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The hurricane children are characters from Talamancan mythology of the Bribri and Cabécar, indigenous peoples of the southern Caribbean part of Costa Rica. They are children of the family of thunder, Talá Yakela and his wife Ágata, the first family that Sibö, the major deity of the Bribri, formed to live on earth. They are playful children whose voices were heard like thunder. They ran in circular form from right to left at high speeds that unleashed winds, until completing their game. In Bribri mythology they are responsible for unleashing the storms, hurricanes and winds.

Names
The four hurricane children are the following:
 Óbena: He is the firstborn of the thunder family. He guides his brothers, the hurricane children, to hide from Itsö the day he ate his mother Agata , after deceiving them by helping them with firewood.
 Able: The second brother of hurricane children. His participation in history is very discreet, nothing different from his other brothers is detailed.
 Dilé: The third brother. He accompanies Óbena to collect firewood the day Itsö killed and devoured his mother Agata.
 Sérike or Yaba Bataskú: The youngest of the brothers. He stands out for being the most naughty of the hurricane children. He caresses and breaks the clouds to create downpours. It is he who gives the idea of taking revenge on Sakabiali after she killed their mother.

Myths

Itsö ate Ágata
The stories tell that one day Itsö ate Ágata, Talá Yakela's wife, whom he devoured little by little. Ágata was pregnant with Sérike, the hurricane. Yakela would go out and hunt the evil spirits, everything that represents the negative energies monsters and snakes. Ágata was always alone with her children in the house while her husband was out hunting. One day, he gathered his whole family and told them to stay in the house and not to go outside because there were many evil spirits around the palenque and they would be in danger.

One day, Dilé and Óbena went out to look for firewood, because they had run out. They met Itsö, who did them the favor of cutting and loading them with firewood. In gratitude, they let Itsö rest for a while in their house and chat with them. He claimed to be an awapa (shaman), so he checks Agata to remove the lice from her hair. However, this was only an excuse to suck Ágata's blood and flesh, leaving only the skeleton where Serike's fetus was restless, moving from side to side. When Dilé and Óbena saw what had happened, they hid, immobile and nervous, climbing a tree while Itsö tried to climb to eat them, sucking the wind to pull them. Afterwards, exhausted and without achieving his goal, he left for his home. One day later Talá Yakela returns home, and upon seeing what happened, he patiently collected fibers from tree bark and medicinal leaves. With these precious materials he managed to reconstitute all the parts of Ágata's body, so she could give birth to Sérike .

The next day, Talá Yakela took his blowgun and fired at the immense sea, where Itsö slept, which was covered with black clouds. He decides to go to Talá Yakela's house, where he was surprised to see Ágata alive, and even more beautiful. There, they forced him to dig a hole in the ground and light a fire in which he was caught in the middle of the hot stones and roasted to death. Talá Yakela emptied mud, water and clay into the campfire and steam sprouted, from one eye of Itsö, a beautiful butterfly with owl eyes that fluttered with its wings, and from the other eye a beautiful owl flew out, calling jööüü , jööüü, singing in fright. The moral of the story is that the good and the bad are preserved within each person or animal.

Story of the Sun Lord and the Hurricane Children
Every day the Sun Lord goes to bed very tired, for his great work. As soon as the Sun Lord begins to appear and show the first rays, the Hurricane Children begin to look for it to lift it, because it always costs a lot, turns and covers with the clouds up, but the Hurricane Children always find it, and the first to see it is always the youngest, Yaba Batásku Sérike. Together they grab and stretch the whiskers (which are those first rays of light in the morning), and so they finish lifting it, every day.

Hurricane Children and Sakabiali
Sibö needed the help of a brave, strong, responsible person with authority to be a leader who made decisions and who was in charge of ruling on earth; So he chose Talá Yakela, father of the Hurricane Children. Ágata, their mother, was in charge of the duties of the home and caring for the children. They listened to multiple stories of their uncle Olóbasá, who told in each of them the importance of staying together in the house of not going out at night, loving, caring and protecting the works of Sibö. Due to their great curiosity, the Hurricane Children escape from their home to know the world; This is why his mother searches for them for a long time without any success and decides to continue with his work.

On their trip around the world, the children meet the Sun Lord, who is their uncle and who as such advises them to stop playing so much and to return home to their mother's side; however, the children stay playing for a few more days and then make the decision to return. When the Hurricane Children return home they do not find their mother, but discover a handful of bones. At that time the children heard an echo that comes from the skeleton and was similar to the voice of their mother. Ágata, through the echo, expresses to her children the sadness she felt for his abandonment and disobedience; but he also tells them how happy she feels to have them back at home and asks them as her last advice, to be good, obedient, kind and respectful children.

The children asked their mother's skeleton about what happened, to which the voice answered meticulously that the person who killed her is Sakabiali, the lady of the mountain, who made her run behind a deer through all the paths, hillsides and mountains, up and down, barking like a dog all day until sunset, until in a well-squeezed passage she waited for her and hit her with a piece of stick and then sucked all her blood and ate all her flesh.

After the children heard the story they left in search of Sakabiali. She was hidden in a huge lagoon in a place called Janeu, by the Telire river basin, in Talamanca. Upon arrival, the children found the Dululba snake, responsible for devouring all those who commit incest. They decided to play for a while, and afterwards, one of the children remembered that Sakabiali liked spicy chili peppers. They put a piece on a hook and managed to lure her out.

The lady of the mountain confessed that she killed their mother because nobody took care of her, and she was very hungry; so the children convince her to show them how she killed her, tricking her and killing her in the same way she killed her mother.

Once the children leave, they find their uncle again, Lord Sun and he rebukes them for their actions and advises them to learn to live together and practice good deeds; To obey the rules of the family and not destroy.

Bibliography
 Jara Murillo, Carla Victoria: Diccionario de Mitología Bribri (1st edition). San José. CR EUCR. .
 Jara, CV (1997). The place of time. Stories and other oral traditions of the Bribri people. San José, Costa Rica. Editorial of the University of Costa Rica. Rodrigo Facio University City.

Talamancan mythology
Costa Rican folklore
Thunder gods


It's the first thing people will usually see, since images attract our eyes more than text does. Getting a super-serious professional photo isn't the advice you'll find often on the internet, but it might be the right one. The thing is – it all depends on your clients. Are you expected to look super professional and wear a tie in your field of work? Or is it more about personality? If it's the second, don't be afraid to express it through color, a great big smile or something else.
But, personally, I think the best About Me photos show who you are in connection with your work. If you're an illustrator design the photo yourself, if you're a writer think about what you can do with text or make a photo of yourself with a notepad and a pen. I think the best photos tell you what the person does (and in the best case how well they do them) with just one image.
Claire Baxter, senior art director and designer, is a great example on how you can use photos to present yourself. Take a look at her bio section to see what we mean.
The next element in a regular "about me" section is a couple of lines of text next to it. It's usually some personal information or fun stuff like "I love cats". That's one of your options. You can only really go for it if you're a genuinely very funny person though, which most people aren't. Nobody wants to read the same jokes or hear that you like sunsets. I'm sorry.
Instead, think of what makes you special – again, through the lens of your business. What made you fall in love with what you're doing? What gets you up in the morning? When you have to pull another all-nighter, what do you tell yourself to keep going?
These are the questions that really make a great and authentic about me section.
We found a great example of a really authentic about me site. Take a look at the about me page of Adham Dannaway, a UX/UI designer and Front-End from Australia. We love the random facts section and also that he adds dancing to his technical skill set. We really love this about page!
Skills are an important part of the about me section. Your clients who are looking at it want to know if you're capable of doing the job they have. But as in a job application, simply listing off skills is often not enough. You say you design great websites? That's much more believable if you list a few examples. The same goes for a lot of things. It's also important to be realistic here, don't pretend you can do something you can't. It will only end up hurting you in the long run.
At orbyt.me, we found a great example on how to present your skill set. What about using percentages? We found this visual approach very interesting!
Yes, a call to action is a thing in an about me page. It's just a thing that many people forget. Someone just spent their time reading about who you are, what you do and why you do it. What better moment than this to ask them to get in touch with you or visit your social media channels? When I read about an interesting person or something I like, I often ask myself – where can I get more? Anticipate that question and give your client the answer right then and there on the About Me page. That way, they don't have to look for it.
For example, Jared Christensen introduces at the end of his about me page, a "Hungry for more?" question that forward you to different articles where you can read more about him and what he does.
Have questions? We (probably) have the answers. Ask away in the comment section below this article.


