I have a 1976 dodge aspen 318 c.i. 4 door. The car has38,000 miles on all original parts. Its been garaged kept, interior is likenew. My quetion is, do you think that its a car worth putting effort andmoney into it? And if it is, what would be the best way to start the storedengine?
Starting: Remove the spark plugs, pour about a tablespoon of Marvel MysteryOil into each cylinder, crank over at least 30 seconds with no plugs.Install new plugs. Pour balance of can of MMO into gas tank, then fill withfresh gas. Remove air cleaner, hold carb at WOT, spray about 3-sec blast ofether ("starting fluid") into each barrel. REPLACE AIR CLEANER. Start 'erup. Expect smoke, rust, etc. out of tailpipe. See if it runs on all 8.
Restoration: Sure. The world needs at least ONE example of what was probablythe worst Mopar ever made. Rust to the roof. Supension geometry from hunger.Frame, chassis, suspension structural failures. Carburetor internalsdissolve in gasoline. And about a zillion more TSBs. After it's allrestored, put it on eBay, someone will fall in love with it and give you$20,000. If you don't understand, read the writings of one P.T. Barnum.


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Telepathy  ( 感应 ) is a work for symphony orchestra,
composed by He Xuntian in 1987.

Summary
He Xuntian adopted RD Composition in his work Telepathy.

First performance
 Telepathy, He Xuntian Symphony Works Concert 1988.
 30 November 1988, Beijing Concert Hall, Beijing.
 China National Symphony Orchestra

References

Compositions by He Xuntian
Compositions for symphony orchestra
1987 compositions

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This document will help getting started [contributing](../CONTRIBUTING.md) to
Verible. Collecting development aids and design concepts.

## Searching and Navigating Verible's Source Code

https://cs.opensource.google/verible/verible is a search-indexed mirror of
[Verible's source code](https://github.com/chipsalliance/verible). Expect to spend a
lot of time here as you familiarize yourself with the codebase.

https://developers.google.com/code-search/reference provides a reference for
search syntax and more.

To learn more about how to use Kythe to
[index the source code yourself, read here](./indexing.md).

### Tips

*   Read the test code. Most `.h` and `.cc` files come with a `_test.cc` set of
    unit tests. The tests are never outdated because they are kept passing.
*   Find examples. Dig through history. Follow blame and annotation layers to
    see when particular lines of code were touched. Look for related closed
    issues and see the commits that addressed them.

## Code Organization

Each directory in the source tree contains a short README.md describing the
contents.

*   [common/](../common) contains all language-agnostic libraries and tools
*   [verilog/](../verilog) contains Verilog-specific libraries and tools
*   [external_libs/](../external_libs) contains some library dependencies

## Verilog Front-End

*   [Lexer and Parser design](./parser_design.md)

## Analyzers

*   [How to implement lint rules](./style_lint.md)

## Transformers

## Formatting

*   [Formatter](./foramtter.md): How the formatter works, and how to debug it.

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Much have talked about benefits of products of the sea and the good that we do, so, When you buy in the fish market there are a number of tricks that will make us distinguish when a fish or shellfish is good or bad quality. Do not take omega-3s rancid home.
Gills of separate and rust colored each other.
Meat brand is inconsistent, to the pressure of the finger.
Scales easily emerge from the skin.
The color of the gills is Brown and they are stuck together.
Surface moist and bright, vivid color.
Transparent or slightly bluish tail meat.
Dry surface, off or matte color.
Legs and head break off easily.
Y regarding molluscs Remember that you should avoid eating after cooking will keep closed and which are not packaged or labeled.
Fly Tying Workstations: What's best?


Today on Perspectives: The Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization is officially opened in Rome. We bring you a look at the opening Mass. The Pope's butler is sentenced to 18 months in jail for stealing papal documents, and Msgr. Charles Scicluna is appointed auxiliary Bishop of Malta.


UPDATE: If you're interested in becoming a You Matter blogger, we've got great news – We've extended the deadline to apply! Applications are now open until Dec. 18, 2015.
It's that time again! We're looking for people who have a unique and compassionate voice to be a part of the Spring 2016 You Matter Blogger Council.
If you're between 13-24 and are passionate about suicide prevention and mental health, we want you to apply. You'll write one post each week from January to May. Plus, you'll have the chance to interact with our community and will participate in monthly video chat with your fellow You Matter Blogger Council members. Did we mention that this is an excellent resume booster for future college and job applications?!
To apply, please answer the following questions in a word document and e-mail it to [email protected] Make the subject line "You Matter Blogger Application." You'll also need to include a sample post of 300-500 words that shows off your voice and writing style.
Why would you be a great You Matter blogger?
What you are doing with your life right now? Are you in school, working, volunteering, generally being awesome, etc?
Have questions? Check this FAQ. If that doesn't cover it, email them to [email protected] and we'll get back to you.


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#conception
Children? No, Thank You, Say the Majority of People Living With HIV
Whether or not they want kids, access to accurate information and the tools to conceive—or not—are essential for people living with HIV.
Police Seek Mom Who Allegedly Refused to Give Her Infant HIV Meds
The St. Louis woman, who tested HIV positive while pregnant, is accused of child abuse or neglect.
Updated Pregnancy and Perinatal Guidelines
The Department of Health and Human Services has updated its HIV treatment and prevention guidelines for pregnant people and their infants.
More Specifics Emerge About Tivicay's Link to Neural Tube Birth Defects
A large ongoing study in Botswana has found that about 1 in 150 babies exposed to Tivicay at conception developed such birth defects.
Dispelling misconceptions about conception and HIV
Free At Last
I'm not a parent. I have three nephews, however, and I'm happy having the role of uncle. I wasn't always satisfied with being childless.
Conceiving a Child on Truvada as PrEP Appears Safe
Taking Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) until shortly after conception of a child appears safe.
HIV and Baby Makes Three
An excerpt from an upcoming ebook on serodiscordant couples trying to have a baby.
HIV-Positive Women Are Not Getting Pregnancy Counseling
More than half of HIV-positive women who wish to have children have not received adequate pregnancy counseling from their health care provider...
HIV Treatment at Conception Reduces Maternal HIV Transmission
HIV-positive pregnant women who were taking (ARV) treatment at time of conception were far less likely to pass virus to their babies.
Cases of HIV Detectable in Semen, but Not Blood
Five percent of HIV-positive men in a French study had detectable HIV in their semen even when no HIV was detectable in their blood, say the a...

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If you're a dance music fanatic, you're probably intimately familiar with trying to track down that one song from that one set that changed your life. Whether it's posting on message boards or social media, you've probably been led to 1001Tracklists.com at some point or another. It's a user-generated platform for digging up full set lists and recordings from your favorite artists at nearly every festival event or club show all over the world. Plus, the website boasts its own charting system that reveals the most played artists/songs in the world.
Coming in a top is Don Diablo, who is fresh off his FUTURE album release just this year, with Skrillex, Axwell, CamelPhat, and Hardwell rounding out the top five.
The Top Ten comes as no surprise either. Knee-deep in a release spree of his own this week, Martin Garrix earns the No. 9 spot. The STMPED Records head is in good company with Diplo, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Tiësto also making the top ten. Rounding out the top ten is Avicii, whose been given endless tribute in live sets over the year following his tragic death that shook the music industry.
Fellow Swedish House Mafia member Steve Angello made the top ten, with Armin van Buuren, GTA, DJ Snake, David Guetta, Chris Lake, and more composing the top 25.
While DJ Mag's "Top 100 Producers in the World" is a voter generated list, 1001Tracklists list arrives as an interesting offering given how it is a more objective data-driven list.


Where did all the originality go? It seems like every movie or TV show that comes out now is a sequel, spin-off, or based on a book! Despite this onslaught of repetition, hope's not lost for originality lovers. If you want to quench your thirst for creative content there is one form of entertainment so original the actors literally make it up on the spot! It's called improv comedy.
Improv, short for improvisational comedy, is comedy based on actors improvising their way through a humorous sketch or situation with very little or no preparation.
Chicago hosts an improv appreciation event annually called The Chicago Improv Festival or CIF 18 (because it's in its 18th year). It returns to the Windy City this year from April 20th to the 26th. The festival will include performances from a number of local and national improv groups as well as workshops for future and current improv actors.
The biggest part of the festival is the performances themselves. There will be shows at different venues throughout the city that will include all sorts of different types of improv comedy including such categories as "long form", "short form", and even "experimental." The shows are pretty affordable as well, you can probably check out a new improv group each night of the festival if you wanted to!
Over 130 improv groups will be showcased during the festival. Many of which are based in Chicago, but a number of national acts will be appearing as well. Here are just a few of the groups that will be performing. Be sure to click on the links for videos of performances.
Besides entertainment, the festival is a good resource for aspiring or current improv comedians. There will be a number of workshops taking place throughout the week to help you hone your craft. An assortment of workshops taught by experienced improv professionals will be available for three days during the festival, If you're interested, be sure to sign up early as class size is limited.
CIF 18 is organized by Chicago Improv Productions, a non-profit organization that puts together a number of improv comedy based events throughout the year. For more information on Chicago Improv Productions, including how to donate, be sure to check out their website.


