How do I audition for a play?
I don't want to perform but I want to help backstage. How do I get involved?
I am involved in another school activity/ have a job. Can I still be in the cast?
What if I don't make a production? Am I a bad actor?!
What is the difference between drama club and the theatre program?
How can I stay involved and help a production?
When can I get tickets to a production?
How do I get tickets to the next production?
What is appropriate theatre etiquette?
Why do you do all of that fund raising?
Soon after school begins there is a meeting for all students interested in being involved in the year's theatre program. You are encouraged but not required to attend. There you will learn a lot of valuable information about the year's schedule including dates and various projects we will be tackling ( if that information is available). It is an excellent opportunity to ask questions of the director and make sure that he knows who you are and what your interests are.
Before each individual production there is an informational meeting where the director discusses the play, roles available, and his expectations for casting and auditions. Traditionally, for a straight play (non-musical) auditions are simply comprised of cold readings from the script. The director chooses a variety of short scenes that you will perform during the audition session. You should also be prepared to complete the audition form that asks for a variety of contact, background, and schedule information. The cast list will be posted on the theatre program call board when completed.
For a musical, students auditioning are expected to have a song prepared. See the director for a selection of songs from the show or for other musical theatre resources. You do not have to audition with a song from the show but you are encouraged to audition with a song of the same genre/style. There will also be a short acting audition with cold readings from the script as well as a simple dance/rhythm audition.
There are numerous ways that you can help with the creation of a production! Stage managers are the backbone of each production serving as the center of communication, tracking rehearsals, and running the production the nights of the show. The time commitment and responsibility are very high but the reward is exceptional.
You may serve as a member of the running crew. This is typically a one week commitment, every night the week leading up to the show. Listen for an announcement about three weeks before the show to sign up to be on the running crew.
There are always positions for lights, sound, backstage, props, and costumes and makeup. If you would like to be instrumental in the creation of the set or learn how to run the lights or sound, you can volunteer to get involved earlier and work after school to help get all of these setup. No experience is ever needed - just a whole lot of enthusiasm!
We typically rehearse daily for 2-3 hours a night for the 8 weeks leading up to the production. Rehearsals typically run between 3:30-5:30 in the afternoon. Cast members are only required to be at rehearsals of scenes for which they are onstage. Sometimes closer to the production rehearsals are added on Friday afternoons and Saturday afternoons as necessary. During the week of the show (known as tech week), the rehearsals move into the evening as we add the various tech elements and begin to imitate the schedule of the production nights themselves.
There is no blanket answer to this question and it must be handled on a case by case basis. It all depends upon the degree of the conflict as well as the role in question. If the conflict is with another school activity, then time between the rehearsal and the other school activity will be split in half. Regardless of the conflict, it is expected that you make it known on your audition form so that the director casts the production with a fair understanding of the commitment of all involved. The two weeks prior to the production are a no conflict period. It is simply too difficult to rehearse for a production effectively with any cast members missing. It is unfair for the rest of the cast members to waste time while another cast member is not present.
Absolutely not! It all has to do with the roles available. We all find that there are some characters we are able to play better than others. There have been numerous occasions where a student has not made a production, but has then turned around and been a lead role in the next. It all depends upon the individual play/musical, so you are encouraged to always audition and see if you are the perfect fit for the production. Remember also that just because you were not cast in a production does not mean that you shouldn't still be involved. Help out with set, costumes, and other tech elements. We always appreciate enthusiastic involvement.
These two programs largely intertwine. The THS drama club is a student organization dedicated to the promotion of performing arts events for THS students. This is done through activities that help the theatre program's productions by sponsoring a one acts production of our own, and by encouraging/providing opportunities for students to see a variety of theatre events beyond Tipp City. The theatre program works to focus on the mainstage productions as well as the Stagecrafters Summer Theatre Program. All students should be able to find their niche through the combination of these groups which share a common purpose.
Help is always needed to bring together all of the various aspects of a production. Be willing to share your time and talent to make your student's production a great success. There is always help needed in the gathering of props, set decorating, and costuming. Each production has a series of set construction days where cast members and their families are encouraged to come in and help create the set. No experience in any of these fields is ever necessary. We have a good group of designers who are always willing to teach! All we need is for you to have enthusiasm as you help support your student's interest!
If volunteering of your time and talent is not really an option for you because of your schedule, be sure to ask your student about the patron/sponsor forms so that you may help out the production financially. Helping in these backstage activities is by far the most effective! You don't want to be that parent who is cutting into rehearsals telling the director where he/she went wrong or giving your student contradictory advice of that of his/her director.
Cast members are given the ticket reservation form four weeks prior to the show. Multiple copies are given to each cast member so that they may be submitted as each order is ready to go rather than waiting for all of the distant relatives to phone in their orders causing you to have to wait until the last minute to submit your form. Seats are distributed on a first come first serve basis. The sooner your student turns in your form, the closer to the stage your tickets will be. Two weeks prior to the production, the tickets are made available to the general public as well.
Tickets may be ordered through any cast member or may be reserved by calling the theatre program office at 669-6384. Please leave a voicemail message with the number of student and adult tickets, the performance you wish to attend, and a phone number by which you may be reached if they are any questions about your order. Ticket reservations will be available for pickup at will call the night of the performance. Ticket sales will also be available at the door for all productions.
1. Please don't talk!!! Just don't! There's plenty of time after the show to share your thoughts and to socialize. Talking not only distracts the listener but also those around you. Be courteous!
2. Don't take photographs. The noise/or and the flash are disturbing to the audience and dangerous to the performers.
3. Don't pull out your cell phone for any reason during a production. Silent or not, those little LCD screens are especially bright and distracting in the theatre. Texting is a distraction! There's a time and place for everything, and during a show is neither the time nor the place.
4. Don't bring food! It is not permitted in the CPA (we want to keep it looking great for years to come) and the noisy wrappers can be distracting to people even rows away from you.
5. Never leave the production during the bows. Believe it or not the performers can see from the stage into the audience. Don't worry, your car will still be there if you wait that extra sixty seconds.
The theatre program is primarily self-funded. We cover all of our own production costs as well as those of keeping the CPA in beautiful working order. Needless to say, it's an expensive job! Tipp City Schools covers the director stipends, but all other expenses are paid for by the ticket sales and other fund raising put on by the theatre program. We like to see students introduced to the new technologies such as high-end wireless microphones, intelligent lighting systems, and beautiful sets. Audiences of course enjoy the benefits of all of these as well. So next time you are asked to be a patron or sponsor, please consider it so that we may continue to provide a professional level experience for our students and audience.
We can use help through your time, talent, and treasure. There are always a variety of production projects we need help with. these include set construction, set decoration, lighting and sound setup, costumes, and props. No experience is ever needed, just plenty of enthusiasm. If you do not have any time to spare please consider donating from your treasure to one of our fundraisers by being a patron/sponsor, advertising in our program, or buying flowers for one of rising stars from the table in the lobby before and during performances.


