Do you have a favorite fall color? Mine is yellow. I just love its bright, powerful energy and how it symbolizes, at least for me, hope. But if you're gazing at today's image, the novice eye might mistake it for something else. Possibly the needles of a Pine tree but this wispy colorful texture is the fall foliage of our first place backdrop perennial, Amsonia hubrichtii.
Why is it a favorite? First and foremost, this stunning plant stays fresh; it doesn't slump or lose its height, look and feel. That's why it's the perfect backdrop perennial, taking the number one slot in our 'plant of choice' book. Adding texture, bloom and character to your perennial borders is what planting layout is all about.
Now for the plant basics: Amsonia hubrichtii is versatile; it can handle full sun or partial shade. Plus it's not a fussy, finicky one; in average soil, it can still take off. Hardy for zones 4-9, you can find it in many regional landscapes, especially since the Perennial Plant Association awarded it the title 'Perennial Plant of the Year' in 2011. We loved it way before then but we're so ultra-glad it received its due recognition for its dynamite credentials. Now it's a known entity; not just to plant lovers.
So back to reality. It is October and often times we aren't thinking what to plant in our perennial borders. But please make note of what offers beautiful fall color, particularly if you love yellow and how it radiates in a landscape. Yeah, I may be on a yellow kick the next couple of days. It is my favorite fall color. As Emily Dickinson once penned, "Morning without you is a dwindled dawn." I just love yellow. I love when the sun comes out. And when overcast days are upon us, there's nothing better than a splash of yellow in the waning perennial borders to help us out.


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Mayor William C. "Bill" Dusch, a Concord native, has been active in the community as a business owner and a member of City boards and non-profit organizations for 30 years. He and his wife, Debbie, have two grown children. His Council-appointed board service includes chairing Concord's Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustment, and Historic Preservation Commission. He is affiliated with many local non-profits including Concord Downtown Development Corporation, United Way, Cabarrus Arts Council, NorthEast Foundation, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Earlier this year, he was awarded the Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce Duke Energy Citizenship Award for community service.
"The citizens of Concord have given me an opportunity to be their next Mayor. I thank you all and give you my commitment to uphold our leadership tradition. Together with the City Council, I will work hard to continue moving our City forward and am excited for what we will do together over the next years."
Concord is a beautiful city full of lovely streets, parks and wonderful neighborhoods. Our citizens, location, schools and government not to mention our great weather and rolling green hills makes us a great community that many people have decided to make their homes.
I am a runner and have logged many miles running on our streets, sidewalks and greenways for over 30 years. During these runs, I find myself picking up litter along the way. What I am seeing is that there is a growing issue with more litter showing up in nearly all areas of our city, along our highways, city streets, historic downtown, our parks, and other recreation areas. There is no area immune to this issue. On many streets, this litter is eventually washed down our storm water drains and goes into our streams, rivers and lakes. As the amount grows, it becomes an eyesore and like a building with one broken window that leads to more broken windows, a little litter draws more over time. There are many areas of our city that have had the street side litter picked up one day only to find it creeping back the next.
There are many sources of this litter. A study by Keep America Beautiful attributes 30 percent of litter and trash coming from sources such as unsecured dumpsters, container trucks, and residential waste/recycling containers. As a city, we are working with our waste haulers to address this litter source but that still leaves 70 percent of the litter coming from our motorists and pedestrians. If you see someone littering, you can report them to North Carolina Department of Transportation's Swat-A-Litterbug program, which informs and reminds offenders that littering, whether deliberate or unintentional, can end with a personal commitment to stop. Go to ncdot.gov or call 877-368-4968.
While the best result would be ending the generation of new litter, the next best option would be eliminating existing litter. Fortunately, the City of Concord has a number of programs in place for residents, businesses, organizations, and other groups to lend a hand. One of the largest efforts happens each spring and fall in concert with NCDOT, when Concord hosts litter sweeps and City coworkers join recognized neighborhood associations to remove litter from roadways. The next litter sweep is scheduled for April 13 through 27. If your recognized neighborhood association is interested, learn more at concordnc.gov/neighborhoods or call 704-920-5298. For future planning, NCDOT traditionally schedules Litter Sweep for the last two weeks of April and September.
For those that wish to make an ongoing commitment to litter-free streets, parks, and public areas, individuals and groups can join the City's Adopt-A-Street program. Participants commit to picking up litter at least once every three months (or more if necessary) along their adopted section of street. The City provides supplies (litterbags, safety vests, and gloves) to participants, and installs signs along streets that have been adopted to recognize the groups volunteering to help keep them litter-free. If you are part of a group or organization that is interested in participating in the Adopt-a-Street Program, please visit concordnc.gov/Transportation to locate available street segments and sign up. You may also call 704-920-5363. NCDOT sponsors the Adopt-A-Highway program for similar efforts on state roads. You can contact the local NCDOT maintenance office to discuss roadway availability at 704-436-9316, or visit ncdot.gov to apply online.
The City's Water Resources Department has several initiatives to help keep local waterways clean. Seventy-five percent of North Carolinians think storm water receives treatment before it is released into local bodies of water. Actually, it flows from the street, down the storm drains and directly into those bodies of water, without ever being cleaned up! You can help keep waterways clean through the Adopt-A-Stream program. It is similar to Adopt-A-Street in that it requires an ongoing commitment, and participants are provided with resources and recognized with a sign. If you or your neighborhood would like to participate, go to concordnc.gov/Streams or call 704-920-5287.
We must all come together to help resolve this issue and create awareness of the problem with all our residents. Talk with your family, friends and business associates to make them aware of this issue. Get involved with your neighborhood organizations to start the litter conversation. This is a good place for our citizens to address the problem by identifying the major litter problem areas, create a litter cleanup plan and get volunteers that will help with the cleanup. The city staff is ready to work with you and your neighborhood to help you move your plan forward. As you discuss the litter issue in our community, we will be able to make all our citizens aware of the issue and help change this behavior.
From my end, I will continue with my running and perform my daily litter pickup. I hope you will all help with this problem and make Concord even more beautiful.


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Walmart must really be trying to promote their MP3 store or they're trying to get rid of inventory (can you run out of digital inventory?). Either way, they are offering the entire Reba Duets for free.
For some reason, it wasn't working in Firefox for me, but I was able to download the songs using IE.


