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What Does it Mean to be Southern in 2018?
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Some aspects of Southern life are nearly universal and date back to descriptions over a century old. Mark Twain briefly joined an ad hoc Confederate militia hunting for Yankees they never found, but in his description of their several-day adventure, after which Twain quit the militia, he describes the welcome and the breakfast the several members of the self-formed militia met at a farm house — a breakfast with eggs, fresh biscuits, grits, and two kinds of pig meat, butter and jam. Big breakfasts are still a quintessential Southern experience today, and a century from now, Southerners will likely still eat big breakfasts. Southern life was and remains more about who you know than what you know in many areas of life, unlike life in New York, where personal connections open doors, but only competitive competency and some measure of luck keeps one in a job. Laws are more like rules of thumb down here, with privilege playing an unjust role in many individual circumstances, not just in matters related to race and class, but also whether your uncle Bill is still a county deputy. While that politic of relationship may change over time, I don't expect to see it disappear during my lifetime. Other aspects of Southern life that seem perennial include a deep love for hound dogs, women who pay a great deal of attention to grooming, more than in other regions of the country, and a large gap between publicly-declared moral codes and private behavior — Southerners continue on the whole to sin on Saturday night at the honky-tonk and repent on Sunday morning in the church pew. That cognitive dissonance doesn't seem headed out of town any time soon, though a girl can hope. The South has always worked hard but values leisure time, cherishing lazy afternoons. And I show myself as a Yankee every time I ask for "unsweet" iced tea — because iced tea without sweetener is just a Southern heresy. None of that is going away in the near future. These cultural phenomena are not universal. Not every woman grooms for three hours before a date. Not everyone loves a good hunting dog down here. But they are norms — and the South tends to change slowly when it changes at all.
White Southerners two years ago — how many feel this enthusiasm today?
Nobody in the land of political punditry was terribly surprised that formerly Confederate states voted for Donald Trump in the last election. He was, after all, employing Goldwater's "Southern Strategy" of race-baiting and xenophobia — and there are enough registered voters in the South who see brown people foreign and domestic as the reason things aren't working out for them. They believe their local jobs have gone to immigrants, rather than have been relocated overseas to countries where human rights are not respected. They don't distinguish clearly between the Islam of Malala Yousafzai, who got shot in the face by the Taliban, and the Islam of the member of the Taliban who shot her in the face, and rather than assuming that Malala's Islam is the predominant view of the religion on matters personal and political, they assume, with a great deal of help from a fear-mongering television network, that it is the Taliban's view that predominates (it does not). The Trump campaign message got rid of the dog-whistle in dog-whistle racism, as nothing could be clearer than declaring Mexican immigrants rapists with "some, I assume, are good people" tacked on at the end — translation: I know Mexicans are rapists, but I can only assume that this is not universal because I only see Mexicans as rapists. His calling women who opposed him "nasty" or talking pejoratively about "blood coming out of her whatever" — that plays on old-school Southern sexism, applied by those who practice it in either smiling and condescending false chivalry toward "ladies," and applied aggressively and menacingly toward women who have opinions that differ from their own — like the man from Alabama who called me a "cunt" recently for believing Roy Moore's accusers. Most men in the South seem to respect women, though they may not understand them all that well. But for a certain segment of the population of Southern states, the sexism and racism of the Trump campaign wasn't a bug — it was a feature. For some Southerners, some white Southerners, Trump's call to make America great again was a call back to a social system that discounted the majority of the human race as child-like or inherently criminal. Not all Southerners ascribed to this vision of a great America, but enough did.
Neither was it a surprise to see a ban on transgender bathroom access emanating in the South. The South likes ladies a lot, but not ladies who used to be gentlemen. Regional fear-mongering made some fear rapists would use this as an excuse (despite a significant number of people reluctant to believe women who come forward to report rape as it is actually likely to happen. That such ideas would particularly take hold in small Southern towns is not surprising. The South was behaving predictably, showing a preference of traditional notions of gender and gender roles over any acknowledgment of changes actually taking place in their own communities. As Hannah Rosin showed in her book The End of Men, where big changes actually take place in what women do and what men do in the South at about the same rate as they do in the North, in the South, the rhetoric about gender remains largely unchanged in many communities — even if the majority of women in a Southern town work outside the home, the rhetoric about women's roles sound like a reflection of expectations not lived for the last 50 years.
But then, as the nation polarized during and after the 2016 election, and intellectuals read Hillbilly Elegy in an attempt to understand what hit them, something shifted. Almost exactly a year ago, women all over the country, including in the South, marched in pink hats to reject the rhetoric of Trump and his political agenda for women, not just for women. When Trump signed an (unconstitutional) Muslim immigration ban, thousands of people spontaneously ran to the airport to protest, not just in places where one might expect leftist radicals, like San Francisco and New York, but at Atlanta and Kansas City airports as well. Was it Southern to reject the idea that Mexicans were rapists and Muslims? What had happened to the people who had overwhelmingly voted in Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri for the Trump agenda?
How many Southerners felt these men spoke for them?
Then, in Virginia, after a group of out-of-town Nazis arrived in Charlottesville to terrorize (and kill one of) their political opponents with the explicit approval of Donald Trump, who called them "very fine people," it was as if a switch flipped. In that same Virginia, which had voted for Trump in 2016, the state flipped like a cosmic morality lesson. Not only did they take the governor's house, the lieutenant governor's house, and the attorney general's job, they (pending a court battle) seem to have taken the Virginia House of Delegates Republican majority away. But it wasn't just that the tide turned against Republicans. A man whose girlfriend had gotten shot ran against a pro-NRA candidate and won. A transgender candidate won against a man trying to ban her from certain bathrooms and won — not while talking about gender, while talking about traffic problems in the community. And multiple candidates of color won against overtly racist candidates. It was as if Virginia was as good as its slogan: it really was for lovers, not haters chanting "Jews will not replace us."
And then there was Roy Moore, bless his heart. He wore a cowboy hat inspired by Toy Story, waved a gun around at his rally, excused his predatory sexual behavior with teenagers by saying he always got a girl's momma's permission to date a high schooler before he did in his thirties, who got compared to Jesus (!) by pastors who saw him as a persecuted victim when (Republican) now-adult women came forward despite death threats (!) to talk about his sex crimes against them, and rode a horse he didn't know how to ride to go vote for himself on election day. He got beat by a guy who prosecuted the Birmingham Church KKK terrorist bombers The first Democrat to serve in the United States Senate to serve in decades just got sworn in a couple of hours ago. Alabama's politics have been ugly for quite some time, rife with corruption and race-baiting, much uglier than the good nature of most of the people of the state, but now, they have elected a man who is a pillar of the community and who has just hired one of the few African-American chiefs of staff on Capitol Hill.
What happened to the South? My own wonderful town, New Orleans, took down the Confederate monuments. They did this despite death threats to construction crews assigned to the work and menacing demonstrations by white supremacists from out of town — though not so far out of town as the Charlottesville protesters. KKK poster boy David Duke lives fifteen minutes away from what used to be called Lee Circle. And New Orleans elected its first woman mayor. Atlanta elected a black woman mayor. And when climate-denying crazy bag-lady-with-a-nice-blonde-blowout Ann Coulter asked whether having a lesbian mayor caused Hurricane Harvey to hit Houston, Texas resoundingly rejected her remarks. Yes, I'm talking about Texas, a place as Republican as a Mercury Astronaut drinking Tang astride an electric bull while Ted Nugent plays guitar!
Something happened in the South last year. What exactly was it?
I have a theory. As a carpetbagger, I have had an outsider's point of view as I reside below the Mason-Dixon line, and consequently, I believe I witnessed a cultural realization, however incident-specific and/or temporary it may be. As I observed earlier, the South talks a serious game of rigid cultural morality, but they don't live out that morality as preached. In his book Everybody Lies Seth Sephens-Davidowitz confirms, for instance, that while Southerners are much more likely to say they don't like homosexuality and don't believe they know people who are homosexual, the South watches as much gay porn as the North does. While Southern pulpits speak passionately against heterosexual promiscuity, and pews are usually filled with people to shout "Amen," the five states with the highest rates of STDs are all Southern. It's as if Southerners like the abstract idea of an all-hetero-virgin-before-wedding-night community, but in life, they are not prepared to live out the moral standards they claim to espouse for themselves and want to impose upon everyone in America. Could it be that this gap between actually living out the imagined cultural standard in sexual matters and the standard itself exists in other parts of Southern thinking about social norms?
My theory is this: A lot of Southerners liked the rhetoric of Donald Trump until somebody tried to live it out. Getting rid of Mexicans (remember — they're rapists) might sound good until you see the picture of a child crying while his mother gets handcuffed by ICE. The idea of embracing something called "white pride" sounds appealing until you see those terrorists in khakis and Tiki torches attacking non-violent protesters in Virginia. Swaggering around calling women nasty sounds great until you realize the people calling others nasty are nastier than the accused women, and maybe you elected some. Banning transgendered people from bathrooms sounds like common sense until you meet an inoffensive customer at the big box store who isn't allowed to use the restroom, and a mannish-looking biological woman gets arrested for using the ladies' room, and all of a sudden what seemed like common sense seems unneighborly and unnecessary. We are more than fifty years since John Lewis crossed the bridge in Selma. A lot of Southern white people have forgotten what lived-out Southern bigotry looks like in person, and it isn't great , it isn't American, and seen up close, it won't make America great again. Having seen it and confronting its real implications, many Southerners are quietly and privately revising their commitment to Trump's stated values.
There are counterarguments to what I am saying. The voters for Roy Moore were overwhelmingly white, and the voters for his opponent, newly-seated Senator Doug Jones were disproportionately black. Trump's base has not eroded so much that he does command respect from about a third of Americans polled, and a lot of those people live in the South. But a lot of people who weren't involved, weren't paying attention, shrugged their shoulders, talking about not trusting politicians are now paying attention, asking questions, getting organized, and going out to vote.
If making America great again means splitting up families, shaming peaceful members of the community who expose the truth of gender and sex in the South, insulting women who work and express opinions, and revering as contemporary role models people who fought to keep slavery, increasingly, Southerners are doing what Huckleberry Finn did when confronting his conscience about the runaway slave Jim. A month ago, when Steve Bannon said, "there's a special place in hell for Republicans who don't support Roy Moore," Kyle Whitmire, an Alabaman journalist whose columns are picked up by multiple newspapers in the state, tweeted the famous words from Mark Twain's great American novel out of the mouth of Huckleberry Finn in response to Bannon: "All right then. I'll go to Hell."
This quotation from the novel about the moral growth of its unlikely hero suits the South in this time as perhaps never before. The South seems to be saying to itself "all right then." Transgender people are against God's law, and normalizing their lives is sinful? All right then. I'll go to Hell. Gay couples want a wedding cake for a marriage or a respectful mortuary for a funeral, and gay marriage is unscriptural? All right then. I'll go to Hell. Women ought to know their place and not try to run things — after all, the Bible says, "Thou shalt not suffer a woman to teach"? All right then. I'll go to Hell. Treating undocumented immigrants is unpatriotic, and breaking up their families is legal? All right then. I'll go to Hell.
The South as a whole may NOT have questioned the overarching validity of abstract stated goals of the campaign of Donald Trump, but one person by one, Southerners are walking away from the MAGA rally. Racism still exists in the South. Sexism and homophobia still exist in the South. An abiding belief that poor people are lazy still exists here, too. But Southerners are just not mean enough as a group to really get behind the lived-out oppressions this administration intends to enact if left unchecked. Perhaps more Southerners who voted for Trump heard "drain the swamp" and thought the Donald had correctly diagnosed a problem, and he had conveniently blamed people that most Southern whites consider "other" for all of it. But when it comes to solutions, this administration offers few of them that Southerners seem prepared to abide.
All right then.


