If there's a better example of a picture postcard, remote island paradise to be found anywhere, we'd love to know where it is.
A speck in the middle of the South Pacific, Aitutaki will take your breath away.
This jewel of the Cook Islands – which lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii - is a 45-minute flight from the main island of Rarotonga.
This remote paradise curves around an atoll in the shape of a fishhook. Its dazzling turquoise lagoon is dotted with 15 smaller islets known as motus by the locals. The water here has to be seen to be believed and has been best described as 'impossibly blue'.
This idyllic place must surely have left a mark on the first Europeans to see it and history records that as the crew of HMAS Bounty in 1789. It was a place of respite for Captain Bligh before the mutiny that would soon become an infamous chapter in maritime history.
Today, access to the island is via the airstrip originally constructed by American and New Zealand soldiers during WWII. After the war during the 1950s, TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) used the lagoon as a stop-over for its flying boats on the original Coral Route between Fiji and Tahiti.
Today, this sleepy group of islands has a population of just 1800 and a handful of luxury resorts are its main source of employment and income. The overwater bungalows on Aitutaki are the only ones to be found in the Cook Islands.
If you can't afford the time or budget to stay, you don't have to miss out. There are day trips from Rarotonga that arrive on the island at 9am.
Day trips to Aitutaki from Rarotonga include flights, transfers, an island tour, a lagoon cruise, BBQ lunch and plenty of time for snorkeling and swimming and cost around AUD $475 pp.
The six-hour cruise aboard the 21-metre Titi ai Tonga – a vessel modelled on traditional vakas used by the original Polynesian voyagers – sails the lagoon perimeter making stops at various motus along the way.
At one of them, One Foot Island, you'll find pearl white sand and an abundance of tropical fish thanks largely to the underwater garden 'planted' by the locals quite deliberately to enhance marine life in the adjoining channel.
There is a post office on One Foot Island with its own unique passport stamp if you want it – a stamp in the form of a foot.
The island offers a range of 3, 4 and 5-star properties.
This property is the only resort that is directly on the lagoon and is an all-bungalow, adults only resort. Officially a private island, the resort is separated by a small channel with its own cable ferry to transport guests. Options range from beachfront bungalows, Honeymoon Pool Villas and the ultimate in luxury, overwater bungalows.
The Tamanu Beach Resort has oversized bungalow style rooms with garden, ocean view and beachfront rooms. The resort boasts incredible sunset views and two fresh water pools. There's also an extensive cocktail list from the oceanfront bar and a restaurant in a relaxed luxury setting.
On the northern side of the island, close to the airport is Aitutaki Village. Here there are 12 romantic garden bungalows all just steps away from the beaches. Enjoy the hosted cultural dances during the week or try paddle boarding and kayaking.


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Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore
I came away from this book with three impressions
The sprawling, endless history of this hilltop settlement, its stones and myths endlessly dug up and rebuilt.
The way much of world history --or at least the history of the Abrahamic religions- swirls around this single spot
The beheadings and rapes, generation after generation. My own village has a history going back to the eighth century, but in nearly all that time, sickles were just used for lopping heads of grain, rather than heads of people. Must be something to be said for not being so famous.
A wonderful book, a work of an unobtrusive author who sorts through the rubble and presents it to us, scene after boody scene. I learnt a few things. The Jewish people have been given Jerusalem back on odd occasions before the current time. Julian the Apostate, for example, the second after Constantine, returned it to them.
The crusaders, while an embarrassment to Christians, were no more rapacious and deadly than everyone else.
King David officially exists, thanks to an insription found in the 1990s and no thanks to the Bible account, despite it being one of the most intimate, many-sided accounts of a famous person in all antiquity.
It was also fun to find the backstory of the Jewish puppet kings who stroll across the New Testament. All were collaborators with the Romans. Montefiore picks out the day (for example) that Augustus, Herod the Great and Mark Antony strolled out of the Senate together. The photo of that would have been good for a few quid. Or Bernice who not long after hearing Paul in Caeserea -- 'I would you that you were all as I am, but for these chains'--turns up as the lover of Titus as he dismembers Jerusalem in AD70. Josephus was with them that day, and got a few of his Jewish friends taken down from the crosses on which many had been crucified. It goes on.
Some gems of good writing too: Chateaubriand's travelogue 'set the tone of the European attitude to the Orient with its cruel but inept Turks, wailing Jews, and primitive but ferocious Arabs who tended to congregate in pictureseque biblical poses' (p384)
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Dead Of Winter #4 Review: A Tone So Deaf That It Can't Hear You
by Joshua Davison
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The survivors are on their way to save Ruckus from "Officer Friendly." Gabe, Carla, Forest, and Sparky are assembled to infiltrate the sheriff's office where Ruckus is held. Forest is reluctant, but the other three are determined.
After deliberation and planning, the team goes in.
Dead of Winter #4 cover by Brian Hurtt and Bil Crabtree
I've not played the tabletop game the Dead of Winter comic is based upon. I'm generally not too interested in tabletop board games; Magic: The Gathering, comics, and the occasional videogame purchase already take up enough the money I should be saving as well as the time I should be using to write.
I don't see why that should be relevant to my judgement of this comic, but I like to be transparent with my prior interactions with a property.
In any case, I've more or less been affiliated with this property before in a different way. It's called The Walking Dead. There's more humor focus on quirky humor and a vastly different aesthetic style with Dead of Winter for sure, but it's comics is pretty much The Walking Dead.
That feeling of being here before is a problem on its own, but, if it did something unique with its similarities, it wouldn't be as big a problem. However, Dead of Winter is almost aggressively conventional.
Its characters are vague archetypes. Its humor is painfully ill-timed and—well, not particularly funny. Its tone is non-existent with characters on the verge of death followed by a joke about Forest being useless.
And the art is barebones. Nothing is especially well-detailed; the cutesy pseudo-Scott Pilgrim style does not fit with whatever the narrative tone is trying to accomplish. The coloring is aptly greyed out, but that's assuming this is supposed to be a gritty survival story. It may not be; this may be intended as a Walking Dead satire. If so, it doesn't accomplish that.
I don't feel great eviscerating a comic like this, but, frankly, it doesn't work on almost any level. The finale to it, without spoiling anything, is a rather manipulative play on readers' emotions, and it feels very hollow. The tone is so all over the place that I'm not sure what the intent of the comic was. Steer clear of this one. Even if you are a fan of the tabletop game, it's still not worth a read.
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Local Hero: Jamie Milestone of London Undercover
According to Jamie Milestone, 'Umbrellas are to Britain what hamburgers are to America'. While this may seem like a just funny little bit of (very British) observational humour — it is partly this insight that led to the creation of what is probably London's coolest brolly brand, London Undercover.
In conversation with Jamie Milestone, we talk about quintessentially British things, from playfully embracing caricatures, his East End crafts heritage, his favourite London spots, and the very specific joys of being well-prepared with an umbrella to hand — especially if that umbrella is well designed, ethically made, and built to last. What could be more British than that?
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what inspired you to start London Undercover
My name is Jamie Milestone. 10 years ago I decided to quit my day job to launch London Undercover, a contemporary umbrella brand making traditional hand-crafted umbrellas with a modern aesthetic and environmental approach.
Britishness is at the core of everything you do. In your opinion, what makes umbrellas quintessentially British?
Umbrellas are a bit to Britain what Hamburgers are to America, in the sense they're more of a stereotype and visual identity. We're not actually in the top 70 countries in the world of average rainfall, so the umbrella is more about the cliché than the fact this is the wettest place on earth. It's just part of our caricature and that's something we've always had fun with within the brand (fish and chips, fry-ups, pigeons , etc.) However, the rain is still very much prominent and umbrellas are 100% necessary in the UK- and that's why we exist.
In what ways do you try to be Less Ordinary with London Undercover?
Our umbrellas are sold within a fashion and lifestyle context. We design around what's happening in the market. We also extend our offering to other considered, functional items that are within the mindset of being organised and well-prepared. The fact that you have an umbrella to hand is smart, the fact that its well-designed, well-made, and built to last is even smarter. We make all our products with an environmental angle. We've been making umbrellas with recycled PET fabric (household plastics broken down and transformed into thread and woven into fabric) and recycled aluminium for 10 years, and that is something I'm very proud of. Turns out that umbrella craftsmanship runs in your family. Could you tell us a little bit about this history?
Both sides of my maternal family are from the East End and were all in the clothing/tailoring/dress trade. When my uncle was heavily into exploring our family tree, he found my great great grandfather was an umbrella maker in Whitechapel. It's not something I was aware until after setting up the brand, so it's interesting that it came back round especially as I ended up back in East London.
You started your business in Spitalfields back in 2013. Why did you decide to open your first shop in Spitalfields?
There were a lot of interesting things happening in the area. We were making umbrellas up the road and it was a fairly laid back place to to run a shop in. Hanbury St had a good menswear vibe already and so it made sense. We were well received as we complemented what was already there without competing with any neighbours as our offering was completely different.
Do you have any favourite spots in Spitalfields you can share with us? (Name a restaurant, bar, food stall, shop etc)
Golden Heart (for a drink), St John (for Breakfast), Dumpling Shack (for the Dan Dan Noodles!), Trade (for Coffee and Smoked Pastrami) and Grenson (for some triple welt brogues to carry the extra weight caused by the others).
Are there any London hidden gems that you've discovered recently that you'd like to share with us? (restaurant, bar, hotel, etc)
I love Evelyn's Table at The Blue Posts. Monohon Ramen in Old St is superb and Phoenix Palace for Dim Sum at the weekend - not new but just as exciting every time.
I still haven't made it to Newport Street Gallery as it's in a bit of an awkward spot and I'm rarely in that part of London. I'm currently boycotting expensive sharing plate restaurants. I'm a little done with everyone around the table awkwardly eying up the last beansprout because they're still absolutely famished, despite spending a small fortune.
Whats your favourite city that you've travelled to and why? Could you name either a hotel/bar/restaurant that's made an impact?
Tokyo is my favourite place in the world. Everything makes sense in Tokyo. It's very considered and functional and I like that level of thought that goes into everyday life. Tokyo Hands is the world's best home/life department store. Anything you can think of, they sell. I spent about 3 hours in one on my last visit. The area around T-Site in Daikanyama is also a great spot but there are far too many restaurants in that city to single out.
What's Next? Any new collaborations or expansion plans we should know about?
We've certainly become a go-to brand for collaborations. We will only work with a brand if it's the right fit and we can do something interesting. Or it's totally the opposite and we can reach a completely new type of audience. Our collaboration with VANS (waterproof Vans made with umbrella fabric) was a wonderful thing to be part of and an honour to have been asked to do.
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Actor from Forsyth County to appear in the next James Bond film
Magnussen. Billy Magnussen.
No, the local high school graduate isn't playing the iconic secret agent, but Magnussen is cast in the next installment of the James Bond franchise alongside stars Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch and Ralph Fiennes.
Magnussen's role in the film isn't clear, although RadioTimes reports he's rumored to play a CIA agent.
Regardless, Magnussen posted the official trailer for "No Time to Die" on his Instagram account on Wednesday, the same day it was released.
"I swear I'm off camera in one of these shots!!" Magnussen said.
Magnussen's involvement in one of Hollywood's most iconic franchises marks another ascendant moment in his acting career.
The 2003 South Forsyth High School graduate first broke into the acting world on Broadway, in 2007, then got another big break when he was cast in the soap opera "As the World Turns" from 2008 until it was canceled in 2010. See more Forsyth News.


