can offer a variety of different quality knife blades. Many of these blades are serrated, but in the higher quality of patterns they are not, due to their already superior cutting edge. The performance of this type of knife is moderate to excellent.
High-carbon blades are used in better kitchen knives, due to their superior performance. The only downside is that high-carbon blades are less stain-resistant than the other flatware pieces. Flatware manufacturers are always working to create a good balance of dishwasher resistance and superior cutting performance.
When shopping for stainless flatware, you will often see the numbers "18/8" or "18/10" or "18/0", or even "13% Chrome". These numbers are often very confusing, so let's look at the details behind these numbers. All of these numbers refer to the percentages of Chromium and Nickel found in the stainless steel alloy. They do not refer to the weight of the flatware.
Chromium gives a flatware pattern its rust-resistant qualities. It is the best available in consumer stainless steel flatware patterns. The presence of Nickel gives a flatware pattern a superior shine, which is intended to mimic new silver flatware. Nickel is very expensive, and is a major contributor to the price of flatware.
Which one is better? Well, if you want flatware with a high polish finish and superior rust resistant qualities, pick a flatware that is 18/8 or 18/10. If you are opening a restaurant, and want to keep your costs down, as well as being able to wash it several times a day in the dishwasher, pick a 13/0 or 18/0 flatware pattern with a cheap, flat handle knife.
One more thing, the difference between 18/8 and 18/10 is non-existent. It's a little deceiving on the part of the manufacturers who are listing their products as 18/10. The steel manufacturers who create sheets of stainless steel for the flatware makers don't use those numbers. They sell what is called Grade 304, which contains at least 18% Chromium, and a range between 8% and 10% Nickel. Most of them fall around 8.3%.
By contrast, a company that makes 18/10 pots and pans purchases a stainless steel called Grade 305, which contains a minimum of 10% Nickel. This is required, because pots and pans are shaped in such a way that the 10% is an absolute necessity. Grade 305 is almost never used by flatware manufacturers, since it is way too expensive to be profitable.
This may be way more information than you need, but it's provided so that you don't dismiss a pattern simply because it says 18/8 instead of 18/10. It's just a marketing thing, so don't be fooled!
While all forks, knives, and spoons basically share the same characteristics, there are subtle differences in silverware designs that have a big impact on how it feels in the hand, how well the weight is distributed, and how it rests on the table. The Silver Superstore offers over 70 patterns with Plain handle designs, but the price range varies from $8.95 to $79.95 per place setting. There aren't complex designs, but all of the characteristics listed above contribute to the price differences.
Here today, gone tomorrow - Many retailers and warehouse clubs will change their patterns once or twice per year. If you need to add to your set later on, you're not likely to ever see it again.
No individual pieces - We hear from many people every day that their spouse or children are taking forks to work, and don't bring them back. Or sometimes the small spoons will follow the paper plates into the garbage during a birthday party. If your pattern was a boxed set, you may be out of luck when it comes to getting replacement pieces.
Lower quality - Manufacturers are under pressure from big retailers to give them flatware patterns that they can offer at the magic retail prices of $49.95, $99.95, or $149.95. To keep them happy, the quality of sets at these prices gradually slips each year. In these prices ranges, you will generally not get a hollow handle knife, and the weights of the patterns are lessened.
Of course, you can always just purchase a new boxed set whenever you lose a significant number of pieces. Shaking up the silverware design on your tabletop every couple of years isn't such a bad thing!
Why would I want to pay for better silverware?
Overall, you truly do get what you pay for. Now, whether those qualities are worth it to you is the question to ask. We can tell you that nearly every staff member at the Silver Superstore has upgraded their flatware patterns since they started working here. There really is a difference worth paying for, especially since the durability of good stainless steel flatware will last you a lifetime.


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His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will virtually attend and deliver a statement during the Opening Session of the International Conference entitled "Strengthening Women's Role in Building and Sustaining Peace: from Commitments to Results" on 07 December 2020.
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Outcomes of the 18th Meeting of the Cambodia-Viet Nam Joint Commission on Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation, held on 22 December 2020 via videoconference.
Congratulatory messages of H.E. PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and H.E. Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, will co-chair with His Excellency PHAM Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, the 18th Meeting of the Cambodia-Viet Nam Joint Commission (JC) on Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technological Cooperation to be held via video conference on 22 December 2020.
Outcomes of the Meeting between H.E. Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn and H.E. Mrs. Tina Redshaw, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, held on 16 December 2020.
Congratulatory Letter of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, addressed to the Honorable Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., President-elect of the United States of America.


