Queensland Youth Music Awards – Secondary Choir Year 7-9 | Congratulations to our Junior Ragazzi (boys) and Junior Girls Vocal Ensemble who both competed in the Queensland Youth Music Awards at St Peters Lutheran College on Tuesday 29 May.
The boys gave a polished performance and sang extremely well – they received a silver award. Our Junior Girls Ensemble sang with great energy and achieved 2nd place. Both groups were a credit to the school in their standards of behaviour, presentation and musicianship. We were extremely proud of them!
Congratulations also to Karen Hadfield who conducted the Junior Girls, and to Malcolm Hume who conducted and accompanied the Junior Boys.


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Home ᐳ News ᐳ Analysis ᐳ Mexican Lawmaker, Allegedly Connected to Crime Boss, Loses Immunity
Mexican Lawmaker, Allegedly Connected to Crime Boss, Loses Immunity
LA FAMILIA MICHOACANA / 16 DEC 2010 BY GEOFFREY RAMSEY EN
Mexico's Chamber of Deputies this week stripped lawmaker Julio César Godoy Toscano of his legal immunity, paving the way for the lawmaker's prosecution on charges of money laundering and protecting the criminal organization known as the Familia Michoacana.
The lower legislative house voted 384-2 on Monday to withdraw Godoy's protection.
Last month, the Attorney General's office leaked audio to Mexican radio that reportedly captures a conversation between Servando Gomez Martinez, alias "La Tuta," a leader of the powerful Familia. In the recordings, Godoy assures Gomez protection from the law, at one point calling him "uncle." Throughout the conversation, Gomez repeatedly refers to Godoy as "friend" and "son."
Although Godoy has maintained his innocence, leaders of his own party, the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) have called for him to face the charges.
On Tuesday, the Ninth District Court of Michoacan issued an arrest warrant for Godoy on charges of accepting 25 million pesos in "illegally obtained funds." However, this ruling was promptly challenged by a judge in the state's First District Court, which issued an injunction in which it suspended Godoy's arrest warrant. The Attorney General called the injunction a "failure" in a statement, and vowed to challenge it in an Apellate Court.
Meanwhile, the Attorney General's Office of Special Investigations on Organized Crime (SIEDO) is still on the hunt for Godoy, whose whereabouts are unknown. The former senator was not present for Tuesday's meeting, and was represented by his lawyer, who denounced the charges against his client as a political ploy by the right-wing Political Action Party (PAN).
If the injunction on the arrest warrant is overturned and the charges are true, the allegations serve as an alarming indicator of political influence of the Familia. The group lost its main leader, Nazario Moreno, in a series of confrontations last week with the military and police that left eleven people dead.
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Rider University prof sees peril in an empowered Iran
By Debra Rubin December 17, 2012, 12:00 am Edit
America's war on Iraq inadvertently helped Iran in its quest for dominance in the Middle East, a Rider University professor told an audience in Edison.
Speaking Nov. 27 to seniors at the JCC of Middlesex County, Jonathan Mendilow said former President George W. Bush erred when he "donated Iraq to Iran."
Mendilow said with Iraq now lacking both political influence and military muscle, Iran has been able to turn its attention elsewhere, including enhancing its nuclear arsenal and supporting terrorist organizations such as Hizbullah and Hamas throughout the world.
However, the biggest threat of Iran's nuclear capability would not be a "big war" but the resulting power imbalance in the region.
Mendilow, chair of the political science department at Rider University in Lawrenceville, is the author of articles and books on the Israeli political system and global affairs.
Generally, he said, countries that gain nuclear capability don't engage in "big wars" because of the retaliatory threat they pose to each other. Mendilow said it would seem that "atomic weapons are a deterrent to all-out war."
"It is unthinkable that there will be all-out war in the Middle East or Asia or any place," he said. "This is a weapon that is so terrible that it puts the big all-out wars out of the question."
Another "game-changer" is Israel's Iron Dome missile deterrent system, which proved 90 percent effective in intercepting missiles launched during the recent Gaza offensive, said Mendilow. However, a nuclear-empowered Iran may be emboldened to continue a power play in the Middle East.
"Would a nuclear Iran allow itself to conduct an operation in Saudi Arabia?" asked Mendilow. "I think so, because they know the big war is out."
If he were an Israeli, he said, he "would be nervous"; but, he added, "A Holocaust scenario is not in play in the Middle East."
"So far Iran has been extremely rational in its threats against Israel," said Mendilow, "and Israel has been very rational in its response to those threats."
Mendilow, a South African native who holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, served as spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces for four-and-a-half years beginning in 1980.


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Abbey Brooks has recovered from her end-of-freshman-year heartbreak and has vowed that this year, her sophomore year at Gila High, will be different in every way. Her to-do list: get her driver's license, come out to her mom, get (and keep) a girlfriend, and survive another year of basketball. As always, though, nothing goes according to plan. Who will be there for her as her plans start to unravel? Who will bring her back to life after another round of heartache and betrayal? These remain a mystery even to Abbey.
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Abbey Brooks, Gila High freshman-to-be, never thought a hellish day of shopping at the mall with her best friend, Kate, could change her life. But when she orders French fries from the flirtatious Hot Dog on a Stick Chick, she gets more than deep-fried potatoes. Abbey tries to ignore the weird, happy feeling in her gut, but that proves to be as impossible as avoiding the very insistent (and--rumor has it--very lesbian) players on Gila High's girls' basketball team. They want freakishly long-legged Abbey to try out, and Abbey doesn't hate the idea. But Kate made Abbey pinky swear to avoid basketball and to keep away from the you-know-who girls on the team.
Sometimes promises can't be kept. And sometimes girls in uniform are impossible to resist.
By D. Jackson Leigh
Competitive barrel racer Lacey Bishop has worked her way from homelessness and poverty to needing only a few points to qualify for the National Rodeo Finals when her only horse suffers a career-ending injury. Without the money to buy new horse, Lacey has no choice but to trust an offer from Two Rivers Ranch to lease one of their best barrel-racing horse.
Horse trainer Wil Rivers is working hard to get her family's ranch profitable again after the coronavirus pandemic shut them down for more than a year. Her best chance to save the ranch from foreclosure is a million-dollar-plus offer to buy the one barrel horse that could defeat the mare she's leased to the bewitching Lacey Bishop.
When Lacey discovers Wil's plan to sell the Two Rivers "money" horse to her fiercest competitor, she sees their chance for a future together and her chance to qualify for the finals disappearing in the rodeo arena dust.
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A Talent Within
By Suzanne Lenoir
Evelyne, born into nobility, and Annika, a peasant girl with a deadly secret, struggle to change their destinies in Valmora, a medieval world controlled by religion, magic, and men.
If only she'd been born a boy, Evelyne could fight with her brothers and fulfill her dreams of glory. Instead, her father has arranged her marriage. Annika knows she's different. She has gifts the Valmorans call talents, and she's waited too long to turn herself over to the Temple for training. If she tells anyone now, she will burn as a heretic.
Their blossoming love changes everything.
Both are forced to confront who they are when saving an innocent life exposes Annika's talent and she's held prisoner by the unforgiving Temple Paladin. Saving Annika will cost Evelyne all she's ever known, but her sacrifice may lead them on a path to love and a destiny that will change Valmora forever.
Never Kiss a Cowgirl
By Ali Vali
Friends to Lovers Romance
Asher Evans is living her dreams eight seconds at a time. She's finally at the top of the rankings and headed for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, and she owes it all to the man who taught her everything, Silas Wilson.
Reagan Wilson vowed she'd never return to Louisiana. Her father, Silas, had been a world champion rodeo rider until an accident destroyed his career, then killed him. Now she's interning at a sports clinic in New Orleans, and her first patient is Asher Evans. Seeing her childhood neighbor and teenage crush brings all those painful memories rushing back.
Asher and Reagan are from different worlds, even if they grew up side by side. Reagan doesn't understand why anyone would risk their life for a title and belt buckle, and Asher doesn't do safe and predictable. Falling in love makes no sense, but as the spark between them ignites they may have more in common than they think.
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Reunion Romance
Once the first female quarterback of her high school team, Sutton McCoy has since landed her dream job as the offensive coordinator for the new NFL team the Connecticut Cheetahs. When the team recruits established quarterback Grayson Moats to lead them, Sutton's heart is crushed. Grayson isn't the problem. Sutton's fifteen-year crush on his wife, Parker O'Neal, is.
Parker is living a life full of regrets dating all the way back to high school when her parents made her end her relationship with Sutton because there were too many rumors about her, not all of them good. When Grayson accepts the new quarterback position with the Cheetahs, he consults Parker first, knowing the three of them have history. But it's not like she can tell him the truth, that Sutton still occupies so much of Parker's head and heart.
Interfering in the personal life of the star quarterback and convincing Parker to walk away from her family were never in Sutton's game plan. But standing on the sidelines when a second chance at true love comes their way proves all but impossible.
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Is it truly better to have loved and lost? Bethany Cahill says nope. Eleven years ago, her fellow cheerleader Reid Thatcher held her heart in her hand...and crushed it like a bug. Since then, Bethany avoids risk, reward, and anything romantic on TV. Just, no. But when grown-up Reid's shopping cart bumps into hers, Bethany is catapulted into the past and staring into Reid's eyes, which are still annoyingly stunning. Forgiveness doesn't come easy, and Bethany isn't about to let Reid in. Not after all she took.
Reid never fully understood why Bethany withheld forgiveness all those years ago, but no kiss since has ever been as satisfying as Bethany's lips on hers. The happenstance run-in was a stroke of luck and ignites Reid's plan to get to the bottom of Bethany's silence, a mystery she can't let drop. But she hadn't planned on the reckoning in store when she learns the truth.
When Bethany and Reid confront their past, they give new meaning to letting go, forgiveness, and a future worth fighting for.


