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Trying To Raise the Public Interest
Track & Field is always a main draw to the public during Olympic years. But many track & field meet administrators and journalists have wondered how to continue the public interest – particularly the American audience – in the professional aspect of the sport outside of these Olympic years.
Well, a new idea is going to try to get started this summer – an American professional track & field league that will take place after the Olympic Trials.
TrackTown USA announced the idea in early May, where professional athletes will be "drafted" onto a team – Teams New York, San Francisco, Portland, and Philadelphia – and compete in scored meet for prize money. There will only be one meet for the 2016 season – July 29 in Eugene, Ore. – as the Olympics will be the focus for many of these athletes, but the league will expand in 2017 and 2018 if the concept succeeds. The concept is similar to a collegiate scored quad meet.
The "draft" took place this past Saturday as TrackTown USA announced the drafted athletes for each team in each given round on Twitter. Five HepsNation athletes were selected across the eight rounds.
Donn Cabral – a Princeton graduate and 2012 Olympian in the steeplechase – was the top Ivy draftee as he was picked by Team New York in the second round. His former Princeton teammate and fellow steeplechaser Ashley Higginson was also picked by Team New York in the fifth round.
Team Portland also had two HepsNation athletes – 800m/1500m runner Kate Grace from Yale (fifth round) and 1500m runner Kyle Merber from Columbia (eighth round).
Cornell grad Morgan Uceny – a 2012 Olympian in the 1,500m – was picked by Team Philadelphia in the sixth round.
The team line-ups once the draft was complete are shown below. According to TrackTown USA, the rest of the rosters will be filled with 80 free agents and the final rosters will be published on July 16th.
Details on how the meet will be scored or how the prize money will be distributed are limited at this time, but we will share more details – including any more HepsNation athletes added to the team rosters – once we get them. Until then, the drafted athletes will be seen at the Olympic Trials that start later this week in Eugene, Ore.
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Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
January 15, 2014 Matt Blitz	12 comments
Masen P. asks: Where did the expression "have your cake and eat it too" come from?
The idiom "You can't have your cake and eat it too" deliciously illustrates the concept of making trade-offs and realizing that you can't have something if you have another. The phrase is often used when referring to compromises and alludes to making a choice between two options that could never be reconciled. In other words, the two options that are mutually exclusive.
Other cultures have adopted the spirit of this phrase to fit into their own languages. For example, in Russian the (translated) phrase is "You can't sit on two chairs." In German, the saying goes "You can't dance at two weddings." In Yiddish, the adage goes much like the German, except "one tuchis" is added on to the end. Tuchis is Yiddish for backside, or less delicately, the butt; so, "You can't sit on two chairs with the same butt."
Of course, with the cake expression… I mean, it's your cake; why can't you eat it too? Surely that can't be the original expression, as it doesn't make sense as written. So where did this expression come from?
The phrase was actually used as early as 1538 in a letter from Thomas Howard, the third Duke of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII. In the letter, found and archived by British History Online, Duke of Norfolk writes:
I require you to send me, by this bearer, my will, which ye have sealed in a box. I must alter things therein, for my substance in money and plate is not so good now by 2,000l., "a man can not have his cake and eat his cake."
The idiom was later published in A Dialogue Conteynyng Prouerbes and Epigrammes by John Heywood in 1562. Heywood switches the clauses so it reads, "Wolde ye bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake?" (Several other well-known phrases or "figures of speech" have been attributed to Heywood, including "two heads are better than one" and "Rome was not built in a day.")
Over the next few hundred years, the phrase regularly showed up in books, plays, and other writings. For instance, in 1738, the phrase showed up in Jonathan Swift's political satire "Polite Conversation" when the character Lady Answerall exclaims, "She cannot eat her cake and have her cake." According to the New York Times, Swift's plays were well-known at the time for mocking and satirizing language. It appears that, with Swift's use of "cake," he was in fact commenting on the silliness of the phrase.
Linguists have debated for years over the proper order of the verb phrases. Up until the 19th and 20th centuries, more often than not, the proverb would read in some variation of "You can't EAT your cake and HAVE it too," which of course makes a tad more sense than the modern version; though in the end, the basic sentiment is the same- once you eat your cake, no more cake!
But according to Google Ngram Viewer (a handy tracker of usage of phrases in published works over time), somewhere between 1938 and 1939, the percentages switch and "You can't HAVE your cake and EAT it too" became more prevalent. Right around this time, President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the now less common version of the proverb in his 1940 State of the Union address when referring to the need to increase spending for national defense:
As will appear in the annual budget tomorrow, the only important increase in any part of the budget is the estimate for national defense. Practically all other important items show a reduction. But you know, you can't eat your cake and have it too.
As alluded too above, some linguists have insisted that "Have…Eat" iteration is not correct due to the actual plausibility of the statement. You, in fact, can have your cake and then eat it. That isn't impossible, therefore it negates what the actual idiom stands for, not unlike the common error of saying, "I could care less!" when one means "could not care less."
On the other hand, eating it and, then, having it is impossible and absurd, hence why this statement is in fact the correct turn of phrase.
Despite the "Have…Eat" version being more prevalent in today's society, one amateur linguist in particular insisted on using the "correct" version in a manifesto he wrote. That person was Theodore J. Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber.
"The Unabomber" had been mailing and placing homemade bombs aimed at maiming people who were involved with modern technologies since 1978. The FBI had been trying to track him down for decades. Finally, in April 1995, the FBI had a break in the case when the Unabomber's manifesto entitled "Industrial Society and its Future" was sent to major publications across the country and was, under the threat of violence, demanded to be released to the public. If it was with conditions met, he promised to stop his bombings.
In September 1995, it was published in the New York Times and Washington Post. In it, he derides that the industrial revolution has been a "disaster for the human race" and calls for a "revolution against technology."
Additionally, he provides this phrase: "As for the negative consequences of eliminating industrial society — well, you can't eat your cake and have it too — to gain one thing you have to sacrifice another."
Upon seeing this phrasing in the morning paper, David Kaczynski finally decided his wife might be right and his brother really might be the Unabomber. For their whole lives, their mother would correct them and insist that this was the correct usage of the phrase. This and other similarities in Ted's writing style and his political beliefs, convinced David he needed to speak up.
David passed this information, along with old family letters demonstrating Ted's writing style, to the FBI who employed forensic linguistics to compare the manifesto to other pieces of writing Ted had given to his family. This information, and other stylistic evidence, convinced a judge to submit a search warrant.
On April 3, 1996, Ted Kaczynski was arrested by the FBI at his cabin deep in the woods of Montana. His own demand to be heard did him in. As the Unabomber would say, you can't eat your cake and have it too.
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Yiddish is a Hebrew-based language that also consists of elements from German, French, and other eastern European languages and dialects. Prior to World War II, nearly 13 million people spoke the language. The Holocaust saw almost half of the native speakers murdered. As the years passed and the remaining speakers grew older, it looked as if the language was going to die out. Over the last twenty years, though, there has been a concerted effort to save the language and bring it academic recognition. In fact, there are Yiddish studies departments at Oxford and Columbia. The Orthodox communities in the United States have begun to teach it in their religious schools, with the hope that the language will once again hold prominence in the Jewish religion. In fact, it already has. Five countries have already officially recognized it as a minority language: Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Thomas Cromwell was a rather interesting figure in English history. He was the one who figured out a way for King Henry VIII to have his marriage annulled from Catherine of Aragon in order for him to be able to marry Anne Boleyn. And then, again, in 1538 he helped the King again to have his marriage annulled, this time so he could marry Anne of Cleves. The marriage only lasted six months. The immense power he obtained while working as King Henry VIII's chief minister won him many enemies. He would be executed for treason and heresy in 1540 with the King expressing "regret."
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Not sure why this image gives people so much trouble. The meaning is absolutely clear. You can't enjoy your cake now and still have it in reserve to enjoy in the future. If you cash in a pleasure, you forfeit the anticipation of the pleasure in the future. Completely clear. Next case.
yeah, the author went over that in the article you just commented on
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GREAT ARTICLE. THE BIT BOUT UNABOMBER WAS FASCINATING. TNX MATT.
jabzwnein
February 3, 2014	1:22 pm
Yiddish is actually not a Hebrew-based language that has elements of German, among other languages. It's a German language at its base with many Hebrew words and turns of phrase. It grew out of the Middle High German spoken by Jewish communities in medieval Germany. Eastern European variants have more Slavic borrowings and this is the Yiddish most commonly known today. Western Yiddish varieties have mostly died out.
I was confused by this phrase until it just magically made sense to me. It is "you can't have your cake AND eat it to." Everyone assumes it means you can't have your cake, then eat it, but that's not actually what it says. You can't simultaneously be in possession of a cake and eat the cake because once you eat it, you aren't in possession of it anymore. It isn't nonsensical. People just aren't thinking about it carefully enough.
Srinivas P
As a non-native speaker, the phrase itself was presented wrongly (have..eat) which always confused me. Secondly, the verb 'have' normally meant to consume or to get something. Seldom did I infer it for 'to possess' or 'to retain'.
Thanks for this article, today I found out.
Curt Nicol D.D. Ph.D.
July 8, 2015	7:29 am
I don't really get the problem with which way around the phrase goes, if they are mutually exclusive (with in this case they are), they remain mutually exclusive whichever one goes first. for example "it can't be night and day" is no more correct or incorrect than "it can't be day and night" The important word in the example I've just given and with the cake phrase is the word 'AND' if the word 'then' was used instead, there would be a correct and incorrect version, but as they stands, they dont.
Dmitry Kuzmin
"Five countries have already officially recognized it as a minority language: Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands and Sweden" — however these are four countries, not five, as long as Bosnia and Herzegovina is actually the one single state (though federalized into few parts but not into Bosnia and Herzegovina).
May 31, 2016	9:26 am
There is saying in Hindi too "One can't travel on two boats with one foot on each"
patrick s. belaro
But I've tried it, I really can sit on 2 chairs with one butt. promise…

