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Giovanni Benedetto Platti (Padova, Velencei Köztársaság, 1697. július 9. – Würzburg, Würzburgi Püspökség, Német-római Birodalom, 1763. január 11.) itáliai barokk zeneszerző, csellista és oboás.

Élete
1697-ben született a Velencei Köztársasághoz tartozó Padovában. Gyermekkorát Velencében töltötte, ahol apja, Carlo (1661? – 1727 után) a Szent Márk-székesegyház zenekarának csellistája volt.

1715 körül már tagja volt a zenészek céhének (arte de' sonadori), de nem tudni, kinek az irányítása alatt tanult (egy lehetséges jelölt Francesco Gasparini).

1722 tavaszán Würzburgba költözött Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn hercegi püspök meghívására, aki még ugyanebben az évben két másik itáliait is felfogadott: Girolamo Bassani énekest és Fortunato Chelleri zeneszerzőt kapellmeisterként az 1719-ben alapított udvari zenekara élére.

A püspök testvére, a házassága után a Würzburghoz közeli Wiesentheidben élő Rudolf Franz Erwein gróf szintén zenekedvelő volt; Rómában tanult csellózni, és valószínűleg személyes ismerőse volt Arcangelo Corellinek. A würzburgi udvar zenészei munkaadójuk engedélyével rendszeresen koncerteztek Wiesentheidben, ahol Rudolf Franz jelentős kottagyűjteményt halmozott fel, benne Platti számos művével.

Valószínűleg a gróf befolyásának tudható be, hogy Platti két kötetnyi csellószonátát és 28 darab a cselló használatát kikötő (obbligato) concertót komponált, triószonátáiban pedig a hagyománnyal szakítva a csellistával játszatta az egyik magasabb hangfekvésű szólót a hegedűs vagy a fuvolista helyett.

Platti 1723-ban feleségül vette Theresia Lambruckert, a würzburgi udvari kórus énekesnőjét, akivel több gyermekük is született.

A következő évben Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn püspök váratlanul meghalt. Utódja megtartotta a zenészeket, de nem támogatta őket túl bőkezően, ezért többen más udvaroknál helyezkedtek el, Platti azonban – vélhetően növekvő családja és Rudolf Franz gróf rokonszenve miatt – Würzburgban maradt.

1729-ben Rudolf Franz Erwein gróf másik testvére, Friedrich Karl von Schönborn foglalta el az püspöki széket. Platti addig főleg oboistaként játszott a zenekarban, most az új püspök kérésére néha hegedült is, tagja lett a kórusnak és tanítást is vállalt.

A zeneszerző 1763-as haláláig Würzburgban élt és dolgozott.

Művei
Platti műveit ma berlini, drezdai és müncheni könyvtárak őrzik. Rudolf Franz Erwein gróf gyűjteményében hatvan darabja maradt ránk eredeti kéziratban vagy másolatként. Ha Würzburgban, amely négy évtizeden keresztül volt lakhelye, őrizték is egyes kéziratait, ezek a századok során lassan eltünedeztek. Fennmaradt librettókból tudjuk, hogy oratóriumokat is szerzett, ezek kéziratai a második világháború előtt még a városban lehettek, de a bombázások során megsemmisültek.

A több hangszeren játszó, de eredetileg oboista Plattinak egyetlen erre a hangszerre készült concertóját ismerjük. Ennél valőszínűleg jóval többet írt – hiszen még a szokatlan módon a csellót előtérbe állító concertóból is huszonnyolcat szerzett –, de a művek nem maradtak fenn.

Platti a Rudolf Franz által 1730-ban építtetett templom számára írta F-dúr miséjét és más egyházi műveit (Requiem, Stabat Mater). Ő öntötte végleges formába a zeneszerzéssel is próbálkozó gróf Misereréjét.

Az 1740-es években Platti volt az egyik legkorábbi zeneszerző, aki billentyűs szonátáit nem az 1770 körülig még meghatározó csembalóra, hanem a zongora elődjére (cembalo con piano e forte) írta.

Jegyzetek

Barokk zeneszerzők
Olasz zeneszerzők
Csellisták
Oboások
1697-ben született személyek
1763-ban elhunyt személyek