Inari Kiuru is a Finnish-born artist and designer who lives in Melbourne. She graduated with Honours in Object Based Practice (Fine Art) from RMIT University in 2013, following earlier studies in graphic design and gold and silversmithing in Helsinki, Finland and at Curtin University in Perth. Inari has participated in group exhibitions since 2008 in Australia, USA, Germany, Estonia and The Netherlands.
A finalist in the 2014 Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery, Inari received a special commendation from the judges for her Evolution-series brooches. Her work includes objects, images and mixed-media installation. She was also a finalist in the 2016 Mari Funaki Award.
Inari Kiuru, Lore Langendries and Hyun-seok Sim draw out the transformative and surprising qualities of a single material.


Ezi-Duct manufactures & supplies the Polex designed rotary separate range.
The Rotary Separators are design to separate from a moving air stream products that have a large surface area.
They are very commonly used for paper trim systems, cardboard and packaging industry, aluminum foil trim systems and in the recycling industry.
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Victoria Masters
Name: Victoria Masters
Place of Birth: Venice, Italy
Aliases: Known Aliases
Origin: Study
Grade: Alumna
Team: Athena
Dating: Ashby Masters (Husband)
Powers and Abilities: Magic
Portrayed by: Tilda Swinton
Born in Venice Italy, Victoria Maestroianni was the Third Daughter of a Third Daughter of a Third Daughter in a family known to harbor witches and mages in their bloodline. From a young age, Victoria knew that this would be her destiny and she embraced it. When the family moved to Salem, Massachusetts when she was thirteen years old, they learned of a new school opening that would help train such gifted young people as herself. With some urging, she was finally allowed to be a member of the inaugural class.
It was at that school where she met Ashby Masters, another member of the inaugural class, who, despite their tempestuous relationship through all 4 years of school, were married in 1998 and she was welcomed and well-received into the quirky Masters Family.
They welcomed their first child a year later, a son. Then came the twins in 2002. There are three younger children as well in the family. The eldest son is currently a student at Coral Springs and the Twins will enter the class of 2021.
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Cold … but love the way the lights contrast with the sky. Good post Marc!
PS: After starting 4-1, I won't be surprised if the Bengals finish 5-11.
After sixteen seasons, this might be Marv's swan song. Dalton hasn't progressed, the team is a mess and attendance is down . . no bueno.
Yep … and they are very banged up on top of it all … ugly! Hey … I see you lady Vera has a movie out at the moment!
Oh yes, the Front Runner! It doesn't feel like all that monkey business happened thirty years ago. Pun intended.
But seriously, Hart was done after that piece came out. And now? We have a guy in the White House who's heralded for such behavior. Times change . . .
I haven't seen any reviews yet – so I hesitate until I at least here something.
I wasn't planning on seeing it, but in this instance I might read some Rotten Tomatoes reviews next week (fan) and go from there.
I think it opened here last weekend. BTW – Between the Bengals and Reds, you can tell this town is suffering.
The Reds have some hope though. They've got some solid yutes in that lineup now. And that whole Cubs dynasty thing . . well, we see how that's worked out.
Reds need a couple of starters at the top of the rotation. We shall see if they can make a free agency splash. I'm not counting on it.
Personally, I hope the Yankees go all in for Corbin. And then fortify. No Harper, no Machado. They do not need those guys, and they are going to be much too expensive. I'd rather they overspent for Corbin and Eovaldi.
It seems they are in the running! Reds are going to try to lure Nolan Ryan out of retirement.
PS: My post about shopping carts is done – but may not appear until January. Also prepared one about Oreos.
Because you encouraged the idea, thought I'd give you an update.
Thank you, dear Marco, for sharing my picture on your fabulous blog!
Thank you for bringing the flavah.
Me? Why Q . . I'm appalled that you would intimate such a thing. Yes, I'm calling us batty . . .


Since the Witch Creek Fire swept through parts of San Diego County (including parts of the Biodiversity Reserve at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park) in October of 2007, ICR staff have been building new habitat by planting cactus to support the north county population. Over the past several years, some 6,000+ cactus have been planted by ICR at the Safari Park and nearby Lake Hodges. But to be honest, we couldn't be sure that we were doing was going to work. We could just do our best to provide good habitat and hope the birds would find their way.
While out with one of our summer fellows documenting cactus for her project, we checked out an area of cactus planted in December of 2010 as part of an experiment (which meant they had tags dug in next to them and we knew for sure when they were planted!). After gingerly reaching between some cactus arms to read a tag, I was surprised to look up and find a nice little cactus wren nest just above me!
Coastal cactus wren nests are unusual, football shaped instead of the open-top nests people usually think of for birds. Covered with downy grey feathers, the entrance to the nest we found had clearly been in use this past breeding season. I quickly snapped a photo and texted it to my former coworkers who had organized the cactus planting in 2010 (and personally planted countless cactus pads). They were ecstatic to see their efforts pay off – even if I had absentmindedly texted to tell them before 7 in the morning!
