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Home » Publications » Management » Regional & Global Model Analysis
09/2020 Characterization of Long Period Return Values of Extreme Daily Temperature and Precipitation in the CMIP6 Models: Part 1, Model Evaluation Journal Article Wehner, Michael Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
09/2020 Characterization of long period return values of extreme daily temperature and precipitation in the CMIP6 models: Part 2, projections of future change Journal Article Wehner, Michael Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
03/2018 A basis set for exploration of sensitivity to prescribed ocean conditions for estimating human contributions to extreme weather in CAM5.1-1degree Journal Article Angélil, Oliver M. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

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Lucy from Food for Living is back on the blog with some more tips to include in your daily routine for healthier eating. If you missed part one, find it here.
Switch your fats. Some fats are more health 'friendly' than others. Better fats are found in oily fish, nuts and seeds, unrefined cold pressed oils, for example, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil or rapeseed/canola oils, and avocados. These fats are associated with weight management and good immune health. Fats that have been linked to poor health are highly refined oils such as vegetable oils, hydrogenated fats, trans fats, which are generally found in processed jars, tins and packets. These, along with excessive amounts of saturated fats found in meat and dairy, can cause inflammation within the body and effect health. Remove oils from cooking as much as possible and replace with the water and cover method, allowing food to sweat in a little water.
Mix the chilli, garlic, finely chopped avocados, lime juice, finely chopped tomatoes, red onion, fresh coriander and red kidney beans in a bowl and mix. Set aside while you are cooking the salmon.
Place on salmon under hot grill for 5 minutes each side. They are done when you press the flesh and it comes away easily.
Place salsa on plate and top with grilled salmon. Serve a lovely fresh green salad on the side.
For more recipes please check out Lucy's website.
For more general information, read here.
Use fruit and vegetables to fill your plate or to snack on. They are packed full of powerful antioxidants called phytonutrients, and along with their fibre, can help maintain a healthy body. Jazz them up by cooking them or preparing them a different way every day – roasting, stir frying, steaming, poaching and even grating, chopping and slicing!
Combine all the ingredients in a big bowl and mix well.
I had this with a slice of bread but you could easily have a 1/2 cup of leftover rice, quinoa or wholegrain pasta.
For more recipes check out Lucy's website.
Your good health is closely linked to both diet and lifestyle behaviors. Any changes you are making to your diet must be accompanied by exercise, a positive mental attitude and finding a way of managing the stress in your life. Remember that everyone is different and has different health needs.


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Q: C# adding to a list when two out of two radios are unchecked I am new to coding and more so c#, on and off have been picking it at. Trying to learn by doing very basic projects in my spare time and am trying to figure out why I am not getting a result when both radios out of two are unchecked. The simple idea is if both radios are unchecked write a simple string to a list. Of course I can easily see both or one or the other and get two written indexes to the list, one for each. I am trying to see why I can't get just one list add if both are unchecked:
foreach (var child in children)
            {
                if (child.GetType() == typeof(TextBox))
                {
                    UserText.Add("TXT BOX11");
                }

                if (child.GetType() == typeof(RadioButton))
                {
                    if (((((RadioButton)child).Name == "Radio1") && ((RadioButton)child).IsChecked == false)
 && ((((RadioButton)child).Name == "Radio2") && ((RadioButton)child).IsChecked == false))
                    {
                        UserText.Add("Pickles");
                    }
                }
            }

A: You are only ever checking the current child. Since your condition is both ((RadioButton)child).Name == "Radio1" and ((RadioButton)child).Name == "Radio2" it will never be true.
You might want to use the CheckedChanged event instead or just access the radiobuttons through their variables. Probably named something like radioButton1 and radioButton2.
Lastly, if it has to be within the foreach loop you could set an external variable to keep track.
bool otherButton = false;
foreach (var child in children)
{
  // textbox code

  if(child is RadioButton rbtn && rbtn.Name == "Radio1" && rbtn.IsChecked == false)
  {
    if(otherButton)
      UserText.Add("Pickles");
    else
      otherButton = true;
  }
  if(child is RadioButton rbtn && rbtn.Name == "Radio2" && rbtn.IsChecked == false)
  {
    if(otherButton)
      UserText.Add("Pickles");
    else
      otherButton = true;
  }
}

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Virtual Machine Manager can be connected to Operations Manager to monitor the virtual infrastructure. Moreover VMM is able to be connected to an SQL Server Analysis Service to make forecasting analysis. In this topic I will show you how to connect VMM to Operations Manager and so monitor Virtual Machine Manager infrastructure either virtual machines, Hyper-V hosts or fabric.
(Optional) An operational SCOM reporting service (SSRS) with a SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS) (the SSRS and SSAS must have the same instance name). The SSRS must allow report access on port 80 (HTTP).
Once the Operations Manager console is installed, you should update it to the same rollup update than your management server.
Management pack for Windows Server Operating System.
Once you have selected all files from both management packs, just click on import.
Once you have found them, you can import them.
Next in Operations Manager, I add the group Home\GG-VMMADM to the Operations Manager Administrators user role. This group contains a service account used by VMM.
In Virtual Machine Manager console, navigate to settings and System Center Settings. Then right click on Operation Manager Server and click on properties.
First screen details requirements to connect Virtual Machine Manager to Operations Manager. Verify that all is ok and click on next.
Next specify the server name of a management server and select the Run As account that has been added to Operations Manager Administrators user role.
Then specify an Operations Manager account that will be used to connect to Virtual Machine Manager. If you have not already added it to VMM Administrators user role, the wizard will add it for you.
Once Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager are connected, you can right click on Operations Manager settings and properties again. The connection status should indicate OK.
Next you have to install Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Analysis Management Objects on each VMM server node.
Come back to the Virtual Machine Manager console and edit properties of Operation Manager Settings. Next select SQL Server Analysis Services. Specify the server that hosts the SCOM Reporting Service and the Analysis Service. Then specify the SSAS instance name, the port (0 means default port) and the Run As account with administrative privilege on SSAS instance.
Be careful, the instance name between the Analysis Service and the Reporting Service must be the same. Moreover the Reporting Service must allow report access on port 80 by HTTP. For further information you can read this TechNet topic.
First thing enabled from Virtual Machine Manager is the Performances and Resources Optimization (PRO). It indicates issues on Hyper-V hosts or Virtual Machines as below.
First a diagram view is available that shows what is monitored in the virtualized infrastructure.
Next many monitors are available to check the health of components managed by Virtual Machine Manager. Below you have three examples: the clouds, the hosts and the virtual machine health.
Some performance counters are also available. Below this is an example of performance counters about Hyper-V host free memory and network packets received by a virtual machine.
Once you have imported this management pack, you can download the management pack for Virtual Machine Manager host and Virtual Machine dashboards here. Next extract it and import it from the SCOM console.
Below this is the VMM Host dashboard J.