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When 'The Voice' Cameras Are Off
By Jessica Krampe | November 5, 2014 | 0
Anyone who has watched Blake Shelton on NBC's hit singing competition show, The Voice, knows he's a competitor who takes great pride in his protégés' wins. But long after they've taken home their trophies, Shelton continues his mentorship. Not only does he stay in touch with his three winners (Jermaine Paul, Casadee Pope and Danielle Bradberry, from Seasons 2-4, respectively), but he continues to guide those who didn't make it to the winners circle.
"He legitimately cares about the contestants—not just how they can be a winner on the show, but how they can continue with a career after the show is over for them," says Sarah Rodman, TV and pop music critic for the Boston Globe. "He follows up with them, and shepherds people like RaeLynn [a Season 2 contestant] he believes in."
Shelton has sung on Dia Frampton's album and taken her, as well as other Team Blake members including Gwen Sebastian, on tour. When critics have been harsh with eliminated contestants, Shelton has rushed to their defense on Twitter. "I can't stand a person that makes a point to write hurtful things about kids just trying their best," Shelton tweeted in response to an article by Houston Chronicle music critic Joey Guerra.
One group benefiting from his mentorship is The Swon Brothers. Zach and Colton placed third in Season 4, but landed a record deal with Arista Nashville that was partly due to Shelton's help. Their talent shined, and the brothers were nominated for the 2014 Country Music Awards Vocal Duo of the Year airing Nov. 5.
"The cameras stopped rolling but he was still there," Colton Swon says. "A lot of people he worked with on the show still talk to him, and we probably talk to him more now than when we were on the show."
Shelton advised the duo to stay true to their artistic vision, and to pick songs they want to sing the rest of their lives.
"On one hand, he's always there when we have a question. On the other side, he's always texting us stupid pictures and messages," Colton says, laughing. "He's like a big brother. He's cool, but having Blake Shelton as your friend means you'll see things you wish you'd never seen."
Although he loves a good joke, or a stupid one, Shelton is all-business when it comes to guiding his folks on the correct path.
"He's never tough, but he's very to the point," Zach Swon says. "You never wonder what he was thinking because he's very open about his opinions—which you know if you've ever read his Twitter."
Colton remembers the day country legend George Jones passed away and Shelton was extremely somber. When he heard the pop-like song the duo had chosen to perform that night, he took them to task. "He said country music meant a lot to him and asked why, if we wanted to be country artists, why were we not picking country songs," Zach says. "So at the last minute we switched to George's 'Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes,' and Blake was so proud of us."
Shelton emphasized to them that they needed to think beyond The Voice, rather than focusing solely on winning the competition.
"He told us the biggest thing was what we did after The Voice. Win or lose, we had a great platform with millions following us on Twitter and Facebook and we needed to hit the ground running. He told us people have short attention spans, so [we should] stay active," Zach Swon says. "We did laundry for two days after the show, and then Blake got us a meeting with a booking agent and we went right to work."
The Oklahoma boys were not newcomers to the music game. They performed for more than 16 years together, released a couple of independent albums, and Colton had competed on American Idol. Working with Shelton made a huge difference in their career and how they approached the business aspect of it.
"For both of us, we didn't realize how much work we weren't doing," Colton Swon says. "We thought we were working hard, but he brought us to another level of work ethic."
For the current season, singer Kensington Moore, who turns 17 in late October, chose Shelton, 38, as her mentor for a very specific reason.
"I sing pop, but he helped Sisaundra [Lewis, from Season 6] so much. He has so many connections both in the country side and other sides, so I know he can help me," she says. "The one thing about Blake is that I'm almost star-struck by Pharrell, Adam and Gwen, and I feel nervous around them. But Blake feels like he could be my dad."
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Jessica Krampe is the digital managing editor for SUCCESS.com. A graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, Jessica has worked for news, entertainment, business and lifestyle publications. Outside of the daily grind, she enjoys happy hours, live music and traveling.
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Flashback to 2012: KPD's Jason Short says Robin Hooding Legal
by Ian | Apr 26, 2013 | 0 comments
Before Robin Hooding hit it big, there were years of various activists performing the good deeds. Here's a flashback to 2012 in an heretofore unreleased (by chance) video of Jason Short of the Keene Police Department affirming that Robin Hooding is legal and also impressively shows his knowledge that he is supposed to take insults well as a police officer. Some cops are not too good at this, but Short is right, it is supposed to be legal to talk shit to a police officer, at least that's my understanding as well regarding what courts have upheld. Not that anyone was doing any insulting of anyone else that day – I certainly don't think that insults build bridges – I'd rather offer hugs.
What you don't see in the video: Kate continues to the parking garage in hope of saving more motorists from the meter maid. In or near the garage, she reported that Uhas threatened her with arrest for "Disorderly Conduct", intimidating her since she was all alone with him. 🙁
Banned from Keene State College for "Free" Speech + Officer Jason Short Sees the Light on Drug War Hypocrisy?
by Ian | Apr 24, 2012 | 13 comments
For years I have been doing outreach at Keene State College. This normally consists of handing out fliers on campus, especially during class changes. Only this year did I ever encounter any trouble from campus security, when they threatened me with a no trespass order if I were to continue handing out information. Upon visiting with one of the college directors in his office, I inquired regarding their policy. I was told that not even KSC students may hand out fliers on campus! I was informed that I could have a table in the student center, just like the students can have. I would be allowed to sit behind the table, quietly, and only interact with people who came up to speak to me.
This was unacceptable to me. It's highly ineffective. Why sit at a table all day or even for a few hours, when my friends and I can deliver hundreds of fliers in fifteen minutes during class change? Besides, aren't college campuses advertised as the holy grail of free speech? What a bunch of nonsense.
So, last week on Thursday, I returned to the campus with new mover Daryl Perry. (more…)
Keene Police Lieutenant Advocates Mask Civil Disobedience
by Ian | Dec 23, 2021 | 100 comments
Jason Short, in 2014 outside Phat Stuff DEA raid.