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Embu Governor Martin Wambora yesterday asked the Supreme Court to throw out an appeal by his political rival, former Senator Lenny Kivuti, to restore political sanity in the county.
Senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi (for the Governor) raised a preliminary objection, saying the court lacked the power to interrogate the dismissal of Kivuti's petition by the three-member Appellate bench on August 17.
Ahmednasir told the six-judge Bench, chaired by Chief Justice David Maraga, that Kivuti's appeal did not raise any constitutional issue to justify any further judicial intervention. "This is a closed chapter. Embu voters are pleading for political sanity," he said.
However, Kivuti's lawyers, Senior Counsel Tom Ojienda and Fred Ngatia, said the Court of Appeal erred in overturning the nullification of Wambora's election by High Court judge William Musyoka on March 20.
The judge found specific irregularities during polling and vote-counting and gave sufficient reasons to order a repeat election, they said.
Maraga, justices Ibrahim Mohamed, Jackton Ojwang, Smokin Wanjala, Njoki Ndung'u and Isaac Lenaola reserved their judgement for a later date.


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The caption reads in the original French: Fuyons ! s'écria Finette en tirant par le bras Yvon, qui regardait le géant d'un air narquois et lui chantait sa chanson.


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WATCH | James Pattinson gets out in most bizarre manner possible during Sydney Test
In one of the short deliveries Neil Wagner on Saturday, James Pattinson tried to take cover and leave the ball only to get out in a weird manner.
Aus vs NZ: James Pattinson set to play in Boxing Day Test
James Pattinson last played a Test for Australia in the five-match Ashes series in England. He featured in the Leed's Test in August.
Ricky Ponting backs James Pattinson in place of Josh Hazlewood for 2nd Test against New Zealand
After Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the Boxing Day Test, former skipper Ricky Ponting has backed James Pattinson to replace him.
Want to play back-to-back Tests for Australia now: James Pattinson
Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are Australia's top picks with Pattinson and Mitchell Starc as the early contenders for the other bowling spots also featuring spinner Nathan Lyon.
Meet the 12-year-old kid who put out bins to watch Ashes
Both countries have fans who can go to any extent in order to support their teams. One such fan is 12-year-old Max Waight, who saved his hard-earned money for four years to watch the ongoing Test series in England.
Hazlewood confident of continuing good work with ball
Hazlewood did not play the first Test which Australia won before returning to the squad in Lord's following a back injury. He was impressive in Headingley with a career-best match haul of 9-115, which included 5-30 in England's first innings of 67.
Ashes 2019 3rd Test: England opt to bowl against Australia; rain delays start
For Australia, Marcus Harris came in for Cameron Bancroft, whereas James Pattinson replaced Peter Siddle. Meanwhile, England are unchanged.
James Pattinson left out to manage his workload: Tim Paine
Notably, Australia on Tuesday announced the 12-man squad for the second Ashes Test beginning 14 August at Lord's where the 29-year-old speedster Pattinson failed to make a cut.
Starc, Hazlewood vie for Ashes spot as Pattinson misses out
Pattinson was part of the team that won by 251 runs at Edgbaston, taking two wickets in his first Test in three years. But the 29-year-old will sit out the Lord's Test, which starts on Wednesday, leaving Starc and Hazlewood to push their claims.
Ashes 2019: Mitchell Starc unlikely to be in Australia X1 for opening match
Australia head coach Justin Langer revealed Usman Khawaja and James Pattinson were set to play in the opening Ashes encounter.
County cricket: Cheteshwar Pujara to play for Nottinghamshire
Pujara replaces Pattinson, who has been named in Australia squad for the Champions Trophy.
Australia to play Champions Trophy with 'fast-bowling artillery'
Australian selector Trevor Hohns referred to the four quicks as a "fast-bowling artillery".
Australia's tour to India can't be worse than 2013: Watson
Australia have included three spinners and all-rounders Ashton Agar and Glenn Maxwell in their 16-man squad.


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Q: Can we find a general $\delta$ to prove the continuity of polynomials? Polynomials are continuous functions. In other words, for all $\epsilon > 0$ and all $a$, there is some $\delta > 0$ such that if $|x-a|<\delta$, $|P(x)-P(a)|<\epsilon$ where $P(x)$ is a function of the form
$$P(x) = \sum_{i=0}^n a_i x^i$$
The proof of this is usually done via limit theorems and mathematical induction, which circumvents the difficulty of finding $\delta$.
My question is, is it possible to prove the continuity of polynomials by explicitly finding a $\delta$ (a closed form), in terms of $n$, $a$, $a_i$ and $\epsilon$ where we have $\delta = \min(....)$.
If this is too ambitious, are there special cases (with, say, quadratics)?