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The Hot Press Books Of 2021: Read All About It
To quote the venerable Mr Joyce, "life is too short to read a bad book". Here, then, are a selection of some of the good ones – chosen by our own half-blind blowhard, Mr Pat Carty - that landed in 2021.
"Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks." - Dr. Seuss. Theodor Geisel, it turns out, was a not a real doctor, but it's a good prescription nevertheless. P.J. O'Rourke advised us to "Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it," which is sage counsel too.
The End Of The World Is A Cul De Sac – Louise Kennedy (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Outrageously good storytelling in this collection of shorts, whether it be about the aftermath of failed housing estates, post-cancer holidays in the pissing rain, or using old family photos for a bit of time-travelling. There are stalkers, healing hands, a donkey, and a possibly mystical member of the Leporidae family, but the cake is taken by the recognition of a droopy eye on a television set in 'In Silhouette', the pain - and the guilt at the pain - of having a child that's different in 'Brittle Things', and the baby that was never meant to be in 'Garland Sunday'. It's also "full of riding", as Kennedy said herself, which is always a bonus.
Nora: A Love Story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce – Nuala O'Connor (New Island Books)
Not only is this a beautifully told love story - romantic as well as earthy, for Nora and her Jim and his "maneen" were right goers - it also displays the breadth of O'Connor's learning. I suspect she made it all the way through Ulysses at least once. Her Nora hilariously couldn't give a fig for Joyce's mush and the great author himself comes across as more than a bit of an arse. A genius like Joyce is easy to admire, but imagine having to live with him? Nora emerges as a person of remarkable strength, and patience. She was both muse and midwife to his achievements. He owed her everything.
White City – Kevin Power (Scribner)
I like a few bob as much as the next fella ("you're in the wrong job so!" – Ed.) but the greed displayed during the Celtic Tiger wasn't a good look on any of us. It's hard, if not impossible to feel much sympathy or affection for anyone in Power's romp through those strange days when it rained money, especially his narrator Ben, a "terminally upper-middle class" spoilt brat who reckons he can pull a fast one on everyone with a dodgy land deal that'll grant him his ticket to the sun. You'll be cheering on the arrival of the imminent financial crash.
Boys Don't Cry – Fiona Scarlett (Faber)
When I read the blurb on this, which promised a story that "will break your heart in a million different ways", I moaned aloud, "Do I have to?", but I was, as so often happens, stupidly wrong. Joe has an avenue of escape from The Jax tower block where he's grown up, although events drag him towards the dodgy world that his bad-egg Da is part of. Meanwhile, younger brother Finn's worsening condition pulls down the sky down on both the good and the less so. If you're not bawling by the end of this then you are made of sterner stuff than I.
The Rules Of Revelation - Lisa McInerney (John Murray)
Oh Cork, so much to answer for. We can also thank the real capital for the work of Lisa McInerney, in which the city takes a central role. The Rules Of Revelation concludes the (Blarneytown?) trilogy she began with her gang-of-Cork-heads introducing, multi-prize winning The Glorious Heresies, and then continued by positioning pill-pushing-pianist Ryan Cusack centre stage in The Blood Miracles, moving the action out of the rebel county to Naples. Cusack is back in Cork to record an album with his band, Lord Urchin, but the past – personified by Georgie, or Mel's Ma, amongst others - won't stay in the past. Niall Stokes called it, "a riveting and essential read," and – contractually – I can't argue with him. McInerney also wins the coveted Hot Press Line Of The Year trophy for describing the "demented" Irish as "young and gifted and damp."
Honourable Mentions:
The Garden – Paul Perry (New Island Books), Quiet City – Philip Davison (Liberties Press), Snowflake – Louise Nealon (Harper), 56 Days – Catherine Ryan Howard (Blackstone), The Killing Kind – Jane Casey (Harper Collins), Panenka – Rónán Hession (Bluemoose Books), The Sunken Road – Ciaran McMenamin (Vintage), April In Spain – John Banville (Faber), Midfield Dynamo – Adrian Duncan (The Lilliput Press), The Magician - Colm Tóibín (Penguin), Iron Annie – Luke Cassidy (Bloomsbury Circus), The Pawnbroker's Reward – Declan O'Rourke (Gill), Life Without Children - Roddy Doyle (Jonathan Cape), The Ballad Of Lord Edward and Citizen Small – Neil Jordan (The Lilliput Press), In The Event Of Contact – Ethel Rohan (Dzanc Books), The Echo Chamber – John Boyne (Doubleday), A Shock – Keith Ridgway (Picador), Line – Niall Bourke (Tramp Press), Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney (Faber)
Anthology/Brick Of The Year
Shadow Voices - 300 Years Of Irish Genre Fiction: A History in Stories – Edited by John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton)
In a way, this is the perfect lockdown book, a complete college course in one volume wherein one of the world's great thriller writers details the history of Irish genre fiction – his collective appellation, not mine. Starting off with Swift suggesting we eat the poor and then meandering all the way to the "domestic noir" of Liz Nugent and Maura McHugh's Yeats-inspired revenge tree, there is eating and drinking – of blood, on occasion – in this mammoth tome, which can also be used as a steps when changing lightbulbs. Double points for Connolly as this year's The Nameless Ones was fairly handy too.
Irish Non-fiction
Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War – Diarmaid Ferriter (Profile Books)
The eminent historian's timely examination of the treaty signed one-hundred years ago this very month that created the Irish Free State and the aftermath of this compromise that would cause the country to descend into civil war just over six months later. As meticulously researched as one would expect, Ferriter's follow-up to A Nation And Not A Rabble – there is some cross over – not only details a damaging conflict that, as the cliché goes, pitched brother against brother, or "criminals" versus "materialists" as the opposing sides would have it, but also thoroughly examines the long shadow it cast over the nation's development. Ferriter's stated aim was to "humanise their dilemmas and the deadly consequences of their decisions," and he does just that.
The Presidents' Letters: An Unexpected History of the Irish State - Flor MacCarthy (New Island)
A good idea brilliantly executed, McCarthy compiles letters to and from the big house in the park, coupled with several essays on the presidency itself. First, and perhaps most illuminating, amongst these is 6.1 man – and Springsteen nut - David McCullagh's rough guide to the presidents, a handy reminder for those of us who haven't been in school for a long time. The letters are the stars though, ranging from de Valera and Cosgrave's unlikely joining of forces to offer the office to Douglas Hyde in 1938, to the hats off- warranting behaviour of Queen Elizabeth II, who signs off a letter to Mary Robinson with "your good friend, Elizabeth R" and insists on trying the cúpla focal during her 2011 visit with help from some phonetic scribbling courtesy of Mary McAleese.
The Best Catholics In The World: The Irish, The Church and the End of a Special Relationship – Derek Scally (Penguin Sandycove)
On a yuletide trip home to Dublin from Germany, Scally - the Irish Times' man in Berlin – goes to Christmas Eve mass in Raheny and finds the attendance less than marvellous. This flicks on a lightbulb over his head so he takes in a variety of masses and novenas – rather him than me – and conducts extensive interviews to detail the history of the Catholic church in Ireland and how it lost its suffocating hold on us. In his examination, Scally makes reference to the German people's acceptance of the notion of 'collective shame' and how such an idea could be applied here in the light of the Mother and Baby Home Commission's report and the various other crimes perpetrated by the agents of the church. Thank God they're nearly gone.
Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground – Susan McKay (Blackstaff Press)
McKay grew up in 60s Derry amongst protestants who, as she says in her prologue, "Would not yield… Would not bend the knee… and… would fight." How does that figure now that, as McKay points out, the demographics of Northern Ireland have shifted and, in a post-Brexit society, with Sinn Féin doing well, there is the possibility of the notion of a united Ireland at least making it to the discussion table? As with her previous book, Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, McKay talks to people from every walk of society, some who bemoan the national question being put over all other social issues, and some who feel that things have improved, somewhat. Overall, it offers a differing view from the DUP rhetoric on the evening news.
The Dublin Railway Murders – Thomas Morris (Penguin)
A true crime story that reads like a good novel , Morris - a Welsh man, but educated here, so we'll allow it – takes us back to 1856. The beaten and bloodied body of the chief cashier of the Midland Great Western Railway is found in his office in Broadstone Station (the city side of modern Phibsboro). The door is locked from the inside and substantial amount of cash is left untouched. Scotland Yard is left scratching its collective head so it's up to Irish detective Augustus Guy. Morris's admirably meticulous research allows to him to not only present a fascinating case, which gripped Irish society in its day, but also to paint a portrait of Victorian Dublin.
Four Years In The Cauldron – Brian O'Donovan (Penguin), Keep Calm And Trust The Science – Professor Luke O'Neill (Gill), Returning Light – Robert Harris (Harper Collins), A State Of Emergency – Richard Chambers, What White People Can Do Next - Emma Dabiri (Penguin)
The Lyrics – Paul McCartney (Allen Lane)
In a year when all things Beatles steamrolled over us repeatedly, McCartney's book still has to take the top honours. The world's greatest songwriter – probably - tells his story through the songs themselves, using a compendium of his immortal tunes to spark reminiscences, from before anyone knew who he was, right up to now when there's no escaping him. On top of that we get hundreds of beautiful images, many previously unseen from his own archives, and another great Paul, Mr Muldoon, keeps it all flowing. The pride of any coffee table, as long as you reenforce the legs, it'll cost you as much as ten other books on this list but it is worth every penny.
Rememberings – Sinéad O'Connor (Penguin)
Whether you're a fan or not, the hat has to come off to Sinéad O'Connor for sticking resolutely to her guns, and both barrels are employed here. The book revolves around – and O'Connor sees herself as speaking with two different voices either side of - the night she tore up the picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live in protest at Church child sex abuse. Now, of course, we know she was right, but back then this was as brave a move as any "rock star" had ever made. As O'Connor sees it, having a worldwide number one was the aberration, the pope move was what she was really supposed to be at. With the candour you'd expect – and with that you mightn't - she details everything from her difficult childhood, to bad experiences with Prince and industry bigwigs, to worse ones with her own mental well-being. What emerges is proof positive that no one is more punk than Sinéad O'Connor.
A Furious Devotion: The Authorised Story of Shane MacGowan – Richard Balls (Omnibus)
Balls gets the inside story, slurred and hissed straight out of the horse's mouth, on the life of MacGowan, a fiercely intelligent man responsible for some of the greatest songs of the last thirty-five odd years. Balls is very obviously a fan but that doesn't stop him delivering a warts – of which there are many – and all recounting of the life of the man who was displaying brilliance when he was still a child, changed the perception of Irish music with some immortal songs and records, and ultimately pissed it all up a wall because that's what he wanted to do. Balls may claim that "MacGowan is not done yet" but the evidence presented in this ironically sobering tale says otherwise.
God Is In The Radio: Unbridled Enthusiasms 1980 – 2020 - Barney Hoskyns (Omnibus)
A "greatest hits" of sorts from the always excellent Hoskyns, forever welcome at my table thanks to Say It One Time For The Broken Hearted: Country Soul In The American South, these are pieces about "the music I've loved the most". Of course I'm going to nod in agreement when he reiterates how great the music of Al Green and Burt Bacharach is, and I too "could listen to George Jones for all eternity". What's more impressive, however, is a journalist asking Keith Richards a real question, being reminded of the brilliance of Luther Vandross and Björk's 'Hope', and very nearly being tempted to give Joy Division another try. Nearly. Like music? Buy this.
Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 – Richard Thompson (Faber)
In which the genius songwriter and one of the world's greatest guitarists rifles though the "dusty attic" of his memory and recalls his crucial part in the creation of a very British type of rock music. As he told Hot Press this year, "Fairport [Convention] were trying to build a bridge between traditional and popular music, because that link had been lost." Tragedy sits beside triumph in the Fairport story and Thompson details that too, as well as his series of albums with wife and partner Linda and the place that Sufism came to occupy in his life. As beautifully put together as his best songs, and that's saying something.
Shared Notes: A Musical Journey – Martin Hayes (Doubleday Ireland), Last Chance Texaco – Rickie Lee Jones (Grove), Looking To Get Lost – Peter Guralnick (Little & Brown), Unrequited Infatuations – Stevie Van Zandt (White Rabbit)
Harlem Shuffle – Colson Whitehead (Fleet)
Multi-Pulitzer winner Whitehead changes tack from his last two works – escaping slavery in The Underground Railroad, escaping reform school abuse in The Nickel Boys - for something, in comparison at least, a bit more light-hearted, although the author still manages to get in some pointed social commentary, about escaping your assigned rung. "Ray Carney is only slightly bent when it comes to be being crooked," but then you have to be a little bent to move up in the mid-20th century Harlem – and the borough is a character as much as anyone else. Ray's a good guy but he'll do what he has to in what is ostensibly a crime novel, which may seem slightly at odds with Whitehead's previous output, but he makes it his own.
Klara And The Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber)
Klara's an android or "Artificial friend", purchased as a companion/helper for the unwell Josie, who suffers from the same aliment that already claimed her sister. Through Klara's eyes – which deliberately register things differently than our own – this new world is slowly revealed. Some children have been "lifted" – genetically modified – and some haven't, and the presence of artificial life is not welcomed by everyone. Are the people who complain about Klara's presence really in fear of their own obsolescence? To borrow a phrase from Ishiguro's Nobel citation, does the view through these artificial eyes remind us of "our illusory sense of connection with the world"? A novel you'll be mulling over long after you've finished it.