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Just caught a movie tonight on cable called Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. It's a film from 1982 starring Steve Martin and Rachel Ward in a film noir spoof. It's in black and white, and makes use of a clever idea to edit in actual footage from 1940's and '50's films.
The plot isn't much to speak of...Martin plays a detective hired by a mysterious beautiful woman to solve a mystery. It propels the story along, but you're not watching for the plot. The movie has some great comedic moments as they parody all the usual film noir cliches. This isn't really a slapstick spoof of well known flicks like the 'Hot Shots' movies. There are some funny sight gags, but for the most part they play it kind of straight working off great deadpan dialogue and innuendo for the laughs.
The best parts of the movie though, are when they seamlessly edit Martin into clips from great films of old. Thanks to clips from the actual movies, all kinds of classic stars show up through the film - Alan Ladd, Victoria Lake, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Ingrid Bergman and more. Of course, you couldn't have a movie like this without the man himself - Humphrey Bogart - showing up as Marlowe to help Steve Martin's Detective. I've got to hand it to whoever did the editing work on this movie. The inserted clips and dialogue are absolutely seamless and work remarkably well. Having the whole movie in black and white helps, I'm sure, but it's still a fantastic editing feat, not to mention this is from 1982.
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Access by Women to Public Services: Perception & Experience
CMS-INDIA CORRUPTION STUDY 2013
The ninth round of the CMS-India Corruption Study (CMS-ICS 2013) specifically focussed on access of women to certain basic and essential public services. Women constitute around 49 percent of India's population (Census 2011); play a greater role in managing the household affairs than their counterpart and therefore, directly or indirectly are subject to far more negative consequences of ineffective governance – not only individually, but at household level.
This 2013 study focused on eight public services namely, Drinking Water, Electricity, Public Distribution System (PDS), Public Health/Hospital care, Housing, Municipal, Police and Judiciary. The data collection for CMS-ICS 2013 was carried out between April and September 2013. The states covered are Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan. From each state, a sample of around 300 households was covered. From each selected household, an adult female member was interviewed.
Usage of Public Services:
• Majority of women during the last one year had interacted with at least half of the eight public services covered in this round.
• On an average, she or any member of the family had interacted with around four services; with highest in Maharashtra (5 nos.) followed by Bihar, Karnataka and MP (4 each).
• In PDS and Public health/hospital services, in 60 percent cases, the women respondent herself has interacted with the service provider of these pubic services – at least once during the last twelve months.
• Among the most interacted services include, Electricity (77%) followed by PDS (60%), Water Supply (51%) and Public health/Hospital services (49%). Other public services, which are mainly Need-based services, had comparatively lesser interaction: Police (29%), Municipal (26%), Judiciary (22%) and Housing (18%).
Experienced Corruption at Household level
• In CMS-ICS 2013, more than half of the women (56%) shared that she or any member of the household experienced corruption at least once during the last 12 months. On a comparative note, in 2008 round, the percentage of women who reported experiencing corruption in public services was around 44 percent.
• Among those who were asked for a bribe, 66% women shared that either she or any member of the family experienced the demand for a bribe at least once during the last 12 months, while another 24% came across such situation twice.
• 8 out of every 10 households, who were asked to pay bribe, had no option and paid bribe to avail the desired public service.
• Women respondents shared that in five out of eight public services, between 20 and 25% of their families had to pay bribe or use influence to avail the services.
• In all the states, except Bihar and Delhi, nearly two-third or more of the women reported experiencing corruption either by them or any of their family members while interacting with the public services covered in CMS-ICS 2013.
• In Delhi and Rajasthan, compared to 2008, the percentage of women reporting 'experienced' corruption in public services was almost twice.
Could not Pay, Could Not Avail the Service at Household level
• Around 5 percent of the women informed that their families were denied services because they could not pay a bribe.
• Highest service denial rate was in Karnataka (8%) and Madhya Pradesh (7%) despite the Right to Public Services Act in place.
Bribe Amount Paid and Reasons for Paying Bribe at Household level
• State wise highest amount as bribe in any of the public services is Bihar (INR 10000-Housing); Chhattisgarh (INR 30000-Police verification for Job); Delhi (INR 10000- for Police Verification); Karnataka (INR 10000-Police for removal of name as accused); Madhya Pradesh (INR 5000 in Housing for Transfer of Ownership); Maharashtra (INR 400000 for Job in Police); Punjab (INR 5000 for House registration) and Rajasthan (INR 6000 –Electricity for restoring connection).
• On an average, the households have paid as low as INR 10 in PDS shops to get their ration or as OPD patient in public health facilities and as high as INR 400 thousand (4 lakh) for a job in Police department.
Women's Perception about Corruption – in Public Services in General
• Similar to the study findings on experience of corruption, more than 67% of the women opined that level of corruption in general has 'Increased' in Public Services in the last 12 months.
• No significant difference in perception of women belonging to different socio-economic classification (SEC) was noticeable.
• In Delhi and Rajasthan, perception about increase in corruption level in public services could be one of the reasons for change of political party in power in the two states where elections were held after the survey for this round of CMS-ICS was conducted.
• Similarly in Chhattisgarh, the incumbent political party coming back to form government could be correlated with lesser percentage opining increase in corruption in public services in the state. In Madhya Pradesh, however, despite the opinion about increase in corruption in public services, the incumbent government was voted back to power.
• Two out of every three women perceive an 'increase' in the corruption level in the Police services. Electricity (56%) and PDS (50%) were the other two public services in which half or more of the women opined an increase in corruption level during the last twelve months prior to the survey.
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CMS has been conducting regular studies on corruption capturing both experience and perception at household levels since 2001. The uniqueness of CMS-ICS is its methodology. It captures peoples' Perception (P) and Experience (E) with Public Services and further Estimates (E) the amount paid as bribe by common citizens of India to avail basic and essential public services. It is pertinent to mention that CMS-ICS is a self-initiated initiative and not sponsored by any funding agency.
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68 degrees and sunny here in Newport Beach California.
it is brutal here on lake ontario, right now.
Is that the zombie crowd?
And right now we can't see 2 feet out the back window due to lake effect snows.
3. it is brutal here on lake ontario, right now.
And I am one who usually doesn't let it bother him, we have our cows in the barn with the heat on and all of our critters are being kept out of the weather.
2. An obvious existential threat.
Look at those poor people suffering, and wandering around in a daze knowing humans will be extinct in their lifetime.
5. Is that the zombie crowd?
A HUGE % of people in So. Cal cannot afford to be within driving distance (5 miles -- any longer will be an hour), much less walking distance of the picture.
So nice place for the very, very few who can afford it.
I am a refugee from my homeland -- born, raised and lived for over 5 decades in So. Cal. I eventually got tired of subsidizing the sloth of many and being told -- to my face and via policy -- that hard work just means that the State is owed more of my most precious commodity: my time.
I miss it and visit once or twice a year. Every time I go there it gets worse, the comparison to Calcutta is closer, the gas prices higher and the commute times between "close" locations longer.
Note: I paid $1.78 for gas 2 days ago here in the DFW area. I live 8 miles from work and get here via freeway in 8 minutes.


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Q: Relocate jpg files from nested/buried structure to relative known directories I'm trying to batch move/organize a large number of files (.jpg) from nested subdirectories to a relative directory. The structure is pre-planned. Just not 100% sure what the most efficient and safest way to do it is.
Sample structure:
/directory/subdir/jpg/
/directory/subdir/source/something.jpg
/directory/subdir/source/something.tif
/directory/subdir/source/something-else.jpg
/directory/subdir/source/something-else.tif
/directory/subdir/source/another-file.jpg
/directory/subdir/source/another-file.tif
/directory/another-subdir/jpg/
/directory/another-subdir/source/yet-another-file.jpg
/directory/another-subdir/source/yet-another-file.tif

Goal is to get it to this...
/directory/subdir/jpg/something.jpg
/directory/subdir/jpg/something-else.jpg
/directory/subdir/jpg/another-file.jpg
/directory/subdir/source/something.tif
/directory/subdir/source/something-else.tif
/directory/subdir/source/another-file.tif
/directory/another-subdir/jpg/yet-another-file.jpg
/directory/another-subdir/source/yet-another-file.tif

I thought about something like this. Just not sure if it's going to toast my structure. We're talking about tens of gigs of data, and thousands of files that are critical to our client's organization.
find /directory -name \*.jpg -exec mv {} ../jpg/ \;

If there's some form of "dry run" anyone might know about that I can use to visually test before actually executing, that'd be amazing. Thank you!
UPDATE:
Actually, I'm now trying to do the same thing locally on my Mac, and getting this error. Any clever workarounds?
$ find -name "*.jpg" -execdir pwd \; -execdir echo mv -v '{}' ../jpg \;
find: illegal option -- n
usage: find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] [-f path] path ... [expression]
       find [-H | -L | -P] [-EXdsx] -f path [path ...] [expression]

A: You can do a dry run by simply including echo:
find /directory -name \*.jpg -exec echo mv {} ../jpg/ \;

But that will not do what you want as ../jpg is always evaluated in the current directory, hence would move all jpg images to $PWD/../jpg.
This should work as expected:
find /directory -name "*.jpg" -execdir pwd \; -execdir echo mv -v '{}' ../jpg \;

because -execdir is

like -exec, but the specified command is run from the subdirectory
  containing the matched file, which is not normally the
                    directory  in which you started find.  This a much more secure method for invoking commands, as it avoids race conditions
                    during resolution of the paths to the matched files.

But of course as "We're talking about tens of gigs of data, and thousands of files that are critical to our client's organization.", always have an up-to-date backup at hand...

