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Man Utd set up emergency pay-off fund to offload flops including £505,000-a-week Sanchez and Rojo
The Red Devils are looking to get rid of a number of their highest-earners with a view to a major summer overhaul
Daniel Cutts
7:16, 25 Apr 2019
Updated: 11:53, 25 Apr 2019
MANCHESTER UNITED have set up an emergency pay-off fund to get their flops out this summer.
The Red Devils are looking to offload a number of their high-earners over the coming months including Alexis Sanchez and Marcos Rojo.
Alexis Sanchez is one star set to be given the boot by Man Utd this summerCredit: Getty
It is understood Old Trafford chiefs are scrambling together cash to pay them off in a bid to force them out the club.
Unwanted Argentine defender Rojo, 29, has played just 192 minutes of Premier League football this season.
The defender still has two years left on his deal, and is demanding a £6million severance fee to leave in the next transfer window.
He earns a staggering £150,000-a-week and is owed £11.5m on the contract that he has left remaining.
ALEXIS OUT
It is understood a number of clubs in Europe including Italy have shown interest in the £15m-rated defender.
Meanwhile, Sanchez is on a record £505,000-a-week and United are desperate to get him out as soon as possible.
An Old Trafford source said: "There's a few players that want to go but they will need paying off to get them out.
"It won't come cheap and it will affect certain things in the transfer market. There are plans already been put in place.
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"The club are setting aside a contingency fund to get certain players moving out in the summer.
"Rojo only signed a new contract last summer after running down the previous one.
"He knows he is in a strong position."
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I've sent this matter to the developers to see how they respond.
Thank you for following up; I'll keep watching this forum for updates.
BTW, looking at this Android.SE post it seems that the Stock Android code base is supposed to take example.com to mean "example.com and all URLs that end in .example.com." Given that this is not working for me, I don't know whether this is a bug in the Stock implementation or some Sprint/LG-specific modifications—or whether (less likely, but possible) there's something screwy happening on the internal network.
2) Text messaging take forever too, so does letter input. I will be typing and the phone will sit there then blast a bunch of letters. I have tried andriod keyboard, swype and swift key.
4) Phone seems to run slower all around. MUCH MUCH slower.
5) Apps shut down often or don't even start.
6) When I push a button or an icon it takes longer to even say it's opening something.
Any word on these issues? Are there updates coming? Can we nad how do we revert back to Gingerbread? FYI, I've factory defaulted my phone, but that didn't help.
FYI: I fixed the Email notification issue fixed using K9 email. It's better than stock anyway.
I recieved the update and everything seems to work fine, except for the fact that when I try to use my mobile data, with facebook, youtube, the browser, ect. It just doesn't seem to work. Even though it says that I have full 3g and 4g signal. Can anyone help?


If you look around my office, you'll see Gumby & Pokey, Shrek, Mr. Potato Head and Mr. M&M. Hiding in a cabinet drawer are Nemo, a blue dog whose head bobs when you touch it and accessories to transform the plastic spud in to Mrs. Potato Head. I wish I knew what happened to my plastic soldiers.
So why all the silliness in a business office? Come on … admit that you've got some toys or games hiding somewhere in your office. Be brave. Put them out for everyone to see. More importantly, put them out for you to see. These toys make me comfortable … and that helps when thinking, writing, talking and taking action.
Business is hard enough. Find devices that help you soften that hardness a little to interact better with staff and clients. And if your boss asks you why you're playing with toys during work hours, just tell him/her you read in a self-help book how much it leads to increased work productivity.


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A Site Dedicated to Small Press and Self-Published Comics Reviews and News, run by Daniel Elkin.
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"This project focuses on contemporary graphic biographies (biographies in comic book form) about well-known people from all walks of life...The project includes academic and community presentations and publications, a GraphicBio book club in Fall-Winter 2016, and social media posts and discussion."
Goal to "promote Canadian comic book creators and supporters so that in turn I can pass along some of my discoveries."Includes a calendar of upcoming Canadian comics events.
Canadian comix news and culture. "Sequential exists to give Canadian creators and the Canadian comics industry a stronger independent voice in the greater North American market. Creators of Sequential Magazine.
"Our aim here is to help creators connect with other creators on paid comic book projects. If you're working in the comic book industry, you can use Creator Advisor to sign up to our database to be considered for any paid projects that you may be a fit for. If you're a creator looking to hire someone for a project, you can request assistance in finding the right candidate."
"Largest collection of pro comic book scripts on the web"
A free educational resource for those interested in comic book scripting. May serve as a resource for blind comics readers as well.
A list of Canadian comics publishers with links to publisher websites!
If you are a librarian or educator thinking of integrating comics into your collection— get in touch with Beguiling Library Services here!
List of Canadian retailers who sell comic books and manga, searchable by province and city, with links to retailer websites.
List of links to Canadian comic creators who are producing their own comic books & zines.
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Västergötlands Museum ist ein regionalhistorisches Museum in der schwedischen Stadt Skara.

Geschichte
Västergötlands Museum wurde 1919 vom Altertumsverein Västergötlands gegründet, um deren Sammlungen zu beherbergen. Neben dem Museum entstand auch ein Freilichtmuseum. 1977 wurde das Museum einer Stiftung übergeben, die vom Altertumsverein, dem Provinziallandtag der Provinz Skaraborgs län und der Gemeinde Skara gebildet wurde. Das Museum wurde in Skaraborgs länsmuseum umbenannt. 1994 wurde das Museum ausgebaut, um Platz für weitere Ausstellungen zu schaffen. Nachdem die Provinz Skaraborg 1998 in der neugebildeten Provinz Västra Götalands län aufging, nahm das Museum wieder seinen ursprünglichen Namen an.

Ausstellungen
Das Museum hat drei Basisausstellungen:
 eine Ausstellung zu den etwa 3000 Jahre alten Bronzeschilden von Fröslunda, die neben den Schilden auch andere Objekte aus dieser Zeit und ein Bildspiel umfasst;
 eine Ausstellung zur Stadt Skara im Mittelalter (etwa von 1000 bis 1350);
 eine Ausstellung zur Künstlerin Agnes de Frumerie, die 1869 in Skövde geboren wurde.
Darüber hinaus gibt es regelmäßig zeitlich begrenzte Sonderausstellungen.

Archiv und Projekte
Das umfangreiche Archiv des Museums wurde 1995 der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht, was dem Museum die Auszeichnung "Museum des Jahres" einbrachte. Neben rein musealen Tätigkeiten nimmt das Museum an archäologischen Untersuchungen und Ausgrabungen in der Region teil, bietet Beratung und erstellt Gutachten in Fragen der Denkmalpflege und unterstützt die Region bei Projekten zum Kulturtourismus.

Freilichtmuseum Fornbyn

Neben Västergötlands Museum liegt das Freilichtmuseum Fornbyn mit etwa 30 Gebäuden aus der Region. Das Freilichtmuseum gehört verwaltungsmäßig zu Västergötlands Museum. Zum Museum gehört zudem der Musemsbauernhof Heljesgården am Westhang des Billingen.

Weblinks

 https://vastergotlandsmuseum.se/

Gemeinde Skara
Heimatmuseum in Schweden
Bauwerk in Västra Götalands län
Gegründet 1919
Freilichtmuseum in Schweden