Ecological restoration is not a field for the impatient. Some processes, like growing cactus, just happen slowly. This can make it extremely difficult to know if your conservation actions are actually helping.
For this project, we monitored cactus survival and growth for the first couple of years (when they're the most vulnerable), but couldn't really spend the time or staff time to track the cactus for the seven years it was estimated to take before the cactus reached the height suitable for wrens to build their nests. We were fortunate to have the summer fellow program help support a quick evaluation of some of our plantings this year.
In addition to retreading some of the areas with planted cactus, this past spring we also conducted some surveys for the birds to see if they've expanded their habitat. Results of that study are pending, but it is definitely encouraging to see a nest in an area that didn't have one before.
The slow growth of cactus is a good reminder to take care of habitat when you can.
Restoration is hard and slow - and not always guaranteed to work. Our current projects at ICR to help coastal cactus wrens are focused on reducing weed cover to keep habitat already occupied by wrens from degrading. The 2007 fire helped proliferate a weed that grows very densely and reduces the bare ground between shrubs and cactus that wrens use for hunting insects. Such dense weeds are also often more susceptible to ignition and controlling them helps reduce fire risk.
We have built it and the wrens have come. But we still have work to do to ensure the coastal cactus wren has habitat for generations to come.
Over the years, thousands of cactus pads have been planted by volunteers, student groups (like the Safari Park's Conservation Corps program!), AIP Master's program students, and others.
Planted in late 2010, this robust cactus now supports the nest of a coastal cactus wren!
The Biodiversity Reserve at the Safari Park boasts the north San Diego County stronghold of coastal cactus wren.
My name is Holli Joyal and I teach TK-5 Science at Tarbut v'Torah School in Irvine, CA. We have been doing a canned unit from a curriculum called Amplify that talks about habitats and endangered species, but I really think my third graders, who are pretty worldly for their ages, need something real to this area to work on. I have studied about the coastal cactus wren and wanted to see if you have any other information than that which is shared on your website or anyone who might be willing to facetime with us to talk about how our kids to try and design a virtual solution. I was thinking about a problem based activity where developers were looking to build a shopping mall in an area where there is a thriving cactus population, even further degrading the amount of cactus, thereby, creating more danger for the coastal cactus wren's survival. I am fighting an uphill battle as I only have the kids one day a week, but any help or nudge in the right direction would be spectacular.


plainText or HTML. Does a way exist to get RTF string or must I convert HTML to RTF ?
What do you mean by RTF ?
I use the library teigha to manipulate dwg file.
In dwg text entities are unfortunately coded in RTF.
So to create these entities I'm make a text editor.
Well how much RTF does the text fields understand?
The text object is filled with a RTF string.
Maybe you ccan re-use a parser and add support to QTextBrowser .
It sounds like its the good old RTF so its other format.


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Scare campaigns – there's a bear out there!
There is nothing quite like scare campaigns – from the mild suggestion of unintended consequences to claims that we'll all be 'rooned'.
Politicians have used them for years ranging from the Yellow Peril to the Red Menace and from drugs to s.x rock and roll. More recently it has been the demonising of the few refugees, in comparison for instance to those trying to cross the Mediterranean, coming to Australia by boat. The Red Menace, on the other hand, was probably dead by the time Malcolm Fraser warned that if a Labor Government was elected people should hide their money under their beds and Bob Hawke replied that it was no good putting any money under the beds because that's where the Reds were!
Business and industry groups are almost as good as the pollies. After all who else but an investment banker could argue, as profits in the company fall, that bonuses need to be increased because otherwise they would lose the talent that made the profit fall possible? And who can forget how the mining tax was going to force Andrew Forrest, Gina Rinehart, BHP Billiton and Rio to all up sticks and leave Australia for Mongolia and Africa?
But the best industry association scare campaign the blog has seen for years has come from the Canadian Home Builders' Association, and door knob manufacturers, in opposition to the Vancouver local council decision to ban door knobs and replace them with lever systems in all new buildings to make buildings more accessible to the elderly and the disabled (See The Economist 19/4/2014). According to The Economist this follows nation-wide moves to change things like entry door size and lever-operated taps in larger buildings.
But the CHBA has an answer to the Vancouver move – it would it easier for bears to get in to houses on the grounds that bears can open car doors and therefore would find it easy to open lever door locks. Now in some places in Canada the possibility of a bear coming in to the house is a real threat even though in the Canadian Arctic people and shops often leave their doors unlocked so that pedestrians who come across a bear can more easily dart into the nearest building. Indeed, on a visit to Churchill Manitoba the blog inadvertently entered a shop thinking it was open late for business only to discover it was always open in case of Polar bears, of which there are almost as many in the area as there are humans. Not that the likelihood of getting there before the bears, who are remarkably fast, is that high.