In the most pleasantly surprising news of the year, the Keene Sentinel has broken a story about Keene Police lieutenant Jason Short advocating mass civil disobedience regarding the city's recently passed mask mandate. Though the Sentinel piece appears to want to shock readers with Short's opinions, those of us who have engaged with him over more than a decade of peaceful civil disobedience activism are proud to see his evolution.
The Sentinel reveals that Short posted the following to his facebook account:
"Remember the bad guys in movies don't know they are bad, they think they are doing the 'right thing' for the benefit of society. It is only when the 'good guy' stands up to them that they realize they are wrong. Citizens need to stand up and stop simply complying to this nonsense mandates."
The rest of the Sentinel piece is designed to gin up outrage that a police officer dared to openly speak against the city gang's precious mask ordinance. However, surprisingly, Keene Police chief Steven Russo actually covered for Short rather than throwing him under the bus, explaining to the reporter that it's Short's right to express himself as Short doesn't lose the right to free speech just because he works for the state. Russo claims, "Lt. Short will enforce the Ordinance consistent with my guidance and in the same spirit as all of our Officers regardless of his personal feelings", but doesn't say what his "guidance" is. There is a good chance Russo's "guidance" is to encourage Keene police to use discretion regarding enforcing the ordinance.
Many people, including those railing against Short online for expressing independent thoughts, simply do not understand that all police officers have discretion. Discretion is the ability for each officer to decide whether to enforce any given statute or ordinance, with few exceptions. As I understand it, generally, police officers are only obligated to enforce certain violent felonies. So, even if Russo tells Short to enforce the mask mandate, Short can still use his discretion and the worst than can be done to him is he'd likely get a stern talking-to or perhaps reassigned to the night shift.
Keene Police Officer Jason Short, Civil Disobedience Advocate
City mob boss Elizabeth Dragon was even approached by Sentinel reporter Caleb Symons for comment on whether Short could be disciplined, but she wisely refused to return his calls, as she probably doesn't want to admit there's nothing the city council can do if the police refuse to enforce their ordinance. From what I understand, Short isn't the only police officer who feels as he does.
A decade ago, Short was the antagonist during Derrick J Freeman's "Victimless Crime Spree", arresting Free Keene blogger Derrick J in Central Square for open possession of cannabis. In 2014, as the DEA was raiding then-Main Street business Phat Stuff, Keene police were running cover for them and I confronted Short outside the business about his role in the situation. During the conversation, I asked him how he feels about a productive downtown business being destroyed by the DEA, and he told me, "what I feel don't matter". I responded that it does matter, which is why I asked him for his opinion.
Now, more than half a decade later, Short appears to have changed his tune, and for the better. He's not only expressing his opinion about bad law publicly, he's also taking the correct position – that the mask mandate is evil and needs to be disobeyed. That's because good people disobey bad laws and good cops refuse to enforce them.
If Jason Short can go from bad guy to good guy, maybe there is hope. Whether or not activists like Derrick J have had a positive influence on Short over the years, kudos to Short for taking a stand.
Secret Service Destroys Freedom With Keene Police's Help
by Ian | Feb 28, 2016 | 34 comments
In November of 2015 the Secret Service gang came to Concord and took over the state house property, stripping all entrants (except law enforcement) of their weapons. They even took Vermin Supreme's pony.
It seems that wherever the Secret Service goes, the supposed rights guaranteed by the constitutions, both NH and US, disappear. In December they visited Keene State College where Keene police officers were used to supplement the Secret Service agents. Ben Carson, one of the Republican presidential candidates, was scheduled to speak.
After subjecting my camera bag to a dog sniff as well as a metal detector just to get in the building, I decided to go outside and see if I could ambush interview Carson as he arrived. However, multiple KPD officers and secret service had set up a "secure zone" behind the building. Here's the video of what happened:
Just three days prior to the Carson event, James Cleaveland had won in court after being illegally arrested by state police at the scene of a suicide in 2014. This fact did not stop Keene police officer Jason Short from threatening me with arrest for not moving back fast enough from the alleged "secure zone" outside the college's student center.
I mentioned the state police's loss in James' case and Short told me that he, "won't lose this one" as he told me to move back to the dumpsters. I began moving back, but not fast enough for his liking. He then tells me I have three seconds or else I get kidnapped. (more…)
Cop Blocking Better Cops
Josh Paulette, Cheshire County Sheriff's Deputy
Josh Paulette is a Cheshire county sheriff's deputy. We first met when I was being transported to the jail for my first act of noncooperation close to a decade ago. He was as courteous as someone could be who is tasked with transporting people in shackles. Like many police in New Hampshire, Josh is easy-going, affable, and is generally pleasant to encounter, even when depriving you of your liberty. Like all of us humans, he's not perfect. There was one time that James Cleaveland witnessed (and video recorded) Josh tackle a young college-age male after he drunkenly ran from an open container arrest, but aside from that adrenaline-fueled incident, I have nothing but praise for my experiences with Josh.
Earlier this month, Josh pulled me over for allegedly cutting through a parking lot to avoid a red light on West St, which is apparently illegal in NH, despite the common practice's positive effect on traffic flow. One of the general principles of Cop Blocking is not talking to the police, but when you have a cordial relationship with them, as many activists in Keene do, a different approach is necessary.
When interacting with police you know, consider the following options along with the standard Cop Block suggesstions: (I don't employ all of them in the video – this stuff takes practice, and I'm not perfect.)
Be polite, yet assertive of your rights. – Asserting your rights actually helps keep polite police as well-behaved as possible. Police would prefer to deal with people who don't know their rights. Even though an officer's demeanor may be cordial, he *is* conducting an investigation and has the ability to deprive you of your liberty with near-zero consequences to himself. Don't let them fool you into a false sense of safety. Despite Josh's friendly demeanor, this is an adversarial encounter and you can hear the adrenaline in my voice when I say "I don't know." I've had lots of experience with police, but it's still common for me to be nervous when pulled over, especially at first. Practice helps, but you still never really know what will happen.
Anything you say can be used against you. (more…)


