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The Eye of the Virgin
By Frederick Ramsay
A Poisoned Pen Press Mystery
Read by Lloyd James
Frederick Ramsay Blackstone Publishing 9781590587607
The Ike Schwartz Mysteries: Book 6
Ike Schwartz is the sheriff of Picketsville, a small town not far from Washington, D.C. A former CIA agent, Ike remains connected to the Agency through a friend who sometimes still involves him in cases on the side. Ike is also courting Ruth, the fiercely independent president of the town's new university. All this is usually enough to bring some interesting conflicts Ike's way. A new one arises when a body is found in Picketsville's urgent-care clinic, a body sitting in a chair but dead for hours. Perhaps not coincidentally, there is also a break-in at the house of a new university faculty member whose expertise lies in icons. Can a specific icon called the Virgin of Tenderness be the spark to these crimes? Ike figures that any spycraft contained in the picture would be decades old. Or would it?
Ike Schwartz is the sheriff of Picketsville, a small town not far from Washington, D.C. A former CIA agent, Ike remains connected to the Agency through a friend who sometimes still involves him in cases on the side. Ike is also courting Ruth, the fiercely independent president of the town's new university. All this is usually enough to bring some interesting conflicts Ike's way.
A new one arises when a body is found in Picketsville's urgent-care clinic, a body sitting in a chair but dead for hours. Perhaps not coincidentally, there is also a break-in at the house of a new university faculty member whose expertise lies in icons. Can a specific icon called the Virgin of Tenderness be the spark to these crimes? Ike figures that any spycraft contained in the picture would be decades old. Or would it?
"Absorbing…With folksy charm and dollops of humor, Ramsay crafts a tale of international intrigue in which the past and present make poor bedfellows. Fans of Ruth and Ike's blossoming romance will find plenty to cheer about." —Publishers Weekly
"Sure-footed plotting and easy banter make Ramsay's sixth Sheriff Ike mystery a brisk, entertaining read." —Kirkus Reviews
"Has Ramsay's trademark folksy touch, a well-rounded cast of characters, and brisk and believable dialogue." —Booklist
Author Bio: Frederick Ramsay
Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore and received a doctorate from the University of Illinois. After a stint in the army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is also an ordained Episcopal priest and an accomplished public speaker. In addition to the Ike Schwartz mysteries, the Botswana mysteries, and the Jerusalem mysteries, Ramsay is the author of scientific and general articles, tracts, and theses and coauthor of the Baltimore Declaration. He lives in Surprise, Arizona, with his wife and partner, Susan.


A big labor group on Friday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to exercise his political will and stand up for workers by setting a P100 minimum wage adjustment in Metro Manila.
Days before Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III's expected announcement of the pay rise for minimum wage workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) called on Mr. Duterte to intervene and increase to P100 the reported P25 wage adjustment.
"We are appealing to President Duterte's kind-hearted 'malasakit' to please spare a portion of your presidential powers in favor of the working class by raising the recent 'unofficial' and measly P25 daily wage increase to at least P100 a day," ALU-TUCP spokesperson Alan Tanjusay said.
Tanjusay said that while this amount represented just a third of the P344 increase they were demanding from employers, it would enable workers and their families to "temporarily tide things over and get by through the hardship" brought about by the high inflation rate.
NCR workers currently enjoy the highest minimum wage in the country at P512. ALU-TUCP's estimates show, however, that its value has since eroded to just P340.
A separate study conducted in September by the labor group Sentro showed that for a worker in NCR to recover the value of his wage that was lost due to inflation, at least P28.17 should be added to his daily wage.
Earlier, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop) preempted Bello's announcement of the wage adjustment when it said the pay raise would just be P25.
But Bello said any amount revealed by either Ecop or ALU-TUCP was speculative since he had yet to receive the recommendation of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board.
Tanjusay slammed Ecop for making the announcement before the National Wages and Productivity Commission could process the wage recommendation.
"This is a concrete example of how most businessmen are irresponsibly manipulating matters to keep their profit-oriented interests at all cost even at the cost of workers' suffering," he said.
This is the reason why, he said, Mr. Duterte should take the matter into his own hands.
"This time, at the most crucial period of your presidency, we urge you to stand up for workers and their families and don't let us down at a time when we needed you the most," he said.


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Love this product. And didn't realise the full extent of its benefits until I ran out. Because I have PCOS I have started taking 20ml twice a day which means the bottles last less than 2 weeks. Would love a bigger size bottle.
It certainly is an amazing product Peta. Yes we may need to look at larger bottles.
Thank you Samantha. It really is an amazing product.
Love this product. Great taste, easy to take. Taken in conjunction with HH I am just feeling better.
Thank you for your comments, Kerry. Happy Turmeric and Happy Greens are at the leading edge of probiotics. They are LIVE, as opposed to freeze-dried which is 100% of encapsulated probiotics sold. The problem with traditional probiotics is that they are dormant. Asleep. And it takes 24 to 48 hours to wake them up. By this time, they have passed through your system. HT and HG start to work immediately, and this is why you have had such great results, just like all the other ladies with these products.
Happy greens is great, I feel more energised and less bloated at the end of the day.
Thank you for your feedback, Michelle. Happy Greens has been a game-changer for so many people, with the LIVE probiotics proving to be far more effective than freeze-dried powdered probiotics. Really glad you are feeling the changes.
Thank you for your comments, Kirstie.
I finally took the plunge and brought HG...well, I never looked back. I have got a rare condition called mesenteric panniculitis and since I have been taking this along with HH as a shot first thing every morning I have been "going" to the toilet regularly and properly....Thankyou for such an excellent natural product.
Happy Greens is certainly a game changer and completely unique product. Really happy you are feeling so much better Averil.
I didn't realise how this awesome green liquid was for me till I stopped taking it..... Now I know better I will do my very best to never be without my Happy Greens. I personally find the Happy Greens and Happy Hormones work together really well.
Thank you for your feedback Sandra. Happy greens is a wonderful product and yes when combined with Happy Hormones is a system that works.
I like the taste, I take it as a shot first thing in the morning. I feel like it's helping with my metabolism and food cravings which is awesome.
Glad you are enjoying Happy Greens Fiona. The improvement in your GUT health will certainly assist your cravings and the improved hormone clearance also assists with metabolism and cravings too. If you add happy hormones then you have a complete system.
I bought this product to help with overall metabolism, and it does seem to do the trick. Feeling less tired and generally calmer throughout the day.
Thank you for your review Jane. We do get quite a few comments about Happy Greens improving metabolism. Once you improve digestive health many symptoms improve which are seemingly unrelated.
I've been using the Happy Greens for a couple of months, and I really like it! Very happy with my purchase.
Thank you for your feedback Nicola.
As a theatre scrub nurse, I work in a fast pace environment with long hours. Couple that with an overachieving personality, be it at work or trying to beat my best personal marathon timing, (even the cakes I bake must be perfect or I won't serve them), I suffer from symptoms of adrenal fatigue.
I've always been passionate about health & wellbeing. When a patient introduced this product to us, I immediately read up on it & decided to give it a try.
Diagnosed with PCO in my 20s, being on contraceptive pills for 11 years, I know my hormonal profile must be a wreck, whether I'm displaying symptoms or not. I also worry about getting diabetes (positive family history) & insulin resistance is very prevalent in women with PCO.
I know for certain that good health begins with a healthy gut. That's why the fermented products like Happy Greens & Happy Tumeric speak to me so much. I strongly believe in a good product like Happy Hormones to bring me back to equilibrium. Just being on the products for 2 days, I had better sleep, wake up feeling refreshed instead of bone tired, my appetite has been curbed & I don't crave junk anymore. Not to mention that the coconut kefir is fun to make & I give it to my dogs too. Our liver process a lot of toxic materials, dietary fats & alcohol & probably isn't getting the care it needs. So I got myself the Liv'a Detox as well.
I strongly recommend the products. I've always been 1 who believe that you can always earn money back. But we have only 1 life & no amount of money can buy our health back.
Thank you Jo. Looks like you have really embraced all our suggestions and now your health has responded. Really happy we could be that catalyst to self healing.
HH has changed my life - before using I felt like I was in continual brain fog, constant hot flushes and felt utterly hopeless. Within 3 weeks I felt like a new person - thank you Jeff and team for bringing me back. Thank you also for the support and advice on your FB page, and the community you have built.
Sounds like you are doing really well Clare. Happy we could help you on your health journey.
I started HH due to Endometriosis and PCOS. I was getting a Mirena removed due to horrible side effects I experienced and HH helped me so much I didnt go through the Mirena Crash. So thankyou so much.
I am so grateful for HH. I have no more hot flashes, or other symptoms, feel great, full of energy and happy.
That's great Natalie. Really happy you are doing so well.
I would not be without my HH in particular and have used the others from time to time to support my systems needs. The team and the support of the ladies part of this group are also so valuable. I appreciate everyone so very much.
Thank you Tina. Really happy we could support you on your health journey.


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Text-based role playing game engine written in python.

## Requirements

You'll need the following packages to run the game:
* python (2.7 or above)
* sqlite3
* coverage.py (for the code coverage only)
* gettext
* gcc

## Setup

This program uses submodules. First thing to do is to compile the dungeon
generator:
```bash
git submodule init
git submodule update

cd externals/dungeon-generator/
make

cd ..
```

Then, you can use the test world (containing 2 cells, 1 dungeon, 1 PC,
2 objects):
```bash
# First, create the database
cd database
./createDb.sh
# Go back in the game folder
cd ..
# Then launch the game
# This will run the editor with the system locale
./rRpg

# This will run the editor in french
./rRpg-francais

# This will run the editor in english
./rRpg-english
```

Or you can use your own world (created with the game editor,
https://github.com/rrpg/world-editor ):
```bash
# If in the editor you exported your world and set it as default
./rRpg
# If you want to use another world than the default world
./rRpg -w /path/to/your/world.db
```

## Documentation

The documentation is being written and is available
[here](http://rrpg.github.io/engine).

## Tests

To run the tests, run
```
make test
```
All the commands will be tested in french and english in python 2 and/or 3
(depending on which version is installed on the user's computer).

## Code coverage

To run the code coverage, you will need coverage.py
(http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/):

```
pip install coverage
```

Once coverage.py is installed, just run:

```
make coverage
```

An HTML output of the coverage will be generated in the folder htmlcov at the
root of the project's folder

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Dindica glaucescens is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1990. It is found in Hunan, China.

References

Moths described in 1990
Pseudoterpnini

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Speaking of Tori, while I was bummed last month when I lost my chain ring, I opened my limited edition copy of the strange little girl's new CD, "Scarlet's Walk," on Friday, and in addition to the compact disc and DVD and booklet, I found a tiny penguin charm! Needless to say, it's on my silver chain now, between the ankh and the Mayan sun... I'd still like a ring, but I'm not going to wear another chain ring, and I've got other things on which to spend money at the moment.
I wonder how many of those opposed to the death penalty are still opposed to it in light of the sniper. I am. It looks like Illinois Governor George Ryan is, as well. Those who cling to the Bible's (actually the Babylonian king Hammurabi's) "an eye for an eye" law of retribution would do well to remember Gandhi's take on it: an eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind. If a killer must be executed, then his executioner, as a killer, should also be killed. Ad infinitum. And giving the State the power to kill just seems like a bad idea to me. The Europeans and other civilized people around the world have abolished the death penalty; when will America catch up to them morally?
I wish Sharon hadn't survived today's no-confidence vote. I just don't see peace, permanent or temporary, returning to the region until a more rational leader is running Israel.
I wish the Chechens hadn't taken those hostages, whether the operation was sanctioned by the government-in-exile or not. Countless lives were lost, though unlike Dubya I do believe that the Russians share the blame for that, and in the end it was very negative publicity for the rebels. Surely they didn't believe that Putin would consider pulling troops out of Chechnya under those circumstances. I certainly agree that that war needs to end, and the situation needs to be resolved, but terrorism is just not an acceptable means, regardless of the end.
Finally, a movie whose title adequately and accurately describes those who made, starred in, and will go see it: "Jackass."
Anyone want to join me in voting for third-party candidates tomorrow? Heh-heh... See ya!