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Dana White 'really worked hard' to get Jon Jones sole defeat overturned to no avail
by Abhinav Kini
Jon Jones focused on Stipe Miocic fight, doesn't want to 'waste energy' on Israel Adesanya
UFC president Dana White has tried his best over the years to overturn the one setback on the record of Jon Jones.
Jones — widely regarded as the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world as well as the GOAT for many — has one defeat on his professional MMA record but it was only by way of disqualification due to illegal elbows in his 2009 fight against Mark Hamill.
Despite that, many in the combat sports world still view Jones as undefeated with many believing he shouldn't have been disqualified in the first place, but rather, have the fight be a no contest especially as he was dominating Hamill.
White has tried to do just that by getting the Nevada State Athletic Commission to overturn the defeat. However, it's been to no avail thus far.
"One of the greatest to ever do it," White told ESPN when talking about Jones being the GOAT of the sport. "… I've battled hard to try and get that one taken off the back of his record, it's almost impossible to do. Which is insane — it's crazy that that thing doesn't go away.
"At the time, when the Nevada State Athletic Commission was at its weakest, the guy who was running it was weak, the people who were involved in it were weak. Everybody was weak at that time. You should be able to look back and say, 'okay let's make this right.'
"… So far no good, I've really, really worked hard to try and get that one taken off his record but it's not looking good."
Although it's not something that seems to bother Jones — since he has never been physically defeated inside the Octagon — it would still look good for his record if he were to end up retiring with no further defeats.
One thing is for sure though. Even with his recent subpar performances, Jones is undoubtedly a strong GOAT contender — even with the one loss on his record.
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Moments in the Public Health Response to AIDS, CDPH LGBTQ Outreach Keynote June 28
by Tracy Baim, Windy City Times
Chicago Department of Public Health LGBTQ Outreach Keynote Speech, given by Tracy Baim, June 28, 2019, Chicago Cultural Center
The following keynote speech was given in an abbreviated form at the Chicago Department of Public Health Pride Reception June 28, 2019, Chicago Cultural Center. Antonio V. King, CDPH Public Health Administrator—LGBTQ Health & Outreach Liaison, introduced Chicago Reader Publisher and Windy City Times cofounder Tracy Baim. Mayor Lori Lightfoot was among the other speakers that evening. See full report here: www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/CDPH-hosts-50-Years-Since-Stonewall/66479.html .
Before getting into the main part of my speech about the 1980s Chicago fight against HIV and AIDS, I thought I'd share a short history of some of the individuals and movements that fed into the response to the health crisis.
Rachel Carson, a marine biologist and conservationist, was born in 1907, and started her career at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, before leaving to become a full-time nature writer.
In 1962, Carson wrote the book Silent Spring, which boosted the environmental movement. Carson, a lesbian, wrote about synthetic pesticides, which she believed caused health problems. The book was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, but it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy, which led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides. It also inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In 1962, Dolores Huerta, who had been advocating for her immigrant students whose parents worked on California farms, co-founded a workers' union alongside community activists including Larry Itliong and Cesar Chavez, which was later known as the United Farm Workers.
The UFW was created through the merger of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee which was mainly Filipino migrants and the National Farm Workers Association which was mainly Mexican migrants. The UFW organized farm workers to fight against low wages and unhealthy conditions, among other battles.
The American Indian Movement is a Native American grassroots movement that was founded in 1968 in Minneapolis. AIM was formed to address issues of poverty and police brutality in urban areas, but they soon included Indigenous Tribal issues
In the decades since AIM's founding, the group has led protests advocating indigenous American interests, inspired cultural renewal, monitored police activities and coordinated employment programs in cities and in rural reservation communities across the U.S.
In 1972, activists marched across country on the "Trail of Broken Treaties" and took over the Bureau of Indian Affairs for several days. They developed a 20-point demand list that included health, housing, employment, economic development, and education for all Indian people.
Also in the 1960s, the Black Panther Party, seeing that many children went to school hungry and that this caused both educational and health concerns, started the Free Breakfast for School Children Program. Research showed the essential role of breakfast for optimal schooling, so the program launched in January 1969 at St. Augustine's Church in Oakland, California—by the end of the year, the Panthers set up kitchens in cities across the US, feeding more than 10,000 children daily.
Free Breakfast was among more than 60 social programs the Panthers renamed Survival Programs in 1971. Another program was referred to as "medical self-defense" with the creation of healthcare clinics and their own ambulance services.
Meanwhile women have been fighting for reproductive health issues for more than 100 years. But with the birth of the modern women's movement in the 1960s also came a renewed push for equitable healthcare, including abortion services.
A 1969 health seminar at Boston's Emmanuel College, organized by Nancy Miriam Hawley, created what became an international phenomenon—the book Our Bodies, Ourselves, produced by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
First published in the early 1970s, the book had information related to many aspects of women's health and sexuality, including: sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity, birth control, abortion, pregnancy and childbirth, violence and abuse. The book was revolutionary in that it encouraged women to celebrate their sexuality.
The New York Times called the book "America's best-selling book on all aspects of women's health" and a "feminist classic."
Parallel to this book coming out, as lesbians felt empowered to take control of their health and take back the streets from violence, to open domestic violence and rape survivor centers, and launch crisis hotlines, gay men started to think about helping their own in cities such as Chicago, where sexually transmitted disease rates were souring. Howard Brown Health was launched in Chicago, and gay public health advocacy had begun in full force, well before HIV was known.
Transgender advocates, especially in New York City, started to form groups to help their own.
Plus, advocates pushed for homosexuals to be taken off diagnosis for mental diseases from various professional associations.
All of this created a strong foundation, one was that needed for a tragedy no one saw coming.
In 1981, the first cases of what later became known as HIV and AIDS started to be diagnosed. It was first called Gay-Related Immune Deficiency. The media coverage was biased when they bothered to cover it at all. One example is when media referred to hemophiliac Ryan White as an "innocent" victim.
In 1984, when Chicago had fewer than 100 diagnosed cases of HIV/AIDS, I started work at GayLife newspaper as an editorial assistant, with our offices located between a gay men's leather bar, the Gold Coast, and the Man's Country bathhouse.
We started to see our friends, colleagues, clients, and community members get diagnosed—and died within days or weeks of diagnosis. At times gay newspapers had several pages of obituaries, and it was news when the Bay Area Reporter published an issue without one obituary in 1998.
Because the mainstream and government health networks did not know how to handle HIV/AIDS, and did not want to treat it sensitively and without stigma, Howard Brown Health, Gay Horizons ( now Center on Halsted ) and other existing groups responded, alongside new organizations such as Open Hand Chicago, Kupona Network, Project VIDA, Chicago Women's AIDS Project, Chicago House, and AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
Political activists were fighting back horrible legislation, including quarantine bills. Funeral homes wouldn't take bodies, dentists wouldn't treat those with HIV, and landlords kicked out surviving partners.
While many people were in denial about the epidemic, others took a helpful approach, whether that was handing out free condoms through the Reimer Project or Stop AIDS, delivering meals, walking dogs and changing cat boxes, or visiting people on the AIDS wards at area hospitals.
Soon, there was also an activist response, usually a few dozen at a time at protests that really helped push for change. Chicago For AIDS Rights and later ACT UP Chicago had a tremendous impact on local and national AIDS funding for research, prevention and care.
What was so powerful about the fight against HIV and AIDS in the 1980s was the role that people living with the disease played in making change for themselves and others they knew would later contract the disease.
They reclaimed the language of being "victims" to be people living with AIDS, or PWAs. They confronted slow-moving government officials, scientists, and pharmaceutical companies. They traveled to Mexico for unproven treatments. They got arrested fighting for their lives.
Bobbi Campbell was a gay San Francisco man who was diagnosed with AIDS in September 1981. Bobbi began meeting with another HIV-positive man, Dan Turner. They laid the groundwork for what was to become known as People with AIDS San Francisco.
Those men joined with others from across the U.S. in 1983 for the Second National AIDS Forum at the National Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Health Education Foundation. At the conference, people with AIDS from around the country met.
Discussions led to the drafting of The Denver Principles, a groundbreaking document.
They read:
We condemn attempts to label us as 'victims,' a term that implies defeat, and we are only occasionally 'patients,' a term that implies passivity, helplessness, and dependence upon the care of others. We are 'People With AIDS.'
Recommendations for all people:
— Support us in our struggle against those who would fire us from our jobs, evict us from our homes, refuse to touch us or separate us from our loved ones, our community or our peers, since available evidence does not support the view that AIDS can be spread by casual, social contact.
— Don't scapegoat people with AIDS and blame us for the epidemic or generalize about our lifestyles.
Recommendations for people with AIDS:
— Form caucuses to choose their own representatives, to deal with the media, to choose their own agenda and to plan their own strategies.
— Be involved at every level of decision-making and specifically serve on the boards of directors of provider organizations.
— Be included in all AIDS forums with equal credibility as other participants, to share their own experiences and knowledge.
— Substitute high-risk sexual behaviors with lower-risk ones for People With AIDS who would risk endangering their current partners; we feel people with AIDS have an ethical responsibility to inform their potential sexual partners of their health status.
Rights of People With AIDS.
— To as full and satisfying sexual and emotional lives as anyone else.
— To quality medical treatment and quality social service provision without discrimination of any form including sexual orientation, gender, diagnosis, economic status or race.
— To full explanations of all medical procedures and risks, to choose or refuse their treatment modalities, to refuse to participate in research without jeopardizing their treatment and to make informed decisions about their lives.
— To privacy, to confidentiality of medical records, to human respect and to choose who their significant others are.
— To live and die with dignity.
The drafters of The Denver Principles stormed the closing of the conference in order to present their work.
The presentation reportedly brought the crowd to tears. The keynote speaker, Ginny Apuzzo, in response to the presentation, opened with, "if those health care providers in attendance were the health care pioneers, then those of us with AIDS were truly the trailblazers."
Chicago had thousands of similar trailblazers, some of them still with us today. Let me tell you brief stories about three men lost to AIDS, men I spoke about at the governor's reception on Monday.
Robert Ford, born in 1962, died 32 years later in 1994. He was a freelance journalist, publisher, and activist born and raised in Chicago.
He was a frequent contributor to local publications like Jam Sessions, Chicago Music Magazine, Jazzgram, Planet Rock and Babble.
His groundbreaking African-American-focused AIDS column ran in Pulse magazine until the time of his death.
Ford collaborated with Trent Adkins and Laurence Warren to found Think Ink, an arts magazine that was, "very Black, not very gay but queer-friendly."
The publishing trio launched THING 'zine. Running from 1989-1993, THING—"She Knows Who She Is"—became legendary in 'zine communities.
Dr. Ron Sable, an openly gay physician, co-founded the first comprehensive HIV/AIDS clinic at Cook County Hospital. Sable spent his entire medical career at Chicago's Cook County Hospital. Sable was also a medic for 13 months in Vietnam.
He was active in local politics, running twice as an openly gay candidate for 44th Ward alderman ( in 1987 and 1991 ) and founding IMPACT, a gay and lesbian political action committee.
Even though Sable lost both races, his campaigns themselves were important catalysts. In particular, his 1987 campaign drew in many new activists, who went on to work on the March on Washington.
His AIDS activism extended beyond County Hospital—Sable was active in city, state, and federal AIDS issues. He helped to found the AIDS Foundation of Chicago
In 1993, Sable announced, in a letter he sent to hundreds of friends and colleagues, that he was HIV-positive. He died December 30, 1993 at age 48
Danny Sotomayor was born in 1958 and died in Feb. 5, 1992, a short life but one filled with passion.
Sotomayor's life changed dramatically with his AIDS diagnosis in 1988. After experiencing the power of ACT UP/New York at the Food and Drug Administration demonstration in Maryland, Sotomayor returned to Chicago transformed. Along with Paul Adams, Lori Cannon, and many others, he helped create the Chicago chapter of ACT UP, and Sotomayor became a highly visible member of the organization. He was a graphic designer and his colorful HIV-awareness and safe-sex T-shirts, buttons and posters helped give the group a visual identity and raised funds.
Sotomayor also gained notoriety for his confrontation of Mayor Richard M. Daley on the issue of AIDS rights and funding. Daley once said of him, "Why is that man always screaming at me?" Sotomayor's tactics are considered a major factor in Daley's increase in AIDS funding.
In 1989 he became the first nationally syndicated, openly gay editorial cartoonist, contributing more than 200 cartoons in several gay publications.
It is now 2019. There are approximately 35,728 people living with HIV in Illinois. More than 1.1 million are living with HIV in the United States.
There are 19,704 living with HIV in Chicago.
African Americans continue to experience the most severe burden of HIV, compared with other races and ethnicities. In Illinois 46.8% of those testing positive for HIV are Black, 27.4% are Hispanic/Latinx, and 19.1% are white.
The U.S. lost 116,516 in World War I.
405,399 in World War II.
54,246 in the Korean War.
58,209 in the Vietnam War.
2,216 in Afghanistan.
4,497 in Iraq.
As of early 2019, about 700,000 people have died of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. since the beginning of the HIV epidemic. 700,000.
That is more than the total U.S. losses in the wars I listed above.
But many people in America have never acknowledged we have been in this war for almost four decades.
Thankfully, and thanks to many people in this room, we knew there was a war on, and we responded.
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es una serie de manga escrita por Ken'ichi Sonoda y spin-off de la obra Riding Bean. Este ha sido adaptado a una serie en formato OVA de tres capítulos y, posteriormente, a una nueva serie de manga.