A: Assume $|x - a| \leq \delta \leq 1$. We have
$$
\begin{align*}
|P(x) - P(a)| &= \left|\sum_{i = 1}^n a_i(x - a)(x^{i-1} + x^{i-2}a + \dots + a^{i-1})\right| \\
&\leq \sum_{i = 1}^n i|a_i||x - a| \max(|x|^{i-1}, |a|^{i-1}) \\
&\leq |x-a|\max(|x|^{n-1},|a|^{n-1},1)\sum_{i=1}^n i|a_i| \\
&\leq \delta (|a| + 1)^{n-1}n^2 \max_{i \geq 1}(|a_i|).
\end{align*}$$
So (assuming $P(x)$ is non-constant) you can choose $\delta = \min(1,\epsilon/M)$, where $M = (|a|+1)^{n-1}n^2 \max_{i \geq 1}(|a_i|)$.
What I wrote works, but it might be possible to do this a bit more cleanly by using $|P(x) - P(a)| \leq |x-a| \max_{y \in I_{a,x}} |P'(y)|$, where $I_{a,x}$ is either $[a,x]$ or $[x,a]$.

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Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle during an official photocall to announce their engagement at The Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace on November 27, 2017 in London, England. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been a couple officially since November 2016 and are due to marry in Spring 2018.
LONDON (CNN) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will invite more than 2,600 members of the public into the grounds of Windsor Castle to share their wedding day, Kensington Palace said Friday.
The invitees will be able to watch the arrivals of the bride and groom and their guests at St. George's Chapel, where the ceremony takes place on May 19, and to watch the newlyweds depart the castle on a carriage procession through the town of Windsor.
"Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have said they want their wedding day to be shaped so as to allow members of the public to feel part of the celebrations too," a palace press release said.
Random commoners from across the United Kingdom will make up 1,200 of those invited, the palace said. "The couple has asked that the people chosen are from a broad range of backgrounds and ages, including young people who have shown strong leadership, and those who have served their communities," it said.
Another 100 of those invited into the grounds will be pupils from two local schools. Two hundred will be from a range of charities and organizations with which Harry and Meghan have a close connection.
The couple are also inviting 610 Windsor Castle community members, including residents of Windsor Castle and members of the St. George's Chapel community, and 530 members of the royal households and Crown Estate.
For his wedding to Kate Middleton in 2011, Prince William did not issue any specific invitations to members of the public, beyond those invited to the ceremony itself and following reception. The 1,900 guests at Westminster Abbey included around 1,000 friends and family members along with foreign diplomats and leaders, religious leaders and 80 people who worked for charities supported by the Prince.
At around 800, the capacity at St George's Chapel is much smaller. Prince Harry and Markle have yet to reveal the guest list for the ceremony.
The wedding will take place at 12 p.m. GMT (7 a.m. ET) on May 19 and will be officiated by the Dean of Windsor, the Right Reverend David Conner and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Kensington Palace revealed last month.
Following the carriage procession through Windsor after the ceremony, the newlyweds and guests will attend a reception at St. George's Hall in Windsor Castle prior to a private evening reception for friends and family hosted by Prince Charles, Harry's father.
St. George's Chapel has been the site of many royal weddings, although other members of Prince Harry's immediate family were wed in London. His father and mother, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, were married in 1981 at St. Paul's Cathedral, while his older brother, Prince William, wed Kate Middleton in 2011 at Westminster Abbey.
Since the couple revealed their engagement in November, they have made several public appearances, taking trips to Cardiff, Edinburgh, Nottingham and south London and spending a traditional Christmas with other members of the royal family including Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
Earlier this week, Harry and his bride-to-be appeared alongside the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — dubbed the "Fab Four" by the British press — to speak about the future of the young royals' charity, the Royal Foundation.
Markle admitted the next few months would be busy with wedding plans, but said she plans to "hit the ground running" in her work to empower girls and women in the UK after the big day.


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Three things we learnt from Easyjet and Wizz Air's results
The European aviation industry took centre stage last week, with low-cost carriers Easyjet and Wizz Air posting their financial results for the final three months of last year. Both were encouraging, with each firm reporting revenue rises driven by Brits returning to the skies after pandemic travel restrictions. Easyjet's income jumped to £1.5bn after traveller [...]
FTSE 100 close: Barclays, HSBC and Easyjet shine on otherwise poor day in London
London's FTSE 100 today gave up morning gains to finish lower before stronger-than-expected retail earnings provided a balm against recession fears. The capital's premier index fell 0.22 per cent to 7,740.34 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, slid 0.38 per cent to [...]
Easyjet slims losses to £133m as it dreams of profitability with Easter and summer bookings already flying high
Easyjet expects to deliver a full-year profit after shrinking its quarterly losses by 37 per cent, the company said today, as chief executive Johan Lundgren remained positive about the airline's preparedness to deal with higher passenger levels this summer. The low-cost carrier announced today that its loss before tax in the three months ended 31 [...]
Easyjet's boss receives £3m package as airline remains in the red
Easyjet's boss Johan Lundgren has received a £3m remuneration even though the airline has posted a loss for the third consecutive year. The chief executive received a £1.2m bonus in addition to his £833,000 annual salary as well as shares worth £925,000. A company spokesperson said Lundgren – who has been at the carrier's helm [...]
easyJet avoids French Christmas strike with eleventh-hour pay increase
easyJet has prevented a strike in France over Christmas after offering a pay increase to cabin crew staff at the eleventh hour. The low-cost carrier has put on the table a 7.5 per cent salary increase in addition to a €3,000 bonus (£2,600), which was accepted by the French union SNPNC. "easyJet is pleased to [...]
EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren: Brits will continue to travel amid cost-of-living crisis
Brits will continue to travel amidst the current cost-of-living crisis, according to Easyjet's boss Johan Lundgren. The chief executive said that, despite limited visibility, the carrier is already seeing a strong demand for next year. "We have relatively low visibility overall, but we do see in general there is a strong demand and quite [a [...]
Historical moment: Rolls-Royce and Easyjet announce world's first hydrogen engine run
Rolls-Royce and Easyjet have made aviation history as they announced today the first successful run of a hydrogen-powered plane engine. The test was conducted using a hydrogen demonstrator powered by wind and tidal energy generated in the Orkney Islands. Rolls-Royce's chief technology officer Grazia Vittadini said it was a "landmark achievement." "We are pushing the [...]
Easyjet to post loss for third consecutive year despite strong summer
Easyjet is expected to post a loss for the third consecutive year, despite increasing earnings over the busy summer quarter. The low-cost carrier said that, for the year ended 30 September, losses are expected to be in the £170m-£190m range as a result of travel disruption experienced over the last few months. In a trading [...]
EasyJet expects to book £545m in the final quarter with 'record bounce back'
Bosses at EasyJet are expecting to book between £525m and £545m in earnings for final quarter, as the budget airline continues its post-lockdown recovery. The earnings before interest and tax, marks a "record bounce back" for the carrier, CEO Johan Lundgren said in a statement this morning. It means the company will breakeven this year. [...]
Easyjet ends carbon offsetting scheme as it focuses on new aircraft technology
Easyjet is ending its carbon offsetting scheme at the end of the year in favour of a multi-million-pound investment into new aircraft technology under its roadmap to net-zero by 2050. As part of the plan, older planes will be replaced with 168 new Airbus NEO, which are 15 per cent more efficient and 50 per [...]


