In episode 26 of The Project Management Show, we are honored to be joined LT Lawrence Yatch, a Navy SEAL, now retired. Larry is the CEO and Founder of Sealed Mindset and Creator of the Exceptional Team Formula, a FORMULA that Navy SEALs have been using for decades in some of the world's worst places to operate exceptional teams. Larry also discusses how he has adapted these principles into his own personal work/life balance.
The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; and the Humanitarian Service Medal for relief efforts in East Timor and Sri Lanka.
Larry has been recognized as a (Real) Power 50 Award winner by Minneapolis Business Magazine for his team performance planning strategies for turbo-charging teams to speed success.
And after 8 years of teaching innovative team optimization strategies to senior executives and managers at multi-million and billion dollar companies and also coaching high performing CEOs in the same, Larry has now bottled his Exceptional Team FORMULA in a planning software and training program to bring the Expert Navy SEAL Tactical Planner to YOUR teams.
In episode 24 of the Project Management Show, Mike Parker of CEO of Blackrock Resources, talked about all of the career opportunities in project management, and this episode we are excited to have Greta Blash discuss some of the training and certifications that can help you to achieve your professional development goals and better position yourself to land one of those opportunities Mike mentioned.
Greta Blash is Co-founder of Facilitated Methods and is a Project manager instructor at the University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education.
Greta has extensive experience as an executive and consulting IT professional, both domestically and internationally. Her areas of experience include program management, project management, agile/adaptive development, business analysis, customer relationship management, and business intelligence.
In addition to her PMP certification, she also holds an agile certification (PMI-ACP) and business analysis (PMI-PBA) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
She is a frequent presenter at various PMI and IIBA meetings and conferences at the local, regional and global level. She has been recognized as an SME and reviewer of the new Business Analysis Standard from PMI, and also as a reviewer of the new 6th edition of PMBOK Guide, the new 4th edition of the Program Management Guide. She most recently has been selected as a contributor to the PMI's new Benefits Realization Practice Guide.
Episode 024 of The Project Management Show features Michael Parker, Founder and President of BlackRock Resources, discussing career opportunities available today in project management. Do you really need a PMP? Mike discusses what companies are looking for in hiring project management professionals and the salary ranges associated with different positions.
BlackRock Resources, specializes in providing professional staffing and consulting services to the domestic energy industry (oil, gas, nuclear, and renewable energy).
Michael has over 15 years of staffing and consulting industry experience, and a successful track record in recruiting and placement of project management professionals in both large companies and start-up firms during his career.
Michael is a Pittsburgh native and has traveled and worked extensively throughout the US, including spending 10 years in Los Angles before returning to the Pittsburgh area to raise his family. He now lives south of Pittsburgh in with his wife and their four daughters. When he is not working on BlackRock Resources he is spending time with his family of dancers or volunteering in the local community.
Episode 023 of The Project Management Show features Chris Baddeley, a marketing and customer experience professional with a broad-based background in the financial services industry.
Chris has led national marketing projects for Citibank's US Consumer Bank, and for the wholesale and correspondent mortgage divisions of GMAC-RFC. He spent the last five years as the director of customer experience for Ditech Financial LLC, where he led the redesign of consumer-facing digital platforms during a period of rapid portfolio growth.
Chris grew up in New Hampshire and holds a BS in business from Eastern Illinois University and an MBA in Marketing from Loyola University Chicago. Chris and his wife are the parents of two grown sons and reside in the Twin Cities.
022: Lonnie Pacelli – Project Leadership: Why Don't They Follow Me?
Episode 022 of The Project Management Show features Lonnie Pacelli, a business and autism awareness author with over 30 years business experience at Accenture, Microsoft, and his consultancy Consetta Group. Lonnie is the author of five hardcopy books and over 30 e-books on topics of leadership, project management, and autism awareness. Lonnie is committed to helping current and future leaders and project managers be more effective in their walk and help them learn from both his successes and, more importantly, his failures.
Check out http://www.projectmanagementadvisor.com/ for all of Lonnie's books, training materials, and other insightful resources.
Episode 021 of The Project Management Show features Kendall Kunz, an American businessman, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Forms On Fire and has served as its CEO since its foundation in 2011.
In this episode, Kendall shares his passion for early stage software companies and overcoming the project and product management challenges they face by using the principles from The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses and specifically Minimum Viable Product (MVP), developed by Eric Ries.
Kendall grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana and graduated from Purdue University with BS in Management. His early career was influenced heavily during his time at Oracle Corporation where he learned principles of software development and project management. In the early 90's, Kendall moved his family from Chicago to Seattle, joining the basement-located startup Aris Corporation. Five years later, Aris went public on the NASDAQ and soon afterward, Kendall became CEO. Aris Corporation is where Kendall found his passion for early-stage software companies.
Episode 019 of The Project Management Show features Susanne Madsen, an internationally recognized project leadership coach, trainer, and consultant. She is the author of The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership.
In this episode, Susanne offers some great exercises and workshop techniques that you can use to access your current leadership strengths and weaknesses as well as interact with your project team.
Prior to setting up her own business, she worked for 17 years in the corporate sector leading high-profile change programs of up to $30 million for organizations such as Standard Bank, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. She is a fully qualified Corporate and Executive coach, accredited by DISC and a member of the Association for Project Management (APM).
Susanne specializes in helping managers improve their leadership skills so that they can gain control of their projects and become great role models for others to follow. She does this through a combination of training, coaching, mentoring and consulting.
Episode 018 of The Project Management Show features Chris Rhodes of Project Execution 4 U, providing insight into what you should consider when implementing a cost estimating solution. One solution to consider is PE4U's Janus, and Chris touches on what Janus has to offer.
Mr. Chris Rhodes is one of the senior leaders at Project Execution 4 U. An organization providing Project Services and Project Management solutions. Chris is an accomplished project management professional with over 15 years of experience with a concentration in cost estimating. Chris graduated with a BSPA from Indiana University, holds an MBA in Accounting from Indiana Wesleyan University, and holds two certificates in Estimating. In his spare time, Chris enjoys aviation and is an Instrument Rated pilot who enjoys flying his Mooney 231 airplane.
Episode 017 of The Project Management Show features Orlando Villella, a proven project controls manager with excellent insight into effective team building, and other soft skills that serve as the intangibles needed to successfully execute projects.


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What Is Military Science?
The History of Military Science
The Purpose of Military Science
The Benefits of Military Science
The Types of Military Science
The Topics of Military Science
The Skills of Military Science
The Careers in Military Science
The Salary of Military Science
The Future of Military Science
Military science is the study of the principles and practices of military operations and national security, as well as the scientific analysis of warfare.
Military science is the study of the principles and practices of military operations, including the planning and conduct of campaigns, the science of war, and the art of war. It also encompasses research into new technologies for use in warfare, as well as the development and assessment of military doctrine.
The study of military science dates back to ancient times. In its most basic form, it is the study of warfare. However, over the years, it has evolved into much more. It now encompasses the study of strategy, tactics, logistics, and other important aspects of war.
The history of military science is a long and eventful one. It began with the ancient Greeks and Romans, who were some of the first to develop systematic methods of studying warfare. From there, it spread to other parts of Europe and Asia. Over time, different schools of thought emerged, each with their own unique approach to military science.
Today, military science is still studied extensively by militaries around the world. It is used to help commanders make better decisions on the battlefield and to plan for future conflicts. It is also taught at many civilian universities as part of a broader curriculum on international relations or political science.
The purpose of military science is to provide the scientific and technological knowledge necessary for the defense of the country. It is a branch of science that deals with the study of warfare, its strategies and technologies.
Military science is the study of the art and science of warfare. It covers a wide range of topics, from tactics and strategy to weaponry and logistics. Military science can be studied at the undergraduate and graduate level, and many colleges and universities offer degree programs in this field.
There are many benefits to studying military science. Students who complete a degree program in military science will gain a deep understanding of the history, theory, and practice of warfare. They will also develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that can be applied in a variety of contexts. In addition, students who study military science will be better prepared for careers in the military or in related fields such as security, intelligence, and law enforcement.
Military science is the study of the methods and principles of warfare. It covers a wide range of topics, from the history and theory of war to the weapons and tactics of modern day conflict. Military science is not just about learning how to fight – it also helps us to understand why wars are fought and how they can be prevented.
There are many different types of military science, each with its own focus and area of expertise. Some of the most common include:
Strategy: The strategic study of warfare focuses on the big picture – how armies, navies and air forces can be used to achieve political objectives. This includes everything from grand strategy (the planning and execution of long-term military campaigns) to operational art (the application of military force in pursuit of specific goals).
Tactics: The tactical study of warfare focuses on the conduct of battles and engagements. It covers everything from small-scale skirmishes to large-scale operations, and is concerned with both the theory and practice of combat.
Logistics: The logistical study of warfare focuses on the movement and supply of troops, weapons and materials. This includes everything from planning transportation routes to managing food and fuel supplies.
Engineering: The engineering study of warfare focuses on the design, construction and maintenance of military infrastructure, such as fortifications, roads, bridges and weapons systems.
mechanical aptitude is required for this field.
Military science is the study of the principles of war. It covers a wide variety of topics, from the history of warfare to the ethical and legal aspects of modern military operations. Military science is an important field of study for anyone interested in a career in the military or in government work related to national security.
Military science is the study of the principles and practices of warfare. It is a branch of the social sciences, and can be divided into two main sub-disciplines: strategy and tactics.
The study of military science includes the analysis of historical data to identify patterns and trends in warfare, as well as the development and testing of theories about how future wars may be fought. It also encompasses the development and testing of new technologies that can be used in warfare, such as weapons, vehicles, and communications systems.
The skills of military science are important not only for those who may one day find themselves in combat situations, but also for anyone who wishes to understand the complexities of war and its impact on society.
Most people think of the military as a career, but there is another side to the military that is often overlooked. The military also offers careers in science and technology.
Military science careers are some of the most important and rewarding careers available. Military scientists work tirelessly to develop new technologies and increase our understanding of the world around us.
If you are interested in a career in military science, there are many options available to you. You can pursue a career in research, development, or engineering. You can also become a teacher or instructor at a military academy. There are many other exciting careers available in the field of military science.
The salary of military science can vary depending on your position and experience. However, the average salary for military science majors is $48,000. The highest-paid military science majors make an average of $58,000, while the lowest-paid make an average of $38,000.
What is military science? It's a field of study that looks at the application of scientific principles to military operations. It encompasses a wide range of topics, from the organization and management of militaries to the study of weapons and tactics.
The future of military science lies in its ability to adapt to the changing nature of warfare. As militaries around the world adopt new technologies, military science must evolve to keep pace. In particular, the fields of cyberwarfare and artificial intelligence are likely to have a major impact on the way wars are fought in the future.
Military science is an ever-changing field, and those who study it must be prepared to adapt to the latest developments. The future of warfare is sure to be fascinating – and dangerous – and military science will be at the forefront of it all.

