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Keynote Lecture Friday
Every year brings developments of particular interest to the world of ophthalmology. Eminent experts explore these topics in their 30-minute keynote lectures.
Keynote Speaker: Michael Bach(Freiburg)
Visual acuity is a threshold value on the brink of being pure noise. It is defined as the probability at which a patient recognizes an ophthalmological chart sign without merely guessing. The Freiburg Visual Acuity & Contrast Test (FrACT) developed by Michael Bach is a computer-based method that defines visual acuity semi-automatically and according to DIN standards. FrACT has been used in over 800 international publications and will be demonstrated during the lecture. DIN standards prescribe a decimal scale for visual acuity. With this type of scaling, visual acuity values must not be presented linearly in diagrams but in a logarithmic scale. Moreover, decimal visual acuity values may not be arithmetically averaged. A viable alternative is the Minimal Angle of Resolution logarithm logMAR. At first glance, this unit may be counterintuitive – the better the visual acuity value, the lower the logMAR. This seeming contradiction is resolved when logMAR is viewed as representing the loss of visual acuity. Assessments and information given by test subjects in subjective visual acuity tests can be unreliable, especially for medical assessments. In these cases, objective test methods can help. The best approach seems to be a method based on visually evoked potentials. Combining this approach with machine learning, Michael Bach achieved very high correspondence with subjective visual acuity assessment (in reliable test subjects).
Professor Dr. Michael Bach studied Physics in Bochum and Freiburg. After earning his PhD degree, he was appointed Director of the Electro-Physiological Lab at Freiburg University Ophthalmology Clinic. In 1991, he qualified as university professor of neurophysiology. He led various research projects and was appointed supernumerary professor in 1998. Between 199 and 2015, Professor Bach was Director of the Visual Function and Electro-Physiology section at the Freiburg University Ophthalmology Clinic. He has published 280 peer-reviewed papers, presented 780 lectures and poster sessions, and written over 20 book chapters on his research focus. At the 116th DOG Congress, he received the Von Graefe Award for his lifetime achievements.
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This book presents thinking about and through transdisciplinary and professional development as an educative process. Rather than focusing on the delineation of the approaches offered, an analysis of these contributions points to commonality in those problems that benefit from a transdisciplinary perspective. The core elements of transdisciplinarity can lead to what might be called metanoia – another way of knowing; a knowing which is 'beyond that which is creative and transformative. This poses challenges for the practice of all professionals and is the core issue that this book addresses. The book brings together the constituting views of transdisciplinarity, or metanoia, and focus them on current professional practice. The book is structured in two parts and five sections. The first part deals with key issues in Transdisciplinarity; its actuality and how it creates knowledge. Section 1 has three original papers which look at Transdisciplinarity from a different lens. Especially, the Islamic voice has not been heard in this context before. Section 2 considers the knowledge aspect of Transdisciplinarity and how this might be confronted with existing disciplinary knowledge. Part 2 of the book is directly focused on professionals and their education. The third section considers research pedagogy and graduate education for the professional. This is followed in section 4 which offers a discussion on team work. In the final section six chapters present the transdisciplinary practitioner in different contexts.


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Petr Fiala (* 21. října 1969, České Budějovice) je český malíř a grafik.

Život
V letech 1995 až 2002 studoval na AVU Praha, kde od roku 2002 působí jako asistent. Jeho volná tvorba navazuje na tradiční evropskou i českou malbu. Obrazové příběhy, které vytváří, často nejsou zakotveny v prostoru ani času, nesnaží se reagovat na aktuální společenské dění. Směřuje k nadčasovosti a intimitě. Poodhaluje skrytá zákoutí přírody, tajemství života.

Literatura
 Miroslav Pesch, Petr Fiala, Obrazy 2002-2005

Externí odkazy

 Oficiální webové stránky Petra Fialy
 Rozhovor na Českém rozhlasu 3 k výstavě Nad městem
 Pdf katalog kolektivní výstavy Vltavotýnské výtvarné dvorky 2007

Čeští malíři 21. století
Narození v Českých Budějovicích
Narození v roce 1969
Žijící lidé
Muži
Čeští grafici
Absolventi Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze
Narození 21. října
Čeští malíři 20. století

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Anyone can make beautiful, creative images of the Sun using data from orbiting solar observatories thanks to the open data policies and software from Nasa and Esa.
Nasa launched the SDO as part of its Living With a Star program. Beyond the pure science goals of understanding how the Sun works, learning how it interacts with our own planet makes life on Earth safer. Space weather can disrupt satellite communications, cause blackouts on the ground, and expose frequent fliers to higher levels of radiation.
Fortunately, they made Helioviewer an open web application that lets anyone view and download the latest images from the SDO as well as five other solar observatories. You can layer images taken at various wavelengths from infrared through the ultraviolet. And you can animate a series of images to create your own movie of the Sun's roiling surface.
For my project I went through the various images taken by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly camera's 10 filters to see what aspect of the Sun were most prominent. The long infrared wavelengths, for example, show the granular nature of the Sun's photosphere. The shorter wavelengths I chose, from 171 to 304 nanometers, show the corona and flaring regions where the Sun's magnetic fields send loops of plasma flying above the surface.
The Helioviewer site displays the images in color, but the original files are all in black-and-white. Photoshop lets you colorize each image and layer them one on top of the other. You can be creative by adjusting the hue, saturation, and brightness of each layer to make a combined picture that looks very different from the one the scientists create. (Of course, you destroy the scientific value in the process.) Some selective contrast adjustments using Photoshop's Curves and Layer Mask tools bring out more of the details which I touched up further in Lightroom.
The final image is a colorful display of the plasma flowing from the Sun's surface along with the looping plasma flows created as the Sun's magnetic field rises out of the surface and plunges back in.


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Three Approaches to Virtual Office Visits
Three Northern California health systems are experimenting with patient care via video.
Sita Ananth
Improving access to care is one of the primary mandates of the Affordable Care Act. Given that goal, many health systems are stepping up efforts to offer convenient, fast and lower-cost alternatives to the traditional in-person office visit.
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One strategy they are adopting is video visits. Patients can use their computers or their smartphones to consult with their primary or specialist physicians. How this strategy works varies, of course, based on the organizational structure, reach, reimbursement systems and market in which each system operates. In fact, two recent stories — one in last Sunday's New York Times and a segment on Monday night's "PBS NewsHour" — both address the growth and diverse approaches being used by hospitals and health plans.
I spoke with clinicians at three hospital systems to learn about their unique approaches to this growing trend.
Care Anytime, Anywhere
At Stanford Health Care, the commitment to offer care anytime, anywhere, has been the primary incentive behind the development of an integrated "bricks to clicks" continuum of care.
For the patient, such a continuum supports a lifelong relationship with a trusted institution. Stanford has developed an app and a soon-to-be-released Web portal, says Pravene Nath, M.D., chief information officer at Stanford Health Care.
Patients have the option of choosing a video visit over other means of accessing care. Nath tells me there has been a solid uptake by the 18- to 40-year-olds. Specific conditions such as dermatology also lend themselves well to a video interaction. Satisfaction rates are high, he says, given the convenience and time savings for patients, as well as the potential cost savings for employers.
As the program continues to grow, Nath says Stanford Health Care plans to offer online coaching, wellness services and monitoring services to meet the needs of its patients.
A Need to Reach Rural Patients
Dignity Health's telemedicine initiative was born out of need, says James Roxburgh, R.N., M.P.A., director of Dignity Health Telemedicine Network. Rather than looking for the latest "cool technology," he says Dignity identified the needs and services that would most appropriately fit patient care requirements.
DHTN spans major cities with tertiary care centers and includes small rural communities, offering the same resources and tools to all the hospitals in the system. Established in 2008 with a goal to provide timely access to high-quality specialized health care services that are not readily available, DHTN is one of the country's largest acute care networks — it has 39 sites that include three skilled nursing facilities.
Patient response to these offerings has been positive, according to Roxburgh, particularly when response times can sometimes be faster than an in-person specialist consult.
Another important aspect of this program, says Roxburgh, is that the program helps to alleviate the challenges faced by the dearth of specialists in rural areas. The network offers learning opportunities to small community hospitals, as clinicians, particularly the nursing and ancillary staff, are able to gain experience by interacting with the telemedicine specialists. Nurses at the partner sites say they love telemedicine: Not only do they learn from the physicians, but they care for patients they wouldn't normally see, and learn from experience.
Reducing Wait Times
When wait times were lengthening in Kaiser Permanente's mid-Atlantic region (which covers Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland), Dennis Truong, M.D., a former military physician, came up with the idea to offer visits via video. He had frequently consulted with colleagues around the world during his tenure in the military via Skype and thought it could improve access as well as the patient experience.
In 2013, the health plan started a pilot program that offers members the option (when they phone into the call center) to use their computers or smartphones from home or go to a nearby Kaiser clinical decision unit for a video visit assisted by a nurse or medical assistant.
A key factor in the success of this program is that the physicians, while they're speaking with a patient, have access to the patient's electronic health record on a second screen, says Truong. Physicians can make follow-up appointments or order tests instantaneously.
The average user of the video visit is a 44-year-old female, which is likely due to the convenience factor. For now, there is no co-pay for a video visit, but that may change, says Truong.
Improving Care Quality
At Kaiser Permanente Northern California, a few video visit programs have shown promise in helping to improve health outcomes, according to a June 2015 article in Health Affairs by Robert Pearl, M.D., CEO and executive director of the Permanente Medical Group. The Early Start Program, targeted to pregnant substance abusers, offered the convenience of video visits. Participation in the program has shown a drop in pre-term births and is now being studied further, says Pearl. Another program enables college students who are using the acne medicine Accutane, and who often have difficulty making in-person office visits because of their academic schedules, to be regularly monitored for their psychological response to the medication, which has been known to cause depression and suicidal ideation.
Health care has been slower in its uptake of Internet and mobile technologies, and understandably so, given the challenges of patient privacy, provider resistance, reimbursement inconsistencies, the need to re-educate patients and providers on new ways of interacting with each other and, of course, the considerable setup costs.
However, the opportunities to differentiate oneself in the marketplace are vast: bringing health care to the patients at their convenience and at lower cost; avoiding unnecessary hospital visits; offering home monitoring to avert preventable readmissions; and so forth. In fact, KPNC's Pearl projects that by 2016, the number of virtual visits, whether through email, phone or video, will surpass all in-person visits. All these opportunities are motivating organizations such as Stanford Health Care, Dignity Health and Kaiser Permanente to adopt video visits and other emerging tools for patient care.
On July 7, my congressman, Mike Thompson, introduced H.R. 2948, the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015. Passage of this bipartisan legislation would expand coverage of telehealth services under Medicare by putting them on the path toward parity with in-person health care visits. Of course, these bills take time; but in my opinion, things are moving in the right direction.
Sita Ananth, M.H.A.,is a Napa, Calif.-based consultant and writer specializing in complementary medicine and wellness. She is also a regular contributor to H&HN Daily.
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Morne a Bruler is a small community in the commune of La Vallee. It's a small, close community where most people are farmers, cultivating beans, corn, millet, and plantains. When the harvest is good, the farmers can bring in a good income. There was a primary school, 2 churches, and several voudou temples in the community.