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© Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart of the Cumhuriyet (L) hugs his wife after being freed from Silivri prison on July 28, 2017 following a Turkish court order to free the seven defendants. The hugely controversial trial in Istanbul of 17 writers, cartoonists and executives from the Cumhuriyet daily newspaper on "terror" charges -- ridiculed as absurd by supporters -- began earlier this week. After five days of intense hearings, the judge ordered that seven suspects, including cartoonist Musa Kart, be released ahead of the next hearing under judicial supervision, meaning they have to report to the authorities regularly. / AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by YASIN AKGUL has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart of the Cumhuriyet (L) hugs his wife after being freed from Silivri prison on July 28, 2017 following a Turkish court order to free the seven defendants.] instead of [Supporters hoist posters while they wait for the release of seven people from Silivri prison in Istanbul on July 28, 2017 following a Turkish court order to free the defendants. ]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP/Getty Images)
Courts in Turkey being used to strangle media freedom
Responding to the decision of a Turkish first instance appeals court to uphold the conviction of journalists and executives from the Cumhuriyet newspaper, Amnesty International's Turkey Strategy and Research Manager, Andrew Gardner said:
"Today's ruling to send the former Cumhuriyet staff back to prison exposes yet again the way in which politically motivated trials and unsound court decisions are simply rubber stamped by an equally biased appeals process.
"The prosecution of scores of journalists and other media workers is an ongoing affront to press freedom and to justice. By using the courts to increase their stranglehold on the media, the authorities have once again displayed the ugly side of Turkey's broken judicial system. This should ring alarm bells for anyone who cares about freedom of expression."
According to one of the lawyers in the case former Cumhuriyet staff, journalist Hakan Karasinir, cartoonist Musa Kart, lawyers Bülent Utku and Mustafa Kemal Güngor, readers' ombudsman Güray Öz, executive Önder Çelik and accountant Emre İper will be sent back to prison to complete their sentences, all of which are less than five years.
The paper's former editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu, former investigative journalist Ahmet Şık who is now an opposition MP, Hikmet Çetinkaya, Orhan Erinç, executive Akın Atalay and veteran columnist Aydın Engin will appeal against their sentences, all longer than five years, at a higher court.

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\section{Formulation of the theorem}

Let $\phi: [\alpha_1,\alpha_2]\rightarrow [\beta_1,\beta_2]$ be a
continuous increasing function and let $\psi: [\beta_1,\beta_2
]\rightarrow [\alpha_1,\alpha_2]$ be its inverse,
$\psi(\phi(\alpha))=\alpha$ (so that $\phi(\alpha_i)=\beta_i$,
$i=1,2$).
Define
\begin{equation}
F(a,b)=\int_{\alpha_1}^{a}\phi \, {\rm d} x+\int_{\beta_1}^{b}\psi \,
{\rm d} x-a b+\alpha_1\beta_1.
\end{equation}
 Young's inequality \cite{hardy34,diaz70,mitrinovic93} states that for every $a \in [\alpha_1, \alpha_2]$ and $b\in [\beta_1,\beta_2]$
\begin{equation}
0\le F(a,b),
\end{equation}
where the equality holds iff $\phi(a)=b$ (or, equivalently,
$\psi(b)=a$).

Among the classical inequalities Young's inequality is probably the
most intuitive. Indeed, its meaning can be  easily grasped once the
integrals are regarded as areas below and on the left of the graph
of $\phi$ (see, for instance, \cite{tolsted64}). Despite its
simplicity, it has profound consequences. For instance, the Cauchy,
Holder and Minkowski inequalities can be easily derived from it
\cite{tolsted64}.

In this work I am going to improve Young's inequality as follows

\begin{theorem} \label{ksd}
Under the  assumptions of Young's inequality, we have  for every $a
\in [\alpha_1,\alpha_2]$ and $b\in [\beta_1,\beta_2]$,
\begin{equation} \label{pdf}
0\le F(a,b)\le -(\psi(b)-a)(\phi(a)-b).
\end{equation}
where the former equality holds if and only if the latter equality
holds.
\end{theorem}

Note that the theorem contains Young's inequality as a special case,
with the advantage that the equality case is naturally taken into
account by the special form of the upper bound. For instance, if
$\psi(b)=a$ then $F(a,b)=0$  which is one of the additional
statements contained in the classical formulation of Young's
inequality. Nevertheless, I will not prove again Young's inequality,
instead I will use  it repeatedly to obtain the  extended version
given by theorem \ref{ksd}.