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HomePerforming ArtsDanceMiami City Ballet. Making the Cultural Statement
Miami City Ballet. Making the Cultural Statement
By Fran Robbins
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A quarter-century ago, Edward Villella was in South Florida giving a lecture. After his speech, a group of arts activists approached. They wanted to start a ballet troupe here, they told him, and didn't know how to go about it. Would he consider advising them?
With one word – "Sure!" – Villella set in motion the birth of what would become one of America's finest companies, the Miami City Ballet. With that one word, he helped to put South Florida on the cultural map, nationally and internationally. His vision, however, became not only a romantic one but a critical one. He saw a tremendous challenge in front of him: how to bring George Balanchine-quality ballet to an area more noted for tarpon fishing. But first things first.
"I needed to do a ten-year production plan with an estimated budget. I did five years of programs so that one could see how one could build a company with a minimal number of dancers. And step-by-step to build a company into a national visibility with international implications," he says.
The group was wise to approach Villella. Ex-athlete and once star principal dancer of the esteemed New York City Ballet, his attention to detail is a trademark he would later pass on to his dancers. He also was familiar with good luck: He and South Florida arts activist Toby Ansin established the MCB and soon after, in 1986, opened a studio on Lincoln Road – right in time to catch the first wave of South Florida's artistic emergence.
Miami Vice was newly on the air, giving all of this area national attention. Other artists – painters, designers, writers – laid claim to South Beach. The steady rise of MCB's acclaim would parallel that of South Florida's.
Villella went to work. His research showed that many people who had moved recently to South Florida had been art patrons up North. And, better yet, they were knowledgeable about his work. This told him he had a built-in demographic of ready-made patrons. Ana Codina Barlick, the new President of the Board of MCB, believes the numbers go even further.
"Ballet is actually a very generally accepted art form in Latin America," she says, "and with the Hispanic population … If you look at the history of ballet even in the United States, a lot of the dancers come from Latin America."
It was also good timing that South Florida was in need of Villella just as he was ready to leave the Northeast. The group pressed him to stay and oversee this new company. He was ready to be swayed.
"Everybody I talked to said, 'What are you doing down there? It's a cultural wasteland!' … But as I got to know the beaches and the lifestyle and the boating and the golfing, all these were very, very pleasurable things year-round. So that began to appeal to me (and) so I got kind of excited about this challenge."
Villella was good for his word: He went step-by-step in building a new company from scratch. Initial performances were held at Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami. Later performances branched out to Broward County and then to Palm Beach and Collier counties.
Balanchine pieces were emphasized, of course (the company's October 1987 debut included his Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux and Allegro Brillante), but were later accompanied by works from modern arrangers such as Jerome Robbins (Afternoon of a Faun, Fancy Free) and Twyla Tharp (Nine Sinatra Songs). But despite the diversification and the artistic challenges, there was always the emphasis on perfection.
"You offer quality, and you show that indeed (the company) could have a state level, a national level, and an international-level artistic component that would begin to designate South Florida – and Miami in particular – as a cultural destination."
By 1990, the MCB was performing in front of overseas audiences and establishing its credentials internationally. There were performances at the Lyon Biennale Internationale de la Danse in France and works danced at the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland. In January 1993, the MCB School was established by Villella and his wife, MCB School Director, Linda Villella.
Though the numbers differ somewhat from area to area, the demographics of MCB's patrons skew toward college-age women over fifty, which might suggest a small, possibly elitist, audience. But Villella will have none of that, insisting that a love of dance, even that of classical ballet, can be kindled in everybody.
"We don't look at that as some kind of negative but as a positive. And we can build up on that. The idea is simply to introduce to South Florida qualitative entertainment. So it's an educational process on an ongoing basis. The real exercise is getting people to see us once. If they see us once, they indeed say, 'Wait a minute … first of all, it's good. Second of all, it's entertainment! Wow!"
Putting together the cachet of the Villella name, the rigorous training demanded of his students, adherence to the Balanchine tradition, and the challenging works chosen allowed the company to grow in size and stature. The troupe performed at both the John F. Kennedy Center's Balanchine Festival and its International Dance Festival. (The Washington Post's critic noted in 1995 that the debut was greeted by "the vociferous enthusiasm of a sellout audience.") Other prestigious debuts followed, including performances at the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival in Atlanta, the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
It all culminated in March 2009 when, after years of teasing New Yorkers with his troupe's performances nearby, Villella finally brought his dancers back to his home theater, Manhattan's City Center. After spending decades tangling with the realities of South Florida ("We're not in a part of the world where culture is something you give money to," he once noted wryly), his dancers were performing, to ecstatic reviews, at the theater where his own career had begun. Wrote the (London) Times: "New York dancegoers don't often fall headlong in love with an unfamiliar ballet company. But that's what happened when Miami City Ballet made its Manhattan debut at the City Center. New Yorkers loved it."
A problem, however, is how South Florida's financial concerns have become those of the company. Its work has never been more highly regarded, but the economic crash has made fundraising a nightmare. Despite ongoing help from the City of Miami Beach – including a $5.2 million bailout in 2005, repairs done gratis to the company's building (which it purchased), and leasing the theater for only $1 annually – the company is now in such dire straits that it has depleted its $2 million reserve and taken out a line of credit. Worse yet, financial cutbacks are having a negative artistic effect. The MCB has discontinued using a live orchestra, cut its advertising budget, and allowed dance positions to go unfilled.
"We had a budget of $14.9 million last year," says Villella. "We have reduced now. This coming year's budget is $11.4 million. And that means a lot of reduction in staff, in dancers, in a lot of things such as touring … we are down to 43 (dancers)."
But Villella and Codina Barlick both point to an upside. Says Codina Barlick, "One important grant that we received last year for our collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra was the Knight Arts Challenge. The Foundation in our community is kind of a program to support the arts. It has been very helpful during these financial times, and that has really helped us to do this."
"We are now in the second round of competition for the next grant cycle," says Villella. "We're looking at the Knight Foundation to help provide us with three years of orchestra as we approach our twenty-fifth anniversary. So there are positive things here with all the negatives."
The economy will improve at some point, and with that in mind the MCB is planning its future. Already scheduled are Romeo and Juliet and Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, large-scale productions that will use pledges committed before the crash.
"There's an infinity about quality," Villella says. "Once you seek it, you're seeking perfection, which you'll never achieve. And that perfection causes you to reach beyond your grasp, no matter how good you get. So that's what drives us: the seeking of qualitative performances."
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Дискография южнокорейской гёрл-группы Red Velvet включает в себя три студийных альбома, два переиздания, 13 мини-альбомов, и двадцать пять сингла. Группа была сформирована компанией SM Entertainment и состоит из пяти участниц. Они дебютировали 1 августа 2014 года с синглом «Happiness».

Первый мини-альбом группы, Ice Cream Cake, был выпущен 17 марта 2015 года. Альбом возглавил корейские музыкальные чарты. 9 сентября 2015 года был выпущен первый полноформатный альбом, The Red , вместе с заглавным треком «Dumb Dumb». Альбом возглавил различные музыкальные чарты, в том числе чарты Billboard World Albums, в то время как «Dumb Dumb» стал первым синглом группы, который превысил миллион загрузок.

После The Red, 17 марта 2016 года, они выпустили свой второй мини-альбом, The Velvet, который показал более зрелый образ группы. Третий мини-альбом группы, Russian Roulette, был выпущен 7 сентября 2016 года вместе с одноимённым заглавным треком.

Их четвёртый мини-альбом, Rookie, был выпущен 1 февраля 2017 года, а пятый, The Red Summer, вышел 9 июля 2017 года. Второй полноформатный альбом Red Velvet, Perfect Velvet, был выпущен 17 ноября 2017 года вместе с синглом «Peek-A-Boo». Альбом дебютировал на № 1 в чарте Billboard World Albums, который отметил их четвёртый альбом как номер один в чарте. Переиздание альбома под названием The Perfect Red Velvet был выпущена в январе 2018 года. Их дебютный японский мини-альбом #Cookie Jar был выпущен 4 июля 2018 года, достигнув третьего места в чарте альбомов Oricon, а 6 августа 2018 года вышел седьмой мини-альбом, Summer Magic, который включал их первый англоязычный релиз, английскую версию «Bad Boy». Их следующий альбом RBB, который был выпущен в ноябре 2018 года, также имел английскую версию своего сингла «RBB (Really Bad Boy)». 19 июня 2019 года был выпущен восьмой мини-альбом The ReVe Festival: Day 1, он является первым альбомом из трилогии The ReVe Festival. 20 августа 2019 года был выпущен девятый мини-альбом The ReVe Festival: Day 2 с синглом «Umpah Umpah», он является вторым альбомом из трилогии The ReVe Festival. 23 декабря 2019 года было выпущено переиздание двух мини-альбомов The ReVe Festival: Finale, он является заключительным альбомом из трилогии The ReVe Festival

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History, like politics, has a way of repeating itself. Especially at election time.
In opposition 15 years ago, Ontario's Liberal Party smelled a rat. They accused the Tory government of the day of cooking the books.
Playing the reformist card in the 2003 campaign, Dalton McGuinty's Liberals proposed that all future pre-election budgets be reviewed by the auditor. Upon winning power, McGuinty ordered a special audit that uncovered a deficit of more than $5 billion "hidden" by the previous Progressive Conservative government.
Fast forward to 2018. Now, the PC opposition is accusing the governing Liberals of playing with numbers — and this time, the auditor general of the day, Bonnie Lysyk, is on their side.
Lysyk held a news conference Wednesday to declare the Liberals are understating the true deficit by $5 billion.
The law of unintended consequences has a way of catching up to you. All that Liberal reformist zeal from 2003 is now fresh ammunition for the PCs as they accuse McGuinty's successor as of fudging the numbers.
There is nothing new in the auditor's latest report. But in auditing as in politicking, timing is everything. Which makes the Liberals electorally unlucky.
Few paid the auditor much heed two years ago when Lysyk suddenly declared she was reversing the accounting rules established by previous auditors: Accumulated surpluses in major public sector pension plans could no longer be counted as budgetary assets, as they had been since Tory times.
The effect of her ruling was to produce a gaping multibillion-dollar hole in the government's accounting framework at the very moment they were striving to meet a 2017-18 target for deficit elimination. The government convened an outside panel of accounting and pension experts, who declared that Lysyk couldn't have it both ways: Just as pension shortfalls count as a liability on the balance sheet, a pension surplus should count for something — not nothing, as the auditor insisted.