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We have laid down the ultimate challenge for this year's 100 Yard Dinner, our annual harvest meal featuring over 95% of all ingredients grown within 100 yards of the dinner table. We have decided to create a moveable feast; each course will be served in different venues around the farm. There's a pickled vegetable course featuring beets and okra from our little vegetable garden, the cheese course will be served next to the goat pasture, the main course will take place in the midst of our prairie and dessert will complete the meal in our orchard.
The 100 Yard Dinner has often been viewed as the culmination of a season's worth of work. It is also a celebration of the diversity that our farm embodies; from pastures and prairie to goats to milk, from fruits to vegetables and from herbs to flowers. This year's added challenge of serving five courses in different locations around the farm has forced us to be especially creative with the crafted dishes, and to think hard about how to move both food and guests. I admit that the complicated logistics had me tied in knots on several occasions, but our calm and patient chef has worked out the kinks, and most of the details are falling into place.
Wes has been busy mowing clearings in the prairie and making sure the path through the orchard is clear for dining under the crowns of the fruit trees. He has been shaping the wooden planks so that we can serve food on them. We have been harvesting pears and apples and tomatoes as they ripen. We have been making pickled vegetables to beat the band. Wes dug potatoes today; we were impressed with the yield from fewer than 10 original tubers. We have been weeding the herb garden to make sure our guests can see the herbs that they will enjoy in several courses, including a special beverage.
We have been walking the paths and taking careful consideration about how 50 guests will sit or stand to enjoy each course. Tomorrow the serious cooking begins. Saturday afternoon, the guests will arrive and our vision for the moveable feast will play itself out.
Fifteen years ago, Wes and I took a leap of faith and bought a small farm in Champaign County. Still immersed in the world of academia as professors of soil science (at Univ. of Wisconsin Madison and then Univ. of IL), we had dreams of turning our ideas about sustainable farming into practice. Wes also wanted to relive the joys from his childhood of eating a dead-ripe peach. The small parcel, barely seven acres, had been farmed in cash grain agriculture for decades, and we saw this "blank slate" as the perfect canvass upon which to put our ideas into practice.
In the first two years, we converted the land into perennial agriculture (cover crops, tree fruits, berries and pasture). While Wes' farming passion lay in fruit trees, mine took shape while living in America's dairy land: Wisconsin. I fell in love with beautiful French-style goat cheeses produced by one of America's first farmstead goat creameries located just west of Madison, Wisconsin. The founder of Fantome Farm became my mentor, and we bought our "starter kit" of three Nubian does and a breeding buckling in the summer of 2004. One year later, we opened Illinois' first farmstead creamery, milking 25 goats and selling fresh chevre at the Urbana Farmers' Market.
Over the next decade and beyond, the goat herd grew and the cheese repertoire and markets expanded. Goat milk gelato was added to the product line up in 2011. We currently produce over 14,000 pounds of cheese annually and over 3000 pints of gelato. The farm acquired additional land and the business expanded into the realm of agritourism, focusing on slow-food inspired farm-to-table meals. It was hard to take the educators out of us, and we began to welcome more and more visitors to the farm. We have always tried to be transparent about our farming practices, and we have nurtured an environment where the community can experience a working farm, appreciate how local food is produced and enjoy delicious food in a tranquil rural setting.
After much soul searching and careful deliberation, we have decided to transition the farm to the next generation of passionate farming entrepreneurs. The farm is in a great place to turn over the reins to new owners. We believe there is tremendous potential for growth in both the realms of goat dairying-artisan cheese making and agritourism, and we would like to see others actualize this potential. We are engaged in serious discussions with several prospects, but we welcome serious inquiries as well. We plan to be around to ensure a smooth transition next year. In the meantime, please know that the farm is very much open for business, and we value the support that our community has given us over the years.
Text Message Customer Loyalty Program: This week's text club special relates to big-hugs black goat and blushing goat. To get the message with the special info, you'll need to sign up: text either "GOAT" or "URBANA" or "FARMSTORE" to 30500 to sign up.
The forecast is warm and sunny weather-quite a contrast from last Saturday. We have some special seasonal cheeses as well as gelato flavors for you, so come out and support your local farmers this Saturday. We hope to bring some of Seckel pears to sell at the market. They make a lovely accompaniment to most of our cheeses, just sliced or pan sautéed with butter.
If you can't make it to the market, our farm store is open Friday evening, 4-7 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 pm.
Fresh chevre with dried tomatoes! It's back and it's delicious as ever. We grow the mini-roma tomatoes called Juliette, dry them chop them up and then blend them into our fresh chevre. This is my favorite flavor of chevre.
Goat Milk Feta: Tomatoes are still plentiful and delicious. With the cooler weather, why not roast some tomatoes with crumbled feta and fresh chopped herbs? We also have a tomato-watermelon-feta recipe on our website. Watermelons are still available at the farmers' markets.
Little Bloom on the Prairie: This batch is at ripeness perfection. Flavor is buttery, milky and slightly mushroomy. Enjoy simply on a slice of crusty bread with local honey or jam.
Black Goat: an ash-coated bloomy rind cheese with a delicate and crinkly yeasty rind. This batch is young and firm; the opposite of last week's ooey-gooey version. It has a wonderful yeasty aroma and a tart lemony paste.
Big Hugs Black Goat: our collaboration with Half Acre Brewery, Chicago. This black goat has "big hugs" coffee stout beer infused in the curd. It's especially gooey this week, but the beer flavor is quite balanced in the paste. Try serving with pan toasted apple or pear slices.
Blushing Goat: our take on a washed rind cheese—these little rounds are washed with a kombucha beer for one month. These blushing pink-orange beauties have a dense gooey-fudgy paste with a rich umami flavor. This cheese just keeps getting better and better with age. If you haven't tried it, ask for a taste. Try it with caramelized onions or some prosciutto on a crostini.
Moonglo: Our first spring milk batches of this raw milk tomme (sort of like a Gouda, but not really) are making their debut at the market and in the farm store. The spring milk produces a lighter, tangy paste with hints of pineapple. The texture of the cheese is a bit more firm than fall milk batches. I've got a Sweet-Corn-Moonglo "Queso" recipe posted on our website, so take a look.
Applewood Smoked Moonglo: our friends at Urbana's Black Dog Smoke and Ale House cold-smoked our Moonglo cheese over Applewood chips; the result is a lovely smoky version of our Moonglo. Like our regular Moonglo, it makes a killer grilled cheese (that's what Black Dog is doing with it at their Urbana location). You could also use it in the "Hot Queso" recipe.
Huckleberry Blue: our limited late fall goats' milk blue cheese-we only have a few wedges left of this cheese, and then it's gone until next year. This cheese is great crumbled on a salad, sliced and warmed on a steak or burger OR served on baguette with a fig jam or walnut balsamic vinegar reduction (this is an amazing combination). VERY LIMITED-come early if you want some.
If haven't figured out yet where we are at the market this year: we have a new spot at the farmers' market--Urbana Market at the Square. We are in spot #20 on the south-west (along Illinois Street) end of the market. We are right next to Moore Family Farm.
We have new hours for the fall: Fridays, 4-7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays, 1-4 pm. Come see the farm as summer fades into fall. On Fridays, come out after work to unwind.
During our open hours, you can savor a scoop of gelato or "build your own" cheese boards—pick out your cheeses, add a stick of salami (Underground Meats) or a jar of jam from Autumn Berry Inspired or pickled veggies, grab some Central IL Bake-house baguette bread and we'll provide the board. You can sit outside under our new pavilion roof and enjoy a glass of wine or beer with cheese! Want to go the total sweet route? How about a root-beer float with a scoop of our gelato?
Need to de-stress? Come visit with the goats. They love to be petted, and they might try to trick you into feeding them some hay. Shop in our farm store: "The Real Stand." We've got pasture-raised meats and poultry from Bane Family Meats, frozen artisan sausages from Piemonte Sausage Co., pickled veggies and pesto by Sarah (our former gelato maker), locally-grown and milled flours by The Mill at Janie's Farm and much more.
PFFC goat meat—we have one pound packages of stew meat, goat loin or rib chops (4 to a package) and leg shanks (2 to a package). We also have shoulder roasts (approx. 4-5 lb. packages). Pasture raised, very lean and mild, try the meat that most of the rest of the world enjoys regularly.
Seckel Pears from our orchard—these small delicate pears are loaded with flavor.
U-PICK: U-picking is suspended until further notice. We might have apples for u-pick in mid-September. We are also planning another "Cider Days" event, probably in October, so stay tuned for details.
Farm Dinners: Fall season is upon us, and the September and October farm dinners have filled up fast. I encourage you to book your tickets now for the two remaining dates. The beer dinner on Saturday, October 6th will now feature beers from Triptych Brewery. We'll likely be serving some beer-cheese collaborations, so you won't want to miss this one if you love micro-brews.
Friday, Sept. 14th Iberian Pop-Up Dinner with Chef Mark Hartstein at Hopscotch Bakery and Café: Hopscotch "Supper Club" is hosting their second pop up dinner with Chef Mark Hartstein (co-founder of Watson's, currently cooking at Bacaro). The menu is posted on their website and features a number of local farmers' products, including our Moonglo cheese. There are still a few seats left to this limited seating event. If you've never tried one of "Shades'" pop up meals, you don't know what you're missing (price includes wine pairings).
Thursday, September 20th Cooking Demonstration at the Farm: 5:30-8:00 pm. If you're trying to eat healthier, and learn how locally-sourced ingredients are easy to prepare, this event is for you.
CU Symphony Orchestra to perform special "environmental" pieces on our farm on Sunday September 23rd, 2-4 pm. Visit Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery for a free gelato social and concert from 2:00 to 4:00 pm on Sunday, September 23 to celebrate Mother Earth's summer harvest!
This tribute to our planet will feature musicians from the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra performing several earth-themed chamber works by CUSO Composer-in-Residence Stacy Garrop. PFFC owners Wes Jarrell and Leslie Cooperband will bring us the latest news about their sustainability efforts on the farm. Take a tour of the farm, visit the goats, and participate in our "Messages to Gaia" community art project--where you can draw pictures, write poetry or simply share your thoughts about our planet. Come enjoy! This free gelato social is sponsored by CUSO, New Music USA, and Prairie Fruit Farms & Creamery.
Septembers 26th Illinois Makers Fall Festival, Pioneer Court adjacent to the Tribune Building and the Apple Store, Chicago, 2-6 pm. Leslie Cooperband will be there sampling cheese and selling cheeses too. Chicago fans, we miss you. Come see me that afternoon and pick up some cheese.