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Q: Capture image from webcam and display it - OpenCV - Eclipse - Windows I'm new to OpenCV and I want to display what my webcam sees with OpenCV. I'm using the C Coding Language.
I've tried with this code:
#include <stdio.h>

#include <cv.h> // Include the OpenCV library
#include <highgui.h> // Include interfaces for video capturing

int main()
{
    cvNamedWindow("Window", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);
    CvCapture* capture =cvCreateCameraCapture(-1);
    if (!capture){
        printf("Error. Cannot capture.");
    }
    else{
        cvNamedWindow("Window", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);

        while (1){
            IplImage* frame = cvQueryFrame(capture);
            if(!frame){
                printf("Error. Cannot get the frame.");
                break;
            }
        cvShowImage("Window",frame);
        }
        cvReleaseCapture(&capture);
        cvDestroyWindow("Window");
    }
    return 0;
}

My webcam's light turns on, but the result is a completely grey window, with no image.
Can you help me?

A: You need to add
cvWaitKey(30);

to the end of while-loop.

cvWaitKey(x) / cv::waitKey(x) does two things:

*

*It waits for x milliseconds for a key press. If a key was pressed during that time, it returns the key's ASCII code. Otherwise, it returns -1.

*It handles any windowing events, such as creating windows with cvNamedWindow(), or showing images with cvShowImage().

A common mistake for opencv newcomers is to call cvShowImage() in a loop through video frames, without following up each draw with cvWaitKey(30). In this case, nothing appears on screen, because highgui is never given time to process the draw requests from cvShowImage().
See What does OpenCV's cvWaitKey( ) function do? for more info.

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The official language of Nepal is Nepali but Hindi is also understood.
Staff at airlines, railway, telecommunication counters and offices are usually fluent in English. Most direction signs usually have an English version too.
Nepal is a secular country with Hinduism being the primarily followed religion followed by Buddhism. However, Nepal being a diverse nation also has practising Muslims, Kirats, Christians, Sikhs and Jains.
The units of Nepalese currency are the Nepalese Rupee and Paisa (100 Paisa equal 1 Rupee). Paper money is in denominations of Rupees 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 (रु5, रु10, रु20, रु50, रु100, रु500, रु1000). Coins are in denominations of Rupees 1 and 2 (रु1, रु2).
Tipping is not customary, but it is appreciated nevertheless.
For full details, please see Best Time to Go.
Daytime attire: Varied topography and high altitudes in Nepal create weather conditions which can change radically in the course of the day, and between daytime and night-time. Bring fabrics that can breathe and you can wear in layers. Women may feel most comfortable in skirts or long trousers. Dress conservatively when visiting temples, monasteries and dzongs - shorts and tank tops are not allowed inside.
Evening attire: Smart casual clothing is appropriate for evening dining in city restaurants. Formal clothing is not necessary.
Visitors to national parks and wildlife reserves should note that in any season, it is advisable to wear comfortable, walking shoes with low or no heels.
When travelling during winter months, from late November to March, it is highly recommended to carry warm clothes, hat, gloves and thermals.
If your tour itinerary includes trekking/camping, bring a pair of lightweight well-broken-in hiking boots and thick socks (not essential for tour programs which include short – day hikes).
Nepal supplies electricity at 220 volts and 50 hertz. Be sure to pack a universal travel adapter.
All visitors must have valid passports stamped with current visas (Visa can be obtained on arrival).
In Nepal, there is a restriction in the export of antiques, including foreign-made artifacts and items more than 100 years old.


Built within a highly desirable new development on the outskirts of Corsham, Plot 100 'The Wimborne' is a delightful four bedroom detached family home built to a high standard of specification and with a spacious feel throughout. Internally there is a spacious entrance hallway with two well proportioned reception rooms, a contemporary kitchen/family/ dining room, utility room and cloakroom. Upstairs, the four bedrooms are complemented by a stylish family bathroom with the master bedroom benefitting from built in wardrobes and en-suite shower room. Externally, there are two parking spaces and a double garage.
Park Place is but a stone's throw from the quintessential historic market town of Corsham, with its historic high street character buildings and yet providing a full range of everyday facilities, including a wide range of shops, pubs, restaurants etc. It is home to the heritage of Corsham Court, an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown, notable for its spectacular gardens and fine art collection. Situated just on the fringe of the scenic Cotswolds, Corsham offers a range of countryside pursuits right on your doorstep with the Corsham lakes nearby providing a number of local walks. It is rightly highly regarded for its primary and secondary schools and of course there are plenty of sporting, social and cultural activities to suit all needs and tastes. Corsham is just 10 miles by car from bath and 5 miles to the M4 motorway network at Chippenham, which also has its direct rail connection to Reading and London, which, with the arrival of Crossrail, will make the journey to London, whether for work or pleasure, quick and efficient.
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From our Corsham office turn right onto Pickwick Road and continue over the next two roundabouts. At the next roundabout turn left onto the A4 and left again at the next roundabout into Park Lane. Park Place can be found along on the right hand side.
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Q: Switch HTML content of div with another piece of HTML without fading out to white first using jQuery I'm looking for a way to fade from one piece of HTML in a div to another piece of HTML without fading out to white (to the background color of the div) first like i'm doing in this example:
The positionNumber variable is just an int with the number (e.g. 3).
function changeContent(positionNumber) {
    $('.banner-content-wrapper').fadeOut('fast', function() {

        var contentHtml = $('.slidercontent#' + positionNumber).html();

        $('.banner-content-wrapper').hide().fadeIn(1000).html(contentHtml);
    });
}

This example does the exact same by fading to white first but this is not what I'm lookig for:
Why doesn't jquery fadeIn() work with .html()?
I want to fade directly from one piece of HTML to another. I haven't been able to find any example on Stack Overflow that shows how to do exact that. I know this is not valid code but it's something like this I'm looking for:
$('.banner-content-wrapper').fadeToHtml(contentHtml);
How can I fade directly?

A: why use fadeOut/fadeIn - why not hide/show
function changeContent(positionNumber) {
    $('.banner-content-wrapper').hide('fast', function() {

        var contentHtml = $('.slidercontent#' + positionNumber).html();

        $('.banner-content-wrapper').hide().html(contentHtml).show();
    });
}

I have not tested this - just a suggestion based on the example you referenced

A: I don't think you should use fade. Try to use Replace.
http://api.jquery.com/replacewith/


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De Spoorwegpoort was een in 1870 door architect Felix Pauwels ontworpen en onder Brialmont gebouwde en in 1970 gesloopte poort in de Stelling van Antwerpen. Ze vormde een tweelingpoort met de Boomsepoort. In tegenstelling tot de andere poorten van de Brialmontomwalling was ze samen met de Boomsepoort in het midden van een aanvalsfront, namelijk Front 11 gebouwd.

Poort in Antwerpen (stad)
Vesting Antwerpen (1831-1914)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Darren Mone, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fire truck and refueling maintenance technician, receives a letter of appreciation from Kensaku Uejou, Nakanomachi Elementary School principal,in Okinawa City, Oct. 26, 2021. Mone has been volunteering at the school with his softball team member since Oct 2019. (Courtesy photo)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Darren Mone, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fire truck and refueling maintenance technician, receives a letter of appreciation from Kensaku Uejou, Nakanomachi Elementary School principal,in Okinawa City, Oct. 26, 2021. Mone used his maintenance knowledge to repair the lawnmowers used during his volunteer work. (Courtesy photo)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Darren Mone, middle, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fire truck and refueling maintenance technician, poses for photo with Tadashi Inafuku (left), Nakanomachi Elementary School vice principal, and Kensaku Uejou, right, Nakanomachi Elementary School principal, in Okinawa City, Oct. 26, 2021. Over the past two years Mone has been part of the effort to keep the school grounds clean and maintained. (Courtesy photo)
A letter of appreciation from Nakanomachi Elementary School presented to U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Darren Mone, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fire truck and refueling maintenance technician, in Okinawa City, Oct. 26, 2021. Over the past two years Mone has been part of the effort to keep the school grounds clean and maintained. (Courtesy photo)
By Staff Sgt. Rhett Isbell
18th Wing Public Affairs
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --
A Shogun Airman from Kadena Air Base, Japan, has been recognized for his continuous volunteer efforts over the past two years to help Nakanomachi Elementary School maintain their school grounds starting at approximately Oct. 2019 during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Senior Airman Darren Meno, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fire truck and refueling maintenance technician, began giving his personal time and funds to help a good friend.
"Mr. Miyagi plays on my softball team and he asked me one day how much it would cost to buy a lawnmower," Meno said. "I said why do you need to buy one when I can give you one?"
This selfless effort was the beginning of Meno's contributions to both his friend and his community. He continued assisting Mr. Miyagi, school volunteer, by helping cut the grass, maintaining the lawnmowers, and even contributed another lawnmower for the school.
Being there for someone wasn't something new to Meno; they're both on a local softball team called the Tisu Softball Club. "Tisu" means family to the Chamorro peoples of Guam and surrounding islands in the Pacific Ocean, a community Meno and his family are a part of.
"Mr. Miyagi is like a father figure to me," Meno said. "I thought if he's volunteering, then I need to be there and help in that situation. I'd also go by the school now and then and see the children playing outside on the grounds. It was heartwarming to see all of that effort being appreciated even if I couldn't understand what the kids were saying."
Without realizing it, Meno serves as a demonstration of what it means to be a service member and ally stationed in a Japanese community. After assisting Mr. Miyagi's volunteer efforts for two years, Meno was recognized by the Nakanomachi Elementary School for his continuous contributions.
"I was really proud to see how Meno's efforts were able to help out the local community, to the degree that he was honored by them," said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jose Cano, 18th LRS NCO in charge of refueling maintenance. "It's all about giving back more than you recieve."
While the recognition was certainly appreciated, Meno said it wasn't his driving force.
"I didn't set out to do it for any sort of recognition," Meno said. "I started helping because a friend was in need and I believe that's what family is for; to lean on during tough times."