In New Orleans the blog heard another great scare campaign – against swimming pools – based on the risk that you just might find an alligator there when you took your morning dip. But the blog thinks the bears have it. The PR person for the Canadian Home Builders' Association should take a bow. Probably also for the line the CHBA spokesman used: "What are they smoking out there?" which did rather encapsulate general Canadian views of the folk out in Vancouver.


I have a lovely group of gals in my circle. When I first moved to Olympia to take job and cohabitate with The Handsome, it took time to connect with other women who shared my love for the simple life. Enter these fabulous women; strong, witty, and compassionate. Love them! We try to get together for a drink every now and then just to catch up. This time I thought we could throw a little art in the mix. The Painted Plate in Olympia was our choice, and boy did it deliver with three hours of wine, food, laughter (…dancing too), and painting.
The Painted Plate offers great little appetizer plates, a minimal but satisfying wine list, and all the white porcelain canvases you could ask for! Projects range from $6-$60 although all of us found something great in the $20 range. In the mix was a magnet, a few travel mugs, a soap dish, and a popcorn bowl. The food offering is simple and tasty. We were under the care of Molly, who was more than welcoming including great project suggestions, quick service, and even a change from the less than desirable pop/country Pandora station to something a little more our style.
Our projects were all finished in the evening and were kindly gathered for glaze and firing. The turnaround for a finished project is about 5 days. I can't wait to see the finished projects- of course, this was our first time, so there will be more gatherings like this in the future.


Water walls are an option that uses tile that coordinates with the waterline of the pool on a raised wall that enriches the focal point of that area. These walls can have a tile or stone-like appearance. The stone-like selection is often made of fiberglass. This reduces the weight and cost of construction.
Fountain bubblers are another feature design that offers the visual and audible characteristics of water. Also called foam or sun jets, these are like small geysers that shoot water up from floor of the pool. These are typically placed in shallower areas of the pool, like sun shelf or baja deck. This type of water feature needs to be installed during original construction.
Pool rock waterfalls are a larger water feature option that provides cascading waterfalls as a beautiful background for a lagoon-style pool, that also produces great ambience. These waterfalls, depending on their width and height, can also block any neighboring view or noise, adding more privacy to your pool area.
LED lighting is another great way to enhance the atmosphere around your pool and bring your water features to the next level. LED lights can allow you to customize and augment your pool and its water features. They also create an excellent evening atmosphere. Whether you opt for strategically placed landscape rocks, colorful in-pool lights, or a combination of both you can provide a unique setting.
Lucas Firmin Pools builds custom designed pools in the Baton Rouge area, and can bring your water feature dreams to life.


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TransAlta Travels to Peru to Help Light Up The World
Calgary, AB (November 6, 2014) – In North America, we take electricity for granted. We flip a switch and forget about it. Many others in the world don't have this luxury. That's why TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC) is partnering with Light Up The World, a Canadian non-profit organization that helps provide communities in developing countries with sustainable energy.
This week, nine TransAlta employees will travel to a remote village in Peru to install solar panels for electricity.
"This is a new partnership with Light Up The World. It will allow our employees to see electricity at work first hand and, at the same time, help a community create a service that will change their lives," says Dawn de Lima, TransAlta's chief human resources and communications officer. "At TransAlta, we believe that committing to communities at home and abroad helps employees contribute to their development and live our values of social responsibility and sustainability."
Installing renewable energy in remote areas creates a healthy and safe home environment, enhances opportunities for education and contributes to economic development.
Oliver Bussler of Calgary, Alta., applied to volunteer and was selected to go to Peru. "I've been working in the electricity business for the majority of my career; always in an office environment. I welcome this opportunity to install power generation equipment in remote communities where there is a true need," says Bussler, director, sustainable development at TransAlta.
TransAlta volunteers will be trained by Light Up The World and Peruvian technicians on how to install the solar systems.
"I think Light Up The World will have a big impact on local communities by giving people options through greater access to cheap indoor lighting," says Patrick McNally, a mechanical engineer, in Centralia, Wash. "Recipients will have more time to read, study or finish up their day's work. I hope to gain perspective on the lives of people in the developing world. I'm excited to see the world from a perspective I wouldn't otherwise have."
TransAlta employees will install 30 systems during this nearly two-week trip and another set of volunteers will have the opportunity to finish up the project next year.
"TransAlta is excited about providing the opportunity for our people to be directly involved with installing sustainable energy sources," says de Lima. "We saw this as a great chance for employees to use their own expertise and learn something new about creating electricity."