The Bride and Groom who choose lace as their wedding theme are nostalgic and romantic. I know as a bride, you usually have a difficult selection on the flavor and filling of the wedding cake. A quite exciting difference among French and German wedding cakes and our own cakes is that they are by no means artificially colored. The fact that these cookies are not only elegant, festive and scrumptious but are straightforward to make, effortless to eat, simple to share, and freeze beautifully if baked ahead of time, tends to make them a winning recipe in my (cook) book. The extremely time consuming method of handcrafting every single single perfect blossom, stem, and leaf on a wedding cake accounts for the hefty price tags paid for their wedding cakes by celebrities such as Donald Trump, Michael Douglas, and Mariah Carey. In the finish we decided that we would each write our personal renewal vows and memorize them for the ceremony.
Yet another incredibly talented pastry chef, Ron Ben-Israel, was discovered" by Martha Stewart, and from there the need for luxurious, exclusive, and individual cakes exploded across the bridal industry. In spite of the fact that her cakes can cost more than $10,000, she usually urges brides to order only as much cake as they can afford. The widespread tradition of embellishing the plain gold or silver wedding band with different designs and patterns has been identified considering that at least 700 AD, in each Pan-Hellenic and Celtic cultures. This wedding tradition lead up to the bride attempting to defend her clothing, as effectively as escape the mad rush of men and women.
And see much more fantastic concepts for your wedding in my new book 300 plus Ways to Make Your Wedding Your Personal ! Throwing the wedding bouquet dates back numerous centuries, this tradition originated in England. If you want your wedding colors to genuinely stand out, you will have to get crafty and take into account other methods to bring colour to an area without upsetting the fine balance of the places you have selected. The wedding ring charm indicated that the young lady would be married within a year, the anchor stood for adventure, the coin for prosperity, the four leaf clover or horseshoe for luck, and the thimble for spinsterhood. Choosing the cake can be enjoyable, the baker will usually have loads of photo's and sample cakes for you to choose from. Some modern wedding cakes are now so elaborate that they are a lot more sculpture than pastry.
Crisp patterns rendered in rolled fondant are very common, as are cakes which mimic one thing luxurious, like a stack of Tiffany blue gift boxes. You can use simple tissue paper (I would use the heavier assortment) that has been folded like an accordion to make tiny and huge wall medallions. This 500-acre English country estate close to London has almost 650 square metres (7,000 square feet) of private dining and event space, producing the luxury Hotel and its grounds an perfect spot for your wedding in Hampshire. This is most most likely the day you have been waiting for, the day you shop for your dream wedding dress.
A enjoyable and straightforward wedding plan is to print your wedding onto cardstock, then reduce out in the shape of a fan…believe the type they employed to have in church back in the day ahead of air conditioning. You will be so busy the days proper before your wedding that you'll want to be sure to put on comfortable footwear. Men and women are going to take cookies house no matter what so let them now they are welcome to do so with little boxes. A number of wedding cake vendors were exhibiting and talking with them was an education in an area that I knew absolutely nothing about. We personal two banquet facilities in Niles Ohio and at each and every wedding we show all the homemade cookies produced by the brides and groom family bakers in our cookie/candy room. Then my wife shared her vows with me and my eyes welled up. A vow renewal is so effective. Decide on wedding flowers with suggestions from two occasion coordinators in this cost-free video on wedding arranging.