Even with progresses in medical technology and care, the fact remains that our bodies do not live forever. In each person's life there comes a time when our bodies begin to fail, whether due to natural progression of age or a chronic illness. This may be a time when you and your family are faced with making difficult decisions about your healthcare. Your physician may even recommend that you consider other options such as comfort care.
Feelings of being overwhelmed, scared and helpless are common with this transition. To acknowledge failing health can feel like "giving up" and to realize that curative treatments are no longer beneficial is devastating. We want to "stay strong," "have faith," and "keep fighting" for a cure even if the disease becomes "terminal" or "end stage." Refusing to acknowledge the situation – even in the name of hope – won't change anything. A place to turn for guidance at this time may be your doctor, your clergy or a local hospice organization.
Comfort care is not about giving up; it is about focusing on comfort and quality of life rather than treatments and procedures that are no longer helpful. Comfort care is about receiving the help, relief, medical care and emotional support you need. Comfort care is putting our energy, hopes and actions toward quality of life and living comfortably in a manner we choose.
Often, when a loved one is ill we want to "do something." We seek out new doctors and we search for different treatment options. The risk in denying that our loved one has entered this phase of life is that we may be so busy "doing something" that we run out of time for doing and saying the things we will want to remember. We deny ourselves the reassurance and support that is needed at this time and delay receiving the physical relief that comes through comfort care.
Choosing comfort care is a very loving, but difficult decision and you may be wondering where you can receive this type of care. You can receive comfort care through your local hospice organization, a team of professionals who are specially trained to understand the unique needs you may have. You can receive this care in your home, whether your home is an assisted living or nursing facility or you live in your own home. Hospice care focuses on meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of their patients and families. The hospice team consists of nurses, social workers, chaplains, home health aides, therapists, volunteers and physicians. In addition to regularly scheduled visits, hospice will be available for consultations, emotional support and visits for emergencies around the clock.
Hospice services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance. If a person does not have insurance, hospice support is still available. A hospice social worker is available to help with financial concerns.
Since 2006, Lutheran Sunset Ministries has provided hospice services to Bosque and surrounding counties within a 30 mile radius of Clifton. Hospice Sunset has been proud to have served more than 400 families during the past nine years and is the only hospice located in Bosque County. As a faith-based ministry, the Hospice Sunset staff believes providing comfort care is a call to serve those in need.
If you or a loved one has the need for comfort care, a Hospice Sunset representative is always available to answer your questions, without obligation. You do not need a doctor's order to contact a hospice to ask questions. You may contact a Hospice Sunset representative at 254.675.3391 to ask questions or schedule an information visit.
Article by Michele Lloyd, Hospice Sunset administrator.


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Q: Big Amount of Data on a PC? Hello I want to deal with a big amount of data of 1 billions rows and 23 columns. But in pandas I cannot even read the data. So how can I handle this data on my computer which is Dell XPS 9570. Can I use spark for that? Any advice to deal with it on my PC?
Thank you

A: Basically for handling large amount of data you have to use big data tool like Hadoop or Apache Spark. You can use pyspark which is combination of python and spark having high efficiency for data processing.
I suggest, if you have flat file format then used ORC file format for processing data into pyspark which improve your performance efficiency.

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Q: Can anybody generate opencv.js? I can't generate OpenCV.js using this instructions: https://docs.opencv.org/master/d4/da1/tutorial_js_setup.html
I have this error:

CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to
  "Unix Makefiles".  CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set.  You probably need
  to select a different build tool.

When I'm trying to execute:
python ./platforms/js/build_js.py build_js

Alright, guys! You can download opencv.js from sources (press F12) of this Page: https://docs.opencv.org/master/js_face_detection_camera.html

A: You can find a nightly build at https://docs.opencv.org/master/opencv.js and some useful stuff at https://docs.opencv.org/master/utils.js .
<script async src="https://docs.opencv.org/master/opencv.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

A: I'm still not able to build it from source.
But this version of opencv.js worked for me on MacOS https://docs.opencv.org/3.4/opencv.js

A: I'll just list out the parts where installation was slightly different from what was outlined in https://docs.opencv.org/master/d4/da1/tutorial_js_setup.html.
For installing Binaryen, make sure you cd into the emsdk directory and then run these:
./emsdk install binaryen-master-64bit
./emsdk activate binaryen-master-64bit

From the official docs,
python ./platforms/js/build_js.py build_js

doesn't work because you need to add an additional flag --emscripten_dir to specify where the correct path. Note that you want the folder below the emsdk root directory, typically /fastcomp/emscripten/ (for the older "fastcomp" compiler; for the newer upstream LLVM wasm backend it will be /upstream/emscripten/).
I personally used the /upstream/emscripten one
So run this:
python /Users/fangran/opencv/platforms/js/build_js.py build_wasm --build_wasm --emscripten_dir /Users/fangran/emsdk/upstream/emscripten

And it should work and return:
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===== Build finished
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OpenCV.js location: /Users/fangran/opencv/build_wasm/bin/opencv.js

For more details: refer to this link

A: Looks like Emscripten doesn't setup the enviroment variable correctly to the SDK
For anyone trying to get this to build you need to specify the correct path to the Emscripten
which is the path where Emscripten is installed found in emsdk/upstream/emscripten
python ./platforms/js/build_js.py build_js --emscripten_dir=/home/username/Desktop/emsdk/upstream/emscripten

This should then work


Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have had a pretty intense week with five days full of engagements and travel during their royal tour of Australia. Today, the two were both due out to watch the cycling event at the Invictus Games, which just began yesterday. But only Harry is going to the morning event. Kensington Palace has just informed royal reporters that Meghan will miss it to get some extra rest after a late night (the Invictus Games opening ceremony started late due to weather)…and will be skipping some other events too to preserve her stamina, particularly in light of her just-announced pregnancy. This was a decision the couple made jointly.
"She's feeling fine but resting," a royal source told reporter Emily Nash of Meghan's condition today. A source told Daily Mail's Rebecca English similar, saying the Duchess of Sussex is fine, and they just want to "pace" her because the two do have a lot of events left.
Meghan is due to still attend the afternoon reception that the Prime Minister will host for them. But she will also skip some if not all of the events for two's planned visit to Fraser Island tomorrow. The two were supposed to visit the island's rain forests, attend a Welcome to Country Smoking Ceremony with the Traditional Owners of K'gari, the Butchulla People and the Premier of Queensland, visit one of the island's lakes, then ultimately travel to Kingfisher Bay by boat to walk the beach there. A lot and on particularly tricky terrain, as Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world.
Harry will be at all the events although Meghan will travel with him to Fraser Island, so there's a possibility she may accompany him on some engagements still.


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Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Announces Community Celebration Marking its 50th Anniversary
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Announces
Community Celebration Marking its 50th Anniversary
Public Invited to Enjoy Free Family-Oriented Fun, Barbecue Buffet and Musical Entertainment at the Jan. 25 Special Event
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla., (December 18, 2014) - To celebrate its 50 years of service to the West Pasco community, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital is inviting the public to a community celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Morton Plant North Bay Medical Arts Building, 6633 Forest Ave., New Port Richey.
All activities are free and include:
Performances by American Idol Season 5 finalist Melissa McGhee
Contests and prizes by St. Joe's Kids Club
Face painting, balloon artists, and teacup and tumbler decorating
More than 20 health information tables, and free blood pressure tests and glucose screenings.
"We are proud to be part of the West Pasco and New Port Richey communities and to have been able to create the modern hospital campus that Morton Plant North Bay is today," said Michael Yungmann, President, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital. "On Jan. 25, we invite our neighbors to join us and celebrate our ongoing commitment to providing quality care."
To register or obtain additional information about Morton Plant North Bay's 50th anniversary community celebration, call (727) 253-4206 or go to www.BayCareEvents.org.
As West Pasco County's only not-for-profit community hospital, Morton Plant North Bay has made significant improvements and investments to better serve individuals and families throughout its half-century history. Since 1999 alone, more than $100 million has been invested in expanding the hospital campus, improving technologies, developing new programs and adding services. The hospital was founded in 1965 and was the first hospital in New Port Richey.
Currently under way is the expansion and renovation of the Mitchell Rehabilitation Hospital, an acute care facility that will provide 30 new private rooms and additional treatment and therapy space for neurological and orthopedic patients.
The Mitchell Rehabilitation Hospital is the only facility of its kind in Pasco County accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Morton Plant North Bay was recently named a Joint Commission Top Performer in Key Quality Measures.
Previous improvements include:
Four-story Starkey Medical Tower featuring all private patient rooms
Updated Emergency Room with new treatment areas and improved design for faster care ? New Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with larger rooms and the latest technology
Digital operating suites with technology that helps physicians minimize patients' time in surgery
New Medical Arts Building featuring expanded sleep disorders center, outpatient lab facility, outpatient rehabilitation services, plus primary care and specialist physician offices
Only inpatient rehabilitation program in Pasco and Hernando counties to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
New classroom and community education space.
About Morton Plant North Bay Hospital
Established in 1965, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital is a 154-bed facility committed to improving the health of everyone it serves. Morton Plant North Bay has received the Gold Seal of ApprovalTM for Primary Stroke Care from the Joint Commission. Morton Plant North Bay Hospital is located at 6600 Madison St., New Port Richey, Fla.
About BayCare Health System
BayCare Health System is a leading community-based health system in the Tampa Bay area. Composed of a network of 11 not-for-profit hospitals, outpatient facilities and services such as imaging, lab, behavioral health and home health care, BayCare provides expert medical care throughout a patient's lifetime. With more than 200 access points conveniently located throughout Tampa Bay, BayCare connects patients to a complete range of preventive, diagnostic and treatment services for any health care need.
BayCare's family of hospitals are: Mease Countryside, Mease Dunedin, Morton Plant, Morton Plant North Bay, St. Anthony's, St. Joseph's, St. Joseph's Children's, St. Joseph's Hospital-North, St. Joseph's Women's, South Florida Baptist, and Winter Haven. For more information, visit BayCare on the Web at www.BayCare.org.

