text:
Babes In Toyland - Blu-ray Review
Discussion Starter • #1 • Dec 14, 2012 (Edited)
Title: Babes in Toyland
Starring: Ray Bolger, Ed Wynn, Annette Funicello, Tom Sands
Directed by: Jack Donohue
Written by: Glen MacDonough, Ward Kimball
Main Audio: English 2.0 Dolby Digital
Studio: Disney Home Entertainment
Rated: G
Blu-Ray Release Date: December 11th, 2012
Video: :4stars:
"Babes in Toyland"…. Ah the memories this brings back from childhood. I was an avid Disney child in my younger years, and I remember eating up all the old classics that Disney had to offer. I remember watching "Freaky Friday" till the VHS wore itself out, and "Mary Poppins" so many times that we had to replace it...twice. "Babes in Toyland" was one of Disney's lesser known titles, and was a remake of the 1934 Laurel and Hardy "March of the Wooden Soldiers." Shot on a shoestring budget and largely forgotten about on home video, "Babes" has once again resurfaced on hi-def video.
Our story starts with our two main heroes, Tom Piper (Tommy Sands) and Mary Quite Contrary (Annette Funicello) getting ready for their upcoming nuptials. Unbeknownst to Tom, Mary is about to come into quite an inheritance on her wedding day, and the resident villain, Mr. Barnaby (Ray Bolger) is hatching a nefarious scheme to wed Mary instead of Tom, thus inheriting her wealth into his miserly clutches. To that end, he sends out his goons Roderigo (Gene Sheldon) and Gonzorgo (Henry Calvin) to kidnap poor Tom and throw him into the ocean; if killing her love wasn't enough, he steals the sheep that Mary tends along with Bo Peep to deprive her of any monetary livelihood. Ecstatic that his plan will work, Mr. Barnaby tries to woo, unsuccessfully I might add, Mary Quite Contrary in her time of grief. As fate would have it, Gonzorgo and Roderigo, who play an amazingly good imitation of Laurel and Hardy, bungle the kidnapping and Tom returns home to foil Mr. Barnaby's plan.
Alas, the two happy couples come home only to find that Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue (Kevin Corcoran) have vanished into the Forest of No Return to find the lost sheep. Delving into the woods to rescue them, Tom, Mary and company end up at the doorstep of the mysterious Toymaker. Our friendly Toymaker (Ed Wynn) is a bit of a bumbling fool himself, and is on the verge of missing his Christmas deadline of manufactured toys. However, Mary, Tom and company, along with the Toymaker's mad scientist assistant (Tommy Kirk) all pitch in to save Christmas. There just happens to be one problem: Mr. Barnaby and his two henchmen have sneaked along and Mr. Barnaby is bent upon taking Tom out of the equation so that he can have Mary's wealth all to himself.
"Babes in Toyland" is definitely one of Disney's cornier efforts, but it is still a cute and endearing meander down nostalgia lane. This was back in the heyday of live action Disney where 99% of Disney films all recycled the same actors. Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran both played in so many of the 60's and 70's Disney films that their names are almost synonymous with Disney. Whimsical and off-beat, it definitely appeals to a younger audience more than other films, but for those of us who grew up in a Disney household, it puts a smile on your face to see actors who could sing and dance exquisitely, for no other reason than that was part of the job description - a time when people of all ages could gather around the TV for what was truly a "family" film.
Rated G for all ages
Video :4stars:
"Babes in Toyland" was one of Disney's most limited budget live action films in history. It was shot on a Disney soundstage on a shoestring budget, but at the same time, the special and optical effects were cutting edge. The overlaying of different sized characters and having them interact with unadulterated actors on screen was an amazing feat of the times. For years, "Babes in Toyland" has been given the proverbial shaft, every release of the film on home video has been a pan 'n scan 1.33:1 release until now. For the first time, Disney releases this Technicolor film in its original 1.66:1 theatrical ratio. For such a limited budget the picture is very well done. Colors are accurate and varied from bright primaries to copious soft pastels. The film has an excellent layer of film grain that only turns to noise as a result of some of the optical effects used in the day for certain spliced scenes. I noticed a bit of DNR present, as if this was a slightly older master being used. At first I thought it was a rather heavy dose of DNR when I was inspecting facial detail, but upon closer inspection I realized facial detail wasn't as pin point accurate due to copious amounts of stage makeup used to give the actors a more "doll house" look. Background shots are a tad soft but still, detailed enough to be highly impressed. I heartily say that this is the absolute BEST this film has ever looked. All one has to do is to watch the trailer at the bottom of the review to see how lackluster this film used to look before now.
The audio for "Babes in Toyland" is the original 2.0 monorail soundtrack that it was originally theatrically released in and it is quite satisfactory with its sound separation (as limited as it is). However, there is one major caveat. Disney decided to forgo a lossless track and instead give us a 2.0 mono lossy track instead. While the soundstage is limited to its production value, the exclusion of a lossless track hampers it, especially since this is a musical. The track is very competent for what it does and is pretty beefy for a Dolby Digital track (320kpbs for mono track), but unfortunately, I believe the musical numbers could have been given a bit more "umph" if there had been more breathing room that a lossless track provides. Dialogue is crisp and clean, no age distortion or unnecessary background noise that the VHS and DVD were plagued with back in the day. The effects and toy soldier battle scenes really light up the front stage, yet never stray out of balance with the vocals. Disney's lovely score is lovingly treated, and obvious care has been taken in the handling of the mix.
While some technical flaws drop the score dramatically, I must say that this is the absolute best the film has ever looked. "Babes in Toyland" has been the veritable black sheep of the Disney live action family and has been given the shaft on each of its home video incarnations. Thankfully, this time, we are given the full 1.66:1 aspect ratio that it was shown in theatrically and the print is in fine shape. Those fans of the movie shouldn't hesitate to grab this incarnation; it is easily the best one yet. For those of you on the fence, I encourage to give it a spin, this comes from a time when Disney was at the heights of its imaginative and explorative career, a time when the whole family eagerly awaited the next Disney film and when truly great actors shone on the silver screen.
Buy Babes in Toyland on Blu-ray at Amazon
Recommendation: Watch It
One lucky member will win a copy of this classic Disney film. Just post a reply in the thread to be entered.
ALMFamily
I must admit to never having seen this one - which is quite rare as I love Disney films.
Thanks for the review Mike! :T
Links to ALMFamily Build / Research Threads
AXPONA 2013 Official Show Report
LSAF 2013 Official Show Report
JBrax
Thanks for the review Mike. I've actually never seen this one or heard of it for that matter. Like Joe I thought I'd seen all of the Disney films. Guess not…
Todd Anderson
I've never seen this one either... definitely not one that Disney pushes very hard! Thanks for the review, Mike!
jmilton7043
..don't forget Haley Mills. These chestnut actors were what kept kids coming back to the movies!
Discussion Starter • #7 • Jan 6, 2013
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Drumroll please..... 27Dnast has won the giveaway copy of Disney's "Babes in Toyland". enjoy.
#8 • Jan 6, 2013
Thanks HTS!!!!
Todd Anderson Jan 6, 2013


Acquisition Note: Source: C. F. Yake, Acc. 790..
Preferred Citation: Daniel W. and Eunice Arlene Litwiller Miller Letter, 1952. HM1-164SC. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana.
Scope and Contents: Christmas letter written by a missionary family serving in Argentina.
Page Generated in: 0.104 seconds (using 178 queries).


text:
Stories for August 4th 2015
Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 18:40 UTC
US closer to lifting 40-year ban on oil and natural gas exports; bill needs Senate floor vote
The United States is closer to begin exporting oil. The Senate Energy Committee passed a bill last week that would lift a decades-old ban on the export of crude oil. The 22-member panel approved the initiative to allow the US to export oil and boost state revenue-sharing for offshore oil and gas drilling by a vote of 12-10.
Humpback whale surfaces in Buenos Aires alongside luxury yachts
A whale appeared in the marina of one of Buenos Aires' most exclusive up market neighborhoods on Monday, periodically surfacing alongside luxury yachts while hundreds of onlookers tried to capture the moment with smart phones.
BP halts exploration activities off Uruguay and targets lower-risk projects
British oil major BP has halted its deepwater exploration activities off Uruguay as it prioritises lower-risk projects at a time of low international prices, an official at Uruguay's state-owned oil company Ancap said on Monday.
Obama unveils his climate change initiative: "no greater challenge to the future of the planet"
US President Barack Obama has unveiled what he called "the biggest, most important step we have ever taken" in tackling climate change. The aim of the revised Clean Power Plan is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from US power stations by nearly a third within 15 years.
UK landlords must evict illegal immigrants under new legislation
Landlords in England will be expected to evict tenants who lose the right to live in the UK under new measures to clamp down on illegal immigration. They will be able to end tenancies, sometimes without a court order, when asylum requests fail, ministers say.
Bradesco buys HSBC operations in Brazil for 5.2bn dollars
Brazil's Banco Bradesco SA agreed to buy HSBC Holdings Plc's Brazilian unit for a surprisingly high 17.6 billion reais ($5.2 billion), narrowing the gap with larger rivals while boosting its base of affluent customers in Latin America's largest economy.
Repsol makes first shipment from offshore gas field in the Gulf of Venezuela
The first shipment to onshore facilities has been made from the offshore gas field discovered in 2009 in the Gulf of Venezuela by Spain's Repsol and Italy's Eni, Venezuelan officials said.President Nicolas Maduro called the arrival of the gas a "historic" event during a ceremony on Saturday to mark the completion of the first shipment.
Venezuelan government bans opposition leader from running in congressional election
Venezuelan election officials rejected a high-profile opposition leader's attempt to register as a candidate Monday for upcoming congressional elections. Former congresswoman Maria Corina Machado announced that the National Elections Council had rejected her attempt to register to run in the Dec. 6 elections and called it a grotesque violation of her rights.
ExxonMobil rig concludes exploration offshore Guyana: resumes seismic studies
An ExxonMobil rig that re-ignited a maritime boundary dispute between Guyana and Venezuela has now left the area, a Guyanese official said on Monday, but denying it was because of Venezuelan pressure.
Puerto Rico declared on default by Moody's after failing to make debt full payment
Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank announced Monday that it was only able to make a partial payment on its Public Finance Corporation (PFC) debt service due over the weekend. In response to the non-payment of the full service, credit rating agency Moody's said it viewed the situation as a default.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Grand. Majestic. Comfort. Take a moment for yourself in the delightful Austin Club Chair.
The Austin Collection, vast and abundant with 7 stunning pieces allowing you to make a real impact in both grand or more humble spaces. Its versatility knows no bounds!
Create a more traditional look with the Sofa, Loveseat and Club Chair or mix it up by making different configurations with the Corner, Center and Left / Right Arm Chair sectionals.
Have a fabulous, long space to fill? Make a long lustrous sofa with 4-5 Austin Centers, with a Left and a Right Arm Sectional on either side, frame each one with adjacent Club Chairs for an elongated, dreamy scape of modern furniture.
W42" x D36" x H28"
The Austin Club Chair is also the perfect size for a relaxing chair on a front porch! At 42 by 36 inches, you will be pleased with the depth and comfort of this attractive piece! Make it a touch more modern with a Raw Concrete Square Stool which can double as a useful side table, or keep it classic with something like the A-Grade Teak Milano Side Table from our great Accent Table range.
The Austin range is made from the ever popular, award winning brand of Viro® wicker, celebrated for its all weather properties. Viro® is through dyed, UV treated and proven to withstand harsh conditions such as sun, rain and snow!
If that weren't enough, the Austin also comes with FREE Sunbrella® cushions in your choice of color: bright Canvas or warm Taupe.


SCORPION CHILD RELEASE VIDEO TRAILER ABOUT DEVELOPING THE ALBUM CONCEPT!
Texan classic rockers SCORPION CHILD have released their third video trailer in which the band's vocalist Aryn Jonathan Black discusses developing the album concept. Watch the video on the Nuclear Blast YouTube Channel!
"When I see music, I see it as a shape," comments Aryn. "I can see the whole record in my mind as a series of waves."
If you missed the previous trailers or track video, you can check them out below.
The sophomore album, Acid Roulette, will be released on June 10, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
"Acid Roulette chronicles the life trials of a traveling man who was imprisoned for a murderous crime," comments Aryn . "He was forced into confessing by his wife and her wealthy lover so that they could live out their romance without him in the picture. Once sentenced to a life's term, he goes through extreme emotions dealing with the only woman he'd ever loved taking everything he'd known as "real" away from him. He has to create and redefine his own reality accompanied by its roller coaster of emotional reflection. He experiences many different psychological changes throughout the years and escapes by means of drugs and his writings. These songs become his diary of a madman. The focus is mainly on the seasons in a year, for each song represents a month. The songs exist to drive home the full power of human emotion as many albums do, however, Acid Roulette wires us into those extremes."
Once again, the band recorded at The Bubble in Austin, TX with Chris "Frenchie" Smith (The Answer, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead...) who produced and arranged the band's self-titled, first full-length. Acid Roulette was mixed by Dave Schiffman (The Mars Volta, Dead Meadow, Jane's Addiction, Rage Against The Machine). The album's artwork, pictured above, was a collaboration by Aryn Jonathan Black, photographer Max Taylor and graphic designer Rob Kimura.
Earlier, the band released a track video for "Moon Tension" as well as lyric videos for "My Woman In Black" and "She Sings, I Kill".
These three new tracks gives us a furtive glimpse into the Texans highly anticipated upcoming sophomore album. Aryn Jonathan Black returns with his rich, electrifying vocals interweaved with the groove laden riffs of guitarist Christopher Jay Cowart and the sauntering bass work of Alec Caballero Padron. SCORPION CHILD are completed by Jon "Charn" Rice (drums) and AJ Vincent (keyboards). More impassioned than ever, SCORPION CHILD have something to prove.


text:
Solicitor General Files Brief in Support of Supreme Court Review in Hawaii Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui
Erica Spitzig
This term, the United States Supreme Court is considering two petitions for certiorari that have significant implications for anyone who discharges pollutants to groundwater that may ultimately seep into navigable waters. The first case, Hawaii Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui, 881 F.3d 754 (9th Cir. 2018), involves discharges of treated wastewater into Class V underground injection wells that are permitted under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Pollutants from the wells eventually (over 10 months at the earliest) seep into the Pacific Ocean, and conservation groups brought suit, arguing that the wells are required to obtain a Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the wells. The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted an amicus curiae on behalf of the EPA in support of the plaintiffs, arguing that pollutants discharged from a point source that reaches navigable water through groundwater with a "direct hydrologic connection" are subject to the NPDES permit requirement. The Ninth Circuit rejected the EPA's test as not within the text of the statute, but the court went on to agree with the plaintiffs and create its own extratextual test whereby any discharge that is "fairly traceable" to a point source, and that is more than de minimis, must obtain a permit.
The second case, Upstate Forever v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., 887 F.3d 637 (4th Cir. 2018), involved a spill from a ruptured oil pipeline that spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline into the soil. The rupture was repaired, and much of the gasoline was recovered, but two conservation groups brought suit, claiming that an NPDES permit was required for the remaining gasoline that was seeping through groundwater into nearby waterways. The Fourth Circuit agreed that an NPDES permit was required, this time adopting the EPA's "direct hydrologic connection" test.
Both Kinder Morgan and the County of Maui filed petitions with the Supreme Court, which the court considered jointly during a conference on Nov. 30, 2018. Following the conference, on Dec. 3, the court invited the solicitor general to weigh in and provide the position of the United States on the issue.
On Jan. 3, the solicitor general responded with a brief urging the court to accept review, because the federal circuits are split on the issue—the Fourth and Ninth Circuits both agreed that the discharges are subject to the NPDES requirement, while the Sixth and Seventh Circuits have taken the opposite position. The solicitor general further argued that Maui is the appropriate vehicle for consideration of the issue because all parties to the litigation agree that the well constitutes a point source as defined in the statute.
The brief likely came as a relief to many in the regulated community who have been left without certainty as to whether and when discharges of pollutants to groundwater are subject to the NPDES permit requirement—an expensive question given the hefty civil penalties associated with discharging without a permit and the current onslaught of citizen suits on the issue. And it was reasonable to question whether or how the solicitor general would weigh in, given the DOJ amicus brief filed in Maui.
In May 2018, the EPA also requested comments from the public on its prior statements on the "direct hydrologic connection" theory, leaving many to wonder whether the court would weigh in before the EPA took some further action on the comments it received. The solicitor general's brief addresses this point head on, explaining that the EPA "expects to take further action, reflecting the results of its review, within the next several weeks," and arguing that this should not deter the court from reviewing either case, given that "the parties, therefore, should have the benefit of the EPA's views before any brief on the merits is due, and the court can consider those views in deciding the issue on the merits." Brief at 14.
With the filing of this brief, it is likely that the court will take up one or both of the petitions in the near future. The court's decision, if certiorari is granted, will be important for many dischargers who are not currently required to obtain NPDES permits, many of whom will not fit within the traditional end of pipe parameters of the NDPES program. Taft will continue to monitor developments.


text:
Could Iowans Get A False Missile Alert?
A false alert sent to residents in Hawaii this past weekend caused people to panic and wonder if there was a real threat. Could something similar happen to us here in Iowa? Technically, yes. But officials say that the likelihood of a false alarm is very low.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds asked officials to check on procedures used by the Iowa Department of Homeland Security immediately after the situation in Hawaii. The director of that program said that Iowa is in very good shape when it comes to avoiding such an error. Reynolds also stressed that IF such an alert was mistakenly issued, procedures are in place to correct the mistake immediately. It took nearly 38 minutes for officials to clear up the alert sent to the Hawaiian islands.
State officials say even though they are highly confident that such an error won't occur to Iowans, there is no way to 100% guarantee it won't ever happen.
[via DM Register]
Filed Under: alert, governor, Hawaii, Iowa, missile


10% Discount on selection of Presents !
10% off christmas presents such as hooks, wellington racks, wine racks, candle stick holders, fire accessories and much more. Visit our showroom to find that unique and personal present!
Oldfield Forge is a traditional blacksmith business located in the beautiful settings of Garway Hill, Hereford. We combine modern and traditional techniques to produce top quality, unique ironwork which can be tailored to your specification. All items are hand-made using a coke-fired forge utilising methods which have been handed dowb for over centuries of years.
We have an unlimited range of products including: Bespoke Gates and Railings, Hooks, Garden Furniture, Interior decorative ironwork, Curtain poles, Furniture, Architectural and Restoration, Arches, Obelisks, Arbours, Pergolas and much more.
Please feel welcome to visit our showroom as we are open six days a week.


The credit crunch has led to hundreds of brides switching their big day to Friday to save on the spiralling cost of weddings.
New research shows that church weddings, traditionally held on Saturday afternoons, are increasingly taking place a day earlier when cars, caterers and photographers are cheaper.
The trend has been growing for a number of years as the cost of getting married has mushroomed, but Church of England clergy say the phenomenon is even more apparent now as couples struggle to pay for their wedding and a mortgage.


Wooden iPhone Speaker This easy to make wooden iPhone speaker Mixing natural and man made materials a new approach to the high tech iPhone dock .As the built in speaker is not so loud, an iPhone speaker which can increase your volume seems necessary. But it ll spend your hundreds of .I wanted to build a iPhone charger and speaker for my daughters new room and phone. I used hand tools and very basic woodworking skills. I was a bit .You could easily make your own iPhone amplifier dock from a shoebox. Or better, an old wooden wine case. Or best of all, you could get out your clamps,.Really Loud DIY IPod Touch Dock With Speakers My home made ipod dock from an old . About iOS and Android application developer, and a carpenter..Almost anyone can make all ten of these tested and approved DIY phone speakers, but a few are bunk. Here s the winners and losers..This DIY iPhone speaker makes an elegant and rugged dance party companion..


Housed in a modern complex and the tallest hotel building in Northern Europe, this luxury property is located in Oslo's city center, 100 meters from the bustling Karl Johan Street.
Bordering the Aker River, this modern Oslo hotel is less than a kilometer from the train station and close to the Munch Museum.
Steps from the harbor, this smoke-free Bergen hotel is at the edge of the picturesque Bryggen district, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Fløibanen Funicular is a 5-minute walk.
Located in Oslo City Centre, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Fridtjof Nansen Square and Aker Brygge. Oslo Spektrum and University of Oslo are also within 3 mi (5 km). Kontraskjaeret Tram Station and Nationaltheatret Tram Station are within a 5-minute walk.
Located in Birmingham City Centre, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Chinese Quarter and Birmingham Hippodrome. The Mailbox and Bullring Shopping Centre are also within 15 minutes. Birmingham New Street Station is 11 minutes by foot and Birmingham Five Ways Station is 13 minutes.
Situated in the business district, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Ordsall Hall, Salford Quays, and Old Trafford. Old Trafford Cricket Ground and MediaCityUK are also within 1 mi (2 km). Exchange Quay Tram Stop and Salford Quays Tram Stop are within a 5-minute walk.
Situated in Hounslow, this hotel is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Twickenham Stadium and within 6 mi (10 km) of Hampton Court Palace and Richmond Park. Hampton Court and Kensington High Street are also within 9 mi (15 km). Hounslow Central Underground Station is 6 minutes by foot and Hounslow Station is 9 minutes.
The Grand Hotel & Spa sits next to York's Roman city walls, just across the road from the Memorial Gardens and the River Ouse. Guests can walk 5 minutes to York Train Station, or 15 minutes to York Castle Museum and The Shambles, a charming medieval street.
Located in the heart of Chester, this luxury hotel is within a 10-minute walk of The Rows of Chester, Chester City Walls, and Chester Racecourse. University of Chester is 0.8 mi (1.2 km) away. Chester Station is 12 minutes by foot.
Located in Greenwich, this luxury hotel is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) from O2 Arena and within 6 mi (10 km) of London Stadium and Westfield Stratford City. Tower of London and Brick Lane are also within 6 mi (10 km). North Greenwich Underground Station is 9 minutes by foot.
How Much is a Hotel Room in Northern Europe?
Hotels in Northern Europe start at $29 per night. Prices and availability subject to change. Additional terms may apply.
Pack your bags—it's time to embark on a getaway. Whether you're craving a solo retreat or promising your family a vacation to remember, book one of the best hotels in Northern Europe. These hotels are located within easy access of the city's hottest attractions and entertainment, so you won't miss a beat while you're in town. Spend the days exploring the local landmarks and the evenings getting to know the nightlife. After exploring the city from top to bottom, rest up at a hotel that speaks to you. Find the perfect place that matches your trip's vibe, from a trendy boutique to family-friendly accommodations.
Allow us here at Travelocity to pair you with up Northern Europe hotels that suit your vacation preferences. Discover places with convenient on-site restaurants, around-the-clock service, and pools where your kids can make a splash. Some hotels may boast fitness rooms and spa services, while others feature game rooms and Wi-Fi access. To top it all off, you'll score cheap hotels in Northern Europe that let you spend more on your activities and less on your lodging. Book and bundle your flight and hotel deals together today and save up to $537. It's time to explore a new city, and break out of your routine.
I came in late and tired from a long flight. The check in did not add to my stress. The breakfast was wonderful.
I liked the hotel i stayed seven nights served me just fine! But the cafe down stairs is a ripp off they claim to give a ten percent discount to people staying at the hotel but elevate prices up to 20 to 30 percent so even after 10 percent you still pay to much!!!!! But thst being said i liked the hotel part and would stay there again.
Large and delicious complimentary breakfast. Hotel staff were professional and friendly. The small roomy is very small, but fine for overnight. No parking lot, but a lot of spots in tunnel just a 5 - 10 minute walk.
Wonderful experience at this hotel....great locationn, top notch hospitality and great breakfast. The evening light dinner was a convenient feature. I recommend this hotel highly.
Positives: Ease of using the shuttle bus, very good welcome upon arriving at the hotel. Negatives: The hallway carpets on the guestroom floors were dirty and worn, the room was small and quite spartan, the bathroom was small, the towels were as thin as tissue paper. This is a 2.5 star hotel.


text:
National Security Programs
NSP Menu
About NSP
Open Sublist
Air Force Fellows
Data to Decision
Energy for Maneuver
Preventing Weaponization
Argonne scientists provide support through advanced modeling that helps the U.S. military in planning, analysis and decision making in transportation and logistics for our armed forces.
In the era of big data, information can become overwhelming. It is important to get the right data, and to interpret the data correctly, all in near real-time. This is especially true for decision makers in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Focusing on National Security
Argonne works closely with the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) whose work is dedicated to establishing short-, mid- and long-range projects for the movement of U.S. troops and equipment around the world. USTRANSCOM must analyze roads, railways, waterways, pipelines and airlift support, among many other factors. This complex analysis must take into account multiple scenarios around the world simultaneously. The complex challenge of understanding and interpreting the vast amounts of data involved is mitigated with Argonne expertise.
Argonne developed detailed simulation and analysis models for the deployment and sustainment of U.S. forces throughout the world. Known as the Analysis for Mobility Platform (AMP), this detailed modeling tool is essential for mapping movements and status of U.S. armed forces around the world. The AMP comprises detailed models in three key areas: analysis of ongoing operations; planning for 5, 10 and 20-year projections for transportation and infrastructure; and the structure of armed forces as equipment and tactics evolve over time.
Collaborating for Support
The AMP is widely used by and relied upon by the US military. To create this model, Argonne leveraged inhouse expertise and a rich history of modeling extremely complex problems. This includes a deep understanding of the military transportation systems and the internal and external factors that can affect it. This understanding stems from a long-term relationship with the military, including USTRANSCOM, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Center for Army Analysis, and the Combatant Commands currently deployed.
The value created by the AMP is now extended to support additional challenges for the U.S. military as well as other government agencies. Especially crucial is Argonne's work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Argonne technical assistance helped create an analysis tool for state and local jurisdictions to model the logistics and transportation feasibility of their disaster response plans. This system has been used to model the extremely tight time frames needed for actions to prevent potential threats posed by rapidly spreading disease in emergency plans for Chicago, Florida and Los Angeles County.
Energy and Global Security


Join us it is that we can start doing for you and how exactly we can help you. We love to start working for and with you soonest today providing the best video production Austin services. We know that we can get you exactly Tory wannabes to join us today to see exactly how we can start doing this for you. We have many services that we can start providing for you including video production, photography, video marketing, Google virtual search tours and much more. Good website today to see everything that we can start doing for you and how is that we can start helping appeared want to be part of your team as soon as today allows us to start doing so.
We have heard of many clients in the past we know we were start working if you in the future we can be successful if you just like we have been successful with our past clients. We want to help you for the services that you may need to join us it is exactly how we can start doing so. You can even go to our website and see the reviews that are past kinds of us exactly how much we help them and what we've done for them. We know that we can do the same for you to join us today to see exactly what our video production Austin services can start doing for you today.
We can help you with video marketing. I want to be sure is that your videos of the best in the business allow us to start participating this. Marketing your videos equally as important as creating the video in the first place. Let us help you this and be sure that you have any effective marketing is the rocket fuel to help you get more abuse, engagement, leads, conversations and sales to get your business more out there. We love to help you at this so allows to start providing get our multiple video production Austin services.
We can even help you with via Google virtual to worse. Having the Google tour virtually will enhance your Google business listening listing and ranking, and is also great toe to have directly for your website address today to see exactly how we can participate and help you this. We want to be sure that you get everything that you may need it we know that we can provide it for you so join us today to see what else we can say doing for your house so we can to help you today here this business.
You go to our website and seal the other great services that we can provide for you and how we can help you including the video production, and photography so allows us to help you this. If you go to our website you can schedule a free video presentation and get a chance to get it in the Amazon tablet. You go ahead and leave your contact information there or car phone number at 512-607-5533.
Join us here at this business everything that we consider doing field how exactly we consider helping you. We love to be a prettier team as soon as today to discuss the discover exactly what we consider doing theater website. With our video production Austin services we know we can get you exactly 3 wannabe so join us today to see exactly where that place may be. We love to start working for and with you soonest today and and being sure that you get everything that you want. We know that we can help you unlike any other company around to join us today to see exactly what we can start doing for you and how exactly we can start providing the services that we have here this business.
Here this company we worked many clients in the past we know if we work if you in the future we can be successful for you just like we've been at them. He loved us a helping of whatever may be that you need to join us today. You can even go to our website and see the reviews and testimonials that are past clients a blessing exactly how much we've helped them out what exactly we have done for them. We love to do the same for you as you as well but in your own unique way to ensure that we get you everything that you want all of the video production Austin services that will be applied to you will be the ones that you need so join us today to see what else we can set providing for you.
VW thinks it is video production. We can create an amazing business promo video that will encapsulate the essence of your business within three minutes or less. We know that we can do this for you and you will love it so much that it will be recommended to get more than just one video. We know that we can help you this to join us it up so just today.
We need a nap if your photography. We know how important it is for memories to stick around so join us today to see how we can have all of the everything that you need. Customers crave authenticity and have a series of professional photos of you and your team will more effectively resonate with your prospective customers. So join us today see what else we can start doing for your house so we can start helping you and providing you with our video production Austin services.
You go to our website today see what else we can start doing for your house so we can to help you. With to start working for and with you soonest today so join us today they see exactly what else we can start doing for you. You can go to our website leave your contact information and you can even call a phone number at 512-607-5533. We have the from you soon.


Read the Substitute a hand mixer for a stand mixer's paddle or flat attachment? discussion from the Chowhound Home Cooking, Baking food community. Join the discussion today. Read the Substitute a hand mixer for a stand mixer's paddle or flat attachment? discussion from the Chowhound Home Cooking, Baking food community. Join the discussion today. Chowhound Presents: Table Talk with …... What is a Paddle Attachment on a Mixer? Most people don't know about the Paddle attachment, which is quite common. But frankly, to understand that, there is not so much difference between a paddle attachment and a flat beater.
Providing the most insight and information towards our mixers and blenders, our Resources section is designed to help customers make the right choices when selecting the proper mixers in …... 4/10/2018 · If you have access to a concrete mixer, you can use that instead of a shovel and wheelbarrow. Add two parts of sand for every one part of cement dust that you have and make sure that they are well incorporated.
6 Things You Should Know About Your New Stand Mixer Shopping 6 Things You Should Know About Your New Stand Mixer To keep tabs on your stand mixer attachments and make sure they don't get misplaced or damaged, just store them right in the bowl. When you're using the mixer, set the extra attachments aside; just remember to put them all back in the bowl when everything's clean and … how to make shaders not lag The concrete mixture can also be used to make mortar. However, the mortar can make concrete. However, the mortar can make concrete. Before you buy a mixer, you need to weigh what do you want to invest in, performance, durable and options.
What can I use instead of paddle attachment for a stand mixer?
paddle mixer How to used paddle mixer?
It's careful to used paddle mixer.you should pay attention to your basic requirement,to choose a suitable chemical project is important,paddle mixer is used for powder production process, now, you need to confirm which kind of powder you plan to make; then, consider your daily output,daily output depends on paddle mixer capacity.
Be the first to comment on this DIY Paddle Mixer, or add details on how to make a Paddle Mixer! Click the "add comment" button above to comment.


Interview with Taxi Studio : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Taxi Studio : The Brand design was influenced by the vernacular of social networks that are so familiar to everyone, but less so in the work environment for Kraft Food (Europe) marketers. The Kraft corporate branding is intentionally played down to avoid any corporate connotations… the Wire is an internal knowledge sharing platform for Maketers to engage with and to grow organically themselves, so it needed to feel like something they could own as well as feel approachable. "The Wire" was developed as the place to connect with new people in new ways. "Your line to fresh thinking" reminds KFE's marketers to plug in to the latest activity and break down conventional silos. The branding acts as a visual metaphor. It literally connects person A to person B. For the launch we uncovered a witty and genuine brand insight about KFE's brand marketers... they're a bit obsessive about their jobs! We translated this into a 'brand obsessive' campaign idea to 'tease' then explain the benefits of "The Wire" platform and make light of this unique, shared trait in KFE's brand marketer's DNA. Capturing our audience hook, line and sinker! .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Taxi Studio : As the nature of the Wire is all about sharing inpirational best practice marketing, the intention was to develop a brand and campaign that was worthy of winning an award and indeed being a source of inspiration for the audience. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Taxi Studio : Work is currently being developed on a campaign to reignite KFE marketers and build on the initial success by increasing traffic and habitual usage of the site. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Taxi Studio : The branding took about four weeks to develop whist the camapign took around 12 weeks from concept to roll out. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Taxi Studio : Taxi Studio were comissioned due to their experience of working on a number of Kraft Foods' brands as well as having worked extensively in the Interal Communications sector. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Taxi Studio : The brand is being applied to the platform by another company, but it is expected that the evolution of the brand and capaign work will be upheld and developed by Taxi Studio .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Taxi Studio : A team of designers at Taxi Studio were assigned to the work both on the creative for the brand and for the campaign element. Each designer brings their own experience and influences through. No particular design influenced the end design, moreover the visual execution was informed by the brand name to create a fully integrated and harmonised solution. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Taxi Studio : Kraft Food Europe's 800+ marketers are the primary target audience although other employess who work in functions closely related to marketing also have some visibility of the brand via emailers. This takes the audience to around 1200 Kraft employees. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Taxi Studio : The brand name needed to be easily understood and referred to across Kraft Food Europe's diverse marketing community. It was intended to create a brand that felt comfortable in the realm of social networks. "The Wire" sounds 'cool' – like something that can be tapped into – where you can gain insider knowledge. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Taxi Studio : The brand itself is for an online knowledge sharing platform that has all of the functionality that you would expect from a social media website. This is run on an internal intranet system. At the 'lo-fi' end of the scale, static acetate sheets were used for the ambient teaser graphics. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Taxi Studio : The campaign mechanic was centred around insights into the target audience. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Taxi Studio : The greatest challenge was probably collating all of the campaign material into packs with clear instructions that then got shipped to each of the countries. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Taxi Studio : Our target audience was international in its make up , therefore it makes complete sense to submit the work for judging internationally. Of course, the kind of coverage and exposure that comes with an international competition also made it a very attractive proposition. .


We often get questions in the office about how different elements work within our unique church. Below are some of the more frequent questions posed and their answers in no particular order.
5. Why is the cross slanted?
We receive this question quite often.
The particular form of the cross on our building is referred to as the "Portate Cross" from the Latin word "portare" which means "to carry." You'll sometimes hear it referred to as "the carried cross," reminding us that Jesus carried his cross to Calvary, and also called those who would be followers of him to "take up their cross and follow me." It is also often referred to as the St. Andrew's cross which is a part of the denominational logo of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with whom we affiliate.
Disciples of Christ partake in communion every time we gather together for worship. We have loving volunteers who carefully pray over and package single-serving communion sets each week that consist of grape juice and communion bread. Those sets are provided to you as you arrive on the property for worship. EVERYONE is welcome to join in the Table of our Lord.
13. How does one join the choir?
The choir rehearses every Tuesday evening at 7:00 in the Altar Building. Anyone is welcome to join at any time during the year. The front door is always locked. Simply ring the bell and you will be buzzed in. We'd love to have you!
Still have questions? Please use the contact us tab anytime! We look forward to hearing from you.


text:
Berggruen in Caliornia
Great Transformations
The Transformations of the Human
The Future of Capitalism
The Future of Democracy
Geopolitics and Globalization
Berggruen China Center
The WorldPost
Berggruen in California
The WorldPost Archive
Weekend Roundup: Off-the-Charts Inequality Is Too Vast to Last
Breaking up wealth at the top is not enough; we need to build wealth from below.
October 25, 2019 Nathan Gardels
New York's skyline is a monument to sky-high inequality.
Something is stirring globally. In the United States, where a shameful homelessness epidemic has gripped prosperous California, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, both of whom want to break up concentration of wealth at the top, are leading the pack for the Democratic presidential nomination. According to a recent Gallup poll, 51 percent of young people aged 18-29 have a "positive" attitude toward socialism.
In Chile this week, protestors rallying against a rise in public transportation prices torched subway stations, looted supermarkets and mimicked their counterparts in Hong Kong by seeking to block the Santiago airport. So far, 18 people have been killed. Even in Hong Kong, where demonstrations are primarily driven by fear of the erosion of the rule of law and free expression, the protracted rebellion is also fueled by rage over the wealth gap between the property tycoons aligned with Beijing and the rest.
What is fomenting this upheaval around the world is social inequality too vast to last. According to an Oxfam study, the combined fortunes of the world's 26 richest individuals reached $1.4 trillion last year — the same amount as the total wealth of the 3.8 billion poorest people.
As former World Bank economist Branko Milanović and author of a new book, "Capitalism Alone: The Future of the System that Rules the World," argues in an interview with The WorldPost this week, the numbers are off the charts, especially when it comes to ownership of assets.
"When you look at inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, comparing inequality in income from property and inequality in income from labor in advanced countries, we are talking about a two-to-one ratio," says Milanović. "The Gini coefficient for inequality in income from property is about 90 — which means it practically cannot get any higher — whereas the Gini coefficient for labor income (before taxation) is 40 to 50. The latter is still a high number, but the difference with inequality in income from property and thus wealth is enormous."
His research show that "you have more than 70 percent of all financial assets in the U.S. being owned by 10 percent of people. So, as you have a rising share of total income going to capital, which is a tendency in most countries since the 1990s, it naturally means that total income will tend to become more and more concentrated. The point is that with the current extremely uneven distribution of financial assets, the wealth of a country goes more and more only to the people at the top and very little percolates downward."
Milanović goes on to argue that the countervailing institutions that tempered inequality during the industrial era are no longer fit for purpose in today's environment. "I am skeptical about the ability of the current welfare state to play a meaningful role in the 21st century," he says. "The forces that are pushing inequality up within rich countries — globalization, technological change — are stronger than ever. Add to that the fact that in rich countries, capital is very heavily concentrated among the wealthy, so you have a quasi-automatic transmission of inequality in wealth to inequality in income."
"The forces that have been used in the past to address inequality — high marginal tax rates, increased levels of education to reduce the premium for highly skilled labor, trade unions — are either declining as a force (like the trade unions) or have reached their maximum. In other words, with tax rates that on average for richer people, for the affluent middle class, are already at 45 to 55 percent, you're not going to increase that to 70 percent — or at least, people won't like that or won't vote for that."
What we need today, as Milanović sees it, is "a more egalitarian capitalism, starting with endowments. And if the endowments are more equally distributed, then you'll need less redistribution of current income." In short, he calls for policies to "'financialize' the middle class — that is, to provide them with financial assets. The aim is not only to give them more of a stake in the system but also to break the strong link between the rising share of income received from capital and growing inequality. So, in my view of the world, that's an essential thing: to lower the inequality of distribution of financial assets."
This view closely coincides with what Nicolas Berggruen and I have written in our recent book, "Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism."
Our argument, too, is that the old welfare state is not up to the task of mitigating growing inequality in today's economy. Rather, since digital capitalism is increasingly divorcing employment and income from productivity growth and wealth creation, the focus ought to be on fostering an ownership share by all in the wealth generated by the robots that are displacing gainful employment.
The aim is to enhance the skills and assets of the less well-off in the first place — pre-distribution — instead of only redistributing the wealth of others after the fact. We call this universal basic capital. The idea is not only to break up concentration at the top, but to build wealth from below in the very ways Milanović suggests, above all through broad ownership of shares in the intellectual property that will drive wealth creation in the future.
In the digital age, the best way to fight inequality is to spread the equity around.
Related by Category
Weekend Roundup: Downed Ukrainian Airliner Could Be Iran's Chernobyl
January 17, 2020 Nathan Gardels
January 16, 2020 Jordan Reimer
The Wound That Keeps Bleeding
January 8, 2020 Nathan Gardels
Bradbury Building
Fax +1 (424) 268-2549
Email institute@berggruen.org
Phone +86-127-9105-9196
Nicolas Berggruen
Chairman and Founder
Nathan Gardels
Co-Founder + Editor-In-Chief of The WorldPost
Dawn Nakagawa
Nils Gilman
Bing Song
Vice President, Director, Berggruen Institute China Center
© 2018 Berggruen Institute