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Ward Rooming House
By: Ashlee Thomas May 15, 2020
History can be found in each stroke of acrylic paint, behind the lens of the photographer, and in the bronze of each sculpture when entering the Ward Rooming House in Historic Overtown. This building, now a part of the National Register of Historic Places, has been transformed from a safehouse for Blacks and Indigenous people gathered during segregation to an immaculate gallery under the curatorial direction of Hampton Art Lovers. Featuring the elites of the Black Art world, the Ward Rooming House hosts exhibitions that include works from Maya Angelou's personal collection, sculptures and artwork of Elizabeth Catlett, and the photography of Phillip Shung, just to name a few.
For the cultural explorer, the Ward Rooming House delivers. Curated by Hampton Art Lovers, this intimate setting is great for art connoisseurs, historians and intellectuals. From art talks to sip and paint nights, here are some must-attend events for your Miami travel itinerary.
On Exhibit At Ward Rooming House:
Ebony Broadsides: Celebration of the Masters
Presented by Hampton Art Lovers
249 NW 9th St., Miami, FL 33136
Ebony Broadsides focuses on Black artists whose efforts in the 20th century demonstrate their command of mainstream traditions of racial pride.
On exhibit, as part of the permanent collection the Ward Rooming House, Ebony Broadsides: Celebration of the Masters features more than 90 originally signed museum and gallery exhibition posters from great African American artists, presented as original pieces of art themselves. This exhibition features posters for exhibitions by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jacob Lawrence, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, John Biggers, Lois Mailou Jones, Benny Andrews, Gordon Parks, Roy DeCarava, Ernie Barnes, Oliver Johnson, Ed Clark, Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, Samella Lewis, Barkley Hendricks, James Denmark, Basil Watson and more.
Enjoy the exhibition in Historic Overtown, the first part of the city where Black Miamians freely communed in the era of Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr., James Brown and Purvis Young.
Point Comfort Art Fair + Show 2020
December 3, 2020 – December 6, 2020
During the hottest art season of the year, Hampton Art Lovers presents the Point Comfort Art Fair and Show in the Historic Ward Rooming House. With exceptional art, patrons can enjoy live talks, performances, and a unique indoor/outdoor cultural experience that showcases the best of the best in Historic Overtown. Full details about curated shows can be found here soon.
Other Things to Explore in Overtown
A stone's throw from the Ward Rooming House is the newly renovated Dorsey House. This beautiful two-story home was the actual home of Black millionaire D.A. Dorsey in Overtown in the early 1900s. Visitors can learn the history of Dorsey's life on the first floor of the home, from his contributions to the community to the controversial sibling rivalry over Dorsey's fortune. The second floor includes a contemporary exhibition about local and national history, from Barack Obama's election to the founder of the first established Black newspaper in Miami. Great for photo-ops, selfies and history, the house is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No need for reservations, just ring the doorbell and enjoy. 250 NW 9th St, Miami, Fl 33136
Traveling on a first Friday of the month? Stop by Folk Life Friday's open-air market located outside of the Lyric Theater. This market runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Attendees can enjoy southern comfort food from local vendors: conch fritters, fried chicken, slushies, mouthwatering bar-b-que and more. Take a seat near the mainstage to enjoy live musical performances and guest DJs like local celebrity Papa Keith of 103.5 the Beat. Stay in Historic Overtown for the iconic Lyric Live show hosted by BET's Comic View Chello Davis starting at 7:30 p.m. Lyric Live is Miami's version of the Apollo and is sure to entertain. Tickets start at $10 and can be purchased here.
819 NW 2nd Ave., Miami, FL 33136
Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater Cultural Arts Complex external link
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships was held on the morning of 31 March (heats) and the evening of 1 April (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 50 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 47 swam.

The existing records at the start of the event were:
World record (WR): 14:34.56, Grant Hackett (Australia), 29 July 2001, Fukuoka, Japan
Championship record (CR): same

Results

Final

Heats
"Q" marks those swimmers who qualified for finals.

DNS= Did not swim

See also
Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

References

Men's 1500m Freestyle Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-06-29.
Men's 1500m Freestyle Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-06-29.

Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships


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The Path of the Mystic: Art & Theosophy at Lomaland
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In 1897, Katherine Tingley established her utopian cultural and communal experiment, the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society, on a chaparral-covered ridge on San Diego's Point Loma peninsula. Under Tingley's leadership, the community's residents transformed this dusty, seaside plot of land—popularly known as Lomaland—into a lush, vibrant "White City" that became a center of learning, culture and social reform.
Tingley's progressive Theosophical vision, which placed strong emphasis on cultural pursuits including music, dance, drama, literature and visual art, attracted artists from the United States and abroad. As the community developed, many artists came to live and work at Lomaland, including Marguerite Lemke Barton, Grace "Gay" Betts, Maurice Braun, Benjamin Gordon, Leonard Lester, Marian Plummer Lester, Reginald Willoughby Machell, and Edith White.
The establishment of the Theosophical Society in Point Loma marks an important period in San Diego's art history and cultural development, as it fostered a developing art community in its earliest stages. The Path of the Mystic: Art and Theosophy at Lomaland features a selection of artworks, objects, photographs and archival documents from the San Diego History Center's collections that bring to light the remarkable legacy of art and cultural production at Lomaland, and how Tingley's utopian experiment profoundly shaped San Diego's cultural landscape.


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I'm looking for the kind to make ume (japanese) or mo ngam (vietnamese). Is there a place in the city where I can buy some? Or even online? Thank you. how to buy nintendo nes Ume Plum Vinegar 赤梅酢 ( also known as umeboshi vinegar) is the pickling brine from making umeboshi plums with sea salt and red shiso (beefsteak leaf) that impart its ruby red color. A tart, salty, festive condiment with beneficial organic acids, the vinegar is typically used as a seasoning and as an ingredient in Japanese cooking.
Clearspring Organic Umeboshi are tart, tangy, salt pickled ume plums that have long been a vital part of Japanese cuisine and folk medicine. Small pieces add zest to sushi and rice balls and can be rubbed onto cooked sweetcorn or used in other dishes.
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Japanese UME plum drink to fight exhaustion and languidness. Ume, being an alkaline food, is recommended even for children and elderly people to get a prompt recovery from physical fatigue. Ume, being an alkaline food, is recommended even for children and elderly people to get a prompt recovery from physical fatigue.
Pink Ume apricot tree is a stunning, single pink blooms lead to a bounty of fresh apricots. The Ume apricot is eaten raw, candied, boiled, preserved in sugar, pickled in salt and dried, or made into a liqueur.