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ross1948 19:44 on September 14, 2017	Permalink | Reply
Tags: 'asylum' parasites ( 98 ), country shoppers ( 6 ), German elections ( 15 ), jihadists ( 41 ), Mama Stasi Merkel ( 444 ), Thomas De Maiziere, welfare benefits ( 5 )
Mama Stasi's Maiziere – Myopic, Mendacious Or Malign?
One of Merkel's most servile flunkeys, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has 'warned that Berlin's generous offer of benefits for asylum seekers was a siren call for migrants.'
A bit late, Tommy Boy!
It's a rare day I agree with Katrin Goering-Eckardt, of the Green Party, but when she asserts that…
…. Christian Democrats "are ready to do anything" for votes…
..it's near impossible to disagree!
I say NEAR impossible advisedly, because there's ONE thing Mama's cabal will never say, and that's SORRY for the betrayal of their country, and there's one thing they'll certainly never do – what many Germans want to hear -SEND THE BLUDGERS BACK!
The reason the majority of the alien horde headed for Germany was plain for all to see from the get-go.
Their objective was to plunder the German public purse!
And who's to blame them!
Mama Stasi herself invited them to wallow in welfare troughs filled and re-filled by German tax-payers.
German federal govt spent €20 billion on refugees in 2016: report
I say 'majority" because a significant minority came into Europe for jihad, in service of the evil cause of the ISIS rape-gang and other sectarian savages.
No wonder Mama's rivals in the election are shocked at Maiziere – who is he to 'warn' of a scandalous abuse of public funds in which he's been totally complicit?
How dare the Interior Minister declare that 'the benefits for refugees in Germany are quite high compared to other EU countries. This is part of the pull effect towards Germany."
https://www.thelocal.de/20170910/german-aid-to-migrants-creating-pull-effect-minister
It's not fake news but old, stale news that Maiziere is peddling – information easily available to all, and if he knew, which he did, then why was the parasite tap not turned off?
And the folly of handing these undesirables such undeserved largesse…
An asylum seeker arriving in Germany has the right to housing and up to €390 euros per month to cover food, clothing and other expenses.
…falls squarely on the shoulders of the Berlin Bitch.
This isn't the first time Maiziere has shown himself a worthless weasel..Merkel's Muppet 'Warns' Germans -"Lay Off Our Lying Press!"
Maiziere has collaborated with HMV from the moment she threw the country open to the barbarians…
…and he must share responsibility for the rape, murder and mayhem inflicted by so many of the savages on innocent Germans, especially German women and girls.
So how come Maiziere is gabbling the obvious, as if he's suddenly taking the people's side over the 'snouts-in-the-trough' issue?
Partly because he knows he can rely on the Enemy Within parties to rail at him, and thus cast doubt in conservative minds – if he's being 'roundly criticised by the far-left Die Linke party and the German Greens…'
…then chances are the patriot electorate will reckon the target of the subversives' wrath must be doing something right.
And Mein Gott the reds are railing!
Die Linke deputy Jan Korte said that Maiziere was seeking to "disfigure the right to asylum".
I always imagined that any right to asylum might have some tenuous connection with whether or not those involved were actually seeking asylum.
Since ALL of those who barged in via the Balkans had passed through numerous countries, including EUSSR members…
…and refused to claim asylum there, then they are clearly motivated not by any fears for their safety but by simple obnoxious greed.
They are just contemptible country-shoppers!
But towards the end of the report, we catch a glimpse of the cabal's broader strategy.
Maiziere on Saturday stressed the need to harmonise asylum procedures for European nations, an issue already broached at EU-level. The European Union needs "a truly homogenous asylum system," he said.
Aaah, a 'homogeneous' system, directed from Brussels, lashing out more and more goodies to more and more baddies.
And shifting more and more primitives into the brave lands of East and Central Europe, regardless of those nations' wishes.
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Hannelor	21:05 on September 14, 2017	Permalink | Reply
Not many days longer until we can vote against her who has introduced all these problem people into Germany and I hope so many will be voting for the AfD. No other party in Germany will help our nation to survive this disaster Merkel has given to us.
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How Dare Germany Be German? Left-Lib Nut-Jobs Rant!
Mein Gott!
What audacity, for a German politician to be heard calling for a "German dominant culture," or "leitkultur."
Next we'll be hearing Chinese politicians making brazen demands for China to have a Chinese dominant culture, or some outrageous call in Egypt for an Egyptian dominant culture.
Then some Nepalese will get the arrogant notion that the idea of a Nepalese dominant culture is worthy of consideration!
Such monstrous violations of the multicult ideology will, as in Germany this month, surely provoke fierce criticism!
It's only in the historic nations of Christendom that uppity exhortations to preserve national identity could possibly provoke rabid rants from lawmakers across the political spectrum.
What actually does reflect audacity is the the identity of the man whose words are being condemned .
"We say our names," de Maiziere wrote. "We shake hands. We are an open society. We show our face. We are not the burqa."
Admirable sentiments indeed!
But the sentiments come ill from one of Mama Stasi Merkel's head honchos, a champion of the Lugenpresse, the lying media who cover up crimmigrant atrocities.
Merkel's Muppet 'Warns' Germans -"Lay Off Our Lying Press!"
Maiziere has collaborated with HMV from the moment she violated German and European law by throwing their country open to a horde of aliens…
The criticism he's getting ranges from idiotic rants to ill-informed sniping, like this from a liberal politician likely to be in Mama Stasi's coalition if she wins the parliamentary election this year.
"Once again, it's about religion," Christian Lindner, the leader of the Free Democrats, told the public broadcaster ARD in response.
http://www.dw.com/en/german-interior-ministers-call-for-leitkultur-draws-fierce-criticism/a-38655517
Religion?
Because he mentions the burqa?
I spend most of my days going to and fro around the capital of the world's largest Muslim majority nation. I rarely see a burqa in Jakarta, and then it's almost always shrouding the head of some wretched Arab's spouse!
Only primitives wear burqas!
Or at least, the wives of primitives, whom really we should pity, subjugated thus at the whim of their bigot husbands.
True, these sad creatures, if asked, will blame their sexist subordination on their 'religion.'
Just as the obnoxious brats we've reported on, in schools in Germany…
Another Brat Exposes Mama Stasi's Folly!
…and Switzerland –Swiss School Panders To Sectarian Brats! try to justify their ignorant, ill-mannered refusal to shake a lady teacher's hand by invoking their 'religion.'
Again, I shake hands with loads of Muslim women here, and often do the cheek-to-cheek mini-kiss, and I can think only of a handful of churlish bints – one a Canadian 'convert,' sadly – who declined to touch my perfectly clean hand.
So it AIN'T 'religion.'
It's barbarous, backward and anti-social, and those who insist on importing such practices should be told they're unwelcome in civilised countries.
But you'll be six feet under if you hold your breath waiting for Maiziere to declare that deportation of these undesirables is due to commence.
Frauke
AfD's Frauke Petry puts it perfectly.
"De Maiziere's model: Torpedo German leitkultur in the legislature, play the big defender of culture two weeks before the election…"
Actually, we have a few months still before the election, but otherwise she's right – this is all about Mama's cabal trying to con the voters on the issue of crimmigration.
Tags: collaborationists ( 5 ), demon doctors ( 2 ), European Commission ( 8 ), European Court ( 23 ), Germany. 'asylum' parasites ( 55 ), Lying asylum crimmigrants ( 88 ), lying doctors, Mama Stasi Merkel ( 444 ), Referendum ( 106 ), Thomas De Maiziere
Demon Doctors – Mendacious Medics Collaborate With Mama Stasi's Migrants!
Disgusting doctors? Diabolic doctors? Dirty rotten red doctors?
Lots of scope for alliteration in the shocking story – covered by few of the Lugenpresse media but honourably publicised by Breitbart and the Daily Caller – on how the German government is accusing doctors of issuing too many sick notes to migrants to help them avoid deportation.Thomas de Maiziere, Germany's interior minister, indirectly accused doctors of issuing fake sick notes to refugees in June.
Naturally, the pinko shrill-machine got moving, as doctors and politicians quickly dismissed it as exaggerated.
"It can't be true that 70 percent of men under the age of 40 are declared sick and not fit to travel before deportation," de Maiziere said in June. "Experience suggests this is not the case."
Not untrue, please note, but simply 'exaggerated,' as if even a handful of collaborationist scum in the medical profession should be ignored or de-prioritised as targets for whatever Germany has in the form of professional oversight bodies. Every effort should be made to see to it that they never work again.
But now we hear that his charges have been backed up – many medical files stand out in the way they come from the same doctor with identical notes, and lack a solid explanation for why the person can't travel, newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports.Vague formulations such as "presumptive diagnosis" are used to declare the migrants unfit to travel.: http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/25/germany-accuses-doctors-of-diagnosing-migrants-as-sick-to-help-them-avoid-deportation/
Breitbart reminds us that there's a huge backlog in deportations of undesirable aliens …Germany Accuses Doctors of Preventing Migrant Deportations..and while much of the blame belongs to Maiziere himself.
And even more to HMV, the evil Mama Stasi Merkel, for their refusal to enact laws (and for their acceptance of German subordination to the Abominable No-Men at European Court level) …
…there needs to be a reckoning with lying schweinehunde in white coats who are devoid of both honesty and allegiance to their own country.
…as of June 30, 2016, some 550,000 rejected asylum seekers were still living in Germany. Many have unrestricted residency status, since they have settled here and no longer have any connection to their own country of origin…
Deutsche Welle seems to have missed the big picture but does tell us of what good Germans are calling the'Deportation Hindrance Industry.' The report says there's suspicion about both lawyers and doctors are behind this subversive menace.
Sad reading.
While most people hold lawyers in some degree of contmept, equally, most respect their doctors. But the Chairman of the German Police Union (GdP), Rainer Wendt at least is prepared to speak up.
"Whoever allows those who failed to receive asylum to lead the government around by the nose like that risks destroying citizens' trust in the state's ability to act."
Criticism of German deportation practices
There certainly are some vile professionals about.
We even had a sickening report about one sicko vixen who maintained that rape should not be seen as sufficient grounds for deportation.
German Leftist Lawyer – "Rapist Refugees Don't Deserve Deportation!"
But fact is, until Merkel is removed and Germans get proper consultation on 'migrants' – like Hungary's splendid referendum next month – there will be no serious steps taken to deport the million or so who don't and won't fit in.
Only democracy, and restoration of sovereign status, freed from Brussels and Strasbourg, can resolve this issue.
ross1948 17:41 on August 20, 2016	Permalink | Reply
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Burqa = Santa? Mein Gott im Himmel!
It would be so much fun to comment at length on that imbecilic outburst from socialist Ralf Jager, North Rhine Westphalia's Interior Minister, who says if Germany bans the burqa, Santa Claus outfits too must be outlawed.
Burka ban must include SANTA outfits: German minister
Jager
But we won't, because Jager also made one valid point –
viz.- the otherwise welcome noises about burqa bans are a mere transparent electoral ploy, a hypocritical scheme to salvage the Mama Stasi CDU party's dim hopes in upcoming elections where the patriot AfD, is expected to do well.
Only a week or two ago, Merkel minion Maziere had spurned such a basic common sense policy!
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière will not support a ban of full body veils for women as part of a multi-pronged security strategy that he presented today (11 August) in Berlin.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/german-interior-minister-rejects-burqa-ban-in-beefed-up-security-strategy/
But suddenly. Germany proposes burqa ban in public places
It's much the same with another of Maiziere's ideas, a controversial proposal to strip jihadist fighters of their German nationality…
The nationality issue should have been implemented years ago, when the gastarbeiter problem reared its ugly head.
Wer Ist Ein Gastarbeiter? Genug!
What Maiziere's now saying sounds good but will apparently apply only to those with dual nationality status.
It will leave unaffected all the German-born and German-raised 'caliphate' curs who carry only German passports yet make it plain by word and deed that their duty to Germany is trumped by alien sectarian allegiance.
However, the true face of appeasement, the pro-crimmigant grovel that has defined Mama Stasi's regime, comes across loud and clear in a Deutsche Welle article this week.
The inertia and/or complicity of the Berlin authorities in failing to carry out legitimate deportation of undesirable aliens is startling, as with the crimmigrant in this scene, described by DW.
He is about to be deported back to his home country. But minutes before takeoff, he and other refugees refuse to travel. Perhaps they begin to shout, refuse to fasten seatbelts, tell the pilot that they're not traveling of their own free will.
The obvious thing to do in that situation is use billy-clubs and manacles to subdue the recalcitrant swine.
But not in Mamastan!
Such was the case in more than 330 deportations that were abandoned between January 2015 and June 2016, interior ministry figures have shown. In total, more than 600 deportations from Germany by plane were abandoned.
http://www.dw.com/en/hundreds-of-migrants-resisting-deportation-from-germany-at-the-last-minute/
Plainly, if those at the scene back off in the face of resistance, they're guilty of dereliction of duty and need to be replaced.
But there's worse.
Agitprop outfits use (anti?) social media to incite such incidents… …tips now easily accessible online….one of the guilty parties is identified too, a pack of pinkos calling themselves "w2eu."
"Usually a loud 'no' is enough," the website reads. If that doesn't help, the site suggests "loud screams, refusing to sit down, refusing to buckle yourself in or throwing yourself on the floor."
Encouraging the crimmigrant curs to defy the law is outrageous, of course, but no prosecutions yet that we know of.
It turns out that this gang is well-connected and is said to be in receipt of funds from one of the West's most powerful Enemies Within, the abominable George Soros.
If so – w2eu is more than cagey about whence comes its plentiful cash, so we must await analysis of the hacked Soros sources http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-16/soros-hack-reveals-plot-behind-europes-refugee-crisis-media-funding-and-manipulationd and maybe more leaks – action must be taken against all segments of the subversive Soros network operating with Germany…and Europe, one might add.
Moreover, so-called 'observer' groups have been allowed to set up shop at airports. One such sticky-beak, Diana Nunez, is quoted, typical leftist sloganising –"that human rights could be violated during deportations."
If these aliens have been deemed unfit for residence in Germany, then it's German rights, first and foremost the right to safety from the presence of crimmigrants, that matter.
To add insult to injury, trouble-makers from other European countries have been flagrantly interfering in deportations. A case is cited, only days ago, where a trio of French agitators joined their German comrades in disrupting a deportation.
The thing is, the subversives have been at their malign work for a long time, but it's only a few days ago, that Maiziere felt obliged to speak up and promise to tackle the problem
For Pity's Sakes!
It's hardly a hard task to sort things out.
Manacles and/or straight-jackets, with afore-mentioned billy-clubs to dissuade crimmigrants reluctant to don such appropriate apparel.
End the use of civilian aircraft and airports, use military bases and clunky transport planes, with no arrogant leftist intruders allowed anywhere near departure points. Any who do show up to intrude to get serious jail-time for obstruction of the legal process.
And action taken against those online who seek to incite airport insurrection.
ross1948 23:48 on April 4, 2016	Permalink | Reply
Tags: crimmigrants ( 487 ), Germany ( 239 ), Mama Stasi Merkel ( 444 ), raperefugees ( 15 ), Thomas De Maiziere
Oh, No, Mama's Boy – The WORST Is Yet to Come!
"It is with great caution that I say the high point of the migrant crisis is behind us…"
German minister says migrant crisis may have peaked
Which flag commands his allegiance?
So says Thomas de Maiziere, Mama Stasi's flunkey who goes by the title of Interior Minister.
And meanwhile the band played believe it if you like.
Certainly many other people, and not just us boring old conservatives, take a different view.
Many politicians believe, however, that numbers will rise again once new routes open up, for example when migrants start crossing from Libya to Italy.
How can he expect anyone to take him seriously, this facile and fatuous man?
Past its peak?
Never mind the numbers, what about the horrific consequences for everyday Germans FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, condemned by Merkel's evil to live cheek-by-jowl with primitives who share few if any of the civilised values which Europeans share? 'Rape refugees not welcome': Protesters in Cologne…
Everyday Germans who can no longer rest easy if their wives or daughters go off to meet friends downtown? Women In German Town Complain Of Sexual Harassment …
Maiziere the Flunkey clearly gives not a thought to their concerns or their safety.
All he offers is the prospect of further billions splurged on appeasement of alien regimes, more Danegeld bribes paid out…
"If people come via this route again, we will need to find similar solutions like we did with Turkey and also start talks with North African countries," de Maiziere said. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany-idUSKCN0X00NF
…more largesse, and that's ON TOP of the billions the million parasites already there are costing German tax-payers, next year alone roughly €10 billion ($ 11.3 billion) in extra spending for migration-related costs.Germany Plans Balanced Budget in 2017 Despite Migration Costs Nasdaq–22 Mar 2016
And their gracious guests' response?
Vile outbursts of mayhem…
Migrants who were part of a gang that tore apart asylum accommodation and savagely attacked police officers in a riot last year..Riot Migrants Claim They Didn't Understand German Norms Were Just Following Afghan Law…
….which reflect the reality that they have no trace of basic gratitude.