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Q: Pandas: adding a column to pivot and filtering I'm starting with input data
mid      outid    Selected  Target_vol
201711  16942098  After      12
201712  16942102  After      14
20176   1389276   Before     16
20177   1389277   Before     0

etc, around 37k rows. I need a pivot which takes only rows with 'Selected'='Before', where Column labels = 'mid', row labels = 'outid', sum of values - sum of 'Target_vol'. I use a code in Python:
df.groupby(['outid', 'mid'])
[['Target_vol']].sum().reset_index().pivot(index='outid', columns='mid',
values = 'Target_vol').reset_index()

The question is how to add filter, for example 'Selected'='Before' (or 'After', or without blanks). Then I need to insert a column "Target volume sales' where I can sum the sales ('Target_vol') by each 'mid', or if there a zeros, just right 'Non'.

A: Thanks, the suggested answer was
m = df[df.selected=='After']
new_df = pd.pivot_table(m, 'Target_vol', 'outid',  'mid',  aggfunc='sum')
new_df.assign(TargetVolumeSales = new_df.sum(axis=1))

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Six million Euros made available for conservation action to counter COVID-19 impacts
A total of six million Euros in emergency relief funding to address biodiversity conservation needs brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic is being made available by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the European Commission, and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). These European Union funds will be distributed through two complementary programmes managed by IUCN. They aim to alleviate the impacts of the pandemic on the management of protected areas and on threatened species.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us just how vulnerable conservation initiatives are to major disruptions. The pandemic has left local communities who protect wildlife struggling to make a living, and many threatened species increasingly exposed", said Dr Bruno Oberle, IUCN Director General. "With the help of our long-standing partners, the European Commission and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, IUCN will be able to address urgent needs triggered by the pandemic while building greater resilience in the conservation sector."
One of the programmes, the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Rapid Response Grants, managed by IUCN and supported by the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and the European Commission, is expected to fund approximately 60 projects, with a total budget of two million Euros. The Rapid Response Grants will address negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting travel and access restrictions on the management of protected areas, while strengthening the resilience of local communities in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretary-General of the OACPS, said: "In this time of crisis, we are committed to ensuring the well-being of our citizens, especially the vulnerable people in our local communities. COVID-19 has deprived many people of their livelihoods, thereby placing natural resources and protected areas under greater threat. These Rapid Response Grants managed by BIOPAMA will provide a much-needed and effective assistance to our 79 Member States to mitigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on protected areas."
In addition, the European Commission and IUCN are making a further four million Euros available as Rapid Action Grants under the IUCN Save Our Species African Wildlife Initiative to help address impacts from COVID-19 on the conservation of terrestrial or freshwater species in continental Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. These grants protect threatened species against anticipated increases in poaching, as well as a risk of transmission of the disease from humans to wild animals, especially great apes. Furthermore, Rapid Action Grants also support the development of diverse alternative livelihoods for communities who depended on wildlife-based tourism.
"The BIOPAMA and Save our Species grants will provide critical and urgently needed support to local communities at the frontline of biodiversity conservation while guaranteeing the full respect of human rights. The projects will increase the resilience of local communities impacted by COVID-19 and support anti-poaching patrols in response to the risk of increased poaching incidents. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of wildlife conservation, which is essential to prevent the spreading of zoonotic diseases", said Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships.
"Biodiversity conservation will remain a priority of EU external action and a pillar for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals as we move towards defining the world's post-2020 global biodiversity ambitions. The European Commission will continue working with IUCN and all the conservation actors, including the beneficiaries of these rapid action grants, towards achieving conservation outcomes that benefit both biodiversity and society", said Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries.
Protected and conserved areas are key to maintaining healthy ecosystems and protecting natural habitats, wild species and the livelihoods of local communities in all parts of the world. Travel restrictions and closures of protected areas in many countries in response to the pandemic have led to dramatic losses of income from tourism for many local communities living in or near such areas. As a result, certain communities have been forced to supplement limited food supplies from the wild, and reports of an increase in poaching and other illegal activities have emerged from multiple protected areas as conservation efforts have been halted or reduced.
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PLAYING ATLANTA: Greco Make Magic On Stage and In the Studio
COLUMNS | Playing Atlanta
Luci Turner
Even for a newbie in the Atlanta music scene, the name Greco is as familiar as the infamous straight-up-the-stairs load-in at Smith's Olde Bar, one of the city's most iconic haunts (don't worry, out-of-towners; there's an elevator now).
The rock quartet, made up of brothers Sebastian (lead vocalist), Josh (guitar), Zach (bass), and Gabriel (drums), is known for their grooving, high-energy rock tracks and riotous live shows. They're larger than life, putting on stadium-sized shows for a few hundred loyal fans at a time.
As they count down the days to the physical release of their latest digital single, "Magic," the guys sat down with Audiofemme to talk all things music, brotherhood, and the city we all know and love.
Magic by Greco
AF: How did you get your start in music? Was Greco your first band, or did you guys play with other groups before starting your own band?
Sebastian and Zach have always played together. We started in a party rock band in Athens, GA with a couple other guys. Four years ago, we decided to do our own music with just our brothers, so we've been together a little over three years now.
AF: I'm sure you're asked this all the time, but what's it like to play in a band with your brothers?
It has been a fun and wild time. We know each other, so we know the quirks of the band and what really drives us. We have pretty much always lived together and still do. So we know what we like, we have some shared interests, and also know how to piss each other off!
A great extra tidbit; when we tour, we always go out and explore. Museums, parks, bars, monuments, tourist traps, local restaurants, pools, fan houses, parties, you know, the usual stuff. So when we are on the road working, we are also enjoying our time.
AF: Do you all have similar influences, or are there different bands or sounds that inspire each of you guys?
We definitely love some of the same bands – The Stones, Zeppelin, Bowie, Duran Duran – but we've all got our own tastes too. Zach loves underground hip hop, Sab loves Americana and K-pop, Gab is an emo kid at heart, and Josh loves Jimmy Page and Keith Richards.
AF: What's your creative process like? What inspires the music?
We all write music and lyrics. Some of our songs come from a riff idea, others start with some lyrics Sab has, or a cool piece of art someone sees. Then we get together and bang out the song and get a demo down. Once we get the idea down, we start tearing it back apart and arranging and adjusting it. The nice thing about being brothers is we have beat each others' ego out of existence. So we focus on what sounds best, and what makes the sound.
AF: What do you think sets Greco apart from other modern rock bands? What do you hope your fans take away from listening to your music or catching a show?
We bring the soul of the music out in the studio or live. We don't play music to put on an act. We love what we write, what we record and what we play, and we bring that same wild stage energy into our recordings. Our mantra is Sing.Dance.Sweat.Sex., and we truly want our music to touch our fans and make them feel alive when they are listening to us on their own or catching us at a live show.
AF: You're prepping to release your first single of 2019, "Magic." Can you tell us a little bit about the song?
We write and sing about common experiences that the four of us have experienced. "Magic" is a track that relates to people on a deeper level because they've shared a similar experience in their life. Magic is for everyone, life is a journey, and if you get lucky, you find someone or something that makes it magic!
AF: You guys are all over the Atlanta music scene, and gig all the time. Do you prefer making music in the studio or on the stage? Why?
Ooh, tough one. I'd say we all love the stage, but we appreciate and understand that you make the music in the studio and add onto it for the stage show. For instance, we love when the crowd sings along. At our last show, we stopped all the instruments and sang the chorus of "Magic" with our fans for a good thirty seconds before bringing the music back in and finishing the song.
AF: How has the Atlanta music scene impacted you as a band?
Atlanta has helped us grow as a band. The city is a great hub with people coming and going all the time, but there's a strong rock scene here that has a lot of people behind it, pushing for everyone involved to succeed. We love the support we've received and the support we've been able to give other bands as we continue to strive forward in the music industry.
AF: What's next for Greco?
More! The official release of "Magic" is April 13 on all available platforms, and we've got some surprises before and after its release pertaining to the track. There's currently some exclusive content that is scheduled for a future release date to the public, but our Patreon supporters are promised first dibs.
AF: Last one — best place in ATL to catch a live show?
Local bands – Smith's
Regional bands – Center Stage
National bands – Variety
Keep up with Greco on Facebook, and stay tuned for the official release of "Magic" on April 13th, plus top secret, exclusive content coming soon.
Luci Turner is a full-time musician, freelance writer, and lifestyle blogger, born on the Okefenokee Swamp and and raised on rock 'n roll. Her passion for music led her to Atlanta, where she's most often found packing a suitcase, digging through a pile of records, looking for a time machine to the '70s, or reviewing bands and looking for new music. Learn more at https://luciturner.com/.
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To say that a lot of thought goes into the wines produced by Xavier and Muriel Caillard would be a dramatic understatement. It's not just that the vines themselves receive a large amount of care and attention (although they do), but also what happens after harvesting in the cellar. In fact, their wines often stay down there for between seven and ten years – for example, they began production in 1999, but it was 2007 before their first wine was released.
Xavier studied biology, with an option on viticulture. He certainly understand his vines. Not only are they looked after without any form of chemical additive, but even machinery is shunned in the pursuit of truly natural growth. He believes that using a machine distances himself from the vine, something that can be sensed by the plant. Instead, the vines are left largely to grow in their own way, with only minimal intervention used to cut the vines by hand if absolutely necessary. The leaves are often gently rearranged to ensure that enough light lands on the grapes, which the growers see as a vital part of the process. You don't get that with industrial winemaking!
The cellar was built in the 1100s, and it is where the real patience is required. The estate's philosophy of allowing nature to take its course applies to the long élevage process as well, so Xavier and Muriel are happy to wait until the wine is exactly at the right stage of its development, however long that may take.
You can't get much further away from mass produced wine than this.