Argumento
Rally Vincent, experta en armas, y May "Minnie" Hopkins, experta en explosivos, tienen una tienda de venta y reparación de armas. Sin embargo, por sus habilidades son contratadas como cazarrecompensas para resolver casos en su ciudad, Chicago.

Personajes

 Bean Bandit
 Becky Farrah
 Ken Takizawa
 Misty Brown
 Roy Coleman
 Riff-Raff

Contenido de la Obra

Manga
Ha sido publicado en la revista Afternoon de la editorial Kōdansha entre diciembre de 1990 y abril de 1997. La entrega constó de 8 volúmenes. En España, fue publicado por la editorial Planeta DeAgostini, y, en México, por el Grupo Editorial Vid.

Publicaciones

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En noviembre de 1995 comenzaron a publicarse animaciones originales en formato OVA. Fueron producidas por el estudio Oriental Light and Magic y contaron con un total de tres episodios. Para los países de habla hispana, los OVAs fueron transmitidos por el extinto canal Locomotion. El doblaje estuvo a cargo de María Fernanda Morales.

Para países de habla inglesa han sido distribuidos por ADV Films (Reino Unido) y Madman Entertainment (Australia), y transmitidos por Encore Action y Anime Network. En Francia, el formato fue distribuido por Kazé, doblado por el Studio Chinkel, y transmitido por Mangas. En Alemania, fue distribuido por ACOG y OVA Films. En Filipinas, fue televisado por GMA Network. Por último, en Brasil, el doblaje de los episodios estuvo a cargo de Master Sound.

Equipo de Producción
 Director: Takeshi Mori
 Director de Episodios: Kazuya Murata
 Música: Peter Erskine
 Diseño de personajes: Ken'ichi Sonoda y Norihiro Matsubara
 Director de Arte: Kazuo Nagai
 Director de Animación: Norihiro Matsubara
 Diseño Mecánico: Kōji Sugiura
 Productor Ejecutivo: Teruo Miyahara
 Productores: Hirō Takimoto, Toshiaki Okuno, Umeo Itō y Yoshimasa Mizuo

Episodios

Reparto

Banda Sonora
 Opening: Gunsmith Cats Theme por Peter Erskine.
 Ending: Gunsmith Cats ending theme por Peter Erskine.

Manga: Gunsmith Cats Burst
 es la continuación del manga original escrita por Ken'ichi Sonoda entre los años 2004 y 2008. La obra ha sido publicada en la revista Afternoon de la editorial Kōdansha. La entrega constó de 5 volúmenes. En Estados Unidos fue licenciado por Dark Horse Comics y traducido por Studio Cutie. En Francia fue publicado por Glénat Editions.