Whether you're interested in real estate on account of your business enterprise, as an investor or since you intend to purchase a house or apartment, you will need some expert help. Now from an outside viewpoint, real estate resembles a pot of gold.
On account of the size of the people, real estate has gotten very diverse as ways to meet demand. Before you begin investing in genuine estate, it's essential that you get educated in the important concepts. With regards to industrial properties in Florida, it's tough to discover the proper space and negotiate the best price if you don't have an industrial realtor in Jacksonville who can help you in the procedure.
When there is a property you want to buy, property professionals can furnish you with advice about the process for discussion. It is important to have a crystal clear conversation on the properties which you're trying to find. You're going to get a lot of exceptional property purchased or sold if it is likely to find a realtor that understands the strategy to listen. If uncertain, call the authorities to assess vacant property before going inside in the event you are feeling at all uneasy.
Realty agents play a significant role in various kinds of property dealings. Your realtor shouldn't only have the capacity to speak nicely with you, but equally nicely with the other parties to the trade. Some real estate professionals live and breathe for the chance to network.
Everything a realtor can do, the regular consumer can now do from the cost -saving convenience of her or his house. Real estate agents leverage their wisdom and comprehension of crucial issues available on the market. A great realtor can help to make sure you hire well-known companies with solid reputations. There are heaps of great, honest brokers.


The Family Interest Group (FIG) is a TSNRP supported interest group focusing on the military family. The FIG's goal is to generate family-based research that will influence policy and program development, support evidence-based decision making, and optimize the care of the military family. The FIG group is preparing to disseminate project findings via presentations and/or publications in the upcoming year.


Rachel has over 15 years experience working in the UK Higher Education sector.
She has a Masters in International Relations, has worked on strategic projects and programmes in a number of universities and organisations in the UK and overseas and is a Committee Member for Chevening Scholarships (the Foreign Office's official scholarship programme).
She is passionate about helping young people gain skills and experience, especially through exploring opportunities overseas, and is a Trustee of gap-year charity: Lattitude Global Volunteering.
Ross has a PhD in spacecraft engineering and has worked for over 10 years managing complex projects for the space sector.
He has spent many years in the UK higher education sector at the universities of St Andrews, Cranfield, Cambridge, and the Open University and is currently Head of the Space Research and Innovation Network at Leicester University.
He is also passionate about helping young people reach their potential and has previously been a secondary school Maths and Physics teacher.
Chris brings with him vast experience of working within further education, higher education, apprenticeships and corporate learning and development.
Chris has been there and seen it when it comes to students selecting their next steps post 18 and brings with him essential experience of advising students on career pathways.
Chris's focus is on matching students' holistic skills and experience to education and career pathways that will give individuals the best chance of success.
Josh has been an entrepreneur since a young age: co-founding his own social media company at age 17.
He is a recent graduate of the University of Brighton where he gained a First Class Honours degree in Retail Marketing. He has worked on a number of marketing campaigns successfully promoting everything from bike shops to blow up pubs!
His recent knowledge of the higher education sector, including his experience as a Student Ambassador, makes him a real asset to the UNI4U Team.
We expect to be growing our Team in 2019 and are keen to hear from people who share our passion for empowering young people to make informed higher education decisions.
Check out the latest positions or contact us if you share our passion and have the skills to help us grow!


Alice Jennings celebrated her 14th birthday in style.The talented West Cheshire AC teenager catapulted herself to a thrilling victory at the England Indoor Under 15 High Jump Championships.
Alice cleared a new personal best of 1-62m with her final jump to clinch a treasured gold medal.
Alice continued her memorable indoor campaign after winning the North of England Indoor Championship title last month with a clearance of 1-56m.
West Cheshire's Alice McMahon claimed fifth place in the under 15 girls 60m final with a time of 8.03 seconds, and then finished sixth in the 200m final in 26.73 seconds.
West Cheshire AC duo Tony Kennedy (1-39) and Brian Beattie (1-41) completed the Village Bakery Half Marathon at Wrexham.
West Cheshire AC will kick-start an initiative to boost endurance running later this month.The Chester and Ellesmere Port-based club are planning to benefit from an open meeting organised by club Officials John Driscoll and Chris Rhodes, to be held at Cheshire County Sports Club Pavilion, Upton, on Tuesday, February 24 (8.30pm start).
The pair have teamed up in a bid to generate interest in distance running within the club and are inviting current members to attend and express their views on the subject.
John Driscoll, a vice-president at West Cheshire AC, introduced Endurance Running Cup competitions for both men and women within the club a year ago as he was concerned about the dwindling number of members actually competing in road races.
The points-system determined Andrew Clague and Mary Radford as West Cheshire AC's inaugural cup winners.
But now both John and West Cheshire AC's newly-appointed road running secretary, Chris, are keen to build up the interest of distance running within their club.
The twin aims of the meeting are to try and decide how to improve performance and participation, and set the ball rolling.
Anyone wanting to attend the open meeting should contact either John Driscoll on jld@sunnyfield.co.uk or Chris Rhodes on chrisrhodes234@yahoo.co.uk at least a week before February 24 to assist with numbers for catering reasons as refreshments will be provided free of charge.
Jessica Thomas completed a clean sweep of race wins at West Cheshire AC Schools' Cross Country Race Series.The Farndon pupil celebrated her fourth consecutive victory in the year four girls event staged at Cheshire Oaks High School, Ellesmere Port, and secured a comprehensive race series win. Her final round success was clocked at five minutes 56 seconds, ahead of runner-up Ella Robson, from Thomas Wedge, who posted 7:09, and third placed Imogen Hopkins from Farndon,7:41.
Sally Pickering, Whitby High, strode her way to victory in the Year Seven girls event in a time of 14 minutes 40 seconds.
Ellen McMahon Upton, was the Year Seven girls race series winner after securing success in first three rounds.
Ffion Douglas, Farndon, won the final round of the Year Six girls event a fraction ahead of runner-up Emily Graham, Farndon, who clocked an identical time of 11:20.
Tess Corr, Oldfield, won the overall Year Six girls race series award after winning two of her three series appearances.
Rosie Webber, St Saviours, won the Year Five girls final round race in 7:53, from runner up Cora Finlay, St Saviours, in 7:56 who won the overall race series award, and third placed Dominika Sadczuk,St Saviours, who clocked 8:10.
Chris McCartney, Queens Park High won the Year Seven boys fourth round race in 12:40, but Christleton High's Toby Palin was the race series winner after winning three of the four rounds.
Farndon's Thomas Milburn won the Year Six Boys race in 9:09 and the overall series award, beating school colleague, Matthew Tuite, who was second, and Deri Corfe, Dee Point, in third spot.
Elijah Montez-Brown, St Saviours, won the Year Five boys race in 6:47 and won the overall award, ahead of second placed round four runner, Josh Boothman, Farndon, and Callum Felwell,St Saviours, in third.
Henry Eddleston Farndon, won the Year Four boys fourth round race in 6:18 and won the overall series, from Matthew Garner, Acresfield, who was second overall, while Wilf Smith, Overleigh, secured third place at the final round.


The Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival on April 21-22 at William S. Hart County Park in Newhall beckons.
This successful event has thousands of visitors each year, and this year, its 50th Anniversary, there will be no admission charge. As I have said in the past, "free" always works well to increase spectator attendance.
Civil War reenactors will again make a notable contribution this year, and the reports I have received from commanders indicate that our numbers at the event will swell.
We have been promised greatly improved signage at the event that will direct spectators to the encampment and battlefield area. This park offers the most comfortable bivouac area imaginable in Southern California, so that should be particularly enticing for many.
One concern has been how soon reenactors can depart the event. This year, reenactors who wish to do so can depart in their vehicles in a conga line at 4:30 on Sunday. I am also happy to report that, for those who have a long drive home and who need to leave immediately after the last battle, they will be able to do so in vans that will take them and their gear directly to their vehicles parked in nearby lots.
The main reenactor parking area will be at the far end of the battlefield this year for those who arrive prior to 9:00 a.m. each day, so off-site parking for the rest of us will not be necessary. Only if you arrive later than 9:00, must you take a shuttle from the event parking lots..
You can arrive after noon on Friday. Battles will take place at 12:00 and 3:00 each day. There will be no reenactor registration fee. Water and firewood will be provided in the comfortable bivouac areas. RV camping at the far end of the encampment area will be available.
A release of liability is posted on www.civilwaralliance.org. Only minors without parents present will need to bring a completed form signed by a parent to the event, however.
To get there, take I-5 to the 14 Freeway toward Palmdale/Lancaster. Exit at San Fernando Road and turn left. The street's name will change to Newhall Road, but stay on it until you get to the park's main entrance at 24151 Newhall Road. Once inside the park, bear to the left and follow the road to the encampment.
Photograph of Hart Park Battlefield taken on Wednesday, March 28.