A Narrow Door – Joanne Harris (Orion)
Rebecca Buckfast has recently been made headmistress of St. Oswald's, a posh boys school. She's just one of the changes that's ruffling feathers and her own plumage is being disturbed by events from her past coming back to haunt her. You'll be instantly brought to attention by her admission of two murders as early as the preface in this thriller that's also an examination of how women have to contort themselves to squeeze through the title's aperture with a plot that thickens with every page. Rebecca pieces together her own story but she's also revealing it – piecemeal - to Classics Master Roy Straitley, so can she be trusted in the first place, and where do the rivers of the ancient Greek underworld come into it, and who's Mr Smallface? Good luck putting this down.
The Women Of Troy – Pat Barker (Penguin)
In a follow-up to the equally great The Silence Of The Girls, Barker is again retelling the myths told by Homer – and used as a cornerstone to construct Western civilisation and art – through female eyes. Troy has fallen and our narrator Briseis, who had been Achille's prize but is now, because of Paris' arrow, married to another, witnesses the strength of the women in the camp, who carry on despite their treatment under the Greeks. Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, has angered the Gods with a dishonourable act so they refuse to fill the sails that wish to cross back over the Aegean Sea. Barker uses characters like him – although, to be fair, he had big sandals to fill – to illustrate the paper-thin fragility of the male ego.
The End Of Men – Christina Sweeney-Baird (Putnam)
Stop me if this sounds familiar but it's the year 2025 and a viral outbreak sweeps across the world, claiming victims from every social strata. The twist here is the bug only affects men, women can be carriers but it has no physical effect on them. The first half is a gripping thriller, but it is the transfer of power that is noteworthy. The few surviving men are now scared of women. "My mere physical presence is enough to terrify someone into running. No wonder they used to get drunk on it," is how one character puts it. Told through diary first-person diary entries, we witness a world – everything from international politics to dating apps – adjusting to this new reality. This novel's thunder was somewhat stolen by a vastly inferior TV show but you should seek it out.
Crossroads – Jonathan Franzen (Fourth Estate), Silverview – John le Carré (Penguin), Oh William! – Elizabeth Strout, The Last Thing To Burn – Will Dean (Hodder & Stoughton)
Love In A Time Of War: My Years With Robert Fisk – Lara Marlowe (Apollo)
Fisk was already a renowned Times journalist who had covered Northern Ireland and was working the Middle East beat when Marlowe, who was only getting started in the fourth estate, met him in 1983. The locations and the events of their next couple of decades together are the stuff that international thriller writers can only dream of; whether it be Islamist revolt in Algeria, both US assaults on Iraq – Fisk was famously critical of Uncle Sam's foreign policy in the region, or hellish times in Lebanon or the former Yugoslavia. Their love for each other endured even after their marriage ended, but what is even more admirable is the book's portrayal of journalists - Marlowe took up with the Irish Times after quitting her previous post at Time Magazine in protest over editorial queasiness - for whom the truth was always paramount.
Languages Of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 – Salman Rushdie (Jonathan Cape)
Not satisfied with being one of the greatest living novelists – 2019's Quichotte is brilliant, for a start – Rushdie is also the kind of critics that other critics dream of being when they grow up. In the light of The Plot Against America, he refers to Philip Roth as "a Cassandra for our age, warning us against what was to come". He acknowledges the difficulty of Samuel Beckett's Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable trilogy of novels, but advises surrender, "Give into the text and it opens up, a rare if shabby flower." And it's not all highfaluting either; there's a lovely appreciation of his late pal, Carrie Fisher, and an account of catching the coronavirus and realising how lucky he was to survive to tell the tale. Marvellous.
The Quiet Americans: Four Spies At The Dawn Of The Cold War – Scott Anderson (Picador)
A broad and brilliant look at the early years of the C.I.A. after its emergence from the ashes of both the second world war and the Office Of Strategic Services, and the first decade of its fight against communism, told through the adventures and misadventures of the four men in question. Anderson is no flag waver and concludes that the agency's machinations led to "the fall of the United States' moral standing in the world… the final laying bare of the myth of America as the herald of freedom". It's hard to disagree once you've worked your way through this utterly engrossing piece of work.
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A Moment With Nancy Bachmann
Nancy Bachmann wants us all to recognize the beauty in each moment.
Growing up behind the Berlin Wall, the natural-born explorer was curious about what lay beyond. That experience—combined with an innate wanderlust—motivated her eventually to leave the corporate world to run, Smart Travelling, an online travel resource with curated tips for over 50 cities worldwide.
It was while producing a travel book about San Francisco that Bachmann discovered her love for California. She felt instantly at home. And—after she returned for a three-month wellness cleanse and her sister, Cindy, visited—they realized that, at the very least, they could no longer live without the juice they'd discovered.
In 2014, the sisters founded Los Angeles Cold Press, bringing fresh juice (energized with Cindy's mantras) to Berlin. The venture was so successful that they've since begun developing an entire conscious lifestyle brand, aiming to link what they see as two sister cities.
Here, Nancy Bachmann (who now lives in LA full-time) explains why she is moved to spread positivity across the world:
Live The Process: How did your interests in health, wellness and travel develop?
Nancy Bachmann: I grew up in the East part of Germany and spent my childhood and teen years behind the Wall, where traveling was only possible in one direction: East. This limited my access and exposure to outside influences, but did not prevent me from developing an early curiosity for the unknown.
Traditional German cuisine is typically very heavy, which encouraged me to rebel and go on the search for healthy alternatives. Luckily, I was able to create an opportunity to pursue this desire and make my passion my profession: I left a corporate job to develop Smart Travelling, a travel guide platform with curated premium travel tips and a book series.
Though I believe that all of my collective experiences have led me to pursue a healthy and conscious lifestyle, I can vividly remember sitting in a cab with my business partner in New York City at 10 am, after several days of eating our way through the best restaurants. My stomach was uncomfortably full from an early morning feast, which we tried to remedy with an inappropriately timed grappa. Needless to say, I knew this was not a sustainable lifestyle. As much as I tried to embody healthy living on a personal level, my professional pursuit pushed me often to consume in excess and overindulge. Eventually, this even led to a health condition, and I decided to go on a cleanse in Koh Samui. That was a profound experience that allowed me to reconnect with my earlier health-conscious self.
LTP: How did visiting California change your life?
NB: I first came to California in 2011 to produce the travel guide book, A perfect weekend in San Francisco. After the production, I spent two nights at the Chateau Marmont, bought a vintage Mercedes with my friend and drove across country to Upstate New York in seven days. Those two days and nights in Los Angeles unexpectedly stuck with me. There was something in the air in L.A.—a strong connection with my soul that I had never felt before; I knew that this was the place where I wanted to live and settle down.
I returned for three months over the winter and got really into Kundalini yoga through a 40-day challenge, cold-pressed juices and the healthy Californian lifestyle. I felt so at home and understood, I was inspired by the freedom, the space and the creativity. I was attracted to the idea that everything is possible and, if you fail, you can always start again.
I finally moved to Los Angeles this summer, but I will continue to bring the best of the healthy LA lifestyle to Berlin and beyond by offering products, juices and holistic lifestyle tools at our Berlin juice bar, LA Cold Press. I see myself as an ambassador for the sister cities, Berlin and LA, and as a link and connector for projects in both cities. I want to "import" and "export" the best that each city has to offer, and LA Cold Press is one of the vehicles to achieve this. I am always looking to explore and am currently working on producing a TV series for higher conscious traveling based on personal experiences.
LTP: When did you open LA Cold Press and how is it unique from other juice destinations?
NB: In 2012, on her way to Panama to harvest coffee, my sister, Cindy, stopped in LA to visit me and join my ritual of practicing daily yoga, drinking juice and doing cleanses. For six months, we hopped from juice bar to juice bar, falling in love with the flavors of the very best juices. We then created the Los Angeles Cold Press concept in 2013 when we discovered that we couldn't live in Berlin without bringing the LA experience of transformation with us. Life just was not the same without our daily juice. We started with a juice bar pop up in 2014 and just grew from there; Vogue Germany and Harper's Bazaar rated us among Germany's top five juices companies.
We consider our juices bottled sunshine made with love. I believe that what differentiates LA Cold Press from other juice companies is our aim to bottle the spirit and experience my sister and I shared during our time in LA. My sister produces the juices daily and combines her background as a Kundalini yoga teacher and mantras to infuse each juice with good energy and high vibrations. Our handcrafted, nourishing juices are made with certified organic ingredients, which are mostly locally sourced and sustainably farmed. As two true foodies, we aim to create recipes and unique formulas that not only provide the most health benefits, but also taste great and memorable.
Moving forward, we hope to expand and touch more lives with our concept. We are currently working on our own superfood line and creating a platform for health-conscious living. Our vision is to connect people and worlds by developing Los Angeles Cold Press as a conscious lifestyle brand and community through various platforms. So far we have organized yoga retreats, participated in talks on new food movements and encouraged the spreading of holistic lifestyle tools.
LTP: What are your personal wellness rituals?
NB: I strongly believe in exploring to discover your own individual approach to finding balance in life. Coming from two extremes, I appreciate the value of a balanced life. A strong Kundalini yoga practice keeps me grounded and allows me to set my intention for the day. I meditate every morning, write "Morning Pages" to clear my mind and try to go hiking every day to appreciate the beauty that nature offers.
On a physical level, I eat clean—always organic, mostly vegan or vegetarian—drink a lot of juices, indulge in raw cacao and love experimenting with transformational foods and herbs.
LTP: What does happiness look like to you?
NB: California sun, palm trees, green juice, rose flowers, farmers markets, traveling, road trips, meeting new people, dinner with friends. All these things represent happiness and freedom for me and allow me to feel connected. I also think happiness is being open, recognizing the continuous growth and impermanence of all things.
LTP: What does it means to you to "Live The Process" and how can we all do that more each day?
NB: "Live The Process" for me means living in the moment, making conscious decisions and, most importantly, being graceful and kind.
The world is as beautiful as you want it to be. I am a positive mind, and I try to focus on the beauty and elegance in each and every moment.
I hope that by bringing together two cultures, others will have the opportunity to be exposed to the unknown, inspired to pursue their true callings and live a lifestyle they believe in without fear. I especially believe that, as women, we share a collective responsibility to support and empower each other in our daily lives.
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Sometimes your timing is all wrong and you cross paths with a stranger that, judging from the situation, you'd rather not run into. How you handle it will hopefully predict its outcome. This is not a time to hide your head in your cell phone or duck and turn away. This is the time to "man up," or "woman up," as the saying goes.
This is what I thought was happening to me on a recent road trip when we pulled up to a gas station. My dog had to go to the bathroom. As I walked him towards a grassy area, I noticed a lawn mower running with no one on it. Scanning the property, I saw the lawn mower man, middle-aged with fair skin and a reddish beard, picking up garbage from the grass. Oh, I thought, he's probably in a pisser mood. Why did that man have to be there right now?
"Hi," I said to him in my friendliest voice as my dog was just about to go. "I brought a bag. I'm cleaning up after him." I was wondering what his reaction would be. But he surprised me.
"I don't care about that," he said. "I care about the litter. You know what, people just don't care anymore. They just don't." He held up the garbage bag for me to see. Paper cups, candy wrappers, and napkins stared back at me.
He paused. We looked at each other as he held the dirty bag.
I smiled at him. Memories of my Nana and Papa who immigrated to America from Russia came over me. I visited them weekly throughout out my childhood and there wasn't a day that I can remember when one of them didn't say to me, "You are so lucky to be an American. Never forget." And I never did.
The lawn mower man and I wished each other a good day, and we meant it. Then I deposited my dog's poop bag in the trash can next to my car and drove away.
I don't know his name. He doesn't know mine, but it was good for both of us to meet, to be reminded that amongst the litterers lie the true Americans, ones who will carry their garbage as far as it takes till they find the right container.
Our paths had crossed on a strip of grass at a gas station near Mansfield, Ohio, a town where John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, lived for 20 years, striving to leave the world a better place than he found it. And in that crossing we had both been awakened by memories of important role models in our lives, voices that speak to us, reminding us to respect our land, to throw things away in their proper place, and to go that extra mile in gratefulness.


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Il Sanda (Disseminare i colpi, da ), noto anche come Sanshou (Disseminare le mani, da ) o pugilato cinese, è uno sport da combattimento cinese uno contro uno.

Il nome
Sanda è un termine composto dai due ideogrammi San (disperdersi, dileguarsi, dissipare, spargere, diffondere, disseminare, da )) e Da (battere, colpire, percuotere, rompere, azzuffarsi, picchiarsi, fare a pugni, costruire, forgiare ecc., da )) che può essere tradotto con combattimento libero.

Il vocabolo sanda fa la sua comparsa per la prima volta nel 1979, mentre il più antico è sanshou.

Alcuni vogliono vedere il Sanda in numerose pratiche antiche conosciute con i nomi di Xiangbo (相搏, lotta contro l'altro), shoubo (手搏, lotta con le mani), Bian (卞,impetuosità), Bian (弁), Baida (白打), Paizhang (拍张), Qiangshou (抢手), Shouzhan (战手, battaglia con le mani), Jueli (角力) , Jiji (技击) ecc..
In realtà bisogna distinguere concettualmente il significato di Sanda in qualità di specialità sportiva creata in tempi recenti con un proprio sistema di tecniche e di regole ed il significato che lo stesso termine può avere in rapporto all'antichità Cinese, e che niente ha a che vedere con la pratica attuale.
Anche il libro Zhongguo Sanshou (alla cui compilazione hanno collaborato personaggi del calibro di Zhang Shan e Wu Bin) identifica il Sanshou con il Sanda e riporta riferimenti documentali antichi in cui vengono citate pratiche dai più svariati nomi che vengono ricollegate a questi due concetti. Questa operazione è puramente ideale.

Pratiche di combattimento libero nella storia cinese
I combattimenti di sanda si possono vedere ormai in qualsiasi gara o manifestazione relativa al Kung Fu Wushu e sta conoscendo la via del professionismo oltre che in Asia (soprattutto nei paesi dell'ex Unione sovietica) e medio oriente anche in Europa e negli USA grazie anche all'utilizzo come tecnica marziale in molti corpi militari di tutto il mondo.
Le sue origini ideali e culturali si perdono nelle antiche scuole di Wushu cinesi, nelle quali esiste dalla preistoria delle arti marziali. Per ottenere le risorse necessarie alla sopravvivenza, la gente imparò, pian piano, la lotta con il pugno e il calcio, a proiettare a terra l'avversario usando le gambe e di altre tecniche. A ben leggere la storia del combattimento libero in Cina si può notare che già dai primordi vi è stato un allontanamento dalle finalità di sopravvivenza ed un utilizzo ai fini di spettacolo ed intrattenimento all'interno dei palazzi nobiliari. Per quanto riguarda l'utilizzo militare delle pratiche a mano nuda, è significativo il giudizio di Qi Jiguang che le ritiene utili unicamente per il mantenimento della forma fisica dei soldati.

Un primo riferimento a pratiche di combattimento libero è stata identificata nel Libro dei riti (礼记, Liji) nella sezione Wangzhi (王制).

Lo Shiming (释名) descrive lo Xiangbo (相搏) definendolo una Lotta che usa anche dei colpi.

Nel Guliangzhuan (谷梁传) si racconta di un combattimento tra due esperti avvenuto nel periodo della dinastia Zhou (1045 a.C.-221 a.C. ). Secondo Zhou Zhengwei ciò indicherebbe che in tale periodo si era già raggiunto un alto grado di maestri nel combattimento libero.

Durante il periodo delle Primavere e degli Autunni e degli Stati Combattenti (720 a.C. - 221 a.C.), erano diffuse delle forme di combattimento libero chiamate Chunqiu Jiaoshi (春秋角试, Gare Marziali delle Primavere e degli Autunni) e Xiangbo (相搏). Tali pratiche sono narrate nel Guanzi (管子) nella sezione  Qifa (七法).

Durante i periodi della dinastia Qin, della dinastia Han e dei Tre Regni dallo Xiangbo si differenziarono il Jiaodi (角觝) e lo Shoubo (手搏). In particolare all'interno di un testo che riporta la storia della dinastia Han, lo Hanshu - Yiwenzhi (汉书-艺文志), c'è un capitolo intitolato Shoubo (手搏) in cui per la prima volta compare il termine Sanshou (散手). Esattamente questo testo parla di Xiang Cuoxu (相错蓄) e di Xiang Sanshou (相散手), mentre altri scritti dello stesso periodo utilizzano come sinonimi di sanshou due omofoni: Bian (弁) e Bian (卞).

Nel periodo della dinastia Sui, della dinastia Tang e delle Cinque Dinastie lo Shoubo (手搏) ed il Juedi (角抵) erano tenuti molto in considerazione e le competizioni iniziarono ad essere regolate.

Durante la dinastia Song lo Shoubo (手搏) era considerato un ottimo metodo per il mantenimento della forma fisica e la Storia dei Song (宋史, Songshi) sezione Bingzhi (兵志) dice che lo Shoubo allenava corpo e braccia.

È dal periodo della dinastia Yuan che popolarmente si inizia ad usare il termine leitai (擂台, ring) che è una contrazione di leitai sai (擂台赛, combattimenti sul ring).

In epoca della dinastia Ming lo shoubo assume nomi quali baida (白打) e boji(搏击).

Nel primo periodo della dinastia Qing (1644 d.C. - 1911 d.C.), accanto alla nascita di movimenti contadini e di organizzazioni segrete, nacquero molte società (社 she, società o 馆 guan, scuole) che si dedicavano agli esercizi marziali. Era necessario scambiare le esperienze tramite la concorrenza marziale, esistevano diversi tipi di famiglie e diverse tecniche di lotta, tra la popolazione le gare sul Leitai erano molto diffuse. Nei giorni di festa un combattente organizzava un "palco" e accettava le sfide di qualsiasi altro combattente, i partecipanti non avevano bisogno di registrarsi in anticipo. Il combattimento era inteso come una forma popolare per socializzare, a quei tempi, erano molte anche le donne che si dedicavano agli esercizi di sanda.

Carmona, senza riferirci in quale epoca (particolare non secondario) racconta che

Fabio Smolari e Claudio Gigante spiegano che

A cavallo del 1909 Huo Yuanjia affronta alcuni pugili occidentali in combattimento e la Jingwu Tiyu Hui di cui sarà capo diventa un modello per i valori della Repubblica Cinese del 1911, riconosciuto ufficialmente da Sun Yatsen. L'associazione Jingwu, il confronto con le pratiche occidentali ed il fardello ideale nazionalistico sono forse il preludio all'avvento della modernità nel Wushu.

Il 15 ottobre 1928 si tenne a Nanchino il Primo Esame Nazionale (第一届国考, Diyi Jie Guokao) , una sorta di campionato nazionale in cui si svolsero dieci giorni di combattimenti liberi. Gli incontri vennero disputati sul terreno, all'interno di un'area quadrata, tutte le scuole poterono parteciparvi e non vennero utilizzate categorie di peso. In molti pensano che non vi fossero regole e per questo motivo i combattimenti siano stati interrotti, l'articolo Lun Woguo Wushu de Jiaoyu yu Fazhan (论我国武术的教育与发展)  fornisce una versione differente: le regole c'erano e prevedevano il divieto di equipaggiamenti protettivi, si poteva colpire l'avversario con mani, gomiti, piedi e ginocchia, era vietato colpire gli occhi, la faringe e la zona genitale, trasgredire tre volte al regolamento comportava la squalifica, così come immediatamente si era squalificati per una grave infrazione. L'articolo Zhongyang Guoshu Guan - Diyi Jie Quanguo Wushu Guokao (中央国术馆-第一届全国武术国考) pur confermando la data dell'evento, spiega che inizialmente si era programmato che vi fossero 15 vincitori e per questo motivo Feng Yuxiang aveva preparato 15 premi, ma in realtà dalle qualificazioni emersero 17 nomi. Zhang Zhijiang decise di premiare Guo Changsheng (郭长生) e Yang Songshan (杨松山) entrambi con una Longquan 龙泉, ma chiese loro la rinuncia al premio preparato da Feng Yuxiang e a comparire nell'elenco dei 15 vincitori.

Il 9 novembre del 1929 ebbe luogo ad Hangzhou una competizione di combattimento libero nell'ambito del Guoshu Youyi Dahui 国术游艺大会 che vide la partecipazione di moltissimi atleti di tutta la Cina.

Il 13 novembre 1943 Cai Longyun (蔡龙云), che all'epoca aveva solo 14 anni,  disputò un incontro di Pugilato contro un Russo, che mandò al tappeto.

Il combattimento libero cinese moderno
Il sanda rappresenta l'espressione applicativa libera del wushu Moderno o Sportivo ed insieme ad altre specialità da gara (Changquan, Nanquan, Taijiquan, sciabola, spada, bastone, lancia, ecc.) esprime simbolicamente il patrimonio tecnico fondamentale della tradizione delle arti marziali Cinesi. Visto come pratica indipendente, è un'arte marziale derivante dal Kung Fu.
I combattimenti uno contro uno hanno una storia molto lunga in Cina, e sono stati chiamati con nomi diversi, come xiangbo, shoubo, chaishou, qiangshou, jiji e da leitai (打擂台,Combattere sul Ring). Come parte però dei moderni sport da competizione e da combattimento a contatto pieno, il sanda ha una storia relativamente breve. Tali concetti sono ben riassunti in questa definizione:

Un altro parere è espresso da Carmona che afferma che

Entrambe le affermazioni contengono un fondo di verità: è indubbio infatti che vi sia nel Sanda un'influenza Occidentale, come per contro che i suoi fondatori siano stati attenti ad inserirvi elementi tecnici provenienti dalla tradizione Cinese. Infatti il Sanshou è il frutto di intense ricerche che lo hanno portato a diventare uno degli elementi ufficiali delle competizioni di Wushu.

Nel marzo 1979, la Commissione Nazionale Cinese per lo Sport (CNSC, Zhongguo Ti-Wei 中国体委), la più alta organizzazione sportiva ufficiale cinese, decise che tre istituzioni (il Comitato Sportivo della Provincia di Zhejiang, cioè Zhejiang Sheng Ti-Wei 浙江省体委,il Beijing Tiyu Xueyuan 北京体育学院 e l'Istituto di Educazione Fisica di Wuhan, cioè il Wuhan Tiyu Xueyuan 武汉体育学院) dovevano iniziare a sperimentare il sanda come sport da competizione. A causa della mancanza di pubblicità prima di allora, il sanda non aveva tecniche e metodi di allenamento standardizzati, e soprattutto non aveva un regolamento. I tre istituti scelti per sviluppare il sanda dovevano formulare regole, criteri di giudizio e metodi di allenamento, nonché pubblicizzare il sanda come sport in Cina.

Nel maggio 1979, i tre istituti presentarono il sanda durante una riunione nazionale di scambio di Wushu a Nanning, nella provincia di Guangxi. Nello stesso momento, furono organizzati altri esperimenti in altre località e province. Durante l'incontro nazionale dell'ottobre 1979, il CNSC organizzò la prima performance pubblica di sanda e gli atleti furono selezionati dagli istituti di Zhejiang, di Pechino, e della provincia di Hebei. La performance consistette non solo di tecniche, ma anche di esercizi di allenamento. Dal maggio 1980, furono costituiti molti altri istituti di sanda, che eseguirono una dimostrazione al Raduno Nazionale di Wushu (Quanguo Wushu Guanmo Jiaoliu Dahui 全国武术观摩交流大会) a Taiyuan. Nello stesso periodo, l'Università di Educazione Fisica di Pechino teneva competizioni sperimentali per i propri atleti con lo scopo di migliorare l'esperienza degli organizzatori e dei giudici.

Nell'ottobre 1980, il CNSC chiamò esperti dai tre istituti iniziali per formulare un regolamento da competizione. Nel maggio 1981, le università di Pechino e di Wuhan tennero per la prima volta in pubblico una competizione sperimentale di sanda ai campionati nazionali di Wushu a Shenyang. Nel gennaio 1982, il CNSC organizzò una Conferenza Nazionale dove vennero stabilite le Regole da Competizione del sanda (Sanda Bisai Guize 散打比赛规则). I sei istituti invitati furono: Pechino città, Università di Pechino, provincia di Shandong, provincia di Hebei, provincia di Guangdong, e Università di Wuhan.

Dalla reintroduzione del sanda alle prime competizioni ufficiali, un periodo di circa tre anni, il CNSC spese una grossa somma di denaro e coinvolse centinaia di atleti ed esperti di arti marziali per valorizzare lo sport. Infine, nel gennaio 1982, furono stabilite le regole ufficiali, i criteri di giudizio e i metodi di allenamento. Dopo circa 30 anni di silenzio a causa dell'instabilità politica della Cina, il sanda era infine rinato. Pechino tenne i primi campionati nazionali ufficiali nel novembre 1982, la competizione si svolse su un cerchio di nove metri di diametro, che verrà poi modificato in un più tradizionale quadrato rialzato, di otto metri per lato. Anche il regolamento è stato in seguito leggermente modificato, in modo da rendere le regole più dettagliate.

Secondo Wu Bin ed altri nel 1988, nell'ambito del'International Wushu Festival, fu organizzato il primo torneo internazionale di Sanshou.

Caratteristiche del sanda moderno
La maggior parte delle competizioni di sanda si svolgono su una pedana rialzata chiamata leitai (arena, quadrato, ring  () ) e i combattenti portano protezioni alla testa (caschetto, 护头 hutou), al torace (corpetto, 护胸 huxiong), alle mani (guantoni, 拳套 quantao), ai genitali (conchiglia, 护裆 hudang), alla bocca (paradenti, 护齿 huchi) e alle tibie (paratibie); queste ultime sono obbligatorie o meno a seconda dei regolamenti federali ai quali ci si attiene.

Durante gli incontri di sanda sono permessi i colpi di pugno, di calcio e le proiezioni a terra, mentre non sono consentiti i colpi con il gomito, con il ginocchio, gli strangolamenti e le leve articolari. È possibile battere l'avversario buttandolo letteralmente fuori dal tappeto tramite tecniche di calcio, pugno o proiezione. Ai combattenti è tuttavia permesso stare corpo a corpo solo per tre secondi: se nessuno dei due riesce a liberarsi o a proiettare l'avversario a terra entro questo lasso di tempo, l'arbitro interrompe il clinch.

In Cina vengono organizzati tornei chiamati Sanda Wang (Re del Sanda), che si tengono su un ring simile a quelli usati per il pugilato occidentale, in cui i combattenti portano come protezione solamente i guantoni e paradenti e possono usare, oltre ai pugni e ai calci, anche i colpi di ginocchio. Alcuni di questi atleti di sanda partecipano anche ad altri tornei di combattimento tra cui il K-1 e lo Shoot Boxing, il cui regolamento è simile a quello del sanda.

Le caratteristiche principali di questo sport si possono vedere nelle famose sfide "stile contro stile", disputate molto frequentemente contro atleti di Muay Thai, Karate, Kickboxing e Taekwondo; questi eventi danno modo di conoscere meglio il sanda, contribuendo ad allargarne la popolarità.

Il sanda, come altre discipline da combattimento, prevede la posizione di guardia alta come nella boxe; come tecniche peculiari si possono invece indicare:
 Tecniche dei passi ()
 Tecniche di pugno (), con diretti (Zhiquan, 直拳), ganci (Gouquan, 勾拳), montanti e altre forme di pugno più rare (ad esempio pugno girato).
 Tecniche di calcio (), con circolari, laterali, frontali e girati.
 Tecniche di proiezione e lotta corpo a corpo (), caratteristica in comune con la Muay Thai e che la differenzia dalla Kick Boxing per efficacia e spettacolarità.

Quest'ultima categoria rende il sanda una disciplina tra le più complete sul piano tecnico e consente di sfruttare efficacemente tutti i colpi dell'avversario per finalizzarne l'atterramento (spesso si "vola" letteralmente a terra), talvolta con conseguenze importanti come il KO. Le proiezioni si possono portare con "prese" su colpi di pugno, di calcio, al collo, al corpo eccetera. Tutto il corpo è bersaglio valido tranne le ginocchia, la nuca, la zona pelvica e la spina dorsale, che non si possono colpire pena la squalifica.

Generalmente nei match, dopo una iniziale fase di studio, gli atleti si attaccano con combinazioni di calcio e di pugno, mentre a distanza più ravvicinata si tenta la presa per finalizzare la proiezione a terra (l'avversario viene sollevato oppure semplicemente atterrato). Le riprese durano di solito due minuti con intervalli di un minuto tra i round.

Tecniche di pugno

Queste sono le tecniche di pugno che vengono descritte nel testo Zhongguo Wushu Leitai Sanda:

Tecniche dei passi

Il libro Zhongguo Wushu yu Sanda elenca queste tipologie di tecniche dei passi:
Passo che avanza   ()
Passo che arretra  ()
Passo che sale  ()
Passo lanciato  ()
Passo infilato  ()
Passo a scavalcare  ()
Passo che schiva  ()
Cambio di passo  ()
Passo coperto  ()
Passo longitudinale  ()
Passo che mette sotto  ()
Passo saltato  ()

Tecniche di calcio
Questo è un elenco di tecniche di gambe (Tuifa) del sanshou dedotto dal libro Wushu Sanshou Jingcui:

Calci con nomi differenti li troviamo nel testo Zhongguo Sanshou:
Gamba che calpesta   ()
Gamba che calpesta posteriormente   ()
Gamba che calpesta sopra   ()
Gamba che stampa  ()
 Gamba che oscilla orizzontalmente   ()
Gamba lanciata di lato   ()
 Gamba che spazza orizzontalmente ruotando il corpo   ()
Gamba che spazza posteriormente   ()
Gamba che calcia ad uncino   ()
Gamba che taglia   ()

Esponenti famosi
Wang Tao 王涛 e Gong Jianxin 龚建新 elencano dieci insegnanti famosissimi del sanda: Guan Jianmin 管建民, che è stato capo allenatore della Squadra Nazionale dal 1996 al 2005; Li Jianping 李建平, soprannominato "Padrino del Sanda" (散打教父, Sanda Jiaofu) ; Liu Haike 刘海科; Niu Fei 牛飞; Wen Zhuang 温庄; Xiao Zhimin 肖志民; You Bangmeng 尤邦孟; Yu Wanling 于万岭; Zhai Shoutao 翟寿涛; Zhao Xuejun 赵学军.

Tra gli esponenti Cinesi più famosi troviamo Chen Chao, Liu Hailong (柳海龙) e Yuan Yubao.

Campionati IWUF

Medaglie d'oro del Primo Campionato Mondiale di Wushu – Categoria Sanshou
Nell'ambito del Primo Campionato Mondiale di Wushu del 1991 sotto la sigla IWuF, nella categoria del combattimento libero hanno ottenuto la medaglia d'oro:
categoria 90 kg -Dzhaparov Kazbek (nome cinese: 扎波洛夫•卡兹别克) della Federazione Russa
categoria 85 kg - Jammes Ayres (nome cinese: 詹姆斯•艾耶斯) della Federazione Brasiliana
80 kg - Javier Moya (nome cinese: 贾维尔•莫亚) della Federazione Spagnola
75 kg - Ramazanov Ramazan (nome cinese: 拉马扎诺夫•拉马赞) della Federazione Russa
70 kg – Pan Xiongqi (nome cinese: 潘雄气) della Federazione di Taipei
65 kg – Yang Rui 杨锐 della Federazione Cinese
60 kg –Wang Jianming王建明della Federazione Cinese
55 kg – Zeng Qingfeng曾庆丰della Federazione Cinese
52 kg – Wang Shiying王世英della Federazione Cinese
L'Italiano Roberto Boschi (nome cinese: 罗波托•波斯齐) si è classificato al terzo posto nella categoria 60 kg.

Medaglie d'oro del Secondo Campionato Mondiale di Wushu – Categoria Sanshou
Nel 1993 si è tenuto il Secondo Campionato Mondiale di Wushu della IWuF. Queste le medaglie d'oro nel sanshou (purtroppo la IWuF fornisce solo i nomi in ideogrammi):

90+ kg - 沙米罗夫della Federazione Russa
90 kg -德哈巴罗夫della Federazione Russa
85 kg - 沙吉尔della Federazione Turca
80 kg -拉马赞della Federazione Turca
75 kg - 吉迪诺della Federazione Russa
70 kg – Wu Wenjun 吴文军della Federazione Cinese
65 kg – Feng Kuang 冯旷della Federazione Cinese
60 kg – Zeng Qingfeng曾庆丰della Federazione Cinese
56 kg –马天保 della Federazione Vietnamita
52 kg – Wang Shiying王世英della Federazione Cinese

Negli 85 kg si è classificato secondo l'italiano史迪芬诺. Nei 65 kg si è piazzato terzo l'italiano 罗柏多.

Medaglie d'oro del Terzo Campionato Mondiale di Wushu – Categoria Sanshou
Il Terzo Campionato Mondiale si è tenuto a Baltimora. Queste sono le medaglie d'oro maschili assegnate in questa occasione (anche in questo caso la IWuF fornisce solo i nomi in cinese):
90 kg -穆萨耶夫•哈桑 della Federazione del Tajikistan
85 kg - 卡兹贝尔•雅普斯罗夫子 della Federazione Turca
80 kg - 加依达德科夫•萨吉尔della Federazione Turca
75 kg - 拉马扎诺夫•拉马宗吉 della Federazione Turca
70 kg – 格萨克萨巴•冈勃斯  della Federazione Rumena
65 kg –查赫鲁哈诺夫•阿不都尔della Federazione Turca
60 kg – You Bangmeng 尤邦孟 della Federazione Cinese
55 kg – Chen Weigang 陈卫刚della Federazione Cinese
52 kg – 阿蒂拉•冈勃斯della Federazione Rumena
52 kg- - Ma Pengbin 马鹏彬della Federazione Cinese

Purtroppo negli annali IWUF non sono stati inseriti i secondi e terzi piazzamenti di questo evento.

Medaglie d'oro del Quarto Campionato Mondiale di Wushu – Categoria Sanshou
Questo Campionato del Mondo assume un valore particolare per l'Italia perché si è tenuto a Roma  nel 1997. Queste le medaglie d'oro (in questo caso la IWUF fornisce solo nomi in caratteri occidentali):

90+ kg – Ali Mirmiran della Federazione Iraniana
90 kg - Vakhit Abubakarov della Federazione del Kazakhstan
85 kg -  Khizri Mutaev della Federazione Russa
80 kg - Kasim Gasanov della Federazione Russa
75 kg -  Hossein Ojaghi della Federazione Iraniana
70 kg – Yang Jinqiang della Federazione Cinese
65 kg – Aselder Begov della Federazione Russa
60 kg –Dias Zhamash della Federazione Kazakhstan
55 kg – Dao Viet Lap della Federazione Vietnamita
52 kg - Liu Zedong della Federazione Cinese
48 kg - Rabiea Gamil della Federazione Egiziana

Per l'Italia si qualificarono al terzo posto, rispettivamente dei 60 e 90+ kg, Michele Fantozzi e Danilo Capuzi.

Note

Bibliografia
Ai Feng艾峰, Sanda kuaisu rumen Buqiuren 散打快速入门不求人, Beijing Tiyu Daxue Chubanshe, 1997, ISBN 978-7-81051-152-0
Carmona José, De Shaolin à Wudang, les arts martiaux chinois, Gui Trenadiel editeur, ISBN 2-84445-085-7
Cui Yu崔煜, Sun Hongwei 孙宏伟 e Yu Shuhua于淑华, Zhongguo Wushu yu Sanda 中国武术与散打, Sichuan Renmin Chubanshe 四川人民出版社, 2006, ISBN 7807173246
Dong Jinming 董金明, Zhongguo Wushu Leitai Sanda 中国武术擂台散打, Zhongguo Shudian Chubanshe, 1992, ISBN 7-80568-456-1
Sanshou Jingsai Guize 散手竞赛规则, regolamento delle gare di Sanshou all'interno della IWuF
Shen Liran沈理然, Jindai Wushu Sanda Sucheng 现代武术散打速成 (Programma Conciso di Insegnamento del Sanda del Wushu Moderno), Beijing Tiyu Xueyuan Chubanshe, 1989
Tong Qinghui 佟庆辉, Boji Gongfu搏击功夫, Beijing Tiyu Xueyuan chubanshe, 1989, ISBN 7-81003-271-2
Tong Qinghui 佟庆辉, Wushu Sanda Xunlian Jiaocheng: Sanda Quanji Jifa 武术散打训练教程:散打拳击技法, Beijing Tiyu Daxue Chubanshe, 1994
Xi Yuntai习云泰, Zhonghua Boji Shu: Wushu Sanshou Jingcui 中华搏击术:武术散手精粹, Beijing Tiyu Xueyuan Chubanshe, 1993, ISBN 7-81003-491-X
Wang Tao 王涛 e Gong Jianxin 龚建新, Zhongguo Sanda Shi Daming Shi 中国散打十大名帅 (Dieci Nomi Famosissimi di Insegnanti del Combattimento Libero Cinese), articolo apparso il 1.11.2006 sulla rivista  Zhonghua Wushu 中华武术
 Wu Bin, Li Xingdong e Yu Gongbao, Essentials of Chinese Wushu, Foreign languages press, Beijing, 1992, ISBN 7-119-01477-3
Zhao Xuejun 赵学军, Sanda 散打, Shaanxi Renmin Chubanshe, Xian, 2005, ISBN 7-224-07444-6
Zhou Zhengwei 周争蔚, Sanda Jiaoxue yu Xunlian 散打教学与训练, Renmin Tiyu Chubanshe, 2010, ISBN 7-5009-3875-6
Zhonghuo Sanshou 中国散手, Renmin Tiyu Chubanshe, Beijing, 1990, ISBN 7-5009-0589-0

Voci correlate
 Arti marziali cinesi
 Cina
 Filosofie orientali
 Kickboxing
 Tong-zi-gong

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 IWUF International Wushu Federation
  FIWuK - Federazione Italiana Wushu Kungfu (CONI)
  WUI - Wushu Union of Italy
 SPL -SANDA PRO LEAGUE  - sandaprolegue.com
 FISCAM
 FIWS

Arti marziali cinesi


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Еміль Вергарен (, , Сінт-Амандс — , Руан) — бельгійський поет, франскільон, писав французькою мовою. Один з лідерів поетичного напрямку символізму, який поширився по всій Європі на початку XX століття.

Життєпис

Народився у франкомовній фламандській родині, але з дитинства говорив також фламанським діалектом нідерландської мови. У 11 років його відправили на навчання у Гент, в єзуїтський інтернат, де він став абсолютним франкофоном.

Вергарн і Україна

Поезія Верхарна була популярна в Україні наприкінці XIX та в перші десятиліття XX ст. У 1922 р. в українському перекладі видано «Поезії», згодом — «Поеми» Вергарна. Українською мовою вірші Верхарна переклали Микола Терещенко, Микола Зеров, Ґео Шкурупій.

Великий вплив доробок Вергарна справив на Павла Тичину. Знаменним є початок восьмого віршу з циклу «В космічному оркестрі»: Людськість промовляє трьома розтрубами фанфар: Шевченко – Уїтмен – Верхарн. Мов кабелі од нації до нації, Потужно революції диктують на землі: Шевченко – Уїтмен – Верхарн. У Павла Тичини такий набір прізвищ не випадковий, а відбиває літературну ментальність часу, котра скерована була на зміну світобачення і української естетики. Лесь Герасимчук вважає, що в естетиці Тичини порівняльними є Шевченко і Вергарн, Хлєбников і Аполлінер.

У місті Вінниці одна з вулиць ще з 1921 р. носить ім'я Еміля Вергарна, Це єдина в Україні вулиця з такою назвою.

Див. також
 12697 Вергарн — астероїд, названий на честь літератора.

Примітки

Посилання

 Поезія Еміля Верхарна
 Верхарн Е. Вибране (серія: «Перлини світової лірики») (1966)
 Еміль Вергарен. Любовна поезія  (аудіо)
 Вибрані твори

 LES CAMPAGNES HALLUCINEES, 1893

Бельгійські письменники
Бельгійські поети
Бельгійські соціалісти
Персоналії за алфавітом
Люди, на честь яких названо астероїд
Люди на марках
Жертви наїзду поїзда
Франскільони
Символісти
Уродженці Бельгії
Померли в Руані


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A tradition of live music has been a longstanding part of Bearkat life.
All Girls Orchestra
The All-Girl Orchestra provided entertainment at collegiate dances, assemblies and other social events around campus between 1943 and 1946.
Music has a distinctive way of bringing back the past. A certain song on the radio can quickly conjure up great times from our youth, triggering familiar people and places in our minds. Experiencing live music with others also has a unique power to bond us. Even before the creation of Sammypalooza, a tradition of live music on campus has been a longstanding part of Bearkat student life.
In the '60s, Peter, Paul and Mary's anthems for peace were embraced by youth. The folk trio made their appearance on campus in 1968, the same year their song "Leaving on a Jet Plane" became a No. 1 single. Alumnus Michael Boland ('70) shared his memories of the sold-out show.
"Peter, Paul and Mary put on a spectacular performance. I was very impressed the school was able to book such a popular group. I remember Mary Travers setting the record straight that night when she told the audience that their hit song "Puff The Magic Dragon" was about a young boy's fantasy and not about drug use," Boland recalled. "Other concerts at Sam included the New Orleans jazz trumpeter, Al Hirt and concert pianist and conductor, Andre Previn—all top artists."
Combining gospel and blues into a new genre of soul, Ray Charles captivated Sam Houston audiences in 1969. Joining him on stage were his female back-up singers, The Raeletts and The Ray Charles Orchestra featuring modern jazz.
Like Peter, Paul and Mary, Ray Charles performed for students in the campus gymnasium, as did many other touring music artists of the time. "I saw Neil Diamond in the old men's gym and Albert Brooks opened as the comedy act. I also recall First Edition in the gym. The bass player was Kenny Rogers. This was back before they became Kenny Rogers and the First Edition," alumnus Scott McCarly ('73) said.
Opening in 1964, The Lowman Student Center was the site of many popular concerts featuring groups or singers such as Cheap Trick, Manhattan Transfer, Climax, Mac Davis, Mel Tillis and more.
In 1971, ZZ Top, the hottest Texas super-group from Houston at the time, made their LSC debut donning much less facial hair in their younger years.
Once completed in 1976, the Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum—then known as University Coliseum—was able to accommodate larger audiences, which helped in drawing more notable acts to campus, from Kenny Rogers, Chicago, Willie Nelson to most recently, Wiz Khalifa.
In 1987, George Strait returned for his second SHSU appearance following the release of his No. 1 album, Ocean Front Property. Entertaining over 4,700 cheering fans in the Coliseum, Bearkats showed that country music was still going strong in the late '80s.
"The red-headed stranger" has made several SHSU visits through the years, but Willie Nelson's 1983 appearance was memorable when the concert paused briefly to watch (via satellite) the Grammy Awards broadcast from the west coast. Nominated for four Grammys that night, Willie traded his tuxedo on the red carpet for blue jeans and a red bandanna in the Coliseum. The Sam Houston audience was silent, watching from a large screen as Olivia Newton-John announced the winner for Record of the Year. Although he didn't win that category, he secured Song of the Year and Best Country Vocalist later that evening. And, it certainly didn't stop him from delivering a memorable show for students.
In 2010, Student Activities and Recreational Sports joined forces to present the first Sammypalooza music festival at Johnson Coliseum. Featuring nine music acts including Lifehouse, Jack Ingram and Story of the Year, the first event of its kind for Bearkats presented bands on two separate stages.
Offering a diverse range of rock, pop and hip-hop performances each year, Sammypalooza has gained a reputation for booking headliners that rival some of the biggest event venues in Texas.
"The goal is to provide students with an opportunity to see big-name artists here on our campus. Students usually have to travel a long distance to see concerts, so Sammypalooza provides an outlet for them to see high-profile concerts right here in Huntsville," Steven Begnaud, assistant director of Student Activities, said.
"I remember Sammypalooza was great because they were able to bring artists our age that students actually wanted to see like Ludacris, All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday and Panic! At The Disco," alumna Misti Jones ('15) recalled.
As music changes through the years at Sammypalooza, the purpose of the festival has remained —entertaining students while bringing them together in a fun and energetic Bearkat tradition.
All-Girl Orchestra
During World War II, widespread male enlistment left major gaps in the U.S. labor force, leading women to enter the workforce in unprecedented numbers. The Symphonic Orchestra of Sam Houston State Teachers College was no different. Musically talented women of Sam Houston knew they had a job to fill and formed the All-Girl Orchestra.
Maggie Parker ('48) was one of those girls.
"During the war, the campus had a student population of 900 with only seven males," Parker said.
The All-Girl Orchestra provided entertainment at collegiate dances, assemblies and other social events around campus between 1943 and 1946. Filling a large entertainment void, the orchestra quickly grew in popularity beyond Huntsville.
"We were very much in demand every weekend. We traveled all around Texas, performing in different places. We were the main form of entertainment and our charge was $300 per show. The members of the orchestra received $5 each per event. We were rich!" Parker said.
In 1946, the girls performed for the Officers New Year's Dance at Kearney Air Force Base in Nebraska. A captain in the U.S. Army Air Force flew the orchestra round trip from the nearest airport, which at the time was in College Station.
"Flying was very unusual then, so we jumped on the opportunity," Parker said. "This was the first flight for all of us."
Parker reminisced on how much SHSU has changed over the years. While she has fond memories of performing inside Old Main, she is pleased to see the tremendous growth of campus and beautiful new buildings like the James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center, where the SHSU School of Music performs today.


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When player selects a team they will no longer be asked which class (player model) they wish to play as. If you wish to change your player model, say /character in chat.
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Q: How to access data from an array when it's inside an std object? Error: Illegal string offset 'id' How to access this array object in Laravel 6, using Eloquent?
        [line_items] => Array
            (
                [0] => stdClass Object
                    (
                        [id] => 4088662196333
                        [variant_id] => 29653605285997

$external = DB::table('orders')->pluck('import_order_data');
...
foreach ($external as $key => $val) {
...
Cart::updateOrCreate([
   'line_item_id' => ['line_item_id' => $val['id']],
],

ErrorException
  Illegal string offset 'id'

If I change it to:
'line_item_id' => ['line_item_id' => $val->id],

I get error:

ErrorException
  Trying to get property 'id' of non-object

If I change it to:
'line_item_id' => ['line_item_id' => $val['line_items']->id],

I get error:

Illegal string offset 'line_items'

EDIT:
The problem was:
    protected $casts = [
        'import_order_data' => 'array',
    ];

Now I can access it like this:
   dd($val['line_items'][0]['id']);

Which provides:
4092309209197

or
dd($val['line_items']);

which provides:
array:1 [▼
  0 => array:26 [▼
    "id" => 4092309209197
    "sku" => "1605"
    "name" => "Printer Ink"

Any better options on accessing the data?
EDIT:
Answer:
foreach ($val['line_items'] as $index => $lineItem) {
    dd($lineItem['id']);

Which provides:
4092309209197

Is this a reasonable way to do it?

A: If I understand correctly, your array looks like this:
$arr = [
           [
               "id" => 4092309209197,
               "sku" => "1605",
               "name" => "Printer Ink",
                ....etc.....
           ]
];

Fine. First, since the outer array only has one item, you can do this:
$innerArr = $arr[0];

Now you've got this:
$innerArr = [
    "id" => 4092309209197,
    "sku" => "1605",
    "name" => "Printer Ink",
    ....etc.....
]

And you can access it like this:
echo $innerArr["id"];
echo $innerArr["sku"];
....etc....

Or like this:
foreach($innerArr as $key => $val){
    echo $key.": ".$val."\r\n";
}


"On my way home Monday from western North Dakota, I learned of tornadoes in Belcourt, N.D., and Rolla, N.D. I have friends and relatives on the Turtle Mountain reservation, so I was worried. There was only one injury, a newscaster said; but physical injuries weren't my only concern.
So, I changed my course. As I headed north across the rolling prairie toward to the Turtle Mountains, I would dip into a coulee, then rise to the top of the next hill. From those summits, I could see more and more of the land, stretched out lush, green and peaceful at the foot of the mountains, and with seemingly no indication of tornadoes.
Even when I reached Belcourt, it seemed like business as usual. I stopped at a local convenience store for directions. The clerk, a big burly man with a spider tattoo on his arm, directed me north to the forested area.
But I only had to follow his direction a short distance into the trees before I saw the flashing lights of an emergency vehicle. When I reached it, an officer stopped me. The highway was blocked because they were removing trees. I could wait an hour or go around, he said. I went around.
I found the tornado's path. It crossed one of the new parts of town in an area with nice houses.
I had never seen this kind of destruction and was absolutely amazed. Trees were snapped, uprooted or pushed over; buildings were left in shambles or destroyed completely."


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Q: Updating a single item in React context state So I have a Context of the following format:
class UserProvider extends Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props)

        this.initialize = (details) => {
            this.setState(state => {
                //Setting each item individually here
                //e.g state.a = details.a
            })
        }

        this.editA = () => {
            this.setState(state => {
                //change A here
            })
        }

        this.editB = () => {
            this.setState(state => {
                //Change B here
            })
        }

        this.state = {
            a: null,
            b: null,
            editA: this.editA,
            editB: this.editB
        }
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <User.Provider value={this.state}>
                {this.props.children}
            </User.Provider>
        )
    }
}

So for each state, I have a separate function to update it. If I want to update only a single state, what should I do?

A: Consider implementing a generic function so that you can control your key and the corresponding value.
i.e.
const changeField = (key, value) => this.setState({ [key]: value});

Function call
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2016 U.S. Regional Fishery Council Appointments
On June 27, the U.S. Commerce Department announced the appointment of 19 new and returning members to the eight regional fishery management councils that partner with NOAA Fisheries to manage ocean fish stocks.
One at-large seat on the Mid-Atlantic Council will be announced by the Secretary at a later date. The new and reappointed council members begin their three-year terms on August 11.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act established the councils to prepare fishery management plans for their regions.
Council members represent diverse groups, including commercial and recreational fishing industries, environmental organizations and academia.
Each year, the Secretary of Commerce appoints approximately one-third of the total 72 appointed members to the eight regional councils.
The Secretary selects members from nominations submitted by the governors of fishing states, territories and tribal governments.
Council members are appointed to both obligatory (state-specific) and at-large (regional) seats. Council members serve a three-year term and can get reappointed to serve three consecutive terms.
New England Council
The New England Council includes members from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
The appointees for 2016 will fill an obligatory seat for New Hampshire and two at-large seats.
Obligatory Seat:
Mark H. Godfroy (New Hampshire)
At-large Seat:
Richard J. Bellavance, Jr. (Rhode Island)
*Michael P. Sissenwine (Massachusetts)
The Mid-Atlantic Council includes members from the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The appointees for 2016 will fill an obligatory seat for Delaware and two at-large seats. The third vacant at-large seat will be announced by the Secretary at a later date.
Paul W. Townsend (Delaware)
At-large Seats:
Peter B. Hughes (New Jersey)
Roger L. Mann (Virginia)
South Atlantic Council
The South Atlantic Council includes members from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The appointees for 2016 will fill obligatory seats from North Carolina and South Carolina.
Obligatory Seats:
*Christopher C. Conklin (South Carolina)
Robert T. Griner (North Carolina)
Caribbean Council
The Caribbean Council includes members from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The appointees for 2016 will fill one at-large seat.
*Louis A. Blanchard (U.S. Virgin Islands)
Gulf of Mexico Council
The Gulf Council includes members from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The appointees for 2016 will fill obligatory seats for Mississippi and Texas and one at-large seat.
*Leann N. Bosarge (Mississippi)
*Douglass W. Boyd (Texas)
Thomas K. Frazer (Florida)
Pacific Council
The Pacific Council includes members from California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The Pacific Council also includes one Tribal seat.
The appointees for 2016 will fill an obligatory seat for Idaho and one at-large seat.
*Herbert A. Pollard, II (Idaho)
Marc M. Gorelnik (California)
North Pacific Council
The North Pacific Council includes members from Alaska and Washington.
The appointees for 2016 will fill two obligatory seats for Alaska.
Michael "Buck" Laukitis (Alaska)
Theresa A. Peterson (Alaska)
Western Pacific Council
The Western Pacific Council includes members from American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The appointees for 2016 will fill an obligatory seat for American Samoa and two at-large seats.
Archie T. Soliai (American Samoa)
Christinna S. Lutu-Sanchez (American Samoa)
Dean C. Sensui (Hawaii)
Asterisks preceding a member's name indicate a reappointment.
source: U.S. Commerce Department
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Fine Gael Senator Gabrielle McFadden says her party is united following the recent controversy surrounding then Tánaiste Francis Fitzgerald that threatened to bring down the Government.
The resignation of Ms Fitzgerald on Tuesday this week means that a pre Christmas election has been avoided. And it is the opinion of Senator McFadden that the government must now settle down and prepare for a series of important topics set for discussion in the coming months.
"The confidence and supply agreement includes another budget, so I hope we can at least stick to that much," she said. "A lot of work needs to be done that we have started, and I think it would be a shame to stop now.
Senator McFadden voiced her support for the departing Tánaiste and said she does not believe the issue should be considered as Leo Varadkar's first failure as Taoiseach.
"Francis Fitzgerald is a really good person, and I think it is a terrible loss to the government," she said. "I believe very strongly that the Charlton Tribunal should have been allowed to run its course. I think Francis Fitzgerald will be vindicated at that. I don't think there should have been a kangaroo court on the floor of the Dáil chamber.
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Is it normal for a 6 week old to stare at lights?
This question was asked a long time ago but I found it because I was wondering the same thing. My daughter is 7 weeks old and has been staring at lights for over two weeks now. My husband's professor (he's in med school) was doing a segment on child development and our daughter was the guinea pig and the professor said it was the contrast she was drawn to (she was staring at the classroom lights during a good part of the demonstration). So I guess it's normal.