\begin{remark}
Over the years several extensions of Young's inequality have been
considered. A good account is given by \cite{mitrinovic93}. Among
those only M. Merkle's contribution \cite{merkle74} seems to go in
the same direction considered by this work. Theorem \ref{ksd}
improves Merkle's result, which in the case $\alpha_1=\beta_1=0$
states that (notation of this work)
\[F(a,b) \le \max\{a\phi(a), b\psi(b)\}-ab.\] Indeed,  the last term
of (\ref{pdf}) can be rewritten
\[
[a\phi(a)+b\psi(b)-\phi(a)\psi(b)]-ab,
\]
and we have only to show that
\[
a\phi(a)+b\psi(b)-\phi(a)\psi(b) \le  \max\{a\phi(a), b\psi(b)\},
\]
and that for some $a,b$, the inequality is strict. Indeed, if
$\phi(a)> b$ then, since $\phi$ and $\psi$ are one the inverse of
the other, $a > \psi(b)$ and thus $a\phi(a) > b\psi(b)$. Then
\[
a\phi(a)+b\psi(b)-\phi(a)\psi(b)= a \phi(a)+(b-\phi(a)) \psi(b) <
a\phi(a) = \max\{a\phi(a), b\psi(b)\}
\]
The case $\phi(a)< b$ gives again a strict inequality while the case
$\phi(a)=b$ gives an equality.
\end{remark}

\section{The proof}

The proof of theorem \ref{ksd} is based on the next lemma

\begin{lemma} \label{jhs}
For every $a, \tilde{a} \in [\alpha_1,\alpha_2]$ and $b, \tilde{b}
\in [\beta_1,\beta_2]$, we have
\begin{equation} \label{ouy}
 F(a,b)+F(\tilde{a},\tilde{b})\ge -(\tilde{a}-a)(\tilde{b}-b),
\end{equation}
where the equality holds iff $\tilde{a}=\psi(b)$ and
$\tilde{b}=\phi(a)$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Young's inequality gives
\begin{align}
\int_{\alpha_1}^{a}\phi \, {\rm d} x+\int_{\beta_1}^{\tilde{b}} \psi \,
{\rm d} x+\alpha_1\beta_1&\ge a
\tilde{b} \label{j1}\\
\int_{\alpha_1}^{\tilde{a} }\phi \, {\rm d} x+\int_{\beta_1}^{b}\psi \,
{\rm d} x+\alpha_1\beta_1& \ge  \tilde{a} b \label{j2}
\end{align}
then
\begin{align*}
&[\int_{\alpha_1}^{a}\phi \, {\rm d} x+\int_{\beta_1}^{b}\psi \, {\rm d} x-a
b+\alpha_1\beta_1]+[\int_{\alpha_1}^{\tilde{a}}\phi \, {\rm d}
x+\int_{\beta_1}^{\tilde{b}}\psi \, {\rm d}
x-\tilde{a} \tilde{b}+\alpha_1\beta_1]\\
&= [\int_{\alpha_1}^{a}\phi \, {\rm d} x+\int_{\beta_1}^{\tilde{b}}\psi
\, {\rm d} x+\alpha_1\beta_1]+[\int_{\alpha_1}^{\tilde{a}}\phi \, {\rm d}
x+\int_{\beta_1}^{b}\psi \, {\rm d} x+\alpha_1\beta_1]-ab-\tilde{a} \tilde{b} \\
&\ge a \tilde{b} + \tilde{a} b-ab-\tilde{a}
\tilde{b}=-(\tilde{a}-a)(\tilde{b}-b).
\end{align*}
The equality holds iff it holds in  (\ref{j1}) and (\ref{j2}), that
is iff $\tilde{a}=\psi(b)$ and $\tilde{b}=\phi(a)$.
\end{proof}

We are ready to prove the theorem

\begin{proof}[Proof of theorem \ref{ksd}]
Consider  (\ref{ouy})   with $\tilde{a}=\psi(b)$ and
$\tilde{b}=\phi(a)$
\[
F(a,b)+F(\psi(b),\phi(a))= -(\psi(b)-a)(\phi(a)-b).
\]
By Young's inequality, since $\psi(b) \in [\alpha_1,\alpha_2]$ and
$\phi(a) \in [\beta_1,\beta_2]$, $F(\psi(b),\phi(a))\ge 0$, thus
\[
F(a,b)\le -(\phi(a)-b)(\psi(b)-a).
\]
The equality holds iff $F(\psi(b),\phi(a))=0$ which holds, again by
the usual Young's inequality, iff $\phi(\psi(b))=\phi(a)$ i.e.
$b=\phi(a)$ (or equivalently $a=\psi(b)$), which holds iff the
inequality $F(a,b)\ge 0$ is actually an equality.

\end{proof}

\section{The Legendre transform}

It is worthwhile to recall the connection with the Legendre
transform. If $\Phi:[\alpha_1, \alpha_2] \to \mathbb{R} $ and
$\Psi:[\beta_1, \beta_2] \to \mathbb{R} $ are two $C^1$ functions
with increasing derivatives such that  they are  the Legendre
transform of each other then it is well known that they admit the
integral representation $\Phi(a)=\Phi(\alpha_1)+\int_{\alpha_1}^a
\phi \,{\rm d} x$, $\Psi(b)=\Psi(\beta_1)+\int_{\beta_1}^b \psi\, {\rm d} x$
where $\phi$ and $\psi$ are two $C^{0}$ increasing function which
are one the inverse of the other, $\beta_1=\phi(\alpha_1)$ and
$\Phi(\alpha_1)+\Psi(\beta_1)=\alpha_1\beta_1$. Thus the theorem for
the Legendre transforms case takes the following form

\begin{theorem}
If $\Phi:[\alpha_1, \alpha_2] \to \mathbb{R} $ and $\Psi:[\beta_1,
\beta_2] \to \mathbb{R} $ are two $C^1$ functions with increasing
derivatives such that  they are  the Legendre transform of each
other, then for every $a \in [\alpha_1, \alpha_2]$, $b \in [\beta_1,
\beta_2] $
\begin{equation} \label{pdf2}
0\le \Phi(a)+\Psi(b)-a b\le -(\Phi'(a)-b)(\Psi'(b)-a),
\end{equation}
where the former equality holds iff the latter equality holds.
\end{theorem}

\begin{example}
Take $\Phi(a)=\frac{a^{\alpha}}{\alpha}$ and
$\Psi(b)=\frac{b^{\beta}}{\beta}$ with
$\frac{1}{\alpha}+\frac{1}{\beta}=1$, and $\alpha,\beta>1$, then we
obtain the inequalities
\begin{equation}
0\le \frac{a^{\alpha}}{\alpha}+\frac{b^{\beta}}{\beta}-ab\le
-(a^{\alpha-1}-b)(b^{\beta-1}-a),
\end{equation}
in particular the last inequality can be rewritten
\[
b^{\beta-1} a^{\alpha-1}  \le
\frac{1}{\alpha}\,b^{\beta}+\frac{1}{\beta}\,
a^{\alpha}=\frac{1}{\alpha}\,(b^{\beta-1})^{\alpha}+\frac{1}{\beta}\,
(a^{\alpha-1})^{\beta},
\]
\end{example}
that is, it has as expected the same form of Young's inequality.

\section*{Acknowledgments}
This work has been partially supported by GNFM of INDAM and by MIUR
under project PRIN 2005 from Universit\`a di Camerino.