Question: What are some tips for wearing colorful eye shadow?
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While some people may have the guts to rock a rainbow eye all year round, most of us aren't quite so ambitious. I think the best way to work color into your eyeshadow look is by pairing one bright shade with more neutral colors. This will bring the focus to one portion of your eye instead of having a myriad of colors, which can be overwhelming.
If you're on the hunt for a good palette with both bright and neutral options, check out Urban Decay's Ammo Palette—this creamy, blendable eye shadow palette offers a wide range of neutral and bright tones. This palette features some beautiful pops of color, like a gorgeous teal and an olive green (to name a few)! Palettes like this are a great way to fulfill all your eyeshadow needs in one place.
Are you a colorful eye shadow beginner? Start with shades that will complement your eye color. Blue eyes look beautiful with warm colors wrapped around them, like gold or peach. If you've got brown eyes—reach for purple, green and blue colors. Green eyes look lovely sporting pink, purple and rusty shades. And hazel eyes have quite an affinity for burgundy, purple and pink. Don't be afraid to inject a little color onto your eyes.
My favorite way to mix up my eye makeup routine is to use a colorful eyeshadow as a liner on my upper or lower lashline. I've been known to sport a deep aquamarine or emerald green shadow as eyeliner. I also love wearing mint shades along my bottom lashline for a super summer-appropriate dash of color. It's a great way to define your eyes without falling back on the oh-so-typical blacks, browns and grays!
Something you may not know? Colorful eye shadow can be used in the crease of your eye to create gorgeous definition. Deep plums, burgundy colors and dusty purples look incredible blended into the socket of your eyes.
Not comfortable with full-on neon just yet?
So you want to wear color but aren't quite ready to dip your brush into those opaque orange shades just yet? Go for muted tones. Muted purples, pinks, and greens look incredible on the eyes. Even a pale orange would look amazing as an all-over the lid color.
So don't neglect those bright blues and vivid greens in your makeup palette! Liven up your makeup look with some vibrant eyeshadow.
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Three in two: Kemar Roofe now flying after Leeds exit
Elia Caprile posts on Instagram for first time as a Leeds player
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Leeds United may be second in the Championship and Patrick Bamford may have just produced one of his best performances of the season, but the Whites fans would still be forgiven for feeling a little frustrated at seeing Kemar Roofe's form since his Elland Road exit.
Roofe became an important player for Anderlecht before he had even made his debut. Vincent Kompany's men made a poor start to the campaign, so the striker's return from injury could not come soon enough.
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And he has now shown why the Belgians paid Leeds £7 million to sign the 26-year-old (fee reported by Goal).
Roofe has scored four goals in his last four appearances, including three in two. Of course, two of those goals have come from the penalty spot. But one of his goals against Gent last week saw Roofe produce a sublime finish from the edge of the box.
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That goal may perhaps leave Leeds fans wondering what would have happened had he stuck around. Before Saturday's win against QPR, Leeds had scored five goals in their previous seven games.
And before the 2-0 victory, Leeds fans would have had to go back to mid-September to find the previous occasion where they had two goals to celebrate in the same game.
Of course, Roofe may not have solved Leeds's problems. In fact, given his injury, there is every chance that the former Oxford United man would have gone into the weekend still awaiting his first league start of the campaign, just as Eddie Nketiah did.
And had Roofe stuck around, it seems unlikely that Leeds would have signed Nketiah anyway.
Nevertheless, his impressive form since leaving may just add a little pressure onto Bamford and Nketiah's shoulders.
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This has been the best September for Leinster since 2004/05. Of course that's awesome. But what were saying through all those rotten Septembers in between again? Oh yeah - "nothing is won in September". There's no chance that works both ways, right?
Seriously though...our first four rounds in this season's Guinness Pro12 campaign have definitely seen a net positive. Three wins out of four. Three league points better off than corresponding matches against the same opposition last season. A spot in the top four. Playing some adventurous rugby. Uncovering some more promising talent who look ready for the highest level.
Yes, there are some drawbacks, like serious lineout yips and dwindling in form for the final half-hour. Maybe a tackle or two missed more than we'd like. But certainly nothing that can't be fixed especially when you consider we've a coaching ticket that is in the process of re-adjusting to new circumstances.
So despite the fact that it is now October and our schedule throughout the months shows no sign of let up (Cardiff-a, Munster-h, Castres-h, Montpellier-a, Connacht-h), you can be sure each of our opponents will be just as wary about facing us as we are of them.
This Leinster lineup has a "Top 14 away" look about it when you compare it to last week, ie changes made on the assumption that a losing bonus point would be considered a decent result. Johnny Sexton continues in the 10 jumper and assumes the captain's role but there are several changes around him, most notably at 13. As much as I do like continuity in selection particularly in the centre, judging by our schedule this was the perfect opportunity to both give Rory O'Loughlin a much-deserved start after an impressive pre-season and allow Garry Ringrose a break.
Jack McGrath and Mike Ross will be there to steady the scrum but not for the first time this season all eyes will be on the back row battle. Cardiff will be putting a lot of faith in their breakdown brigade with Warburton, Jenkins and Nick Williams starting and Josh Navidi on the bench. But while the Welsh fans may not be too familiar with the names Leavy and van der Flier, I have a feeling they will do come full time on Saturday, and it's not as though Messrs Ruddock and the rarely-seen-on-bench Heaslip are exactly slouches.
In my Ospreys writeup I said how I felt Toner, Mick Kearney and Molony was our ideal trio of locks for the immediate future...perhaps that was a bit unfair on Ian Nagle who did his shoulder in the final preseason game against Bath and finally gets his chance to play this weekend, best of luck to him.
Unfortunately we can't discount the referee being a factor. Not that I have anything in particular against Dudley Phillips, it's just the whole idea of what I call "bias-phobia", ie when the Pro12 appoints an official from the visiting team's union, can often result in several head-scratching decisions.
Gethin Jenkins (capt), Kristian Dacey, Taufa'ao Filise, George Earle, Josh Turnbull, Sam Warburton, Ellis Jenkins, Nick Williams.


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\section{Introduction}

Brehm's extension theorem is stated as follows:

\begin{thm}
	Let $M$ be a finite subset of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, and $\varphi:M\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{m},m\le n$
	a map with the property that for any $a,b\in M$, the condition $\|\varphi(a)-\varphi(b)\|\le\|a-b\|$
	holds. Then, there exists a piecewise--linear map $f:\mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{m}$
	such that $\forall a\in M.f(a)=\varphi(a)$.
\end{thm}

Here, $\|\bullet\|$ denotes the Euclidean distance. A map with the
property described is also called \textbf{non--expansive}. The theorem
was first addressed by \citet{Kirszbraun1934-ext-thm} and \citet{Valentine1943-ext-thm},
and then revisited by \citet{Brehm1981-ext-thm}. A similar proof
can be found in \citet{Akopyan2008-constr-Kirszbraun} and \citet[p.~21]{Petrunin2014-PL-maps}.
In the present work, it is verified that the theorem admits a constructive
proof in the sense of Bishop's constructive mathematics \citep{Bishop1985-constr-analysis}
provided that $M$ and $\varphi(M)$ consist of points with rational
coordinates. Only the planar case $m=n=2$ is considered.

\section{Preliminaries}

In this section, selected basics of constructive mathematics are briefly discussed. For
a comprehensive description, refer, for example, to \citep{Bishop1985-constr-analysis,Bridges1987-varieties,Bridges2007-techniques,Ye2011-SF,Schwichtenberg2012-constr-analysis-witnesses}.
Bishop's constructive mathematics uses the notion of an \textbf{operation}
which is an algorithm that produces a unique result in a finite number
of steps for each input in its domain. For example, a \textbf{real}
number $x$ is a \emph{regular} Cauchy sequence of rational numbers
in the sense that
\[
	\forall n,m\in\mathbb{N}.|x(n)-x(m)|\leq\frac{1}{n}+\frac{1}{m}
\]
where $x(n)$ is an \emph{operation} that produces the $n$th rational
approximation to $x$. A \textbf{set} is a pair of operations: $\in$
determines that a given object is a member of the set, and $=$ determines
whenever two given set members are equal. Existence and universal
quantifiers are interpreted as follows: $\exists x\in A.\varphi\left[x\right]$
means that an operation has been derived that constructs an instance
$x$ along with a proof of $x\in A$ and a proof of the logical formula
$\varphi\left[x\right]$ as \emph{witnesses}; $\forall x\in A.\varphi\left[x\right]$
means that an operation has been derived that proves $\varphi\left[x\right]$
for any $x$ provided with a witness for $x\in A$. A set $A$ is
called \textbf{inhabited }if there exists an $x\in A$. A \textbf{finite
set} is a set that admits a bijection to a set $\left\{ 1,2,...n\right\} $
for some $n\in\mathbb{N}$ which means that all its elements are enumerable.
The Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ is a normed space with the norm
$\|x\|\triangleq\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i^{2} \right)^{\nicefrac{1}{2}}$
where $x_i$ is the $i$--th coordinate of $x$. The metric is defined
as $\|x-y\|$ for any $x,y\in\mathbb{R}^{n}$. A point $x$ in the
Euclidean space is called \textbf{algebraic} if its coordinates are
algebraic numbers.

A (closed) \textbf{polytope }is a union of polyhedrons\textbf{ }whereas
a (closed) \textbf{polyhedron }is an inhabited set of points of the
Euclidean space satisfying linear inequalities $Ax\le b,A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n},b\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times1}$.
If the entries of $A$ and $b$ are solely algebraic numbers, then
the polyhedron is called \emph{algebraic}. If a polytope is a union
of solely algebraic polyhedrons, then it is algebraic as well. A polyhedron
(respectively, polytope) $P$ is \textbf{bounded} if there exists
a rational number $\bar{x}$ such that $\|x\|\le\bar{x}$ for any
$x$ in $P$. An $n$--dimensional \textbf{simplex} is a convex hull
of $n+1$ affinely independent points. A \textbf{triangulation} of
a bounded algebraic $n$--dimensional polyhedron $P$ is a finite
set $\left\{ T_{i}\right\} _{i}$ of algebraic simplices whose intersections
are at most $(n-1)$--dimensional and such that $P=\cup_{i}T_{i}$.
For example, a triangulation of a two--dimensional polyhedron is a
collection of non--degenerate triangles that may have a common vertex
or segment of an edge, but no two--dimensional intersection.

