Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second-most populated metropolitan area in the United States.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the busiest airport in the Greater Los Angeles area. Other airports including Bob Hope Airport, John Wayne Airport, Long Beach Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport and Palm Springs International Airport are also located in this region.
In 1928, the Los Angeles City Council selected 640 acres (1.00 sq mi; 260 HA) in the southern part of Westchester's the site of a new airport for the city. The fields of wheat, barley and lima beans were converted into dirt landing strips without any terminal buildings. It was named Mines Field for William W. Mines, the real estate agent who arranged the deal.
The first structure, Hangar No. 1, was erected in 1929 and is listed on the National register of Historic Places.
Howard Hughes Promenade (shopping, dining and movies) is nearby on Sepulveda Boulevard.
Fox Hills Shopping Plaza - a large strip mall with shops, restaurants and a pharmacy.
Marina Del Rey is about 10 minutes away on the 90 freeway. There you will find shopping, dining and harbor cruises at Fisherman's Village, as well as beach activities at Dockweiler Beach.


A couple days ago, I wrote about how I decided it was my turn to do a boudoir shoot, even though I'm single. Besides all the personal empowerment reasons to do one, I've grown so envious of all my clients getting to rock their bodies in a boudoir shoot. So sometime in the spring, I'll get to experience what it's like to be one of you! he he I am SO very excited to see a new studio, get my hair & makeup done, and strut my stuff in some awesome new outfits. 🙂 While I normally advise my clients to bring a wide variety of colors so that their albums will have variety, my album is going to be different. As I mentioned in the above post, it's going to contain annual shoots until when/if I get married. So I decided I wanted each shoot to have a theme that tells a story…this first shoot is sort of symbolic of what has to die inside for something new to be birthed…it's also symbolic that as a black woman, I am dark, yet lovely (Song of Solomon 1:5). And finally, I just freakin' love the edginess of all these looks which will be great while my hair is short.


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Policy #9: Project selection criteria should prioritize active transportation
By Nimotalai Azeez · November 28, 2017
To most effectively implement them, a good Complete Streets policy must be fully integrated into the process for selecting transportation projects. And that process should focus on active transportation projects with a priority on underserved communities in order to reduce health, safety, and economic disparities.
This post is part of Complete Streets month at Smart Growth America. Throughout November, we are running a series of posts to unveil our brand new Complete Streets policy framework — revised for the first time in nearly a decade — explaining each of the 10 newly revised elements in some detail.
An effective Complete Streets policy should modify the process by which a jurisdiction chooses what projects to fund and build in order to actually drive implementation of Complete Streets. For this reason, "project selection criteria" is one of the brand new elements that we added to the revised policy framework.
Criteria for determining the ranking of projects should include assigning weight for active transportation infrastructure; targeting underserved communities; alleviating disparities in health, safety, economic benefit, access destinations; and creating better multimodal network connectivity for all users. Jurisdictions should include equity criteria in their project selection process and give the criteria meaningful weight.
We asked our Steering Committee members from MIG|SvR, based in Seattle, WA, what they thought of the new element: "Project prioritization is one of the ways historic inequities have been perpetuated. By embedding and transparently communicating project prioritization that is based on criteria like increased accessibility, multimodal connectivity, reduction of health inequities, and economic return on investment, agencies build trust with community members as they work to deliver greater mobility for all," said Tom von Schrader.
To earn points for this element as the Coalition evaluates policies each year, the policy will need to establish specific criteria to encourage funding prioritization for Complete Streets implementation and specifically address how improving equity for vulnerable users will be embedded in project selection criteria.
"As engineers, landscape architects, and planners, we see project selection criteria as a moral framework. Is the city making its streets safer and more welcoming for all? When an agency's project selection criteria bend toward a Complete Streets ethic, we know that they are interested in making their streets safer, more equitable and more economically productive."
– Tom von Schrader, Principal at MIG|SvR
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Stay tuned for more Complete Streets updates during the month of November
Have questions about the changes? Join us as we discuss how the new grading rubric will affect future policies during our webinar on December 1, 2017 at 1:00pm ET. The entire new grading rubric resource will be released on our website shortly before the webinar. Register for the webinar today >>
We are now accepting nominations for the Best Complete Streets initiatives. Do you know of a project, initiative, event, person, task force, etc. that exemplifies Complete Streets? Fill out this brief nomination form >>
If you have any questions about the changes to the Complete Streets policy framework, please contact us! We're happy to discuss further.
Special thanks to our featured Steering Committee member:
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Come and join us at the Fort Langley Festival of the Book between 11 and 3 at Fort Langley Community Hall. The place will be a-buzzing with book lovers of all ages.
We're excited about our first Fort Langley Festival of the Book. Hope to see you there.


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Oconee Citizen Committee Discussed Banning Bikes from Roadways
Doctor's Appointment the Issue
Though Oconee County expects to begin soon to purchase the right of way for the widening of Mars Hill road from SR 316 to Hog Mountain road in Butler's crossing and will include in that right of way enough space for bike lanes, clearly not all of the county's citizens are interested in accommodating bicyclists.
One who is not is Derrek Crowe, who stepped down at the end of September as a member of the county's Citizen Advisory Committee on Land Use and Transportation.
Crowe told that group back in January that he felt it is the committee's responsibility to listen to the complaints of citizens, according to the minutes of that meeting.
And he had heard a complaint he wanted discussed.
Crowe, according to the minutes, said he had recently "overheard a woman at the doctor's office who was upset and crying because she was late for an appointment."
The problem, Crowe said, was the woman got "stuck behind bicycles"–on Mars Hill road!
Crowe asked that committee chairman Abe Abouhamdan put discussion of regulation of bicyclists in Oconee County on the agenda for the committee's February meeting.
Contrary to what some believe, Crowe told his fellow committee members in February, his legal research indicated that the county can regulate bikes on roads in the county. This is according to the official minutes of that meeting, approved by the board a month later.
"Derrek pointed out that he takes exception with recreational bicyclists being on the roadways, slowing traffic and causing dangerous situations," according to those minutes.
The minutes describe the discussion of Crowe's proposal as "lengthy." At one point, committee member Bill Tollner recommended that cyclists should be prohibited from using roads without a "certain width of shoulder," the minutes indicate.
Committee member James Morris, however, said problem cyclists are a "minority," according to the minutes, and he felt the county didn't really have jurisdiction, despite Crowe's legal review.
Crowe made a motion, seconded by committee member Courtney Gale, that the committee continue its discussion of the issue at future meetings, and that motion passed 5-4.
At the March 10 meeting of the committee, Chairman Abouhamdan brought the matter up again.
Crowe was not at that meeting, according to the approved minutes, and discussion of the topic was brief. It has not appeared in any subsequent minutes of committee meeting.
According to the minutes of the February meeting, Abouhamdan reminded the committee that it did not set policy. That is done by the Board of Commissioners, and he said he would ask the board "if this is a subject they want to take up."
The matter has not appeared on the BOC agenda.
According to Dan Wilson, assistant county engineer, former Oconee Public Works Director Mike Leonas was a strong advocate for including bike lanes on the widened Mars Hill road. The four-lane wide road also will include sidewalks.
Eventually, Experiment Station road from Butler's Crossing to Main street in Watkinsville also is to be widened to four lanes and include bike lanes and sidewalks.
The Oconee Connector Extension, which will create a half circle from the current intersection of the Oconee Connector and SR 316 back to Epps Bridge Parkway at Lowe's, also will include bike lanes.
At present, Epps Bridge Parkway in both Oconee and Clarke counties has bike lanes, though they stop as the roadway intersects with Broad street, dumping bicycles into the heavy traffic of that roadway at that point.
The proposed widening of Simonton Bridge road from Watkinsville to the Clarke County line also includes bike lanes, meaning a bicyclist could travel from one Clark county line to another almost entirely within bike lanes. The exception would be along the streets of downtown Watkinsville.
Along most of the route, however, auto traffic would be moving at a pretty quick clip, if the present 45 miles per hour speed limits are maintained.
In many places in the world, it is normal for bikes and autos to travel on the same routes. The Netherlands is particularly sophisticated in integration of bicycles into the country's transportation system.
Many roads there have bike lanes, which often have separate traffic signals. I shot the video above of auto and bike traffic on a busy residential street in Bussum in late September when I was in the suburb of Amsterdam on a business trip.
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Oconee Democratic said...
Kate McDaniel suggested the same asinine bike banning at the Watkinsville City Council meeting, despite the fact she does not live inside the city limits
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Cycling has many more pluses than minuses. With air quality, obesity and traffic congestion all issues more cyclists not less is the answer. 1) For each cyclist, one less car is on the road having a negative impact on air quality; 2) With more people cycling there is additional incentive for politicians and people late for Drs. Appointments to demand bike lanes; 3) Improves the health of the cyclists;
Having a cycling friendly community it good for tourism and business. Let's consider some solutions. The woman late for her appointment could learn for the experience and plan ahead. The county could pony up the money for more bike lanes. To ban bikes for county roads is a regressive strategy and the good citizenry of this and surrounding counties will not stand for it. Thank you, Lee, for this blog making this issue visible.
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Home Business News Hackers take advantage of Covid as ransomware jumps 20% globally
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Hackers take advantage of Covid as ransomware jumps 20% globally
by LLB Tech Reporter July 23, 2020
written by LLB Tech Reporter 23rd Jul 20 12:01 pm
The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team today published the mid-year update to the 2020 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, highlighting increases in ransomware, opportunistic use of the coronvirus pandemic, systemic weaknesses and growing reliance on Microsoft Office files by cybercriminals.
"Cybercriminals can be resourceful, often setting traps to take advantage of people's kindness during a natural disaster, panic throughout a crisis and trust in systems used in everyday life," said SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner.
"This latest cyber threat data shows that cybercriminals continue to morph their tactics to sway the odds in their favor during uncertain times. With everyone more remote and mobile than ever before, businesses are highly exposed and the cybercriminal industry is very aware of that. It's imperative that organizations move away from makeshift or traditional security strategies and realize this new business normal is no longer new."
Changing landscape leads to waning malware volume
During the first half of 2020, global malware attacks fell from 4.8 billion to 3.2 billion (-24%) over 2019's mid-year total. This drop is the continuation of a downward trend that began last November.
There are regional differences in both the amount of malware and the percentage change year over year, highlighting shifting cybercriminal focus. For example, the United States (-24%), United Kingdom (-27%), Germany (-60%) and India (-64%) all experienced reduced malware volume. Less malware doesn't necessarily mean a safer world; ransomware has seen a corresponding jump over the same time period.
Ransomware attackers raise stakes again
Despite the global decline of malware volume, ransomware continues to be the most concerning threat to corporations and the preferred tool for cybercriminals, increasing a staggering 20% (121.4 million) globally in the first half of 2020.
"Remote and mobile workforces are at a turning point on the subject of security," said Chad Sweet, Founder and CEO The Chertoff Group. "It has never been more prevalent for enterprises and organizations to prioritize online security and make what used to be a luxury, a secured and protected necessity."
Comparatively, the U.S. and U.K. are facing different odds. SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers logged 79.9 million ransomware attacks (+109%) in the U.S. and 5.9 million ransomware attacks (-6%) in the UK, trends that continue to ebb and flow based on the behaviors of agile cybercriminal networks.
Malware-laden COVID-19 emails
The combination of the global pandemic and social-engineered cyberattacks has proven to be an effective mix for cybercriminals utilizing phishing and other email scams. Dating as far back as Feb. 4, SonicWall researchers detected a flurry of increased attacks, scams and exploits specifically based around COVID-19 and noted a 7% increase in COVID-related phishing attempts during the first two quarters.
As expected, COVID-19 phishing began rising in March, and saw its most significant peaks on March 24, April 3 and June 19. This contrasts with phishing as a whole, which started strong in January and was down slightly globally (-15%) by the time the pandemic phishing attempts began to pick up steam.
Office lures remain a staple
Microsoft Office is a necessity with millions of employees now more remote and dependent on the business productivity suite of applications. Cybercriminals were quick to leverage this shift, as SonicWall threat researchers found a 176% increase in new malware attacks disguised as trusted Microsoft Office file types.
Leveraging SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection™ (RTDMI) technology, SonicWall discovered that 22% of Microsoft Office files and 11% of PDF files made up 33% of all newly identified malware in 2020. The patent-pending RTDMI™ technology identified a record 120,910 'never-before-seen' malware variants during that time — a 63% increase over the first six months of 2019.
"Cybercriminals are too sophisticated to use known malware variants, so they're re-imagining and re-writing malware to defeat security controls like traditional sandboxing techniques — and it's working," said Conner.
Attacks using non-standard ports make comeback
Overall, an average of 23% of attacks took place over non-standard ports so far in 2020 — the highest mark since SonicWall began tracking the attack vector in 2018.
By sending malware across non-standard ports, assailants can bypass traditional firewall technologies, ensuring increased success for payloads. A 'non-standard' port is leveraged by services running on a port other than its default assignment (e.g., Ports 80 and 443 are standard ports for web traffic).
Two new monthly records were set during the first two quarters of 2020. In February, non-standard port attacks reached 26% before climbing to an unprecedented 30% in May. During that month, there was a surge in many specific attacks, such as VBA Trojan Downloader, that may have contributed to the spike.
IoT continues to serve threats
Work-from-home (WFH) employees or remote workforces can introduce many new risks, including Internet of Things (IoT) devices like refrigerators, baby cameras, doorbells or gaming consoles. IT departments are besieged with countless devices swarming networks and endpoints as the footprint of their corporate expands beyond the traditional perimeter.
Researchers at SonicWall found a 50% increase in IoT malware attacks, a number that mirrors the number of additional devices that are connected online as individuals and enterprise alike function from home. Unchecked IoT devices can provide cybercriminals an open door into what may otherwise be a well-secured organization.
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"I got paid a lot of money, and let's face it, a girl's got to eat. Besides, this has made more money than all my other movies. " -- Julie Delpy, on her role in An American Werewolf in Paris
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: DVD
Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) lives a quiet life with his lawyer wife Edie (Maria Bello), teenage son Jack (Ashton Holmes) and young daughter Sarah (Heidi Hayes) in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana. One night, during an attempted robbery in his diner, Tom protects his staff and clients and kills the two criminals in self defense. He is immediately dubbed a hero, but the media attention attracts a stranger to town, a man in a black suit (Ed Harris), who believes that Tom is the man who had wronged him in the past.
Review by Louise Keller:
A tantalisingly explosive film about inner conflicts and secrets, A History of Violence is a sublime psychological thriller in a western setting. Canvassing themes of brutality and gentleness and juxtaposing them is especially effective, taking us to uncomfortable and unexpected places. Director David Cronenberg skilfully delves into the darkness and duality of the human condition, immersing us so deeply into these worlds, that we hardly have time to take a breath. The story is loosely based on a graphic novel, which in the hands of writer Josh Olsen simply flows with street smartness, sensitivity and wit. And in the performance of his career, Viggo Mortensen makes the impossible seem easy, as he conveys everything through his eyes. There's love, hate, compassion, torment and much, much more. If there's a language for eyes, Mortensen is the ultimate linguist. The film's final shot, in which not a single word is spoken, is the film's most lingering ... and powerful.
The short and brilliantly concise prologue sets up depth and darkness before we meet Mortensen's Tom, loving husband, caring father and responsible provider for his family. Marriage to Maria Bello's strongly grounded Edie is no dull routine and they enjoy sex with playful lust. When violence is imminent in his diner, Tom reacts instinctively, first throwing a pot of hot coffee, lunging for one of the men's weapons and shooting them dead. There is no glorifying the deed: we see the horror as it is. With his no-nonsense manner, while gracious about the media attention when hailed a hero, Tom is keen for life to return to normal.
The confusion created by this one incident is magnified when Ed Harris' menacing one-eyed thug comes to town and starts to threaten both Tom and his family. Is Tom who he says he is, or is he hiding something? Seeds of doubt begin to sow in Edie's mind and the whole family dynamic begins to change. 'In this family we do not solve our problems by hitting people,' he tells his son after he is suspended for putting the school bully in his place. 'No, we shoot them,' retorts his son.
Bello is wonderful as the conflicted Edie and with her, we experience the full gamut of emotions as she and Tom skid of dangerously thin ice. As the story progresses, we meet William Hurt's manic crime boss Ritchie and his encounter with Tom is one you won't forget.
This is a story about extremes, from the graphic violence and the torrid sex to the gentle family life. A History of Violence explores the dark side of all of us, leaving us with pounding questions and uncertainties of who we really are.
There is a satisfying bunch of special features on the DVD including David Cronenberg's commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes on Cannes, trailer and easter eggs.
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: DVD (MA)
(US, 2005)
CAST: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Heidi Hayes, Peter MacNeill
PRODUCER: Chris Bender, David Cronenberg, J. C. Spink
SCRIPT: Josh Olson (graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke)
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Peter Suschitzky
EDITOR: Ronald Sanders
MUSIC: Howard Shore
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Carol Spier
AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTOR: Roadshow
AUSTRALIAN RELEASE: March 9, 2006
PRESENTATION: Feature 16:9 (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 , 2.0 Stereo; English subtitles for the hearing impaired
SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scene with Commentary by David Cronenberg (2' 38"); The Unmaking of Scene 44 Featurette (7' 04"); Act's of Violence Documentary (1 hr 6'); Deleted Scene - scene 44 (2'38")[BREAK]Violence's History: United States Version vs. International; Version; Featurette ( 2.0) (12' 44"); Too Commercial for Cannes (8' 52"); Feature commentary with David Cronenberg; Theatrical Trailer (2' 30"); Easter Eggs - Ed Harris Explains (0' 38"); Viggo Plays with a Plastic Fish (0' 47") ;Viggo's Birthday Cake (0' 25")
DVD DISTRIBUTOR: Roadshow Home Entertainment
DVD RELEASE: August 10, 2006


Custom furniture San Antonio was the mission last week. We made some custom cut latitude longitude signs with galvanized color backing as a wall art decor piece. We patina the steel to look like cor-ten. We made some custom coffee tables and custom end tables with white hairpin legs. About to start a huge black walnut live edge table top for a custom dining table. Also these are some of our patina samples that can go on anything we make from custom light fixtures to custom metal table base and custom furniture frames. We are working on an install of an iron tree balcony as our most recent custom iron work pieces. A picture of sunrise at Sunset Station San Antonio.


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U.S. envoy to the U.N. will visit Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey
FILE PHOTO - United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers remarks at the Security Council meeting at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, U.S, on April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Wednesday she will visit Turkey and Jordan from May 19-25 to see how Syrian refugees "are coping, day in and day out," to see U.N. humanitarian work and highlight the U.S. aid response.
It will be the first overseas trip by Haley, a member of President Donald Trump's cabinet, and follows a bid by Trump to temporarily ban refugees from entering the United States and to cut funding to the United Nations and its agencies.
"What is happening in Syria and its neighboring countries is a true humanitarian crisis. But those who accuse the U.S. of heartlessness in the face of this crisis are wrong," Haley wrote in the Wall Street Journal newspaper on Wednesday.
"No country has invested more in protecting, housing, feeding and caring for Syrian refugees than the U.S. We have provided nearly $6.5 billion in emergency assistance for Syria since the start of the crisis," she wrote.
Haley said she would talk to government leaders about how U.S. programs to help refugees are working. She also plans to visit refugee camps and families, U.S. funded schools and to witness U.N. efforts to ship humanitarian aid into Syria from Jordan and Turkey.
"With American help, Syria's neighbors have made the difference between life and death for millions of Syrians. The U.S. and the U.N. will continue to do a great deal of heavy lifting for these desperate people," Haley wrote.
Haley's trip coincides with Trump's maiden trip abroad to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Italy and Belgium.
A crackdown by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on pro-democracy protesters in 2011 led to civil war and Islamic State militants used the chaos to seize territory in Syria and Iraq. Half of Syria's 22 million people have been uprooted and more than 400,000 killed.
Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by David Gregorio


It finally had to happen. After all the American bands over the last ten years who tried to play Irish music with varying levels of success, an Irish band has decided to play American traditional music. (And some Irish too, don't get me wrong.) Rig The Jig is the band in question, and I'm happy to report that they do a bang-up job no matter which side of the Atlantic they're playing. Their latest CD, Passing Through, is a delightful romp through the best of barroom folk in both countries.
Basically an acoustic outfit, Rig The Jig's sound is stripped down, straightforward, and easy to listen to. There's nothing terribly fancy here, but what there is is done to a turn. The musicianship is outstanding on Passing Through; whether it be banjo, uilleann pipe, or barrelhouse piano, the sound is clear and true.
What really makes Rig The Jig something special is the song choice. The album starts out with a straightforward jig -- and just when you think you know what you have in your CD player, they're suddenly taking a whack at Rory Gallagher's "Barley And Grape Rag" or Leonard Cohen's "Passing Through." You don't hear a lot of Irish bands who can handle the bounce from "Raglan Road" to Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone." Their version of "City Of New Orleans" is sweet, perhaps the sweetest version I've heard since Arlo Guthrie's original.
Rig The Jig is, in the long run, one of the most enjoyable Irish bands I've heard in a long time. Far from a novelty act, they've proved on Passing Through that they can handle multiple musical worlds with equal grace, and that's really something special.
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Ponca City personal injury attorney Kenneth N. Jean received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 1993. Throughout the years of his legal career, he's maintained one goal, which is the key factor to his success: every client receives the personal attention they need. Mr. Jean creates open lines of communication for his clients, which gives him a full picture of the case and how to obtain maximum compensation.
The Elite Lawyers of America is an exclusive group that only admits attorneys who have won more than 2 million dollars or more for clients in a single settlement or verdict. He is also a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is an honor held by less than 1% of attorneys across the United States.
Mr. Jean is a member of the American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, and Kay County Bar Association. He represents injury victims all across the state of Oklahoma. For his years of work serving a broad range of clients, the American Society of Legal Advocates has recognized him as an outstanding lawyer and made him a member of their institution. Less than 1.5% of attorneys across the nation are a part of this group.
Kenneth resides in Stillwater with his wife, Michele, and has one daughter, Kendal.
Contact Attorney Kenneth N. Jean today by calling our Stillwater location at (405) 384-7887.


Silver Lining Edition: Cardboard box, guidebook, gloss-coated cards with silver edging.
The decision was made to keep some cards in the landscape orientation to do justice to the artwork.
The Reading Tree, a perennial favorite, is the image for the "Learn" card.
A card about co-creative relationships was needed. Vesica Pisces needed to be there.
Guan Yin graces the penultimate card in the deck.
Love is an evocative word; 'Self-Love' can invoke positive or negative feelings in people, depending on how they view themselves.
Many of us have been raised to believe that accomplishment is all in outward signs: How much money we have, how we look, what we've done. Chasing success, we can still feel empty, directionless, overworked, and under-appreciated. These are strong signs for emotional and spiritual work: To find our happiness, balance, and truest alignment within. It is from there we can start changing our lives in a way that honors us and the others we touch.
We don't need to puff ourselves up, pretend we're something we're not, nor do we need to start making demands and kissing mirrors whenever we see 'em. This isn't narcissism.
Just self-acceptance, and practicing honesty, kindness, and patience with ourselves.
We are always enough as we are, but societal conditioning, childhood experiences, and media messages often make us feel inadequate, limiting what we feel we deserve or what we can do. Healing and undoing our conditioning can be a long journey; sometimes we may need a little push, a little spark of inspiration, or a confirmation.
Oracle decks and inspirational decks work well for these moments, or in a daily ritual. Anyone can use them.
You can read about the changes in the second edition here. Last price update: March 2019, to cope with the increase in international shipping costs.


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Making It Happen: Concussions In Professional Football
Almost Making It Happen I expected to get a few bruises, but not a getting a concussion. Before the soccer game, my idea of a concussion was getting bumped in the head, receive headaches, and it would heal up in a week and then you would go back to the way you were. I was wrong. At times, concussions can be deadly, and if you have them more than once, it will decrease your chance of keeping your brain healthy and surviving. Concussions can also give you migraines and make you dizzy. I've only known one person who had a concussion and I didn't look at it as an injury because he seemed fine, but I didn't know about his symptoms. Getting this concussion was from playing a "friendly" game of soccer after running a cross country race. After that…show more content…
The coach was walking around the bench area asking us where the team was. I was not surprised because I knew the players well enough to know that they are late to things like these. "The whole team has a commitment of being here. I would hate to have to cancel the game because most of our players are irresponsible and can't show up on time." He said walking back and forth around the bench area with his head hanging. At 4:00 p.m., the ref was going to start the game and at first, it was 7 vs. 11 for the first three minutes until more players from our team showed up. I could tell by looking at the coach that he was disappointed with the team. It was close to halftime and they were winning 2-0. Throughout the last ten minutes of the half, I was pressuring the other team. I sprinted for the ball that was bouncing towards the middle of the field. I jumped with the ball to make a header. Crack! I was on the ground and I remember feeling a sharp pain on my forehead. I felt like someone threw a rock at my face. My forehead was numb at first, but then the pain was coming fast. According to people around me, a knee went to my face. I was getting back up because I thought the ref would continue the game, but the ref told me to stay down. As I was lying back down, I looked all around me and the players were kneeling down and crowd had their mouths open while they were standing up. The coach came and said, "Are you…show more content…
The course was muddy and slippery and damp. I knew that the last runners who were going qualify to state were going to run a nineteen-minute race. While other teams were practicing and warming up, my team was playing in the playground. From what I've been through this week, I know I wasn't going to make it to state, but I still wanted to know how close I would be .The teams were called to the starting line and I was nervous. POP! The gunshot was heard and everyone was running for a place at state. After the first mile I was in 32nd place, but from there I was not improving. I started to slow down. My head was hurting and felt like it was going to explode, my legs were starting to give up and were feeling like they were going to collapse, and my arms were stiff. At my second mile, I was in 36th place and the coach had a worried face. At this point, I started to give up. I started coughing, had a runny nose, and was gasping for air. I finished the race in 36th place with a time of 19:44. I was exhausted and sad that the season was over, but I knew that I had one more season left to make it to
The Pros And Cons Of Concussions
What Can Concussions do to the Body? Over the previous decades, concussions have increasingly received attention in the world of sports. A concussion is a serious head injury that can happen to any player, and in just about any sport. Indeed, it has been happening to a countless number of athletes for centuries.
The Dangers Of Concussions In Sports
Recently over the previous decades, concussions have increasingly received attention in the world of sports. A concussion is a serious head injury that can happen to any player, and in just about any sport. Indeed, it has been happening to a countless number of athletes for centuries. However, it is also important to note that a concussion can also take place outside of sports, meaning it can happen to anybody. For instance, there have been incidents where a person tripped while running, fell, and the impact of their head's contact with the ground has caused a concussion. Or, in a car accident many front-seat passengers, or even the driver, have slammed their heads against the dashboard/steering wheel, also possibly resulting in a concussion.
Concussions In American Football
Many varying kinds of head injuries can cause epileptic seizures, or other traumatic diseases, disorders and maybe even paralyzation. The most usual form of head injury is a concussion. A concussion can cause many forms of disorders of the brain that are potentially fatal. The most common way to receive a concussion is from contact sports, such as football, basketball, hockey, and even baseball. But the most prevalent sport that causes the highest amount of concussions is in football. The National Football League, or the NFL, is a league that consists of 32 teams from North America, averaging 53 people per team. In modern day society, the sport of American football is known as a violent and barbaric type of sport due to the reputation of the
Concussions In Professional Sports
Many of the famous sports today are played with great enjoyment, however, contact injuries can always occur at any time. Many of these injuries are concussions. Couple of years back studies showed concussions were not a major subject to be dealt with, but until later this idea was proven wrong. A simple Concussion can change many things in your life even the way you act. Many have died due to multiple major concussions even famous athletes. Young high school athletes are starting their sports journey and face these same injuries and when it happens it should be dealt with very seriously.
An Essay On Concussions In Sports
THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CONCUSSION IN ATHLETES ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUTURE OF SPORTS In the recent years, concussions have become a common accident related to various types of sports around the globe. A concussion is a traumatic injury of the brain, they can also be as a result of a sudden blow on the body. Such a blow may cause the head to jerk back and forth in a rapid motion. This may cause a bounce or twist within the skull, which may over stretch the brain, cause cell damage and alter chemical functioning within the brain.
Concussions In Sports
Concussions get a bad wrap. Concussions are becoming a very relivent part of todays sports culture. People are going as far as quitting their sport due to just one concussion. These head injurys have become a very hot topic and are debated heavily when it comes to contact sports. Athletes and parents need to be aware of these injuries, and a tough protocol should be placed on the amount of concussions an athelete can have before they become ineligible to participate in sports. While playing a contact sport a concussion could cause brain damage, end a playing career, or alter a someones life for the worst.
Essay On Concussions In Sports
Imagine being the MVP of an all star sports team, then suffering a concussion from a very competitive game or tournament. No matter what sport an athlete plays or how skilled they are at it, there is always going to be a possibility of injury. Concussions are an injury with serious side effects and can permanently end any star's career. Today, many young athletes suffer from sport related concussions. An estimated 3.8 million recreational and athletic concussions occur annually in the United States, according to statistics in 2012 (Concussion and Sports). Concussions are high on the rise and make athletes very vulnerable and prone to them. Among male athletes, sports resulting in the most concussions include football, ice hockey, lacrosse, wrestling, and soccer. For female athletes, soccer, lacrosse, and basketball were recorded for the sports that resulted in the most concussions. Youth athletes who have suffered one concussion, onset greater chances of experiencing more.
Effects Of Football Concussions
Throughout America's history, football has been well known and a popular sport. Throughout the years, however, the safety of helmets have always been in question. As time went on, the amount of injuries significantly went down the helmets did not solve the problem completely. On November 6, 1869 the first "football" game took place. In my research I found that helmets were not mandatory until the 30's which left a lot of players open to injury especially when half the players were wearing helmets and the other half were not while playing on the field. A concussion is a disturbance in brain function that occurs following either a blow to the head or as a result of the violent shaking of the head. Common symptoms of concussions include headache, amnesia, confusion, pressure in the head, dizziness, nausea or vomiting, ringing in the ears, slurred speech, sensitivity to light or noise, fatigue.
Sports Related Concussions In Sports
Concussions have always been an issue in sports. Many sports can cause a concussion. However, the main sports are either football or soccer. Most of the coach's in these sports trey to help with the issue but do not fully understand the process of helping. "
Concussion Issues In Concussions
More now than before, athletes are being extremely cautious when there is trauma to the brain. After multiple cases of poor treatment, parents and doctors are taking control of an epidemic of untreated concussions. As more studies advance, it is discovered that every case is different. The range of seriousness is created by severity, past experience with trauma, and how the patient heals. Concussions in sports can range in severity, and how they affect each individual over time depending on times of impact.
Narrative Essay About Lacrosse Game
Coach Simmons told me I was starting this game. It was my first real shot to prove my worth. About two minutes into the game, there was an errant pass that rolled towards the sideline. I started to sprint to the ball, trying to beat the guy I was covering. I got to the ball first and started to scoop it up, however I didn't see the guy about to hit my side.
Personal Narrative-Football Injury
It was the end of the first half of the game towards the end of the season. My team was playing the Purdue Boilermakers, a team we
Concussions In The Sport Of Football
All fun and games, until someone gets hurt. This saying is closely related to the game of football. Although the game of football is an enjoyed american pastime, there are several health issues that come with the game. One of the health issues that is of a huge controversy in today's sport are concussions. Concussions are defined as "temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to head. The term is also used loosely of the after effects such as confusion or temporary incapacity" (NFL Football Hits, Concussions, Injuries & a Lifetime of Pain). Most of the concussions that happen in the game come from a player performing head-to-head contact, or when a player experience whiplash from a hit and their head crashes into the grass playing surface. Because of the pace and intensity of the game, it is easy to make those collisions during the duration being played. Many organizations including the NFL are looking for ways to make the sport safer, and help with the long term health issues of the players.
Football Concussions
Almost 58,000 concussions were reported from the NCAA, which represents 1,200 colleges/universities, in the 2001-02 season ("Head Injuries"). That is about 48 concussions per school, and 1 in every 23 athletes. Sports and recreational concussions have become a more serious issue over the past decade. Many parents, coaches, and players deem concussions not serious and resume playing in the game. The increase in concussions, mainly in sports, has a long-lasting effect on the human brain and needs to be taken more seriously.
A simple tap to the head can change someone's life forever. Athletes like to slap each other's helmets and shake another player's head after a good play, what they do not know is that they could give that player a concussion. It is likely that every individual will receive a concussion at some point in their life. Research has been done to look at the effects that concussions have on the lives of professional athletes and now the focus has changed to the effects of concussions of children. The focus is beginning to turn away from how do we prevent concussions to what are the lasting impact of concussions. What lasting impacts do concussions leave for adolescents to deal with in the future?
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Most individuals with autism have difficulty understanding abstract language, sarcasm, and metaphor. Individuals with autism may also take language literally.
"its raining cats and dogs".
"You're so funny" said sarcastically.
Someone walks into a room and says "goodness, its hot in here". A neuro-typical individual may think about opening a window, an autistic person may just assume that it is hot, and not have any notion to do something to change the situation.
These are examples of how language can be used in one way, but be meant or interpreted in another. For an individual on the autism spectrum this type of language can be confusing, or the language and its meaning can be taken literally. The use of abstract concepts such as "I wish, I believe, I imagine" can also be very confusing for an someone with autism, because they are talking about concepts that are not visible or concrete, they are individual beliefs, or imaginary concepts.
Most of us learn to understand this type of language, and even if we haven't heard an expression before, we can often figure out its meaning from the context in which it is used. Teaching the meaning of metaphors to individuals on the spectrum can sometimes help with their understanding of these concepts.
It is important to be aware of our own language when we communicate with individuals with autism. We must refrain from using sarcasm and abstract language. We must also be aware that things we say may be taken literally and so must think carefully before we make a comment or give a command. If we say something will happen later, we must be sure that it will happen. If we give a message, we must make sure it is clear and not ambiguous. The use of visuals and socials stories can be used to help individuals with autism understand language, tasks, and help them deal with changes in a routine.


Rostiger Pudel in Glockenbachviertel. Forums Latest activity Online users More More. You are so gonna get stoned for being gay in Munich. Sub also has a large library much of it in English and a cafe. See all Munich Restaurants. Free or cheap internet access with my own laptop?
Everywhere you go, you meet people who are with gays and against gays.
Trams offer late-night service, making the perfect for getting home after a night on the town. I'm walking down the Klenzestrasse in my bottomless leather chaps then wouldn't it? I am an english speaking girl 26 year old lesbian. Restaurants to check out. The local gay glossy magazine for Bavaria is Leo, with an informative German-language website.


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Q: Migrei o meu site de http para https e perdi os comentários do Facebook Eu estava fazendo alguns testes recentemente no meu site no blogger e quando eu ativei o https no meu site, perdi os comentários do Facebook.
Como faço para corrigir isso?

A: Conforme a documentação do facebook, não é possível mover as curtidas, compartilhamentos ou comentários diretamente para a nova URL, mas você pode usar a URL antiga como a fonte canônica para o número de curtidas ou compartilhamentos na nova URL.
Informações básicas
Ao resolver a qual URL uma ação de curtida ou compartilhamento deve ser atribuída, o Facebook usa um processo para resolver a URL canônica da URL que está sendo carregada. Quando uma URL é carregada, o rastreador procura por:

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*Um Redirecionamento HTTP 301 ou 302

*O uso de uma tag do open graph og:url na página

*O uso de rel=canonical, conforme descrito no RFC 6596. (O rastreador do Facebook oferece suporte apenas a conteúdo, não a cabeçalhos HTTP.)

Se qualquer um desses métodos resultar em uma URL diferente da URL carregada originalmente, a URL especificada será considerada a "URL canônica" da URL original. Se necessário, o rastreador seguirá uma cadeia de redirecionamentos para encontrar a URL canônica.
Todas as curtidas e compartilhamentos serão atribuídos à URL canônica da URL carregada.
Exemplos

Dica: Use nosso depurador para ver o que o Facebook vê quando rastreia sua página.

Ao controlar a URL canônica, você pode mover o conteúdo de uma URL para outra e manter as contagens de curtidas e compartilhamentos, contanto que você permita ao Facebook continuar resolvendo a nova URL na antiga. Isso pode ser feito com um entre dois métodos:
Adicione uma tag og:url à nova URL apontando para a URL antiga (Preferido)
Em sua nova URL, você deve incluir um link para a URL antiga. Por exemplo, se a sua nova URL tiver https://example.com/new-url e a URL antiga era https://example.com/old-url, inclua este trecho em new-url:
<meta property="og:url" content="https://example.com/old-url" />

No seu caso, sua url antiga era algo como http://foobar.blogspot.com, agora esta como https://foobar.blogspot.com, então no og:url faça isto:
<meta property="og:url" content="http://foobar.blogspot.com" />

O uso desse método indica ao nosso rastreador que a URL canônica está no local antigo, e o rastreador a usará para gerar o número de curtidas e compartilhamentos na página. Curtidas e compartilhamentos novos continuarão a ser agregados também na URL antiga.
Isso também exige que a URL antiga ainda processe um documento com tags do Open Graph e retorne uma resposta HTTP 200, pelo menos quando carregado pelo rastreador do Facebook. Se você quiser que outros clientes sejam redirecionados ao visitar a URL, envie sua resposta 301 HTTP a todos os clientes do rastreador que não forem do Facebook. A URL antiga deve conter sua própria tag og:url que aponta para si mesma.

Saiba como reconhecer o rastreador do Facebook no Guia de melhores práticas de compartilhamento.

Este método também funcionará com rel=canonical, mas há preferência por og:url.

Redirecione o rastreador do Facebook para a URL antiga
Outro método de conseguir isso é redirecionar o rastreador do Facebook para a URL antiga sempre que ele visitar a nova URL. Assim como o método descrito acima, a URL antiga deve ser um documento válido com cabeçalhos do Open Graph. E se você quiser incluir um redirecionamento na URL antiga, o rastreador do Facebook não deverá ser redirecionado quando visitar a URL antiga.