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League status: Active
English name: Danish League
Year of start: 1955
WWW: http://metalligaen.dk/
29 Jun 2018 | Kevin Henderson (F) SønderjyskE Nottingham Panthers
27 Jun 2018 | Riley Brace (F) Sportivi Ghiaccio Cortina Herning IK
27 Jun 2018 | Evan Mosey (D) Nottingham Panthers Herning IK
26 Jun 2018 | Aaron Harstad (D) Idaho Steelheads Aalborg Pirates
League leaders | season 2017-2018 all time stats
1. Toni Kallela LW Herning IK 50 25 39 64 6 28
2. Lasse S Lassen D Herning IK 50 24 37 61 26 17
3. Branden Gracel C Herning IK 50 23 37 60 69 19
4. Dale Mitchell RW Odense Bulldogs 49 21 34 55 75 1
5. Nick Olesen C Frederikshavn IK 50 29 24 53 10 9
6. Mark Hurtubise C Frederikshavn IK 48 20 33 53 102 13
7. Jake Hansen F Rungsted IK 50 18 35 53 52 7
8. Carson McMillan RW Esbjerg Energy 47 24 28 52 37 21
9. Julian Jakobsen C Aalborg Pirates 50 12 39 51 77 18
10. Frederik Bjerrum RW Herlev IC 47 16 32 48 91 -5
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League standings stage: - select stage -Metal Ligaen 2017-2018
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1 Herning IK 50 30 8 4 8 193:124 110
2 Aalborg Pirates 50 28 4 3 15 156:111 95
3 Rødovre Mighty Bulls 50 23 8 2 17 151:128 87
4 Esbjerg Energy 50 23 6 5 16 151:130 86
5 Frederikshavn IK 50 24 3 6 17 172:129 84
6 Rungsted IK 50 21 6 3 20 154:142 78
7 Odense Bulldogs 50 22 2 7 19 141:149 77
8 Gentofte Stars 50 18 4 8 20 108:134 70
9 SønderjyskE 50 18 4 7 21 135:143 69
10 Herlev IC 50 10 4 2 34 107:186 40
11 Hvidovre Fighters 50 6 3 5 36 92:184 29
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After the regular season there are two quarter final groups played. Three teams in each group play for the semi final spots.
The winner of the finals is Danish Champion.
from 1954 to 2005: Eliteserien
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from 2013 to present: Metal Ligaen
2020-2021: Rungsted Seier Capital
2018-2019: Rungsted IK
2017-2018: Aalborg Pirates
2016-2017: Esbjerg Energy
2014-2015: SønderjyskE
2011-2012: Herning IK
2003-2004: Esbjerg IK
2001-2002: Nordsjælland Cobras
1999-2000: Frederikshavn IK
1998-1999: Rødovre Mighty Bulls
1983-1984: Herlev IC
1981-1982: Vojens IK
1975-1976: KSF - Kjøbenhavns Skøjteløberforening
1974-1975: Gladsaxe Bears
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Epinal hires Brad Gratton as new coach
After a brilliant 2015-16 season, when team finished 2nd in the standing and lost in playoofs semifinals, Gamyo Epinal, currently 8th in the standing, fired coach Stephane Barin, replacing him with Canadian Brad Gratton, who coached mainly in Denmark during the career. Gratton left Odense Bulldogs after last season, with a Danish Cup won with the club
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Herning wins Danish Cup
Herning beat SønderjyskE 2-1 in the final of Metal Cup to repeat last season's victory.
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IIHF blocked Starkov transfer
Some days ago Red Ice Martigny announced the sign of Danish forward Kirill Starkov. The player had been released by his club Esjberg at the beginning of the year following a matches-fixing scandal
IIHF did not accept the transfer because of this case. The situation will remain unchanged throughout the procedure.
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Match-fixing scandal in Denmark
Esbjerg fires three players for betting that their opponent Rungsted would score in the first period in a game January 3. Rungsted scored three goals in the first period and won the game 7-4. The fired players are Dennis Jensen, Kirill Starkov and Tyler Mosienko.
Danish game interrupted
Tonight's game between Herlev and Rødovre in the Danish league was interrupted at 28:03 when Herlev had a 3-0 lead. The reason why the game was not finished was a hole in the ice, where you can see all the way down to the concrete.
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Bronze for Rødovre in Denmark
Rødovre won bronze in the Danish playoff after winning the bronze series against Odense. Both games ended with a draw and Rødovre won after penaly shootout
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Odense wins round 1
Odense won the first of the Danish finals against Herning 2-0. Mathias Thinnesen and Mikkel Ankjær Nielsen scored the goals.
Kim Staal returns home
One of the greatest Danish players ever, Kim Staal, is back in Danish ice hockey. He left his Danish team Herlev at age 15 to play most of his career in Sweden, except for one season in AHL (Milwaukee Admirals). Staal who has been troubled by injuries the last two seasons has signed a contract with Herning. Staal has played 14 World Championships with Denmark including 8 in the Elite group.
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Individuals records:
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Youngest player: Jonas Gantzel Torbensen (16 years)
Oldest player: Kim Staal (39 years)
Shortest player: Ville Järveläinen (165 cm)
Tallest player: Mikkel Hansen (197 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (35), Czechia (3), Denmark (237), Finland (19), Japan (1), Latvia (1), Norway (1), Russia (2), Slovenia (1), Sweden (23), USA (11)
Highest win: Aalborg Pirates - Herlev IC 13-1


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THIS EXHIBITION IS A PERSONAL VIEW OF A FEW ARTISTS WHO WERE IMPORTANT IN EDUCATING MY EARLY EYE. Assembling it took me through backrooms and long-standing connections, reopening doors and awakening memories. I viewed this as an opportunity to investigate my deep passion. I did not attempt to survey a school or to include young artists that are making Los Angeles a hotbed of new thought today.
As an architectural student at USC in the 1950's, I found my first abstract paintings in the student sales at the University. Early on I viewed a film on Alexander Calder's construction of mobiles that forever fueled my desire to live with art. The legendary dealer Felix Landau made a Calder available at $50 per month. My passion was kindled.
My teachers were the artists, gallery owners, museum directors, curators and scholars. The rest is history. The painters and object-makers represented in this exhibit built upon historic investigation of the language of art, bringing forward new views and attitudes that, in my mind, became building blocks for those to follow.
I recall a day with Ed Kienholz at his home in the Hollywood Hills in the early 1960's listening to his portrayal of Kate Smith singing God Bless Americafrom a recording deep within a trash can that he had assembled. My architectural office was located on Santa Monica Boulevard, a block from La Cienega across from Barney's Beanery where Kienholz's No Fags Allowed piece hung over the bar for years. It did not bear the political correctness of today, nor speak of fairness, but with a satiric prod, challenged oppression. A great event of this period occurred on Monday night when La Cienega galleries spilled into the street, exploding convention.
An important question asked of the artists and observers of abstraction "Is there important content in nonliteral art?" I answer that with the simple observation of Magritte 's Ceci n'est pas une pipe ( This is not a pipe), for a line may become more than a line; it may become a path of visual travel. A surface of paint may enrich the many interpretations of more than the obvious. Unconventional elements become part of the creative process, often with hidden depth for those seeking more. Art may create a dialogue with itscontent. The story develops beyond the obvious through multiple visits.
Abstract connections become evident as you analyze and further the adventure. Line and form collide in compositions creating tension and compression that become juxtapositions, allowing the viewer to derive varied conclusions, for artists are story-tellers. Throughout the 70's and 80's, many of these artists continued reassembling the elements of art. This exhibit represents a fragment of their passionate work.
I would like to thank James Corcoran, Peter Gould, Kimberly Davis and Miles McEnery for their assistance, as well as Frank Goss for his confidence and the opportunity to curate this exhibit. I also want to thank the late Nick Wilder for backroom investigation, stories, and memories, the Knoedler Gallery, Leo Castelli and André Emmerich. I would also like to acknowledge the courtesy of Louis Stern, Marie Chambers, and the staff of Louis Stern Fine Arts for their assistance with this exhibition. My warmest acknowledgement goes to my partner in this early journey, my late wife Gail.
- Barry Berkus
FULL EXHIBITION CHECKLIST
LORSER FEITELSON (1898-1978)
HELEN LUNDEBERG (1908-1999)
JOHN MCCRACKEN (1934-2011)
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (1898-1976)
The L.A. that Influenced My Eye
With curation by Barry Berkus July, 2004


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ICE Officer Arrested for Alleged Sex Abuse of Young Girl
Ronn BlitzerSep 17th, 2018, 9:49 am
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing an underage girl. Blake V. Northway, 55,was apprehended Thursday after Oregon State Police and immigration officials looked into the matter, according to OregonLive.com.
Northway, a deportation officer, is now facing ten counts of first degree sodomy, but the allegations are reportedly not connected to his work with ICE. Court documents reportedly allege that Northway abused a female relative between 2009 and 2013. Oregon sodomy laws have harsher penalties depending on the age of the victim, if they are under the age of 16, 14, or 12. It is unknown how old the girl was in this case, but first degree sodomy applies to cases of "deviate sexual intercourse with another person," in situations including where the victim is under the age of 12, or if they are under the age of 16 and they are the defendant's brother, sister, son, daughter, or son or daughter of the defendant's spouse. Northway is also facing an incest charge, which in Oregon applies to cases of sex with a descendant, ancestor, or sibling.
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds its officers to the highest standards of professional conduct and does not tolerate those who violate the law," ICE spokeswoman Tanya Roman said in a statement, adding that "ICE will continue to cooperate until this case has been resolved."
As of Monday morning, Northway is being held in custody on $1 million bail at the Jackson County Jail. Police said that since the arrest, Northway has been "relieved of all authority."
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U.S. Army Reservist and 'Avowed White Supremacist' Hit with Five Charges for U.S. Capitol Siege
'We All Deserve A Pardon': Texas Real Estate Agent Who Flew Private Jet to Storm the Capitol Says She Was Just 'Following My President'
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I have sent this out before, and I went looking for it to send again because I needed to hear it. You see I've been behaving badly.
I have been hurtful and am hurt-full (and both are painful).
I've been feeling alone as I try to find my way back from a darker space than I normally spend time in and I remembered …. this.
This battle-cry, this surrender, this lullaby, this love letter. I remembered it and needed to hear it again. So I thought maybe you might too.
outside, appear to have not paid off.
and at times seemed to be lost.
and we have stood our ground.
We have "thrown the first punch".
refuse to apologize for it.
whole hearts and we have forgiven.
allows us to move on.
THIS is a call to the sisterhood.


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Also any other suspension systems that you recommend for roughly ~$1k? I live in San Diego and our roads are pretty nice but I don't want my car slammed, 1"-1.5" drop is perfect for me :mbiggrin: I was looking at the Buddy Club N+ but they are a bit more expensive, around $1200 is what I have been seeing.
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'I desire to eat the Passover in your home' #EasterAtHome
As Pope Francis pointed out in his video message for Holy Week, Christians are celebrating Easter this year in "a truly unusual way". How can we respond to Jesus' statement: "I desire to eat the Passover in your house"?
By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp
In his video message ahead of Holy Week, Pope Francis said social distancing measures put in place to slow the spread of Covid-19 mean that "through us, the "Easter Gospel will resound in the silence of our cities."
How can we celebrate the Easter Triduum liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday?
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-04/easter-at-home-jesus-wants-to-eat-the-passover-in-your-house.html
The Holy Week Triduum Services will be broadcast from the Jesuit Institute website https://www.jesuitinstitute.org.za/ as follows:
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Easter Sunday at 09.00
Are you looking for a way to live this Triduum? The Jesuit Institute will be offering audio reflections for the Sacred Triduum. They will be available on the website – FREE – at the following times:
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Last week we were asked to consider, "What does it take to be in the flock of Jesus the Good Shepherd?" Today the follow up of Jesus takes us back to Jesus trying to teach his followers about what will be necessary to be a TRUE disciple or follower. Today Jesus says, "This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." It sounds easy. I do believe; however, the loving that Jesus asks of us is most difficult.
Loving means listening. Loving means being patient. Loving means being understanding and supportive even when we might not always agree with what the other is thinking. Loving means being able to say, "I am sorry. Please forgive me," when it is necessary even when it is hard to do. Loving is something our God does to us even when we turn away from God and get stuck in our sinful behaviors.
Last week I announced the new Mass schedule for the San Felipe de Neri community that will start in May. I was (and continue to be) very impressed as the way most everyone is embracing this new change for our community. I will be reprinting this schedule for the next weeks to make sure everyone will get the word before it becomes reality for us.
In the spirit of the love of God, I continue to ask for your prayers as the people who feel this change is going to be too hard. Please understand that this is being done only for the good of the community and has the support of the vast majority of the population.


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Met up with Nichole at Cowtown today, we had the best time. I have never had fun taking pictures before it but today was a whole lot of fun. I know who is taking our families pictures from now on.
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Got family pics taken today with Nichole . Absolutely loved it! Can't wait to see how they turn out.
I just wanted to tell you that we did a spur of the minute photo shoot with Brady's cousins at a strip mall photography place and it made me truly appreciate your work! You do such a great job and make it so enjoyable versus rushed! Just because they are cheap doesn't mean they are good! Won't make that mistake again! Thanks again for taking such great photos of my baby! Can't wait for our next session!
Thank you, Nichole! You are truly an awesome lady! You do such great work and are so personable with your clients...those key things bring people back time and again. God bless--and God's richest blessings to you!!!
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Nichole does an awesome job, especially with kids. She is patient, quick and knows exactly what to do to get that perfect shot!
From the moment my wife bought your groupon coupon, I figured your prices were so cheap that we would regret coming in.
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Ideas & inspiration. A high contrast composition of a ightbulb over a dark smooth background. project created using 3d app.
A high contrast composition of a ightbulb over a dark smooth background. Project created using 3d app.
Bulb light idea. concept of big ideas inspiration innovation, invention, effective thinking. text. outline. Motivation slogan. Gears symbol. minimal. Stop dreaming start doing. vector.


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Естаніслао Аготе (,  21 жовтня 1956, Сан-Себастьян) — іспанський футболіст, що грав на позиції нападника.

Виступав, зокрема, за клуб «Атлетік Більбао», а також національну збірну Іспанії. Дворазовий чемпіон Іспанії та володар Кубка Іспанії з футболу.

Клубна кар'єра

У дорослому футболі дебютував у 1975 році виступами за команду фарм-клубу «Більбао Атлетік», в якій провів три сезони, взявши участь у 49 матчах чемпіонату.

Своєю грою за цю команду привернув увагу представників тренерського штабу головної команди «Атлетік Більбао», до складу якої почав потрапляти в 1977 році. Відіграв за клуб з Більбао наступні тринадцять сезонів своєї ігрової кар'єри. Більшість часу, проведеного у складі «Атлетика», був основним гравцем атакувальної ланки команди. За цей час двічі виборював титул чемпіона Іспанії.

Завершив професійну ігрову кар'єру в клубі «Сарауц», за команду якого виступав протягом 1990—1991 років.

Виступи за збірні
1978 року провів два офіційних матчі у складі національної збірної Іспанії.

Титули і досягнення
  Чемпіон Іспанії (2):
 «Атлетік Більбао»: 1982–1983, 1983–1984
  Володар Кубка Іспанії з футболу (1):
 «Атлетік Більбао»: 1983–1984

Посилання

Іспанські футболісти
Гравці збірної Іспанії з футболу
Футболісти «Атлетика» (Більбао)


Dawn Arises, Spring Has Come Caught Within A Lost Fragrance Darkness Runs, Time Forgotten.
Her mouth ran dry as she stared at the moon-and-cross, her gaze drawn to the single sphere nestled within the crescent. His grip tightened marginally, nails biting gently into her flesh. A warning, perhaps? She couldn't quite tell, at this point. Exhaling, she lifted her gaze to his and knew she was trapped.
Her stomach clenched; pain surged, gathering in her chest and spiraling deep into her loins. Wet heat coiled between her thighs moments before the scent of copper flooded the air. The hounds howled, their voices louder than before. A crimson drop splattered the mist-laden ground.
Yet, once there, I realized what I've wanted for so long. I sought a place where I could release my soul, to rejoice in a place where the energies of old ring strong and true.


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Originally attested to the 18th Battalion and subsequently re-attested in Toronto, Ontario on February 1, 1917 under the service no. 1099296 with the 256th Battalion.
Digitized Service Records
"George was born in Bromley, Kent, England in July 28, 1870, the son of Abraham and Sarah Aylward of Faversham, England. George immigrated and married Annie. At enlistment they lived at 37 Pequegnat Avenue in Kitchener and George stated he was a labourer. Prior to World War 1 service, George participated in the Zulu War and the South African War for which he received two medals with bars.
He enlisted in Kitchener in November 1914, aged 46. He went overseas on April 18, 1915. He was relieved from duties, however, due to illness and discharged. He re-enlisted in February 1, 1917 at the Toronto Recruiting Depot and was in the 18th Battalion for 17 months as a private. He went to the front in June 1917. George survived and returned home on August 31, 1917. Four Aylwards, all related, served and are listed here: George, Harry Arthur (George's son), Henry (George's nephew), and Henry Albert (George's brother).
Source: A Book of Remembrance: Members of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, Ontario.