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Mamelodi Sundowns reserve league coach David Notoane is hoping for a change of fortunes when they meet arch-rivals SuperSport United in the Tshwane-derby at Vosloorus Stadium on Saturday.
Sundowns have had a rocky start in their pursuit of challenging for the Diski Challenge trophy as they are currently ninth on the log standings with 11 points from seven matches. On the other hand, their counterparts SuperSport have started well as they occupy seventh spot with 12 points.
Matsantsantsa's strong-point has been their attacking department that consists of Darren Smith and Khanyisile Mayo.
"I am aware of their striking department, and that's the result of the way that they play," Notoane said. "They always catch you while you are unprepared; however, I am hoping that we can score first. But sometimes even that doesn't help because they've got a good fighting spirit. I think this season; they've already managed to come back from behind in three matches.
Under Kwanele Kopo, SuperSport were among the title contenders for the Diski Challenge in the first half of last season as Smith was also firing on all cylinders. Towards the end of the year, Smith was snatched up by the senior team selectors in pursuit of helping them resolve their scoring woes as tried to avoid relegation. Without their frontman, the reserves succumbed and finished seventh on the log. Amid SuperSport's bright start under Dutch tactician, Nico Labohm, this season, Notoane is not fazed. He believes their neighbours have only done better in terms of integration and support of the reserves.
Sundowns looked to have hit the ground running in the opening stages of the season, as they bagged eight points in the first four matches. However, that was short lived as they've only secured one point in the last three matches – as a result, they trail leaders Cape Town City by five.
According to Notoane, his team has the personnel, but they are struggling to score goals.
"I think the break had a negative effect towards our progress," he said. "We are playing well, but we are not scoring goals. So, it's disappointing that after a good start, we lost momentum.


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Reguła Troutona stwierdza, że:

W warunkach stałego ciśnienia. Pod ciśnieniem standardowym stosunek molowej entalpii parowania  do temperatury wrzenia cieczy pod ciśnieniem stadardowym  wynosi ok. 85 J • mol-1 • K-1 (zwykle od 84 do 92 J • mol-1 • K-1).

Powyższa reguła nie stosuje się do cieczy charakteryzujących się zwiększonym stanem uporządkowania, np. silnie zasocjowanych (np. w wyniku istnienia wiązań wodorowych - jak woda).

Jeżeli przyjmiemy, że faza pary i cieczy są czyste, to powyższą regułę możemy wykorzystać do obliczenia standardowej molowej entropii parowania w temperaturze wrzenia pod ciśnieniem standardowym:

Tak więc:

Przemiany fazowe

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Introduction: makam geographies
The makam modal system is one of the most extensive modal systems in the world. Besides its obvious ubiquity in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey, the system is the basis of most melodic music throughout North Africa (Algeria, Lybia, Tunisia, and Morocco), south in Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya), elsewhere in the Arab world (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman), in parts of Iran and Armenia, in parts of the new Turkic nations (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Khazikstan), and in Europe (Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Albania). Traces of makam can even be found in Uighur music in western China and in contemporary musics of Malaysia and Indonesia!
The world of makams. Image © 2007, Eliot Bates
It is important to note that in every country I mention, there are significant regional variants in the makam system. There is NOT one makam system! It is more accurate to say that makam represents a way of conceiving of tuning and mode that creates a framework to understand a lot of different folk and classical music traditions, particularly in countries that have been ruled under Islam or were formerly part of the Ottoman Empire.
This last statement informs us most of the widespread nature of makam. The Ottoman court was, at times, very interested in the (relatively) obscure folk traditions held by its subjects, and would send composers out to research folk songs and create "new modes" (which tended to be pilfering of old modes in some hithero uncharted region). One could say that the Ottomans at times were amateur applied ethnomusicologists, cataloging the music of their occupied territories in obsequious ways.
Because there are so many regional variants in the makam system, any attempt to authoritatively talk about a particular makam, or even a particular set of rules, will be met with counters from theorists from another region that shares that same makam. Thus, if one talks about the structure of makam Rast in a Turkish fashion, it won't match the way that the same maqam is perceived and talked about in Morocco, in Egypt, or in Bulgaria. Despite the difference in style in talking about these makams, there are substantial similarities and with these I will carefully tread onto the turf of describing elements about the makam system and introducing this modal system to a Western audience.
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TFNation have announced their latest guest for TFNation 2019. Joining the TFNation 2019 guest lineup is the one and only Marty Isenberg!
Marty Isenberg has had a major involvement in two memorable Transformers series. He was co-editor of Beast Machines alongside Bob Skir – a series known for being incredibly divisive in its time – but he's perhaps better known for a certain other Transformers series that ten years later is still near and dear to many fans hearts – Transformers Animated. Marty was the story editor for this series as well as working on the comic tie-in published by IDW. He's also worked on a slew of other cool series you may know and enjoy, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Ben 10, Spider-Man, X-Men, Batman the Animated Series and Gargoyles. If there's a more awesome resume of 90s and early 2000s shows, we'd love to know.
TFNation 2018 will be taking place over the weekend of 16 – 18 August 2019 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Birmingham in England. Marty Isenberg will be joined by voice actors Gregg Berger (Generation 1 Grimlock, Jetfire, Long Haul and more), Peter Spellos (Robots in Disguise Sky-Byte), writers Simon Furman and James Roberts, writer and artist Nick Roche, artists Jack Lawrence and Kei Zama and colorist John-Paul Bove. Panels will include a special look at rare, unreleased and never-before-seen Transformers merchandise. Check out the TFNation homepage for more information and to pre-register.
James Roberts, writer of such fan-favourite (and award-winning) comics as Last Stand of the Wreckers, More than Meets the Eye and Lost Light.
Nick Roche, co-writer of Last Stand of the Wreckers, and writer of the sequels Sins of the Wreckers and Requiem of the Wreckers, as well as the unpublished Transformers: Universe anthology series, "the best series IDW never published" (Sol Fury, 2018). Nick has also done artwork for many of IDW's series and is currently working on covers for the new ongoing Transformers series.
Jack Lawrence, the artist who brought Lost Light to life, as well as artist on other series such as Skylanders, TMNT, Dr Who, Sinister Dexter, and IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog.
Kei Zama, the artist who brought the Optimus Prime series to life with her unique, 2000AD inspired art style. You may also have seen her work in the pages of Marvel's Scarlet Witch, IDW's G.I. Joe series and even 2000AD's own ABC Warriors Free Comic Book Day issue in 2017.
John-Paul Bove, coulourist on series such as Transformers: Devastation, Drift: Empire of Stone, and ReGeneration One, as well as Hachette's Transformers: The Definitive Collection series of reprints of the Marvel UK stories originally published in black and white.
And, last but not least, the godfather of the Transformers mythos himself, Simon Furman! Simon Furman is closely associated with all things Transformers from the very start, including many of the fondly remembered Marvel UK stories like Target: 2006 and Time Wars, as well as the concluding issues of the Marvel US series that expanded on the Unicron mythos. That's to say nothing of his post-Generation One work which includes the 12 issues Generation Two series, many issues for Dreamwave including the War Within, the entire foundational story arcs of IDW's recently concluded continuity, the aforementioned ReGeneration One, and the series finale of Beast Wars.
TFNation 2018 will be taking place over the weekend of 16 – 18 August 2019 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Birmingham in England. Alongside Simon Furman, James Roberts, Nick Roche, Jack Lawrence, Kei Zama and John-Paul Bove attendees can meet voice actors Gregg Berger (Generation 1 Grimlock, Jetfire, Long Haul and more), Peter Spellos (Robots in Disguise Sky-Byte) and further guests yet to be revealed. Panels will include a special look at rare, unreleased and never-before-seen Transformers merchandise. Check out the TFNation homepage for more information and to pre-register.
Japanese chain Seven Net have tweeted an image teasing… something. We're not entirely sure what they have up their sleeves other than by appearance it is either a version of Age of Extinction Evasion Optimus Prime or the larger Bumblebee Movie Legendary Optimus Prime.
According to the tweet, this is a Bumblebee Movie commemoration and all will be revealed next week on 8 March at 2pm. Based on that text we can assume this is an exclusive to tie in to the Bumblebee Movie's launch in Japan – but your guess is as good as ours to what that could be beyond being a reuse of either Evasion Optimus or Legendary Optimus based on the silhouette.
Watch this space and we'll provide an update when the unveiling takes place next week.