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Busy week for Griffith on International Women's Day
Published March 6, 2019 March 8, 2019 AuthorBen Dobson
In the lead-up to International Women's Day on Friday, a full week has been spent celebrating and recognising the women at Griffith who continue to help forge a more gender diverse and inclusive university.
The week began with an inspiring lecture from Dr Kirstin Ferguson, one of Australia's most in-demand speakers and the inaugural guest in Griffith's Remarkable Leadership Speaker Series.
Dr Ferguson, who sits on numerous boards after several prominent CEO roles, has recently written a book, Women Kind, examining how a shared and united women's voice can transform communities and work environments.
The current Deputy Chair of the ABC relayed her personal experiences in the workplace starting when she joined the male-dominated Royal Australian Air Force straight out of school.
Shaan Ross-Smith, MATE Bystander Program Director
The Multi-Faith Centre is also the venue for an engaging presentation to be held by Ms Shaan Ross-Smith, who leads Griffith's MATE Bystander Program, an intervention program aimed at teaching us all to be leaders in preventing harmful behaviour.
Ms Ross-Smith, who worked in the corrections system for 16 years including as Director of re-offender rehabilitation, spoke of the need to achieve gender parity in the workplace and simple measures people can take to support this goal.
At Logan Campus, Ms Gail Kerr OAM, the CEO of Access Community Services, will deliver a key address at an International Women's Day Lunch hosted by Logan Campus Pro Vice Chancellor Ms Linda O'Brien.
With participants from the Women In Leadership and Leneen Forde programs attending, Ms Kerr will be speaking to guests on 'making a difference in the world' and her experiences both professional and personal through her long and successful business career.
At South Bank, Queensland Conservatorium faculty, students and alumni are putting on a free lunchtime showcase of music composed and performed by women to celebrate International Women's Day.
'Women of Noise' will take place at 1pm on Friday, with a program featuring solo, chamber and large ensemble repertoire from Australia and beyond. For anyone who can't make it in person, the event will be livestreamed: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/FEFagrcZHKP.
International Women's Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women throughout history and the world. It is now in its 108th year, with the theme for 2019 being 'Balance for Better', driving a more equitable working world.
Nationally recognised annually as being an Employer of Choice for Women since 2001, Griffith in 2018 became one of the first Australian institutions to be bestowed a Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Athena SWAN Bronze Institutional Award.
Vice Chancellor and President Professor Carolyn Evans
Vice Chancellor and President Professor Carolyn Evans said gender balance and diversity are important in allowing an institution to thrive.
"This is not about special treatment for women or for minorities," Professor Evans said. "This is about ensuring every person is able to make their best contribution.
"It's also incumbent upon us to ensure that all Griffith employees, including women, have the requisite support networks, mentoring and access to key leadership programs to succeed in their careers."
Categories Corporate, Griffith Business School, home, News articlesTagged Gail Kerr, International Women's Day 2019, Kirstin Ferguson, Linda O'Brien, MATE Bystander Program, Professor Carolyn Evans, Shaan Ross-Smith


In December 2000, during the 24th annual session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, held in Cairns, Australia (November 27 - December 2, 2000), the property called "Isole Eolie" was added to the list (Mediterranean Sea, Messina).
In our country, rich in history, culture and monuments, the Aeolian Islands together with Monte San Giorgio and the Dolomites are the only examples of Natural Heritage declared property of the humanity.
The Aeolian Islands have been included in the World Heritage List, the list of property recognized and declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Property, due to their outstanding universal value and the existence of the conditions and guarantees of integrity conferred by legislation and tools of safeguard.
The UNESCO deliberation took place on 2/12/2002 in Cairns, Australia, after six years of preliminary investigation. Integrity of flora, fauna, landscape, soil, water resources and air as well as the salient features of the Aeolian territory are the reasons that led to the attribution of this prestigious recognition.
The Committee has decided to enter the Aeolian Islands on the basis of criterion (viii).
Criterio VII: to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features.


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Much Of The World Doesn't Do Daylight Saving Time. How Come?
March 12, 2016 • In countries like Bangladesh and Egypt, they tried it. And they didn't like it. South Africa, on the other hand, is thinking about it.
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'Mad Max' Is Mad About Namibia, But Some Namibians Are Mad At The Crew
March 4, 2016 • The success of the Oscar-winning film is good for the country's film industry. But critics say the crew didn't take good care of dunes and animal habitats.
The photographer brings a surreal touch to the epidemic that struck West Africa in photos titled "Le Temps Ebola." The suits worn by the people portraying health professionals evoke carnival masks and animal masks. The question the photographer ponders: "Are these figures here to protect the people or to harm them?," reflecting mistrust of medical workers in the early stages of the outbreak. Courtesy of Bakary Emmanuel Daou hide caption
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Ghost Towns, Surreal Ebola Docs, Hip Hats: It's Africa's Big Photo Show
December 5, 2015 • This year, the Biennale of Photography is all about "Telling Time" — and it comes at a telling time for the host country of Mali.
An endangered black rhino is seen in this file photo from the Etosha National Park in norhern Namibia last year. An American hunter has killed one of the animals, under a special permit he bought for $350,000. While the rhinoceros is referred to as black, its colors vary from shades of brown to gray. Barbara Scheer/DPA /LANDOV hide caption
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Rare Black Rhino Killed By U.S. Hunter Who Won Controversial Auction
May 20, 2015 • Corey Knowlton of Dallas won an auction last January for a hunting permit that would allow him to kill a black rhino weighing about 3,000 pounds.
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Why We Need Compassionate Conservation
January 13, 2014 • A permit to kill an endangered black rhino in Africa sold for $350,000 at auction. Commentator Barbara J. King says we should look for ways other than charity hunts to support wildlife conservation.
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Cue The Scary Music: 'Space Ball' Crashes In Namibia
December 23, 2011 • It's said to be made of a "metal alloy known to man." But it isn't known yet just what it is. The object weighs about 13 pounds and is about 43 inches in circumference. Local authorities say it doesn't appear to be dangerous.
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Jonathan Xoinis Player Profile
Jonathan Xoinis
Scoring Average 78.38
Tiger Woods - Boys 16-18 Rank: 15
Tiger Woods - Boys 16-18 Points: 3450.00
Tiger Woods - Boys 16-18 Bonus Points Awarded: 1050.00
Birdies: 21 (11.11%)
Doubles: 15 (7.94%)
4/13/2019 College Prep Series at Furman
Points 1000.00
Total: 147 (+3)
Round 1:74 (+2) Furman University Golf Club
Furman University Golf Club -- 4/13/2019
+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E +1 +2 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
3/16/2019 Chateau Elan Jr. Open
Place: T3
Round 1:79 (+8) Chateau Elan Golf Club
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3/9/2019 Nashville Junior Shootout
Round 1:38 (+2) Hermitage Golf Club - General's Retreat
Hermitage Golf Club -- 3/9/2019
E E E E E E E E +2
IN 3204 36
TOT 6525 72 38
Round 2:83 (+11) Hermitage Golf Club - General's Retreat
Hermitage Golf Club -- 3/10/2019 (Started On 10)
+7 +9 +10 +11 +11 +11 +12 +11 +11 E +2 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +7 +11
3 194 3 4 +10
10 336 4 4 E
3/2/2019 College Prep Series at Vanderbilt
Total: 76 (+5)
Round 1:76 (+5) Vanderbilt Legends Club - South
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E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +4 +4 +5 +4 +5 +5
2/9/2019 North Florida Jr. Open
Round 1:83 (+11) Eagle Harbor Golf Club
Eagle Harbor Golf Club -- 2/9/2019
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Round 2:81 (+9) Eagle Harbor Golf Club
Eagle Harbor Golf Club -- 2/10/2019
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1/5/2019 College Prep Series at UF
Round 1:79 (+9) The Mark Bostick Golf Course
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In order for the community to be proactive in monitoring, evaluating and having a say in development programs, the Bridging Bond project is being implemented in the provinces of Son La, Bac Kan and Dak Lak. In 2019, the project is in an experimental phase, with the goal of obtaining a mobile application for local people to share and use the monitoring information of the hydro-induced resettled communities and households.
A meeting to set up a monitoring indicator framework was held in Hanoi from March 17 to March 19, 2019. CARE Vietnam collaborated with partners (CIRUM, WARECOD, GFD software design company and Bac Kan Women's Union) to host the event.
In the first phase, the project focuses on resettlement areas due to the impact of hydropower plants. Participants discussed and got better understanding of the necessity of reliable information, reflecting community voices, and helping organizations and individuals to improve evidence-based advocacy and implementation of resettlement policies.
In the next phase, the participants will continue to find people willing to participate in monitoring on the basis of collecting information from other community members. Participants will be fostered with the skills to use mobile applications, enter data, use information to analyze, contribute opinions for improvement of the implementation of resettlement policies.
The "Bridging Bond" project sets an ambitious goal to develop a similar application for monitoring various development programs with wider participation and reflection of the community's direct voice on development programs in the coming years.


