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Blackpool's £13m entertainment museum hits major milestone and when it'll open
The museum, set to open in April 2023, will allow visitors to get up close with the entertainers who put Blackpool on the map such as comedians, dancers, acrobats, performers and larger-than-life characters
Catherine Mackinlay
An artist impression of Blackpool's Showtown museum (Image: Blackpool Council)
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Construction has finally began on Blackpool's first ever museum showcasing the resort's fun and entertainment.
Work has begun on the £13million museum, named 'Showtown', after a lease was signed by Blackpool Council, Coolsilk Property and Investment Ltd.
The Blackpool attraction, located in the historic Sands Building on the Golden Mile, next door but one to Blackpool Tower, has been working with Bamber Bridge construction firm, Conlon, who are laying the groundwork for the museum.
The museum is set to open in April 2023.
Coolsilk's co-owner, Peter Swann, said: '"We are delighted that the museum will be developed alongside our Sands Venue Resort Hotel – Blackpool's first 5-star hotel when it opens next year.
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"Our resort will create 91 luxury rooms and penthouses, restaurants, spa, conference space, existing themed Wild West Diner and soon to open cocktail bar.
"We can now look forward to hosting this exciting new Museum and look forward to working with the council to attract even more visitors into the resort".
The museum will allow visitors to get up close with the entertainers who put Blackpool on the map – the comedians, dancers, acrobats, performers and larger-than-life characters who turned a seaside resort into the home of show business.
Left to right; Michael Conlon, Chairman of Conlon Construction Ltd; Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Chairman of Blackpool Museum Trust; Alan Cavill, Director of Communications and Regeneration for Blackpool Council and Marcus Walker, Director at Coolsilk Property and Investment Ltd (Image: Dave Nelson)
Darren Lee, Commercial Director at Conlon Construction, said: "Blackpool is known all over the world for its history of entertainment and Showtown is shaping up to be the latest world-famous attraction located in the seaside town.
"It's a pleasure to work with Showtown and we're all excited to see the finished result."
The themed exhibitions will be the first permanent displays in a UK public museum relating to circus, variety and ballroom dance and will hold more than 800 objects from Blackpool's collections.
There will also be items on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum and several private partners.
Speaking of working with Conlon Construction, Blackpool Council leader Lynn Williams said: "As Blackpool's first museum of fun and entertainment we wanted to work with a company that truly understands our product and is on board with all the excitement that is to come.
"We are delighted to be working with Conlon Construction, who come with a wealth of experience in the North West, having worked on exciting projects in the culture category, including Harris Museum in Preston and Avro Heritage Museum in Stockport.
"Conlon Construction recently restored the beautiful Spanish Hall at the Winter Gardens, so we know there's a shared vision for the look and feel of Showtown, and we are in safe hands with their extensive knowledge of heritage sites."
Estimations project that Showtown will attract about 300,000 local, regional, national and international visits each year; engage with 7,500 local school children annually; create around 40 full-time jobs and 20 training placements and play a critical role in Blackpool's re-imagining.
Funding for the £13m Showtown includes £4.4m from the Heritage Lottery Fund, £1.75m from the Coastal Communities Fund, £4m from the Northern Cultural Fund, £1.5m from the Lancashire Economic Partnership Growth Deal and £1m from Blackpool Council.
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Distribution of the Morley surname
Surname Abundance and Distribution
[The following is based on a passage – written by the project administrator –- that appears in The Morley Families of Halifax, West Yorkshire.]
Morley is not an unusual surname, ranking 334th in a 2002 ONS surname survey of England and Wales. With a count of 21533 persons (or 20026 after the recommended 93% correction factor) it places immediately below Whittaker, Davey, Birch, Bartlett, Kent, Macdonald, Cartwright and Howell; and immediately above Daniels, Skinner, Glover, Goddard, Pugh, Humphries, Mahmood and Bowen [1]. This abundance is not surprising, as it is not an uncommon place-name either, found as far apart as Devon (as Moreleigh), Durham, Cheshire (as Morley Green, just south of Manchester Airport), Derbyshire (just northeast of Derby), Yorkshire (a bedroom community of Leeds) and Norfolk (the sister villages of Morley St Botolph and Morley St Peter, as well as nearby Swanton Morley).
Of these instances, three were mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book [2], with the figures for Derby and Leeds included for comparison:
County Subdivision
Morlei Diptford Hundred Devon 9 (including 4 slaves) 0.5 geld (very small)
Morelei Morleystone Wapentake Derbyshire 4 1.3 geld (quite small)
Moreleia Moreleia Wapentake Yorkshire, West Riding not recorded 6 geld (quite large)
Derby Morleystone Wapentake Derbyshire 140 6.3 geld (quite large)
Ledes Moreleia Wapentake Yorkshire, West Riding 36 10.8 geld (very large)
While today not the most prominent settlements, both the Yorkshire and Derbyshire locations lent their name to their respective historical county subdivisions (more recently known as Agbrigg & Morley wapentake, and Morleston & Litchurch hundred). It should therefore not be surprising that both counties have high historical abundances of the surname. The Morley division of Agbrigg & Morley encompassed the vicinity of Morley, Yorkshire (but not Morley itself!) as well as parts of Batley, Birstall, Bradford, Calverley and Dewsbury parishes [3]. Morleston & Litchurch was comprised of the area immediately north of Derby including the civil parish of Morley [3].
The above evidence, while hardly comprehensive, should be enough to discredit any notion that all English Morley families share a common origin for their surname. Stated differently, it is unlikely that all Morleys descend from a shared patrilineal ancestor. Preliminary genetic evidence supports this notion.
It would even be overly simplistic to presume that all Morleys in West Yorkshire (or any other such region of concentration) received their surname from the same source.
The English gradually adapted permanent surnames towards the late Middle Ages. This allows for much surname diffusion over the subsequent several centuries of migration. See [9] for the 1881 and 1998 distributions of the Morley surname in Great Britain; the former year is more representative of the historical distribution (although clusters in large population areas such as London and Manchester are comparatively recent developments), while the latter year is representative of the present distribution.
To illustrate this point: consider the patrilineal origins of the present-day Morleys living in the Calderdale region of West Yorkshire. Some descend from a Morley living in that area in the 1730s. Others descend from Morleys that migrated from Hinderclay/Bressingham, Wakefield and Knaresborough in the middle of the nineteenth century. The second group now probably outnumbers the first group.
Complicating matters further, the fixed spelling of a person's surname is a relatively recent development. For instance, as an extreme example, the surnames Malyn, Marley, Marleye, Marlin, Marly, Marlyn, Marlo, Marloe, Marlow and Morley are all thought to have been used in contemporary references to Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe [4]. As a more recent example, a very preliminary search of census and church records seems to indicate that the American author Christopher Darlington Morley (with roots in Woodbridge, Suffolk) descends (through his father Frank Morley, grandfather Joseph Roberts Morley and great-grandfather William Morley) from one Reynolds Marley of Woodbridge, Chevington and Bury St. Edmunds. More recently, Morley has also been adapted by some Irish families as an Anglicisation of Ó Muraíle and similar Gaelic surnames.
With all this in mind, it would not be surprising if Marley, Yorkshire (situated between Bingley and Keighley) also contributed to the local Morley population. Also of interest is Mearley, Lancashire (called Merlay in 1241; Merlee in 1272; Merleye in 1302 and Morleye in 1306 [5, 6]), which is believed to have lent its name to various Morleys in Blackburn Hundred, as well as the owners of the manor at Wennington [5, 7]. We also note the existence of a Morleys Hall in Astley, Lancashire; early fourteenth-century residents here styled themselves as 'de Morlegh' [8], but so far there is no evidence yet of this byname persisting and being adopted as a permanent surname. For completeness, we also mention Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
This discussion demonstrates the difficulty in pinpointing a given Morley family's origins. The most promising strategy for determining a family's medieval origins is to
systematically document the family of interest as far back as the paper trail will allow,
find other, nearby, Morley families contemporaneous to the earliest ancestor,
find living, male-line representatives of these other families, and
perform a Y-DNA comparison between families.
Two (incomplete) maps of Morley family groups
Note: These are static images, last updated in December 2015. See the Morley Interactive Surname Map for up-to-the-moment information.
Base map from Google Maps. This map makes use of data provided by the Historical County Borders Project.
Base map from Google Maps.
These maps depict the various English and North American Morley family groups (color- and numerically-coded) being studied (to varying extents) by the project administrator.
These maps are not representative of the historical distribution of the surname, and it indicates that the project administrator's efforts to actively recruit project members will be skewed toward Morley families from Northern England. Interested in helping recruit test candidates for Morley families from other areas? Please contact the group administrator.
See here for an interactive, worldwide version of these maps.
[1] Office of National Statistics, Surnames of England and Wales - the ONS list, via http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/.
[2] John Palmer and Anna Powell-Smith, Domesday map, http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/.
[3] Abstract of the answers and returns made pursuant to an Act passed in the fifty-first year of His Majesty King George III, intituled,"An Act for taking an account of the population of Great Britain, and of the increase or diminution thereof": preliminary observations, enumeration abstract, parish register abstract, 1811, 1812.
[4] Peter Farey, The Spelling of Marlowe's Name, 2002-2004, http://www2.prestel.co.uk/rey/names.htm.
[5] William Farrer and J. Brownbill (eds.), A History of the County of Lancaster, vol. 6, ch. Townships: Mearley, pp. 375–379, 1911, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53135.
[6] Eilert Ekwall, The place-names of Lancashire, Manchester University Press, 1922, http://www.archive.org/
details/placenamesoflanc00ekwauoft.
[7] William Farrer and J. Brownbill (eds.), A History of the County of Lancaster, Victoria County History, vol. 8, ch. Townships: Wennington, pp. 207–209, 1914, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53300.
[8] William Farrer and J. Brownbill (eds.), A History of the County of Lancaster, vol. 3, ch. Townships: Astley, pp. 445–449, 1907, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41365.
[9] Paul Longley et al., Great Britain Family Names, Public Profiler, http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/.

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I've imported module successfuly

And i can use module in powershell cmdlet

When i try call function in c#, i got exception like that

The term 'docConvert2' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

C# code
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What is my mistake?

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You can also use InitialSessionState to preload module: read here

A: After instantiating your pShell object, you need to import your module, same as you did from the command line.
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Online report includes Indiana towns in list of America's "coziest"
By Jkeen
Photo by Zach Straw. The Philip Johnson-designed Roofless Church is a curious attraction in New Harmony, Indiana.
MyDatingAdviser.com, an online resource guiding people through the world of dating, recently released its list of the coziest small towns in America. Staff at the site compared three key areas — weather, food, and activities — in 170 small towns and used 10 metrics across a 100-point scale to determine which towns have "the most favorable conditions for coziness" in winter, the site says.
Towns in Western states such as Colorado, Montana, and Idaho led for coziest winter weather. Coziest activities and dining were scattered throughout the U.S., with Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, landing in the top 5 of both lists.
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Of the more than 150 towns on the list, several names are familiar to Tri-State residents. Nearby New Harmony scored the highest of any place in Indiana. Ranked #70, New Harmony scored 56 out of 100 overall points. We may be biased, but we think that score is a little low given New Harmony's vibrant arts culture, unique utopian history, and extensive list of regional events, many in partnership with the University of Southern Indiana .
Also on the list are Santa Claus, Indiana (#132) and Nashville, Indiana (#164). We've reported on Santa Claus (the town, not the man) several times, given its iconic status in southern Indiana as the home of Holiday World & Splashin' Safari. The town also offers year-round recreation at Lake Rudolph, a huge Christmas store, and close proximity to Lincoln State Park.
Photo of Hard Truth Distilling Co. by Meghan Stratton
Nashville, Indiana, sits in beautiful Brown County and is the home of award-winning Hard Truth Distilling Co., which we have profiled digitally and in the January/February 2023 issue of Evansville Living.
Other regional towns that made the list are Grand Rivers, Kentucky (#61), a 100-mile drive from Evansville on the northwestern tip of Land Between the Lakes; and Sainte Genevieve, Missouri (#141), a French-influenced historic settlement south of St. Louis and 160 miles west of Evansville.
Photo of Boynton Chapel at Björklunden by Jodi Keen
Completing the top 20 is Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, which Evansville Living visited during a trip to Door County in December, just as the peninsula was on the cusp of its true snowfall this winter. While in Baileys Harbor, we explored Scandinavian culture at Björklunden, feasted on European fare at Clover & Zot Public House and Craft Kitchen, and hiked through The Ridges Nature Sanctuary. Intrigued? You'll have the chance to read more about our trip to Baileys Harbor and Door County in a 2023 issue of Evansville Living magazine.
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A powerful new voice in children's fiction... I could almost hear the samurai swords swish.
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Haus der MusikMuseumOur Mission
Welcome to Haus der Musik, the unique interactive Sound Museum.
Haus der Musik is an interactive sound museum which provides a new approach to music on a playful as well as scientific level. For years the aim has been to provide knowledge and understanding as well as open-mindedness and enthusiasm when dealing with music. Since its opening in 2000, Haus der Musik has welcomed over 3 million visitors.
After it opened its doors to the public, Maestro Zubin Mehta assumed HAUS DER MUSIK's honorary chairmanship. What inspired him to do so was the cheerful and direct presentation of the musical material that brings people with a wide range of music tastes together, gets them talking, grabs their interest and counteracts any preconceived notions associated with encountering music from an intellectual and musicological point of view.
Birthplace of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
At one time the former Palais of Archduke Charles, today's Haus der Musik was also the residence of Otto Nicolai (1810 – 1849), who composed the opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and founded the Vienna Philharmonic concerts here. On the "Beletage" first floor, the only historically preserved rooms in the house, the Vienna Philharmonic present original documents from their history.
Vienna has always been a city of musical innovation and a place where people were not afraid to try the unconventional. At Haus der Musik we seek to reflect Vienna's pioneering character in terms of music by offering our visitors inventive and novel approaches deliberately distinct from classical music education.
Conveying music in its vast variety interactively and innovatively.
Besides historical aspects we put a particular emphasis on the interplay of natural and electronic sound production and the relationship between analogue and digital. We seek to build bridges between tradition and innovation. Playfully create your own waltz by casting the dice, hear your name as an original composition by Mozart, be part of a multimedia opera or conduct the world famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. This is a place, where the great composers of classical music are experienced in a completely new and unique way.
In addition to our interactive exhibition, Haus der Musik offers a dense programme including live concerts, artist talks, and a varied agenda particularly for children as well as music festivals. To host all these activities and more we dispose of an event hall and our magnificent glass-roofed inner courtyard.
Support children and young people to have access to music. Worldwide.
In 2015, Haus der Musik has gone international. We are the first Austrian museum to have signed an international license agreement enabling the creation of a music museum based on the Viennese model in Mexico, the Casa de la Música de Viena en Puebla. Furthermore, in cooperation with our partner the Lang Lang International Music Foundation – for whom we also act as ambassador – we have presented Stairplay, a new music education project. At its centre lies the transformation of a grand staircase into an interactive piano. Haus der Musik has also supported public schools by acquiring new instruments which they urgently needed. With ideas of the like we seek to stimulate children and adolescents' curiosity, spark their enthusiasm and instil in them a sense of openness for music. We consider our cooperation with the Lang Lang Foundation as well as the creation of the Mexican "Casa de la Música" as wonderful opportunities to spread our ideas internationally.
My team and I wish you an inspiring, exciting and fun visit at Haus der Musik.
Simon K. Posch
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Oysters: Food, Filters, Fish Habitat
For more than 100 years, Chesapeake Bay watermen have made their living harvesting oysters for resale to restaurants and seafood wholesale companies.
Until the mid-1980s, oystering was the most valuable commercial fishery in the Bay. After the oyster stocks crashed, crabbing became the most lucrative fishery. Today, even crab stocks are declining.
Oysters also have tremendous ecological value, which may be the most important benefit they provide.
Watch this time-lapse video of oysters' powerful filtering ability.
Oysters purify the Chesapeake Bay as they filter the water for their food. An adult oyster can filter as much as 50 gallons of water a day.
Sediment and nitrogen cause problems in Bay waters. Oysters filter these pollutants either by consuming them or shaping them into small packets, which are deposited on the bottom where they are not harmful.
The oysters in the Bay could once filter a volume of water equal to that of the entire Bay (about 19 trillion gallons) in a week. Today, it would take the remaining Bay oysters more than a year.
Oysters are making a comeback thanks to restoration efforts. Restored oyster reefs in Harris Creek, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, can now filter the entire volume of the creek in less than 10 days during the summer. Each year, the reefs are estimated to remove an amount of nitrogen equivalent to 20,000 bags of fertilizer—a service valued at more than $1.7 million.
Anyone who fishes the Bay knows that oyster reefs are among the best places to fish because they are teeming with life that attract large predator fish, such as striped bass and sea trout.
The hard surfaces of oyster shells and the nooks between the shells provide places where small marine animals live. The packets of sediment that oysters deposit on the bottom provide food.
Hundreds of animals use oyster bars: grass shrimp, amphipods, bryozoans, anemones, barnacles, oyster drills, hooked mussels, mud crabs, and red beard sponge, to name a few. Many of these serve as food for larger animals including striped bass, weakfish, black drum, croakers, and blue crabs.
When oyster reef restoration is complete in the Choptank River, researchers estimate the mature reefs will increase total commercial fish and shellfish harvests by 80 percent compared to pre-restoration conditions.
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During the twentieth century, oysters were the most harvested animals in the Bay. This harvest pressure, combined with loss of reef habitat, pollution, and disease, have resulted in their decline.
Bay oysters used to grow in tall reefs that were much better for the Bay than today's flat oyster beds. The reefs were elevated, which kept oysters above the silty bottom and exposed them to food-rich currents above. The healthy oyster reefs of 100 years ago were so large that they were considered navigational hazards.
Reefs provided far more nooks and crannies for creatures to hide in than today's flatter beds.
Restoring three-dimensional reefs can also help stabilize shorelines and prevent erosion. In some places, reefs can be used as a replacement for man-made bulkheads and rock retaining walls, providing an estimated annual value of $35,000 per acre of reef.
Researchers also found investments in oyster reef restoration provide a higher rate of job creation than investments in other industries, including road construction, solar, oil and gas, nuclear energy, and coal.
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Clément Chéroux Quits Centre Pompidou to Join SFMOMA as Senior Curator of Photography
The expert joins the museum at an exciting time of expansion.
Carol Civre, June 14, 2016
Courtesy Clément Chéroux.
Clément Chéroux, currently chief curator of photography at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, has been appointed as senior curator of the department of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). He will take up the post in early 2017.
Taking over the work of previous curator Sandra Phillips, who built up the museum's impressive photographic collection over a 30 year span, Chéroux enters SFMOMA's photographic department at an exciting time of growth—which echoes the brand new multi-million expansion of the museum, which opened to the public in May.
The recently opened Pritzker Center of Photography adds a vast space for the exhibition of photography, highlighting SFMOMA's role as America's leading institution for the exhibition of this powerful, yet often underrepresented medium.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Courtesy of Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images.
The museum's already massive photographic collection consists of more than 17,000 works, ranging from documentary to experimental, and is the largest collection in the US dedicated to the medium.
The Pritzker Center of Photography has recently received a major gift from collectors Lisa and John Pritzker, contributing 78 valuable works by 25 different artists, including big names like André Kertész, Vito Acconci, Paul Graham, and Philip Lorca di Corcia.
John and Lisa Pritzker. Photo Drew Altizer via Patrick McMullan.
Previous to joining the Centre Pompidou in 2007, Chéroux gave lectures about photography at various institutions including the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, University of Paris III, and the University of Lausanne.
He also worked as executive editor for French photography magazine Études Photographiques, published by the Société Française de Photographie, as well as published around 40 books and catalogs about the photographic medium.
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Leo Smyth
Professor of Management, National University of Ireland
Interviewed by Julian Portilla, 2003
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A: Deeply held frames inhibit creativity, even without our being aware of it. We simply cannot be creative. We don't have the psychic energy, or the freedom to look at alternatives, to visualize alternatives for joint gain. They do take energy, and we don't have that energy because it's robbed, if you like, by the pain of what it might do to some of our most dearly cherished assumptions.
Q: So, asking about what the future might look like is one way to get at those assumptions? Do you have any ideas of other ways to get there?
A: ...a lot of learning can take place by analogy. You really need to step back from your own conflict in which you are immersed and look at somebody else's. I think that's part of what learning is. These are not brand new ideas. I think many practitioners have known for years that working by analogy is a way of learning that sometimes brings insight in a way that the insight is blocked if you try to look at it on your own parish, if you like, or your own back door. Those kinds of things.
Q: So by analogy, you mean someone, say, steeped in the Northern Ireland conflict might take a step back and look at where for example and get some insight?
A: Oh yes, and it has been done and is being done where people look at other people's conflicts, and look at the dynamics. Some of these dynamics are similar, and of course they will each have their own particular cultural, historical, political, and economic particularity. The essence of the thing is to stop the defense rushing in. The classic example is in the Old Testament. I forget which prophet he was, but he gets this message from God to go and confront King David about the fact that he has not only been living in sin with someone else's wife, but has actually caused her husband to be murdered or at least killed.
From the point of view of walking up to your king and saying, "You know, excuse me, but I have a message from God for you," is a hard way of doing it. So he goes about it and says, "Your majesty, I would like justice for somebody in your kingdom. This poor guy had only one sheep, but one of his neighbors who had about a thousand sheep, came by and stole his farm." That's not something that you want to push too far, because it would be offensive to women. Of course, King David jumps up off his throne and says, "This is totally unjust. Bring me this man and I will punish him as nobody's ever been punished." The old prophet, he doesn't exactly say, "Gotcha!" but it boils down to the same thing. This is a classic example of learning by analogy.
Q: So the idea, is some sort of self-revelation in that sense. You, ensconced in your own conflict would look at another conflict and say, "Wow!" I can't believe you're behaving like that and then in that second you say, "Wait a minute, that's exactly what we do!"
A: Right.
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To gather this information, Avalere and AHHQI conducted literature reviews, interviews with policy leaders, interviews and case studies with innovative home health providers, and a review of the Institute of Medicine's workshop on the future of home healthcare.
What's caused the shift towards home-based care?
Over the years, there's been a shift in demographics, patient preference, and a call for alignment to the Triple Aim goals. CMS/CMMI initiatives have also been created to incent the use of home healthcare in Medicare. Similarly, payers and providers engaged in alternative payment models are developing a strategic emphasis on shifting the site of care towards the home.
Our interviews with policy and thought leaders uncovered their perspectives on payment and delivery reform and the future of home health.
Post-Acute Care and Acute Care: Provide services (e.g., skilled clinical care, care coordination, health education) to support the patient's safe care transition to the home and community.
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Published: April 8, 2017 8:30 am Updated: April 8, 2017 8:32 a.m.
People weep near the department store Ahlens, following a suspected terror attack on the Drottninggatan Street in central Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 8, 2017. Swedish prosecutor Hans Ihrman said a person has been formally identified as a suspect "of terrorist offences by murder" after a hijacked truck was driven into a crowd of pedestrians and crashed into a department store on Friday.
STOCKHOLM — The suspect in Stockholm's deadly beer truck attack is a 39-year-old native of Uzbekistan who had been on authorities' radar previously, Swedish authorities said Saturday. The prime minister urged citizens to "get through this" and strolled through the streets of the capital to chat with residents.
Swedes flew flags at half-staff Saturday to commemorate the four people killed and 15 wounded when the hijacked truck plowed into a crowd of shoppers Friday afternoon in Stockholm. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven declared Monday a national day of mourning, with a minute of silence at noon.
Sweden's police chief said authorities were confident they had detained the man who carried out the attack.
"There is nothing that tells us that we have the wrong person," Dan Eliason told a news conference Saturday, but added he did not know whether others were involved in the attack. "We cannot exclude this."
Eliason also said police found something in the truck that "could be a bomb or an incendiary object, we are still investigating it."
Prosecutor Hans Ihrman said the suspect has not yet spoken to authorities and could not confirm whether he was a legal resident of Sweden. Anders Thornberg, head of the Swedish Security Service, said security services were working with other nations' security agencies to investigate the attack, but declined to elaborate.
Police declined to comment on media reports about overnight police raids around Stockholm or if they were hunting any more suspects in the case. They said the suspect had been on their radar before but not recently, and did not explain why authorities apparently had not considered him a serious threat.
Eliason told reporters the suspect was "a more marginal character."
Sweden's health service said 10 people were still hospitalized for wounds from the attack and four of them were seriously injured.
Many in Sweden were shocked by the attack, questioning whether Swedish society — considered democratic and egalitarian — had failed in some way.
Visiting the attack site at an upscale department store, Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria laid roses on the ground Saturday and wiped away a tear.
"We must show a huge force, we must go against this," she told reporters.
The stolen beer truck traveled for more than 500 yards (meters) along Drottninggatan, a main pedestrian street, before smashing into a crowd outside the popular Ahlens department store.
The crash was near the site of a December 2010 attack in which Taimour Abdulwahab, a Swedish citizen who lived in Britain, detonated a suicide bomb, killing himself and injuring two others. He had rigged a car with explosives but the car bomb never went off. Abdulwahab died when one of his devices exploded among panicked Christmas shoppers.
Steve Eklund, 35, who works in an office nearby, said "maniacs can't be stopped."
"It's very simple. Things like this will always happen in an open society," Eklund said. "Sweden is not a totalitarian society."
In February, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Sweden could be the next European country to suffer the kind of extremist attacks that have devastated France, Belgium and Germany. Two days after his remarks, a riot broke out in predominantly immigrant suburb of Stockholm where police opened fire on rioters, a surprise to many Swedes who aren't used to officers using guns.
"We must get through this. Life must go on," Lofven said Saturday after again laying flowers near the crash site. "We in Sweden want an open society."
Lofven also made a point of walking around Stockholm, including along the Drottninggatan, chatting with people having coffee outside a cafe.
The prime minister says said the aim of terrorism is to undermine democracy.
"But such a goal will never be achieved in Sweden," he said.
AP reporters Pietro DeCristofaro in Stockholm, and Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed.


Buckinghamshire County Council and their contractors have provided an update on their proposal for depositing millions of tonnes of waste on Thorney Park.
They are now considering retaining around one third of the present lake at the far end right against the motorway. This waterbody will still be very deep. The technical feasibility of doing this has not been worked out. It will severely curtail the current fishing club activities and its impact on the water birds, fish and other amphibians has not been assessed.
The waste will be used to fill in the rest of the lake and spread across the rest of the land, avoiding the gas outlets. Whether this is in mounds or spread evenly has yet to be determined. There is no intention to import topsoil for restoration - it is claimed that the species they would plant do not require this.
The guarantee that all the waste would be only brought in by train was reiterated and the proposal is for it to be brought in by train which will sit on the tracks for 4 hours whilst unloading takes place. The contractors have applied to bring in 3 trains a day, one in the morning , one in the afternoon and one at midnight. This means that there will be disturbance for residents from midnight until 4am every night from noise and light pollution. This is totally unacceptable.
It appears not to be possible to deliver the proposed bund against the motorway to alleviate the noise and it is not clear whether any form of acoustic barrier is being proposed.
The outcome from the recent meeting is that the parties present including The Ivers Parish Council have requested the contractor look at expanding the size of the retained lake. Other concerns regarding the various wildlife surveys will be relayed to the consultant ecologist.
Suggestions for the possible facilities to be provided on the restored site are requested. The view of this Council is that it should be left as a peaceful, tranquil nature reserve to attempt to attract back the rich diversity of wildlife that currently inhabit the site and provide a local green open space for families to enjoy.


Following in the footsteps of Pixar, Illumination Entertainment has released a DVD exclusive short film (or what they're calling a "mini movie") on their first DVD/Blu-ray release, Despicable Me (released this week, available on Amazon for $19.99 on DVD, $21.99 on blu-ray/dvd combo + digital copy). Actually, they've included not just one mini movie, but three new short films in total. Titled "Banana", "Home Makeover" and "Orientation Day", the mini movies all feature the cute lovable yellow minion creatures. You can watch all three short films embedded after the jump.


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El Ojo de la providencia, fue un símbolo cristiano que se usaba en los primeros años de la iglesia primitiva, durante las persecuciones a los Cristianos, estos buscaban la forma de comunicarse a través de diferentes símbolos, por ejemplo el pez, la cruz, o un ojo en un triángulo, luego con el tiempo la masonería usó
este símbolo pero verán que la pirámide tiene otras dimensiones en su figura. también llamado Ojo que todo lo ve.

«Principio de la manifestación misma» y de «omnipresencia» en su «significado especial de providencia». El símbolo ha sido usado tanto dentro de contextos religiosos, como mágicos y forma parte del simbolismo masónico.

Simbología

El ojo que todo lo ve, comparte la simbología básica del ojo en cuanto relacionado con la vista, la luz, la sabiduría y el espíritu, por lo que su historia está relacionada con el uso de este símbolo dentro de las religiones históricas y las mitologías antiguas.

Ojo de Horus egipcio

Conforme a la mitología egipcia, el dios Seth asesinó a su hermano Osiris para evitar que tuviese más descendencia y poder así tomar y conservar el trono real. Sin embargo, Isis dio a luz en secreto a Horus, hijo de Osiris, conservándolo oculto para protegerlo y evitarle la muerte a manos de su tío.

Cuando Horus hubo crecido, retó a su tío Seth buscando la venganza de su padre asesinado, la pelea no terminó hasta que los dioses intervinieron y entregaron el trono a Horus, quién perdió su ojo derecho en esta batalla. Mientras tanto a Seth se le encomendó la tarea de sustituir el ojo dañado de Horus, según una versión, mientras que otra señala que el ojo fue restituido por el dios Toth escupiendo sobre él. Horus decidió honrar a su padre dándole de comer el ojo recuperado, con lo que Osiris cobro vida nuevamente en una ceremonia presidida por Horus, Tot y Anubis.

Así, el Ojo de Horus se convirtió en símbolo de los dones entregados por los dioses, así como de vida y resurrección conocido como udyat, deviniendo en un popular amuleto entre los egipcios.

Cristianismo
El uso del triángulo como símbolo religioso data desde los primeros siglos del cristianismo, donde se le encontraba conformado por tres peces, simbolizando el bautismo o relacionado con el Crismón símbolo de Cristo, sin embargo no es un símbolo común. Entre el siglo VIII y IX comenzó a usarse como un símbolo de la Trinidad en la forma de un nimbo que rodeaba las cabezas de las representaciones antromóficas de Dios, especialmente, del Padre, volviéndose una representación común en Grecia e Italia hacia el siglo XV; los griegos incluso expresaron la idea de la inmanencia del ser de dios a colocando la frase "El ser" (ο ων) en cada uno de los ángulos de la figura. La incorporación del tetragrama y del ojo dentro del triángulo fue una creación propia del arte renacentista, al que se ha dado el significado de la omnisciencia y la omnipresencia de Dios Padre relacionándolo con el pasaje del Nuevo Testamento 1 Pedro 3, 12: "Pues los ojos del Señor miran a los justos [...]."

Masonería
El símbolo del Ojo que todo lo ve es un símbolo de uso corriente dentro del ritual masónico, donde es conocido como "Delta luminoso", por su semejanza a la letra griega delta (Δ), el cual es representación del Gran Arquitecto del Universo, el cual, en muchas ocasiones tiene inscrito en tetragrama hebreo o solamente la letra hebrea "yod (י)". Es considerado un símbolo de la manifestación omnipresente del principio creador del universo. En las logias masónicas, dependiendo del rito, este símbolo se ubica en la parte superior y central del ala oriente de la sala, entre el sol y la luna. Su ubicación en el oriente, refuerza su símbolo luminoso, solar y de alta sacralidad, ya que este punto cardinal tiene especial significación dentro del ritual masónico.

Referencias

Símbolos
Francmasonería
Iconografía cristiana
Ojos en la cultura
Concepciones de Dios
Pictogramas
Triángulos
Cuerpo humano en la religión

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You should have fond memories of your wedding for the rest of your life. Some find planning for a wedding to be hard; it need not be this way. A touch of creativity and careful decision-making will result in the most memorable, lovely wedding for you and your betrothed.
One consideration in wedding planning is alcohol service. You'll want to determine the way that meets you needs, including the cost and the way to serve the kinds of alcohol that you prefer. An open bar can be very expensive over a long time period. If holding the wedding at an outside venue, they may have alcohol serving options available that can control costs.
Online wedding gown purchases can be easy on your wallet, but give yourself enough time for alterations as needed. Even though a gown can be fairly cheap, having it altered to fit your perfectly can sometimes be more costly. Don't forget to add this additional cost into your budget!
To add spice to your wedding reception, select a caterer that prepares ethnic foods. Chicken and steak have been done to death, so you may want to branch out a little. Variety makes things interesting, so why not incorporate it into your big day?
Pick a reasonable dress that you won't have to starve to get into. You are going to find yourself dehydrated and lightheaded if trying to lose weight too quickly prior to your wedding. You don't need to faint during the ceremony. The best idea is to purchase a dress that has a corset back. This will allow you to adjust if necessary before walking down the aisle.
Be sure to browse around for experienced and skilled photographers, before you commit to one for your wedding. You don't need wedding photos taken that you end up disliking. There are online reviews readily available to you, and you can also ask people you know that might have planned a wedding recently.
Instead of paying for a pricey cake, look into mini-tarts or cupcakes. Their affordability, convenience and versatility make these arrangements highly desirable. Instead of eating cake off a paper napkin, you can give your guests the option to nab a sweet treat on the way out. A decorative container, such as a takeout box, is far more convenient.
Don't make guests wait as you take photos. Photos of the bride and her party and the groom and his groomsmen should be taken ahead of time. Pictures of the parents with the bride and groom are also able to be shot beforehand and reduce the wait time for the guests at the reception.
Target the middle of the day for your reception. People consume less alcohol during daylight hours, and this can lower your bar tab. Lunch receptions are often cheaper and will allow you to use more money toward other needs for the wedding.
Divide your table settings evenly. Don't put an odd number of people at any table. As well, consider grouping tables by the ages of guests. This way those at the tables will have more to talk about.
Although you may have found and purchased the perfect dress, it is a good idea to have the bridal shop hold it until the big day. When you put it in your personal closet, it may get stained or wrinkled. Keeping it safely at the shop will ensure that it is in pristine condition and ready for your wedding day.
If you are planning on serving multiple courses, keep guests entertained during serving with tiny portions of sweet appetizers near each guest. Sugar roses that blend with your wedding colors would be a nice touch.
When young children are in the wedding party, make sure they are dressed in clothing that is comfortable for them. By utilizing softer fabrics, the children in your ceremony will look great while feeling quite comfortable. If the children are going to be wearing new shoes, make sure they are comfortable, and let them walk around in them a bit so that they can get broken in. With an entire ensemble of comfortable clothes, the children can put their energy into their designated roles and leave the outfits alone.
If you decide to give a wedding speech, be sure to plan and practice sufficiently. If you don't plan and rehearse properly, you could embarrass yourself by talking too much, making an offensive joke, or simply forgetting what to say.
Maximize your first session with a planner by doing some research first. It is always recommended that you take some time to design what you can call your wedding board. This will contain photos, colored fabrics and anything else you wish to incorporate into your big event. These will serve as a blueprint to tweak and change in order to make your wedding everything you hoped for. You can even clip articles, photos, and song lyrics in order convey your vision to the wedding planner.
If you are planning an outdoor reception, make sure that your caterer is aware of this. If the weather is hot, some foods won't keep well, and if it's windy, some lighter foods might actually blow away. You could utilize fancy covers to protect the dishes. A mini-fridge may be useful for keeping your drinks chilled.
Destination weddings can be a lot of fun, but try to keep your guests in mind. Remember that some of your guests may plan their vacations around your wedding, so make sure they have plenty of advance notice. Ample time should be approximately eight months in advance, providing them with "save the date" invitations.
To help add depth to floral arrangements, incorporate flowers of different heights throughout your arrangements. Use vases that are tall for long stem flowers. You can then surround the vases using flowers with more show and volume but that are shorter. Make the shorter flowers lighter in hue than the taller blooms.
You wedding will probably be one of the happiest occasions in your lifetime. However, they can be very intimidating to plan. Use these tips to advance your knowledge of the planning procedure.


Thursday's April Fools-esque revelation Jon M. Chu would direct a Jem and the Holograms movie with producer Jason Blum is 100% true. Teamed with Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, the trio took to YouTube to announce the project and ask the public for crowdsourced ideas. It was a big deal for lots of fans of the "totally outrageous" Eighties cartoon.
Later that night, the director took to Twitter to chat about the film. One of the revelations was that Chu will make Jem before G.I. Joe 3 because that Joe script is "taking a little longer" than expected. Read the quotes below.
Is making a Jem & the Holograms movie a crazy idea? Yup. Is it a tough 1 to crack and do right? Absolutely. Do I love a challenge. HELL YES!
That makes it sound like Jem could potentially start filming by the end of this year aimed at a possible 2015-2016 release. Then add another year or so for G.I. Joe 3. I'm always for any filmmaker not rushing a big, franchise movie, and Chu's hesitance to move forward on G.I. Joe 3 until it's "perfect" is encouraging.
Chu, Blum and Braun are asking fans of all ages to post auditions to YouTube with the hashtag #JemTheMovie. There's no word if they're going to use this to cast the film's leads or not but, it should be a fun process to follow. Are you surprised this will happen before G.I. Joe 3?


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Virginiensium saltandi ratio solennibus festis (The Virginians' Manner of Dancing at their Religious Festivals)
Indian men and women dance around a circle while three young women embrace in this colored engraving by Theodor de Bry based on a watercolor painting by John White. Adding considerable detail to White's eyewitness sketch, de Bry attempts to depict the lives of Algonquian-speaking Indians in the Outer Banks region of present-day North Carolina. These Indians are closely related in language and culture to the Indians of Tidewater Virginia, and White's paintings are an important source of historical and ethnographic information about both groups.
De Bry embellished the scene originally depicted by White. He added green grass and a blue sky, and added detail to the branches and leaves held by the dancers. In addition, the three figures in the center are, in de Bry's rendering, more clearly all women, perhaps drawing from Thomas Hariot's description of them as "fair virgins."
De Bry's engravings accompanied A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia (1588), Hariot's description of his year at Roanoke, which was intended to serve, in part, as a justification for further colonizing efforts. These rare, hand-colored versions of the illustrations appeared in a 1590 edition published in Latin.
Description courtesy of Encyclopedia Virginia.
Theodor de Bry
The Mariners' Museum
Colored engraving
sixteenth century, North Carolina, Virginia
ceremony, colonialism, dance, dress, environment, religion
Rights Statement: Courtesy of The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA


We did several of these trail head kiosk signs for the Town of New Hampton NH. They welcome people to their new nature trail, show a map of the trail, and ask people to respect the area.
These trail head signs were printed on 1/4″ sintra, coated with a protective clear coat, and installed with flat head tamper resistant screws.
We've done a fair number of these trail head kiosk signs around New Hampshire. After all, there are a lot of hiking trails to be found! Our customers find this to be an inexpensive way of creating a great looking kiosk sign. Very often, as happened in this case, they were able to design the sign themselves in PowerPoint, which saved them a fair amount of money.
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James Marion Sims (1813-1883)
James Marion Sims developed a surgical cure for ruptures of the wall separating the bladder from the vagina during labor, ruptures called vesico-vaginal fistulas, and he developed techniques and tools used to improve reproductive examinations and health care for women in the US during the nineteenth century. Sims's lateral examination position allowed doctors to better see the vaginal cavity, and his speculum, a spoon-like object used for increased view into the vagina, helped to make gynecological examinations more thorough.
John Chassar Moir (1900–1977)
John Chassar Moir lived in Scotland during the twentieth century and helped develop techniques to improve the health of pregnant women. Moir helped to discover compounds that doctors could administer to women after childbirth to prevent life-threatening blood loss. Those compounds included the ergot alkaloid called ergometrine, also called ergonovine, and d-lysergic acid beta-propanolamide. Moir tested ergometrine in postpartum patients and documented that it helped prevent or manage postpartum hemorrhage in women.
Subject: People, Reproduction, Disorders
Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)
Virginia Apgar worked as an obstetrical anesthesiologist, administering drugs that reduce women's pain during childbirth, in the US in the mid-twentieth century. In 1953, Apgar created a scoring system using five easily assessable measurements, including heart rate and breathing rate, to evaluate whether or not infants would benefit from medical attention immediately after birth. Apgar's system showed that infants who were previously set aside as too sick to survive, despite low Apgar scores, could recover with immediate medical attention.
Patrick Christopher Steptoe (1913-1988)
Patrick Christopher Steptoe was a British gynecologist responsible for major advances in gynecology and reproductive technology. Throughout his career Steptoe promoted laparoscopy, a minimally invasive surgical technique that allows a view inside the abdominal cavity, successfully advancing its usefulness in gynecology. After partnering with embryologist Robert Edwards in 1966, the pair performed the first in vitro fertilization in humans.
Robert Geoffrey Edwards (1925-2013)
Robert Geoffrey Edwards worked with Patrick Christopher Steptoe to develop in-vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques during the 1960s and 1970s in the United Kingdom. Louise Brown, the world' s first "test-tube baby," was born as a result of Edwards and Steptoe's IVF techniques in 1978, and since then more than four million children have been born using IVF techniques. Publicity and controversy accompanied Edwards and Steptoe's work as conservative religious institutions expressed concern over the morality of the IVF procedure.
Dennis Lo (1963- )
Dennis Lo, also called Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, is a
professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong,
China. In 1997, Lo discovered fetal DNA in maternal
plasma, which is the liquid component of a pregnant woman's
blood. By 2002, Lo distinguished the DNA differences between pregnant women
and their fetuses, enabling scientists to identify fetal DNA in pregnant
women's blood. Lo used his discoveries to develop several
non-invasive and prenatal genetic tests, including tests for blood
Lap-Chee Tsui (1950-)
Lap-Chee Tsui is a geneticist who discovered the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene, and his research team sequenced human chromosome 7. As the location of the cystic fibrosis gene is now known, it is possible for doctors and specialists to identify in human fetuses the mutation that causes the fatal disease. Tsui's research also outlined the mechanisms for the development of cystic fibrosis, which were previously unknown.
Sir Graham Collingwood Liggins (1926-2010)
Sir Graham Collingwood Liggins devoted much of his professional life to obstetric research. Liggins demonstrated that hormones created by the fetus helped initiate labor, rather than hormones originating solely from the mother. Liggins also discovered that cortisol given to pregnant mothers helped delay premature labor, and that it increased the likelihood that premature infants would breathe normally after birth. Prior to cortisol treatment, premature infants often died of respiratory distress syndrome characterized by the inability to inflate immature lungs.
George Richard Tiller (1941-2009)
George Richard Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions in Wichita, Kansas, was shot to death on 31 May 2009 by Scott Roeder. As the director of one of only a small number of clinics in the US that performed legal late-term abortions, Tiller was a target for anti-abortion activists. Though Tiller lived and worked in Kansas, his work agitated anti-abortion groups and fueled the controversy surrounding abortion at a national level. Tiller's life and death fueled the abortion debate in the US.
Howard Wilber Jones Jr.
Howard Wilber Jones Jr. and his wife, Georgeanna Seegar Jones, developed a method of in vitro fertilization and helped create the first baby in the US using that method. Though the first in vitro baby was born in England in 1978, Jones and his wife's contribution allowed for the birth of Elizabeth Carr on 28 December 1981. Jones, a gynecologist and an obstetrician, researched human reproduction for most of his life.
Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (1872-1947)
Mary Coffin Ware Dennett advocated for social reform in the United States in the early twentieth century, particularly regarding sex education and women's rights to access contraception. Dennett authored several publications on sex education and birth control laws. She also worked to repeal the Comstock Act, a federal law that made it illegal to distribute obscene materials through the US Postal Services.
Leon Chesley (1908-2000)
Leon Chesley studied hypertension, or high blood pressure, in pregnant women during the mid-twentieth century. Chesley studied preeclampsia and eclampsia, two hypertensive disorders found in approximately five percent of all US pregnancies. In New Jersey and New York, Chesley devoted over forty years to researching preeclampsia and eclampsia. Chesley conducted several long-term studies using the same group of women beginning from their pregnancies.
Elinor Catherine Hamlin (1924- )
Elinor Catherine Hamlin founded and helped fund centers in Ethiopia to treat women affected by fistulas from obstetric complications. Obstetric fistulas develop in women who experience prolonged labor, as the pressure placed on the pelvis by the fetus during labor causes a hole, or fistula, to form between the vagina and the bladder (vesicovaginal fistula) or between the vagina and the rectum (rectovaginal fistula). Both of those conditions result in urinary or fecal incontinence, which often impacts womenÍs social status within their communities.
John Hunter (1728–1793)
John Hunter studied human reproductive anatomy, and in eighteenth century England, performed one of the earliest described cases of artificial insemination. Hunter dissected thousands of animals and human cadavers to study the structures and functions of organ systems. Much of his anatomical studies focused on the circulatory, digestive, and reproductive systems. He helped to describe the exchange of blood between pregnant women and their fetuses. Hunter also housed various natural collections, as well as thousands of preserved specimens from greater than thirty years of anatomy work.


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Home > JULY 2016 > Notion Press Raises $ 1 Million in Pre-Series A Funding from HNIs
Notion Press Raises $ 1 Million in Pre-Series A Funding from HNIs
The company will use the funds to fuel international expansion and expand its services in India.
Chennai, August 29, 2016:
Chennai-based self-publishing start-up, Notion Press, today announced that it has raised USD $1 million in pre-series A funding from High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNIs).
The deal will help Notion Press consolidate its market leadership, strengthen its management team and expand its services in the market.
Notion Press is a self-publishing platform for Indian writers to publish and sell books around the world in both print and eBook form. It was founded in 2012 by two engineers, Naveen Valsakumar (30) and Bhargava Adepalley (29), and Jana Pillay (31), who has a background in publishing. Since then it has published over 2000+ authors, sells books in over 100 countries and is today the fastest growing publishing group in India, well-known for its high-end professional publishing solutions to authors.
Today, Notion Press offers various publishing, book printing, distribution and marketing services to both authors and publishers from around the world. The technology start-up aims to solve the challenges associated with book publishing and distribution by creating highly scalable solutions that work across the globe.
Commenting on the funding, Naveen Valsakumar, Co-Founder and CEO, Notion Press Media Pvt. Ltd, said, "We are growing aggressively and looking to go International this year. We will be intensifying our coverage across India and fuel our operations internationally as well with these funds. We have always envisioned Notion Press as a global publishing brand and have built everything to scale for the global market. We are launching our US operations in the middle of September and would be launching in three other countries by end of this financial year. With support from our investor group, we will be able to execute our vision more rapidly and broadly."
Naveen Valsakumar,
Co-Founder and CEO,
Notion Press Media Pvt. Ltd
A spokesperson from the Investor Group said, "We are very excited about this announcement. We commend the cutting-edge publishing solutions provided by Notion Press and the entrepreneurial spirits of the co-founders who put their heads down and built a sustainable and profitable business in just 4 years. Notion Press has shown tremendous potential in its growth, and is well-placed to be a part of the publishing revolution in India in the coming years."
Notion Press was started as a platform for new writing talent from India to emerge. While self-publishing is not a new concept, the Chennai-based start-up stands out for its innovative methods. The company provides tools; data and expertise that enables authors take business decisions. "We are changing the way publishing solutions are provided to authors in India and do not see self-publishing as a pure service-driven business, our home-grown proprietary technology allows us to automate most parts of the publishing, distribution and book marketing workflow. Our USP is that we treat every book as a start-up and the author as its CEO." explains Valsakumar.
Notion Press is now working on a technology product that will help authors actively promote their work. Apart from its global expansion, it is also looking to offer its services to more Indian languages.
About Notion Press Media Pvt. Ltd..!
Notion Press started on January 1, 2012 as a provider of high quality publishing services to authors in India. We are a launch-pad for writers from India to publish and sell books, eBooks around the world.
Authors are mentored by our team of publishing and book marketing experts who assist them in every step of the publishing process.
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Check Out This Beauty Susan Gossage – Wife of Jeremy Chardy
June 30, 2021 April 14, 2022 gossiprabbit
Who is Susan Gossage?
It comes as no surprise that Susan Gossage is one of the distinguished, exquisite, and most talked-about British fashion and runway models together with the ambassador of Nelson Mandela Children's Fund UK (NMCF UK) where she accommodates NMCF UK in changing the way society treats children and youth. She is also the founder of Wimby Wednesday.
How old is Susan Gossage?
She was born on December 20, 1989, in the United Kingdom. As of 2023, she is 33 years old with a height of 5 feet 9 inches.
It wouldn't be very difficult to state that Susan is a distinctly graceful personality who has not only influenced her fashion fans but also the world through her social working deliberation. Her most conspicuous physical aspect is her natural chestnut brown super curly locks. In parallel, she is blessed with an athletic rectangular-shaped strong physique. This clearly shows that she immensely endeavors to stay as healthy as May hedge in the bloom.
She dropped a bombshell when she walked down the aisle with white-collar French tennis player Jeremy Chardy in the year 2016. After that year, her name came more into being known not only as a Frenchman's wife but also on account of her notable achievements.
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Educational Qualification background 🎓
It is beyond the shadow of a doubt that Gossage is a well-educated, understanding, and intelligent woman. In obedience to her procurements hitherto we can remark that she has learned a lot at school or college and has a good level of knowledge regarding multiple fields.
Having said that, demanded particulars in the matter of her formal and informal education, she has studied at Oxford Brookes University and went to Kind Edward's School, Witley. She also went to Lechwe School.
Susan Gossage's Parents, Family, & Siblings 👨👩👦👦
Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights and our comfort when we greatly falter. – Brad Henry.
The above quotation goes exquisitely with Gossage's life. If truth be told, she has come to a point where she is seen as satisfied with her own achievements and she conveys all appreciation to her nearest and dearest.
Regarding her father, mother, and siblings' details, she rarely talks about them but often corroborates to show the world how much love she has for her family members.
Susan Gossage's father with their dog and kid Susan
Her father's name is Steven Gossage and he is White by ethnicity. He is British and lives in the UK. It looks like he is in his early sixties.
Above is a picture of her dad when Susan was a kid and here is a recent picture of her dad.
Susan Gossage Chardy's Dad
Unfortunately, her mother breathed her last and Gossage didn't lose one second to share the news with the world through her Instagram account on December 19, 2017.
She was murdered in December of 2017, a few months after Susan's wedding. Susan has posted a few photos of her happy mom on Instagram enjoying the daughter's wedding.
Susan Gossage's mom
She also shares tons of pictures of her siblings. From her pictures on her social media platforms, we can assume that she has two younger sisters.
One of her sisters' name is Janet Miss Jay Gossage. She executes in marketing and is a PR specialist. She is also a VO artist. She has a B.A. Com & PR. Her Instagram ID is @iamjanetmissjay. She is currently 31 years old.
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Susan Gossage's Husband & Baby 💑
Have you ever seen a fairytale love story in real life? If not, then you must see this happiest and gorgeous pair of Susan Gossage and Jeremy Chardy. This power couple proved that true love really exists in this 21st century as well. As far as we are concerned, Chardy must be the one to pop the question before Gossage.
After realizing that they are each other's one and only, they tied the knot on September 22, 2017, in a lavish ceremony. Many people believe that Susan and Jeremy married twice which indeed proves their love and affection for one another. First, they married in a civil ceremony.
Chardy had proposed to her in November 2016 when the couple was vacationing in her native Zambia.
After 3 years of their marital relationship, Susan Gossage shared the news of expecting a baby with her husband Jeremy Chardy through her Instagram picture posted on September 15, 2019, where she was seen rocking a white midi dress.
On February 12, 2020, Gossage brought a son into this world who was born on the same date as his father Jeremy Chardy (February 12, 1987). They gave him a very unique and beautiful name; Stone Chardy. As of 2023, he has completed 2 years on the earth. They have created his Instagram ID @stonechardy.
Susan Gossage's Earnings, Income, & Net Worth (2023)
With being a great fashion model, she also leaves no stones unturned as a public servant. Besides, she assists Nelson Mandela Children's Fund UK (NMCF UK) in giving voice and dignity to the African child. Correspondingly, she has also been the face of numerous beauty products including Pantene.
Through all these accomplishments, she makes a good amount of money. To put it in a nutshell, she approximately draws around 500k to 1 million currencies in her account.
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Earlier, she worked at Industry People Model Agency and Profile Models.
Name: Susan Gossage
Full Real Name: Susan Gossage
Popularly Known as Model and ambassador of Nelson Mandela Children's Fund UK (NMCFUK)
Profession: Model and ambassador of Nelson Mandela Children's Fund UK (NMCFUK)
Age: 33 years old (2023
Birth Place: United Kingdom
Date of Birth (Birthday) 🎂: December 20, 1989
Net Worth (2023) 💲: 500k to 1 million
Income/Earnings/Salary 💲: N/A
Education Qualification 🎓: N/A
School/college 🏫: Oxford Brookes University, Kind Edward's School, & Lechwe School
Father Name: Steven Gossage
Mother Name: N/A
Brother Name: N/A
Sister Name: Janet Gossage
Relationship Status ❤: Married
Boyfriend Name: Salomon Kalou (Ex-boyfriend), Jeremy Chardy (Present)
Husband Name: Jeremy Chardy
Children/Kids: 1
Son Name: Stone Chardy
Daughter Name: N/A
Facebook Account: N/A
Instagram Account: YES
Twitter Account: YES
Wikipedia: N/A
Official Social Sites
Some Facts About Susan Gossage
1. Her native country is Zambia where she tied the knot with Jeremy Chardy.
2. She was a good friend to late American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant.
3. According to one of her IG posts, her mother was tragically murdered in December 2017.
4. Stone Chardy, son of Susan and Jeremy, was born 33 minutes before on the same date as father Jeremy Chardy.
5. She loves to share her pole dancing skills on her official Instagram account.
6. She is the founder of wimbywednesday and fundraises through it.
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