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Administrative Science Quarterly. 1999. Vol. 44. No. 1. P. 163-175.
Gibbons argues persuasively in Taking Coase Seriously (1999) that economic modeling offers a useful set of tools that noneconomists may employ to good effect in their research on organizations. His arguments are even more persuasive if it is understood that this brand of modeling lends itself naturally to one of the key theoretical problems facing such researchers - the need for a theory of aggregation, sometimes called a theory of action. Such a theory is necessary to link the behavior of individuals with properties of collectivites, such as corporations.


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How Parents Can Help Teens Avoid Distracted Driving
Beth Costello
Distracted driving behaviors can be deadly, but they're easily avoidable with the proper training. Use these simple tips to help keep your new motorist safe on the road.
Imagining your teenager behind the wheel can be daunting — and the concern isn't unwarranted, particularly when a new motorist leaves the driveway without a parent.
Not only do young drivers lack experience, but they're also more likely to engage in risky behaviors while on the road.
Teens were the largest group reported as distracted at the time of fatal crashes in 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Crash facts from the Michigan State Police show that 7,516 crashes involved distracted driving in 2015, resulting in 28 fatalities and 3,472 injuries. Of those crashes, more involved young motorists than any other group.
That's why teens need education beyond basic rules of the road.
Kohl's Drive Smart, a program for distracted driving prevention within the Pediatric Trauma Program at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, is working to close that gap.
But the key to fostering safe behavior begins at home. A parent's influence begins long before a child is old enough to drive.
Here is a checklist, with tips from Kohl's Drive Smart, to help families prepare for that milestone:
How parents can help teens drive safely
Model good behavior: Driver's education doesn't start in adolescence. It begins the moment you turn an infant's car seat around. Your teen, after all, has observed your driving habits — good or bad — for more than a decade.
So, ask yourself: Do you maintain focus when you drive? Are your hands on the wheel and eyes ahead? Or does a young passenger watch as you eat, reach down to find something, talk on the phone, send a text or argue with someone? It's likely your child will model these behaviors.
Establish a pre-trip checklist: From the first time a teenager gets behind the wheel — and before he or she ever turns a key in the ignition — teach preparation habits that reduce the risk of distracted driving.
Among the tasks to complete in advance: finding sunglasses, setting music and temperature controls, adjusting mirrors, removing a jacket and setting GPS navigation routes. That way, teens can then focus their full attention on the main task at hand.
Discuss cellphone dangers: A barrage of social media alerts, text messages and pinging emails from a nearby cellphone can be irresistible to ignore. Establish a phone placement and use rule with your teens, and make sure they follow it on each trip.
SEE ALSO: Safe Driving: 5 Ways Kids Can Help
Need ideas? Consider requiring that the phone be placed in airplane mode until a trip is complete. Or that your teen use a cell keeper bag (available for free from Kohl's Drive Smart) to hold the phone and shield its screen while driving. And don't call or text a young motorist when you know he or she is probably at the wheel.
Teach respect for drivers: Passengers are the leading cause of distraction-related crashes. It's crucial, then, to teach younger family members to remain quiet and helpful, no matter who is driving, and for you to speak with other parents about initiating the same conversation.
Establish clear rules about who may ride with a new driver to comply with Level 2 License restrictions — and minimize the capacity whenever possible. For a complete set of rules for each phase of the Michigan Graduated Driver Licensing process, click here.
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Bibliography Tag: roundup
Mesnage et al., 2021D
Robin Mesnage, Mariam Ibragim, Daniele Mandrioli, Laura Falcioni, Eva Tibaldi, Fiorella Belpoggi, Inger Brandsma, Emma Bourne, Emanuel Savage, Charles A Mein, Michael N Antoniou; "Comparative Toxicogenomics of Glyphosate and Roundup Herbicides by Mammalian Stem Cell-Based Genotoxicity Assays and Molecular Profiling in Sprague-Dawley Rats", Toxicological Sciences, 2021; DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfab143.
Whether glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are more potent than glyphosate alone at activating cellular mechanisms, which drive carcinogenesis remain controversial. As GBHs are more cytotoxic than glyphosate, we reasoned they may also be more capable of activating carcinogenic pathways. We tested this hypothesis by comparing the effects of glyphosate with Roundup GBHs both in vitro and in vivo. First, glyphosate was compared with representative GBHs, namely MON 52276 (European Union), MON 76473 (United Kingdom), and MON 76207 (United States) using the mammalian stem cell-based ToxTracker system. Here, MON 52276 and MON 76473, but not glyphosate and MON 76207, activated oxidative stress and unfolded protein responses. Second, molecular profiling of liver was performed in female Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to glyphosate or MON 52276 (at 0.5, 50, and 175 mg/kg bw/day glyphosate) for 90 days. MON 52276 but not glyphosate increased hepatic steatosis and necrosis. MON 52276 and glyphosate altered the expression of genes in liver reflecting TP53 activation by DNA damage and circadian rhythm regulation. Genes most affected in liver were similarly altered in kidneys. Small RNA profiling in liver showed decreased amounts of miR-22 and miR-17 from MON 52276 ingestion. Glyphosate decreased miR-30, whereas miR-10 levels were increased. DNA methylation profiling of liver revealed 5727 and 4496 differentially methylated CpG sites between the control and glyphosate and MON 52276 exposed animals, respectively. Apurinic/apyrimidinic DNA damage formation in liver was increased with glyphosate exposure. Altogether, our results show that Roundup formulations cause more biological changes linked with carcinogenesis than glyphosate. FULL TEXT
Mesnage et al., 2021C
Mesnage R, Mazzacuva F, Caldwell A, Halket J, Antoniou MN. "Urinary excretion of herbicide co-formulants after oral exposure to roundup MON 52276 in rats." Environmental Research. 2021 Jun;197:111103. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111103.
The toxicity of surfactants, which are an integral component of glyphosate-formulated products is an underexplored and highly debated subject. Since biomonitoring human exposure to glyphosate co-formulants is considered as a public health priority, we developed and validated a high-resolution mass spectrometry method to measure the urinary excretion of surfactants present in Roundup MON 52276, the European Union (EU) representative formulation of glyphosate-based herbicides. Quantification was performed measuring the 5 most abundant compounds in the mixture. We validated the method and showed that it is highly accurate, precise and reproducible with a limit of detection of 0.0004 μg/mL. We used this method to estimate the oral absorption of MON 52276 surfactants in Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to three concentrations of MON 52276 via drinking water for 90 days. MON 52276 surfactants were readily detected in urine of rats administered with this commercial Roundup formulation starting from a low concentration corresponding to the EU glyphosate acceptable daily intake. Our results provide a first step towards the implementation of surfactant co-formulant biomonitoring in human populations. FULL TEXT
de Melo et al., 2019
de Melo, M. S., Nazari, E. M., Joaquim-Justo, C., Muller, Y. M. R., & Gismondi, E.; "Effects of low glyphosate-based herbicide concentrations on endocrine-related gene expression in the decapoda Macrobrachium potiuna;" Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 2019, 26(21), 21535-21545; DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05496-1.
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) are the most used herbicides worldwide and are considered as endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDC) for non-target organisms. However, effects of GBH on their endocrine systems remain poorly understood. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the effects of low concentrations of Roundup WG(R) on growth and reproduction process molecules in both males and females of the decapod crustacean Macrobrachium potiuna, by the relative transcript expression levels of the ecdysteroid receptor (EcR), the molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), and the vitellogenin (Vg) genes. Prawns were exposed to three concentrations of GBH (0.0065, 0.065, and 0.28 mg L(-1)) for 7 and 14 days. The results revealed that only in males the three genes transcript levels were influenced by the GBH concentration, time of exposure, and the interaction between the concentrations and time of exposure, suggesting that males were more sensitive to GBH than females. For males, after 7 days of exposure at 0.065 mg L(-1), EcR and MIH were over-expressed, while the Vg expression was only over-expressed after 14 days. The present study highlighted that GBH impacted endocrine systems of M. potiuna. Moreover, EcR and MIH gene expressions could be promising EDC biomarkers of exposure in crustaceans. These results also indicate that GBH concentrations, considered secure by regulatory agencies, should be reviewed to minimize the effects on non-target organisms. FULL TEXT
Stur et al., 2019
Stur, E., Aristizabal-Pachon, A. F., Peronni, K. C., Agostini, L. P., Waigel, S., Chariker, J., Miller, D. M., Thomas, S. D., Rezzoug, F., Detogni, R. S., Reis, R. S. D., Silva Junior, W. A., & Louro, I. D.; "Glyphosate-based herbicides at low doses affect canonical pathways in estrogen positive and negative breast cancer cell lines;" Plos One, 2019, 14(7), e0219610; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219610.
