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Chocolate Cafe owner dies a year after closing beloved Old Town dessert shop
Mike Del Duca ran the beloved Old Town Fort Collins dessert shop for 11 years before an illness forced him to close the cafe. He died Aug. 28.
Chocolate Cafe owner dies a year after closing beloved Old Town dessert shop Mike Del Duca ran the beloved Old Town Fort Collins dessert shop for 11 years before an illness forced him to close the cafe. He died Aug. 28. Check out this story on coloradoan.com: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2019/09/18/chocolate-cafe-owner-dies-year-after-closing-old-town-fort-collins-dessert-shop/2293746001/
Erin Udell, Fort Collins Coloradoan Published 1:04 p.m. MT Sept. 18, 2019 | Updated 3:40 p.m. MT Sept. 18, 2019
Just over a year after shuttering the doors to his beloved dessert shop, Mike Del Duca — owner of Old Town Fort Collins' Chocolate Café — has died.
He was 65 years old.
Mike had always had an affinity for sweets and baking, his wife of 42 years, Diane Del Duca, told the Coloradoan.
"His mom used to tell the story that when he was 8 or 9, he made a pineapple upside down cake," Diane, 63, said. But when bringing it out of the kitchen to eat, he dropped it right on the floor.
"She said, 'We ate it anyway and it was very good,' " Diane remembered with a laugh.
Diane and Mike both grew up in northeast Ohio and moved to Fort Collins in 1986 with their two children, Angela and Brian.
Mike and Diane Del Duca. Mike, owner of the since-closed Chocolate Cafe in Fort Collins, died on Aug. 28. (Photo: Diane Del Duca)
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Mike soon started working in the hotel industry, where he particularly liked putting together banquets and buffets and chatting with hotel chefs, Diane said. After his sister and brother-in-law, Missy and Steve Levinger, reopened the Armstrong Hotel in Old Town, Mike approached them with the idea of opening The Chocolate Café in the building.
The Chocolate Café opened its doors at 102 W. Olive St. in 2007. At first, Diane helped out with waiting tables, but soon she and Mike worked together in the kitchen, as they served up cakes, pies and its renowned white chocolate croissant bread pudding. Eventually, they added savory lunch and side options to the menu.
"It was his baby," Diane said. "I was just there to help."
The couple's children and grandchildren also got involved, helping early on with construction or, later on, waiting tables and providing assistance behind-the-scenes.
Sean Grisham, the couple's oldest grandson, worked his way up from dishwasher to cook at the cafe. And "Matthew and Sofie (Mike's other grandchildren) loved taste testing Grandpa's desserts," Diane added.
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Last year, while facing down an undisclosed illness, Mike decided to close The Chocolate Café. It served its last dessert on July 31, 2018, according to a Coloradoan story at the time.
"It really didn't hit him until they started taking down the sign in the window," Diane said of closing the cafe. "It was devastating to him."
Mike died on Aug. 28 and, because of his aversion to being the center of attention, declined a memorial service or funeral, according to his obituary. He is survived by Diane, their children, their grandchildren and his four siblings.
Editor's note: Mike Del Duca's grandson, Sean, was identified by the wrong last name in the original version of this story. His name is Sean Grisham.
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In the treetops just outside of Flagstaff, adventurers challenge the limits of the body and mind as they maneuver obstacles up to 60 feet above the ground.
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I still believe that we may use both YafaRay and LuxRender in our architectural visualization projects, because LuxRender can`t beat YafaRay in one tiny detail: render speed. The quality and realism of the images created with LuxRender are amazing, but they demand long render times to become clear enough to be used in commercial projects. Sometimes there is time available to wait, but what can we do if there isn't time? In this case we can use YafaRay!
A new version of YafaRay is about to be released, which is version 0.1.1 with some improvements and bug fixes. By the messages on the YafaRay forums, there are some interesting features on development for YafaRay like the support for IES Lights and Irradiance Cache.
If you haven`t used YafaRay until today, I`m going to show you in this article the basic steps to setup an interior scene with Blender 3D and YafaRay. For this tutorial I have used YafaRay 0.1.1, which can be downloaded from this link. Just as a warning, to make YafaRay 0.1.1 work you have to uninstall all previous versions of YafaRay and even remove the old YafaRay scripts from the Blender scripts folder. At the first time I didn`t remove all references to old installations and my YafaRay wasn`t working properly.
Well, the scene I`m going to use for this tutorial is quite simple and represents only a small room with two big openings.
Right after the installation of YafaRay we will be able to use the export script, available at the Render folder of the scripts window. Open this script and we will see the exporter interface. It works in a very similar way than LuxBlend. We select an object to edit properties such as materials or other options.
For instance, select the Sun Lamp and click on the object tab and choose Sun as the light type.
The next step is to set the background color in the world tab. Just set the color to a light blue color.
And finally we will get to the render settings. This is one of the most important parts of the YafaRay setup, because it`s here that we will actually make the render looks cleaner and realistic. The best render method for this scene is Photon Mapping, which is a good choice for all interior rendering.
From all those settings, you have to take care on with the total number of photons to increase the quality of the light. Another important thing is the Diff. Radius. If this value is set too low, we will have artifacts on the corners of the walls. And the FG Samples that will create a clean render with low levels of noise.
The AA settings will improve the anti-aliasing of the image.
With everything set, just hit the render button in YafaRay to get an image like the one showed below.
This image was rendered with only a few minutes! Now you know how to start working with YafaRay to render your projects. Expect more tutorials about it in the future.
Just a quick note about the materials, for all surfaces of the model I have use a standard diffuse material of YafaRay, but you can use any material you like.
Thanks for the tutorial Allan.
I´m happy to see you will make more Yafaray tutorials.
I´ve seen the quality of Luxrender, but I´m always in a hurry with my architecture works (and I think I´m not the only one), so I prefer Yafaray for rendering my works.
With a tight deadline we can`t afford long render times for some projects. In this scenario, LuxRender is not the best option.
More used to modeling and rendering cars, I'm new to the interior scene. This tutorial have been really helpful to achieve better quality for my current test than what I did by myself.
Just yesterday I downloaded Yafaray, and i felt lost, because I never have use it, and today i see a great starting point to learn the use of this renderer.
It´s great that you teach us someting everyday (or at least from monday-saturday).
I`m glad to know that the tutorial is helping in the use of YafaRay.
Allan, how do you see the use of Blender internal render for Interior Design? Do you think it is enough for good quality renders? What you miss the most?
I believe that you can create some great work with the Blender internal render, but I still miss some features. For instance, the support for IES lights, image based light with HDRI and the use of advanced GI like Photon Mapping. Some of those features are in development, but for now we can only rely on external renders.
great! i hope there will be continuation with more tricks!
Hi there, I just wanted to say thank you so much for giving us access to all these tutorials (and thank you for all your hard work). I have dabbled in Blender on and off (mostly off due to the GUI) for a while now, nothing ever came out right or "fitted" together..Untill now. Thanks to your tutorials things are starting to move along and I feel like I am actually progressing ;)You go to alot of effort and by adding the screen captures/images it makes things so much easyier to relate to what is "meant" to happen on the screen. I guess you are a great believer in the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words". My website is off line at the moment due to the arrival of my beautiful baby girl so it is on the back burnner!
What scaling system do U use?
And try to get so clear render without so much light coming from outside.
Your scene is unreal for interior lighting studing.
Sorry, but this is true!
I always fighting with lighting and noise to.
thaks so much for tutorials, firstly sory for my english.
Im interesting with blender nearly for 2 years but yafaray new.your tuts are very usefull yesterday i try to do this scene but my render not good as if yours 🙁 my scene's so darkness and noisy. can you give tuts scene files download link please. thaks.