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Gordon Murray's T.50 is the true successor to the McLaren F1
It's all about the details
by Ollie Marriage | Aug 5, 2020
PHOTO: TopGear.com
Meet the hypercar that does things differently. It doesn't produce much downforce. It doesn't care about 0-60mph (0-97kph) times or top speeds. Power figures are the least impressive thing about the engine. It's not very big, and it's not particularly striking to look at.
Everything else about it is absolutely astonishing, though. This is the £2.36 million (about P152 million, plus local taxes) GMD T.50. Gordon Murray Design. Yes, the man who gave us the McLaren F1 is now righting that car's wrongs. Because there were some apparently. "The spine is 50mm too wide, the headlamps are like glow worms in a jar, the air-con was hopeless, the brakes squeak, the clutch needs adjusting every 5,000 miles, the fuel tank bag needed replacing every five years, loading luggage in the lockers was a pain. This all stuck in my head", says Gordon.
PHOTO BY TopGear.com
You're aware of how similar the two cars are if you peer in one of the side windows. Those have the same outline, and so too does the solo center seat. There are many more commonalities: naturally aspirated V12, six-speed manual gearbox, carbon-fiber tub incorporating three seats, lockers in the flanks—but the main one is a laser focus on saving weight. Because as Gordon points out, "if you start light everything else gets better."
I start by pointing out the enamel badges. Not the lightest possible solution, so where else had he let the odd gram creep in? "Nowhere," came the emphatic response, followed by a detailed explanation of the badge design and how it was impossible for enamel to be used more thinly.
Up close it's fascinating, but step back and it's hardly dramatic. The nose, with its large headlights, has curious overtones of the W30 Toyota MR2 (actually a properly lightweight little roadster), and with no bulky intakes or wacky slats and ducts, the flanks are clean and unadorned. Only the fan in the back makes you do a double take. What would be interesting is to park it alongside a conventional supercar or hypercar, particularly a Bugatti Chiron. Alongside that the Murray would look like a scale model.
The T.50 has roughly the same road footprint as a Mini Clubman—about 1.85 meters wide by 4.35 meters long (it's about as practical too, with 30 liters of storage around the cabin and sizeable side lockers). The engine air intake is above the driver's head and sweeps down the rear deck to form a spine, either side of which butterfly doors open to reveal the low slung engine and storage lockers—loaded from above, not the side as was the case with the F1.
But let's zoom back in and let Gordon take us through it. To sit in, it's fabulous. Much easier to clamber aboard than the F1, best done from the left so you don't catch yourself on the gear lever. There's an open flat floor, so you sit backwards on the sill, pivot on your backside and then slide feet into footwell and shuttle in. It's light and airy (for passengers as well as driver, although it's not massive in the flank seats), the windscreen curves around you like a visor and there's a sense you've plugged yourself in: the fit, driving position and sculpted seat are all perfect. And then the symmetry hits you.
Down in the footwell you'll find a non-symmetrical three-pedal layout. The pedals are gorgeous, skeletal works of art—the lightest ever fitted to a road car, Murray believes, 300 grams lighter than the F1's. The same story is repeated everywhere you look: the titanium gear linkages save 800 grams. Each of the full LED headlights weighs just 2.1kgs (including the integrated heat sink and cooling fan), the 10-speaker, 700-watt Arcam stereo is half the weight of the Kenwood system in the F1, the titanium chassis plate ahead of the titanium gear lever has been milled out from the back to just 1mm thick, so weighs just 7.8 grams. Tenths of a gram. This is a car we're dealing with, remember. No one cares about tenths of a gram.
No one except Gordon Murray. All up the T.50 weighs 986kgs. That's a wet weight. Dry, it's about 30kgs less than that. A Chiron is over twice as heavy. Even the F1-inspired Aston Valkyrie is over 100kgs more and, we suspect, a lot less comfortable and well kitted out inside. This hypercar is designed for grand touring, to actually be used and driven. Its USP is excitement and drivability, not downforce or maximum velocity.
Could the engine have been lighter and more powerful if it had fewer cylinders and a pair of turbos? Probably. But that's not the point. First you find the right solution, then you work out how to make it lighter. The right solution in this case is a 3.9-liter naturally aspirated V12. The claims are as follows: the world's highest-revving, fastest-responding, most power-dense, and lightest naturally aspirated V12. Gordon can't help adding "there's nothing in common with the [also Cosworth-developed Aston Martin] Valkyrie V12, this is really the next generation on."
The fact it develops 663hp and 466Nm is the least interesting fact about it. A savage Ferrari V12 might hit 9,000rpm. This revs to 12,100rpm. Super-responsive engines such as the F1 and the Lexus LFA have the ability to gain around 10,000rpm per second if you blip the throttle. In the T.50 the figure is 28,400rpm. The revs will flare from idle to cutout in 0.3secs. Imagine that. Imagine the noise. One of the things Gordon is happiest about is that 71% of torque is available at just 2,500rpm.
He still doesn't know how fast it will accelerate to 97kph, nor does he care. If he did he wouldn't have used a manual gearbox. That weighs 81.5kgs alongside the 178kg engine. It's the work of motorsport specialists Xtrac who have built gearboxes for half the F1 grid. "It'll have the best shift action of any car," says Gordon, before going into detail about crossgate angles ("only 9 degrees when typical cars are 15"), ratio choice, and how they can adjust feel going into and coming out of each slot. Are you getting a picture of how fastidious Murray is? How nothing escapes his laser vision?
What he cares about is delivering the most immersive driving experience possible, not getting around a circuit fastest. The fan in the back does more than just suck air out of the rear diffuser—even when talking about that aspect, Murray is more interested in the enhanced stability and that he can keep weight on the rear tires, meaning the T.50 stops 10 meters shorter from 150mph (241kph). Not once does he mention cornering g. Instead Gordon talks about centers of pressure and limiting drag: "We've got six modes, four of them driver selectable. And I think the funkiest is Streamline, where we shut the valves to the floor, drop the wing angle to minus ten degrees and pull air from the engine bay. That gives us a 12.5% drag reduction."
There are also cameras instead of side mirrors: "Although that was more of an aesthetic decision. Because I wanted to get the driver as far forward as possible, the only place for the mirrors would have been on top of the front wheelarches, which would have looked ridiculous. These reduce the frontal area, lowering drag and wind noise."
T.50 honors and updates the F1 concept. This time there are ABS brakes (a legal necessity), plus traction and stability controls (both fully disable-able). The steering is once again unassisted, but does clutch in some power assistance below 16kph to help parking. The Michelin tires are comparatively narrow (235s at the front, 295s at the back). Although Murray has traditionally hated low profile tires, he now says the compliance in the sidewall is such that ride comfort hasn't suffered. In short the T.50 is a successor to the F1 in the way McLaren's own Speedtail is not. "I was prepared to stop the program", he says of learning that McLaren was doing its own three-seater, "but when I learned more about it, I realized it was nothing like what we were doing."
There's an energy and enthusiasm about Murray, about his diligent quest for engineering perfection. Where possible he's used British suppliers, as he wants his car to champion local producers. It's easy—and wrong—to just see the T.50 as an exercise in light-weighting. In truth, the way to approach it is to view it as Murray's take on the ultimate driver's car.
He's taking 100 lucky customers along on a very expensive journey, but seeing as over half of them signed up on the basis of a pencil sketch on a piece of paper, we can assume the asking price is no barrier to desirability. And as Gordon points out, "it's not £20 million, so I point out to customers this is a car that delivers the same experience [as the F1], but better in every way, and with an 80% discount".
What do you think the T.50's legacy will be? "It's got a good chance of being the last great analog supercar." As epitaphs go as we enter the electric age, that one should stand the test of time.
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
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Collecting bank notes is a natural companion to collecting coins, and many collections contain both. In the past people put their trust in hard coins of precious metals, but as banking developed the idea of issuing a piece of paper, which the bank would turn back into coins on request, grew. Before the Civil War there were many banks, controlled by the states, which often had shaky finances, and their notes could quickly become worthless. During the Civil War, as part of the increased control of the nation by the Federal government, The National Banking Act of 1863 was introduced. This created a network of National Banks, controlled by the federal government, empowered and chartered to issue bank notes backed to 90% by bonds the banks had to purchase from the US Treasury. A quick conversion of state notes to National notes was encouraged by a sliding tax on the conversion – 2% the first year, 20% the second year, and 40% in the third year. State bank notes quickly disappeared.
National Bank Notes were issues from 1863 to 1935, in all the states and US territories. In 1935, during the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve was created, and it bought back the bonds that secured the National Notes, so they had to be taken out of circulation. The collecting of notes from this period, issued by many banks, is a fascinating field, with many keen collectors competing for rarer notes. In 2010 a collector paid $161,000 for a note issued in what is today Washington State. At the other end of the spectrum, notes from larger banks can be bought for one or two hundred dollars, do there is lots of scope for collectors of all kinds.
Often called 'hometown' notes, National Bank Notes were issued by small banks in almost every town – probably including your own – and they all carry three numbers. Essential is the national charter number of the bank – proof that the bank can issues notes, and therefore proof of the reliability of the note itself. As well there are two serial numbers, the bank's number, for its issue of the note, and the Treasury serial number, which reflects the total number of notes of the particular series and denomination issued by all the banks across the country.
For most of the period they were issued National Bank Notes were much larger than today's bills. They feature the name of the bank prominently, rather than the words, 'United States of America' seen on modern bank notes. Each note is hand-signed by an officer of the bank – which often led to the very low serial numbers being kept by them as a souvenir, and so gives them extra collecting value, as they may never have entered circulation. The pictures of important people used on the notes are of course different from those seen today, and many notes have elaborate scenes of the times printed on them – complexity of the design was a means of reducing forgery, as it still is today.
The final series of notes issued was very different, and therefore very collectible. This was the series of 1929, and the bank notes were smaller, more like modern bills. The names of the banks are less prominent, and the serial numbers and seals are in brown, making them easily recognized. This series is very popular with collectors and could be a great place to start collecting National Bank Notes.