Find out all you need to know about Burger King's new soy meatless Whopper and what are the pros and cons of soy and gmos are they safe? And what health effects are at risk by eating this new meatless "burger".
Learn about the signs and symptom of sleep deprivation to determine if you have it; and if you do, what effects it is having on you physically and psychologically. There can be a lot more problems with your health than simply being tired. For example, DNA changes, mood, stress, heart problems, focus and concentration, immune system, accidents and other potentially (even deadly) side-effects.
At no time I am trying to become your doctor or MD physician. My whole purpose is to provide a big picture about the HIV in a simple language.
Do you have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night or too early in the morning? If you answered "Yes" to those questions, you will learn through this ebook useful techniques and natural sleep remedies that can help you sleep better tonight. And every night.
A preliminary study investigating existing services and the art of developers working on machine intelligence.
Is Healthcare A Privilege or a Right? Time and time again we have heard this question asked, as if there could be no other answer. In this very short read the author makes the argument that universal healthcare is neither a right nor a privilege, however universal healthcare is moral imperative and economic necessity.
This project explores whether or not veterans have regained their trust in the appointment process and wait times for healthcare access at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). We explore the perception of appointments and wait times for veterans prior to and after the whistleblower report of April 2014.
Dying is not a right. Government has seized the opportunity to intervene in peoples' lives when they are facing their mortal enemy, death. Without clearly written medical directives your last days may be in the hands of judges and overzealous prosecutors. Final Directives illuminates the means to avoid government's intrusive hands in a person's final days.
Learn about Arthritis Pain, Relief and Prevention.
These guidelines identify the main objectives and considerations in preparing a label and provide guidance for the layout and required information to be presented.
En förstudie kring AI och machine learning som har undersökt möjligheterna att erbjuda automatiserade beslutstöd både till de som jobbar i vården samt för patienten i hens vardag.
An introduction/overview to the health and social policy field.
Diagnosed with Breast Cancer. The phrase strikes fear in the hearts of patients and the ones who care about them. While medicine fights over who should get screened and when, more dangerous cancers in younger women are on the increase. We need to get our collective heads out of our asses and start to educate women of all ages on how to prevent breast cancer. Anything less will be a disaster.


"The Microsoft brand is about much more than logos or product names. We are lucky to play a role in the lives of more than a billion people every day. The ways people experience our products are our most important "brand impressions." That's why the new Microsoft logo takes its inspiration from our product design principles while drawing upon the heritage of our brand values, fonts and colors.
The logo has two components: the logotype and the symbol. For the logotype, we are using the Segoe font which is the same font we use in our products as well as our marketing communications. The symbol is important in a world of digital motion. The symbol's squares of color are intended to express the company's diverse portfolio of products."
It's hard to find much wrong with the new mark. It's pleasing to the eye, simple and uncluttered, and doesn't have any onerous symbolic meaning weighing it down, à la the new Twitter logo. It should do very well for the company. It even looks great small, which is how it's used, to impressive effect, atop Microsoft.com.
The old logo, by the way, was designed by Scott Baker and was known informally as the "Pac-Man Logo." At its introduction, Baker said the logo, "in Helvetica italic typeface, has a slash between the o and s to emphasize the 'soft' part of the name and convey motion and speed." And now it's dead.
Of course, if we're going to look backward, nothing can top the sheer groovy brilliance of the original Microsoft logo from 1975.


Parents and sponsors are invited to join their student or bring a group of students to ORU's campus for College Weekend on March 7-9, 2019. During this weekend of fun, you'll discover what ORU is all about and get a close look at what it's like for students to attend college here. Experience ORU, get to know faculty members, visit Chapel, attend a special luncheon and learn more about admissions and financial aid.
NOTE: Group Registrations must be coordinated with our College Weekend Manager at 918.495.6165, in addition, special group discounts are available.
College Weekend takes place on the beautiful campus of Oral Roberts University located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Every College Weekend, we have students travel from all over the U.S. and across the world, and they absolutely fall in love with ORU's campus and the city of Tulsa.
The registration fee is $60 per student. This includes the student's stay in the residence halls, all meals during College Weekend and an ORU t-shirt. All parents and sponsors in attendance are required to purchase a $25 Parent/Sponsor Pass, which covers all meals throughout the weekend. Specialized pricing is available for registered groups. To schedule a group, coordinate with our College Weekend Manager at 918.495.6165.
If I am traveling from out of town, is there transportation to and from campus?
If you arrive by plane, airport shuttles to and from campus will be provided from Tulsa International Airport (TUL) Wednesday morning through Saturday evening. If you come by bus, we will pick you up at the Tulsa Greyhound bus terminal. We must receive your arrival and departure information one week prior to your arrival.
On-campus housing is only available for unmarried, prospective students between the ages of 15 and 23. For every 10 students in a group, sponsors will receive one hotel room during the event. For all other guests, please see a full list of local hotels here.
Connect with our Campus Visits Office at 918.495.6165 or campusvisits@oru.edu.


Members of the KUGB will grade though the Kyu Grades from 9th Kyu down to 1st Kyu. Each grading will be based on specific Katas that they must learn in training and specific punches, kicks, blocks and stances.
The reward/sign for passing each Kyu grades is a change in belt colour. The belt order is White, Orange, Red, Yellow, Green, Purple, Purple with a single white stripe, Brown, Brown with a single white stipe, Brown with a double white stripe then the black belt.
Only members holding a current KUGB licence and training at least twice per week at a KUGB dojo, with a KUGB Instructor, are entitled to grade.
KUGB members will be eligible to grade providing they have fulfilled all technical requirements and have the permission of their club Instructor.
Members who wish to grade outside their own club, must obtain permission in writing from their club Instructor.
Novices may take a grading after two months of training. Future gradings up to 1st Kyu may be taken at minimum three monthly intervals. It is possible in exceptional circumstances for students to jump' grades, but only up to 7th Kyu.
Members who fail Kyu grades may re-grade after a further three months.
A 'Temporary indicates that a member is not quite up to the required standard, though they will be able to wear the same belt and train on the same syllabus as if they were a full grade.
There are no age restrictions for Kyu gradings.
The minimum period between 1st Kyu and 1st Dan is six months. Full 1st Kyu must be obtained before attempting 1st Dan.
Those taking 3rd Dan or above should produce course attendance records.
Members who fail Dan gradings must wait a minimum of three months, unless otherwise specified by the examiner.
There are no age restrictions for grading up to 2nd Dan. The minimum age for attempting 3rd Dan is 21.
Karateka transferring from other British Associations may wear their current belt, but must grade with the KUGB and be assessed for their KUGB standard, within a specified period.
The grade of Shotokan Karateka from other countries will be accepted providing that the KUGB recognises and approves their Association.