Some scientists set out to explain the world around us and how it works. Others look to develop technologies that make life better. Brüel & Kjær decided to do both through what seems to be the unlikely medium of sound measurement equipment. But their meters and microphones have been used round the world to improve sound quality and deal with the problem of unwanted or potentially harmful noise.
Per Brüel (1915-2015) and Viggo Kjær (1914-2013) met at the Danish Technical University and shared an interest in physics and hi-fi. The two became friends and planned to start an engineering company together focusing on measurement. "Even then we could see that noise is one of the biggest problems of our time," Brüel was quoted in Journey to Greatness: The Story of Brüel & Kjær. "Our instruments could not only measure noise but also help customers identify and eliminate noise problems."
Among the devices developed by B&K for measuring response in auditoria, homes and schools was the Constant Percentage Bandwidth (CPB) analyser, which defines the width of the filters relative to their position in the frequency range being tested, something still used in the B&K PULSE analyser platform and 2250/70 handheld units; and the Standing Wave Apparatus, a device Brüel described in his PhD thesis on material testing."
B&K produced microphones to provide sources for the meters and analysers, which eventually took the company into music recording, initially with the 4000 series. Speaking to Broadcast Systems International magazine in 1989, Brüel said the technology in both types was the same, the only difference being the size. But he said there were communication problems between the two worlds: "We are physicists and we are not used to some of the funny phrases used in music."
Kjær was the more reclusive boffin looking after R&D, while Brüel became the public face of their company, as renowned for his love of aeroplanes, cars and red wine as his scientific achievements. And combining those is a kind of genius itself.


If you have pimples, you must have tried everything to try to get rid of them. Even the craziest homemade recipes, the lemon-based (which can burn and spot the skin if exposed to the sun) is on the list of follies that some people have already done to try to get rid of the pimples in a quick way, do not they?
This, of course, not to mention the cost and wear and tear of a conventional treatment to stop pimples. The famous Roacutan, for example, although efficient, has unpleasant side effects, not to mention the high cost of keeping medication on schedule.
What no one, however, knows is that a simple way to stop pimples, without medicines and without extra spending, is by investing in a healthy diet. Who guarantees this is the dermatologist Dr Doris Day, who spoke on the subject in an interview with the site Likeconsult.
As you will see, according to the expert, there are vitamins and other specific nutrients that help control skin oiliness and combat skin inflammation, which avoids and helps to improve acne. All these details, incidentally, you check in the list below.
But before you understand what can help end pimples, you need to understand that some other types of food stimulate oiliness and the appearance of pimples on the skin. Carbohydrate, especially refined sugar; And lactose, with emphasis on skimmed milk and its derivatives; Are all good examples of what should be avoided if you have a mission to keep your skin clean.
If you have very oily skin, consume carrots regularly, as well as other foods rich in vitamin A (such as sweet potatoes, mango, spinach and cabbage), can greatly help. Although few people know, this type of vitamin provides the slight dryness of the skin and acts as a protection against inflammation and, therefore, also helps to end the pimples.
Foods rich in so-called "good fats", such as Omega 3's and 6's, have anti-inflammatory properties and help prevent the pimple's inflammation. This type of nutrient is found mainly in nuts, nuts and fish.
Another type of good fat, which helps to stop pimples, are vegetable fats, such as avocado. Like carrots, this fruit is rich in vitamin A, among other nutrients. Coconut oil is also a great choice of vegetable shortening that can be consumed day-to-day.
See, how do you get rid of the pimples without taking medicine? Now, if after that matter, you still plan to continue squeezing your acne, be sure to check it out yet: Dermatologist succeeds on the web with videos squeezing blackheads and pimples.


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Tag Archives: Irish Museum of Modern Art
Death of Landscape Painter T.P. Flanagan
Terence Philip "T.P." Flanagan, one of the finest landscape painters of his generation, passes away in Belfast on February 23, 2011 at the age of eighty. For more than 60 years he shapes the face of landscape painting in Northern Ireland and is known internationally for his rural scenes of his native County Fermanagh and County Sligo. With his stunning watercolours and intricate brush strokes, he is described as one of the most successful artists of his generation. Poet Seamus Heaney, who dedicates his 1969 poem Bogland to Flanagan, pays tribute saying "he was a teacher and a friend whose work held a deep personal significance."
Flanagan is born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh in 1929. When he is in his late teens, he learns the art of watercolour painting from the famous local portraitist and landscape artist Kathleen Bridle. Later, he paints her portrait, which now hangs in the Ulster Museum, and interviews her in a film of her life and art, which is produced shortly before her death in 1989.
After his time with Bridle, Flanagan attends Belfast College of Art from 1949-1953. The following year he joins the teaching staff at St. Mary's College of Education, where he remains for 28 years, eventually becoming Head of the Art Department.
Flanagan spends the majority of his painting career in Ireland, but his landscapes have received wide attention and his work has been recognised both in Ireland and abroad. His first solo exhibition is held at the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), Belfast in 1961. He also shows regularly at the Hendriks Gallery in Dublin and at the Tom Caldwell Gallery in Belfast during the 1970s and 1980s. He participates in many group exhibitions, including "Four Ulster Painters" at the Arnolfini gallery in Bristol (1965), "Two Irish Painters" (with Colin Middleton) at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, (1968) and is represented in "The Gordon Lambert Collection Exhibitions" held at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin (1972) and the Ulster Museum (1976). In addition, he exhibits at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) in Dublin and at the Royal Ulster Academy Of Arts (RUA) in Belfast.
Abroad, Flanagan's works are exhibited at the Armstrong Gallery, New York (1986) and the Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh. A retrospective of his painting from the period 1967-1977 is held at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1977. In 1995, the Ulster Museum stages a major retrospective of his paintings (1945-1995). Other retrospectives are held at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin and the Stadsmusueum, Gothenberg, Sweden. His paintings are also included in the show "A Century of Irish Painting" organized by the Hugh Lane Gallery which tours Japanese museums in 1995.
As an artist, Flanagan works in oils as well as his preferred watercolours, although by rapid application of the paint with minimal overworking, even his oils manage to retain the luminous colouring of the watercolourist. He specializes in landscape painting within his native County Fermanagh and the adjoining County Sligo, his methods being ideally suited to capturing the soft atmospheric light of Ireland's northwest.
Flanagan is elected associate of the RUA in 1960, a full member in 1964, and President 1978-82. During his long career, he receives numerous commissions and other awards for his works, which are represented in the collections of The Arts Councils of Ireland & Northern Ireland, the Ulster Museum, the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, and the National Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick.
Flanagan dies suddenly on February 23, 2011. His funeral takes place at St. Brigid's Church in south Belfast and is buried at St. Michaels' Church in Enniskillen.
The auction record for a work by T.P. Flanagan is set in 2009, when his landscape painting, entitled Castlecoole From Lough Coole, is sold at Christie's, London, for £20,000.
(From Encyclopedia of Visual Artists In Ireland, visual-arts-cork.com)
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Construction of Royal Hospital Kilmainham Begins
The first stone of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Kilmainham, Dublin, is laid by James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, on April 29, 1680. Completed in 1684, it is one of the finest 17th-century buildings in Ireland.
The hospital is built by Sir William Robinson, official State Surveyor General of Ireland for James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to King Charles II, as a home for retired soldiers of the Irish Army and continues in that use for over 250 years. The style is based on Les Invalides in Paris with a formal facade and a large courtyard. The Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London is completed two years later and also has similarities in style. A priory, founded in 1174 by Strongbow, exists on the site until the English close it down in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.
The Richmond Tower at the end of the formal avenue leading to the Royal Hospital is designed by Francis Johnston, one of the leading architects of the day. This gateway originally stands beside the River Liffey at Bloody Bridge (now Rory O'More Bridge), but has to be moved after the arrival of the railway in 1844 increases traffic congestion. Johnston places his personal coat of arms above the arch, concealed by a piece of wood painted to match the stone, his idea being that his arms would be revealed to future generations after the wood becomes rotten. However, his little trick is uncovered when the gateway is taken down for removal. The coat of arms currently on the gateway is that of the Royal Hospital.
The Royal Hospital Kilmainham graveyards, including Bully's Acre, are 400 metres to the west. A cross-shaft in the former cemetery may be the remains of a boundary cross associated with a ninth-century monastery located at this site.
Following the creation of the Irish Free State the Royal Hospital is considered as a potential home for Oireachtas Éireann, the new Irish national parliament. Eventually it is decided to keep parliament in its temporary home in Leinster House. The Hospital remains the home of a dwindling number of soldiers, before being variously used by the Garda Síochána and as a storage location for property belonging to the National Museum of Ireland. The large statue Queen Victoria which used to stand in the forecourt of Leinster House, before its removal in 1947, is stored in the main courtyard of the Hospital, as are various state carriages, including the famously spectacular State Coach of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The Royal Hospital Kilmainham is finally restored by the Irish Government in 1984 and controversially opens as the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Some people working in heritage organisations criticise the decision to demolish the eighteenth-century barrack rooms in one section of the quadrangle to create open spaces for the IMMA.
Every year on the National Day of Commemoration, the Sunday nearest July 11, the anniversary of the Truce that ends the Irish War of Independence, the President of Ireland, in the presence of members of the Government of Ireland, members of Dáil Éireann and of Seanad Éireann, the Council of State, the Defence Forces, the Judiciary and the Diplomatic Corps, lays a wreath in the courtyard in memory of all Irishmen and Irishwomen who have died in past wars and on service with the United Nations.
In recent years, Royal Kilmainham Hospital has become a popular location for concerts during the summer months. Acts such as Blur, Leonard Cohen, The Flaming Lips, Jack White and Public Enemy have played within the grounds in the past.
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Birth of Robert Ballagh, Artist, Painter & Designer
Robert "Bobby" Ballagh, artist, painter and designer, is born in Dublin on September 22, 1943. His painting style is strongly influenced by pop art. He is particularly well known for his hyperealistic renderings of well known Irish literary, historical or establishment figures.
Ballagh grows up in a ground-floor flat on Elgin Road in Ballsbridge, the only child of a Presbyterian father and a Catholic mother. He studies at Bolton Street College of Technology and becomes an atheist while attending Blackrock College. Before turning to art as a profession, he is a professional musician with the Irish showband Chessmen. He meets artist Michael Farrell during this period, and Farrell recruits him to assist with a large mural commission, which is painted at Ardmore Studios.
Ballagh represents Ireland at the 1969 Biennale de Paris. Among the theatre sets he has designed are sets for Riverdance, I'll Go On, Gate Theatre (1985), Samuel Beckett's Endgame (1991) and Oscar Wilde's Salomé (1998). He also designs over 70 Irish postage stamps and the last series of Irish banknotes, "Series C," before the introduction of the euro. He is a member of Aosdána and his paintings are held in several public collections of Irish painting including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery, the Ulster Museum, Trinity College, Dublin, and Nuremberg's Albrecht Dürer House.
In 1991, he co-ordinates the 75th anniversary commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising, during which he claims he is harassed by the Special Branch of the Garda Síochána.
He is the president of the Ireland Institute for Historical and Cultural Studies, which promotes international republicanism. It is based at the new Pearse centre at 27 Pearse Street, Dublin, which is the birthplace of Pádraig Pearse in 1879.
In July 2011 it is reported that he might consider running for the 2011 Irish Presidential election with the backing of Sinn Féin and the United Left Alliance. A Sinn Féin source confirms there has been "very informal discussions" and that Ballagh's nomination is "a possibility" but "very loose at this stage." However, on July 25 Ballagh rules out running in the election, saying that he has never considered being a candidate. His discussions with the parties had been about the election "in general" and he has no ambitions to run for political office.
That same month, Ballagh breaks ranks with his colleagues in the travelling production of Riverdance in their decision to perform in Israel. He is an active member of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which insists that artists and academics participate in boycotts of Israeli businesses and cultural institutions.
In July 2012, Ballagh says he is "ashamed and profoundly depressed" at the en masse closure of Irish galleries and museums. He cites an example of some Americans and Canadians on holiday in Ireland. "They described most of the National Gallery as being closed along with several rooms in the Hugh Lane Gallery. I'm glad they didn't bother going out to the Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham because that's closed too. At the point I met them, they were returning from Galway where they had found the Nora Barnacle Museum closed too." He condemns the hypocrisy of political leaders, saying, "I know arts funding is not a big issue for people struggling to put food on the table but we are talking about the soul of the nation."
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Liu Jiren (, * August 1955 in Dandong) ist Vorstandsvorsitzender und CEO von Neusoft, dem größten IT-Dienstleister Chinas.