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide that is used worldwide. It represents a potential harm to surface water, and when commercially mixed with surfactants, its uptake is greatly magnified. The most well-known glyphosate-based product is Roundup. This herbicide is potentially an endocrine disruptor and many studies have shown the cytotoxicity potential of glyphosate-based herbicides. In breast cancer (BC) cell lines it has been demonstrated that glyphosate can induce cellular proliferation via estrogen receptors. Therefore, we aimed to identify gene expression changes in ER+ and ER- BC cell lines treated with Roundup and AMPA, to address changes in canonical pathways that would be related or not with the ER pathway, which we believe could interfere with cell proliferation. Using the Human Transcriptome Arrays 2.0, we identified gene expression changes in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-468 exposed to low concentrations and short exposure time to Roundup Original and AMPA. The results showed that at low concentration (0.05% Roundup) and short exposure (48h), both cell lines suffered deregulation of 11 canonical pathways, the most important being cell cycle and DNA damage repair pathways. Enrichment analysis showed similar results, except that MDA-MB-468 altered mainly metabolic processes. In contrast, 48h 10mM AMPA showed fewer differentially expressed genes, but also mainly related with metabolic processes. Our findings suggest that Roundup affects survival due to cell cycle deregulation and metabolism changes that may alter mitochondrial oxygen consumption, increase ROS levels, induce hypoxia, damage DNA repair, cause mutation accumulation and ultimately cell death. To our knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the effects of Roundup and AMPA on gene expression in triple negative BC cells. Therefore, we conclude that both compounds can cause cellular damage at low doses in a relatively short period of time in these two models, mainly affecting cell cycle and DNA repair. FULL TEXT
Slaby et al., 2019
Slaby, S., Titran, P., Marchand, G., Hanotel, J., Lescuyer, A., Lepretre, A., Bodart, J. F., Marin, M., & Lemiere, S., "Effects of glyphosate and a commercial formulation Roundup(R) exposures on maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes," Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04596-2.
Pesticides are often found at high concentrations in small ponds near agricultural field where amphibians are used to live and reproduce. Even if there are many studies on the impacts of phytopharmaceutical active ingredients in amphibian toxicology, only a few are interested in the earlier steps of their life cycle. While their populations are highly threatened with extinction. The aim of this work is to characterize the effects of glyphosate and its commercial formulation Roundup(R) GT Max on the Xenopus laevis oocyte maturation which is an essential preparation for the laying and the fertilization. Glyphosate is an extensively used herbicide, not only known for its effectiveness but also for its indirect impacts on non-target organisms. Our results showed that exposures to both forms of glyphosate delayed this hormone-dependent process and were responsible for spontaneous maturation. Severe and particular morphogenesis abnormalities of the meiotic spindle were also observed. The MAPK pathway and the MPF did not seem to be affected by exposures. The xenopus oocyte is particularly affected by the exposures and appears as a relevant model for assessing the effects of environmental contamination. FULL TEXT
Wozniak et al., 2018
Wozniak, E., Sicinska, P., Michalowicz, J., Wozniak, K., Reszka, E., Huras, B., Zakrzewski, J., & Bukowska, B., "The mechanism of DNA damage induced by Roundup 360 PLUS, glyphosate and AMPA in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells – genotoxic risk assessement," Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2018, 120, 510-522. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.07.035.
Glyphosate is the most heavily applied among pesticides in the world, and thus human exposure to this substance continues to increase. WHO changed classification of glyphosate to probably cancerogenic to humans, thus there is urgent need to assess in detail genotoxic mechanism of its action. We have assessed the effect of glyphosate, its formulation (Roundup 360 PLUS) and its main metabolite (aminomethylphosphonic acid, AMPA) in the concentration range from 1 to 1000muM on DNA damage in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The cells were incubated for 24h. The compounds studied and formulation induced DNA single and double strand-breaks and caused purines and pyrimidines oxidation. None of compounds examined was capable of creating adducts with DNA, while those substances increased ROS (including (*)OH) level in PBMCs. Roundup 360 PLUS caused damage to DNA even at 5muM, while glyphosate and particularly AMPA induced DNA lesions from the concentration of 250muM and 500muM, respectively. DNA damage induced by glyphosate and its derivatives increased in order: AMPA, glyphosate, Roundup 360 PLUS. We may conclude that observed changes were not associated with direct interaction of xenobiotics studied with DNA, but the most probably they occurred through ROS-mediated effects. FULL TEXT
Luo et al., 2017
Luo, Lei, Wang, Fei, Zhang, Yiyuan, Zeng, Ming, Zhong, Caigao, & Xiao, Fang, "In vitro cytotoxicity assessment of Roundup (glyphosate) in L-02 hepatocytes," Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 2017, 52(6), 410-417. DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2017.1293449.
The goal of the present study was to elucidate the in vitro cytotoxicity of Roundup and to reveal the possible related mechanisms in L-02 hepatocytes. By detecting reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, glutathione (GSH)/superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels, mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) open rate, apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) release, intracellular Ca2+ concentration, and alanine aminotransferease (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) leakage, we determined that Roundup induced anti-oxidant system inhibition, mitochondria damage, DNA damage, membrane integrity and permeability changes, and apoptosis in L-02 hepatocytes. By revealing the mechanistic insights of Roundup-induced cytotoxicity, our results are valuable for the design of preventive and therapeutic strategies for the occupational population exposed to Roundup and other pesticides.
Krimsky and Gillam, 2018
Krimsky, Sheldon, & Gillam, Carey, "Roundup litigation discovery documents: implications for public health and journal ethics," Journal of Public Health Policy, 2018, 39(3), 318-326. DOI: 10.1057/s41271-018-0134-z.
This paper reviews the court-released discovery documents obtained from litigation against Monsanto over its herbicide Roundup and through Freedom of Information Act requests (requests to regulatory agencies and public universities in the United States). We sought evidence of corporate malfeasance and undisclosed conflicts of interest with respect to issues of scientific integrity. The findings include evidence of ghostwriting, interference in journal publication, and undue influence of a federal regulatory agency.
Jiang et al., 2018
Jiang, X., Zhang, N., Yin, L., Zhang, W. L., Han, F., Liu, W. B., Chen, H. Q., Cao, J., & Liu, J. Y., "A commercial Roundup(R) formulation induced male germ cell apoptosis by promoting the expression of XAF1 in adult mice.," Toxicology Letters, 2018, 296, 163-172, DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.1067.
Roundup(R) is extensively used for weed control worldwide. Residues of this compound may lead to side effects of the male reproductive system. However, the toxic effects and mechanisms of Roundup(R) of male germ cells remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the apoptosis-inducing effects of Roundup(R) on mouse male germ cells and explore the role of a novel tumor suppressor XAF1 (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis-associated factor 1) involved in this process. We demonstrated that Roundup(R) can impair spermatogenesis, decrease sperm motility and concentration, and increase the sperm deformity rate in mice. In addition, excessive apoptosis of germ cells accompanied by the overexpression of XAF1 occurred after Roundup(R) exposure both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, the low expression of XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis) induced by Roundup(R) was inversely correlated with XAF1. Moreover, the knockdown of XAF1 attenuated germ cell apoptosis, improved XIAP expression and inhibited the activation of its downstream target proteins, caspase-3 and PARP, after Roundup(R) exposure. Taken together, our data indicated that XAF1 plays an important role in Roundup(R)-induced male germ cell apoptosis. The present study suggested that Roundup(R) exposure has potential negative implications on male reproductive health in mammals.
Hong et al., 2018
Hong, Y., Yang, X., Huang, Y., Yan, G., & Cheng, Y., "Assessment of the oxidative and genotoxic effects of the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup on the freshwater shrimp, Macrobrachium nipponensis," Chemosphere, 2018, 210, 896-906. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.07.069.
In the present study, an acute toxic test was performed to assess the oxidative stress and genotoxic effects of the herbicide on the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium nipponensis. The results showed that the 48-h and 96-h LC50 values of Roundup to M. nipponensis were 57.684mg/L and 11.237mg/L, respectively. For further investigation, the shrimps were exposed to sublethal concentrations of 0.35, 0.70, 1.40, 2.80 and 5.60mg/L for 96h. A significant decrease in total haemocytes count (THC) was observed at concentration of 5.60mg/L throughout the experiment. The level of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) in all the treatments decreased in a dose- and time-dependent manner except for the concentration group of 0.35mg/L. The malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and protein carbonyl in serum increased significantly at concentrations of 2.80mg/L and 5.60mg/L. A significant decrease in acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was observed at each concentration (P0.05). In addition, the micronucleus (MN) frequency of haemocytes significantly increased (P0.05) at concentrations of 1.40, 2.80 and 5.60mg/L, whereas the comet ratio and %DNA in the tails exhibited a clear time- and dose-dependent response during the exposure. The analysis of the integrated biomarker response (IBR) showed the induction of oxidative stress biomarkers and the inhibition of antioxidants, and this dose-dependent relation suggests the sensitivity and availability of all the biomarkers. These results revealed that Roundup had a prominent toxic effect on M. nipponensis based on the antioxidative response inhibition and genotoxicity.