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Actor Carl Switzer of "Our Gang" killed
Carl Dean Switzer, the actor who as a child played Alfalfa in the Our Gang comedy film series, dies at age 31 in a fight, allegedly about money, in a Mission Hills, California, home. Alfalfa, the freckle-faced boy with a warbling singing voice and a cowlick protruding from the top of his head, was Switzer's best-known role.
As a child, Switzer, who was born August 7, 1927, entertained people in his hometown of Paris, Illinois, with his singing. On a trip to California to visit relatives, Switzer's mother took Carl and his brother to the Hal Roach Studios, a film and television production company that launched the careers of comedy legends like Laurel and Hardy. The Switzer brothers were signed by Hal Roach and Carl was cast as Alfalfa in the Our Gang series, which Roach began producing as silent films in the early 1920s.
Our Gang revolved around a group of ragtag children and their adventures. Along with Alfalfa, other popular characters included Spanky, Buckwheat and Darla. Our Gang was considered groundbreaking in that it featured white and black child actors interacting equally. Switzer played Alfalfa from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s. In 1955, the Our Gang films were turned into a hugely popular TV series called The Little Rascals; however, Switzer never received any royalties from the show.
After Our Gang, Switzer found small roles in movies and on television, but his most successful days in Hollywood were behind him. He made money working odd jobs, including stints as a hunting guide and bartender, and had several run-ins with the police.
On January 21, 1959, Switzer and a friend went to the Mission Hills home of Moses "Bud" Stiltz, to collect a debt Switzer believed he was owed. A fight broke out, during which Stiltz shot and killed Switzer. A jury later ruled the incident justifiable homicide.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/switzer-of-our-gang-murdered
U.S. immigration station Angel Island opens in San Francisco Bay
Referred to as the "Ellis Island of the West," Angel Island in California's San Francisco Bay opens January 21, 1910, as America's major port of entry for Asian immigrants. Over the next 30 years, an estimated 100,000 Chinese and 70,000 Japanese are processed through the station. ...read more
First confirmed case of COVID-19 found in U.S.
Following a rapid spread from its origin in Wuhan, China, the first U.S. case of the 2019 novel coronavirus, which causes a disease known as COVID-19, is confirmed in a man from Washington state. The virus, which would spark a pandemic, was first reported in China on December ...read more
On the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency, hundreds of thousands of people crowd into the U.S. capital for the Women's March on Washington, a massive protest in the nation's capital aimed largely at the Trump administration and the threat it represented to reproductive, ...read more
Vladimir Lenin dies
Vladimir Lenin, the architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54. In the early 1890s, Lenin abandoned his law career to devote himself to Marxist study and the provocation of revolutionary activity ...read more
King Louis XVI executed
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. Louis ascended to the French throne in 1774 and from the start was unsuited ...read more
Inventions & Science
Concorde takes off
From London's Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport outside Paris, the first Concordes with commercial passengers simultaneously take flight on January 21, 1976. The London flight was headed to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, and the Paris to Rio de Janeiro via Senegal in West Africa. ...read more
Toyota officially passes GM as planet's biggest car maker
After more than seven decades as the world's largest automaker, General Motors (GM) officially loses the title on January 21, 2009, when it announces worldwide sales of 8.36 million cars and trucks in 2008, compared with Toyota's 8.97 million vehicle sales that same year. ...read more
President Carter pardons draft dodgers
On January 21, 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. In total, some 100,000 young Americans went abroad in the late 1960s and early '70s to avoid serving in the war. Ninety ...read more
Battle of Khe Sanh begins
One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the Vietnam War begins at Khe Sanh, 14 miles below the DMZ and six miles from the Laotian border. Seized and activated by the U.S. Marines a year earlier, the base, which had been an old French outpost, was used as a staging ...read more
John McEnroe disqualified from the Australian Open
On January 21, 1990, at the Australian Open in Melbourne, American tennis player John McEnroe becomes the first player since 1963 to be disqualified from a Grand Slam tournament for misconduct. A left-handed serve-and-volleyer with a masterful touch, McEnroe was a dominant force ...read more
Accused spy Alger Hiss convicted of perjury
In the conclusion to one of the most spectacular trials in U.S. history, former State Department official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. He was convicted of having perjured himself in regards to testimony about his alleged involvement in a Soviet spy ring before and during ...read more
Ethan Allen is born
On January 21, 1738, Ethan Allen, future Revolutionary War hero and key founder of the Republic of Vermont, is born in Litchfield, Connecticut. Allen's father, Joseph, intended Ethan to attend Yale University, but his death in 1755 precluded that option. Instead, Ethan, the ...read more


We are delighted and honoured to share our 'little piece of paradise' with you, in the heart of this beautiful region that we call Provence Verte.
After a life dedicated to wine, wine growing and well-being in the heart of the Muscadet vineyards, we decided to settle in the heart of Provence.
We have truly fallen under the charm of this beautiful 17th century country house so elegantly renovated in a Provençal style, surrounded by vines, olive trees, lavender and cicadas.
Ready to come and relax in Provence?
The Mediterranean and its glorious beaches, the calanques of Cassis, the island of Porquerolles, St Tropez and its lively scene, not forgetting the beautiful city of Aix en Provence, Marseilles and its old port, the Principality of Monaco, Verdon Gorge, Mercantour National Park, Thoronet Abbey and many other sights, such as Sainte Baume, Sainte Victoire the small village of Cotignac, Carcès lake, Correns organic village; all this less than 90 minutes' drive from our estate, to make your stay in Provence your best yet.


Columbia University, like all of the Ivy League Schools, has highly selective admissions. In 2017, the acceptance rate was a mere 7 percent. Many strong and well-qualified applicants will not get in. Columbia has a holistic admissions process and accepts the Common Application, Coalition Application, and QuestBridge Application.
Campus Features: Columbia's location in Upper Manhattan makes it an excellent choice for strong students looking for a truly urban campus. Barnard College adjoins the campus.
Athletics: The Columbia Lions compete at the NCAA Division I level.
Highlights: Columbia is a highly selective member of the prestigious Ivy League, and it consistently ranks as one of the top national universities. Academic strengths span the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
For the class entering Columbia University for the 2017-18 academic year, the acceptance rate was seven percent. Below are score percentiles for the SAT scores and ACT scores of accepted students.
If you compare SAT scores for the Ivy League schools, you'll see that all are highly selective and Columbia's scores rank in the middle of the group. Successful applicants will need scores that are well above average.
An average ACT composite score is 21, so "average" clearly isn't going to be good enough to get into Columbia University.
GPA, SAT, ACT Graph for Columbia University Admissions. Graph courtesy of Cappex.com.
The GPA and standardized test score data in the graph above is self-reported by actual applicants to Columbia University. GPAs are unweighted. You can see the real-time graph and calculate your own chances of getting into Columbia with a free account at Cappex.
In this graph, the blue and green dots representing accepted students are concentrated in the upper right corner. Most students who got into Columbia had GPAs in the "A" range, SAT scores (ERW+M) above 1300, and ACT composite scores above 27. Scores significantly above these lower ranges are clearly better. Also, realize that a lot of red dots are hidden beneath the blue and green on the graph. Many students with "A" averages and high test scores were rejected by Columbia. For this reason, even strong students should consider Columbia a reach school.
At the same time, keep in mind that Columbia has holistic admissions. The admissions officers are looking for students who will bring more than good grades and standardized test scores to their campus. Meaningful extracurricular activities, strong application essays, and glowing letters of recommendation will all strengthen an application. Students who show some kind of remarkable talent or have a compelling story to tell will get serious consideration even if grades and test scores aren't quite up to the ideal. The school emphasizes that all aspects of the application are important.
The graph at the top of this article can be a bit misleading, for it would seem to suggest that a 4.0 GPA and high SAT scores or ACT scores give you a good chance of getting into Columbia University. The reality, unfortunately, isn't quite so positive.
When we strip away the acceptance data from the graph, we can see that plenty of students with academic measures that are on target for Columbia do not receive acceptance letters. In fact, you can have a 4.0 GPA and 1600 SAT score and still receive a rejection letter. That said, strong academic measures certainly improve your chances measurably.
Applicants to Columbia tend to be high-achievers who are interested in top-ranked universities in urban locations. Many applicants also apply to Yale University, Emory University, MIT, and Harvard University. New York University is another popular choice for applicants who want to be in New York City. Some applicants apply to most if not all of the Ivy League schools, often driven more by prestige and name recognition than a coherent rationale for choosing a school. Keep in mind that all of these universities are highly selective, so you'll want a few schools on your college wish list that will be easier to get into.


