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Here we see the Angel of the Blood-Covenant (Mal. 3:1, Rev. 1:12-18), our Lord Jesus Christ, invisible for the human eye and in the full power of the Holy Spirit, revealing Himself in our human world. Two millennia (2000 years) He has left the Church-labour in human hands, in order that His spiritual labourers, after their repentance and surrender, might look for His powerful Spirit, that they might be anointed and leaded by Him, and might fulfil so their spiritual labour. This human work however, has been found too light in His eyes. Often it is done outside His Holy Spirit. In this case, all the human labour has no eternal fruit, and shall be burnt as wood, hay and stubbles.
Now, in the finishing time, in the closing time of God's Divine mercy, He takes the stewardship of this Divine labour in His own hand, Eph. 1:9-10, Rev. 1:16 en 20, see chapter 2, the 1st Divine proclamation). Then we have become so about the last week of 7 years of Daniel 9:27, the last 7 years of our to day's world.
Once more, He shall recover His relationship with Israel in the last week of 7 years of Dan. 9:27, and shall grant many out of Israel, according to His call, His salvation bringing grace in great Divine power. 1/3 of whole Israel shall repent to God, and shall be saved, 2/3 of Israel shall remain unrepented and shall get lost, as Zach. 13:8-9 says "shall be cut off and die". Many among the saved ones He shall use as His called, and anointed servants, so that His great Name shall be glorified by their labour, done in the anointing and great power of the Holy Spirit. Then the great, last, world-wide revival shall be brought about. By their labour, that shall happen under His own stewardship, numberless souls shall be won for the Kingdom of heaven (Rev. 7:9) in this last week of 7 years of Daniel 9:27.
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8 Feb 2019, 10:01 p.m.
COMMISSION SUPPORT: Commission buyers helped put a floor in this month's Euroa store sale.
Commission buyers helped put a floor in this month's Euroa store cattle sale, which saw 1400 head yarded.
Landmark's Russell Mawson said a significant section of the offering was lighter weight cattle, ranging between 180-250kilograms.
"That tells us the industry is digging deep into the younger herd, to try and protect breeding females," Mr Mawson said.
Commission buyers Grant Campbell, Duncan Brown, Elders Launceston and TB White, Ballarat, were particularly active, although no one purchaser stood out.
"You have to thank the buyers, they really stuck by this job," Mr Mawson said.
He said support on the younger female cattle was encouraging.
Landmark's Brad Gleeson said agents didn't have high expectations of the stock, due to the limited availability of water and grass.
Prices across the heavier run of yearling steers were generally 10-20c/kg cheaper.
Heifers were generally of secondary breeding and condition types.
"Prices varied, depending on breed, with many of the Angus and Angus cross cattle sold to fully firm rates, with strong demand for these cattle to go to future grain feeding," Mr Gleeson said.
There were very few pens of cows and calves offered, with one pen of four by four Angus selling for $1180.
A larger offering of joined females, many of which were believed to have been offered due to lack of water and feed, were mainly bought by processors, at kill value rates.
Among the top sales were Talasker, 11 Angus steers, 12-months old, averaging 390kg, which fetched $1120, or 287c/kg.
Burnview sold 13 Angus steers, eight months old, averaging 340kg, for $950, or 279c/kg, while Monea Park received $1030 for 12 Glenmodest-Spry blood Angus cross steers, averaging 360kg.
The 11-12-month-old steers sold for 286c/kg.
A pen of 19 Charolais steers, five to six months old, sold for $675.
They averaged 229kg and fetched 294c/kg.
Rodwells sold 11 steers, offered by Charlie Morris, averaging 409kg, for $1100, or 268/kg, while Seven Creeks estate received $910 for 11 steers, averaging 342kg, or 266c/kg.
A pen of nine Angus heifers, offered by J&R Dean, averaging 300kg, sold for $670, or 223c/kg.


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Get the most, not the lesser!
The NFL Has Chosen A Side, Now It's Time For Black People To Choose Ours.
Bryant: "I think we have the right to peaceful protest."
Boulder Valley School District allows students to sit or stand during the pledge.
Republican Governor Henry McMaster claims he's doing this for South Carolina's veterans.
The CA NAACP calls the "Star Spangled Banner" "one of the most racist, pro-slavery, anti-black songs in the American lexicon."
A review of the "Star Spangled Banner" and its relevance, or lack thereof, to the current protest movements.
"It is not a surprise that racism and bigotry exist in this country, but it is not something we stand for in any way," players said.


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Network Notebook: Personnel Matchups Matter in NBA Playoffs
Submitted by Jim Hurley on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 10:00 AM
KEY TO ADVANCING IN NBA PLAYOFFS: CAN YOU STOP WHAT THE OTHER GUY DOES WELL?
Early in the 2018 NBA Playoffs, it's clear that the fundamentals still hold true. Yes, three-point shooting is more important than ever. And, defensive rotations are evolving to stop more aggressive ball movement strategies on offense. But, the most basic fundamental is still ruling these opening round matchups.
Can you stop what the other guy does well?
Handicappers who focus on THAT will pick more winners than losers. Bettors who get distracted by other issues may run into some trouble. Here are some on-the-fly examples.
*Portland could not. Even though the Trailblazers were a #3 seed with home court advantage (for 48 minutes anyway) facing the #6 seed New Orleans Pelicans, they got SWEPT because they had no answer for Anthony Davis. Meanwhile, New Orleans had a few defensive answers for Damian Lillard. It never even felt like a series. Which is a surprise when the underdog advances. None of the stats or trends in the world mattered when both issues became clear. Zig zag theory? Pelicans never heard of it!
*San Antonio and Miami could not. We saw both of those teams eliminated in 4-1 series losses Tuesday night. Each was outmatched by Golden State and Philadelphia respectively. Each defense could only hope for the best against the opposing offensive threats. Each offense lacked firepower, San Antonio mostly because Kawhi Leonard took a year off.
*Utah has been one of the pleasant surprises of the postseason, though it hasn't eliminated Oklahoma City just yet (3-1 heading into Wednesday night's Game Four at OKC). The Jazz have an elite defense, and have pushed all of Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, and Paul George out of their comfort zones. OKC needed to shoot lights out from long range to get its one win. The Thunder offense looks like it's falling apart before our very eyes. And, that's caused OKC's defense to lose intensity and give up hope as well.
*The series that are 2-2 or 3-2 entering Wednesday...Indiana/Cleveland, Washington/Toronto, and Boston/Milwaukee, have all seen a relative cancelling out of weaponry. Pre-series favorites are still expected to win based on in-series pricing because the stars should still carry the day. But, the defenses of Cleveland and Toronto in particular have been disappointing when it comes time to win a game. Boston has been a big disappointment defensively vs. the Bucks compared to its regular season ranking, though did perform better in that regard in Tuesday night's victory.
All of this has led to fairly simple handicapping if you can recognize the team with a matchup advantage:
*New Orleans went 4-0 ATS vs. Portland
*Golden State went 3-2 ATS vs. San Antonio
*Philadelphia went 3-1-1 ATS vs. Miami
*Utah is 3-1 ATS vs. OKC so far
It's obviously very tough to know in advance where all the edges are going to be. JIM HURLEY'S NETWORK is better than anybody at it. But, we're not going to tell you we're 13-4 ATS in the playoffs in those matchups. The important thing is to recognize an edge as or after it's been established. Try to anticipate. Try to recognize it. Exploit it before the line catches up.
Has the line caught up to Philadelphia yet? Possibly. The Sixers were getting expensive late in the Miami series, and are now very clearly on the radar with other Eastern powers playing sluggishly. Who's going to be able to stop the inside/outside threats of the Sixers now that Joel Embiid is back on the floor playing well? We'll say it this way. The market has trouble anticipating "peak" Sixers when it's about to happen.
Has the line caught up to New Orleans yet? Only Game Four was even close to the number vs. Portland. We'll have to see how oddsmakers and professional bettors treat the Pelicans in their second-round series with Golden State. The Warriors better lift their game after the last two non-covers vs. the Spurs. Remember to focus on whether or not Golden State can stop Anthony Davis. That's likely the key to a market edge.
Has the line caught up to Utah yet? We'll see about that. The first answer is set for Wednesday night at OKC. Should we go to a sixth game in Utah, let's see where the market puts THAT number after the Jazz won by 13 and 17 earlier in the series. The good news for opponents is that Utah's offense can at least be contained. And, this stellar Utah defense has a chance to make life difficult for the Houston Rockets in the next round.
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Manhattan, as you know it, is underwater. The government, in an effort to maintain the delicate balance between a growing population and dwindling food supplies, regulates childbirth rates in the few remaining cities. Those born illegally are hunted down and killed by lifeless corporate-sponsored machines programmed to perform the dirty work of their makers. The media embraces this law. The people embrace this law. The only opposition comes from those children whose lives are forfeit the moment they exist. What were once deadly street gangs, the poor and huddled masses have evolved into revolutionaries fighting for the basic human right to live! Written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, co-authors of the critically acclaimed Jonah Hex, with art by Juan SantaCruz, The Resistance is packed with action, dazzling visuals, cutting social commentary, and a unique vision of the future.
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Recommended Ages Mature Readers (ages 16+)
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Colliers International Acquires Coral Gables-Based CREC
By Kris Mitchell
Acquisition of Preeminent Brokerage & Management Firm Solidifies Retail Leadership Across the State and Strengthens Service Offering in South Florida and Beyond.
Toronto and Miami, November 14, 2018 – Colliers International Group has acquired Coral Gables-based Continental Real Estate Companies Commercial Properties Corp.("CREC",) a market-leading commercial real estate services firm specializing in sales & leasing brokerage, property management and project management. The acquisition positions Colliers as a market leader in the retail leasing, management and capital markets sectors in Florida and strengthens its leadership role in the South Florida office market. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Led by co-founders Warren Weiser and Carol Greenberg Brooks, CREC adds a new level of depth to Colliers, a leading global commercial real estate services firm. Founded in 1989, CREC has three offices across the state and controls a portfolio of more than 12 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space in Florida.
"I am honored to have gained two amazing partners such as Warren and Carol as Colliers becomes one of the best positioned full-service commercial real estate firms," said Ken Krasnow, Executive Managing Director & Market Leader of Colliers International South Florida. "Together, we will lead Colliers to the next level and continue to grow our South Florida market share."
Joining Colliers will give the CREC team a global platform and leading-edge tools to keep pace with the evolution of commercial real estate.
"We are thrilled to join Colliers and be part of a team that is aligned with our entrepreneurial culture and focus on service excellence. We are now ideally positioned to accelerate our growth in the Florida market by leveraging the Colliers global brand, infrastructure and relationships," Greenberg Brooks said.
"While we have enjoyed tremendous success as an independent firm, we are increasingly competing in a global environment where clients require a comprehensive international platform and industry-leading tools in order to provide them with the service they require," Weiser said.
Some of CREC's retail and office listings include One Clearlake, 800 Brickell, 2121 Ponce de Leon, Downtown Dadeland, Kendall Place, and The Galleria at Beach Place, among others. Some of CREC's prestigious clients include Deutsche Bank/RREEF, Zurich Asset Management, Velocis, Ivy Equities, Starwood, Shopcore and many more.
Following the acquisition, Colliers retail presence will expand to a total of 48 retail specific brokers controlling more than 155 retail tenant rep accounts across Florida and more than 370 retail landlord rep listings statewide. Overall, Colliers will now have more than 160 brokerage professionals across Florida covering all major disciplines and specialty areas including senior, student, affordable & manufactured housing, marina & leisure and hospitality.
"With CREC on board, our clients will benefit tremendously from the team of professionals it had built over the years and its entrepreneurial culture," Krasnow added. "Those are some of the reasons CREC was a perfect fit for Colliers."


Cartoon Network and Boomerang, from 1999-2009.
An interstitial we created for Boomerang, back in 2002. It was around the time CN was promoting their "Groovies," music videos and has the same feel.
A staple of Cartoon Network's programming at one point, Dexter's Laboratory was a wonderful show, with a loyal following. This was a promo for an all day marathon, featured on the network. Voiceover by Peter Graves.
Promos promoting the weekend lineup circa 2005.
A fun piece from the early 2000s, where we got to mix live action and animation, which was not being done a lot at the time.
Packaging for the block of programming that included an Open, Bumps and Interstitials.
A funny parody of the show from 2009, for the after school block of programming. All the live action was shot in Atlanta.
While the premise was "not for air" they were totally intended for air, but for Adult Swim around 2006.
Daffy Duck marathon promo for Boomerang.
Open and promo packaging for an after school block of programming on CN.


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from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import unicode_literals

import logging
import re

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from django.utils.six.moves.urllib import request

from internationalflavor.iban import BICValidator as OriginalBICValidator

default_country = None
countries = getattr(settings, 'OSCAR_FICTA_COUNTRIES', [])
if countries:
    default_country = countries[0].upper()

logger = logging.getLogger('oscar.checkout')

# Customize original validator to make local BIC validation
# if no localized validators found - fall back into superclass
class BICValidator(OriginalBICValidator):
    def __call__(self, value):
        default_country = None
        countries = getattr(settings, 'OSCAR_FICTA_COUNTRIES', [])
        if countries:
            default_country = countries[0].upper()
        logger.info("BIC #%s country %s", value, default_country)
        if default_country == 'RU':
            return self._validate_ru_bic(value)
        else:
            super(BICValidator, self).__call__(value)

    def _validate_ru_bic(self, value):
        # this regex proudly stolen from pytalk.ru forum
        # see http://pytalk.ru/forum/django/20648/
        # seems not to be full as wiki says
        # https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B4

        err_msg = _("This Bank Identifier Code (BIC #%s) is not valid for Russia." % value)
        if not re.match("^[0-9]{9}$", value):
            raise ValidationError(err_msg)
        prefix = value[:2]
        if prefix != '04':
            err_msg = "%s\n%s%s." % (err_msg, _("First 2 digits should be Russian Federation code (04). Used: "), prefix)
            raise ValidationError(err_msg)
        cre_num = int(value[6:9])
        if not (50 <= cre_num <= 999):
            err_msg = "%s\n%s%s" % (err_msg, _("Invalid credit organisation number:"), cre_num)
            raise ValidationError(err_msg)

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Life across Kashmir came to a grinding on the second consecutive day on Friday as the strike call by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) against the assault on Article 35A evoked a total response.
Most of Hurriyat leaders continued to remain under house detention and preventive custody to keep them from leading protests.
Amid exemplary shutdown, reports said that there were protest demonstrations at Bagh-i-Mehtab, Chanapora, Natipora, Nowakadal, Noorbagh, Parimpora in Srinagar and parts of Baramulla district.
Shops and business establishments were closed across the Valley while all kinds of transport remained off the roads due to the strike called by the JRL.
Schools, colleges and universities too remained shut on the second consecutive day, and government offices registered very thin attendance, including the main seat of the government, the civil secretariat.
Apprehending big protests, authorities deployed government forces in strength across downtown Srinagar.
Restrictions were imposed within the jurisdiction of five police stations including MR Gunj, Khanyar, Rainawari, Nowhatta, Safa Kadal besides Maisuma and Kral Khud.
No Friday prayers were allowed in historic Jamia Masjid, first time after new governor assumed office earlier this month.
Reports of the complete shutdown were also received from other districts of the Kashmir besides some parts of Jammu region.
The JRL, comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik had called for a two-day protest shutdown on August 30 and 31 to protest the series of petitions filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of article 35A.
The law grants special citizenship rights to the people of J&K and bars outsiders from buying land and other properties in the Muslim-majority state. The Supreme Court, has, however, deferred the case until the second week of January.


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Низак раст је развојни поремећај који постоји код индивидуе чија је телесна висина испод трећег перцентила (или испод 2 стандардне девијације) у односу на телесну висину здраве деце истог пола и узраста. Осим ниског раста који настаје услед дефицита хормона раста и резистенције рецептора на хормон раста описују се и друге форме ниског раста настале услед гастроинтестиналних поремећаја (малапсорпција, целијакија); ендокринолошких поремећаја (хипотиреоза); нефролошких обољења (хронична бубрежна инсуфицијенција); услед психосоцијалне депривације; јатрогене форме (примена кортикостероида).

Основне дефиниције
Раст
Раст је сложен биолошки процес који се одвија под утицајем бројних генетских чинилаца и низа фактора из животне средине. Нормално раст спада у најпоузданији показатеља:
 доброг здравственог стања детета,
 адекватне исхране
 повољног психоемоционалног окружења.
Физиолошки облик ниског раста
Код већине деце и адолесцената са ниским растом, не постоје органске болести, генетски или хормонски поремећаји, већ је телсана висина детета, у складу са висином или моделом раста родитеља или других блиских сродника (и упућује на породично низак или успорен раст). Највећи број ниске деце има родитеље и рођаке чија је висина знатно испод просечне - породични ниски раст (гестацијски низак раст). Она су наследила гене за низак раст. На рођењу та деца нису ситна ни незрела, само спорије расту, посебно између друге и четврте године. Код те деце скелетно сазревање одговара узрасту и пубертет се јавља у уобичајено време. Складно су грађена - обим главе одговара њиховој висини. Они израсту у ниску особу, као што су то и њихови родитељи.

Утом смислу правилно препознавањем физиолошких облика ниског раста, је битан медицински и друштвени проблем и задатак струке, јер се постављаwем исправне дијагнозе — ниског раста, избегава обимно, скупо и компликовано лабораторијско испитивање.
Патолошки облик ниског раста
Уколико код детета није препознат физиолошких облика ниског раста, задатак лекара је Да објасни узрок успореног раста, предочи прогнозу (најчешће повољну) у погледу висине у одраслом добу и отклони непотребну забринутост детета и његових родитеља. Рано откривање оних узрока поремећаја раста и развоја који могу успешно да се лече, побољшава крајњи исход терапије (недовољна исхрана, целијакија, недостатак хормона раста или хипотироидизам, прерани пубертет), омогућава бољу прогнозу (хроничне инфламаторне болести црева, болести бубрега), или може да спречи рађање другог оболелог детета у породици (скелетне дисплазије).

Узроци поремећаја раста
Раст неке индивидуе одражава интеракцију различитих пренаталних и постнаталних утицаја, укључујући исхрану, хормоне, опште здравствено стање и психолошке факторе, као и резултат дејства бројним мултифакторских утицаја и комплексних процеса, као и значајног удела генетичких чинилаца

Различите генетски условљене болести
Велику групу узрока ниског раста чине генетички узроковане форме ниског раста настале услед:
 Скелетних дисплазија — ахондроплазија, хипохондроплазија,
 Структурних и нумеричких хромозомских аберација — Тарнеров синдром, Даунов синдром, Едвардсов синдром, Cri du Chat синдром, Wolf Hirschhorn синдром и други.
 Измена генетичког материјала које нису доступне класичном кариотипизацијом типа микроделеција, микродупликација, унипаренталне дизомије,
 Поремећаја генетичког импринтинга,
 Варијације броја поновака појединачних нуклеотида
 Других абнормалности.

Примери нумеричких хромозомских аберација удружених са ниским растом

Примери обољења са ниским растом узрокованих структурним хромозомским аберацијама

Моногенски условљена обољења (из групе RAS-опатија) која су удружена са ниским растом

Поремећаји исхране
Недовољна исхрана је због неједнаакости у многим друштвима и деловима света и данас један од најчешћих узрока ниског раста. Неухрањена деца су ниска због недостатка витамина и олигоелемената и малокрвности.

Такође таква деце због неадекватне исхране чешће побољевају, па самим тим и због тога спорије расту. Када се таквој деци обезбеди адекватна исхран она почну брже да расту (компензаторни раст).

Стечена хроничне болести
Хроничне болести један су од узрока споријег раста и слабог добијања на телесној тежине. Ова деца имају успорено коштано сазревања, кашњење у појави секундарних сексуалних карактеристика итд. Како су многе хроничне болести праћене недовољним уносом хранљивих материја због — повраћања, муке, слабе ресорпције хране у органима за варење, недостатка неких витамина или олигоелемената итд, оне за последицу имају и низак раста због секундарно изазваних поремећаја исхране.

У најчешчћа стечена хронична обољења, која могу бити узрок ниског раста спадају:

Правовремено и правилно лечење основне болести< најчешће резултује и нормализицајим раста.

Ендокрини поремећаји
Иако већина сматра да су они примарни фактор ниског раста, само око 10% ниске деце има поремећаји рада жлезда са унутрашњим лучењем. Од ендокриних поремећаја низак раст изазива недостатак:
 Хормона раста, чији је недостатак најчешће последица поремећаја функције хипоталамуса или хипофизе.
 Тироидних хормона,
 Инсулина,
 Појачано лучење полних хормона.
Деца, са ендокрино изазваним поремећајима раста су
 ниског раста, пропорционално грађена,
 пуначка,
 младалачког лица,
 малих стопала и шака,
 високог чела.
Ова деца расту спорије од остале деце, коштано сазревање је спорије и пубертет код њих наступа знатно касније.

Неповољне социјалне и психоемоционалне околности
Неповољне социјалне и психоемоционалне околности, у којим родитељи или средина не воле или запостављају децу, могу утицати на појаву психосоцијалног ниског раста праћеног низом поремећаја сна и различитим облицима бизарног понашања.

Таква деца која могу да имају низак раст због необичних навика у исхрани, или лошег социјалног окружења, у условима промене животне средине, могу нормализовати ток раста.

Застој у расту пре рођења
Застој у расту пре рођења деца, карактерише се малом порођајном тежином и дужином датета на рођењу (2СД испод тежине свог гестацијског доба), Таква новорођенчад имају:
 релативно велику лобању, а ситно лице.
 урођене малформације,
 честу менталну ретардацију.
Застој у расту пре рођења може да буде последица:
 обољења постељице (инсуфицијенција плаценте),
 инфекције мајке и плода (рубеола, цитомегаловирус, токсоплазмоза, сифилис,
 употреба неких лекова (нпр антиепилептици),
 гладовање мајке,
 пушење дувана,
 злоупотреба алкохол и
 тешке болести мајке.

Дијагноза
Дијагноза се поред физикалног прегледа и мерења телесних параметара (висина и тежина) допуњује лабораторијскоим тестовима, пре свега молекуларном дијагностиком која је потребна ради потврде клиничке дијагнозе и ради правилног приступа мониторовању, потребној додатној дијагностици, давању исправне генетичке информације, пренаталној дијагностици и лечењу.

Развој нових технологија допринео је разјашњавању генетичких узрока ниског раста, укључујући и синдромске и несиндромске форме ниског раста.

Данас се све више у дијагностици ниског раста (нарочито када је претходно тестирање за познате синдроме негативно) користе ове технике:
 анализа полиморфизама појединачних нуклеотида комплетног генома (engl. Whole Genome Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)
 ереј компаративна геномска хибридизација (енгл. Аrrаy-Comparative Genomic Hybridization)
 техника секвенцирање комплетног генома (енгл. Whole Exome Sequencing).

Терапија
Пре почетка било какве терапије важно је да се постави дијагноза ниског раста, и тиме искључи физиолошки низак раст. Терапија мора да започне на време, и де буде заснована на мултидисциплинарном приступу: у спровођењу дијагностике, медицинском праћењу и лечењу деце захваћене ниским растом, како би њен успех био већи. Такође због комплексности могућих генетичких узрока на раст, при приступу пацијентима са ниским растом треба размотрити и могућности детекције узрока ниског раста савременим доступним молекуларно-генетичким технологијама.

Хируршка терапија се може пприменити али она зависи од узрока ниског раста. Тумори мозга који изазивају хипосоматотропизам могу захтевати неурохируршку интервенцију, у зависности од типа и локације тумора.  Примењене су и хируршке процедуре за продужења лимбуса, али, како носе огромне ризике од морбидитета и морталитета, данас се не препоручују.

Ако лечење није могуће или није потребно дете и родитељи то треба да знају. Давање хормона раста здравој наследно ниској деци није етично, и може бити штетно.

Трошкови терапије
Како се у савременом свету и медицински третман заснива на утрошку знатних материјалних средстава треба навести и трошкове лечења ниског раста. Наиме цена лечења зависи од количине датог хормона раста, што зависи од тежине и старости детета, па тако једногодишња цена утрошених лекова кошта око 20.000 долара за мало дете и преко 50.000 долара за тинејџера. Ако се узме у обзир да терапија траје пет или више година, добијамо податак да укупни трошкови лечења могу да достигну износ од 100.000 до 400.000 долара.

Занимљивости
За време Првог светског рата у Британији, минимална висина за регрутоване војнике била је 160 цм. Тако је хиљаде људи са мањом висином од ове било ускраћено да се бори у рату. Као резултат притиска јавности да им се омогући регрутација, створени су специјални "Бантамови батаљони" састављени од мушкараца који су били високи од 150 до 160 цм. До краја рата основано је је 29 "Бантамских батаљона" од по 1.000 људи. Службеници у овим батаљонима били су "нормалне" висине за војне стандарде.

Извори

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Their latest venture is a residency at Bourbon, the nightclub on Frederick Street. The kitchen there was previously home to the excellent Ninja Buns so it's a place that's used to very high quality fare.
I popped in to take a look at what was what on the day before their operation really caught fire with a 50% off day to launch their extensive new menu.
Their list of options was a good blend of new dishes and familiar favourites. Having sampled much of their core offering, I stuck to the newer dishes settling upon a small portion of their seafood chowder, a portion of their veggie nuggets, then on the recommendation of the friendly barman/waiter a portion of their Buffalo prawns.
Dishes arrived altogether looking pretty smart. I started with the soup which I was obviously delighted to see on the menu. I hear that the big portion comes in a bread bowl. This will be just the thing to elevate this really enjoyable soup into the stratospheric realms of Soupquest's exceptionals. I look forward to returning to preside over that matter.
I liked the veggie nuggets. These were crisp little balls of squash and broccoli goodness served with a really satisfying spiced mayo.
But the stars of the show were the prawns. An extremely generous portion of deliciously juicy prawns were coated in lightly crisp batter. They made for excellent eating.
So overall, Shrimpwreck look to have made the transition to permanent Edinburgh premises with all the confidence and style that they've shown in their previous endeavours. I'd strongly recommend you visit and I look forward to further exploration of their menu in due course.


Spent two hours at the DC Friday night trying to install some new blades in our bladecenter. Every time I installed a new blade the power light kept flashing rapidly. I logged into the web management for the bladecenter and saw the event log entry "Can not read power-on VPD for blade". Because the bladecenter would not read the hardware VPD from the blade it would not allow it to power on.
After speaking with IBM support we decided to update the firmware of the AMM (advanced management module) in the bladecenter. When I tried to update the firmware it gave me an error saying that it could not install the update. After 45 mins of trial and error with the IBM engineer (great support BTW, 1000 times better than dell!) we decided to reboot the AMM. (this had no affect on the running blades btw).
After a reboot everything worked fine! I was able to install the 6 new blades and update the AMM firmware to the latest release. It was strange because all the other functions of the AMM seemed to be working fine, the already installed blades were communicating with the AMM without issue. I would suggest that anyone who runs into this issue should try to reboot the AMM first, as it's a fairly low impact thing to do and it would have saved me an hour if I had thought to do it from the start.
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A Canadian psychology professor has reportedly been locked out of his Google and YouTube accounts, seemingly due to his politically incorrect views.
Political Correctness is Killing Colleges: Emotions or Education?
If you step up to the microphone in Britain, you'd better watch what you say. Because if someone is offended, you could be headed to jail.
The current turmoil on our nation's campuses is just a symptom of a deeper problem: Our universities have lost a vision for education.


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Amgen garners wide support from pharma peers in Supreme Court patent fight with Sanofi
In a closely watched patent dispute playing out at the U.S. Supreme Court, Amgen has drummed up support from fellow drugmakers large and small, plus industry associations and intellectual property groups.
As part of Amgen's case against Sanofi centered on the two companies' PCSK9 cholesterol drugs, several biopharma companies including AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb and GSK, as well as organizations like the National Association of Patent Practitioners and the Intellectual Property Professors, have thrown their support behind Amgen's appeal in separate briefs filed to the U.S. high court.
The law division of the American Chemical Society even went as far as petitioning to participate in oral arguments to help make a case for Amgen.
A federal circuit court previously sided with Sanofi and its partner Regeneron in throwing out patents on Amgen's PCSK9 inhibitor Repatha. But entities like GSK argue that the lower court's ruling goes against common sense and puts an unreasonable burden on the innovator to have a valid patent claim.
The legal fight dates back to 2014, when Amgen sued Regeneron and Sanofi before an official FDA approval for their PCSK9 drug Praluent. As the better seller of the two drugs, Amgen's Repatha reeled in $963 million sales in the first three quarters of 2022. Praluent only ginned up $334 million sales during the same period.
Back in 2019, a Delaware judge threw out a jury verdict and ruled against Amgen. In 2021, a federal appeals court rejected Amgen's bid to reverse the ruling. The U.S. Supreme Court took on the case despite U.S. Solicitor General's recommendation against a review.
The current patent law carries an "enablement" requirement, which states that a patent is valid if it contains enough disclosure to allow a person with ordinary skills in a relevant trade to make the invention without undue experiments. The lower courts ruled that Repatha's patent claims didn't meet that standard because they could cover "millions" of antibodies and would therefore require undue experiments to determine which ones actually work.
The dispute centers on the appeals court's interpretation that a patent description should allow skilled specialists to reach the "full scope" of the claim, namely, to be able to make all variations of the same innovation, without substantial effort.
SCOTUS should reject the federal circuit's "full scope" test, which could "reduce valid claim breadth, especially in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology sectors," AbbVie said in its amicus brief.
"The test has no basis in the statutory language or structure of the Patent Act, chills innovation and investment, and disserves fundamental congressional objectives embodied in patent law," AbbVie said.
Bavarian Nordic, Biogen, Bristol Myers, Merck & Co., 3M, material science specialist Corning and the Association of University Technology Managers banded together in a joint amicus brief also in favor of Amgen. Calling the "full scope" rule "time-and-resource-wasting," the team argues the federal circuit's standard "is wrong as a matter of law and harmful to the innovation process," and that it "ignores how innovators actually operate."
Similarly, the National Association of Patent Practitioners, in its filing, argued the federal circuit has "deviated too far" from established legal practice, and that the "full scope" standard is "unworkable." The lower court's decision suggests inventors must lay out "all or an unreasonably large number" of species under a patent claim, the organization said.
Meanwhile, the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago asked that the high court vacate the case and return it to the court of appeals. While labeling its brief as in support of neither party, the group argued that claim enablement isn't "a matter of whether the specification has cataloged all possible embodiments of invention."
Amgen also filed its own brief in December. The California biotech spent almost its entire argument on the "full scope" standard, contending that it's against the law and harms innovation.


Ubisoft Forums > 1C:Maddox Games > IL2 Maddox General Discussion > Make your own FFB rudder pedals.
View Full Version : Make your own FFB rudder pedals.
I've just posted a how to guide in the pit builders forum at Simhq. Ther're cheap and easy to make, providing that is you have an old FFB twist handle joystick gathering dust in a cupboard, but then again second hand joysticks are cheap and easy to find on E-bay etc.
Does it have to be twist handle?
Link please, to "pit builders forum", I can't find it!
No it doesn't have to be old, just one that you're not using as your main joystick. Yes it does have to be twist handle if you look at the pics all will be made clear. Sorry I don't know how to provide a link, just go to the Simhq forums and look for the pit builders board.


Recovered clean metal, ready to be melted.
The Didion® Rotary Separator/Metal Reclaimer with a variable jet burner to remove moisture.
Around the world today, and notably in the world of metalcasting, there are numerous widely used and repeated catchphrases today such as "your carbon footprint", "going green", "zero discharge", and "beneficial reuse." The purpose of these phrases is persuasion: to persuade us of the importance of preserving our natural resources for future generations. Some peope throw these phrases around to be fashionable while others are totally committed to the cause.
A medium-sized foundry accumulated over 6,200 tons of metal fines waste from its melting operation, with no place except the dump to dispose of that material. Not accepting the dump as an option, a team of foundry engineers began researching other possibilities. This is the point at which Didion came into the picture: a series of tests were run to determine the useable metal content of the waste stream that had been accumulating at the foundry over the previous four years.
Instead, to recover the metal fines from the waste stream, the equipment builder supplied a Didion® Rotary Separator/Metal Reclaimer with a variable jet burner, and a Conveyor Dynamics Feed Conveyor. The system was designed with a dust-tight Load Hopper to be loaded by a front-end loader and metered into the Didion® Rotary Separator. This un-manned, stand-alone system installed at a location outside the plant (and close to the charging/ melt department) has to-date reclaimed over 1,500 tons of valuable metal that otherwise would have gone into a landfill as waste, and a lost opportunity for cost savings.


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April 21 - May 28, 2016
Great American Nude #19
Oil and mixed media collage on masonite
36 by 48 in. 91.4 by 121.9 cm.
Still Life #3
Mixed media and collage on board
30 by 30 in. 76.2 by 76.2 cm.
Still Life #53
Painted molded plastic (Gripflex on uvex)
47 1/2 by 58 by 5 in. 120.7 by 147.3 by 12.7 cm.
Landscape #5
Liquitex and collage on canvas and oil on shaped canvas
84 by 144 1/2 by 18 in. 213.4 by 367 by 45.7 cm.
Seascape #10
Molded Plexiglas painted with gripflex
44 1/2 by 58 1/2 by 1 3/4 in. 113 by 148.6 by 4.4 cm.
Bedroom Painting #68
Oil on shaped canvas
89 by 112 1/2 in. 226.1 by 285.8 cm.
Sunset Nude with Big Palm Tree
105 by 128 in. 266.7 by 325.1 cm.
© Estate of Tom Wesselmann/ VAGA, New York
"With this important exhibition, we hope to show how Wesselmann has filtered the canonical subjects of art—still life, the nude and the landscape—through a unique and personal lens using the media and technical innovation of the sixties, seventies and eighties, offering new possibilities for painting."
– Lucy Mitchell-Innes
NEW YORK, September 11, 2015 – Mitchell-Innes & Nash announces the first major painting retrospective of Tom Wesselmann in New York since the artist's death in 2004. Organized in partnership with the Tom Wesselmann Estate, the exhibition examines Wesselmann's role as the great innovator of the American Pop generation and will include a dozen significant works spanning the artist's career from 1961-2004. The exhibition will be on view at Mitchell-Innes & Nash from April 21 through May 28, 2016.
Tom Wesselmann is one of the leading figures of Pop Art. He is best known for his career-spanning series, "Great American Nude," which featured female figures in intensely saturated interiors. Wesselmann used collage, assemblage and shaped canvases to usher in a new vocabulary of painting.
The works in the exhibition highlight a number of techniques that Wesselmann pioneered and are largely unseen among his Pop contemporaries. In an interior still life from 1964, Wesselmann incorporates a functional fan and a clock into the canvas, pushing the boundaries of collage and assemblage in a sly nod to the notion of the 'represented' object. Collages from the 1960s feature cut-outs from advertising billboards. Also included in the show are Wesselmann's steel-cut works (a technique he helped develop), molded plastic paintings (a technique borrowed from commercial signage and used here in the context of fine art for the first time), and his iconic shaped canvases. A large-scale painting installation will also be featured, underscoring Wesselmann's highly innovative approach in bringing the medium into three-dimensions. From his Great American Nude of 1961 to his final Sunset Nudes of 2004, the full breadth of Wesselmann's interests will be on view.
Mitchell-Innes & Nash will publish a hard-cover illustrated catalogue in conjunction with the exhibition, which will feature an essay by art historian and writer Michael Lobel.
About Tom Wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 23, 1931. After receiving a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1956, Wesselmann moved to New York City to pursue his interests in the arts. He graduated from Cooper Union in 1959 with a degree in fine art, Wesselmann went on to become one of the leading American Pop artists of the 1960s rejecting abstract expressionism in favor of the classical representations of the nude, still life, and landscape. He created collages and assemblages incorporating everyday objects and advertising ephemera in an effort to make images as powerful as the abstract expressionism he admired. Wesselmann worked in New York City for more than four decades. He lived in New York City with his wife, Claire, daughters Jenny and Kate, and son Lane. He died there on December 17, 2004.
Exhibition | Philadelphia
Tom Wesselmann at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
This exhibition chronicles Pop art's emergence as an international movement, migrating from the United Kingdom and the United States to western and eastern Europe, Latin America, and Japan. Although Pop arose in distinct forms within each region, artists expressed a shared interest in mass media, consumerism, and figuration. International Pop navigates a fast-paced world packed with bold and thought-provoking imagery, revealing a vibrant cultural period shaped by widespread social and political revolution.
Exhibition | Dallas
Tom Wesselmann at the Dallas Museum of Art
October 11, 2015 to January 17, 2016
International Pop, organized by the Walker Art Center, chronicles the global emergence of Pop in the 1960s and early 1970s. While previous exhibitions and prevailing scholarship have primarily focused on the dominance of Pop activity in New York and London during this time, this exhibition examines work from artists across the globe who were confronting many of the same radical developments, laying the foundation of the emergence of an art form that embraced figuration, media strategies, and mechanical processes with a new spirit of urgency and/or exuberance. This groundbreaking exhibition follows the trajectories of Pop and its critical points of contact with global developments in art such as Nouveau Réalisme (France), Concretism and Neo-Concretism (Brazil), The Art of Things (Argentina), Anti-Art (Japan), Capitalist Realism (Germany), Happenings, and Neo-Dada.
Dallas Museum of Art
Exhibition | Minneapolis
Tom Wesselmann at the Walker Art Center
April 11 - August 29, 2015
Organized by the Walker and on view April 11 through August 29, 2015, International Pop is a groundbreaking historical survey that chronicles the global emergence of Pop Art from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Following the Walker's presentation, the exhibition will travel to the Dallas Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art through 2016.
By John Dorfman
The Body Electric
Art & Antiques September 2016
Tom Wesselmann combined sensuality and joy with a deep investigation of the nature of represenational art.
By Noah Dillon
Critics Pick: Tom Wesselmann at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
Artcritical May 2016
I'd basically written Tom Wesselmann off as merely a prurient artist of T&A spectacle. Although his retrospective survey now at Mitchell-Innes & Nash hasn't totally won me over, it is amazing to see him more fully represented. His relief works are startling, and give a deeper appreciation to his association with Pop art.
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Laura De Gunzberg
This Season in Art
Cultured May 2016
"I'm really looking forward to the Tom Wesselmann show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York. He was a giant of /60s Pop Art, and his work-vibrant female nudes and magnified objects-was ahed of its time. Event today it is quite contemporary. The gallery, which represents him, is hosting the show through May 28".
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6 Reasons Why It's OK To Think Suicide Squad Was Good
Jake Young
@bestjakeyoung
Your eyes do not deceive you, this is a "hot take" from some internet rando trying to find something interesting to say. If the idea of this offends you, please scroll past it and just read some of our old comics. BUT IF you want to think about some of the things a recently released movie did right despite a pretty brutal critical reception, read on:
1. All the reshoots and re-edits DID make the film more fun
One of the most common complaints about Suicide Squad from the major critics was that the film was "a mess", meaning that the seams of its troubled production were clearly showing and the tonal shifts were sloppy and jarring. Throughout the movie there's weird little cuts, moments, and musical cues that don't QUITE fit. I caught multiple moments when you could tell that they replaced the film's original soundtrack with a nostalgia-rock song just to make the grimy visuals seem more irreverent when they were clearly shot to elicit fear or shock from the audience. BUT, just because they're obvious didn't mean they weren't effective. That goofy/twisted tension honestly made it feel more like a comic-book universe than previous efforts, going from psychopathic murder to non-sequitur jokes is more true to modern-era comics. Humble opinions and all that, but a spoonful of sugar was just what Suicide Squad needed.
2. International movie star Will Smith being Will Smith... BUT WITH GUNS
I know there are some Deadshot fans who are upset that Will Smith's version of the character (who has had a steady presence in the DC universe for decades) is pretty much just "Will Smith with guns" but here's the thing... WILL SMITH WITH GUNS IS STILL PRETTY COOL. Smith's Deadshot is insanely watchable onscreen. I suspect it might be because my nostalgia-crusted face is overjoyed to see him back to shooting monsters, cracking wise, and caring about impossibly precocious kids like the 90s never ended, but it doesn't change the fact that he was given the role of "stubborn assassin with a heart of gold looking for redemption" and delivered.
3. Enjoying DC as the "edgy" superhero cinematic universe
I'm not 13 years old, but I do remember that special stage of life where acne, anger, and awkwardness descends upon unwitting kids and makes them reject childish things for... slightly less childish things. Man of Steel and Batman V Superman does have (quite embattled) fans who found Snyder's dark tone to be more reflective of what they wanted instead of Marvel's universally-beloved quip-fests. But the SKWAD captured that giddy thrill of telling your first dirty joke on the playground or the rush of late-night HBO at your friends' sleepover. Knives, guns, booty shorts and panda masks, the atonal mish-mash of the violent and the silly reflects the Internet generation more than the gloomy-philosophizing of Snyder's entries. To reiterate, I'm not 13 anymore, but if we're going to indulge 13-year-olds I'll settle for two murder-clowns making out in a vat of acid over a ham-fisted Jesus metaphor any day of the week.
4. Amanda. Freaking. Waller.
Amanda Waller is such a good character. A powerless human bureaucrat who stands face-to-face with demigods without blinking. Capable and willing to get her hands dirty to accomplish goals that she truly believes in. And for an overweight Black woman in a comics universe filled with more well-known space aliens than minorities (that was a joke nobody freak out), she's been the focal point of some amazing stories since her introduction in 1986. Viola Davis kills it, she IS Amanda Waller onscreen, the unflappable culmination of how scary the American government can be, and how badass it is when that terrifying unchecked power is actually on our side (OR IS IT).
5. The plot was stupid, but that's par-for-the-course these days
Ok, so the "story" of this movie is hot trash. There's an ancient evil seeking a big doomsday McGuffin that works on the world's vaguest countdown timer and it culminates in a big swirling mess of CGI garbage that exists solely to be the climax of the movie. But I can't be mad about this anymore. Almost EVERY superhero movie on earth has done this by now. I'm actively curious if "final battle where the villain gets the evil McGuffin and there's a bunch of CGI bullshit and then the heroes win by sheer force of will" is actually a preset built into Final Draft screenwriting software. Here's just a FEW of the previous superhero movies that did this:
X-Men Apocalypse
Doctor Strange (THIS ONE ISN'T EVEN OUT YET BUT YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN)
I'm not going to praise a lazy unoriginal villain plan, but I'm not going to lose my monocle because another superhero movie painted by the numbers. I'm just thankful they cut the fat out and just let us spend more time with the characters we actually liked. They didn't pretend that there was anything more going on than "save the world, rescue the princess, blow up the thing".
6. Coke needs Pepsi, Mario needs Sonic, and Marvel needs DC
Ever since its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company, Marvel Studios stopped being the scrappy underdog with something to prove and became a multi-billion dollar investment that needed to be protected. While we still get gems like Captain America: Civil War, the cracks are beginning to show (looking at you over there, Age of Ultron). The future of the "DC Cinematic Universe" is genuinely in peril if they keep delivering massively budgeted critical flops that fail to have long-lasting resonance with its intended audience, but after Suicide Squad I'm hopeful to see it keep going. The more competition the better, and if they keep tweaking with the gag-to-grime formula (and tell Zac Snyder to loosen up those ham-fists jusssst a little) I think there's some cool stories left to tell that will keep the rest of the industry from playing it too safe.
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Last Sunday I played some acoustic tunes at the Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair, hosted at the Pavilion, Bristol Zoo Gardens. I recorded some of my set and am just in the process of editing/uploading some live videos from the event. Here's the first one, a cover of George Ezra's "Blame It On Me".
George is a local boy, from right 'ere in Brizzle town! I love his album "Wanted on Voyage" – his voice is amazing and the album's full of upbeat, Summery songs. I'm also looking forward to seeing him live in Bristol this Summer!
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A rally in support of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project; activists lose appeal
1) This morning, a group of self-described LES stakeholders are holding a rally supporting the $1.45-billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR), currently underway along East River Park.
According to a media advisory, representatives from the Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), NYCHA TA Leadership, Coalition for a District Alternative (CODA), an independent political organization, and members of the Frontline Communities Coalition will be in attendance.
Their media statement includes:
ESCR is one of many critical life-saving infrastructure projects needed to protect NYC residents from the devastating impacts of climate change. Without the completion of ESCR to provide flood protection, a resilient park, and improved drainage systems, Lower East Side including NYCHA's infrastructure will remain susceptible to deterioration, putting the future of residents at great risk of loss of life, evacuation, and potential loss of homes.
Frontline Communities Coalition refutes the misinformation campaign specifically targeted to play into the fears of people of color and the residents of public housing. ESCR is about saving lives and in doing so it will also save the homes and East River Park itself for future generations.
This morning, the rally takes place at 11 on Sixth Street at FDR Drive between the Jacob Riis and Lillian Wald Houses.
2) Yesterday, the state Court of Appeals denied activists' bid to hear their case.
As NY1 reported:
In a terse, 20-word ruling, the court rejected allegations that the city side-stepped state law by not seeking a vote approving the plan in the state legislature. Judges in earlier phases of the suit had already ruled in the city's favor twice.
The court also rejected the activists' motion to hold the city in contempt of court, after the city continued to cut down trees in the park following a judge's order in the case, issued last week that appeared to require the city to pause construction.
A lawyer for the activists, Arthur Schwartz, told the Post that the whole process "has been shameful."
"It has never been necessary to destroy the park in order to get flood protection for the people of the Lower East Side," Schwartz said. "Tens of thousands will lose a local park for the next 5 to 7 years, maybe more."
In an Instagram post, East River Park Action, which had been fighting the city over this version of the plan to stormproof the park, said:
This is truly a sad day, not only for us but for all parkland. This decision sets a terrible precedent for all parkland... All they have to do now is tack on some park-related excuse to whatever they're doing and it will not need to go through alienation or state oversight. They could put a building in a park and say it's for environmental research for the park and it will be ok. Thank you for your support. We are in mourning.
East River Park Action and other activists have said some alternatives could preserve much of the park and protect the Lower East Side and surrounding neighborhoods from a 100-year-flood event and sea-level rise — one that doesn't cause 1,000 mature trees to be chopped down.
In late 2018, the city surprised community stakeholders by announcing a complete overhaul of a plan discussed over four years of local meetings. As Gothamist reported: "City officials cited fears about maintaining a floodable green space, as well the disruption to motorists on the FDR Drive and potential dangers to Con Ed's power lines under the previous proposal."
The current plans call for gutting East River Park — burying the existing 57.5-acre park under fill and elevating it by 8-to-10 feet above sea level.
The city shut down East River Park below Stanton Street on Dec. 6 and has been working — sometimes around the clock — to cut down trees and remove park amenities. Workers are currently demolishing the amphitheater.
East River Park remains open above Houston Street. The city has previously estimated that work will be complete by the end of 2026.
Labels: East River Park, East Side Coastal Resiliency Project
"ESCR is one of many critical life-saving infrastructure projects needed to protect NYC residents from the devastating impacts of climate change. Without the completion of ESCR to provide flood protection, a resilient park, and improved drainage systems, Lower East Side including NYCHA's infrastructure will remain susceptible to deterioration, putting the future of residents at great risk of loss of life, evacuation, and potential loss of homes. "
Per usual ZERO mention of the community inputted alternative plan that was thrown to the wind by BdB and the CC, especially Rivera. These organizations are not honest brokers here.
I am so disgusted with this city. The greed, corruption and pure disregard for residents. Our representatives don't care about us, and the rest of the city doesn't care because it's not their neighborhood.
The is devastating. Wiping out an entire park would cause outrage in any other part of the city, but no one cares about the LES.
It's disappointing to see GOLES, which I think of as a good organization, siding with the city on this one and backing the dishonest "If you're against our plan, you must not want flood protection" narrative.
Local residents and organizations like East River Park Action have been very clear: the LES needs flood protection. In fact, the activists have repeatedly pushed the city to say how they plan to provide interim flood protection in case another superstorm hits while the rebuilding work is going on. The city has not been very forthcoming on this point.
But the activists' argument is that you can provide effective flood protection without destroying everything in sight. The city's evasiveness, secretiveness and actual dishonesty suggests that they also know this to be true, but for reasons of their own (which have never been made entirely clear), they are determined to proceed with the 'scorched earth' approach.
It's just such a weird, weird plan. Removing so much deep rooted nature... and then adding dirt to raise the area. It's just so weird. Build a wall. What I hate is that I know it's just gonna be another bullshit Domino park with no actual feeling of nature.
OlympiasEpiriot said...
Ok...nothing useful to add. I'm just another local resident really angry about this, chiming in.
I'm surprised and disappointed that GOLES is supporting this. They are smart and were very helpful for a neighbor of mine. Surprised they are supporting this bullshit plan, which will open the door to real estate development, and deny us a shady park for decades. This is just a doorway to gentrification; why support this? EVERYONE WANTS FLOOD CONTROL. The only question is whether it will be with or without a park. Sorry, but you are on the wrong side here.
Given that they city continued the destruction during the court's stay order, I have a feeling it had the inside track that it would ultimately prevail in court. It was all a show!
LOL @ real estate development. You people are so obnoxious. It will remain a park. I can't STAND this plan and the way they did this but stfu about real estate, it Is still parkland, just a shitty plastic one.
12:06 the inside track was that this specific suit was meritless.
I disagree that this is not a real estate scheme. The ruling by the court now allows a broad interpretation of the use of the park. That opens the door for "public-private partnership" and god knows what else. Governors Island is about to be developed/destroyed by commercial interest (another City Council gift to real estate) in this way: the original intended use is being twisted to allow commercial development. Just wait until this project is way over-budget, and there are calls for real-estate dollars to "rescue" the project. East River Park is too much prime and unprofitable (to the city and real estate) land to just be and enjoyed by poor people.
Agree, long term they will do something similar to what is about to happen on governor's island
Which our local Councilmember voted for!
Mayor Robber
The pointless demolition of Manhattan's East River Park
December 17, 2021 • Eileen Myles
https://www.artforum.com/slant/the-pointless-demolition-of-manhattan-s-east-river-park-87431


This Saturday we are having opening for the Christmas reception at Gallery Arcturus.
The title of the show is "Winter's Poem". As Deborah(Artist in residence and curator) said, the show itself is a poem.
I am definitely learning about 'space' through working at this gallery.


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Isabella 2. (121225. april 1228), også kendt som Yolande af Brienne, var en prinsesse af fransk oprindelse, der var regerende dronning af Jerusalem 1212-28. Gennem sit ægteskab med Frederik 2. var hun også dronning af Sicilien og tysk-romersk kejserinde 1225-28.

Dronning som spæd
Isabella 2. blev født i Andria i det syditalienske Kongeriget Sicilien. Hun var det eneste barn af Maria af Montferrat, dronningen af Jerusalem og Johan af Brienne. Maria var datter af dronning Isabella 1. af Jerusalem og hendes anden mand Konrad af Montferrat, og efter sin mors død arvede hun Kongeriget Jerusalem.

Maria døde kort efter fødslen af Isabella 2. i 1212 muligvis af barselsfeber. Derfor blev Isabella 2. udråbt til dronning af Jerusalem, da hun blot var få dage gammel. Fordi hendes far Johan ikke havde et direkte krav på tronen, regerede han som regent.

Ægteskab med Frederik 2.

Under et møde mellem Johan af Brienne, pave Honorius 3. og Frederik 2. i byen Ferentino i 1223 blev Isabellas skæbne afgjort: Frederik indvilligede endelig i at drage på korstog, men kun som den legitime konge af Jerusalem, og dette var kun muligt, hvis han ville tage den unge dronning Isabella 2. som sin hustru (på dette tidspunkt var Frederik enkemand). Dette hele blev planlagt af paven, som ved denne bånd håbede at knytte kejseren fast til Det 6. korstog. Forlovelsen blev bekræftet, men kejseren forsinkede stadig sin afrejse indtil august 1225, hvor han og Isabella blev gift ved stedfortræder i Akko.  Få dage senere blev Isabella 2. kronet som dronning af Jerusalem.

Isabella ankom til Italien med tyve gallejer sendt af Frederik 2. for at bringe hende til sin far og blive personligt gift med Frederik 2. i katedralen i Brindisi den 9. november 1225. Under ceremonien erklærede Frederik sig for konge af Jerusalem og sørgede straks for, at hans nye svigerfar Johan af Brienne, den nuværende regent af Jerusalem, blev frataget sin magt, og hans rettigheder overført til ham. De samtidige krøniker beskriver de eksotiske bryllupsfestligheder, der fandt sted i Oria Borgen, og den oprørske reaktion fra hendes far Johan af Brienne, der nu havde mistet sin kongelige autoritet.

Død
Efter brylluppet blev Isabella holdt afsondret af sin mand i Palermo. I en alder af 14 år fødte hun i november 1226 sit første barn, en datter (kaldet Margrete i nogle kilder). Det spæde barnet døde i august 1227. Isabella døde den 4. maj efter at have født sit andet barn, en søn, Konrad 2., i Andria, Bari, den 25. april 1228. Hun blev begravet i Katedralen i Andria.

Referencer

Kilder

 Uwe A. Oster: Die Frauen Kaiser Friedrichs II, Piper, München 2008.
 Jacqueline Alio: Queens of Sicily 1061-1266, Trinacria, New York 2018.
 Alberto Gentile: LE QUATTRO MOGLI DI FEDERICO II: FRA MITO E REALTÀ (italiensk) i stupormundi.it [hentet 22. maj 2014].

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