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How powerful are Typhoons?
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The most powerful storms on earth are?
Hurricanes. Like - Typhoons and Cyclone
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Are hurricanes more powerful then typhoons?
No. A hurricane and a typhoon are essentially the same thing.
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Hurricanes of the Americas are equally powerful as cyclones of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, and typhoons of Asia.
Is a typhoon or a hurricane more powerful?
Neither. Hurricanes and typhoons are basically the same thing.
How do you prevent typhoons -?
Typhoons cannot be prevented.
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Where are typhoons found?
Typhoons and hurricanes are the same thing. Typhoons occur in the Pacific basin. The waters around China, Taiwan, and Japan are home to typhoons.
Can you help prevent typhoons?
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Does uk get typhoons?
No, typhoons are a southeast Asia phenomena.
Why are typhoons called typhoons?
Typhoons and hurricanes are the same. The storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic and Typhoons in the Pacific. The name "typhoon" is an English version of the Japanese word pronounced "taifu".
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How are the typhoons in the Philippines named?
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Typhoons and tornadoes are both natural disasters that produce powerful, destructive winds that spiral cyclonically inwards via low pressure (clockwise in the southern. Typhoons have a calm, clear eye at the center of rotation and it is believed that many tornadoes have a similar feature.
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Typhoons can deliver much needed rain to a region.
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Typhoons can destroy homes and buildings
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Manchester United and Chelsea meet at Wembley for Saturday's FA Cup final, which could be the last Red Devils outing for 8 players.
Marouane Fellaino has an uncertain future, as the Belgian midfielder is yet to sign a new deal and could leave for nothing this summer as a result. Manager Jose Mourinho isn't confident he'll stay.
Anthony Martial has spent the season on the periphery and could be sold for the right price as Mourinho clearly prefers Alexis Sanchez on the left-wing to the Frenchman.
He's missed out on the World Cup squad this summer after making only 18 EPL starts and lasting a full 90 minutes on just five occasions. With his deal up next year, United may want to cash in early rather than risk losing him for free.
Juan Mata's deal is also up in 2019 and his lack of activity could make him expendable this summer – just six Premier League starts since January. He's scored just three league goals all season.
Luke Shaw is expected to leave after falling out with Mourinho and having racked up just 8 league starts in 2017/18. With 32-year-old winger Ashley Young getting in at left-back ahead of Shaw, it's clear he's unwanted.
Daley Blind has amassed just 4 league starts for United this season and has spent the campaign out of the matchday squad as Mourinho as the likes of Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Eric Bailly and Victor Lindelof for defensive options. He should be on his way out this summer.
Matteo Darmian should be on his way out of Old Trafford as he's made just 5 league starts and has reportedly 'said yes' to joining Juventus.
Marcos Rojo has made just 8 league starts this season and has spent the campaign out of the matchday squad due to the stiff competition in defense. He has 3 years left on his deal but reports suggest an exit could soon be on the cards.
Scott McTominay enjoyed a brief run in the side after being promoted from the reverses, but he could be loaned out if United strengthen in the midfield department this summer. He's racked up just 200 minutes of playing time in the league since March.


By the time the Spanish Conquest of Mesoamerica began in 1517 CE, the great cities of the Classic Maya civilization had been abandoned for more than five hundred years. The tree-clad temples and toppled sculptures in these ruins were largely local curiosities until the mid-nineteenth century, when the best-selling accounts of John Lloyd Stephen's and Frederick Catherwood's travels ignited widespread interest in the ancient Maya world. Like earlier visitors to these sites, Stephens and Catherwood were overwhelmed by the grandeur of Maya art and architecture. Who built these sites, they asked, what was their culture like, and why did they leave? Each year, archaeologists, epigraphers, and ethnologists come closer to answering these and other questions. Yet, many secrets from this ancient world remain to be uncovered.


On Thanksgiving I called my mom. It was a day early for her in Hawaii but I wanted to call her all the same. She told me that she bought some hair dye and that tomorrow she was going to visit my father then dye her hair. I smiled.
We don't have family traditions. I mean there's my younger brother, my mom and I and sometimes my mom's ex who I refer to as my step-dad out of convenience, but we aren't a big family. On Thanksgiving we sometimes cooked at home and sometimes didn't. On Christmas we sometimes had a tree and sometimes didn't.
We don't open that one gift on Christmas Eve from grandma or start with the stockings or eat a particular dish or have those traditions that my friends families have. Except today I realized we do have one. We went to Punchbowl Cemetery to see my father.
And I still miss him with the same tears as if he died yesterday and not 32 years ago. I don't know why. Shouldn't these feelings fade with time?
Sometimes we would stop by Chinatown to buy flowers and other times we would hit the local grocer. I don't know if I'd stressed out so much as get agitated over what flowers to choose. It's important to pick the ones that will last the longest in the Hawaiian sun. The ones that are native to the islands are the ones that look and last the best.
Punchbowl is a dead volcano and from Honolulu we drive up a very steep hill, take a right at the light then follow the windy road through old top heavy houses that would look ordinary in any other place, but here I know it's expensive. We pass a school and then veer off a road that you need to know is there, up another hill, a left, then right and we are on the driveway to the cemetery.
The view of the city and Pacific below is stunning because it's Hawaii and because it's my childhood home. Then we enter these tall wrought iron gates and we have arrived into what I think is the prettiest cemetery. It's quite large and seeing it grow over the years feels natural and a little queer too.
The roads are lined with old large trees with outstretched wings that provide shade and protection. It's a bit of a maze so you need to know where you are going, and we know where we are going. To the top of the "bowl" – not where the monument where the lady in white is, but to the right where the old bomb shelters were/are.
My dad is not far from one of those old grand trees which I like. He's also near many gravestones marked "unknown" from WWII. Unknown 22 is not 22 unknown bodies but 22 unknown body parts. As a child, my brother and I would walk carefully around the invisible boundaries of caskets unseen and as we got older, read the nearby gravestones with interest and more understanding.
Date of birth and death aren't the only things on the headstones but religion and what war they served in. Punchbowl is a military cemetery for servicemen and their families. My father's headstone says Catholic, as does his dog tags, but my father wasn't really Catholic. Grandma said he changed religions with the frequency of hoping to find one that fit.
I find it so fascinating that you try on these different outfits and whatever one you are wearing at the time of death is the one you are stuck with. Do you know what I mean?
We park the car then one of us goes and digs up the upside down metal vase that sits just below his headstone. Usually we have to rip up the grass that has grown over it and twist it off, as it fits like a jigsaw piece or blender we have to click into place. Across the street is a spigot where we rinse the vase with the raised gold Christian/Catholic cross on it, cut the flowers and fill the vase.
My mother, brother and I must have created quite the sight sitting or standing around my father's grave. But I somehow took comfort in seeing other grieving families, pairs, people and smaller children walking around the cemetery. Isn't that strange?
I remember when I was walking around Ala Moana and found these little painted river pebbles scattered thoughtfully (?) around the mall. I think there were words on them too, like "Love" and "Jesus". There were so many of them that I started to pocket them and later I placed them around my father's headstone.
The next time we visited, they were gone. As was the picture I drew of him for Father's Day. A class project that I had to do even though I told my teacher I didn't have a father. She thought about it for a moment after I whispered, "He's dead." She said, "Draw him anyway." That was in the 6th grade and I imagined the picture blew away even though I weighed it down with rocks.
Before we left Punchbowl, my mom always told us to tell my father something, and since I can't be at his grave now I will write instead. . .Your son had another child on Thanksgiving Day. A girl named Molly. So you have three grandchildren! The boys are handsome and bright. Everyone is healthy and happy and I'm still in Thailand. I love you and miss you. I love you and miss you. I love you and miss you.
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Thanks for the thoughtful post. I'm sure your father is saying the same words to you: I love you and miss you.
You remind us to be thankful for those extraordinary people in our lives, and the powerful, lasting memories they invoke.Ken C.
Thanks to you both. My loyal readers 🙂 always hesitate to post something so personal but it has been harder to keep it in.
Lani, after the recent deaths of both my parents the holidays are still a little raw and to say the least your post brought some tears to my eyes.I'm sure you father is very proud of you, watching you and saying he loves you and misses you too.
Talen, I'm grateful that we can share something and connect, even though it might be considered sad. I'm sorry for your recent loss and thank you for your kind words.