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Lewis Capaldi was the UK's best-selling artist of 2019, as music consumption grew for the fifth year in a row.The Scottish star had both the top album and single of the year, with his ballad Someone You Loved racking up 228 million streams.The industry is now dominated by streaming - with fans cueing up 114 billion songs last year, a new record.Vinyl sales also rose again. Liam Gallagher's Why Me
Best-selling albums of 2019
1) Lewis Capaldi
Divinely Uninspired...
2) Ed Sheeran
3) Motion Picture Cast
4) Billie Eilish
When We All Fall Asleep...
5) George Ezra
Staying At Tamara's
6) Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody OST
7) Ariana Grande
Thank U, Next
8) Tom Walker
What A Time To Be Alive
10) Rod Stewart
You're In My Heart
Source: Official ChartsAccording to trade body the BPI, streaming is now responsible for three-quarters of "album equivalent sales" - the metric used by the industry to convert consumption on services like Spotify and Amazon Music into album sales (generally speaking, 1,000 streams generate one "sale").
Just three years ago, the technology was only responsible for 36% of album sales.
Audio streams in the UK
Source: BPIThe explosion in popularity of on-demand music has turned the fortunes of the industry around, with album sales up 13% since 2010. Revenues, however, have not grown at a similar pace, as streaming pays less than real-world sales.The year's biggest hit singles included Lil Nas X's country-rap crossover Old Town Road and Ava Max's pop smash Sweet But Psycho.
Best-selling singles of 2019
2) Lil Nas X
3) Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber
5) Calvin Harris, Rag'N'Bone Man
6) Ava Max
7) Stormzy
Vossi Bop
8) Tones & I
9) Mabel
10) Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
Source: Official ChartsSales of CDs continued to nosedive, with 26.5 million sold over the last 12 months - a drop of 26.8%.By contrast, vinyl sales rose by 4.1%, with the format now accounting for one in every eight albums bought in the UK.Big-sellers included Billie Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and perennial classics like Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Queen's Greatest Hits. Cassettes also proved surprisingly popular, with more than 80,000 tapes sold in 2019 - the highest figure since 2004.The tally was boosted by Robbie Williams' number one album A Christmas Present, which sold more than 10,000 cassette copies in a single week in December. However, his success had more to do with marketing than a sudden surge in affection for the archaic format - the cassettes were sold as part of a merchandise bundle on his website, with the twist being that only the tapes were signed.
Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? was the year's second-biggest seller on vinyl and cassette
The popularity of cassettes and vinyl "shows fans still love a physical, tangible music artefact in their hands", said Vanessa Higgins, chief executive of music label Regent Street Records.Overall, 154 million albums were either streamed, bought or or downloaded - the largest amount since 2006, when the figure stood at 161.4 million.
Album sales by year in the UK
Source: BPI / Official ChartsGeoff Taylor, head of the BPI, said British music had a "bright future"."Strong demand for streaming music and vinyl, fuelled by the investment and innovation of UK labels in discovering and promoting new talent, boosted music consumption to levels not seen for 15 years," he said."But the full benefits of this growth can only be unlocked if our new government takes action to make the UK more competitive and encourage further investment, to require digital platforms to pay fairly for music and filter out illegal content, and to give all our schoolchildren the opportunity to play an instrument and discover the joy of making music."
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Official UK music charts
» Ed Sheeran named 'artist of the decade'
» Coldplay beat Robbie Williams to UK number one album
» Slipknot dethrone Ed Sheeran in UK album chart
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» Lewis Capaldi: Fastest-selling LP of 2019 so far
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Truck Driver Training through Southside Virginia Community College will be offered in March of 2019. Classes at the Pickett Park site in Blackstone begin March 11, 2019. The South Boston site will begin a class on March 18, 2019. Train now for a great well-paying job. The classes will run for six weeks, Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. SVCC's program is an excellent school turning out qualified drivers that are in high demand. Pre-registration is required so contact the school at 434 292 3101 or visit our website at www.southside.edu for more information. There is assistance with tuition so call soon to register for this exciting program to put you on the road to success.
Frances Geraldine Brown Moore of Skippers, VA passed away February 17, 2019. She was born on August 26, 1931 to Tassie and Harry Brown. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Otis Warren Moore, daughter, Cathy Moore Lee, son-in-law, George Moseley Lee, son, Harry Lynn Moore, grandson, Paul Everrett Lee and numerous other extended family members.
She was an active member of Zion Baptist Church where she sang in the choir, held numerous volunteer roles and served as church clerk for 35 years.
Guy (G. L) Leslie Rawlings, Jr.
Guy (G. L) Leslie Rawlings, Jr. passed away on February 17, 2019 at the age of 89 at Retreat Hospital in Richmond Va. G.L was born on December 16, 1929 in Greensville County Virginia. He is preceded in death by his parents, Guy Leslie Rawlings, Sr. and Sarah Newsome Rawlings. He is survived by his wife of 65 years Nellie B. Rawlings and a special friend Stan Ferguson, Jr.
G.L was a retired farmer who was the Champion Peanut Producer in Greensville County for 5 years in a row. He was very active in the Brink and Greensville Ruritan clubs and Independence United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Greensville County Planning Commission and the Soil and Water Conservation Board for Greensville County ASCS.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at Echols Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday February 20, 2019 at Independence United Methodist Church, with Rev. Jeaux Simmons officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
Family request memorial donations be made to Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery fund, 4438 Independence Church Rd. Emporia, Va 23847.
Read more about Guy (G. L) Leslie Rawlings, Jr.
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (MEC) donated a a 2004 GMC truck to assist with training of future technicians through the automotive program at Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC). According to Jeremy Parenti, the lead instructor, "The donation of this truck helps to round out our fleet of vehicles allowing our students to have hands-on training in a variety of vehicle types." Participating in the delivery are (from left) Kris Newcomb and Ray DeJarnette of MEC and Jeremy Parenti and Chad Patton of SVCC.
Michael Scales, business analyst for the Longwood Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Western Region, knows business from the ground up. The Martinsville native owned and operated a family construction business for over 30 years.
As a small business resource for 30 years, the Longwood SBDC core mission is to provide education, consulting, and economic research to support potential and existing small business owners throughout Southern Virginia. Longwood SBDC works with local sponsors to provide consulting services free of charge; for more information visit www.sbdc-longwood.com.
Monday, February 18, 2019, 11:00 a. m.
Mary Jane B. Phillips, 80, of Emporia, widow of Linwood N. Phillips, died Thursday, February 14, 2019. She was preceded in death by a son, Linwood "Buck" Phillips, Jr.
Mrs. Phillips is survived by a son, Kevin Scott "Scotty" Phillips; six grandchildren, Staci Phillips (Jason), Stephen Phillips (Christy), Heather Phillips, Amber Thompson, (Brandon), Kailee Phillips and J. R. Phillips; great-grandchildren, Logan Long, Amelia Collins, Leslie Phillips, Aliyah Collins, Cassidie Phillips, L. J. Phillips, Kaydence Schlosser, Ethan Otten and Brynlee Woodruff; two sisters, Martha Whatley and Juanita Johnson and a number of nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be held graveside 11 a.m. Monday, February 18 at Independence United Methodist Church Cemetery.
John Shepherd's job is cool because he practices the ancient art of farming using modern methods. Recently, he and his wife, Lydia, of Nottoway County, were awarded third place in the 2019 American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award.
The Shepherds called the recognition "pretty amazing" and said the competition had been an exciting process. The Shepherds serve on the VFBF Young Farmers Committee and raise wheat, rapeseed, corn and soybeans on their farm near Blackstone.
John is a Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) graduate who attended a full two years before transferring to Virginia Tech (VT) where he received a degree in Agricultural Science. He received minors in Biology and Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences. He planted his first crop in the fall of 2007 while finishing his last semester at VT.
The Shepherd's started their farm from scratch and said in the VFB article, "the fact that we built from the ground up without inheriting a farm" helped them place so high in the national competition.
After graduating from VT, he was working full-time as a seed and fertilizer representative when he began buying land for his future farming career. Shepherd serves on the Nottoway Country Farm Bureau board of directors and Lydia teaches at Kenston Forest School in Blackstone. They were recipients of the 2011 VFBF Young Farmers Environmental Stewardship Awards and the 2012 Bayer Crops Science Young Farmer Sustainability Award. The couple uses conservation practices in their farming business.
The Shepherd's truly are a farm family as their days are spent raising crops and three children!!
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and have also seen you cry.
and the rest leave in God's hands.
for you sure do act that way.
that I do truly care.
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Mr. Luther Gene Allen, 77, passed away Monday, February 11, 2019. He was the son of the late Charlie W. and Mary P. Allen and was also preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Teresa Allen. A loving son, brother and uncle, he had a longtime career repairing guitars and retired as owner of Gene's Music.
He is survived by his brother, Tommy Allen, nieces, Tanya Zimmerman (Brian) and Tabitha Brooks (Ben); nephew, Travis Allen (Kimberly); six great-nephews and great nieces and one great-great-niece.
The funeral service will be held graveside 2 p.m. Thursday, February 14 at Emporia Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (www.michaeljfox.org).
Local Softball Standouts Grason Hudson of Parkview High School in South Hill, Virginia and Madison Prince of Greensville County High School in Emporia, Virginia signed letters of intent with Bluefield College. Grayson and Madison are shown with Bluefield College Head Softball Coach Drew Bailey and Bluefield CollegeTrustee Martha Dodd-Slippy.


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Anyone can refer someone between the ages of 3 and 18 to the foundation, with a medical-eligibility form signed by a doctor to indicate that the child has a life-threatening condition.
Wish granters then meet the child's family to design the wish in a way that is memorable. Wishes take 3 to 6 months to fulfill, building the child's anticipation with something as simple as a calendar that counts down the number of days to the wish being granted.
Experience has shown that when children are happier, they are more receptive to treatment and can recover faster. It also helps the child's family, creating a moment they can look back upon and hold on to during tough times.
Based in India. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children all children are born with fundamental rights.
CRY believes in every child's right to achieve these dreams.
An NGO based in Chennai, India, working towards creating public awareness about cancer, providing financial aid to economically challenged patients, organizing counselling and support for cancer patients and their families, and supporting any other form of activity associated with the fight against cancer.
Promotes and educates airline staff, travel agents and travellers about how they can, as individuals, make a difference to the lives of underprivileged children in three or four simple steps.
An Australian organization, it distributes 'Shoeboxes of Love' filled with toys, clothing, school items, first aid, soap and similar essentials. Leisure travelers carry these shoeboxes as excess baggage – at no personal cost – when visiting Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.
A sustainable community development organisation with a focus on Cambodia's most vulnerable children and the communities in which they live.
It offers orphans love, food, shelter, medical attention, education, counseling, physical exercise programmes, health and hygiene instruction, family planning and HIV Awareness programmes and assistance with employment.
Help with donations and/or sponsorships.
A meals programme for children aged between five to 12 years from low-income families. Regardless of race, religion or gender, free nutritious halal dinners are delivered between 1.30 to 4.30 p.m. either to their homes or to partnering agencies on weekdays (Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays).
The children are Singapore citizens or Permanent Residents, between the ages of 5 and 12 and from a home where the household income is less than $2,500 per month or less than $750 per capita (per person per household).
The many ways you can help in ways small and big.