Brightlink is a communication and negotiation training at which you will train to use professional negotiation tactics to win money, time and reduce your stress level. This open training is a practical simulation during which you will analyze the problems and challenges that you face with in daily negotiations and communications.
This training will transform you in a smart and balanced negotiator not only in professional activities, but also in personal life matters. You will develop the skills of reading people by their actions and by the way they express their feelings and thoughts.
To whom do we address this negotiation training?
CEOs, managers, team leaders, coordinators, sales tam, acquisition department, any person involved in negotiation and communication activities.
What will you practically do at this negotiation training?
- you will learn how to implement presented concepts in your organization.
What will you gain if you attend the brightlink program?
- methods for solving conflicts.
- new business partners (90% of attendants at this negotiation training develop business connections).
- the book "Ideas are free" written by Alan G. Robinson and Dean M. Schroeder.


That's the Interior Design Show - a fabulous and inspiring show featuring the newest and greatest in the design world held in Toronto every January.
Although there were lots of fabulous things, here are a few that topped my list.
1. The 'hide-away' kitchen from Italian company Gatto. It was amazing to watch as the facet was lowered and the island top was pushed over to completely conceal the prep area. Perfect for small space condos.
3. A free standing tub carved out of travertine. Wouldn't that be amazing in a Muskoka cottage? It weighed 2,000 lbs and cost $24,000.00!
4. Textured tile - I have definitely been seeing a lot of interesting textured tile recently.
5. And speaking of Ikea Kitchen... This award winning booth was fantastic! ( It won the Gold Booth Award for best display at the show and no wonder! ) The kitchen and bathroom space was based on a rustic, industrial interpretation of Scandinavian design. At first glance, you would never have guessed Ikea. Loved it!
6. Booth display - My second favourite was the Beauti-Tone paint booth. I loved how they turned the wall into a full size inspiration board. Very impressive.
It is all so inspiring! Can't wait for 2014!


No signs from Paul Pierce. No crop circles sheared into his hair. No "V" for victory, no foam-finger hoisting, and no ambiguous hand signal that could be mimed by the mayor or sanctioned by the commissioner.
No controversy for the captain. And, best of all, no Game 7 loss, which would have put the 2007-08 Celtics in the local gulag of all-time chokers.
Pierce led all scorers with 22 points in yesterday's 99-65 matinee dismemberment of the Atlanta Hawks, which bordered on cruelty. Clearly, the Celtics were intent on avoiding any place in the local Hall of Shame, so they did what they should have done much sooner and finally sent the Hawks south for the summer.
It was a great day for the Green, but a dreadful afternoon if you were tuning in from Altoona seeking Game 7 drama. This one goes right into the pantheon of Game 7 stinkers, alongside the finale of the 1985 World Series (Royals, 11, Cardinals 0) and the Pacers' crushing of the Celtics (97-70) in this very same building just three years ago.
"I really had no doubt in my mind how we was going to come out tonight," said Pierce. "You kind of saw it from the guys after Game 6 on the plane. There wasn't a lot of talking and we knew that we let a couple games get away in Atlanta and I just knew we was going to take care of business tonight."
And how. What a beating. The Hawks came out and played the sorry style that yielded a 12-33 road record this year. They hit only three of their first 15 shots and six of 23 in the first quarter, which ended with the Celtics leading, 27-16.
It got worse for Atlanta. These Hawks would beat the Celtics in the Penn Relays every time, but they weren't going to win a Game 7 in the Garden. No way. No how. Especially not with a point guard who willed himself invisible, Wade Boggs-style, in every Garden game (Mike Bibby had 2 points and 2 assists in 25 minutes of the finale). The only question that remains is how in the name of Pervis Ellison did Atlanta beat the Celtics three times in the series?
A lot of Green people carried pressure into this one. Coach Doc Rivers was carving out a legacy as the hardwood's Marty Schottenheimer and Kevin Garnett was on the spot for not taking the big shots at the end of Game 6. Ray Allen was taking heat for a horrible heave at the end of Game 6, but most of the weight was on the back of the captain.
Pierce's series shot totals were down (10, 10, 13, 14, 17, 12, and finally 20 yesterday). He didn't go to the basket and draw fouls in his usual manner. He was fined $25,000 for flashing a "menacing gesture" late in Game 3. He missed an offbalance layup at the end of Game 4. Before Game 5, he issued a statement apologizing for the Game 3 demonstration. He also said he was done talking for the rest of the series. In Game 6, he fouled out with just less than five minutes left (on a horrible call) and drew a technical for tossing his headband in disgust. Rivers said he was "disturbed" by the technical.
So there was a lot of frustration and anxiety entering Game 7, and the Celtics played with appropriate urgency. They never let up. With the score 68-34, Garnett, Allen, and Rajon Rondo all dived on the parquet to save a loose ball. The Boston bench was still standing and cheering when it was 73-37.
Pierce was the last of the New Big Three to exit. Rivers sent him back out for the start of the fourth when it was 79-43. Pierce came off the floor a minute later and was showered with love.
"I was telling everybody I was so happy that the game was at 1 o'clock," said Pierce. "Because there was no way I could have sat at home all day today because of my anxiousness to get back on the court after Game 6 from the way I had been feeling the past couple days."
What about his uncharacteristic silence from Tuesday to Sunday?
"[That was] me and the stuff that was going on with myself," he explained. "I just didn't want to be a distraction to what we was trying to accomplish. I just need to take a step back to myself and not be a distraction to others and everything that was going on, on and off the court. I just didn't want to bring that attention back on my team so we could just focus on playing basketball."
Sounds like a little silent fury - which is a good thing if the Celtics can apply it to the opponent, as they did yesterday.
The seven-game set proved only that the Celtics are better than the Hawks, which we already knew. The rest of the first-round series is best forgotten. In the end, the victory came with more relief than resolution.
The Celtics open their Eastern Conference semifinal series with LeBron James and the Cavaliers at the Garden tomorrow night. The Green still need to establish that they can win a game without the magic of Gino.
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Officials provide details on mass stabbing on the Apple River in Wis. leaves one dead and four injured
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SOMERSET, Wis. (FOX 9) – Police say a 52-year-old man from Minnesota went on a stabbing spree while tubing on the Apple River in Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon, killing a 17-year-old boy, who was also from Minnesota, and critically injuring four other people.
Apple River Stock photo of Wisconsin's Apple River. A Minnesota teenager was killed, and four other people were critically injured late Saturday afternoon in a knife attack on Wisconsin's Apple River. (KaraGrubis/Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The suspect was not previously known to local law enforcement and is currently in custody at the St. Croix County Jail, pending charges, Knudson said. The four injured victims, one woman and three men, are all believed to be in their early 20s and had stab wounds in their torsos and other injuries.
Investigators believe that both the suspect and the victims were tubing on the river when the incident occurred.
Knudson said that people started calling 911 to report the stabbings at about 3:45 p.m. Emergency responders arrived to find that five people were wounded and that the suspect had fled the scene, which was by milepost nine on Highway 3564, near Sunrise Bridge and the area that used to be Sunrise Park.
With the help of a group of tubers who were on the river, deputies began administering first aid and evacuating the victims. Knudson said that two were airlifted to Regions Hospital, with the others traveling by ambulance. Paramedics took the 17-year-old to Lakeview Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Witnesses helped lead deputies to the suspect, who had fled about three-quarters of a mile upstream, and they arrested him roughly an hour and a half after the incident began, Knudson said.
Asked to describe the scene, Knudson replied:
"Chaotic. Scary. I'm sure that anybody that witnessed this will never forget it. So it is a tragedy."
Knudson said investigators were still searching for the knife the suspect allegedly used. A news helicopter filmed a group of four deputies, who were accompanied by a police dog, wading into the water late Saturday afternoon. As a police drone flew overhead, another group of officers searched further downstream, picking through tall grass and by discarded tires that had been dumped by the river bank.
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Parenting. So Hard and #SoWorthIt.
Jun 5, 2015 by Ashley Martin
We've all been there. The toddler spilled his milk all over the wood floor, the baby's screaming because she dropped her pacifier, you haven't showered and forgot to turn on the coffee pot. And it's only 6 am. There are so many parts of parenting that are hard. Messes to clean up, budgets to balance,…
So Many Resolutions, So Little Time
Jan 13, 2015 by Ashley Martin
If you look up "Top Ten New Year's Resolutions" on Google, you are guaranteed to find "get fit (or lose weight)" and "spend more time with family" very high on the list of things to tackle in the New Year. It's no secret both of these things will lead to a healthier mind, body and…
Wreaths Across America: Part 3
Dec 17, 2014 by Ashley Martin
It's safe to say the final leg of the Escort to Arlington journey went smoothly and everything went off without a hitch. In fact, some may even say the trip was wildly successful. Maybe "wildly successful" isn't the right term for such an emotional and at times, somber, week. However, if you measure the trip…
The Wreaths Across America journey continued on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Joe Masse, a seasoned veteran in the driver's seat of an Oakhurst tractor-trailer truck, was lucky to have Jeff Reinold join him on the second day of the Escort to Arlington. Reinold is a 35-year Sales Representative at Oakhurst also happens to be a…
Dec 9, 2014 by Ashley Martin
The Wreaths Across America journey is a powerful tribute to America's fallen heroes. Anyone who has witnessed it first-hand would echo that sentiment. That is why Joe Masse, a 38-year Oakhurst truck driver, wanted to share this experience with his family. Last year was Joe's first year driving the Wreaths Across America truck for Oakhurst…
Who's Ready for Some Good College Hockey? The Oakie's Corner Experience at UMaine and UNH
Oct 23, 2014 by Ashley Martin
Oakhurst is once again teaming up with the UMaine Black Bears and UNH Wildcats Men's Hockey teams to offer a unique experience for young hockey players across the two states. It's an exciting program we started last year called The Oakie's Corner Experience. What is it and how can your young player participate? Here's…
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In the winter issue of In a Nutshell, our Oakie Fan Club newsletter, we featured a snowman drawing contest for our youngest fans. We received so many wonderful and creative entries and thank every family that participated. At this point, we've narrowed it down to 10 finalists and now need your help to select our…
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Jacob Sauder abandons his Amish heritage when the woman he loves, Rachel Zook, agrees to marry his brother, Simon. Though he adapts to the ways of the "English" — even fathering twins — he remains an outsider. When the mother of his twins dies, Jacob knows only one way to raise his children — the Amish way. He brings them home to the community he vowed to leave forever. For his children he can do anything, even be strong when he sees Rachel, his love, married to his brother.