The May 1 Women's Leadership Network Event was, according to Region 3 Board Representative Cindy Petersen, "incredible!" More than 200 women attended, as well as Dave Gordon, Jackie Levy, Sue Stickel and Vicki Barber, and several staff members from state ACSA including Sherry Griffith and London Roberts. The keynote by Sally Edwards engaged the entire audience, inspiring and entertaining the guests. The event featured drawings, prizes and enjoyed the support of vendors.


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5 Lighting Options We Love !!
A decorative ceiling mount light fixture - Chandelier, which has complex arrays of crystal prism to illuminate a room with refracted light.
When we think of a chandelier, often comes in mind a shimmery fixture, well-lit mount comes to mind. And industrial lighting has become extremely popular that it's also making its way into people's home. When it comes to illuminating interior spaces, rooms, home a modern urban look. Whether you are living in traditional home or loft, industrial light add functional light with an edgy slant.
8 Light Elegant Hanging Pendant Lights Chandelier - industrial hanging pendant lights decorated with crystal has 8 shades for protecting the bulbs from damage. And painting finish can resistance to high temperature and rust. And the crystal could be K9.The fixture could be resin material central pillar and hardware elbows.
Antique 8-Light Rope Design Industrial Hanging Light - the industrial hanging light is made of wrought iron fixture, E12/E14 screw base and black ceiling plate. Wrought iron fixture has painting finish that decorates fixture vintage looking. E12/E14 screw base is suitable for various lamps.
Creative 5-Light Painting Finish Industrial Look Lighting - industrial look lighting is composed of wrought iron fixture and shade, E12/E14 screw base. Dimensions of fixture could be 19.6*25.9 inch. Wrought iron fixture has painting finish that decorates fixture vivid and texture.
Unique 6-Light Rope Design Industrial Looking Lighting - industrial looking lighting is composed of wrought iron fixture, E12/E14 screw base and brown ceiling plate. E12/E14 screw base is suitable for various lamps. Wrought iron fixture has painting finish and decorates fixture vintage temperament.
Vintage Country Style Pendant Industrial Lighting Design - Pendant industrial lighting design used 10 lights for lighting, and the lighting space could be 10-15㎡. There is a sling chain for 27.5 inch which is adjustable. And the fixture could be wrought iron. There are 10 lights which should cater to E26/E27 screw base. The fixture also has painting finish.
Are not these flatteringly pretty? What do you think about these?
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Those are all so gorgeous!


A lot of very evenly matched fights are settled with the element of surprise- a technique that seems to come out of nowhere. But these unorthodox Thai Boxing techniques aren't invented on the fly; they're trained at the gym just like the standard ones. Learn techniques that can give you that extra edge during Tuesday and Thursday Muay Thai classes at Revolution BJJ during the entire month! Remember, several fighters are getting ready for the WKA Trials in March, so there will be some intense training going on as well during these classes.
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With the fall colors spreading across the landscape and the cooler air setting in, this is the perfect time of year to enjoy a hike in the Lakes Region. Our hotels and resorts are centrally located and offer easy access to some of the best hiking trails in the area. Check out our favorites below, and let us know which ones you like best!
This range of mountains, the subject of the magnificent views at our resort, Steele Hill, offers one of the best kept hiking secrets in the Lakes Region. Comprised of three primary mountains in Gilford, New Hampshire: Piper, Belknap and the backside of Gunstock, the Belknaps offer beautiful views of Lake Winnipesaukee and Lake Winnisquam. The Belknap Range includes a variety of Moderate to Difficult hikes so if you are up for the challenge this hiking destination is just for you. Shoot up piper Mountain, for a short but rewarding hike with a treeless, granite peak and plenty of options to take in wild flowers or foliage depending on season. Other options include the more lengthy loop up Piper over the ridge to the top of Belknap Mountain where you can explore the fire tower and finally down the backside of Gunstock back to the parking lot.
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This year, on Sunday, August 3rd, Action Pontiac in partnership with the Municipality shall be holding their annual showcase of businesses and organizations.
The event will be held in Quyon at the Community Center location, situated at 2, Ferry road.
During this event, the public can also enjoy music, food, arts, activities for kids.


text: Abstract Larger telescopes are required by astronomers to see further into the depths of our Universe, in order to understand its origins and the origins of life. A solution is to replace conventional primary mirrors in space-telescopes by membrane reflectors that can be folded and fitted into a spacecraft before launch. Once deployed, the membrane would provide a large reflective surface necessary to obtain images of faraway celestial objects. Whilst the primary mirror of a space-telescope needs to have a very precise shape, membranes can have an uncertain shape for they are prone to wrinkling. For this reason, there is hesitation in using these structures for telescopes, as the technology needs to mature. In this thesis, regular polygonal membranes tensioned at their vertices are proposed as reflectors; their discrete nature necessitates a lighter support structure compared to circular membranes. Analysis has been made to assess the effect of the wrinkling in these polygonal membranes, where the primary focus has been on nominally flat membranes, alongside parabolic membranes. The area of reflectance of the membrane must be maximal and it is vital to mitigate wrinkles. In this thesis, the origins of the wrinkles are investigated and two novel stress analysis methods for polygonal membranes are developed initially. The first uses Airy stress functions: by superposing a number of these functions, and deriving from it a solution for a free body disk, the stress field of a polygon is approximated with a high degree of accuracy both in terms of distribution and magnitude. The second method uses the analogy of the governing equations of in-plane stresses and of curvatures in the shallow bending of plates. The solution produces the shape of stress fields accurately. The results from these two distinct methods have been validated using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and, together, they conclude that compressive regions are located close to the corners of all regular polygons, no matter the number of sides. This information is used to develop a method to prevent compressive stresses in membranes; furthermore, the analogy is adapted to show that with a given amount of edge trimming, the tensioned membrane does not produce any compressive stresses and this is confirmed in practise. The minimum amount of trimming required is derived for any regular polygon. Experiments are performed on some of these polygons to compare the actual wrinkling regions with predictions obtained by analysis. It is shown that, although wrinkles do appear close to some corners in the experiment, not all corners wrinkle and the ones that do, only start wrinkling at relatively high tension forces. These experimental observations are not reproduced either by some previous theoretical work or FEA wrinkle predictions, where wrinkles have been shown to be present in all corners, even at low tension forces. A simple linear FEA has shown that the "connection" used to tension the membrane plays an important role in the wrinkling mechanism and the connections used in the experiments here are shown to produce the least amount of compressive stresses which can explain the results obtained. Generally speaking, it seems that the connections have a disproportionate effect on the wrinkle formation, not previously reported. It is also shown that physically trimming the edges results in a large increase in the unwrinkled area of the membrane. A methodology is developed to analyse the failure of a tension force which results in non- uniform external loads, leading to possible incursion of wrinkles over the bulk of membranes and which disrupts the reflective area substantially. It is essential to be able to vary the other loads through controllable tensions, and it is shown that, in doing so, wrinkles can be removed from the bulk of the membrane or that the reflective surface can be maximised. Finally, a study on the feasibility of "pressurising" the membranes into an out-of-plane shape has shown that electrostatic attraction is the best option given the free boundary conditions of the polygons. When pressurised, the polygonal membranes naturally reach a parabolic shape towards their centre, the extent of which varies greatly depending on a large number of parameters, including most particularly pre-tension, focal ratio and shape of the attractive surface. The study shows that specified accuracy requirements can be reached using this design in these regions. Generally, it is seen that polygonal membrane reflectors are good candidates to replace conventional primary mirrors. Even though some parts of the membranes are wrinkled or attain incorrect shapes, large areas can still be used for reflective purposes and recommendations on how to maximise these areas are given through the research performed in this thesis.