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using std::string;

class GiveItem : public Script
{
public:
	GiveItem(const string& item_name) : _item(item_name), _info("You have received an Item: \"" + item_name + "\"!") { }
	// handle events for _info dialog
	virtual bool handleEvents(const Control& controls) { return _info.handleEvents(controls); }
	// give quest item if the hero doesn't have it and say that the hero got it.
	virtual bool Update(Controller& ctrl, float elapsedTime)
	{
		if (!_hero->hasQuestItem(_item.name()))
			_hero->giveQuestItem(_item);
		_continue = _info.Update(ctrl, elapsedTime);
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	virtual void Render(Controller& ctrl)
	{
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UO-UW should be the Uncivil War
By Chris Dufresne
Oregon at Washington isn't just an interesting game with title implications and bowl ramifications: It's probably the Pacific 10 Conference's nastiest annual encounter.
UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel, who absorbed the rivalry's wrath while he was coaching in Washington, calls it "an open wound."
UCLA hates USC, Arizona State angers Arizona, Stanford wants to give Cal the ax, but Oregon-Washington is something worse.
Some trace it to 1948, when Washington voted with California schools to send Cal to the Rose Bowl instead of an Oregon squad led by quarterback Norm Van Brocklin.
In the 1960s, Oregon fans accused Washington of trying to hurt Ducks star Mel Renfro and the animosity intensified when Don James' Washington teams dominated the series, winning all but three times from 1975 to 1992.
Oregon has always seen Washington as highbrow, while Washington looks down on Oregon — even on a map.
The series took another ugly turn in 1999, when Neuheisel arrived in Seattle from Colorado — with a history. Ask Oregon fans about the fake punt Colorado, with a lead, ran against Oregon in the 1996 Cotton Bowl. Then, two seasons later, after Colorado beat Oregon in the Aloha Bowl, Oregon coach Mike Bellotti said the better team lost.
Neuheisel's response: Scoreboard, baby.
Some thought Washington Athletic Director Barbara Hedges hired Neuheisel with Oregon in mind.
"There's no love lost," Neuheisel said Tuesday on the Pac-10's weekly football coaches' conference call.
After years of suffering, Oregon has won five in a row and is favored to make it six in Seattle on Saturday.
"They relish the fact they've sort of flipped the switch in the rivalry," Neuheisel said of Oregon's view of things.
The twist is that both programs are breaking in first-year coaches. Oregon's Chip Kelly, a transplant from New Hampshire, got a sense of the series as the Ducks' offensive coordinator for two years.
Kelly knew the Civil War against Oregon State was huge, but he quickly found out the annual Washington matchup mattered at least as much.
"I think some people would be excited if you finished the season 2-9 if you beat Washington and beat Oregon State," Kelly said. "... It's the unique thing that makes college football such a special game because you've got these unique matchups."
First-year Washington coach Steve Sarkisian, as a longtime USC assistant, had an outsider's view of the rivalry. He was quickly brought up to speed.
"Once I took the job, and you start to get around all the great Huskies and what's gone on here, this game means a lot to a lot of people," he said.
USC HAS WON 46 of its last 47 games at the Coliseum — Stanford in 2007 was the loss. But USC has not won in the state of Oregon since 2005. The Trojans will be heavy favorites at home this week against Oregon State, which won last year in Corvallis.
"I try to point out to our players, there's goal posts and there's lines, it doesn't change," Beavers coach Mike Riley said. "But it does."
ONE SURPRISE this week was Arizona (4-2) debuting at No. 22 in the first Bowl Championship Series standings despite being ranked 40th in the USA Today coaches' poll and No. 37 in Harris.
The Wildcats were buoyed by a No. 14 rating by the BCS computers.
NEED A PAC-10 coach to plan your next vacation? Cal coach Jeff Tedford is 2-for-2 this year in itineraries. The Bears won at Minnesota after Tedford decided to bring his team in a day early, and he scored his first win in Los Angeles after the team, to save money, traveled by bus last weekend to UCLA.
"There was great bonding time on the bus," Tedford said.


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Elderly couple dies after house fire Up North
Firefighters from area departments responded and found two people unresponsive inside.
Elderly couple dies after house fire Up North Firefighters from area departments responded and found two people unresponsive inside. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2lbB3Sq
Detroit Free Press Published 11:24 a.m. ET Feb. 16, 2017
Ambulance responding to an emergency.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
LUPTON, Mich. — Authorities say an elderly Michigan couple died following a house fire that apparently started in the kitchen of their home.
State police say firefighters responded to the home in the Ogemaw County community of Lupton on Tuesday after a person called to report a fire. Troopers responded to the home in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula and found it engulfed in flames.
Restaurateur charged after fire that killed 5 immigrants
Firefighters from area departments responded and found two people unresponsive inside. Police say they were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police identified the dead as Ernest Foor, 91, and his wife Genevieve Foor, 87. Investigators believe Ernest Foor was the 911 caller.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but police say it doesn't appear to be suspicious.
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We were contacted by IRWGS after they worked with several designers to update their branding and website. Unfortunately, none of the designers they utilized were able to bring their vision to life. We spent significant time designing and perfecting the new IRWGS logo, and even more time honing the design for the website. The new branding and website needed to adhere to Columbia University branding standards, therefore this was a challenging, yet fulfilling project.
The Logo was inspired by the open and ever-shifting narratives around womanhood, gender, and sexuality. IRWGS provides a contained, yet movable space to learn, interrogate, and build.
IRWGS produces a significant amount of print paraphernalia, especially fliers for their full calendar of events. We created various logo treatments to give them design options for different media and backgrounds. Additionally, if the logo is used on non-Columbia mediums, it is customary to include the official Columbia University logo.


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[VIDEO] Fundraiser Spotlight: The Pittsburgh Foundation
Fundraiser Spotlight
AI-Enabled Fundraising
Gravyty recently sat down with The Pittsburgh Foundation's Lindsay Aroesty, Director of Donor Services, Planned Giving Specialist.
Watch our video to see what she has to say about how Gravyty and fundraiser enablement powered by AI change what's possible for the Pittsburgh Community.
The Pittsburgh Foundation works to improve its community by evaluating the greatest needs of the region, promoting responsible philanthropy, and connecting donors to those critical needs.
Established in 1945, The Pittsburgh Foundation is one of the nation's oldest community foundations and is the 14th largest of more than 750 across the United States. Its resources comprise endowment funds established by individuals, businesses, and organizations with a passion for charitable giving and a deep commitment to the Pittsburgh community. The Foundation currently has more than 2,000 individual donor funds and, together with its supporting organizations, assets of more than $1.2 billion.
One of The Pittsburgh Foundation's largest challenges is that a team of four individuals manage about 1,700 donors. That's a very large pool of donors for a small team that prides itself on high-touch relationships to drive philanthropic giving.
A New Solution: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Through Gravyty's fundraiser enablement tools, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the Pittsburgh Foundation saw an opportunity to revolutionize how its fundraisers could meet donors.
"When we heard about Gravyty and artificial intelligence in this field, we thought, 'Wow, we can actually get to all of theses constituents that we manage so much more effectively if we just adopted,'" explained Lindsay Aroesty, Director of Donor Services, Planned Giving Specialist at The Pittsburgh Foundation.
As a seasoned fundraiser, Aroesty has a process that she has follows each year to reach out to and meet with donors. She noted that these are typically the people with who she has the strongest relationships. However, what about building new relationships? That's where Gravyty transforms how the team can make an impact.
"The biggest win that I see from Gravyty is that it's taking the people who I wouldn't necessarily have reached out to and almost forcing me to get in front of them… I've gone on different meetings this year than I have in any other year that I've been [at The Pittsburgh Foundation]. And, I'm seeing that those donors are re-engaging," said Aroesty.
AI-Enabled Impact Across the Team
Aroesty is not the only officer that's finding success with fundraiser enablement, powered by AI. She noted that whenever her team has a moment back in the day, especially one where they're
trying to be productive in just 15 minutes, sending Gravyty First Drafts is the fastest way to get results.
"We are getting to people who we had never thought we would get to before. For different staff members, there will be people in their pools of donors who they never even thought to reach out to. Yet, Gravyty's artificial intelligence bubbles them up in their pools and allows us to reach them."
AI-Enabled Stewardship
Stewardship is critical for any community foundation. Through Gravyty's AI-enabled Stewardship tool, officers are alerted as soon as gifts come in and are prescribed AI-written drafted thank you messages for those donors. Gravyty is The Pittsburgh Foundation's solution to continue the high-touch donor relationships it always had, even with a growing donor pool.


