Even under the most optimistic greenhouse gas reduction scenario the on-going process of climate change cannot be stopped. These impacts create new hazards and vulnerabilities putting the citizens´ quality of life and health at risk, particularly for the growing number of the elderly. Applicable knowledge from science and practice is necessary for decision making, even though uncertainties remain. CLIM-CAP proposes to bridge this gap by developing a training qualification for climate change adaptation in urban areas.
Welcome to the CLIM-CAP (Competences for sustainable city development: Qualification scheme for Climate Adaptation in Construction, Architecture and Planning) project website.
The CLIM-CAP project has been established to develop an innovative European Union (EU) accredited training qualification offering professionals who work in the built environment sector the practical skills and knowledge required to plan and deliver adaptation into the built environment of urban areas.
A partnership of six organisations from five EU countries have come together to develop the training curriculum and to create a multi-platform learning environment through which improve the capacity of those involved in building resilience to climate change in the places where people live and work. This is essential in order to respond to climate change by integrating effective climate change adaptation measures into planning and construction practices.
The CLIM-CAP partners include the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and Akademie der Ruhr-Universität gGmbH (AKA) from Germany, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) from the UK, the Wageningen Academy (WBS) in the Netherlands, the Energiaklub Climate Policy Institute and Applied Communications (EK) in Hungary, and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in Spain.
Working together, the experienced CLIM-CAP partners will share resources and expertise on known climate change adaptation impacts and existing training materials and modules, to devise a new qualification scheme. Click on the 'About CLIM-CAP' tab for more details about the project and on 'Project partners' tab for more details about the partners.
The CLIM-CAP project was initiated in December 2013 and will run until December 2015. CLIM-CAP is co-financed by the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme, which is managed by the Education, Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency.
This website will keep you up to date with all project activities and outcomes, including press coverage, reports, publications and training materials.
The CLIM-CAP target group comprises professionals in the field of construction, architecture and planning and other built environment professions. This target audience will significantly profit from the project results since deficits in planning related aspects with regard to climate change, conflict moderation and knowledge management will be addressed by the final CLIM-CAP training course. These issues are of utmost relevance since planning processes are complex and the interests of planners, investors, politicians and others differ significantly.
CLIM-CAP will be able to foster job creation in two ways: on the one hand the actors in the regional to local planning sector will be qualified which creates new job opportunities for young academics that still lack such specific training. On the other hand CLIM-CAP fosters the climate adaptation sector as a whole by enhancing the sector´s growth through carrying out high-quality consultancy services. These two relevant aspects clearly address the Europe 2020 "Agenda for new skills and jobs".
The changing global climate resulting in an increase in extreme weather impacts has an effect on the social, economic and environmental qualities of towns and cities all over Europe. Warmer, wetter, winters and hotter, drier summers create a social, environmental and economic impact on all urban dwellers and dwellings and it is often the most vulnerable in society who are affected adversely.
Even under the most optimistic greenhouse gas reduction scenario the on-going process of climate change cannot be stopped. These impacts create new hazards and vulnerabilities putting the citizens´ quality of life and health at risk, particularly for the growing number of the elderly. Applicable knowledge from science and practice is necessary for decision making, even though uncertainties remain. However, the integration of scientific findings into urban development and planning practice has not yet taken place and fixed planning procedures lack both innovative approaches and adequate knowledge to integrate effective climate change adaptation measures into planning and construction practice.
The ultimate aim of CLIM-CAP is to develop a training programme that supports more informed and proactive development of climate change adaptation measures in towns, cities and villages through up-skilling the built environment professionals working on the planning, design and implementation of adaptation schemes.
To develop a curriculum that fulfills trainee needs based on a market and demand analyses by filling the existing gaps climate change adaptation training currently provided by partner countries.
To develop a training programme that facilitates the transfer of integrated knowledge on climate change adaptation within the built environment and the processes of urban planning.
For each project partner to pilot the training course within their partner country and to monitor the experience of trainees and trainers in order to provide to feedback that will improve the final CLIM-CAP training programme.
To enable the development of new skills among built environment professionals that foster an integrated approach to the implementation of climate change adaptation within the built environment through the CLIM-CAP curriculum and learning environment.
To continually monitor, assess, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the CLIM-CAP curriculum development and training course during the lifetime of the project.
The CLIM-CAP project is divided into 8 Work Packages (WP); each Work Package is lead by a CLIM-CAP partner and all partners take part in all WPs.
The evaluation activities will monitor and improve the project measures and assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the products (curriculum development and training course).
The CLIM-CAP project, funded by the European Lifelong Learning Programme, is developing an innovative EU accredited training qualification offering professionals who work in the built environment sector the practical skills and knowledge required to plan and deliver adaptation into the built environment of urban areas. Integrating climate change adaptation with planning, architecture and construction at the local level is integral to building resilience to climate change in the places where people live and work.
Working together, experienced partners from five EU countries will share resources and expertise on known climate change adaptation impacts and existing training materials and modules, to devise a new qualification scheme. Research has identified that there is a gap in knowledge transfer and communication between those responsible for spatial design and planning in urban areas, and the leading-edge research and solutions available across Europe.
The CLIM-CAP consortium covers the range of skills and expertise needed to develop, promote and execute vocational training, including the application of new learning techniques. Partners with expert knowledge in climate change and adaptation are complemented by partners experienced in communication and dissemination. Consequently, the different tasks are divided between the partners according to their individual expertise. Several partners, such as TCPA and UPC, have extensive experience in European projects whereas others, such as EK, are also working on other Leonardo da Vinci projects. The coordinating partner, RUB, will be the main content provider for the training programme and partners WBS and AKA bring practical experience in setting up and managing vocational training courses.
the demands of the key actors in this field.
All partners have a proven record in setting up new and innovative training courses (WBS, AKA) or in urban climatic research and practice (RUB, TCPA, EK, UPC). In addition to the content related experience, some partners (WBS, AKA) will be able to infuse their experience into the CLIM-CAP project regarding quality assessment and standardisation.
The Akademie der Ruhr-Universität gGmbH is a non-profit limited liability company offering lifelong-learning programs courses for professionals in management and soft-skills, engineering, geo sciences and finance and insurance. The Akademie der Ruhr-Universität gGmbH includes trainers and teachers partly from the Ruhr-Universität, as well as a number of experts from companies or external research organisations.
Located in the midst of the dynamic, hospitable metropolitan area of the Ruhr, in the heart of Europe, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) is home to 5,600 employees and over 41,000 students from 130 countries.
The RUB is on its way to becoming one of the leading European universities of the 21st Century, and is celebrated for its internationally renowned degree programmes.
The climatology team of the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) has a considerable level of expertise on the field of the urban climatology.
Integrated in an interdisciplinary organisation of Hydrogeography, Soil Science, Vegetational Geography and Urban and Economical Geography and networked with regional planning organisations like the Regional Association Ruhr (RVR) the climatological work group is able to offer a holistic viewpoint on the structural climatic problems of the cities and the chances they possess to meet the challenges of climate change.
Link to a brief description of ClimCAP in german.
Energiaklub Climate Policy Institute and Applied Communications (EK) is a leading "think and do" NGO in the field of sustainable energy in Hungary. The organization works with 14 professionals on researches and studies for policymakers, and also manages pilot projects, trainings and communications. Energiaklub undertakes its work independently from political parties and business interests with credibility and professionalism. The Institute takes a broad perspective and maintains an extensive network of experts and partner organisations. The guiding organizational principles are clarity and transparency, as well as the search for solutions and constructive criticism.
The Centre of Land Policy and Valuations (CPSV) is a formally recognised research centre within the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) (http://www.upc.edu). It was founded in 1986 by its current director Dr. Josep Roca Cladera, to undertake research and offer postgraduate training in the field of the built and natural environment. It is located within the Faculty of Architecture (ETSAB) (http://www.etsab.upc.edu) and forms part of the Department of Architectural Technology I. The CPSV has a multidisciplinary staff of some 45 persons, comprising academics and researchers, and research and administrative support staff, as well as forming part of a wider Consolidated Research Group on the Quality of Urban Life and Sustainability of the Regional Government of Catalonia (SGR 1233-2009). The UPC has over 2,800 teaching and research staff members and almost 1,500 administrative and support personnel. It has almost 30,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 Master Degree students, with some 3,000 students enrolled on Doctoral Programmes.
Founded in 1899, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is Britain's oldest charity concerned with planning, housing and the environment. The TCPA's recent activities have concentrated on the impact of climate change on existing and future communities including the processes needed to institutionalise adaptation measures and energy provision within the planning process to provide sustainable solutions which will ensure environmental and social benefits for future generations. The TCPA promotes sustainable development, social justice, environmental sustainability, and economic competitiveness by campaigning to reform the UK's planning system. Its supporters are drawn from the public, private and voluntary sectors and it is an influential voice with all three sectors. The TCPA has extensive experience of pan-European working, including leading on the Regiostars award winning INTERREGIVC GRaBS project completed in August 2011 (www.grabs-eu.org), the IEE LEAP project completed in November 2013 (www.leap-eu.org), and the ongoing IEE SPECIAL project (www.special-eu.org) due to be completed in March 2016.
Wageningen Academy (WBS) is an international research and knowledge centre whose mission is to explore the potential of nature and improve the quality of life. Wageningen Academy implements this mission by focusing on three core areas, among which Living Environments. Within this area Wageningen Academy has a leading position in conducting research and providing education on various aspects of climate change including climate change adaptation. Wageningen Academy works internationally with a staff of 6,500 and 10,000 students from over 100 countries.


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Local St. Charles County cop seriously injured after suspect rammed into police vehicles
St. Charles County cop seriously injured after suspect rammed into police vehicles
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By Sam Masterson, NewsRadio 1120 KMOX
ST. CHARLES COUNTY (KMOX) - A St. Charles County Sheriff's Deputy is in the hospital with serious injuries after a suspect in a large SUV rammed into him and other police vehicles early Wednesday morning.
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Police say two suspects have been arrested and are facing several felony charges.
The incident happened around 3:45 a.m. when officers with a St. Charles County Multi-jurisdictional Auto Theft Task Force observed a GMC Denali casing the area near Interstate 70 and Fifth Street in St. Charles. Officers initiated a traffic stop and were talking to the occupants.
Then the driver slammed on the gas and rammed into a St. Charles County police vehicle in front of him. He kept driving and then struck a St. Charles County Sheriff's Deputy who was awaiting prisoner transport, police say.
Illinois cop pleaded for her life before being killed with her own gun, prosecutors say
The vehicle fled east on I-70 into St. Louis County and was brought to a halt after crashing into a Cottleville Police Department patrol car at Route 141 at Ryder Trail.
That's where two suspect were taken into custody and officers found fentanyl and a firearm inside the vehicle, as suspected by police.
The injured deputy was transported to a local hospital in serious, but stable condition.
Man named 'Greedy' admits to string of St. Louis-area gas station robberies with security info
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Been playing Galactic Starfigther on TOR lately and it reminds me so much of Freelancer, so I been wondering... Anyone still flying around here? I'd love to get a crack at some action here.
Ahoy! What's up? You still flying?
Hi there m8, I'm still here to.
FL installed, mod & FLMM downloaded, just to set it up and I'll be in space.
cant find void server in multiplayer...only hamburg and others server but there no void....did i du something vrong?
add: -s82.153.164.20:2302 to the target on your FL shortcut, that fixed it for me.


There is a reason why US consumer revolving (credit card) credit growth is getting lower and lower and lower and at last check posted a mere 0.2% annual increase.
That reason is that as the NY Fed disclosed moments ago, federal student loans officially crossed the $1 trillion level for the first time ever. Notably: the quarterly student loan balance has increased every quarter without fail for the past 10 years!
And just to prove that while credit card balances are plunging due to more stringent bank repayment requirements, this is more than offset by borrowers shifting to student loans, where the delinquency rate on student loans is soaring and has just hit an all time high of 11.83%, an increase of almost 1% compared to last quarter. Even according to just the government lax definition of delinquency, a whopping $120 billion in student loans will be discharged. Thank you Uncle Sam for your epically lax lending standards in a world in which it is increasingly becoming probably that up to all of the loans will end up in deliquency.


The Cape Town office vacancy rate increased slightly in Q3 2018, to 7.3% from 7.0% in Q2 2018. However, closer inspection of the figures shows that the increase was largely driven by a rise in supply rather than a decline in demand. Building completions included The Halyard, which added 16,000m2 of office accommodation, at a time when demand is not showing much growth. With 2019 being an election year, activity is likely to slow in the country's office market, as occupiers adopt a wait-and-see attitude to the political situation.
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Motion City Soundtrack, Treaty of Paris, & Ashland in Chicago, IL
Together We'll Ring in the New Year
Mat Stokes
Photo: Mat Stokes
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When Motion City Soundtrack began teasing the idea of a reunion tour in June, I was buried deep in my 2019 depression hole. However, the thought of seeing one of my long time favorites again started to clear the clouds away. Finding out, days later, that they would be starting their reunion tour in Chicago on New Year's Eve made the metaphorical skies turn a gorgeous blue. Tickets sold out in mere seconds to basically every date on the reunion tour. And with the promise of coverage, it was time to hunker down and wait out the rest of the shittiest year.
*cue pages of a calendar flipping in very meaningful and dramatic way*
Ah yes, December in Chicago. That time where our lake freezes solid, everyone is bundled up in so many layers they look like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, and our lovely city should be blanketed with beautiful frost and snow. Except global warming turned out not to be a hoax after all and Christmas Day and subsequent days afterwards brought us 50 degree weather. But it was finally New Year's Eve; it was finally the end of the year. I hopped off the train and wandered my way through the downtown streets, grimy and grey with dirty old snow from a brief chill almost a week prior. I wandered into Rossi's, my favorite darkened downtown dive conveniently located near the House of Blues, and waiting for Mat and his lovely wife Megan to arrive. We chugged down as many cocktails as quickly as we could, knowing that whatever we had to pay at Rossi's would be FAR cheaper than the jaw-droppingly overpriced drinks inside the venue. With a few minutes to spare before the opening act took the stage, we headed over.
Three piece band Ashland opened the evening. A little Googling (because let's be honest, I – and many others in attendance that night – were there to see one band and one band only) has informed me that the group is from Central Illinois and was recently signed to Rise Records. That makes complete sense, as their sound is very 'Rise.' The band's new album, Over the Moon, was released earlier in the month, on December 13th. They played a number of tracks from that while interspersing banter about how tough the music industry is and how they may not make it. Well, now they've played Chicago's House of Blues and opened for Motion City, so I'd say they're killing it.
Next up was Chicago locals Treaty of Paris. It's always such a humbling thing to find out about a Chicago band that you had never heard about before… especially when you make it a point to make music your business, as I do. It's just a testament to how vast and foreign this city can be, even to someone who has spent most of her life here. Anyway, back to the music! Again, I did a little Googling on this one. It seems that the band, which formed in 2005, hasn't put out anything new since 2010 or so. But they have been active none the less. It was obvious that this five piece has a history of extensive touring as they took command of the massive stage without hesitation. It can't be easy to get and maintain the attention of a drunken crowd on New Year's, but Treaty of Paris did it. People were dancing and cheering along to their whole set.
I made my way over to the bar just before they got offstage, in hopes that I could circumvent the masses flooding to the bar. Three tall cans for $38 later, I stumbled my way back to Mat and Megan, more in shock than drunk. But hell, it was New Year's. My shit year would be over soon and Motion City was about to take the stage. Plus I paid for the drinks with credit card. So Future Kendra could deal with that mess in 2020! As the crowd began to stir, Mat rushed to the stage, making sure that he didn't miss a minute of the three songs he was allowed access to shoot. The red velvet curtains were pulled back and every single human in the venue began to scream as if it was involuntary. And suddenly there they were, Motion City Soundtrack, a tad older than when keyboardist Jesse did his last handstand back in 2016, but looking great none the less.
They opened with "Attractive Today" and rocketed right into "Everything is Alright." Now, if you've even been to the Chicago HoB, you know that the main floor of the venue itself is located on the second floor of the building. Each time I have been to a sold out show here, the dancing and movement of the crowd makes the wooden floor vibrate and bend, so much so that it almost feels like when you walk on a trampoline. Now add in a BAC high enough to get you in trouble with the cops and you'd have my evening. The world swayed as the epic multicolored stage lights threw their beams on the entranced faces of the crowd. But I was busy closing my eyes and singing along. I'm sure I looked just like my parents did when they would tell teenage me they were 'feeling it' and I would mock them. Get off my Warped Tour parking lot, er… lawn.
Just before midnight and just after playing "Disappear," Justin Courtney Pierre informed the crowd that in two day's time he would be ten years sober. He briefly touched on his history with substance abuse but added that shouldn't stop us from having fun. Whatever fun means to us, have that… and take care of ourselves. Then the countdown to 2020 began and I found myself shouting at the top of my lungs, willing 2019's imminent death. 3…2…1! Hundreds of balloons dropped from the vaulted ceiling and everyone was either hugging or cheers-ing their drinks. Of course, there was only one song to play at that moment in time. "Together We'll Ring in the New Year" may seem like a strange and depressing choice, but it oddly acted as a great palate cleanser between what had been and what could be.
I lost my voice and what was left of my sobriety around the time the set list hit "My Favorite Accident," a song that I swear was written about my ex a decade before we ever met each other. But there was much more to come. MCS played an impressive 19 song set before leaving the stage and then returning for an imminent encore which consisted of "Let's Get Fucked Up and Die" and "The Future Freaks Me Out." There have been so many times when I've seen more well-known bands at larger venues, I leave feeling unsatisfied. But not tonight. They gave it their all for 21 songs which sounded so amazing that one could ever guess this was a reunion show let alone the first show in years. While I'm not sure the longevity of the band's reunion, I hope that there will be many more opportunities to see these guys in the future. And I will be there, each and every opportunity I get.
As Megan, Mat, and I walked out of the venue and met up with our friend Jim, I noticed something. Everyone was bundled up in layers looking like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and our lovely city was finally blanketed in a fresh sheet of snow, erasing the grey grime of 2019. Maybe it was the memory of having to pay $12 for a Mango White Claw, but I began to tear up, just a bit.
Check out Mat's amazing photos below along with the Motion City set list for the evening! Happy New Year, everyone!
Attractive Today
Everything Is Alright
Her Words Destroyed My Planet
Disappear (Countdown to New Year)
Together We'll Ring In The New Year
Better Open The Door
My Favorite Accident
When "You're" Around
Make Out Kids
Time Turned Fragile
A Lifeless Ordinary (Need a Little Help)
Even If It Kills Me
This is for Real
L.G.F.A.U.D.
The Future Freak Me Out
The Menzingers – After the Party
Kevin loves parties. He just doesn't love what comes after them.
Apr 10, 2017 Kevin Rettie
The Menzingers, Jeff Rosenstock, & Rozwell Kid at Metro in Chicago, IL
Kyle recounts his drunken evening of music and Malort fueled revelry at the Metro and Mat has the photos to prove it!
Apr 12, 2017 Kyle JanisMat Stokes
The Flatliners – Inviting Light
Long time Flatliners fan - Kevin - discusses why 'Inviting Light' seems to fall... flat.
Descendents, Suicide Machines, & Radkey in Detroit, MI
The pop punks set off on their 2017 tour in Detroit last Friday, packing the Fillmore.
Apr 25, 2017 Gene Butcher
Rancid Releases Track from New Album 'Trouble Maker'
The beard is back!
At the Drive In – in•ter a•li•a
"Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?"
Rancid Releases Another New Song "Telegraph Avenue"
"My favorite part about the new Rancid songs/videos is the look on Tim's face suggesting even he's confused about what he's singing about." - Jimmy Gomez
May 16, 2017 Kendra Sheetz
The Flatliners Announces Summer Tour with Pkew Pkew Pkew & Garrett Dale (Red City Radio)
Gritty summer jams for you East Coasters.
May 17, 2017 Krista Gjestland
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Q: Hovering stacked transparents images I have a few images stacked. Every image has some transparent pixels. Using only CSS can we use the hover property on images that aren't the higher one? When a pixel on the higher image is transparent the image that has to receive the "hover" event should be the next one whose this pixel is not transparent.
Example : https://jsfiddle.net/qny79r13/.
HTML :

CSS :
div {
    position: relative;
    width: 640px;
    height: 480px;
}

img {
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

img:hover {
    border: red 2px solid;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

If it is not possible using only CSS, is there a way to do this with JS? Some articles talk about using SVG but I don't want to convert my images to SVG...
Thanks!

A: As @Bryce Howitson said, it isn't possible using plain CSS. So I find a solution using JS. The trick is to use canvas to draw the image and use the 'onmousemove' event to find which pixel is hovered. If the pixel of the higher layer is transparent, the event is transmitted to the next layer. And so on to the last one.
Here is some working code:
HTML:

CSS:
div {
    position: relative;
    width: 640px;
    height: 480px;
}

canvas {
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

.hovered {
    border: red 2px solid;
}

JS:
const images = ["Map%20base.png",
    "Cavernes.png",
    "Chemins.png",
    "Points%20d'intérêt.png",
    "Villes.png"
];

const canvasList = [

];

const cssClasses = {
    hovered: 'hovered'
};

function loadImages(container) {
    for(const image of images) {
        const imageContainer = document.createElement('img');
        imageContainer.onload = (img) => {
            const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
            canvas.width = imageContainer.width;
            canvas.height = imageContainer.height;
            canvas.getContext('2d').drawImage(imageContainer, 0, 0, imageContainer.width, imageContainer.height);
            canvas.onmouseover = onhover;
            canvas.onmousemove = onhover;

            container.appendChild(canvas);
            canvasList.push(canvas);
        };
        imageContainer.src = image;
    }
}

function onhover({target, offsetX, offsetY}) {
    if (!target) return;

    const color = target
        .getContext('2d')
        .getImageData(offsetX, offsetY, 1, 1)
        .data;

    for(const canvas of canvasList) {
        canvas.classList.remove(cssClasses.hovered);
    }

    if (color[3] === 0) {   // Transparent
        const nextCanvas = findNextCanvas(target);
        if (nextCanvas !== null) {
            onhover({target: nextCanvas, offsetX, offsetY});
        }
    } else {
        target.classList.add(cssClasses.hovered);
    }
}

function findNextCanvas(currentCanvas) {
    for(let i in canvasList) {
        if (canvasList[i] === currentCanvas) {
            if (i === 0) return null;
            else return canvasList[i - 1];
        }
    }

    return null;
}

loadImages(document.getElementById('container'));

Hope this helps someone else! :)

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(2 of 3) Special Weather Statement - Minnesota: Dakota, Scott, Washington and 1 other county
All lanes of I-94 open in St. Michael after semi spills frozen french fries
The Minnesota Department of Transportation confirms all lanes of Interstate 94 in St. Michael are now open following a crash involving a semi hauling frozen french fries Thursday morning.
The semi spilled its load onto the freeway. Traffic was diverted at Highway 241.
The state patrol said the semi had to be removed from the right ditch. No injuries were reported.
It came on a day when crashes and spinouts were being reported across the state. From 5 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the state patrol reported 413 crashes on the state's roads, including 32 with injuries (though none considered serious). There were also 494 reports of vehicles spinning out or going off the road and 18 reports of jackknifed semis.
#MSPNumbers Statewide 5am to 3:30pm, 02/07/19: 413 crashes (32 with injury, 0 serious/0 fatal) & 494 veh spin out/off the road & 18 jackknifed semis.
— State Patrol PIO (@MSPPIO) February 7, 2019
The state patrol said it was holding over some day shift cars to handle the amount of crashes and spinouts on the road. Motorists were advised to drive carefully.
The Waconia school district reported a bus carrying students to Waconia Middle School slid off a gravel road near the corner of County Road 32 and Union Avenue in New Germany Thursday morning. No other vehicles were involved in the incident and no injuries were reported at the time, though a district spokesperson said one student reported a minor injury (bruise) later in the day.
Another bus was dispatched and the students were transferred and arrived safely at school, the spokesperson said.
RELATED: Minneapolis, St. Paul issue snow emergencies
The state patrol reported no one was injured when a semi rear-ended a plow Thursday morning on Highway 52 north of Rochester.
MnDOT was advising motorists to avoid any unnecessary travel Thursday in south central Minnesota due to limited visibility and poor road conditions.
A release said the dangerous driving conditions were expected to continue into the night.
That included Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Nicollet and Watonwan Counties.
Multiple vehicles damaged after bus driver suffers medical emergency
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2 vehicles involved in fatal crash in Stearns County
State Patrol asks for public's help locating vehicle involved in fatal hit-and-run
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1 killed, 1 seriously injured in collision west of Faribault
1 dead in crash that temporarily closed Hwy 212
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Korea Hold Uruguay to a Scoreless Draw in Group H Opener at Qatar World Cup
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South Korea's 2022 Qatar World Cup campaign got under way on Thursday with an opening match against two-time winners Uruguay. The Taegeuk Warriors held their own against a side stacked with household names in the footballing world, fighting to a scoreless draw.
South Korea held the 2018 World Cup quarterfinalist Uruguay to a scoreless draw in their Group H opener at the 2022 Qatar World Cup on Thursday.
Placed 28th in the FIFA rankings, Team Korea entered the match at Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan as the clear underdog, having lost six times in its eight previous duels with the 14th-ranked South American side.
Uruguay, which finished third in the South American confederation qualifiers behind Brazil and Argentina, started world-class players such as Darwin Núñez, Federico Valverde and Luis Suárez who made way for Edinson Cavani, but failed to find the back of the net, only managing to hit the post twice.
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min, still recovering from a facial fracture, boosted the Asian side's morale by playing throughout the match in a protective mask and came closest to scoring in the 90th minute, but his shot flew just wide of the net. Lee Kang-in, a 21-year-old playmaker signed to Spanish club Mallorca, also injected some energy as he came in as a substitute in the second half.
The draw gives the Taegeuk Warriors cause to cautiously hope they can clinch their first berth to the Round of 16 in 12 years.
South Korea moved past the group stage at the quadrennial event only twice, including the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup that saw the side finish fourth. It then went as far as the Round of 16 at the 2010 South Africa World Cup, but in both instances, the team won its first group match.
Led by Portuguese manager Paulo Bento, Team Korea will seek to further boost its chance to progress when it faces Ghana on Monday. Korea and the western African country, currently ranked 61st, equally split their six previous duels. Team Korea will face ninth-ranked Portugal on Saturday of next week.
The Korea-Ghana match will be held at the same venue at 10 p.m., Korea time, on Monday.
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The small rocky island of Sula Sgeir ("gannet skerry") is located about 40 miles (65km) north of Ness, Lewis. It is no more than 150m wide, but has 75m seacliffs. Lacking fresh water and with little vegetation, the island is inhabited only by seabirds, including gannets, guillemots, razorills, fulmars and shags.
The island is best known for the annual guga hunt, during which ten men from Ness spend a fortnight culling some 2,000 gugas, or young gannets, in keeping with an ancient tradition.
On the island can be found a small temple, Taigh Bheannaich, which is said to have been occupied by Brenhilda, sister of St Ronan who was the occupant of the island of Rona, 12 miles distant. Five drystone bothies on the island serve as rudimentary shelter for the guga hunters. A lighthouse is located at the south end.
The island has been a National Nature Reserve since 1956 and is managed by Scottish Natural Heritage.


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Sir Thomas Elder,  (5 August 1818 – 6 March 1897), was a Scottish-Australian pastoralist, highly successful businessman, philanthropist, politician, race-horse owner and breeder, and public figure. Amongst many other things, he is notable for introducing camels to Australia.

Early years
Elder was born at Kirkcaldy, Scotland, the fourth son of George Elder, merchant, and his wife Joanna Haddow, née Lang.

Thomas' second eldest brother, Alexander Lang Elder (1815–1885), went to South Australia in 1839 and founded the firm of Elder and Company in Adelaide. He was joined by his brothers William (1813–1882) and George (1816–1897). In 1846 George and Alex went into partnership with experienced pastoralist W.S. Peter to establish a sheep run they named Warrow Station, located at Coulta near Port Lincoln. In August 1851 Alex was elected a member of the Legislative Council for West Adelaide. He resigned his seat in March 1853, and left South Australia. He settled in London in 1855, and acted as agent for the Adelaide company until 1884, when he and his sons established A. L. Elder & Company. William left Adelaide soon after Alexander. George left in 1855.

South Australia
Thomas Elder migrated to Adelaide in 1854 and worked with George for a year. After George departed, Thomas formed Elder, Stirling & Co, a partnership with Edward Stirling, Robert Barr Smith and John Taylor. In 1856 Barr Smith married Thomas Elder's sister Joanna, and on Stirling and Taylor's retirement in 1863, Barr Smith and Thomas Elder formed Elder Smith and Co. In 1875, with Andrew Tennant, they formed the Adelaide Steamship Company.

In 1864 he persuaded Arthur Hardy to sell him his Glen Osmond home "Birksgate", which he developed considerably. In 1897 it passed to his nephew T. E. Barr Smith.

Pastoralist
Elder also had other important interests. In partnership with Robert Barr Smith, they acquired Nilpena Station in 1859. He became associated with Peter Waite in the Paratoo run in 1862, in the same year bought Beltana station, and eventually became the owner of an enormous tract of country. Other properties Thomas acquired during this time included Ketchowla Station, Oulnina, Anabama, Tualkilky, Grampus, Ouratan and Netley. He was said to have held at one time a pastoral area greater in extent than the whole of Scotland. Much of this was land with a very low rainfall, and Elder spent a great deal of money sinking artesian wells, making dams and fencing. In January 1866 he imported 120 camels from India with "Afghan" attendants, which were of much use in the dry areas and in conveying supplies from Port Augusta. In 1868 he chartered Henry Simpson's Kohinoor to return the "Afghans" and bring out another 60 camels and a fresh contingent of attendants. They became an important factor in the development of the northern area of South Australia.

Investor, politician, race horses, vigneron
Elder was very fortunate in his mining ventures. Early in the sixties he had large interests in the Moonta and Wallaroo copper-mines which brought him in a huge fortune. He entered political life as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council in 1863 but retired in 1869. He was again elected in 1871, but resigned in 1878 and took no further part in politics.

Elder was much interested in horses and made the breeding of blood stock a hobby. He was a leading racing man between 1875 and 1884 and had the highest reputation. It was well known that any horse bearing his colours was in the race to win. He sold his race-horses in 1884 but continued his stud.

Elder also had interests in the wine industry and was quite successful in exhibitions in Adelaide and London. He was also a founder of the Tintara Vineyard company in 1862.

Philanthropy
Elder encouraged exploration, contributed largely to Warburton's 1873 expedition and Giles's in 1875, supplying camels in each case, which proved to be of the greatest value. He also contributed liberally to the cost of other explorations, and in no case sought or obtained any return for himself. On one occasion he offered £5,000 on condition that a like sum was subscribed by the public to finance an expedition to the Southern Ocean, but the condition was not fulfilled.

He supported every kind of manly sport and his benefactions both private and public were widespread and almost without limit.

The Art Gallery of South Australia received a bequest of £25,000, and many of the finest pictures of the gallery were purchased from this fund. He contributed substantially to the Library's acquisition program. He himself published a small booklet in 1893: Notes from a Pocket Journal of a Trip up the River Murray in 1856, recounting a voyage in the steamer Gundagai.

In 1874 he gave £20,000 towards an endowment fund for the newly established University of Adelaide, and on his death in 1897 bequeathed a further £65,000 to the University, £20,000 of which was for a School of Music. The Elder Conservatorium of Music perpetuates his name. Elder's combined gifts and bequests to the University amount to nearly £100,000.

Elder Professor of Mathematics
One of Elder's bequests established and funded the first professorships at the fledgeling University; the Elder Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; and the Elder Professor of Natural Sciences. The first incumbent, Sir Horace Lamb, an applied mathematician, lectured in pure and applied mathematics as well as giving instruction in practical physics. After Lamb's resignation in 1885 to take up a post at Owens College, Manchester, separate Chairs in Mathematics and Physics were established. The Elder Chair of Mathematics at the University of Adelaide has been held by many eminent mathematicians, including Nobel Prize winner Sir William Henry Bragg.
1. Sir Horace Lamb M.A. Sc.D. 1875–1885 (Elder Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy)
2. Sir William Henry Bragg M.A. OM KBE PRS 1886–1908
3. Sir Robert William Chapman M.A. B.E. CMG Kt 1909–1919
4. John Raymond Wilton B.Sc. M.A. D.Sc. 1920–1944
5. Harold William Sanders B.A. M.A. 1944–1958
6. Eric Stephen Barnes B.A.Hons. M.A. Ph.D. 1959–1974
7. Ren Potts B.Sc.Hons. D.Phil. D.Sc. AO 1976–1990
8. Ernie Tuck B.Sc.Hons. Ph.D. 1991-2002
9. Charles E. M. Pearce B.Sc. M.Sc. Ph.D. 2005-2012
10. Mathai Varghese B.A. Ph.D. 2013-

Elder Professor of Physics
1. Sir William Henry Bragg M.A. OM KBE PRS 1886–1908
2. Sir Kerr Grant B.Sc.(Hons.) M.Sc. KCB 1911–1948
3. Sir Leonard George Holden Huxley M.A. D.Phil. KBE 1949–1959
4. John Henry Carver M.Sc. Ph.D. Sc.D. 1961–1978
5. John Russell Prescott B.Sc.(Hons.) Ph.D. D.Phil. 1982–1990
6. Anthony William (Tony) Thomas B.Sc.(Hons.) Ph.D. D.Sc.1990-

Elder Professor of Music
As well as later funding the Elder Conservatorium, Sir Thomas helped to establish the Elder Professorship of Music in 1883, with the first incumbent taking up the post in 1884. At the same time, Sir Thomas established endowment funds in parallel for the Royal College of Music in London and the Music Board of the University of Adelaide to support the Elder Overseas Scholarship (in Music).

All of the Elder Professors of Music have also served as Director/Dean of the Elder Conservatorium, providing artistic and academic leadership both in the Conservatorium and in the Faculties/Schools of Music/Performing Arts of which it has been part.
1. Joshua Ives Mus.Bac.(Cantab.) 1884–1901
2. J. Matthew Ennis D.Mus.(Adel.) 1902–1918
3. E. Harold Davies Mus.Bac. D.Mus.(Adel.)1918–1948
4. John Bishop OBE 1946–1966, pianist and arts administrator
5. David Galliver M.A.(Oxon.) AM 1966–1983, tenor
6. Heribert Esser M.Mus. 1986–1993, conductor
7. Charles Bodman Rae M.A.(Cantab.), DMus(Adel.), Ph.D. D.Mus.(Leeds) since 2001-, composer

Elder Professor of Anatomy and Histology
The first two incumbents of this position were known as the Elder Professor of Anatomy. It became the Elder Professor of Anatomy and Histology on the appointment of Professor Herbert Woollard in 1928.
 Archibald Watson M.D. F.R.C.S. 1885–1919
 Frederic Wood Jones B.Sc. M.B.B.S. M.D. 1920–1927
 Herbert Henry Woollard M.B.B.S. M.D. 1928–1929
 Herbert John Wilkinson B.A. M.B.Ch.B. M.D. 1930–1936
 Frank Goldby M.B.Ch.B. 1937-1944–* Andrew Arthur Abbie B.S. M.D. D.Sc. 1945-1970
 Janis Priedkalns B.V.Sc. M.A. Ph.D. 1972–1996

In 1996 the Wood Jones Professor of Biological Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, named for the second Elder Professor of Anatomy, was established from an endowment by Professor Ray Last (1903–1993), who studied under Wood Jones in the 1920s before embarking on a successful career as a surgeon and teacher in Australia and the United Kingdom. The foundation Wood Jones Chair (1996-) is Professor Maciej Henneberg Ph.D. D.Sc.

Others
 Ralph Tate, Elder Professor of Natural Sciences 1875–1901
 Edward Rennie M.A. D.Sc., Elder Professor of Chemistry 1886–1927

Later years
He had a severe illness in 1887 and shortly afterwards retired. Elder Smith and Company was formed into a public company, and Elder afterwards lived chiefly in the country. He never married. Elder was knighted in 1878 () and created Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in 1887. He died at Mount Lofty on 6 March 1897.

Legacy
Elder is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Australian gecko, Strophurus elderi.

See also
Elder Conservatorium
Elders Limited

References

1818 births
1897 deaths
Settlers of South Australia
Australian Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Members of the South Australian Legislative Council
Businesspeople from Adelaide
Adelaide Club
19th-century Australian politicians
People from Kirkcaldy
Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia
19th-century Australian businesspeople

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Мануель Маріано Мельгарехо Валенсія (; 1820—1871) — болівійський політичний діяч, президент країни у 1864—1871 роках.

Ранні роки
Мельгарехо народився 13 квітня 1820 року в департаменті Кочабамба, був позашлюбним сином іспанця та індіанки кечуа.

Військова кар'єра та президентство
Розпочавши військову кар'єру у рідному департаменті, Мельгарехо поступово здійнявся щаблями військової кар'єри завдяки своїй готовності брати участь у заколотах та змовах. Брав участь у військовому перевороті проти режиму диктатора Мануеля Бельсу, за що був звинувачений у державній зраді, але отримав помилування. Генерал Мельгарехо спочатку підтримав диктаторський режим Лінареса (1857—1861), а потім бився на боці Хосе Марії Ача, який став президентом 1861 року. Закономірно, що у грудні 1864 року він очолив повстання проти останнього, в результаті чого проголосив себе президентом Болівії. Зважаючи на те, що сили Бельсу все ще контролювали частину країни, Мельгарехо організував його пошуки та, за легендою, особисто вбив колишнього диктатора.

Встановивши свою владу, Мельгарехо почав правити так, як не правив жоден уряд до нього. Він рішуче придушив усі опозиційні сили в країні й сильно притиснув традиційні права корінного населення країни. Період його правління став найбільш трагічним епізодом в історії Болівії. Це було пов'язано з репресіями, які він проводив, а також із безглуздими територіальними поступками Чилі.

Державний переворот і смерть
Зрештою, опозиційні сили об'єднались заради ліквідації тиранії Мельгарехо, що вилилось у державний переворот. 15 січня 1871 року його було скинуто силами на чолі з генералом Агустіном Моралесом. Після цього Мельгарехо втік з країни до Ліми, Перу, де був убитий 23 листопада братом своєї коханки.

Примітки

Джерела
 Klein, Herbert. The American Finances of the Spanish Empire: Royal Income and Expenditures in Colonial Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, 1680—1809. (1998). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, pp.136.

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First off, no I am not (yet) compensated by or affiliated with Wendy's "Old Fashioned Hamburgers" restaurant chain. Nor do I live inside one. They're just always spitting hot fire at the fast food game, so to speak. And I have a soft spot--a sweet-tooth for gimmicks (a gimmick-tooth, if you will)--for artificial scarcity marketing, so to speak. I can't help it. It's genetic. It's my raging FOMO.
And so here we are today. This might get long. I'm going to add a break (I know! This writing style is so chill and conversational, it's like I'm writing directly to YOU). Hit the jump if you want to find out the top 6 ways this literally unbelievable review will change the way you get your mind blown!
I insert my AmericaOnline CD-ROM into the computer's disk drive. The CD spins up and I type the corresponding numbers into the field of the notification box that appears on the screen. That familiar sound--my computer's modem is calling the Internet. I make a note of the time on my notepad (43 minutes left this month). The connection is complete. I open Netscape Navigator via the desktop icon. From the drop-down menu in the toolbar I open the search field and type in my AOL Keyword. A short amount of surfing on the World Wide Web gets me the information I need. I know which Wendy's locations are serving the BlaBeBurger. I log off and make another note of time (31 minutes left this month).
BlaBeBurger? BBBurger? BlBnBgr? B:lack-ean-urger? None of these are really speaking to me. I might actually have to write out the whole thing each time.
So I roll up to Wendy's drive-thru and I know it's one of their "good" locations because the outdoor menu is all video screen. Except it's kind of hard to see because their "ordering hole" is in a massive pillar like some kind of 2001: A Space Obelisk. It is all-encompassing with regards to field of vision. I think they are designing drive-thrus based on the average American automobile being the size of a Hummer.
I want to tell you more about the drive-thru, but my brand-new editor is telling me that it's "too tangential," and "doesn't add to the conversation," and "unnecessarily elongates an already rambling exposition." So, another time, perhaps.
$7.35 is what a medium bleanburger combo will run you these days. The sandwich alone is $4.50. I wanted a small but the way the lady said "will this be a medium or a large?" made it seem like those were the only two options. Plus I was flustered by the crazy menu and unfamiliar drive-thru (see, I told you it would behoove the reader if I were to expound upon the drive-thru experience).
Also, I got frenched fries instead of a side salad because a black bean burger is basically a salad and it's a skip day and I deserve it, etc. Would it surprise you if I had a complaint about my iced tea? Because I tasted sweetness in my unsweetened iced tea! Unsweetened is a strange looking word. I'll bet it is troublesome for dyslexics. Do you remember Jodie Sweetin aka Stephanie Tanner from Full House?
I drove to one of my favorite nearby parks to enjoy this meatless feast (see: title). It was such a beautiful day, after all.
This is great so far. The tea is ice cold. The fries are hot and crispy with an appropriate level of salt. Good fries are important. How many meals have been ruined by soggy floppy over/under salted fries? At least several, for sure. Who would let a thing like that ruin a meal? Someone who cares. That's who. Someone who writes about fast food on a popular web log.
How will this seedy bun compare to the Jalapeno Fresco's terrible bun?
And the blabeburger is looking on fleek. It's not all smashed down and misshapen with sauce oozing over onto the bun. You can see the bun covered with several varieties of debris grains, or something. And you can also see some fresh-looking spinach sticking out. Let's open it up.
I'm docking my photographer's pay. Watch your shadows, buddy!
Okay, the view's not much better inside. There's a "tomato" and you can tell that the bun has been toasted and everything is covered in some type of sauce--presumably ranch-based. Is "ranch" a flavor anyplace in the world other than America? I'm a little bit upset with the spinach distribution. There are probably instructions from corporate to put all the leafy stuff sticking out of the front so that it looks like the burger is totally stacked with copious fresh greens.
Can we see the star of the show yet? The patty. Of beans (also peppers and corn). Sure!
Actually, not really. It is covered in cheese and the ranch is making everything stick together. In retrospect, flipping it upside-down and snapping a pic creating a photographic image of the undercarriage would have yielded a more enlightening perspective of the goods. But I wasn't thinking about that. I was too pumped to get this into my mouth.
Is looking at a picture of a half-eaten sandwich interesting to anyone? Anybody at all?
So there you can see the strata of the blackeanurger. Pretty straightforward sandwich. Time for the breakdown. I can't find any nutritional or ingredient information on this sandwich, so I'll be guessing on all ingredients. Let's talk taste!
Bun: bun bun bun bun. Obviously wholesome in appearance with all of the grains. I love multi-grained bread. I see: sesame seeds, cracked oats, and I don't know what those little dark balls are. Some type of seed. Maybe mustard seeds. Any grain experts in the crowd want to chime in?
Anyways, despite all of the grains on the lid, the bun is otherwise white bread. There's a sweetness to it and it has definitely been heavily buttered. Not just for toasting, I think. Look back and see how much even the outside of the bun glistens. It's good bread. Very appropriate for this sandwich. It's easy to chew and not too heavy, but not too insubstantial either.
Veggies: A single tomato slice and about 5 leaves of spinach. I've just been calling it spinach. It looks like there might be some other stuff in there. Arugula or whatever--I dunno, I'm not a farmer or a rabbit. I know that other Wendy's sandwiches have tender greens that appear to be from one of those "mixed greens" plastic tubs you can get at the grocery store. The greens are good. The tomato is one of those hard pink flavorless tomatoes. It adds moisture and texture, but I'm missing the flavor.
Sauce: (Prounounced "sssOoowwwwzzz") It's Wendy's Asiago Ranch Sauce. Creamy, ranchy, thick and sticky. Closer to mayo than dressing.
Cheese: It's my understanding that this is the same Colby-Pepperjack that appears on the Jalapeño Fresco burger. So, mild and not too "jacky" but real cheese nonetheless. Sure beats a Kraft Single.
Black Bean Patty: Finally! It's made from black beans, corn, red/yellow peppers, maybe some rice, other additives, spices. We'll know for sure once this goes national and Wendy's posts an ingredients list on their website.
Look at this thing. The patty is 1/4 to 3/8 inches thick. That's what you would expect for fast food, but I like those big bulging hulking patties. I'm not sure what I expected, but looking at the blaberger for the first time kind of let the air out of my balloons, as they say.
It tastes good. There is a nice level of spice--a flavor spice, not a heat spice. It is fibrous in texture with a few crunches. That combined texture is very good. Black bean burgers in general tend to be dry. They need to be or they would fall apart. The ranch sauce and buttery bun definitely help out here. As do the vegetables.
I may have had some issues with some of the ingredients individually, but as a whole this is definitely a very cohesive sandwich. This will no doubt be expanding to other Wendy's in the near future. If I were a vegetarian upset with lunch options, this sandwich would have me very excited.
Do you know what I thought as I was eating it? One, I wondered what it would taste like with just the patty, a slice of cheese, and one of their cheap buns. No but for real, I thought "this would be good on a real hamburger." Like, take the same black bean burger, but also add in a regular hamburger patty. And maybe some bacon. That would be tops, man.
Also of note: the patty is ROUND! Wendy's is known for its square hamburger patties. Was this an oversight? Or a way of differentiating the sandwich? Or they're all "Dave Thomas is dead, hell, let's do whatever we want now!"
Conclusion: Strong entry into the vegetarian sandwich field. Tasty patty with good accessories. A little too expensive. For now, getting one is an inconvenience because you have to go to a special Wendy's. I look forward to the day that I can order a Baconator with black bean patties at any Wendy's in America.


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The number of buyers who signed contracts on homes in December plummeted
Golden West net climbs 12%
By Greg Morcroft
Published: Apr 20, 2006 4:44 p.m. ET
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Golden West Financial Corp. on Thursday said its first- quarter net income rose 12% as its mortgage business remained strong despite borrowers' migration to fixed-rate mortgages from their firms's primary adjustable-rate product.
The company GDW, +9.47% reported first-quarter net income of $391 million, or $1.25 a share, up 12% from $348 million, or $1.12 a share in the year-ago period.
"As usual, the popularity of our main product, the monthly adjustable-rate mortgage, or ARM, is influenced by what's happening with fixed-rate mortgages, or FRMs, the customers' primary alternative. Low long-term interest rates made FRMs very attractive to borrowers. At the same time, the cost of ARMs continued to climb," Herbert Sandler, Golden West's CEO, said in a press release.
The Oakland, Calif.-based lender was expected to earn $1.26 a share, according to a survey of analysts by Thomson Financial.
Golden West's primary spread, the difference between the yield on loans and investments and the cost of savings and borrowings, averaged 2.57%, down from 2.65%.
"Our spread normally contracts temporarily when short-term rates rise, because the yield we earn on our loan portfolio responds to interest-rate movements more slowly than the cost of our deposits and borrowings, "Sandler said.
Golden West shares fell 2.3%, or $1.65, to $70.24.
Golden West reported deposit growth of $1.4 billion in the first three months of 2006, down from a first-quarter record of $2.6 billion set in 2005.
The company said its net interest income rose to $883.1 million from $757.4 million in last year's first quarter.
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"The Shooting Star Salesman" Kicks Off Yahoo! en Español's Online Short Film Festival
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Yahoo en Español is hosting what looks to be a blended Spanish/English online short film festival called "Yahoo! Cortos," beginning Sunday, September 1 and running for the full month, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. "This film festival," Yahoo! says, "will place a spotlight on America's rising filmmakers and offer them a platform to showcase their work for millions nationwide."
The plan is 30 films in 30 days, one new short film a day, beginning with Kico Velarde's The Shooting Star Salesman, his English-language, Kickstarter-funded short that's seen a lot of attention since its release a year ago, including official selection at the 2012 New York International Latino Film Festival, the Film of the Year Award at the 2012 Georgia Latino Film Festival and Dramatic Short winner at the Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival.
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Check it out here, on Yahoo en Español, where you can get the schedule of upcoming films and profiles of the filmmakers.
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Why do insurance policies have deductibles?
Insurance policies have deductibles for behavioral and financial reasons.
Deductibles mitigate the behavioral risk of moral hazards. A moral hazard describes the risk that two parties to an agreement or contract may not act in good faith. Because insurance policies protect the policyholder from loss, a moral hazard exists; the insured party may engage in risky behavior due to the protection provided by the insurance policy he holds.
For example, if a driver holds an automobile insurance policy, he may have the incentive to drive in a reckless manner or leave his vehicle unattended in dangerous areas because he is insured against damage or theft. A deductible mitigates the risk that the insured party may engage in reckless behavior. The insured party is responsible for a substantial portion of the costs in the event of catastrophic loss along with the insurer. In effect, deductibles serve to align the interests of the insurer and the insured so that both parties seek to mitigate the risk of catastrophic loss.
Insurance policies also use deductibles to ensure a measure of financial stability on the part of the insurer. A properly structured insurance policy should protect against catastrophic loss. A deductible provides a cushion between any given minimal loss and a true catastrophic loss that allows the insurance company to administer its policies.
For example, suppose an insurance policy did not have a deductible in place. The cost of every minor claim, regardless of the severity of loss, would be the responsibility of the insurer. Any small dent in an automobile or minor property damage on a home would create a claim the insurer must address. This scenario would create an overwhelming number of claims and increase the financial costs of the policy, damaging the ability of the insurer to respond properly to actual catastrophic losses from policyholders.


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During the first quarter of 2012, EXOR S.p.A. purchased on the market 7,597,613 Fiat savings shares (9.51% of the class) and 2,826,170 Fiat Industrial savings shares (3.54% of the class) for a total equivalent amount, respectively, of €30.8 million and €16 million.
332,587,447 Fiat Industrial ordinary shares (30.45% of the class), 31,082,500 Fiat Industrial preferred shares (30.09% of the class) and 17,329,240 Fiat Industrial savings shares (21.69% of the class).
In the first days of April 2012, the extraordinary shareholders' meetings and the special shareholders' meetings of Fiat S.p.A. and Fiat Industrial S.p.A. approved the mandatory conversion of the preferred and savings shares of the respective companies into ordinary shares.
As part of the reorganization of the Paris Orléans Group currently underway, on April 3, 2012, EXOR S.A. signed a commitment to purchase Paris Orléans shares up to a maximum of €25 million. The final investment will depend on the results of the public tender offer that will be launched by the parent Rothschild Concordia S.A.S. on the above company.
The board of directors of EXOR in its meeting held on April 6, 2012, approved a new Incentive Plan pursuant to art. 114 bis of Legislative Decree 58/98, which will be submitted to the shareholders' meeting of May 29, 2012 for approval.
under the second part of the Plan, denominated "Company Performance Stock Option", a total of 3 million option rights will be granted to the recipients which will allow them to purchase a corresponding number of EXOR ordinary shares. The vesting period of the rights is from 2014 to 2018 in annual lots of the same number that will become exercisable from the time they vest until 2021, subject to reaching performance targets and the continuation of the professional relationship with the Company and with the Companies in the Holdings System. The performance targets will be considered to have been reached when the annual variation in EXOR's NAV will be higher than the change in the MSCI World Index in Euro, in the year preceding that of vesting. The exercise price of the options will be determined on the basis of the arithmetic average of the Borsa Italiana trading prices of EXOR ordinary shares in the month prior to the grant date to the individual recipients. The chairman and chief executive office of the Company, John Elkann, is the recipient of the Company Performance Stock Options and will receive 750,000 option rights. The other recipients could be about 15 employees of EXOR S.p.A. and/or Companies in the Holdings System, which hold key positions in the company organization.
With a view to the appointment of new directors, the board has proposed to fix the number of directors of EXOR at 15. The proposal has the purpose of ensuring an adequate presence of non-executive directors who can contribute experience, competence and professionalism. The board also suggested the appointment of an appropriate number of independent directors from whom the board can benefit because of their various backgrounds. The appointment of the directors, as well as the members of the board of statutory auditors, will be made on the basis of slates of candidates and the percentage of capital necessary for the presentation of the slates, according to what has recently been published by Consob, should be equal to at least 1.5% of EXOR ordinary shares.
Victor Bischoff (Independent Director), Andrea Agnelli, Vittorio Avogadro di Collobiano, Tiberto Brandolini d'Adda, Giuseppina Capaldo (Independent Director), John Elkann, Luca Ferrero Ventimiglia, Mina Gerowin (Independent Director), Jay Y. Lee (Independent Director), Sergio Marchionne, Alessandro Nasi, Lupo Rattazzi, Giuseppe Recchi (Independent Director), Eduardo Teodorani-Fabbri and Michelangelo Volpi (Independent Director).
 Giorgio Ferrino, Ruggero Tabone (candidates for the position of Alternate auditors).
The board of directors passed a resolution to propose to the shareholders the renewal of the authorization for the purchase and disposal of treasury stock. Such authorization would allow the Company to purchase on the market, for 18 months from the date of the resolution by the shareholders, ordinary and/or preferred and/or savings shares for a maximum number such as not to exceed the limit set by law, for a maximum disbursement of €450 million.
The board of directors, in the context of the strategy already undertaken to extend the maturity of EXOR's debt and to provide EXOR with new funds to pursue its activities, has also resolved on the possibility of issuing by March 31, 2013 one or more bonds, for a total amount not in excess of €1,000 million, or the equivalent in another currency, to be placed with institutional investors publicly, or directly as private placements. Following this decision, which guarantees EXOR flexibility, the company will evaluate on each occasion the opportunities offered by the market determining the maturity date and the amount of any issues.
As part of the sale, EXOR acquired an approximate 10% interest in Seagull S.p.A. for €10 million and has committed to purchase from Alpitour Group property used as a hotel for consideration of €26 million.
The transaction will result in a gain for EXOR in the separate financial statements of approximately €140 million that will be recorded in the second quarter of 2012.
Below are the dividends declared by some investment holdings, received and recorded in part in the first quarter and in part in the second quarter by EXOR and the subsidiary EXOR S.A.
(a)	CHF 76.3 million converted at the rate of 1.20670. (b)	Of which €26.4 million will be recognized as a deduction from the carrying amount of the investment since the distribution is by withdrawal from paid-in capital.
As part of the process for the listing of BTG Pactual, on April 30, 2012 EXOR S.A. sold 87% of its investment in the BTG Pactual Group, originally equal to €19 million. The transaction led to a return on the investment sold equal to approximately 20%.
On May 4, 2012, EXOR appointed Shahriar Tadjbakhsh Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company with effect from June.
The COO will work closely with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Elkann on the management of EXOR's investment portfolio that - in line with announcements – is increasingly focused on a smaller number of companies of global scale and relevance.
Based in Turin, the COO will also work alongside managing directors Mario Bonaccorso and Alessandro Nasi who will both be focused on EXOR's investment activities.
The Chief Financial Officer Enrico Vellano will continue to be responsible for the corporate support functions which will serve all of EXOR's activities.
Subsequent to filing the motivations for the acquittal verdict, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Turin, by act of notification to the Company on June 3, 2011, lodged an immediate appeal under ex art. 569 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to the Supreme Court of Cassation. The hearing in the Court of Cassation is set for June 20, 2012.


Mouse and Keyboard. They're the undisputed champions of input methods, as long as what you're doing is office work. Still, for whatever reasons, many gamers favour these workplace implements as their controllers of choice – which is one of the many reasons those same people find making the jump to console gaming daunting. There are some games and genres where playing on a console is just better, not least of all because for the most part, they actually work.
Still, many gamers yearn for PC controls when they take to consoles. Peripheral maker Hori has just the thing. A mouse and keyboard combo for the PlayStation 4.
The Tactical Assault Commander for PlayStation 4is a newer version of the same thing they released for the PlayStation 3 – and works on both systems, bringing mouse and keyboard FPS controls to Sony's consoles. It features a diminutive keyboard that maps the controller's many buttons, along with a mouse that takes on the right analogue stick. The keyboard's got a touch pad on the back of it, for whatever reason.
It will, however, be quite pricy. According to Amazon, you can expect to shell out 86 Pound Sterling, which translates in direct conversion to just under R1700, or one single stone to set around a particular firepool.
A better option, I think, would be to look at something like the XIM4, which is just about the only one of the "mouse and keyboard for console" adapters that actually feels and functions like a real mouse and keyboard would. As a plus, it allows you to use your own mouse and keyboard instead of Hori's ones.
Still, if you're traditionally a PC gamer and want to play some of the great console exclusives and can't stomach using controllers, there are options available to you.


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Q: What is the difference between $\sigma, \sigma_{\bar{x}}, S, s,$ and $s_{\bar{x}}$? What is the difference between $\sigma, \sigma_{\bar{x}}, S, s,$ and $s_{\bar{x}}$?
My textbook uses lots of different symbols, and it's not clear to me what the difference between all of them are. Are they just the same?

A: $\sigma$ is the population standard deviation, which is generally unknown. Typically, X (a capital letter) represents a value from the population. This is a random variable (it could take any of , typically, many values). A particular value of X is called x (lower case) and has a definite value. If you have n different such sample values you might label them $x_1, x_2, ..., x_n$. The average of n values from the population is also a random variable $\bar{X}$ and it in turn might have a particular value for n particular sample values, $\bar{x}$. Given a random sample average $\bar{X}$, that sample will have a random sample standard deviation S. A particular value for this random variable for a known sample of n values is then s. The random variable $\bar{X}$ for n sample values has a smaller standard deviation than the original X variable. Its population standard deviation is ${{\sigma }_{{\bar{X}}}}=\frac{\sigma }{\sqrt{n}}$ with sample standard deviation ${{s}_{{\bar{x}}}}=\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}$.


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Byrdie and Mydomaine return to form after DotDash acquisition
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Mydomaine and Byrdie were acquired by DotDash in January 2019. During the last 7 months, the two .com domains have achieved 675% growth in visibility in the UK. We look into how DotDash has achieved that, and the opportunities for the future.
Internationalisation fixed
Opportunity in the UK
DotDash Facts and Figures
Bought from Clique Brands, the two websites add to the DotDash portfolio which includes The Spruce, Verywell and Investopedia, sites that have been developed since the re-organisation of About.com in 2014. The properties currently attract 90 million customers per month and have a combined visibility in the UK that would give it a place in our Top 10 (577 VI points) and about the same visibility as About.com had when it was relaunched 5 years ago. In short, DotDash is currently a success story.
On the date of the acquisition news, the two new .com domains had a combined Visibility Index of 1.65 in the UK. Today, they've achieved a combined visibility of 10.8 – a growth of 675% in just over 7 months.
There's an interesting story within the history of both websites and one wonders if DotDash already knew about this when they bought them. It looks like both domains had attempted to switch to a country-specific domain and were struggling as a result. Take a look at the short-lived attempt to use mydomaine.co.uk in the UK.
The domain was still in the hands of Clique Brands at the time and it's not really possible to know why the domain was moved to .co.uk. Was it an attempt to cover the European GDPR requirements, part of a UK branding push or perhaps part of an affiliate monetisation project?
If we overlay the UK visibility for the .com domain we can see where the domains were switched. The website returned to my domain.com in mid April.
Note the .com growth trend that continues from 2016 which is consistent with domain moves that don't include any site architecture or content changes. [See this article for more domain move examples.]
Byrdie has a more complex history. In this case, both the .co.uk and .com domains were ranking in the UK at the same time. The recovery shows a return to the original byrdie.com trend.
It appears, via archive.org, that there were some UK affiliate links and UK-focused content on the site and there's also evidence, in the hreflang coding, of an Australian site. The sites were all switched back to com in the same week as Mydomaine.
DotDash have taken two websites that were struggling with internationalisation and stabilised them. We suspect, however, that stage 2 of their plan is still to come.
DotDash find themselves with two highly-visible domains in the UK, and little in the way of monetisation or localisation which leads us to believe that work will continue on these two sites.
Here's a selection of high search volume keywords ranking well for byrdie.com in the UK.
Looking at just one of those URLs in the UK reveals affiliate links that still go to dollar-priced US-based websites. Some links are even resulting in dead-ends for UK customers.
As far as user experience goes, this isn't good for non US visitors which don't just include UK. The domain ranks well in Canada, Ireland and Australia too. In total, 132 million additional opportunities.
DotDash has succeeded in returning two domain names to form by reversing what looks like a failed attempt at internationalisation.
Issues remain with affiliate ads that lead to blocked content or non-local shopping experiences. This could cause some dissatisfaction with customers wanting to buy, but we assume it's something that DotDash will work on given the significant amount of visibility in the UK, Australia, Canada and Ireland.
Final thought: Is this a case of high quality digital due-diligence? Have DotDash got their sights on other domains that have made mistakes in the past?
DotDash's combined Visibility Index is currently bigger than bbc.co.uk, the 11th most-visible domain in UK search.
DotDash Started life as part the About.com re-branding.
The company removed 75% of their 1.2m about.com articles as part of the re-structuring.
90 million visitors per month (Dec 2018.)
18 major websites.
Most visible domain: investopedia.com accounting for about 30% of the groups total visibility in UK search
March Core Update negatively impacted DotDash group visibility by 11%
Predicted EBITDA of $30 million to $40 million in 2019
Most recent acquisition: brides.com
"We looked at Google because it [also] answers people's questions. They want to serve the best content for every query. " Niel Vogel
Source: WSJ (paywall)
Note: Combined visibility graphs were created with Google Sheets using the SISTRIX API.
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Q: Apache server not responding on xampp I know this question has been asked before, but I upgraded to windows 10. My xampp was working fine before the upgrade and now it is not. Apache does not run now. I had problems with skype before, so I removed it, which freed the port for apache.
    2:06:09 PM  [Apache]    Port 80 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4!
2:06:09 PM  [Apache]    Apache WILL NOT start without the configured ports free!
2:06:09 PM  [Apache]    You need to uninstall/disable/reconfigure the blocking application
2:06:09 PM  [Apache]    or reconfigure Apache and the Control Panel to listen on a different port

Is there any way I can find out what is using that port and stop it? I have tried changing the port number in the config file to 8080, but it does not seem to work. Any ideas?
Here are the error logs after I changed the port to 8080:
[Thu Aug 27 14:10:10.207404 2015] [ssl:warn] [pid 3576:tid 524] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 27 14:10:10.583181 2015] [ssl:warn] [pid 3576:tid 524] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 27 14:10:10.755107 2015] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 3576:tid 524] AH00455: Apache/2.4.16 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1p PHP/5.6.11 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Thu Aug 27 14:10:10.755107 2015] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 3576:tid 524] AH00456: Apache Lounge VC11 Server built: Jul 12 2015 10:56:48
[Thu Aug 27 14:10:10.755107 2015] [core:notice] [pid 3576:tid 524] AH00094: Command line: 'c:\\xampp\\apache\\bin\\httpd.exe -d C:/XAMPP/apache'
[Thu Aug 27 14:10:10.770732 2015] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 3576:tid 524] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 10308
[Thu Aug 27 14:10:12.035120 2015] [ssl:warn] [pid 10308:tid 572] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Thu Aug 27 14:10:12.395328 2015] [ssl:warn] [pid 10308:tid 572] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
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REVIEW and Release Blitz: North Point by Thom Collins
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Book Title: North Point
Author: Thom Collins
Genre/s: Contemporary M/M Romance, Thriller and Suspense
Trope/s: Going home, murder mystery
Themes: Fatherhood, survival
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Length: 61 000 words
It is a standalone story
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Will an idyllic summer holiday lead Arnie to the love of his life, or the end of it?
It should be the start of a perfect vacation. After a period of stress, Arnie Walker takes his nine-year-old son AJ home for the holidays. Arnie grew up in Nyemouth, a picturesque fishing town on the North-East coast of England, and he wants AJ to experience the kind of carefree, endless summer he enjoyed as a boy. It's a short-lived dream. While taking an evening walk along the North Point cliff, Arnie and AJ witness a murder attempt.
For the volunteer crew of Nyemouth Lifeboat Station, it's a rescue mission like none before, Helmsman Dominic Melton is part of the team who rescue the victim from the deadly North Sea. When Arnie and Dominic come together in the aftermath of the attack, the attraction is instant. Arnie isn't looking for a relationship. He's committed to his son's well-being and has no time for a distraction like Dominic, even though the handsome ex-naval officer is hard to dismiss. Is it possible for Arnie to fulfill his promises to AJ while falling for Dominic?
Despite the distraction, a fledgling killer remains at large. As feelings between Arnie and Dominic develop, so does the danger they are in. North Point may be a beautiful place to fall in love, but it could also be the most dangerous.
"The police are outside," Dominic said. "They want statements from all of us." He had large and very expressive brown eyes. Within them, Arnie saw flecks of amber and gold. With his dark hair and muscular build, Dominic looked every inch a hero.
No, Arnie corrected himself. This guy doesn't look like a hero. He is a hero. The entire crew are. It was more than the way he looked. There was an aura about Dominic, an undefined energy that made him incredibly attractive. Arnie had worked with some exceptionally good-looking men in his career, bona fide Hollywood heartthrobs, and none of them had Dominic's naturally sexy quality. Everything about him—his face, his hair, his build—appealed. He was a knockout.
Come on, Arnie thought, pulling himself up. You've just witnessed a horrendous crime. A woman is fighting for her life this very minute and you've taken a fancy to the local hot guy. Get a grip.
He dunked a biscuit into the tea and ate it. His father was right—the sugar seemed to have an instant effect and his senses became clearer.
"How rough were things out there?" Martin asked.
"The sea's getting up," Dominic answered. "The wind too. Another half hour and we might not have got in there. It wouldn't have mattered if we did. The tide would have taken her by then. It doesn't bear thinking about."
"You're amazing," Arnie said, and meant it. Dominic and the crew of volunteers had risked their lives for the safety of a complete stranger. They might all have died trying to rescue her.
"I just drove the boat," he said. "My colleagues— Joanne and Minty—they did the hard work. They transferred the woman from the rock to the boat and kept her stable the whole way back. That's no easy job in those swells."
"Does anyone know who she is?" Martin asked.
"Minty thought he recognized her from around town but couldn't be sure. It's for the police to find out now."
"It's hard to believe something like this could happen here in Nyemouth," Martin said. "Something so cruel. Who do you think did it? An ex-boyfriend?" Martin and Dominic looked at Arnie expectantly.
"I've no idea," he said at last, avoiding the intense scrutiny of Dominic's eyes. "Whoever it was, they kept their face hidden. It could be anyone. And they came from behind. So, even if it was someone she knows, I doubt she'd have recognized them."
"Bastard," Dominic said. He had a slight accent Arnie couldn't place. Northern. Maybe Yorkshire. Nothing definite. The accent of someone who moved around a lot, losing all but a trace of their regional twang. A bit like his own. It was hard not to look at him. He was stunning. That hair, the glossy sheen of his beard, the moody furrow between his eyebrows. Wow. Despite everything that had happened, Dominic aroused something in Arnie. It should have been the last thing on his mind, but Arnie couldn't stop the desire he felt for him. He imagined holding him and kissing that mouth, thinking about the body beneath those clothes.
Stop it.
Arnie finished his tea. "I should speak to the police. The sooner they know who they're looking for, the sooner they'll find him."
"Are you feeling better?" Martin asked.
"Much," he assured his father. "Thanks to you."
"Take care of yourself," Dominic said. "I wish we'd met under better circumstances. Hopefully I'll see you around some time."
My Review: North Point is my introduction to Thom Collins and I'm definitely on the lookout now for more of his work! This novel begins with actor Arnie and his nine years old son AJ returning home to a small town to avoid the media. Arnie was once married and his ex-wife is quite the media magnet – unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. That attention was carrying over to Arnie and his son.
Arnie has had full custody of his son since some terrible photos of AJ and his mother were posted all over the place. He gave up what he was doing to focus on his son, made him his top priority.
The retreat to Arnie's childhood home is supposed to be a vacation…but on a lovely evening walk Arnie and AJ witness an attempted murder. This launching them into a mystery!
The other main character in this story is Dominic. He is the helmsman for the Coast Guard boat that resides in the town. He's happy with his work, his house, his dog Brandy, and the friends he has. But when he meets Arnie, for one of the first times in his life, he thinks he might be open to wanting more.
I really enjoyed this story! It's not just the romance – which is lovely and very hot – but because there's such peril and mystery. There are also a few interesting issues addressed that I always enjoy.
As an actor, Arnie deals with media intervention in his life constantly. Collins addresses the intense scrutiny of the media and the effect that it can have on people's lives. I hadn't really ever thought about the way that photos of someone could be seen by their child…and that isn't a healthy situation at all.
Arnie is a wonderful father and I loved that. He's capable, loving, and fiercely protective. It's lovely to see a father … simply being a father. I find too often in books that a father is portrayed as a "babysitter" rather than a "parent". There's none of that in this book, and I loved it.
Small towns are full of gossip and that's something else that Collins addresses in his book. Everyone knows everyone else's business – but the problem is that they often get it completely wrong. I grew up in a small town so I know what it's like and it's captured well in this book.
One of my favorite characters is AJ and I think that's really because of the relationship with his father. They have a lovely, healthy relationship and it was a pleasure to read. There is a scene towards the end of the book that had me afraid to stop reading! I'm not going to spoil it for you… but it is particularly well-written and, let me tell you, it's been a long time since I read something that intense! I was on the edge of my seat!
This is a great book and I'm really looking forward to reading more in this series!
Warnings: Child and parent trapped by the ocean at high tide, a character is stalked, a character is physically assaulted, descriptions of being caught in severe ocean weather, a character is stabbed, murder, descriptions of women intoxicated in media
Thom Collins is the author of Closer by Morning, Gods of Vengeance, Silent Voices and the Anthem Trilogy. His love of page turning thrillers began at an early age when his mother caught him reading the latest Jackie Collins book and confiscated it, sparking a life-long love of raunchy novels.
He is currently working on a new series.
Thom has lived in the North East of England his whole life. He grew up in Northumberland and now lives in County Durham with his husband and two cats. He loves all kinds of genre fiction, especially bonk-busters, thrillers, romance and horror. He is also a cookery book addict with far too many titles cluttering his shelves. When not writing he can be found in the kitchen trying out new recipes. He's a keen traveler but with a fear of flying that gets worse with age, but in 2013 he realized cruising is the best way to see the world.
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The Montessori Philosophy was developed in the early 1900s by Dr. Maria Montessori who devoted her life to studying the true nature of children. Her scientific method is based on a belief in children's creative potential, their drive to learn, developmental stages, and the importance of being treated as an individual.
A Montessori environment contains specially designed materials that invite children to engage in learning activities of their own choosing. Under the guidance of trained teachers within carefully ordered mixed-age group classrooms, children learn by making discoveries with these materials at their own pace. Montessori classrooms foster concentration, motivation, self-discipline, independence, and a love for learning.
Dr. Montessori was one of the world's greatest peace educators and was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Montessori declared, "Establishing lasting peace is the work of education." Montessori classrooms around the world promote respect, tolerance, empathy, and a concern for others.