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With Mikey Garcia's fate up in the air, especially regarding his WBC lightweight title, Luke Campbell has decided to take one more fight in 2018.
Campbell, who is the mandatory for Garcia's WBC title after getting a measure of revenge over Yvan Mendy in September at Wembley Stadium, is looking to fight one more time while Garcia settles on what's next.
With Garcia looking to move up two weight classes to face Errol Spence Jr, and a potential fight against Vasyl Lomachenko, both Campbell and IBF mandatory challenger Richard Commey are left in the lurch.
"We're not waiting for Mikey to make his decision/move," Campbell told Sky Sports.
"We're in the right position but will continue to do what we do with my career, I'm not going to sit here waiting, I'll stay active and we will look for other fights in the meantime.
Campbell lays credit for his growth and performance against Mendy to his new trainer Shane McGuigan. "I thought it was a nice comfortable win over Mendy, I was in a great place knowing Shane was there with me, our relationship has hit it off," Campbell told Sky Sports.
"In a short period of time I've made massive changes, listening every day to Shane and my team-mates and am adapting really well. I'm excited to see the future. These next four years will be the best of my boxing career.


Cars came into global use during the 20th century, and developed economies depend upon them. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the protester car when German inventor Karl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars became widely to hand in the to the front 20th century. One of the first cars accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model T, an American car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Cars were quickly adopted in the US, where they replaced animal-drawn carriages and carts, but took much longer to be in style in Western Europe and extra parts of the world.
Cars have controls for driving, parking, passenger comfort, and safety, and controlling a variety of lights. more than the decades, new features and controls have been supplementary to vehicles, making them progressively more complex. These tally up rear reversing cameras, let breathe conditioning, navigation systems, and in-car entertainment. Most cars in use in the 2010s are propelled by an internal combustion engine, fueled by the combustion of fossil fuels. Electric cars, which were invented further on in the history of the car, began to become commercially within reach in 2008.
There are costs and minister to to car use. The costs improve acquiring the vehicle, interest payments (if the car is financed), repairs and maintenance, fuel, depreciation, driving time, parking fees, taxes, and insurance. The costs to action intensify maintaining roads, house use, road congestion, air pollution, public health, health care, and disposing of the vehicle at the end of its life. Road traffic accidents are the largest cause of injury-related deaths worldwide.
The give support to add together on-demand transportation, mobility, independence, and convenience. The societal facilitate attach economic benefits, such as job and profusion initiation from the automotive industry, transportation provision, societal well-being from leisure and travel opportunities, and revenue generation from the taxes. People's execution to imitate flexibly from area to area has far-reaching implications for the plants of societies. There are all but 1 billion cars in use worldwide. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China, India and other newly industrialized countries.
If you are looking to buy a car, this is the absolute grow old to bring home your motivation vehicle. with GST (Goods and facilities Tax) slated to be rolled out from July 1st, 2017, most automobile giants are offering huge Pre-GST discounts upon a range of car models.
Car companies are offering discounts from Rs 15,000 to as high as Rs 2.5 lakhs. These discounts are straightforward in the form of cash discounts or difference of opinion bonus. The discounts, however, may rework from dealer to dealer and it is advisable that you entrance the respective dealer to acquire the details of exact discounts on the car you motivation to buy.
Ford has offered a discount of Rs 10,000 upon seek and Figo whereas it has offered squabble supplementary of Rs 15,000 upon back mentioned models and Ecosport. The discount is unaccompanied for a fixed period, i.e. back GST is implemented after June.
Honda has along with offered decent discounts and row supplementary of as regards Rs 20,000 to 25,000 upon pick models. These discounts are simple upon Amaze, Brio, BRV and Jazz. The company has kept WRV and the new 2017 Honda City out of the discount umbrella.
Hyundai Motors has arrive out afterward the fiercest and most competitive pre GST publicity strategy where they are offering discounts from Rs 25,000 to Rs 2.5 lakhs. In accessory to this, the company is offering 100% on-road financing upon its cars to its customers making it certainly simple to agree to car loans and bringing the vehicle to your home. Discounts are offered upon models afterward Eon, Elite i20, Grand i10, old-fashioned Xcent, Xcent 2017, Santa Fe and Verna.
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is offering discounts from Rs 15,000 to Rs 65,000 in the form of cash discounts and row bonus. Minimum clash added offered by M&M is Rs 15,000. These discounts are comprehensible on models past KUV100, Scorpio, TUV300 and XUV500.
Maruti Suzuki is offering discounts in the Range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 upon its models subsequent to Alto 800, Alto K10, Celerio, Ertiga, nimble and Wagon R. The company, however, is providing no difference of opinion offers on Baleno, Ciaz, other Dzire, Ignis and S-Cross.
Tata Motors has then been utterly generous in offering discounts to its potential customers. It has offered a discount of Rs 1 lakh upon two of its models, Bolt and Zest. Its Hexa model is reachable later an squabble added of Rs 15,000. However, there is no announced discount upon Tiago, Tigor and every Safari variants.
The German auto giant has furthermore showered discounts on its various models. It has offered discounts of Rs 30,000 on Polo, Rs 35,000 upon Ameo and Rs 40,000 upon Vento. The company has not offered any disagreement further on any of its models.
Porsches Macan R4, 718 Cayman and 718 Boxster have been driven in the same way as 2-litre engine options. These vehicles are 20%-23% cheaper in comparison to supplementary cars fitted like established 3-litre engines as belittle displacement results a clip in import tax from 170% to 120% which levied on the vehicles in the manner of heavier engines.
In the gone 12 months, Mercedes-Benz along with launched the SLC 43AMG, GLE43 AMG and 43AMG at the price going on for half of that of 63AMG series. These cars are now next approachable once 3-litre engine variant, earlier abandoned diesel variants were available.
According to the company, the new prices would attract buyers for action cars from small cities and towns in India. These gain access to level vehicles are a practical solution for meeting the growing request of tall be active cars across the country. The 2-litre engine cars are acknowledged to bring an incremental business of just about 20% in 2019.
A car insurance claim starts past a road accident. The plants of the situation could be two cars colliding or a street crash that takes area due to driver negligence. This might probably assume place due to interventions by third-party as a consequences of disobeying the traffic rules. whatever the case, filing a car insurance affirmation has a lot of variables and isn't that simple as you may think.
When you're in an accident, you won't be thinking straight. A gust of emotions will be whirling through you and any injuries may guide to stress and displeased thinking. This is once calming next to later a clarity in mind will help you get out of it. There are various metrics in force in filing a car insurance affirmation but we'll be covering what you habit to do to get the most out of your insurance company y. If it's your first become old dealing considering this, keep reading.
Remember the details of the incident vividly that took place and scrap book all one of them. keep an eye out for bystanders and jot next to the license plate numbers, model, make, and details just about the visual see of the vehicle or all opinion linked to the scene that you can salvage.
Start by taking pictures of the scene. cassette the extent of the broken caused or normal and book details practically the witnesses. put up with their phone numbers and addresses suitably that they can solidify your evidence and encourage occurring your car insurance claim. Pictures speak louder than words, always remember that.
If you've suffered any injuries, snap a few pictures of your wounds as well. Don't hesitate nearly this no situation how gruesome or itch it may be because it serves as proof and is your testament.