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One day last spring, I put on a helmet, climbed on my bike, and rode to work with a co-worker. For some people, that wouldn't be all that unusual. But for a guy who had only recently gotten on a bike after more than 15 years away from two-wheelers, it was monumental.
I quit riding a bike before I got my driver's license. My mother had strict rules about where I could go on my bike. I couldn't leave the neighborhood or ride on busy streets because she thought it was too dangerous. So, all my life, I've thought of bike riding as something for children.
Over the three years I've worked at Broadbent Co., I've come to know Doreen, a co-worker who often rides to work on her bicycle. When she arrives, she's all dressed up in her super-duper aerodynamic cycling outfit, with an ultra-cool Kevlar dual-antenna cellular helmet featuring a heads-up tactical display.
She has a very nice bike, complete with radar-collision-avoidance technology, dual GPS navigation systems, laser-guided steering, and computer-controlled suspension that automatically adjusts to different terrain. Doreen is an advocate of biking for health and fitness and made an important point to me: You don't have to be in great shape to ride a bicycle.
That makes sense. First of all, you're sitting down. Second, there's no Federal Law of Bicycling that says you have to furiously pedal at 40 mph. You can coast along at near walking speed, as long as you can keep your balance.
So last year I bought a used bike for $50. It's about 20 years old, has just three speeds, crappy tires, and is pretty much the opposite of Doreen's setup. I didn't even get a helmet. I started riding around our neighborhood with my kids. They absolutely love that their dad has a bike, because now we can explore our neighborhood together.
A few months into my newfound hobby, Doreen brought up Bike-to-Work Day. I was more than a little nervous about even trying. My mom never let me ride outside my neighborhood, remember? Riding to work sounded like a big deal. Busy downtown traffic. During morning rush hour. Eleven miles. Good grief! No way!
Doreen had some great insights. She said that if you really think about it, most of that traffic is slow, with all the stoplights and pedestrians everywhere. Also, downtown Indy drivers are already used to bicycle riders as part of their day-to-day commute and are required by law to make way for them.
I found out that Megan across the hallway lives only about half as far away as I do, and was happy to have a riding partner. I borrowed a helmet from Doreen (she wouldn't loan me the one with the dual satellite dishes) and met up with Megan. It was about 45 minutes riding from her house to the Circle.
Passing drivers were very courteous, and I never once felt at risk from the traffic coming into town. There were times it was tough going up some inclines but easy coasting down the other side. When we got to the Circle, I really felt that I had accomplished something. It wasn't like climbing the highest mountain, but it felt great to do something I was initially unsure of and to find out it wasn't that hard. Hey, if Dean-who-hadn't-ridden-a-bicycle-in-decades-and-whose-mommy-never-let-him-ride-out-of-the-neighborhood can do it, it can't be that bad.
This year, I was really pumped about Bike-to-Work Day. I'd lost about 10 pounds, upgraded to a nicer bike and even recruited additional folks from the office to participate. It was a great experience.
Owen is network administration manager for the Broadbent Co., an Indianapolis retail real estate developer.


Part man. Part machine. All cop. The future of law enforcement. Some exciting news for sci-fi fans! Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi cult classic RoboCop is returning to theaters in September of this year to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The Alamo Drafthouse and Birth.Movies.Death are hosting a special event at the actual OCP Headquarters, where they filmed, at the City Hall in Dallas, TX. The official screening will include a Q&A with star Peter Weller, along with photo ops, food trucks, and much more. This event will also be live-streamed to other theaters around the country so everyone can catch a screening of RoboCop even if they're not in Texas. Sounds great! Bring the whole family and show 'em some wholesome, bloody, Verhoeven sci-fi.
For more info on / tickets for the Dallas event hosted by Alamo Drafthouse, head to Birth.Movies.Death.
This September we're marking the thirtieth anniversary of ROBOCOP, Paul Verhoeven's wild cybernetic vision of future of law enforcement, with a once-in-a-lifetime livestream event broadcast from the real OCP Headquarters shooting location, aka City Hall in Dallas, TX.
Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was first released in theaters on July 17th, 1987. It opened #1 at the box office, earning $8 million its first weekend. The special one-time event will take place on September 10th, 2017 this fall. Verhoeven's RoboCop stars Peter Weller as Officer Alex J. Murphy, who is turned into the part-man, part-machine "RoboCop" after being killed. Set in crime-ridden Detroit, the film features extreme violence and an emotional plot about this robot man who still has feelings, despite the company that created it (OCP) claiming it is the perfect emotionless machine. All the cinemas participating around the country will have "special props included with the ticket so you can interact with the film". Don't miss this screening.


Through its Race to the Top program, the federal Dept. of Education is pushing the states to adopt the Common Core curriculum content standards in order to nationalize education. The federal Dept. of Education is also funding creation of national tests, curricula and instructional materials aligned with the Common Core. Indiana adopted this only 8 weeks after the national standards were released, without the approval of the legislature.
**funding the creation of national tests aligned with Common Core -- all of which will result in a national curriculum?
That the Indiana legislature never voted to adopt Common Core?
That Common Core has never been evaluated or piloted for its effectiveness?
That Indiana had to lower its state standards to align with Common Core?
That a state that adopts Common Core must accept the standards word for word?
That the Common Core English standards greatly diminish the study of classic literature, and may declare students "college-ready" when they read at a 7th grade level?
That the math standards in Common Core require that geometry be taught by an experimentalmethod never used successfully anywhere in the world?
That Common Core Standards are not "internationally benchmarked" and are admittedly designed to prepare students for nonselective two-year colleges, not four-year universities?
That Common Core has been estimated by a peer-reviewed study to cost $16 billion nationally?
That as part of the Common Core scheme, Indiana is building a massive, intrusive student database? lf lndiana participates in Common Core,Indianastudents' personally identifiable data will be vulnerable to sharing with any entity that audits or evaluates a Common Core program anywhere in the country and the consortia writing the national tests have agreed to turn over student-level data to the federal government.
We must take back control of our children's education from the federal Government! We believe legislators MUST voteto withdraw Indiana from Common Core and restore Indiana's superior standards.


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Press release - Innophore will receive credits and customized expertise from Amazon Web Service (AWS) to develop a new diagnostic tool to track and monitor SARS-CoV-2 variants using structure models.
Graz, Austria October 10th, 2021 – Innophore, a pioneering bioinformatics company in the field of drug and enzyme discovery, today announced that it has been selected for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Diagnostic Development Initiative, a global program focused on accelerating research and innovation to advance the collective understanding and detection of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
The project targets accelerating the understanding and prediction of SARS-CoV-2 variants to improve awareness and readiness in diagnostics and the development of upcoming medications. Innophore is supported with AWS credits and technical expertise to host Innophore's innovation in the AWS cloud. Innophore is using Amazon EC2 and S3 for this project that leverage scientific and public SARS-CoV-2 genomic data to generate structural models for predicting future variants of concern in the global AWS cloud.
The giant support from AWS will advance Innophores´s efforts to develop and establish an online platform that can be used by laboratories worldwide to test whether the genetic information in their samples has a mutation that leads to a more dangerous variant. This early diagnosis of variants that have a higher baseline replication number is key to early containment efforts.
"We are excited to receive support from the AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative as we develop and handle robust predictions of SARS-CoV-2 variants," said Christian Gruber, CEO of Innophore. "We look forward to predicting potentially dangerous or possible new infectious variants with AWS services, which will provide some confidence in handling new variants of the pathogen."
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Categoria: Lingua Inglese
Categoria momentanea per l'inglese.
Here's some random old comics i had in my "work" folder.
I decided to translate them and post them here because why not (because they're garbage here's why not).
Enjoy! (or not. I'm a discount cartoonist, not a professional clown)
Pubblicato il 8 Giugno 2019 2 Ottobre 2019
The Last Foundling
The Last Foundling is the story of a young boy growing up in Britain's first children's home, the Foundling Hospital, which began its pioneering work in 1739. I joined the hospital exactly two centuries later when my mother found herself unable to cope in a London which was about to be plunged into war.
During the years of the Second World War, the hospital became more like a prison than a children's home. My book tells of the extraordinary happenings that took place in the Foundling Hospital and the story of my mother, the unmarried daughter of an elder in the Church of Scotland who gave me up as a nine-week-old baby for fear of the shame her family would endure if she returned to the north with a child out of wedlock.
Interestingly, my story may never have found its way into mainstream publishing were it not for my blog, lastfoundling.com, and a Google search from a major publishing house, while researching the Foundling Hospital, which caused them to stumble on it. All power to us bloggers, I say!
The Last Foundling (Pan Macmillan) was released on 13 March 2014 and has been featured in a number of national newspapers including The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror.
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Voci: Davide Marcaccini, Francesca Malandra; Samuele Caniglia
Riprese: Alice Spadano, Vittoria De Giosa
Doppiaggio scritto: Francesca Malandra, Samuele Caniglia
Recensione: Vittoria De Giosa, Lorenzo Abbonizio
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Salgado: the photographer who caught man's essence
"The Salt of the Earth" is a documentary film that we watched for our A.S.L. project on "Green Jobs" last year. This documentary, directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, deals with the works and life of Sebastião Salgado, a great Brazilian photographer, well-known for his worldwide famous projects.
We were deeply impressed by the way Salgado's succeeded in creating a special dialogue firstly between him and the subject of his photos, then between the subject and the viewer: he proposed a modern interpretation of Donne's teaching "no man is an island, but a piece of the continent". Salgado's photography tends to create a community and overcome the barriers between us and the other: he suggests our belonging to the same species.
The same happens with nature: we form a community with it, we belong to the same planet and can't destroy it. Therefore, Salgado showed that it is possible to live in "communion" with nature. Indeed, his favourite subjects are those who live in pristine places, because he would like Western Countries to learn from these populations that we can live as a community with nature and with each other.
The expression " the salt of the earth" is in fact a biblical quotation with multiple meanings, which recalls the role of the man in his giving "flavour" to the earthly existence, his ability to make sense, to interpret and unify all existing things. ("I knew something of this Sebastião Salgado, he really cared for humans. After all, they are the salt of the earth"- Wim Wenders, a quotation from the documentary prologue). In his projects he seems to question man, showing his weakness, his selfishness, greed, thirst for power and money, which resulted in migrations, harsh working conditions, wars, poverty, the catastrophic consequences that some economic and political decisions had on masses of people considered marginal. Where is humanity going? Is this man's true nature? Humans mustn't forget their natural essence: indeed they're the salt of the earth. How can they be like that if they don't respect nature? What's the purpose of salt if it is deprived of its flavour?
Man will destroy his home, that is the planet, and himself unless he changes his behaviour!
Salgado teaches us that we have to be at one with other creatures and the environment in order to form a community. As the philosopher Heidegger said in "A letter on Humanism", man has to be the shepherd (and not the lord) of Being. This is why he has to treat everyone and everything fairly and respectfully: this is the only way to preserve mankind and continue to give " flavour" to the earth.
Salgado's life
Sebastião Salgado was born in 8th February 1944 in a large cattle farm in Aimorés, in Brazil, and into a middle-class family. Firstly, he studied economy and began his career as an economist working for the secretary of finance. Then, he won a scholarship and went to Paris with his girlfriend Lelia to undertake a doctorate. This move was mainly the result of his participation in the students' protests against Brazil military dictatorship: indeed, his Brazilian passport was revocated while staying in Paris. When Lèlia bought a camera, Salgado discovered his love of photography. Since their second child, Rodrigo, was born with Down's syndrome, they decided to remain in Paris in order to treat him better. Salgado had such a strong sense of being a community that he learnt how to communicate with his son Rodrigo without using words.
Sections of the film corresponding to Salgado's photo projects
"Other Americas"
Salgado travelled a lot around the world in order to realize his projects. For example, he visited the countries neighbouring his native Brazil (Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico) to photograph native tribes whose lives were not much touched by the modern world. These photos belong to Salgado's first project, "Other Americas", which deals with the contrast between pristine nature and areas spoiled by man. For instance, even his "facenda" (farm) disappeared because of drought, deforestation and climatic changes. In addition, Salgado took a photo of some shops in Northern Brazil where fruits and coffins were sold together. So, we can easily understand how life and death are closely related amongst these Brazilian tribes, whose members are not afraid of dying because death is not an extraordinary event.
Then, Salgado realized his "homage to who made Western countries as the way they are". This project was called "Workers" and the photos that mostly attracted our attention had been taken in Brazil and in Kuwait. Firstly, Salgado went to the Sierra Pelada mine: today, it doesn't exist anymore because its pit has been filled with water by the Brazilian government. However, when Salgado went there in 1980, this place was the biggest mine in the world. He saw an anthill of 100,000 diggers ("garimpeiros") scratching through the bottom of the open pit in search of gold: in addition, they had to carry on their shoulders heavy sacks containing ore up the pity walls. They were paid 20 cents to dig and carry the sacks, plus a bonus if they found any gold. Salgado suggests when man sees gold, he's lost: even if the diggers of Sierra Pelada worked in such dreadful conditions, they were attached to money. Man as a category tends to wealth, but we shouldn't forget that "who begins to manipulate gold never recovers". Later on (1991), Salgado went to Kuwait, where the Gulf War had just finished. Sadam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, had invaded Kuwait to control the oil wells because Kuwait's oil supremacy was ruining the Iraqi economy. Since he also got the political control of the country, the Allied Forces (ONU) decided to force Hussein to leave Kuwait: before their arrival, Sadam Hussein ordered to set fire to the oil wells while retreating from the country. Salgado took incredible shots of two Canadian firefighters completely covered in oil: while trying to put the fire out, they were crying because of the terrible working conditions (the air was polluted, there was no light because of the smoke and the temperature was extremely hot). So, Salgado poses a question: is it fair to risk workers' life to remedy man's own mistakes?
"Sahel: the end of the road"
The theme of the terrible conditions in which men live is focused in "Sahel: the end of the road". Salgado went to the camps of the Ethiopian refugees who had left their country because cholera, famine, dehydration and drought had made their lives intolerable. Salgado thought that these problems depended on the question of sharing natural resources, on unequal distribution of wealth and on climatic changes, caused by a false idea of progress. Still today, natural resources of Congo are exploited and used to satisfy the needs of Western countries.
Africa is also the setting of a section of a project "Exodus" devoted to the Rwandan genocide. The title of the whole project is a metaphor: exodus is man's exodus from the Earth (so, death), which is caused by himself.
"Instituto Terra"
"After having seen into the Heart of Darkness", as Wender said in the film, Salgado returned to Brazil. Wender's words are an evident reference to Conrad's famous novel, which deals with a record of Congolese people's exploitation by the Belgian colonists. After the events of Rwanda, Salgado lost his faith in humanity: he understood that man is the result of a long process of evolution and adaptation to nature, which implied its manipulation and the advent of the so called progress or civilization. But was all this process towards civilization worth it? Or rather is it responsible for what makes us so violent, aggressive and greedy, rational and irrational at the same time?
An answer is provided through the work of the "Instituto Terra", a non-profit organization founded by Lèlia and Sebastião: they recreated a forest with species that had flourished once. "Instituto Terra" is dedicated to a mission of reforestation, conservation and environmental education: in addition, it seems to investigate the limits of the "human action" in relation to the "being" of the animals. What are the differences between men and animals? Men are beings of the praxis. They are the beings of the "what to do", while animals are beings of pure "to do". Animals do not "see" the world. They are immersed in it. Men, on the contrary, as beings of the "what to do", emerge and, by objectifying the world, can know and transform it with their work. Men are beings of the "what to do", because their "doing" is action and reflection. Unlike animals, we're not led only by instinct, because we are allowed to make choices using our intelligence.
As Salgado understood, the value of environmental education is fundamental. Indeed, Pope Francis held that environmental education seeks to restore the various levels of ecological equilibrium, by establishing harmony within ourselves, with the other, with nature and other living creatures and, finally, with God. So, this kind of education should facilitate making the "leap towards the trascendent" which gives ecological ethics its deepest meaning.
Salgado's opus maius and last project is "Genesis". It is conceived by the photographer as a potential path to humanity's rediscovery of itself in nature. The title means: "Let's start again": it is a warning of what we risk losing, like a blessing to our guilty soul. What's more, it is a love letter to our planet, the only heritage we have. This is why Salgado went to the most pristine places in the earth. Indeed he said that half of our planet is still like it was on the day of Genesis and we should take care to preserve it while restoring the other half we are losing . To highlight these places in his photos, Sebastião used the black and white technique, because it is the one that lets you catch the true essence of reality. Therefore, "Genesis" is a timeless document. In addiction, Salgado shows the origins of every living being (he even said that "we all come from the same cell"). His final aim is to warn society to change its course and, to do this, he showed pristine nature and examples of communities of animals and human beings ( elephant seals in South Georgia, thousands of penguins on Zavodovski Island, the Nenets in Siberia). What do they have in common? Salgado thinks that what makes us similar to animals is the feeling of belonging to a community. We mustn't look at these natives as uncivilized tribes: indeed, western civilization, our own civilization, has often turned out to mean putting in danger nature and the human race.
"Genesis" main theme is the relationship between nature and culture, man and civilization. Therefore, the most important question that Salgado poses is: what's man's role? He belongs to nature, which bore him, but he has a right to civilization, because he is the salt of the earth, its soul.
Everyone should take a pause from our fast, comfortable lives and try to answer this question, because Salgado's teachings are extremely important for the comprehension of our Dasein, our being on the Earth.
Alessandra Lombardi IV E
Valentino Lombardi IV E
Pubblicato il 3 Febbraio 2019 6 Febbraio 2019
Shakespeare: an italian writer?
The main purpose of this report is to give an overview of the theories that try to prove Shakespeare's Italian origins. To prepare for this report, I watched a documentary (https://www.raiplay.it/video/2017/07/Summer-Voyager-6d6d558b-20f2-4a5f-ac81-c8365c72c513.html) and looked for further information on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question) and on www.focus.it (https://www.focus.it/cultura/arte/william-shakespeare-n).
"Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, had a family, went to London, came back to Stratford, wrote his will and died" (George Steevens). This is the shortest Shakespeare's biography ever written, but the most reliable one: indeed, we know a little about his mysterious life. For example, even his birthday is not based on evidence, but on tradition: Shakespeare is traditionally believed to have been both born and died on April 23rd, the same day as St. George, the patron saint of England. It seems as if the British were looking for a cultured English hero.
The most curious thing about Shakespeare's life is that he's thought to have never been abroad, but his masterpieces are all set in other European countries: Shakespeare's favourite location is probably Italy, because he used our country as the background for 12 of his works. He even pictured the differences between Sicilian and Venetian women's lifestyles in a very detailed way. What's more, he always made exact references to medicine, astronomy, economy, history and geography, even if he's said to have left the school before having finished it. Indeed, Shakespeare's six original signatures have often been mentioned as an evidence of his illiteracy. So, how could he know so many things if he had neither left Great Britain nor attended university?In 1925, the journalist Santi Paladino found out that there are a lot of common passages and proverbs between Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and a pamphlet, which the journalist attributed to an Italian writer from Sicily. Moreover he claimed that Shakespeare's comedy " Much Ado About Nothing" is the English translation of an Italian Sicilian play, entitled "Tantu trafficu ppi nenti", which went lost.
Therefore, in 1927, an article about Shakespeare's Italian origins was published for the first time on the Italian newspaper "L'Impero" ("The Empire"). Paladino showed the Shakespeare's actual name was Michelagnelo Florio Crollalanza, who was born in Messina (Sicily), from John Florio, a doctor and Calvinist follower, and Guglielmina Crollalanza, a noblewoman. According to Paladino's thesis, Michelagnelo was forced to leave first Messina, then Italy because of religious persecution and, after a long journey through Greece, Denmark etc., he settled down in England, where he changed his name into William Shakespeare. However, Paladino's theory has been criticised because he mixed up John and his father Michelagnelo: indeed, it is historically proven that John (1553-1625) is Michelagnelo (1515-1572)'s son. However, this theory has been commonly accepted by anti-Stratfordian and Italian scholars because of the relationship between the names "Guglielmina Crollalanza" and "William Shakespeare": indeed, "William" is the masculine English form for "Guglielma" and "Crollalanza" (= "Scrolla la lancia" ) is the Italian translation of "Shakespeare". In addition, Shakespeare's surname was divided into "Shake-speare" (which literally means "Crollalanza") in the editions of his plays published before the "First Folio". Therefore, Shakespeare is thought to be Michelangelo himself.
On the other hand, there are scholars who think that Shakespeare is the pseudonym for a team of authors guided by an Italian. Indeed, Italian literature deeply influenced Shakespeare's works: for example, his comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" is thought to be a copy of a Sicilian comedy with the same name ( "Tantu trafficu ppi nenti"), as pointed out before, and many of his works are set in Italy and show a surprising Knowledge of its customs and people. In fact, Shakespeare described the Sicilian customs of his time in a painstaking way. How is that possible? Of course, this contributed to associate Shakespeare with the figure of John Florio, who is the author of "Second Fruits", the pamphlet which must have provided lots of material for Shakespeare's masterpiece "Hamlet", where we can find a lot of Italian idioms. His figure as a linguist and man of learning was so important that he was appointed as a royal language tutor at the Court of James I and the Italian teacher at the court of the Earl of Southampton, a friend of Shakespeare's. According to historical evidence John Florio's father, Michelangelo moved from Italy to England for religious problems. Michelangelo Florio was born in Tuscany and had been a Franciscan friar before converting to the Protestant faith. He got into trouble with the Inquisition in Italy, after preaching in Naples, Padua, and Venice. Seeking refuge in England during the reign of Edward VI, he was appointed pastor of the Italian Protestant congregation in London. His son, John Florio, who was born in England, must have learned a lot about Italy from his father and he fostered the Italian literature in England: so, he referred to himself as "an Englishman in Italian". By translating the most important Italian masterpieces in English, he created a lot of new words. Finally, there is a difference between Shakespeare and John Florio, which increases the mystery of the figure of Shakespeare: while John Florio described his library in his will, Shakespeare talked about all the objects of his house but his books and the amount of money he should have had (since he was the co-owner of the Globe Theatre).
So, is it right to think that Michelagnelo or John Florio and Shakespeare are the same person? Who knows!
An easy explanation for such coincidences might be that he simply met or even made friend with John Florio and read his works, from which he took inspiration. No doubt, however, the couple "Crolla-lanza"/ "Shake-speare" stirs our imagination, pushing us towards suggestive conclusions.
However, we can say for sure that Shakespeare's works are simply masterpieces and imply that their author was a very talented writer, no matter what his real identity might be.
The signature is unique and it is William Shakespeare.


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The Charity Friend
There was something I wanted to write about or more accurately tell you about. Because, there's a point where no matter how much your friends like you they want you to shut the fuck up about something. This thing hasn't happened, yet. And, I don't even know if it's going to happen. I'm trying to be calm, cool, collected. None of which I am, and if it doesn't happen I'll tell you anyway. I will be heartbroken.
I am on Christmas break at the moment. Needless to say nothing is happening to me. I'm exceedingly dull. I don't do anything. Everyone else is out chilling with friends, making out with their boyfriends, and I'm sitting at home crying about how happy this book makes me.
The only thing I can think of is the Christmas gathering I had. You can call it a party if you want, but the only shots people took were of water. I would love to say it was a resounding success, but it wasn't. It was actually a hot ass mess. That's what it was.
My mother was in a vengeful mood and she ate an entire tray cookies I made and casually mentioned how I had to remake those. You know I made all the food with my questionable cooking talents. I don't know what I did to upset her, but I did something. That was not kosher. I was like this bitch. Needless to say I did remake them and no one ate them. It was really tragic.
Two people were also obnoxiously early and they are always late. Not as if I mind. But, that was the day Madonna dropped her pre-release with the six new songs. I was just through breaking down to "Living For Love" when the doorbell rang. It was fine. We talked and I love them.
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Other people trickled in and I had a good fifteen people there. Two people were not there, even though they said they were coming. I was confused. I don't know why one of them didn't come, but the second one said her uncle died. This is Jenny by the way and I was like that was fine. Then, she sends me an e-mail that tells me she dropped off my present and the man didn't seem to appreciate it. I don't know if she was kidding. I was too afraid to ask.
A real problem was that people weren't mixing. I know not everyone knows each other. That's why you play party games. What I do every time. Five people refused to play a game. I was like what the fuck. These are group games. Get the fuck over it and pick a side and calm yourself. Whatever. We didn't play a game.
Thunder informed me that she would have played Pictionary, but that she didn't like party games. I consider Pictionary a party game and I was like whatever. The moment has passed. I mean Sacajawea and her boy toy sat on the couch grasping at each other all night anyway. The only person who really wanted to play a game was me. I just feel like I was a horrible host not mingling with the masses.
The party if you want to call it that really ended about 8:30. People came at 5:00 or later and left at 8:30 or earlier. Do you ever just feel like the charity friend. Like people only humor your presence, because they feel bad for you. That is my relationship with these people, I have to make the plans or there are no plans. I was an emotional train wreck at the beginning of this semester and the only people I saw were the twins. They forced me to go out. No one else took there time out to see me. I realize some of these people don't even live in the same city anymore, but fall break comes around. Not acknowledged.
I might be over thinking it, but I have a really rocky relationship when it comes to friends. I really shouldn't be so offended. I don't consider most of these people friends. There just people I enjoy spending time with. That's not the same thing as a friend.
One weird thing that happened is that Thunder called me a liar. Not really a big deal. None of these people were really under the impression I was a saint. I am the person who had borderline pneumonia, but tells everyone I had pneumonia. She was leaving with her sister J. Lo and we were talking about these girls who were dating. Specifically, I said they were dating.
Thunder informs me that I am lying and not to make things up. To say they were dating may have been an over exaggeration, but these girls were not just friends. They sat on the couch I was sitting on and fondled each other in front of me. They sat at lunch together and when they broke up they no longer sat next to each other. They were something if they weren't dating.
It didn't phase me. It's when the party ends and I check my e-mail that I see that I got something from her saying she was sorry for calling me a liar. Then, proceeds to explain that she was under a lot of stress.
I replied back and told her it was fine. Whenever you justify why you did something it's not an apology. It means you still think you were right and that you had good reason. As I said it didn't bother me. People have said a lot worse things about me then calling me a liar.
Being the basic ass bitch I am, I put this on twitter. Thunder doesn't even have twitter on her phone, but some how she saw it and I got another e-mail apologizing for justifying her actions. It was passive aggressive of me. I shouldn't have made her feel like shit over something I literally didn't give a fuck about. At the same time I didn't feel the need to coddle her.
I say all of this and I wonder why I don't have friends.
Speaking of that it was very interesting to see Rosencrantz and J. Lo shacked up together on the couch talking away. I knew they were friends again, but it was strange. Last year J. Lo ignored every single one of her friends for this one girl. Both Rosencrantz and I told her how that made us feel and how we wanted her to spend more time with us.
J. Lo changed nothing. Not a single thing. We told her how we felt and she didn't give it a second thought. Apparently Rosencrantz has forgiven her.
It's not even that I haven't forgiven her it's just that I don't think of her as a friend anymore. You don't ignore a friend or push them to the side because someone better comes along. She can't fix it. I still like spending time with her, but she's a shitty friend. I wish I was like Rosencrantz, just so able to forget and move on.
It just made feel so replaceable. That's why people kill themselves. It's not that they don't think someone loves them or that there aren't people who care about them. It's that these same people will move on and find someone better then you. It's horrifying to realize how much someone doesn't need you.
That said after the real party inhabitants left I was left with the three introverts. A great group to hold a conversation with and these three people stayed and chatted with me until 11:30. It was really great. I loved getting to talk to them like that. It wasn't the success I imagined, but I think it worked out in the best way possible. I loved it.
A few Saturday's ago now, I worked a charity gala. They had a silent auction, fancy food, and a true live auctioneer later in the night. The women wore black and navy blue. The men looked bored and ratchet. It was a wondrous event.
The day had already started out well. I'd spent the earlier part of the day with The Mayor and Miss Sara Bellum, and their friend they brought home from college. I've told you before that we don't live in the same city anymore and they told me that they were bringing this girl home, I shall call, "Lisa Marie".
Now, they said I would like her. I was not so sure. I was informed that she did not eat fish, because of some environmental threat or something. Reasonable, yes. Obnoxious, yes because I like my sushi. The real kicker, though was that she didn't like Gwen Stefani's new song "Baby Don't Lie".
Who is this bitch. That was my question. It turned out it was one of there other roommates who didn't like "Baby Don't Lie" and I actually really liked her. She is cute and adorable and we got Bubble Tea together. Everything, I might add. I even like those tapioca pearls, do not judge me. I just really liked her.
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It also didn't hurt that she wanted to read my article on my former blog. I've known the Mayor and Miss Sara Bellum forever, it naturally came up in conversation. Lisa Marie asked the pertinent questions of what happened. I told her there was a four page article dedicated to the whole thing if she wanted to read it.
And, she did. She described it as "intense". That is about accurate. I only had a constant knot of nerves, the entire time. I should not be blogging if I couldn't convey some of that emotion.
Now, I want to say I donated my time to this event, because I'm a good person. I am a good person, but I wanted to wear red in front of the wealthy upper strata. I learned in psychology you look the most attractive in red. I want to give myself the best possible chances of finding love with a wealthy individual.
It was not meant to be, but I had so much fun. These people were so pretentious. My job for the four hours, while the gala was going on was to clear the tables of the dirty dishes. What even. I loved it. I might add I got free delicious food.
This was a gala mind you. The food was the shit.
My favorite part was the auction. A weatherman from my childhood was the host. I hated this man. I swore I was going to punch him in the face if I ever got the chance. I did not punch him. It was an opportunity missed. He was undeniably sexist in his presentation and he had a pot belly. It made me so happy.
One of the speakers was even the co-anchor on his show. She was this shorty, curvy woman, and might I add she rocked it. Then, I found out from one of my classmates that all of her cards had been declined at the Gap where she worked. The anchorwoman was broke.
At about eleven everything was getting taken down, but some people we're still hovering, so we weren't able to do everything.
That's when this woman, who's an alumni of my school starts talking to us. She was this sophisticated, glamorous woman, and as she's walking away, informs me that she likes my style.
I was shocked. How do you respond to that? Mind you she'd never seen me before, so she didn't know if I had consistent style, but she still said it. As a poor college student, I can't believe I made that impression. I was trying to impress my crush and this woman with the kind of money that doesn't wait for a sale tells me I dress well.
Let me lay my wardrobe out for you. A cheap plain red t-shirt, black skinny jeans from the men's department, that fake couture jacket I got at the Salvation Army, and my dead grandmother's scarf. I was the epitome of ratchet, but it worked.
The director of the program I'm in, even told me on Monday that I looked good. I slayed it and I didn't even know it. Maybe I should turn this into a fashion blog.
LOL, I'm too poor for that.
I will keep you updated on the crush. I'm in that weird phase of, he's all I want to talk about and the only thing I don't want to mention to anyone. I should be seeing him next week, so that's exciting. Keep in my mind that this is a horrible idea. I shouldn't like him. He's older then me. Too old actually, and I don't know. It's a bad idea. I keep telling myself that.