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Manga de 1990
Manga de 2004
Manga publicado en Gekkan Afternoon
Anime y manga de acción
Anime y manga de aventuras
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A Port of the Pairing-Based Cryptography Library (PBC), library developed by Ben Lynn, to performs the mathematical operations underlying pairing-based cryptosystems directly in Java.
A Wrapper that enables the delegation of the pairing computation to the PBC library to gain in performance.
An implementation of Multilinear Maps based on the paper Practical Multilinear Maps over the Integers by Coron, Lepoint, and Tibouchi. The implementation supports multithreading and uses memory mapped files to save in primary memory requirements.
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Father-son team set to test their 3D color scanner in large trial investigating hand injuries
Matt O'Connor | November 16, 2020 | Advanced Visualization
Professor Anthony Butler from the University of Otago, Christchurch and his MARS wrist scanner. Credit: University of Otago.
A father-and-son team from New Zealand is set to test their novel three-dimensional color scanner in a new large-scale clinical trial beginning next year.
It was back in 2006 when Phil Butler, PhD, a professor of physics at the University of Canterbury and Anthony Butler, PhD, who heads the University of Otago's radiology department, created the MARS scanner. And then in 2018, the father-and-son pair successfully imaged their first human patient.
For their upcoming trial, the Butler family will test a special compact scanner—adapted from the MARS machine—in up to 150 individuals over a year-long study period. Participants will be imaged for hand and wrist injuries at either an after-hours clinic in Christchurch, New Zealand, or at Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland.
Next years' research will build off of a successful 2019 study of orthopedic patients that found the wrist scanner produced images on par with current CT machines, potentially also offering MRI information to enhance diagnoses, according to a Nov. 16 statement.
"Results from the initial Christchurch-based patient trials showed our scanner's high-resolution spectral imaging could provide significant improvements in the diagnosis of hand and wrist injuries," Butler commented.
Wrist injuries are common, but diagnosing them can be difficult, the pair noted. With regulatory approval, they believe the wrist scanner could be available for clinical use in 2021.
The family began developing their MARS scanner more than a decade ago, using technology adapted from the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN. Their CT machine—which uses x-rays— utilizes a novel camera with pixels roughly 10-times smaller than normal.
Health Imaging sat down with the father-and-son team in 2018, fresh off the heels of imaging their first human patient, who turned out to be Phil Butler.
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There was a planet of Ice…And then Star Wars became a franchise. A glimpse back at the original Episode V, its iterations and context in the wake of The Force Awakens glorious boosting of Hollywood's mightiest space franchise.
HERE IT IS, EMERGING IN THE DEPTHS OF A DISTANT GALAXY WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF A SPACE PROBE THAT THEN CRASHES INTO THE ICE SHEETS OF THE PLANET HOTH. Everything we might have assumed from the oddly triumphant and indulgent close of Episode IV wasn't true. Everything Hollywood imagined about summer films was about to be blown out of the galaxy.
The Empire Strikes Back is legendary, there's no doubt about it. Still quoted, among a select few, as a if not the premier example of a sequel that outdoes its original, the last three decades of try-hard comparators have failed to dislodge it. Its quality is far too enshrined to be knocked.
And it wasn't just the threat that had increased.
Come the end it's easy to see that The Empire Strikes Back had no choice but to ramp up the drama. That it did it so well, following the simplistic, fairy tale plot of the previous film, is Empire's considerable achievement. We join the Rebel Alliance in a far different state to the one we left it. On the run and in a make-shift soon to be discovered base; dug into ice foundations that are a metaphor for isolation. It's cold in space, it's colder on Hoth. We didn't know it at the time, but the saga's overriding themes of family and lineage were about to be set in carbonite. So it's little surprise that one route to that dramatic elevation falls to classical tragedy.
Indeed, Empire pushes Shakespeare to the fore. We join the Rebel troops on the battlements of Elsinore, unknowingly waiting for a ghost of Hamlet's father that is a far more powerful and compelling than it appears in massed stop-motion and snowtrooper-clad force. That establishes a heightened universe where Vader, seen for the first time in communication with the Emperor, the father figure he rushed to with indecent haste, can get away with the use of "thy". But the Bard's influence is greater than choice words. We have expanded the atavistic palette of Biblical quests and Campbellian monomyth to include the nearer world of Greek tragedy and the great playwrights in general.
This is a huge galaxy… Episode V is intent on using the Battle of Hoth to force our apart.
The change to ice from the cold space and hot desert of the first film sits prettier in the hindsight of Vader's fiery creation on the planet Mustafar, committed to film over two decades later in Episode III. The switch stands up to scrutiny in much the same way that themed ice and fire levels do in videogame platformers; it was something that no space operas had the vision or finance to attempt before, even if such intentions existed on screen, and rammed one thing home: This was a huge galaxy. And every entry in the saga would widen it further up until The Force Awakens chose familiarity. That's a central tenet to George Lucas' Star Wars films that he always stayed true to, and no doubt one of the reasons behind his inability to withhold criticism of the most recent instalment. The subtlety of that film's Jakku being a cold desert planet compared to Tatooine's hot and arid desert eco-system is lost against the broad palette of the original and prequel trilogies. But as iconic as the Battle of Hoth that opens Empire is (albeit 25 minutes in), the film doesn't feel the need to stay there for long. While Episode IV brought our heroes together, Episode V is intent on using that battle to force them apart.
Nature may abhor a vacuum, Star Wars makes a meal of it.
The original Star Wars trilogy benefits from a remarkable strength of consistency. That overcame the uncertainty that run through the first film's production all the way up to release, the three-year gap between each sequel and the changing personnel behind the scenes. Lucas was a constant of course, although as he stepped back from directing and writing chores. And it's clear that The Empire Strikes Back's benefitted from the addition of some high quality creators. Nature may abhor a vacuum; Star Wars makes a meal of it. And some of those new creators came from unexpected quarters.


