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After more than 8 years in orbit the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite is still in good health and several algorithms for improving its spatial resolution have been proposed and validated in a variety of catchments. However, none of them has yet been applied at the global scale. In this article we present: i) a review of the latest SMOS-BEC downscaling algorithm, which allows for its global application using an adaptive moving window and ii) a thorough validation of the resulting maps over two in-situ networks: REMEDHUS in Spain and OzNet in Australia. The proposed algorithm combines SMOS brightness temperatures (at ~40 km spatial resolution), and MODIS-derived Land Surface Temperature and Normalized Differenced Vegetation Index (at 1 km), into 1km soil moisture maps. This paper also presents a variant of the algorithm, which allows for cloud-free retrievals. A statistical comparison has been carried out when the MODIS Land Surface Temperature is replaced in the algorithm by the one provided by the ERA5 reanalysis. Fine-scale estimates show good agreement in terms of correlation and root-mean-squared error with in-situ soil moisture.
CitationPortal, G. [et al.]. Microwave and optical data fusion for global mapping of soil moisture at high resolution. A: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. "2018 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium: proceedings: July 22–27, 2018 Valencia, Spain". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018, p. 341-344.


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Grażyna Różańska-Pawłowska (ur. 27 listopada 1961 w Wałczu) - polska wioślarka, olimpijka z Moskwy (1980)

W 1980 r. ukończyła Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Wałczu, a następnie Akademię Wychowania Fizycznego w Poznaniu.

Należała do klubu sportowego MKS Wałcz. Trenerami jej byli: Ryszard Koch i Ryszard Świerczyński.

Osiągnięcia sportowe
 1979 - Mistrzyni Polski (czwórka ze sternikiem);
 1979 - 12. miejsce podczas Mistrzostw Świata w Bled (czwórka ze sternikiem, w osadzie razem z K. Ambros, Teresą Soroką-Frąckowską, Beatą Kamudą-Dudzińską, Wandą Piątkowską-Kiestrzyn);
 1980 - uczestniczka Igrzysk Olimpijskich w Moskwie, w osadzie razem z Urszulą Niebrzydowską-Janikowską, Ewą Lewandowską-Pomes, Teresą Soroką-Frąckowską, Jolantą Modlińską, Krystyną Ambros-Żurek, Beatą Kamudą-Dudzińską, Wiesławą Kiełsznia-Buksińską, Wandą Piątkowską-Kiestrzyn - ósemki, odpadły z konkurencji - po 3. miejscu w przedbiegach (3:25.15), a następnie 4. miejscu w repesażach (3:24.04).

Bibliografia
 Bogdan Tuszyński, Henryk Kurzyński; Leksykon Olimpijczyków Polskich 1924-2006, Fundacja Dobrej Książki, Warszawa 2007,

Polscy wioślarze
Polscy wioślarze na igrzyskach olimpijskich
Polscy olimpijczycy (Moskwa 1980)
Urodzeni w 1961
Wioślarze MKS Wałcz
Ludzie urodzeni w Wałczu

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Atypical Season 4: Release Date Preview Online streaming On Netflix Plot Cast
Atypical Season 4: Release Date Preview Online streaming On Netflix Plot Cast: The much-awaited comedy-drama television series is all set to premiere its brand new season on the most popular OTT platform to give the audiences an unbelievable experience of fun and joy with its parody and entertaining concept.
The tremendous and fabulous American comedy-drama streaming television series named Atypical Season 4 is ready to stream on the trending OTT platform named Netflix.
After the announcement of the release date of the series, the fans get crazy and willing to witness the upcoming season of the series to feel some experience and fun which they grab in the past season of the series and they expected that the excitement and entertainment which was in the past season will also come out clean in the new season of the series.
The makers are all set t provide the audience with a full dose of laughter with their brand new season.
Atypical Season 4 Release Date
This series is an American comedy-drama streaming television series which is developed by Robia Rashid ad the premiering of the series is decided to be on Netflix.
The first-ever season of the series was streamed on 11th August 2017 containing a total of 8 episodes and after the on 7th September 2018 containing a total of 10 episodes the series renewed with the second season and the past third season was released on 1st November 2019 with the same 10 episodes and now, after waiting for two years the makers come back with the Atypical Season 4 Release Date is decided to be on 9th July 2021 only on Netflix.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh in and as Elsa Gardner
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from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import

from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.db import models
from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

from filer.fields.image import FilerImageField
from django_countries.fields import CountryField
from model_utils import Choices
from smart_selects.db_fields import ChainedForeignKey

@python_2_unicode_compatible
class User(AbstractUser):