There is no default internet privacy today. However, with some proven measures in place you can ensure to be completely anonymous online. Today, there are exceptionally designed tools to safeguard your privacy but they may not work perfectly as advertised by their designers. With an increased rate of hackers and malware attackers today, it is good to protect your privacy while you are browsing the internet and that's why we have compiled a list of measures you can take to achieve this.
A VPN is a technology of computers interconnected to bridge between your computer and external network resources.
This is an incredible method of browsing the internet anonymously. Although there are other methods such as hopping around different wireless networks or public networks, this is the most convenient method to ensure you stay anonymous online. If you want to stream movies and TV shows, we have a list of VPNs where you can select the best VPN for popcorn time. Popcorn time is a BitTorrent that comprises of several podiums which allow for streaming movies and TV shows.
Additionally, a VPN will make your internet connection more difficult to recognize or track as it will substitute your real IP address and metadata details with something else.
Note that, many of current browser plug-ins especially the most popular ones, leave traces that disclose your identity and location, therefore avoid using them if you want to remain anonymous while you are online.
This is a Web surfing solution that was originally created for the U.S. Navy to ensure anonymity while browsing the Web and it is the most currently used. Tor is essentially a whole system consisting of tools, browsers, APIs and networks designed to ensure you remain anonymous while browsing the internet.
If you connect through a Tor network path, the incoming and outgoing traffic is directed through a random set of Tor nodes. Today, there are hardware-based Tor solutions in the market like Anonabox.
In the olden days, it was difficult to use HTTPS. Thanks to the current websites today that uses HTTPS by default. However, when using HTTPS, ensure they are from trusted certificate authorities and use genuine identity certificates.
Nowadays, you can buy almost everything that you want online using your credit card, but if you want to stay anonymous, don't use credit cards when trading on the internet, instead, you can use other online money transfer options like PayPal although these other online money transfer services have records that can be stolen.
Another option is to use E-currency like bitcoin which are starting to gain popularity and are accepted in various places each day.
Web-based proxy servers are the good and more helpful solution when browsing the internet from a public library or other places where you don't have the opportunity to make significant changes to the system settings. In fact, this is a more convenient and portable method of surfing anonymously.
To utilize them, you just find the way to a website and type the site you wish to access by hand in their navigation box. Your request is redirected to a proxy server and returned to you in your browser. These are perhaps the slowest means of private browsing since they're regularly maintained by ads and traffic is intense, so it's not for high-volume surfing.
The above methods are not comprehensive since there are other methods you can use to ensure you are completely anonymous online. However, the list comprises the most tried and tested methods although they can be defeated. However, the more you incorporate these methods into your privacy solution, the difficult it will be for a third party to identify you.
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Wishing You Many Bad Returns
Bad Behavior, Convenience Store, Pennsylvania, USA, Wild & Unruly | Right | January 22, 2020
(One evening, shortly after Black Friday, I am called to the customer service desk to speak with a customer. I am a woman, 5'6″ and barely 115 pounds. This man is over six feet tall and easily 200 pounds. We make eye contact and I smile at him. He glares.)
Me: "Hello, sir. You—"
Customer: "You the boss?"
Me: "Yes, sir, I am. How can I—"
Customer: "I've been waiting half a f****** hour for you."
Me: *knowing he's been standing there for maybe five minutes* "I apologize for the inconvenience. How can—"
Customer: "This lady over here disrespected me." *points to our customer service rep*
Me: "Would you like to tell me what happened?"
Customer: "She disrespectful."
Me: "Was it something she said or did or was—"
Customer: "She told me I can't get my money back, said I did it too many times!"
Me: "Oh, I see. When a customer does three non-receipt returns within a rolling six months—"
Customer: "I don't give a flying f*** what your system says. I want my money back."
Me: *getting very annoyed* "Sir, I am trying to help you. I can overri—"
Customer: "No, you're telling me why she's right! Don't talk to me like a [disabled slur]."
Me: "The system blocks returns when you do too many in a—"
Customer: "Nah, I didn't—"
Me: "Six-month period. Now, I can—"
Customer: "Don't talk over me! You interrupting and I'm trying to talk to you!" *steps in, a few inches from me, and jabs his finger in my chest* "You're all disrespectful—"
Me: "Actually, I was talking first, so you were interrupting me. Now. I can override the system and force it to do a return."
Customer: *suddenly a gentleman, stepping back* "Oh. I apologize, ma'am. Please forgive me for—"
Me: "However, you will not be doing anymore returns." *smiles and gestures toward the exit* "Please leave."
Customer: "F*** you, b****! What are you gonna do?"
Me: "I'm going to call the police in five seconds. You've been rude, tried to intimidate me, and sexually assaulted me when you poked me in the chest."
Customer: "You don't—"
Me: "One…"
Customer: "Don't act like—"
Me: "Two…"
Customer: "F****** c*** can't tell me s***!"
Me: "Three…" *I pull out my phone*
Customer: "Bulls***."
Me: "Four…" *I put my phone to my ear*
Customer: "Man, f*** you and your p****-a** store!"
(He stormed out of the store. The customer service associate told me he wanted to return a blender that didn't work anymore. If he hadn't been so rude, I would have gladly helped him out.)
Not In The Zone Of Waiving The Fee
Bad Behavior, Billing, Crazy Requests, Government Office, Massachusetts, USA | Right | January 21, 2020
(I work in the treasurer and collector's office for a town. We have a pretty strict payment policy. We have a one-day grace period after the due date, after which we charge interest. State law allows us to waive up to $15.00 of interest and/or fees. Sometimes, if the customer is sincere enough in their excuse why they didn't pay their bill on time, we will waive the interest and/or late fee, but not more than the legal amount. I do have some authority over these instances, but if I don't like the customer's attitude or if I'm unsure if I should do it — we also look into payment history — I ask my manager for approval with the excuse given. Real estate tax bills were due on the first of the month. It is currently the ninth. A woman who doesn't seem familiar brings in her bill with her check already written out for the original amount. I look up the bill for the current amount with interest.)
Me: "Okay, so, after this payment, the balance will be $4.59, which we can put on the next bill if you'd like."
Customer: "What? Why?"
Me: "Because it was due last week on the first. It's now the ninth."
Customer: "Listen. My husband volunteers for the town."
Me: "Okay."
Customer: "He is on the zoning board."
Customer: "So, can't you give us a break?"
(I think, "Did she actually just ask us to waive her interest because her husband is on a board? Isn't that unethical?")
Me: "No, sorry."
Customer: *angrily* "Well, why not? He volunteers for the town."
Me: "We don't waive interest for any reason." *especially name-dropping!*
Customer: "Can you ask your manager?"
Me: "Sure." *to my manager* "This customer just asked us to waive her interest of about $5 because her husband is on the zoning board."
Manager: "What?! No. Absolutely not. I can't believe she would even ask that. No, tell her we can't do that."
Me: *to the customer* "Sorry, my manager says we can't do that."
Customer: "I don't believe that. My husband volunteers for the town! He doesn't get paid! And you can't waive $5 of interest?"
Me: "No, we can't."
Customer: "Unbelievable."
Me: *knowing this isn't going to go anywhere* "[Manager], can you come here, please?"
Manager: "No, we absolutely cannot waive interest just because your husband is on the zoning board, or any board or committee, for that matter. It's against the code of ethics."
Customer: "But I don't understand why you can't waive it. It's just $5. He volunteers for the town. As in, he doesn't get paid. And you can't give us a break for $5."
Manager: "No. It's unethical, and frankly, I'm surprised you'd even ask. Your husband signed a code of ethics, and this would violate that code. So, no, I'm not going to waive it."
(The customer then stormed out and tried to slam our self-closing doors on her way out. My manager talked to the town clerk, who would have sworn the husband in to his position and given him the code of ethics. The clerk said the husband may have known not to do it, but the wife may not have known. My manager cooled off a little after that. She told me that if the customer had come in with almost any other excuse, like it got buried in a pile and she just now found it, she may have waived the interest, but because she asked in that manner, it wasn't going to happen. I also noted that one of the Select Board members makes late payments for almost every bill, and he always pays interest, so why would we waive it for a zoning board member? Update: While typing this out, the customer called back to apologize to my manager. She thought about what she had said regarding ethics violations, and she agreed that wasn't the best course of action to take. She said her husband had buried the bill in a pile of mail, and she would be talking to him later.)
Karen Sounding Like Scratching Plates
At The Checkout, Bad Behavior, Garden Center, USA | Right | January 20, 2020
(I am talking to a customer on the phone when I pause beside a register to read the ingredients on an item. Apparently, this means that I am opening the register, so two customers — a man and a woman — come over.)
Me: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not on the register."
Male Customer: "Then why are you standing here?"
Me: "I'm on the phone with another customer." *gestures to the phone still in my hand* "You can check out at the registers with the lit numbers."
Male Customer: "Oh. Sorry."
Female Customer: "I'm not leaving."
Me: *gives her a questioning look*
Female Customer: "You heard me. Do your job."
Me: *points to the phone* "I am."
(I turn away and leave her standing at the register. A few minutes later, my name is called over the loudspeaker with a request to go back to the same register. I do so and see a manager standing beside the woman, who looks quite pleased with herself.)
Manager: "[My Name], please ring out this woman."
Female Customer: "If you don't, I'll call corporate and tell them what you did."
Me: "[Manager], can I talk to you for a minute?"
Manager: "After you're done with her, you can come to see me in the office."
(The woman unloads her purchases as I sign on the register.)
Female Customer: "You deserve this. Aww. Poor little girl. Someone made you do your job."
(There are two small ceramic plates, generally used under potted plants, with a piece of tissue paper between them.)
Me: "Do you want the paper between these plates?"
Female Customer: "If you had just done what I told you to do in the first place, this wouldn't have happened."
Me: "Ma'am, the paper?"
Female Customer: "No. You could have just checked me out and– What are you doing?!"
Me: "You said no."
Female Customer: "You're going to scratch them!"
Me: "I asked if you wanted the papers; you said no."
Female Customer: "I did not! I'll be sure you're fired. You've been horrible this entire time."
Me: "Your total is [total]."
Female Customer: "And now you're trying to push me out the door!
Me: "Just doing my job, ma'am."
Female Customer: "Your generation is so disrespectful!"
Me: "Cash or card, ma'am?"
Female Customer: *swipes her card* "Everywhere I go, terrible service!"
Me: *handing her the receipt* "Maybe it's not the associates."
(I walked away, once again leaving the women at the register. I did have a talk with my manager. She sided with the customer at first, saying I should have opened the register. When I told her what the woman said when I was checking her out, she changed her mind.)
They're Not Entitled To Any YOLO
Airline, Bad Behavior, Great Stuff, Instant Karma, Non-Dialogue, Sweden | Friendly | January 20, 2020
I am an engineer for a German car manufacturer. I fly to northern Sweden several times each year for car testing — we drive on a frozen lake to test in cold and slippery conditions. The airport there is very small and it would be pretty complicated to get there with normal scheduled flights, so there is a company that charters several flights each week directly from Germany to this airport.
Up there in Sweden, there is almost nothing. There is an igloo hotel and a biathlon track, most major European car manufacturers have testing tracks there, and then there are some "driving experience" hotels which provide drifting courses on frozen lakes for very rich people. So, our chartered planes are usually filled with 85% grumpy engineers, 10% normal tourists who want to ski or hike, and 5% rich, entitled a**holes.
Since the planes only fly once every two or three days and the airport is so small, they will usually wait for late passengers. We are sitting in the plane after two hard weeks of work — we usually work almost twice as many hours up there — and they announce that they are waiting for three passengers. Over one hour later, they finally arrive. We see them through the window approaching the plane. There are three 18-year-old guys with sunglasses and Gucci swag. Then, they stop and take selfies in front of the plane for about five minutes.
They enter the plane and an engineer says to them, "What the f*** was that? You come one hour late and make 200 people wait, and then you take your time for some f****** selfies?!"
Their response is, "YOLO!"
Further down the floor, one of them suddenly screams, "Why did you do that, you a**hole??" Apparently, someone tossed some water or soda over their Gucci swag. Several people in the plane answer with, "YOLO!" They complained to the stewardess and she says, "Sorry, I didn't see anything. Please don't curse at other passengers," and walks away.
Clean Water, Not Dirty Bombs
Airport, Argentina, Bad Behavior, Buenos Aires, Non-Dialogue, Security, Tourists/Travel | Right | January 19, 2020
Some classmates and I were on a month-long expedition through northern Argentina. Prior to our journey, we were equipped with iodine to purify our drinking water from taps and streams, which came in dropper bottles. We were in the Buenos Aires airport ready to go back home to see our families.
After successfully going through airport security, we filled our Nalgenes with water from the restroom tap, gathered in the boarding area, and began passing around the iodine to drop into our bottles.
Not ten minutes later, airport security evacuated everyone from the gate to go through the checkpoint they had just set up again. We had to dump out our freshly-purified water.
After going through the checkpoint again, we realized why they might have set up additional security. Thirteen foreigners suspiciously putting unknown chemicals into water bottles doesn't look good. We brought the iodine into the bathroom for the next round of purification, which still looked odd to the bystander, but was a little more discreet.


Happy New Year to Everyone . . . . and stay tuned . . . . with a little luck, I'm expecting up to six new prints to be completed between now and the middle of Spring. Prints should be available for purchase on this site and in stores by the end of the month.
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Maple Grove Rugby Park is an  park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Located in the St. Vital neighbourhood, the park is bordered by the Perimeter Highway to the south, St. Mary's Road to the east, and the Red River to the north and west. King's Park is situated across the river in Fort Richmond.

The park is home to the St. Vital Mustangs Football Club, which operates a football facility and clubhouse on the grounds. Maple Grove Rugby Park, operated by Rugby Manitoba, is located next to the football facility and is Manitoba's largest rugby-only complex with five regulation-sized pitches and its own clubhouse.

Other amenities at the park include an off-leash dog park, Frisbee fields, beach volleyball courts, and a boat launch into the Red River.

There is currently no public transit access to or from the Park with Winnipeg Transit.

History
The first mention of Maple Grove Park was in September 1943 for a picnic sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Hostess Club for military servicemen.

In November 1961 St. Vital Mayor Fred Brennan applied to Metro Council for a $30,000-40,000 ski and toboggan slide. Floodlights for nighttime skiing were installed the next month.

At some point in the late 1960s Metro took over responsibility for the Park.

An international archery competition, featuring archers from Canada and the United States was held in Maple Grove Park July 4-5, 1970 to celebrate Manitoba's centennial.

Metro's Parks Committee studied a plan at the beginning of January 1971 which would improve winter recreation facilities (skiing) and construct a summertime marina at Maple Grove Park.

References

External links
History of Maple Grove Park Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Accessed September 28, 2019.
Maple Grove Rugby Park
Maple Grove Dog Park
Manitoba Organization of Disc Sports (MODS)

Canadian football venues in Manitoba
Parks in Winnipeg
Rugby union stadiums in Canada
Sports venues in Winnipeg
Year of establishment missing
St. Vital, Winnipeg

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Дитячий конкурс пісні Євробачення 2004 — другий дитячий конкурс пісні Євробачення, відбувся 2004 року вЛіллегаммері, Норвегія. На конкурсі були представлені найрізноманітніші стилі музики: рок (Греція), балада (Румунія), поп (Мальта), етно (Іспанія), джаз (Франція) і хіп-хоп (Білорусь).Був помітний і величезний діапазон у віці: у той час як представникам Румунії, Швейцарії й Іспанії було по 9 років, представникам Греції, Мальти, Норвегії і Бельгії - по 13-15 років. Марія Ісабель з Іспанії до сьогодні залишається наймолодшою переможницею Дитячого Євробачення, а участь Деміса Міраркі зі Швейцарії - єдиною для його країни.

Перемогу здобула учасниця від Іспанії Марія Ісабель з піснею «Antes muerta que sencilla». Другє місце посіла представниця Великої Британії Коррі Спеддінг, третє - учасниця від Хорватії Ніка Туркович.

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Here are the best Guild Wars 2 YouTube channels to subscribe to for games, spectators, and fans. From pro players to official replay channels, these popular GW2 YouTubers feature gameplay tutorials, funny highlights, and strategy guides. What are the best Guild Wars 2 channels on YouTube?
When ranking the best Guild Wars 2 YouTubers, WoodenPotatoes, Negativenine, and Dulfy are definitely in the top ten. Hosted by GW pros, these channels are good starting points for those who want to improve their play. Other good YouTube Guild Wars 2 content creators include Brazil, Sugarwraith, MMOINKS, Noxxi, and Nike.
Vote up the best Guild Wars 2 channels on YouTube, and add your favorite Guild Wars 2 YouTube channels missing from this list.


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Q: How to update AWS Secrets Manager using NodeJS I am trying to update one of the value in the AWS Secrets Manager using NodeJS. I tried to do the below functionality. There is an Access Token(oAuth Token) saved initially in the Secrets Manager. This token is used for making API service calls from the lamda functions. So before invoking any service , the existing token in the Secretes Manager is fetched and the validity of the token is checked. If the token is expired, a new oAuth token will be fetched and this needs to be updated to the Secrets Manager.
Below is the Secret Manager update function. But it looks like the updateSecret method is not getting executed at all. Because I am not getting any success or error response . I also tried by giving SecretManagerReadWrite permission for the lamda function.
Is there any steps that I am missing here ?
const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const region = process.env.REGION;

const secretName = "ProjSecrets";

// Create a Secrets Manager client
let client = new AWS.SecretsManager({
    region: region
});

const updateSecretManger = async (updatedSecretData) => {
    console.log("Update Secret Data : " + JSON.stringify(updatedSecretData));
    const params = {
        SecretId: secretName,
        SecretString: JSON.stringify(updatedSecretData)
    };
    return await client.updateSecret(params, (err, data) => {
        if (err) {
            console.log("Error in updating Secrets Data : " + JSON.stringify(err));
        } else {
            console.log("Secret Manager updated : " + data);
        }
    });
}

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Some might think Justin Bieber is no angel, but his new tattoo says otherwise.
On Thursday the "Sorry" singer revealed his latest inking to his fans on Instagram – a set of angel wings on the back of his neck.
"New tattoo :)" Bieber captioned the photo, showing himself looking sharp in a smart suit while checking out his reflection.
Aside from showing off his body art, Bieber, 21, caused a frenzy this week when asking fans to identify a mystery beauty on Instagram.
"Omg who is this!!" the singer captioned an Instagram snap of a brunette woman.
It didn't take long for the post to become a trending topic online, as Beliebers everywhere worked to track down the woman who caught the singer's attention.
The post followed a number of throwback pictures that Bieber posted of ex Selena Gomez – who was recently seen on a romantic night out with One Direction singer Niall Horan.


I absolutely love the taste of coconut! So, when I found a open can of light coconut milk in my refrigerator today (leftover from a Thai stir-fry that I still need to post about!), I just had to make something with it. So, I decided to use it to make a non-alcoholic "Pina Colada-like" Smoothie (leveraging frozen banana instead of frozen pineapple, although either would work). The smoothie turned out really delicious -- I actually thought it was much better than a regular pina colada which tend to be much more icy in consistency. So, I thought I'd share the recipe here!
Note: Here are instructions for creating your own frozen bananas. You might want to cut them into several pieces depending on how powerful your blender is. Also, if you prefer pineapple you can substitute frozen pineapple for the banana, or half a serving of each.
- Blend, transfer to cup, drink and enjoy!
In terms of calories, it is variable (so make sure you check based on your ingredients), but if you use almond milk, a small-ish banana, and light coconut milk, it comes out to approximately 170 calories, 6 grams of fat (primarily from the coconut), and 3 grams of fiber -- so 3 weight watchers points.
I hope you enjoy the smoothie!
Here are some other coconut filled foods I've posted about: Coconut Milk Yogurt, So Delicious Ice Cream Sandwiches, Coconut Ginger Soup, and Nada Moo Ice Cream.
ohhhh sounds sooo delish and great for summer!
Totally screams summer!! Makes me think of a day on the beach with a good book and a delicious smoothie! Gotta try this one =) Thanks!
Did you ever hear that Garth Brooks song "Two pina coladas"? I'm going to have to whip me up one of these and bellow that at the top of my lungs!
It seems n look a great recipie and i think it must b better for summer...!!!
mmmm sounds good, just add some vanilla protein powder to the mix and its the best after gym shake!!
Great idea! I came across a bit of leftover coconut milk that I had frozen after making a curry while working on cleaning out the freezer the other day.I hadn't yet decided what to do with it. Now, I think I know!
Hey! You should try Vegan Recipes They have great ebooks on healthy alternatives to everyday foods.
I've tried various low-carb, low-calorie, and low-fat diets for the past couple of years. Although the Atkins diet is very popular, it made me feel somewhat unhealthy.
The diet plan I'm on right now is the Medifast Diet. The caloric intake is roughly 800-1000 calories. However, it doesn't make my body feel weak. It is a bit of a pricey diet, but there are plenty of coupons available on the internet (i.e. http://www.swoopup.com/stores/deals/Medifast-Diet). You should never pay full price.


Does using Creative Commons No-Derivatives license conflict with GitHub terms?
Eg. is forking (allowed by GitHub) the same as making derivatives (denied by CC). A fork has an owner, has its own download links, has separate history from the original repo etc. and any other feature you might expect from a "derivative".
I know that using CC for a software project is not the brightest idea but some are still doing this and I wonder if it is even allowed by the GitHub terms.
Generally, the term "forking" means taking some codebase and making a modified version of it. However, Github uses the term "forking" to mean "use of Github's fork feature", which simply creates an unaltered clone of a repository by use of git clone.
If you consider trivial alteration of related metadata to constitute the creation of a derivative work, I don't see how anyone could ever legally share a copy of a CC-ND work. If I put up someone else's CC-ND video on YouTube, have I created a derivative work because my username is different from the author's, or the URL where the video is available is different? If you think the answer is "yes, that's a derivative work", then it seems impossible to share a CC-ND work at all, which is contrary to the entire point of the license.
It does not -- the fork actually has a history identical to the original repo. That's the entire point of git clone. If you're worried that your repo may differ at some future time because the original author created a modified version, that's not a valid concern, either. Imagine if I shared someone else's CC-ND music on my website: if the original artist modified some of his tracks, I have no responsibility to update the old versions of the tracks I'm currently sharing.
From the information you've presented here, it looks like Github has nothing to say about you restricting modifications on your repo content.
Github doesn't force any licensing by default, and most of the code hosted on Github is not licensed.
You're basically free to use the license you want, but please consider this article before.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged open-source licensing creative-commons or ask your own question.
Is there an idiot's guide to software licensing somewhere?
How to license my closed source & freeware (donation ware) - using creative commons?
How can I use icons under a CC-ND license?
Commercial use of content licensed under "Creative Commons License Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0"?
*Where* to give credit for Creative Commons licensed work?


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HomeNew review of Laura Pinnavaia's book Food and Drink Idioms in English: "A Little Bit More Sugar and Lots of Spice"
New review of Laura Pinnavaia's book Food and Drink Idioms in English: "A Little Bit More Sugar and Lots of Spice"
July 20, 2018 July 13, 2018 Christine von Gall Our Booksbook review, language, linguistics
We are pleased to share a new review of Laura Pinnavaia's book, Food and Drink Idioms in English: "A Little Bit More Sugar and Lots of Spice", published in 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature, The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies. Authored by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Assoc Prof Dr Tan Kim Hua, it is a positive and thoughtful review that highlights the book's contribution to contemporary language and linguistics. The review can be read in full here, and below is an excerpt from Hua's conclusion:
"Food and Drink Idioms in English 'A Little Bit More Sugar and Lots of Spice" is an intensely in-depth exploration into the linguistic history of idioms that we often take for granted and use without a thought, and a fascinating examination of the evolution of language through exposures to different cultures and diets that demonstrate in the most basic of terms 'we are what we eat'. […] Pinnavaia's research comes to a satisfying conclusion where exploration has revealed that idioms follow clear patterns in form and function, and endorses the notion that "idioms are not merely appendages of language, but central and effective instruments of communications" put forward by phraseology research of the last few decades."
The book is available to be purchased directly from Cambridge Scholars – please click here to be taken to the book page on our website.
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Now that Halloween has come and gone, I will admit that I am swiftly shifting into full-on holiday mode. My sister and brother in-law will be coming home from Florida in a few weeks for Thanksgiving and I am just so ready for all of those festive celebrations. Today I am back at it with my pals at Dr. Oetker Virtuoso Pizza (formerly Dr. Oetker Ristorante Pizza) to share a cocktail recipe with you that is perfectly fall!
You could serve this up at your Thanksgiving dinner, for sure, or make a pitcher for an impromptu happy hour with friends. Bake up a few boxes of your favorite Virtuoso flavors to pair with it and you're in instant hostess mode. I've dubbed this one the fizzy spiked pear punch! It's made with pear juice, prosecco and vanilla vodka so it tastes a bit like fall, if fall were melted into a glass and served over ice. The pear flavor? Completely irresistible in my book. Yum!
With this particular cocktail, the Virtuoso Four Cheese and Signature Spinach were especially delicious, but you can track down your favorite variety by checking out the store locator to find out exactly where it is sold near you. Or you can even put in a request with the manager at your favorite store! The pizzas (now showcasing a new name and a sleek new box) feature the same fresh ingredients as they always have, and the thin crust bakes up to crispy perfection in about 12 minutes. (I prefer to bake mine directly on the rack to make the most of that crust!) Virtuoso is gourmet frozen pizza that you'll enjoy just as much binge watching holiday movies as you will serving it up to friends. Don't be confused by the new look! Everything inside the box is just as delicious as it has always been.
Admittedly, I spend quite a bit of time trying to think of cool cocktail recipes and flavor combinations for every season, but this is one of those that I know I'll be making on repeat! The pear juice makes it so special and rather unexpected, and I've really been growing to love champagne cocktails lately, too. Something about those bubbles is just so so good! (Full disclosure, I'm all about the bubbly every day always and forever anyway.) As always, let me know if you give this one a try – I think you'll really love it. Cheers, friends!
Pour pear juice, vodka and simple syrup into a pitcher and stir to combine.
Pop a bottle of bubbly and slowly pour the full bottle into the juice mixture in your pitcher.
Adjust the sweetness by adding more or less simple syrup, or skip it entirely!
Fill glasses to the top with ice and serve up your pear punch!
Garnish with slices of pear. Tip: I ran my pears through my mandolin to get those cool pear-shaped slices of fruit.