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Q: How to extract messages from the dashboard in Mirth? How to extract messages from the dashboard in Mirth?
Basically using java script, how would I extract the information from dashboard in Mirth.
For example, I am after extracting the encoded data and ACK back from the destination.
One of the thing I tried was to run the following the postprocessor. But it's only writing raw message not the encoded.
var log1file=D:\TEST\log1.txt;
var ReportBody=(messageObject.getEncodedData());
FileUtil.write(log1file, true, ReportBody);

Any suggestions much appreciated.
Thank you.

A: try this...
logger.info('start post script');
var status = responseMap.get('Destination Name').getStatus();

if ((status == "ERROR" || status == "FAILURE") )
{
    logger.info("Status = "+status);
    var errormsg = responseMap.get('Destination Name').getMessage();
    logger.info(errormsg);
}

return;

getMessage() describe exception(error) description.

A: You wouldn't want to extract messages from the Dashboard.  The dashboard is only showing the stored history from the database it keeps.
If you want to write the encoded data to a log file as the messages are processed, move that code from your post-processor over to a transformer javascript step in the source or in a destination (the encoded data changes from source to destination if you have transformer steps or if you change from HL7 to XML, etc.)
Is it actually creating the file?  You don't have quotes around your file name and the backslashes should be forward slashes.

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John Marvin Jones, född 26 februari 1886 i Cooke County, Texas, död 4 mars 1976 i Amarillo, Texas, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker och jurist.

Han inledde 1907 sin karriär som advokat i Amarillo. Han var ledamot av USA:s representanthus från Texas 1917–1940. USA:s president Franklin D. Roosevelt utnämnde honom 1940 till en federal domstol som hette United States Court of Claims. Han var domstolens chefsdomare 1947–1964.

Jones grav finns på Llano Cemetery i Amarillo i Texas.

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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Ledamöter av USA:s representanthus från Texas
Amerikanska jurister
Amerikanska demokrater
Amerikanska politiker under 1900-talet
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Golden-headed cisticola
An adult during the breeding season
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Cisticola
C. exilis
Cisticola exilis
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Malurus exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)[2]
The golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis), also known as the bright-capped cisticola, is a species of warbler in the family Cisticolidae, found in Australia and 13 Asian countries. Growing to 9–11.5 centimetres (3.5–4.5 in) long, it is usually brown and cream in colour, but has a different appearance during the mating season, with a gold-coloured body and a much shorter tail. It is an omnivore and frequently makes a variety of vocalizations. Known as the "finest tailor of all birds",[3] it constructs nests out of plants and spider threads. It mates in the rainy season. It has a very large range and population, which is thought to be increasing.
1 Taxonomy
3 Behaviour
3.1 Breeding
4 Habitat and distribution
Taxonomy[edit]
The golden-headed cisticola was described by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1827 and given the binomial name Malurus exilis.[2] The specific epithet exilis is the Latin word for "small", "slender" or "thin".[4] It is now placed in the genus Cisticola, which was erected by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829.[5] This species has been known by several English names in addition to the golden-headed cisticola,[6] including bright-capped cisticola, bright-headed cisticola, bright-crowned cisticola, gold-capped cisticola, yellow-headed cisticola, exile warbler[7] and fan-tail warbler.[8] It has been called a tailorbird, but it is not closely related to Orthotomus,[9] a genus containing 13 species known as tailorbirds.[6]
Twelve subspecies are recognized:[6]
C.e. tytleri Jerdon, 1863 – south Nepal and northeast India to north Myanmar and southwest China
C.e. erythrocephalus Blyth, 1851 – peninsular India
C.e. equicaudatus Baker, E.C.S., 1924 – east Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina
C.e. courtoisi La Touche, 1926 – south and east China
C.e. volitans (Swinhoe, 1859) – Taiwan
C.e. semirufus Cabanis, 1872 – Philippines and Sulu Archipelago
C.e. rusticus Wallace, 1863 – Sulawesi and south Maluku Islands
C.e. lineocapilla Gould, 1847 – Sumatra, southwest Borneo, Java, Lesser Sundas and northwest Australia
C.e. diminutus Mathews, 1922 – New Guinea, islands in the Torres Strait and northeast Australia
C.e. alexandrae Mathews, 1912 – inland north Australia
C.e. exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) – east and southeast Australia
C.e. polionotus Mayr, 1934 – Bismarck Archipelago
The golden-headed cisticola's cream-coloured underside
The golden-headed cisticola is a small species, growing to 9–11.5 centimetres (3.5–4.5 in) long and weighing 6–10 grams (0.21–0.35 oz), with males slightly heavier than females. Although its appearance is similar to the black-backed cisticola (Cisticola eximius), the golden-headed cisticola has a shorter tail during the breeding season.[7] The zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) is also similar, but the "rich golden" head of the golden-headed cisticola is not present in the zitting cisticola.[10]
The male has several characteristics only present during the breeding season, including a golden body colour, a golden-orange head, and a dull chin.[10] It also has a shorter tail; this may be a result of sexual selection as a shorter tail has been shown to improve male reproductive success.[11] Females and males outside of the breeding season are similar in appearance, characterized by a cream-coloured underside and a brown upperside. They have streaks of black or dark brown on the upper part of their body, black wings, and a golden head.[10] Their throat is white and the back of their neck is a dull shade of gold.[12] Aside from being lighter in color, juveniles are similar in appearance to adults.[10] The head of the species is crested when vocalizing.[3]
Behaviour[edit]
An adult specimen vocalizing
Vocalizations of the C. e. erythrocephalus in the Western Ghats, India
The golden-headed cisticola is omnivorous,[3] primarily eating invertebrates such as insects and small slugs,[7] but also eating grass seeds.[10] It typically forages on the ground for food, hiding from its prey among various plants, such as grass, and moving slowly. It usually inhabits a single place throughout its life, but habitat changes sometimes cause it to move to a different location. Records from New Guinea and Tasmania have shown it to be a wandering bird, and it possibly undergoes partial migration in China. It is often difficult to detect in the non-breeding season, which has made it difficult analyze when it travels to different areas.[7] It produces a variety of sounds distinct from other birds, which, according to the Sunshine Coast Council, range from a "teewip" to a "wheezz, whit-whit".[13] It is most often found single or in small flocks, but outside of the breeding season groups can be larger.[7]
Breeding[edit]
The golden-headed cisticola typically mates during the rainy season, which varies across countries. In Asia, the breeding season is in May–July in China, April–August in India, September–March in Moluccas and Sulawesi, December–March in New Guinea, and April–September in Southeast Asia. It can breed any time of the year in North Australia, while it breeds from January–May in West Australia and October–April in East Australia. In Southeast Australia, breeding usually occurs there in September–October, and its breeding plumage appears earlier, in July or August. The species can breed other times of the year when rain is falling. It can be monogamous or polygamous, depending on the area.[7] During the breeding season, males sometimes fly and vocalize for display.[10] In these performances, the male "climbs vertically, spirals upwards to cruising height of c. 50 m, circles for up to 5 minutes, singing, alternately fluttering and closing wings", and then steeply descends to just above the ground. It can repeat this practice immediately or fly to another part of its territory and then do so. The male defends its territory, which in Queensland, Australia, is 0.2–1.4 hectares (0.49–3.46 acres).[7]
The bird constructs its nests in shrubs, grass tussock, and other types of vegetation, no more than 3 metres (9.8 ft) above the ground. They are built with green leaves,[14][15] soft plant down, and grass,[10] with the plants being used so that the nest is camouflaged.[13] Described as the "finest tailor of all birds" for its nest-making, the species frequently stitches its nest together using spider threads.[3] According to the Maitland Mercury, it constructs the nest by creating holes, "threading through cobweb silk", and lastly "pulling the construction together". The nests are built by both sexes, with the female stitching the nest together and the male giving spider web threads to the female.[15] They are round in shape with an entry on the side of them.[10]
Three to four eggs are laid at a time, which are incubated by the female,[3] taking 11 days. The rate of eggs that survive to hatch is 32%. After hatching, the female feeds the chicks and the male defends the nest, chasing away animals that come near it. Young remain in the nest for 11–13 days, during which time the female swallows their feces.[7]
Habitat and distribution[edit]
The golden-headed cisticola has a very large range and population, living in the countries of Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. Its extent of occurrence is estimated to be 36,800,000 square kilometres (9.1×109 acres),[1] and it is the most common species of cisticola in Australia and from India to the Philippines.[14] Based on reports of its population size in individual countries, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) believes that the golden-headed cisticola's population is increasing globally.[1] Its population density varies across regions – in most areas, about 2–6 birds are found in a single hectare, while in Kimberley, Western Australia, as many as 26–27 birds can be in a hectare.[7] Due to its wide range and increasing population, the IUCN Red List lists it as a species of least concern.[1]
The species' habitat can be grassy hills, savannas, woodlands, scrublands,[7] rivers, wetlands, or irrigated farmland,[3] in areas where the grass is tall and thick. With the exception of the breeding season, the species mostly prefers to be near the ground.[10] In Northern Australia, fires can occur in grasslands, causing it to sometimes live in forest edge habitats.[7] According to the scientific journal Biolife, it lives at altitudes of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) or less,[16] although the Handbook of the Birds of the World says that it can live up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in China and 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) on the island of Lombok.[7]
^ a b c d BirdLife International (2012). "Cisticola exilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. old-form url
^ a b Vigors, Nicholas Aylward; Horsfield, Thomas (1827). "Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (in English and Latin). 15 (1): 170–334 [223]. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1826.tb00115.x. The title page is dated 1826.
^ a b c d e f "Golden-headed Cisticola". Grasslands: Biodiversity of south-eastern Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Kaup, Johann Jakob (1829). Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt (in German). c. 1. Darmstadt: Carl Wilhelm Leske. p. 119.
^ a b c Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Grassbirds, Donacobius, Malagasy warblers, cisticolas & allies". World Bird List Version 8.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D. A. (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol' I 1. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions. pp. 464–465. ISBN 849655306X. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
^ Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Anderton, John C. (2012). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Volume 2: Attributes and Status (2nd ed.). Washington D.C. and Barcelona: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Lynx Edicions. p. 468. ISBN 978-84-96553-87-3.
^ Burton, Maurice; Burton, Robert (2002). International Wildlife Encyclopedia, Volume 19 (illustrated ed.). Marshall Cavendish. p. 2618. ISBN 0761472851. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ a b c d e f g h i "Golden-headed Cisticola". BirdLife Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Balmford, Andrew; Lewis, Milton J.; Brooke, M. de L.; Thomas, Adrian L.R.; Johnson, C.N. (2000). "Experimental analyses of sexual and natural selection on short tails in a polygynous warbler". Proceedings of the Royal Society. 267 (1448): 1121–1128. doi:10.1098/rspb.2000.1117. PMC 1690646. PMID 10885517.
^ Campbell, Iain; Woods, Sam; Leseberg, Nick (9 November 2014). Birds of Australia: A Photographic Guide (illustrated, reprint ed.). Princeton University Press. p. 354. ISBN 978-1400865109. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ a b O'Connor, Julie (17 September 2013). "Spotlight on Urban Wildlife: Birds – Cisticola". Sunshine Coast Council. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ a b Pallardy, Richard; Sampaolo, Marco. "Cisticola". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ a b Thompson, Jim (31 December 2015). "Jim Thomson catches an amazing character of the bush | PHOTOS". Maitland Mercury. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Pratibha, Riswadkar; Hiragond, N. C. (5 April 2015). "New sighting record of golden-headed Cisticola (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) from Pune, Maharashtra". Biolife. 3 (2): 358–360. doi:10.17812/blj2015.32.2a.
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This article describes how to add a third person to the line when you are on a call.
Three-way calling allows you to add a third person to the line when you are on a call.
Once that person is on the line, press the switch hook/ flash or talk button. The first party is then placed on hold and you will receive a dial tone.
Dial the second number. If the second party answers, you can speak privately to them, or press the switch hook once to create a 3-way connection.
To disconnect the second party, press the switch hook once (the first party will stay on the line). To disconnect all parties, hang up the phone.
Result: You can now talk with both people at the same time.
Note: The switch hook is the button the handset pushes down when you hang up the phone. Some telephones have a flash or talk key you can press instead.
If the second party does not answer, press the switch hook/ flash or talk button twice to return to the first party.
If one person hangs up, you can continue talking with the remaining person.