A \textbf{motion} in the plane $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ is a map $f$ that
is a composition of a translate, a rotation and a reflection. Clearly,
it is distance--preserving in the sense that $\|f(x)-f(y)\|=\|x-y\|$
for any $x,y$. Translate, rotation and reflection can be described
as linear transformations of the form $x\mapsto Tx$ where $T$ is
the transformation matrix. A motion can be thus described by a transformation
matrix as well. Notice that a motion is always invertible since the
corresponding transformation matrix is regular. A motion is called
\emph{algebraic} if the corresponding transformation matrix comprises
solely of algebraic entries. For example,
\[
	f(x)=\left[\begin{array}{cc}
	\sqrt{1-\frac{9}{25}} & \frac{3}{5}\\
	-\frac{3}{5} & \sqrt{1-\frac{9}{25}}
	\end{array}\right] x
\]
is an algebraic motion and describes the clockwise rotation by the
angle $\arcsin\frac{3}{5}$. In contrast, $f(x)=x+\pi$ is not an
algebraic motion. Any three algebraic points forming a non--degenerate
triangle can be moved by an algebraic motion to new algebraic points
preserving the respective distances \citep{Petrunin2014-PL-maps}.
An \textbf{algebraic piecewise--linear map} $f$ on a bounded algebraic
two--dimensional polyhedron $P$ is a pair of a triangulation $\left\{ T_{i}\right\} _{i}$
of the polyhedron and a collection of algebraic motions $\left\{ f_{i}\right\} _{i}$
such that $f|_{T_{i}}=f_{i}$. For example, folding of a piece of
paper without ripping can be considered as an algebraic piecewise--linear
map if foldings are performed at algebraic points. Notice that each
algebraic piecewise--linear map has a triangulation and a collection
of algebraic motions as witnesses. Clearly, an algebraic piecewise--linear
map is non--expansive. The notion of an algebraic piecewise--linear
map can be directly generalized to algebraic polytopes.

It is important to notice that, for arbitrary real numbers $x,y$,
it is not decidable whether $x=y$ or $x\ne y$. This limitation has
a number of consequences for the theory of the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^{n}$.
In particular, no full power of set operations is available. For
example, if $A$ and $B$ are arbitrary sets in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$,
it is not decidable whether $A\cap B=\emptyset$ or $A\cap B$ is inhabited.
In this note, set operations are limited to the class of sets of the form $\left\{ x:\bigvee_{i=1}^{N}\bigwedge_{j=1}^{M_{i}}\mathcal{E}_{ij}\right\} $
with $\mathcal{E}_{ij}$ being a formula of the type $A_{ij}x\bullet b_{ij}$
or $\|f_{ij}(x)\|\bullet\|g_{ij}(x)\|$ where ``$\bullet$'' denotes
``$<$'',''$\le$'' or ''$=$'' and $f_{ij}$ and $g_{ij}$
are algebraic piecewise--linear maps on algebraic polytopes. Denote this class by $\mathcal{AS}$. For example, an algebraic polytope
itself belongs to $\mathcal{AS}$. Further, the set complement of
a set $A\in\mathcal{AS}$, denoted by $\mathbb{R}^{n}\backslash A$
is, again, an element of the class $\mathcal{AS}$ (it can be done
by transforming the sign ``$<$'',''$\le$'' or ''$=$'' in
the respective formula). Notice that if $f_{ij}$ and $g_{ij}$ are
algebraic motions, each $\|f_{ij}(x)\|\le\|g_{ij}(x)\|$ is equivalent
to $\sum_{k=1}^{n}(f_{ij}(x))_{k}^{2}\le\sum_{k=1}^{n} (g_{ij}(x))^2_{k}$. The same applies
if $f_{ij}$ and $g_{ij}$ are algebraic piecewise--linear maps by
considering the inequalities on the simplices where $f_{ij}$ and
$g_{ij}$ are both algebraic motions. If a set $A$ has the form $\left\{ x:\bigwedge_{i=1}^{N}\|f_{i}(x)\|<\|g_{i}(x)\|\right\} $
with $f_{i}$ and $g_{i}$ algebraic piecewise--linear, then
its boundary is defined to be the set $\partial A\triangleq\left\{ x:\bigwedge_{i=1}^{N}\|f_{i}(x)\|=\|g_{i}(x)\|\right\} $
which in turn belongs to $\mathcal{AS}$. Lemma 4.1 from \citet[p.~8]{Beeson1980} states decidability of equality over
the field of algebraic real numbers. This allows performing the ordinary set operations
on the sets of the described class. In the following, the extension theorem is revisited and
verified to admit a constructive proof.

\section{Extension theorem}

The proof of the following theorem is mostly based on \citep{Akopyan2008-constr-Kirszbraun,Petrunin2014-PL-maps}.

\begin{thm}
	Let $\left\{ a_{i}\right\} _{i=1}^{n},\left\{ b_{i}\right\} _{i=1}^{n}$
	be finite subsets of points in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ with rational coordinates
	such that $\forall i,j.\|b_{i}-b_{j}\|\le\|a_{i}-a_{j}\|$. Let $A$
	be the convex hull of $\left\{ a_{i}\right\} _{i=1}^{n}$. Then, there
	exists an algebraic piecewise--linear map $f:A\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{2}$
	such that $\forall i.f(a_{i})=b_{i}$.
\end{thm}

\begin{proof}
	The theorem is proven by induction on the number of points. If $n=1$,
	one may take $f(x):=x+(b_{1}-a_{1})$ which is clearly an algebraic
	motion on the entire space. Suppose that an algebraic piecewise--linear
	map $g:A\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{2}$, such that $\forall i=1,\dots,n-1.g(a_{i})=b_{i}$,
	was constructed. Define a set $\Omega:=\left\{ x:x\in A\wedge\|a_{n}-x\|<\|b_{n}-g(x)\|\right\} $.
	Since $g$ is algebraic, it is decidable whether $b_{n}=g(a_{n})$ or
	$b_{n}\ne g(a_{n})$. In the former case, take $f$ to be $g$.
	In the latter, $\Omega$ is inhabited since $a_{n}\in\Omega$. Notice that if
	$x$ belongs to $\Omega$, then so does the line segment
	between $a_{n}$ and $x$. Take a point $y$ in this line segment.
	Then,
	%
	\[
		\|a_{n}-y\|+\|y-x\|=\|a_{n}-x\|.
	\]
	%
	Since $x\in\Omega$,
	%
	\[
		\|a_{n}-x\|\le\|b_{n}-g(x)\|.
	\]

	The map $g$ is an algebraic piecewise--linear which implies

	\[
		\|g(x)-g(y)\|\le\|x-y\|.
	\]
	%
	Therefore,

	\begin{equation}
		\begin{aligned}
			\|a_{n}-y\| & =\|a_{n}-x\|-\|y-x\|\\
			 & <\|b_{n}-g(x)\|-\|g(x)-g(y)\|\\
			 & \le\|b_{n}-g(y)\|
		\end{aligned}
	\label{eq:star-shaped-property}
	\end{equation}

	where the last line follows from the triangle inequality $\|g(x)-g(y)\|\le\|b_{n}-g(y)\|+\|b_{n}-g(y)\|$.
	Since $\|a_{n}-y\|<\|b_{n}-g(y)\|$, it follows that $y\in\Omega$.
	Now, the boundary $\partial_{A}\Omega:=\partial\Omega\cap A$
	is inspected. Let $\left\{ T_{i}\right\} _{i}$ be the triangulation
	of $A$ such that $g$ on each triangle is a motion $g_{i}$. Let
	$c_{n}:=g_{i}^{-1}(a_{n})$. Notice that $c_{n}$ is an algebraic
	point. Since $g_{i}$ is a motion and $g|_{T_{i}}=g_{i}$, for any
	$x\in T_{i}$, it follows that%
	\begin{comment}
	just apply $g_{i}^{-1}$ to $b_{n}-g(x)$
	\end{comment}

	\begin{equation}
		\|c_{n}-x\|=\|b_{n}-g(x)\|.
		\label{eq:motion-on-triangle}
	\end{equation}

	Since $\Omega$ and $T_{i}$ belong to $\mathcal{AS}$, it is decidable
	whether the intersection $\Omega\cap T_{i}$ is inhabited. Suppose
	it is inhabited. Then, consider the line

	\[
		l_{i}:=\left\{ x:\|x-a_{n}\|=\|x-c_{n}\|\right\} .
	\]

	It follows that:

	\begin{equation}
		\partial_{A}\Omega\cap T_{i}=\left\{ x:\|a_{n}-x\|=\|b_{n}-g(x)\|\land x\in T_{i}\land x\in A\right\} \label{eq:omega-boundary-in-triangle}
	\end{equation}
	%
	and

	\begin{equation}
		l_{i}\cap T_{i}\cap A=\left\{ x:\|x-a_{n}\|=\|x-c_{n}\|\land x\in T_{i}\land x\in A\right\}.
		\label{eq:line-in-triangle}
	\end{equation}

	Matching \eqref{eq:omega-boundary-in-triangle} with \eqref{eq:line-in-triangle}
	using \eqref{eq:motion-on-triangle}, one can see that $\partial_{A}\Omega\cap T_{i}$
	is a line segment. Since $\left\{ T_{i}\right\} _{i}$ is a finite
	set, $\partial_{A}\Omega$ is a finite collection of line segments.
	Consider a line segment $\omega_{i}$ of $\partial_{A}\Omega$. Let
	$\tau_{i}$ be the triangle formed by $a_{n}$ and $\omega_{i}$.
	Let $f_{i}$ be an algebraic motion that maps $a_{n}$ to $b_{n}$
	and the endpoints of $\omega_{i}$ to their respective positions under
	$g_{i}$. For $x\in\omega_{i}$, it follows that $g(x)=g_{i}(x)$ and so $g(x)=f_{i}(x)$.
	Let $f|_{\tau_{i}}:=f_{i}$ and $f|_{A\backslash\Omega}:=g$. Further,
	since $\partial\Omega,\partial_{A}\Omega\in\mathcal{AS}$, it is decidable
	whether $\Delta:=\partial\Omega\cap\partial_{A}\Omega$ is
	inhabited. If this is the case (for otherwise, the result is trivial), consider
	the algebraic polytopes $D_{k},k=1,\dots,m$ formed by the endpoints
	of $\Delta$ that lie on $\partial\Omega\cap A$ and the line segments
	from these endpoints to $a_{n}$. Let $\lambda_{1}$ and $\lambda_{2}$
	denote the said endpoints for some algebraic polytope $D_{k}$. Since
	$f$ coincides with $g$ on the line segments $\left[a_{n},\lambda_{1}\right]$
	and $\left[a_{n},\lambda_{2}\right]$, and, moreover, it acts as algebraic
	motions on these line segments, and since $g$ is non--expansive,
	it follows that

	\[
		\begin{aligned}
			\|\lambda_{1}-a_{n}\|= & \|g(\lambda_{1})-b_{n}\|,\\
			\|\lambda_{2}-a_{n}\|= & \|g(\lambda_{2})-b_{n}\|\\
			\|g(\lambda_{1})-g(\lambda_{2})\|\le & \|\lambda_{1}-\lambda_{2}\|.
		\end{aligned}
	\]
	%
	The required map on $D_{k}$ can be constructed as follows. Translate
	and rotate $D_{k}$ so that $\left[a_{n},\lambda_{1}\right]$ coincides
	with $\left[b_{n},g(\lambda_{1})\right]$. This can be done since
	the initial and the new vertices of $D_{k}$ are algebraic. So far,
	the line segment $\left[a_{n},\lambda_{2}\right]$ ``turned'' around
	$b_{n}$ closer to $\left[a_{n},\lambda_{1}\right]$. Draw a line
	segment from $g(\lambda_{1})$ to $g(\lambda_{2})$ which is the chord
	of the circle on which the point $\lambda_{2}$ slid to the new position.
	Take the middle point of the chord and fold $D_{k}$ around the ray
	going from $a_{n}$ to this middle point so that $\lambda_{2}$ matches
	with $g(\lambda_{2})$. The resulting map is thus constructed by translating
	and rotating the whole $D_{k}$ and then reflecting the fragment---to--fold
	around the said ray which constitutes a piecewise--linear map. This
	map is clearly algebraic since all the points involved are algebraic.
\end{proof}

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Ben Vehava (; born 27 March 1992), also called Ben Wa'aba or Ben Vahaba, is an Israeli footballer who plays for Ironi Tiberias as a defender.

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Israeli footballers
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Aegolytoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass.

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The Jomon Culture in Japan is one of the strangest Prehistoric cultures in the world. It was extremely long lived, beginning in the Upper Palaeolithic around 13000 BC and lasting down to around 800 BC, but they never developed agriculture but remained based on foraging for nuts and fish. Nevertheless it was surprisingly sophisticated, producing some wonderful pottery and figurines as well as living in some very extensive villages.
Numerous clay figurines are found in the Jomon period, like the one show on the front cover (CWA #11), and also this superb standing figure 45cms high. The head is indistinct but has an elaborate headdress or helmet, but the flared jeans somehow look very modern. Were these gods or ancestors?
The Jomon people never developed agriculture but chestnuts and acorns became a major food source. However, many nuts need processing to remove the tannic acids and this large hearth may have been an ash making facility to remove the acids from the nuts.
Despite not developing agriculture, the Jomon people nevertheless developed large villages, such as this one from Namesaka, where a complete village was excavated with circular pit dwelling set round a central plaza.
How to look beautiful in Jomon Japan: have some teeth removed! Here we see some of the more popular forms of tooth ablation. Presumably this marked out tribal differences so that you could see at a glance to what tribe anyone belonged. Was this some sort of Coming-of-Age ritual, a jolly way of celebrating your 21st birthday?
One of the largest excavations ever to have taken place in Japan, or indeed anywhere in the world. Two Jomon settlements were discovered on a low ridge in the middle of Lake Biwa. A coffer dam was placed around and they were excavated on the bottom of the lake.


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High school principals call for board to fire superintendent
Sequoia district board still weighing future of Mary Streshly amid 'no confidence' from administrators and faculty
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Sequoia Union High School District Superintendent Mary Streshly, on August 24, 2017. Photo by Ana Sofia Amieva-Wang.
After receiving letters from local teachers and school administrators calling for the removal of Superintendent Mary Streshly, the Sequoia Union High School District board is still weighing her future.
Streshly's contract is up for renewal, and the board is expected to continue its private deliberations at a future date after having met in two closed sessions to discuss her evaluation, one at its regular meeting Aug. 5 and another in a special meeting Aug. 11.
A letter from the Sequoia District Teachers Association (SDTA) was publicly released two days before the Aug. 5 meeting, announcing a vote of no confidence in Streshly and listing a number of specific complaints.
The succinct letter sent to the board by tenured administrators called for her immediate termination and had 22 signatures representing most of the high schools in the district and included Assistant Superintendent Bonnie Hansen.
"Dr. Streshly's inability to make decisions, communicate plans, or articulate a coherent vision has resulted in frustration and exhaustion at all levels of certificated management. These ongoing issues are not new, but have been exacerbated by the pandemic crisis such that our ability to meet the needs of students, families, and staff is jeopardized," the letter said.
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The Almanac made repeated requests for a copy of the letter from administrators, which was dated July 31, but the district did not provide it until Aug. 11.
The tenured administrators who signed included the principals and vice principals of Menlo-Atherton, Carlmont, Sequoia and Woodside high schools and East Palo Alto Academy. Notably, it was not signed by the principal of TIDE Academy, a friend of Streshly's.
The board is taking the issues raised in the union's resolution seriously, said board president Allen Weiner after the Aug. 11 meeting. "The board took no action during today's closed session, but will continue its work on this matter."
The board had not yet scheduled its next meeting on the subject.
In its Aug. 3 statement, the SDTA cited what it saw as Streshly's "lack of experience, poor communication, and absence of clear vision which have led to confusion and sown division throughout the district," as leading to a vote of no confidence from the union. After passing a resolution at the SDTA's Representative Council, the group said, the resolution received 200 signatures in under 24 hours. The final number of signatures was 300, representing roughly 60% of the active membership of the union, the group said.
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"It has become clear that the board made a mistake in hiring someone with no prior experience managing a large and diverse school district like Sequoia Union," said SDTA president Edith Salvatore.
The union's resolution detailed 19 grievances against Streshly, including accusations that she has "consistently turned a blind eye to the issues of racial tensions" in the district, and that she "mishandled the opening and development of the TIDE alternative school," referring to complaints made about TIDE Academy, which opened last year.
The SDTA specifically cited concerns over the district's recent seesaw decisions over whether to reopen schools in the fall. The union said that Streshly "did not prioritize student or staff safety" when making those decisions.
In a letter addressed to Salvatore, Streshly addressed the union's charge about safety, saying that as a former teacher, "I would never do anything that would put our students, teachers, and staff at risk ... The fundamental truth is that the entire world is concerned about the current crisis. However, as concerned as we may be, that concern does not mean that we completely shut down and not provide our parents and students with critical support by all means we have at hand."
Public communications to the board provided to The Almanac included a roundup of supportive emails from district parents who responded to Streshly after she emailed her letter to Salvatore to district families on Aug. 4.
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This seems like a very simple decision. The Teachers don't support the Superintendent, the administrators and principals don't support the superintendent so where is there any issue. End the contract without a golden parachute or any extra benefits. It is not like the board is terminating her contract early, just don't renew it. If they can't do that maybe it is time to recall and replace the current board?
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Coming from someone whom is aware of the inner workings at the district office, the call for Mary's resignation is not solely tied to the disastrous reopening of the school year. Mary's nonsensical ramblings, inability to make decisions, and off the wall ideas leave most of her staff extremely confused and frustrated. That coupled with the catastrophic opening of TIDE and her disparate treatment of employees whom are not "Team Mary" are some of the primary reasons she should be terminated. If any good came out of this horrible pandemic is that it exposed Mary for the horrendously weak superintendent she is.
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Individuals with carpentry and framing experience are preferred. These individuals will be working under the close direction of the film's construction manager. No construction companies are needed as the film company has its own. Work could begin as early as February. Workers should be prepared to travel to the set location on a daily basis.
If you are interested, please fax your resume to 435-644-5923, e-mail to kaygiles@kaneutah.com or mail it to Kane County Office of Tourism and Film Commission, Attn: Kay Giles, 78 South 100 East, Kanab, UT 84741.
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Vicente Dopico-Lerner
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The Mind/Body Problem: On the Optic and Somatic in Vicente Dopico-Lerner's Paintings
Cuban contemporary art, like its counterparts around the world, has gone through myriad transformations in response to sociopolitical conditions both within Cuba and outside of it. This can be seen in the broad array of Cuban artworks that are formally as well as topically diverse. Even when Cuban artists focus on local politics, their art can speak to similar dynamics in other global, geo-political contexts. This also seems axiomatic for Cuban artists who explore the human condition via artistic vocabularies devoid of recognizable cultural signifiers, yet upon further scrutiny, embody a degree of transnationalism in their ability to engage an international audience. Ditto with the Miami-based, Cuban painter Vicente Dopico-Lerner.
Vicente Dopico-Lerner is a unique artist and not only because of his distinct style, for his practice is potentially informed by other activities often not the purview of his art-making colleagues. Although his mainstay is painting, Dopico-Lerner has ventured into the fields of writing as bona fide art critic as well as museum director with its attendant curatorial responsibilities. It may seem that this trifecta of activities is emphatically delineated, but one can see the thought process of writing in Dopico-Lerner's painting, rife with a confident métier and ostensible calligraphic meanderings of brushwork, which are not dissimilar to the mental steadfastness that accompanies the physical act of inscription. And even the manner in which Dopico-Lerner composes his paintings, in which some seem carefully designed while others appear more improvisational, are executed with a kind of curatorial acumen alluding to his work within the museum field. But it's Dopico-Lerner's painting that first and foremost sets him apart from his artistic peers.
Vicente Dopico-Lerner's painting is diligent to a global art history all the while engaged with its contemporary discourse. This is underscored in a distinct formal signature that cites the past but with a sovereign freshness, not unlike other painters who have transformed their predecessors while remaining stylistically individualized. Regarding the latter, John Currin cites seventeenth-century Mannerism, Jenny Saville tropes Lucien Freud, Glenn Brown reworks Frank Auerbach, and Cecily Brown updates Willem de Kooning, to name a just a few. Vicente Dopico-Lerner too, is attendant to a history of international art in a corpus that is rich with sources that seem to have subsumed twentieth-century abstraction that developed in Europe and across the Americas. Dopico-Lerner's artistic methodology entails, for example, swaths of color not unlike Color Field which, in turn, are in counterpoint to his swirls of pigment akin to hairline palpitations associated with Kandinsky. At other times Dopico-Lerner's pictorial marks nod towards the drips of Jackson Pollock, and in other instances his painterly inflections have no discernible pedigree whatsoever. But another distinguishable aspect of Dopico-Lerner's art is that he converges the visual intensities of pure abstraction with figuration resulting in a painting style imbued with formal verve and a sublime aesthetic.
Vicente Dopico-Lerner's iconography, however, evokes the archetypal rather than mimetic renderings of the anthropomorphic. He conjures silhouette-like humanoids from the deep recesses of our collective unconscious to remind us of our common humanity. These other-worldly phantoms are simultaneously startling as they are compelling in engendering an optical delirium in the viewer. Often composed in profile or three-quarter view, the figures are mostly set within a polychromatic, pulsating pictorial space that pushes figure/ground dynamics into a paradoxical balanced disequilibrium. At other times, the poetic chaos of Dopico-Lerner's markmaking manifests within the contours of his figures' heads. In delineating his painterly inscriptions within these psychic borders there is allusion to the external manifestation of thought, as Dopico-Lerner's confident brushstrokes become metaphors for thinking or some mystical type of cognitive activity. Dopico-Lerner's compositional modus operandi creates a visually and conceptually palpable tension between the viscous surfaces of his canvases and the cerebral yet somatic quality of their being. To underscore the broad purview of Dopico-Lerner's artistry, one need only to look when the artist consciously sets his own limitations as is the case with Under the Moon of May (2018).
Under the Moon of May is a mixed-media work on canvas that is dominated by an overall monochromatic palette. In this sense, the work is not dissimilar to historical grisaille. Grisaille was an art form that first appears in Medieval illuminated manuscripts and then later taken up by Renaissance artists and generally falling out of favor by the end of the nineteenth century. In the Middle Ages, grisaille was often employed out of necessity because of inaccessibility of colors, and then deployed as undercoating across a canvas in the Renaissance and later as a way of asserting one' artistic superiority. The latter was a rhetorical maneuver: if one could successfully articulate three-dimensional composition on a two-dimensional surface in grisaille as well as any other artist in polychrome, that would underscore the mastery of one artist over another. While this may not be the initial impetus for Dopico-Lerner to work in the monochrome, it does point to a meticulous if not conceptual approach to painting by expanding its practice vis-à-vis its chromatic limitation. There have been other painters such as Mark Tansey who are known for a conceptualist painting, and Dopico-Lerner's Under the Moon of May is, to a lesser or greater degree, an example of this genre as well. In contrast to this cool conceptualism, however, is that Dopico-Lerner can also paint and capture a panoply of emotion in his artworks. This underscored in the expressionist and cathartic qualities that his mark-making can take evinced in Un dia cualquiera (2016).
Un dia cualquiera is a large 48 x 36 inch vertical painting of a figure in profile from the midriff looking to its right. A dominant passage in saturated yellow buoys the figure's beautifully rendered attire of what appears to be multi-colored velvet. This rather peaceful and melancholic portrayal is offset by intense, chaotic looking hair articulated by drips and lines of multicolored pigment that seem to fly off the figure's head in all directions. There is undeniable beauty here that does not quite veer into the grotesque, but that stops the viewer dead in their tracks in being confronted by such contradictions: precise yet seemingly random, peaceful and concomitantly violent, warm and cool colors, and a master's grace coupled with a neophyte's abandon.
Vicente Dopico-Lerner's paintings are inundated with such artistic paradoxes that make his art that much more inventive and powerful. Through the aforementioned juxtapositions of form and content, there is philosophical exegesis that the artist explores as the artistic heir of a Cartesian mind/body problem extended into aesthetic registers residing somewhere between seeing and touching, and the optical and the somatic.
Raúl Zamudio, Independent Curator, Art Critic & Historian
December 2018, New York City
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This is against the will of half my brain and most of my body. But I Have Decided. Because I need to do this. To step out of my mind and onto the ground.
I walk outside and witness Indiana coming to life. Garage Doors are thrown open, music is playing from car speakers, people are raking leaves uncovered by the thankfully-melted snow. This harshest of winters is giving us a reprieve, and the hardy people who call this place home are basking in its glow.
I try the sidewalks…but the piles of occasional snow force me onto the street, which is fine because Indiana is nothing if not Home Of The Careful Driver.
The mailman waves at me, and I wave back.
A homeowner emerging from his gloriously open garage waves at me, and I wave back.
An old fellow shoveling ice and I joke that we're both getting our exercise today. Everyone is warm here, even when it's cold. And when it's warm, they practically blossom, throwing open garage doors in symbolic celebration.
My run becomes an anthropological study of my temporary neighborhood in America's heartland. I take in the architecture. The tidiness. The inhabitants' habits. I am confused by the green grass. It was just under snow. Shouldn't it be brown? I can't say I fully understand willingly living in such a harsh environment, but I see the joy of being here when it lurches into Spring. Is that an invisible red badge of courage on your lapel, Sir, for surviving winter?
I turn and run against the wind, sending painfully sharp air into my throat. I make note that this is probably not wise for a vocalist, even if 50 degrees doesn't SEEM cold when you are standing still. I'm already tired but push on, for I've committed to doing one mile on this day. It's the deal I made with my protesting mind and body. Just a mile. I need to outrun the fatigue and I need to outrun the darkness. I debate stepping on grass versus pavement instead of metaphorical steps. I focus on the mile, not the uncharted journey. The ache in my throat distracts me from a vague ache in my chest. Run long enough and all you think of is the run.
I run through several side yards, which I firmly believe will not offend the polite Hoosiers. And when I run back to my for-now home, I walk around it like a real-life homeowner, picking up random trash revealed by the vanishing snow, feeling more grounded and present in my present. I prefer to leave things better than I found them.
Tomorrow, I will run again and outrun for a while the uncountable arrows flying at my heart flung by the hand of my own head. Aren't tormented artists just the best?
I may need to make it two miles.
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Who Is Anita Sarkeesian, What Is Her Net Worth, Here's Everything To Know
Anita Sarkeesian is a widely recognized feminist media critic of Canadian-American origin who also works as a blogger, Internet personality, and public speaker. She was born in 1983 in Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Varkis "Wally" Sarkeesian and Seta Kegham. Anita graduated in Communication Science from the University of California, Northridge, and earned a Master's degree in Social and Political Thinking from York University in Ontario, Canada. Her parents are American but moved to Canada from Iraq in the 1970s. She has a sister named Ida Sarkeesian, with whom she grew up under the care of her parents in Burlington, Ontario.
As an adolescent, Anita Sarkeesian developed an interest in issues of gender identity and feminism, which led her to launch the website "Feminist Frequency" in 2009 while still a student at York University. Her main goal was to provide easy access to media criticism and to focus on feminist issues. She was brought into the media spotlight in 2012 when she launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a series of short educational videos to highlight gender representation in video games in the context of sexism. As a result, she received several anti-women threats and harassment from parts of the video game culture, but the negative reaction also brought a lot of publicity to the project, far exceeding its original goal.
Anita Sarkeesian finally released the first part of the video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games in March 2013. The series eventually comprised a total of 18 episodes, which were released between March 2013 and April 2017. Following the success of the series, Sarkeesian has also released several other educational videos on the Feminist Frequency website that focus on the portrayal of women in film, television, and other popular media.
In addition to her work on the Internet, Anita Sarkeesian has spoken on various platforms, including Women in the World, The Media Evolution Conference, GeekGirlCon, and xoxo. She has also been a guest speaker at the United Nations on several occasions. Anita Sarkeesian received the Honorary Award of the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers in 2013. The following year she received the Harvard Humanist of the Year Award, the Game Developers Choice Ambassador Award 2014, and was also nominated for Microsoft's Women in Games Ambassador Award 2014.
In March 2015, Sarkeesian was named one of Time Magazine's 30 "most influential people on the Internet," and the following month she was also named one of the magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
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Anita Sarkeesian's net worth is currently estimated at around $1 million, which she has accumulated during her career as a blogger and media critic. Despite the numerous threats and harassment, she has received over the years, Sarkeesian has remained determined and has established herself as one of the most influential women on the Internet.
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Despite the favor she seems to enjoy with higher authorities, some sections of society still disapprove of Anita Sarkeesian's growing popularity as a feminist media critic. Over the years, several vicious online campaigns have been launched against her. All kinds of attacks have been made against her, including death and rape threats and hacking her social media accounts.
But all this intimidation ultimately worked to her advantage, as it actually proved that women actually suffer a lot of harassment and abuse at the hands of some unscrupulous asocialists. The courageous way she dealt with the incidents also increased her popularity and portrayed her as a very strong, courageous, and outspoken feminist, one that other women should emulate.
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The campaign launched by Anita Sarkeesian on the Kickstarter platform in 2012 to fund the series "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" was a massive success. The campaign's initial funding target of $6,000 was achieved in just 24 hours. A total of $158,922 was realized from the campaign, allowing it to expand the project beyond its original scope.
In 2015, international technology giant Intel joined forces with Feminist Frequency in a multi-million dollar effort to provide better career opportunities and positive characterization of women and other minority groups in the technology and gaming sectors.


Congratulations, Cathy & Jo Ann!
Congratulations to the 2018 Texas Senior Games Hall of Fame inductees, Cathy Pottorf and Jo Ann Donnelly!
The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to recognize the accomplishments of the many athletes who have competed in the Texas Senior Games and those individuals that have promoted The Texas Senior Games at the local, stat,e and national levels. The award will be presented every other year (qualifying years) at the State Games.
Nominations may be submitted by anyone; however, self-nominations will not be accepted. Individuals may also be inducted posthumously. Team sports will be considered based on their team's long-term performances.
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We recently received an "Ask a Ticket Question" from a North Carolina resident — we'll call him Joe Smith — who was cited for speeding in Missouri. The ticket was issued for allegedly going 81 mph in a 65 mph zone. Smith was told by the Missouri prosecutor that 20+ mph over the speed limit would result in a reckless driving charge and a suspended license, but since he was "only" 16 mph over, he could pay the fine and not receive points on his license. That is what he decided to do.
Fast forward to six months later. Joe received a letter from the North Carolina DOT advising that his drivers license was being suspended for thirty days. He was puzzled by what he called "being caught in the crossfire" between states.
Joe fell victim to the Driver License Compact, an interstate agreement between most states (Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Tennessee are not currently members of the compact) to exchange information about traffic violations between the non-resident state and the cited driver's state of residence. Joe found out the hard way that North Carolina classifies reckless driving as being 15+ mph over the speed limit, and when the report of his Missouri violation finally reached his home state, North Carolina applied its prescribed penalty to Joe's case.
When receiving an out-of-state ticket for a moving violation, it is wise to know what the potential penalties are in both the ticketing state as well as your state of residence before entering a plea. Your strategy for dealing with an out-of-state ticket may well be affected by that knowledge.
Even if a non-member state is involved, states that are members are free to apply penalties on violations if the report gets back to them. Joe faced the hardship of losing his driving privileges for a temporary period, and he almost certainly would have fought the original ticket more aggressively had he known of that possible outcome.


This article is especially relevant if you have configured several working schedules in NutriAdmin. If you haven't done so yet, it's recommended you check this article first.
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Intro: A greeting, E.g. Hi, or Hello. Your client's first name will be automatically added to this intro fragment, so you don't need to specify any name here.
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