Several waste streams-paper-mill and municipal sludge and coal-fired powerplant flyash-are combined at this unique facility to cogenerate steam and electricity and produce high-quality Glass Aggregates for recycle. How established processes are configured to do the job is the innovation.
Pulp and paper companies are always searching for ways to dispose of sludge, a clay-like substance with 60% moisture content. Much of the sludge is landfilled, a long-term liability because of potential groundwater and/or soil contamination. Over the years, landfills have become increasingly difficult to license because of concerns about aesthetics, environmental impact, and large amounts of space required for operation. Alternatives to landfilling have emerged, but technologies many times created significant quantities of ash and waste streams that posed their own disposal problems.
Minergy Corp, Milwaukee, Wis., a wholly owned subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy, pioneered technologies to recycle paper sludge, as well as coal flyash and municipal sludge, into saleable products with minimal waste. A process to create lightweight aggregate was proved at Wisconsin Energy's Oak Creek powerplant in 1994, and has facilitated recycling of more than 500,000 tons of flyash and municipal and paper sludge into 100,000 tons of light-weight aggregate for use in the construction industry (POWER, August 1994, p 37).
ESI Inc., Kennesaw, Ga., provided design and construction services for the first-of-its-kind, $45-million Neenah Glass Aggregate Plant (Fig 1). The plant was completed in January 1998 and commercial operation commenced on May 21, just 18 months after groundbreaking. Capacity was sized to process the entire sludge output in all of Winnebago County.
Ten area paper mills supply about 400,000 tons/yr. Sludge contracts collectively account for about two thirds of the county's waste stream representing more recycled material than handled by the combined municipal programs in the entire state.
Commercially proven technologies, applied in new ways, comprise the main plant systems. Patented processes convey sludge through storage silos, to dryers, and into one of two Cyclone furnaces as fuel. The 7 ft diameter, 350 million Btu/hr Cyclones are adapted versions of older designs by Babcock & Wilcox Co (B&W), Barberton, Ohio. Major rework included installation of four tangential secant ports on each Cyclone to introduce the sludge fuel.
The resultant products: 80,000 tons/yr of Glass Aggregate, marketed as construction products, and 350 psig/600F steam for host facility and neighbor P H Glatfelter Co. Addition of a 6.5-MW steam turbine/generator will convert 20,000 lb/hr of surplus steam into electricity. At press time, the turbine/generator was in the final stages of commissioning. Electricity is considered renewable biomass energy, which will be sold to Alliant Energy, Madison, Wis.
For putting high-volume waste streams to beneficial use in generating energy and recyclable materials, Minergy Corp's Neenah facility earns POWER'S 1999 Power plant Award.