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Atomic Heart details its history, setting, and alternate activities
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Das Plaquemines Parish () ist ein Parish im Bundesstaat Louisiana der Vereinigten Staaten. Bei der Volkszählung im Jahr 2010 hatte das Parish 23.042 Einwohner und eine Bevölkerungsdichte von 10,6 Einwohner pro Quadratkilometer. Der offizielle Verwaltungssitz (Parish Seat) ist Pointe à la Hache, der größte Ort und tatsächliche Standort zahlreicher Ämter ist jedoch Belle Chasse.

Geographie
Das Parish liegt im äußersten Südosten von Louisiana, ist zu fast 70 % vom Golf von Mexiko umgeben und hat eine Fläche von 6290 Quadratkilometern, wovon 4102 Quadratkilometer Wasserfläche sind. Es grenzt an folgende Parishes:

Geschichte
Das Plaquemines Parish wurde 1807 als eines der 19 Original-Parishes gebildet.

Drei Stätten des Parish haben aufgrund ihrer geschichtlichen Bedeutung den Status einer National Historic Landmark, Fort De La Boulaye Site, Fort Jackson und Fort St. Philip. Insgesamt sind zehn Bauwerke und Stätten des Parish im National Register of Historic Places eingetragen (Stand 2022).

Von den 1920er- bis in die 1960er-Jahre wurden Politik und Wirtschaft des Parishes durch Leander Perez dominiert.

Demografische Daten

Nach der Volkszählung im Jahr 2000 lebten im Plaquemines Parish 26.757 Menschen in 9.021 Haushalten und 7.000 Familien. Die Bevölkerungsdichte betrug 12 Einwohner pro Quadratkilometer. Ethnisch betrachtet setzte sich die Bevölkerung zusammen aus 69,77 Prozent Weißen, 23,39 Prozent Afroamerikanern, 2,07 Prozent amerikanischen Ureinwohnern, 2,62 Prozent Asiaten, 0,01 Prozent Bewohnern aus dem pazifischen Inselraum und 0,73 Prozent aus anderen ethnischen Gruppen; 1,42 Prozent stammten von zwei oder mehr Ethnien ab. 1,62 Prozent der Bevölkerung waren spanischer oder lateinamerikanischer Abstammung, die verschiedenen der genannten Gruppen angehörten.

Von den 9.021 Haushalten hatten 39,5 Prozent Kinder und Jugendliche unter 18 Jahre, die bei ihnen lebten. 57,5 Prozent waren verheiratete, zusammenlebende Paare, 14,6 Prozent waren allein erziehende Mütter, 22,4 Prozent waren keine Familien, 18,6 Prozent waren Singlehaushalte und in 7,1 Prozent lebten Menschen im Alter von 65 Jahren oder darüber. Die Durchschnittshaushaltsgröße lag bei 2,89 und die durchschnittliche Familiengröße bei 3,30 Personen.

Auf das gesamte Parish bezogen setzte sich die Bevölkerung zusammen aus 29,2 Prozent Einwohnern unter 18 Jahren, 9,2 Prozent zwischen 18 und 24 Jahren, 30,5 Prozent zwischen 25 und 44 Jahren, 21,4 Prozent zwischen 45 und 64 Jahren und 9,8 Prozent waren 65 Jahre alt oder darüber. Das Durchschnittsalter betrug 34 Jahre. Auf 100 weibliche kamen statistisch 99,4 männliche Personen. Auf 100 Frauen im Alter von 18 Jahren oder darüber kamen 97,3 Männer.

Das jährliche Durchschnittseinkommen eines Haushalts betrug 38.173 US-Dollar, das Durchschnittseinkommen der Familien betrug 42.610 USD. Männer hatten ein Durchschnittseinkommen von 37.245 USD, Frauen 21.691 USD. Das Prokopfeinkommen betrug 15.937 USD. 15,4 Prozent der Familien 18,0 Prozent der Bevölkerung lebten unterhalb der Armutsgrenze. Davon waren 20,7 Prozent Kinder oder Jugendliche unter 18 Jahre und 18,4 Prozent waren Menschen über 65 Jahre.