Davis Law Group is a regional law firm that focuses on serious and catastrophic injury cases. The firm is often associated by local and out-of-state counsel to help in complex interstate trucking and other catastrophic injury cases. The firm has offices in Asheville and Raleigh.
Davis Law Group, P.A. is regionally ranked in 1 practice area. The U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
Our clients are just regular people. We do not represent any corporations, businesses, or insurance companies.
Davis Law Group is professional, compassionate, and exactly what we needed. We could not ask for better representation.
Brian and his staff at Davis Law Group have been great during the whole process so far. He's good at explaining the procedures for my situation and answering any questions I have. He is also genuinely interested in how I'm doing as we progress. I'd refer him to anyone without hesitation.
Professional legal guidance every step of the way coupled with excellent communication skills and organization puts Davis Law Group above the others.
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Earthworks, south west of Raventhorpe Farm
Raventhorpe at one time was part of the Parish of Appleby. Historic England contains this interesting reference to the medieval settlement situated there.
To view the article and examine the map included therein please visit Historic England
Here is a copy of the details taken from that website:
List Entry Summary
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Name: Raventhorpe medieval settlement earthworks immediately south west of Raventhorpe Farm
List entry Number: 1016426
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: North Lincolnshire
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Holme
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 27-Oct-1970
Date of most recent amendment: 16-Apr-1999
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: RSM
Asset Groupings
This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information.
List entry Description
Summary of Monument
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Reasons for Designation
Medieval rural settlements in England were marked by great regional diversity in form, size and type, and the protection of their archaeological remains needs to take these differences into account. To do this, England has been divided into three broad Provinces on the basis of each area's distinctive mixture of nucleated and dispersed settlements. These can be further divided into sub-Provinces and local regions, possessing characteristics which have gradually evolved during the last 1500 years or more. This monument lies in the Trent sub-Province of the Central Province, where the broad Trent valley swings in a great arc across midland England. Underlain by heavy clays, it is given variety by superficial glacial and alluvial deposits. Although treated as a single sub-Province, it has many subtle variations. Generally, it is characterised by a great number of villages and hamlets which cluster thickly along scarp-foot and scarp-tail zones, locations suitable for exploiting the contrasting terrains. Throughout the sub-Province there are very low and extremely low densities of dispersed farmsteads, some of which are ancient, but most of which are 18th-century and later movement of farms out of earlier villages.
Medieval villages were organised agricultural communities, generally sited at the centre of a parish or township, that shared resources such as arable land, meadow and woodland. Village plans varied enormously, but where they survive as earthworks, their most distinguishing features include roads and minor tracks, platforms on which stood houses and other buildings such as barns, enclosed crofts and paddocks. They frequently included the parish church within their boundaries, and as part of the manorial system, most villages included one or more manorial centres which may also survive as visible remains as well as below ground deposits. In the Central Province of England, villages were the most distinctive aspect of medieval life, and their archaeological remains are one of the most important sources of understanding about rural life in the five or more centuries following the Norman Conquest. The settlement remains include complete ground plans of small houses as well as earthwork evidence for the overall layout of the village. Additional buried remains such as rubbish pits, yard surfaces, and spreads of deposits such as smithing wastes will add to the understanding of medieval village life, but will not necessarily show as upstanding earthworks. Raventhorpe is of particular importance for the substantial nature of the building earthworks and for the survival of early 13th century documentation detailing the land owned by Peterborough Abbey.
The monument includes the buried and earthwork remains of the medieval settlement of Raventhorpe which are located immediately to the south west of Raventhorpe Farm. It is sited on gently sloping ground at the foot of the west facing Lincoln Edge scarp and was one of a series of spring line settlements. In 1086 the Domesday Book records that part of Raventhorpe, along with several neighbouring manors, was in the possession of St Peter's Abbey, Peterborough. The other landholder was Asketill who had land enough for four plough teams. The abbey's manor included 12 acres of meadow, a plough team, five villagers and four small holders who also had a plough team. Raventhorpe was valued at six pounds before 1066 but was reduced to a quarter of this value by 1086. In 1216 the land owned by Peterborough Abbey, which was part of Twigmore Grange to the south west, was conveyed to the Cistercian abbey at Louth Park. The document recording this transaction also notes a number of details about the area, including the sizes of common pastures and that there was a priest at Raventhorpe. It is thought that the settlement was cleared some time later to increase the land available for sheep which became highly profitable in the late medieval period. The monument includes a row of building remains along the west side of the north-south trackway to Raventhorpe Farm. These survive as earthworks, some with exposed stone rubble standing up to 0.7m high, and appear to represent at least ten small buildings. An old sunken trackway runs immediately to the west of these earthworks leading towards the farm and this cuts through some of the building earthworks at the south end of the row. About 50m to the west of this trackway there is a large building platform with the earthworks of a building approximately 25m by 15m, orientated east-west. These are the remains of the largest building within the monument and because of its orientation it has been identified as the remains of a small chapel. A low bank 20m to the south encloses a level area which is identified as the associated churchyard. Further down the hill to the west there are the low earthworks of at least three small, two and three celled buildings which are considered to be the remains of either small medieval peasant houses or outbuildings associated with the building remains on the east side of the monument. The telegraph poles supporting the electricity lines that cross the monument are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath is included.
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What GREAT weather to kick off this long weekend, and to welcome the Royals (William & Catherine) to Canada. Why not pretend I'm having my own tea party in honor of the Prince & Princess, in my secret garden! I love this outfit, great for a casual evening out or a fancier day activity! Pair with dressy flats or a great neutral wedge.


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Diclinanona es un género de plantas fanerógamas con tres especies perteneciente a la familia de las anonáceas. Son nativas de Perú y Ecuador.

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels y publicado en Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 10: 174. 1927.  La especie tipo es: Diclinanona tessmannii Diels

Especies

 Diclinanona calycina (Diels) R. E. Fr.

 Diclinanona matogrossensis Maas

 Diclinanona tessmannii Diels

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de especies Flora do Brasil https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Río de Janeiro.

Annonaceae

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Late last year Google fired a few shots at PayPal when they waived merchant fees at Google Checkout for the rest of the year. Today they hit hard, using their biggest gun to promote the service: the Google homepage.
Google has added a link to Google Checkout along with a $10 coupon to use with Google Checkout merchants. Hitwise predicts we'll see a big spike in Google Checkout traffic. I agree.
Small merchants overwhelmingly use PayPal to take credit card payments (we use them on CrunchBoard). But Google's Checkout product is superior in a lot of ways. And the fact that they are promoting it on the Google home page and in search results is a real competitive advantage. Whether it is enough to overcome PayPal's own big gun – their lock on eBay – isn't obvious. But everyone loves a good fight, and the word is Checkout has more interesting stuff coming.