    #name = models.CharField(_("Name of User"), blank=True, max_length=255)
    event = models.ForeignKey('app.Event', null=True, verbose_name=_('Event'))
    profession = models.ForeignKey('app.Profession', null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Profession'))
    phone = models.CharField(max_length=50, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Phone'))
    extra = models.BooleanField(verbose_name=_('Extra Activity'), default=False)
    country = CountryField(verbose_name=_('Country'), blank=True, null=True)
    nationality = CountryField(null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Nationality'))
    sponsored = models.BooleanField(verbose_name=_('Soponsored'), default=False)
    # FIXME: sponsor always == 3?
    sponsor = models.ForeignKey('User', limit_choices_to = {'type': 3}, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Sponsor'))
    document = models.CharField(max_length=50, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Document ID'))
    organization = models.CharField(max_length=50, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Organization'))
    position = models.CharField(max_length=50, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Position'))
    AGE_CHOICES = Choices(('A', '<=29'), ('B', '30-64'), ('C', '>=65'))
    age = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=AGE_CHOICES, null=True, blank=True)
    SEX_CHOICES = Choices(('M',_('Male')), ('F', _('Female')))
    sex = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=SEX_CHOICES, null=True, blank=True)
    address = models.CharField(max_length=200, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Address'))
    #TYPE = Choices(('regular',_('Regular')), ('speaker', _('Speaker')), ('sponsor', _('Sponsor')), ('organizer',_('Oganizer')), ('special',_('Special')))
    #type = models.ForeignKey('app.AttendeeType', default='regular', verbose_name=_('Type'))
    type = models.ForeignKey('app.AttendeeType', null=True, verbose_name=_('Type'))
    #payment_method = models.ForeignKey('app.PaymentMethod', null=True, verbose_name=_('Payment Method'))
    approved = models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name=_('Approved'))
    rejected = models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name=_('Rejected'))
    photo = models.ImageField(null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Photo'))
    text = models.TextField(blank=True,
                                 verbose_name=_('Biography'),
                                 help_text='Try and enter few some more lines')
    activities = models.ManyToManyField('app.Activity', blank=True, verbose_name=_('Activity'))
    responsible = models.ForeignKey('app.Organization', null=True, verbose_name=_('Organization responsible'))

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = _("Attendee")
        verbose_name_plural = _("Attendees")
        permissions = (
            ("can_print_badge", "Can print badge"),
            ("can_approve_participant", "Can approve participant"),
        )

    def __str__(self):
        return "%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name)

    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse('users:detail', kwargs={'username': self.username})

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In the morning of 27th of January, the launching ceremony of 3GW mono-crystalline ingot slicing project of Xi' an Longi Silicon Materials Corp was held in Yinchuan solemnly. Member of Party Committee of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Yinchuan Secretary of Municipal Party Committee XU Guangge, Yinchuan Vice Secretary of Municipal Party Committee and Mayor BAI Shangcheng, Yinchuan Member of Municipal Standing Committee, Secretary of Party Working Committee of Yinchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone and Director of Administrative Committee WANG Jiubin, Chairman of the board ZHONG Baoshen, President LI Zhenguo Have visited the event site. Representatives from PV enterprises and experts in the industry such as Mr Zhang, Deputy General Manager of Suzhou Canadian Solar Inc, Deputy Cheng from LG, Mr He, General Manager of Shanghai Suntech, Mr WANG Zhonghe, the Deputy General Manager of Yingli Solar has also been invited to the ceremony.
Around 9 in the morning, in the compelling thunder of drums, the launching ceremony of 3GW mono-crystalline ingot slicing project of Xi'an Longi Silicon Materials Corp started officially. The general manager of Silicon Business Department of Longi Mr WANG Xiaozhe hosted this ceremony. He first welcomes guests who came to the ceremony enthusiastically.
Next, President of Longi Mr Li Zhenguo delivered a speech. He claims, as the Climate Change Conference was held in Paris in 2015, developing clean energies has become an inevitable requirement during human civilization development. Solar power PV generation has become the clean energy with the most distinct characteristic of sustainable development due its environmentally-friendly and inexhaustible features. Mr LI Zhenguo emphasizes, Longi always sitci to its social responsibility of "utilizing solar energy, building a green world", constantly enhance technology improvement and innovation and lower down the prices of high-end monocrystalline products. In the near future, based on further technology advancement, the time when the subsidies for PV generation are eliminated and the rate for connection to grid are equal will arrive early, making people enjoy clean energies without paying for high costs.
Secretary of Party Working Committee of Yinchuan Economic and Technological Development Zone and Director of Administrative Committee Mr WANG Jiubin delivered a speech and he said, he hope Longi can seize every opportunity and follow the current of times to enlarge scale of production, improve quality of products and enhance the market shares. The Party Working Committee and Administrative Committee of the Development Zone will provide a variety of service as usual, focusing on dealing with difficulties and problems in the development of enterprises and making efforts to promote the development of new material industrial clusters of Development Zone, and contribute to economic development of the whole district and the whole city. At last, he wished the smooth construction of the 3GW mono-crystalline ingot slicing project of Xi'an Longi on behalf of Yinchuan Municipal Committee, Yinchuan Economic Development Zone and Administrative Committee.
In the warm applause of the guests, Yinchuan Vice Secretary of Municipal Party Committee and Mayor BAI Shangcheng announced that this project officially started! In the ear-splitting thunder of salutes , the guests attending the ceremony shoveled the earth to lay down the foundation of the cornerstone together. The corner stone stands steadily on the construction site , which announced the official start of 3GW mono-crystalline ingot slicing project of Longi.
After the completion of this 3GW mono-crystalline ingot slicing project, the expected average business income per year will reach more than 3000000000 yuan. By the year of 2019, the planning capacity of monocrystalline wafer of Longi will be 20GW. The enterprise will continuously stick to the enterprise core concept of "utilizing solar rays, creating green world", fully condect the R&D of PV generation materials and promotion and application of PV generation, adequately meet the clients' demand for high-efficient mono-crystalline wafer with flat fare, and further consolidate the advantageous position of Longi.
At the same day, the company released an announcement, declaring the plan for 2016-2017 silicon wafer capacity construction. This capacity will be enlarged to 7.5GW in 2016, and 12GW in 2017.
Longi says, with the leaping up-gradation of mono-crystalline supply chain and manufacturing technology, the mono-crystallie technical roadmap has achieved a revolutionary breakthrough with regard to costs. Since the price difference between mono-crystaline wafers and polycrystal wafers are shrinking continuously, under the circumstance that support system end invests equal amount to monocrystal and polycrystal, regarding to batteries and components, monocrystal products can gain more profits and bring more profits and values to clients.
Longi insists on building quality, focuses on achieving high-efficiency, and has devoted itself into developing mono-crystalline technology for 16 years. The company sticks to the mission of "utilizing solar energy, building a green world", consistently records the R&D of high-efficient mono-crystalline wafer during 16 years, and finally meet the new soar of PV industry. Focusing on mono-crystal for 16 years, it never stops this chasing. In the 2016 China Energy Development and Innovation Forum held recently, Longi has awarded the China Energy Innovation Prize of 2015, and its wholly-owned subsidiary LERRI Solar has awarded China Energy Dark Horse Prize.
The mono-crystaline products is highly reliable. The crystal structure is nearly flawless. The mechanical performance and electrical performance are nearly close to perfection. During the ups and downs of PV industry, Longi always stick to monocrystal, because it always puts the clients first. In the PV industry, mono-crystaline products are most valued by clients. Sticking to mono-crystaline is sticking to client values, which will surely usher in the spring.
Since 2015, along with the launching of National "Pacemaker"Plan, high-efficient PV products have become the mainstream of the market. Its market performance has proven this point. Since 2015, top clients in China one after another highly recognize monocrystal technology. China Minsheng Investment Corp, TBEA, BG,CGNPC, CNBM and so on has purchased a large quantity of mono-crystalineproducts. In the 2016 PV Power Station Design and Equipment Selection Seminar held in Xi'an on 13th , January, Longi and its subsidiary Lerri Solar have signed a strategic agreement of 9.6GW mono-crystaline components and 3GW mono-crystalinewafers/battery wafers of huge amount with six investors. The leading role of high-efficient monocrystal products is increasingly evident.
At the same time, this launching ceremony has drawn great attention from major media. Many media in this industry has reported this event such as Ningxia TV Station, China Energy News,China Securities Network,China Electric Power News,Energy Journal, New Energy 21, Solarbe, and PV-tech.


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In Today's Deep Space Extra… "The Challenge" movie crew launches to the International Space Station. NGA renews Maxar contract for satellite imagery.
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Russia's segment of ISS loses one docking port due to cracks in Zvezda moduleTASS of Russia (10/4): Roscosmos is eliminating the use of an International Space Station (ISS) Russian segment docking port due to structural cracks in a segment of the Zvezda service module, according to a presentation by Vladimir Solovyov, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Rassvet and Nauka docking ports remain active. Some 80 percent of the ISS's Russian segment has surpassed its service life, Solovyov said. Editor's note: TASS is a Russian government-owned news source
Soyuz MS-19 to launch film crew to Station amid tightened Russian space reporting regulationsNASAspaceflightnow.com (10/4): Russia's Soyuz MS-19 launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday at 4:55 a.m. EDT with Russian actress Yulia Peresild, film director Klim Shipenko, and veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov. The actress and director will spend 12 days aboard the ISS to film scenes for "The Challenge", a drama about a space medical emergency. The mission launches amid new rules enacted ...


Can employees' critical social media posts about a supervisor be fair grounds for dismissal? In a case filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), three employees fired for complaining about a supervisor on social media were found to have engaged in protected activity, and their termination was in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), (see Design Technology d/b/a Bettie Page Clothing, April 2013).
Employees' Critical Social Media Posts: Nothing gets Done!
Several days later, two of the three clerks were terminated and told "things just aren't working out." A month later the third clerk was let go for absenteeism.
The ALJ concluded that the company's reasons for discharge arose from the postings, which were for the mutual aid and protection of employees. This was "classic concerted protected activity" under the NLRA for which the employees could not be fired, the board held.


I am always surprised to find myself sitting in a meeting, a presentation, or any other instance in which someone is speaking to an audience and the speaker chooses not to be interesting, amusing, thought-provoking, or just plain different. Whether you're discussing a change in company policy, talking about your latest novel, training a team on a new piece of software, or introducing the keynote speaker, why not attempt to be original and memorable? Take advantage of the opportunity to do something or say something that people will remember. Whenever I have the opportunity to speak to an audience, large or small, I try to find a way to make my time in the spotlight, however dim it may be, as unique and impressive and funny as possible, regardless of the topic.
After all, how many ordinary, PowerPoint-guided presentations can a person deliver before realizing that he or she could probably be replaced by an online tutorial, a four-page booklet, or perhaps even a simple sheet of paper containing the necessary information? I'm not saying that every meeting, training session, and book talk must feature a comedian or entertainer, but at least make an effort to do something different.
Stale and staid and ordinary has been done already. Move on. Try something new. I may not always be successful, but I make an effort.
These thoughts filled my mind when I came across NPR's twist on their Page Not Found link. Someone at NPR is clearly thinking along these same lines. Rather than simply returning the reader with the usual webpage indicating a failed search, NPR put a clever and unique spin on this typically mundane encounter and earned a lot of credit in my book.
They managed to create an amusing and memorable Page Not Found experience. And you know what? It didn't take much to do so.


Parents' wedding anniversary is a responsible and long-awaited event. Any gift should be chosen with the soul and love for their loved ones. Even the most inexpensive gift can bring joy, the main thing is to find the right one.
Parents are the main people in our life. On the anniversary of their life together, we want to make not just a pleasant, but also a useful gift that will be remembered for a long time.
Fortunately, in the shops and on the websites you can find a lot of interesting things – from pleasant things and beautiful souvenirs to large household appliances.
Decide on what parents really need..
Perhaps they dreamed of a functional coffee maker or bread maker.
In some cases, you can ask what the parents really want. It is much more correct to give the thing that will be used than the usual unnecessary souvenir.
What comes up at 40 will be completely out of place for the elderly couple.
Choose the cheapest gift is not worth it. If there is no money, then it is better to bring a beautiful bouquet of flowers and something for tea.
There are no restrictions on the cost of the gift, but if the parents are not of a very high level of prosperity, a too elegant gift can be perceived ambiguously.
Practical gifts are much more useful. – their parents will not put on the shelf and will use in everyday life.
Do not give something that will be completely useless.
For example, an expensive gift is expensive brandy, but if a person does not consume such drinks, then there is no sense in this gift.
Usually gifts are timed to indicate the date of cohabitation.
in 50 years – gold.
For a porcelain wedding a great gift will be beautiful tea or dinner service.
If the set of dishes is expensive or something like that already exists, then you can find a porcelain electric kettle on sale – this is a great solution for those who love eco-friendly dishes.
If you want to make a gift for 25 years of life together, then a suitable option would be silverware.
In addition, you can offer custom-made jewelry: bracelets, rings or other options.
It is not necessary to make one common gift.
You can bring your father a beautiful tie, and a mother's pearl necklace, this option is suitable for the 30th anniversary of living together.
Round dates are usually celebrated in a big way, which means that the gift must be appropriate.
If parents have not been on vacation for a long time, then they will be a pleasant surprise. trip to the tourist base or to the sanatorium.
Older people will appreciate theater or museum ticket.
An interesting option is boat trip and even the organization of the holiday itself using water transport.
Interesting and useful gifts for the housewarming!
If you know where the parents met, held the first date or other memorable dates, then you can organize a trip there and a beautiful holiday with an unexpected meeting, like in your youth.
As a general gift you can offer carriage ride, drawn by a pair of horses, out of town or within the city, if conditions allow.
Such a romantic walk will surely unite the couple even more and will bring aesthetic pleasure.
Men love practical gifts, but choosing the right thing can be difficult.
For a son, it is perfectly acceptable to come on a holiday with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
Father – a thing related to his hobby: fishing gear, tools, sports equipment.
Son may well arrange country trip and picnic in nature.
An unusual gift will be pedigree book with photos of relatives, as well as memorable events from the parents' youth.
Such a book will become a family relic and will be inherited.
Give as a pleasant surprise audio CDs with your favorite music since the youth of parents, and the spouses of the older generation turntable for vinyl records.
A woman is much better shows imagination during the search for gifts.
Suitable as a gift and two warm terry robes, especially if the anniversary falls on the winter period.
A wonderful gift will be photo collage, where characters will be family members or just the parents themselves. It can be done independently or entrust printing to a professional.
Parents will certainly appreciate dinner for two in a good restaurant.
Pleasant music of their youth, candles, quiet atmosphere – such an evening will be surely remembered and will mark a new stage in their life.
Some difficulty is the need to make a gift to parents of the future or current spouse.
If you are not yet familiar, you should not make too unusual gifts – they may be misunderstood.
Find out what parents love.
Father – expensive cigars or cognac (before finding out whether it is used).
A gift that is universal is large basket, where fruit, tea and sweets are put. It is a kind of a sign of respect and it does not carry a strong semantic load, therefore it is impossible to offend them.
There are families for whom buying expensive items is a problem, however, it is not acceptable to go on a holiday with empty hands.
cake or box of delicious chocolates.
Choosing a budget gift, you should not take something quite cheap. Parents can easily bring a set of several varieties of tea or coffee, packed in beautiful packaging.
From practical gifts can be advised modern thermoses – it is convenient to take them to work or to brew delicious tea in them at home.
If you want to surprise your parents with something unusual, then you will have to try.
Spouses love to drink tea, then give them a real samovar with beautiful painting.
For lovers of souvenirs as a gift Money Tree, and also various figurines – symbols of love and happiness.
Arrange for parents wedding photo session in nature or in another unusual setting. This will not only be a gift, but will remain a memory for children and grandchildren.
The family coat of arms made by a professional craftsman is a truly unusual and original gift. He will take his permanent place in the house, and parents will know that their children honor family values.
The most original and unforgettable gift will be flying in a balloon. Excursion over the city will be expensive, but it will be remembered for a long time. Flight can be combined with a photo session.
Handwork is always appreciated. Making a gift can be trusted even to children or come up with something yourself.
Parents will appreciate hand knitted plaid, created by daughter or grandchildren photo album.
Now popular is a product like topiary, – it opens the space for creativity, and to make it simple enough, you just need to pick up consumables.
Younger children or grandchildren can create their own beautiful volume postcard.
If you have a printer or the ability to contact the printing house, then order for parents commemorative newspaper. On several pages, you can tell the story of the life of a couple by filling out as a real print edition.
Song composed by yourself, be sure to enjoy and can even become a family anthem. If there are no abilities to verses, then they can always be ordered by the author, or simply sing the favorite composition of the parents.
As a gift for the wedding anniversary can be offered homemade cake. It will be inexpensive, but it will be made with the soul and will surely please the parents.
Video: Topiary – a money tree with your own hands!
To buy something just because it is necessary, does not make sense. A gift purchased without a goal, even the most expensive, will deliver less joy than the one that was created with love, even if its value is small.


We are pleased to announce some of the most intricately detailed work we have done yet has now launched!
Sugar Blue Burlesque is a performance troupe and a burlesque academy that was established in 2007. They have a great looking brand identity and fabulous photos but their previous site did not show this. Clever Starfish worked with the director of the company Melanie Piantoni (aka A'dora Derriere) to rejuvenate and responsify the burlesque websites as well as being able to better manage the addition of shows, products in the store, performer profiles, academy classes and blogs. Our solution to managing all of the things was to split Sugar Blue Burlesque's offerings into three sites.
These sites were all built on WordPress and our custom catalogue/e-commerce platform Tentacle for store products and academy courses. The sites have been designed and developed to provide a user experience with subtle animations, punches of colour and detailed imagery – Refresh the home page to see the girls in the header change!
The Sugar Blue site really showcases the talent behind Sugar Blue Burlesque which includes some internationally recognised performers. We have developed glamourous profile pages for each performer that shows off their videos and photo gallery, linked to all of their performances, latest blog, tweets, courses and acts they are associated with. Have a look yourself at the lady in charge of Sugar Blue—Adora Derriere—and see what acts she performs in.
Sugar has a gorgeous new shop featuring products made locally in Australia and in Europe, including items designed exclusively for Sugar Blue Burlesque. Need a gift for someone who has everything? Do they have a Sugar Blue Burlesque voucher? No? We didn't think so. You can buy them to use in the shop and for academy courses right on the site.
Want to know the ins and outs of what has been happening in Sugar Blue? Have a look at the blog and browse by topic or Author to see what your favourite Burlesque star has been talking about.
Ever dreamt of being a burlesque star yourself? The Burlesque Academy offers a huge selection of courses to get you shimmying, shaking, undulating, bumping, grinding, wiggling, jiggly twirling and swirling through classic burlesque moves. Be a Burlesque megastar for the day by enrolling in one of the many burlesque make up classes where you will be transformed into a vintage pinup in the morning for a professional glamour photography session in the afternoon. Use the filter to find the course that suits you. You can filter by course type, location, course name, location, teacher and course level.
There's a whole lot going on in this site…take a look around and let us know what you think!


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Though originally meant as a standalone anthology, the Bardic Tales and Sage Advice collection has evolved into an annual celebration of speculative fiction. The first installment of the series was published in 2004 to spotlight the winners of what would become our annual charity writing competition. Since then, the series has evolved to include the winners of the charity competition, the winners of our annual Readers' Choice awards, and select authors invited to participate.
The stories in this year's collection include knights and dragons, lonely zombies, a musician with mystical powers, an overzealous security system, and more. We consider it the perfect sampler of the wonderful emerging talent in the speculative genres. We hope you will agree.
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C.R. Hodges lives in Colorado with his wife, dog, and no ghosts that he knows of. He has twenty-eight short stories and a novella published. His work has appeared in Cicada, EscapePod, Bards and Sages Quarterly, and Silver Blades. When he is not writing or playing the euphonium, he runs a product development and industrialization services company.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Worthwhile Purchase
General: Like all collections of short stories, the entertainment value is hit-or-miss for each specific reader. You will like some stories and not others. It's the nature of the beast and works great for short story anthologies because you can read a couple of pages of a story and if you don't like it, then just skip to the next one! Or if you kept reading a boring tale, they all end rather quickly, so before long you'll be onto something new.
Specific: The editing is excellent. The quality of prose varies with each story as the authors are of differing skill levels (though most are closer to semi-pro than pro). Why I gave it 5 Stars is not because of story quality, it's because of the price. As of now, the price to purchase this anthology is RIDICULOUSLY CHEAP. There are literally vending machine snacks that cost more. As a result, buying it is a no-brainer. If there is only one story you enjoy in the batch, it'll still be worth the price of admission.
** A Couple Notes On A Couple Stories (no spoilers) **
Readers can safely ignore this section as it's really just me venting to get a couple things out of my system.
"Malcolm's Box." This story drives me batsh** insane because it's so close to awesome, but falls flat (for this specific reader anyways). I can summarize its successes and its failures in one word: tone. It starts as a light-hearted tale (and maintains a fun whimsical tone throughout) yet dips into deep territory with universal themes of love and overcoming a seemingly inevitable fate. <--Just so we're clear, people in Hollywood get paid millions to accomplish that. OK, the author's pulling off some pro-level stuff here. I'm on board to the end. Oh man, here's the build-up...the arc is approaching its zenith...enter Tension...and...and... WUT. WUT?! * (continued way below to avoid a possible spoiler)
"Sing the Bones Alive." In many ways, this story is the antithesis of the above. Malcolm's Box was low on description and light on prose, but high on emotion and heavy on plot. Sing is high on description and heavy on prose, but low on emotion and plot. The actual writing is fantastic, perhaps the best in this volume, it's just that the story is ultimately a child's fairy tale. Which is fine, but I'm (and probably most readers) not a child. The plot is clear and straightforward, the characters goals and motivations are transparent, there's even the classic happy ending and "moral of the story." A quintessential bedtime story. But as an adult, it was lackluster.
* * * Possible Spoilers For Some Readers * * *
*If one is going to write a fun, light-hearted story--especially a fantasy!--that also strums the heartstrings then one really _needs to end it in a certain way in order to create a satisfactory ending_ for the reader. Emotional catharsis, if you will. Which is not the way it ended. The best example I can come up with is the movie "Practical Magic." Fun! Light-hearted! Fantasy elements in the modern day! Whimsical throughout! Insert heavy overtones and universal themes of love and overcoming a seemingly inevitable fate while simultaneously retaining a light-hearted tone. Now, imagine that the movie ends with Sandra Bullock dying. Now cut to the Detective and the sister at her funeral. They glance at her corpse, then at each other, and chuckle. "Well, she beat the curse, kinda!" says the sister with a laugh. "Ain't that a humdinger!" jokes the Detective. Up go the credits.
^ That's the ending of Malcolm's Box.
p.s.--if you're the author reading this, then consider it a good thing that some random online is willing to write all this.
Philip A Edwards
I especially enjoyed Malcomb's Box. Great story!


Well, I play some of the time waster games we routinely cover on MakeUseOf.com. Another site I really like to visit for laughs is Cracked.com.
I hardly ever get bored. On the rare occasions that I do I quickly find unread newsletters in my inbox or interesting articles on Wikipedia or Spiegel Online.
Civilization 5! I have a dedicated "civ machine" setup next to my work machine!
Well, I sometimes open Second Life and explore strange places.


Humans are pretty good at ballparking distances, even with one eye closed — but it turns out computer vision systems have a hard time with it. Researchers hope to fix that, or at least make robots a little more robust, by teaching them to navigate a space without the benefit of stereo vision — in zero gravity, to boot.
The reason we're so good at it is that we've built up a huge library of knowledge about the objects and spaces we tend to inhabit: trees are about this big, and don't grow indoors; TVs are flat and about this big, and tend to be near walls; doors are about this big and you can see the next room through them; etc, etc. It's all very elementary to us but we often forget how long it took us to learn all that stuff (and how easy it is to unlearn when one is tired or drunk).
Computer vision systems tend to rely solely on the facts: the depth information from stereo cameras, usually, complemented by a limited object-recognition engine that can pick out a box from the table it's sitting on, or a knob from the door itself.
But that assumes everything is working properly. What if one of the cameras is taken out of commission by a system error or a leaf blowing onto it? How will it safely navigate if it relies on having both 100 percent of the time? This applies not just to random robots, but to self-driving cars and other devices.
An experiment backed by the European Space Agency and Delft University of Technology investigates the possibility of robots teaching themselves how to get around their environment, effectively, with one eye closed.
The experiment took place on the International Space Station. They equipped a SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites, essentially round, multi-purpose drones that work in microgravity) with stereo cameras, and had it roam around the Japanese ISS module. It took measurements with both "eyes," but also ran a machine-learning task using just one, attempting to keep track of the module's features and establish distances.
For instance, it would see with the stereo cameras that a hatch was 4 feet away and 2 feet wide — and at the same time, the single-camera stream would attempt to associate the image it saw with that information — a certain shape, growing larger at a certain rate, that sort of thing.
The researchers could only dedicate a little time to the experiment — it has to be run by astronauts, after all, and they're busy people — and the initial run was a mixed bag with several technical difficulties. But the technique has promise, and the single-camera estimate of distance got to be pretty good, though not good enough to navigate by just yet.
They presented their findings today at the International Aeronautical Conference; you can read the paper here.


Visitors to a recent exhibition of Fear, Illustrated shared their fears on index cards and tacked them to a wall in the gallery space.
It was a surreal and beautiful site for me to see the mass of index cards plastered on the walls of a gallery, with fears handwritten on every card. From the one word fear ("Knives") to the wordier ones (about depression and loneliness and concerns over a friend's possible suicide), I was moved at what people wanted to share and leave tacked on a wall for all to see.
This inspired me to start creating a fear illustration a day — something looser and faster to create. I'm using each of these cards as part of each illustration.


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Midland Unified Command to discuss COVID-19 updates
Project Roadblock 2020
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Honoring The Graduates 2020
Surge of federal agents leaves many questions unanswered
by: MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press
Protesters walk through chemical irritants dispersed by federal agents at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Following a larger Black Lives Matter Rally, several hundred demonstrators faced off against federal officers at the courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump offered few details when he announced this week that the government will dispatch hundreds of extra federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to fight an uptick in violent crime.
The absence of a clear, publicly available plan has left city leaders, residents and even federal agencies to speculate about exactly what will happen and when. Here's a look at what's known so far:
Q: WHAT DO TRUMP AND OTHER FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY?
A: Trump said hundreds of agents will be drawn from the Justice Department, which includes the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The number of agents involved is not clear. Attorney General Bill Barr suggested at one point that around 200 new agents could end up in Chicago.
A Justice Department press release said Chicago would receive 100 new federal investigators. It also said 100 officers from the U.S. Marshal's Service and 100 from the Homeland Security Department would be reassigned to the Chicago portion of a crime-fighting effort known as Operation Legend, which was launched last month in Kansas City, Missouri. Many of those agents are already based in and around Chicago. The release said Albuquerque would get more than 25 new federal investigators.
On Thursday, the Justice Department said it also planned to send agents to Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee in coming weeks.
Q: IS THIS DEPLOYMENT SIMILAR TO THE ONE INVOLVING PORTLAND, OREGON?
A: It doesn't seem so. Federal agents wearing camouflage without clear identification hit the streets in Portland to protect federal property amid demonstrations against police brutality. Some of the agents were accused of beating unarmed protesters, even throwing some into unmarked vehicles.
For now, the plan for Chicago and Albuquerque does not seem to include federal agents engaging with protesters. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Barr both said the mission in Chicago and Albuquerque would differ from the mission in Portland.
Q: WHAT'S TRUMP'S MOTIVATION?
A: That's not entirely clear. He said Wednesday he wanted to quell what he called "a shocking explosion of shootings, killings, murders and heinous crimes of violence." He added: "This bloodshed will end."
But he didn't shy away from trying to score political points. He blamed Democrats who lead cities like Chicago and Albuquerque for the spikes in violence.
The federal intervention seems to be part of a campaign strategy to claim the mantle of law-and-order president. His administration last week also resumed federal executions after a 17-year hiatus, potentially providing Trump further grounds for the claim.
Democrats have accused the president of trying to distract attention from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Q: WHERE WILL THE AGENTS COME FROM?
A: It's not clear yet. But the number of agents and their agencies will be telling. If more agents come from the ATF, that suggests the government's focus is on solving gun crimes. More agents from the DEA would indicate an emphasis on trafficking, cartels and drug-dealing street gangs.
It also isn't clear how many agents will be assigned to U.S. attorney's offices to help investigate gun crimes and gang conspiracies that underpin much of the violence.
Q: IS THIS PART OF AN EXISTING PROGRAM?
A: Yes. The Trump administration announced July 8 that it was sending more than 200 agents to Kansas City, Missouri, under Operation Legend, which was named after 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was fatally shot while sleeping in a Kansas City apartment last month.
The agents in Kansas City were to investigate homicides, shootings and violent crime in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, officials said.
"Operation Legend has no relationship whatsoever to protests, marches and demonstrations," Don Ledford, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office for the western district of Missouri, said earlier this week.
Q: HAS THIS HAPPENED BEFORE?
A: Yes. For decades, administrations have dispatched extra federal agents to cities during surges of violence, natural disasters and other crises.
In December, the Trump administration launched a crime-fighting initiative called Operation Relentless Pursuit, which boosted federal resources for seven cities. It also committed more than $70 million in federal grants to hire new officers and purchase new equipment, among other things.
Q: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THIS TIME?
A: An obvious difference is that agents are being sent during historic protests over police brutality. The deployments are also happening amid criticism that the Trump administration is already being too heavy handed.
If the administration dispatches hundreds of agents at a time, that is far greater than previous deployments.
In 2017, for instance, the administration dispatched around 20 extra ATF agents to Chicago to help address gun violence months after the president tweeted that, "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on … I will send in the Feds!" The new agents joined around 35 ATF agents already based in the city.
Q: IS TRUMP RIGHT THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL?
A: It's true that violent crime has jumped in some cities in the wake of protests and as stay-at-home orders eased. Chicago's homicide rate is up 51%, with 414 killings this year compared to 275 over the same period last year, according to police department data.
But crime overall is down in most U.S. cities. In Chicago, criminal sexual assaults have fallen 19% and thefts 26% so far this year compared to the same period last year.
Q: HOW HAVE CITIES REACTED?
A: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sounded alarmed in recent weeks as the Trump administration raised the prospect of more aggressive federal intervention.
But since this week's announcement about sending additional federal agents, she's struck a cautiously optimistic chord, saying she was encouraged that the U.S. attorney's office would supervise at least some of the agents.
If those agents work in partnership with existing federal efforts to curb violence, "not trying to play police in our streets, then that's something different," she said.
She also said that if there are "steps out of line," she will "take the president to court."
Associated Press writers Colleen Long and Jill Colvin in Washington, Don Babwin and Kathleen Foody in Chicago and Margaret Stafford in Kansas City also contributed to this report.
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Jana Birgusová (* 15. března 1984 Ostrava) je česká herečka. Maturovala na hudebně-dramatickém oboru na Pražské konzervatoři, v roce 2007 zde absolvovala. Během závěrečných let studia účinkovala v Divadle Konzeratoře a v komparzu Divadla na Vinohradech, na divadle hraje dodnes. Nejznámější je ale patrně její role Lídy v seriálu Ulice.

Role

Seriály
 Ulice – Lída (Ludmila Farská)
 To nevymyslíš
 Cukrárna

Divadlo

Divadlo Konzervatoře
 Ťululum, 2005 – Madame Pinchardová
 Milujeme křečky, 2006
 Krvavá svatba, 2006 – služka
 Piknik, 2006 – Flo Owensová

Divadlo na Vinohradech
 Král Jelenem

Strašnické divadlo
 Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Dvojník, 2005–2006

Divadlo Aqualung
 Edmond Rostand: Cyrano, 2005

Divadelní společnost Háta Praha
 To byl teda Silvestr!, 2008
 Herci v nesnázích aneb Dnes hrajeme Cyrana, 2009
 Jakeovy ženy, 2010
 Tři bratři v nesnázích, 2012

Nevítaní (malá scéna divadla ABC)
 Louis Nowra: Noc bláznů, 2010 – Cherry

Dabing
 Letopisy Narnie
 Pilotova žena

Reference

Externí odkazy

České herečky
Narození v roce 1984
Žijící lidé
Ženy
Narození 15. března
Narození v Ostravě