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Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar
Famous For: History, Reverence, Faith
Entrance Fee: No entrance fee for this holy spot
Visit Timings: Open at all times
Visit Duration: 1 hour to 2 hours
Har Ki Pauri is an extremely revered Ghat present at the pious location of Haridwar in the state of Uttarakhand. Har ki Pauri basically means Lord Shiva's steps. The spot is cherished as it is mentioned in the Vedas to have been visited by both Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu during the olden ages. The prime attraction in this location is a footprint imprinted on a wall which is believed to belong to Lord Vishnu. People flock around from every nook of the nation to witness the highly devotional Ganga Aarti, a puja of splendor performed with great reverence at the spot. Devotees also believe that dipping in the sacred Ganges will get rid of their wrongdoings and hence perform the duty at this revered spot. The shimmering water in the evening is a mesmerizing sight to watch with beautiful lamps which float on the surface of the water giving off an ethereal aura of beauty.
Photo by Jay Galvin, CC BY-SA 2.0
To dip into the water without any disturbance visit in the early hours of dawn.
There are changing rooms available along with lockers to lock up personal belongings.
Make sure to be careful near the steps as they can be quite slippery due to the water dripping off.
Visit the holy site and take a dip in the holy water of the Ganga.
Experience a whole new level of holiness at the Ganga puja conducted every day by the local priests.
Buy the golden lamps and let them float into the holy water with hopes of having your wishes come true.
Enjoy the beautiful view as the light of the lamps reflect off in the water and create a spectacular aura.
Photograph the devotional spirit of the place and the essence of holiness in it.
Visit the multitude of nearby temples which are present around for its beautiful architecture.
Try out the plethora of local eateries which are available to get a taste of the local cuisines.
There are a lot of guides available around but there are also a lot of people looking to just make money out of the tourists who are visiting the place. Hence, be careful while looking for guides and hire from reputed sources.
The idolized location is a place which can be visited all around the year. During the summer, the days are quite hot while the nights are cooler. The rest of the year has a mild and breezy climate to it. The best time to visit the place is the evening when the cool breeze has a calming effect on everyone.
As Har ki Pauri is situated right at the center of Haridwar, and is the prime attraction for devotional tourists, there are plenty of transport options available like buses, auto rickshaws and cabs to the spot. Haridwar can be visited by the getting down at the Haridwar railway station while the Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun is the closest airport to reach the city by air.
Interesting Facts and Trivia about Har ki Pauri
This is said to have been constructed by King Vikramaditya way back during the 1st
The Har ki Pauri has an extremely revered spot called the Brahmakund where the Ganga puja is carried out by the local priests.
The Brahmakund is the name of the spot where the sacred nectar is believed to have fallen off the back of Garuda, the vehicle of Vishnu, who was transporting it.
Haridwar is one of the four places where the nectar is believed to have fallen, and hence is one of the places where the Kumbh Mela is celebrated.
This is the divine spot where the Ardh Kumbh Mela and also the festival of Vaisakhi is celebrated with great grandeur.
There have been many extensions of the ghat over various periods of time to accommodate the large crowds which gather for spiritual worship.
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Ganesh Ghat
Mercury Temple
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The divine and holy spot of Har ki Pauri is one of the most well-maintained and famous place for religious devotees to visit. With an amazing aura of holiness which is spread throughout the city, this is a must visit in Haridwar for every travel junkie.
Attractions in Haridwar
Har Ki Pauri
Chandi Devi Temple
Maya Devi Temple
Pavan Dham
Vishnu Ghat
Ashrams in Haridwar
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Dhanaulti
Jyotirmath
Dhanachuli
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A: Almost for sure your image is too large - a too big image will result in a white empty box. Also, your code has a bug in it (and superfluous information we didn't need to slog through:
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MUMBAI: Quarterly results by India Inc in the last two weeks failed to indicate any strong revival in growth or profitability. A sample of 59 top companies from the manufacturing and services sectors showed a year-on-year top line growth of 8.5% to an aggregate amount of Rs 1.13 lakh crore, just a bit lower than expected, while net profit growth was muted at 1.5% at Rs 18,891 crore.
However, EBITDA margins, or gross profit margins, were down by about 70 basis points, an analysis by Crisil Research showed.
These companies accounted for about 26% of NSE's market capitalization and do not include Vedanta, companies financials, oil companies and Vedanta.
So far in the results season, IT companies saved the aggregate numbers. With a 6.5% growth in net profit on a year-on-year basis, IT companies accounted for about two-thirds of the aggregate net profit of these 59 companies. "Excluding IT, the aggregate bottom line de-grew by about 6.7%, indicating weak performance by other sectors. The ones which have done well include commercial vehicles and cement, while power and media firms have lagged," said Prasad Koparkar, senior director, Crisil Research.
The analysis found that rupee-denominated revenues of IT companies was up by about 14% as volumes rose despite pricing pressure and headwinds in select businesses. A 5.4% depreciation in the rupee in the last one year also helped these numbers. TCS, Infosys and Wipro saw rupee numbers rising 10-14% each. However, these companies have been facing pressure on billing rates. Combined with this, their investments in new service lines pulled down their EBITDA and net profit margins by 95 basis points and 131 basis points, respectively. After adjusting for extraordinary items, net profit growth was slightly higher at 7%, the analysis showed.