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While Day 1 was only really a half day, it was still a long one and had taken it out of all of us. Day 2 started a little earlier then we would have hoped, but that's the life of a parent.
A quick escape into the Hunter Valley was the perfect way to not only celebrate our little guy turning 2 (and us surviving 2 years of parenthood), but it was also the last chance before our little family becomes bigger – When 3 become 4. . .
If this is your first stop and you have just read that this is 'Part 2' then you probably should check out Our Quick Escape – Part 1 first. Don't worry ill wait for you. . . OK your back? Let's move on. . .
Yesterday was a long day that ended up with the family in bed by 8pm, the next day started however with the family awake at 2am. Whether it was Toddler Sleep Regressions , a sick child, sleeping in a foreign environment, or simply our toddler deciding that Mum and Dad were not getting a good night sleep. We aren't sure why the little guy decided to wake up and not go back to sleep for 2 and half hours. Fortunately once he did fall back to sleep he didn't wake up until around 9am.
So what started as an early rise, ended up being a late one with us not leaving the hotel until close to 10am.
On holidays its important to not only enjoy the time with each other and the places you go, but also the food you eat. Keeping this in mind we found another cafe advertising that not only were they open for breakfast, but they had Coffee – Habit or Necessity – Definitely a Necessity at this point.
The place we found was "Oscar's Hunter Valley".
Note, I must be honest with you, it wasn't so much that we 'found' the place, we had been given some vouchers for various places around the Hunter Valley by our family, 25% off of the total bill was reason enough to go searching.
Was the food as good as it looks? Absolutely!
As I mentioned earlier, the little guy didn't sleep the best the night before. As any parent would tell you, a tired toddler who at this stage we actually think is teething (when does it end?), doesn't mix well with waiting for breakfast. Not that we had to wait that long, again the service was pretty good. However as soon as our food came out, our toddler decided that something else needed to come out too and Dad and Son went searching for a more appropriate place to clean up.
Snow? In this part of the Country?
One of the reasons we decided to visit the Hunter Valley for our Quick Escape was that the Hunter Valley Gardens were running their annual "Snowtime in the Hunter" event.
What? Snow? I thought Australia was warm and sunny, not cold and snowy. Well that's true most of the time however like the rest of the world we still have a winter. Although in our part of the country, snow is almost unheard of. Normally if we wanted to enjoy it, it would mean a 7 hour drive. While it isn't the same, its still a good bit of fun for kids.
While it wasn't much, the little guy had a bit of fun playing in the snow. There was also a ice skating rink setup, however given the extra cost involved and our toddler's mixed emotional state, we gave that a miss.
We did however try out the toboggan slide, and while the time to line up was longer then the experience itself it was still fun, at least for Dad, there was no way the little guy was having another go.
As day wore on, more and more people arrived, given the relatively small area that had 'snow' we didn't hang around there too much longer.
We did manage to build this little snowman though – you can tell we don't see snow often.
Outside of the 'snow' area had a few rides and food places setup. Our little guy was fascinated watching some of the rides as they activated, unfortunately for him but fortunately for our wallets, at the age of 2 he is still too small to ride them.
Thankfully they did have an area setup for kids in this situation – an inflatable fun zone! Of course our child being the child he is wasn't content with simply climbing and sliding on the areas he could do himself. He needed Dad to help him climb up the biggest and slide down with him – over and over again.
When we eventually were able to drag our toddler away from the inflatable fun, we did so by taking him on the merry-go-round. This was a ride the entire family could go on. While it was short lived, we did manage to get a few smiles from the little guy.
A couple of hours in the sun meant it was time for a cold drink, and? you guessed it, fresh coffee. Coffee for Dad, Hot Chocolate for Mum, and a Baby-cino for the little guy.
While enjoying our drinks we also noticed a stall selling various balloons. Now you probably know by now that our toddler is obsessed with dinosaurs. He also knows a few different animals like cows and dogs.
One place we had driven past a few times but not stopped at was the Hunter Valley Chocolate Company. A small cafe with a chocolate shop attached where they make there own fudge onsite. If you like your sweet stuff then it is definitely a place to visit. While Mum was having a look around it was time for another energy boost.
As we still had some daylight hours left we decided to pop into shop that advertised a huge selection of beers from around the world, along with a range of local wines, and tastings on them everyday.
This stop was purely for Dad as none of this interests a 2 year old, and as you know Down Under Mum is pregnant. This allowed me to sample a couple of Hunter Red Wines. At least that way we could say we tasted some wines while staying in the heart of the Hunter Valley Wine Region.
When we returned to the hotel we noticed a sign saying every night at 6pm (just after dark) the dancing fountain light show was on. Given this was our last night and we were free we thought we should check it out.
While relatively short lived, it did hold the attention of our toddler until we decided the cold was too much.
It was then time for dinner, which after the previous nights attempt we were a little nervous about. It did go off without a hitch though! Turns out we must have got there just at the right time as our food came out relatively quick, and when we went back to order some dessert, there was a wait time of over an hour – so we skipped dessert and ordered it from room service instead.
As it was still early at this stage and we had now eaten we decided the little guy could have another go at driving the arcade games since he enjoyed it so much the night before. I think we underestimated how much he enjoyed them because we were there for awhile – again not actually playing them, just pretending (although he didn't know that).
Eventually it was time for bed, and while he wasn't overly impressed at leaving them, he was too tired to fight it.
Day 2 was a full day, but it wasn't the end of our escape into the Hunter Valley. Stay tuned for Part 3.
With baby number 1 turning 2 this week and baby number 2 fast approaching When 3 become 4. . . A few days off in a row was the perfect excuse for our little family to enjoy a break before our lives get a whole lot busier. It just so happens that our little guy also turns 2 this week so what better way to celebrate then a family holiday.
As all parents would know, it doesn't matter how well thought out your plans are, more often then not those plans will never go exactly how you want them to. Today Mrs Down Under had a checkup to make sure everything was going alright with Baby number 2, again as most parents – and anyone who has experienced a waiting room knows that there is no way to tell exactly how long you will be there.
Without going into too much detail we didn't end up leaving our place until lunchtime.
Luckily our destination was the small town of Pokoblin in the heart of the Hunter Valley. For those reading abroad this is just a short 45 minute drive from our hometown of Newcastle.
After driving past our hotel as lunch was more important then checking in, we arrived at the village attached to the Hunter Valley Botanic Gardens. A short stroll around and we found exactly what our stomachs were looking for.
The place was only small but the fireplace in the corner was definitely welcoming given its still the middle of winter.
One thing about this place that really stood out was the service. By this stage our little guy was approaching the danger zone AKA past his usual nap time. This was made easier by the waitress who didn't make him sit in the high chair (a phase he is going through) but rather got him a cushion so he could sit on the normal chairs, then gave him some coloring in to do. When she found out it was his birthday this week she also gave him a car!
note, the car was a matchbox car that had been left behind by a previous customer.
Given that this is a parenting blog and any parent readers know just what toddlers can be like, I feel it important to mention that none of the over and above actions of the waitress actually improved his mood – but it was still a nice touch.
As you can see the food was just as good as the service. Pancakes for Mum and Son, and Corn Fritters with a home made sweet chili jam for Dad.
After lunch it was time to visit the park that Mum and Dad (but thankfully not son) had spied on the way in. Regular readers would know by now that our little guy loves using the play equipment in parks Weekend Adventures so this was a required stop in our eyes.
While it does look like he has the run of the grounds to himself, what you can't see off camera is half a dozen other children sharing the park. Keyword there being sharing, something we are still trying to teach our little guy.
After we got bored, or sick of sharing – you can decide which. It was time to check in to the hotel. While the hotel did have one of those big fancy driveways where you stop right out the front (its the little things in life), it was full when we arrived, so we simply parked and walked with our suitcase. To an adult a suitcase with a pullout handle and 2 wheels does make life easier when travelling. To a toddler who feels the need to drag it by himself, it does not. Unfortunately I don't have a picture for that one as it didn't last long. Instead Dad had a toddler in one arm and the suitcase in the other.
When we eventually walked in we had 2 options, left or right. Right allowed us to deposit our bags while we checked in on the left and have them brought to the room for us. Hotels should consider this service for children as well, allow parents to deposit them while they sort out the paperwork and take everything out of the mini bar so the kids don't accidentally open the $10 bottle of water.
One thing the hotel did give us – or rather the little guy was a stuffed animal frog with their insignia printed on the foot. While this might not seem like much to you and me, to a 2 year old it was amazing.
I do need to describe our room to you though.
2 double beds – we had the illusion that at least one of us might get a good nights sleep each night which would have been great given the recent Toddler Sleep Regressions but more on that later.
Bath Tub – this is a big deal for us, as our bathroom at home lacks this feature. While we have perfected the art of showering a toddler, nothing beats a bath in his eyes.
No Microwave – something we should have considered, but more on that later.
Our little guy got so excited about the presence of a bath tub that he decided then and there that he needed a bath, immediately.
Given the fact the only time our toddler had rested today was in the car (which is no replacement for a proper nap in my opinion), an early dinner was in order. On the way we thought we should check out the 'games' room we had seen on way in.
Pro-tip for parents – unless you know exactly what is in said 'games' room, don't go anywhere near it, don't even mention it.
The games room was full of arcade games, AKA money drains if your kids understand them and want to play them. Or if your kid simply wants to sit in the car and pretend he is driving like ours, good luck getting them to leave.
It was at that time we reaching breaking point in the danger zone, While Mum and Dad tried to order a meal and then enjoy it. The little dude was not having a bar of it. Without sugar coating it, it wasn't the most pleasant experience.
As soon as dinner was done it was straight back to the room for bed. Given the last 45 minutes or so we had no grand ideas about how this was going to go down especially given we were in a foreign environment. What made this more difficult was the delay in warming up a bottle. No microwave made this difficult, as did the fact the plug in the sink didn't actually stop the water from draining away.
note if anyone has an easier way to warm up a bottle then running it under hot water from the tap when you don't have a microwave I'd love to hear it for next time.
But Surprise Surprise, A warm bottle, a dark room, cuddles with Dad, and 15 minutes of your favorite movie, was all it took to get him to fall asleep.