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Xbox Live Veterans to get Custom Xbox Console
By: Kyle Enz | Xbox 360 News | November 14, 2012
Microsoft is looking to reward longtime subscribers of its gold service with a free console. The company announced today that it will be sending 250GB custom systems to subscribers who have been with them the longest.
What hasn't been announced yet is what the full qualifications are that a gamer must meet to be rewarded with this nice prize. However, it has been suggested through a few other news sites that the system will be sent out to those that have been subscribing since 2002, marking ten years of the service, with an additional voucher for a year's worth of Xbox Live Gold.
Since debuting in 2002, Xbox Live has rapidly grown to 40 million subscribers, and users log on an average 84 hours per month. But as Microsoft has stated over the course of the last several E3's, gaming is just one part of the service. Gamers are using services like Netflix and ESPN more then actually playing games on the system.
Personally, I think this is a great way to reward longtime members of the groundbreaking service. While I've only been a subscriber for seven years coming up on November 22nd, this is a fantastic approach to marketing.
Have you been a Xbox Live subscriber since 2002 and looking forward to this new Xbox 360 console as a reward? Let us know in the comments below.
Kyle Enz


After initial emergency care, the patient is admitted to the acute SCI Center in the Neurosensory Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or the Intermediate Neurosensory Intensive Care Unit (INICU).
At Jefferson, the team of specialists stabilizes the patient's spine and manages any additional medical problems. The team meets weekly to discuss the patient's progress, problems, goals and treatment plans.
Physical and occupational therapists, social workers/case managers and psychologists begin seeing the patient in Jefferson's NICU/INICU to prepare for future physical rehabilitation. In addition, speech pathologists work with patients who require a tracheotomy and their families to facilitate communication.
While patients are in the acute SCI unit, other rehabilitation goals include: initiating programs for bowel and bladder management; maintaining skin integrity; maintaining and increasing the range of motion in each joint; maintaining good pulmonary function; and strengthening muscles in preparation for intensive rehabilitation.
Patient/family education provides information about spinal cord injury, the problems and concerns associated with it, and the resources available to SCI patients and their families. Rehabilitation professionals also provide counseling and support to help patients and families deal with the changes.


All Chairs and Coordinators for AMTA will respect other members by organizing activities in a professional manner. They will work with the Treasurer to stay within the proposed budget for that activity. When appropriate, they will work with the Newsletter Editor providing information for announcements. They will provide the Website Editor website ready materials and information. Chairs of Student Activities will present a report to the AMTA Board and General Membership following the event which will include participating student and teacher numbers, as well as an income/expense report. This report will be made available to the Third Vice-President for Student Activities who will keep a copy on file.
All job descriptions attached AMTA Job Descriptions Chair Editor Coordinator .
The Four Forms Festival Chair oversees this competitive Event traditionally held in February.
* Secures dates and venue(s) for FFF auditions and Honors Recital.
* Sets deadline for registration and oversees scheduling of students and judges.
* Arranges for disbursement & reimbursement of expenses.
* Oversees the smooth running of the Honors Recital.
* Compiles summary report for AMTA body.
Organizes this annual event normally held in January.
Organizes this formal recital which is generally held in March.
This event is designed with the adult student in mind, and is generally held two times a year.
All AMTA Editors and Coordinators will respect other members by organizing activities in a professional manner. They will work with the Treasurer to stay within the proposed budget for that project. When appropriate, they will work with the Newsletter Editor providing information for announcements. They will provide the Website Editor website ready materials and information. Reports will be given as requested.
The job of the Directory Editor shall be to design & distribute an AMTA directory to AMTA members and public school music directors. The Directory Editor shall confirm and provide current website information for members who wish to be listed on the website. The Directory Editor will provide updates to members via email, and notification in the AMTA newsletters. The Editor will work closely with the Second-Vice President for Membership to obtain current information. The Directory Editor will work within the proposed budget for that fiscal year. The Editor will keep a notebook of current information-release statements provided in writing from members.
The AMTA Website Editor will design and update the AMTA website in a timely and professional manner. The Editor will not publish names and information of students or members, unless specific permission has been provided in writing. The website will be in line with the MTNA and CSMTA websites. The Website Editor will work within proposed budget expenditures.
The job of the Newsletter Editor shall be to design & distribute a monthly newsletter to members, for the months of September through May. The Newsletter Editor is responsible for the accuracy of information provided, the timeliness of distribution, and the professional representation of AMTA. The Editor will make newsletters available in forms suitable for all members and will provide the newsletters in a form suitable for posting on the AMTA website.
AMTA members and guests are invited once a month to attend the performance group, whether to perform or listen. Groups generally meet once a month on the third Friday.
Organizes the coordination of refreshments for each monthly meeting by securing members to bring refreshments and keeping the supply box filled and delivering it to the meetings.
* Secures members to bring refreshments.
* Arranges refreshments for first meeting in September by calling 2 volunteers in August to bring refreshments to 1st meeting.
* Arrives a half hour before meeting time to set up snack table with coffee accessories, napkins, cups, tea and hot water and to make coffee.
* Passes around a refreshment sign up sheet at September meeting requesting volunteers to choose a month to volunteer to bring finger food snacks to meetings. December and May meetings may not need refreshments.
* During the business meeting, thanks those who provided refreshments for the meeting and reminds volunteers for the next meeting.
* At end of the meeting, re-packs hospitality box, cleans up food table completely, and brings hospitality supplies home for next meeting.
1) Research, find, and schedule individuals or small groups to present information, workshops, master classes or performances to our group for approximately 40 minutes each meeting. Schedule all programs prior to July 1 in the summer before the fiscal year begins for AMTA (fall). Send the schedule to the President for forwarding to CSMTA & MTNA. The scheduling form is available on the MTNA website. Find a catchy title for each program if the presenter(s) have not offered one. Announce each program during the meeting the month before.
2) Offer the presenter(s) our stipend for doing the program. Check with treasurer for annual budget. If presenter(s) is from within our group, a small token of gratitude is all that is given. Request the check from the treasurer before the meeting and pay the presenter(s) that day. Also take the presenter(s) to lunch with any members who wish to join you from the group. Keep all receipts and request reimbursement from the treasurer for the presenter(s)'s lunch.
3) Keep in contact with the presenter(s) for each program. Connect with them the month prior to their presentation, give directions to the meeting, presentation time, ask the presenter(s) if they wish to join the group for lunch, and ask to make copies and to supply equipment as necessary. (i.e. Projector for Power Point presentations, Grand piano, dry erase board) Be sure to request projector and other equipment as early as possible for the date needed. Request a short bio from the presenter(s) and place an announcement in the newsletter at least a month in advance letting the group know what they will be attending.
4) Host the program: Watch for the presenter(s) during the meeting and introducing yourself to welcome them when they arrive. After break, gather the group together by announcing that it is time to begin. Introduce the presenter(s), giving the group the information from the bio. Thank the presenter(s) after the program and give them the paycheck. Take them to lunch.
5) Check with group in the beginning of the year to see if they wish to present a performance for one of the months as a group. December is the annual Christmas potluck when we play and sing for one another — no presenter. May is our annual luncheon and meeting to bring in the new officers — no presenter. Find and book the restaurant for the May luncheon.