Upon their return, the nine volunteers will share their experience from volunteering with their TransAlta peers and working and living in the Peruvian community.
About TransAlta:
TransAlta is a power generation and wholesale marketing company focused on creating long-term shareholder value. TransAlta maintains a low-to-moderate risk profile by operating a highly contracted portfolio of assets in Canada, the United States and Australia. TransAlta's focus is to efficiently operate wind, hydro, natural gas and coal facilities in order to provide customers with a reliable, low-cost source of power. For over 100 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and a proud contributor to the communities in which it works and lives. TransAlta has been selected by Sustainalytics as one of Canada's Top 50 Socially Responsible Companies since 2009 and is recognized globally for its leadership on sustainability and corporate responsibility standards by FTSE4Good.
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Email: investor_relations@transalta.com
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Life is full of so many joys, but also ups and downs, twists and turns, and at times an-all out storm that can bring us to our knees. Our faith, if we choose to embrace it, can be that lifeline that tethers us when tossed about by either our own will or the circumstances that life brings. Quite often this connection to Christ is the only certainty which keeps us from going adrift altogether. For the grace that so readily flows is available to strengthen, heal, and renew us in and within all of our relationships.
Why choose a Catholic sacramental marriage?
When my husband and I were asked to speak to a group of about 24 Pre-Cana couples about what it means to live a sacramental marriage, we felt honored but also cautiously optimistic. How do we convey the permanency and faithfulness of a vocation in a world that values instant gratification and self fulfillment over sacrifice? How do we encourage fruitfulness in a culture that seeks to limit life and the witness to life? That this call from God to live our lives in a certain way is intended to be a dynamic collaboration between you, your spouse, and God? A daunting challenge to accomplish in a mere span of 20 minutes. Yet, one most definitely worth undertaking if only to be the first to plant a seed.
Within each of the sacraments, God is doing something remarkable. Taking the ordinary stuff of life: water, oil, bread and wine, and even our vows to transform what is there to be extraordinary. Unlike other sacraments where it is the priest who is the minister of the sacrament, here it is the mutual consent to one another to accept and live this gift from God. Your full yes is the Permanent and Faithful part of this vocational call.
A sacrament is a visible sign, we say, of an invisible in-working of grace. However, the sacraments are more than a solitary event, but rather an invitation to encounter God daily in a very intimate way. As a church, while we have done an incredible job at promoting the initial reception of the sacraments, we haven't been as good at imparting what to expect after. When this happens, it is as if that grace goes unnoticed, or lies dormant awaiting our yes to God's action in our lives.
Though from the very beginning my husband and I realized the importance of God as the foundation in our marriage, it has been through the beautiful mess of life that we have experienced this grace most abundantly. The year our youngest son was born was to be undoubtedly one of the most challenging years of my life. In my third trimester, my grandmother, who was a both a pillar and close confidante, passed away suddenly from pneumonia. Unable to physically be present, I sobbed as I packed the bag I knew I could not use as travel was not in my near future. Taking the bag from my hand, my husband held me as we prayed our goodbyes together. Then 4 weeks after Thomas was born, my mom flew in welcome the latest addition — only to discover that she could not breathe. At a doctor's visit, she was told that she had stage 4 lung cancer and given but a month to live.
Meanwhile, our house was being re-sided with vinyl and new windows put into our antique home. Truthfully, I felt much like that old house — stripped and vulnerable to my core with but my husband, children, and God as my only shelter. In order to help my mom and settle details of the estate, my husband stepped up to take on both a full-time job and mine as well. Our marriage was not a 50-50 split at this point but 100-100 as each of us were giving more that we could ever imagine possible. That is because God was in the middle of it all, working alongside and enabling us to do the impossible.
That spring, we would soon discover that it would be my turn to take the reins as we received news of his imminent deployment to Iraq and selection to fly the Apache right into the worst of it. We made the necessary preparations and continually prayed that God would work it all out for good. And did He ever! My husband leaned into God, praying the Rosary that each of the men and women under his command would go home if it was God's will. One by one, all but two were released, when my husband fully lifted up his own deployment status. Standing in front of the flight surgeon with the deploy stamp in hand, his shoulder x-ray was examined again. Given the choice to have the tear repaired there or return home to Boston, he knew God had intervened.
So many times things don't go as we have planned, and others where we discover God's plan is so much better than our own. Including God enables us to love and carry beyond our own abilities, desire to want what is best for one another and to remain faithful as God has proven to be. 25 years later, how thankful I am that God is part of this journey and vocation in life!