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Judge's Ruling Could Affect Patient Brokering Cases
Patient brokering at drug treatment centers has become an ongoing issue in the state of Florida. Investigations led by several news outlets have uncovered the real crooked nature of these centers such as the practices at Whole Life Recovery. This has led to numerous legislative attempts to deter large patient-brokering operations, which is a type of healthcare fraud.
Many treatment centers hire "body brokers," which are people who are paid to look for addicts. These "junkie hunters" are compensated for referring potential patients to their treatment centers. Once the center has admitted the unaware addict, they can then charge their insurance company outrageous rates. Some have even reported drug tests ordered by treatment centers to cost $5,600.
In 2018, State Attorney David Aronberg responded to this issue with the Florida Patient Brokering Act. The new legislation has led to numerous arrests and convictions, which caused a number of drug treatment centers to close their doors.
Since Aronberg's act, numerous notable drug treatment centers have been linked to patient brokering. Additionally, the act may have also led to a decline in fatal drug overdoses. Aronberg recently presented data from the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner. The data demonstrated a decrease in fatal drug overdoses from 2017 to 2018. The report states the number of opioid-related deaths in Palm Beach had dropped from 588 in 2017 to 326 in 2018.
While the operation has been successful, it comes with some challenges. Some offenders have argued they were unaware of Florida's patient brokering laws because they're so new. Others state they were given bad counsel from attorneys when setting up their drug treatment centers. However, the current statute does not list ignorance of the law as an admissible defense. Now, a new ruling by Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Laura Johnson may drastically change David Aronberg's plans.
What Does the Ruling Mean
Johnson's ruling is for the current case State of Florida vs. James Francis Kigar. The case surrounds a Boynton Beach treatment center operated by Kigar called Whole Life Recovery. Over the last two years, law enforcement officials in Palm Beach County have been investigating allegations of fraud, money laundering, kickbacks and patient brokering related to the center.
Kigar is now facing a total of 95 counts linked to patient brokering and other relevant crimes. He has pleaded not guilty by stating he was unaware of Florida's patient brokering laws. Kigar claims he was wrongly informed by his attorney to pay kickbacks for referrals. Judge Laura Johnson responded to this case with a controversial ruling.
Johnson stated in a six-page order that, "A defendant may assert the advice of counsel defense when charged with violations of the Florida Patient Brokering statute." She also ruled the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant was aware their actions were illegal.
Judge Johnson's ruling is based on a legal term called "mens rea," which states a person must know what they're doing is wrong to be charged with a crime. The ruling basically states the defendant must have intended to commit a crime. This is controversial because the issue of intent isn't included in the current Florida Patient Brokering Act.
Judge Johnson's new standard could undo many prosecutions sought under David Aronberg. A defendant could escape criminal charges if they're able to prove the crime was unintentional. The ruling may also drastically change the path of Kigar's case, which was looking grim beforehand.
The Impact of Judge Johnson's Ruling
Johnson's ruling could tremendously affect David Aronberg's Sober Homes Task Force. It may lead to a number of appeals and dismissals for previous patient brokering cases in the Palm Beach area. In addition, it may establish a new standard in how the State Attorney can prosecute future kickback cases involving drug treatment centers.
Assistant State Attorney Justin Chapman plans to ask Judge Johnson to reconsider her decision. If she denies the request, Chapman may file an appeal with the Fourth District Court. However, there's been no word of that from the State Attorney's Office.
Many are hoping the appellate court will untangle Johnson's ruling to decide the fate of future patient-brokering cases. If Judge Johnson retains her ruling, prosecutors will have a much harder time convicting a person of patient brokering. People who have taken bad advice or were unaware of Florida's patient-brokering laws will not be legally punished for the crime.
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NYC Ferry launched on May 1st, 2017, with the goal of bringing much needed transportation options to neighborhoods traditionally underserved by public transit. We want to showcase these neighborhoods from the unique perspectives of the youth who live and spend time there. Each of our 2017 routes—Rockaway, East River, South Brooklyn and Astoria—are represented here by youth photographers who welcome you to their neighborhood.
NYC Ferry operated by Hornblower is the newest way for New Yorkers and visitors to "Work, Live and Play". The ferry service connects the New York boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx to provide critical transportation links for areas currently underserved by mass transit and connect them to job centers, tech hubs and schools in and around New York City.


Wolfram|Alpha is an increasingly popular online computational knowledge engine on the web, accessible at WolframAlpha.com. Recently, a NYTimes report showed that Apple's Siri voice assistant for the iPhone 4S constitutes about 25% of all Wolfram|Alpha queries.
For those who don't know: Basically, W|A is a huge algorithm/software that runs on supercomputers. Users can enter queries related to various fields of knowledge and receive analytical data, results, calculations, diagrams etc. You can use Wolfram|Alpha for simple calculations to finding detailed demographic data for Guinea-Bissau.
Here, I review the official W|A app for iPad, available on the US iTunes App Store for $2.99, for those who are reluctant to throw those three bucks towards the amazing, ever-in-progress project.
The Wolfram|Alpha website works perfectly in Safari in iOS. The only downside is that it occasionally suggests you to check out the official app on the App Store. If you're okay with it, keep using it.
The uber-modified keyboard: When you download the W|A app and start using it, you will quickly notice that the usual iOS keyboard does not remain the same when you type into the query bar. There is a cleverly designed add-on keyboard section that shows up above the normal keyboard. Because the app is geared towards people who will be entering lots of numbers and other mathematical symbols, there is a new section of the keyboard that lets you enter anything from the theta symbol to a summation symbol or an integral sign. You cannot do this easily in the desktop website if you view it in Safari.
Clean interface that "just works": I actually am not a huge fan of the interface on this app. Let's face it, it isn't the prettiest app that you'll find on the App Store by any means. However, some elements may not always render perfectly on the website. Some things will jumble up occasionally or photos will be a bit blurry when you zoom into the website. But the native app will always display everything you want to see in an efficient way. It will never mess up and you'll never need to zoom in. Moreover, Wolfram|Alpha seems to be putting on a little weight with its paid features anyway, so the website is getting more and more bulkier with time.
Supporting an awesome company: Wolfram|Alpha is going to be always in development. While the Wolfram Research Company has some expensive products, I feel that purchasing their cheap iOS app is also a great way to show them some support.
Who will found Wolfram|Alpha useful?
If you are not familiar with Wolfram|Alpha, check out this page to see what the web app can do. I would say that the iPad app will be useful if you are a student, teacher or a professional that deals with mathematics and science in any way. Do you find yourself looking up ideal weights, BMI, enthalpies for organic compounds, emissivity, vector lengths, derivatives or other stuff like that? Wofram|Alpha is for you.
At the time of writing this, I am a high school senior who recently studied calculus and statistics. I found it indispensable.


He served as Deputy Minister for Town Planning, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Saudi Arabia from March 1984 to August 2004, with the responsibilities of directing and supervising the entire spatial planning process at national, regional, and local levels in Saudi Arabia; and was a member in the boards of directors for several Government Organizations, i.e. Arriyadh Development Authority, Makkah Development Authority, Hail Development Authority and the Royal Commission for Al-Jubail-Yanbu.
Dr. Al- Hathloul was a member of the jury for the Organization of Arab Cities` Award; a member of the 1998 Award Master jury, the AgaKhan Award for Architecture. He is an author of 3 books and more than 50 articles in the field of architecture & Urbanism , well-known among these is his book, " The Arab Muslim City",(1996).
Dr. AlHathloul works as a chairman of the board, Alhathloul Dev. Co., a consultant on National and Regional Development Strategies; and an adjunct associate professor at the school of Architecture and Planning, King Saud University, Riyadh.


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Dannemora socken i Uppland ingick i Olands härad, ingår sedan 1974 i Östhammars kommun och motsvarar från 2016 Dannemora distrikt.

Socknens areal är 69,02 kvadratkilometer varav 61,05 land.År 2000 fanns här 454 invånare. En del av tätorten Österbybruk, tätorten Dannemora med Dannemora gruva samt sockenkyrkan Dannemora kyrka ligger i socknen.

Administrativ historik
Dannemora socken omtalas i skriftliga handlingar första gången 1314 ('De Danamorii'). Socken hade under medeltiden samma omfattning som under 1900-talet, undantaget byn Bockbol, som tidigare räknades till Dannemora jordebokssocken men Tensta kyrksocken, men överfördes till Tensta socken i alla avseenden 1889.

Vid kommunreformen 1862 övergick socknens ansvar för de kyrkliga frågorna till Dannemora församling och för de borgerliga frågorna bildades Dannemora landskommun. Landskommunen utökades 1952 och uppgick 1974 i Östhammars kommun. Församlingen uppgick 2010 i Dannemorabygdens församling.

1 januari 2016 inrättades distriktet Dannemora, med samma omfattning som församlingen hade 1999/2000.

Socknen har tillhört län, fögderier, tingslag och domsagor enligt vad som beskrivs i artikeln Olands härad. De indelta soldaterna tillhörde Upplands regemente, Olands kompani och Livregementets dragonkår, Norra Upplands skvadron.

Geografi
Dannemora socken ligger väster om Östhammar kring Dannemorasjön. Socknen är en mossrik skogsbygd med odlingsbygd vid sjön.

Dannemora-Hargs Järnväg går österut till Hargshamn, respektive västerut till Örbyhus.

Fornlämningar
En hällristning är funnen. I socknen finns många gruvhål och i anslutning till dessa hyttplatser.

Namnet
Namnet skrevs 1344 Danamoro innehåller efterleden mor, '(sumpig) granskog'. Förleden innehåller plural av folkslagsbeteckningen dan, 'dansk'.

Se även
Dannemora församling

Referenser

Vidare läsning
Sveriges bebyggelse: statistisk-topografisk beskrivning över Sveriges städer och landsbygd. Landsbygden. Uppsala län, del 2 Hermes 1949 libris

Externa länkar

 Dannemora hembygdsförening

Indelningar i Östhammars kommun
Socknar i Olands härad


You took the plunge and volunteered to coach youth baseball. Congratulations! You are about to embark on an incredibly exciting, fulfilling adventure.
If you're like a lot of the adults who volunteer to coach youth sports, you likely don't have much coaching experience. You may not even have much experience with the game of baseball. That's okay, though — you can learn the rules and surely adapt to managing a group of excited children. The enthusiasm and willingness to learn that led you to volunteer are two of the most important characteristics of a great baseball coach, so you're already ahead of the coaching game!
Even so, you should know a few things before you head out the door for your first practice. Our tips below will help you get started on the track to success!
If you've played baseball in the past, this one might be easy. If you haven't spent much time on the diamond, it'll understandably be slightly harder. But, no matter what level of experience you have, it's important that you review the rules of baseball, as well as the league you're coaching in. Your players and their parents will be relying on you to guide them through the season. Write down your questions as you review the league's manual, and go to the league for clarification if you need it. Anticipate questions and issues that may come up during the season and spend some time preparing for how you will handle them.
Depending on the structure of your league, you may also want to consider developing some additional team rules, such as outlining your expectations for attending practice and showing respect for other players, coaches and league officials. This may also be an excellent time to establish boundaries with parents, which should include clear rules about when and how they can discuss concerns about their child.
Some of this will depend on the league you're coaching in. You may have some input in building your team, or you may be handed a pre-determined roster. In either case, make sure you know how your league places its players, whether it's by ability or geography.
Get a sense of who may be pitching, who has a killer swing and who is most likely to start on third. Have an idea of who has been playing for years and which players are just beginning their first season. Being aware of this before you start practices can help you and your team make the most of your limited practice time.
In today's electronic world, it can be tempting just to send out a group text or email. May we suggest taking the time to call each player on your roster before the first practice? Making personal contact can go a long way in getting kids excited to play on your team. It will also show parents that you are approachable and on top of things.
You might even want to consider holding a parents' meeting around the beginning of the season. This will give you a chance to share your vision for the team and answer some initial questions.
Equipment — bats, gloves, balls, etc.
You can break down the first practice of the season into the following five parts.
Hopefully, you've talked to each of your players by now — seriously, have a parents' meeting — but take a few minutes to go through introductions with everyone present. Not only will this help you get to know your team faster, but the players need to know each other if they're going to start working together. If you have any assistant coaches working with you, this is also a great time to introduce them to your team.
Even if you went over the rules in your parents' meeting, taking a few minutes to review them with the entire team is important. Not only should you review league rules and your expectations, but you should also discuss each of the positions and their responsibilities.
But remember, before you dive into a long-winded explanation of a ground ball or home runs, make sure you know your team's previous experience. Are there a lot of returning players? They may not need some of the more basic explanations. Lots of new kids? Spend more time on the basics.
Having a light stretching session can serve two purposes. First, it can help younger players learn about how to warm up and prepare their bodies to compete safely. Second, it can also give you time to lay out your plan for practice while your team is a captive audience. For younger players, this can be as simple as running around the bases. Older players can do some more involved stretching and running exercises.
We'll get into this more in the next section, but for now, just know this — the drills you choose will depend on the ages of your players, as well as the amount of practice time you have. Choose an effective mixture of hitting, throwing and catching exercises, and don't be afraid to change them up between practices. Keeping your players on their toes will help them stay excited about practice and eager to learn.
As your practice comes to a close, take a few minutes to have everyone come together again. Review the things you went over during drills, making sure to point out places where the team excelled, as well as offering a few constructive suggestions for improvement. Remind your players about their next practice, as well as any details they need to know about their upcoming games. If your players are young, also make sure to take time to communicate information about future practices and games to their parents.
This is also a great outline to follow for subsequent practices. No, you won't have to spend as much time on rules and introductions, but having a defined start and finish to every practice, as well as making time for drills and warm-ups, is a great way to keep each practice organized and running smoothly.
As your season goes on, you may find that your players need something different. Maybe you need to add a parents' meeting to your wrap-up time. If parents are not getting the information from their child, consider stepping over to the bleachers during the last five minutes of practice to fill everyone in on details for upcoming games and practices. Or, maybe your players are struggling to work together as a team. Consider using some of your designated drill time to work on team building exercises and teaching your players how to work together.
The very name "Drills" can make some former athletes cringe. If you aren't careful, they can be monotonous. Players, and especially younger ones, can get bored quickly, which can make some kids question their interest in the game. As a coach, your job is to teach your players the mechanics of the game of baseball, but it is also to help your players cultivate a healthy love of the game.
So, as you're devising drills for practice, it's important to remember that exercises should be an appropriate mixture of mechanics and fun. A great way to do this is to turn drills into a competition. After all, your players are most likely on your team because they have a healthy love of competition — why not use that to your advantage?
If you aren't sure what kinds of drills to run during practice, you can certainly turn to the Internet for a slew of suggestions. In general, you'll want to select a variety of exercises that will work on both offensive play, including batting and base running, as well as defensive play, such as throwing, catching and pitcher-specific drills.
While there will undoubtedly be many similarities, you'll find that some of your practice content will vary depending on the ages of your players.
If your players fall within this age range, you'll likely have a wide span of abilities and attention spans. Depending on the ages and the league rules, you may be coaching T-Ball rather than baseball. This is typically the first level of play, and some leagues even require that players have at least one season of t-ball before they can move up to baseball. At this age, you may not be spending much — if any — time pitching. Some leagues even offer "coach pitch" or "machine pitch" baseball.
When you're working with this younger age group, the most important thing you can teach them is a love of the game. YOU are their first exposure to baseball, and everything you say and do will heavily influence their passion for the game in the future. We're not saying you're the one who will determine whether they'll be the next Derek Jeter, but we are saying you will be one of the deciding factors in whether or not they will continue to play. This means you should make sure the drills you run and the way you conduct practice keeps them engaged.
At this age, teaching them how to bat, run bases and play the various positions in the field should be your primary goals. This is also the time to let everyone try all the positions — don't try to pigeon-hole anyone into one spot, even if they somehow show promise there. You also shouldn't spend your entire practice on drills. Set aside at least half of your practice for a scrimmage to allow the kids to play against each other and exercise the skills they learned during their drills.
When your team is this young, it's also not as important to give kids time to warm up. They move so much that they'll quickly warm up as practice gets underway. Consider modifying the outline we suggested above, and start practice with young players by running bases and then going right into your drills.
Don't hesitate to utilize your assistant coaches — or willing parent volunteers — to break your team up into groups of two or three to make each drill more manageable for them, too.
Once kids get older, the age ranges of a team are going to depend on league rules — however, there will be some similarities in how practices are run for anyone in these older groups.
First, don't skip warm up. We aren't talking about warming up their arms — this isn't the major leagues — we're talking running bases here. Lots of running bases. Then, move into a time of throwing and catching. Warm up time is for everyone, and even your strong batters need time catching.
It's up to you how you conclude practice at this point. You may give them some time to scrimmage, or you may spend a few more minutes running bases or talking with the team about an upcoming game.