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A Lima Charlie Review: 'Bloody Genius' By John Sandford. With a BLAST RADIUS of AN ARTILLERY PROJECTILE! (7.5/10)
2019-09-18 by limacharlieediting, posted in Reviews
John Sandford, a pseudonym for John Roswell Camp, an Army veteran, a former journalist for the Miami Herald, and a New York Times best-selling author. He's penned multiple series of novels, chief among them The Prey Series, which features protagonist Lucas Davenport. A spin off from those novels is the Virgil Flowers novels. His latest coming October 1, 2019 is Bloody Genius, number 12 in the series.
Virgil Flowers is a victim of his own success. He is an investigator for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and after solving a case which made the attorney general look good, good enough that he ran for governor and won. Now, a new case popped up and Minneapolis PD hasn't been able to solve it. The sister of the victim is rich and donates a hefty amount to the said governors campaign and in return she expects results in the case dealing with her murdered brother, she wants closure and she has the pull to ask for it. Therefore, the governor requests his favorite investigator to personally oversee the case.
As Virgil announces himself to Minneapolis PD, he meets Margaret Trane, the lead detective on the investigation. Trane isn't happy with Virgil stepping on her toes and taking over the investigation, for many reasons really, but mainly due to professional embarrassment. He quickly reassures her that he isn't happy about being there either and has no interest in taking credit or glory for the investigation. In fact, at the end he surprises her with a very kind gesture.
Bloody Genius starts off from almost the very first page with a murder, under very suspicious circumstances. The victim, a well respected renowned scholar. The investigation leads Virgil in so many different places, he ends up solving other crimes as he's chasing one lead after another. One in particular has all the motives, two feuding departments in the university with extreme opposite views. There are valid incentives, loyal people, maybe also a little crazy on both sides who would do anything to see their leader win the feud. Are they crazy enough to commit murder though? Throughout his investigation, Virgil runs into prostitutes, students, crooked lawyers, a CEO of an up and coming company, scam artists, and the victims past wives who may or may not gain significantly from his death. While the killer, indistinct, hiding in plain sight, offers brilliant misdirection and confusion to the investigation.
Bloody Genius is a fast paced, fun to read detective story that reminds me a bit of the James Patterson – Alex Cross series. A good amount of sarcasm, with a driven plot that continues to surprise as you think, he's done it! He solved the case, only to run into another dead end. With a surprise ending I did not see coming. Earning itself a Blast Radius of an Artillery Projectile, a 7.5/10 rating. If you enjoy murder and mystery thrillers, this novel is an absolute must read.
Series: A Virgil Flowers Novel # 12
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Follow John on Twitter: @J_Sandford
Lima Charlie Rating: A BLAST RADIUS OF: AN ARTILLERY PROJECTILE (7.5/10) – 155 mm High Explosive Projectile fired from Medium Towed Howitzer fires a High Explosive round up to 30 klicks, with a blast radius of 50 meters and a casualty radius of 100 meters. What makes this weapon so great is its range and speed. Artillery crews can fire up to 5 rounds per minute, with each battery in the Marine Corps having six per gun line, that's 30 rounds per minute down range. Its why they call it "steel rain." And artillery men are called "King of Battle."
John Sandford was born John Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He was in the U.S. Army from 1966-68, worked as a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian from 1968-1970, and went back to the University of Iowa from 1970-1971, where he received a master's degree in journalism. He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer-Press from 1978-1990; in 1980, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and he won the Pulitzer in 1986 for a series of stories about a Midwestern farm crisis. From 1990 to the present he has written thriller novels. He's also the author of two non-fiction books, one on plastic surgery and one on art. He is the principal financial backer of a major archaeological project in the Jordan Valley of Israel, with a website at www.rehov.org. In addition to archaeology, he is deeply interested in art (painting) and photography. He both hunts and fishes. He has two children, Roswell and Emily, and one grandson, Benjamin. His wife, Susan, died of metastasized breast cancer in May, 2007, and is greatly missed.
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    def download_image(minute, save_dir, filename = nil)
      download(minute, save_dir, filename, :small)
    end

    def download_large_image(minute, save_dir, filename = nil)
      download(minute, save_dir, filename, :large)
    end

    def download_sequential_images(from, to, save_dir)
      raise ArgumentError, "minutes must be a number; 0, 5, 10, ... 120" unless valid_minutes?(from) && valid_minutes?(to)

      [].tap do |image_names|
        (from..to).step(5) { |minute| image_names << download_image(minute, save_dir) }
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    def download(minute, save_dir, filename, image_size)
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    end

    def name_from_minute(minute)
      meshes_index[minute / 5]
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    def valid_minutes?(minutes)
      (minutes >= 0) && (minutes <= 120) && (minutes % 5 == 0)
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Clasiopella uncinata is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de oevervliegen (Ephydridae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1914 door Hendel.

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Change is hard. Even when you want to change, it's still a challenge to teach your mind that what you're doing is okay. That it will all work out. That you shouldn't panic!
Last summer, I wrote a contemporary romance called Over Easy. I did it because I wanted to grow my writing skills and to try something new and challenging.
All of my books have been paranormal romances. And while I love the genre (and I don't intend to leave it all together), I need to stretch myself once in a while. So I had this idea about a woman and a struggling diner in a small town in Vermont.
The idea percolated in my brain while I wrote Mystic Hero and Lachlan's Curse (which I recently sold – yay me!). I knew going in that it would be hard to switch from one genre to another. Sure, they are both romances, and in theory, the heart is still a love story. . . but. . .
. . . But here's the thing. They aren't the same. With contemporary romance, I wouldn't have magic, evil villains or explosions to rely upon to get my hero/heroine in and out of jams.
I'd have to rely on good, old fashioned emotions. Every day problems. Accessible issues. Hearts and flowers.
Those were kind of scary to me. In real life, I don't like drama. I hate confrontations. And I don't like overly emotional situations. Heck, I'm not sure I'm even that romantic.
Well, personal fears aside, I wrote the book.
It came out too short. And while it was okay and my beta readers liked it (it even placed in a contest), I knew it wasn't as good as it could be. So I did what most writers do in that situation.
I let it sit. And sit. And sit some more. Then panic and doubt set in, until it morphed into THE. WORST.BOOK.EVER.
That's when I knew it was time to ask for help. I'm lucky that my RWA chapter has a mentoring program. And I'm even luckier that my mentor is well-versed in the genre.
After a frank assessment of my work, I have new path to follow. I'm learning how to be less plotty (yes, that's a thing) and be more real. AND to face all those emotions that scare me. Yup. I'm digging deep. It's uncomfortable, but I'll live.
iful butterfly – I need to return to the cocoon and start again.
See? Maybe there are some hearts and flowers in me after all.
Has anyone else faced the same problem? How did you deal with it?
Sounds great Casey! I'll read you in any genre!
Thanks Moya!! I will be sure to think extra flowery thoughts!


Sales will go down by 3.3 percent during the current fiscal year, ending next March, according to the All Japan news Automobile Manufacturers Association. About 4.45 million cars are expected to be sold during the period.
It is the first time during the current fiscal year when the industry body is voicing its expectations, although it normally does so in March. But this year it delayed its forecast, blaming the difficulty of foreseeing through the year because of the huge impact of the natural disasters on the country and its economy.
The association is however more optimistic for the future. It expects a sales rebound starting September, as output returns to normal levels. For the September-March period, a 17.4 percent year-on-year rise in sales is expected, compared with a 28.6 percent drop for the five months through August.
The market remains however difficult. Even though demand will rebound more than 10%, overall demand will still be sluggish, the association's chairman, Toshiyuki Shiga, warned.


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'Swept Away' goes way off course
Arts & Entertainment // Movies & TV
Mick LaSalle, Chronicle Movie Critic
High and dry Madonna and Adriano Giannini in "Swept Away," based on Lina Wertmuller's 1974 film and directed by Madonna's husband, Guy Ritchie. Photo by Daniel Smith
SWEPT AWAY: Romantic comedy-drama. Starring Madonna and Adriano Giannini. Directed by Guy Ritchie. (R. 100 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)
If it were only just a little worse, "Swept Away" could have been a so-bad- it's-good classic on the order of "Showgirls." But even camp status eludes this tepid and misguided picture, with Madonna as a nasty, rich control freak who gets her comeuppance when she is washed up on a deserted island with an Italian fisherman.
The movie is not just a weak effort, but a big, fat mistake. Guy Ritchie, who wrote and directed it (based on Lina Wertmuller's 1974 classic), has no conceptual, intellectual or interpretive handle on the material. He knows he's making a movie for Madonna, his wife, but that's about all he knows. The social satire is muted, even suffocated. The romance is unconvincing. The sex isn't sexy, and the pace is off -- not just deadly slow but also unshaped and unstructured, as in an amateur film. Scenes just lie there.
The role of Amber (Madonna), the pampered wife of a pharmaceutical magnate, is a kind of nightmare construction of Madonna's public image. She's a horror. With two other couples, Amber and her husband (Bruce Greenwood) go on a private cruise from Greece to Italy. On board, Amber smokes constantly, exercises incessantly and enjoys abusing the crew, particularly Peppe (Adriano Giannini), whom she calls "Pee Pee."
This might seem ideal casting for Madonna, who's known to be impatient and exacting, but in a comedy -- which I think this is -- it's usually better to have someone who's not the type play the type. That way, the actress has distance enough to understand what makes the type ridiculous. In "Swept Away," we know from the beginning that Amber is repellent, but we can never be sure whether the actress or the filmmaker know it. They may simply think that she's an attractive person who's just behaving badly.
This suspicion is confirmed, early in the picture, when the movie suggests that Peppe is physically attracted to Amber. This comes as a shock, and the wrong kind of shock -- not "Oh, that's interesting," but "Yeah, right." Why should he be? As played by Madonna, Amber is monochromatic in her viciousness, without a glimmer of redeeming color. Perhaps if she were absolutely gorgeous, the viciousness itself would have some allure, but at this stage of her career,
Madonna looks like a normal aerobicized, middle-aged matron, only meaner.
When Amber and Peppe are washed up alone on a deserted island, their roles are reversed. She becomes dependent on him for food and shelter, and he lords it over her, making her wait on him and call him "master." In the Wertmuller film, the situation provided an opportunity for some leftist social commentary,
as well as some daring scenes of sexual humiliation. The new "Swept Away" doesn't have any interest in the former and lacks the guts to try the latter.
The movie concentrates instead on the romance, and there's not much to it. They're stuck on a deserted island. What else are they going to do? Actually, that might explain Madonna's interest in the role -- it's the one context in which she can be believable as a romantic lead: The guy can't get off the island.
Just to show that he still has a pulse, that he was indeed the fellow who made "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," Ritchie tries to enliven the island idyll with a couple of overproduced fantasy sequences, but they strike the eye as desperate and even embarrassing. In one, Madonna lip-synchs and dances in front of an old-time big band.
The gimmick casting of Adriano Giannini -- his father, Giancarlo, played the same role in the Wertmuller film -- works to the extent that anything can be said to work in "Swept Away." But the star here is Madonna, and Madonna just isn't an actress. She lacks the innocence of spirit, the willingness to surrender, that actors have.
Madonna has something else -- a quality in her personality that's relentlessly direct, willing to face reality in all its bleakness. But it's the wrong quality in a movie about a woman who gets swept away.
This movie contains strong language and brief nudity.
Mick LaSalle
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Mick LaSalle is the film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he has worked since 1985. He is the author of two books on pre-censorship Hollywood, "Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood" and "Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man." Both were books of the month on Turner Classic Movies and "Complicated Women" formed the basis of a TCM documentary in 2003, narrated by Jane Fonda. He has written introductions for a number of books, including Peter Cowie's "Joan Crawford: The Enduring Star" (2009). He was a panelist at the Berlin Film Festival and has served as a panelist for eight of the last ten years at the Venice Film Festival. His latest book, a study of women in French cinema, is "The Beauty of the Real: What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses."


Some of the most remarkable adaptations in plants include adaptation to extreme edaphic stress. Therefore we are applying genome scanning approaches to understand the solutions evolution offers in some of the many independently-evolved lineages of metal, drought, and serpentine-tolerant plants. Our initial results point to broadly orchestrated, polygenic responses to these selective pressures. Concerted changes indicate that even in the case of an environmetnal pressure, well-orchestrated internal adaptations may be marshalled, calling for a better understanding of internal adaptation (i.e., systems-based analysis of compensatory changes in the genome). In addition, these first results are pointing to striking instances of repeated evolution and gene flow between species that may mediate some of these adaptations.
Serpentine soils present a multidimensional hazard to plant life. Not only do they offer marginal levels of essential nutrients such as Ca, P, K, and N, but they are also usually very porous, with a high propensity toward drought. Low Ca:Mg ratios are a defining feature of serpentine environments and result in very low Ca uptake. These insults are typically compounded by the presence of phytotoxic levels of heavy metals such as Ni, Cd, and Zn, which leads to stunting and chlorosis, along with antagonistic effects on Fe uptake. As a result, serpentine environments are characterized by minimal ecosystem productivity and high rates of endemism. Evolution has nevertheless forged populations that thrive among these stresses, which by adapting to this 'serpentine syndrome,' suggest solutions to challenges in crop improvement.
In contrast to our recent work on adaptation to genome duplication in the same A. arenosa system, we discovered a relatively diverse array of genes implicated in serpentine adaptation, from strong sweeps in dehydration tolerance coding loci (ERD4 below), to loci involved in sulfur transport (SULTR1;1), metal transport, and root growth. We see clear selective sweeps in many categories consistent with adaptation to 'serpentine syndrome': dehydration tolerance, ion transport (Ca, Mg, and K transport-related genes), stress, and root branching and growth.
Figure below: selective sweeps on A. lyrata alleles in serpentine A. arenosa. (A) Allele frequency differences in two example differentiated regions. Dots represent single polymorphic SNPs. X-axis gives chromosome location. Y-axis gives degree of differentiation calculated by plotting the difference in allele frequencies between serpentine and non-serpentine populations. Arrows indicate gene models. Black arrow indicates sweep candidate with localized differentiation. (B) Linear plot showing the proportion of SNPs shared between the three pairwise populations comparisons in the same region as in (4A). (C) Sequence similarity at the same regions amongst A. lyrata, Gulsen (Serpentine A. arenosa), and Kasparstein (Non-serpentine A. arenosa) visualized using a RBG color triangle. Areas where two rows show the same colour (yellow) indicate localized high similarity specifically between Gulsen and A. lyrata, but not other nearby A. arenosa populations. These two lyrata-like alleles exhibit some of the highest Fst, 2dSFS CLR, and other selective sweep metric levels in the genome, specifically in the serpentine-adapted A. arenosa population.
In recent genome scans we see many such clear signatures of selection, typically consisting of single gene peaks of high differentiation, falling off immediately flanking gene coding loci, due to negligible linkage in A. arenosa. This makes identification of candidate genes unambiguous. Happily, most of our top selective sweep candidates have serpentine-relevant adaptive functions (from published studies, not simply GO assignments): e.g., dehydration tolerance genes, heavy metal transporters, and root macronutrient uptake transporters. This provides a rich set of candidate genes for upcoming functional analysis of alternate natural alleles mediating the striking adaptations we see in these remarkable plants.
We interpret these results as showing us not only adaptations to external challenges, but also compensatory adjustments to the changed physiological state of the cell. The work above is part of a set of ongoing collaborations with David Salt (Nottingham, U.K.).


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The Incarnation: Greater than "Christmas"
At this time of year, nearly every Christian writer and his dog is talking about rediscovering the "true meaning of Christmas", as if Christmas is primarily a cultural artifact that needs to be rescued – even chiseled away – from the commercial, material and fictional elements in contemporary Western culture. Meanwhile, among Christians there are frequent debates as to whether Christmas is really a pagan festival and whether it should be observed by Christians at all. Some of these exchanges can descend into acrimony, with mutual excommunications of other people for being either Pharisees or fundamentalists.
In an age of politics – where even the personal has become political – there is a widespread belief that it is within policies themselves that man may find the keys to the kingdom and the road to heaven. But whether or not the cashier says "happy holidays" or "merry Christmas"; whether or not Muslims oppose the raising of communal Christmas trees; and whether churches sing carols or host special services is to a great extent immaterial to what the Faith has always been about. These are appendages to the trunk, or expressions and symbols of the Faith, but not the Faith itself. Yet the encrustations – the shell – seems to dominate everything, while the substructure withers.
Christmas was meant to honour the incarnation of God. Originally a far more simple ceremony, it has now been dialed up into a mere simulacrum of abundant Christian joy – the lavish giving of gifts, singing of songs, and charitable donations – an external carapace without the wellspring that gives rise to true joy itself. The external expression of joy has been magnified due to a loss of genuine faith in the teachings of scripture, for where there is no inward life, worship must always be exported to greater and greater external expression.
The incarnation of God has lost its majesty and inner joy in our world because people have come to believe that the most elementary and consistent teaching of the scriptures no longer applies to them. It is a democratic age, so surely God's kingdom must operate on principles of equality and egalitarianism as well? All that talk by the Prophets and the Apostles of the ark and the few, the chosen people, the Promised Land, the faithful remnant, the pilgrimage through a hostile and barren land, and the solitary narrow gate through which many shall want to enter and not be able – all of this has faded. In a prosperous age, it has become easy to forget that man does not live by bread alone. In a comfortable age, it has become easy to forget that at the heart of Christianity is no plush easy chair, but a cruel death and the intersection of righteousness and evil, the clash between God and Satan.
The incarnation becomes an occasion for true inner worship, only when seeing our need and the true condition of the world around us. But who are the true believers whose eyes have been anointed to see such a thing?
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Das Historische Rathaus Bocholt ist eines der wichtigsten historischen Bauwerke und das Wahrzeichen der Stadt Bocholt. Seit die Stadtverwaltung 1977 in das "Neue Rathaus" umgezogen ist, hat es hauptsächlich repräsentative Funktion. Im Ratssaal im zweiten Stock findet neben Kulturveranstaltungen aller Art alljährlich der Neujahrsempfang des Bürgermeisters statt. Auch für Trauungen wird das Gebäude genutzt: das Standesamt von Bocholt liegt im ersten Stockwerk. Keller und Teile des Erdgeschosses werden von einem Gastronomiebetrieb genutzt.

Lage und Umgebung
Das Historische Rathaus liegt im Zentrum der Stadt Bocholt, wo die Einkaufsstraßen der Fußgängerzone zusammenlaufen. Der rechteckige Marktplatz wird vom Rathaus beherrscht. Es steht quer zum Marktplatz, so dass die Traufseite als Schaufassade wirkt, nicht die Giebelseite wie z. B. in Münster. Zusammen mit der St.-Georg-Kirche, die vom Marktplatz aus gesehen hinter dem Rathaus liegt, bildet es den Mittelpunkt der Stadt.

Architektur
Das Rathaus ist im Stil der Niederländischen Renaissance erbaut, es gibt "keine Grenzverwischung weder nach der gotischen noch nach der barocken Seite" (Dehio, 1949).

Beschreibung
Das Erdgeschoss hatte ursprünglich verschiedene Funktionen zu erfüllen. Durch den Laubengang betrat man die Gerichtsstube (ganz links), den Raum mit der Stadtwaage, die Fleischhalle oder die Wache, die jeweils eigene Eingänge hatten. Der Eingang zur Treppe, die ins Obergeschoss führte lag ganz rechts. Im ersten Stock waren die Ratsstuben. Darüber lag der große Ratssaal. Bis ins 18. Jahrhundert hatte das Rathaus in der Dachmitte einen Kaminaufbau, den sogenannten Storchenturm.

Schaufassade am Marktplatz

Die Fassade ist symmetrisch gestaltet und vertikal in acht Achsen, horizontal in drei nach oben niedriger werdende Geschosse gegliedert. Die Gliederung wird durch den Wechsel der Baumaterialien (Roter Backstein für die Wandflächen, Baumberger Sandstein für Zierelemente) und durch den Einsatz von Zierelementen wie Pilaster und Fensterlaibungen erreicht.

Das Erdgeschoss ist zum Marktplatz hin in eine achtjochige Bogenhalle aufgelöst. Das Gewölbe ruht auf Pfeilern, die seitlich und rückwärts Wandpilaster mit Beschlagwerk haben, während die Vorderseite mit ionischen Säulen verziert ist. Im Bereich der Obergeschosse wird die Fassade durch Halbsäulen und Pilaster gegliedert. Die Traufe wird durch eine hohe Balustrade verdeckt, die auf kleinen Konsolen mit Tier- und Menschenfratzen ruht. Die Mitte wird durch einen dreistufigen Zwerchgiebel akzentuiert, der den heiligen St. Georg, den Stadtpatron zeigt.

Eine Besonderheit – und das einzige Element, das aus der Symmetrie der Fassade ausbricht – ist ein Zier-Erker im Obergeschoss. Er zeigt das Wappen der Stadt Bocholt – eine Buche zwischen zwei Rittern als Schildträger. Über dem Buchenbaum ist als Hinweis auf die Hoheit der Fürstbischöfe aus Münster der Balken des münsterschen Stiftswappens gelegt. Die Darstellungen der Fenster des Erkers präsentieren die vier Haupttugenden der Stadt: Klugheit, Gerechtigkeit, Mäßigkeit und Tapferkeit, die Otto Linnemann aus Frankfurt 1910 schuf. Beim Neuen Rathaus der Stadt findet man dasselbe Motiv neu interpretiert.

Entstehungsgeschichte

Der Architekt des Rathauses ist unbekannt. Die ersten Pläne zum Bau des Rathauses entstanden 1606. Im Jahr der Grundsteinlegung 1618 brach der Dreißigjährige Krieg aus, der Fortgang des Baus blieb davon aber unberührt. 1619 war der Rohbau vollendet, 1622 konnte auch der Innenausbau abgeschlossen werden. 1624 wurden Fenster des "Glasemaker" Jan van Lintelo eingesetzt, einem Glasmacher aus Bocholt, dessen Zeichnungen heute als bedeutende Dokumente des Manierismus zählen.

Geschichte des Gebäudes
Im Jahre 1786 wurden Restaurierungsarbeiten fällig. Ab 1827 wurde das Gebäude als Gerichtsgebäude genutzt und dementsprechend umgebaut. Das Bewusstsein für die Bedeutung des Gebäudes als Zeichen städtischer Hoheit und Stolz des Bürgertums ging verloren. Die Folge war ein zunehmender Verfall des Gebäudes, die Inneneinrichtung ging weitgehend verloren. 1911 zog das Amtsgericht aus. Um das Gebäude zu erhalten war eine umfangreiche Restaurierung des Gebäudes nötig. Aus finanziellen Gründen und wegen des Ersten Weltkrieges wurde damit jedoch erst 1928 begonnen. 1934 wurden die Arbeiten beendet.

Am 22. März 1945 wurde das Rathaus bei einem großen Luftangriff erheblich beschädigt und brannte bis auf die Außenmauern ab. Nach dem Krieg wurde das Gebäude möglichst originalgetreu rekonstruiert. Die Arbeiten dauerten sieben Jahre, von 1948 bis 1955. Im Jahre 1982 rekonstruierte Lucy Vollbrecht-Büschlepp die Kabinettscheiben des Erkers nach den Originalvorlagen von Jan van Lintelo.

Literatur
 Ludwig Burwitz: Historisches Rathaus: (1618–1624). in: Unser Bocholt Nr. 48 (1997) 2, S. 67–68 : Ill.
 Paul Lehmgrübner: Die Hauptfront des Rathauses in Bocholt. In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen. 48. Jahrgang (1898), Nr. 4, , S. 173–178. (Dazu Blatt 20 im Atlas 1898, )

Weblinks

 bocholt.de Historisches Rathaus Bocholt
 Unser Bocholt – Zeitschrift des Heimatvereins

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Rathaus in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Historisches Rathaus
Renaissancebauwerk in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Erbaut in den 1620er Jahren
Baudenkmal in Bocholt


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Die Allerheiligenkirche (poln. Kościół Wszystkich Świętych) in Krakau war eine katholische Kirche auf dem pl. Wszystkich Świętych im zentralen Teil der Krakauer Altstadt an der Kreuzung der ul. Grodzka und ul. Franciszkańska.

Geschichte
Sie wurde um 1200 vom Ritter Jakub Bobola Leliwa gestiftet. Nach einem Brand 1305 wurde die Kirche als zweischiffige Basilika im Stil der Gotik ausgebaut. 1490 hat die Familie Leliwa eine weitere Stiftung für die Kirche getätigt und diese wurde als Kollegiatstift ausgebaut. 1591 wurde im Stil des Manierismus ein Glockenturm hinzugefügt. 1607 und 1612 fanden in der Kirche Synoden statt, die nach der Barockisierung der Kirche im 18. Jahrhundert auf ihren Wänden in Form von Fresken abgebildet wurden. Das Altarbild Aller Heiligen schuf um 1763 Szymon Czechowicz. Im 19. Jahrhundert wurde die Pfarrei Allerheiligen in die Jesuitenkirche überführt und die Kirche in den Jahren 1835–1838 abgetragen. Der Glockenturm stand noch bis 1842. Der Name des Platzes pl. Wszystkich Świętych (Allerheiligenplatz) geht auf die Kirche zurück.

Weblinks
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