No I don't collect comic books now, but I did have a awesome collection of Archie comic books when I was a kid/teen. I also acquired my Mom's Archie comic books from the 50's. I can't remember getting rid of them and could KICK myself. I also got rid of all my Barbie stuff - just gave it to goodwill.
Take care and have a great evening.
That sounds like a great Archie collection of your books and your mom's! Stopped by your website, but it didn't allow me to leave comments.
So happy for you. I do not collect comic books, never really got into them, but glad you were able to complete yours finally!
Thank you, Sarah! Yes, many of the comic books are in great condition (except for the ones I had when I was 5 years old).
Thanks Gingermommy, I found it interesting that they created such a comic.
Shannon, my quest to complete a collection has been satisfied now! Very interesting about your FIL and vintage oil cans, and your antique bells and vintage Pepsi collection!
Thank you, Brandi! Do your kids like browsing your stamp collection? They have really made some decorative stamps this past decade worthy of collecting. The Chinese zodiac ones are really beautiful.
Oh my goodness, my bff would go CRAZY over this! She LOVES Winnie the Pooh - wait until she sees your post!
Pooh fans are pretty loyal ones, MTM! We also have a stuffed Pooh bear collection, including cute ones wearing party hats!
Wow what an amazing collection Jenna :) It must be so satisfying to have the complete collection!
I love Winnie and his friends, although I will admit I had no idea they had comics, only books I thought. This is pretty cool, kids can read them again and again or um adults lol. Congrats on getting your collection complete!
I didn't even know there was a winnie the pooh comic. but congrats on getting the whole collection.
Aww...Congratulations!! I'm not really a big collector. I remember when I was younger I was absolutely obsessed with the scratch and sniff stickers and demanded my dad to get me a big booklet of them. I spent the whole weekend scratching and sniffing away that eventually all the stickers lost its image because of all the scratching I did.
I recently began collecting Winnie the Pooh comics as well. Any advice on tracking down #22?
James, to complete my Pooh comic book collection I looked both on eBay and on vintage comic book collection websites. During the timeframe that I looked, it did not seem that #21 and #22 came up at all. It was also very rare to see #16 (and when it showed up, it was very expensive).
I finally was successful when I hooked up with a lady who was purchasing pooh comic books on eBay, and I asked if she had spares of the ones I needed. She had bought a large lot from an estate sale, and she did! All her comic books were in excellent condition too, and her prices were more than fair. She shipped me the comic books, as well as others I had owned in "read only" condition.
Aside from that, my option was to pay hundreds whenever the comic book popped up on eBay--which was next to never.
Congratulations! Disney has done such an amazing job with their Pooh adaptations over the years-"Pooh Corner" and "The Book of Pooh"on the Disney Channel, and of course, their recent wonderful feature film. Can't beat the combo of Disney and Pooh!
Another Disney comic strip series I loved was when they would have comic strips based on the Disney Afternoon series, like "Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers" and "TaleSpin", that would be featured in "Disney Adventures" magazine!


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New Group to Send Messages to Extraterrestrials
Paul Seaburn December 29, 2016
If given the opportunity to send a message to intelligent beings on another planet, what would you say?
We call in peace.
Don't shoot!
Got milk?
Take your time … you have until 2018 to decide. That's when a new organization called Messaging Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (METI) plans to begin sending messages to Proxima b, a planet orbiting nearby Proxima Centauri, followed by similar signals aimed at other planets that appear to be candidates for supporting extraterrestrial life forms that can hear.
If METI sounds familiar, that's because it's just one letter and a 180-degree opposite philosophy away from SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute in Mountain View, California. METI, based in San Francisco, was formed by Douglas Vakoch, the former director of Interstellar Message Composition at SETI. He started METI in 2015 and is now planning workshops in Paris and St. Louis as well as fundraising efforts to get the $1 million he says METI will need annually to build a transmitter and start blasting Earthly greetings to unsuspecting ETs.
If we want to start an exchange over the course of many generations, we want to learn and share information.
"Exchange" and "share" are controversial actions, especially when we do neither that well within our own species. What do we say to an alien species after we say "Hello"? Is "Hello" even a proper greeting?
Babbling babies are not always appreciated during adult conversation. Listening and learning is how children become adults, and why not try that for a while?
Who's calling us babbling babies? Andrew Fraknoi, chair of the astronomy department at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills. He gets no argument from Stephen Hawking, who earlier this year predicted dire consequences from responding to alien signals or planning a meet-and-greet.
We should be wary of answering back. Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus — that didn't turn out so well.
While humans have been unwittingly sending signals into space since the invention of radio and intentionally including messages on space probes like Pioneer 10 and 11, METI will be the first effort to concentrate a steady stream of messages at one location in space over a long period. Stephen Hawking may fear the idea, but Seth Shostak, senior astronomer with SETI, likes it.
I'd be happy to see this done. I think there's something to be learned, nothing to be feared, and at least the possibility of discovering something truly revolutionary: We have company nearby.
Some even wax poetic about the idea. Here's METI treasurer Dalia Rawson, a former ballet dancer and current managing director of the Silicon Valley Ballet
By reflecting on how we can communicate what it means to be human to someone who is not human, we view ourselves differently. By looking at our bodies, our movements, and our dance through the eyes of an alien, we gain a renewed appreciation of what it means to be uniquely human.
Is Dalia suggesting we blast our neighbors with dance music? Send Bieber to Proxima b? Future generations may agree with Stephen Hawking.
That didn't turn out so well.
Did you get my message?
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Filip Pietrzak (POL) is leading the Splash World Championship after three races have been completed in the Gold Fleet.
He is 14 points clear of Jorne Knegt (NED) and Auke van der Werf (NED), who are in second and third position respectively.
Racing will conclude tommorrow Friday 26 July to decide the Splash World Champion for 2002.


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Pittschellis, Adolf Hans.
- Ranking.
SS-Sturmbannführer of the Waffen-SS and bearer of the Knight's Cross.
- Born.
28-10-1914 in Homberg (Efze),
- Died.
26-01-1945, age 40, fell in battle at the head of his regiment in Vereb in the Stuhlweiß district
- Buried.
It rests on the war cemetery in Weißbrunn (Veszprem); Final grave site: Block 5, Row 20, Grave 558.
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Pittschellis, Adolf Hans, 28-10-1914 in Homberg (Efze), the son of the tailor Ernst Franz Pittschellis (born 25-02-1886 in Groß Klingbeck, Lankreis Heiligenbeil) and his wife Martha Elisabeth, born Schlott, who was married on 15-04-1911 in Homberg (born 12-12-1884 in Homberg). His grandparents were Hofmeister Heinrich Pittschellis and Maria (Marie), born Klotzky (both died when their parents married in Groß Klingbeck) as well as master butcher Kraft Schlott and Marie Mathilde Friederike, born Breithut. He had several uncles and aunts, including Anna Auguste Blümke, born Pittschellis (1893–1956).
Photo of the Pittschellis family in the 1930s, father Ernst (senior) with wife (center) and sons Ernst and Adolf (left); Ernst Senior was most recently a Volkssturm man and was killed in the final battle for Germany when he died of war wounds on 10-04-1945 in the North School reserve hospital in Hersfeld, southeast of Homberg.
At the beginning of the 20th century, three family members of the Pittschellis family gradually came to Homberg from East Prussia. Ernst, Adolf's father, made the start. He came to Homberg at the end of the first decade of the 20th century. The Pittschellis themselves founded families here and also had their children in Northern Hesse.
The Pittschellis brothers, Adolf and Ernst, were, like their father, staunch National Socialists. The boys were with the Hitler Youth and joined on 04-11-1932 into the NSDAP (membership number: 1.492.016) and from 18-03-1933 the SS (membership number: 52.819) at the first opportunity. Promoted on 09-11-1938 as SS Obersturmführer and to SS Sturmbannführer on 09-11-1943.
Ernst Junior survived the war and being a prisoner of war, founded a butcher's shop in Bad Arolsen in 1950 (his son Reinhard Pittschellis took over in 1976, grandson Oliver Pittschellis has been running the family business since 01-01-2000) and preserved the family history (including family records) that his daughter, Charlotte Brinkmann, born Pittschellis, after her joint suicide with her husband Klaus on 22-01-2015, will be a willed teacher, since 2001 teacher at the Federal President-Theodor-Heuss-Schule in Homberg / Efze for the subjects art, history, geography and Politics and economics, historian and author Thomas Schattner (born 1964 in Wabern, in the Schwalm-Eder district, Hesse), who published it as a book in 2016.
Death and burial ground of Pittschellis, Adolf Hans.
Adolf Hans Pittschellis with mosquito net (center)
SS-Hauptsturmführer Pittschellis with his wife and daughter
At the head of his regiment, the 3rd. SS-Panzer-Division, Adolf Pittschellis fell on 26-01-1945 in Vereb in the Stuhlweiß district during the third attempt at relief in favor of the battle for the encircled Budapest. The company with the code name "Konrad 3" (12. to 27-01-1945) started out from the Stuhlweissenburg area. He left behind his wife, whom he had married on 26-05-1939 in Meringhausen, and at least one child. He is buried at the war cemetery in Weißbrunn (Veszprem); final grave site: block 5, row 20, grave 558.
Gersdorff, Gero von.
Barrett, Charles Dodson
Greim, Robert Ritter von.
Biegeleben, Arnold Christiaan Rüdiger Joseph Maria Freiherr von.
Prockl, Hans.
Silberbauer, Karl Josef.


These next titles fall into the category of stage management, or how to most advantageously display your favorite plants.
The title says it all. A classic among gardening books.
Good for designing the framework of a border, this text examines compositional structure in terms of plant shape and texture. Useful as a starting point or for going back to basics.
Here you will find a variety of inspiring ideas for weekend projects. I particularly like the section on "Features to catch the eye."


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Friday, April 28, 2006 ... / /
Science and fundamental science
Chad Orzel did not like the proposals to build the ILC because they are derived from the assumption that high-energy physics is more fundamental a part of physics than other parts of physics - and he disagrees with this assumption. Instead, he argues that technology is what matters and it does not depend on particle physics. Also, Chad explains that one can have a long career without knowing anything about high-energy physics - which seems to be a rather lousy method to determine the fundamental value of different things.
There are three main motivations why people stretch their brains and think about difficult things and science. We may describe the corresponding branches of science as follows:
recreational mathematics
Recreational mathematics is studied by the people to entertain themselves and show others (and themselves) that they are bright. Chess in flash or without it may be viewed as a part of this category. People do this sort of activity because it is fun. Comedians are doing similar things although their work requires rather different skills. In this category, entertainment value is probably the main factor that determines the importance. People do whatever makes them happy and excited. If someone else does things on their behalf, they prefer those with a higher entertainment value. The invisible hand of freedom and the free market pretty much takes care of this activity.
The rules of chess depend on many historical coincidences. Other civilizations could have millions of other games with different rules and the details really don't matter: what matters is that you have a game that requires you to turn your brain on.
Applied science is studied because scientific insights can lead to economical benefits. They can improve people's lives, their health, give them new gadgets, and so forth. The practical applications are the driving factor behind applied science. People, corporations, and scientists pay for applied science because it brings them practical benefits. It is often (but not always) the case that the benefits occur at shorter time scales, and it is possible for many corporations and individuals to provide applied scientists with funding. And if you look around, you will see that many fields of applied science are led by laboratories of large corporations - such as IBM, drug companies, and others.
Pure science is studied because the human beings have an inherent desire to learn the truth. In our Universe, the truth turns out to be hierarchical in nature. It is composed of a large number of particular statements and insights that can typically be derived from others. For equivalent insights, the derivations can work in both directions. In many other cases, one can only derive A from B but not B from A. The primary axioms, equations, and principles that can be used to derive many others are, by definition, more fundamental. The word "fundamental" means "elementary, related to the foundation or base, forming an essential component or a core of a system, entailing major change".
If you respect the dictionaries, the physics of polymers may be interesting, useful, and important - but it is not too fundamental. If Chad Orzel or anyone else offers a contradictory statement, he or she abuses the language. Among the disciplines of physics, high-energy physics is more fundamental than low-energy physics. Moreover, I think that as long as we talk about pure science, being "fundamental" in this sense is a key component of being important. If we want to learn the scientific truth about the world, we want the most fundamental and accurate truth we can get.
I am not saying that other fields should be less supported. Nor am I proposing a hierarchical structure between the people who chose different specializations. What I am saying is that other fields that avoid fundamental questions about Nature are being chosen as interesting not only because of their pure scientific value but also because of their practical or entertainment value.
You may be trying to figure out what happens with a particular superconductor composed of 150-atom molecules under particular conditions. The number of similar problems may exceed the number of F-theory flux compactifications. How can you decide whether a problem like that - or any other problem in science - is important? As argued above, there are many different factors that decide about the answer: entertainment value, practical applications, and the ability to reveal major parts of the general truth. I guess that the practical applications will remain the most likely justification of a particular specialized research of a very particular type of superconductors.
People and societies may have different motivations to study different questions of science. If you extend this line of reasoning, you will realize that people can also do many things - and indeed, they do many things - that have no significant relation with science. And they can spend - and indeed, do spend - their money for many things that have nothing to do with science, especially pure science. And it's completely legitimate and many of these things are important or cool.
When you think about the support of science in general, what kind of activity do you really have in mind? I think that pure science is the primary category that we consider. Pure science is the most "scientific" part of science - one that is not motivated by practical applications. As we explained above, pure science has a rather hierarchical structure of insights.
If something belongs to pure science, it does not mean that it won't have any applications in the future. In the 1910s-1930s, radioactivity was abstract science. By various twists and turns, nuclear energy became pretty useful. There are surely many examples of this kind. The criterion that divides science into pure science and applied science is not the uncertain answer to the question whether the research will ever be practically useful: the criterion is whether the hypothetical practical applications are the main driving force behind the research.
Societies may be more interested in pure science or less interested in pure science. The more they are interested in pure science, the more money they are willing to pay for pure science. A part of this money is going to pure science that is only studied as pure science; another part will end up in fields that are partly pure and partly applied.
Chad Orzel thinks that if America saves half a billion dollars for the initial stages of the ILC collider, low-energy physics will get extra half a billion dollars. I think he is not right. The less a society cares about pure science - even about the most fundamental questions in pure science such as those in high-energy physics - the less it is willing to pay for other things without predictable practical applications or entertainment value. Eliminating high-energy experimental physics in the U.S. would be a step towards the suppression of experimental pure science in general.
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reader Matt B. said...
I'm not a big fan of a lot of your conservatism, but I think diving down to the deepest parts of the lake is the most important thing we can do (not to the exclusion of other points of course).
Your post on his board: "Pure mathematics is not "science" in my terminology, and it's been also the case that even pure mathematics has been driven by inspiring insights from fundamental physics." Is exactly what I was thinking.
I'm poisoned by Greene, Randall, Carroll, and yeah OK, maybe sometimes Motl, but what's more important than understanding the smallest parts?
P.S. More posts like this!!! The science blogs seem to be shying away from science lately.
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Jose Mourinho insists Manchester United will do no further business on today's transfer deadline day.
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"So I will have to focus on the players I have and in relation to this first couple of matches, maybe three matches – because after Spurs there is national team and a couple of weeks to recover people and prepare people better – focus on the players available.
"So I'm not thinking about that list I gave you, I focus on what we have."
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That list consists of a long catalogue of injured players, with goalkeeper Sergio Romero, defenders Antonio Valencia, Diogo Dalot and Marcos Rojo and midfielders Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera all ruled out of Friday's season opener against Leicester.
"Romero, he had a surgery after his injury before the World Cup, Valencia, he was injured in pre-season," said Mourinho.
"Marcos Rojo, he was injured in the World Cup, Dalot had a surgery in Porto at the end of April and is not yet ready. Ander Herrera was injured against Bayern on Sunday, Matic was injured in the World Cup and had surgery in Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago."
But it is the failure to add one more key signing that will anger Mourinho and fans alike. The boss wanted a new centre-half, but Woodward couldn't deliver.
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James C. Ingersoll House, Springfield, Mass
June 2, 2017 May 29, 2017 by Derek Strahan
The house at 79 Bowdoin Street in Springfield, around 1938-1939. Image courtesy of the Springfield Preservation Trust.
The house in 2017:
The Ingersoll family has a long history here in the McKnight neighborhood, which predates the large-scale development of the area by many decades. In the mid-1840s, Major Edward Ingersoll purchased property on the north side of Worthington Street as his estate. He landscaped the property, which became known as Ingersoll's Grove, and owned it for about 20 years. During this time, Major Ingersoll was the paymaster and storekeeper of the U.S. Armory, a position he held from 1841 to 1882. Near the end of his life, long after he had sold his estate on Worthington Street, the property was purchased and developed by William and John McKnight, and the street Ingersoll Grove was named in his honor.
Major Ingersoll and his wife Harriet had six children, including James C. Ingersoll, who moved into this house when it was built around 1874. It was only a short walk from his father's old estate, although at this point the neighborhood was changing rapidly from what it would have looked like during his childhood at Ingersoll's Grove. James Ingersoll's house was part of the first wave of large-scale development in the neighborhood, and as a result its architecture is significantly different from most of the later homes. Unlike the highly ornamented Queen Anne homes that would follow, Ingersoll's house had simpler Italianate architecture, and was built near the end of this style's popularity.
James and Ellen Ingersoll moved into this house soon after their marriage in 1873, and they raised three children here, Robert, Elizabeth, and Raymond. They lived here for many years, and during this time James worked as a bookkeeper. Robert married Florence Bradley, the daughter of toy manufacturer Milton Bradley, and the couple later moved into the neighboring house at 69 Bowdoin Street. Raymond never married, and lived with his parents for the rest of their lives. According to the census records, he worked as a lithographer for a toy company, presumably Milton Bradley. Ellen died in 1925, and James in 1937, more than 60 years after he moved in.
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In 2017, Lavazza Group continues to report solid growth
In 2017, Lavazza Group continues to report solid growth driven by foreign markets, representing over 63% of revenues
04-04-2018 • Corporate
Turin, Italy (March 28th, 2018) – The Lavazza Board of Directors has examined and approved the draft Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017, prepared according to Italian accounting principles (ITA GAAP).
"In 2017, our brand continued to grow stronger, with an increasingly international presence and revenue growth of 6.3%, three times the market average. All this has been made possible by significant investments and action to improve the competitiveness of our offering, both of which are fundamental for the Group's long term financial sustainability," comments Lavazza CEO Antonio Baravalle. "In 2017, as well as completing the integration of the Merrild and Carte Noire brands, the company also acquired Kicking Horse Coffee, ESP and Nims, another three profitable growth accelerators. Lavazza was also included as one of the top 100 brands in the annual Global RepTrak® 2018 ranking of the companies with the best reputation worldwide. In 2018, there will be a strong focus on the Group's organic growth, consistent with the guidelines set out in the strategic plan: internationalization, brand strengthening, and further expansion of the operating margin."
Consolidated revenues of €2.0 billion are up 6.3% over the €1.9 billion from the previous year. This result is attributable to expansion in key countries: France (the Group's second largest market), Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, where there was sustained growth in terms of both value and market share.
In Italy, which represents about 37% of total revenues, Lavazza has maintained its position of leadership. The product portfolio and the clear strategy of segmenting the offering according to the various types of customer have allowed the Group to present important novelties to the market in all channels, in line with consumption trends.
In 2017, Lavazza completed some major foreign acquisitions. In May, it acquired Kicking Horse Coffee, a leading Canadian organic coffee company and a local jewel that has further consolidated the brand's premium positioning and accelerated growth in North America. Then in September, the acquisition of French company ESP (Espresso Service Proximité) was completed, allowing Lavazza to strengthen its presence in the out-of-home segment of a key market within the company's current internationalization strategy. Finally, in October 2017, the Group acquired Nims, an Italian door-to-door distributor and vendor of coffee in capsules and coffee machines, consolidating Lavazza's business in the portioned segment in Italy.
EBITDA at €200.8 million rose 12.5% on €178.5 million reported the previous year, with an EBITDA margin standing at 10% (against 9.4% in 2016).
The operating result (EBIT) stands at €67.0 million, a rise of 8.5% on €61.7 million in 2016.
Net profit in 2017 stands at €44.7 million and is not comparable to the 2016 result, which benefited from non-recurring positive items totaling about €37 million.
The net financial position stands at €457.7 million, against €687.5 million as of December 31, 2016, as a result of the acquisitions concluded during the financial year 2017.
About Lavazza Group
Established in 1895 in Turin, the Italian roaster has been owned by the Lavazza family for four generations. Among the world's most important roasters, the Group currently operates in more than 90 countries through subsidiaries and distributors, exporting 63% of its production. Lavazza employs a total of about 3,000 people with a turnover of more than €2.0 billion in 2017. Lavazza invented the concept of blending — or in other words the art of combining different types of coffee from different geographical areas — in its early years and this continues to be a distinctive feature of most of its products. The company also has over 25 years' experience in production and sale of portioned coffee systems and products. It was the first Italian business to offer capsule espresso systems. Lavazza operates in all business segments: at home, away-from-home and office coffee service, always with a focus on innovation in consumption technologies and systems. Lavazza has been able to develop its brand awareness through important partnerships perfectly in tune with its brand internationalization strategy, such as those in the world of sport with the Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and those in fields of art and culture with prestigious museums like New York's Guggenheim Museum, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, and The Hermitage State Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. As the company continues on a strategic globalization path, the Lavazza Group has acquired local jewels in key markets such as France's Carte Noire (2015), Denmark's Merrild (2015) and North America's Kicking Horse Coffee (2017). Additionally, in 2017 the Group amplified its distribution reach with the acquisition of France's Espresso Service Proximité and Italy's Nims.


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