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The Lord will be Gracious
Donald Roth
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
I love the prophets. Many other books of the Bible appeal to me on a more accessible level, but the work of the prophets are books that really come to life the more you dig into them. They're rich in imagery and deeply connected to the lifecycle of God's covenant with His people, especially His covenant suit against them, and this makes them deeply rooted in their historical setting. Yet they have a constant forward-looking posture that makes them applicable today, especially when read in the light of their context. We can see all of these aspects on display in today's reading, and we can draw on these aspects to find both great comfort and challenge in its message.
This passage is an interlude from Isaiah 30, which condemns Judah for looking to Egypt rather than God to deliver them from the oppression of Assyria. Imagine the pain that this betrayal caused the Lord, who built His covenant with His people on delivering them from Egypt! Ultimately, this reliance on Egypt would lead King Hezekiah to rebel against Assyria and provoke an invasion which would culminate in the siege of Jerusalem.1
However, just as the Lord delivered His people before, so He promises that the Assyrians serve His purifying purposes and that He will ultimately deliver His people from their enemies. This invasion is one of discipline, not destruction. Our passage picks up in verse 19 of the book, as Isaiah's prophetic vision shifts to the eternal. While the prophecy reflects aspects of the deliverance that was immediately in Judah's future, the real vision stretches to the coming of the Messiah and beyond.
The comfort in this passage is deep and apparent. Despite the coming trial, God will see to it that His people endure, and He promises to deliver them when they cry out to Him. However, God promises more. Israel is defined by stubbornness (its very name means "struggles with God"), yet God promised that He would one day circumcise the hearts of His people, that He would replace their hearts of stone with hearts of flesh, or—as we see here—that He would give them ears to hear and eyes to see. Even more, this blessing would come with a Teacher who they could see and who would guide them in the way they walked. This statement prophesies not only the coming of Christ, but also the blessing of the Holy Spirit promised by Christ as a helper and guide for His people.2
Isaiah's vision doesn't stop there; it slips further into the future, looking to the consummation of the Lord's deliverance, painting a picture of abundance, peace, and restoration set against "the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall." The banishing of darkness in verse 26 conjures up comparisons to the New Jerusalem in Revelation, and with this we can see the greatest comfort of the gospel: God delivers His people from adversity to abundance, from strife to shalom. Even the chaos and destruction of the Last Day will be a sweet thing for God's people.
While it's reaffirming to see the Lord's hand in the fulfillment of messianic prophesies, and it's comforting to rest in this proven trustworthiness as we look to the coming fulfillment of God's promises, we should find significant challenge in this passage, too.
Looking to the context from a historical perspective, we know the foolishness and offensiveness of Judah's decision to depend on Egypt, a military force that spent much of the Old Testament past its imperial prime. However, we, too, regularly look to the means of the world for our deliverance. How often do we heed the world's call to put our faith in political power, wealth, or our own ingenuity, after which we wage culture wars, preach a gospel of wealth, or cling to the myth of pulling ourselves up by our own bootstraps? How often do we, too, put our faith in Egypt or idols, forsaking the Lord?
Instead, this passage calls us to patience and the quiet kind of trust that learns through adversity to cling ever more tightly to our Savior. This is not to deny that it is a terrifying thing to stare down a ravaging Assyrian horde. Put on Judah's shoes: they were systematically crippled, hemmed in at every side, and forced to even strip ornaments from the temple to slow their oppressor, yet Isaiah says in verse 18, "Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him." How difficult must that message have been, and how difficult is it to hear the same in our lives? Our trials may be significant, but our passage today reminds us that we serve a God who will surely deliver us. Father, grant us the patience to trust in that deliverance.
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Dating these verses, together with the clear references of the surrounding chapters, suggests that this prophecy concerns the siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib around 701 BC. See II Kings 18-19. ↩
See, e.g., John 16. ↩
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UMAs Power Wealth Management
The Unified Management Account has become a staple of the wealth management industry because of its ability to use a single account for asset allocation, and access to multiple SMAs (separately managed accounts) and mutual fund sub-asset classes or styles (e.g., large-cap value).
Technology plays an important role in successful managed accounts and UMA businesses. "UMAs came into being about seven or eight years ago, the idea being to put everything into one account at a broker firm or custodian," said Harry Clark, chairman and CEO of Clark Capital Management, which manages $2.8 billion. "With sleeve technology, you can pre-package programs for clients with various investment vehicles in the same account."
Clark Capital Management has introduced the Personalized UMA (PUMA), which allows financial advisors to select the most appropriate individual strategies and combine them into a single account. It is designed to help financial advisors address the unique needs of their clients in a more scalable and efficient way.
Since 2007, the firm has offered Unified Managed Accounts (UMAs), combining multiple asset classes and strategies into one account. However, these UMAs, like other industry UMAs, are model-driven and limited in their customization capabilities.
"We offer pre-packaged UMAs, but until now you really couldn't tailor them to the client's exact needs," said Clark. "Today's client demands more versatility and customization, and we want to give advisors what they need to meet those expectations. It is absolutely essential to address scalability and simplicity when providing personalized services."
According to a 2013 report by research firm Cerulli Associates, UMA assets garnered 7.7 percent of all managed account assets in 2012, double the 3.8 percent Cerulli recorded in 2008.
Argentus Capital Management said that six Newfound Research portfolios are now available through its AlphaNavigator Unified Managed Account Platform. This enables investors to invest directly in Newfound managed account solutions. "We are excited to partner with Newfound Research and bring their suite of portfolios to advisors across the RIA and broker-dealer spectrums," said Doug Gill, CEO at Argentus Partners, in a release.
The Newfound portfolios offered through Argentus include risk managed global, income and equity long/short sectors, and 3% and 4% target excess yield.
The PUMA offers the ability to combine Clark Capital strategies into a single account, to adjust the portfolio to meet clients' changing needs without repapering the account, and household level performance reporting.
Clark Capital's portfolio consists of ETFs, individual stocks and bonds. ETF styles include sector vocation, style rotation, international, alternatives, and a global macro. Bonds include tax free bond portfolios, taxable bond portfolios, high yield and neutral duration. Individual stock portfolios, include all cap (small, mid and large), mid cap, small cap portfolios, ADRs and high dividend large cap portfolio.
The PUMA enables portfolio managers to combine their efforts in a highly targeted way. "We put these building blocks into unified managed accounts, so the rep can pick and choose what to put in the client's personalized unified managed account," Clark said. "We've been managing UMA assets for years from a risk standpoint; now we can deliver a truly client-centered strategy."
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Q: Electrons Fired One at a Time in Double-slit Experiment I have read that electrons fired individually through a 2 or more slits still form an interference pattern. I think this may be due to the fact that moving electrons produce electromagnetic waves (like in a transmitter aerial), and EM waves move electrons (like in your TV aerial). While each electron can only pass through one slit, the wave it produces could pass through all slits simultaneously, forming an interference pattern. Could the individual electrons be getting deflected by their own EM wave and following the beams to form a pattern?

A: Here is the experiment:

Electron buildup over time

The quantum mechanical scattering problem is "electron of given energy scattering through two slits a given width and distance apart". The electron is modeled  by a complex number wavefunction solution with these boundary conditions. It is an elementary particle in the standard model of particle physics.
It is called a particle because when impinging one by one it leaves the footprint of a particle , as in the top frame, and then the accumulation gives the probability distribution for finding an electron at the (x,y) of the screen, which shows wave like interference. That is the real valued $Ψ^*Ψ$  probability distribution.

While each electron can only pass through one slit, the wave it produces could pass through all slits simultaneously, forming an interference pattern.

You are trying to solve this using classical physics erroneously because the electron is not radiating  when approaching the slits. Its electric potential interacts within the quantum mechanical equation to the spill over electric fields of the walls of the slits, and thus it interacts with the slits and the wavefunction carries the information, similar to the way the hydrogen wavefunction carries the information of the electron orbital.
The quantum mechanical mathematical model became necessary in order to fit the data in the microcosm, and the data cannot be explained with classical interference, which carries energy and is measurable. The interference is in the probability distribution of the double slit.
It has been shown that the classical framework emerges from the quantum mechanical, and that the other way around does not work consistent with special relativity in any type of complicated models.
(actually in quantum mechanical field theoretical approaches, the electron passing through the slits interacts by exchanging  virtual photons, but this is a subject you have to study quantum mechanics in depth to understand)

A: The wavefunction of an electron is intrinsic and dependent on its mass and momentum; it does not have any important connection to the electron's electromagnetic field, at least in the context of a double-slit interferometer.
The electron's wavefunction, which represents (the square root of) the probability density for finding the electron at any given place and time, actually passes through both slits.  When the electron is detected, it is detected at one point location so does not produce an interference pattern.  But when the detected locations of a lot of individual electrons are plotted out, you will see the interference pattern in the plot.

A: Particles which are deflected by their own wave function sounds very similar to the deBroglie picture of the pilot wave.
In the single particle experiment, the interference is said to arise because the particle is acting as a wave, instead of thinking it is in a particle state. You observe the particle, the interference pattern dissolves.
In the deBgrolie picture of the pilot wave, both the wave and the particle is present. This can lead to interesting phenomenon, such as the empty wave, which suggests a wave can travel in space but have no energy.

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Martin has designed a training style thats both innovative, varied & fun. No session is ever the same as Martin states progressive variety is key to adaptation, development and ultimately positive change.
That's the pretty bit the reality is Martins just like you. He tries as best he can to be a good dad, supportive husband, pay the bills and inspire, he has dog days, amazing days & days he just wants to eat cake & have a beer yet within the rolloercoaster of life he maintains a consistency of remaining fit for life! Martin is an ambassador of the 80:20 rule: Train hard, eat right, work hard but more importantly remember life is for living so enjoy every day.
That's what you'll learn with Martin his Trainings real, in your twenties you can train twice a day but the pressures of life will influence how you train as you get older. Whilst training with Martin he'll set achievable goals that challenge you both mentally and physically.
Martin wasnt always a trainer he spent his earlier years as a cocktail bar tender, club manager & hotelier it was only after hitting rock bottom drinking 6 nights a week did he realise things had to change.
After some soul searching whilst travelling the world did he decide a healthier more balanced life was needed. So on return to the UK Martin became a firefighter and personal trainer, the rest is Kettlebells & field fires.
We will train in an environment thats comfortable & suitable to your needs. We have The Garage for all your Strength Conditioning needs, we have the local pathways, parks and roads for urban physical. We can also bring the gym to you.
The fact is the world is our playground.
When your not with Martin you'll still be connected via the Bodybyking portal. Just log in via the app and follow your bespoke plan.
We will do all that is needed to achieve the results you want. As an experienced strength coach rest assured we can hit the weights safely and effectively. If your looking to run Martin will build you up to Marathon level & beyond. If you require rehabilitation we will work to stabilise and strengthen. Martin's a man who loves a spreadsheet your lifts, rows, runs & stats will be recorded and stored on the portal for you to monitor & reflect.
Training with martins like popping open a Pringle once you hit your first goal youll be discussing whats next.
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Rest assured there isn't a training style we can't smash out in the Garage.
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Macy's announces latest sustainability initiatives
Macy's announced on Monday its latest sustainability initiatives launched to promote circularity throughout its value chain.
Macy's announces latest sustainability initiatives. - Macy's
In particular, over the past year-and-a-half, the company has introduced several initiatives to reduce, reuse and recycle across its private and market brand product offerings and operations.
To reduce waste, Macy's private brand team has embraced technology that allows them to scale back on physical samples. In 2019, 5% of samples were digital and by the end of the 2022 development season, 61% of all samples were made virtually, significantly decreasing textile waste.
Other practices have enabled Macy's to reduce box volume and waste up to 50%, and its virgin plastic input by more than 50%. Moreover, all cardboard used by Macy's fulfillment centers is now FSC-certified and is comprised of 35% recycled content, while their fulfillment centers are no longer printing invoices to reduce unnecessary waste.
To reuse and extend the life of all products, its partnership with Give Back Box, now allows Macy's customers to easily donate their clothes, toys and other pre-loved items by downloading a prepaid shipping label from Macy's website and sending them to be donated for resale and recycling.
As part of its goal to increase store recycling rates to 80% by 2025, Macy's also launched a program to use RFID technology to track participation and weights of store cardboard recycling.
Lastly, as part of its 2025 goal to recycle as much material as possible, the Macy's beauty products team launched a pilot program to ship outdated collateral to a third-party to be recycled rather than disposed of in-store.
"As a leading, omnichannel retailer, we understand the role we play in creating a more equitable and sustainable future for all. We are committed to promoting a more circular economy across our value chain," said Keelin Evans, vice president of sustainability at Macy's, Inc.
"Our efforts are focused on providing sustainable and ethically produced brands, products, and services to our customers, while reducing our impact on the environment through operations. We're going to achieve this through our guiding social purpose platform, Mission Every One, and an enterprise-wide collaboration with partners, designers, suppliers, logistics partners, entrepreneurs, colleagues and customers."


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DoD, HackerOne Launch 5th Bug Bounty Challenge
in Cybersecurity News, News
by Ramona Adams April 4, 2018, 9:19 am
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The Defense Department and HackerOne have opened registration for hackers who want to participate in the Pentagon's fifth bug bounty challenge.
Participants of the fifth Hack the Pentagon event will work to identify vulnerabilities in an enterprise system that supports DoD's global operations, HackerOne said Monday.
Reina Staley, chief of staff at DoD's Defense Digital Service, said bug bounty challenges are meant to give cybersecurity talents outside the government an opportunity to securely report cyber issues and earn rewards.
DoD will accept applications from U.S. taxpayers as well as citizens and authorized workers of the U.K. Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
U.S. service members and contractor personnel are also allowed to participate in the program but will not receive financial rewards.
Registration for the fifth bug bounty challenge will end on April 29.
Hack the Pentagon was launched in 2016 and has since led to the discovery and resolution of more than 3,000 vulnerabilities in government systems.
HackerOne is in a partnership with DoD to help facilitate the challenge and provide its security platform for the program.


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'Angel Worker' Who Rescued Starving 'Witch Boy' Abandoned by Family Shares Miraculous Photo One Year Later
By Leah Marieann Klett ( [email protected] ) Feb 13, 2017 10:31 AM EST Comment
The Danish aid worker who saved a starving Nigerian boy from certain death after his family disowned him for being a witch has shared a photo revealing his miraculous recovery just one year later.. One year later, Hope is happy and healthy Facebook
The Danish aid worker who saved a starving Nigerian boy from certain death after his family disowned him for being a witch has shared a photo revealing his miraculous recovery just one year later.
Anja Lovén, founder of African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation, shared a photo recreating the heartbreaking snapshot of her standing on a dirt road, giving water to an emaciated little boy holding a few pieces of cracker in one hand.
This time, however, the image looks vastly different.
The little boy, now chubby and healthy, carries a small backpack and wears a checkered, button-up shirt, red pants and white sneakers - and is on his way to the first day of school.
"A rescue mission that went viral, and today it's exactly 1 year ago the world came to know a young little boy called Hope," Lovén captioned the photo.
Since the photo was posted on January 30, it has been "liked" over 34,000 times and shared another 8,000 times.
(Photo : Facebook/ Anja Loven)
Anja and Hope
As earlier reported, Lovén first saw the toddler walking, naked and alone, through the dusty streets of Uyo in south-east Nigeria one year ago.
Believing he was a witch, the child's parents had abandoned him eight months prior, leaving him weak, malnourished, and riddled with worms. Moved with compassion, Anja, who has a young son with her husband, David, took the child under her wing and gave him a powerful name: Hope.
"I was so sick to my bones to see a two-year-old boy in such a horrible condition," Anja told the Daily Mail."When we first entered the village I looked over my shoulders and slowly turned around to see Hope sitting on the side of the road. I thought I was going to see a bigger boy but when I saw he was the size of a little baby, my whole body froze."
She added, "I became a mother myself 20 months ago and I was thinking of my own son when I saw Hope."
The child was taken to hospital the same day, where he was given medication to get rid of the worms in his stomach and daily blood transfusions to raise the number of red blood cells in his body.
"He got the best treatment we could give him, and everyday my team and I was hoping that he would survive... Very quickly we discovered that Hope was a very strong boy. A little fighter," she recalled. "A few days after we rescued him, my husband David and I brought our son along to the hospital. This was the first time we saw a smile on Hope's face."
Today, Hope lives at a home run by the Lovéns dedicated to helping "witch children" and is healthy and thriving - and like any little boy, loves playing football.
"Hope is like a son to me," she said. "Like the rest of our children I love him more than words can describe."
Hope has been living at the children's foundation since his rescue
Hope's story has touched hearts around the world, and Lovén revealed that her organization received $1 million in donations over the past few months.
"My team and I are so overwhelmed by all the love we are receiving from all over the world," she said. "This is something we have never dared to dream about. We have been fighting this superstition for many years and finally the whole world is looking at the important work we are doing.'
It is not yet clear what made the parents of the boy believe that he was a witch; however, the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that a growing number of adults and children were being accused of witchcraft in different parts of Africa, leading to killings and shunning.
UNICEF said that those most at risk were boys who displayed a "solitary temperament, physical deformities or conditions such as autism."
"Many social and economic pressures, including conflict, poverty, urbanization and the weakening of communities, or HIV/AIDS, seem to have contributed to the recent increase in witchcraft accusations against children,"
UNICEF Regional Child Protection Adviser Joachim Theis said. "Child witchcraft accusations are part of a rising tide of child abuse, violence and neglect, and they are manifestations of deeper social problems affecting society."
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The Funniest Misheard Lyrics Of All Time
Last updated on May 7th, 2019
There's nothing quite like singing your favourite song at the top of your lungs, except when misheard lyrics cause you to sing the wrong words. We've all been there: hollering what we think are the right words, only to be left rosy-cheeked in embarrassment when a smug-faced friend states, "actually, the correct words are…". We encourage everyone to embrace their favourite music and artists from around the world. However, please check the lyrics first!
It's been happening for years, decades even – some songs are just hard to get right. We've collected 21 of the funniest misheard lyrics from some classic chart-topping songs to make sure you're never get them wrong again!
Have you been caught out by any of these lyrics in the past?
(P.S. Check out our Spotify playlist to listen to the songs mentioned. Listen as you read the blog and see which lyrics you hear!)
Bob Dylan – Blowin' In The Wind – 1963
Dating back over 50 years, this song has been labelled the 14th Greatest Song of All Time. Dylan asks many questions throughout the song, seeming to question everything and everyone. The hit was widely embraced by communities and churches around the world as a song to join everyone together and wish for better. It's just such a shame there was a mix up with the lyrics.
Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze – 1970
As one of Jimi Hendrix's best-known songs, you'd think people would know the words! Purple Haze is still, even now, considered one of the best guitar songs in history. It's been covered by many artists, and lucky they've got the words right (we think, it's hard to tell).
Elton John – Tiny Dancer – 1971
Despite not having a hook, and not receiving a great reception upon release, Tiny Dancer has grown to be a one of Elton John's most well-loved songs. This particular misheard lyric become very popular following the "Friends" scene where Pheobe think's it's the most romantic song ever – dedicated to Tony Danza obviously!
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now – 1972
Johnny Nash released this reggae-infused hit in 1972 following a previous collaboration with Bob Marley. We love this smooth tune, but love it even more imagining Johnny had a serious problem with someone called Lorraine! We wonder what she did to cloud his vision?
Elton John – Bennie & The Jets – 1973
Back to Sir Elton John now with his chart-topping smash hit Bennie and The Jets – also known as Benny and The Jets (maybe there was a mix up with the spelling as well as the lyrics). The song describes a fictional bands' performance from a fans' point of view. Not sure how they'd feel if their favourite band had electric boobs and bowls of soup on stage…
ABBA – Dancing Queen – 1976
This worldwide hit was loved across the globe – it was actually ABBA's only number 1 hit in the US. There's something a bit alarming about these ABBA lyrics though. We don't think ABBA were intentionally singing about torture…
Bee Gees – More Than A Woman – 1977
A romantic song from a romantic film. This classic Bee Gee's hit from Saturday Night Fever is all about that special connection with someone. We're sure we have all heard at least one person sing the wrong lyrics to this song. Either that or they can't hit those high notes.
Queen – We Will Rock You – 1977
Queen's anthem 'We Will Rock You' took the world by storm following its release in 1977. A clear winner for the band took a turn for the worst when fans thought Queen were cat-kickers! Don't worry everyone, this is only a misheard lyric.
The Police – So Lonely – 1978
We love Sue Lawley, but we didn't know The Police did too! This famous misheard lyric is a classic and even more hilarious as it's repeated 77 times throughout the song. We can only wish this was a secret dedication to our favourite BBC presenter.
Sister Sledge – We Are Family – 1979
A feel-good tune through and through. Very popular with karaokes across the world, we are not sure anyone would know this line without reading it off the screen. We do love this alternative though.
Bon Jovi – Livin' On A Prayer – 1986
Released in 1986 and seemingly permanently in rotation on countless radio stations around the world, it's amazing that people are still getting these lyrics wrong! We're not sure these misheard lyrics are completely unintentional though…
Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone – 1995
Written by R. Kelly, this ballad was a huge hit for Michael Jackson back in 1995. In the music video MJ, sporting gloriously 90s floppy curtains, compliments his then wife Lisa-Marie Presley on the quality of her homemade burger.
Oasis – Don't Look Back In Anger – 1995
Now, this song is well know for both misheard lyrics and an incorrect title – commonly, but incorrectly, called So Sally Can Wait. Bizarrely, this is exactly the lyric that has got listeners confused. What exactly is Sally weighing?
En Vogue – Don't Let Go – 1996
In short, no we do not want to be old and frail. Originally released in 1996 by En Vogue, it has been covered by many singers and DJ's, going from a smooth RnB track to a party smash hit.
Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On – 1997
Every time we hear this song, we can't help but think of poor Leonardo DiCaprio slipping beneath the frigid Atlantic waters because Kate Winslet refused to share her wooden refuge. Given the tragic ending of the Titanic tale, it seems a bit inappropriate of Celine to be singing about the resilience of hot dogs. Perhaps they float.
R. Kelly – Ignition – 2003
As cool as we think we are singing along to R.Kelly's remix of his original song Ignition, we still get these lyrics wrong. (Fun fact: His album was leaked before the release date so he recorded brand new songs and remixed ones that were already on the album to make sure it was something no-one had heard before). Worked out pretty well considering this was one of his biggest hits.
The Kooks – Naive – 2006
The Kooks are a classic indie rock band, who released their most popular hit Naive in 2006. It's well-known across the UK and worldwide. Although it's not that well-known. And neither is their home country. Just to clarify, they're from Brighton, not Nebraska.
Duffy – Mercy – 2008
Everyone has weird cravings every now and again, but Duffy is taking it to a whole new level. We can't imagine birdseed will taste that good if we are honest. Either way, Mercy was Duffy's first international release and only number 1 single in her career. Where did Duffy go?!
Taylor Swift – Blank Space – 2014
One of the most famous misheard lyrics from the last 5 years came from Taylor Swift's Blank Space. Known for her many exes, this song reflects on the 'serial dater' character she's been portrayed with in the media. She tranforms into this persona in this song and sings about her Starbucks lovers…. I mean list of ex lovers.
Maroon 5 – Animals – 2014
Maroon 5 first started making music together in 1994 under the name "Kara's Flowers". 20 years later and they are still at it. Animals, released in 2014, compares humans and animals instincts. We don't think they needed to go into that much detail though.
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud – 2014
The favourite first dance song from 2014 and 2015, Ed Sheeran really delivered with this deep and heart-felt pop ballad. We aren't quite sure that you really want to be taken into someone's lemon arms Ed!?
So there you have it, some of the most popular and funny misheard lyrics from the last 50 years. We hope you enjoyed listening with us!
How many of these have you been singing wrong?


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Sensational aromas of crisp, green apple and sweeping floral and white fruit from Riesling blend to a heady perfume of inviting scents. Pleasantly tart, with a crunchy apple juiciness, it finishes with the lushness and minerality of perfectly ripe Riesling grapes and is perfect lightly chilled with spicy dishes, or just for sipping on its own.
Tropical Bliss™ Apple Riesling is like biting into a juicy apple and being rewarded with a refreshing burst of floral Riesling aromas and flavours.
Sensational aromas of crisp, green apple and sweeping floral and white fruit from Riesling blend to a heady perfume of inviting scents. Pleasantly tart, with a crunchy apple juiciness, it finishes with the lushness and minerality of perfectly ripe Riesling grapes.
Ready to drink in only four weeks, it's perfect lightly chilled with spicy dishes, or just for sipping by the pool or the beach.
Great tasting kit. Added 2lb of sugar to the kit and came out with APV of 10%. Not too sweet or dry. Ordered a second kit to have more on hand. Drank some right after bottling and storing the rest a few months.
Very smooth, not too sweet. not too much bite.
This white wine has been a favorite at our parties, so we are aging our second batch. We recommend it for summer, because it is a lighter-tasting wine.
I wanted to try a sweet wine kit that my wife would enjoy (so that I could get her hooked and I can spend more money) and it turned out great! Very easy to drink for wine drinkers and non-wine drinkers alike. Will definitely purchase again.
This is definitely a summer wine. Great for cookouts, sip by the pool. I'm on my 2 kit. I use about half of the flavor pack because I don't like my wine too sweet, and have had no complaints from my guests.
I am really enjoying this wine. I did modify it slightly, so keep that in mind. After reading some reviews for a similar kit, I added 2 cups of sugar and half of the flavor pack to primary. That resulted in an ABV of about 10%, with a very pleasant apple "bite" that really makes you want to take another drink. I expect that making it as advertised would result in a slightly fruitier, sweeter summertime drinker. Great job on the design of this one!
Not really anything I would serve to anyone at 30 days. Pretty harsh, not smooth, very dry. Hope it gets better with some aging. I've talked to some others that have made the same kit and had the same issue and they generally age it from 6 months to a year for a better flavor.
This is the most requested wine by my fiends. It is easy to make and ready in a relatively short time period.
Still clarifying but so far it tastes good. Can't wait until final step to tasted the finished product. Alcohol content about 9%.
Just finished my second batch!
This is an easy to make and very refreshing Riesling. I normally only drink reds but this is fantastic ice cold on out on the boat in the summer. Very good without even aging but it only gets better!
I have been brewing beer for about 10 years and we decided to give wine a try with this kit being our first. It is a sure crowd pleaser and was fairly easy to make. I would recommend adding sugar though, as this turns out with a pretty low ABV if made with the kit alone. With that being said, it is a very refreshing and great tasting wine. We will make this again!
This is a great tasting wine and really easy to make. I will buy this wine again. Yum!
Excellent dessert wine. Liked it so much we ordered a second kit before the first one is finished.
I have made 6 reds before this first try at a white. I was pleasantly surprised to find that on bottling day it was very tasty, crisp and refreshing. I added 5 pounds of plain sugar on day 1 to get an ABV of 13-14%. I am very impressed with the quality of this wine especially considering the price. All my friends raved over it. I am looking at buying a couple of the other tropicals. One thing I learned with this first white... be super careful racking leading up to bottling day or get a filter system. Sediment shows up bad in whites.
Much to my surprise this wine is very well balanced on sweetness, not too sweet and not too dry. It seems to be everyone's favorite. The taste is light and flavorful, excellent choice for summertime patio drinking. My friends that have been lucky enough to get a sampling of this wine keep asking for more. This wine will be a summertime staple at our house. The only problem we have encountered is that we did not make enough to last the summer.
This was my first batch ??????????
The only problem was it didn't last long. Family and friends loved it. I'm making another batch very soon.
using this one for my wedding reception!
This wine kit turned out great! I ended up fermenting a couple weeks longer than the recipe called for because my refractometer is giving misreadings and I thought it wasn't finished fermenting. I had suspected an issue so I checked it later with a hydrometer and all was completely fermented at about 6 weeks. It may have fermented a little slower than expected but I will never know for sure because of my faulty reading, however the Riesling tasted very good even at bottling time. I can't wait to try this one after some time aging, I suspect a quality wine based on my initial tastings. I will be making this one again for sure!
Taste good, easy to make, just follow the directions.
On my third batch. can't keep it in the cellar.The apple adds a crispness to the Riesling and does not overpower it.
What is expected alcohol content?
BEST ANSWER: I added two cups of sugar to my first batch and it was a very nice mix of taste and kick. I did not add any to my second batch. Both ways are excellent.
About 8%,although by adding two cups of sugar to the primary fermentation, you will end up slightly higher if you wish. About 9-9.5%.
I added 5 pounds of plain sugar to get an OG of 1.085. Final was .996 for an ABV of about 12% Tastes great!
It doesn't have a real high alcohol content but it taste so good and is so easy to make you won't care.
I got 11.6% abv. Add some sugar and you could make it higher if you want. Good flavor.
I ran it through one fermentation cycle and got about 7 - 8 % alcohol content.
Which bag is the fruit essence bag?
BEST ANSWER: The smaller of the 2 juice bags.
Does this come in a 1 gallon version?
BEST ANSWER: Hi there- we do not sell this kit in the 1 gallon version at this time. Cheers!
Does this kit have an expiration date?


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This is a sister pub of Ireland's Four Courts in Arlington, VA and set up about the same. The taps are Guinness, Smithwicks, a cider, James Joyce Amber (a Heavy Seas beer), and Stella Artois; so, there is nothing out of the ordinary here. I did not eat any food, so I cannot comment on that.
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The decision of the House Republican leadership, led by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, to condemn Iowa Congressman Steve King and strip him of his committee assignments, is a lame and belated acceptance of the Republican Party of how racist and nativist King has been for years, with the GOP tolerating him and his promotion of white supremacy and white nationalism.
He is not the only Republican who has shown evidence of racism and nativism, and many Republicans are now worried about the long range future of the party of Lincoln, TR, Ike, Reagan, and H W Bush.
The party has catered to white supremacists and white nationalists for years, taking over that role from the old former Southern segregationists who, thankfully, abandoned the Democratic Party after the passage of the Civil Rights Act under President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
There should be no place for such racism and nativism in any establishment political party in America, but Donald Trump paid homage to them after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, when he said both sides in the conflict had good people, which was a sign he was allied with David Duke, Richard Spencer, and the right wing radio talk show hosts that spew such hatred regularly.
Until and when the Republicans in Congress in the House of Representatives and Senate repudiate the ultimate racist, nativist, hate monger, and misogynist—DONALD TRUMP—which they refused to do to this moment, then the action taken against Steve King is pure hypocrisy, to save their own rear ends.
The Republican Party is dead in the water as a future force until they return to the progressive trends of Lincoln and TR, the true paragons of virtue in their party history.
As we come up to the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, it is easy to imagine that JFK was popular, and that the country was united around him.
In reality, there was a lot of hate of our 35th President.
Southern segregationists were furious with him for having taken a strong civil rights stand.
Kennedy was still being attacked for his Catholic faith by many evangelical Christians, who even today do not show any respect for the Pope and the Vatican.
Corporations were furious with JFK for having taken a strong stand against the steel industry price increases in 1962, and the oil industry in Texas was particularly condemnatory of him.
Organized crime was angry with the pursuit of the Mafia by Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
Cuban exiles were angry with JFK over the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion, and unhappy with the survival of Fidel Castro after the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
There was discontent within the FBI and CIA, as to the handling of issues by the Kennedy White House, which was challenging the military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower talked about in his Farewell Address, after JFK had allowed himself to be influenced early on by these agencies and their agendas.
This is not to say that JFK was killed due to these opposition forces and hatred, but the point is that the nation was not one of unity around Kennedy, and he faced a daunting task to be reelected.
America was not a nation that was united anymore then, than it is now. We remember JFK fondly more for his tragic death than his ability to unite the American people and various interest groups.
Joe Biden, Arne Duncan And Gay Marriage: The Successors To Hubert Humphrey, Harry Truman And Civil Rights!
In 1948, we had President Harry Truman running for a full term as President, and under constant attack by the Republicans, who controlled both houses of Congress. We also had Mayor Hubert Humphrey, later Senator, Vice President, and Presidential nominee, who had the courage to fight for a civil rights plank at the Democratic National Convention of that year. This put the Democratic party and Harry Truman ahead of the Republicans in that regard, and it was the Democratic Party which fought within itself, against the Southern Democratic segregationists, and finally brought about civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
Now, we have a Democratic President, Barack Obama, facing a hostile House of Representatives controlled by the opposition Republicans, and we have the controversial issue of gay marriage, as well as promotion of full rights in every way for gay men and lesbians. And we have a courageous, principled Vice President, Joe Biden, and a gutsy Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, who have now aggressively promoted the issue of gay marriage as a human rights issue, and there is a push on to get President Obama to take the next step in what he has himself called his "evolution", and publicly endorse gay marriage. And there is a movement now to make it a plank in the Democratic Party platform that will be adopted at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, this September.
This will, of course, make it a clear cut issue with the opposition Republicans, but it is time to mount the fight for equality, just as Humphrey and Truman did it two thirds of a century ago.
In the long run of history, Humphrey and Truman look like statesmen for promoting what they believed, as Biden, Duncan, and ultimately, Barack Obama, will look in the future writing of American history in the 21st century!
The Tragedy Of The Republican Party: A Split Personality Outside The Mainstream!
Chris Matthews on MSNBC this evening summarized the tragedy of the Republican Party: that it has been "hijacked" by disparate groups that cause the party grief!
First, we have what Matthews calls the "Dixiecrats", the Southern segregationists, who left the Democratic Party after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Then, due to the school prayer decision (Engle V Vitale) and abortion rights decision (Roe V Wade) of the Supreme Court, the "Moral Majority" or "Christian Coalition" or "Evangelical Right" went over to the Republican Party in the 1970s.
Finally, conservative "hawkish" Democrats, dissatisfied with the nomination of George McGovern in 1972 and President Jimmy Carter in 1976 also went over to the Republicans as the "neoconservatives".
The result has been a "split personality" party which has marginalized itself more and more over the years, and moved away from the mainstream of America, as the Republican Party was until the mid 1970s.
Unless Jon Huntsman can, somehow, gain a surge and make a major fight for the GOP nomination, the Republican Party is going to remain outside the mainstream of America!


Using 3-D imaging, Helen Glazer brings the southernmost continent indoors.
One cold day in the winter of 2014, the American artist Helen Glazer found herself in the corner of a parking lot in her home state of Maryland, taking photo after photo of a dirty snowbank. "It was probably about six feet high, and about 25 feet wide," she says, and it was marbled with grime and imprinted with plow tracks. She walked around it slowly, capturing it from all angles.
Glazer, whose body of work stretches across media and over decades, is fascinated by natural forms. She has made murals based on constellations, stark portraits of branching trees, and prints of cloud formations, hand-colored to give them extra pop. While the snowbank she photographed eventually got its own sculpture—a scaled-down replica about the size of a shoebox—it was a means as well as an end: Glazer was working up a new project idea, and she needed something that could stand in for a glacier.
Fast forward three years, and Glazer has visited real glaciers. As a participant in the Nation Science Foundation's Antarctic Artist & Writers Program, she has also created scale models of them, along with similar sculptures of strange rocks and pressure ridges; narratives of field camps and mummified seal mysteries; and mesmerizing photographs of frozen harbors, ice tongue caves, and, of course, penguins. All come together in an exhibit called Walking in Antarctica, currently on display in the Rosenberg Gallery at Baltimore's Goucher College.
The southernmost part of our planet is also among the most mysterious. As Glazer points out, until recently, "nobody ever lived in Antarctica." It has no native populations, and the first ship didn't land on the continent until 1895, when a boat full of Norwegian whalers decided to venture slightly farther south than usual.
As other artists have found, the truth is much more three-dimensional. In the early days of exploration, painters, filmmakers, and photographers were a vital part of most Antarctic journeys, capturing the imposing glaciers and adorable penguins that inspired patrons to keep funding trips. More recently, the Antarctic Artist & Writers Program has sent over dozens of creative types, who have returned with fodder for everything from children's books to sonic installations.
After she was accepted as a 2015 participant, Glazer spent seven weeks in Antarctica, where she sized up glaciers, explored an ice cave, and communed with a colony of Adélie penguins. Throughout, she meticulously documented her journey—through photographs, but also through blog posts, which she used to keep friends and family apprised of her adventures.
The centerpieces of the exhibition, though, are the four glacier miniatures—which are, to Glazer's knowledge, the first sculptures to ever be made out of three-dimensional scans of the Antarctic landscape. Two depict sections of the Canada Glacier, and one is a pressure ridge near the Double Curtain Glacier on McMurdo Sound. The last is a ventifact, one of many such wind-eroded boulders that dot the landscape, and which Glazer nicknamed "Bird," after its swooping shape.
A YouTube video details Glazer's sculpting process, which involves taking hundreds of photographs of the object, scanning them into a photogrammetry program, and editing them together until they form the desired shape. She then 3-D prints the sculpture in chunks, pieces it together, and paints it.
"But now, all the research that has been done, and continues to be done, is making it clearer and clearer that all of this is connected," she says. The longer she spent there, "the more I understood about how important it is to preserve it—to be aware that our actions will affect what happens there, and what happens there is going to affect what happens here." For Glazer, one step in this preservation is sculptural: literally capturing the landscape, and bringing it to those who might never see it otherwise.
"Walking in Antarctica" is on exhibit through January 12th, 2018 in the Roseberg Gallery at Goucher College. You can view more photographs and artworks from the exhibition (and its predecessors) below.
*Update 12/18: This post has been updated with information about the size of the sculptures.
Just How Big Is Antarctica's Newly Broken-Off Iceberg?


Flea and tick season is officially upon us and reports claim that due to the mild winter and subsequent rain fall over the past month, this is going to be the worst year yet.
That's bad news for pet owners and anyone who generally loves the outdoors.
Yes, I am the proud owner of a beautiful pure breed white schnauzer named Max and an adorable cat named Mitzi, who has a pink nose to match the pink pads on her feet.
And yes, I do love the great outdoors.
Yet, none of the above statements are the contributing factors to why I am dreading an active tick season this year.
My sons are going to absolutely kill me for divulging what I'm about to say, but what the hell, this is my blog, right?
Okay, I get it. Who doesn't hate ticks?
Let me tell you just how far my son's collective fear of ticks has gone.
One summer night, Marc spotted a tick in his bedroom and let out a blood curdling scream.
I rose from a deep sleep fearing for the worst.
I almost ran head on into Rocky and Kevin outside of Marc's bedroom door.
As, I pushed his door open, I saw Marc standing on the bed in nothing but his underwear.
"Are you okay? Is everything alright?" I asked.
Kevin and Rocky went straight into panic mode as the chaos began to heighten.
"EVERYONE CALM DOWN!" I yelled, so I could have a minute to think.
We all began to search for the tiny insect that was standing between us and a good nights sleep.
I glanced at the clock. 12:17 a.m.
I have to work in the morning, I thought.
I continued to look around the room for the tick, longing for my pillow and buying time for a way out of what seemed to be the beginning of a ludicrous all nighter.
Glancing at the clock again, (12:47 a.m.) I blurted out the first thing that came into my mind.
My boys were a flurry of commotion….blankets, pillows and slamming bedroom doors.
I went straight to the cabinet under the sink and grabbed a bottle of Febreze, (1:29 a.m.).
Surprisingly, after much talk about the dreaded ticks (3:00 a.m.), all three of my boys were fast asleep and I somehow managed to fall asleep myself.
Freezing and uncomfortable, I awoke to the strong smell of Febreze and the living room patio doors covered in condensation.
I got up and walked to the thermostat…the air conditioning was set to 40 degrees.
"Why is the air conditioning set for 40 degrees? I inquired, as I turned it off completely.
"I was trying to kill the tick." Kevin replied.
The clock read 4:00 a.m. yet I was awake for the day.
I was still shivering and achy from the few hours of sleep that I managed to get on the living room floor.
I felt nauseous from the strong smell of Febreze in the air as I prepared my morning coffee.
And I better stock up on the Febreze.
In the spirit of the season: Brad Paisley, I'd Like To Check You For Ticks. Enjoy!
Now Oooohooo, you never know where one might be….
OMG I am laughing hysterically!! Good old Febreeze 🙂 it's the new Windex (Greek Wedding)! That's just a riot!!!
Glad I made you laugh! My life…I swear!
YOU NEED "Bayer Seresto Flea and Tick Collar, Large Dog" because by god they WORK. Last year was the first year in the lives of my dogs that I didn't have to pick off a single tick from May through December. Expensive? YES. But they work. Really, they work.
Thank you for the tip. I will check into it.
Oh yeah! I could handle Brad Paisley's check up for ticks. He sure is hot!!


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Freezing and Reversing North Korea's Nuclear Advances
By Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director
For most of the past year, North Korea's provocative long-range missile launches and a high-yield nuclear test, combined with the reckless threats of "fire and fury" and "preventive war" from the White House, have raised tensions and increased the threat of a catastrophic conflict in the region. Some of us warned that nuclear war was closer than at any point since the Cold War.
Now, in an extraordinary turnaround, an uneasy détente has emerged. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced on Jan. 1 that he wants to ease tensions with South Korea, and high-level talks between officials of the two governments were held in advance of the Winter Olympics. Through South Korean intermediaries, Kim extended a summit offer to U.S. President Donald Trump, who, to the surprise of many, immediately accepted. Although Trump deserves credit for being so bold as to agree, the North Korean nuclear problem will not be resolved in one meeting, especially if he goes off-script, acts impulsively, or carries unrealistic expectations.
The direct dialogue is overdue, it is historic, and it carries high stakes. Trump and his entire national security team must understand that this diplomacy will require preparation, patience, and persistence. To succeed, they must maintain a principled but balanced approach closely coordinated with key allies in Seoul and partners in Beijing. Further, Washington will need to address Pyongyang's own security and economic concerns.
So far, so good. The North Koreans have expressed a willingness to consider denuclearization if their national security can be guaranteed. Reportedly, the North Koreans have said that they will not demand the removal of all U.S. forces in South Korea. Further, Kim announced April 21 that he is suspending ballistic missile and nuclear testing, is closing the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, and will "join the international desire and efforts for the total halt" to nuclear tests. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim reaffirmed their intentions at their successful—and historic—inter-Korean summit April 27.
Kim is clearly confident about his position going into the summit with Trump, and he appears to be preparing his people for potential additional steps toward denuclearization if U.S. leaders negotiate in good faith and can deliver on their promises.
The table is finally set for a meaningful, sustained dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang on verifiable denuclearization, normalizing diplomatic ties, and negotiating a formal end to the Korean War. Key near-term U.S. goals should be to solidify North Korea's testing suspension, to bring about a halt to its fissile material production, to win the release of three captive U.S. citizens, and to discuss measures to further reduce tensions on the divided peninsula.
North Korea's no-nuclear-testing pledge is very significant. The North already has a proven high-yield warhead design, but additional tests could be used to achieve military and technical advances. Leaders in Washington, Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo, and elsewhere should seek to solidify Pyongyang's nuclear testing suspension by securing its signature and ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, along with a confidence-building visit by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization.
Solidifying a halt to further ballistic missile tests is also crucial because it can possibly stop the North Koreans just short of developing a reliable system to deliver their high-yield warhead. Halting production of fissile material and verifying the freeze is the next logical step, as it would put a ceiling on the potential number of nuclear devices North Korea could assemble.
If Trump could achieve all of this, it would be a major breakthrough, even if falls short of the more sweeping task of negotiating the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. But Rome was not built in a day. To achieve the many additional steps toward the long-term goal of denuclearization of the peninsula and a durable peace regime, the Trump-Kim summit should also produce agreement on a balanced framework for sustained, direct, high-level negotiations on these and possibly other issues.
Trump has said that he will not repeat the mistakes of the past negotiations; likewise, Kim said April 27 that he doesn't want a repeat of the past "where we were unable to fulfill our agreements." Indeed, previous agreements had been partially successful in curbing North Korea's capabilities, but fell apart in later stages of implementation.
These negotiations will demand even greater persistence, patience and political will. Kim's nuclear and missile capabilities are more substantial and dangerous today, his bargaining power is greater, and the cost of failure is higher. And if Trump is foolish enough to withdraw from the successful 2015 multilateral nuclear deal with Iran, Kim will be more reluctant to make concessions.
Members of Congress, for their part, should demand clarity about the administration's strategy and regular reports on the negotiations. Yet, they should refrain from demanding specific outcomes or immediate results. The stakes are too high and the opportunity too great for such games.
Now, after a period of reckless nuclear brinksmanship, the hard work of pursuing disarmament diplomacy begins. Can Team Trump pull this off? As the president often says, "We will see." It will not come easy, but it is better than the alternatives.
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Q: ASP.NET Core memory consumption while uploading a file to Azure Blob When I upload a file to an Azure Blob, the memory consumption seems quite high. The data below is from a 200 MB file upload.
public async Task<IActionResult> PostFile(IFormFile file)
{
    var filePath = Path.GetTempFileName();

    using (var stream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
    {
        -> Memory used: 108 MB

        await file.CopyToAsync(stream);

        -> Memory used: 308 MB

        await blockBlob.UploadFromStreamAsync(stream);

        -> Memory used: 988 MB
    }
}

Since the file is already loaded in the stream, I cannot understand the sharp increase in consumed memory caused by UploadFromStreamAsync(). I am using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage 8.1.4 and .NET Core 1.1.
Am I doing anything wrong or is this expected behavior?

A: My test application is MVC application, so it just takes  243 memory usage.
Web api application isn't as same as MVC application memory usage.
My web api application usage is 1G as below image shows:

Am I doing anything wrong or is this expected behavior?

This is the expected behavior.
I suggest you could use take snapshot to see the heap size change information.
You could see the heap size is release but the memory usage is still 1G.


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The French Riviera in the 1920's
The French Riviera was the center of creativity during the 1920s and early '30s. Artists and writers from the far reaches of the world gathered to fashion a new way of life—among them Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gerald and Sara Murphy, Picasso, Picabia, Stravinsky, Cocteau, Diaghilev, and Anna de Noailles. A photobiography of this carefree era, The French Riviera of the 1920s revitalizes the now-legendary tale of these mythic personalities caught between a desire for creation, the quest for happiness, and the looming darkness of World War II. With extraordinary images taken from personal archives, these pages depict firsthand the lifestyles and artwork of some of the most influential artists o f the 20th century.
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Q: How to run a script multiple times im using this script to duplicate and rename a template sheet
function duplicate() {

  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var lastTabName = ss.getSheets().pop().getSheetName();  // Modified
  var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Temp').copyTo(ss);

  // Duplica Template
  sheet.setName(isNaN(lastTabName) ? 1 : Number(lastTabName) + 1);  // Modified
  sheet.getRange("G2").setValue(Number(lastTabName) + 1 );

  ss.setActiveSheet(sheet);
}

how can i specify in the script, (or better idea to take a number from a cell in my sheet) how many times run it ...
For example, lets say I want to duplicate 10 times my template sheet, then run it 10 times
Any help please ?
Thanks !

A: You might want to take a look at JavaScript for Loop:

The for loop has the following syntax:

for (statement 1; statement 2; statement 3) {
  // code block to be executed
}

Statement 1 is executed (one time) before the execution of the code
  block.
Statement 2 defines the condition for executing the code block.
Statement 3 is executed (every time) after the code block has been
  executed.

Example:
for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
  text += "The number is " + i + "<br>";
  Logger.log(text);
}

In your case, put the code you want to repeat 10 times inside the for and run it from 0 to 9 times, or 1 to 10, as you prefer (0 to 9 is better as arrays's indexes start at 0).


Sticks and Stones Will Break That... Sticks and Stones Will Break That Bone!
A set of notes covering the contents of Mechanics of Materials at the junior level in engineering.
This applet animates 5 different sorting algorithms.
Good guideline to follow for assembly language programming.


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