The Bolder Voices choir, run by Clair Chapwell, are expert at getting their voices heard where it matters.
"Older people can melt into the woodwork, but singing can give them a voice. It's such a good way to bring issues to the attention of the world," says Clair Chapwell, the force behind the campaigning choir Bolder Voices whose members come from Age Concern Brent and Age UK Camden.
Clair, originally from Minnesota, has lived on the same road in Camden since 1975. She planned Bolder Voices' most recent gig at the 50th anniversary celebrations for Henderson Court Resource Centre. It was a chance to hear the songs Clair has written for the exuberant choir that has had 1000s of YouTube views.
Encouraged by the Age UK Camden team, Clair organised Bolder Voices – which has between 12 and 20 members aged between 65 and 95 – to be filmed singing a catchy protest song, Ain't Gonna Close Our Centres Down at a time when pensions were to be slashed. "We took about 15 people to Downing Street in a van. They loved singing and filming around Parliament Square. I remember saying, 'Don't drink tea before we go because there's no place to stop for a pee,'" says Clair.
"Bolder Voices wouldn't exist without Age UK Camden. Having Centre Manager Laurie White saying 'Put us in the van, let's go' and having CEO Gary Jones say 'It's good, here's some money, let's do something,' gave us the right support," adds Clair, now 64, who set up and spent nearly 30 years running the Spare Tyre theatre, renowned for its creative workshops and wry, witty songs.
The choir, which rehearses on Wednesday mornings in Kensal Green, has now built up a collection of catchy campaign songs including their very first number The Bankers are to Blame, Love that Freedom Pass, launched at Somerset House. They performed their rap demanding older pedestrians get more time to cross roads, Hey Mr Boris, to Sadiq Khan. They've also sung at supermarkets, the South Bank, Albany Empire and Brent Civic Centre and will be doing a show at Jackson's Lane on 4 November.
"Before they join the choir people always say 'I can't sing,'" admits Clair who used a 2013 Churchill Fellowship to focus on the benefits of singing for older adults inspired by the groundbreaking work of Julene Johnson who is based in San Francisco. "There are amazing links between singing and better health," she says adding that even near her home in Kentish Town the Caversham Health Centre runs Singing for Breathing and Singing for Parkinson's. Clearly at Bolder Voices a catchy tune is as much about good health and friendships as it is a chance to create memorable campaign messages, and be a video star. What's not to like?
For more information about Henderson Court Resource Centre see the Spotlight section.


The AMADEO is the latest in a long row of clinically tried and tested robotic- and computer-assisted therapy devices for fingers and hands. The AMADEO is the most advanced robotic-assisted finger-hand therapy device world-wide.
DIEGO is the most progressive and versatile arm-shoulder-rehabilitation device in the world. Intelligent Gravity Compensation (IGC), robotics and virtual reality facilitate the arm-rehabilitation process in all phases of therapy. The unique, robotics-assisted sling system enables the recovery of lost motor function of the arm in a natural way.


1 What is the Cervical Denneroll?
4 Who is the Cervical Denneroll Designed for?
5 Where can you buy the Cervical Denneroll?
What is the Cervical Denneroll?
The Cervical Denneroll is a small pillow-like semi-firm, orthopedic device that was originally engineered and developed by Doctor Adrian Dennewald while working at his offices in Sydney, Australia. It's foam-based deceptively simple construction is designed to provide a gentle but effective stretch of a person's spine to assist correcting abnormal cervical lordosis.
The Cervical Denneroll can assist a person in relieving muscle pain and tension, enhance the patient's comfort and also improve their health. It consists of a small block shaped with curves, angles, and ridges based on chiropractic biophysics (CBP) evidence-based studies. It is specifically constructed to aid in the relief of pain from cervical spine problems caused by injuries, aging, nerve disease and other similar afflictions.
Whether the Cervical Denneroll is needed because of a fall, car accident, or simply poor posture, abnormal cervical lordosis can create nerve, ligament, and muscle problems. Numerous research studies have shown that these adverse effects can be reversed by use of the Cervical Denneroll by relieving pain, correcting cervical lordosis, and improving general health.
The device is designed to create a stretch of the spine which can relieve muscle tension, improve movement, and assist in correcting poor spinal curves. It is quite portable and easy to carry and can be used in home, office or anywhere there's a flat surface where a stretching session can take place.
There are also Lumbar and Thoracic versions of the Denneroll.
Doctor Dennewald developed the Cervical Denneroll in 2009 while working at his orthopaedic office. He and his partner, Kate Smith, then joined Dr. Deed Harrison of CBP Seminars in a partnership that produced several new spinal correction products.
There are three specific areas of a patient's neck that are considered appropriate for using the Cervical Denneroll. Chiropractic doctors are trained to be able to determine which device would be the most beneficial for an individual patient. Each device should only be used when placed on a firm surface such as a bench or floor. It's important to be aware that the device should only be used under the supervision of a chiropractic doctor or spinal health professional.
• Gray: For tall or flexible adults.
Who is the Cervical Denneroll Designed for?
– People with forward head posture, straight spine, etc.
Where can you buy the Cervical Denneroll?
At this time, the Denneroll products are only available from licensed doctors or chiropractors. Sometimes you will be lucky and find one on eBay. However, there are alternative neck orthotics available on the market if you don't have immediate access to a Denneroll.
The Cervical Denneroll is considered one of the easiest to use, most cost-effective home-based cervical extension orthotics available today.
Patients using the device should be aware of the indications and contraindications for at home usage and should only use it under the supervision of a chiropractic doctor or spinal health professional.
Hi, I am a back sleeper, I was wondering would Denneroll provide benefits if I used it instead of a normal pillow when sleeping or is it better to use it for a short period of time?
Definitely short periods of time only.


Country Living Christmas Fair, SECC Glasgow is Now!
BAKKA is taking part in the Country Living Christmas Fair in Glasgow for the first time. Come and see our stand in the Small Business section, stand SB16.
The Fair is open until Sunday 18th, 10am-5pm. Do come and say hello if you can, we look forward to meeting you!
Bakka is not just about knitwear!
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ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF OUR PRIZE DRAW!
It's lambing time in Shetland, and I have a small flock of pure Shetland sheep at Bakka. The ewes need minding to help keep the predator birds at bay, so it's time out for BAKKA!
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Media > News Releases > August 2021 > Petition Certified for Proposed Statute to Expand Legal Marijuana in Ohio
Petition Certified for Proposed Statute to Expand Legal Marijuana in Ohio
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The Ohio Attorney General's Office today certified a revised petition for a proposed statute that would add a chapter to the Ohio Revised Code to control and regulate cannabis use by adults.
On August 13, the Attorney General's Office received a re-submitted summary language for "An Act to Control and Regulate Adult Use Cannabis." The proposed statute would require the state to authorize adults 21 years and older to use cannabis and regulate the cultivation, processing, sale, purchase, possession and home growth.
A previous version of the petition was rejected on August 5, 2021.
The attorney general's role in the petition process is to determine whether the summary is a fair and truthful representation of the proposed statute. The revised petition does meet that requirement and a certification has been submitted to the Ohio Secretary of State.
Next in the process, the Ohio Ballot Board must determine whether the proposal contains a single law or multiple laws. After the Ballot Board certifies the petition, the petitioners must collect signatures from registered voters equal to at least 3% of the vote cast in the last gubernatorial election. In addition, those signatures must come from voters in at least 44 of Ohio's 88 counties and, for each of those counties, the number must equal at least 1.5% of the vote cast in the last gubernatorial election.
The petition must be filed with the Secretary of State not less than 10 days prior to the commencement of any session of the Ohio General Assembly. If the petition is verified and has sufficient signatures, the Secretary of State will send the proposed law to the General Assembly as soon as it convenes. The General Assembly has four months to act on the proposed law. If the proposed law is passed by the General Assembly, either as petitioned for or in an amended form, it shall be subject to the referendum.
If the General Assembly does not pass the proposed law, or passes it in an amended form, or takes no action at all after four months, then a supplemental petition may be circulated by petitioners to submit the proposed law to voters at the next general election.
The full text of the certification letter and the petition can be found at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/Petitions.