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    async addOngoingDownload(id: number, promise: Promise<void>, siteId?: string): Promise<void> {
        siteId = siteId || CoreSites.getCurrentSiteId();

        const uniqueId = this.getUniqueId(id);

        if (!this.downloadPromises[siteId]) {
            this.downloadPromises[siteId] = {};
        }

        this.downloadPromises[siteId][uniqueId] = promise;

        try {
            return await this.downloadPromises[siteId][uniqueId];
        } finally {
            delete this.downloadPromises[siteId][uniqueId];
        }
    }

    /**
     * Download the module.
     *
     * @param module The module object returned by WS.
     * @param courseId Course ID.
     * @param dirPath Path of the directory where to store all the content files.
     * @return Promise resolved when all content is downloaded.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async download(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number, dirPath?: string): Promise<void> {
        // To be overridden.
        return;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a list of content files that can be downloaded.
     *
     * @param module The module object returned by WS.
     * @return List of files.
     */
    getContentDownloadableFiles(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData): CoreCourseModuleContentFile[] {
        if (!module.contents?.length) {
            return [];
        }

        return module.contents.filter((content) => this.isFileDownloadable(content));
    }

    /**
     * Get the download size of a module.
     *
     * @param module Module.
     * @param courseId Course ID the module belongs to.
     * @param single True if we're downloading a single module, false if we're downloading a whole section.
     * @return Promise resolved with the size.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async getDownloadSize(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number, single?: boolean): Promise<CoreFileSizeSum> {
        try {
            const files = await this.getFiles(module, courseId);

            return await CorePluginFileDelegate.getFilesDownloadSize(files);
        } catch {
            return { size: -1, total: false };
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the downloaded size of a module. If not defined, we'll use getFiles to calculate it (it can be slow).
     *
     * @param module Module.
     * @param courseId Course ID the module belongs to.
     * @return Size, or promise resolved with the size.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async getDownloadedSize(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number): Promise<number> {
        const siteId = CoreSites.getCurrentSiteId();

        return CoreFilepool.getFilesSizeByComponent(siteId, this.component, module.id);
    }

    /**
     * Get list of files. If not defined, we'll assume they're in module.contents.
     *
     * @param module Module.
     * @param courseId Course ID the module belongs to.
     * @param single True if we're downloading a single module, false if we're downloading a whole section.
     * @return Promise resolved with the list of files.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async getFiles(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number, single?: boolean): Promise<CoreWSFile[]> {
        // To be overridden.
        return [];
    }

    /**
     * Returns module intro files.
     *
     * @param module The module object returned by WS.
     * @param courseId Course ID.
     * @param ignoreCache True if it should ignore cached data (it will always fail in offline or server down).
     * @return Promise resolved with list of intro files.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async getIntroFiles(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number, ignoreCache?: boolean): Promise<CoreWSFile[]> {
        return this.getIntroFilesFromInstance(module);
    }

    /**
     * Returns module intro files from instance.
     *
     * @param module The module object returned by WS.
     * @param instance The instance to get the intro files (book, assign, ...). If not defined, module will be used.
     * @return List of intro files.
     */
    getIntroFilesFromInstance(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, instance?: ModuleInstance): CoreWSFile[] {
        if (instance) {
            if (instance.introfiles !== undefined) {
                return instance.introfiles;
            } else if (instance.intro) {
                return CoreFilepool.extractDownloadableFilesFromHtmlAsFakeFileObjects(instance.intro);
            }
        }

        if ('description' in module && module.description) {
            return CoreFilepool.extractDownloadableFilesFromHtmlAsFakeFileObjects(module.description);
        }

        return [];
    }

    /**
     * If there's an ongoing download for a certain identifier return it.
     *
     * @param id Unique identifier per component.
     * @param siteId Site ID. If not defined, current site.
     * @return Promise of the current download.
     */
    async getOngoingDownload(id: number, siteId?: string): Promise<void> {
        siteId = siteId || CoreSites.getCurrentSiteId();

        if (this.isDownloading(id, siteId)) {
            // There's already a download ongoing, return the promise.
            return this.downloadPromises[siteId][this.getUniqueId(id)];
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create unique identifier using component and id.
     *
     * @param id Unique ID inside component.
     * @return Unique ID.
     */
    getUniqueId(id: number): string {
        return this.component + '#' + id;
    }

    /**
     * Invalidate the prefetched content.
     *
     * @param moduleId The module ID.
     * @param courseId The course ID the module belongs to.
     * @return Promise resolved when the data is invalidated.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async invalidateContent(moduleId: number, courseId: number): Promise<void> {
        // To be overridden.
        return;
    }

    /**
     * Invalidate WS calls needed to determine module status (usually, to check if module is downloadable).
     * It doesn't need to invalidate check updates. It should NOT invalidate files nor all the prefetched data.
     *
     * @param module Module.
     * @param courseId Course ID the module belongs to.
     * @return Promise resolved when invalidated.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    invalidateModule(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number): Promise<void> {
        return CoreCourse.invalidateModule(module.id);
    }

    /**
     * Check if a module can be downloaded. If the function is not defined, we assume that all modules are downloadable.
     *
     * @param module Module.
     * @param courseId Course ID the module belongs to.
     * @return Whether the module can be downloaded. The promise should never be rejected.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async isDownloadable(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number): Promise<boolean> {
        // By default, mark all instances as downloadable.
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Check if a there's an ongoing download for the given identifier.
     *
     * @param id Unique identifier per component.
     * @param siteId Site ID. If not defined, current site.
     * @return True if downloading, false otherwise.
     */
    isDownloading(id: number, siteId?: string): boolean {
        siteId = siteId || CoreSites.getCurrentSiteId();

        return !!(this.downloadPromises[siteId] && this.downloadPromises[siteId][this.getUniqueId(id)]);
    }

    /**
     * Whether or not the handler is enabled on a site level.
     *
     * @return A boolean, or a promise resolved with a boolean, indicating if the handler is enabled.
     */
    async isEnabled(): Promise<boolean> {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Check if a file is downloadable.
     *
     * @param file File to check.
     * @return Whether the file is downloadable.
     */
    isFileDownloadable(file: CoreCourseModuleContentFile): boolean {
        return file.type === 'file';
    }