Mt. Tochal 3965 masl is situated in the central part of Alburz Mountains in north of Tehran, Iran. Tochal peak is only 7 Km away from the capital, it is an integral part of Tehran, where urban and alpine co-exist.
Anywhere in Teheran all you have to do is look out nothward to see this great mountain. Due to the vincity of capital city Tehran, Mt Touchal is one of the most popular summits in Iran for hiking trekking. On Iranian weekends, Thursday and Friday, scores of people jam-pack the trails. From top of Mt Tochal, in a clear day and good visibility towards the south, you can see the vast metropolis of Tehran with the desert plains in the horizon. And towards the north, endless ocean of high summits of Alborz range. Like a true king, Mt. Damavand rises far above the rest of the peaks.
The Alborz Mountain Range is about 1500 Km long chain in north of Iran separating the Caspian Sea from the central plateau of Iran. The giant dormant volcano Damavand with elevation of 5671 masl (18606 ft) is the highest peak and Alam kouh (Mt. Alam) 4850 m is the second highest peak of the country.
Tehran is a mega city which is home of more than 10 million people. Tehran city is located on the slopes of Mt Tochal. The elevation of capital Teheran ranges from around 1800 m in the north down to 1000 m at the south. It does snow in Tehran in winter, but snow usually melts away after a few days of sunshine. But thick blanket of snow remains on higher slops of Tochal Mountain (approx above 3000 m) from autumn to spring.
On the north face of the mountain patches of snow stay on higher slopes untill early summer. Touchal looks brown and barren from mid-summer to early autumn. Tehran smog (smoke and fog) limits the view of the mountain mostly in winter.
Mount Tochal is a great mountain.
Summits of Alborz mountain range.
Tochal peak in north of Tehran, Iran.
Tochal Mountain near capital city Tehran.
Mt. Tochal in central part of Alburz Mountains.
Mt. Damavand is the true king Alburz Mountains.
Mt Touchal is a popular summits for hiking trekking.
Damavand is highest peak in Alborz Mountain Range.
Alam kouh (Mt. Alam) is the second highest peak of Iran.
Giant dormant volcano Damavand is in Alborz Mountains.
Tehran City is located in the southern slopes of Mt Tochal.