Orte im Parish

 Alliance
 Augusta
 Belair
 Belle Chasse
 Bellevue
 Bertrandville
 Beshel
 Bohemia
 Boothville
 Braithwaite
 Breton
 Buras
 Carlisle
 Cedar Grove
 Concession
 Dalcour
 Davant
 Deer Range
 Diamond
 Empire
 Encalade
 English Turn
 Fort Jackson
 Fort Saint Phillip
 Fosters Canal
 Gloria
 Grand Bayou
 Grande Ecaille
 Happy Jack
 Harlem
 Home Place
 Ironton
 Jesuit Bend
 Lake Judge Perez
 Live Oak
 Magnolia
 Myrtle Grove
 Nairn
 Naomi
 Nero
 Nestor
 New Orleans Station
 Noble Manor
 Oakville
 Olga
 Ollie
 Orchard
 Ostrica
 Phoenix
 Pilottown
 Point Celeste
 Pointe à la Hache
 Port Eads
 Port Nickel
 Port Sulphur
 Potash
 Promised Land
 Saint Clair
 Saint Rosalie
 Sarah
 Scarsdale
 Socola
 South Pass
 Star
 Stella
 Triumph
 Tropical Bend
 Venice
 West Point
 West Pointe à la Hache
 Wills Point
 Woodland
 Woodlawn

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Weblinks

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Gegründet 1807


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Everything About The Telfar Bag And Where To Cop The Best One
Manas Sen Gupta
28 November 2022, 8:30 pm ·3-min read
The Telfar bag was produced for the first time in 2014. It didn't become an instant success but is today one of the hottest products among luxury accessories, with a global reach stretching from the US to Malaysia and beyond.
The shopping bag is part of the eponymous brand founded in 2005 in New York City by Liberian-American fashion designer Telfar Clemens. The bag has gained tremendous popularity among the who's who of American high society and was famously called "Bushwick Birkin" by makeup artist Xya Rachel.
The bag was first introduced by Clemens at his Autumn/Winter 2014 runway show, but it took another three years for its wider production. Clemens used the funds from his USD 400,000 CFDA/Vogue Fashion award to produce more Telfar bags.
"The idea for the bag came during Christmas years ago. Just looking at everyone with their paper shopping bags, I realised that this is a completely unisex silhouette," Clemens told The Guardian in 2020.
"We measured a Bloomingdale's bag to make the first sample. When it came to the price, I based it on what a DJ might make in a night; that's what felt right for me," he said.
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The tote is not the only thing that the Telfar brand produces; there is everything from apparel to shoes bearing the brand name.
However, the bag is particularly sought after, largely because it has been championed by celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Selena Gomez and Beyoncé.
Moreover, observers note that the rise of the recent civil rights movements in the US has also contributed to the popularity of the bag. As a brand, Telfar increasingly found support, recognition and reach, as more and more people continued turning towards businesses owned by African Americans.
Clemens' vision for the brand as a 100 percent unisex fashion enterprise has also contributed to its image-building in the market.
Clemens told The Guardian that the money he got from CFDA helped "actually make a program around selling" the bags. "When we ordered 100 bags, it was the biggest order we had ever made for our website. They sold out overnight, so we bought 300, then 1,000," he said.
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Telfar bags come in three sizes — small, medium and large. They come in a wide range of colours, including black, white, dark olive, tan, oxblood, red, bubblegum pink, silver, gold, copper and pool blue.
The bags are known for their adaptability and have both formal and informal usage. They can, thus, be used as office bags or can be even worn as an accessory to celebrity red-carpet events.
Telfar shopping bags are the most popular of all the bags that the brand produces and are the ones that actually made it famous. However, Telfar also produces duffles and circle bags in three sizes each. The colour range for the two appears to be limited to white, chocolate and black.
What more to know about the Telfar bag?
Clemens collaborated with the Liberian Olympic team as its official sponsor for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Telfar has also launched collaboration collections with Ugg, Moose Knuckles, White Castle, Converse and Eastpak. Items from each collection are available for sale on Telfar's official website.
There is also the Bag Security Program that the brand launched with Klarna. The scheme helps customers pre-order totes in any size or colour. The plan helps fans get the bag of their choice immediately upon release, especially since they get sold out instantly. The scheme, however, does not extend to collaborations, circle bags and duffle bags.
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WI wary of dangerous Hasaranga – Pollard
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West Indies captain Kieron Pollard has labelled in-form leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga as a "trump card" and says his side are braced for the threat from the newly-crowned World number one bowler when they meet Sri Lanka this morning at 9 a.m.
Hasaranga has snatched eight wickets from four matches in the group stage and has taken 14 overall including the qualifying stage of the tournament. Yesterday he overtook South Africa's Tabraiz Shamsi as the leading Twenty20 bowler in the International Cricket Council rankings.
Even though Sri Lanka lost their last two games to England and South Africa, Hasaranga picked up three-wicket hauls in those games – including a hat-trick against the Proteas – and the threat he carries has not been lost on West Indies.
Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga celebrates against West Indies in the Caribbean earlier this year.
"Obviously he has been phenomenal for Sri Lanka for a long period of time, even in this World Cup just getting a hat trick the other day, as well. He has done well against us in the past," Pollard pointed out yesterday.
"So he is definitely a trump card when it comes to their bowling line-up but as I said, different players and different persons have different ways of combating situations.
"But as a team we have chatted about how we want to go about batting certain individuals and what we need to do at certain periods of time, and again, hopefully it can come to fruition in this next game.
"It's not only about Hasaranga. You have to be in that game (so) you have to think about the (Lahiru) Kumaras and the (Dushmantha) Chameeras and all these guys," Pollard said.
"Everyone has a skill and a talent in their own right. We're coming up against the Sri Lanka cricket team and we're looking forward to playing a good solid game of cricket against that team."
Hasaranga was also outstanding on Sri Lanka's tour of the Caribbean earlier this year, picking up eight wickets at an economy rate of 3-½ and an average of five, as the tourists went down 2-1 in the three-match series in Antigua.
While West Indies have won six of their last seven T20 Internationals against Sri Lanka, the Caribbean side has captured only seven of 14 overall and Pollard said execution of roles would be critical.
"What are the keys is that every individual plays their roles," the Trinidadian stressed. "We have been clear on roles and responsibilities and flexibility and I think it's just a matter of guys doing that because if guys play their roles and play exactly what is needed – as one person mentioned before – we have a very, very good team on paper.
"But not being able to play a role and not taking responsibility and not being accountable to what the team requires at a point in time, from a batting perspective I just need to be clear – we have not done justice to our talents.
"Hopefully we can get it right and we have no other option now but to do it and have to do it pretty quickly as well."
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Pelagia is a female Greek name which used to be very common in Greece, especially in the Cyclades islands and the Islands of the Ionian Sea.
Pelagia comes from the Greek word "pelagos", which means the "open sea" and therefore it was a rather appropriate name for women born on the Greek islands.
Pelagia is an ancient Greek name, but it became more popular during the Byzantine Era.
We already mentioned the etymology of name Pelagia; the name is included in the Greek Orthodox Calendar associated with Agia Pelagia, a woman who lived in Tarsus during the reign of Emperor Diocletian.
One night while sleeping, Pelagia dreamt of the local Bishop who was encouraging her to be baptized Christian, and so she did. She sold her clothes to the poor people and got dressed in very simple dresses; when her mother saw her she was very upset and tried to persuade her to reject the new religion but Pelagia denied.
Pelagia was engaged to Diocletian's son, who also found out about the baptism and asked Pelagia to reject Christians, but again she denied. Then her fiance killed himself. When Diocletian found out he had Pelagia arrested; he tortured her and killed her.
The Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the memory and nameday of Pelagia on May 5th.
There is a second Pelagia in the Greek Orthodox Calendar. She is "Blessed Pelagia", a woman who lived in Antiocheia. She was a prostitute who found Christ and was baptized a Christian, despite the persecutions from the local rulers. She also suffered a terrible death and was declared Blessed by the Greek Orthodox Church that celebrates her memory on October 8th.
There are also references for another Pelagia, who lived on the island of Tinos. Her memory is celebrated on July 23.
It seems that the name Pelagia used to be quite popular in different regions of Greece, therefore, you might find women named Pelagia celebrating their nameday on different dates, according to local traditions. It is recommended to ask your friend Pelagia when she has her nameday, so that you do not miss the chance to wish for her nameday on the right date!
Pelagia doesn't have many nicknames or diminutives; the only ones used are Gia, Agi, Pelagitsa, Lia, Pela.
Pelagia is a wise and strong woman, ready to deal with the misfortunes of life. She is a capable and very intelligent woman, dependable but sort of introverted.
I also was told my name Pelagia meant mermaid of the sea and was also named after my grandmother.
i am the same, i always thought that my name meant mermaid, though i'm not named after anyone!
I have always thought my name meant mermaid of the sea but so many people say it means from the sea or part of the sea it would be nice to find the true meaning as I was named after my great grandmother.


In october 2016, Oulu Comics Center organized an POP-UP Comics Center in The Reykjavík City Library. The POP-UP Comics Center were built up at Reykjavik City Library at 4.-8.9.2016, and together with Oulu Comics Center four comics artist travelled in Iceland: Jens K. Styve from Norway, Søren Mosdal from Denmark and Harri Filppa and Mari Ahokoivu from Finland.
During the POP-UP Comics Center, settled up an 12hourComics-challenge, where The Reykjavík City Library were open for twelwe hours, and during that twelwe hours, comic artists created their own 12-pages comics short story. This challenge gathered together local comics artists, and many of them also finished their short stories in definite time. All completed comics were published in Ruutukaava, november 2016. POP UP Comics Center also included workshops, artist talks, lectures and a comic exhibition presenting the Oulu Nordic Comics Competition 2015 winner works with a topic Hunger of Horror. Comics meeting Dring & Draw were hosted at local pub Bikid.
A constitute of Mýrin -Mooreland children's and youthliterature festival, a finnish comic artist Mari Ahokoivu hold an workshop for childrens and youths in Nordic House. The workshop was an success, and collaborations with festivals opened new contacts for Nordic artworkers. The POP-UP Comics Center was organised with collaboration of Mýrin -Mooreland children's and youthliterature festival and The Reykjavík City Library. The POP-UP Comics Center Reykjavik was supported by Nordisk Kulturfond.


In a war of words, you need an arsenal of communication tools to win battles. And when it comes to battle rapping, one or two syllables won't cut it anymore. To beat the competition, rhyming multi-syllable words is essential in a takedown.
Using aggression to intimidate the competition can be an effective tactic in a war-of-words takedown.
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Get creative. Dressing up and using props can be innovative ways to score in a war-of-words takedown.
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Poet Mark Grist shares his five favourite takedowns by some top rapping competitors.


An incredible read…the words so delicately selected and placed that I wanted to read more. Simply wonderful, thank you for the hope.
A woman wakes up with dark circles outlining her eyes. Her wild, unkempt hair is greased around the crown of her head. The long bleached out layers are frayed with split, dry ends. Her small hands have blood caked around minuscule cracks. There are shadowed, pigmented spots on her face and hands. These spots make her wonder, "At what age did they start to appear?" When did she not notice the stains of age creeping unto her skin?


Jonathan Mosen and Heidi Taylor unbox a silver iPhone XS Max 512GB.
Jonathan demonstrates the gestures for phones without a Home button in case you're upgrading this year. He discusses backup strategies, demonstrates setting up Face ID and more.
After listening to Episode 104, I am contemplating moving to the Nax version of the iPhone XS. I have always elected for the smaller screen for the obvious reason of not needing it visually as a blind user. However, it seems you bought the Max version due to easier Braille Screen Input coupled with the increased battery life. Beside those two reasons, are there any additional reasons why you chose the Max version of the iPhone XS? Also, is your new Apple leather case giving you your desired balance of minimal bulk but some added protection? Thanks for all your research, and keep up the great work!
Hi Thomas, those are the only two reasons, so for some people they may not justify the increased price and size.
The case seems OK so far. Knock on wood, I seldom drop my phones, so I guess that would be the big test.
Good luck with making your decision and your purchase.


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1942 Violet 2021
Violet "Vi" Pettegrew
October 20, 1942 — February 9, 2021
Violet "Vi" R. Pettegrew passed away February 9, 2021. Vi was born October 20, 1942 in Grove, Oklahoma to A.D and Rachel Jackson. She had a wonderful childhood growing up on her family's farm. Vi was the oldest of nine siblings with six brothers and two sisters. She learned how to take care of herself around all those brothers. In 1960 after graduating from High School, Vi joined the United States Army. In 1961 Vi also joined a semi-professional softball team where she played the position of catcher. She eventually was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany where she worked in administration. Being stationed in Germany gave her the ability to travel throughout Europe and experience some amazing things; even trying to downhill ski in the Alps. Vi loved being part of the Army and was very proud to serve her country for four years. In 1969, Vi met and married the love of her life, Charles V. Pettegrew. The two were married on August 2, 1969 and were married for 51 years. Charles and Vi had two children, Robin and Wesley. Vi was a devoted mother spending many hours working with schools, PTA, girl scouts and little league. In 1984, with her children in school most of time or playing sports, Vi decided to take a job with H&R Block. Vi spent the next 26 years with H&R Block working her way up from office receptionist to office manager extraordinaire and tax preparer. During this same time Vi became very involved with Eagle Point Youth Baseball. She helped organize some of the first BINGO fundraisers at the local bar in Eagle Point. They eventually grew so big they moved to a bigger facility in White City. Vi was elected to the board in 1985 and continued to serve as the treasure until 2021. During her tenure, she was instrumental in getting new baseball and softball fields for Eagle Point that were used by the high school and summer ball teams. Vi enjoyed spending time with her family, good old westerns, reading mystery novels and occasionally going to the casino to play the slot machines, where she was always very lucky. Vi is preceded in death by her father and mother, brother Andrew, sister Anita and brother David. She is survived by her husband Charles, daughter Robin Solomon (Kurt), son Wes (Kim), grandchildren, Jessica, Emily and Joey, great-grandchild, Alana. Brothers, Alvin, Bruce, Mike, Jody and Sister Deb. Graveside service will be held on March 17, 2021 at 11:00am at Siskiyou Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers we are asking for donations to the Eagle Point High School Scholarship Fund which can be sent to District 9 Foundation PO Box 1166 Eagle Point, OR 97524 or you can donate via their website at https://d9foundation.com/product/donate in memorial of Vi Pettegrew
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Make Some Noise for Education W&L's University Collections of Art and History partnered with Professor Eric Moffa's teacher education class to create a fun lesson plan for local middle school students.
By Lindsey Nair
A local middle school student stands on a step stool between pews in Lee Chapel to participate in an exercise on acoustics.
"I want our program to really enhance the university and the community, because I think we can bring a lot to meet the needs beyond just preparing individual teachers."
~ Professor Eric Moffa
Children who visit Lee Chapel with school groups are typically not encouraged to make loud rooster noises or holler at their friends from the chapel stage, but a group of students from Maury River Middle School did just that on a recent weekday afternoon — and it was all in the name of education.
In a partnership between Washington and Lee's University Collections of Art and History (UCAH) and visiting assistant professor Eric Moffa's teacher education class, the middle schoolers were treated to an after-school lesson on architecture's effect on acoustics. The lesson, which was developed by the seven college students in Moffa's class, met Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) guidelines and incorporated information about science, public speaking, history and reading.
The interdisciplinary program sprang from a desire to increase school group visits to Lee Chapel by diversifying tour options for elementary, middle and high school classes. Museum Programs Coordinator Cassie Ivey and UCAH Director Lucy Wilkins have already developed four specialized tours, in addition to the standard tour, in an effort to draw more groups.
"We have more and more groups this year picking those specialized tours, which is good to see," Ivey said. They also wanted to incorporate more of UCAH's collections, which include the Reeves Collection of ceramics and the university's art collection, in the lessons, and have the tours correspond with SOLs.
During conversations with local teachers, Ivey and Wilkins learned that Maury River Middle School had received a three-year grant from Rockbridge County for afterschool programming. Beginning in September 2016, groups of Maury River students began to visit the Washington and Lee campus once a month for an after-school program. The programs have included creative writing lessons in the Reeves Center and history lessons about 19th-century Christmas traditions at Lee Chapel. Students have also enjoyed a Japanese tea ceremony and origami lesson at Watson Pavilion.
When Moffa found out that UCAH was developing new programs for kids, it seemed like a great opportunity to have his class put together a lesson plan. "I'm always looking for unique chances for them to apply their learning because I think that's really where growth occurs, as far as them transforming into teachers," he said. His class, which included four W&L students and three from Southern Virginia University who participate in the Teacher Education Consortium, were allowed to select the topics they wanted to cover.
When the children arrived at the chapel, they were presented with a fictional scenario: The microphone in the chapel was broken, a lecture was scheduled to take place in 30 minutes, and they needed to determine the best way for the speaker to project his or her voice to the entire audience.
From there, the children split off into small groups and experimented with different methods of augmenting sound in the space, including cupping their hands while they talked, having listeners cup their hands around their ears, or positioning the speaker in different spots. They even went outside the chapel, where they experienced the fascinating echo effect that occurs when a person speaks while facing the Colonnade.
After that, they regrouped to discuss the science of acoustics. Moffa's class also incorporated some lessons about George Washington and public speaking, asking the kids to deliver a few sentences from a Washington speech from behind the lectern.
"It was a very cool lesson," said Hezekiah Brown, 13, "and it shows you how if you talk louder it carries farther. My favorite part was doing the speeches."
Since the lesson, Moffa and his students have reflected on how it went and how it can be improved for future use. In the future, he said, he'd like to have his students do similar projects.
"I want to keep service learning as a component, and keep working with UCAH and other organizations around campus and the community," Moffa said. "I want our program to really enhance the university and the community, because I think we can bring a lot to meet the needs beyond just preparing individual teachers."
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NASA scientists have nicknamed a cloud that developed from an exploding star the Hand of God because of its shape.
The cloud is a pulsar wind nebula and is fuelled by the leftover, dense core of a star that blew up in a supernova explosion. The particles are interacting with magnetic fields around the material, causing it to glow with X-rays.
"The result is a cloud that…looked like an open hand," NASA said on its website.
"One of the big mysteries of this object is whether the pulsar particles are interacting with the material in a specific way to make it look like a hand, or if the material is in fact shaped like a hand."
There is a second red cloud near the "fingertips" of the Hand of God cloud. Astronomers think the pulsar's wind is heating this cloud, causing it to glow.


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Cemeteries Map
San Josè Cemetery – Granada
The San José City Cemetery was built in 1805 and it is located in the historic and cultural complex of the Alhambra in Granada, it's near the Generalife's greenery and offers a stunning view of Sierra Nevada. Throughout its history, the cemetery has been subjected to several extensions that have produced a particular structure, his areas are clearly differentiated and characterized by sculptures, underground tombs, and niches. For this reason, the structure does not appear harmonious but the lush vegetation offers continuity between the different parts.
Chinese Cemetery – Manila – Philippines
The Chinese cemetery of Manila is located in the north of the town, in Santa Cruz. In this cemetery are buried generations of Chinese who lived in Manila. It was common, among the richest part of Chinese population, to be buried with the body all the amenities the person has enjoyed in life. In particular, the everlasting life should reflect the way in which he lived, and that's why in the cemetery there are real mausoleums with air conditioning, bathrooms with exhaust and luxurious chandeliers... It is also not rare to find real dogs who guard the graves and it happens even to see the fighting...
Cemetery of Amandola – Fermo – Italy
The cemetery of Amandola, a village in the province of Fermo, is a small oasis of peace surrounded and protected suggestively from the Sibillini Mountains, this last theater of numerous legends related to the occult. Dating from around 1800, this little pearl contains several monumental architectural styles: simple, linear, but also sought after. Over the years there has been expansion works and the new buildings are situated near the main entrance, but it is the old part that fascinates and draws. Arranged in terraces and perched at the foot of a hill. At the sides and out of the monumental chapels,...
Mount Hope Cemetery – Bangor – Maine
The rural cemetery movement in the United States began in 1831, with the opening of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass. Before this movement occurred, urban cemeteries had been in the midst of towns and cities and were often crowded and virtually grassless. With increasing urbanization, city dwellers began to be concerned about the need for natural beauty. A romantic type landscape was sought as a counterbalance to the disturbing aspects of the city landscape. At Mount Auburn, a large tract of land was converted into a romantic park with ponds, bowers, grottos, and a great variety of planting....
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts, was founded in 1831 as "America's first garden cemetery" or "rural cemetery". With classical monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain,it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity of the term "cemetery", derived from the Greek for "a sleeping place." This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and the afterlife embodies by old graveyards and church burial plots.The 174-acre (70 ha) cemetery is important...
Tikhvin Cemetery – Saint Petersburg – Russia
The Tikhvin Cemetery (in Russian Тихвинское кладбище) was originally named 'New Lazarus', and was founded in 1823. In the years 1869-1871 in the north of the cemetery was built the church sanctuary dedicated to the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Tikhvin. Money to build a church in the Byzantine-Russian style were donated by the family Polejaeffs. In 1876, The New Lazarus was renamed Tikhvin Cemetery. The church was closed in 1931. In the years 1935-1937 the Soviet government tried to rebuild and rehabilitate the cemetery (Sandler and Architects Reimers), in connection with the organization...
Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery – Madrid – Spain
Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery is located in the east of Madrid and covers over 120 acres, making it one of the largest in all of Europe. The cemetery was founded in 1880 because of the funeral needs of a city in the process of expansion. Throughout its history it has undergone various enlargements, the last in 1955, and all of them were projected to give the place a cross-shape figure. It has numerous entrances, but the most peculiar is the main one, characterized by a large porch. Due to its long history, the cemetery is made up of old and new areas, where you can sometimes find walls falling...
Père Lachaise Cemetery – Paris – France
The Cemetery named after Père La Chaise, confessor of Louis XIV, is located in the XX arrondissement of Paris. It was built between 1803 and 1804 by Napoleon, who decided to open some cemeteries in his empire in order to safeguard public health. Despite it extends to over forty acres, its appearance is made very pleasant thanks to green spaces that make the place look like a park. Inside there are buried many famous people, such as Fryderyk Chopin, Honoré de Balzac, Auguste Comte, Eugène Delacroix, Baron Haussmann, Oscar Wilde, Guillaume Apollinaire, Marcel Proust, Amedeo Modigliani,...
Greyfriars Kirkyard – Edinburgh – Scotland
Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century, and a number of notable Edinburgh residents are interred at Greyfriars. The Kirkyard is operated by City of Edinburgh Council in liaison with a charitable trust, which is linked to but separate from the church. Greyfriars takes its name from the Franciscan friary on the site, which was dissolved in 1559. The churchyard was founded in 1561/2, to replace the churchyard...
Old Calton Burial Ground – Edinburgh – Scotland
Old Calton Cemetery (properly called Old Calton Burial Ground) is a graveyard in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on Calton Hill, to the north-east of the city centre. The burial ground was opened in 1718, and is the resting place of several notable Edinburgh people, including philosopher David Hume, publisher William Blackwood and clergyman Dr Robert Candlish. It is also the site of the Political Martyrs' Monument, an obelisk erected to the memory of a number of political reformers. The burial ground was altered following the construction of Waterloo Place in 1819, which divided the graveyard...
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Sia and Dolly Parton Team Up on 'Here I Am' (LISTEN)
UPI Published: September 16, 2018
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Dolly Parton has joined forces with Sia on a new rendition of her song "Here I Am" which will appear on the soundtrack for upcoming Netflix film, Dumplin'.
The song was released onto music streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music Friday ahead of the soundtrack's release on Nov. 30. Dumplin' is set to premiere on Netflix later this year.
"Well I sure am proud to share the first single from the Dumplin' soundtrack with y'all! I re-recorded 'Here I Am' with the incredible @Sia and I sure do hope you love it," Parton said on Twitter alongside a snippet of the song.
"If you need a love that's true/ Need someone to stand by you/ Here I am, oh here I am, here I am," Parton sings on the track , which first appeared on Parton's 1971 album Coat of Many Colors.
Dumplin', set to star Jennifer Aniston, is based on Julie Murphy's best-selling novel of the same name about a plus-sized teenage daughter of a former beauty queen who signs up for her mom's beauty pageant in protest.
Parton has recorded six original songs for the film co-written by Linda Perry. The soundtrack will also include new versions of classic Parton songs which feature other special guest vocalists such as Miranda Lambert, Mavis Staples, Elle King, Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, Danielle Macdonald and Aniston.
Sia recently made headlines when she celebrated on Twitter eight years of sobriety
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The Judgement of Paris
(or, The Power of Pussy)
This famous and intriguing story which is claimed to be the cause of the great Trojan War is found in Apollodorus and is also mentioned by Pausanias.
When the dark beauty, Hecuba, the wife of King Priam, was pregnant, she had a terrifying dream. She dreamed she gave birth to a firebrand and awoke screaming that the city of Troy was burning to the ground. Alarmed by this, her husband consulted his son, the seer Aisacros, who told him the baby would one day cause the destruction of his country. Accordingly Priam ordered that the child should be put to death. So, after the boy was born, he was given to the chief herdsman, Agelaus, to be killed. Agelaus left the child on Mount Ida to die from exposure but, returning five days later, found the boy still alive and took him home, where he brought him up secretly. As a young man, Paris became noted for his extreme beauty, wit and prowess.
At about this time the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the hero and the sea-goddess, was celebrated on Mount Pelion. All the gods and goddesses were invited, with the noted exception of Eris, the Goddess of Strife, who was hideous and disagreeable. Angered at being left out of the nuptuals she strode into the middle of the wedding feast and threw a golden apple into the assembled company.
It landed between the three most powerful goddesses, Hera, Athene and Aphrodite. Picking it up, Zeus found it was inscribed 'For the Fairest'. Wisely deciding not to judge between the three deities himself, Zeus nominated the beautiful Paris as arbiter, but first he sent Hermes to enquire whether he would be willing to act as judge. Paris agreed and so a time was set for the three goddesses to appear to him on Mount Ida.
When the day came, Paris sat himself on a boulder and waited with beating heart for the arrival of the three great deities. All at once a great light appeared which covered the entire mountain. At first Paris was blinded, but then the goddesses cloaked their light in cloud so that he was able to look at them.
Rubens - Judgement of Paris
First Hera, the great queen, approached him and flaunted her beauty in front of him. Radiant with glory she made him a promise. If he awarded her the apple, she would grant him wealth and power. He would rule over the greatest kingdom on earth. Paris felt the excitement of this and his ambition rose up and yearned for her gift.
After that, grey-eyed Athene approached him, drawing near and bending down, so that he might look into the magical depths of her eyes. She promised him victory in all battles, together with glory and wisdom – the three most precious gifts a man could have. This time Paris felt his mind leap with excitement and with desire for the riches of knowledge and the glory of prowess.