Elizabeth Reardon is Director of Parish Ministries and Pastoral Associate for the Collaborative Parishes of Resurrection & St. Paul in Hingham, Massachusetts; a wife and mother of three, and writer at TheologyIsAVerb.com. Her writing is an invitation to seek and create space for God in the midst of the busyness of everyday life.


Sticky-sweet grilled pineapples are delish on their own, but placed atop a fluffy cream cheese tart, they create a dessert to remember—and recreate!
Microwave butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 sec. Add marshmallows; toss lightly. Microwave on HIGH 1 min. or until marshmallows are completely melted, stirring after 30 sec. Add cereal; mix lightly to coat. Press firmly onto bottom and up side of lightly greased 9-inch tart mold or pie plate to form crust.
Beat cream cheese and ginger in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended and creamy. Add whipped topping; beat on low speed 1 min. or just until blended. Spread mixture evenly over crust; refrigerate.
Lightly grease grill grates. Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Cut each pineapple quarter lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices; place in medium bowl. Sprinkle sugar over pineapple slices; mix well. Let stand 5 min. Place pineapple on grill; cook 2 to 3 min. on each side or until tender. Cool completely. Arrange grilled pineapple slices over chilled tart to serve.
Buy pineapples that are slightly soft to the touch and show no signs of greening. The stems should have a sweet smell.
Crust can be made a day ahead and kept wrapped at room temperature. If filling is made ahead it should be kept covered and refrigerated; let stand at room temperature for 20 min. or until softened before spreading over crust.
When cooking on charcoal grills, allow 30 to 40 min. for the lit coals to heat up before cooking. The coals are ready when covered with a fine gray ash. If the fire is too hot, use tongs to spread out the coals. Or, for a hotter fire push the coals closer together. When cooking on gas grills, preheat the grill for about 10 min. on high heat before using. Then, adjust the heat as directed in recipe.


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The Movie Isle
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Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber's Stretch (KL Studio Classics)
by A.W. Kautzer
The Action Comedy Stretch finally makes its debut on Blu-Ray. Kino Lorber has packed the Joe Carnahan directed film with some great extras.
Joe Carnahan's Stretch reteams him with Patrick Wilson as a put-upon Limo Driver during a wild 24-hour day in his life. The results are down-and-dirty action-comedy fun.
Stretch (Wilson) is a double-down on his luck Actor turned Limo driver in LA. A gambling debt and inability to get around himself Stretch has till Midnight to deliver $6,000, which he doesn't have, to his bookie or its lights out. With the aid of the Limo Dispatcher Charlie (Jessica Alba), Stretch thinks that he can strike it lucky. Billionaire lunatic Roger Karos (Chris Pine) may be the answer or his worst nightmare offering up a deal.
Part of the fun is the anything-goes nature of Stretch. Made in the vein of Scorsese's After Hours and other ticking-clock narratives. The film moves from moment to moment with new characters and issues for Stretch to deal with. The pile on that happens throughout the story is one of the delights that Carnahan has in store for the audience. Part action and part comedy, Carnahan shows adept ability to shift back and forth and meld the two with style.
Wilson is hilarious as the put-upon Limo driver that's in a tailspin he can't seem to stop. Few actors know how to take a beating and do so in a comedic fashion. Wilson does so with aplomb and charm relishing each of the moments he's beaten, humiliated, thrown, and generally just kicked in the balls for 90-minutes. There's a charm to the way that Wilson approaches the film with no vanity.
The film understands the dictum that "more is more" with wild cameos by Pine, Ed Helms, Ray Liotta, Norman Reedus, Shaun White, and of course David Hasselhoff. Each brings their A-Game in the scenes they're in but it is The Hoff that steals the show with a overwroughtly appropriate monologue. Though Reedus's moment is somehow both shocking and apropo for The Walking Dead Actor.
Stretch is a hilarious and wild action-comedy that is sure to make new fans of those that have not seen it.
The film was beautifully shot in Los Angeles and the Kino Lorber Blu-Ray presents that image perfectly. The transfer provided by Universal is perfect. The sharpness, color reproduction, and contrast levels are reference levels. The image grading gives the film a shot on 35mm look (though it was shot with an Arri Alexa – if IMDb is to be believed).
They include the following;
Audio Commentary by Writer/Producer/Director Joe Carnahan with His Daughter Maile Carnahan and His Son Rockne Carnahan
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Eddy Von Mueller
Drive He Said with Patrick Wilson
The newly recorded commentary from Carnahan with his children Maile and Rockne. Carnahan hosts a rowdy, fun, and informative track. Details include how the film came to be working with Blumhouse, the filming locations in and around Los Angeles, shooting an action-comedy for $5 million, Maile's and Rockne's experience on set and what they did during the production, the cameos that fill the film, the humor of the piece, Ray Liotta's cameo (including a little inside joke), the changing of editors, Chris Pine's hilariously filthy entrance, the use of songs on the soundtrack (the intended tracks they couldn't afford), two gag reels (one that can be found online), Seijun Suzuki influence, the lack of a theatrical release, Carnahan's feelings about the film now, and much more. Make sure to stick around for the end credits as the trio does talk through the credits. It's a great track.