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100% Renewable Energy
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Region, State, District
City, Town, Village
Target Achieved
Tag: Italy
Brunico (Bruneck), Italy
Target: 100% renewable energy
Status: Achieved
RES: Solar thermal systems, solar photovoltaics, small hydro plants, biomass plant, biogas plant, and district heating network.
Implementation: Brunico, Italy is a town in South Tyrol. Today, the town is producing more electricity and heat than it consumes. It has an array of renewable energy systems installed. For heating, it has 840 m² of rooftop solar thermal systems supplying water heating, a 120 km district heating network fed by a 9 MW biomass plant and a 1.5 MW biogas plant near a landfill site supplies heat for more than 2000 buildings. Electricity for around 1500 families comes from 3 MW of rooftop photovoltaic panels, small hydro plants totalling 4.4 MW, and a 20 MW biogas plant that is fed by wood waste. The town additionally has a large 46.3 MW hydro project from its prior electricity system that is not counted toward the renewable energy total. The elementary school and fire station are entirely energy independent with their solar PV installations of 32 kW and 64 kW respectively. Brunico's School Centre is additionally able to meet part of its heating requirements with 750 m² of vacuum tube collectors that heat up 3000 m³ of undeground tanks. The hot water is pumped through radiators and radiant floor heating panels.
To support Brunico's renewable energy commitment, town policy requires that all local buildings meet up to 25% of their own energy needs with renewable sources, including 50% of their hot water demand. Italy's feed-in tariff law, like the German feed-in tariff provides a great incentive to the town. The law guarantees connection to the grid for renewable energy producers of all sizes and reasonably priced payment differentiated by technology for all the renewable electricity they generate.
Population: 15,491 (2010)
Area: 45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Link: https://www.stadtwerke.it
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Dobbiaco (Toblach), Italy
RES: Solar PV and thermal collectors, hydro power plant, biomass district heating plant and biogas facility.
Implementation: The city of Dobbiaco is located 1,256 m above sea level, in the Pusteria Valley in the northern Italian region of Trentino Alto-Adige. It was awarded by the Italian Environment League the title of "Renewable Town" in 2009 and 2011, and was also included in the Res Champions League of 2011. In terms of electricity production, extensive energy supply has been achieved through solar PV panels with an installed capacity of 1,590 kW and a 1,783 kW mini-hydro power plant whose production capacity exceeds the electric needs of households of Dobbiaco. There are also 1,350 square meters of solar thermal collectors installed as well as a district heating network connected to two installations. One is an 18 MW thermal biomass plant and the other one is a 132 kW biogas facility. Together they produce more energy than the heating needs of Dobbiaco. The biomass district heating plant opened in 1995 and it is able to also satisfy the heat demand of the neighboring town of San Candido. The biomass used in this plant is composed of locally sourced wood chips derived from pruning residues, bark residues, and wood waste from sawmill and various factories. Thanks to this combination of technologies, Dobbiaco produces more electricity and thermal energy than that is consumed by households.
Population: 3,283 (2010)
Area: 126.6 km2 (48.9 sq mi)
Link: https://www.suedtirol.info/en/experience/sustainable-holiday/south-tyrol-backs-sustainability
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Morgex, Italy
RES: A hydropower plant, PV installations, biomass plants and a district heating system.
Implementation: Morgex is a small town located in the center of the Valdigna region in northern Italy. To date, the town supplies all of its electricity and heating requirements with renewable energy. To meet the demands of its electricity sector, the town is powered by a 1.1 MW hydropower plant that produces enough electricity for 1,100 families, and also by 9 photovoltaic installations totaling 112 kilowatts. Heat is obtained from biomass plants fed with locally grown wood. One plant installed in 2001 and expanded in 2005 has a capacity of 9 MW and a distribution system 10 kilometers long, which powers the local school and other town buildings.
Link: http://www.comune.morgex.ao.it/index.php/men-ambi/30-cat-ricono/73-art-eco-city-12
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Prato allo Stelvio (Prad am Stilfser Joch), Italy
RES: Biomass heating plant, 4 small hydroelectric plants, rooftop solar and a wind farm.
Implementation: In 2010, Prato allo Stelvia, a small Italian town in the mountains, won the RES Champions League title for having the best policies to promote renewable energy. Today, it has achieved 100% renewable energy self-sufficiency. The town has installed several renewable energy technologies, including a 1.4 MW central biomass heating plant, 4 small hydroelectric plants totaling just over 2 MW, 5.4 MW of rooftop solar power spread throughout the town, and a 1.2 MW wind farm. This energy mix has brought many benefits to the citizens of Prato all Stelvia. The air is free of pollution from conventional power plants, and utility bills have been reduced by 30-40%. Moreover, in 2003, when nearly all of Italy suffered a massive black out, the town fared well even though it was still connected to the national grid, thanks to its efficient locally operated grid powered by renewable power plants.
Population: 3 603 (2018)
Area: 51,49 km²
Link: https://www.e-werk-prad.it/it/
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Varese Ligure, Italy
Target: 100% of renewable electricity.
Status: Achieved - 100% of renewable electricity supply in 2001.
RES: 4 wind turbines, and solar thermal systems.
Implementation: In the 1980s, Varese Ligure and its surroundings suffered from unemployment and de-population. The number of inhabitants had significantly dropped from 6,000 inhabitants to 2,155 (2010). In response, Maurizio Caranza, the mayor at the time, established a plan to transform the town into a destination for green and sustainable tourism through increasing the share of renewable energy and organic food products to 100%. Today, there are four wind turbines surrounding Varese Ligure producing about 8 GWh annually, which is more than three times of the town's total electricity demand. The surplus electricity is fed into the national grid generating around 25,000 euros per year. Varese Ligure also uses solar power to heat the local swimming pool and to cover the energy demand of the town hall building to 98% and the secondary school building by 62%. Additional 8 kW is generated through hydropower and the municipality is exploring the use of wood pellets for heating. Since the shift to renewable energy supply, the number of inhabitants have stabilised at around 2400. Unemployment decreased with the creation of 140 new jobs in the renewable energy sector. The municipality is benefiting from 350,000 euros tax revenues each year from the private operator of the renewable energy network, while the number of tourists have substantially increased. Besides renewable energy, Varese Ligure is supplying 98% of its food demand with organic products from 108 organic farms, applying environmental friendly technology for water purification and achieving significant reductions in waste and pollution.
Link: https://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/01/06/how-small-town-italy-became-model-sustainability
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The Hanoitimes - The National Assembly set target for public debt at 61.3% of the GDP by the end of 2019, the governmental portal reported.
Vietnam's public debt by the end of 2018 reached below 61% of GDP, down 0.3% percentage points from 2017 and under the limit of 65% set by the National Assembly, according to Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung.
This is the second year in a row the country's public debt as per GDP has declined, mainly thanks to faster-than-expected GDP growth and a cut in regular expenditures.
Data: General Statistics Office. Graphic: Nguyen Tung.
Additionally, government debt down to below 52% of GDP and foreign debt 49.7% of GDP, which are all within the limits set by the National Assembly, Dung said at a conference on January 9.
In 2018, state budget revenue was reported at VND1,422 trillion (US$61.81 billion), up 7.8% compared to the initial plan, in which central level budget revenue exceeded 4.3% of the estimate and provincial-level budget 12.5%.
According to Dung, there has been greater efficiency in state budget spending, in which expenditure for development investment stood at over 27% of the total expenditure, higher than the 25% rate in 2017.
The National Assembly set target for public debt at 61.3% of the GDP by the end of 2019.
Meanwhile, fiscal deficit in 2018 stood at below 3.6% of the GDP, lower than the estimate of 3.7% GDP.
As of the final trading session in 2018 on December 28, 2018, Vietnam's stock market capitalization reached VND3,900 trillion (US$169.46 billion), up 12.7% against 2017 and equivalent to 72% GDP in 2018, meeting the target of 70% of GDP set for 2020.
Last year, the government approved the divestment scheme for 15 out of 85 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), while other 21 state-run companies carried out initial public offerings.
The divestment process of SOEs raised a combined nearly VND40 trillion (US$1.73 billion) for state budget.


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Calcutta High Court gives Bengal govt 'last opportunity' to file affidavit on NHRC post-poll violence report
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Calcutta High court gives West Bengal government 'last oppurtunity' to file affidavit on NHRC post-poll violence report
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave the West Bengal government a "last opportunity" to file an affidavit stating its position on the NHRC report on post-poll violence in the state by July 26.
A five-judge bench hearing a clutch of PILs alleging that people were subjected to assault, made to flee homes, and property was destroyed as a result of post-poll violence in Bengal, directed that the matter will be taken up for hearing again on July 28.
The bench, taking note of a request by the counsel for the state to grant further time for filing a response to the report given by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said that on the last date of hearing time was granted, but no affidavit was filed.
"The last opportunity is granted to file an affidavit, if any, on or before July 26, 2021," the bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and justices I P Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar, said.
It also refused prayer of the state for the supply of a copy of Annexure-I to the report. "We do not find that there is any requirement to supply the same as it contains the name of the victims of sexual violence. The entire report shall be supplied to the investigating officer/agency, which will investigate the matter," the court said.
In an indictment of the Mamata Banerjee government, the NHRC inquiry committee report had said the situation in the state is a manifestation of "Law of Ruler" instead of "Rule of Law".
The seven-member committee, which submitted its report before the high court on July 13, recommended that investigation in grievous offences like murder and rape be handed over to the CBI, and these cases should be tried outside the state.
Appearing for one of the respondents, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi claimed there were irregularities in the NHRC report and that it contained allegations of crime that preceded the date of declaration of West Bengal assembly election results on May 2.
He also alleged that the report smacked political consideration. Representing one of the petitioners, senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani submitted that the NHRC report reflected the true law and order situation in West Bengal.
He urged the bench, presided by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, to hand over the investigation into heinous crimes like murder and rape to an independent investigating agency for an impartial probe.
The NHRC, in its report, had also talked about "retributive violence" by supporters of the ruling party against those of the main opposition party.
Criticizing the NHRC observations, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of "using impartial agencies to settle political scores" and "malign" the state.
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Q: Determining if the clicked cell is an all-day event in fullCalendar I am using the fullCalendar plugin and I am trying to figure out how can I determine if the clicked cell is an all-day. I already checked the docs but I can't find it there.
Here's a snippet from my code:
$('.calender').fullCalendar({
  allDaySlot: true,
  dayClick: function(date, jsEvent, view) {
    // click event trigged
    // but how can I determine if its an all-day?
  }
});

A: Use eventClick.
The first parameter of the eventClick function callback is the event object.
eventClick: function(calEvent, jsEvent, view) {
    // click event trigged
    if(calEvent.allDay) {
        // all day
    }
}

EDIT:
"date holds a Moment for the clicked day. If an all-day area has been clicked, the moment will be ambiguously-timed." - FullCallendar Doc
Try this:
dayClick: function(date, jsEvent, view) {
    // click event trigged
    if (!date.hasTime()) {

        alert("should be all-day");

    }
}

A: The below code works, which was found on fullcalendar github page.
dayClick: function(date, jsEvent, view) {
  if (!date.hastTime()) {
    console.log("It's an all day slot");
  } else {
    console.log("Not an all day");
  }
}

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Forward markets continue to slide amid the steep decline in the underlying cost of gas. Prolonged warmer temperatures have been a major contributing factor.
Spot pricing stabilized over the last week as temperatures remained above normal across the US. Colder weather is expected in the coming weeks and could bring excessive volatility as seen in early December 2022.
Consistent warmth and a mid-winter injection brought 2024 and 2025 forward pricing below 2023. The gap in forward pricing in the winter months continues to grow
Futures as of 1/12/2023 versus previous week:
Feb-23 $3.800 -$0.909
Mar-23 $3.466 -$1.054
Apr-23 $3.413 -$0.670
May-23 $3.497 -$0.433
Jun-23 $3.640 -$0.297
Jul-23 $3.772 -$0.296
Working gas in storage was 2,902 BCF as of Friday, January 6th. According to EIA estimates this represents a net increase of 11 Bcf from the previous week.
The Baker Hughes exploration gas count decreased by 2 rigs for a total of 150 this week. There are 107 additional rigs in operation than at this time one year ago.
Temperatures continue to remain above average across the East Coast, while temperatures will be below average across the West and Southwest.
Hurricane Watch: Click here to view the National Hurricane Center site.
News : New York governor backs cap-and-invest program, statewide building gas ban- New York State is pursuing a program that would cap greenhouse gas emissions and invest in the clean energyeconomy, and the state will ban the use of natural gas in new buildings, Governor Kathy Hochul said during a State of the State address she gave in Albany Jan. 10.
News : Record US production growth to keep lid on 2023-2024 gas prices: EIA- Anticipating growing US natural gas production that will top prior highs, the US Energy Information Administration scaled back its near-termnatural gas price forecasts, expecting Henry Hub spot prices will average $4.90/MMBtu in 2023, down from $6.42/MMBtu in 2022.
If you would like to receive the Energy Market Update to your inbox weekly, please click here to submit your name and email address. Disclaimer: This information is provided for the use of our customers and potential customers. Power Management Company assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of pricing or information in this document. Historical data was obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we do not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. It is not intended to provide advice or recommendation. Views are subject to change.
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I know myself that I have gotten so lazy that I Google search just about anything. Long gone are the days where you actually have to put your brain to work or ask somebody the answer to something. Well the folks at Google decided to do a study of the most searched disease information for each state, and some of them might be a bit of a surprise.
They started by identifying the most frequently searched medical conditions on Google Trends over the past year. Their findings found the most searched condition was ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) with nine states total looking for more information. According to CHADD-The National Resource Center on ADHD it is defined as: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 11 percent of school-age children. Symptoms continue into adulthood in more than three-quarters of cases. ADHD is characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity.
I must admit that I was a little surprised that Binge Drinking was listed in Iowa, I would have guessed Wisconsin for sure, but apparently Iowa comes in 4th in the country for problems with binge drinking. A sad statistic indeed. On the lighter side, what I did think was unusual is that it seems as active as most Minnesota residents are we need to get off our duffs a bit more since hemorrhoids was the most searched medical conditions.
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There are only two things that pierce the human heart.
One is beauty. The other is affliction.
This quote hangs on a lilac-colored wall in Morgan's childhood home in Pittsburgh. And these are the words that come to mind as I turn my heart to write to you all a bit about 2010 for our little family. I hear Joshua's voice down the hallway as he plays Uno with his Grammy; I think of Morgan helping his brother Lance just a few miles away; and I bring to mind little Abigail in her purple footie-pajamas, asleep on a pallet in an upstairs bedroom; on behalf of our Colorado-Snyder family, I say good evening and hello and thank you for loving us!
Morgan and I celebrated our new "anniversary" on July 4: two years of mental and emotional health and stability! Remembering our "Paradise Lost" in 2008, when we wondered if our little family could ever heal from the ravages of clinical depression, this second anniversary was truly cause to celebrate.
Joshua (6), our inquisitive, cuddly, confident, kung-fu-kicking, carnivorous, funny, perceptive, conversational, compassionate-little-buddy started kindergarten this fall and continues to be so "strong and courageous." A highlight for him was an unforeseen dream-come-true of becoming a "Mutton Bustin' Champion" at our Pikes Peak Rodeo and holding hands with Miss Rodeo Virginia.
Abigail (3), our perceptive, independent, bold, maternal, creative, melodic, adventurous, poised, precise, silly-little-princess came into her own this year. She enjoys taking care of her babies, hiking, making up songs, dancing, projects with Daddy and cuddling with Momma. She loves her grandparents and aunts, uncles and cousins.
Morgan enjoyed a year of adventure and personal growth. Highlights for him include an epic bike tour with his brother, Parker, and several close friends climbing the Swiss and French Alps. He was also remarkably blessed to draw an archery tag for a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep. While the big ram eluded his best efforts, the shared camaraderie with two of his closest friends, and the many hours of agony and delight in the high country deepened his love for wilderness and all things untamed. Morgan had the immense privilege of leading a retreat in June for world-changing men in their 30's and has started to capture some of his reflections on paper. Also his gratitude is beyond words for the opportunity to continue to serve as part of the Wild at Heart leadership team: helping to see men recover their integrity and strength and be restored all around the globe.
In June we celebrated my brother's wedding to beautiful Kristen in charming Charlevoix, Michigan. Cousins, aunts and uncles from all over shared a rambling 100-year-old Victorian home; children ran barefoot and free along the soft-sanded beaches; we all ate, drank and made-merry until late, bathed in the lingering summer light of the solstice. It was one of the most joyous weeks of my adult life, particularly poignant after some emotionally challenging years for both my brother and me. Watching my dad and his sister laugh with the sun setting behind them, I could almost hear my grandmother laughing along with them. Seeing their grandchildren now playing in the sand and giggling on a lake-side swing set, my heart throbbed with the beauty and richness of this mobile of life.
And finally, the beauty of this present moment: enjoying an unanticipated Thanksgiving celebration with beloved family in Pittsburgh. A total of 20 of us gathered around an elegant dining-room table, children dashing happily through the room in a game of chase as grown-ups linger. Suddenly, a phone rings; its Parker calling from Warsaw, Poland, announcing that he and Kasia are heading to the hospital for the birth of their first baby! A moment to pause, unite in love and gratitude, pray for beloveds across continents, cherish, remember and hope. More beauty and gratitude than one heart can contain.
Family. Friends. Spiritual, emotional, physical and relational daily bread. Meaningful work. Healing. Milestones. Children. Nature. It has been a beautiful year.
It has also been a year of affliction; not so much this time under our little roof on Chokecherry, but for others whom we cherish and respect.
In January, the daddy of one of Abigail's dearest preschool friends was killed in the earthquake in Haiti. Renee lost her best-friend, lover and husband; the boys lost their beloved Daddy; and the world lost a luminous, loving and brilliant man affectionately known as Captain Cranium (www.CraniumsArk.com). My mind freezes when I contemplate the devastating loss of David's life alone; it is incomprehensible to multiply that loss by hundreds of thousands. For all those who have experienced the death of someone you hold dear this year, I close my eyes in this moment and send you our deepest sympathy, grief and compassion.
What shall we say of this life that is at moments so beautiful and at others, so excruciating?
A dear friend recently gave Morgan a fresh definition of the word hope: "the anticipation of goodness to come." Tonight, I am thinking of it as the assurance that through the mystery of the Incarnation, the Source of Love has secured for all time the authority and power to bring beauty and goodness out of whatever devastation this troubled life hurls at us. That Love has the final word, that ultimate Goodness is the promise, is not a justification for suffering; but it is the stunning reality that compels me on this night to lift my face toward Heaven and give thanks.
And so, from our grateful, breaking-and-being-healed hearts, we send you our gratitude for your presence in our lives: and we wish you and yours fresh anticipation of true Goodness to come.


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Downloads and installs Adobe products and updates them.
Graphical frontend to the commandline Secure File Transfer application.
To read the latest news from The New York Times newspaper.
Open source web browser engine used by Safari.
Extract takes a chunk of html and load it in it's own mostly chromeless window.
App that makes it easy to share files.
Program that lets you download videos from the Internet.
Wyzo provides you a fast and easy way to surf the Internet.
This program enables you to capture webpages on your Mac.
Reader Notifier aims to supplement the official Mac Notifier menubar plugins.
Very nice, free download manager for Mac.
Efficient RSS reader that helps you keep track of the latest news.
File-sharing application for Mac OS X.
Free app to download videos from the most popular video-sharing site.
Download manager for the Mac.
Read the latest news stories and various types of magazines.
Helps you browse, watch, convert, and download YouTube videos on your Mac.


Sorry for the long silence and never fulfilled promises of writing posts, I guess my ADD caught up with me.
Yesteryear I was full of deadlines on works and stuff to study as my school semester was coming to an end, and I'm glad to say I've passed all of the courses. Not that it was all that hard stuff, but mostly boring not exciting study, that comes hard for me to study.
After that, came christmas and Steam holiday sale. I was never one to spend to much on games and rather pirated everything, but on this holiday I got around expending a hundred brazillian bucks.
Many good deals indeed, many games that have been on my wish-list forever. Even got a couple of copies of Awesomenauts to share and play with friends.
Apart from gaming, I've also got the time to expend with some old acquaintances, visit the whole family, and eat a lot too.
Which is not as good if you're on the south hemisphere of the globe, its incredible hot this time of year, and surprisingly not as rainy.
One cool new habit I'm developing, is to take some time to ride on my bicycle, one of my favorites ways of transportation and sport, not to mention its a counter measure to all this time I spent playing sitting down.
So many new exciting things to discuss, lots of new games and movies to review. Not to mention Kerbal Space Program which just made Beta, of course with all those new changes I should probably start off a new career and a new approach on the story telling.
All in all, I wish you a happy new year and may we have the perseverance and willfulness to stay on our paths and reach our dreams.
I also like to ride a bike, but these days I'm out of time.


Do you want to improve your Dutch?
Do you speak Dutch but you want to practice and improve your Dutch. The Laakkwartier Library (Linnaeusstraat 2, The Hague) invites every Saturday from 10:30 till 12: 00 for free conversations! Such conversations take place in 14 libraries in The Hague. Write to the IDHEM Foundation (info@idhem.nl) and you will receive a list of libraries, addresses and dates of conversations!
Last chance for free Dutch language learning this year in The Hague!


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'Game of Thrones' season 8 premiere date revealed
HBO has revealed that the highly anticipated final season of Game of Thrones will premiere on Sunday, April 14, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The announcement, which came at the end of a teaser called "Crypts of Winterfell," was made Sunday ahead of the third season premiere of HBO's True Detective.
The teaser was directed by franchise Emmy winner David Nutter. It also includes an original score from fellow Emmy winner Ramin Djawadi.
When Game of Thrones returns for its eighth and final season, it will have been off the air for more than a year and a half. (The season seven finale aired Aug. 27, 2017.)
Game Of Thrones Season 8: Worth the wait?
Game of Thrones: A recap of story so far ahead of April 14 premier
HBO officially announces 'Game of Thrones' will return in 2019
Season eight will run for six episodes, one fewer than season seven. What the final run lacks in number, however, it may make up in running time: Individual episodes could run as long as 90 minutes. The April premiere date will also make Game of Thrones eligible for the 2019 Emmys. Season seven took home nine awards, including the outstanding drama series honor.
The final season will feature a lean directing team of veteran Thrones helmers David Nutter (the Red Wedding episode "Rains of Castamere") and Miguel Sapochnik (the hard-hitting "Hardhome"), as well as creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss, who are helming the finale.
It is said that the final season will feature one episode that is wall-to-wall action, containing the biggest battle sequence in series history. As for the final notes of the story, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has long promised the tale will end on a "bittersweet" note. Prepare accordingly: Tears, much like winter, are coming.
When Game of Thrones last left off, Westeros was on the brink of its deadliest war yet. Jon Snow (Kit Harington), Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) and other legendary figures within the Thrones canon were able to cast aside their differences and work together toward fighting a common enemy: the Army of the Dead, led by the vicious Night King. Their show of unity may prove too little, too late, however; in the final scene of season seven, the White Walkers burst through the great Wall of Westeros, finally launching their march on the Seven Kingdoms, with a zombified ice dragon in tow.
What's worse, the armies of the living are not yet at peace with one another, despite major strides in that direction. Look no further than Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), who refuses to set aside her own self-interest for the sake of the survival of the species.
Toward the end of season seven, Cersei announced her intentions to hire a mercenary company to destroy the combined Stark and Targaryen forces. While the Night King poses the greatest threat at the moment, it would be a grave mistake to discount Cersei's deadly pettiness.
Assuming any of the heroes survive the upcoming final season, there's no telling who will wind up on the Iron Throne. The season seven finale finally confirmed Jon Snow's true heritage as the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, which quite possibly gives him the greatest claim to the throne if only by birthright — but destiny doesn't mean anything in the world of Game of Thrones. Just ask Stannis Baratheon about that.
Prepare for the end of Game of Thrones with The Hollywood Reporter's "Final Path," a new series exploring the trajectory of each major character (plus final season projections) and follow THR.com/GameofThrones for continuing coverage.
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The top version of the Volkswagen Jetta has been available since September 2005. The VW Jetta Sportline 2.0 Turbo FSI with 200 hp is here, in contrast to the VW Golf GTI to be a sporty sedan with understatement. Only on the twin tailpipe of the exhaust system, a rear lower bumper section in the body color and the red letter " I" in FSI nomenclature, the fastest Volkswagen Jetta is visible. At second glance, larger brake discs (16 inches) and Sportline circumferences as twin-spoke light-alloy wheels, sports suspension and seats visible. Under the hood of the VW Jetta Sportline 2.0 FSI Turbo puts an aggregate with a specific output of 100 hp per liter of displacement. The maximum torque of 280 Nm is available over a wide range of engine speed range is available. This pulling power brings the VW Jetta 2.0 Turbo FSI Sportline in 7.5 seconds from 0 to 100 km / h The sports sedan is equipped with a 6-speed manual transmission. Optionally, the innovative DSG dual clutch transmission is available for the VW Jetta 2.0 Turbo FSI Sportline surcharge. Explore a variety of favorable new car at this website. Whether sedan, wagon, convertible or coupe, here you are guaranteed to find the right car.


Here you can find all our specific Alpine NTN Telemark ski equipment in one place.
Telemark skiing requires specific Telemark Ski Boots and Telemark ski bindings. These Telemark ski bindings can be mounted onto almost all of our skis, these days there aren't any specific Alpine Telemark skis.
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When I first began exploring titles for my Publishing Production project I was really struck by how many of Margaret Oliphant's works I had never heard of before, and speaking with peers, family and friends I realised I wasn't alone. When I came across the powerful and driven voice of the central character in Oliphant's novel Kirsteen (1890), I knew I had to help bring this largely forgotten story to readers today.
Set in the early 19th century, Kirsteen tells the story of a refreshingly feisty Scottish woman who rejects the conventional path which had been laid out for her before she was even born. Described by the narrator as 'one of those who make a story for themselves', she was determined to shape a future for herself through her trade and natural skill; a sentiment echoed in Oliphant's own life, herself a woman who wrote to support her large extended family.
Oliphant was an unstoppable force – her work being abundant and widely popular in its day, even favoured by Queen Victoria. It is easy to see why – Kirsteen celebrates complex and interesting women, with a powerful narrative driving the novel that makes it impossible to put down. She was truly a force to be reckoned with.
International Women's Day – time to celebrate inspirational women!
For our latest project, we were tasked by having to choose a Scottish author who is out of copyright. I chose Mrs Margaret Oliphant, a popular choice as demonstrated by previous posts from my fellow peers. Below are a few reasons why I today am celebrating the wonderful Oliphant as an author, but more importantly, as a women.
M – 'Margaret' means 'pearl' which is often associated with the stereotype that all women like materialistic shiny things, such as diamonds and pearls. However, the name also stands for Saint Margaret from the 4th century, who represented the undercurrent of women determining their own destinies by escaping a dragon (an old folk tale of course, but symbolises a women escaping on her own. Similar to the heroines depicted in Oliphant's own novels.
A – Author. I respect all writers of all kinds, but I have always had a strong respect and admiration towards female authors as unfortunately getting their voices and names out their is hard as the industry has, and still is, predominately male. Oliphant went on to write numerous successful novels. whilst still being a women in a man's world.
R – 'The Rector'. This is the title of the first story that features in her series 'The Chronicles of Carlingford'. It so happens, that this story and another ('The Doctor's Family') are the pieces of work I am publishing from Elephant, for Merchiston Publishers.
G – (not just a) Girl. She may of started of as a girl, but went onto become a driven independent women.
A – 'A Literary History of England from 1760 to 1825. Oliphant did not only write fiction pieces, such as this non-fiction book. As the old stereotype goes, women can multitask.
R – Romance. The majority of Oliphant's fiction novels fall into the 'romance' category.
E – East Lothian. She was born near Musselburgh, East Lothian.
T – Tales of the Supernatural. Alongside writing romance novels and non-fiction pieces, Oliphant was also very into all things supernatural, including writing some ghost stories along the way. Now who said you couldn't do it all; Margaret Oliphant did.
O – Oliphant. I just love her surname. Especially as its like 'elephant', which my spell check keeps reminding me every time I type her surname.
L – Loved, lost and lived. Oliphant unfortunately has a sad home life, including three of her children dying at infancy, followed by her husband and then her remaining daughter who was buried in alongside her fathers/Oliphant's husband. Despite all this pain and sorrow, she carried on. She relocated and put her engird into writing. She loved, she lost and she continued to live, which I will always find inspiring of anyone who has that kind of strength and determination.
I – Irish novelist 'Emily Lawless'. Oliphant was a literary mentor too Emily, passing on her advice and knowledge to the up and coming author. Women supporting women.
P – 'Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland'. Her first novel ever published (in 1949).
H- 'Holy Land'. One of her articles which was published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1854 (vol. 76).
A- Aries. She was born in April (the 4th) making her an Aries which are known for being courageous, determined and passionate; which are very prompt too Oliphant herself.
N – Novelist. She went onto the publish over 120 novels from 1849 to 1897.
T – 'The Chronicles of Carlingford'. These chronicles featured seven volumes and again *cough* *plug* *cough* is the chronicles I have decided to publish.
Author Olivia FrostPosted on 08/03/2018 09/03/2018 Categories live publishing projectsTags forgotten female writer, Margaret OliphantLeave a comment on International Women's Day – time to celebrate inspirational women!
As part of our Publishing Production project, each student was tasked with selecting an out-of-copyright Scottish author to republish. Admittedly it took me a while to settle on a specific author, but ultimately I chose Margaret Oliphant. Now, half way through the project, I am can't imagine a better choice. Oliphant published over 170 novels and short stories between 1855 and 1897 – a testament to her skill and popularity – and became well known for her ghost stories.
For my project I decided to produce a small collection of these ghost stories; this collection would include Earthbound, Beleaguered City and Old Lady Mary. I have always enjoyed a good ghost story, and Margaret Oliphant's works did not disappoint! Her stories were so different from what I had come to expect from ghost stories of her era. They have been unexpected, bizarre, and an absolute pleasure to read. Although I've only read a small fraction of her works, I look forward to diving into more of them and I can't wait to help bring her stories to new readers.
I'm Georgia, an MSc Publishing student at Edinburgh Napier University. I'm also an avid reader of sci-fi, fantasy and supernatural stories.


Recently, planners of an upcoming event asked me some questions and here are the answers.
1. How would you define the role/responsibilities of a "patient" advocate?
The patient advocate can be defined in several ways. Sometimes this is an official staff member in a facility. They can operate as a patient navigator or customer service operative. In the best scenario, their job is to help the patient understand the processes and options in care within the facility. In the worst scenarios, the patient advocate operates as a tool of damage control to damper litigious action of distraught family members.
Sometimes the patient and family hire a patient advocate from a registry like the AdvoConnection. In this case the advocate may be a nurse, a doctor, or a trained and experienced caregiver who helps the patient while hospitalized or at home. They obtain medical records, ask questions, keep notes, help patients make their own difficult medical decisions, and review and negotiate medical bills.
Often the patient advocate is a close friend or family member who is not paid for their service. This advocate provides many of the same services as a paid advocate, but often is learning on the job. Occasionally they have a background in medicine, and use that knowledge to great success helping the patient ask the right questions and get appropriate care at the correct time.
Finally, there are patient advocates focused on policy. I am often classified among this category, although I prefer the term patient activist. A patient advocate focused on policy attends local, regional, state, and federal meetings to provide a patient perspective in policy decisions.
2. You do a number of these sorts of speaking engagements and presentations around the country. Are there some unifying themes--clear trends --- you see, common ideas that many people share about their worries or attitudes toward health care? Patient safety? Patient advocacy?
I have been attending medical conferences and public meetings for the past seven years. In that time I have watched HITECH legislation morph and change. Patient access to data at stage one of Meaningful Use had budding teeth and at stage two it got poor fitting dentures. I have watched the ACA become the law of the land, only to see constant steps to repeal it.
I watched the concept of patient engagement grow from a demand in small healthcare meetings, to a hashtag on twitter (#patientsincluded), to trend of conferences inviting patient speakers. I hoped that the next step was true partnership in decision-making and design. Sadly, of late I have often heard that "patient engagement" was out of fashion. We are now onto MIPS and MACRA and massive ACO's.
I have watched patient safety advocates work for years with very little attention paid to their cause. I was happy to see Value Based Care begin to role out, as it addressed so many concerns of these advocates. I am saddened to hear how many attendees at conferences expound on their love for fee for service. Or twist the intended purpose of reducing readmissions, by leaving patients in hallway for days to be "observed," but not admitted after complications.
The most apparent trend of the past seven years is that there are powerful lobbyists in this industry that will do anything to keep the status quo alive and well in healthcare. There are also amazing individuals, often on Twitter, (check out #hcldr), that will not stop fighting for the patient voice and the positive disruption that comes when data silos are leveled and technology is used appropriately.
3. Will patients ever be like consumers of other products? Outside of elective procedures or choosing a birthing place/option, how much real consumer choices do patients have in their health care? How would you like to see those avenues expanded or re-routed?
I hate the word "consumer" when applied to healthcare; it assumes we take and never give. Partnership in care requires two-way communication. Care is always about choice. When we embrace price transparency, a patient can decide which facility has the most affordable MRI procedure. When we have medical record data transparency coupled with a clinical trials database, a cancer patient can decide the best personal path for their care. Which may include a hospice path, if that is their choice.
We have a choice right now. The difference in healthcare is that we have to fight for that choice, whereas in retail it is expected that customer will decide which items to buy rather than the shopkeep.
4. How would you like to see health care systems and hospitals--particularly public and teaching systems-- involve patients or their advocates in meaningful aspects of care best practices, policy making and priority-setting?
Patients, caregivers, and patient advocates need to be present in meetings throughout the facility. For far too long we have been forced into the role of lobby designers. We ask that you invite us to take part and provide appropriate recompense for our time. Or schedule the meeting after the workday is done at the facility. That would be fine. Then everyone at the table can be the unpaid volunteer that patients and family caregivers are so often asked to be.
You might want to make sure we can have those meetings next to a playroom though, so our children can play together while we work together to create new policy. Because whether you are a patient or a provider, childcare is expensive.
5. How would you describe your painting style and approach?
6. Describe the healing benefits and/or the impact that making art that tells stories about health care can have on patients, survivors, care providers?
As far as a healing benefit, the art process is a type of meditation and that can help soothe the soul. It is a very nice feeling to be in the zone and at one with the cosmos. But the creation of art could feel like a nail ramming through my hand, and I would still create. I use art as a tool and the goal is to impact others.
7. Of all the art you've made--your Walking Gallery, the murals -- can you choose one piece and describe it and explain why it's a piece that you especially want to share?
My favorite piece is "Are you alright?" In that painting, I captured my late husband Fred. He stares at me from that painting like he is still with me. Still alive on pigment covered canvas. Still urging me to help him, a patient.
And every day I do exactly that.