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From Zero to Hero: Coach Kevin Kearns
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Today, Coach Kevin Kearns is a role model for school kids and a top-rated MMA coach and world master fitness trainer. But this was hard won success. His early years were fraught with bullying. He was small and not at all athletic. His father died at the time he...
Discipline, Character, Hope
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By Coach Kevin Kearns No way you were that guy in the hood that sucked at everything." My response … "That is correct and it's the past." Now I'm not going to say my childhood was all bad and I had it worse than any other kid. That is a matter of perspective. Most of...
Don't Be a Bully !
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By Dr. Mark Wiley Bullying is dirty and inexcusable. The cycles of what happens to create a bully, of what happens to make one susceptible to being bullied, and how these interactions lead to substance abuse and suicide later in life, are related to how children are...
Amazing Improvised Playground Workout [video]
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By Mark V. Wiley Many of us have spent the long, cold winter inside. And when we workout, it's usually indoors as well—at home or in the gym. Thankfully, it's finally warm and sunny out. That means now is the time to get outside and make exercising fun. Believe it or...
Boulder Shoulders for Awesome Striking Power
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By Coach Kevin Kearns Almost everyone who has watched the UFC and other fights will remark how well defined the upper bodies of the fighters are. The shoulder girdle (the muscles that comprise the shoulder completely) are a complex structure and require some clear...
Hammer Out Awesome Strength
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By Dr. Mark Wiley Fitness training and exercise in general can sometimes get boring. It's the same old, same old jogging, push-ups and weight training — again and again. But not this time. Forget dumbbells. Forget kettlebells. This is something different, dynamic, and...


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Google Play Music Unveils Its First Podcast With 'City Soundtracks'
Google Play Music announced this morning that it is adding the "City Soundtracks," its first original podcast series. This new series will feature interviews with various musicians regarding how their hometowns influenced them to pursue their careers. It also highlights the people as well as the moments that give an impact to the music industry
Google Play Music's City Soundtracks
The first-ever podcast of Google Play Music services is called the "City Soundtracks." According to TechCrunch, the new feature will be a mix of both music and conversation. Google said that the episodes that will be played in the City Soundtracks are fairly short so far, with the longest listed file being just over 15 minutes. The City Soundtracks podcasts will be hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway, a well-known American musician, and composer.
Hirway has already known and is familiar to the podcast listeners since he has several involvements in this industry, including with the "The West Wing Weekly" and "Song Exploder." The West Wing Weekly is a podcast show wherein the involve people discuss television's most beloved shows and it was co-hosted by the star Joshua Malina. While Song Explorer is a podcast where musicians tell the story of their songs and how they were made.
Google made each episode of City Soundtracks to be paired with a playlist created by the guest to turn the listening experience into a whole music discovery, as well. With this, we can say that Google has really come up with an interesting way to connect the new series to the other music offered on its Google Play. As reported by CNET, the first few podcast episodes of City Soundtracks are now available. It features chats with Big Freedia, Kehlani, and Spoon, who will talk about their cities.
Google Play Music vs Apple Music
The new service offered by the Google Play Music comes exactly at a time when the top streaming music services are trying to publish original content by introducing their own exclusive innovation to complement their music libraries, podcasts as well as videos. Just like what Apple did in their Music service.
Apple has been developing and promoting its own original shows to complement its Apple Music. In fact, the firm bought the rights to "Carpool Karaoke," and it's also behind the Shark Tank-like reality program, "Planet of the Apps." According to rumors, Apple is now busy working on a scripted original drama by Dr. Dre, the "Vital Signs."
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today welcomed home a team of 20 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation employees and volunteers who helped battle and contain the Gibralter Ridge Fire in the Kootenai National Forest near Eureka, Montana. This is the second New York firefighting crew dispatched to fight wildfires in western states this summer.
"New York is proud to welcome home this team of brave men and women who have been battling wildfires out west for the last two weeks," Governor Cuomo said. "Helping neighbors in their time of need is the New York way, and I commend our courageous volunteers and Forest Rangers for stepping up and helping to save lives and natural resources on this mission."
When the New York team arrived in Montana, approximately 80 firefighters and support personnel were assigned to the fire, but that number rose to 378 as the wildfire continued to spread. Currently, the fire is only 19 percent contained and is expected to burn until late September.
The firefighting team is made up of DEC employees and volunteers, including State Forest Rangers, that joined crews from other states to help battle the wildfires. When the New York crew arrived, they were the first of several crews to work on the Gibralter Ridge Fire, which had started the day before. The fire quickly increased to 3,500 acres but has remained at that size for more than a week. Three-hundred-and-seventy-eight firefighters and support personnel continue to contain that fire.
The crew created control lines with hand tools, chainsaws and intentional fire to contain the wildfire and protect the several residences that were threatened. They worked in rough mountainous terrain and endured daily temperatures hovering close to 90 degrees. Currently, the fire is 19 percent contained at 3,554 acres and is expected to burn until late September.
"I commend our staff for their bravery over these past two weeks in helping to contain this wildfire and protect precious natural resources and private homes," said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. "All New Yorkers should be proud of work our fire crews do to battle these blazes. For nearly 40 years, New York has stood ready to willing to assist our sister states in their time of need."
The first team of firefighters that began their 14-day assignment in Montana on July 24, arrived back in the Capital Region on Tuesday, August 8.
In 1979, New York sent its first firefighting crew to assist western states with large wildfires. On average, one or two crews have been sent as needed, to assist with wildfires every year since.
Last year, DEC sent 33 firefighters, including one 20-person crew, to several western and southern states as well as Canada. In addition to helping contain the national wildfires and minimize damage, these crews also gain valuable experience that can be utilized fighting wildfires and managing all-risk incidents in New York.
All personnel and travel expenses for the New York crews are either paid directly by the U.S. Forest Service or reimbursed to New York State based on a mutual aid agreement between states and federal land agencies.


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Cabrini Health Launches New Mental Health Services
On Wednesday 26 April, the Hon Martin Foley MP, Minister for Mental Health, launched a new specialist mental health service being introduced at the Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub in Brunswick.
Other special guests at the event included:
Hon Jane Garrett MP, State Member for Brunswick
Paris Aristotle AM, 2017 Victorian Australian of the Year and CEO of Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture
Samantha Ratnam, Deputy Mayor of Moreland
Richard Rogers, Chair of the Cabrini Health Board
Professor Suresh Sundram, Advisor to the Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub
A new aspect of care and services at the Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub, the new specialist mental health service will provide a wrap-around service including case-management and community outreach.
"Our vision is to meet the significant and growing need in the community for extremely vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers who may fall through the gaps or are unable to access to mainstream services," said Cath Garner, Cabrini's Executive Director of Mission and Strategy.
Dr Tram Nguyen has been appointed Director of the Specialist Mental Health Service and Cabrini is currently working to recruit a mental health nurse and social worker to the team.
The specialist mental health service was launched 12 months almost to the day since the opening of the Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub by then-Mayor of Moreland Cr Samantha Ratnam.
The Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub is providing a much needed service in Melbourne's inner north filling the gap in healthcare faced by asylum seekers and refugees when they arrive in Australia without income or access to Medicare. Since June 2016, Cabrini has provided medical care to 140 asylum seekers and refugees who have come to Australia from countries such as Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia.
The Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub is a member of a number of asylum seeker and refugee health and settlement networks, both in the region and statewide. The Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub may be contacted on ph (03) 8388 7874.
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Shawn Mendes' 'Wonder' one month on: a magical escape into wonderland
By Claudia Benitez
Posted in Music, Review
After the success of Shawn Mendes' self-titled third studio album in 2018, the Canadian singer has evolved, both in his personal life and musically. Wonder was a heavily anticipated album as fans finally found out what direction Mendes had decided to take his music in. Since coming into the public eye as a Vine star, Shawn Mendes has sold out tours and released bestselling songs, coming a long way from being the quiet one in teenage comedy group Magcon. Whilst Wonder is still very much a Shawn Mendes album, it's clear he's grown as an artist and moved away from bubblegum pop and towards more mature themes and sounds.
With a tracklist of 14 songs, Wonder reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 200, and fell short of the top ten in the UK. This album brings more musical variety to the table than previous albums, with Mendes obviously deciding to branch away from his comfort zone to experiment with new techniques. Compared to Shawn Mendes, there's only one feature (not counting the Camila Cabello Christmas track on the deluxe version), and as a result the album really plays to Mendes' strengths. This said, the songs in general are shorter than is usually expected – nine come in at under three minutes – making the album feel as if it's over before it's fully able to take off.
In the run up to the album, 'Intro' was released as a teaser of what was to come. Its haunting melody is reminiscent of Gene Wilder singing 'Pure Imagination', drawing you in from the start and setting this magical tone for the rest of Wonder. Throughout the whole album, the production and the instruments don't falter, with the melodies and progressions helping with the album's dreamlike vibe and setting the mood perfectly. It feels like there's a greater variety of instruments used in Wonder than ever before in any of Mendes' albums, and the use of synths and drums is noticeably more mature.
As a whole, Wonder doesn't seem quite as personal as Shawn Mendes, with many of the lyrics feeling slightly generic, which is a shame as Mendes is a brilliant songwriter
The lead single, 'Wonder', follows this theme and is probably one of the best songs on the album that inevitably makes you want to hear more. The slower vocals crescendo into a more epic orchestral section, something new to Mendes that works very well. This song also holds some beautiful reflective lyrics that evoke a certain sympathy from the listener as he questions himself and what society expects of him: "I wonder, when I cry into my hands / I'm conditioned to feel like it makes me less of a man". In its accompanying music video, Mendes throws himself into nature, growing more and more passionate as he belts the lyrics so intensely that you are unable to tear your eyes away.
Towards the end of Wonder, 'Piece of You' shines as another highlight of the album and sounds like a slight reinterpretation of old-school rock. The use of synthesisers makes it at times reminiscent of the 80s and you can't help but head-bang along to it as the beat truly allows the music to hit you. In fact, compared to the rest of the songs on the album, it's probably the one that's furthest from Mendes' usual style, and it works well.
Although Wonder is a good step in a new direction, it still feels as if the Canadian has more to give
As a whole, Wonder doesn't seem quite as personal as Shawn Mendes, with many of the lyrics feeling slightly generic, which is a shame as Mendes is a brilliant songwriter. The plus side of this is that the songs are easily relatable. 'Call My Friends' is probably the song on the album that touches most on Mendes' personal life; it reflects on how he's always away from friends and family due to his job and misses many important moments. He feels distant from everything he used to know, and although he has ideas of certain things they could be doing together and knows he should keep in touch with those back home, it's not always so simple ("I miss how it was when we wished we were older / Feeling so far when I wanna be closer").
However, whilst Mendes' pleasing falsetto and silky vocals make it almost impossible for the album to be bad, it still seems like it could've been pushed further. Wonder is an enjoyable listen, but leaves the listener wanting more. Shawn is known for his slower music so it's exciting to see him begin to step out of his comfort zone and try new sounds and arrangements, but it could've been pushed that bit further. It also doesn't seem to be very clear just what exactly Mendes is trying to do, as the songs flit from one mood to another in a way that doesn't always seem fluid and means the album at times loses some cohesiveness. Although Wonder is a good step in a new direction, it still feels as if the Canadian has more to give.
Overall, the album is clearly the beginning of Mendes' evolution away from the bubblegum pop he started with. Whilst his usual style is still present in Wonder, his growth is easily perceptible. It'll be interesting to see where he decides to go next and the album is worth a listen, especially if you're searching for a dreamy, slightly other-worldly feel.
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1933. From Model Engineer and Practical Electrician of 9th November.
THIRTY years ago the now famous Ever Ready Company began business in a shop in Charing Cross Road, which, with a handful of workpeople, also served as a factory. To-day the company has no less than 28 factories in all of which eight are in the London area. Altogether their factories cover a space of one and a third million square feet, and employ over 12,000 people.
Our illustration shows their latest factory in the metropolitan area, at Walthamstow. It has been built for the manufacture of radio high tension batteries and dry cells for electric torches. It has a floor area of 175,000 square feet, and will give employment to 2,000 hands. It is specially designed to permit of every stage of dry battery manufacture being carried out, and represents the experience of the Ever Ready Company accumulated through their many years of trading.
The ground floor is devoted partly to a mill which crushes the raw manganese dioxide, and partly to production lines on which finished cells are made up in battery form and sealed and packed for market. Work on the dry cell, whether intended for torches or radio batteries, starts on the top (third) floor, to which the powdered manganese dioxide is forced under pressure from the ground floor mill.
Twelve cup soldering machines produce the complete cups which form the casing for the dry cell. The cups are made from strip zinc, which is fed into the machine from a roll. The zinc is folded into cylindrical form, a base inserted, and then passed on to the spokes of a rimless wheel, where the base is firmly soldered into position. The finished cups are fed automatically under nozzles and machines which insert the requisite amount of electrolyte and also insert the insulating washer at the bottom of the cup. Conveyors then take the cell through a hot water bath to set the electrolyte. The final stage in this machine is the fitting of a brass cap to the electrode and the sealing of the cell.
Every torch cell is subjected to a voltage test by means of a photo-electric cell which automatically rejects any cell which falls below a definite voltage.
A striking example of the high class quality of the torches made by this company is provided by the experience of last summer's Mount Everest Expedition. A member of this Expedition found an Ever Ready torch that had been dropped nearly ten years previously by an earlier expedition. It was still in perfect working order.
In a speech at the opening of the new factory the Managing Director said; "Those pessimists who predicted the eclipse of the battery industry with the coming of the all-mains set are false prophets. It is a fact that the present sale of batteries and battery sets is greater than ever before, and the growth has been greater, in proportion, than that of all-mains sets. In spite of the progress of the Grid, which most of us welcome, the vast majority of the houses in this country are still without electricity, and will remain so for a number of years to come, while there are many people, whose homes are electrified, who prefer the purity of tone and economy of operation obtainable from battery-operated sets."
The company's productions are not limited to batteries for radio. They make batteries for many other purposes, such as hand torches and for use on motor cars and cycles. Recently, for example, they received a large order from the General Post Office for the supply of electric battery lamps for postmen and for the cycles of telegraph boys. Many of their products are designed for use in mines, submarines, inflammable fuel tanks and other dangerous places, where a single fault would mean the difference between life and death.
November 9, 1933. The Model Engineer and Practical Electrician.
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Toolkit on Effective Mentoring for Youth
Facing Barriers to Success
Best practices and resources to build, strengthen, evaluate and sustain effective mentoring programs for youth considered at high-risk of under education, unemployment, homelessness, criminalization, and other negative outcomes.
How This Toolkit Was Developed
Purpose of the Toolkit
Other Project Components
Key Messages of the Toolkit
Types & Effectiveness of Mentoring for Youth Considered 'High-Risk'
Underlying Frameworks & Foundations For Mentoring Youth
Mentoring Models & Program Types
Mentee-Mentor Relationship Styles
The Effectiveness of Mentoring for Youth Deemed High Risk
Effective Mentoring Program Components & Implementation
Recruiting & Selecting Mentees
Assessing Mentees
Recruiting Mentors
Selecting & Screening Mentors
Training Mentees
Training Mentors
Matching & Initiating the Relationship
Developing A Healthy & Safe Mentoring Relationship
Supporting, Supervising & Maintaining The Match
Involving Parents / Caregivers / Family
Closing The Match & Re-Matching
Celebrating Efforts & Successes
Tailored Mentoring for Youth With Specific Needs
Youth With Academic Challenges
Indigenous Youth
Racialized Youth
Newcomer Youth
Youth with Developmental & Other Disabilities
Youth with Mental Health Needs
LGBTTQQIP2SA Youth
Youth In or Leaving Care
Youth Involved in the Criminal Justice System
Program Management & Sustainability
Program Evaluation, Learning & Improvement
Developing a Program Logic Model or Theory of Change
Types of Evaluations
Collecting Data: Methods & Tools
Analyzing, Sharing & Using Results
Ethical Standards and Considerations
Building Capacity for Evaluation
Key Resources on Evaluation
Key Resources & Webinars
A Logic Model outlines various program components, including inputs, activities, outputs and outcomes, usually in a table format. It starts with the program and charts its components in a linear or hierarchical fashion, without showing why activities are expected to produce those outcomes.
For example, the logic model below shows that the program is working on addressing a lack of after school programming and concerns around academic underachievement, lack of positive role models, etc. (needs). It also shows what is being put into the program in terms of funding, personnel, materials and space (inputs). It lists the activities that will take place as part of the program, and the immediate outputs it will be able to demonstrate (occurrence of activities and satisfaction with activities). Finally, it lists the outcomes and impact it hopes to achieve in the short-term, medium-term, and longer-term.
Logic Model Example1
A Theory of Change is a visual depiction of the link between your activities and outcomes, including how and why the desired change is expected to come about (i.e., a causal model that includes assumptions and justifications). It typically starts with the end goal of an initiative in mind (the desired impact), then works its way backwards to decide on the program approaches that will most likely result in that impact.
For example, the Theory of Change below shows that the program seeks to support youth in continuously developing and integrating new skills in order to fulfill their potential. It tells us that the first step of the program is to identify sparks, then promote a growth mindset, identify indicators of thriving, and build goal management skills. It tell us that adult guides must support youth in specific ways in order for them to be on a road to a hopeful future. A theory of change is more focused on how a program intends to produce desired outcomes.
Theory of Change2
Both the Logic Model and the Theory of Change have their uses. The Logic Model can be sufficient when outlining a fairly simple project. The Theory of Change is increasingly being encouraged when designing a more complex and comprehensive initiative, so you can articulate and track the change you hope to create.
Alberta Mentoring Partnership. (n.d.). Sample mentoring program logic model. Retrieved from http://albertamentors.ca/wp-content/themes/albertamentors/library/amp-toolkits/create-a-mentoring-program-toolkits/create-a-mentoring-program/pdf/%20Tool%2013%20-%20B%20-%20Mentoring%20program%20logic%20model.pdf
Camp Fire. (2014). Theory of change. Step It Up 2 Thrive. Retrieved from http://www.stepitup2thrive.org/downloads/0-thriving/0.1-theory-of-change.pdf
Clark, H. & Anderson, A.A. (2004). Theories of change and logic models: Telling them apart. Presentation at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2004.
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  This example shows 3 particle effects. A fire with a smoke ball going around it, and debris falling from the fire.
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java_import "com.jme3.app.SimpleApplication"
java_import "com.jme3.effect.ParticleEmitter"
java_import "com.jme3.effect.ParticleMesh"
java_import "com.jme3.material.Material"
java_import "com.jme3.math.ColorRGBA"
java_import "com.jme3.math.Vector3f"
java_import "com.jme3.effect.shapes.EmitterSphereShape"
java_import "com.jme3.input.KeyInput"
java_import "com.jme3.input.controls.ActionListener"
java_import "com.jme3.input.controls.InputListener"
java_import "com.jme3.input.controls.KeyTrigger"
java_import "com.jme3.math.FastMath"

class Sample11 < SimpleApplication
  include ActionListener

  attr_accessor :emit, :angle

  def initialize
    self.angle = 0.0
  end

  def simpleInitApp
    fire = ParticleEmitter.new("Emitter", ParticleMesh::Type::Triangle, 30)
    mat_red = Material.new(asset_manager, File.join("Common", "MatDefs", "Misc", "Particle.j3md"))
    mat_red.set_texture("Texture", asset_manager.load_texture(File.join("Effects", "Explosion", "flame.png")))
    fire.material = mat_red
    fire.images_x = 2
    fire.images_y = 2
    fire.end_color = ColorRGBA.new(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0) #red
    fire.start_color = ColorRGBA.new(1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.5) #yellow
    fire.particle_influencer.initial_velocity = Vector3f.new(0, 2, 0)
    fire.start_size = 1.5
    fire.end_size = 0.1
    fire.set_gravity(0, 0, 0)
    fire.low_life = 1.0
    fire.high_life = 3.0
    fire.particle_influencer.velocity_variation = 0.3
    root_node.attach_child(fire)

    debris = ParticleEmitter.new("Debris", ParticleMesh::Type::Triangle, 10)
    debris_mat = Material.new(asset_manager, File.join("Common", "MatDefs", "Misc", "Particle.j3md"))
    debris_mat.set_texture("Texture", asset_manager.load_texture(File.join("Effects", "Explosion", "Debris.png")))
    debris.material = debris_mat
    debris.images_x = 3
    debris.images_y = 3 #3x3 texture animation
    debris.rotate_speed = 4
    debris.select_random_image = true
    debris.particle_influencer.initial_velocity = Vector3f.new(0, 4, 0)
    debris.start_color = ColorRGBA::White
    debris.set_gravity(0, 6, 0)
    debris.particle_influencer.velocity_variation = 0.6
    root_node.attach_child(debris)
    debris.emit_all_particles

    self.emit = ParticleEmitter.new("Smoke", ParticleMesh::Type::Triangle, 300)
    emit.set_gravity(0, 0, 0)
    emit.velocity_variation = 1
    emit.low_life = 1
    emit.high_life = 1
    emit.initial_velocity = Vector3f.new(0, 0.5, 0)
    emit.images_x = 15
    mat = Material.new(asset_manager, File.join("Common", "MatDefs", "Misc", "Particle.j3md"))
    mat.set_texture("Texture", asset_manager.load_texture(File.join("Effects", "Smoke", "Smoke.png")))
    emit.material = mat
    root_node.attach_child(emit)

    init_keys!
  end

  def init_keys!
    input_manager.add_mapping("setNum", KeyTrigger.new(KeyInput::KEY_SPACE))
    input_manager.add_listener(ControllerAction.new(self), "setNum")
  end

  def simpleUpdate(tpf)
    self.angle += tpf
    self.angle %= FastMath::TWO_PI
    x = FastMath.cos(angle) * 2
    y = FastMath.sin(angle) * 2
    emit.set_local_translation(x, 0, y)
  end