The other newly recorded commentary track by Eddy Von Mueller. Von Mueller's track is a very detailed informative track. Details include a dissection of how the cast and crew came together for this low-budget comedy, how cameos, narration, and other items work in the lower-budget world, how the Blumhouse production scheme works in detail, the troupes that the film uses (eg the white male losing their shit), the Hollywood/Celebrity machine and how it relates to the film, the "ticking clock" narrative format, the career of Joe Carnahan, and much more. The track is a truly informative and educational track that's entertaining especially if you're looking for something that is more about the mechanisms of making a film, independent cinema, and studio-produced products.
Drive He Said with Patrick Wilson (12:21) – the interview filmed during COVID-19 via Zoom with the Star. Wilson has a great time recounting the how he got involved with Stretch, the production, working with Chris Pine, Jessica Alba, some great anecdotes, and so much more.
Rounding out the special features are trailers for Stretch (1:27), The Veil (1:29), Thursday (2:06), Hollywoodland (2:09)
Stretch is good dirty R-Rated fun. KL has given the release a beautiful release. High Recommendations!!!
Kino Lorber's Blu-Ray of Stretch is out January 12th
TagsAction • action comedy • Blu-Ray • Blumhouse • Brooklyn Decker • Comedy • David Hasselhoff • featured • James Badge Dale • Jason Mantzoukas • Jessica Alba • Joe Carnahan • Kino Lorber • KL Studio Classics • Norman Reedus • Patrick Wilson • Randy Couture • Ray Liotta • Shaun White • Stretch • ticking clock


Watson Falls on the North Umpqua features a 272-foot cascade into the snow. The falls are located off Highway 138.
Upper Proxy Falls, located near Mckenzie Pass east of Eugene, can be visited during winter with a long snowshoe or ski trip.
Tumalo Falls roars into the snowy canyon below. The falls can be reached in winter via the Road 4603 Trail.
Paulina Creek Falls in the snow and ice.
Salt Creek Falls in winter of 2011.
Jordan Hackworth's photo of Tamanawas Falls, located on Mount Hood, was named the best picture of the 2012-13 winter season in the Statesman Journal's Winter Waterfall Hunting photography contest. The picture was taken Jan. 12, 2013. The falls should see some snow with the current storm.
Winter waterfall hunting season has arrived in Oregon's Cascade Range.
That means for those who love adventure, it's time to visit Oregon's booming waterfalls covered in snow and ice.
Here are the best hikes or snowshoe trips to Oregon waterfalls covered in snow, including directions. All of the waterfalls featured here can be found off mountain highways that are typically plowed.
Even so, take every precaution before making the trip. Check conditions at TripCheck before leaving the house and make sure your car is equipped for winter travel.
A snow gate on McKenzie Highway 242 blocks access to this famous pair of waterfalls from November to June, but by bringing snowshoes, skis or waterproof boots, Proxy Falls makes a popular wintertime adventure east of Eugene.
After reaching the snow gate on Highway 242, park off to the side and hike, snowshoe or or ski up the scenic highway for 2.5 miles to reach the Proxy Falls Trailhead on the right.
The 2-mile loop winds through lava fields and old-growth forest to a view of Upper and Lower Proxy Falls. All told, it's a journey of 7 miles.
Directions (from Eugene): Follow Highway 126 east for 55 miles, past McKenzie Bridge and Blue River, to Highway 242. Drive up to the snow gate and park on the side of the road.
The third-tallest waterfall in Oregon drops off sheer basalt cliffs like a thin string of silver rope, plummeting 272 feet into Southern Oregon's Umpqua National Forest.
The winter hike to Watson Falls is probably the most easy and scenic on this list, but with a lower elevation, good snow conditions don't happen that often.
Even so, Watson Falls has easy access off Highway 138 east of Roseburg (or west of Diamond Lake) and only requires a short one-mile loop hike. Even if it's not covered in snow, it's still an incredible short winter hike.
After hitting Watson Falls, consider Toketee Falls just two miles away, or destinations like Crater and Diamond lakes, Umpqua Hot Springs and many of the beautiful waterfalls off Highway 138.
Directions: From I-5 in Roseburg, take exit 124 for the North Umpqua River and OR 138. Follow signs for Diamond Lake through downtown Roseburg and continue east on OR 138 to milepost 61, then turn right (south) onto FR 37. The trailhead parking lot is just down FR 37.
A trip to Newberry Caldera and snowy Paulina Creek Falls offers a full-day adventure in winter via skis, snowshoes or a snowmobile.
Ten Mile Sno-Park, roughly 35 miles southeast of Bend, is the access point to reach this duo of 80-foot waterfalls.
A snowmobile trail leads to the falls following the entrance road.
Those on skis or snowshoes can follow a loop trail along both sides of the creek on a 6.8-mile journey.
The trip requires a long drive from the Willamette Valley, but the higher elevation also makes for more reliable snow conditions, and there's plenty to do in nearby Bend.
Directions: From Bend, travel south on Highway 97 for roughly 24 miles, then turn left (east) and follow County Road 21 for 10 miles to Ten Mile Sno-Park.
This classic trek begins at one of three places off Highway 126, east of McKenzie Bridge. Carmen Reservoir Road is typically the best option for accessing the trails.
Wherever you start, snowshoeing is normally best. Follow the Waterfalls Trail and McKenzie River Trail on both sides of the river, using a bridge north of Sahalie Falls and Carmen Reservoir to connect the loop.
Directions (from Salem): Follow Highway 22 east, past Detroit, to Santiam Junction. Then follow Highway 20 and 126 south to milepost 5. Signs alert you to the upcoming viewpoint/trailhead. If the snow is too deep, you can also begin the hike on Carmen Reservoir Road.
A beautiful hike in any season along Cold Springs Creek, though old-growth forest and over wooden footbridges, leads to this 100-foot waterfall.
In winter snow, the trek is nothing short of spectacular.
The hike is 4 miles round-trip, which is nice because it gets you out and away from the highway noise, and the waterfall payoff is stunning.
Follow East Fork Trail for half a mile, then be on the lookout for a junction with Cold Springs Trail, where you turn left and hike another 1.4 miles to the falls.
Directions: From Hood River or Government Camp, follow Highway 35 to milepost 72 to a large parking area and trailhead, which usually stays plowed out in winter.
In summer, 89-foot Tumalo Falls can be reached with a short drive from Bend and is among the city's more popular hangouts.
By winter, however, the road is covered with snow, and the best way to reach this Central Oregon gem is with a scenic 5- or 7-mile trip on skis.
From Skyliners Sno-Park, Road 4603 Trail runs 5 miles out-and-back to the falls. A more challenging (and scenic) option is 7 miles out-and-back on Tumalo Creek Trail.
Directions: From Bend, follow Skyliners Road 10 miles west to its end at a yellow gate. There is room for five cars in small parking area and additional parking back down the road.
The chance to discover one of Oregon's tallest waterfalls covered in snow and ice is one of Oregon's great adventures and best easy snowshoeing trips.
The bonus is that once you reach 286-foot Salt Creek Falls, there are more winter waterfalls to be found on a loop that leads deeper into the forest.
From Salt Creek Sno-Park off Highway 58 near Willamette Pass — a two-hour drive from Salem — the easy trail follows a summer access road 1.4 miles round-trip to Salt Creek Falls overlook.
Not enough? From the overlook, the 5-mile Diamond Creek Falls Loop dives into deep and silent forest, crossing snowy bridges and following the creek past Diamond Creek Falls and back.
Directions: From I-5 in Eugene, take exit 188 onto Highway 58 east. Follow Highway 58 east for 57 miles, past Oakridge. At milepost 57, turn right at a sign for Salt Creek Falls/sno park.


Hi, my name is James Petersen. When I'm not hacking away at a mobile applications I keeping up on the latest tech hardware, software and gadgets. I enjoy learning the newest programming languages so I can be a resource to others.
When I'm not hacking away at a mobile applications I'm keeping up on the latest tech hardware, software and gadgets. I enjoys learning the newest programming languages so I can be a resource to others.
SQL DB Management and IIS n-tier web application development and support.
Contracted to develop the Geekli.st iPhone application to allow users to interact with other users. App developed using Objective-C with use of the Geekli.st API developed in Node.js.
Developed mobile applications for iPhone and iPad for various clients including a bio-tech firm based in San Francisco.
Maintained 15+ employee computers and network attached storage. Helped increase productivity with centralized file storage, resulting in higher quality of work for clients.
Installed, administered and maintained six Dell servers and three VMWare ESXi servers in a local data storage facility.
Maintained a VoIP phone system handling 15+ extensions.
Developed shipment tracking system in VB.net as well as maintained multiple websites in ASP.net for the company, which resulted in better customer service.
Developed an online accounting platform in PHP and MySQL.
Maintained a server array of 12 servers in a local data storage facility. Maintained computers in the office as well as the phone system.
Finished school early by taking the California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE).