I learned how to make these adorable folded star ornaments at my traditional guild at least 10 years ago and haven't seen them anywhere since. I used this activity as a final assignment in an introductory Instructional Design course and boy was it ever fun to watch a 6'5" man who works as a parole officer learn how to thread a needle!
Here's a brief tutorial for making these ornaments, which can be for a Christmas tree or a Solstice celebration or even as a way to celebrate a graduation - anywhere you'd use a star. It's all about the fabric choices.
3 strips of fabric 2" x 7" - can be all the same colour, all different or any combo you like.
one or two buttons, no more than ½" wide. If choosing two buttons make sure their holes line up.
1. Lay strip of fabric right side down, short end closest to you.
2. Fold up bottom corner to opposite side of strip and line up fabric edges, creating a right-angle triangle. Make sure the bottom corner is pointy.
3. Fold triangle up so that the side aligns with the edge of the strip.
4. Fold again, aligning side of triangle with the edge of the strip.
5. Continue folding the triangles until there's only a small flap of fabric left.
6. Tuck this rectangle into the folded triangle like a tab.
8. Repeat steps 1-7 for two remaining strips of fabric.
1. Lay one triangle long side up, and the other triangles on either side, with the long sides facing out.
3. Stack the right triangle on top, aligning the triangles as shown.
4. Secure the stack with a couple of hand stitches.
5. Attach the buttons on both sides of the ornament passing the needle all the way through both buttons from one side to the other (this is why you want the holes to line up). (Alternative: no buttons or just one button sewn and another glued).
6. Make a loop with the jute and knot the end.
7. Slip the loop around the top triangle, bringing it in behind.
8. Tug the loop up to catch on the button stitches.


Ride the long and dangerous road to Canada, battling zombies on the way. Death Road to Canada is a great retro-styled survival horror rogue-like… mixed with Oregon Trail? Yep. it's a weird one, but quite awesome!


Danyal and Buki, both 10 years old, live in Rome. In this program, they visit some of their favorite places in the city, introducing viewers to many of their friends and activities. The children speak Italian to each other and to the camera, helping to illustrate the meanings and usages of many Italian words, phrases, and expressions. Made up of eight instructive and entertaining stories, the video is a great learning tool that mixes fun, facts, and real-world situations to reinforce language comprehension. English narration sets up each segment.
In this program, slang expert Jonathan Green explores the history of English slang and its use around the world.
This dynamic program takes an in-depth look at the structure and components of narrative writing. Viewers learn that narratives must include characterization, plot structure, tone, mood and setting, stylistic techniques, diction, and themes, and that these elements are brought to life through the careful choices of the author. The video also defines key concepts: character perspective, protagonist and antagonist, character development, rising action, dramatic tension, irony, foreshadowing, and more. With clear and concise explanations and examples that viewers will readily relate to, this is an essential introduction to the fundamentals of narrative writing.
This straight-talking ten-part set, adapted from the popular series developed for students to enhance their test-taking skills, combines serious academic content with a humorous presentation style to help make the rules of English more accessible.
When a racial incident occurred in her classroom, 23-year-old English teacher Erin Gruwell spun it into an ongoing dialogue that ultimately changed the lives of 150 inner-city students.
Three versions of the Judgment of Solomon story illustrate the changes that have taken place in the English language across more than a millennium: from Aelfric's 10th-century account of how Solomon's wisdom reached to the truth, through Middle, to Early Modern and Modern English.


text:
senator-dan-coats-introduces-bill-establish-fiscal-commission
Senator Dan Coats Introduces Bill To Establish Fiscal Commission
Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) introduced the ''Mandatory Bureaucratic Realignment and Consolidation Commission Act of 2016'' (or the ''Mandatory BRACC Act'') earlier this month. The bill, in the spirit of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (Simpson-Bowles), would establish a commission made up of twelve individuals appointed by the President and Congress to make recommendations to Congress on ways to reduce federal spending in order to balance the budget by 2027.
In contrast to Simpson-Bowles, which included Members of Congress, this commission would be comprised solely of private citizens. Recommendations passed by the commission would receive consideration in Congress - no later than 60 legislative days after they are introduced. If Congress did not enact the commission's recommendations or alternative changes to achieve the goal of balance, a spending cap would automatically limit the growth of total spending to three percent above the previous year, enforced by a sequester of all spending. It would eliminate all exclusions and limits on sequestration in the process.
The proposal put forward by Senator Coats is meant to be a call to action for lawmakers and a way to put pressure on Congress to take a comprehensive approach to addressing the long-term debt, like the fiscal commission bill recently put forward by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and David Perdue (R-GA). The bill is a version of one of the recommendations put forward by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) this summer, a recommendation he discussed at the budget process reform event we hosted last week.
Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said about the bill:
Senator Coats' Mandatory BRACC bill, similar to the Base Realignment and Closure commission, would force action to solve a tough problem instead of kicking the can down the road yet again. With little pavement left, we need more leaders like Senator Coats with the courage and political will to step up now before it is too late. I encourage other policymakers to take this proposal seriously or put forward their own plans to address the long-term debt.
Earlier this month, Coats, who is Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, hosted a hearing focused on the debt featuring three of our board members. This bill is an important reminder of the need to address our growing fiscal problems and another positive step to encourage other policymakers to take this issue seriously.
For more information on our ideas for reforming the budget process, please see our Better Budget Process Initiative.
Fiscal Plans

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
The creative vision for The Buzz at Yarrabilba brought to life
Happy 10th birthday Yarrabilba!
Yarrabilba at a Glance
Shops and Facilities
New Land Releases
House and Land Packages
Meet the creative masterminds behind the architecture and interior design of The Buzz at Yarrabilba, creating a place that depicts the history of the land, while generating experiences that respond to evolving community's needs.
Let's deep dive into the creative planning and execution of the architecture and interior design of the newly opened "The Buzz at Yarrabilba."
Cross-disciplinary architecture practice Deicke Richards has used design to achieve social purpose, delivering a community hub that corelates with the natural setting, celebrates the cultural heritage of the land and creates spaces that encourage engagement and collaboration.
"When thinking about the design process for The Buzz, it was important to understand that the community centre had a real youth focus and to incorporate elements of the broader landscape, while paying respect to the traditional owners of the land," said Cameron Davies, Deicke Richards Director.
"In the natural surroundings of Yarrabilba, you have these amazing ranges – Mt Tamborine, the Plunkett Conservation Park and the Birnam Range – all on your doorstep. A lot of people move to Yarrabilba to be close to the natural beauty, so it was very important this was demonstrated through the design of The Buzz.
"The Buzz has quite a varied selection of spaces and at the core is a youth area. There's also large multifunction gathering spaces, bookable meeting spaces, office and interview rooms. It's fantastic to see that TAFE QLD have taken up an area within the facility which draws in that learning and earning component. There's also real opportunities for the schools to be able to leverage the spaces within the community centre."
The Buzz has been delivered by Logan City Council in partnership with the Queensland Government, Lendlease and Brisbane Catholic Education.
During the initial design process, Deicke Richards collaborated with the range of stakeholders to achieve a collective goal that ensures the facility catered for the community now and into the future.
"In 2011, Lendlease engaged Jabree (registered cultural heritage body) to do a cultural heritage assessment of the site. Jabree did a fantastic job of identifying what the traditional landscape of Yarrabilba would have been like. We were really appreciative of this as it gave our design team a much deeper insight into the area and we were able to use this knowledge in the design of the community centre," said Cameron.
Deicke Richards Senior Interior Designer Magda Myszkowski said The Buzz was designed with natural materials to ensure the building felt like it belonged to the land.
"Throughout the building we used authentic quality finishes like block, stone and timber. People generally feel valued when the quality of the space tells them so," Magda said.
"The earthly palette provides a sense of calm and connection to the landscape. The exterior colours are deliberately quite varied. It was important to break up the building into a series of smaller ones, which we think makes them more welcoming and of a human scale. Each space has its own identity that encourages interaction and a sense of belonging for the user."
The entrance of The Buzz features a shared kitchen space which has been created as a welcoming gesture for the community to come together over a cup of tea or meal.
"The island bench features a striking terrazzo top that was crafted by our friends at 5 Mile Radius. There's a lovely sustainability story which further enriches this place. When concrete is poured at a construction site there's often some leftover that is usually discarded to landfill," said Magda.
"5 Mile Radius collect this concrete when it's wet and re-use it to create bespoke furniture. We invited students from the local school to engage with 5 Mile Radius to understand this process and together they created this unique one-of-a-kind piece.
"The rock that is embedded in the foyer of the community centre is a genuine part of the Yarrabilba context. It is placed here in acknowledgement of the First Nations kindship and long-standing connection to country."
As designers and architects, Deicke Richards is of the opinion that a building isn't completed until it is occupied. Through use and activity, the spaces change and are enriched. The designers have deliberately left room for the building to evolve.
Construction on The Buzz started in October 2021 with three separate buildings, known as Pods, making up the 6000 square metre precinct.
TAFE Queensland has leased Pod 3 with Council announcing in December 2022 the Y (part of the YMCA organisation) as the successful tenderer to operate Pods 1 and 2.
The facility, located between Yarrabilba State Secondary College and San Damiano College on Yarrabilba Dr, also features a dedicated youth space.
Programs and services from all tenants at The Buzz will be available soon.
To use the space, click here to submit an Expression of Use:
Keep up to date on what's happening at The Buzz by following their Facebook page
Call 1800 721 856 and speak to a consultant