Then it was the turn of Aphrodite. Hanging back a little, she tilted her head so that her hair fell forward, concealing a blush on her face. Then she loosened the girdle of her robe and beneath it, Paris caught sight of her perfectly formed breast, white as alabaster.
'Paris,' she said, and her voice seemed to sing inside his head. 'Give me the apple and in return I will give you the gift of love. You will possess the most beautiful woman in the land, a woman equal to me in perfection of form. With her you will experience the greatest delights of love-making. Choose me, Paris, and she will be yours.'
Then Paris, overpowered by the intoxication of her words and her beauty, found himself handing her the apple without even pausing to reflect on his decision, guided only by the strength of his desire.
So it was that Paris awarded the Apple of Discord to Aphrodite, and Hera and Athene became his implacable enemies. True to her promise, Aphrodite gave him Helen, the most beautiful woman living on the earth at that time – but, in order to enjoy her, he had to snatch her from her powerful husband, Menelaus. So began the terrible ten-years' war between the Trojans and the Greeks in which many a brave hero lost his life, including Paris himself, and after which the great hero Odysseus wandered the seas for a further ten long years before returning home.
This brief episode, which is to have such far-reaching consequences, begins on a suitably ominous note. Hecuba's dream is reminiscent of other prophetic dreams and portents. As is usually the case, those involved take drastic steps to prevent the awful prophecy coming true. This is the case with the Celtic Deirdre, whose beauty causes similar strife, and Oedipus, who is exposed as an infant in a similar way to Paris. Like Oedipus, and other heroes, Paris grows up unaware of his true parentage. Ironically he is even said to have unwittingly attended his own funeral games, finally held by his real parents for their 'long-dead' son! As in other cases, too, the gods ensure that mortals are unable to avoid their fate.
Goddesses dishonoured
The full extent to which humans are ruled by the gods only becomes clear when we learn that Aphrodite set up the contest, presumably knowing that she held the trump card. She did so in order to punish Tyndareus, husband of Leda, for dishonouring her. Pausanias relates that Tyndareus put fetters on Aphrodite's statue in her temple, because he felt that her amorous powers should be confined to marriage. The outraged goddess decided to make all three of his daughters unfaithful to their husbands. The most famous daughter was Helen of Troy, although strictly speaking her father was probably Zeus, who seduced Leda in the form of a swan on a night when she also slept with her husband.
The marriage at which the fateful apple is produced is unusual, being between a mortal man and a goddess. The failure to invite Eris, Strife (echoed in the fairytale of Sleeping Beauty), represents a dishonouring comparable with Tyndareus' treatment of Aphrodite. The implication is that even destructive deities are essential to the psyche and to society, and will make their presence felt if denied. Similarly, strife is a necessary part of marriage. Eris is associated with Ares, god of war, who in turn is amorously connected to Aphrodite.
The beauty contest
The contest which Eris initiates sets the three goddesses against each other. In myth, goddesses frequently appear in threes, representing aspects of a single deity. Thus, although Hera, Athene and Aphrodite represent quite different forces, the competition may reflect a time when they were less divided. Paris has a difficult choice. Hera, wife of Zeus, is the goddess of marriage and the home, and as such is always smarting from her husband's sexual adventures. Athene is a virgin goddess of war and wisdom. Aphrodite is the goddess of sexual love, also associated with physical beauty in all its forms. Yet her affairs with the war god Ares, and her engineering of the Trojan War (as well as lesser conflicts), suggest the close relationship between sexual love and conflict.
The apple thrown by Eris is perhaps related to Eve's apple, representing a Fall from unity to disunity. The contest itself resembles other mythical contests, especially that between three Celtic heroes, including Cuchulainn, over which of them is the greatest hero. Here the role played by Eris in the Greek myth is paralleled by the mischief-maker Bricriu.
In another version of the story, Aphrodite cheats by revealing herself naked except for her magic girdle. Even in the version given here, it seems that the contest is unequal: Paris is overpowered and, contrary to the story's usual title, is unable to exercise his judgement. We could see this as a metaphor for 'falling in love'.
In an even more intriguing version, found in Euripedes and Apollodorus, Hera, angry with Paris for choosing Aphrodite, creates a phantom Helen, whom he weds, while the real Helen is spirited away to Egypt by Hermes on the orders of Zeus. This implies that Paris does not relate to the real woman, but to a phantasm of his own imagination. In Jungian terms she is the projection of his own anima.
[lifted from Living Myths]
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Choose Wisely | The Discordian Times Says:
[…] "'Paris,' she said, and her voice seemed to sing inside his head. 'Give me the apple and in return I will give you the gift of love. You will possess the most beautiful woman in the land, a woman equal to me in perfection of form. With her you will experience the greatest delights of love-making. Choose me, Paris, and she will be yours.'" – Living Myths (via Greylining) […]
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Troy is in Turkey.
Mount Ida is in Crete.
Mount Pelion is in Greece.
Exposing the baby Paris on Mount Ida would require a long sea voyage.
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Commissioned by JAM and St Davids Festival and first performed at St Davids Festival on May 27th 2014.
Edward Lear's poem The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò first appeared in 1877 in a collection called Laughable Lyrics. As in much of his poetry (The Owl and the Pussycat and the Dong with the luminous nose, for example) the "nonsense" surface conceals and conveys poignant human truths. The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò deals with loneliness, love and loss, and is one of the most tragic and beautiful poems in the English language.
My setting, which lasts about 18 minutes, is scored for soprano and baritone solo voices, children's choir, SATB choir, brass quintet, percussion and organ. There is also a brief solo eruption by a tenor from the chorus, who represents the distant Mr Handel Jones.
In manner and structure the poem is a ballad; but since much of it consists of direct speech by the two protagonists (The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò and Lady Jingly Jones) I have treated it as a drama. The chorus tells the story, singing mainly in unison and octaves so that the words can be clearly heard. The children's voices portray the sounds of surf on the shore, Bong-trees, pumpkins, forest sounds and clucking fowls; they also point up the narrative.
The location of the poem is distant and exotic. Lear would have known that the Coromandel Coast is the name of the south-eastern tip of India near Pondicherry. The name is a corruption of the Tamil word Cholamandalam – the kingdom of the Chola (a dynasty which ruled this part of India for sixteen centuries from 300 BCE to 1300 CE).
The names Jingly and Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò have a distinctly Indian sound. My suspicion is that Handel Jones (who, I regret to say, was probably a Welshman) had his wicked way with a Coromandel girl, promising her marriage and respectability before leaving her in the lurch and fobbing her off with occasional gifts of poultry. The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò has adored Lady Jingly since their childhood. He can offer none of the material security or social status with which Jones has inveigled her, but his love is as deep as the Indian Ocean which pounds the coast on which they live; and he points out that they could live comfortably because "Fish is plentiful and cheap". Lady Jingly returns his love, but is bound by propriety to wait for Mr. Jones. In deepest misery, she rejects him with the killer line "Will you please to go away?". The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò flees in despair, climbs on the back of a friendly turtle, and is swept away into the depths of the ocean, nevermore to be seen – the implication being that he is carried to his death. Lady Jingly remains alone with her hens, forever mourning the loss of her beloved Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, and waiting in vain for the dastardly Mr. Jones.


WASHINGTON, D.C. – Buckeye Central High School's agriculture education instructor and FFA adviser Tyler Pope was invited and attended the Celebrating Innovations in Career and Technical Education event hosted by the United States Department of Education on June 30 at the White House The event was hosted to highlight the strength of CTE within the Obama Administration's education platform and spur discussions on the continued advancement of CTE.
Pope applied for the recognition in January. His application was accepted and he was issued an invitation to attend the CTE event.
Pope has spent the last nine years building the agriculture education program at Buckeye Central High School. The program has shown success through student and chapter FFA awards at the local, state and national level, and has provided students with academic, technical and work-related skills necessary for career success.
The event began with remarks by Cecilia Munoz, assistant to the president and director of the White House Domestic Policy. She gave remarks based on highly engaging CTE course framework and its ability to connect students to real life situations and career opportunities.
Munoz was followed by First Lady Michelle Obama who highlighted the president's plan to transform CTE and the re-authorization of the Perkins Act, which is a principle source of federal funding for secondary and post-secondary CTE programs. She concluded by congratulating all of the innovators being recognized.