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The Green Slime 1968 | Semi Spoiler Review
What Did I Just Watch? / October 1, 2018
This blond lady's updo is a bit much, just to work at a space station, but go on sis.
I was not expecting that jaunty theme song. I don't know what I was thinking. This movie came out in 1968. We're lucky it didn't have a girl in a bikini and body paint gogo dancing.
I wonder if the singer is the same guy who sang the Spiderman theme. If you are old enough, you remember the one that ended, "Nobody knows who you……ARE!"
This movie starts with the same plot basis as Armageddon and Deep Impact then takes a left turn into the plot from Alien. Actually let me correct that phrasing. The three movies I just mentioned borrowed heavily from The Green Slime.
Trimegaton units? Oh we're making up words. I love the space station with the hand painted lettering. I was going to say that it had great effects for the 60's. You can't even see the strings. Then I remembered that 2001: A Space Odyssey came out the same year.
The slime effects were very cool!
Some of the ladies in this wear metallic clothes. At first I was amused. In the 1960's this is how they thought people would dress in the future?
However, today in 2018….oh, right.
They save the planet by blowing up the asteroid, but accidentally bring back a life form to the space station. Sound familiar? The concept of accidentally bringing a lifeform back would be revisited ten years later in Alien.
Now I know why homegirl's hair was so layed. They throw a champagne party with some of the worst "dancing" ever committed to film. She knew that if you stay ready you ain't got to get ready. Same with the redhead girl with the 1/2 wig.
Not so much with dude with the dyed Auburn hair. He looks 60 about the face, but thinks this dyed hair allows him to play around 30 years old.
BTW, there is a love triangle subplot, but who cares? Incidentally, the Japanese version of this movie runs only 77 minutes because they eliminated the love triangle subplot. In my opinion that is the better version.
How did the green slime become a giant tentacled crab monster?
It is clearly a person in a rubber suit (actually it's a Japanese child and in future scenes, Japanese children), but it doesn't matter. It's still better than CGI. When the creature threw the man over the ledge and you see a dummy hit the floor with blood squirting from its head on impact – beautiful!
As I said earlier I enjoyed the practical effects. The only weak point was that the creature design was a little janky, but the execution of the costumes were good. The green slime effects were very cool. I liked them better than the creature.
I also enjoyed camera work. The stylistic choices were a nice touch and they made use of dramatic zoom ins and outs. The soundtrack was used sparingly, and the sound design was pretty typical of 1960's era drive in sci-fi movies.
There were some parts that dragged. I think that the American version should also have been edited down to no more than 75-80 minutes.
Why do I already love this so much? The Green Slime is a classic 60's Drive-In cheesefest in the best possible way. Fun fact: This was the first film featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1988. If you get the chance, check it out!
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I loved this movie so much for the past 6 yrs the green slimes scream was the main ring tone on my cellphone. When ever my phone rang i freaked people out.
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Arsenal beat Liverpool on penalties to lift FA Community Shield
Reuters , Ahram Online , Saturday 29 Aug 2020
Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 2nd right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English FA Community Shield soccer match between Arsenal and Liverpool (AP)
Match facts: Arsenal v Liverpool (Community Shield)
Arsenal beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties on Saturday to lift the Community Shield, the curtain-raiser for the English domestic season, after the two sides played out a 1-1 draw on a chilly afternoon at Wembley.
Gunners captain and match goal-scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang blasted home the final kick of the afternoon to complete the north London side's second win over the league champions in the space of six weeks after a shortened summer break.
Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, Fabinho, match goal-scorer Takumi Minamino and Curtis Jones all scored for Liverpool in the shootout, but late substitute Rhian Brewster blasted his shot onto the bar.
Reiss Nelson, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Cedric Soares and David Luiz all scored for the Gunners, before Aubameyang finished the job to lift his second trophy within a month following the side's FA Cup final win over Chelsea on Aug. 1.
Egypt midfielder Mohamed Elneny made his first competitive appearance for Arsenal in over a year, having spent the last season on loan at Turkish side Besiktas.
He produced a fine display, dictating play in midfield and sending some accurate passes, the form which is likely to give coach Mikel Arteta food for thought as he considers Elneny's future at the club.
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It's Thursday evening as I'm writing this, and the work week is almost over. In some ways it was a typical week, except for the whole "almost dying" thing. Which meant I ended up working a lot less than normal.Just so no one worries needlessly, I'll just cut to the chase now and say that I didn't, in fact, die. And I actually wasn't even that close – but I felt like I was. I felt like I was knocking on death's door, but fortunately, death didn't answer.
I have this physical affliction, which I'm told is more common among men than women. I don't know what the official name of the affliction is – maybe "Being a Baby" or something like that. Anytime I experience any sort of physical discomfort, I'm pretty sure I'm going to die. And hey, this is a real thing, people. I'm not just doing it to get attention, because I'm not really a get-attention kind of person. Something actually clouds my brain, and when I start getting a severe fever, say around 98.8, I immediately start googling caskets.
This week I was sure I had the malaria. Never mind that my exposure to the malaria was three months ago, and never mind that I took all necessary precautions and followed all the malaria rules. Never mind that if I were actually going to get the malaria, I would have probably gotten it in August. And never mind that other people around me have gotten the regular flu (which seems to correspond with my symptoms more than the malaria) – In my mind, I had the malaria, and I was dying.
So yesterday (Wednesday) I felt so bad that I decided to call the doctor and make an appointment for today (Thursday). Because yesterday I felt so bad I was not only knocking on death's door, I was pounding on death's door and saying "HEY DEATH! ARE YOU IN THERE, DEATH???? HELLOOOOO??????" I was walking around death's house and looking for hidden keys to death's door behind death's bushes, and peering through the cracks in the dusty, crooked vertical blinds on death's windows.
I went to the doctor this morning, but as often happens, when I was on my way to the doctor, I started to feel better. No pain, no chills, no fever. No hallucinations. No apocalyptic visions of dalmatians battling squirrels somewhere in the middle east. I actually felt, dare I say it – kind of good. But I had the appointment, so I went. I decided not to mention the malaria to the doctor, because I wanted her to just give me her unbiased, professional opinion.
After getting the whole pre-exam thing out of the way (normal temp, and may I say excellent blood pressure), I was escorted into a room and told, "Your provider will be right with you." My provider. Cool. Soon I would be provided for. It was all so providential. We were going to get to the bottom of this mess, because my unexpected good feelings this morning weren't fooling me – I knew good and well I was dying, and suspected it was the malaria.
Soon my provider came in. She was cool and friendly, and the first thing she said was, "Hey! How was Africa?" And I said, "It was good," and I thought – cool. She mentioned Africa; we're getting right to the malaria thing. We talked about my symptoms – the fever, chills, aches. I didn't mention the dalmatians and squirrels because in all honesty, that can happen to me even when I'm not sick.
But then we took an unexpected turn. It was like she was putting way too much emphasis on the whole "you're feeling better now" part of it. She checked my throat, and saw something, and said she needed to take a culture. I asked, "Do you think I have an infection?" (trying to sound serious). "Maybe. It could just be a piece of food. I'll get someone in here to check." And suddenly she was on the intercom: "I need help in room 4!" Which, to me, seemed like an unnecessarily emergent tone just for a throat infection, or even food in the throat. A medical assistant came in right away, probably thinking she was going to have to get out the electrical paddles, but once she was told we needed a throat culture, she almost laughed. Then she shoved this thing in my throat and pulled it back out (the thing, not my throat), and she was gone as suddenly as she came.
And that's where her tone and demeanor changed. Kind of like she had other patients waiting, or something. She said Cipro would be fine, although Cipro was better for digestive infections, and since there was a chance it could cause tendon ruptures (WHAT THE HECK???), she'd prefer I used the Z-pac. But it was up to me – what did I think? I couldn't tell if she was using her sarcastic, "where-did-you-go-to-medical-school-Mr-music-guy" voice, or if some sort of silent timer went off in her brain and she literally wanted out of my room.
So I'd sum up the week I almost died like this – I didn't die, although I came close; I may or may not have food stuck in my throat; and my doctor/provider saved me from tendon ruptures, which combined with death, could have been a bad thing. Oh, and I may have inadvertently gotten on my provider's nerves.
All things considered, it's been a good week and I'll be ready to play ukulele again tomorrow.


How well does Arena of Valor run on the LGE G5?
Arena of Valor on the LGE G5 runs at a very respectable median FPS of 31. This is a solid option to try if you have a G5.
Arena of Valor's battery life on the LGE G5 is pretty good! You can play it for 3-5 hours before your battery dies. Try this out if you're not concerned about battery life.


Comments on Studying Physics and Physics Summaries.
The problem with finding such a perfect book is that physics is fundamentally hard. It is hard to derive in a single short book all of the interesting things that physicists have learned over the past couple of centuries and that usually require taking many courses and studying many textbooks to learn. Furthermore, no one book is at the right level for all physicists or graduate students, as we all have differences in what we have previously learned and differences in what we need to learn next.
The Six Core Theories of Modern Physics, by Charles F. Stevens (MIT Press, 1995).
The Physics Handbook: Fundamentals and Key Equations, By Charles P. Poole, Jr. (Wiley, 1998).
"Errata (and Suggestions) for The Six Core Theories of Modern Physics, by Charles F. Stevens." Errata by G.W. Hammett (2006).
"The first draft of the manuscript was assembled from notes I had accumulated during twenty years of teaching a qualifying examination preparation course...."
Princeton Guide to Advanced Physics, by Alan C. Tribble (Princeton University Press, 1996). Closer to Poole's book above, it has a large compendium of equations from many fields of physics.
Theoretical Astrophysics, Volume I: Astrophysical Processes, by T. Padmanabhan (Cambridge University Press, 2000). It has one chapter reviews of classical mechanics, special relativity, E&M, and statistical mechanics.
Galactic Dynamics, by James Binney and Scott Tremaine (Princeton University Press, 1987), has appendices devoted to summarizing Mathematical Background, Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Cosmology.
Fundamentals of Plasma Physics by James D. Callen (a draft online textbook), has appendices with a few pages of summaries of Classical Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, basic quantum effects, complex analysis, and other math tools.
Add more here?? more on complex analysis, plasma physics, quantum??
John Baez's "How to Learn Math and Physics".
MIT Graduate Women in Physics General Exam Guidelines lists some good physics books.
Princeton Problems in Physics with Solutions, by Newbury, Ruhl, Staggs, et al. (1991).
Studying physics is hard, but it can also be fun as you begin to understand things that had been mysteries to you... Good luck.