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Q: Array transformation tree structure I have an array that needs to be converted to a tree structure, and I've searched for some scenarios, such as the following code, but once the amount of data is too large, the time required to generate this tree structure seems too long, ask if there can be a better solution or optimization!

var data = [{ id: 1, name: 'A', parentId: 0 },{ id: 2, name: 'B', parentId: 1 },{ id: 3, name: 'C', parentId: 2 },{ id: 4, name: 'D', parentId: 3 },{ id: 5, name: 'E', parentId: 4 },{ id: 6, name: 'F', parentId: 5 },{ id: 7, name: 'G', parentId: 6 },{ id: 8, name: 'H', parentId: 7 },{ id: 9, name: 'Z', parentId: 8 }];

var toTree = function(data) {
  var map = {};
  data.forEach(function(item) {
    map[item.id] = item;
  });
  var val = [];
  data.forEach(function(item) {
    var parent = map[item.parentId];
    if (parent) {
      (parent.children || (parent.children = [])).push(item);
    } else {
      val.push(item);
    }
  });
  return val;
}
console.log(toTree(data))

A: You could use a single loop approach where id and parentId is used for building a tree in the same loop.
At the end return the root node's children.

var data = [{ id: 1, name: 'A', parentId: 0 }, { id: 2, name: 'B', parentId: 1 }, { id: 3, name: 'C', parentId: 2 }, { id: 4, name: 'D', parentId: 3 }, { id: 5, name: 'E', parentId: 4 }, { id: 6, name: 'F', parentId: 5 }, { id: 7, name: 'G', parentId: 6 }, { id: 8, name: 'H', parentId: 7 }, { id: 9, name: 'Z', parentId: 8 }],
    tree = function (data, root) {
        var o = {};

        data.forEach(function (a) {
            a.children = o[a.id] && o[a.id].children;
            o[a.id] = a;
            o[a.parentId] = o[a.parentId] || {};
            o[a.parentId].children = o[a.parentId].children || [];
            o[a.parentId].children.push(a);
        });
        return o[root].children;
    }(data, 0);

console.log(tree);
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A: One approach is to change your data in the first place, so that it does not come from an array but a tree structure map and data map:
var treeStructure = {
   'ROOT': ['childId1', 'childId2'],
   'childId1': ['childId3']
}
var data = {
   'childId1': {
      'property1':1
   },
   'childId2': {
      'property1':2
   },
   'childId3': {
      'property1': 3
   }
}

This is so that the relationship of parent-child will be very clear and it will be very easy to find each item.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Boustead Holdings Bhd (BHB) unit Mutiara Rini Sdn Bhd (MRSB) has proposed to acquire three parcels of land totalling 5.2 ha in Kuala Lumpur from Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) worth RM106.69mil.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, BHB said the acqusition would allow MRSB to expand its existing land bank and provides oportunities for property development activities for the company in the Kuala Lumpur city centre location.
"BHB is optimistic on the prospects of the properties considering their strategic location in the city centre with good accessibility to major highways and close proximity to public amenities.
"The properties are also expected to benefit from the Mass Rapid Transit station at Cochrane which will create demand for both commercial and residential properties in this location," it added.
BHB said the purchase price will be funded through a combination of bank borowings and internally generated funds.
"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the proposed acquisition is expected to be completed before the end of this year," it said.


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As lots of you will know, primary school league tables were released yesterday and published via the Evening Standard. You can also access the DfE Performance Tables via the school website – Learning/Assessment tabs.
As a school we have continued year on year to improve our results. This year, based on these tables, Suttons Primary was the fifth (5th) highest performing school in Havering last year for pupils achieving Level 4 and above in all three areas of Reading, Writing and Maths. In fact only one of our children (equalling 3%) did not achieve this in Mathematics by only a couple of marks. Had this happened we would have been 2nd in Havering only slightly behind our nearest neighbours.
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A film from the 1960s promoting express coach services throughout Britain. The film includes a fictional scenario of family members traveling to Birmingham on express coaches. A couple leave Chichester on a Southdown coach; places of interest are featured across southeast England.
The Dartford Flood
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Renewed signage is being posted along 101 Avenue near the Peace River Community Health Centre, enforcement of parking regulations in this area will recommence on June 18, 2018.
This section of roadway has always been a no parking zone due to the proximity to the hospital emergency receiving area and the EMS dispatch centre. However, a number of signs were lost through the winter and with limited to no signage it became impossible to properly enforce the regulations. New signage has now been installed along the roads and full enforcement will commence on June 18 along both sides of 101 Avenue from the corner of the Chateau Nova to just west of the hospital and 68 Street.


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Is the China-Japan confrontation Xi's inside political play, or part of a broader move?
Is China's new leader, Xi Jinping, flexing military muscle with Japan to solidify rule within the Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army, or is the heightened dispute with Japan best viewed in a broader context?
At Foreign Policy, John Garnaut examines the relationship between Xi and the PLA. The article is worth a read, but the thrust of it can be captured in this passage, speculating that the Chinese agitation on islands claimed by Japan, China, and Taiwan is the result of an effort by Xi to shore up internal power.
The dizzying display of hard power is sending fear and awe throughout the Asia-Pacific region. But Xi, it seems, is unconvinced that all this shiny hardware can be effectively deployed by an organization that was designed for civil war and adapted in recent decades as a political force to ensure the party's grip on power.
That's where China's rapidly escalating territorial showdown with Japan, its largest trading partner and still the world's third-largest economy, comes in. In September, the Japanese government bought the disputed Senkaku Islands, or Diaoyu Islands as they are known in China, from private owners to prevent them from falling into the hands of Tokyo's governor at the time, a hawkish nationalist provocateur. But China responded with fury. It launched a propaganda blitz against Japan, facilitated protests and riots across China, and escalated its maritime and air patrols of the disputed area. For Xi, according to his close family friend, the otherwise baffling diplomatic crisis that resulted has offered a priceless opportunity to "sort the horses from the mules" and mobilize willing generals around him. Claims that Xi has exploited or even orchestrated the brinkmanship with Japan might seem preposterous to outside observers, given that a miscalculation could lead to war. But the logic is compelling for those who have grown up near the center of China's endless and unforgiving internal struggles.
This claim should be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, an anonymous source coming out of the highly opaque world of Chinese elite politics. On the other hand, Garnaut's sources in recent months have seemed quite good. Either way, the idea is worth discussion.
What if the current surge of Sino-Japanese confrontation over the islands really are in large part the result of internal political plays?
Though all-out war is unlikely, the risk of accident or miscalculation is significant whenever military or civilian law enforcement vessels or planes are put in proximity with those they believe to be adversaries. If Xi Jinping has calculated that this risk is worth taking, we might assume he is deeply insecure in his new position. Perhaps he sees the danger of a PLA outside his close command as greater than that of accidental violence or escalation with Japan—an outcome that could cause untold damage to commerce and the largest decline in China's international status since at least 1989. Of course, a military out of control could cause its own violence, but this is no small gambit.
As Garnaut notes, there is also a real possibility that in a full-scale conflict Japan's highly modern, well-trained forces would defeat China's modernizing, untested military. If Xi is worried about the strength of his rule, this potential outcome would be devastating. For a new leader to lose a battle (a war?) to a great historical adversary at the center of China's so-called "century of humiliation" could very well be crippling.
An alternative: What if the Japan initiative is no mere internal play, but also aligns with a broader strategy of pushing China's maritime claims now that it has stronger forces?
China's increased military and Maritime Surveillance (armed civilian law enforcement) activity in the East China Sea, where the dispute with Japan is centered, should not be viewed in isolation. Though it's possible the logic of the Japan dispute is independent, Chinese forces and diplomatic staff have recently taken a harder line with maritime neighbors in the South China Sea. Especially with the Philippines and Vietnam, China's official statements and deployments reflect a renewed assertion of ill-defined territorial claims. The Philippines has brought a seemingly well-crafted case under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to which both states are party, and the Chinese government has not sent anyone to participate in the arbitration process so far. Meanwhile, regular Chinese patrols are reported by state media, and active development is under way on one island under the banner of a new city called Sansha, which supposedly administers a wide swath of South China Sea territory under Chinese law.
There are significant parallels between the South China Sea and East China Sea situations. The Philippines and Japan are both treaty allies of the United States. (Vietnam is not, though Vietnamese-U.S. dialogue and coordination appear to have increased along with this dispute.) In each case, Chinese Maritime Surveillance vessels have been the most visible, though some PLA presence is involved. Why not view these initiatives as parallel?
One reason to differentiate the South China Sea mobilization from the China-Japan dispute is that the former predates Xi's rise to power, while the latter seems to be developing largely under his watch. But it's equally possible to view the rise in island disputes as part of a broader flexing of Chinese military muscle, perhaps also including a recent increase in action on the China-India border dispute.
As always, it could likely be a combination of both. But while it's worth taking seriously the internal political intrigue that may drive international events, broader trends must be kept in view. Missing from this account is potential competition for resources and action between different military commands in China. Though it's often disputed which came first—the U.S. rebalance to the Asia Pacific or China's increased assertiveness on maritime disputes—the two moves have emerged at similar times. And perhaps in each case the strategic logic has been the same all along, but people making decisions in China have decided that now is the time to start pushing, either because military strength has risen sufficiently or because they believe long-term claims need periodic renewal. While it would be a neat narrative, and a pleasingly dramatic one, to root these events in one man's struggle to establish control, the reality is far less pleasingly simple. Garnaut's coverage of elite politics is invaluable, but it should be taken as one part of a broader picture.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged China–Japan, Diaoyu, East China Sea, elite politics, John Garnaut, Military, People's Liberation Army, Philippines, pivot, rebalance, Senkaku, South China Sea, Xi Jinping on April 29, 2013 by Graham Webster.


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PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says President Bashar Assad should no longer have a role in governing the Syrian people after this week's chemical attack and the U.S. is evaluating an appropriate response.
Tillerson said Thursday there is "no doubt in our minds" that Assad's government was behind the attack that killed dozens of innocent people in rebel-held northern Idlib and is deemed one of the worst attacks in Syria's civil war.
Tillerson also issued a warning to Russia that it should "consider carefully" its support of Assad's government. He says the images of dead women and children "horrified all of us" and attacks of this nature cannot be tolerated.
Tillerson made his remarks in West Palm Beach, Florida, after welcoming China's President Xi Jinping for a two-day summit with President Donald Trump.


Larsen Contracts to carry out the Concrete Repair to Cregagh Flats in Belfast.
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive have appointed Larsen Contracts as main contractor for the Façade Refurbishment , Concrete Repair and Cathodic protection works to the Cregagh Road Flats, the dwelling will remain occupied during the work which will be completed over a 16 week programme. Larsen carried out a full inspection survey of all reinforced concrete elements to identify the areas of defective concrete, the removal of the defective concrete by mechanical breaker.
The installation of Cathodic protection Cathodic Protection at Cregagh Flats using Duoguard Patchguard sacrificial anodes will provide a long term solution to the corrosion, reinstatement of the concrete elements will be via hand placed and flowable factory blended pre bagged mortars. The re-joining of the expansion joints and repointing of some brickwork panels will also be undertaken during the contract.
The entire structure will be treated with a protective anti carbonation coating from Sika. Work will be carried out to EN 1504 the European standard for concrete repair.
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On a December Friday in 2018, a group of 16 fellows from Uber's Career Prep Program, a collaboration with The Hidden Genius Project, spend the day at our offices in San Francisco. This diverse group comes from universities all over the country, but they have a few things in common: they are all pursuing computer science degrees, and they are all young, black men, a demographic that is severely underrepresented in the technology sector.
As technology moves from classic Internet-based companies of the past to every sector of the economy, including transportation, finance, agriculture, and manufacturing, job opportunities abound. At the same time, companies have a growing thirst for software developers. The Hidden Genius Project's goal involves giving people from historically underrepresented demographics in technology jobs the tools to take advantage of these opportunities. It initially focused on high school students. Uber's partnership, through the Career Prep Program, is designed to help college-level students make the transition to a career in technology.
Launched in 2018, the Career Prep Program is the product of a collaboration between The Hidden Genius Project and Uber, where the program and its curriculum were designed by Uber Privacy Product Manager Zach Singleton, and sponsored by Uber Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion Bernard Coleman and Uber Chief Information Security Officer John Flynn. The program mentors college students, familiarizing them with office workflows and teaching them skills such as succeeding in a technical job interview and negotiating a salary. Every other month, participants met at Uber for workshops, lessons, and discussion around these topics, with the goal of emerging as competitive job applicants when they enter the technology workforce.
On this Friday afternoon, the program's fellows convene at Uber for this year's final session. They will interview for internship and full-time opportunities with Uber, complete unfinished projects, and spend time with friends made over the course of the program.
Visit www.eng.uber.com/increasing-representation-uber/ to continue reading.


The Federal Government says President Muhammadu Buhari is reviewing the passed 2018 Appropriation Bill.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, disclosed this to State House correspondents after meeting with the president on Monday.
The National Assembly had last month passed the 2018 budget, increasing the proposal of N8.612 trillion presented by Buhari in December last year to N9.120 trillion.
The passed Appropriation Bill was transmitted to President Buhari penultimate Friday.
Asked why Buhari has not signed the budget, Udoma explained: "The president is currently reviewing the budget, and as you know, we have a minimum window of 30 days"
The minister repeated: "The president is currently reviewing it and as soon as he is through, he will sign it. That is what l can tell you for now."


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Elephants: Full cast announced
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Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce that the cast for Elephants, the debut play of award-winning writer Rose Heiney, is Helen Atkinson-Wood, Adam Buchanan, Jonathan Guy Lewis, Richard Lintern, Bel Powley, Imogen Stubbs and Antonia Thomas.
Elephants is a sharp, black and tender comedy that explores the paths we take in life and their repercussions on the people we love most. Rose Heiney's previous television credits include hit shows Miranda, Fresh Meat and Big Bad World.
It's 5.53pm on Christmas Eve. Richard and Sally are waiting for their friends and family to join in the festivities – the tree is decorated, the wine is mulling, the presents are wrapped. But beneath this shiny façade, disastrous events from last Christmas have left their mark on the Llewellyn family and attempts to paper over it make for an explosive evening of surprising revelations and dark secrets exposed.
Tamara Harvey returns to Hampstead Downstairs following last year's sell-out hits Hello/Goodbye and In The Vale Of Health which transferred to the Main Stage. Her numerous credits include From Here To Eternity, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (both West End) and Breeders (St. James).
Lighting is designed by Mark Howland and sound by Tom Gibbons.
Helen Atkinson-Wood's stage roles include The Vortex (Rose Theatre, Kingston), Falstaff (Glyndebourne tour) and The Miser (Royal Exchange Manchester). TV includes Blackadder III, Private Lives and QI. Radio includes Sarah Millican's Support Group and The Maltby Collection.
Adam Buchanan was last seen at Hampstead Theatre in the Downstairs production of The Mystae. Other stage work includes First Episode (Jermyn Street Theatre) and As You Like It (GSC). TV includes Waking The Dead and Our World War. He won the Alan Bates Award 2013.
Jonathan Guy Lewis previously appeared at Hampstead in I Found My Horn and Alphabetical Order. Other stage work includes Absent Friends (Watford Palace) and A Few Good Men (Theatre Royal Haymarket). TV includes Soldier Soldier, Coronation Street, Endeavour and Vincent.
Richard Lintern returns to the stage after many years as a radio presenter and toastmaster. His TV credits include Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia and Lee Nelson's Well Good Show.
Bel Powley was last at Hampstead in Raving in 2013. Her stage work includes Jumpy (Royal Court/Duke of York's Theatre), Arcadia (Broadway) and Tusk, Tusk (Royal Court). TV includes M I High, Little Dorrit, and film includes Equals, Girls' Night Out, Diary of a Teenage Girl and Side By Side.
Imogen Stubbs stage appearances include Little Revolution (Almeida), Strangers On A Train (Gielgud), Third Finger Left Hand (Trafalgar Studios) and A Marvelous Year For Plums (Chichester). TV includes Parents, Switch and Miss Marple and film includes Dead Cool, Twelfth Night and Sense and Sensibility.
Antonia Thomas's stage work includes Home (National Theatre) and Yerma (West Yorkshire Playhouse). TV includes 3 series of Misfits, The Musketeers, Scrotal Recall, The Ark and Homefront. Film includes Northern Soul, Sunshine on Leith, Hello Carter, Scintilla and Survivor.
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If you have ever been abused by a police with no fault of your own, then you might want to consider hiring a police brutality lawyer. There are actually a lot of cases that have been filed for police brutality; so it is a very real thing that can happen to you.Read more about Police Brutality Attorney at usattorneys.com/police-brutality . The reason why you hire a police brutality lawyer is because these lawyers can provide you with so many great benefits. This article is for the people that want to know and understand the benefits that police brutality lawyers can provide. This is a list of some of the best benefits to police brutality lawyers.
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Watch your local school this Christmas
December 26, 2014 1:57 pm in Gold Coast by myGC
GOLD COASTERS are being asked to keep a close eye on their local schools during the Christmas holidays and to report suspicious activity to the School Watch hotline.
Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said that schools were centres of the community and it was vital to protect them from vandalism and theft.
"Our schools have never been in better condition and we're encouraging community groups to make more use of the facilities on their doorsteps," he said.
"But vandalism and break-ins can be heartbreaking for students and staff and others who use school buildings.
"That's why it's vital that our schools are kept safe this Christmas – and the community can help.
"I appeal to anyone who sees anything suspicious around schools over the holidays not to intervene but to call School Watch immediately on 13 17 88."
Mr Langbroek said police or the State Government Protective Security Service would deal with matters of vandalism, theft and arson in and around schools.
"More than 700 calls were made to the School Watch number last year and so far around 300 calls have been made this year," he said.
"These calls have had a significant impact on the needless waste of money and resources that occurs when school property is damaged."
Mr Langbroek said calls from the public this month had already alerted authorities to a fire at a north Brisbane school and a potential break-in at a south Brisbane school.
He said the Newman LNP Government had allocated $5.1 million in 2014 for the management of school security, including alarm system monitoring and mobile patrols.
"An additional $1.5 million was allocated to install security fencing at a number of high risk schools," Mr Langbroek said.
"Members of the community can add to these measures by keeping the School Watch number handy, staying alert and phoning 13 17 88 immediately if they have any concerns."
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Kanye West donates $150,000 to GoFundMe for Jemel Roberson, who was fatally shot by police
Nov 18th 2018 6:06PM
Rapper Kanye West has donated $150,000 to a GoFundMe for Jemel Roberson, a Chicago-area security guard who was fatally shot by police Nov. 11.
GoFundMe representative Bart Jackson confirmed the donation to CNN. The fundraiser, which is raising expenses for Roberson's burial and his family, has exceeded its initial $150,000 goal, raising over $308,000 in six days.
Roberson was working as a security guard at a Chicago-area bar on the day he was killed, where he intervened in an attempted shooting and detained the suspected shooter. When police officers from Midlothian, Illinois, responded to the shooting, however, they shot and killed Roberson, a 26-year-old musician who aspired to one day become a police officer himself.
"Jemel Roberson was a young man who was greatly loved by all who knew him," the GoFundMe page for Roberson reads. "He was the light of his mother Beatrice's life, and was a devoted loving son. Jemel was a gifted basketball player and musician, and his love for God and his family were at the forefront of his life.
"Sadly, Jemel's life was tragically and unexpectedly cut short this morning as he tried to save others from senseless violence. Today, many remember him as a hero; one who put others before himself."
Roberson's killing has been met with outrage, as activists, faith leaders and other public figures have called for an independent investigation.
Jemel Roberson was a young father and a security guard who aspired to one day become a police officer. On Sunday, he was doing his job, subduing a shooter, when he was killed by a police officer. Words can't begin to describe my horror and outrage. https://t.co/WZsIKHHDDa
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) November 14, 2018
"HE'S ONE OF US!" How is it that WE dont count as "us"? That man in the WH & the NRA are silent when "good guys with guns" was the answer they said This is in the town that raised @DwyaneWade & #JemelRoberson is all of us. He was loved. He was brave & his life was snatched https://t.co/T2NcImjixS
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) November 13, 2018
"Words can't begin to describe my horror and outrage," Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) tweeted.
Activists have urged the killing to be charged as a murder. According to eyewitness accounts of the incident, Roberson was wearing clothing that clearly identified him as a security guard and officers "panicked" and never gave him a chance to put down his legally licensed weapon before shooting him, contradicting an official report from the Illinois State Police.
"We cannot and will not as stake leaders be silent while our sons, brothers and fathers are being murdered and whether that person wears a badge or not, they must be held accountable," Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church in Chicago said in a statement Thursday. "There are consequences for murder."
According to the GoFundMe page, West made separate donations of $15,000 on Saturday. He has not publicly commented about the donation as of Sunday morning.
Kanye West visits Donald Trump at the White House
Rapper Kanye West, left, shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. West, a recording artist and prominent Trump supporter, is at the White House to have lunch with the president and to meet with presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner who has spearheaded the administrations efforts overhaul the criminal justice system. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Rapper Kanye West speaks during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (AFP OUT) Rapper Kanye West holds his phone with a picture of a plane after he showed it to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (AFP OUT) (EDITORS NOTE: Retransmission with alternate crop.) U.S. President Donald Trump hugs rapper Kanye West during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump meets with rapper Kanye West (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (AFP OUT) Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images)
Rapper Kanye West shakes hands during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. West, a recording artist and prominent Trump supporter, is at the White House to have lunch with the president and to meet with presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner who has spearheaded the administrations efforts overhaul the criminal justice system. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Rapper Kanye West speaks with Ivanka Trump after meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Rapper Kanye West hugs Ivanka Trump after meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (AFP OUT) Rapper Kanye West , left, shows a picture of a plane on a phone to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (AFP OUT) Rapper Kanye West, left, speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump as NHL Hall of Famer Jim Brown looks on in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (AFP OUT) Rapper Kanye West, second left, stands up as he speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval office of the White House on October 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty Images)
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We know this decision is important so we want to provide you with a clear understanding of how to begin your relationship with God.
WHY GOD CARES ABOUT YOU!
God loves you and wants you to be in HIS family.
God desires to have a relationship with you.
QUESTION: IF I'M GOOD ENOUGH, DOESN'T THAT GET ME INTO HEAVEN?
People tend to divide themselves into groups – good people and bad people. But God says that every person who has ever lived is a sinner and that any sin separates us from God. This includes you and me; we are all sinners.
QUESTION: THEN HOW DO I FIND THE WAY TO GOD?
There is no other way to God except through Jesus.
QUESTION: DO I HAVE A CHOICE TO ACCEPT GOD'S GIFT?
YES. We all have a choice. Forgiveness of our sins is a gift from God. We can't earn it and we don't deserve it — it is simply a gift.
A gift isn't a gift until it has been accepted. We must individually accept that Jesus Christ saved us from our sins to receive eternal life.
I know that God loves me and has a new direction for my life.
I acknowledge I am a sinner in need of a Savior – this is to repent or turn away from sin.
I believe in my heart that God raised Jesus from the dead – I trust that Jesus paid the full penalty for my sins.
I confess Jesus as my Lord and my God – this is to surrender control of my life to Jesus.
I receive Jesus as my Savior forever – this is to accept what God has done for me and in me what He promised.
TO BEGIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH HIS SON JESUS, PRAY THIS SIMPLE PRAYER.
The decision to say YES to Christ as your Savior is the most important decision you will ever make!
We would love to hear the story of how God has affected your life in a powerful way. Has God's grace and mercy given you new hope? Has the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ had a life-changing impact? Has the Cornerstone community surrounded you with compassion in a time of need?
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Car Insurance and Auto Accidents: Are You Covered?
Do not worry about money, we have several strategies to ensure your medical costs get paid. We are a team of professionals who vindicate our client's rights zealously. Many times people are told that they have prior injuries, so they will not be compensated. This is NOT true! Many times people are denied coverage by insurance companies. This is also NOT true! Let us examine your case for FREE to find out if you are eligible for settlement money.
1. Who will pay the doctor bills and fix my car if the other person has no insurance?
Even if the other driver doesn't have any insurance, you may still be covered. There may be other sources of insurance. Let us help you. We can look at your policy and tell you if you have uninsured motorist coverage, which is insurance coverage which can compensate you if you are involved in an auto accident with someone who has no insurance or is underinsured. This is a very important part of our work for our clients. Available coverages and payment sources that are available, may not be obvious. We have a lot of experience in this area and we will help you find all sources of payment and insurance coverage.
in whole or in part, there could be many legitimate and reasonable reasons. Most have to do with limits in your coverage. You can check the denial letter against your policy to see if the denial seems legitimate or not. If you still think your claim was unfairly denied, let us investigate for you and find out their true insurance policy limits. Many times we find that insurance companies are wrongfully denying claims. Immediately after one of our attorneys are assigned to the case, we conduct an investigation and usually find that the insurance has not conducted their own investigation, but instead, are wrongfully denying a claim because they have an interest in saving their employer money. It is wrong for insurance companies to bully people around, and when we find that they have wrongfully denied claims, we sometimes get payouts which are much greater than their policy limits.
3. What if I have already been hurt before? I have already collected money from an insurance company from an injury in the same part of my body. What if the injury is in the same place as the last accident?
A previous injury does not affect your claim whatsoever. If you have been in a previous auto accident, and another insurance company gave you money, give us a call. Just be completely honest about your prior injuries. Do not give statements or sign any forms until you speak to one of our attorneys. Your body may be much more susceptible to injury in the area that was previously injured. Many times a prior injury will actually be exacerbated by the most recent accident, and you will be required to receive more medical treatment than the average person who went through the same accident. This only means the insurance company is liable for more medical expenses. It absolutely does NOT mean that the insurance company will not pay you, it actually means they will pay you MORE.
4. How much time do I have to make a decision?
The sooner you take action, the better! Don't hesitate to go a doctor because you don't have money. Do not be afraid of mounting hospital bills. We will ensure that all of your medical costs are paid for, and the insurance companies pay all of your bills.
But whatever you decide to do, don't wait too long to do it. If you sit on your claim for too long, you may lose the right to sue in court to get your recovery. Each state has a statute of limitations (a time limit for filing a lawsuit in court). In most states, the statute of limitations for personal injury claims is 2 or 3 years, but could be shorter or longer. An attorney will be able to advise you.
5. What should I know about the responsible party's insurance company after an automobile accident?
You should understand that you are not on an equal playing field when dealing with an insurance company following an accident. Insurance companies are skilled at accident investigation and claims practice. These claims adjusters work for the responsible party. They do not represent you. Do not give a statement of any kind or sign a release before you have spoken to an automobile accident attorney.
6. Is an investigation needed in an automobile accident case?
Absolutely. In most situations, an insurance company will perform an investigation immediately after the accident. This puts injured people at a disadvantage. It is important that you retain an experienced automobile accident attorney who has the resources to immediately investigates the case. We have consulting accident investigators and engineers who we utilize when needed.
7. Should I release my medical records to the insurance adjuster?
Definitely not. Releases should only be signed under limited circumstances and only after consulting with an automobile injury lawyer. Remember that the insurance adjuster is not your advocate. Do not give statements or sign any releases before consulting a personal injury lawyer at THE FREEDOM LAW FIRM.
8. What damages can be recovered in an automobile accident injury or death case?
An injured person may be entitled to recover all of his or her past and future medical expenses; past and future loss of income; past and future pain, suffering, and emotional distress. In some cases, punitive damages may be awarded to punish the defendant.
9. How much money is my Florida automobile accident case worth?
In Orlando your case is worth either what you agree with the insurance company it's worth or the amount of a cash awarded by a judge and jury. We examine all of the conditions surrounding your case in order to arrive at a figure that we believe the insurance company must pay for your injuries. Generally, the dollar value is dependent upon the type and extent of your injuries. Other factors influencing the dollar value of your case are the amount of medical bills, length of treatment, frequency of treatment, future medical bills, permanent disabilities and any other damage that can be documented. We study every detail so that we can get you the money you deserve for your injuries.
10. How long will it take to get a fair and reasonable settlement offer?
A case can vary in length from weeks, months, to even years in some instances. Typically, you will get paid after you have healed from our injuries and have been released by the doctor. This is the best way you can be assured of receiving full compensation for your injuries. We want you to get this compensation for your injuries, so we wait until treatment is completed before telling the insurance company how much your case is worth. While we wait for your treatment to be completed, we gather information that increases the value of your case. We constantly do everything we can to move your case forward toward settlement.
11. Will I have to go to court?
If the insurance company agrees to pay what we believe your case is worth and you wish to settle for that amount, then your case will not go to court. This is what happens in most situations. Some cases do require a trial proceeding. In either situation, hiring a law firm like THE FREEDOM LAW FIRM, P.A. with experience in handling personal injury cases is critical. We prepare all of our cases as if they are going to court and this is the very reason why most of our cases get settled. We are always prepared and our preparation allows us to negotiate from a position of strength, helping you get the maximum award for your injuries. We cannot settle any case without the client's consent. You will be the one who ultimately decides whether to settle or go to court. No lawsuit will be filed without your consent. We will, of course, counsel you and make our recommendations, but you will make the final decisions.
12. Is an attorney necessary to litigate a automobile accident case?
Absolutely. An automobile injury victim will need to retain an attorney to establish liability against anyone potentially at fault and help maximize your recovery. This may involve filing a lawsuit. The insurance company will have its own lawyers to represent the responsible party. Their job is to prevent or limit your recovery.
13. Who can file a lawsuit in a automobile accident causing injury or death case?
Anyone who is injured or has had a family member killed in an accident can file a lawsuit. This includes adults and children by way of their guardian.
14. Who would normally be sued in a automobile accident case?
Anyone who was at fault for the accident. This might include the driver and/or the owner of the vehicle. It is not uncommon for multiple people or companies to be at fault.
15. What does your law firm charge for legal fees?
You pay nothing unless and until we recover money for you. Our fee is a percentage of the recovery.
16. How much time do I have in which to bring an automobile accident claim?
The time in which to bring a claim is governed by what is called the statute of limitations. The statute of limitations governs the length of time one has to file a lawsuit. After the statute of limitations has run, a person is forever precluded from bringing such a claim. In some cases, the statute of limitations may only be one year. In other circumstances, it might be three years. Many factors determine the applicable period of time. For this very reason, an individual who believes that he or she has an automobile case, should contact an experienced attorney at THE FREEDOM LAW FIRM, P.A. as soon as possible.
1. Even though you may not be at fault, in Florida it is your insurance company that pays your medical bills and car repair costs. The other party's insurance will typically make you an offered but do not be fooled they are trying to get off as cheaply as possible. How do you know if it's a good offer or not? They are counting on your inexperience and will use it against you to get you to agree to take less than you deserve.
2. Insurance companies have many lawyers focused only on accident claims. It's an army of many against just you.
3. It's in the insurance company's best interest to keep you waiting for your money. How long are you willing to wait? Are you willing to settle for less than what you deserve?
4. If you take a settlement from the insurance company, they don't owe you another cent. What if your injury flares up again? Have you really looked at all the costs that are involved in the long run?
5. An insurance company gets thousands of accident reports daily. Don't be fooled, to them you are not a person but a claim number. Are you willing to accept a settlement offer from people who aren't looking out for your best interest?
6. The insurance company may ask to tape record your conversations "for accuracy purposes" when speaking with you. Never let anybody tape record you they can use the recording against you.
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Zambo, This. Is. YOUR. Life!
Kim, Brim, Zambo and Mr. Greer are back at it again! Apart from all the usual shenanigans, the gang chats about everything pop culture with all the trimmings, Brim and the Crew surprise Zambo with a show packed with memories, and people from his past; and the cast is joined by friend of GHR, the legendary Charles Martinet, better known as Nintendo's Mario, Luigi and more! He talks about food, stuff & things and his plans to eat while touring. Enjoy!


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Module 10: Professional Practice
This is the menu page for Module 10.
You can use the menu below to navigate, and return to the page where you left off.
Main Training Menu
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(Module 10 is Approximately 2 Hours)
Page 1-Professionalism
Page 2-Discussion Question: What is Professionalism?
Page 3-Self-Check
Page 4-Professional Code of Ethics
Page 5-Taking Care of You
Page 6-Taking Care of You Video
Page 7-Discussion Question: Taking Care of You
Page 8-STARS
Page 9-STARS Training
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Module 10 Quiz
Module 10 Learning Outcomes
This module is designed to be taught as the final training session for the 20 hour School-Age Initial Training. It addresses licensing standards, professionalism and communicating with parents. Activities are based on information on pages 1-27 and 89-110 in the Child Care Licensing Guidebook, 2nd ed. (2006). DEL-LC 2001 (x) 10/06
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Bees to Host Prevention Dimensions Kids Day
SALT LAKE CITY (May 4, 2015) – On Monday, May 11, the Salt Lake Bees and the Utah State Office of Education will host more than 13,000 students at the Prevention Dimensions Kids Day, with free admission courtesy of Med One Capital. The Bees vs. Reno Aces game has a special start time of 10:35 a.m. at Smith's Ballpark.
This is the 13th edition of the Prevention Dimensions Kids Day. The fifth and sixth grade students in attendance will be treated to an opening ceremony on the field where State of Utah First Lady Jeanette Herbert will declare the day as Prevention Dimensions Kids Day in Utah, which promotes drug and alcohol prevention. A color guard presentation will feature students from Lake Ridge Elementary School.
Prevention Dimensions is Utah's Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities curriculum, which supports the Utah State Office of Education pre-kindergarten through 12th grade health core. The program strives to give students a strong foundation of effective violence and substance abuse prevention skills. The program began in 1982 as a joint effort between the Utah State Division of Substance Abuse, Utah State Department of Health, Utah State Office of Education, and Utah State PTA.
Prevention Dimensions Day is part of the Bees organization's ongoing commitment to community outreach, health and wellness and youth development.
This article originally appeared on the official website of the Salt Lake Bees. Click here to view the original story.
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Detroit will soon offer upscale living in the heart of downtown when The Residences at the Westin Book–Cadillac opens its doors in 2008. The 67 luxury condominiums will occupy the top eight floors of the historic Book–Cadillac Hotel which is undergoing a $180 million transformation into a four–star, full–service Westin Hotel.
The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit Residences will offer 67 luxury condominiums, ranging in price from the mid $200,000s to more than $1 million. The condos, located on the top eight floors of the historic Book–Cadillac Hotel which is under renovation, will have unparalleled views of the City and the Detroit River and offer access to the hotel pool, fitness center and other amenities. The condominiums will feature floor plans ranging from 800 to 4000–square–feet, a private skywalk from the parking garage, and a separate entrance and elevator to the homes.
Residents can enjoy a nationally–known steakhouse, sports bar, coffee franchise and high–end retail, all with convenient access from the hotel lobby and street. Valet parking, an on-site concierge and doorman, and 24–hour room service will also be available to the residents.
The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit Residences is within walking distance to COBO Conference Center, Ford Field, Comerica Park, Joe Louis Arena and the Riverwalk.
A vision of the Book brothers, J.B. Jr., Herbert and Frank, the Book–Cadillac Hotel was designed by architect Louis Kamper and first opened in 1924. At 33 floors, it was the tallest building in Detroit and the tallest hotel in the world. The Italian–renaissance style building once hosted such famous guests as U.S. Presidents Harry S Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, actor Errol Flynn, and baseball stars Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams.
The hotel's demise began in the decades following World War II and it was closed in 1986. In 2004, the City's Administration called upon The Ferchill Group to provide a lifeline for the Book–Cadillac after a 20–year vacancy and numerous failed attempts to develop it.
The Ferchill Group closed on a $180 million sophisticated financing package to renovate the historic Book–Cadillac Building. The package took more than a year to complete and includes an unprecedented 22 sources of funding. National City Bank, along with its Community Development Corporation, was a significant financing source for both the hotel and condominium components of the project by providing equity, construction financing, and its NCHAMPmortgage loan discount program for condo purchasers.
The Book–Cadillac Hotel has been listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings and will be renovated according to National Park Service standards.
The Ferchill Group has retained Esquire Properties as the exclusive sales and marketing firm for the Residences at the Westin Book–Cadillac. For sales information, please call 313-259-2500 or visit The Westin Book Cadillac Residences Website.


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The free molecule octahydridosilasequioxane, Si8O12H8, was computationally studied, as well as embedded in the unit cell. The point group of the free molecule is indeed Oh, and its crystal symmetry is reduced to C3i, thus confirming the occurrence of two different types of Si−O−Si bond lengths found experimentally. The molecular orbitals of the free molecule show that some electron density occurs in the cubic cavity, thus contributing to the opening of the Si−O−Si angle. A study of the packing in the unit cell identifies a new type of packing scheme in which eight (partial) molecules participate: each apex H atom of one protruding Si−H bond of every molecule points to the corner of an equilateral triangle having 2.631Å sides. All hydrogen atoms in both the free molecule and in the solid state carry negative partial charges. The reason for this is also explored, as well as its consequences for the unique packing scheme.


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FBB Special Report: Are you F****** Kidding me, Again?
Tom Warwick
There seems to be something oddly familiar about the words I am about to type: In DC, it's not the crime it's the cover-up. The phrase implies that the public cares less about an official's wrongdoings than they do the fact that they tried to cover it up. This is a lesson that you would have thought the Trump administration learned after their National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was forced to resign amid revelations that he had illegally communicated with Russian Officials before officially taking office and then lied about it. However, less than a month later, here we are again. In this latest round of "who's been talking to Russia" Attorney General Jeff Sessions is under the microscope.
It has recently been revealed that Sessions, who served as a high profile surrogate for President Trump during the campaign, met with the Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak twice around the time of what US intelligence officials have said was the height of the Russian cyber campaign to upend the presidential race. This on its own would be incredibly concerning, but there is still more. Sessions, during his confirmation hearings to become Attorney General, was asked verbally by Senator Al Franken (D-MN) what he would do if he "learned of any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign had communicated with the Russian government in the course of the 2016 campaign." Sessions replied that "I am not aware of any of those activities, I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians." Later, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) asked Sessions for written answers to questions; One of which was "have you been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the Russian government about the 2016 election, either before or after election day?" Sessions answer to the questions was a single word. "No." Since news of the meetings broke, Attorney General Sessions has denied any wrongdoing. In a statement issued by his office earlier this week, Sessions said that he "never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. [He has] no idea what this allegation is about. [The report] is false." Justice Department officials later clarified that, while Sessions did meet with the Ambassador, he was meeting in his capacity as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Session's initial denial and then, frankly, weak explanation, is just another example of the Trump Administration's causal relationship with the truth and with ethical standards. More worrisome, this now makes two Trump campaign officials who have been caught lying about the contacts they had with high-ranking Russian diplomats. I said in my special report before Flynn's resignation that "by displaying a willing to deceive those around him, including the President and Vice President, Flynn undermines his own credibility and leaves those who are counting on his judgment further in the dark." The same is true for Sessions, except instead of lying to the President – an act that is horrific in its own right – Sessions lied under oath to the body that is supposed to oversee his department and provide a check on his actions, the United States Senate. The Russian caper aside, this is an atrocious act and one that deserves to be met with resignation or impeachment. Stay Tuned.
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Q: Kubernetes - Failed to Pull image - no such how We are taking the step to upgrade our infrastructure setup and are doing some R&D with K8s.
We believe k8s is the solution we want to implement, however I've hit a brick wall.
I'm really struggling to get k8s to pull an image from a private registry that uses a hostname that does not exist.
I have followed instructions online and have successfully added a host record to coredns - I have verified it resolves correctly using throwaway containers, yet it seems like whenever I try to pull an image, I get the same error:
Failed to pull image "fake.host.uk/app": rpc error: code = Unknown desc = Error response from daemon: Get "https://fake.host.uk/v2/": dial tcp: lookup fake.host.uk: no such host

Doing a docker login fake.host.uk works absolutely fine.
I can also see my added hosts via
kubectl run -it --rm --restart=Never --image=infoblox/dnstools:latest dnstools
Then running ping fake.host.uk brings back the correct IP.
However, trying to pull an image just doesn't work.
Any help, suggestions etc would be highly appreciated!
Thanks for your time

A: DNS resolution needs to be setup for each node in your cluster, preferably by updating a common DNS server, but you can also update /etc/hosts on every node in the cluster. Kubernetes and docker pull images from the node and not from within a container, so they won't see the settings applied to things like coredns (it would create a circular dependency, how do you resolve the name of the coredns image's registry).

A: Community wiki answer to summarise the topic:
OP has commenten, that the problem is now resolved.

my problem is resolved. I had to modify my hosts file on all the nodes, not just the master like I originally thought.


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Feature: the Andreola sisters
I first met Yolanda and her sister Sophia in Quarryville, PA, at the Coffee Bean, a small coffee shop in the town, back in 2006 when I was starting to play shows in the Lancaster area. I got to know them better through events and fellowship at Faith Reformed Presbyterian church, and when I heard them play cello and violin I knew I wanted them to play on some of my songs.
Yolanda first recorded with me on the 2007 release of "Word >>> Flesh", making the track 'O Little Child' come alive. I've asked them to play on numerous tracks since then, and they both joined me live for the 2009 release of "Breathe Deep".
Some of my music has a flowing quality that I associate most with the simple and beautiful sounds of strings. So in preparing for the album there were a few songs in particular that needed the texture of strings. With all the travel I was doing, I wasn't quite sure how to record strings, but while in India last year I put out some feelers to Yolanda and Sophia.
They were both interested in being part of the project, so I began writing parts in ProTools, using a midi string sound to arrange the notes that I wanted the string section to play. Over the course of a month, checking the parts with the two of them and my composer friend Matthew Monticchio, I managed to finish the parts and send Yolanda and Sophia sheet music and reference tracks for them to practice with, then contacted Anthony Guyer at Forgotten Genre Productions to help with recording the parts in Lancaster, while I was still in India.
As a result of this long-distance collaboration, several of the new songs on "Home" feature Yolanda on cello and Sophia on violin, including 'All I Want', 'I've Got a Girl', 'Greet the Dawn', and 'Zion's Walls'. It's kind of incredible to me that we were able to accomplish this feat from opposite sides of the world.
Six years later, the two sisters are both married and teach private lessons in the Susquehanna river valley. They're also available for recording and private events. If you're anywhere near southern Lancaster County or over the border in Maryland, check out their work. Yolanda can be found via YolandaMott.com and Sophia through SophiaEnglar.com - and of course you can listen to their playing on the new album "Home".
Happy Valentine's Day! In true Valentine's spirit, Tunecore has put together a compilation (or 3) for all the lovers out there. My song, "I've Got a Girl" competed with over 1,000 other songs for a spot, and you can now download the 28 tracks on Volume 2 for free on Amazon.com. Just click on the picture to the left, which will take you to a page where you can listen to all the tracks and even download individual ones. Mine is track 5.
As for the story behind this song (which is also on the new album 'Home'), it was written in 2009. I was thinking of the kind of amazement that people sometimes experience when they are in a relationship. Amazement that the person they love also loves them back, and that draws them deeper in love with the other person. I hope that people who are in a loving relationship never to lose that wonder, but instead treasure it and work hard to keep it.
I always imagined this song with strings, so when I was in India this past year and had the opportunity to arrange string parts, what you hear on this track are what I came up with. I hope you enjoy the arrangements and can share this song with the one you love.


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