Even as they get older, your primary goal is to help foster and encourage your players' love of the game of baseball. There's nothing wrong with encouraging talent or a healthy love of competition, but a coach's role is to build up their team and nurture their enthusiasm for the sport. This is more important than any drill you could run on any given day. As you plan out each practice, make sure everything you do is designed to encourage your players to continue.
Being a good baseball coach takes a basic knowledge of the game, but it's so much more than that. Being a good baseball coach comes down to loving the game and the players who make it happen. When you have a healthy love of the game and its people, great things can happen. Players and their parents can tell when a coach doesn't have their heart the game or when they've volunteered for all of the wrong reasons.
If you're reading this article, the odds are that you're already a great coach. Your willingness to learn means you are committed to giving your team the best experience possible this season. But, if you're looking for tips to help you really make a difference, we've got that covered, too. Here are seven ways you can have a great first season as a youth baseball coach.
We can't stress this one enough. Taking the time to talk with your players and their parents makes a huge difference. When kids know their coach believes in them, they thrive. They try harder. They accomplish great things. Having the coach's attention can turn a good player into a great one.
A great coach also takes the time to communicate with their players' parents. Regular reminders about the schedule and upcoming team events are important for helping everyone feel like part of the team. Communication between parents and coaches is also important for creating and maintaining an atmosphere of good sportsmanship during practices and games. When parents know you're listening to them and their children, you can defuse potentially negative situations before they spiral out of control.
A good coach takes the time to model good sportsmanship to both players and their parents. Aside from teaching your players the rules of baseball, you should spend time showing them how to be polite, encourage their peers and act appropriately both on the field and in the dugout.
In the same way, a good coach will also set up guidelines to help parents practice good sportsmanship. As a coach, you are completely within your rights to require your parents to follow a specific code of conduct. A lot of leagues will already have one in place, but you can certainly add to it, and it will be your job to enforce it during practices and games. You can do this in a variety of ways, but you should set up guidelines restricting parents' comments from the stands or rules regarding how close they can be to the field.
Coming to practice with a clearly outlined plan and objective will put you ahead from the beginning. Keeping things organized and moving at a fast pace will keep your players engaged and interested in what's going on. It will also help you to set yourself up as a trusted authority figure. Your players will trust your judgment and ability to lead when they see you coming to each practice organized and prepared to guide them.
If you have an assistant coach — or two — also set aside time prior to your practice to fill them in on your plan. There's nothing worse than losing valuable practice time while the coaching staff has a meeting. Your players will likely get bored and look for other ways to occupy themselves. By the time you actually start practice, you may have trouble regaining their attention.
We've all heard the stories about Little League players picking dandelions in the outfield. Don't let your players get bored! Structure your practices and your drills to maintain a fast pace that keeps your players on their toes and moving from station-to-station. This is where having an assistant coach or two can come in handy — many hands make the workload lighter! If you don't have any assistant coaches, ask parents to volunteer to help.
Yes, it's important to keep practice moving at a fast pace, but don't try to cram so much into one day that your players are overwhelmed. Choose one or two primary objectives and focus on those. Then, at your next practice, choose one or two more. Remember, your players will not get better at something if you don't give them enough time to focus on that particular skill.
How you do this will depend on the players on your team. Take the time to notice how they work. Do they respond well to friendly competition? Then incorporate some sort of competition into your drills. Do they work well for a tangible reward? Offer something to the first person to complete a particular exercise or skill. Don't be afraid to let them choose between certain drills, either — if there's a certain one your players all love, do it often to boost engagement and make practice even more enjoyable.
For the drills they can't stand, research and brainstorm whether there is a better alternative that will help build the same skill set. Keeping them excited about practice and the game of baseball is more effective than running 30 drills they hate!
It should go without saying, but youth baseball is supposed to be fun. Yes, it's great to watch your best batter hit a home run and win the game for his team. But as a coach, your end goal should never be about winning — it should be about teaching your players a healthy love of the game. They should be learning how to play baseball, work as a team, build skills through effort, and achieve a goal. This should always be at the forefront of your mind.
Coaching youth baseball is one of the most rewarding things you can do with your spare time. The joy you will experience as you watch your team learn the ins and outs of America's game is unparalleled. If you're taking the plunge into coaching this season, congratulations. If you're still on the fence, we encourage you to jump in!
Once you're on board, then it's time to work on the logistics. Hopefully, you are working under the direction of a great league. There are some fantastic baseball leagues out there working hard to develop young kids' love of the game.
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Morton provides Harlan Ind. construction update
Published 1:29 pm Friday, October 15, 2021
By Emily Perkins
Click here to view the previous story and schematic designs for the Harlan Independent School District's renovations.
In a recent Harlan Independent Board of Education meeting, Superintendent C.D. Morton gave an update on the school district's massive $7 million renovation that began earlier this year.
Morton said part of the renovation included an update to the lights and heating/cooling system in the middle school, noting the new LED lights, HVAC and new ceilings being completed.
"As you move across the campus to the high school, work there is a little more extensive and is going to last throughout the school year and into next summer," he said. "Some of the more noticeable stuff going on right now in the buildings are the bathrooms, and they haven't been renovated since the '60s. So, there's new restroom facilities."
The gymnasium is also being equipped with handrails, fresh paint and new windows, on top of a brand new HVAC system.
"We have heating and cooling in the gymnasium now for the first time ever. With the teams that practice, particularly in the summer, it's always been a challenge for them, so that'll be great. We're looking forward to getting our banners rehung," Morton said. "We have a new bleacher system coming in, probably in a month, so before basketball season starts up. So, the gym will be totally renovated."
Morton said crews are currently working in the high school three classrooms at a time routing new data wiring throughout the building, as well as replacing the old fire alarm system, new ceiling tiles, lighting and flooring. He added the HVAC system upgrades will not take place until the end of the school year to keep from disrupting school instruction.
"They're going to continue their work to finish the ramp and the canopy that creates a walkway between the high school and new cafeteria addition," he said. "Probably over the next couple of months, we will continue to see a little more work happening in front of the elementary school yard where the cafeteria is going to continue to extend out."
Crews recently finished the new heating and cooling system for the auditorium, which also received a new roof, as well as the high school that had not been upgraded since 1995.
"The kitchen is totally upgraded, so it's a total remodel of the kitchen. The dining room work will take place over the course of this year and into next summer," he said.
With work already largely completed in the elementary and middle schools, Morton said the elementary school is waiting for the floor tiles to be completed after a lack of stock. The bathrooms inside the elementary school will also receive a complete makeover.
"Construction crews are working in the evenings because it's a lot of work, sometimes even through the night, so we're trying not to disrupt any type of learning going on in the classroom spaces," he said. "We're hoping to spend the rest of this year doing the vast majority of the work in the high school, and then wrapping up some loose ends at the elementary school and focusing their attention on the cafeteria, which we're really excited to see them get done."
Morton said the old cafeteria space was not well lit and "kind of drab looking," but the new upgrades will enhance the dining area with new glass windows to be able to see outside on beautiful days.
"It'll kind of create a different feel for the students and the families, and we're excited to kind of get that little courtyard-type area completed with some of the canopies that are going come out in front of the buildings," he said.
Morton said the $7 million project is not costing the school or the community more money because it has already been bonded and the project came in under budget, adding it is probably the single-largest construction investment in the history of the school district.
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El río dos Sinos es un río brasileño del estado de Río Grande do Sul. Forma parte de la Región hidrográfica del Atlántico Sur, nace en el municipio de Caraá y desemboca en el Lago Guaíba, a la altura del Delta del Jacuí, en el municipio de Canoas.

La superficie de su cuenca es de 3 820 km², atravesando un total de 32 municipios del estado. En su recorrido forma el Valle del Río dos Sinos.

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Ríos de Río Grande del Sur