  class ControllerAction

    def initialize(obj)
      @parent = obj
    end

    def on_action(name, is_pressed, tpf)
      if name.eql?("setNum") && is_pressed
        @parent.emit.num_particles = 1000
      end
    end

  end

end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Depression is a very serious mood disorder which causes symptoms that affect our feelings, our thoughts and everyday activities such as eating, sleeping or working. The number of people diagnosed with depression is increasing every day. However, there are even people who are not aware they suffer from depression. In order to find out whether someone you care about has depression, pay attention to the following hidden symptoms.
Their thoughts are quick, deep, and analytical, so they face difficulties to calm their mind.
Depressive people are good at hiding their feelings, so their mood swings are rarely obvious since they can easily fake a smile.
Depressed people anxiously search for the purpose in life, and are often obsessed with existential questions.
Depressed people often battle with insomnia or spend their days sleeping.
Intelligence often goes hand in hand with depression, and depressive people are good at solving problems, but they tend to be pessimistic.
Depressed people often avoid getting close to other people due to their fear that they will be abandoned.
These people might try to deal with depression in their own way, by walking in the park, exercising, writing, or listening to music.
Depressed people try their best to redirect the attention from their feelings, so they can come up with extensive excuses for even the most trivial thing.
If someone you know constantly asks help and appears weak, you need to talk to him/her and establish a bond before you act and manage to help.
Depression affects the eating habits of people, so they might start eating too much or lose appetite.
Many famous people suffer from hidden depression, as pain serves as a fuel and an inspiration.


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Ings are water meadows.

Ings also may refer to:

 Ings, Cumbria, UK village

Surname
 Daniel Ings (born 1985), English actor
 Danny Ings (born 1992), English footballer
 Kendrick Ings (born 1990), American football player
 Simon Ings (born 1965), English writer

See also
 Ing (disambiguation)


Alexandria Renew Enterprises is overseen by a Board of Directors - five citizens appointed by the Alexandria City Council to four-year staggered terms.
The Board is a public body in all respects, but is independent of the City government administratively and financially. Board members are responsible for the oversight of AlexRenew and its compliance with the Virginia Water and Wastewater Authorities Act and all environmental regulations.
Click here to learn more about the key members of our leadership team.


Daniel's HVAC, LLC is committed to bringing you the information that you need to make an informed decision when it comes to your heating and cooling system for your home or business. The first part in a five part series, this article will go over the basics of a geothermal solution.
So, how does a geothermal system maintain your home's warmth during the winter and rid your home of heat during the summer? It's all about making the most out of the unused energy that can be found under your feet. The temperature of the earth just under the surface in Southern Ohio stays relatively constant throughout the year. The unit makes use of this constant temperature by using a loop system to move the warmer temperature from the ground and move it to the home during colder months, and pushing the warmer air from the home and dispersing it in the ground during the warmer months.
A WaterFurnace geothermal system doesn't use fossil fuels to create its conditioning. It uses the heat that already exists in the ground without contributing any carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, or any other air pollutants to the environment. The only electricity that a geothermal unit will use is the electricity that it takes to operate the fans, compressor, and pump. All of this lends itself to a lean, clean-running, energy efficient heating and cooling system.
Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) and Coefficient of Performance (COP) are ratings on how efficient your potential Southern Ohio geothermal system can cool and heat your home, respectively. WaterFurnace geothermal systems maintain the highest ratings on the market today. With our Envision series, it leads the pack. This geothermal pump offers an unparalleled 30 EER and a 5.1 COP. That's conditioning that will definitely save you green.
To learn more on the basics of geothermal heating and cooling systems, please contact Daniel's HVAC, LLC. We possess many years of experience with proper sizing and installation of geothermal heat pumps. We're sure that we can do the same for you. Stay tuned for part two of our series on geothermal systems: Geothermal Heat Pumps.


Women with more complicated pregnancies will be offered a booking according to the level of care needed at either Dandenong Hospital or Monash Medical Centre Clayton. Monash Medical Centre Clayton is the only tertiary level hospital and we prioritise high risk pregnancies to book at this site.
Do not also complete this booking request on line if your doctor has already made a booking referral to Monash Health.
For Options for Care in pregnancy, click here.


The NOC classifies the following engineering occupations in Canada: Civil engineers Mechanical engineers Electrical and electronics engineers Chemical engineers Industrial and manufacturing engineers Metallurgical and materials engineers Mining engineers Geological engineers Petroleum engineers Aerospace engineers Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) …... Canada is a vast, sparsely populated and particularly beautiful nation to work in as an civil engineer, and has many opportunities. In Canada, only a professional engineer (PEng) is licensed to practise engineering and to take responsibility for their work and that of others.
If you wanted an Engineering license in Canada, it would be based on the Civil Engineering bachelors. Licenses are typically based on Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, and recently Software Engineering. Most useful when your job requires you to sign / seal letters of assurances, engineering designs for building permits / tenders, and memos for government agencies. Otherwise... A bachelor's degree in civil engineering or civil engineering technology is one of the major requirements for one to become a civil engineer.
Stationary engineers in Canada are employed in various facilities, such as hospitals, airports and power plants, to name a few. In Canada, there are five national levels of stationary certification. Fourth and fifth classes are the lowest two levels; first class is the highest.
To become a Civil Engineer, you'll usually be required to have either an undergraduate degree in engineering or a postgraduate master's degree in Civil Engineering. It's vital that whichever route you take, your degree is accredited by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).


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Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Fran Drescher, Molly Shannon, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Dana Carvey, Rob Riggle, Mel Brooks, Asher Blinkoff, Jon Lovitz
Genre: Comedy, Animated, Fantasy
Review: Now Count Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) has seen his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) wed to a human, Jonathan (Andy Samberg), he has mixed feelings, no matter that he has been on a blood substitute for some time and doesn't bother harming mere mortals anymore. He still operates his Hotel Transylvania where his guests are monsters of various types, and that's going well, but as time goes by after the marriage there are changes afoot when Mavis announces to him during one flight above the castle when they are in bat form that she is pregnant. He couldn't be happier, and makes plans for a new vampire in the family, but once the child is born he doesn't appear to be particularly vampiric at all...
The Adam Sandler-led cartoon Hotel Transylvania was a runaway success, so naturally as with every cartoon feature to generate even a modicum of profit, there was a sequel and this was it. The first one surprised a lot of people, not the diehard Sandler fans who liked anything he belched out anyway, but those harder to convince because it was actually quite well done and enjoyed a good number of laughs, possibly thanks to the presence of television toon legend Genndy Tartakovsky in the director's chair. OK, probably because of that. Thus the follow-up was another hit among viewers hoping for more of the same quality, or at least parents looking for something easy to watch to take their kids to.
But for many, the law of diminishing returns had set in already, rendering this less Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein or Mad Monster Party and more the low rent regions of semi-forgotten ephemera like The Groovy Goolies or Saturday the 14th. With the same director it did have the same wild energy and elastic character design, but something was missing; not perhaps the originality, since recasting classic monsters in comedy guise was less than fresh, but the broad wit had been replaced with rather obvious humour and a thick line of sentimentality and message-making that saw Drac try to come to terms with his grandson's non-monster status, something he is decreasingly optimistic about.
If you can't see where this was going, essentially an ending where the message of acceptance no matter what your race or background was made irrelevant for the sake of the potential storylines for a sequel, then you didn't know Sandler very well, though to be fair that was more dictated by the cartoon conventions as he didn't appear in many sequels himself, if you want to give him credit for something, however grudging that may be in some quarters. He re-recruited a bunch of his comedy mates to voice the creatures and humans, and given this was an easy enough gig they all did perfectly well, it's just the material was wanting and far less ambitious than even the initial instalment had mustered.
That plot? Once it was established the Count had reservations about his beloved grandson's mettle as a vampire, he contrived to toughen the kid up on a road trip with his pals Frankenstein's Monster (Kevin James), The Wolfman (Steve Buscemi), The Mummy (Kevin-Michael Keegan replacing CeeLo Green who had trouble with the law) and The Invisible Man (David Spade), though they all had mundane names aside from the purist-annoying Frankenstein('s Monster). Meanwhile Mavis was distracted by Jonathan who took her to visit his parents (Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman), though the question of why Drac didn't just bite the little kid and suck some of his blood or whatever you do to create a vampire that way was not broached. Maybe that was for the best, and it was nice to hear Mel Brooks as his father Vlad, the ultra-prejudiced vampire who naturally has his opinions reformed by the end (though no wonder, as he and Drac got their wish). It was busy, energetic, but somehow running on the spot for ninety minutes or so without much to show for its exertions. Music by Mark Mothersbaugh.