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1 Harry Townsend's Last Stand New York City Center/ Stage II 12/04/2019 Costume Designer
2 When It Happens to You Sheen Center/ Loreto Theater 10/13/2019 Costume Designer
3 I Was Most Alive With You Playwrights Horizons 09/24/2018 Costume Designer
4 The Roads to Home Cherry Lane Theatre 10/05/2016 Costume Designer
5 Incident at Vichy Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage 11/15/2015 Costume Designer
6 Desire 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 09/10/2015 Costume Designer
7 Clinton The Musical New World Stages/ Stage IV 04/09/2015 Costume Designer
8 Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage 07/21/2014 Costume Designer
9 The Heir Apparent East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 04/09/2014 Costume Designer
10 Bronx Bombers The Duke on 42nd Street 10/08/2013 Costume Designer
11 The Old Friends Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage 09/12/2013 Costume Designer
12 Talley's Folly Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 03/05/2013 Costume Designer
13 Red Dog Howls New York Theatre Workshop 09/24/2012 Costume Designer
14 Fat Camp American Theatre of Actors/ Chernuchin Theatre 04/29/2012 Costume Designer
15 The City Club Minetta Lane Theatre 04/23/2012 Costume Designer
16 The Morini Strad 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 04/03/2012 Costume Designer
17 Motherhood Out Loud 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 10/04/2011 Costume Designer
18 The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 01/30/2011 Costume Designer
19 Restoration New York Theatre Workshop 05/19/2010 Costume Designer
20 The Orphans' Home Cycle Part III: The Story of a Family Peter Norton Space 01/26/2010 Costume Designer
21 The Orphans' Home Cycle Part II: The Story of a Marriage Peter Norton Space 12/17/2009 Costume Designer
22 The Orphans' Home Cycle Part I: The Story of a Childhood Peter Norton Space 11/19/2009 Costume Designer
23 Chasing Manet 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 04/09/2009 Costume Designer
24 The Toxic Avenger New World Stages/ Stage I 04/06/2009 Costume Designer
25 The Savannah Disputation Playwrights Horizons 03/03/2009 Costume Designer
26 Dividing the Estate 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 09/27/2007 Costume Designer
27 Beyond Glory Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 06/21/2007 Costume Designer
28 A Mother, A Daughter, and A Gun New World Stages/ Stage III 11/01/2005 Costume Designer
29 The Day Emily Married 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 08/03/2004 Costume Designer
30 Fiction Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 07/25/2004 Costume Designer
31 The Joys of Sex Variety Arts Theatre 05/12/2004 Costume Designer
32 Bare: A Pop Opera American Theatre of Actors/ Chernuchin Theatre 04/19/2004 Costume Designer
33 The Stendhal Syndrome 59E59 Theaters/ Theater A 02/16/2004 Costume Designer
34 Dream a Little Dream Village Theatre 04/23/2003 Costume Designer
35 Polish Joke New York City Center/ Stage II 03/18/2003 Costume Designer
36 Barbra's Wedding Westside Theatre/ Downstairs 03/05/2003 Costume Designer
37 It Just Catches Cherry Lane Theatre 02/09/2003 Costume Designer
38 What Didn't Happen The Duke on 42nd Street 12/10/2002 Costume Designer
39 The Carpetbagger's Children Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 03/07/2002 Costume Designer
40 Wonder of the World New York City Center/ Stage I 11/01/2001 Costume Designer
41 Newyorkers New York City Center/ Stage II 02/27/2001 Costume Designer
42 Boys Don't Wear Lipstick Players Theatre 10/22/2000 Costume Designer
43 The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin Playwrights Horizons 06/20/2000 Costume Designer
44 An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf Primary Stages 03/08/2000 Costume Designer
45 The Bomb-itty of Errors Theatres at 45 Bleecker/ Bleecker Street Theatre 12/12/1999 Costume Designer
46 The Eros Trilogy Vineyard Theatre 01/21/1999 Costume Designer
47 The Adjustment Jewish Repertory Theatre 11/09/1997 Costume Designer
48 Defying Gravity American Place Theatre 11/02/1997 Costume Designer
49 The Red Address McGinn-Cazale Theatre 04/16/1997 Costume Designer
50 Bunny Bunny Lucille Lortel Theatre 03/23/1997 Costume Designer
51 The Red Devil Battery Sign WPA Theatre 11/13/1996 Costume Designer
52 Durang/Durang New York City Center/ Stage II 11/14/1994 Costume Designer
53 The Naked Truth WPA Theatre 05/26/1994 Costume Designer
54 The Swan Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 11/09/1993 Costume Designer
55 Jeffrey WPA Theatre 01/20/1993 Costume Designer
56 A...My Name Is Alice McGinn-Cazale Theatre 10/13/1992 Costume Designer
57 Selling Off John Houseman Theatre 06/04/1991 Costume Designer
58 Breaking Legs Promenade Theatre 04/04/1991 Costume Designer
59 Life During Wartime New York City Center/ Stage II 02/19/1991 Costume Designer
60 The Colorado Catechism Circle Repertory Theatre 10/03/1990 Costume Designer
61 Mi Vida Loca New York City Center/ Stage II 05/08/1990 Costume Designer
62 Mountain Lucille Lortel Theatre 03/25/1990 Costume Designer
63 Romance in Hard Times Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 11/14/1989 Costume Designer
64 Romance in Hard Times Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 05/31/1989 Costume Designer
65 Gus and Al Playwrights Horizons 02/27/1989 Costume Designer
66 Just Say No WPA Theatre 10/04/1988 Costume Designer
67 Godspell Lamb's Theatre 06/12/1988 Costume Designer
68 American Notes Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Susan Stein Shiva Theater 02/18/1988 Costume Designer
69 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune New World Stages/ Stage II 06/02/1987 Costume Designer
70 Highest Standard of Living Playwrights Horizons 11/13/1986 Costume Designer
71 Paradise! Playwrights Horizons 09/28/1985 Costume Designer
72 Hannah Senesh Cherry Lane Theatre 04/10/1985 Costume Designer
73 Jack and Jill Riverwest Theatre 04/02/1985 Costume Designer
74 Life and Limb Playwrights Horizons 01/24/1985 Costume Designer
75 Rap Master Ronnie Village Gate/ Upstairs 10/03/1984 Costume Designer
76 Great Days American Place Theatre 06/07/1983 Costume Designer
77 Buck American Place Theatre 03/10/1983 Costume Designer
1 NOMINATED 2014 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Costume Design The Heir Apparent Costume Designer
2 NOMINATED 2014 Hewes Design Award, Costume Design The Heir Apparent Costume Designer
3 NOMINATED 2011 Hewes Design Award, Costume Design The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Costume Designer
41 WON 2010 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects The Orphans' Home Cycle Part I: The Story of a Childhood Costume Designer
The Orphans' Home Cycle Part II: The Story of a Marriage Costume Designer
The Orphans' Home Cycle Part III: The Story of a Family Costume Designer
5 NOMINATED 2009 Hewes Design Award, Costume Design The Toxic Avenger Costume Designer
6 NOMINATED 2001 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Costume Design The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin Costume Designer
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Before you start your game, you need to do some warm ups. So many people skip the warm ups, thinking they're not needed, skipping the warm up isn't a good idea. The reason behind warm ups is to raise the body temperature. When you warm up before actually playing, you will be increasing blood flow to muscles, enhancing the muscles mechanical efficiency, enhancing your cardiovascular capability and enhancing the mental concentration for your sport. You see, there is a reason your instructor always told you to do those warm up exercises before you go out and play.
Believe it or not, stretching is important. Before you start playing, stretch! Here's the basics to stretching – warm up prior to stretching, stretch slowly and gently, stretch before and after sports, stretch to the point of tension but do not cause pain.
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There is a reason protective gear exists – it is there to prevent injuries. Goggles, mouth guards, padding and shin guards are recommended for the relevant sporting activities. Before you get on your bike, the field or the court, make sure your gear is on.
Most of all, if it hurts, stop – do not push yourself. As soon as you start to feel pain, stop playing. So many athletes ignore this fact and end up having to take a break from sports.
There are ways you can prevent sports injuries, you can find injury prevention tips specific to your sport by reading a sports therapy blog. Sometimes, accidents do happen and when it does, you should go to a doctor right away.
This post was supplied by Mark Stubbles, Mark once suffered horribly back spasms as a result of an injury he sustained in the gym.
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