As you wander through the stone-paved alleys of Naoussa, just an few steps from the center, drenched by the soft sun and the gentle breeze of Cyclades, you will come across ZEFIS Hotel, a luxurious lodging, that is waiting to welcome you.
ZEFIS Hotel, sensibly excelling at all fields of tourist charm, pledges an unforgettable and enjoyable stay at its functional and elegant units.
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Rufus Sylvanus Plonk
June 12, 1866–February 24, 1918
Served as mayor:
December 1, 1890–November 30, 1891
Rufus Sylvanus Plonk ("R.S."), was born in Cleveland County, North Carolina to John and Ellen Oates Plonk.
R.S. was highly involved in politics. He served as the campaign manager for Congressman E.Y. Webb for many years and was county commissioner for Cleveland County for eight years. He also served as an alderman for the town of Kings Mountain before becoming its mayor.
R.S. was also a very successful businessman, his main business being cotton manufacturing. He served as director and vice president of Long Shoals Mill, director of the Klotho Mill, and Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company. He was vice president and general manager of the Phenix mill for six years before it was sold. He was a dedicated Lutheran and a Master Mason.
R.S. was married to his wife, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Motley Plonk, for nearly 30 years. The couple had fourteen children together.
Rufus Sylvanus Plonk passed away at the age of 51.
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Q: Bounds for Waring's Problem The question is posed as such:
If
G(k) = min{ g : every "sufficiently large" natural number can be written as the sum of g kth powers }
Then I seek to prove two things. First, to establish the lower bound of :
$$G(K) \ge k + 1$$
and then give a better lower bound for G(4), namely
$$G(4) \ge 15 $$
So for the first, I need to somehow show that for every k, there are numbers that can't be written as the sum of k kth powers. We've typically been working with small k (Proved G(3), and G(4)). So I'm not sure how to generalize to very large values of k.
Next, I've been given a hint by a fellow student that I need to show that every fourth power is congruent to 0 or 1 (mod 16). This fact is easy enough, but not sure what it has to do with anything. Help!!!??
Note: I'm an undergraduate taking a mixed graduate/4th year class. This question is meant for the graduate students only, but I've decided to have a crack at it. To be honest, I'm not even sure I know where to start..

A: I did $G(4)$ in a comment. The bit about $$ G(k) \geq k+1$$ is actually about $k$-dimensional volume. Define a constant $C_k$ to be the volume of the set
$$ x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_k \geq 0, x_1^k + x_2^k + \cdots x_k^k \leq 1.  $$ The important thing is that $0 < C_k < 1,$ as we are describing part of the standard unit cube.
By a technique due to Dirichlet,
$$  C_k = \left( \Gamma \left(  1 + \frac{1}{k} \right) \right)^k   $$
Now, for large integer $N,$ the number of integer lattice points satisfying
$$  x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_k \geq 0, x_1^k + x_2^k + \cdots x_k^k \leq N    $$ is well approximated by $C_k N.$ So, the number of possible values represented integrally by
$$  x_1^k + x_2^k + \cdots x_k^k  $$  is no larger than $C_k N.$ So, no matter how large $N$ is, there are roughly $(1 - C_k) N$ numbers up to $N$ tha are not represented. In particular the nonrepresented numbers are arbitrarily large.
Very similar: there are infinitely many positive integers that are not represented integrally by
$$  x^2 + y^3 + z^6, \; y \geq 0. $$
EDIT: From the viewpoint of counting lattice points, the surprise is that $ x^2 + y^2 + z^9 $ does not represent all sufficiently large numbers, in that $$ x^2 + y^2 + z^9 \neq 216 p^3 $$ for (positive) prime $p \equiv 1 \pmod 4$ and integers $x,y,z,$ even if we are generous and allow $z$ negative. This proof is quite easy.
See if you can borrow the second edition (1997) of The Hardy-Littlewood Method by R. C. Vaughan. I'm in it.

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/**
 * Created by cbsejpal on 4/26/2016.
 */

//modules
var clustering = require('density-clustering');
var fs = require('fs');

var clusterSchema = require('./model/clusterSchema');
var Clusters = clusterSchema.Clusters;

var events = require('events');
var eventEmitter = new events.EventEmitter();

//routes
var input = require('./input');
var fileio = require('./fileio');
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();

router.get('/addData', function(req, res, next) {
    //res.render('index', { title: 'Express' });

    fileio.getFiles(function(files){
        for(var i =0; i<files.length;i++){

            input.addData(files[i], function(err) {
                if(err){
                    console.log(err);
                }
            });
        }
    });

    setTimeout(function(){
        res.send("Done");
    },10000);

});

router.get('/clusterData', function(req, res, next) {

    var source = req.param('source');

    input.getMongoData(source, function (clusters){

        var newData = [];

        for(var x=0;x<clusters.length;x++){
            var inData = [];
            inData.push(clusters[x].bugs);
            newData.push(inData);
        }

        var kmeans = new clustering.KMEANS();

        var clusteredData = kmeans.run(newData, 3);

        var meanArray = {};

        for(var i = 0; i<clusteredData.length; i++) {
            var sum = 0;
            var mean = 0;

            for(var j=0;j<clusteredData[i].length;j++){
                sum += parseFloat(clusters[clusteredData[i][j]].bugs);
            }

            mean = sum/clusteredData[i].length;
            meanArray[i] = mean;

        }

        var keysSorted = Object.keys(meanArray).sort(function(a,b){return meanArray[a]-meanArray[b]});

        var bugs = [];
        for(var i=0;i<clusteredData.length;i++) {

            if (i == 0) {
                bugs[keysSorted[i]] = "low";
            }
            else if (i == 1) {
                bugs[keysSorted[i]] = "medium";
            }
            else if(i == 2){
                bugs[keysSorted[i]] = "high";
            }
        }

        for(var i=0;i<clusteredData.length;i++) {

            for(var j=0;j<clusteredData[i].length;j++){

                Clusters.findOneAndUpdate({_id: clusters[clusteredData[i][j]]._id}, {bugFreq: bugs[i]}  , {upsert: true}, function(err){
                    if(err){
                        console.error(err);
                        return err;
                    }
                });
            }
        }
        //console.log("Done dunna done done");

        setTimeout(function(){
            res.send("Don  don don");
        },10000);

    });
});

router.get('/getData', function(req, res, next) {

    var source = req.param('source');

    input.getMongoData(source, function(clusters){
        res.send(clusters);
    });
});

module.exports = router;

/*
exports.addClusteredData = function addClusteredData(){

    fileio.getFiles(function(files){

        for(var i =0; i<files.length;i++){

            input.getData(files[i], function(err) {
                if(err){
                    console.log(err);
                }
            });
        }

    });

};
*/

/*exports.getClustes = function getClusters(){

    var dbscan = new clustering.DBSCAN();

    var mainData = input.getData(filename, function(data){

        var newData = [];

        for(var i=0;i<data.length;i++){
            var inData = [];
            inData.push(data[i][6]);
            newData.push(inData);
        }

        var clusters = dbscan.run(newData,3,2);

        var meanArray = {};

        for(var i = 0; i<clusters.length; i++) {
            var sum = 0;
            var mean = 0;

            for(var j=0;j<clusters[i].length;j++){
                sum += parseFloat(data[clusters[i][j]][6]);
                console.log(i + " "+ data[clusters[i][j]]);
            }

            console.log("length " + clusters[i].length);

            mean = sum/clusters[i].length;
            meanArray[i] = mean;

        }
        console.log("noise " + dbscan.noise);
        input.addData(clusters, data, meanArray);

    });

};

exports.addClusteredData = function addClusteredData(){

    fileio.getFiles(function(files){
        //console.log("files length " + files.length);
        var newData = [];
        var clusterData = [];
        var y, z;
        for(y=0;y<files.length;y++){
            //console.log("y " + y);
            input.getData(files[y], y, files.length-1, function(data, x, length, filename){
                //console.log("yo " + x);

                for(z=0;z<data.length;z++){
                    var outData = [];

                    outData.push(data[z][0]);
                    outData.push(data[z][1]);
                    outData.push(data[z][2]);
                    outData.push(data[z][3]);
                    outData.push(data[z][4]);
                    outData.push(data[z][5]);
                    outData.push(data[z][6]);

                    clusterData.push(outData);
                    var inData = [];
                    inData.push(data[z][6]);
                    newData.push(inData);
                }
                console.log("x " + x + " filename" + filename);
                console.log("length " + length);
                if(x == length){
                    console.log("event emitted " + x + " " + filename);
                    console.log("file name " + filename);
                    input.resetCounter();
                    eventEmitter.emit('end', "source", newData, clusterData);
                }

            });

        }
    });

};

eventEmitter.on('end', function(source, newData, clusterData){
    generateClusters(source, newData, clusterData);
});

var generateClusters = function (source, newData, data) {

    var dbscan = new clustering.DBSCAN();

    var clusters = dbscan.run(newData,3,2);

    var meanArray = {};

    for(var i = 0; i<clusters.length; i++) {
        var sum = 0;
        var mean = 0;

        for(var j=0;j<clusters[i].length;j++){
            sum += parseFloat(data[clusters[i][j]][6]);
        }

        mean = sum/clusters[i].length;
        meanArray[i] = mean;
        console.log("noise " + dbscan.noise);
    }

    input.addData(clusters, data, meanArray, source);
};
 */