text:
Banner Anu
Earth's past
The history of the Anu involvement in our world
After the Catastrophe, the Gods were not heard from again. The old civilisations were in ruins, whole cities had disappeared from the face of the Earth, entire cultures were wiped out. Survival was all that mattered for a very long time.
It took thousands of years for humanity to work themselves up from living in caves, using sticks and stones, to re-inventing agriculture, to eventually re-inventing city-states. There were the memories of the old Gods, but they were distorted. Some old writings and old technology was recovered, but few could figure out how to use it.
Everything you've been taught of the Gods and ancient civilisations is from this time.
Return to the surface
When, following the cataclysm, the first groups of humans started emerge from their hiding places, they were not the same people as those who had fled from the violence of the Gods many generations ago.
With the loss of the ancient cultures, technology levels had decreased and much knowledge had been lost. The old languages, teachings and mythologies of their ancestors had been diligently passed on, but inevitable changes had been made, and much was forgotten.
Humanity had to rebuild entirely. However, humanity is resilient, and not everything had been lost. They planted their crops, farmed their animals, and re-created their societies and city states at an explosive rate. Soon, humanity worked its way back up to advanced civilisations.
Cargo cults
Since the arrival of the Anu, human cultures have been strongly influenced by their teachings. Pyramid shapes were common to deflect the incoming energies. Great open spaces were needed for the carriages of the Gods. The Anu had been an integral part of human societies for as long as humanity could remember.
When humanity started re-building after the cataclysm, many of the Anu teachings were still part of their cultural heritage, and of their mythologies. So of course, when they started building their great cities, they built pyramids and landing platforms.
Without any personal knowledge of the systems they were imitating, most early civilisations ended up as cargo cults without function.
Use of the Me
Even though the Anu tried for a long time to retrieve their technology from Earth and to destroy their facilities on the surface, they did not manage to recover all of it.
The Me were powerful devices, supercomputers that taught those who were able to use them how to develop new technologies, how to govern large numbers of people, how to win battles and much more. They were hoarded jealously by those who possessed them, and though the Anu managed to retrieve or destroy many, at least 7 of them remained in human hands.
Over the many centuries after the cataclysm, the Me were used to gain great power by those who possessed them.
As bio-engineered artificial units, the grey were not affected by the cycles of energy on our world. They had been designed to function reliably for a long period of time, and continued to do so even after the Anu were gone.
The grey were advanced technology, and given the Anu's distrust of humanity, they were carefully programmed to only take orders from the Anu themselves. However, it was normal for the Anu to be in hibernation for thousands of years when the energies were strong.
In their absence, the grey performed routine maintenance tasks on Anu structures both above ground and below and carried out surveys in a variety of areas that were of interest to the Anu.
One of the routine tasks the grey would carry out for the Anu, was to screen the offspring born to humans all over the world, looking for infants with traces of the Anu bloodlines and those with special abilities.
Since the creation of the human race and especially since the later manipulations to shorten their lifespan, the Anu kept an eye on their breeding programs. They did not want unexpected developments. Those with more of Anu genes were occasionally singled out and prepared for service of the Gods. They might see holographic images of the God or Goddess from childhood, teaching them.
Even after the Anu disappeared, the grey continued running the screening programs.
Secret organisations
From the days of the banished Anu travelling the world, there had been mystery schools, places of advanced learning that taught those willing and worthy the ancient teachings of the Anu scientists, in their quest for inner knowing and becoming whole as a person.
Tracing back to the very beginning of humanity, these teachings were passed on generation after generation by those who practised them – often in secret. Although sometimes corrupted or diluted over time, much of this ancient knowledge survived the cataclysm.
Sometimes, secret organisations were taught by the Me, or influenced by the God or Goddess. Sometimes they dealt in magic or technology, sometimes they sought power.
The Constantine
In those days after the catastrophe, one figure was especially iconic: that of the lone traveller, often an older man who lived for a very long time and who was both skilled as a warrior and had a deep understanding of the energies.
In many cultures, this figure was known as the Constantine, or the constant one. He was a mysterious figure, and would show up generation after generation, seemingly never aging. There were many such men known in history, and they all trace back to the meddling of the Anu.
The Constantine would travel the world, carrying ancient knowledge and applying this knowledge in the world where needed.
Humanity's own work
Although it may be tempting to blame the Anu for all of the ugliness in the world, there are currently no reptilians running around in human suits, or a 4th dimension from which aliens are controlling the world. Since the cataclysm, there have been no Anu left in this world to meddle in human affairs.
Many of the strange occurrences that people have witnessed over the years, are actually humanity's own doing.
Advanced technology has been developed and produced by humans and kept hidden from the general public to maintain an advantage. The threat of alien interference has been used as a scare tactic to maintain control. Human greed has been responsible for much suffering.
The return of the Gods
For thousands of years, leaders from cultures all over the world have been trying to bring back the Gods. Through secret societies, the teachings of the Me, and findings from ancient cultures, they maintained the knowledge that the Gods were powerful, and real.
Those in charge built great monuments, imitated ancient structures, performed rituals and sacrifices, developed technology, searched for objects of power, all to find a way to communicate with the Anu and tell them "We are here, we still serve you, come back and help us."
They hoped that when the Anu returned, they would be rewarded with great power, and would rule the world. Although the common people would suffer, the ones in charge would benefit immensely.
The Anu involvement in our world
Random Anu article
The chess game
Even in their madness, the Anu maintained a close mind-to-mind link. Harming one of their own was harmful to all of them. So when their madness and hunger for power grew, they started fighting each other - not by assaulting each other physically, but by attacking each other's Earth bases.
To the Anu, the human city states became empires that they could build up to generate armies, using them as chess pieces to conquer one another. They played a great "chess game" that could last for entire human generations. And because humans lived so shortly in comparison to the Anu, it didn't matter if a whole generation was wiped out in the process of a power play.
Meta-Intuitive.info
Hiding from the energies
Q: Why is this the most exciting time to be alive?


The Belize Tourism Board is planning to run the world's first nationwide game of hide and seek and they are looking for some participants.
Southwest Vacations is giving away a trip for two to Belize!
The prize includes airfare on Southwest Airlines, a four- night resort stay on Ambergis Caye as well as a resort credit!
Southwest Vacations is giving you a chance to win a trip for two to Belize!
The prize includes airfare and a hotel stay at a 5 star resort in the country's Mayan jungle!
Southwest Airlines and Homeaway are teaming up to give you a chance to win one of five lux trips to Belize where you'll get to stay in a private villa!


text:
Anglade Institute
Eco-Spirituality Centre
Grihini Community College
(Eco Sanctuary, Spirituality and Heritage Centre)
Loyola Institute of Spiritual Training
We, as Jesuits, run this Eco Sanctuary and Heritage Center as a house of prayer and spiritual activities. The programs of LISTEN, started in 1980 and intensified in 1982 with counselling and other psychological programs, are now focused on spirituality.
Spirituality is an inner path enabling humans to discover the essence of their being or the "deepest values and meanings by which people live." It emphasizes humanistic qualities such as love, compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, responsibility, harmony, and a concern for the other.
Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer, mindfulness and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual's inner life, coping skills and social support, foster feelings of optimism and hope, promote healthy behaviour, reduce feelings of depression and anxiety and encourage a sense of relaxation.
Our retreat center can cater to the needs of 30 to 40 religious and priests for one month, 8-day or 5-day retreats at any time of the year except in May. The center is also available for seminars for the religious throughout the year except in May and July.
To live and love like Jesus is the fundamental principle and essence of our retreat programme. The Universal Master reveals through his teachings, his way of life, parables and stories the secrets of life. In retreat, in total solitude you discover a way of life that leads to life's fullness.
A disciple once complained to his Master: "You tell us stories but you never reveal their meaning to us." In response, the master asked : "How would you like it if someone offered you fruit but chewed it up before giving it to you?"
No one can find your meaning for you. Not even the Master. If you are ready to take up the challenge you are welcome!
On one of his pastoral visits to Periakulam, as missionary in charge of Dindigul, Palni, and the kumbam valley in 1852, Fr. Saint-Cyr saw the kodaikanal...
Support Available
min.shc@mdusj.org
Mon to Fri : 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Copyright © Reserved to Sacred Heart College


It was drizzling that Tuesday, a sullen, persistent skin-soaker that matched the mood of the funeral taking place in Liberton Kirk's municipal cemetery. Everything was going to plan until Aunt Bella gave an unearthly shriek and threw herself into the open grave of her husband, trying frantically to prise the lid of the coffin open with bloodied nails. The rest of us gaped and stupidly looked on, struggling to come to grips with this one and only show of the closest thing to affection that we'd witnessed in their twenty-five year stretch together. You could have called it a loveless marriage on a good day but only if you were prepared to concede that it was a prison sentence on all the others.
She scrabbled uselessly at the coffin lid leaving bloody smears, her blonde hair loose from its chignon, mascara free-ranging all over her face. The too short, too tight skirt she'd been wearing had become rucked up in the fall and a hint of dark red underwear contrasted starkly with the black suit and rich brown of the freshly dug earth: a wound in tender flesh. It was the most tender side to Bella that I'd ever seen.
Uncle Monty looked like he was about to scramble down after her and paused as though thinking better of it when she started writhing where she sprawled, clutching her stomach and gagging as though she was about to vomit. I wondered for an irrational moment if we were going to be treated to an Alien type scene going on with Bella bursting open on the grave of her beloved.
Two young guys I'd never seen before but would have been more than happy to meet later at the reception leapt down into the grave, manhandling the apparently stricken widow out of the grave and sat her down on a flat gravestone talking quietly to her, while she nodded and sobbed.
My mother gave me that look, rolling her eyes and twisting her face as she usually did when confronted with the excesses of others' emotions.
So engrossed were we in this latest little family drama, that at first the muffled roars of rage from the coffin went unnoticed.
Posted in Dark Fantasy, Highway Of the Dead, Scottish Urban Horror, Urban Fantasy and tagged dark fantasy, edinburgh ghost stories, edinburgh ghosts, edinburgh myths, haunted edinburgh, Liberton, paranormal edinburgh, scottish ghost stories, scottish vampires, supernatural scotland, urban horror.


1820 E. Trinity Mills Rd.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on April 26, 2018.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on Oct. 26, 2017.
After 17 points were deducted for code violations, the establishment earned a B letter grade.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on May 31, 2017.
After 18 points were deducted for code violations, the establishment earned a B letter grade.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on Jan. 24, 2017.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on Sept. 6, 2016.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on April 25, 2016.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on Nov. 5, 2015.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on June 10, 2015.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on Nov. 3, 2014.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on Oct. 20, 2014.
After 22 points were deducted for code violations, the establishment earned a C letter grade.
Los Lupes Restaurant #5 was inspected by the City of Carrollton on June 5, 2014.


text:
Q: Android: RunTimeException with Robolectric Shadow Package Parser I'm running a unit tests using RobolectricTestRunner but am seeing a NPE caused by a Shadow Package Parser Exception
I have configured the test class as such:
@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
@Config(application = RobolectricTestApp.class)
public class YourRoomsActivityTest {
    @Test
    public void test_dummy() {
        // Required until real tests are added back
    }
...
}

The exception:
java.lang.RuntimeException at ShadowPackageParser.java:69
Caused by: android.content.pm.PackageParser$PackageParserException at PackageParser.java:1353
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at CppAssetManager2.java:689

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Morne Morkel announces retirement from all forms of cricket after Australia series
New Delhi, Delhi, India Published: Feb 26, 2018, 12:04 PM(IST)
The 33-year-old fast bowler has played 83 Tests, 117 ODIs and 44 T20Is for the Proteas in an international career Photograph:( Zee News Network )
South African pacer Morne Morkel Monday announced that the forthcoming series against Australia will be his last in international cricket.
Morkel confirmed his decision at a media conference in Durban, soon after the Proteas landed in the coastal City.
The decision came as a shock to many in the cricket community.
"It was an extremely tough decision but I feel the time is right to start a new chapter," Morkel said.
"I have a young family and a foreign wife and the current demanding international schedule has put a lot of strain us. I have to put them first and this decision will only benefit us going forward," he added.
The 33-year-old fast bowler has played 83 Tests, 117 ODIs and 44 T20Is for the Proteas in an international career that began at the Boxing Day Test against India in 2006.
"I have loved every minute that I have played in the Proteas jersey and I am incredibly grateful to my teammates, Cricket South Africa and my family and friends for the support over the years," Morkel said.
"I still feel there is a lot of cricket left in me and I am excited for what lies ahead. For now, all of my energy and focus is on helping the Proteas win the upcoming series against Australia."
Morkel played each of the three Tests and five of the six ODIs in the just-concluded series against India, taking 13 wickets at 20.00 in the Tests.
If Morkel takes six wickets in the upcoming series against Australia, he will become the fifth South African bowler after Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini and Dale Steyn to take 300 wickets in the longest format of the game.
The first Test of the South Africa-Australia rubber will commence on March 1 at Durban's Kingsmead.


furthermore at risk of develop within a woman's having a baby period.
paper or even in the toilet pan following intestinal motion.
itching but additionally reduce the hemorrhoid.
circulation that causes the particular hemorrhoid in order to wilt aside.
alarming, it is very secure and straightforward.
http://www.hemorrhoidshelp.com/ to eliminate hemorroids today!


President Donald Trump is twisting the screws on Democrats after grounding House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi's trip to Brussels, Afghanistan and Egypt.
Now he is putting new rules on any type of travel by lawmakers in a move certain to irk Democrats, The New York Post reported.
It was Thursday when President Trump cancelled Pelosi's trip right before she boarded her bus to get to the plane.
President Trump just responded to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's cancellation of the SOTU in epic fashion.
And honestly, it's perhaps the most brilliant move I've seen from the President in all this time.
Looks like Pelosi doesn't hold presidential power in the palm of her hand like she & her base pretend!


MSA V-Gard Gray Class E Polyethylene Hard Hat With Full Brim And Fas-Trac III Suspension has self-adjusting crown straps which offers comfortable protection. Slotted hard hat is light in weight and polyethylene shell provides tremendous impact protection. The hard hat finds its applications in asbestos abatement, sanding and grinding, welding, confined space, food processes, painting, agriculture, chemical construction, general industry, HVAC, mining, oil and gas, water treatment and utilities. This ANSI type I cap meets ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2009 and CSA Z94.1-2005 standards.


text:
Border Patrol Stops Prosecuting Some Illegal Immigrants in Texas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
In the midst of an unprecedented surge in illegal immigration, U.S. Border Patrol revealed they are suspending prosecutions of first-time border crossers, a misdemeanor charge, in West Texas' porous Del Rio Sector. (Daily Wire)
As The Daily Wire has previously reported, Customs and Border Protection data on border activity last month were so eye-gouging as to leave The Washington Post's national security reporter specializing in immigration enforcement and drug trafficking with only one appropriate word: "Bonkers."
Also in CBP's briefing today:
--Honduras has displaced Mexico as the #2 source of unauthorized migration (Guatemala has been #1 since Nov)
--Last month was the busiest Feb at the border in 12 years
--31k referrals for medical care, up from 12k last Feb
These numbers are bonkers
— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) March 5, 2019
If anything, it looks like March's border numbers will be even worse. Customs and Border Protection tweeted on Wednesday: ".@CBP_McAleenan: We are now on pace for over 100,000 apprehensions and encounters with migrants—with 90% (90,000) crossing the border illegally between ports of entry. March will be the highest month in over a decade."
.@CBP_McAleenan: We are now on pace for over 100,000 apprehensions and encounters with migrants—with 90% (90,000) crossing the border illegally between ports of entry. March will be the highest month in over a decade. pic.twitter.com/Nmuq00asZY
— CBP (@CBP) March 27, 2019
Daniel Horowitz of Conservative Review spoke with Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, about placing the March border numbers in a broader context:
Just how bad is it? Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told me emphatically that this is the "absolute worst" he's seen it in 21 years of his work on the border. "We have never seen what we are dealing with today. It's unprecedented and we're in uncharted waters."
The union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers recently sent a surprisingly critical letter to President Trump arguing against the administration's current catch-and-release protocols at the border.
ICE officers who endorsed President Trump in 2016 now say he has failed to follow through on his get-tough promises, saying catch-and-release of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. is not only still happening, but has gone into "overdrive."https://t.co/unfnrSryUT
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) March 12, 2019
Tags: Issues: Crime, AAN Exclusive; Categories:


Get up to 4 hours of battery life with our 9 cell Extended Run MSI BTY-M6D battery for MSI GT and GX series gaming and advanced graphics laptops. This battery replaces the original battery found in MSI GT660, GT660R GT670, GT72, GT780R, GX660, GX660R, GX680, GX680R, GX780, GX780R models.
This battery contains the highest quality Li-ion cells on the market from Samsung. Rated at 7800 mAh, this is the highest rating available for a 9 cell battery pack. The higher the mAh rating, the longer your battery will run before it needs to be recharged again.
All our products carry a full 2 year warranty and every battery is charged and tested before it ships. We provide a 30 day money back guarantee if you are not completely satisfied.
You can expect about 3 hours to 4 hours of run time with this MSI BTY M6D battery when new, depending on your energy use.


We provide legal services/solutions with our specialized knowledge of bankruptcy law and other debt solutions.
Leinart Law Firm understands that each client presents unique financial challenges. We provide legal services/solutions with our specialized knowledge of bankruptcy law and other debt solutions. Our bankruptcyattorneys know what it takes to help you reach financial peace.


This short story was told from the perspective of an adult and chronicles the events behind a child's (the adult narrator) belief that the world was about to end. The story is set on a plantation in Louisiana in 1936, where the church was the axis around which plantation life revolved. Despite this fact, the narrator was holding on to being a sinner because she believed that she could not 'live upright'. One day, while she was playing, her cousin Rena informed her that the world was coming to an end. This was based on a (www.bulbsoup.com) conversation that Rena overheard, and misunderstood, about the eclipse. The hellfire sermons in church did not help to stem the narrator's mounting panic and she worried herself into a frazzle as a result. She had a conversation with her father about this issue and he tried to quell her fears, but unfortunately, he only managed to increase it with his statement that the world could come to an end at any time. The narrator spent the night conjuring images of dooms day, which led to her overreaction to hearing the rumblings of an old airplane. She ran out of her house screaming that the world was coming to an end. Her father caught her on the road and calmed her down. She appreciated life a lot more after that incident and lived her life to the fullest.
The love and trust between father and daughter is glaring. When the narrator/protagonist was worried about the world coming to an end, the first person that she thought to consult on this issue was her father. His response to her childish fears, in turn, highlights the easy relationship (www.bulbsoup.com) between the two. Daddy's care in covering his daughter after her mad dash through the turnrow is also an indication of the love that he has for his child.