text:
Home Graph theory From the Christmas Theorem to Particle Physics
From the Christmas Theorem to Particle Physics
By oliverknill December 25, 2016 January 12, 2017 number theory, particle physics
The Christmas Theorem
Because Pierre de Fermat announced his two square theorem to Marin Mersenne in a letter of December 25, 1640 (today exactly 376 years ago) the theorem
A prime of the form 4k+1 is the sum of two squares.
is also called the Christmas theorem. The converse, the fact that a prime p of the form 4k+3 is not the sum of two squares can very easily be seen by looking at p=a2+b2 modulo 4. The theorem is also called Fermat's two square theorem. It turned out to be a bit older even, as it was found already in 1634 by Albert Girard (1595-1632).
Albert Girard Pierre Fermat Marin Mersenne
A proof from the Book
The best proof of the theorem is definitely the one of Don Zagier. It is a "proof from the book" in the sense of Erdös as this one-line proof can hardly be shortened any more:
On the discrete region with boundary x2+4yz=p, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0, z ≥ 0 with integers x,y,z, there are two involutions T and S, where T(x,y,z) = (x,z,y) and S is given by S(x,y,z)=(x+2z,z,y-x-z) if x≤ y-z and S(x,y,z)=(2y-x,y,x-y+z) if y-x≤ x ≤ 2y and
S(x,y,z)=(x-2y,x-y+z,y) if 2y ≤ x. The map S has exactly one fixed point (1,1,k) if p=4k+1. Since the fixed points T and the number of fixed points of S are the same modulo 2, also T must have a fixed point of the form .
Sacret Mathematics?
The reference "proof from the book" has a non-secular origin as the agnostic Paul Erdoes once expressed that one should "believe in the book" and (with tongue in the cheek) accused God to "keep the most elegant mathematical proofs to himself". Mathematics is a secular activity but it has historically often been driven and influenced by non-secular motivations. The Mesoamerican cultures, Sumerian cultures, the Pythagoreanism in Greece, Magic squares in China etc. The Hindu, Islamic, Buddist, Jewish and Christian religions have influenced mathematics considerably. The motivations were varied:
Calendars: Understanding the mathematics to develop calendars was an early motivation and calendars are important for rituals and celebrations.
Practical use: There were also political or practical reasons: the development of ciphers by Arabic and Christian mathematicians (Al-Kindi developing the first attack on poly-alphabetic ciphers, the monk Johann Trithemius creating an early version of the Vigenère cipher).
Meditative use: Then there is the meditative use of mathematics like the Mandalas in Hinu or Buddhist symbolism, duality in Yin and Yang, Arabic ornaments leading to classifications of tesselations or floor mosaics (the Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron in the St Marks Basilica for example).
Entertainment and art: Then there is entertainment value in modern "new age" Sacred geometry cults adoring objects like the flower of life or the Metatron cube.
Psychoanalytical value Many of these naive revelations are of artistic or even psychoanalytical value (C.G. Jung).
Historical insight: They are not without scientific significance because they have influenced and motivated scientists. They still do so today even so the influence is maybe primarily of historical nature when trying to understand the motivations of our ancestors.
Is Mathematics necessarily elegant?
Even the possibility of the existence of a divine can motivate to find elegant and beautiful structure even if there is no evidence that it might exist. The believe that nature is elegant is a motivator but could be wrong. History is full of examples: one once thought the planets move on circles or epicycles and this belief was shattered by Kepler. Kepler once thought that the planetary motion satisfy a "harmonices mundi" connection with Platonic solids and this was shattered by more evidence. One once thought that one could find a complete axiom system covering all mathematics and this was shattered by Goedel and Cohen; there was the believe that one could solve the quintic and this was shattered by Abel and Galois, one thought that one can justify Euclidean geometry and this was shattered by Gauss, Bolay and Lobachevski; one had once the impression that one can compute anything and this was shattered by Turing, one thought once that one can predict the future using a Laplace demon type device and this was shattered by chaos theory and quantum mechanics. One once thought that there is a simple proof of Fermat and this was destroyed by centuries of failures and by a proof which uses heavy machinery from algebraic geometry. So, naive gut feelings have often been wrong, but they had been inspiration or motivation. We don't know for example whether the binary Goldbach or the Riemann conjecture hold true but we are driven by the believe that they have proofs we can access. Of course we have learned from history and many attempts have been made to find counter examples. Its like treasure hunting. We believe the treasure is there, but we don't know. Fortunately, in the past, the failures of finding what has been believed turned out to be even more exciting than a the actual find. The modern theory of celestial mechanics is a thousand times more interesting than Kepler's Harmonices mundi story which looks today rather infantile. There is chaos, there are collision singularities, there are non-collision singularities there are numerical schemes allowing us to land robots on Mars or photograph Pluto. Any of the above examples show that original naive religious believes about beauty have been vaporized by a firework of even more beautiful structures than anticipated. I personally have no doubt that this will also continue even so this is only a guts feeling. The physicist Lisa Randall once said that there is no mathematical theorem assuring that the laws of nature have to be elegant. While the possibility of a simple structure can drive us, it can be important to keep this in mind in order not to get disappointed. Also, what is "simple" or "elegant" or "beautiful" has changed over time. We believe now that the Newton laws of physics are simple as they are described by a universal n-body differential equation. However, this is not simple at all, as Poincaré has shown. There are simple open problems like the problem of almost everywhere existence of solutions to the n-body problem, which is one of the famous problems in a list of 15 given by Barry Simon. I myself spent a year on this problem and even thought at one point to have a proof using Vlasov dynamics. This turned out to be too naive and requires to look at a BBGKY hierarchy which leads to a technical mess. Even the Vlasov case in the case of potentials with singularity is difficult.
A poetic reinterpretation of the Christmas theorem
The Christmas theorem of Fermat has a poetic interpretation in terms of particle physics: it tells that rational primes of the form 4k+1 are Bosons consisting of an electron-positron pair and that primes of the form 4k+3 are Fermions consisting of neutrini. This leads to allegorical reformulations of quadratic reciprocity: if (p|q) is the Jacobi symbol then (p|q)=-(q|p) if both particles are Fermions. Otherwise, if one is a Boson, then (p|q) = (q|p). What does this mean? Lets explain it with example and take two Bosons 5 and 13. Now (5|13) = -1 because 5 does not appear as a square k2 modulo 13 (the list of squares is (1, 4, 9, 3, 12, 10, 10, 12, 3, 9, 4, 1, 0). Also 13 is not a quadratic residue modulo 5 because 3 does not appear in the list (1,4,4,1,0) of squares modulo 5. So, also (13|5)=-1. But lets take two Fermions like 3 and 11. We have (3|11)=1 because 3=52 modulo 11 and (11|3)=-1 because 11 = 2 modulo 3 does not appear in the list of squares (1,1,0) modulo 3. We see that the Fermionic nature of the primes had the effect that switching the two particles changes the sign of the Jacobi symbol (3|11)=-(11|3). What is the value of this allegory? It allows us to remember the quadratic reciprocity theorem in an intuitive way. When I learned the theorem in a number theory course, I had first to memorize the formula by heart. Now, I don't have to remember that formula any more. I know a story which guides to the theorem. The story still does not reveal why the theorem is true. For seeing this, one has to look at the proof: it uses ideas which are fundamental to physics like the structure of symmetry. The Eisenstein proof for example shows that (p|q) is a "charge operator" as it is (-1)k where k is the number of lattice points below the diagonal in [0,p] x [0,q]. Now, (q|p) is the number of lattice points above the diagonal. As there are no elements on the diagonal and the sum of the lattice points is (p-1) (q-1)/4, the result (q|p) (p|q) = (-1)(p-1)(q-1)/4 follows. Now we are happy because we have insight why the particle structure of the rational primes is true.
A Lepton allegory
In "particles and primes", an allegory between Leptons and primes in the complex plane C as well as Hadrons and primes in the quaternion algebra H was developed. Since the complex and quaternion algebras C and H are the only associative, complete division algebras and already as Euclidean spaces are characterized as the ones for which the unit sphere is a continuous Lie group, these structures are remarkably unique among all categories in mathematics. What other structures given axiomatically by simple rules have the property that it leads to such a confined list of examples? In the complex plane, the rational primes of the form 4k+3 are no more prime in C. They decay into two primes a+ib and a-ib which according to "particles and primes" is an "electron-positron" pair. The remaining odd primes, which are of the form 4k+3 are the "neutrini". The remaining primes in C have norm 2 and are of the form 1+i, 1-i. They are ramified in the sense that they are gauge equivalent under a unit in C. Like the neutrini, they are uncharged but they are special in many respect, especially in factorization and quadratic reciprocity laws. The neutrini primes are special in that for them, the square root of their norm is prime, not the norm N(a+ib) = a^2+b^2. One can remember this as neutrini are light. The neutrini are also Fermions in the sense that (z|w) = -(w|z) for two Fermions. The rational primes of the form 4k+1 which decay by the Christmas theorem into two Fermions behave as a Fermion pair like a Boson: the quadratic reciprocity tells (z|w)=(w|z) if one or both of the rational primes z,w are a Boson.
A hadron allegory
In order to get an analogue of Hadrons, I had proposed to look at two equivalence relations among primes in the quaternion algebra: a weak and a strong one. Two primes are weakly equivalent if there exists an element in the unit sphere SU(2) of H which maps one into the other. Two primes are strongly equivalent if there exists an element in U(3) (acting on three complex planes hinged together at the real neutrini line), which maps one into the other. It turns out that for odd quaternion primes (which are either Lipschitz or Hurwitz primes) the weak equivalence classes within each strong equivalence class are of two kind: they consist of either 2 or 3 elements. The case with 2 members is a Meson, while the case with 3 members a Baryon. The units in H are the vector Bosons, the units in C are the photos. The gluons are associated to the U(3) symmetry, related to the strong force. They are not individual particles like the photon or gauge Bosons and are confined to members of the equivalence classes which are the quarks. As in the complex case, the primes of norm 2 are Higgs like. The U(3) or SU(3) symmetry is a bit strange in that it acts in a nonlinear way but affects the three complex planes hinging together at the real line. Now this picture is also motivated from a physical observation, the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations. The neutrini, associated to primes in the real axes belong to any of the geometric evolutions defined on the three planes.
Quaternion valued quantum mechanics
"Particles and primes" also suggests to look at quaternion-valued quantum mechanics. First of all, classical quantum mechanics emerges naturally in any geometry as a Noether symmetry: just let the system go in its isospectral set. Even if we start with a real exterior derivative, the deformed derivatives still enjoys the same cohomology. The deformation leaves the Laplacian invariant. But under the hood, a lot of fairy dust is spread out: space expands. The Dirac operator develops a diagonal part which means "dark matter" not visible by the usual quantum mechanics. Space expands inflationary: there is an initial bump. This is not swooped in like in classical cosmology, but it is a mathematical result, which holds universally for any geometry with an exterior derivative. Especially for Riemannian manifolds or graphs. Now, every of the three basic complex planes in H has such an isospectral deformations going on (deforming three commuting exterior derivatives). There is no reason why the time scales in these three planes should be different (throw three rocks into space and they will rotate differently in general). Now, the H-valued evolution features under the hood automatically three different time scales. These are the three particle flavors we see. The three exterior derivative evolutions come together on the real line, where they hinge together. The particles which live there now can fluctuate. These are the neutrini oscillations which are observed.
Particles and Primes, Comparing the structure of the standard model of particle physics with the structure of the primes in the associative, complete, normed division algebras. The graphic uses blocks of entries in this graphics.
Magic and caution
Its Christmas day, so why not look at some magic? Especially after having drunk some champagne, one is allowed to be a bit exuberant:
Hurwitz-Frobenius gives the structure of the fundamental forces.
The Standard model is natural.
Inflation and expansion of space is a universal feature of symmetry
Dark matter develops in any geometry through isospectral deformation.
Neutrini oscillation appear naturally as neutrini appear in all three isospectral deformations.
Only three particle flavors exist.
There is no GUT. C and H are special as their unit spheres are the only spheres which are Lie groups.
It is important to remember however that this is just a Christmas story which most likely has little to do with reality. Indeed, it is today often forgotten that:
A valuable physical model must have the feature that it must explain or predict something in a quantitative way.
But even if there should be no match with particle phenomena observed, the just outlined structures lead to natural geometric pursuits and questions. Indeed, many combinatorial questions remain open in the above topics. Whether there are will be applications in physics, remains to be seen.
The unimodularity theorem proof
Unimodularity theorem slides


text:
Cherry export glitch
Though the systems approach was delayed this season for exports to Japan, no problems are expected next year.
The 2009 cherry export season in Japan did not live up to the Northwest industrys expectations because of a delay in implementing a systems approach program as an alternative to fumigating the cherries. The Japanese government had agreed to allow U.S. cherry imports under a systems approach, starting on June 12. Northwest shippers were eager to ship cherries without fumigating them with methyl bromide, as theyve had to do since the market opened more than 30 years ago. They were confident it would result in better quality cherries on the market.
Jim Archer, manager of Northwest Fruit Exporters, said that 850 growers with a total of 25,000 acres of cherries enrolled in the Japan export program intending to use the systems approach.
The systems approach involves codling moth trapping in the orchard but requires no special treatment of the cherries. It incorporates standard industry practices, such as fruit sampling, which is already done for detection of cherry fruit fly. Thats the beauty of it, Archer said. Its not burdensome.
But in the middle of the night of June 11 the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries notified its inspector, who was already in Washington, that the program would be put on hold. At least one exporter had cherries ready to ship to a customer on the opening day but was unable to fulfill the order.
Archer said it was apparent from Japanese news articles that the delay was caused by internal politics in Japan and was a successful effort by the MAFF to delay entry of U.S. cherries to protect Japans own cherry growers. Harvesting of Japans most popular variety, Satonishiki, which is similar to Rainier, began in mid-June, according to the U.S. Department of Agricultures Foreign Agricultural Service.
New Zealand and Australia (Tasmania) have been exporting to Japan under a systems approach protocol, but they ship in Japans off season and in relatively small volumes.
Archer said many top officials at the state and federal level worked on behalf of the U.S. cherry industry to help resolve the issue. Japan finally allowed the program to begin on July 2.
There was a three-week delay, and so for many of the growers and packers, the heart of their season was more or less over, Archer said. I know there were firm sales that had to be cancelled on short notice, so it was very disruptive to the market. It was unsettling. It was hard to recover from that.
Some packers enrolled in the Japan program specifically to use the systems approach and put in the extra effort to meet the requirements. Those that did not have fumigation facilities were shut out of the market, Archer said. They were not permitted to ship, so it was a total lost cause for them.
By the seasons end, just over 300,000 20-pound-equivalent boxes were exported to Japan, of which only 32,164 went through the systems approach program. Last year, when the Northwest had an exceptionally short crop, only 155,000 boxes were shipped to Japan, but this years shipments were down from the 359,000 boxes exported there in 2007.
Although no codling moths got through the system this year, a few nonquarantine insects, such as grape mealybug, were found in the cherries in Japan. Shipments containing insects must be fumigated on arrival. Archer said it might be in the industrys interest to find a way to prevent this happening again, rather than have more inspections or regulations imposed.
Archer does not expect the same kind of problems and delays with the program in the future, and said he would not discourage shippers from enrolling for 2010. I think this is going to be a solid program, and the comments I received from both the handlers and the inspection service are that it worked fine. From that standpoint, you have to be pleased with it.
Fumigation with methyl bromide is still required for cherries exported to Australia and Korea. Archer said he had received some inquiries from the Australian trade who would like to be able to import under a systems approach to avoid fumigation. The United States started out exporting to Australia under a systems approach, but the program was ended because of some difficulties in California, Archer said. It may be worth renewing that effort, he said.
Geraldine Warner2009-10-01T00:00:00-07:00October 1st, 2009|October 2009 Issue|


Please call us to make an appointment because we don't want to miss you!
We encourage you to call us so we can explain the process and fee structure. If you just want to have information emailed to you, you can email us at the below email address or fill out the form on this page. If that does not go through then please call us and we will email it to you directly. We appreciate your interest in Lifetree.
Have you placed a child or adopted through Lifetree?
Share your experience and leave us a review!


The third Nefes-album Damla ('a drop') marks the impressive, almost 30 years long journey of this Helsinki based group. Through the arrangements of the tracks on this recording the group crosses boundaries boldly from Turkish music to many others – e.g. to blues. You will find also two beautiful traditional tunes for children.
Yet another track to be mentioned is Nikriz Peşrev by Ismaîl Hakki Bey (1866-1927), which has seldom been recorded.


text:
Q: Can one page be simultaneously in two working sets? I'm new to the concept of paging and virtual memory.
I think the answer is NO because if a page can be simultaneously in two working sets, it would lead to a process interference with another process...

A: You are incorrect.
In every logical memory system I am aware of there is a range of shared addresses for the system. They are protected from "interference" by limiting access by processor privilege levels.
In addition, processes can create shared pages in any mode (called global sections, shared memory). These can be mapped to multiple processes. If applications use shared pages, they have to synchronize their access to them or suffer the consequences for not doing so.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Jul 03 Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son) on this day in history.
Jul 06 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
Jul 06 Thomas W McKnew, president (National Geographic Society) on this day in history.
Jul 11 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81 on this day in history.
Jul 13 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game on this day in history.
Jul 18 2nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills NY in the year 1896.
Jul 21 National Federation of Afro-American Women & Colored Women's on this day in history.
Jul 24 Hermann Kasack, German writer (Die Stadt hinter dem Strom) on this day in history.
Jul 25 Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander (Normandy) on this day in history.
Jul 28 City of Miami incorporated in the year 1896.
Aug 01 George Samuelson completes rowing the Atlantic (New York to England) on this day in history.
Aug 13 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor on this day in history.
Aug 16 Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala on this day in history.
Jan 01 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born on this day in history.
Jan 02 Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born in the year 1896.
Jan 04 Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born in the year 1896.
Jan 15 Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 on this day in history.
Jan 25 Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 in the year 1896.
Jan 28 Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.


Expenditure responsibility is the federally mandated procedure that a private foundation—and some public charities—must follow for any grant made to an organization that is not a public charity.
This chapter focuses on the steps of expenditure responsibility when granting to non 501(c)(3) organizations. A foundation can make a grant to any type of legitimate organization anywhere in the world so long as the grant is strictly for charitable purposes and the foundation is prepared to take on the additional due-diligence requirements (e.g., paperwork and administrative oversight).
Part One reviews of what Congress had in mind when it added this set of requirements to the Internal Revenue Code.
Part Two covers the changes to expenditure responsibility for private foundations and public charities in the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
Part Three explains knowing when to use expenditure responsibility in grantmaking.
Part Four defines the five basic requirements for completing expenditure responsibility.
Part Five examines the legal cases upholding expenditure responsibility.
Part Six describes the tax penalties for failure to exercise expenditure responsibility.
Part Seven details how to use expenditure responsibility with different types of grantees – private foundations, international organization, and public charities.


text:
CHRIS CRONIN // DIRECTOR
NARRATIVE FILM
Winner 'Best Thriller', American International Film Festival 2011
Ultra-competitive salesmen, Tom (GREG KELLY, Hollyoaks, Waterloo Road) and Raymond (STEVE MCTIGUE, Cold Feet, Doctors) are up for the same promotion. When ruthless contract killer, Pierson (DAVID ROBERTSON, Shameless, The Street), comes on the scene it looks like they unwittingly hired the same hitman to take each other out. But Pierson has a problem. If he kills them both, no one will be left to pay the rest of his fee.
As the clock ticks away on Tom and Raymond's lives, they must use all their sales skills to convince the contract killer which of them it would be most profitable to let live.
Ante was seen by Fox, HBO, Paramount and Universal and was offered two distribution deals in Hollywood as they thought it was a feature film.
"It is a tense and clever little film, an immaculate short to be honest and as a calling card for it's director should be very useful."
- William Russell, Critic Circle London
"Ante is a suspenseful mindfuck of a short film, cleverly written and gorgeously lensed."
- FilmThreat.com
Chris is an award winning film director working across narrative, commercial and corporate projects. His directing is often praised for its strong visual style and cinematic approach.
©2019 CHRIS CRONIN // DIRECTOR. All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced without permission.


text:
Color, 2009, 114 mins. 41 secs.
Directed by Joko Anwar
Starring Fachry Albar, Marsha Timothy, Ario Bayu, Tio Pakusadewo
Severin Films (Blu-ray) (US R0 HD) / WS (1.85:1) (16:9)
Originally released as Pintu Terlarang, the modern Indonesian horror film The Forbidden Door is an earlier and very peculiar genre effort from Joko Anwar, a disciple of the local masters who's best known now for the solid semi-remake Satan's Slaves and the fun Impetigore. His third feature here takes a page from the Álex de la Iglesia school with its off-kilter, genre-twisting story and stylized animated credits, with a twisty story that seems to have a major shift in direction every ten minutes or so.
Professional artist Gambir (Albar, star of the great "Safe Haven" segment from V/H/S 2) makes a pretty good living in Jakarta with his controversial cast art pieces with a particular affinity for pregnancy, and he seems to have an average home life with his wife, Talyda (The Raid 2's Timothy). Of course he goes around saying things like "I must be the luckiest guy on earth," so it's just a matter of time before everything goes straight to hell. In a confessional booth he's told to beware anyone who tells him not to open a secret door, and of course a little home redecorating reveals a rust-colored door with a big padlock against a wall. Talyda tells him it's just a nondescript room, but things keep getting weirder as he tunes into a hidden surveillance feed featuring a spooky young boy who seems to be leaving hand-scrawled messages asking for help. At first he goes along and hangs a gigantic painting over the door, but as he learns that there's an entire underground surveillance network going on involving a building called Herosase, he becomes more paranoid that anyone or everyone he knows might be hiding a terrible secret.
Though it does it within the horror genre, The Forbidden Door feels a bit tricky to pin down for much of its running time given the constant nudges that something is very, very amiss, even if the exact circumstances aren't made clear until late in the running time. Viewers seem to have divisive reactions to the twists that unfurl in the last ten minutes (including a kicker buried in the closing credits that adds another reading to the story), but the story does play fair even if the very indulgent running time of almost two hours feels like a tad much. However, the main reason to watch the film is the clear centerpiece of the story that hits at the 90-minute mark, an outrageous blood-spraying tour de force that could almost be a sick little short film all on its own. Even if you don't feel like you're clicking with the film all the way at first, be sure to stick around to see what happens when the other shoe drops.
The 2021 Blu-ray of this film is touted as the North American premiere in that format, though there doesn't seem to be another legit Blu-ray release anywhere else in the world unless there was a very covert one in Indonesia. In any case, the film looks great here given that it was shot on film and given a very stylized color scheme that starts off very flat and beige before filling up with more contrast and color as things get weirder. By the end it's full of eye-popping reds all over the place, so don't worry, it looks like the appearance is intentional. The DTS-HD MA Indonesian 2.0 stereo audio sounds good throughout for a fairly unassuming mix, apart from a deliberately amped-up music score; optional English subtitles are provided of course. Anwar appears for both an audio commentary and a video interview, "Opening the Door" (17m29s), which combined go quite in depth into the film's importance in his career, the source novel, the childhood experience that made him consider it a personal project, the casting process, his own film education watching supplemental features on DVDs, and the very disturbing reason the Indonesian censors wanted him to remove one sequence. Also included is a batch of deleted and extended scenes (2m34s, 1m28s, 2m45s, 4m42s) with optional commentary by the director explaining why they hit the cutting room floor; none of them are essential and mainly expand on the couple's domestic life, which is interesting to see but would have bloated the running time beyond absurdity. A making-of featurette (22m2s) is an enjoyable peek behind the scenes with lots of production footage and interviews with the cast and crew on the set, followed by some raw Herosase footage (7m5s) with a very Videodrome vibe and a quick 1m poster and stills gallery. Also included are two trailers, the first of which constitutes one gigantic spoiler-- so don't watch it before the movie!
Reviewed on November 25, 2021.


text:
Fan of the Week
Birthday & Anniversary Recognition
Fan Hotty Toddy
12 Days of Catchmas
Ole Miss teams will open up practices throughout the year for fans to come and watch. Return to this page throughout the year for an updated list of open practice dates.
March 3, Time 11AM, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium: Fans should enter via the west side of the stadium at gates 34 & 35. Parking in the garage will be available and gates open at 10:30 a.m.
March 24, Time TBA, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
February 21, 1:30 PM, Ole Miss Softball Complex
March 15, 2 PM, Ole Miss Softball Complex
© 2019 Year of the Fan. All Rights Reserved.


The May (3.4) release includes the following features, enhancements and bug fixes. It will be deployed on the third Tuesday, 21st May.
We've been continuing to develop our training materials, subscribe to the Scholantis YouTube Channel. Heather wants your feedback.
Blog Posts & Document List Templates - New custom list view templates let you quickly display a summary of blogs posts or a really clean list of documents. Custom list view lets you display a list from anywhere on the current web application, you'll find it under Scholantis when you add a web part.
Enhanced administration and maintenance tools - Manage and validate property configuration (such as AD groups). Streamlined (WSP) solution management and deployment. Remote monitoring capability for configuration & solutions status.
Initial SharePoint 2013 Support - Base feature support for SharePoint 2013 to allow future upgrades from SharePoint 2010.
Important - SharePoint Designer workflows activities now fully working.
Important - Anonymous Portal sites now scroll correctly for non-authenticated users.
My Site/Hub home page now supports editing using the normal SharePoint browser menus.
Site actions menu in class and group sites no longer displays manage and delete site menu options for users without permission.
Edit content link on class and group sites no longer cropped by overlapping web parts.
Special announcements layout and link color improvements.
SharePoint toolbar text is now correctly aligned.
Base set of social media icons added.
My Assignments now displays a tool-tip with the associated class name for each assignment.
Document menus now adjust page size when opening.
Weekly calendar view layout bug fixed.
Corrected log levels - warning and information events reported as critical errors (Windows Event Log and Unified Logging system).
Invalid tag in footer links removed (broke footer layout in certain conditions).
Site manager correctly adds a removed user if they are re-added during a session.
Scroll bars not appearing on portal sites in Chrome under certain conditions.
Header logo area increase in size to support larger logos.
Web parts now set to correct width in all situations.
Our near term focus is SharePoint 2013 support (currently in alpha) andsustainment. Our goal is to maximize system availability, reduce service interruptions as well as identifying and resolving issues as quickly as possible.
Farm wide application status and tracking (IIS site and app pool state) to ensure availability during both normal operation and updates. Our plan is to ultimately incorporate some form of service monitoring.
Maintenance pages to provide an improved user experience during system maintenance.
Branded 404 resource not found pages for all web applications (SharePoint's out of box pages leave much to be desired).


text:
Photo Credit: CNS photo/Bob Roller - Bishop Christopher J. Coyne of Burlington, looks on as Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, responds to a reporter's question during a Nov. 13 news conference at the bishops' fall general assembly in Baltimore. Less than two weeks later, the cardinal said the bombing of a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai region was a "monstrous terrorist attack on innocent people at prayer."
USCCB president condemns 'monstrous' attack on worshippers at mosque
Mary-Margaret Carroll
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the Nov. 24 bombing of a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai region, calling it a "monstrous terrorist attack on innocent people at prayer."
"Terrorist acts can never be justified in the name of God or any political ideology, and the fact this attack took place at a mosque, a place of worship, is especially offensive to God," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston.
Reports indicate that militants killed more than 300 people at a mosque by detonating a bomb and gunning down worshippers. At least 128 others were injured in what is being described as the deadliest modern-day attack in Egypt's history.
"The Catholic Church in the United States mourns with the people of Egypt at this time of tragedy, and assures them of our prayerful solidarity," Cardinal DiNardo said in a statement.
"We join with all those of goodwill in prayer that these acts of terror and mass killings — these acts of grave evil — will end and will be replaced with genuine and mutual respect for the dignity of each and every person," he said.
The attack took place at the Al Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, west of El Arish, the main city in North Sinai.
Reuters reported that witnesses said that "worshippers were finishing Friday prayers at the mosque when a bomb exploded. … Around 40 gunmen set up positions outside the mosque with jeeps and opened fire from different directions as people tried to escape."
In a televised address, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the attack was "an attempt to stop us from our efforts in the fight against terrorism, to destroy our efforts to stop the terrible criminal plan that aims to destroy what is left of our region."
Cardinal Daniel N DiNardo
Day of Prayer for persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria
Movie review: 'The Man Who Invented Christmas
More From: World


On this episode of MODELS Talk, Candace speaks with fashionista and soccer enthusiast Sahar Golestani. Sahar has always been into both fashion and soccer, and they have definitely impacted her modeling. Born in Canada, Sahar knew she was always meant for Hollywood, so it was no surprised when she moved to LA. She discusses her transition and how important it is to give support and positivity to other models.
Stay tuned to VIVA GLAM Magazine to see more episodes of MODELS Talk coming soon.


"Soldiers Of Fortune, I'll sling you a portion of lyrics sicker than a plate of scrambled abortion"
Hailing from Bristol in the Southwest UK and originally from his International Hip Hop group The Insurgents, Knew Eyes now goes on a solo journey through thought and music.
Having performed and had his work broadcast from New York to Australia, Knew Eyes is tipped as one of the freshest acts in Hip Hop today.
Affiliated with Guerrilla Republik and The AIM, conscious lyrics with real meaning over flowing beats are and always have been Knew Eyes' prime targets.
His debut LP The Keys To The Kingdom was released on Nov 5th 2010 to underground critical acclaim and is widely passed around the real Hip Hop community.


We certainly do not think of $10 or $20 as a lot of money here in North America. But gifts in these amounts to SOS Job Foundation are certainly great assets to our beneficiaries in Haiti. Each donation is invested into programs that support people in dire needs. For example, Charlotte was unable to secure a small loan elsewhere for a refrigerator in order to start a small business. Thanks to generous donors of SOS Job foundation, she has been able to buy that fridge and provides for her family through the foundation's 0.00% interest rate micro loans program.


Terms and Conditions - Town Talk Polish Co. Ltd.
Terms and conditions of buying online from Town Talk.
You can cancel your contract within 14 days after the day on which you receive the goods or services.
If you wish to cancel your order, you must retain possession of the goods and take reasonable care of them.
You must inform us of your decision to cancel your contract by a clear statement, including details of your name, address, details of the order you wish to cancel and, where available, your phone number and email address.
You can cancel by email to info@towntalkpolish.com, or call +44 (0)1204 529 981, or write to: Customer Services, Town Talk Polish Co. Ltd, Slater Lane, Bolton, BL1 2TQ.
If you decide to cancel, you should return the goods to us, at your cost, within 14 days of receipt and we will reimburse to you (by the method you used to pay for the Products) the amount in relation to goods to which cancellation rights apply. This excludes the cost of delivery, unless the products you received were faulty or sent in our error.
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any products supplied when the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you. We will make the reimbursement no later than 14 days after the day we receive back from you any goods supplied.


text:
by Marquis Who's Who ModeratorPosted on January 12, 2023
Title: Teacher of English and Teacher Trainer
Company: School ELC in Khabarovsk, Russia
Location: Wilmington, NC, United States
Virginia Gill Simmons, Teacher of English and Teacher Trainer at School ELC in Khabarovsk, Russia, has been recognized by Marquis Who's Who Top Educators for dedication, achievements, and leadership in English education.
With more than 55 years of experience to her credit, Dr. Simmons has excelled as an English teacher and teacher trainer with School ELC in Khabarovsk, Russia since 2022. Moreover, she has been active as an English language specialist with the U.S. Department of State since 2018, a specialist for English language and special needs with the Heritage International School since 2017 and a broker with Intracoastal Realty in Leland, North Carolina since 2016. During this time, she found further success as an English teacher, a teacher trainer and an English language fellow with BATTAMBANG University, as funded by the U.S. Department of State, between 2015 and 2022. Dr. Simmons likewise worked as an English teacher and a teacher trainer for The University of Management "TISBI" in Kazan, Russia in 2014.
Prior to these appointments, Dr. Simmons held a number of positions for Horry County Schools between 1999 and 2014, including as the coordinator of multi-cultural affairs and the coordinator of the gifted and talented, the director of The Academy for Arts, Science, and Technology, the director of CONNECT and the director of adult education. Also recruited as a director of governor's schools over the years, she previously served as the dean of assessment and training for the West Virginia Department of Education from 1988 and 1999. From 1967 to 1968, she contributed to Pocahontas County Schools as the teacher of first grade and special education. Dr. Simmons began her career with Kanawha County Schools between 1964 and 1988, with which she thrived as an elementary teacher, a teacher of the gifted, a coordinator of special education and a coordinator of community education.
Before embarking on her professional path, Dr. Simmons pursued an education at West Virginia State College, from which she earned a Bachelor of Science in elementary education, English and social studies in 1964. She continued her academic efforts with a Master of Science in special education at Marshall University in 1968. She eventually concluded her studies at Kent State University in 1985, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy in special education with an emphasis in gifted education. In addition to these accomplishments, Dr. Simmons was acknowledged as an Outstanding Doctoral Student by Kent State University in 1984.
Beyond her responsibilities within the field, Dr. Simmons has participated in numerous endeavors outside of her professional circles. A frequent volunteer with Rotary International and the University of North Carolina, she has been affiliated with the Russia and West Virginia Foundation as the founder and president. Attributing her success to the support of her family as well as her openness to new experiences, she was proudly recognized as the Technology Educator of the Year in 2012. Incredibly proud of her past work in Ecuador, Dr. Simmons hopes to continue working with immigrants on their English language skills in the coming years while possibly teaching on the continent of Africa in the near future.
Contact Dr. Simmons:
Posted in English EducationTagged Horry County Schools, kanawha county schools, russia, School ELC in Khabarovsk, Teacher of English, Teacher Trainer, U.S. Department of State, Virginia Gill Simmons
Prev Hong Zhang, PhD
Next Lily P. Truong, PhD


text:
'use strict';

var APIUtils = require('./APIUtils');

var UserAPI = {

  get: function(identifier) {
    return APIUtils.get('user/' + identifier);
  }

};

module.exports = UserAPI;

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Hampton Falls es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Rockingham en el estado estadounidense de Nuevo Hampshire. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 2.236 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 68,99 personas por km².

Geografía
Hampton Falls se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Hampton Falls tiene una superficie total de 32.41 km², de la cual 31.57 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (2.58%) 0.84 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 2.236 personas residiendo en Hampton Falls. La densidad de población era de 68,99 hab./km². De los 2.236 habitantes, Hampton Falls estaba compuesto por el 97.81% blancos, el 0.4% eran afroamericanos, el 0.04% eran amerindios, el 0.76% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.22% eran de otras razas y el 0.76% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 0.63% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Pueblos de Nuevo Hampshire
Localidades del condado de Rockingham (Nuevo Hampshire)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia