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Jeff has been a resident of West Hartford since 1999 and an engaged member of West Hartford Little League since 2011. Having fond memories of playing in Newington Little League as a boy, he knew he wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps and be a Little League coach for his own sons. He began his coaching career in West Hartford Girls Softball League, where he coached his daughter, Julia. He has since coached his sons, Calvin (now 12) and Desmond (7), across all divisions of West Hartford Little League, including summer District All-Stars and Fall Ball. In addition to coaching, Jeff has served as a Division Director, Fundraising Chairperson, and Vice President for WHLL.
Jeff's love for baseball is matched by the enjoyment he gets out of working with young people. From his college summer job as a camp counselor to his career as a high school English teacher, Jeff has always fed off of the energy and excitement of kids. While he loves teaching fundamental baseball skills and sharing his knowledge of the game of baseball, Jeff is well aware that the most valuable aspects of Little League go beyond the field, for the true Little League experience entails the life lessons imparted, the friendships formed, and the memories made.
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Karageorghis, Vassos, and Efstathios Raptou, Palaepaphos-Skales : Tombs of the Late Cypriote IIIB and Cypro-Geometric Periods (Excavations of 2008 and 2011) (Nicosia, The Cyprus Institute, 2016), pp. xvi+162+101 color and b&w plates.Abstract
In this book the authors publish thirteen tombs and two pyres excavated by the Cyprus Department of Antiquities in the cemeteries of Palaepaphos, on the western part of Cyprus. More tombs from the same cemeteries were published by the same authors in 2015 and earlier (by V. Karageorghis) in 1983. They date to the Late Cypriote IIIB (ca. 1100-1050 B.C.) and the Cypro-Geometric I-III periods (ca. 1050-750 B.C.) There is an excavation report for each tomb, a detail catalogue of objects and a commentary for all ceramic types and other items found in each tomb and a note on chronology. A chapter on historical conclusions places these tombs against their historical background. The transition from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age (Cypro-Geometric period) is marked by the development of an elite society of Greek settlers from the Aegean, who introduced not only artistic styles but also funerary customs.
Of particular interest among the tomb gifts are the bronze vessels; of an exceptionally fine quality is a bronze amphoroid crater found in a tomb of the 11th cent. B.C., whose handles and rim were cast and are decorated in relief with pictorial motifs. Ten appendices written by specialists deal with topics like epigraphy, human and animal skeletal remains, marine molluscs, mineralized textiles etc.
Herzog, Ze'ev, and Lily Singer-Avitz, Beer-Sheba III - The Early Iron IIA Enclosed Settlement and the Late Iron IIA–Iron IIB Cities, Vols. I-III (Winona Lake, IN, Eisenbrauns, 2016), pp. 1534; many illustrations.Abstract
The publication of the full report of the Tel Beer-sheba Iron Age remains is a fulfillment of a scientific dream. The excavations at Tel Beer-sheba, carried out under the auspices of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, were the highlight of Yohanan Aharoni's vast research program in the Beer-sheba Valley. He directed this program from 1969 until his untimely death in 1976 at the age of 56. The final season of excavations at Tel Beer-sheba, the eighth, took place in the summer of 1976 and was carried out after Aharoni's demise by his chief assistants, Ze'ev Herzog, Itzhaq Beit-Arieh, and Anson F. Rainey. The latter two regrettably did not live to see the completion of this publication, but they shared in the work, as did the young staff members who enabled the Tel Beer-sheba project to become a reality.
During the National Parks Authority site development, there was further exposure, mainly of the water supply systems, directed by Ze'ev Herzog with David Sappo (Western Quarter, 1990–1991), with Tsvika Tsuk (the well, 1993) and finally with Ido Ginaton (the water-system, 1994–1995).
Now, after a lengthy process of analyzing the excavations in the storerooms of Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archaeology and digging through the endless documentary material amassed, the full data is proudly presented. This work is offered not merely as a final report but as a starting point for further scientific inquiry on the abundant architectural, artifactual, and ecofactual data from Tel Beer-sheba.
Volume I reports on the stratigraphy and architecture, volume 2 on the pottery; and volume 3 on the artifacts, ecofacts, and also provides concluding studies. The three volumes are profusely illustrated and an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of Judah, the Beer-sheba Valley, the site itself, and life during the Iron Age in the southern Levant.
Zarzecki-Peleg, Anabel, Yadin's Expedition to Megiddo - Final Report of the Archaeological Excavations (1960,1966,1967, and 1971/2 Seasons), Vols. I&II (Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society - Qedem #56. Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2016), pp. 333,12 foldouts.Abstract
This volume publishes the results of the excavations conducted at Tel Megiddo by Yigael Yadin in four short seasons (1960, 1966, 1967 and 1971-2). The expedition's main focus was the northeastern sector of the mound, where excavation uncovered the remains of an extensive public structure attributed to Stratum VA-IVB, which was named "Palace 6000". Additional probes were carried out in Area C in the southwestern part of the mound, intended to examine the stratigraphic connection with Gallery 629 and the cave of the spring, and Sounding 2153 in the area of the staircase outside the outer Iron Age gate.
Based on the surviving documentation, the volume presents the architectural remains and ceramic assemblages uncovered in the excavation, together with the hoard of small finds (Stratum VIA) found below "Palace 6000". The author presents Yadin's conclusions as well as her own interpretation of the results of the excavation, and offers a new stratigraphic analysis of some previously published Iron Age II remains excavated by other expeditions.
Purchase from the publisher: The Israel Exploration Society, P.O.B. 7041, Jerusalem, Israel. Fax: 972-2-6247772. E-mail: ies@vms.huji.ac.il
Ibrahim, Moawiyah M. Sahab - Chalcolithic Village Farming Community at Sahab (Amman, Department of Antiquities of Jordan Publications Series, 2016), pp. 398 (Vol. I).Abstract
Sahab is one of the largest Jordanian archaeological sites located in the transitional zone between the highlands and the desert . The excavations at the site were considered as rescue/salvage operations, which continued for a number of years. It was probably the largest excavation project to be undertaken and sponsored by the Department of Antiquities at that time. Several members of the DoA were trained at the site. However, the budget for the excavations and project members was very limited, which was the main reason for not processing the material towards final publication.
Sahab has a long history of occupation, extending from the Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic period (5th and 4th millenia BCE) to the Late Iron Age (6th century BCE). The site was apparently abandoned until the medieval Arabic Period (11th-13th centuries CE), evidenced by Ayyubid/Mamluk pottery sherds. There was another occupational gap from the 13th century to the 19th century CE, at which time the present inhabitants moved to the site.
Lipschits, Oded, Yuval Gadot, and Liora Freud, Ramat Raḥel III - Final Publication of Yohanon Aharoni's Excavations (1954, 1959-1962) (Winona Lake, IN, Eisenbraun's; Tel Aviv University Nadler Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series Number 35, 2016), pp. x + 283 (Vol I); x + 362 (Vol.II).Abstract
This two-volume report brings to full publication the results of Yohanon Aharoni's 1954, 1959-1962 archaeological excavations at the site of Ramat Raḥel. The authors, who spent years locating and retrieving lost field cards, photographs and finds, present the earliest excavations at the site, until now only published in preliminary form. The full publication of Ramat Raḥel, with its palace renowned for its unique architectural plan, use of stone ornamentation and hundreds of stamped handles, is a welcome addition to scholarly literature on the history and archaeology of Judah during the Iron, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Early Islamic periods.
Volume I offers the reader detailed architectural plans and field photos that serve as a base for a sound and meticulous evaluation of the site's stratigraphy and architecture. It poses an integrative approach that emphasizes well-contextualized pottery assemblages for the dating of the various architectural units.
Volume II is devoted to the full publication of thousands of Aharoni's finds from the diverse periods of settlement, which attest to the site's importance throughout history.
An addendum to the volume is the final publication of Gideon Solimany's 2000-2002 excavations, carried out in preparation of turning the site into an archaeological park.
Ramat Raḥel III will be followed by Ramat Raḥel IV, V, and VI, which are the reports of the more recent renewed excavations at Ramat Raḥel.
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Gürsan-Salzmann, Ayşe, The New Chronology of the Bronze Age Settlement of Tepe Hissar, Iran (Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2016), pp. 408 .Abstract
Tepe Hissar is a large Bronze Age site in northeastern Iran notable for its uninterrupted occupational history from the fifth to the second millennium B.C.E. The quantity and elaborateness of its excavated artifacts and funerary customs position the site prominently as a cultural bridge between Mesopotamia and Central Asia. To address questions of synchronic and diachronic nature relating to the changing levels of socioeconomic complexity in the region and across the greater Near East, chronological clarity is required. While Erich Schmidt's 1931-32 excavations for the Penn Museum established the historical framework at Tepe Hissar, it was Robert H. Dyson, Jr., and his team's follow-up work in 1976 that presented a stratigraphically clearer sequence for the site with associated radiocarbon dates. Until now, however, a full study of the site's ceramic assemblages has not been published.
This monograph brings to final publication a stratigraphically based chronology for the Early Bronze Age settlement at Tepe Hissar. Based on a full study of the ceramic assemblages excavated from radiocarbon-dated occupational phases in 1976 by Dyson and his team, and linked to Schmidt's earlier ceramic sequence that was derived from a large corpus of grave contents, a new chronological framework for Tepe Hissar and its region is established. This clarified sequence provides ample evidence for the nature of the evolution and the abandonment of the site, and its chronological correlations on the northern Iranian plateau, situating it in time and space between Turkmenistan and Bactria on the one hand and Mesopotamia on the other.

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Hello Pratibha (International Title: Hello Pratiba) is an Indian television drama show, which premiered on 27 January 2015 till 27 July 2015. It aired Monday to Saturday on Zee TV. The series is dubbed in English and airs on Zee World from Friday 22 September 2017 on weekdays.

Plot
A woman who forgets her personal interests, goals, and talents while fulfilling the responsibilities of a wife, mother, and daughter-in-law and how she eventually tries to discover herself after 16 years of marriage is the story of Zee TV's forthcoming show "Hello Pratibha", which was launched here with much fanfare.

Pratibha was filled with hope, ambition, and talent of her own, and is now married for 16 years and has devoted her entire life to her husband, kids, and in-laws, thereby facing an identity crisis.

The drama starts off with everyone thinking of Prathiba has a woman meant for the kitchen and nothing else. Her husband doesn't seem interested in her. Her kids look up to the wife of her husband's brother. Her mother is law is never happy with her. She bears all this with a quiet voice. Later she has the courage to speak up and wins everyone heart.

Cast
 Binny Sharma as Pratibha Mahendra Agarwal
 Sachal Tyagi as Mahendra Agarwal
 Snigdha Pandey as Sunidhi Agarwal
 Garima Jain as Namrata Agarwal
 Shazil khan as Anmol Mahendra Agarwal
 Ridhi as Pihu Agarwal
 Sangeeta Panwar as Kashi Agarwal
 Tarul Swami as Sanjeev Agarwal
 Jinal Jain as Shalu Khaana
 Sheeba Chaddha as Pushpa Chachi
 Srishty Rode as Naina
 Stacy Gloria as Roshni

References

External links

Zee TV original programming
2015 Indian television series debuts
2015 Indian television series endings

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Europe's travel windows are slamming shut
(CNN) — The vacation lights are going out all over Europe.
Just weeks after many countries opened their borders to travelers within the continent, some have been closing again, often at such short notice that people are left scrambling to get home before quarantine orders are put in place.
Such confusion, often coupled with acrimony and threats of reprisals from countries who feel unfairly added to so-called "red lists" of Covid-19 unsafe destinations, looks set to undermine efforts to salvage Europe's vital summer tourism economy well before the warm sunshine months have cooled into winter.
A week after Croatia was removed from the UK's safe list, potentially blocking tens of thousands of British tourists from enjoying the sparkling blue waters and pretty islands of the Dalmatian coast, Switzerland has become the latest casualty.
From Saturday August 29 at 0400 GMT, anyone arriving in the UK from the mountainous country will be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
The decision was announced after 300 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Switzerland, which welcomed 1.6 million Britons in 2019, within a 24-hour period.
The Czech Republic, which saw a 25% increase over three weeks has also been added to the UK's "red" list, along with the Caribbean island of Jamaica, where weekly cases per 100,000 increased from 4.3 to 20.8, the equivalent of 382%, in just seven days.
A British man whose wedding was scheduled to take place in Prague on Saturday was among those affected by the UK government's decision.
Oliver, 38, who wished to be referred to only by his first name, told the PA Media news agency that many of his family and friends had to fly home and miss the ceremony to avoid two weeks of quarantine.
"I'm down about 30 guests and my little sister, who is a bridesmaid, is distraught at having to fly home tonight before the wedding (she is a teacher)," he said.
These latest travel changes come just weeks after Croatia was red-listed, by Slovenia, its second largest tourist nationality, and Austria.
France was added to the UK's unsafe list earlier this month, prompting yowls of protest both from the legions of British vacationers who see sojourning in their neighbor as an annual rite of summer, but also from French authorities who threatened reciprocal quarantine measure on arrivals from the UK.
As a result, many holidaymakers traveling between Europe's once wide-open internal borders must now decide whether to postpone, cancel, or go ahead with their trips and resign themselves to two weeks of self-isolating on their return.
Meanwhile destinations buoyed by a resurgence of tourists now find themselves back at square one.
A list of "safe" destinations from outside the bloc was soon drawn up, while various countries began opening up their borders to each other, such as the UK, which arranged "travel corridors" between England, Wales and Northern Ireland and destinations including Spain, Germany and France.
Quarantine U-turns
Travelers from Croatia will now be subject to a 14-day quarantine on arrival in the UK.
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Of course, the guidelines were always "subject to change," but no-one could've predicted quite how soon, and how often they'd be altered in the weeks that followed.
One of the first major U-turns came a few weeks later, when the UK removed Spain from its list of safe destinations due to rising infection rates, a move that prompted panic among some tourists and condemnation from Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who called the move "unjust."
"We're seeing governments fall back on quarantine measures as a way of tackling coronavirus," explains Paul Charles, CEO of travel consultancy The PC Agency and previous member of the Quash Quarantine campaign group, which earlier tried to pressure the UK government into lifting blanket restrictions on all UK arrivals.
"And it's not the answer, because it stops people traveling. It stops growth returning."
Authorities have also warned of more uncertainty to come. Grant Shapps, the UK's transport minister, who was caught out by shifting quarantine rules while vacationing in Spain, on Thursday said all travel windows were subject to sudden closure.
"Only travel if you are content to unexpectedly 14-day quarantine if required (I speak from experience!)," he said, via Twitter.
Blanket approach
Croatia has been removed from the UK's list of "safe" destinations.
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Although the decision to add or remove a country from quarantine travel lists is based on infection rates collected by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, it ultimately means a blanket ban is imposed on an entire destination, including regions only marginally impacted by the virus.
For example, the UK's decision to reinstate its mandatory two-week quarantine for arrivals from Spain came after a rise in infections on the mainland.
Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal with just over a 100 reported infections at the time of writing, has also fallen victim to this blanket approach.
This has proved to be a source of frustration for both potential travelers and those in the travel and tourism sector.
While Charles understands this discontentment, he says applying different restrictions to different regions of a country, which Norway has opted to do for parts of Denmark, Sweden and Spain, can be confusing to travelers.
"If governments go down the route of regional corridors or island-only approaches, I think that might add more confusion," he adds. "Because then they've got to produce many more lists of where you can and can't go."
He believes the solution is very simple — more effective Covid-19 testing.
Charles argues that travelers should take at least two tests. The first being when they arrive at the airport and the second several days later.
"Governments have to invest more in testing," he says. "It's cheaper for them to invest more in testing than it is to suffer the massive financial downside of the impact of quarantine measures on an economy.
"When you quarantine the vast majority of people who are healthy, that substantially affects productivity.
"It affects recovery and further damages the wider economy."
Double testing
Allowing travelers take Covid-19 tests on arrival helps to avoid lengthy quarantine periods.
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He points to Iceland as an example of a European destination that's got it right when it comes to testing.
The first test is taken on arrival at the airport. If it's negative, the visitor is still required to self-isolate for five to six days, before taking a second test. If this result is also negative, they're given the green light to move around the country freely.
However, if the test comes back positive, they must continue to self isolate.
Aviation services company Collinson and logistics firm Swissport recently proposed a similar system for Heathrow Airport in London that would make 13,000 Covid-19 tests available to passengers each day, with results "within hours."
The proposed scheme, aimed at travelers from countries deemed "high risk", would require arrivals to take a second test at home.
Those that pass both will be granted early exemption from the 14-day quarantine.
"Testing will not only avoid the 'quarantine roulette' that so many passengers faced in Spain and France, it will also open up flights to key trading partners such as the US, Canada and Singapore," Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye said in a statement.
"The government's own research shows that a double test has a high level of accuracy in screening for Covid-19.
"This facility is an oven-ready opportunity to see how Britain can safely reopen for business, as other countries are doing."
One potential ray of sunshine for the UK travelers, and for Europe's tourism industry, was the UK's recent move to lift restrictions on arrivals from Portugal, essentially opening up a new travel window.
The decision was welcomed by the Portuguese National Tourism Board, which released a statement saying the move "far better reflects the reality of the situation in Portugal."
It's yet to be seen whether this will create a resurgence on travel between the two countries. As travelers struggle to keep up with the changing rules — the UK has since added Cuba to its "safe" list — many are becoming more and more frustrated and confused. Few are likely to be willing to gamble on the possibility of spending 14-days in quarantine.
"The problem is that quarantine measures kill travel, and effectively tell consumers that borders are shut," adds Charles.
"No business or leisure traveler is going to choose to go somewhere where they have to quarantine for 14 days before they can do anything.
"The only alternative is testing, to enable people to freely move around within a country."
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Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has a population of more than 20 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres (259 miles) to the south of Yemen, off the coast of Somalia. Yemen is the only republic on the Arabian Peninsula.
At 527,970 km² (203,837 sq mi), Yemen is the world's 49th-largest country (after France). It is comparable in size to Thailand, and somewhat larger than the U.S. state of California. Yemen is situated at 15°N 48°E. A number of Red Sea islands, including the Hanish Islands, Kamaran and Perim, as well as Socotra in the Arabian Sea belong to Yemen. Many of the islands are volcanic; for example Jabal al-Tair had a volcanic eruption in 2007 and before that in 1883.
Until recently, Yemen's northern border was undefined because the Arabian Desert prevented any human habitation there. The country can be divided geographically into four main regions: the coastal plains in the west, the western highlands, the eastern highlands, and the Rub al Khali in the east.
The Tihamah ("hot lands") form a very arid and flat coastal plain. Despite the aridity, the presence of many lagoons makes this region very marshy and a suitable breeding ground for malarial mosquitoes. There are also extensive crescent-shaped sand dunes. The evaporation in the Tihama is so great that streams from the highlands never reach the sea, but they do contribute to extensive groundwater reserves. Today, these are heavily exploited for agricultural use. Near the village of Madar about 48km North of Sanaa dinosaur footprints have been found, indicating that the area was once a mud flat.
The Tihamah ends abruptly at the escarpment of the western highlands. This area, now heavily terraced to meet the demand for food, receives the highest rainfall in Arabia, rapidly increasing from 100 mm (4 inches) per year to about 760 mm (30 inches) in Ta'izz and over 1,000 mm (40 inches) in Ibb. Agriculture here is very diverse, with such crops as sorghum dominating. Cotton and many fruit trees are also grown, with mangoes being the most valuable. Temperatures are hot in the day but fall dramatically at night. There are perennial streams in the highlands but these never reach the sea because of high evaporation in the Tihama.
The central highlands are an extensive high plateau over 2,000 metres (6,560 feet) in elevation. This area is drier than the western highlands because of rain-shadow influences, but still receives sufficient rain in wet years for extensive cropping. Diurnal temperature ranges are among the highest in the world: ranges from 30 °C (86 °F) in the day to 0 °C (32 °F) at night are normal. Water storage allows for irrigation and the growing of wheat and barley. Sana'a is located in this region. The highest point in Yemen is Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb, at 3,666 meters (12,028 ft).
The Rub al Khali in the east is much lower, generally below 1,000 metres, and receives almost no rain. It is populated only by Bedouin herders of camels.
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The presence of a verdant and extensive cover has made the district's population bound to the raising of many numbers and types of animals and birds. This also has resulted in providing new sources of income for the residents of the district.
The Republic of Yemen is very rich in bird life. If one includes the island of Socotra over 360 species have been recorded. Among these are seventeen species (thirteen on the mainland and four on Socotra) which are found nowhere else in the world except in some cases neighbouring areas of south west Arabia. For these so-called endemics Yemen has a special responsibility and because of them, ranks as one of the most important countries in the Middle East for bird conservation.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Yemen. The avifauna of Yemen includes a total of 432 species, of which 1 is endemic, 2 have been introduced by humans, and 25 are rare or accidental. 14 species are globally threatened.
From the eco-tourism point of view, Yemen`s main attraction is its birdlife, which is particularly abundant during the spring and autumn migrations. At these times thousands of raptors cross the Bab-al-Mandeb straits between Yemen and Africa, but there are also many species that use the junction of land and sea along the Red Sea coast as a flight path between Africa and Europe. Whilst running a boat in this area, I have witnessed hundreds of exhausted birds land for a rest, picked up others from the sea, and even had one fall asleep on my sunglasses, whilst I was wearing them!


Really Dove? It's the middle of winter...who can sleep under the stars in February?
These were cuter on the internet!
So I figured that since I now know how to knit I should knit myself some slippers. These are cute right?
They just didn't turn out quite like I expected based on the internet picture...a little misshapen.
I guess they don't look too bad with my pants covering them.
It's rare, but once in a while we actually get some real weather here in So. Cal.
Of course it only lasted for seconds, but you can see the little hails bouncing off my balcony wall.
to write my 7s like this...but these American kids get thrown when I write it European style.


It has become commonplace to observe the growing pervasiveness and impact of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). And yet the three central approaches in International Relations (IR) theory, Liberalism, Realism and Constructivism, overlook or ignore the importance of NGOs, both theoretically and politically.
Offering a timely reappraisal of NGOs, and a parallel reappraisal of theory in IR—the academic discipline entrusted with revealing and explaining world politics, this book uses practice theory, global governance, and new institutionalism to theorize NGO accountability and analyze the history of NGOs. This study uses evidence from empirical data from Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia and from studies that range across the issue-areas of peacebuilding, ethnic reconciliation, and labor rights to show IR theory has often prejudged and misread the agency of NGOs.
Drawing together a group of leading international relations theorists, this book explores the frontiers of new research on the role of such forces in world politics and is required reading for students, NGO activists, and policy-makers.
Dr. William E. DeMars is Professor & Chair, Department of Government, Wofford College, USA.
Dennis Dijkzeul is the Executive Director of the Institute of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict and Professor of Conflict and Organization Research at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.


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Unstoppable Wasp: Marvelous Mentor
Preside over the reunion of Nadia Pym and Janet Van Dyne with Jeremy Whitley!
Bees won't sting unless you provoke them, but wasps don't need an excuse to be aggressive; they can take care of themselves. No wonder Janet Van Dyne—aka the original Wasp and the wife of original Ant-Man, Hank Pym—has remained a steadfast staple of Marvel Comics since her debut in 1963. Smart, cunning and independent, she kept the Avengers—which she helped found and name—together through the toughest of times.
And now, even with a new Wasp on the scene in Nadia Pym, Janet isn't content to take the back seat; she remains ready to help save the day whenever duty calls.
Before she crops up in a new arc that begins in UNSTOPPABLE WASP #7 on July 5, the book's writer, Jeremy Whitley, makes the case for why Ms. Dyne exemplifies one of Marvel's greatest heroes ever.
Marvel.com: UNSTOPPABLE WASP #7 guest stars Janet Van Dyne for the second time in this series. How would you make the case for her as one of Marvel's greatest heroes?
Jeremy Whitley: Well, the simple answer is that Janet is one of the original Avengers, so how could you not? The more complicated answer to make that case is that Janet was once a rich heiress and daughter of a world renowned scientist. When her father was murdered, she tracked down his partner Hank Pym and talked him into the performing the procedures that gave her, her wings and size changing capabilities. And once her father had been avenged, she decided to become a super hero. Even for Marvel, there were not many female super heroes in those days and many of those who did exist had their powers thrust upon them by accident. Janet seized the opportunity and became a super hero of her own volition. Beyond that, I would argue that Janet was what made the original Avengers the team that they were. While Cap, Tony, Thor, and Hank butted heads, Janet was the one who was able to find common ground and make them a real team. I've said, and say as much in the comic, that Janet's real super power is people skills. She represents the Avengers in a way that people trust and want to work with.
Marvel.com: Are there any Van Dyne moments from years gone by that you admire?
Jeremy Whitley: I loved Janet as chairman/team leader of the Avengers. I think having a character who is defined by their personal strengths rather than their physical strengths leading a team makes for a much more interesting team. I think Janet really brought the heart as a leader and made the Avengers more than a collection of heavy hitters.
Marvel.com: While Nadia was born from Hank and Maria Pym, Janet is kind of like a surrogate mother/mentor towards their daughter. What kind of lessons and advice does she impart to this new Wasp, one who is feeling a little lost?
Jeremy Whitley: Nadia is naturally gifted and self-reliant. Having grown up where and how she did, it's just part of who she is. Nadia never really needed someone to teach her about science or about fighting; she got plenty of that in the Red Room. The thing about Nadia is that she sees the world through rose-colored glasses and when things fall apart, she has trouble dealing. She really only knows one way to react to crisis and that's to punch it. Now that she's no longer part of an evil organization, she feels terrible when she hurts people and when it's a problem that can't be punched, she doesn't know what to do. Janet is a person who has been through some rough times herself and is an expert at rebuilding, be it her life, her team, or just Avengers Mansion. There is nothing Janet hasn't dealt with. Janet loves Nadia because she sees a girl who has been through the ringer and come out the other side stronger, much like herself. She sees this extraordinary ability to love and create and she wants to protect that. I think more than anything, Janet's most important message to Nadia is that she doesn't have to do it all alone.
Unstoppable Wasp #7 cover by Elsa Charretier
Marvel.com: Where is she when she's not showing up to help save the day in UNSTOPPABLE WASP?
Jeremy Whitley: Well mostly she's been buzzing around in UNCANNY AVENGERS, but Janet also has her own fashion line and a boutique in Manhattan to run. Beyond that, she is still often a public representative for the super hero community at large and the Avengers; she's the majority owner and CEO of Pym Labs, and she gets invited to every big event in New York City. You know, she stays busy. We'll actually get to see a little bit of this in the [next] few issues of UNSTOPPABLE WASP.
Marvel.com: What kind of traits from the original Wasp do you think Nadia embodies?
Jeremy Whitley: I would say that Nadia has the same sense of kindness and tact that Janet doe. She would rather talk things out than fight. While their areas of intelligence lie in different fields, I would argue that they're both very smart. Also, while Nadia and Janet relate to people differently, I would say they both do what they do to make life better for the people around them.
Marvel.com: How will she put her own spin on tackling the Red Room to help save Nadia and Ying?
Jeremy Whitley: Janet is the sort of person you want to have in your corner when your back's against the wall. People will have to read the book to see exactly what she does, but she does it the way that only Janet can.
Marvel.com: Issue #7 is the beginning of a brand-new story arc. Can we expect to see more of a Waspish presence?
Jeremy Whitley: Absolutely. And maybe the return of a few other guest stars from the series.
UNSTOPPABLE WASP #7 by Jeremy Whitley and Veronica Fish puts Janet Van Dyne back in the mix on July 5!


The Candidates applied for AP PECET 2019 Exam are now waiting to download their Hall Tickets which will be available soon in the official website i.e. sche.ap.gov.in. The AP PECET Hall Ticket/Admit Card 2019 is released on April 30th, 2019. The AP PECET 2019 Admit Card contains some primary details like Examination Centre and Exam Timings, Application Number and Date of Birth. So the candidates have to download the AP PECET Hall Ticket 2019 after checking all the details twice. In the downloading process of AP PECET Hall Ticket 2019, the candidates have to enter reg number, password, and DOB. So save these details while downloading the Admit card. Without Admit card the Candidate cannot be entered into the examination hall.


Happy Hump Day! For Day 3 of Digital Dozen Whimsy Week I have a design that I've always admired on others but have never done myself - mermaid scales! And I decided to go all out with some super holo mermaid scales. I can't stop staring at my nails!
To create this look I used a technique that I have only done once before (and was not crazy about that attempt). I created decals using all Colors by Llarowe polishes and I love the way they turned out!
I put one generous coat of CbL PDQ Top Coat for each decal on my UberMat. Once it was dry I stamped on each one, then filled in using a small detail brush. After letting them dry for a few minutes I put one coat of top coat on my nail and gently pressed each decal on, trimming and using acetone to get them to the right size. One last coat of top coat brings back the shine and seals everything in!
I am really enjoying wearing this and hope you enjoyed it too! Make sure you check out the gorgeous manis below!
These are so so stunning! Your decals came out perfect and the colours you used are gorgeous!


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'Fake heiress' Anna Sorokin released to house arrest, fights deportation
By JENNIFER PELTZ
Fake German heiress Anna Sorokin is led away after being sentenced in Manhattan Supreme Court May 9, 2019 following her conviction last month on multiple counts of grand larceny and theft of services. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo credit s
NEW YORK - Phony socialite and convicted swindler Anna Sorokin, whose scheme inspired a Netflix series, has been released from U.S. immigration custody to house arrest, immigration officials and her spokesperson said.
Anna Sorokin is on home confinement in New York City, said her spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer.
"Anna now has her opportunity to demonstrate her commitment to growing and giving back and being a positive impact on those she meets," Engelmayer said in a statement. "She has hurdles before her, and she will navigate them with strength and determination, using her experiences and lessons learned."
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed her release. Sorokin, 31, is fighting deportation to Germany.
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She was convicted in 2019 of conning $275,000 from banks, hotels and swank New Yorkers into financing her deluxe lifestyle.
Using the name Anna Delvey, she passed herself off as the daughter of a German diplomat, or an oil baron, and lied about having a $67 million (68 million euro) bankroll overseas to create the impression that she could cover her debts, prosecutors said.
Her trial lawyer said she simply got in over her head as she tried to start a private arts club and had planned to pay up when she could.
The case became the basis for the Netflix series "Inventing Anna," released this year.
After serving three years behind bars, Sorokin was released last year and then detained by immigration authorities. They argue that she has overstayed her visa and must be returned to Germany.
An immigration judge cleared the way Wednesday for Sorokin to be released to home confinement while the deportation fight plays out. She is wearing an ankle monitor and had to post a $10,000 bond, provide an address where she'll stay, and agree not to post on social media.
Her current attorney, Duncan Levin, said Wednesday that Sorokin wants to focus on appealing her conviction.
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Grammy-winning producer/engineer, musician and singer Tony Visconti has outfitted his studio in New York City with Barefoot Sound MM27 monitors.
Pictured in his New York City studio outfitted with Barefoot MM27 monitors is producer/engineer Tony Visconti.
Grammy-winning producer/engineer, musician and singer Tony Visconti has outfitted his studio in New York City with Barefoot Sound MM27 monitors. "I've been in this studio for five years," he explained. "I've added a little more equipment, including these wonderful speakers behind me but nothing much has changed. I'd like to keep things status quo for awhile."
Since the late 1960s, Visconti has worked with a wide array of recording artists; his lengthiest involvement with any artist is with David Bowie: intermittently from Bowie's 1969 album "Space Oddity" to 2013's "The Next Day," Visconti has produced and occasionally performed on many of Bowie's albums.
"The first time I heard a pair of Barefoots was during the Sonic Highways sessions at the Magic Shop in New York City when Butch Vig brought his own pair," Visconti recalls. "They were on the board and at first I thought it was the in-wall monitor speakers but it was the Barefoots sitting on top of the console that I was listening to. Then I finally got it. These are great speakers and I've got to have them."
Other notable artists Visconti has worked with include T-Rex, Badfinger, Iggy Pop, Argent, Thin Lizzy, Boomtown Rats, Moody Blues, Sparks, Semi Precious Weapons, Kaiser Chiefs, and Morrissey.
"I know some monitors are very colorful; they'll give you extended low end, and a crunchy mid-range. I've been deceived too many times by getting a souped-up pair of monitors in my studio. I've tried everything and spent years and years of research to find something that I'm really happy with."


Paintings of Czech artist Peter Brandl on show in Prague Castle.
Prague Castle. Various shots of some of the paintings of the famous Czech master, Peter Brandl, on show in the Riding School Hall of the Prague Castle. Some good close up shots of the paintings and details on them. Mainly religious themes and portraits. Pan to view of Prague through the castle window.
Date found in the old record - 05/05/1968. Czech voiceover.


Right now, many people use the word xerox as a verb meaning "photocopy" in general. Most of us know that it's also a trademark: as a noun, Xerox was legally claimed by the Haloid Company in 1952. You'd think the company would be thrilled with its product name passing into public use, because they would force other corporations to use generic names while strengthening the reputation of their company, but the Haloid Co. thought differently. You see, if a judge rules that a name becomes too generic, the trademark can be lost, so Haloid actually has fought pretty bitterly against using Xerox as a verb. Anyway, back when they formed the word, it was meant as a cool-sounding modification of xerography, the name for a photocopying process, and a term only coined four years before Xerox itself. This is a portmanteau of Ancient Greek xeros, meaning "dry", and -graphy, that common suffix for something written- so, xerography means "dry writing", which sort of makes sense. Xeros comes from the Proto-Indo-European root kseros, with the same meaning, and -graphy comes from the Greek root graphein (or "writing"), from Proto-Italic grupho, from Proto-Indo-European gerbh, meaning "to carve". Now you know.


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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

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@interface PBMORTBAbstract : NSObject <NSCopying>

+ (nullable instancetype)fromJsonString:(NSString *)jsonString error:(NSError* _Nullable __autoreleasing * _Nullable)error
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- (nullable NSString *)toJsonStringWithError:(NSError* _Nullable __autoreleasing * _Nullable)error;

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Anti-bird netting is one of the best ways to counter birds from damaging your fruit shrubs and plants. So the Anti Bird Net Dealers in Dilsukhnagar offers This physical bird repellent is one of the safest and cost-effective ways to worry for your plants. The question goes: What makes this better than other bird repelling products?
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SNIA prioritizes software development
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is adding software development to its repertoire to more efficiently help vendors incorporate standards-based storage management into their products, and ultimately, into end-user environments.
SNIA recently announced that its membership has voted and approved a change to the organization's bylaws to define and formalize the scope of its software development projects as well as to strengthen the development and adoption of storage management standards.
The group also launched a new working group focused on developing and defining standards for common components of management frameworks. The new Management Frameworks Technical Working Group (MF TWG) will act as an organizing and coordinating entity to create standards for enterprise-level services necessary for the management of storage providers and clients as well as related infrastructure.
SNIA members hope the changes to the organization's charter will allow for a more-organized software effort and serve as a catalyst for the adoption of standards such as SMI-S, XAM, and CIM.
"Since the inception of SNIA we have been trying to find better ways to get standards adopted and used. The reality is that it takes time to not only develop the standards, but also to get them adopted by developers at large," says Vincent Franceschini, SNIA's new chairman and director of future technologies for Hitachi Data Systems. "Offering developers help through specific software-based projects should help accelerate adoption."
To that end, SNIA plans to offer software development kits (SDKs), reference implementations, and other tools to help solution providers make sure they are on the right track when it comes to complying with standards.
Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, says SNIA's new software projects should result in more real-world implementations of standards. "This is the natural progression of the SMI-S standard into more usable [products]," says Duplessie.
SNIA's Franceschini says several current and future projects will directly benefit from the expansion of the association and its bylaws, including building out the features and functions of SMI-S, providing an easier route to implementation of the emerging eXtensible Access Method (XAM) standard, and offering an improved software-based tester for the CIM protocol that will save development time by reducing the testing lifecycle of a vendor's SMI-S conformant products.
As for the Management Framework Technical Working Group, it has been tasked with creating standards that specify interoperable uses of the interfaces provided by Management Framework services.
The proposed activities to be covered by the MF TWG will be numerous. Among them are a reference architecture, a framework data model, and a core service for discovering SMI-S agents via Service Location Protocol (SLP) and the discovery of Web services-based management interfaces and framework services. Other items on the agenda include the development of user interfaces and services for grouping resources.
"SMI-S has been utilized at the device level, but we need to provide better interoperability between all domains in the data center related to storage management," says Franceschini.
Working with Aperi group
Shadowing the SNIA's management framework project is the Aperi project, an IBM-lead open source project aimed at developing a heterogeneous, standards-based common storage management platform.
However, SNIA maintains that it will work closely with Aperi members. After all, both groups claim to have the same goal, which is to give users more choices for deploying storage infrastructure software.
"SNIA and the Aperi group had been communicating with each other to understand whether the Aperi project could live under the SNIA umbrella. …We had some common, high-level objectives for a management framework, but different approaches," says Franceschini.
SNIA and the Aperi group are in ongoing discussions about establishing a more-formal relationship going forward so that the groups can create a more efficient way to collaborate.
The Aperi group was founded by 10 member companies, including Brocade, CA, Cisco, Emulex, Fujitsu Ltd., IBM, LSI Logic, McData, Network Appliance, and Novell.
The MF TWG's founding members are Brocade, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Ltd., IBM, Intel, LSI Logic, Network Appliance, Patni Computer Systems, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, and WBEM Solutions.


Occasionally, I get to drive through the Pacific Northwest on a clear day. Unencumbered by rain clouds, the mountain ranges are visible. So visible that I feel I could reach out and touch them. If I could fly the line of sight, I could be at the top of any mountain quickly. Since I can't fly, driving my car along a twisting mountain highway would get me there on a longer route.
So it is with clearance and creepage on a printed circuit board. The shortest distance between two conductors, be they hole edges or heat sink perimeters, is directly through space. On the other hand, moving along the insulated surface of a printed circuit board, around components, from one conductor to the next, is a longer route - this is creepage.
Clearance and creepage become important to safety when designing power circuits with minimum node potentials of 30 VAC, or 60 VDC. With those node potentials or higher, power can arc across space causing catastrophic damage or death. To avoid catastrophe, safety rules exist specifying enough distance between conductors in high power designs, both directly and via twisting routes along the board surface. PCB layout tools have long had integrated rule managers for creepage and clearance to design for safety.
You can imagine my surprise when using the latest and greatest layout tool update when I found out that the new integrated flow manager doesn't include commands to set up clearance and creepage. Looking for a workaround, there wasn't a way to add any type of general clearance option, nor was there possibility for adding a rule for board edge clearance. Importing a template for a previous project resulted in unresolvable errors.
Generating a template listing respective nodes and vias for application of clearance and creepage is common practice in layout design for high power. Frequently templates for safety rules are kept for re-use from layout to layout, as the rules are the same and specified under IPC2221A, UL61010-1, and UL60950-1. These specifications apply to all conductors on the printed circuit board that carry high power.
My layout software that has left out the ability to include clearance and creepage rules. The new integrated flow manager doesn't allow set up of rules to meet safety guidelines, leaving no way to add so much as a constraint rule. Not only do I get errors when I try to import my existing safety rule template, I can't add anything to the general clearance option as a workaround.
While trying to resolve the errors generated by importing the safety rule template, I found there are no commands available to move forward with the template. Digging into pulldowns and available commands, I sunk more time into resolving error messages. Further research led to the discovery that the layout tool developers left out the ability to include clearance and creepage rules.
Leaving out commonly used tools to implement frequently used keepout rules to address safety for power circuits is troubling. If the new integrated flow manager left out the ability for this commonly-used rule, what other features have they dropped? I'm not looking forward to finding other oversights within the new tool.
I talked to my colleagues and I'm told that a new Beta version is out and if I update to the newer version, I'll have clearance and creepage commands available once again. Looking at my deliverable schedule, I worry about meeting the project's goals for release. I'm beginning to wish I had a layout tool I could trust, with truly integrated features.
It would be nice if useful and required features for layout migrated with tool updates. And it would be nice to refine the rules from project to project. Being able to set up the layout at the beginning of the project would release worry about details and the layout could proceed.
Having readily accessible commands easy to use in resolving errors during the migration would allow clean setup. Placing components and traces with visible clues showing that rules are being applied would build my confidence in the tool.
Illustration of rules for nodes of interest, along with competing constraints, could be considered using hierarchy within the generated rules matrix. Being able to organize the clearance and creepage rules in a hierarchy ensures that any contentions between rules with respect to nodes would be resolved.
Rule application starting in early stages of the design from board outline and layer stack restrictions to continue forward as components and traces are included with the design's progression is ideal. Thankfully, Altium Designer has all these features in mind with their software features.
Altium Designer 18 has tools to set up rules and their hierarchies in a matrix. The matrix is set up using the PCB Design Rules Reference. A design rule wizard adds and edits rules to the Clearance Matrix. Once the design is completed, Design Rule Checking is available for a final check. In addition, design rule checking is applied real time throughout the layout, resolving contentions as you go, so there are no messy surprises at the end of the job.
No longer do I have to wait for last-minute workarounds and software updating to find the solutions I need in order to address the problems my designs face. My layout software can finally exceed my expectations and my deliverable schedule will be met.


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Psychoanalysis and Morality
Eugene Goodheart
Philosophy and Literature 27.2 (2003) 444-449
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Equals, by Adam Phillips; 246 pp. New York: Basic Books, 2002, $25.00.
I THINK I WOULD RECOGNIZE an unattributed essay by Adam Phillips by its manner. Every serious writer aspires to such recognition. A comment on the book jacket of his latest collection of essays Equals tells us that his "territory is complication," though "he reports back in the simplest of words." The words may be simple, but the movement of thought through the sentence, the paragraph and an entire essay is not. His way with complication, as I hope to show, is not always to Phillips's credit. The difficulty in reading him is in trying to know where he or she is being taken. The complication often leads to inconclusiveness, which is not a fault if the problem is insoluble or the situation genuinely intractable. Too often, however, the complication seems to reflect a love of it for its own sake. On other occasions, it degenerates into obscurantism.
When Phillips does take a stand, he deliberately plants himself on shifting sands. As his title suggests, he is an egalitarian democrat, to which he brings the perspective of psychoanalysis. (He was Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London.) All hierarchy is anathema, all claims to superiority are to be resisted. Authority turns into authoritarianism. These are my sentences, uttered in an apodictic style, foreign to that of Phillips, but they reflect a view (his view) that the prose sometimes blurs. In its psychoanalytic application, the psychoanalyst is or should be unseated from his superior [End Page 444] position. Both the analyst and the analysand need to listen to what each has to say without passing (premature?) judgment, a model for all human interactions. (Phillips does not say whether the listener is permitted to distinguish sense from nonsense.) Conflict should be the rule, for where there is no conflict there is suppression. (But conflict on either side usually presupposes a desire to impose one's will on another. Is there a distinction to be made between fruitful and destructive conflict? Again Phillips has nothing to say on the subject.) As for the meaning of equality, he avoids all the real-life obstacles to genuine equality. He approves of Chantal Mouffe's version in which there can never be "an equality of wealth, or talent or beauty," but rather "an equality of rivenness, an equality of unknowingness, the equality of there being no foundations to master." I am not sure I understand what it means to be equal in rivenness. I believe that we are all unknowing in many ways, but not that we are equally unknowing. Is equality (in the presence?) of no foundations the same as equality in the prospect of death? In any event, I'm pretty sure that no authoritarian person or institution would be much troubled when faced with these banners of equality.
Yet equality is a serious matter for Phillips, so serious that in another essay he is troubled by the threat that laughter presents. In a characteristically tortuous essay in which he tries conscientiously to sort out the benign and malign effects of mockery and ridicule, he ends by concluding that mockery is "the emotional terror of democracy" and "that what is always being ridiculed is our wish to be together, our secret affinity for each other." Always? Phillips of course knows the pleasures of ridicule, even its benignly toxic effect on our self-importance. But he begins from such an extreme position of its noxiousness (at the beginning of the essay he cites Primo Levi's initial response to the concentration camp as a joke: how could it possibly be what it purports to be?) that he cannot shake himself of the solemnity of his democratic conviction to allow a place for the human comedy. I wonder too at the authority of his claim for "our secret affinity for each other." The difficulty of democracy or togetherness for many or at least some may be precisely the secret aversion that they have for...


In the early 1970's, Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead had his heavily modified Gibson EB3 stolen. His next bass, dubbed "The Godfather" was a walnut Guild Starfire with three Alembic pickups, including a quad pickup with four outputs for each string.
Lesh added an Alembic "Superfilter" and other electronics, replaced the headstock, replaced the pickguard with a large one for the 14 different knobs and packed foam rubber into the Starfire's body to help eliminate feedback from the hollow body.


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Die MUH Arla eG ist eine Milchliefergenossenschaft  mit Sitz in Pronsfeld im Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz. Die Abkürzung MUH steht für Milch-Union Hocheifel. Vormals betrieb die Genossenschaft auch eine Großmolkerei in Pronsfeld, die jedoch an Arla-Foods verkauft wurde. Seit dem Verkauf der Molkerei beliefert die Genossenschaft diese mit dem Rohstoff Milch.

Geschichte
Gegründet wurde die Genossenschaft im Jahr 1966, als sich die Eifel-Molkereigenossenschaften in Üttfeld, Schönecken und Bleialf zur Milch-Union Hocheifel eG zusammenschlossen.

1967 entstand in zwölfmonatiger Bauzeit auf einem circa 10 Hektar großen Gelände im Wald an der L 16 das Werk in Pronsfeld. In den 1980er Jahren entwickelte sich die Milch-Union durch Übernahme der Molkereigenossenschaften in Mettendorf sowie in St. Vith und Büllingen in Ostbelgien zu einem der größten H-Milch-Hersteller Europas.

Im Jahr 2011 verarbeitete sie 1.317 Millionen Kilogramm Milch, die von 2.442 Milcherzeugern (Stand 31. Dezember 2011) aus den Regionen Eifel, Mosel, dem Rheinland, dem Niederrhein, dem Bergischen Land sowie Belgien und Luxemburg bezogen wurde. Die liefernden Landwirte sind in einer Milchlieferergenossenschaft zusammengeschlossen.

Nachdem die Wettbewerbsbehörde der EU der Fusion zustimmte, gehört die Molkerei in Pronsfeld seit dem 1. Oktober 2012 zum Arla-Konzern. Die nunmehr in MUH Arla eG umbenannte Genossenschaft fungiert als Milchliefergenossenchaft für das Werk.

Sortiment
Das Produktprogramm umfasst:

 H-Milch
 ESL-Milch
 Kondensmilch
 Sahne
 Schmand
 Milchmischgetränke
 Kaffeesahne
 Dessertsaucen
 Butter/Mischstreichfette
 Milchpulver

Persönlichkeiten
 Johann Wirtz, Mitgründer und Vorstandsvorsitzender

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

Genossenschaft (Deutschland)
Produzierendes Unternehmen (Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm)
Milchverarbeitendes Gewerbe (Deutschland)
Pronsfeld
Lebensmittelhersteller (Rheinland-Pfalz)
Gegründet 1966


For the majority of us the different roles we take on or that are forced upon us as adults suffice to drive us insane! Often we feel we're just not reaching the mark – be it in one or all the activities we set out to carry out.
Gratitude Home, a not-for-profit established in 1968, uses alcohol abuse counselor and recovery programs developed simply for females. Their support does not simply concentrate on the drugs and alcohol, however likewise attends to the attendant issues: AIDS/HIV, pregnancy, domestic violence, monetary issues, homelessness, joblessness and medical and psychological health concerns. The objective of Thankfulness Home is to use day and domestic rehabilitation and assistance services to assist women become drug-free and efficient individuals.
We follow the primary character Calysta Jeffries who plays Ruby Stargazer on "The Rich and the Callous" through her Sudsy loss to her being driven off of the show by the evil producer Randall Roberts his wife Allison Fairchild Roberts and Edith Norman, President of Daytime Tv. This trio has collaborated to get rid of Calysta and take over the world! Oh wait a minute they just wish to take over "R & R" from its creator Augustus Barringer Sr. who conveniently had a stroke shortly after the Sudsy awards.
Some teens have strong unfavorable feelings stemming from sorrow and loss, and may get associated with risk-taking activities in the effort to escape their pain, like alcohol addiction counseling, reckless sexual activity, and antisocial habits. These actions can have disastrous effects such as dependency, illness, pregnancy, accident and legal problems.
It makes no sense that he continues to consume or take drugs even in the face of ravaging repercussions. He might know that you're going to leave him, that his children are hurting, that his job is on the line, that he is about to lose everything of value in his life, yet he cannot seem to stop.
Trainees Respond: Sam's Papa was part of the issue as he continued to drink, and he did not enable himself to benefit from the counseling sessions he went to. He might have belonged to the option if he had actually enabled himself to take advantage of the anger management classes he went to and the alcohol counseling sessions he also attended.
Beck appears to support private charity, restricted government and the obligation each people has to home, country and health. He likewise supports the right to own a gun and supports the right to life. Glen Beck has actually made lots of vital and personal declarations about the Obama administration that have actually brought a good deal of attention to himself along with Fox News. Not backing away from Beck, Fox News supports Beck and has actually not cancelled his show as lots of hoped would occur.
No matter exactly what the real compound you're addicted to is, your life is most likely no fun. You feel you can't get out of that grasp that that compound has on you and no matter what you do you keep going through relapse after regression, and each time you go through one, it's more difficult and harder.
The deaths five days apart of Dock Ellis and Nick Willhite, 2 players from another era who beat their devils, and confessed they were flesh and blood people with defects, remind the fan that, yes, the game has actually altered.


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A Single Danley SM-96 Turns the Sound Around for Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS – JANUARY 2016: The history of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn is deep. Founded by German immigrants shortly after the Civil War, the church grew steadily through the 1930s. To accommodate that growth, Trinity constructed a 350-seat sanctuary in 1940 that still serves the church to this day. The Gothic, limestone structure is considerably longer than it is wide, and its stained glass and ornate architecture make it a beautiful and transcendent place to worship. These days, Trinity holds two Sunday services, one in a more traditional style and one that's more contemporary. Though beautiful, the Sanctuary has been challenged by unintelligible sound quality and poor gain-before-feedback. In order to address these issues, the church called on Peoria-based Advanced Audio & Lighting Systems, who solved these problems with the excellent pattern control and point-source purity of a single Danley Sound Labs SM-96 loudspeaker.
"There were several challenges at Trinity Evangelical," said Ryan Winstead, sales and design consultant at Advanced Audio & Lighting Systems. "The pastor wears a wireless mic and likes to move about to engage the parishioners, and the praise band is positioned in a nook to the side in back of the platform. Regardless, the low-mid energy from the old front-loaded boxes they had been using found its way everywhere and made it impossible to get an open microphone stable at an adequate volume."
He continued, "They really needed a design that took the acoustics into account, accomplished their goals and would fit into their budget. I did an EASE model to verify loudspeaker coverage, and it quickly became apparent that the most accommodating places to put loudspeakers were already claimed by stained glass, holy symbols, or the projection screen. That screen had the one piece of real estate we would have liked most of all, but they really didn't have any other place to mount a screen. Truly, the only solution that would give them deep pattern control to energize the seats but not the stage, walls, or ceiling, was a Danley SM-96. It gave us perfect coverage, great fidelity, very efficient output, and worked in the available mounting location."
Winstead gave the pastor a new Countryman E6 headset microphone with a Shure QLXD wireless system. This element had much better directionality & fidelity than his previous microphone. His team mounted the Danley SM-96 transverse to match the depth and breadth of the room. "It's rare to need 90-degrees vertical and only 60-degrees wide, but the shape of Trinity Evangelical's sanctuary demanded it," he said. "That way, we kept energy squarely on the listeners and away from the platform, which is directly below the hang, and the band 'nook.'" A PowerSoft M30 provides both processing and amplification for the new system.
The church is thrilled with the upgrade, which now delivers an even +/-4dB from the front of the room to the back of the room. "The congregation has been wowed, and the comments on sound quality and clarity are still coming at a steady pace (weekly)!" said Jason Van Cauwenberge, who volunteers as Trinity Evangelical's sound engineer. Winstead added, "With a system designed specifically for their space, Trinity's parishioners now enjoy the same clear, high-quality listening experience regardless of where they sit in the Sanctuary. The unique design and pattern control of the Danley SM-96 makes this possible, even in a challenging acoustic space. "
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Category: Office Furniture
Tags: eco friendly office, eco-friendly, environmentally friendly office, furniture
10 Steps toward an Environmentally Friendly Office.
Creating an environmentally friendly office takes baby steps. You don't just change the lightbulbs, set up segregated trash bins, and expect the Green Office Council to give you a medal. No, it's a long, hard slog, and may add an element of inconvenience in your office life.
Why do it? It's worth it. Think of the positive impact you'll make with an environmentally friendly office – and think of the improved morale in a workforce that knows they're committed to something bigger than themselves.
1. Power down. Turn off equipment that isn't being used. Don't just turn them off – unplug them. Little did you know that equipment on "standby" mode still sucks up juice, to the tune of hundreds of dollars' worth of energy a year! Unplug these appliances when not in use, or get a smart power strip that monitors electricity use, cutting off the power from outlets that have been idle for a while.
2. Turn down the thermostat. Reprogram your thermostat to be a few degrees warmer in the summer, and a few degrees cooler in the winter. Shaving off the degrees in this way can save you up to eight percent in energy costs per year.
3. Change the light source. Part the curtains, or open the blinds in daytime! The environmentally friendly office isn't afraid to use natural light – it's healthier than that sickly green artificial light that's commonly used in offices.
4. Replace your gear. Newer PCs, for example, may be up to 70% more energy-efficient than PCs from four to five years back. Monitors might also help you cut down on your energy bill – if you switch LCD models for your CRT monitors, you can use a third less power. The lower energy usage will allow you to recover the costs of replacing your equipment within two to three years.
5. Email, but try not to print. Email messages don't need to be printed out to be fully understood. Make sure getting a printout is absolutely necessary before you click "print"!
6. If you have to print, go with recycled and earth-friendly. Use recycled paper with at least 30% post-consumer waste, and print double-sided as much as possible. Go with soy-based ink, as it has lower levels of volatile organic compounds, and is easier to eliminate in the recycling process.
7. Check the bathrooms. Keep taps tightly shut – one dripping tap can waste up to 10,000 liters of water a year. A more committed environmentally friendly office would use a displacement dam – they place a small plastic container filled with stones in the toilet reservoir to displace some water in the flushing process – the water saved in this method adds up over the year.
8. Use real plants. Not only do they add a nice soothing touch to your office, but they also add oxygen to the surroundings, making the environmentally friendly office even more friendly to one's health.
9. Ditch the paper or foam cups. Encourage the workforce to bring their own mugs to work. This reduces office waste and saves money.
10. Buy remanufactured office furniture. When you're replacing your desks and chairs, look at remanufactured furniture as an option for your office. Buying remanufactured saves you money and lessens your impact on the environment, as you're buying equipment that's already made its footprint felt before.
This is more than just about being cheap – it's about making a company-wide statement to your workers and your clients that you are willing to cut out unnecessary purchases for the sake of creating an environmentally friendly office. (Read Cubicles.com's green office furniture page for more information about remanufactured office furniture.)
Tags: eco-friendly, environment, green business, green energy, news, office
Environmentally Friendly Bike Law in New York Coming Through!
Office workers now have one more reason to lower their commute's carbon footprint: New York City has just passed a new environmentally friendly law allowing cyclists to park their bikes inside their office buildings.
The new Bicycle Access to Office Buildings Law is designed to increase bicycle commuting, by giving cyclists access to protected parking while at work. The Queens Courier reports that commuter cycling in New York has doubled from 2005 to 26 percent this year, a green office habit that the government is eager to encourage.
"Biking is a great way to get to work in New York City, and this new law makes it easier for workers to commute on two wheels instead of four," said NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) Commissioner Robert LiMandri. "By creating a safe, secure place for cyclists to store their bikes, it will help to promote alternative modes of transportation and a healthy, active lifestyle for millions of New Yorkers."
Councilmember David Yassky, who sponsored the bill, thinks the new law will solve many problems at once. "Allowing bicycles in buildings is an effective way to encourage cycling," Yassky was heard to say. "This legislation is an extremely realistic effort to cut emissions, improve air quality, maximize public transportation and ease congestion, reaping tremendous environmental and quality of life benefits for New Yorkers."
A few office managers and owners have put their full support behind the new law, restructuring their offices to permit bike parking. The New York Times hears from one such supporter:
"From my vantage point, it's a huge positive," said Larry A. Silverstein, president and chief executive of Silverstein Properties. […] Although no bike was leaning against his desk that day, Mr. Silverstein said he supported the new law and thought most buildings with freight elevators could comply and that tenants could handle the parking once bikes rolled through their doors.
"If you really want to do this, you find the space," he said. "There's always space where you can put a bicycle."
The new law goes into effect on December 11. More information at the official New York City Hall homepage.
Category: Green Office, Office Furniture
Tags: eco-friendly, furniture, Green Office, Office Furniture, recycling, remanufacturing
Cool Vespas Resurrected as Office Chairs.
Image © Bel & Bel.
Office furniture that's been around the block doesn't usually generate a lot of consumer demand. But what about office furniture that's been recycled from classic scooters?
Watch out for Spanish design house Bel & Bel's new creations in your local cubicle farm: super-classy hand-made leather office chairs, made primarily from Italian Vespa scooters. The Vespa's front shield creates a perfect silhouette for an office chair back rest – combined with a few key spare parts, these make office chairs that make an incredible visual impact.
Also, given the variety of colors that old Vespas came in, you'll probably find a Vespa chair that suits your office, no problem.
In the old days, Vespa scooters were a symbol of carefree Continental lifestyles, immortalized in movies from the Sixties. But the Vespa's air-cooled two-stroke engine is dirty and bad for the environment; the proliferation of cheap two-stroke cycles around the world accounts for much of the air pollution in developing countries.
"In the cities of many developing countries, the pollution is horrific," says acting director of the Energy Efficiency Center at the University of California at Davis Daniel Sperling. "Two-stroke engines are a big part of the problem."
But Vespa is still tres cool for so many retro-maniacs. Sure, old Vespas kill the Earth a little for every mile they run, but that's no reason to hate them completely, right? So Bel y Bel made the leap from Vespa scooters to office furniture – rejuvenating Vespa retro cool and rehabilitating its polluting former life at the same time.
Tags: cubicles, eco-friendly, office cubicles, Office Furniture, recycling, remanufactured
Office Furniture: Re-used or Remanufactured?
Office furniture being the expensive, long-term investment that it is, it behooves you to figure out how you can get the biggest bang for your office buck.
Brand new office furniture might burn you in more ways than one – you might end up paying top dollar for chairs, desks and cubicles that just won't get the kind of use that justifies the expense. (Especially during these parlous economic times.) When your big operation cuts its workforce, what are you going to do with all that extra office furniture?
Consider alternative number one: used office furniture. With office closures being far too common these days, it's a buyers' market for used office furniture: barely used, and much cheaper than their brand new counterparts.
How much should you expect to pay for used office furniture? It depends on what's available, and how much of it you need. Of course, quality will be highly variable, and you can't expect to get exactly the color or make you want.
Now consider alternative number two: remanufactured office furniture. What's the difference? Remanufactured office furniture comes from previously-used office furniture, but put through a remanufacturing process that strips off the old surfaces, refurbishes the structure, and refinishes the surface so the whole thing looks practically brand new – despite prices that may be up to 80% cheaper than comparable brand new furniture! (read more)
Tags: eco-friendly, environment, green business, Green Office, recycling
Junk Mail – Green (Environment) or Green (Money)?
The era of the green office was supposed to bring us more eco-friendly business processes, recycled office furnishings, and smaller footprints overall. But we've yet to find a way to integrate junk mail into the era of the green workplace.
Junk mail is a paradox – more than 40% of junk mail is thrown away unopened, but without junk mail, we'd never be able to afford postal service. Take it from the Postmaster General of the US Postal Service, John Potter –
"Somehow, they think a sale offer coming through the mail — as opposed to a newspaper, a magazine, TV, radio or the Internet — is a bad thing. Ads pay for the Internet, as well as broadcast TV and radio programs," [Potter] said during a speech at the National Press Club. "So, too, ad mail helps pay for universal mail service in America."
Tags: cubicles, eco-friendly, furniture, green business, Office Furniture, remanufactured
Herman Miller: Where Green Manufacturing is Company Tradition.
Herman Miller walks the talk where the green office is concerned.
By 2020, the company plans to minimize solid, air, and water emissions; establish a LEED silver certification for its buildings; use 100% green energy; and sell 100% DfE-approved products.
This builds on a proud Herman Miller company tradition of sustainable design and construction – its headquarters was recognized as one of the first "green" office and manufacturing complexes in the U.S., with corresponding high numbers in employee productivity.
So we're only following in the revered Herman Miller way when we at Cubicles.com offer remanufactured Herman Miller cubicles in our product lineup.
Our remanufactured cubicles look brand-new, but have been painstakingly reconstructed from pre-used Herman Miller cubes; they're engineered to look, feel, and work like the brand-new product!
Just look at the extremes we reach to ensure that our cubicles are made with as little impact to the environment as possible:
Tags: eco-friendly, green building, green business, Green Office, LEED
Obama, the Green President.
The President of the United States is serious when he says the environment is a top priority of his administration. This week, the President's walking-the-talk on green issues comes through General Motors, and interestingly enough, the White House.
At a GM plant in Ohio, President Obama hailed the new fuel economy standards that would decrease greenhouse gases and provide clear directions for auto designers.
"For too long," the president told the autoworkers, "our auto companies faced uncertain and conflicting fuel economy standards. That made it difficult for you to plan down the road. That's why, today, we are launching—for the first time in history—a new national standard aimed at both increasing gas mileage and decreasing greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks sold in America. This action will give our auto companies some long-overdue clarity, stability, and predictability."
Tags: eco-friendly, environment, green business, Green Office
Efficiency – Green Energy's Ugly Sister.
Efficiency – the other side of green energy – just isn't as sexy. You don't see a lot of celebrities touting efficiency. The few who do (cough cough Ed Begley cough) just aren't that cool.
People think of efficiency along the lines of reasons other than sustainable living. Take electricity conservation – when asked why they reduce electricity consumption, over 72% of the public named cost reduction as their primary reason, says a new study from the Shelton Group.
Only 26% said they had the environment first on their mind. Another 40% mistakenly believed that generating electricity hurt the ozone layer.
A shame, really – over $1.2 trillion in potential savings can be realized by 2020 if the U.S. invests $520 billion in efficiency improvements, if a new McKinsey survey is to be believed.
The McKinsey report cites a number of "success stories" that could serve as models for other national policies. The list includes federal appliance energy-efficiency standards that have saved Americans an estimated $50 billion over 12 years; California's incredible efficiency efforts; and heroic local efforts.
One local effort of particular note finances renewable energy and efficiency improvements by raising property taxes, allowing homeowners to avoid skyrocketing up-front costs.
The California plan works this way: the municipality covers the up-front costs. The homeowner then provides reimbursement through taxes.
Tags: eco-friendly, green business, Green Office
Getting a Green Office Makeover: Start Small!
You can't see it from the outside, but the Empire State Building is transforming itself into an eco-friendly building, thanks to a $20 million green office makeover that aims to cut its energy consumption by almost 40%.
By current estimates, its transformation into a green office will reduce the Empire State Building's annual CO2 emissions by some 105,000 metric tons.
That's a major step, considering that the tower's emerald lights on St. Patrick's day were about as green as it normally got before now!
There's a simple objective behind any green office makeover, even one as expansive as the Empire State Building's: reduce the organization's impact on the environment. Awareness is job number one – most organizations aren't even conscious of their massive footprint on Mother Earth.
"We depend on paper, plastic and other materials to communicate and transmit goods," says Annex Brands marketing VP Steve Goble. "Unfortunately, it's all too easy to lose sight of the amount of resources we use when completing these tasks, but by taking a few simple steps, people can greatly reduce excess waste."
Taking steps to a green office could be as simple as recycling paper, using electronics with the Energy Star power feature, switching appliances off at the power source (instead of letting them "sleep", draining even more energy), and installing eco-friendly office lighting. (read more)


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L.A. WOMAN
Chicapah
Some fans of the Doors might disagree with my stark assessments of "The Soft Parade" and "Morrison Hotel" (and that's okay) but, by all accounts, the members of the band didn't think those albums were very good, either. So they decided to do this one differently by tossing their producer on his ear and escaping their plush, comfy studio environment in order to create songs that they felt more appropriately reflected their musical preferences and overall direction. They literally brought the recording equipment into their rehearsal hall and started from scratch. Unbeknownst to them it was to be their last with their charismatic singer and troubled friend but their gamble paid off and they made an album to be proud of. I rate it right up there beside "Strange Days."
Starting with the atmospheric "Changeling," we fans could tell they were finally getting their momentum back. A lot of folks like "Love Her Madly" but I'm not one of them. I'll just say that if their intention was to produce a hit single they succeeded in a big way and leave it at that. "Been Down So Long" seems to be a personal observation by Morrison and "Cars Hiss By My Window" shows that he was still capable of writing decent lyrics. While I've grown tired of "L.A. Woman" over the years there's no denying that it is a terrific rock and roll song that succinctly describes the dangerous and ominous streets of the city of angels. It ebbs and flows with energy and purpose. Jim's gritty vocal attitude is perfect for this tune. After the menacing "Crawling King Snake" we get a dose of Morrison's beat poetry laid over a solid musical score in "WASP," a reminder that the band was still capable of making your hair stand on end. Then comes "Riders On The Storm," a song that will never grow old or out of date. It is timeless and it is so fitting that it is the last we hear from Jim because he seems to have finally come to grips with the killer on the road. It's as if he is resigned to his fate and ready for death. It's stalking him and he doesn't fear it in the least. His voice is cool, calm and collected from beginning to end and it is one of the most effective and profound performances in rock history. The music is progressive, beautiful and dramatic. In the end we still hear the rain falling and the thunder rolling as Morrison slips into the night.
Chicapah | 4/5 | 2007-1-11
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This is the rice for making authentic Spanish paella. There are a few other varieties that work well in paella, but Bomba is top of the line. It's a shorter grain rice, and though it resembles Italian arborio in shape, it behaves much differently. It can absorb 3 times its volume in liquid yet still retain its toothy texture. When using Bomba, you'll need 3 cups of liquid for each 1 cup of rice. Bomba does cost more than other rice, but if you want to make paella the Spanish way, this is the way to go.
1 kilo cloth bag (2.2 lbs). Equivalent to 4 1/2 cups, enough for 9 to 14 servings.
Order 2 or more bags of rice and enjoy a 10% discount!