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The Office of Service-Learning serves as the hub of academic service-learning activities. Faculty members from the various disciplines develop projects that fit the scope and cycle of service-learning. All projects must be approved by the director of service-learning prior to initiation of the activity.
To assist faculty with the development of service-learning projects that will contribute to the development of a human capital in Louisiana that is comprised of active, knowledgeable and engaged citizens/STEM professionals.
To encourage citizenship among students that carryover into the workforce after graduation.
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Academic dishonesty can be defined as a key feature that degrades the full essence of learning. A habit covers the true image of a person in terms of academic achievement. Honesty is one of the aspects that have seriously been neglected in schools, colleges and universities today. The educational sector has ignored the value of honesty as far as student training, education, and learning are concerned. Unfortunately, dishonesty is gradually becoming inevitable, as excellent grades are paramount in learning institutions (Spaulding, 2009). Presently, it is a matter of concern that dishonesty in educational institutions is not reduced, but rather on the increase, since both students and teachers contribute to its development remarkably (Nazir & Aslam, 2010). However, academic integrity is not only an essential part, but also a measure of excellence in education.
Dishonesty plays a key role in breaking the society today. It is common knowledge that 'a long journey begins with one step'. It can be applied to dishonesty, which may be considered as one of the habits that grow gradually. It only starts with one mischievous thought. However, it is crucial to realize that honesty defines a personality. It reflects on the character that one has in any given gathering or community. For instance, a person, which is known to be dishonest, cannot be appointed or given any key responsibility in a group. In the same way, it applies to an academic surrounding. Thus, academic dishonesty becomes a root of other misgivings that gradually grow and end up changing one into an irresponsible person. Therefore, it is a virtue, which should be instilled in students by every learning institution, as they lay a foundation and plant seeds for the brighter future.
attain the desired goals. Dishonesty and the lack of integrity only paint a fake image of this person's capability. As a result, dishonest people live their educational lives lying to others. The public image is seen to be perfect and excellent, yet the real self cannot perform to get the expected mark. Such people end up losing their ambitions, as they cannot execute their duties in the corporate world, where there is no room for such vices. In the end, dishonest people crumble down in regrets and failures. In this context, it is fundamental for teachers in learning institutions to give their best training to bring up reliable and honest people in the society.
Stealing has been closely associated with dishonesty in the past. These two vices go hand in hand and contribute remarkably to changing a person's habit. For instance, plagiarism is one of the most common features of dishonesty. Students often copy each other's works or assignments. To some extent, students go ahead to have outsiders take exams in absentia (at a certain fee for the one doing an exam). Once a person has cheated in an exam, the seed of dishonesty begins to take root. In the end, such a person loses his or her conscious and may not realize the extent of this misconduct. However, the effect of having such a vice comes up, when one is caught or fails to succeed as expected. It leads to a high sense of guilt. At this point, dishonesty is not a problem, but a resulting condition. Guilt can lead to other self-destructive thoughts that may destroy a student. In this regard, enhancing honesty in schools lays a considerable basis for a fulfilling life.
from such institutions become victims of their own circumstances and lead a failing life before the public. Additionally, it is worthwhile noting that dishonest students portray the same bad habit, even in their homes (Caruana, Ramaseshan, & Ewing, 2000).
The importance and impact of honesty cannot be overlooked among students today. It forms the corner stone of stable and steadfast people that will lead the society tomorrow. Now, it is important for every person in learning institutions to contribute to developing a student community that highly regards honesty. Thus, maintaining academic honesty may call for extra efforts from both senior and junior teachers. However, it is appropriate to realize the contribution of students to building an honest academic environment (McCabe & Trevino, 1993).
In conclusion, dishonesty is a vice that affects student's education and academic excellence. It also influences a personality, which is fundamental in everyday life. Dishonesty has destroyed many people and has damaged the reputation of many academic institutions. People have lost their integrity due to habits that have begun with dishonesty in schools. Students have also languished, while others remain victims of dishonesty on the part of their friends and peers. Despite its ever-growing level, it can be reduced and at last eliminated from all academic institutions. However, this will call for extra efforts from teachers, non-teaching staff and student bodies at large.


Consider the confidence of Paul in his decision to give his life over to Christ. He is in prison awaiting an uncertain fate before Nero and yet he confesses boldly: 1. the power of the Gospel to save, 2. the fact that he knows the One in whom he has placed his faith, and 3. his confidence that Christ keeps him this side and the other side of this mortal life. May we share in such a confidence - we can!


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Francis  Wey, né le  à Besançon, mort le  à Paris, est un archiviste, écrivain et historien français.

Biographie
Né dans une famille de négociants d'origine allemande, Wey part à Paris en 1830, il y passe son baccalauréat en 1833. Recommandé par Charles Weiss, il découvre l'Arsenal de Charles Nodier, il rencontre Victor Hugo, Gérard de Nerval et Théophile Gautier.

Ayant obtenu le diplôme d'archiviste paléographe à l'École royale des chartes en 1837, Wey reste sans emploi jusqu'en 1853, année où il est nommé inspecteur des Archives départementales.

Il doit donc vivre de sa plume même si son mariage, le 8 juillet 1841, avec Floresca Bévalet, qu'il appellera toujours Marie, lui apporte des ressources. Il est membre de la Société héliographique.

En 1853, il regrette le manque de suite de la Mission héliographique, campagne photographique des monuments historiques. On doit à Wey, l'un des premiers critiques de la photographie, une page acérée contre l'indiscrète prolifération de détails des portraits daguerréotypes. Dans sa « Théorie du portrait » publiée en 1851 dans le premier périodique consacré à la photographie, La Lumière, Wey présente un scénario composé de corps coupés en morceaux, ou bien de trop de choses à voir, trop d'objets, trop de rides, trop de traits qui distraient et semblent effacer l'unité d'un corps : .

Il est photographié par Nadar, lithographié par Benjamin Roubaud et peint par Gustave Courbet, avec lequel il était lié.

Il est inhumé au cimetière du Montparnasse, dans la 13e division.

Journal de Delacroix
À propos de Achille-Jacques Fédel

Œuvres
Remarques sur la langue française au dix-neuvième siècle, sur le style et la composition littéraire (2 tomes), Paris 1845
Histoire des révolutions du langage en France, Paris 1848
Vie de Charles Nodier, de l'Académie françoise, Paris 1844
Manuel des droits et des devoirs. Dictionnaire démocratique, Paris 1848
Les Anglais chez eux. Esquisses de mœurs et de voyage, Paris 1854, 1861
Londres il y a cent ans, 1859, 1861
Dick Moon en France. Journal d'un Anglais de Paris, Paris 1862
La Haute Savoie. Récits de voyage et d'histoire, Paris 1865, 1979 (lire en ligne)
Exposition des œuvres d'Hippolyte Bellangé à École impériale des beaux-arts. Étude biographique, Paris 1867
Chronique du siège de Paris 1870-1871, Paris 1871
Rome. Descriptions et souvenirs, Paris 1872
I Musei del Vaticano, Mailand 1874, 4. Auflage 1897
(Avec Victor-Adolphe Malte-Brun) Le Nord et la Picardie vus au milieu du , Paris 1982 (Text de 1853)
Notre maître-peintre Gustave Courbet. Introduction et notes de Frédérique Desbuissons, La Rochelle 2007

Sources
Eugène de Mirecourt, Francis Wey, Paris 1855, 1858, 1871
Anne de Mondenard, "Entre romantisme et réalisme. Francis Wey (1812-1882), critique d'art", Études photographiques 8, novembre 2000
Oraisons funèbres par Léopold Delisle et Louis de Mas Latrie, Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, 1882, .

Liens externes

 Études photographiques (Anne de Mondenard)
 Comment le soleil est devenu peintre, plus ancienne histoire de la photographie illustrée, publiée en 1853 dans le Musée des familles
 Caricaturé par Alexandre Bertrand sur Mémoire vive, patrimoine numérisé de Besançon Charges

Notes et références

Écrivain français du XIXe siècle
Archiviste français
Archiviste paléographe
Président de la Société des gens de lettres
Naissance à Besançon
Naissance en août 1812
Décès dans le 9e arrondissement de Paris
Décès en mars 1882
Décès à 69 ans


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Bobby Fischer on Film
ChessBase points us to two trailers on YouTube for new films about the late Bobby Fischer: Me and Bobby Fischer (see above) and Bobby Fischer Live (embedding disabled). The first is a disturbing but very interesting documentary focused on Fischer's life after his arrest in Japan and extradition to Iceland. The second is an even more disturbing -- for chessplayers anyway -- docudrama about Fischer's life that focuses on the roots of his dementia in childhood. Each tries to extend the story of the 1972 World Championship match in different directions, forward and back in time, to the endgame and the opening. My impression is that the documentary "Me and Bobby Fischer" holds some promise of adding new dimensions to the Fischer saga by depicting his time in Iceland, which is not captured by previous documentaries that I know. But I think that the morbidly melodramatic "Bobby Fischer Live" will simply drive chessplayers bonkers with inaccuracies and chessic blunders. Any chess player will see several problems in the trailer alone, beginning with the scene showing a teenage Fischer (already a rising master cum IM) reading Tarrasch's The Game of Chess -- while having to use a board no less!
Ultimately, I don't think the rather chaotic and incomprehensible story of Fischer's opening days and sad endgame can ever be as interesting as the perfectly structured real-life story of Fischer's middlegame full of miraculous triumph and mystery -- his rise to 1972 stardom and Garbo-like disappearance -- a story that is beautifully, mythicaly, and touchingly narrated in young Josh's voice in the black and white archival vignettes of Searching for Bobby Fischer (much of which is on YouTube), so that one wishes someone would just string those moments together as a stand-alone video. That's why I had been excited to hear that the book Bobby Fischer Goes to War, which offers a very well dramatized and well researched account of the events surrounding the 1972 match, was optioned by Universal Pictures, and that they had hired director Kevin MacDonald (Last King of Scotland) to film it. But the latest reports suggest that the project has been shelved due to the economic crisis.
Among the best Fischer films I have seen are "The Mad Genius of Bobby Fischer" (portions of which can be viewed on YouTube) and the excellent British documentary "Fischer vs. Spassky" (all of which appears to be available on YouTube). Both do a fairly good job of telling the story of the 1972 match through archival footage and interviews with figures of the time, including the very likable Boris Spassky. But it would be nice to see Fischer's story get the full Hollywood treatment.
There is some hope that Madman Genius: Bobby Fischer Found, to be directed by Liz Garbus for HBO, will offer something along these lines. According to the website:
Madman Genius will chronicle the bizarre and tragic life of an American hero turned outlaw, chess champion Bobby Fischer. Fischer's rise and fall echoed the demise of the Cold War World Order; without the black and white of the chessboard reflected in the 'real' world, Fischer, arguably the greatest chess player of all time, went insane. Novelistic in its story-telling, the film will chronicle the spectacular rise and fall of an American icon.
Fischer's story continues to fascinate us and I am sure that there will be a string of future films about him. However, it appears we will still have to wait for this incredible true story to receive the cinematic rendering that it deserves.
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posted by Michael Goeller at 1:29 PM
Blue Devil Knight said...
If the trailer is any indication, that looks awful. And they usually put the best parts in the trailer. :O
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Villa to rent in Greek Mainland, Greece
The villa is interconnected into two parts. Studio A, has 2 rooms and a loft and can host up to 8 people. Studio B, has 1 room and can host up to 2 people. It also has it's own fully equipped kitchen,
Our family owned villa is located in the hillside of the village Nea Anchialos and only 6 km from the airport. It is a seaside city built on the northwest coast of the Pagasetic Gulf near ancient Pyrasos, which was the port of "brilliant" Fthiotides ancient city of Thebes. Known today for its archaeological sites with the extensive ruins of the city "Thebes" of the early Christian period, for its beautiful and tranquil beaches, traditional wine festival and the airport.
Just a ten minute walk the village offers everything you may need. This village offers a great atmosphere. The beautiful port with its many restaurants with very good home-cooked dishes and cafes, the beach road full of pubs and bars and the main street with lots of shops along with the traditional tsipouro.
The ancient Theves, is also a ten minute walk from Villa Pyxida. There is a lot of historical monuments where you can see how people once lived. Right next to the museum are some sandy clean public beaches.
Volos is located north of Nea Anchialos, only 17 km from the villa. It is a modern port city with a rich cultural life, interesting nightlife, distinctive local cuisine (tsipouro). Pelion right next to Volos, is a place blessed by the gods, a magic mountain, full of mystery and beauty. Myths and traditions have tried to describe it. Stone houses, cobbled fountain painted by the greenery of the mountain, dew on each sheet. Ski resort with slopes for winter sports activities such as horse riding, mountain hiking, train of Pelion, nightlife and gastronomy make the area a favorite destination.
The area of Volos and Pelion is endowed with the characteristics of all those who emerge as basic choices for Greek and foreign visitors for holidays or short excursions. The natural beauty of the area with it's rich cultural heritage and particularly the combination of a magic mountain and a blue sea offers a selection of fun, recreation and holidays, that hardly exhausts. The modern city of Volos and its surrounding area is steeped in history and mythology , including the international known Argo, the mythical ship, known worldwide through the myth of the Argonauts and the campaign of Jason to Colchis and the legendary Centaurs who lived in Pelion, remarkable local architecture, especially gastronomy, cultural traditions, archeology and thematic museums , archaeological sites , sacred monuments and numerous events.
From Volos, you can take a ferry which brings you to the island of cosmopolitan Skiathos, green Skopelos and beautiful Alonissos. Both Skiathos and Skopelos Island is a must for beach fanatics with its turquoise clear water and the strong sun. Skopelos and its neighbour Skiathos were the filming locations of the 2008 film Mamma Mia.
In spring and summer the interest of the people moves to dozens of small and large beaches of Pagasetic.
Crowded beaches, vast scorching sand, secluded coves, rugged cliffs and clear waters, seaside tavernas, beach bars, water sports, sailing.
The ski resort is located 28 κm from the city of Volos, on the north side of aspen summit at an altitude of 1200 to 1470 meters. In the ski resort one can find 5 lifts, slopes with total length of 12 km, 3 parking spaces, shelter of 80 people, and ski school. The vegetation in the area consists of beech while the view is panoramic towards the sea.
Finally our guests can also enjoy short road trips to internationally known places like Meteora. Only 2 hrs. away one can see one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece. Also Mount Olympus, notable in Ancient Greek Mythology as the home of the Twelve Olympian gods, on the Mytikas peak can be found just 1 ½ hours away.
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OpenSeas has released a playbook on the programme.
The comprehensive guide aims to help New Zealand seafood companies understand the range of tools available and find ways to best utilise the programme within their businesses.
Launched at New Zealand Seafood Industry Conference in 2017, OpenSeas is focused on presenting short, digestible pieces of information about the environmental, social and production credentials of the industry in order to support seafood sales and communications.
Programme director Jodie Campbell said the opportunities created by OpenSeas are endless and the playbook is a fantastic tool for businesses to get things started.
"The purpose of this playbook is to provide a simplified explanation of the Openseas programme and how it can be used to support New Zealand seafood businesses - including examples and suggestions," Campbell said.
Talley's head of sales for Australia and South America Greg Stewart was part of the team that helped put together OpenSeas.
He said there had been an excellent response as awareness of the programme has increased over the past few months.
"Customers have in particular found the species information helpful and the fact they can download a factsheet to present to their customers," Stewart said.
"This week one of my colleagues who looks after our USA business had a request by a large seafood restaurant chain for further information around hoki and the fishery it was caught in.
The playbook is free to download at www.openseas.org.nz/about/.
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Venture capitalists are betting that a new breed of startups can disrupt the slow (and expensive) process of buying and selling real estate in Europe. It comes just months after US real estate site Zillow shut down its own algorithm-based house flipping service after posting losses of nearly $880 million.
Italian startup Casavo has just raised $100 million in equity and $300 million in debt to expand its own buy-it-now service in France and expand operations in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The Milan-based company has bought and sold 3,200 homes since its inception in 2017 for a combined price of $1 billion.
"We asked the question about Zillow, but investors who have a solid thesis on housing markets understood that this was a very Zillow-specific issue," said Giorgio Tinacci, Founder and CEO of Casavo. . iBuying, or Instant Buying, transformed Zillow from a simple listing portal and review tool for buyers and real estate agents into a realtor that, at its peak, was buying thousands of its homes every month , renovated them before re-listing them - sometimes at a higher price. Zillow laid off 2,000 employees from its listings department after labor and supply shortages left it with a loss of $304 million and a backlog of 7,000 unsold homes in the third quarter of 2021.
Tinacci says that while Zillow dropped its home buying division after just two years, its US rivals Opendoor, Offerpad and Redfin remain active and the European real estate market is very different from that of the United States.
Tinacci says he is focused on buying apartments in a handful of major European cities, such as Rome, Milan and Madrid, where there is "information asymmetry" in listing prices due to data uneven and lower renovation costs, unlike the typical American suburb, the target of Zillow and its rival. "In short, Europe has a structural advantage over the United States," says Tinacci. Casavo claims to be able to quote a property in two days and close a sale in less than a month, when it takes 20 weeks to sell the average Italian home, according to data from European property site Idealista. However, sellers who choose Casavo must accept a discount on the review to book a quick sale.
The latest investment in Casavo, which has now raised $350 million, was led by Exor, the investment arm of the billionaire Agnelli family, along with previous investors Greenoaks Capital Partners and Picus Capital. Support for an Italian dynasty of dealmakers comes as many venture capitalists have retreated from tech investments, especially in capital-intensive sectors like real estate, and are betting on European ownership as the continent's economy is battered by a growing energy crisis and inflation. "They're a perfect fit because they're a long-term investor," says Tinacci, who has also been backed by the family's venture capital arm, Exor Seeds. Casavo is not the only startup to bet that "ibuying" could take off in Europe. Clikalia, based in Madrid, Spain, raised $ 75 million in February in a round led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, and Sequoia Capital led a $ 20 million Series A in French competitor Zefir at the end of the month.
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