    /**
     * Load module contents into module.contents if they aren't loaded already.
     *
     * @param module Module to load the contents.
     * @param courseId The course ID. Recommended to speed up the process and minimize data usage.
     * @param ignoreCache True if it should ignore cached data (it will always fail in offline or server down).
     * @return Promise resolved when loaded.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async loadContents(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number, ignoreCache?: boolean): Promise<void> {
        // To be overridden.
        return;
    }

    /**
     * Prefetch a module.
     *
     * @param module Module.
     * @param courseId Course ID the module belongs to.
     * @param single True if we're downloading a single module, false if we're downloading a whole section.
     * @param dirPath Path of the directory where to store all the content files.
     * @return Promise resolved when done.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    async prefetch(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId?: number, single?: boolean, dirPath?: string): Promise<void> {
        // To be overridden.
        return;
    }

    /**
     * Remove module downloaded files. If not defined, we'll use getFiles to remove them (slow).
     *
     * @param module Module.
     * @param courseId Course ID the module belongs to.
     * @return Promise resolved when done.
     */
    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
    removeFiles(module: CoreCourseAnyModuleData, courseId: number): Promise<void> {
        return CoreFilepool.removeFilesByComponent(CoreSites.getCurrentSiteId(), this.component, module.id);
    }

}

/**
 * Properties a module instance should have to be able to retrieve its intro files.
 */
type ModuleInstance = {
    introfiles?: CoreWSFile[];
    intro?: string;
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Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions, 21 Feb 2020 — 21 Jun 2020
Arthur Jaf: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions
Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions
In this exhibition are presented Arthur Jafa's works of the past two decades
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Rua Dom João de Castro 210
Arthur Jafa is a visual artist focusing on African-American identity and culture. His work's aim is to reframe in a new context the matter through a visual-aesthetic including contemporary footage and found images. By re-performing these narratives in the present, Jafa imagines and constructs new possibilities for making them visible.
The exhibition's "A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions" features the photographer Ming Smith; the Instagram feed of artist Frida Orupabo and content from the YouTube channel of Missylanyus.
The title refers to the feeling of emptiness, which, according to the author, is characteristic of the Black life.
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M: serralves@serralves.pt
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Location: Riverside County
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Close proximity to Los Angeles, a pleasant year-round climate, affordable housing, and plenty of young families—these are among the reasons why Beaumont is one of the best towns to raise a family in Southern California. Active families who enjoy hiking and biking especially love Beaumont's mountainous landscapes, which offer great opportunities to spend time outdoors. The Beaumont Unified School District is also ranked above average, with the city being the 35th (out of 704) most diverse in all of California's school districts and the 48th best school district for athletes. If you feel like Riverside County is calling, check out this charming town and decide whether you like what you see.
Live it up every day at the beach when residing in the tight-knit town of Solana Beach.
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Location: Fresno County
Located about six miles northeast of downtown Fresno, Clovis is a small, quiet town and a safe place to raise a family in California. The city has a very vibrant food scene, an abundance of locally owned businesses, a bustling downtown, and top-ranked schools. As one of the best-rated cities for families in Fresno County, Clovis offers great diversity, wonderful public schools, a supportive community, and affordable housing. Clovis is also one of the fastest-growing cities in California—consider becoming a part of the movement, and head here to raise your family.
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The suburban city of Dublin is situated in the East Bay and Tri-Valley regions of Alameda County. The vast majority of people who move to Dublin are families—Dublin boasts an excellent school system and ample open space. As one of the best places in Northern California to raise a family, Dublin is a large yet tight-knit city that offers great public schools, safe neighborhoods, a pleasant climate, and a supportive community of young families. You'll love living in Dublin if you prefer calm small-town vibes.
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Autonomous delivery startup Nuro lays off 20% of workforce – TechCrunch
Nuro, the self-driving vehicle delivery startup backed by Softbank, Google and Tiger Global Management, is laying off about 300 people, or 20% of its workforce in an effort to preserve cash amid a stormy economic outlook, according to an email sent to employees this morning.
Several Nuro employees also posted on Twitter and LinkedIn this morning that they had been affected by the layoffs.
In the email seen by TechCrunch, the co-founders Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson informed employees that they would receive an update later this morning to let them know if they are affected by this layoff and with information on next steps.
The co-founders said they take responsibility for the layoffs, which were the result of overhiring in 2021 that hit financial hurdles in 2022.
Each and every one of you has made important contributions to this company, and saying goodbye to the talented Nurons is not a decision we have made lightly. For those of you leaving Nuro, we are very sorry about this outcome – this is not the experience we wanted to create for you. We made this call and take full responsibility for today's circumstances.
Ferguson and Zhu wrote that in 2021 they were the "strongest fundraising environments ever." "We saw an abundant supply of capital for deep tech companies and almost all companies were aggressively hiring and expanding," they wrote, adding that "In that environment, we determined that it made sense to invest heavily across the board and grow our team quickly."
Exactly one year ago, Nuro raised $600 million in a fundraising round led by new investor Tiger Global Management. The Series D round, which raised its valuation to around $8.6 billion, attracted high-profile investors including Baillie Gifford, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Google, China-based venture firm Gaorong Capital, the grocery retailer Kroger, SoftBank Vision Fund 1, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Woven Capital, a venture arm of Woven Planet, a Toyota subsidiary.
That led the company to double the size of its team in less than two years and significantly increased operating expenses based on the assumption that the financing environment would remain strong. "This was a mistake," they wrote.
Macroeconomic conditions in 2022, which included inflation and a looming US recession, prompted the founders to cut costs, including reducing their workforce in an effort to extend their capital runway through 2025.
Nuro still has more than $1 billion on his balance sheet, the couple wrote.
Laid-off workers are offered 12 weeks of severance pay and up to 14 weeks for those who have been with the company for more than two years. The company will also pay bonuses to those who are eligible, and is waiving the one-year cliffhanger on the capital front. Nuro will subsidize 100% of COBRA healthcare premiums (including families) through March 31, 2023 will provide career transition support and visa holders will also receive some notice period to ease this transition and, if applicable, travel assistance, the email said.
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Telangana: Cops said she has eloped, murdered doctor's family alleges police apathy
A young girl is abducted, raped, killed and set ablaze. Meanwhile, the police are busy trying to decide the jurisdiction. The murder of a 26-year-old woman doctor in Hyderabad has shook the nation. As the civil rights activists are calling for justice, state Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali claimed that she could have been saved if she called the police instead of her sister when she felt unsafe.
If the testimony of the victim's family is to be believed, the police could have saved her only if they acted on time. The family has told India Today TV that they were made to run pillar to post between different police stations and wait for several hours before two constables were given as ride alongs to search for their missing daughter. The family says that the police initially refused to help them and claimed that she has eloped with someone.
"The Police kept delaying the matter. They kept us waiting for three hours, two constables went looking for my daughter but failed. The police apathy costs us our daughter," the victim's father said. He told India Today TV that when they went to Rajiv Gandhi International police station, which is nearest to their house, they were told to go to Shamshabad rural police station as the toll plaza – the victim's last known location – came under their jurisdiction.
A resident of Hyderabad's Shamshabad area, the doctor had left her work as usual on Wednesday evening. But the next day her charred body was found under a bridge near a toll plaza. Evidence on the site suggests the victim was sexually assaulted. The police have confirmed rape after investigation.
According to her younger sister, one of the tyre of the doctor's scooty had punctured shortly after she crossed a toll plaza at the Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway. The doctor had called her sister and told her that two men, lorry drivers, had offered to help her fix the scooty.
"She told me that someone has taken her bike and they will get it repaired. She told me that they took it for the second time, the first time they went and said that the shops were closed. They brought it back and it took again, assuring that they will get it done somewhere else," the younger sister said, adding that when she called her back 20 minutes later, her phone was switched off.
A local mechanic has confirmed that a man came to his shop at around 9.30 pm to get the puncture repaired.
The family contacted the police at 10.22 pm after they failed to contact her. Despite repeated requests, the police gave just two constables who failed to locate her, the family said.
The body of the victim was reported by a local resident on Thursday morning. The police connected the two cases only after going through missing person cases.
The Cyberabad Police have launched an investigation and deployed 10 teams in the cases, even as it had earlier claimed that the incident did not come under jurisdiction.
Police have said that four accused, all lorry drivers, have been taken into custody.
"We have found some clues from the CCTV footage and after examining some witnesses. We have deployed 10 teams on this under the supervision of the DCP," VC Sajjanar, Cyberabad Commissioner said.
Reacting on the family's allegation of police apathy, the senior cop said that the department will investigate the matter.
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