Try to find or entry police personnel re you. question them to register a extra achievement and allow alongside the case number combined to the incident. Don't forget to assume the length of the car insurance allegation details of the supplementary party as well.
Now for the adjacent part; expenses. Think nearly the damages usual or incurred on your vehicle. What complete you see that needs to be repaired or replaced? consent pictures and note all along those details now.
Here's the last part, filing your car insurance claim. Now that you have your evidence, key witnesses, and third-party details on your palms, lecture to it to the insurance agency. Meet taking place in the manner of an attorney who is skillfully versed later insurance filing to help you out. If the crash turns into a car insurance court case, you'll obsession all the back you can get.
Running Away – Not on your own will this make you see suspicious, but you might in addition to be charged once criminal activity. This will create it harder to file your car insurance claim and you might even lose out a lot of child support in the process depending on the depth of the matter.
Fighting bearing in mind the Third-Party – combat next the third-party or starting a brawl later than whom you collided is not just unhelpful but fruitless as well. In the worst fighting scenario, the third-party might drive away and you might lose the evidence needed to file your car insurance claim.
Not Filing Your affirmation – This might not seem fittingly obvious, but some people don't file their car insurance allegation in the hopes of covering stirring the incident. Although you may acquire away bearing in mind just a police financial credit or pay for the repairs yourself, you risk losing your child support and you lose credibility as a customer in the eyes of an insurance company. take our word for it and don't reach that. File your car insurance claim similar to all is in order and close the thing past it turns into something true you probably would've have expected.
Whether it's a third-party incident or if it's your vehicle that has suffered the damage, your job as the owner of the car is to first file a bank account to the police and give evidence to the car insurance company. believe your car to the insurer's garage to acquire it inspected and to get an estimate of the costs incurred due to the damages. Some documents you may be requested to have enough money the insurance company following filing your car insurance allegation are the FIR, copy of insurance policy, medical receipts in the matter of bodily injuries, a copy of your driver's license, totally filled car insurance allegation form, and an estimate of the costs energetic for repairs. An 18% GST is applicable for car insurance policies past effect. accomplish not forget to assess the damages caused. simply because, if its just a teenage outgo, you can get the thesame repaired on your own without filing a car insurance claim. You can appropriately keep upon your No claim further and continue enjoying its assist as in the distance as you have claim-free years.
Once you've set up your cards and sent in your application taking into account the documentation, FIR, and vital evidence, you will be given a timeline of 10 to 15 days for the filing process to be authenticated and completed. Depending upon the flora and fauna and extent of the crash involved, the insurance company may meet the expense of you an option to either file a cashless claim or a reimbursement type of insurance.
Cashless mode of insurance involves show a cashless form of treaty where you take on your vehicle to any of the garages that are tied-up next the insurance company for claiming your repairs. The surveyor will agree to a see at the vehicle and you'll have to bear some nominal fees which have been outlined below the Terms and Conditions Section of your insurance policy. However, the quality of the repairs will depend upon the sustain centres affiliated when the insurance company, so, realize create certain to check which organisations or assistance centres the insurance company has tied stirring with, in the past deciding to file a cashless car insurance claim.
The reimbursement mode of insurance is substitute mannerism of filing a claim. This is where an inspection of your vehicle is ended by the surveyor and repairs are made afterward his/her explanation are forwarded to the insurance company. You will have to create the payment to the garage or the service-centre where you plot of getting the car repaired. following this is done, you may assent every the required documents along past the invoice copy, car insurance policy copy, your drivers licence, etc. The insurance company ends occurring paying for your repairs and the process takes re 10 to 15 days.
Insurance companies are always on the lookout to find the money for exceptional customer experience and supplementary ways of filing a car insurance claim are emerging. Websites these days let you agree to pictures and upload the documentation and images easily, making filing your car insurance affirmation instant and hassle-free.


He is a profesor of instructional systems of at Pennsylvania State University.His current research focuses on designing constructivist learning environments, cognitive tools for learning, knowledge representation formalisms, problem solving , computer-supported collaborative argumentation, and individual differences and learning.
Goals and preconditionsThe main goal is to foster problem-solving and conceptual development.
This theory offers the following instructional activities to support learning: Model the performance and the convert cognitive processes.
Coach the learner by providing motivational prompts, monitoring and regulating the learners performance.
Scaffold the learner by adjusting Task difficulty, restructuring the Task, and providing alternative assessments.
Major contribution The integration of much work in the constructivist arena into a coherent instructional framework.
introductionObjectivist conceptions of learning assume that knowledge can be transferred from teachers or transmitted by technologies and aquired by learners.
On the other hand, constructivist conceptions of learning assume that knowledge individually constructed and socially constructed by learners based on their interpretations of experiences of the world.
This chapter presents a model for designing constructivist learning environments (CLEs) that engage learners in meaning making (knowledge construction).
Scaffold Student Memory(Case Based Reasoning) :Related cases can scaffold memory by providing representations of experiences that learners have not had. Enhance Cognitive flexibility: Provides multiple representations of content in order to convey the complexity that is inherent in the knowledge domain. Its important that related cases provide a variety of viewpoints and perspectives on the case or Project being solved.
Information resourcesLearners need information with wich to construct their mental models and formulate hypotheses that drive the manipulation of the problem space.
Cognitive (Knowledge-construction) toolsCognitive tools are generalizable computer tools that are intended to engage and facilitate specific kinds of cognitive processing.
They are intellectual devices that are used to visualize, organize, automate, or supplant thinking skills.
Conversation and collaboration toolsTechnologies as listservers, electronic mail, bulletin boards, NetNews services, chats, MUDs(multiuser dimensions) and MOOs (MUDs object oriented), support discourse on a wide range of topics.
Social/contextual support In designing and implementing CLEs, accommodating contextual factors is important to successfull implementation. Its also necessary to train the teachers and personnel who will be supporting the learning and to train students who will be learning from the environments.
Supporting learning in cleSLearners need to explore, articulate what they know and have learned, speculate, manipulate the environment, and reflect on what they did or didnt work, and what they have learned from the activities. These learning activities indicate the goals for providing instructional supports in CLEs, such as modeling, coaching and scaffolding.
B.CoachingA good coach motivates learners, analyzes their performances, provides feedback and advice on the performances and how to learn about how to perform, and provokes reflection on and articulation of what was learned.
A good coach relates the importance of the learning Task to the learner.
The most important role of the coach is to monitor, analyze, and regulate the learners development of important skills.
C. ScaffoldingScaffolding is a more systemic approach to supporting the learner, focusing on the Task, the environment, the teacher, and the learner. Provides temporary frameworks to support learning and student performance beyond the learners capacities. This suggests three approaches to scaffolding learning: adjust Task difficulty of the Task to accommodate the learner, restructure the Task to supplant a lack of prior knowledge, and Provide alternative assessments.
1 A Model for Designing Constructivist Learning Environments: Jonassens Model Charles Chill Dan Davenport Susan Genden Kenneth Gutman IT 6110.


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10 Killed, 120 Injured Including Many Foreigners In Kabul Bomb Blast
At least ten people were killed and 42 others were wounded in a car bomb attack in Kabul on Thursday morning, the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MOI) said in a statement.
The attack took place at around 10:10 am local time after a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives close to a National Directorate of Security (NDS) checkpoint in the heavily fortified area in downtown Kabul.
The ministry did not provide further details about the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed to have targeted a foreign forces convoy which was entering an NDS facility in the area.
The area was blocked to traffic by the security forces and the ambulances have referred the victims to Wazir Akbar Khan and Emergency hospitals.
The attack happened three days after a truck bomb attack targeted Green Village compound in the east of Kabul that killed 16 people including five Nepalese, two British and Romanian nationals and wounded 119 others including foreigners.
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The article deals about the results of a study of school-based Assessment of Prior Learning of adults who have enrolled as students in a VET college in order to qualify for occupations as skilled workers. Based on examples of VET teachers' methods for assessing the students' prior learning in the programs for gastronomes, respectively child care assistants the article discusses two issues in relation to Assessment of Prior Learing: the encounter of practical experience and school-based knowledge and the validity and reliability of the assessment procedures. Through focusing on the students' knowing that and knowing why the assessment is based on a scholastic perception of the students' needs for training, reflecting one of the most important challenges in Assessment of Prior Learning: how can practical experience be transformed into credits for the knowledge parts of the programs? The study shows that by combining several Assessment of Prior Learning methods and comparing the teachers' assessments the teachers respond to the issues of validity and reliability. However, validity and reliability might be even further strengthened, if the competencies are well defined, if the education system is aware of securing a reasonable balance between knowing how, knowing that, and knowing why, and if the teachers are adequately trained for the assessment procedures.


As I searched through my albums of photos I noticed how little pictures the two of us have. So many of the photos are of you behind the scenes. You capturing your child while you stood on the side lines. So today I dedicate this entire blog for you.
Words are so tiny in comparison to the love and adoration I have for you. "You is Kind. You is Smart. You is Important." You truly embody the definition of a mother.
Thank you Mom for all that you do to make life for me and my brothers so simple. Thank you for loving us so much; you made our partners jobs so hard. (haha Andy) Thank you for always taking us on adventures, showing us how much fun life is! Thank you for drawing on lunch boxes, and making sure it had our favorite snacks. Thank you for allowing us to be our wacky selfs and encouraging the creativity. Thank you Mommy for being so wonderful it brightens the darkest days!
I see so much of you in me. Your strength, your attitude, your love of life. And no matter how many times, I say I am different, I am actually a reflection of your mirror self. And there is something really amazing about being someone like you.
May this birthday be everything you imagined it to be. May your kids do everything you want to do without complaining. May you drink yourself happy! Mom, may this be the year for you. For you to feel all the things you think I am and you are not. In order for me to have been who I am, I had to have learned it from you.
Saying goodbye to Hollywood; more like BRB!


The Russian Investment Forum that will take place in Sochi on 13–15 February invites the participants to visit the Exhibition. It will involve 42 regions of the Russian Federation and 13 organizations (businesses and government agencies) that are going to present their projects at the Exhibition.
The regions will showcase their advances in crucial areas of economy, technology development, growing tourism and investment potential, and implementation of national projects.
Penza Region, in particular, will present breakthrough projects and promising opportunities for investment in the Region's major focal areas such as bioenergy and advanced grain processing. Tver Region will showcase a high-resolution spacecraft for remote surveying of the Earth. Ryazan Region's stand will focus on digital transformation of the Region: medical tourism, telemedicine, transformation of the public officer's workplace, CDO school, electronic university, opening an innovation centre for science and technology, and promising investment platforms. The interactive display of Moscow will present infrastructure and financial opportunities of the city for investors: developed urban environment, public-private partnership mechanisms, new platforms for business localization, industrial complexes and technoparks for establishing high-tech operations. The Republic of Bashkortostan will showcase promising investment proposals in areas such as processing industries, agriculture industry, transport, and road construction. Novosibirsk Region will present the local priority project entitled 'Development of Novosibirsk Science Centre (Akademgorodok 2.0)' – projects on development of research and innovative infrastructure, and creation of high-tech facilities based on large scientific projects, end-to-end projects from fundamental research to high-tech products.
The stand of the North Caucasus Development Corporation JSC (including the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Ingushetia, the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania, Stavropol Territory, and the Chechen Republic) will tell the visitors about the economic potential and resorts of the North Caucasian Federal District, provide the presentation of the national cable car system and distribute free ski passes for ski resorts of Arkhyz, Elbrus, and Veduchi.
The stand of Tatarstan will invite the forum participants to see the presentation of competences as part of the 'WorldSkills Kazan 2019' world championship in professional skills: master classes on creation of virtual simulators and development of neural interfaces.
The stands will offer visitors traditional food from various regions of Russia: traditional Caucasian dishes, delicacies from Krasnodar Region, authentic Udmurtian perepechi and many others.
For more information about the exhibitors see the official website of the Russian Investment Forum. Organized by the Roscongress Foundation.


As I sit here—waiting for the floodgates to open, not knowing how to wrap up this column—I fault myself for not having a bombshell to drop on you, or some breakthrough headline that will change the course of American history in its tracks. I think we're so conditioned that we expect all endings to mimic the cliffhanging drama of television season finales. But that's not the world we live in. Sometimes, things just end… with as much or as little pomp and circumstance we choose to lend the situation.
The cruel nature of endings will often force us to examine the beginning, the prompt, the driver. When I'd made up my mind to write this column at the start of term, I knew I'd have a hard time changing peoples' minds, never mind changing the world. But every week I sat down and shared my experience with you, in hopes that my perception would enlighten your own. That's the writer's drive: we think we see something that you cannot, we think we have something to say. Clearly, that's not always the case; it also involves a healthy dose of ego.
Whatever the case, I wanted to share with you my plight—my inability to change the world around me. I wanted you to orient yourself to our situation, rather than have you levy judgement in passing. I felt then, as I feel now, as if I were alerting your attention to a baited trap whose existence I'd only discovered the hard way. Who knows whether I was successful in this endeavour.
Looking back, as the end draws ever nearer, I want to be clear that despite all the gargantuan obstacles and crippling shortcomings, I can honestly tell you that I'm hopeful. I have faith that we will weather the storm and come out cleaner on the other side. I have faith in humanity, for no other reason than, at the end of the day, I am humanity… as are you.
We are the product of our collective actions. We may destroy ourselves, our planet may wither away under our negligent stewardship. It's only then when we'll realise what's important—when survival becomes the main objective. Sadly, we're known for having to learn the hard way. But we'll adapt, we'll cling together, and we'll make it through.
But till then… we continue.
And so I leave you. My deepest thanks and best wishes to you on your journey. I hope you've enjoyed this as much as I have.


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AHT National Awards 2021
Every year, the Association of Hairdressers & Therapists (AHT) Awards bring together students from across the country, studying for qualifications in the Make-Up sector. For the first time, the National Finals were held virtually this year, with all competitors submitting photographic entries.
Following their success at last year's National Finals, and the Regional Heats (held at ESC!), our students rose to the challenge and were able to put together creative looks and produce award-winning works of art.
At the National Finals this year, there were 22 competitions in total including Bridal Make-Up, Fantasy Hairdressing and Men's Barbering, with students from colleges in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all taking part.
We're excited to announce success for the following students:
Competition No. 6: 1920s Make-Up
1st Place - Charis, Theatrical, Special Effects & Media Make-Up Level 3
Highly Commended - Charlotte, Theatrical, Special Effects & Media Make-Up Level 3
Highly Commended - Amy, Make-Up, Special Effects & Hair for Media & Performance BA (Hons) Top-Up
Above: Charis. Left: Charlotte. Right: Amy
Competition No. 21: Multi-piece Prosthetics (Film)
2nd Place - Lauren, Make-Up, Special Effects & Hair for Media & Performance BA (Hons) Top-Up
3rd Place - Elise, Make-Up, Special Effects & Hair for Media & Performance BA (Hons) Top-Up
4th Place - Jess, Theatrical, Media & Special Effects Make-Up HND (Year 2)
Left: Lauren. Middle: Elise. Right: Jess
Following the students' success, Theatrical Make-Up Tutor Karen Fundell, commented:
"The students can be commended for their commitment to their studies and the excellence in their work, especially during Covid restrictions this year. The standard of work has been a testament to the positive attitudes and professional practice that have helped them achieve this success at AHT and the work they put in to ensure that they are employable graduates."
Director of Learning - Service Industries, David Rabjohns also credited the tutors, commenting:
"I am extremely grateful to the tutors for their continued support and for bringing their industry experience to inspire our students, encouraging them to take part in competitions such as AHT."
We're still accepting applications for September for our Theatrical Make-Up and Reigate School of Art Courses for school leavers and at University Level.
Success at the Starpack Awards 2021!
ESC wins Third Annual Gold at the National BTEC Awards!
Police engagement with ESOL students
Sport students raise money for WWF
Over 200 students attend Prevent Awareness and Keeping Safe talks
BRSCC Awards night win for Motorsport team
Valspar visit our Painting & Decorating students
Grandmentors Networking and Celebration Event
Sport and Applied Science students attend University Fair
Fashion and Media Students take a trip to Mac
HE Fair: Helping students with their next steps
East Surrey College and Surrey Police - Community Engagement


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Ohio National stokes adviser fears over annuity trail compensation
Advisers are concerned that Ohio National's "scorched-earth policy" may lead other insurers to take a similar action
Oct 23, 2018 @ 4:59 pm
By Greg Iacurci
It's been a few weeks since Ohio National Financial Services Inc.'s bombshell announcement around annuity trail compensation, and financial advisers are still trying to make sense of its implications for them and the broader industry.
One question seems to be on the minds of most: Will other insurers follow Ohio National's lead?
"This announcement was unprecedented," said Brian Kroll, head of annuity solutions for Lincoln Financial Group, one of the largest sellers of variable annuities. "I don't know that we've seen this in the industry in the past, so there's definitely some concern among advisers and broker-dealers."
InvestmentNews reported earlier this month that Ohio National had informed distributors of plans to shut off brokers' trail commissions on certain variable annuities in mid-December. The move, which covers VAs purchased around a decade ago with a guaranteed minimum income benefit rider, sparked an uproar from advisers and some of the largest broker-dealers in the country.
Now, advisers are beginning to fear that other insurance companies, especially those that have stopped underwriting new VA business, like Ohio National, will feel emboldened to do the same in order to cut costs.
Insurers that have stopped writing new variable annuity business include Genworth Financial Inc., John Hancock Life Insurance Co., Voya Financial Inc. and The Hartford Financial Services Group. Voya and Hartford sold off their closed blocks of variable annuity business to private-equity investors.
Such companies, advisers said, have less to lose from reneging on previous compensation promises because brokers wouldn't be writing future annuity business with the companies anyway.
"I believe in conversations I've had with multiple firms that there is sensitivity to those large closed-off blocks of business," said Joe Maringer, national sales vice president at Great American Insurance Group, a large fixed-annuity shop.
Allison Proud, a spokeswoman for Venerable Holdings Inc., which purchased Voya's business, declined to comment. Julie Westermann, a spokeswoman for Genworth, also declined to comment, as did John Hancock spokeswoman Melissa Berczuk. A spokesperson for the six investors that bought Talcott Resolution, the Hartford's runoff annuity business, didn't return a request for comment.
Some insurers that are still in the annuity business are beginning to take steps to assuage adviser concerns.
For example, the president of Great American Insurance Group, Mark Muething, sent a letter to broker-dealers Oct. 17 saying that Ohio National's decision "continues to be the talk of the industry" and that it has "naturally raised questions as to whether other insurers may do something similar in the future."
Mr. Muething said his firm will honor its obligations to distributors who selected a trail rather than upfront commission during an annuity sale.
Some insurance executives and advisers don't believe that other firms, either those that are still in or have exited the business, will follow Ohio National's lead, particularly given the prospect that such a move could damage their reputation across all product lines.
"Ohio National will probably take a pretty big reputational hit from advisers," said Jacob Soinski, an annuity planner at ValMark Financial Group. "Would I really sell their life or disability insurance in the future? If it were me, I'd be a little more wary of that."
Mr. Kroll, of Lincoln Financial Group, believes the fears of similar moves by other insurers are unfounded, especially when it comes to those that are active in the annuity business. An executive at another major annuity company, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, agreed, calling Ohio National's strategy a "scorched-earth policy."
Experts also said broker-dealers are likely to revise their selling agreements with insurers to try to prevent other firms from taking similar action. Until the Ohio National announcement, broker-dealers were largely unaware that an insurance company could terminate existing agreements and shut off compensation for brokers across the board. Contract language technically leaves room for such an action, advisers said, but had been acted upon only on an individual basis for cause, such as a regulatory snafu.
"It's every man for himself," said Thomas Doncaster, president of Doncaster Insurance & Financial Services Inc. "That's becoming more apparent in this industry."
But another adviser, who requested anonymity, questioned why an insurer with a closed block of annuity business would voluntarily rewrite a contract with a brokerage firm to give the brokers additional protections.
"They're licking their chops," the adviser said of such insurers.
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Family history

Elisha Slade Converse is a direct descendant of Deacon Edward Convers (Edward Convers) who migrated from Essex (England) to the New World colonies together with future governor John Winthrop in 1630.

The Convers families were yeoman farmers based in and around Navestock (Essex), with church records dating back to the early 1500s. But earlier history is harder to establish. Some sources claim that the family name Convers(e) derives from an aristocratic line of "Conyers", stretching back as far as Roger de Coignieres, purportedly one of the chieftains of William the Conqueror. However, this lacks any documentary support and is probably just wishful thinking. Supposed links to early medieval nobility have been discounted by authoritative genealogical studies.

More recent studies using DNA analysis suggest that, in reality, the Essex Converses were descendants of medieval Jews who were required to convert to Christianity. The Y-DNA of living males with direct paternal lineage to Deacon Edward Converse shows that they share the J2 haplogroup, rare in the UK and Europe, but commonly found in Jews and other men of middle-eastern origin. William the Conqueror originally welcomed Jewish settlement in England, but these families later suffered discrimination and were encouraged, or forced to convert to Christianity, many of them adopting the surname "Le Convers" ("The Convert" in Anglo-Norman French).

Early years
Elisha Slade Converse, the third son of Elisha and Betsey (Wheaton) Converse, was born in Needham, Massachusetts, on July 28, 1820. When he was four years old, his parents moved to Woodstock, Connecticut.
Spending his childhood there, he acquired professional and basic educational skills and, at thirteen years of age, began to work on a farm.

Business achievements
From the age of sixteen, he learned the trade of a clothier. At nineteen, he began his own business in the village of Thompson and continued in it until he was 24 years old.

In 1844, he returned to Boston where he opened a wholesale shoe and leather company. The business was new to him but he soon familiarized himself with its details and during his connection with it, the reputation and success of the firm became well established.

In 1847, he moved to Stoneham, Massachusetts, and in 1850 to Malden, where he lived until his death on June 5, 1904. There, in 1851, he became one of the founders and directors of Malden Bank, which was reorganized as the First National Bank of Malden in 1864, and he served as its president for over 30 years, beginning in 1856.

Converse became the president, director, and trustee of other companies and institutions including the Boston Belting Company, Rubber Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, Revere Rubber Company, Exchange National Bank of Boston, Five Cent Savings Bank and Wellesley College.

In 1853, Converse opened the Boston Rubber Shoe Company in Malden that employed 3,500 people and became one of the largest rubber manufacturers in the USA. In 1875 his factory was severely damaged by fire, but he managed to rebuild it within a few months. The business was so prosperous that it expanded to Melrose and later opened branches around the country and even in England. Converse was company treasurer and general manager for 40 years, and president from 1893.

Political/public service
He served the commonwealth for two years (1878–79) in the house of representatives and for two years (1880–81) in the state senate. In 1881, after Malden had been incorporated as a city, he was, by universal acclaim, elected as its first mayor.

Philanthropy
Among Converse's philanthropic deeds were the establishment and construction of Malden Hospital, Malden City Hall, Malden Public Library, Malden YMCA, Malden Historical Society, and the Malden Auditorium - one of the finest theaters around Boston at that period.

The Converse Memorial Building, in which the Malden Public Library is located,
was designed by Henry H. Richardson.
It was built by Converse and his wife as a memorial of their eldest son, Frank, the assistant cashier of Malden Bank, who was murdered during the first US robbery of a bank in 1863.
Converse donated money for its construction, and artwork for its decoration.
This building, when completed, was given to the trustees of the Malden Public Library, "for the benefit of the inhabitants of the city of Malden."
In October 1885, Malden Public Library was opened in the Converse Memorial Building.

Converse provided basic education and proper health care for his employees.
He also founded the Malden Home for Aged Persons and Day Nursery.

Converse tried to improve the health care system in Malden.
He provided monetary and land donations for the construction of Malden Hospital.
In 1892, two years after its incorporation, Malden Hospital admitted its first patients.
For many years Converse served as its president.
He and his family donated money and land for the Maternity Hospital and the School of Nursing.

Converse participated in the creation of the Malden city water supply system (Spot Pond Water) and Reservoir.

Converse donated  of land - to organize the public Pine Banks Park.

Family
In 1843 Elisha S. Converse married Mary D. Edmands (1825–1903), daughter of Captain Hosea and Ursula Edmands, of Thompson.

Their children were:
Frank Eugene Converse (1846–1863),
Mary Ida Converse (1853–1940, m. in 1882 her cousin Costello Converse (son of Elisha' elder brother, James W. Converse)),
Colonel Harry Elisha Converse (1863–1920, m. in 1891 Mary Caroline Parker, future captain of merchant ships; they had 3 sons and 2 daughters),
Frances Eugenia Leland (1865–1941, m. in 1892 Lester Leland).

See also
 1878 Massachusetts legislature
 1880 Massachusetts legislature

References

External links

Mayors of Malden, Massachusetts
Businesspeople from Massachusetts
1820 births
1904 deaths
19th-century American philanthropists
People from Woodstock, Connecticut
19th-century American businesspeople


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Q: Improvment of Performance from VBA Program I wrote my first VBA program to help me identify hardware with specific configuration. (With a lot of help from other Posts on StackOverflow :)
After some trying and error I wrote this short code, which works nicely but takes a Long time to run.
I wonder if you can help me improve the performance of this Code, as it is my first one, I guess I didn't use all the Tools I could.
Throughout the development process, before reaching this final code, I experimented with other functions to find the strings I needed in the cells, such as "Find". Using this function resulted in a faster processing, but the information was copied to the new sheet in a messy way. I could not figure why, so I changed tactics.
Although, this Version I am posting here works, it takes a Long time to execute.

'Code Title: Search Hardware with required DuagonFW and IBC Platform Softwares

'#########'
'Objective'
'#########'

'This Macro provides a list of hardwares with the configuration, input by the user

Option Explicit

Sub SearchConfiguration()

'###############'
'User input part'
'###############'

'Variable declaration for the input from user

Dim Hardware As Workbook
Dim DSheet As Worksheet
Dim InfoSheet As Worksheet

'Set of Workbook and Sheets

Set Hardware = ThisWorkbook
Set DSheet = Hardware.Worksheets("Data")
Set InfoSheet = Hardware.Worksheets("Info")

'Variable declaration for the DuagonFW and IBC Platform

Dim DuagonFW As Variant
Dim ibc_platform As Variant

'Setting Information Table Head

InfoSheet.Activate
InfoSheet.Cells.Clear
InfoSheet.Range("A1").Value = "S/N"
InfoSheet.Range("B1").Value = "Duagon FW"
InfoSheet.Range("C1").Value = "IBC PLatform"
InfoSheet.Range("D1").Value = "Searched Duagon FW"
InfoSheet.Range("E1").Value = "Searched IBC PLatform"

'Getting configuration from user

GettingConfig:

    Dim ANS As Integer

    DuagonFW = InputBox("Insert the Duagon Firmware Number in the format d-xxxxxx-xxxxxx", vbDefaultButton1)

        If DuagonFW = vbNullString Then
            ANS = MsgBox("User canceled!", vbCritical)
            Exit Sub
        End If

    ibc_platform = InputBox("Insert the Duagon Firmware Number in the format Vxx.xx.xxxx", vbDefaultButton1)

        If ibc_platform = vbNullString Then
            ANS = MsgBox("User canceled!", vbCritical)
            Exit Sub
        End If

    Dim ConfigSpecifications As Variant

    ConfigSpecifications = MsgBox("The required configuration entered was: " & vbNewLine & "Duagon Firmware: " & DuagonFW _
    & vbNewLine & "IBC PLatform: " & ibc_platform & vbNewLine & "*Press No to retry", vbYesNoCancel, "CID06A Configuration")

    'Select Case ConfigSpecifications
        If ConfigSpecifications = vbNullString Or ConfigSpecifications = 2 Then
            ANS = MsgBox("User canceled!", vbCritical)
            Exit Sub
        End If
        If ConfigSpecifications = 1 Then
            InfoSheet.Range("D2").Value = DuagonFW
            InfoSheet.Range("E2").Value = ibc_platform
        End If
        If ConfigSpecifications = 7 Then
            GoTo GettingConfig
        End If

'##############################################################'
'Searching on the data the Hardwares with the required configuration'
'##############################################################'

'Activating Data Worksheet
DSheet.Activate

'Declaration of counters for the loop
Dim x As Integer
Dim y As Integer

'Setting counter
y = 1

'Loop through cells to compare strings with the input string and copy to the Information Table
    For x = 1 To 235
        If InStr(1, Cells(x, 7).Value, DuagonFW) > 0 And InStr(1, Cells(x, 8).Value, ibc_platform) > 0 Then
            y = y + 1
            Cells(x, 2).Copy InfoSheet.Range("A" & y)
            Cells(x, 7).Copy InfoSheet.Range("B" & y)
            Cells(x, 8).Copy InfoSheet.Range("C" & y)
        End If
    Next x

'Activation from information table
InfoSheet.Activate

'################'
'Formatting table'
'################'

Dim LstObj As ListObject
Dim rngDB As Range, n As Integer

        With InfoSheet
            Set rngDB = .Range("a1").CurrentRegion
            For Each LstObj In InfoSheet.ListObjects
                LstObj.Unlist
            Next
            If WorksheetFunction.CountA(rngDB) > 0 Then
                n = n + 1
                Set LstObj = .ListObjects.Add(xlSrcRange, rngDB, , xlYes)
                With LstObj

                    .Name = "Table" & n
                    .TableStyle = "TableStyleLight9"
                End With
            End If
        End With

End Sub

A: Changing Value to value2 is a good practice.
Changing a lot of names objects for WITH is a good practice too.
Stop using Activate , use Values , u dont need to activate anithing on excel just use the properties.
A did a little upgraded , hope u can uderstand.
 Sub SearchConfiguration()

    '###############'
    'User input part'
    '###############'

    'Variable declaration for the input from user

    Dim Hardware As Workbook
    Dim DSheet As Worksheet
    Dim InfoSheet As Worksheet

    'Set of Workbook and Sheets

    Set Hardware = ThisWorkbook
    Set DSheet = Hardware.Worksheets("Data")
    Set InfoSheet = Hardware.Worksheets("Info")

    'Variable declaration for the DuagonFW and IBC Platform

    Dim DuagonFW As Variant
    Dim ibc_platform As Variant

    'Setting Information Table Head
    With InfoSheet
        .Activate
        .Cells.Clear
        .Range("A1").Value2 = "S/N"
        .Range("B1").Value2 = "Duagon FW"
        .Range("C1").Value2 = "IBC PLatform"
        .Range("D1").Value2 = "Searched Duagon FW"
        .Range("E1").Value2 = "Searched IBC PLatform"
    End With

    'Getting configuration from user

GettingConfig:

        Dim ANS As Integer

        DuagonFW = InputBox("Insert the Duagon Firmware Number in the format d-xxxxxx-xxxxxx", vbDefaultButton1)

            If DuagonFW = vbNullString Then
                ANS = MsgBox("User canceled!", vbCritical)
                Exit Sub
            End If

        ibc_platform = InputBox("Insert the Duagon Firmware Number in the format Vxx.xx.xxxx", vbDefaultButton1)

            If ibc_platform = vbNullString Then
                ANS = MsgBox("User canceled!", vbCritical)
                Exit Sub
            End If

        Dim ConfigSpecifications As Variant

        ConfigSpecifications = MsgBox("The required configuration entered was: " & vbNewLine & "Duagon Firmware: " & DuagonFW _
        & vbNewLine & "IBC PLatform: " & ibc_platform & vbNewLine & "*Press No to retry", vbYesNoCancel, "CID06A Configuration")

        'Select Case ConfigSpecifications
            If ConfigSpecifications = vbNullString Or ConfigSpecifications = 2 Then
                ANS = MsgBox("User canceled!", vbCritical)
                Exit Sub
            ElseIf ConfigSpecifications = 1 Then
                InfoSheet.Range("D2").Value2 = DuagonFW
                InfoSheet.Range("E2").Value2 = ibc_platform
            ElseIf ConfigSpecifications = 7 Then
                GoTo GettingConfig
            End If

    '##############################################################'
    'Searching on the data the Hardwares with the required configuration'
    '##############################################################'

    'Activating Data Worksheet
    DSheet.Activate

    'Declaration of counters for the loop
    Dim x As Integer
    Dim y As Integer

    'Setting counter
    y = 1

    'Loop through cells to compare strings with the input string and copy to the Information Table
        For x = 1 To 235
            If InStr(1, Cells(x, 7).Value, DuagonFW) > 0 And InStr(1, Cells(x, 8).Value, ibc_platform) > 0 Then
                y = y + 1
                Cells(x, 2).Value2 = InfoSheet.Range("A" & y)
                Cells(x, 7).Value2 InfoSheet.Range("B" & y)
                Cells(x, 8).Value2 InfoSheet.Range("C" & y)
            End If
        Next x

    'Activation from information table
    InfoSheet.Activate

    '################'
    'Formatting table'
    '################'

    Dim LstObj As ListObject
    Dim rngDB As Range, n As Integer

            With InfoSheet
                Set rngDB = .Range("a1").CurrentRegion
                For Each LstObj In InfoSheet.ListObjects
                    LstObj.Unlist
                Next
                If WorksheetFunction.CountA(rngDB) > 0 Then
                    n = n + 1
                    Set LstObj = .ListObjects.Add(xlSrcRange, rngDB, , xlYes)
                    With LstObj

                        .Name = "Table" & n
                        .TableStyle = "TableStyleLight9"
                    End With
                End If
            End With

    End Sub

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