text:
Defending Professionals Law Blog
Home Insights Blogs Defending Professionals Law Blog
Is the BACP's new Professional Conduct Procedure any less Kafkaesque?
At the end of last year, the BACP finally published its long awaited revised Professional Conduct Procedure (PCP). Having consulted on amendments to the PCP as far back as 2015, the sheer length of time it has taken to unveil the revised procedure has not gone unnoticed by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) who only renewed the BACP's accreditation on the condition that the new PCP be published before the end of 2018. The new PCP only applies to complaints received on or after 1 December 2018.
FCA has its knuckles rapped in Upper Tribunal costs decision
In a recently published decision of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been ordered to pay a portion of the costs incurred by Alistair Burns, the ex-chief executive of collapsed IFA Tailormade, in relation to proceedings arising from his reference of the Authority's decision to the Upper Tribunal. The Upper Tribunal had upheld the decision of the Authority to fine and ban Mr Burns, although it had reduced level of the fine imposed.
Is a solicitor under a duty to warn their client of risks falling outside their retainer?
The Court of Appeal decision in Cathal Anthony Lyons v Fox Williams LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2347 has provided welcome guidance on a solicitor's duty to advise their clients on potential risks and confirms that no such duty exists in respect of matters falling outside a solicitor's retainer.
AML: targeting the professional enablers – action not just talk
The significant sentence handed down (4th January, 2019) to a solicitor after being found guilty of three offences of money laundering shows that law enforcement is serious about cracking down on "professional enablers". Scott McKay was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money laundering committed in the course of his business as a conveyancing solicitor. It is reported that his conviction related to his work in the purchase of over eighty properties bought on behalf of members of a criminal gang.
3,000 doctors face checks after psychiatrist who practised without a licence is sentenced to a five year prison sentence
The General Medical Council ('GMC') is urgently checking the qualifications of foreign doctors who were able to register in the UK under a now defunct provision in the Medical Act 1983 ('the Act').
First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 ... Next Last
Email Kingsley Napley


text:
REVIEWS RTF Originals RTF Reviews
RTF Review: 'MFR Says SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Is An Instant Superhero Classic'
RTF Review: "SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Is An Instant Superhero Classic" By Mario-Francisco Robles (@I_AM_MFR) It's not uncommon these days to hear folks say things along the...
Netflix To Make Animated Projects Based Off On The Works of Roald Dahl
The work of Roald Dahl is timeless. There will always be adaptations of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and James and the...
Nia DaCosta To Direct A Jordan Peele-Produced CANDYMAN Reboot
A little over two months ago, a rumor hit the Internet that Get Out director Jordan Peele was set to produce a reboot for the...
Netflix Is Making A Live-Action COWBOY BEBOP Series
Netflix is making it so anybody interested in any sort of property whatsoever has a reason to subscribe to them. The streaming giant announced that...
BLACK PANTHER Co-Writer Joe Robert Cole Tapped To Write CALL OF DUTY Sequel
The folks at Activision Blizzard Studios must be feeling very confident in themselves right now. Earlier this year, it was reported that Sicario: Day of...
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE To Get Sequel And Female Spinoff!
While Sony's animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse hasn't hit theaters for the masses yet, the people who have seen it say it is excellent. Well...


In the IT staffing industry, IT recruiters are constantly looking for those candidates that will stick out to a hiring manager. Our technical recruiters will rummage through applications and search resume databases (like Monster or Indeed) for prospective candidates who appear to have the skills needed for the IT job.
Once our IT recruiters compile their list of prospective candidates, they contact each one, verify their experience, and make sure they're interested in the particular IT job. Subsequently, to differentiate themselves from the competition, the prospective IT job seekers need to articulate why they are different from other applicants. The tech industry is extremely competitive, so the more each candidate can sell themselves, the better odds they have at landing IT jobs.
Therefore, before you apply to that next IT job or send your resume to IT recruiters, take a look at your skills and experience. Analyze them and cater your specialty towards the technical position that you're applying to. Help differentiate yourself from the competition.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 at 8:10 am and is filed under Who is AVID? . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.


text:
DVD Review: The Third Man (4K Restored Version)
Posted byentssouthwales July 30, 2015 Posted inUncategorizedTags:Drama, DVD, Films, Reviews
Upon its release in 1949, Carol Reed's atmospheric screen adaptation of Graham Greene's The Third Man instantly became a cinematic classic winning numerous plaudits and awards from the Grand Prix at Cannes to The Oscars.
The iconic thriller stars Joseph Cotten as American pulp western writer Holly Martens who arrives in post-war Vienna following up an invitation fro childhood friend Harry Lime. However Martens discovers that Lime (Orson Welles) has apparently been killed in a recent accident leaving behind a grief stricken lover, Anna (Allida Valli) and a British investigating officer called Calloway (Trevor Howard) who seems determined to expose Lime as an unsavory criminal.
StudioCanal's new 4K restoration from a fine grain master positive struck from the original negative takes the DVD and Blu-Ray audience back to 1949 and is the ultimate experience in black and white cinematography.
As far as classic dramas go there's much to enjoy here from the war-torn Viennese backdrop which provides much in the way of atmosphere as the drama unfolds in a variety of locations including a playground, a cemetery underground sewers to Anton Karras' score and iconic theme tune.
The film has many surprises in both storytelling and performance and its easy to see why it is still held in such high regard some 65 years after its original release. Joseph Cotten turns out a compelling performance as Martens while Allida Valli gives is convincingly standoffish as female lead Anna. Of course, Orson Welles is nothing short of brilliant as the mysterious Harry Lime but Trevor Howard is equally compelling as Calloway as he tries to uncover the truth about Harry Lime. James Bond fans should also look out for an early acting role by the original M, Bernard Lee who plays a chirpy military cockney sidekick to Howard's investigator.
The DVD and Blu Ray comes bristling with new extras including rare audio interviews with Graham Greene and Joseph Cotten and an insight into how the film has influenced modern day film makers such as Martin Scorcesse.
The 4K restored version of The Third Man is available from StudioCanal on Blu Ray and DVD formats now.
A version of this review by Andy Howells appeared in The South Wales Argus entertainment supplement The Guide on July 24, 2015
Visit Studio Canal website.
In Concert: Family Prom 2015, St David's Hall, Cardiff
Tommy Steele To Star In The Glenn Miller Story – Interview


Chinese investment in Australia surged 12 percent last year to about 11.5 billion U.S. dollars.
That word comes from a new report done by the accounting firm KPMG and the University of Sydney.
More than a third of the deals were in commercial real estate and nearly a third went to infrastructure investment. Chinese spending in Australia's agribusiness sector more than tripled last year.
Australia is second only to the United States as the biggest destination for Chinese investment, although this report notes the pace of Chinese capital flows to the European Union and Brazil have picked up considerably.
A separate report released last week finds Chinese investment in the United States tripled last year—to a record 46 billion dollars. Most of that came from mergers and acquisitions.
Those figures come from research by the nonprofit organization the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, along with the Rhodium Group, which does investment and policy research.
That study also shows that Chinese investment is now present in 425 out of the 435 congressional districts in the United States…including nearly 900 million dollars in the state of Hawai'i.


text:
Directory \ Reading and Literature \ Publishing and Bookselling \ Booksellers
Results 1 - 45 of 45 This Category · All Listings
Barter Books
www.barterbooks.co.uk
One of the perks I value most about having a bookshop is that our talks series, such as it is (roughly a speaker a month between September – June) enables me to meet professionals in every field (the arts, sciences, even sports) who I would otherwise never have had the opportunity to meet. Some few are well-known to the public - hey! It's a long way up here, the fee is risible, and the Old Waiting Room wherein the talks take place only holds 50 people tops (60 if they're skinny). Still, some serious names (serious names with big hearts) have been willing to make the perilous journey above Watford. Anyway, all the talks begin at 7.30 and cost £5 (and that includes a glass of plonk no less.)'
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/events/
Regular talks, conversations, book signings and similar in Blackwell's Bookshops across the UK.
Book Hive, The
www.thebookhive.co.uk/events/
'The Book Hive is a place that celebrates the beauty of printed material – as well as the pleasures of whimsical, alternative curation ... The shop hosts regular events, including a weekly quiet reading hour called Page Against The Machine, author signings, launches and other book-related goings on. The top floor hosts private work booths, available for rent by writers and creatives.'
Booka Bookshop
www.bookabookshop.co.uk/future-events/
'Hosting a regular programme of author talks, book signings and themed events is an important and exciting part of what we do. We work hard to bring an exciting mix of bestselling authors and some of the best new writers to Oswestry. Booka prides itself on creating an "event experience" for both audience and author. As well as the bookshop we make use of a number of outside venues for our larger events.'
Broadway Bookshop, The
www.broadwaybookshophackney.com/events/
'A small but beautiful independent bookshop in busy Broadway Market, Hackney. We specialise in literary fiction and have a good range of poetry, philosophy & essays, politics, biography, city literature, travel, art, fashion, music and children's books ... We have our own programme of events at the shop and we also welcome enquiries about events outside of that. Our capacity is about 20 seated and 40-50 standing.'
chepstowbooks.co.uk/collections/events
Chiltern Bookshops
chilternbookshops.co.uk/events/
'This is the online home of both our lovely shops: the Chorleywood Bookshop and the Gerrards Cross Bookshop. If you want to book places for one of our many high profile events, purchase a limited edition book, or find out out how to get hold of us to place orders or make a query, you're in the right place!'
City Books
Brighton Hove
www.city-books.co.uk
Cogito Books
www.cogitobooks.com/events
cover-to-cover.co.uk/events/
Daunt Books
dauntbooks.co.uk/events/
David's Bookshop
www.davids-bookshops.co.uk/events.aspx
'David's has a long history of hosting visiting authors and speakers, from the bookfairs and ideas fairs of the 1970s and 80s, the later series of public debates, to our ongoing seasonal programmes ... Most events are held in our cafe which turns into a bright, welcoming space in the evening. Larger events take place in a variety of venues around Letchworth.'
Diss Publishing Bookshop
www.disspublishing.co.uk/Events/events.html
'Here at Diss Publishing we host a variety of book events including signings, talks and children's activities covering a wide selection of interests. We look forward to welcoming you to one of our forthcoming events.'
Edinburgh Bookshop, The
www.edinburghbookshop.com/events
www.foyles.co.uk/events-at-foyles
Goldsboro Books
www.goldsborobooks.com
Hayling Island Bookshop, The
haylingislandbookshop.co.uk
Holt Bookshop, The
Sheringham
www.holtbookshop.co.uk
Housmans Radical Booksellers
housmans.com/events/
'We are an independent bookshop, based in Kings Cross, London since 1959. We specialise in books, magazines, and periodicals of radical interest and progressive politics, such as feminism, black politics, LGBTQIA+, environment, anarchism. We also host events and book groups throughout the year.'
Hungerford Bookshop, The
www.hungerfordbookshop.co.uk/our-events
Jaffé & Neale Bookshop
www.jaffeandneale.co.uk
Jarrold
www.jarrold.co.uk/departments/books
Kirkdale Bookshop
kirkdalebookshop.com/events/
Linghams Booksellers
linghams.co.uk/events/
'Linghams bookshop has a long history on the Wirral and is a real asset to the local community ... We stock a wide range of books with many titles on display. If there is a title you would like to order we can generally get customer orders within 24 hours, it's not unusual for a book to be ordered at 4:30pm and be available by 10am the next morning. Books can be ordered over the phone or online ... Linghams host regular events with a variety of international bestselling authors. Some of our events are based online but many are held in our Heswall bookshop.'
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/events
'Opened in 2003 by the London Review of Books in the heart of Bloomsbury, just a Rosetta Stone's throw from the British Museum, the London Review Bookshop has now established itself as an essential part of the capital's cultural life, a place for people who love books to meet, talk, drink excellent tea and coffee, consume delicious food from the cake shop, and of course, browse ... Twice a week or so, we turn our shop into a miniature auditorium and sometimes a cinema in which authors talk about and read from their work, meet their readers, show films and engage in lively debate about literature, history, politics and everything in between.'
Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop
Kensington Chelsea
www.lutyensrubinstein.co.uk/events/
Abingdon-on-Thames
mostly-books.co.uk
'Mostly Books Meets… is a podcast series that sees us speak to incredible authors, journalists, poets and professionals from the world of publishing. We'll be asking them about the books that shaped them – from their childhood favourites to the book that changed their life.'
Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights
mrbsemporium.com
Much Ado Books
www.muchadobooks.com/eventsandhappenings
Newham Bookshop
www.newhambooks.co.uk
'Founded in 1978. In these days when the going is hard for many small businesses, and for independent bookshops in particular, it is a significant achievement for a bookshop to survive for such a time, and Newham Bookshop isn't just surviving, it's positively thriving ... We invite authors to talk about their work, sign copies of their books and meet their fans. The range of guests is very broad, as you can see from the archive of events.'
Also indexedThe Wanstead Tap
www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk
Pages of Hackney
pagesofhackney.co.uk/events/
'Opened in 2008, Pages of Hackney is a small award-winning bookshop on the Lower Clapton Road. We sell an eclectic mix of books in the areas of literary fiction, politics, feminism, essays and life writing as well as philosophy, psychology, nature writing, music and children's books. Our priority is to be a friendly, welcoming community bookshop that feels accessible and inclusive: we want each customer to feel that the bookshop is for them, and we do our best to give our customers individually as much time and thought as we can. It's also important to us to support the issues and authors we believe in, and to give a platform to marginalised voices in publishing.'
Plackitt & Booth
plackittandbooth.co.uk/events/
Review Bookshop
www.reviewbookshop.co.uk/events-diary.html
Rossiter Books
rossiterbooks.co.uk/category/forthcoming-events/
'Rossiter Books is a family run business that prides itself on being at the centre of the community. We have bookshops in Monmouth, Ross-on-Wye and Leominster. At Rossiter Books you can expect a friendly welcome, expert advice on books and an extremely high level of customer service. We also hold regularly author events and, outside of pandemics, run a regular monthly book group from each shop.'
Silverwood Events
www.silverwoodevents.co.uk/forthcoming-events/
Simply Books
www.simplybooks.info
Topping & Company Booksellers
www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/
'Our events are lively occasions with the emphasis on direct communication between author and audience. The talks usually last about an hour, followed by questions, and then there is an opportunity to meet the speaker and have a book signed'. Shops also in Edinburgh, Ely, St Andrews.
Urmston Bookshop
www.urmston-bookshop.co.uk
Warwick Books
www.warwickbooks.net
'The town's only independent bookshop, established in 2004. We love books and we aim to offer the highest quality of service to our customers. Whether you visit our first floor to curl up on our cosy sofa, enjoy a complimentary tea or coffee whilst browsing our poetry, sport and health books or explore the ground floor for fiction, travel, history whilst the kids enjoy our extensive children's section, we look forward to your visit.'
www.waterstones.com/events
'Waterstones began in 1982 under the aegis of its founder, Tim Waterstone. Over the decades that have followed, we have grown to become an icon of the British cultural landscape, employing over 3000 superb booksellers across over 280 bookshops. As the last surviving national bookshop chain, under the helmsmanship of Managing Director James Daunt, we are proud to have fought off the perceived threat of e-readers and online competition to begin a programme of active expansion ... Working closely with our bookshops are our efforts online, where at Waterstones.com we are working to bring the very essence of Waterstones to every home and smartphone in Britain.'
Watkins Books
watkinsbooks.com/events/
'We are one of the world's oldest and leading independent bookshops specialising in esoterica. Since our inception, Watkins holds a proud legacy of offering one of the world's largest selections of spiritual and esoteric literature. We stock titles on Eastern Philosophy and Western Esoterica, as well as a wide variety of contemporary forms of Mind, Body & Spirit related material.'
Wivenhoe Bookshop, The
www.wivenhoebooks.com
Woodstock Bookshop, The
www.woodstockbookshop.co.uk
Yeadon's of Elgin and Banchory
yeadons.co.uk
Authors and Writers (71)
Literary and Book Festivals (72)
Literary Societies (15)
Literary Study and Research (17)
Publishing and Bookselling
Publishers (16)


Apogee Stadium is the home of Mean Green football and the centerpiece of the Mean Green Athletic Village.
Opened in 2011, Apogee Stadium was designed by the same team that created the spectacular Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium, award-winning architects HKS Sports and Entertainment Group and Manhattan Construction, and they brought some of the same touches to Denton. Apogee features two huge, state-of-the-art video boards, 21 luxury suites, 750 club seats, high-tech facilities for broadcast and print media, banquet rooms and an 1,800-square-foot team apparel store.
The stadium seats 30,850 in a horseshoe-shaped bowl, putting fans close to the action and offering excellent sight lines from every seat. A spacious concourse runs under the seats and boasts 23 concession stands for food and drink vendors.
At the open end of the horseshoe is the giant high-definition scoreboard and videoboard with a display screen measuring 27 feet high and 47 feet wide, directly behind the south end zone and towering over the Mean Green's tunnel entrance to the field. A second videoboard, 15 feet high and 27 feet wide, stands behind the corner of the north end zone.
Behind the north end zone is one of Apogee Stadium's two signature features, giant wing-shaped grandstands which echo the shape of the Mean Green's eagle logo. The tips of the grandstand's wings reach 106 feet above the playing field.
Apogee's other distinguishing characteristic is its unique green ecological design. Apogee Stadium is the first newly-constructed college football stadium in the nation to be awarded a LEED Platinum Certification, the highest level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design status.
The United States Green Building Council evaluated the stadium and awarded the certification, signifying Apogee Stadium's use of renewable and recycled materials, reduced energy and water consumption and decreased CO2 emissions. Three wind turbines were constructed next to the stadium in 2012 and provide approximately half a million kilowatt hours per year for the North Texas Eagle Point power grid while eliminating the emission of 323 metric tons of CO2.
"A football stadium is not the typical LEED-Platinum candidate," said HKS project manager Greg Whittemore.. "It took creative thinking on the parts of the design and construction teams in conjunction with the UNT System and North Texas Athletics. Today, Apogee Stadium's LEED Platinum status is a testament to the team's dedication to sustainability."
Originally named Mean Green Stadium, it was renamed when ResNet provider Apogee Telecom, Inc. purchased the naming rights in 2011.


text:
April 22, 2008 Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NYJMWC
Musicians of Lenox Hill to Perform Chamber Music of Jewish Composers
On Monday, April 28 at 8 PM, the Musicians of Lenox
Hill, under the artistic direction of Soo-Kyung Park, will perform Chamber Music
of Jewish Composers at Temple Israel of the City of New York, 112 East 75th Street,
New York City. The concert will feature six extraordinary musicians presenting
familiar as well as new or rarely heard music by composers of Jewish faith or
heritage. The program includes Three Nocturnes for Violin, Cello and Piano by
Ernest Bloch, Duo for Flute and Piano by Aaron Copland, Gershwin s Preludes for
Piano, Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, No. 1, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn, Window
for Viola and Piano by David Ludwig, Sonata for Cello and Harp, Op. 208 by Mario
Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Arrowhead for Flute, Viola and Harp by Eric Zeizl. The
audience is invited to attend a dessert reception with the artists following the
concert.
Tickets are $15 or $10 for seniors and students and will be available at the door.
Members of Temple Israel and their accompanying guests are admitted free. To
reserve tickets or for more information, call 917-834-5399, or send an email to
musiciansoflenoxhill@gmail.com. Temple Israel of the City of New York is located at
112 East 75th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues, and can be easily reached
on the 6 train (77th Street station). Parking is available in nearby garages.
Featured performers include Jae-Kyuck Cho, piano, Judy Kang, violin, Andy Lin,
viola, Alberto Parrini, cello, Soo-Kyung Park, flute and Jessica Zhou, harp. Each
of these musicians, who met as students at The Juilliard School, are young rising
stars who perform with major orchestras and ensembles around the world and have won
many of the most prestigious music competitions. The concert, which is an annual
event now in its 10th year, is a living tribute to the memory of Dr.Hyman Levy and
his son, Jerrold Levy, made possible by a gift to Temple Israel by Mrs. Muriel Levy.
In endowing the annual concert, Mrs. Levy sought to promote the outstanding talents
of the Musicians of Lenox Hill and to feature the work of a living Jewish composer.
This year s featured composer is David Ludwig, whose arrangement of his work Window
for Viola and Piano will be premiered at this event. Mr. Ludwig serves on the
faculty of the Curtis Institute. His Concertino was one of the top ten most
frequently performed orchestral works by a living composer in 2007. The Philadelphia
Inquirer has called his music "entrancing…promising to speak for the sorrows of
this generation , and The New York Times praised his work for its expressive
directness . Says Artistic Director Soo-Kyung Park I fell in love with every piece
on this program. The number of great musicians and composers of Jewish faith or
heritage is amazing, and I hope that adults as well as children of all faiths will
attend to enjoy the wonderful artistic gifts these composers have given us.


text:
Republicans Are Threatening to Shut Down Government Over Biden's Vaccine Mandate
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah questions witnesses as they testify before a Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on September 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
KEN CEDENO / AFP via Getty Images
Jake Johnson,
A group of congressional Republicans is threatening to shut down the government this week in a last-ditch attempt to block all funding for the enforcement of President Joe Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandate for large employers — a policy that right-wing judges have temporarily put on hold.
Politico reported Wednesday that Senate Republicans led by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah are "planning to object to quick consideration of a stopgap measure to extend funding into early 2022 unless Democratic leaders agree to deny money to enforce the mandate."
"Because of the tight schedule — and Senate rules that require unanimous consent to move quickly — the senators believe they'll be able to drag out the process well past midnight Friday, when funding officially expires," the outlet explained. "The [Senate] group has backup from the House: In a meeting Tuesday night, the House Freedom Caucus voted to pressure Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to take a harder line on the so-called continuing resolution unless Democrats strip out funding to enforce the mandate."
The federal government will shut down at the end of the day on December 3 — in the middle of a deadly pandemic — if Congress fails to approve a short-term funding bill before then. Though Democrats narrowly control both the House and the Senate, they will need Republican votes in the upper chamber due to the archaic 60-vote filibuster rule, which the majority party has left intact despite mounting progressive pressure to abolish it.
"The stakes are high," the Washington Post's Rachel Roubein noted Tuesday. "Averting a government shutdown is critical for helping fund the U.S. territories' Medicaid programs. The current stopgap spending measure sustains federal dollars for their safety net programs. It's also crucial to keeping government agencies running and providing paychecks to overworked staff in the federal health department."
While it's not clear how many GOP lawmakers intend to go along with Lee's shutdown plan, 15 Senate Republicans signed on to a letter last month vowing to "use all means at [their] disposal to oppose… legislation that funds or in any way enables the enforcement of President Biden's employer vaccine mandate."
In a tweet Wednesday, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) lambasted the GOP's shutdown threat as "another hissy fit in the making."
"Republicans plan again to take their ball and go home after not getting their way," Connolly wrote. "Like every other GOP shutdown, this would greatly harm federal employees, contractors, and the American people who need and deserve a functioning government."
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Republicans' ploy to shut down the federal government over Biden's vaccination requirements amounts to an effort to "prevent essential services from going out to people across the country because they're upset about our efforts to save peoples lives."
WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki hits at "absurdity" of Republicans threatening to allow government shutdown over vaccine mandates:
"They're upset about our efforts to save peoples lives. I'll just leave that there." pic.twitter.com/rj1bLAe9SM
— The Recount (@therecount) November 30, 2021
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is tasked with enforcing Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandate, which compels businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccination or weekly testing.
OSHA, which is chronically underfunded and understaffed, suspended enforcement of the requirement last month to comply with a temporary injunction handed down in early November by the conservative-dominated U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Biden administration is attempting to revive the mandate, which was challenged by large employers and Republican-controlled state governments.
On Tuesday, Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana — a Trump appointee — blocked the start of a separate vaccine mandate that would have applied to healthcare workers at facilities that rely on Medicare and Medicaid funding.
"Thank you, Judge Terry Doughty, for making the world less safe today with your ruling on vaccine mandates," responded Yale epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves. "You know-nothing ideologue, you simpering puppet following a GOP vogue for cruelty, selfishness wrapped up in the defense of liberty."
The House is expected to vote on a stopgap government funding measure as soon as Wednesday in the hopes of keeping the resolution on track to pass before the Friday deadline.
In a floor speech on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that "Senate Democrats are ready to pass this legislation and to get it done as quickly as possible."
"To avoid a needless shutdown, Republicans will have to cooperate and approve the government funding legislation without delay. If Republicans choose obstruction, there will be a shutdown entirely because of their own dysfunction," Schumer warned. "We cannot afford to go down that road."
"As winter begins," he added, "the last thing that Americans need right now is an avoidable, Republican-manufactured shutdown that will potentially harm millions of federal workers, harm their families, and harm local communities that rely on an open and functioning federal government."
Jake Johnson
Jake Johnson is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @johnsonjakep.
White House: 95 Percent of Federal Workers Compliant With Biden Vaccine Rules
Across the U.S. as a whole, 80 percent of Americans 12 years and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Biden Gives January 4 Deadline to Employers for New OSHA Vaccine Requirements
Workers who don't want to get vaccinated will have to submit to weekly testing at their own expense.
Supreme Court Refuses to Block Maine's Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
Maine's vaccine mandate will require health care workers to get vaccinated before October 29.


text:
Q: How to use a custom git command in vscode Is there a way to customize vscodes git commands? Ideally I'd like to be able to use something like:
git push overleaf main:master

and
git pull overleaf master:main

using vscode -- as well as have the automatic fetching.
I haven't been able to figure it out by looking at the settings. Thanks in advance!


text:
Cancer Therapy Could Prevent Dementia
Alzheimer's Treatments
Alissa Sauer
Researchers have found that cancer therapy may have Alzheimer's and dementia prevention benefits, stopping the disease before symptoms occur.
Learn more about this study and how the methodology of the study may have a larger impact on future studies.
Cancer Therapy Could Prevent Dementia Before Onset
An international team of researchers from England, the Netherlands and Sweden has found that the cancer drug "bexarotene," may target the first step of Alzheimer's disease that leads to the death of brain cells. The study, recently published in the journal Science Advances, is the first study to report the potential of bexarotene as a "neurostatin" while previous studies have hailed its ability to delay the onset of Alzheimer's.
Researchers tested the cancer drug on worms genetically modified to develop Alzheimer's. They noted that the drug was not effective after symptoms of the disease emerged but that when the drug was delivered before symptoms were present, the worms did not go on to develop Alzheimer's. More specifically, the international research team found that bexarotene stops the first stage of the progression of the disease, called primary nucleation.
Senior author of the study, Professor Michele Vendruscolo from Cambridge's Department of Chemistry stated, "The body has a variety of natural defences to protect itself against neurodegeneration, but as we age, these defenses become progressively impaired and can get overwhelmed. By understanding how these natural defenses work, we might be able to support them by designing drugs that behave in similar ways."
How Cancer Therapy Could Pave the Way for New Dementia Treatments
For this study, researchers employed a new approach using a test developed by two professors, Tuomas Knowles and Sara Linse. The approach allows researchers to determine what is happening at each stage of Alzheimer's and how turning off one of those stages will affect the other stages.
Aside from the success of the anti-cancer drug on stopping the progression of Alzheimer's, Vendruscolo acknowledges the significance of using this new approach to find a potential treatment for Alzheimer's, saying:
"One of the real steps forward was to take a molecule that we thought could be a potential drug and work out exactly what it does. In this case, what it does is suppress primary nucleation, which is the aim for any neurostatin-type molecule. If you stop the process before aggregation has started, you can't get proliferation."
Using the new method allowed researchers to target the drug at the correct place in the progression of the disease. Co-author of the study, Professor Chris Dobson from the University of Cambridge, said, "Even if you have an effective molecule, if you target the wrong step in the process, you can actually make things worse by causing toxic protein assemblies to build up elsewhere. It's like traffic control — if you close a road to try to reduce jams, you can actually make the situation worse if you put the block in the wrong place. It is not necessarily the case that all the molecules in earlier drug trials were ineffective, but it may be that in some cases the timing of the delivery was wrong."
Researchers acknowledge that more studies need to be done to determine the effectiveness of the cancer drug in fighting Alzheimer's, but are encouraged by their findings and their methodology.
Do you think that this cancer therapy could potentially revolutionize the way Alzheimer's drugs are researched? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.
Could Arthritis Drugs Affect Alzheimer's?
Dementia Treatment Drugs Could Be Available by 2025
Licensed Drugs May Delay Alzheimer's
Alissa Sauer has been dedicated to writing articles about Alzheimer's research and senior living for over four years. With a Communications Degree from the University of Illinois, Alissa strives to help families understand and manage the changes that often accompany caring for a senior loved one. On a personal note, Alissa enjoys traveling around the world as a military spouse and spending time with her two young children and Golden Retriever.
Empathy for Alzheimer's: The Validation Method
4 Ways Physical Therapy Slows the Symptoms of Alzheimer's
How Occupational Therapy Helps With Alzheimer's
Find memory care in Lincoln
Find memory care in Dallas
Find memory care in Oakland
Find memory care in Corpus Christi
Find memory care in Chandler
Find memory care in Boston
Find memory care in Bridgeport
Find memory care in Bakersfield
Find memory care in Reno
Find memory care in Ft. Wayne
Find memory care in Portland, OR
Find memory care in Hialeah
Find memory care in Chicago
Find memory care in Ottawa
Find memory care in Des Moines


text:
Festival Galleries
Submit Your Festival
There are three acts making music under the name Asteroid:
1. A Swedish psychedellic / space-rock band;
2. An electronic solo musician from the Netherlands;
3. A changing group of improvising musicians from London.
1. Heavy, progressive Swedish spaced-out 70's-style fuzzrock. The band was formed in the winter of 2003-2004. Releases: "Demo 2004", "Ep 2005", "Asteroid & Blowback" (Fuzz Split 2006, Release April 2006 by Fuzzorama Records), "Asteroid" (2007), II (2010). The history of Asteroid is a psychedelic space saga, timeless and endless, with no upside or downside, but with a beautiful ending. The band, formed during the winter of 2003, has undertaken a long musical journey and developed a sound well fit to the trio constellation. After being formed as a regular stoner band, it didnt take long before new grounds were conquered. Since then, influences have been collected from blues and British 70s classic rock, but also from Swedish traditional folk music. Asteroid is now back with their second album, called simply II. It is a more evolved but also relaxed and groovy follow up to their highly acclaimed debut album S/T. This time they locked themselves up in a studio deep in the forest, trying to capture the raw and naked sound and feeling in their music. You will hear a tighter, heavier, but also darker Asteroid. You will still recognize the characteristic energy in the sound and feel the joy delivered by the musicians. This record is like transporting yourself back to the psychedelic woods of Sweden, but unlike other 70s influences bands this is also fresh and unique on its own. Asteroid is today a well-known live act all over Europe with constant touring and a reputation of wild and sweaty live shows. Hold on to your hats!
2. Asteroid is an alias for a 23 year old young man called Jonathan, who lives in Kampen, The Netherlands. his songs are a mix of melodic progressive breaks, drum 'n bass, lounge, and a tiny bit of industrial.
He started mixing and producing in early 2005. He's always focussed on producing spatial and spacey melodies, i.e., lots of strings and reverb.
3. Asteroid is a changing group of improvising musicians formed in 2011, making drone, noise and sci-fi soundscapes. Members have included Kevin Quigley, Graham Dunning, Nabil Ahmed, Jo Thomas, Christos Fanaros, Mark Wagner, Colin Webster and Farooq Janjua.
Psychedelic Psychedelic rock Stoner rock
Desertfest 2016
© 2020 Copyright UK Festivals Guides
Sign In to our community
or access with


text:
TECH-U SIGNS COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT WITH GIRNE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, CYPRUS
In furtherance of its goal to internationalize its programmes and produce highly competent graduates, Nigeria's premier technical university, First Technical University, Ibadan, has signed a collaborative degree programme agreement with Girne American University in Cyprus.
With this collaboration, interested undergraduates now have the choice of spending their first three or four years in Tech-U, depending on the course being studied, and thereafter proceed to Cyprus to complete their degree programmes in GAU.
There is also the "top-up" agreement through which students can complete their courses at Tech-U and apply to complete their Master's degrees in GAU. Located in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus, GAU, is Cyprus' top-ranked University noted for its demonstrable leadership in science, technology and innovation. The programme is approved and coordinated by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
While speaking at the signing of the collaboration, Dr Serhat Akpinar, the Chancellor of the Cyprus-based University expressed his delight at the partnership and pledged his unwavering commitment to the success of the programme, which would also involve partnership in research and faculty members' exchange.
Present at the ceremony which held in Girne, Cyprus, were the representatives of partner institutions and the Director of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship, NUC, Mrs Constance Goddy-Nnadi, who also represented the Commission's Executive Secretary.
Mrs Goddy-Nnadi agreed that the union will promote capacity-building and quality knowledge acquisition by Nigerian lecturers and students.
Tech-U's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ayobami Salami, affirmed that the partnership is in line with Tech-U's vision of producing students who will not only change the diminishing job equation but also become key players within the national and international spaces.
The agreement with GAU is coming a year after Tech-U signed an MOU on exchange programmes with Texas Technical University, USA.


The last couple of days I've been working on a new podcast project.
I already met some great and professional people. Some not so professional people as well, but let's not dwell on that.
A lot of work still has to be done and although it's not always easy, I really believe in this project and I've got a feeling it has really great potential.
After weeks of working really hard, I unfortunately had to leave the project.
Communication issues with one of the team members made it impossible to work with this person.
I really tried though. I'm not the first to quit because of this and I'll certainly not be the last. Such a shame.


Initially I was planning to name this dish radish and tuna carpaccio, but after trying it, I'm not sure any more. Don't get me wrong - I just love canned tuna, I love sushi with tuna, and I even liked this dish but with well-done tuna. When I saw beautiful tuna steaks in our local supermarket, I knew what I was going to make. For more than 2 years I've been waiting for the moment I literally find fresh tuna in a supermarket. I loved looking at the photos of tuna steaks and all great comments and advice that properly done tuna is pink in the middle. Cooking time is 15-20 seconds on each side ( for small pieces). So that was exactly what I did - seasoned, and fried according to numerous advice I'd found. The tuna pieces were beautifully pink and looked exactly like in the photo of one old magazine. But I couldn't enjoy raw fish. Sorry all gurmet food lovers or foodies, but I don't like raw tuna. It must be done, very well done. So after taking some photos and once again finished frying tuna and only then I completely enjoyed it - well-done mini tuna steaks!!! And for dinner I am making well-done tuna with soya beans. My hubby will like it too! Have a lovely day!!!
1. Peel red onion and cut into small pieces. Fry onion with some oil, season with salt and pepper. Add balsamic vinegar and sliced radish. Add lemon juice and some chopped parsley. Leave it for 10 min.
2. Season tuna stripes with salt and pepper, preheat the pan or gril and grill for 15-20 seconds on each side ( or longer if you are like me!). Take out of the pan and roll in wasabi paste and then roll in chopped fresh mint and parsley. Slice into pieces and serve with pickled radish salad. Enjoy!!!
I wish I loved tuna. These do look perfect.
Taste is a very personal thing. I can eat the tuna, but could not swallow an oyster to save my life. Go figure :-). Have a great day.
This looks amazing! We love cooking tuna.


text:
Guard dog at Yorkshire car garage attacked three people - including a PCSO
Countryfile host Helen Skelton reveals touching personal tribute behind baby's name
Titanic safe... and other '˜fake news' they trumped up earlier
Donald Trump famously claimed that he had 'invented' the phrase Fake News, but he evidently had not been reading the old Daily Herald.
Tuesday, 21st November 2017, 5:36 am
Updated Tuesday, 12th December 2017, 11:29 am
Attendees line the Mall as they watch ceremonies to swear in Donald Trump on Inauguration Day on January 20, 2017. Picture: National Science and Media Museum
The president, whose frequent use of the term to describe any coverage he does not like has seen it named Word of the Year by the Collins Dictionary, was fond of overstating the numbers who watched his inauguration ceremony on Washington's Capitol Mall, despite photographic evidence to the contrary.
But it has now emerged that someone with a paintbrush and a similarly exaggerated approach to story-telling used the same tactic 84 years earlier.
The original artwork has been plucked from the Daily Herald archive for an exhibition in Bradford that tells the "real" story behind fake news.
The Denver Times reported Titanic was safe. Picture: National Science and Media Museum
It was in 1933 that bus drivers and conductors staged a walkout during a dispute with London Transport whose origins are lost in the mists of time.
The left-wing Herald, which ceased publication in 1964, sent a photographer to the depot and chose a shot showing about 11 uniformed workers manning the picket line. But a casual glance at the picture makes it look much busier - and only a sharp eye can spot that the serried ranks of peaked caps behind the front line have been drawn in.
Another Herald picture from the period shows a policeman watching over a shopkeeper posting a notice in his window advising that "German agents cannot be interviewed". A closer inspection reveals that the PC has been cut out from elsewhere in the picture and glued in place.
The deceptions would have been invisible to readers, given the low printing resolution of the time. However, the facts may have been less black-and-white than the pictures, one of the curators at the National Science and Media Museum pointed out.
The 'Cottingley Fairies' picture of 1917. Picture: National Science and Media Museum
"We don't know if there were only 11 bus conductors there - we just know that the picture editor deemed that the photograph didn't tell the story they were trying to tell," said John O'Shea, who has put together the exhibition in Bradford.
"It could well be that the angle of the photograph just didn't show the crowd as it really was,"
He added: "The Daily Herald is by no means the only culprit, but what we're showing is the slippery slope where you might crop an image because there's something irrelevant in the frame, or change the background because it's distracting.
"Every story is constructed and this demonstrates that you should never put all your stock in one source of information. If something is important it needs to be corroborated and seen in perspective."
The Daily Herald picture showing the heads of bus strikers drawn in. Picture: National Science and Media Museum
The Bradford museum holds around 3m images from the Herald's library, but its fake news exhibition traces the phenomenon back even further, to a celebrated photograph taken 100 years ago in Cottingley, near Bingley, which of appears to show fairies playing in a garden.
It was intended as a practical joke, but the picture came eventually to the attention of the author and spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who used it as evidence of the existence of the creatures, in an article he wrote for The Strand magazine.
Mr O'Shea said: "He wanted to believe in the existence of the supernatural - and who doesn't want to believe in fairies?
"In those days it took perhaps four or five years for the story to circulate to the national papers. Now, with social media, it happens in minutes."
A Daily Herald picture showing a cut-out Pc. Picture: National Science and Media Museum
Fake news has gained traction because it is now "economically rewarding", he added.
"There are several reasons why it is happening right now and one is that advertising can be embedded in stories," Mr O'Shea said.
"That's why there are now whole industries generating false stories, which can gain traction quickly because it's easy for people to use social media to share something that fits with their view of the world."
The exhibition also covers infamous "fakes" that were thought correct at the time, including a front page of the Denver Times reporting that the stricken Titanic was being towed safely into harbour.
The issue dated April 15, 1912, reported, based on information then believed to be correct, that 2,000 people had been rescued from the ship, which, it said, had been held afloat by its water-tight compartments and was being towed towards Halifax, Nova Scotia.
It emerged shortly afterwards that 1,503 people had died as the ship sunk, with only 706 survivors among the passengers and crew.


Our website address is: https://houstonturfgrass.com.
We keep contact form submissions for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes. We do not sell the information you provide through your contact form submissions to third parties.
Our web hosting account and Google Analytics collect some anonymous analytics data but it does not identify you personally.
We share website visitor data with our Internet marketing company, IX Brand SEO Services, to continuously improve our website. This data is anonymous. We also share customer data with IX Brand SEO Services Company and Get Five Stars in order to ask for customer feedback and respond to that feedback. The customer data is only shared for that purpose and is not sold or transferred further.


Posted September 29th, 2012 by Broadway Wellness & filed under Vancouver Massage Therapy.
A Fun Story on Yoga and Massage for Your Pets!
Posted September 29th, 2012 by Broadway Wellness & filed under Vancouver Naturopathic Medicine.
Posted September 22nd, 2012 by Broadway Wellness & filed under Vancouver Massage Therapy.
Posted September 22nd, 2012 by Broadway Wellness & filed under Vancouver Naturopathic Medicine.


text:
Q: Algorithm: Minimal Encoding, Error Correction, Please Help? Say there's an array of 1024 bits that are all zeros:
example: [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,...]
Then I overwrite 20 zeros with ones at completely random positions:
example: [0,1,0,0,0,0,0,...]
What is the theoretical minimum number of bits needed to encode the location of these 20 randomly placed bits, assuming that I had a perfect encoder?
I know there are communication theory equations that will tell me this, but I want to double check my calculations.
Harder bonus question: Show me the code for an algorithm that implements an encoding that approaches this minimum limit.
Bonus bonus: What if the bit flips where byte level instead of bit level? e.g. entire bytes flipped. Same result?

A: ceiling(log2(1024 choose 20)) = 139 bits
(calculation on Wolfram Alpha)
The other answers saying 143 bits leave out that we know there are exactly 20 ones. Here's a concrete encoding to show one way to use that knowledge: using arithmetic coding, send each of the 1024 '0' or '1' symbols in succession. The first symbol gets weighted at 20/1024 probability of being '1'; but each later symbol gets weighted differently. If the first symbol was '0', use 20/1023 on the next; but if it was '1', use 19/1023. Continue in the same way to the end. Arithmetic coding does all the hard work to fit in about 139 bits, as long as we tell it the right probabilities.
On the "bonus bonus": error correction wasn't in the original question. You can layer an error-correcting code on top of first finding an optimal encoding assuming no error, like above (and that's normally a good way to break down the problem). You don't lose any coding efficiency that way, though I think you can lose robustness -- as in, if you get more errors than your ECC can correct, will the message come out as total garbage or will it degrade more gracefully?

A: If you are going with a dictionary-based encoding where the decoder has the dictionary as well, there's no absolute minimum. For a frequency-based encoding, however, What you need is to calculate the entropy:
E = -(P(0) * log_2(P(0)) + P(1) * log_2(P(1)))
E = -(1004/1024 * log_2(1004/1024) + 20/1024 * log_2(20/1024))
E = 0.1388005

So each bit of the input should require 0.1388005 bits of the output on average. In total:
0.1388005 * 1024 = 142.1317 bits.

This means that in theory, using an optimal algorithm you can encode any string with 1004 zeros and 20 ones (or the other way around) using 143 bits.

A: If you treated a string of 200 bits as an array of twenty 10 bit numbers, each listing the position of one of the one-bits, you'd be saving 824 bits.
But I don't think this is the minimum. For example, if you treat each of the numbers as relative to the previous item instead of an absolute position, some analysis may show that on average you'd only need, say, 8 bits to encode the distance to the next one-bit. So add a bit to the front: when 0, then 200 bits follow with absolute positions. When 1, then 160 bits follow with relative positions. This should yield a lower average number of bits to encode the full value.
Generalizing, this is simply data compression. There are probably many compression algorithms that could reduce the average number of bits required to encode your "twenty one-bits in 1024" to a very small number. Computing a suitable binary tree, storing a representation of it, then storing the bits required to traverse the tree would likely yield a very efficient algorithm (this is in fact the basis of modern data compression).


text:
Georg Schilling ist der Name folgender Personen:

* Georg Schilling (Maler, I), österreichischer Maler
 Georg Schilling (Politiker) (1886–1952), deutscher Taubstummenpädagoge und Politiker (Zentrum)
 Georg Schilling (Maler, 1894) (1894–1970), deutscher Kirchenmaler und Restaurator
 Georg Schilling (Rechtswissenschaftler) (* 1936), deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler und Hochschullehrer
 Georg Schilling von Cannstatt (um 1490–1554), deutscher Heerführer
 Georg Philipp Theodor Schilling, deutscher Landrat
 Georg Rudolf Schilling (1859–1933), deutscher Architekt, siehe Rudolf Schilling (Architekt)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Renewi is  een afvalverwerker en recyclebedrijf. Het bedrijf is in 2017 ontstaan na een fusie van Shanks Group plc met Van Gansewinkel Groep BV en staat genoteerd aan de London Stock Exchange en de Euronext Amsterdam.

Activiteiten
Renewi zamelt afval in en recyclet het weer tot bruikbare materialen, zoals gerecycled papier, metaal, kunststof, glas, hout, bouwstoffen, compost en energie en draagt zo concreet bij aan een circulaire economie. Renewi telt ruim 8000 medewerkers die vanuit 198 vestigingen opereren, verspreid over negen landen in Europa en Noord-Amerika. België en Nederland zijn de twee belangrijkste markten, hier werd in 2018/19 zo'n twee derde van de totale omzet gerealiseerd.
Het bedrijf heeft een gebroken boekjaar dat loopt tot en met 31 maart.

De aandelen van Renewi staan genoteerd aan de London Stock Exchange. Vanaf 30 januari 2020 heeft het ook een beursnotering aan Euronext Amsterdam.

Het bedrijf is opgedeeld in 5 divisies, met een aantal zusterbedrijven.

Commercial Netherlands & Belgium
Dit onderdeel van het bedrijf omvat de inzameling, sortering, verwerking en recycling van afval uit een reeks van afvalbronnen.

Hazardous waste
Dit onderdeel bestond uit drie bedrijven: Reym, Afvalstoffen Terminal Moerdijk (ATM) en CFS. Echter besloot moederbedrijf Renewi in november 2018 om dochteronderneming Reym af te stoten.

Reym is een industrieel schoonmaakbedrijf in Nederland, voor de zware industrie, petrochemische locaties, olie- en gasproductie (zowel on- als offshore) en de voedingsmiddelenindustrie. ATM is een van Europa's grootste sites voor de behandeling van vervuilde grond en water en voor de verwijdering van een breed scala aan gevaarlijke afvalstoffen, zoals afvalverven en oplosmiddelen. Daarnaast is er een kleine gespecialiseerde site bij Weert, CFS, die gespecialiseerd is in chemische fysische scheidingseenheid waar zeer vervuild water en slib worden verwerkt.

Monostreams
Deze bestaat uit vier bedrijven: Coolrec, Mineralz, Orgaworld en Maltha.

Coolrec is een recycler van elektrische en elektronische apparaten, dat gerecycleerde kunststoffen en zowel ferro- als non-ferro-metalen levert. Het bedrijf Mineralz produceert bouwstoffen uit bodemassen (de as die overblijft na de verbranding van afval), waarbij zowel mineralen als metalen worden teruggewonnen als onderdeel van het proces. Orgaworld behandelt organisch afval en is een producent van groene elektriciteit en grondverbeteraars en Maltha is voornamelijk gericht op de recycling van vlak- en holglas tot glasscherven en glaspoeder voor hergebruik.

Municipal
Municipal exploiteert afvalverwerkingsfaciliteiten voor Britse en Canadese stads- en provincieraden op basis van langetermijncontracten, meestal 25 jaar. Dergelijke contracten zijn voornamelijk opgezet om afval op een kosteneffectieve en duurzame manier weg te houden van stortplaatsen.

Afvalverwerkingsbedrijf
Nederlandse multinational
Bedrijf genoteerd aan de London Stock Exchange
Economie van Engeland
Milton Keynes


text:
Photos: NASCAR at Michigan and Texas Motor Speedway, Friday June 8, 2018
June 9, 2018 NASCAR/ Getty Images/Greg Engle Photos 0
FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 08: Grant Enfinger, driver of the #98 Protect The Harvest Ford, leads the field during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
BROOKLYN, MI – JUNE 08: Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Monster Energy/Haas Automation Ford, during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
BROOKLYN, MI – JUNE 08: Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Monster Energy/Haas Automation Ford, poses with the Busch Pole Award after qualifying for the pole position for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Johnny Sauter, driver of the #21 ISM Connect Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Grant Enfinger, driver of the #98 Protect The Harvest Ford, leads the field during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Stewart Friesen, driver of the #52 We Build America Chevrolet, leads a pack of trucks during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Johnny Sauter, driver of the #21 ISM Connect Chevrolet, crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Matador/Menards Ford, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: (L-R) Michelle Gilliland, Todd Gilliland, driver of the #4 Mobil 1 Toyota, David Gilliland and Taylor Gilliland pose for a photo as Todd receives his high school diploma prior to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Stewart Friesen, driver of the #52 We Build America Chevrolet, leads the field at the start of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Johnny Sauter, driver of the #21 ISM Connect Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Johnny Sauter, driver of the #21 ISM Connect Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane by placing the winner's sticker on his car after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX – JUNE 08: Johnny Sauter, driver of the #21 ISM Connect Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series PPG 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Written by: NASCAR/ Getty Images/Greg Engle, June 9, 2018
Sauter holds off Friesen for Truck win at Texas
Photos: NASCAR at Michigan International Speedway Saturday June 9, 2018


text:
/* ========================================================================
   Component: Cover
 ========================================================================== */
/*
 * Background image always covers and centers its element
 */
.uk-cover-background {
  background-position: 50% 50%;
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
/*
 * Emulates image cover, works with video and image elements
 * 1. Parent container which clips resized object
 * 2. Resizes the object to always covers its container
 * 3. Reset the responsive image CSS
 * 4. Center object
 */
/* 1 */
.uk-cover {
  overflow: hidden;
}
.uk-cover-object {
  /* 2 */
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  min-width: 100%;
  min-height: 100%;
  /* 3 */
  max-width: none;
  /* 4 */
  position: relative;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  -webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
/*
 * To center iframes use `data-uk-cover` JavaScript
 */
[data-uk-cover] {
  position: relative;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  -webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub