Colchester Castle is undergoing an exciting transformation. The award-winning Museum is due for essential improvements, and will be closing temporarily to visitors from 7th January 2013. The Castle will reopen in spring 2014.
The Castle Museum needs refreshing and updating to ensure it remains a top-class heritage attraction for future generations. When it's back open, the new-look Museum will tell the 2,000-year story of Colchester in a fresh and exciting new way. You'll find an interactive hub, a full-size burial reconstruction, audio character stories, video projections, replica objects to handle, and much more.
Redevelopment will also reveal more of the Castle's historic interior, and make it safer and more watertight. You'll see improvements to the shop and the toilets; the Castle roof will be insulated, and under-floor heating will boost energy efficiency. A new glass lift will ensure that every part of the Castle is fully accessible.
Between now and the 9th March, the Castle will be stripped of its contents. But before major renovations get underway in April, there are some rare opportunities to see inside the empty Castle building. On 9th March, a craft fair offers demonstrations, workshops and a vast array of goods for sale. Families will enjoy a Medieval day on 1st April, while for grown-ups only there are two Tea and Talk events on 10th and 24th March, and a real ale festival from the 19th until 22nd March. On the 14th, 24th and 29th March, the Castle will be open to all comers for guided tours, when you can marvel at it's architectural splendour during this unique empty period.
£3.2 million of the total £4.2 million cost of this ambitious project has been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The remainder has come from other sources, including the European Regional Development Fund Interreg IVA programme, Norman Connections project.
Colchester and Ipswich Museums look forward to welcoming you back across the bridge in spring 2014. – In the meantime the Museum services other venues both in Colchester and Ipswich remain open.


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Cantera a Stone of the Past and Present
Cantera is a quarried stone found exclusively in western central and central Mexico. Many of the country's Spanish colonial cities were constructed with cantera, mostly of the pink variety. Today, this attractive, lightweight, strong, porous, and malleable material is utilized in many creative ways
Fantastical Whimsical Oaxacan Alebrijes
The state of Oaxaca is well known for its indigenous handicrafts such as black pottery, jade-green glazed ceramics, basketry, and woven textiles. Perhaps the most outstanding of that state's crafts are the fantastical, amazingly patterned, and flamboyantly painted "creatures" called alebrijes.
How to Create Your Own Mexican Folk Art Museum
Throughout its 31 states, Federal District, and 9 regions, Mexico abounds in artifacts, arts and crafts, rocks and minerals, traditional household items, and sundry other collectables. Here is one individuals description of how he created his own version of a "Mexican museum."
Natural Weavings of Teotitlan del Valle
The intricately patterned and intensely colored taperes/woven wool rugs of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca are reputed to be the finest in Mexico. While on a birding, natural history and cultural tour our group visited the home and workshop of master weaver and artist Francisco Martinez and family.
Rebozos a Wearable Utilitarian Folk Art
Worn by women of all social classes in Mexico, rebozos are more than just colorful woven rectangular garments. They have been called the "indigenous folk art of Mexico" and also referred to as "wearable art." Unfortunately, in many places in Mexico, it is a craft that is in danger of extinction.
The broad brimmed and high round crowned sombrero, oftentimes intricately embroidered, patterned, and decorated, has become a national and cultural symbol of Mexico. However, would it surprise you to find out that in Mexico a "sombrero" is any style of hat that has a brim?
Tonala the Unadorned Handicrafts Mecca
Two of Guadalajara's nearby suburbs are nationally and internationally famous for their handicrafts, the upscale, quaint, and charming Tlaquepaque and the physically nondescript and drab Tonala. However, of these two artisan centers, only Tonala could be described as a "mecca" for handicrafts.

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Methods in org.springframework.web.util that return UriComponents

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UriComponents
UriComponentsBuilder.build()

Build a UriComponents instance from the various components contained in this builder.

UriComponents
UriComponentsBuilder.build(boolean encoded)

Variant of UriComponentsBuilder.build() to create a UriComponents instance
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UriComponentsBuilder.buildAndExpand(Map<String,?> uriVariables)

Build a UriComponents instance and replaces URI template variables
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Build a UriComponents instance and replaces URI template variables
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Invoke this after expanding URI variables to encode the
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A variant of encode() with a charset other than "UTF-8".

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UriComponents.expand(Map<String,?> uriVariables)

Replace all URI template variables with the values from a given map.

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UriComponents.expand(Object... uriVariableValues)

Replace all URI template variables with the values from a given array.

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Replace all URI template variables with the values from the given
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Normalize the path removing sequences like "path/..".

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Art Deco Jewels - These Jewels Are What We've Been Looking For
Beginning Of The Art Deco Period
What's So Special About These Jewels?
The Importance Of Art - Learn From An Expert
The Material Used In Jewels In Art Deco
The newest lines of jewelry are the Art Deco tribute we were looking for.
Find out how the work captures the spirit of the avant-garde movement of the era as well as how it advances design by using techniques that are considered to be state-of-the-art.
Here's when Art Deco Jewels started, why are they important, and what material was used for every piece of jewelry.
December 16, 2021 — The Paris Exposition of 1925, which was the official start of Art Deco, will be 100 years old next year.
COPYRIGHT_BER: Published on https://www.bernardine.com/art-deco-jewels/ by Barbara Mitchell on 2022-08-12T03:26:55.050Z
Designers are already excited about this. But the fact is that most people want classic Art Deco.
W. Rosado Tribu 18K rose gold bracelet with red nano ceramic detail and princess cut rubies
Wide diamond bracelets, earrings with pendants, and sautoirs with gems in geometric shapes. In reality, they are thinking of the idea of Deco from movies.
You'll like it just as much as anyone else, but there's another side to classic glam that you will also like.
The latter is what others thought of when they saw W. Rosado's new Tribu collection. About that in a minute.
First, let's go over who the revolutionary Deco designers were and what made their work so different.
All of the Deco designers, including Jean Dunand, Georges Fouquet, and his son Jean, as well as Gerard Sandoz, were trying to break away from the royal styles that had dominated jewelry for so long.
But this group of rebels took a different approach to the idea of modern jewelry. They put wood, string, lacquer, and enamel in their fine jewelry, among other things. And they did much bigger things.
Georges Fouquet, who was president of the jewelry group at the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, wrote almost militant stories about what aesthetics should be in order to change the jewelry world. He did this to explain what they were doing to the public.
W.Rosado Tribu pendant with 6.57-carats of diamonds in 18K rose gold and green nano ceramic detail
He thought that the jewels that were most likely to last were not the flashy ones, but the ones made of beautiful materials. "They are, first of all, works of art rather than financial investments," the jeweler said.
Jean Fouquet, the son of Georges Fouquet and a member of the same group of artists as Le Corbusier, was just as sure. He once said about style:
A piece of jewelry must be composed of parts that can be understood from a distance, miniatures are detestable.
Jean Fouquet's "ebony and chrome" collection skillfully combined African art and modern technology, which were the "ying" and "yang" of modern culture after World War I.
Wilfredo Rosado made the jewels in Tribu, which means "tribe" in Spanish, Italian, and French, in the same avant-garde style. This shows how much he likes different cultures from around the world.
Wilfredo's mental mood board was filled with things by Jean Dunand, an Art Deco designer who also made jewelry, that was made of lacquer. He thought about the majesty of the Maasai tribe, which is known for its jewels, strength, and red and green colors. Wilfredo also got his ideas from the beautiful Japanese lacquer he used.
How these different parts came together to make new jewels shows how a creative designer works.
Understanding Art Deco Jewels
The 11 limited edition pieces in Tribu are made up of big hoops for earrings, big bracelets, big round pendants hanging from colorful cords, and sculptural statement rings.
Even though the scale is huge, the jewels are not very heavy because they are mostly made of titanium, aluminum, and bronze, which are not typical materials for High Jewelry.
Nano ceramic, a technique for making colors stick, is used to cover the surfaces perfectly. This material gives the jewels bold colors like red, green, black, and aubergine.
Diamonds, rubies, and Muzo emeralds make the pieces stand out and add a dramatic touch. Different-sized gold and diamond hoops hang from the bottoms of the pendants and one pair of earrings.
The pieces are made by master craftsmen in Italy who work for Wilfredo. According to the designers:
I design with the highest level of craftsmanship and technique because I believe my clients appreciate and expect that in every aspect of their lives.
This is the kind of jewelry that you, as a fan of jewels, would love to see at a big event. And it could happen.
Some of the most interesting women in the world have worn jewels made by Wilfredo. If Tribu had been made during the Art Deco period, Georges Fouquet would have called this kind of jewelry art.
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The Email Standards Project launched an impressive campaign via Twitter yesterday called "Fix Outlook". As of this morning, over 21,000 people have chimed in and offered up their support. But Microsoft still doesn't care. I say 'still' because their decision to switch to using Word as the rendering engine for Outlook was isn't new. (It was actually switched in Outlook 2007.) But the fact that Microsoft went ahead and kept this change in for Outlook 2010 has People were pretty vocal about the switch back then too.
What's the big deal?
Outlook 2003 used Internet Explorer to render emails. While it wasn't perfect, it actually handled HTML emails pretty well. With the introduction of Outlook 2007, Microsoft announced it was switching to Microsoft Word to author and view emails within the application. Word writes atrocious markup. It renders horribly. Basic CSS support for floats, background-images, etc. are not supported.
For a company that has shown its support of standards in improving Internet Explorer, their blatant disregard for them with Outlook 2010 is unacceptable.
Legitimacy of the Email Standards Project?
To make matters worse, Microsoft's Office division refuses to accept the legitimacy of the Email Standards Project, especially since Freshview – the company behind CampaignMonitor – is the reason it exists in the first place. Yes, Freshview is an email marketing provider. They have an interest in it being easier for their customers to create campaigns through their service that work in every email client. Web standards has had very vocal support over the years. Freshview saw the absence of a vocal proponent for email standards, and stepped up to the plate.
AOL, Yahoo, Google and IBM are already working with the Email Standards Project. Microsoft, we all know you're going to do whatever the hell you please, but we're not going away. We're not giving up.
Fix Outlook Now.
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A couple weeks ago, Jade and I traveled to Tepoztlan, Mexico for our good friends' wedding. Carlos and Suheily threw one heck of a party. This was our first Mexican wedding, and it did not disappoint. Mexicans can sure throw parties. The wedding kicked off at 5pm at a small Catholic church.
They had a full mass and the church filled up fast. After the wedding, we arrived at the reception, and were welcomed into a beautiful garden area with wine, champagne, and beers.
After cocktail hour, we found our seats and enjoyed a 5 course meal. The food was great, and the boys started taking advantage of the open bar.
What fiesta is complete without a mariachi band? The mariachis played for a good 2 hours before the DJ took over, and the couple had their first dance.
That's when the party really got started. A group of native dancers, called Chinelos, from the state of Morelos showed up and EVERYONE got up to dance.
Even grandma of the groom!
At about 2:30 am, they served us Chilequiles. If you haven't tried this hot, delicious, mess of a breakfast you are missing out. This is my all-time favorite breakfast.
After everyone had their stomach full again, the party continued. Drinks were still being served and the dancing went to a whole new level.
The DJ started even played Achy, Breaky, Heart... in Spanish! Complete with cowboy hat props to the dancers. YES!
At about 4:00 am we decided to head back to our hotel. We had a long day of traveling the next morning and knew that we were going to feel every drink we put into our bodies the next day. This was such a fun wedding, and Jade and are so fortunate to have great friends to share this occasion.


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New York's popular Fearless Girl statue will stay in place until March 2018, Mayor Bill de Balsio has said.
The mayor said the relevant municipal agencies had backed the idea.
The bronze statue of a young girl staring down Wall Street's iconic Charging Bull was placed on March 8 to draw attention to gender inequality and the pay gap in the corporate world.
The statue – which has become an instant tourist draw – had been due to be removed on March 26.
Appearing next to the 4ft-tall statue in Manhattan on March 27, Mayor Bill de Blasio said it "means so much to the people of New York".
The statue was "standing up to fear, standing up to power, being able to find in yourself the strength to do what's right", he added.
Fearless Girl by artist Kristen Visbal was commissioned by asset managers State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).
The company said the girl represented the future.
It added that one in four of the 3,000 largest traded American companies did not have even one woman on their board.
Wall Street's Charging Bull statue was originally guerrilla art by Italian-born artist Arturo Di Modica.
Installed in 1989, the bronze statue was meant to represent the "strength and power of the American people" in response to the market crash in 1987.
Charging Bull become a popular attraction and was allowed to stay.
An "intentional" blast has injured at least 29 people in the Chelsea district of New York City, officials say.
The cause of the blast on September 17 remains unclear.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio described the explosion as "intentional" but said that there were no known links to terror.
The force of the explosion blew-out windows and could be heard several blocks away.
Officials later told media that a device was found at a second location in the same district.
None of the injuries is life-threatening but one is serious, New York's fire commissioner said.
Most of those hurt suffered cuts and other minor injuries from glass and other debris.
The blast occurred around 21:00. Witnesses said people ran in all directions following the "incredibly loud" blast.
Unconfirmed reports said the explosion went off in a dustbin. Several blocks have been closed down by police.
Bill de Blasio also said there was no evidence of a link to a pipe bomb explosion in neighboring New Jersey hours earlier.
According to law enforcement officials, the device found at the second Chelsea location appeared to be a pressure cooker attached to wiring and a mobile phone. Police said it had been removed safely.
President Barack Obama is being kept up to date on the investigation, a White House official said.
Hillary Clinton told reporters she had been in touch with New York officials.
"Obviously we need to do everything we can to support our first responders and pray for the victims," the Democratic presidential nominee said.
"I'll have more to say about it when we actually know the facts," she added.
Speaking at a rally in Colorado before police had commented on the cause of the blast, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told supporters that a "bomb" had gone off.
The earlier bomb explosion in Seaside Park, New Jersey, on September 17 came shortly before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity race there. No injuries were reported.
On September 20, President Barack Obama and other world leaders are due to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.
A New York state wage board unanimously recommended the increase of fast food workers' minimum wages to $15 an hour.
New York City workers will be the first to benefit, with the increase due to be in place by the end of 2018.
Fast food workers in the rest of New York state will have to wait until mid 2021 for the rise.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the vote marked "one of the really great days of my administration".
The state minimum wage is currently $8.75.
Andrew Cuomo also said: "You cannot live and support a family on $18,000 a year in the state of New York, period.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would now push for every worker in the city, not just fast food staff, to get a higher salary.
"This only underscores how necessary it is to raise the wage across the board. As much as fast food workers need and deserve a raise – and we know they do – we must ensure that every worker gets a living wage," he said.
While Bill de Blasio has pushed for a higher minimum wage, he does not have the power to set it.
As a result, Gov. Andrew Cuomo created the panel to look at wages in the fast food industry.
Now the panel has backed the increase, it is expected to be backed by the acting state commissioner of labor, marking the last significant hurdle before it becomes mandatory.
The move is expected to affect around 180,000 workers which are employed in the fast food industry in New York state.
The decision follows similar minimum wage increases in other US cities, including Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The University of California system earlier said that it would raise its minimum wage to $15 for all hourly workers.
However,the move was not universally welcomed. Restaurant owners warned that the increase would force them to either reduce their staff numbers or increase menu prices.
Jack Bert, a franchisee who owns seven McDonald's in New York City, said it had been "a flawed process".
"Singling out fast food restaurants while ignoring other industries that hire workers who are paid under $15 is unfair and discriminatory, harms New York workers, and puts some New York businesses – including mine and my fellow New York McDonald's franchisees – at a competitive disadvantage," he said.
Randy Maestro, a lawyer hired by a group of franchise owners, said the group was looking into whether the decision could be challenged in court.
The funeral of Wenjian Liu, the second of two officers shot dead last month, has been held in New York.
Wenjian Liu, a son of Chinese migrants, was killed with his partner Rafael Ramos on 20 December by a gunman with a grievance against the police.
Speakers lined up to pay tribute at the service in a Brooklyn funeral home.
In the street outside, hundreds turned their backs to a video screen when Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke.
Many rank-and-file members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) resent Bill de Blasio's expressions of sympathy for anti-police protesters in recent months.
The double murder by 28-year-old African American gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who claimed to be avenging black men killed by white police stunned the city.
Wenjian Liu, 32, had lost his life while fighting for "all that is decent and good", he said. He paid tribute to a "young man who came here from China at the age of 12 in search of the American dream".
Outside the funeral home, many uniformed officers could be seen turning their backs as the speech was relayed.
Shortly after the policemen were shot, the head of the city's largest police union, Patrick Lynch, had lashed out at the liberal mayor, saying there was "blood on many hands".
More than 20,000 officers attended Rafael Ramos' funeral on December 27, and the sight of lines of police turning their backs marred the event for some.
"The mayor has no respect for us," retired NYPD detective Camille Sanfilippo told the Associated Press news agency at Wenjian Liu's funeral.
The two policemen were shot following a wave of demonstrations over killings of unarmed black men by white police officers, beginning in the Missouri town of Ferguson last summer.
There was anger in New York after a grand jury decided not to press charges against a white police officer over the death of unarmed black man Eric Garner, who was placed in a chokehold while being restrained by police officers.
Mayor Bill de Blasio had expressed solidarity with the protesters and had publicly wondered if his son, who is mixed-race, was safe from police.
Some argue that such rhetoric helped to create an environment that encouraged violence against police.
Funeral arrangements had been delayed so relatives from China could travel to New York.
Wenjian Liu's widow, Pei Xia Chen, said she had lost her "soul mate" and a "wonderful husband".
His father broke down at the funeral as he described how his only child would telephone after every shift during his seven years in the force to reassure his parents he was safe.
"You are the best son, you are the best husband," he said.
A vigil was held on January 3 in Chinatown where community members gathered to burn pieces of paper in honor of Wenjian Liu, in keeping with Chinese tradition.
Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed himself in a subway station as police were closing in.
The gunman had a history of violence and mental instability. On the day of the shooting, Ismaaiyl Brinsley went on social media to say he was planning to kill police officers.
Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck were in agreement in their prognostications on this year's Groundhog Day.
While Punxsutawney Phil tends to get the most attention, Staten Island Chuck stole the show as he squirmed out of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's arms.
Staten Island's furry prognosticator, Charles G. Hogg, called for six more weeks of cold winter weather on February 2 during a ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo.
"But I'm hoping we can start a new day," he added.
Wearing protective gloves, Bill de Blasio lost his grip on Chuck for a moment, as the famous groundhog fell to the floor, drawing gasps from the crowd.
With temperatures nearing the 40s, hundreds of folks crowded around Chuck's log cabin to see the prediction.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shows off her updated hairstyle at the inauguration of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Bill de Blasio, the first Democrat in more than two decades, has been sworn in as the new mayor of New York City.
Bill de Blasio took the oath of office outside his home a few minutes into the New Year, in line with tradition.
A grander inauguration ceremony will take place later at City Hall, with former President Bill Clinton administering the oath of office.
Bill de Blasio succeeds billionaire Michael Bloomberg, and has promised to govern with a liberal agenda.
He won November's election by a record margin, contrasting himself with the pro-business Bloomberg years which he said had created a "tale of two cities".
Michael Bloomberg is credited with leaving New York a safer, healthier and revitalized place after his 12 years in office. However, critics say his policies have widened the gap between rich and poor.
Bill de Blasio, 52, was joined by his wife Chirlane McCray and their two teenage children outside their home in Brooklyn for the oath of office administered by state attorney Eric Schneiderman.
"To everyone, this is the beginning of a road we will travel together," he said after he was sworn in.
He is New York's first Democratic mayor since David Dinkins, who became the city's first black leader in 1993.
Bill de Blasio has promised to reverse the city's rising income inequality and end a controversial stop-and-frisk policy which has been criticized for disproportionately targeting black and Hispanic men.
He worked as an aide to David Dinkins when he was mayor and has also worked closely with the Clintons, managing Hillary Clinton's successful 2000 run for the US Senate.
He was elected to New York City Council in 2001, representing his home area of Brooklyn, before becoming public advocate, the city's official watchdog.
Bill de Blasio's bid for the mayor's job was aided by the implosion of the campaign of former congressman Anthony Weiner.
With almost all votes counted, Bill de Blasio will succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg to become the first Democrat leading New York City in two decades.
With 99% of votes counted in New York, Bill de Blasio secured 73% of the vote, convincingly defeating his Republican rival Joe Lhota, who polled 24%.
In his victory speech, Bill de Blasio said the poll showed that America's largest city had chosen "a progressive path", and he promised to make fighting income inequality his top priority.
Bill de Blasio is the city's first Democratic mayor since 1993.
He ran Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, and is seen as one of the most liberal politicians to run for mayor in decades.
Joe Lhota admitted defeat, saying the race had been a good fight and a fight worth having.
He ran the city's public transport authority under Mayor Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent, and also worked in the administration of Rudolph Giuliani.
Last year, Joe Lhota was lauded for quickly getting the vast subway system running again after a huge storm, Sandy, flooded swathes of the city.
New York City is choosing a successor to three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent.
Tuesday's races are seen as an early test of the Republican and Democratic parties' strengths ahead of next year's critical congressional elections.
In New York City, Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has taken a commanding lead in opinion polls over Republican Joe Lhota, a former senior official in the mayoral administrations of Michael Bloomberg and his predecessor Rudolph Giuliani.
Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate, ran Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. He is seen as one of the most liberal mayoral candidates in decades.
Under Michael Bloomberg, Joe Lhota ran the city's public transport authority. He was lauded for quickly getting the vast subway system running again after a huge storm Sandy flooded swathes of the city last year.


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Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer (1978) and won a Genie Award for Heartaches (1981), before appearing in Ghostbusters (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Who's Harry Crumb? (1989), and Ghostbusters II (1989). She voiced Bo Peep in the first, second and fourth films of the Toy Story franchise (1995, 1999, and 2019).

On television, Potts played Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993). She was nominated for a 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War (1993–1995), she played teacher Louanne Johnson on ABC drama Dangerous Minds for one season 1996–1997, and was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1998 and 1999 for playing Mary Elizabeth Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now (1998–2002). Her other television credits include GCB (2012), The Fosters (2013–2018), and Young Sheldon (2017–present).

Early life and education
Potts was born in Nashville, Tennessee, as the third child of Dorothy Harris (née Billingslea) and Powell Grisette Potts. Her older sisters are Mary Eleanor (Potts) Hovious and Elizabeth Grissette ("Dollie") Potts. They grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School in 1970.

She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and graduated with a Bachelor's degree  in theater. Potts and her first husband, Steven Hartley, were in a car crash that left several bones below her waist broken, including compound fractures to both legs, and the loss of the heel of her right foot; Hartley lost his left leg.

Career
Potts made her debut on the big screen in 1978 in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy film Corvette Summer, with Mark Hamill. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1979 for her role in the film. In 1982, she won Genie Awards for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress for her role in the film Heartaches, about a young woman married to a stock car racer and carrying his friend's child. In 1980, she played Edith Bedelmeyer, a woman who shared an attic apartment with three other women (played by Georgia Engel, Lorna Patterson, and Francine Tacker) on the short-lived comedy series, Goodtime Girls.

Potts played receptionist Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters film series; being from Tennessee, Potts created the character's trademark New York accent based on a friend's who was from the city. She then achieved fame as pragmatic interior designer Mary Jo Shively on the CBS television sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993), and has had a wide variety of prominent roles in both television and film. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1994 for her role as Dana Palladino on Love & War (1993–1995). Other notable roles include Mary Elizabeth (O'Brien) Sims on the Lifetime Television drama series Any Day Now (1998–2002), for which she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, the voice of Bo Peep in three of the Toy Story films, a supporting role in John Hughes's Pretty in Pink, and guest-starring roles on such CBS's television series as Magnum, P.I., Joan of Arcadia, Close to Home, Two and a Half Men, and ABC's Men in Trees, Ugly Betty, and Boston Legal. She played a recurring role as Sophie Devere in the NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2005 to 2009.

Potts has done work on audio books; including as the narrator and heroine of Larry McMurtry's Telegraph Days, winning the 2007 Audie Award for Solo Narration-Female, for her portrayal. She starred in the film version of McMurtry's Texasville, a sequel to The Last Picture Show. She made her Broadway debut upon joining the cast of the Tony Award–winning play God of Carnage on November 17, 2009, succeeding Hope Davis in the role.

In 2012, Potts starred as Elizabeth "Gigi" Stopper in ABC's comedy-drama series GCB, with Leslie Bibb, Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor, and Marisol Nichols. She says she based her portrayal of the character on Dixie Carter, adding, "Were she still alive, the role would have been hers and should have been." Potts also played a leading role in the 2012 Hallmark Channel original musical movie The Music Teacher, about a high-school music teacher who is on the brink of losing her beloved school music program because of district budget cuts. In an effort to spare the program, Daley's former students band together to stage a musical to raise money to keep the program alive.

In March 2013, Potts signed on for the lead role of the ABC comedy-drama pilot Murder in Manhattan about a mother and daughter who team up as amateur sleuths. ABC later looked for a cable network to distribute the series, opting not to air it on network television. In late 2013, it was announced that Potts would join Diane Paulus' critically acclaimed revival of Pippin beginning January 21, 2014. She replaced Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh in the role of Pippin's grandmother Berthe. This marked her first appearance in a Broadway musical.

Starting in 2017, she is a series regular on the CBS sitcom Young Sheldon as Connie "Meemaw" Tucker.

Personal life
Potts is the mother of three sons: one with her third husband Scott Senechal, and two with James Hayman.

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HYUNDAI REDEFINES LUXURY DRIVING WITH THE LAUNCH OF ITS ALL-NEW GENESIS
The Genesis showcases Hyundai's highest level of quality, technology and dynamic quality
Best-in-class Chassis System that delivers powerful, smooth and serene driving experience
Winner of numerous safety awards including the maximum 5-star ANCAP Safety Rating – The highest safety score in ANCAP history
3.8-litre GDI V6 mated to Hyundai's 8-speed automatic with SHIFTRONIC manual shift and paddle shifters
Industry-first 8 years Warranty Programme for its Powertrain
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 June 2015 – Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has introduced the All-New Genesis at its new GDSI (Global Dealership Space Identity) 3S centre today, marking the highly-anticipated launch of its first luxury sedan.
The launch of the Genesis coincided with the official opening of Sime Darby Auto Hyundai's Old Klang Road outlet, which is the first Flagship 3S GDSI (Global Dealership Space Identity) centre in South East Asia measuring 38,000 sq ft.
The new Genesis sets a new standard for premium sedans with ground-breaking levels of refinement and value for money, embodying Hyundai's flourishing
reputation as a global automotive pacesetter. The Genesis is incredibly well equipped in every configuration with generous safety and convenience features, unsurpassed in its class.
"The Genesis demonstrates Hyundai's capabilities in the area of innovative technology, luxurious comfort, craftsmanship and premium style, in line with the brand's promise to provide value beyond expectations," said Mr Lau Yit Mun, Managing Director of HSDM. "Genesis is the Hyundai brand's flagship car globally and we are confident that the launch of the Genesis will further enhance Hyundai's brand value. It will also be instrumental in positioning Hyundai as a premium sedan brand," added Mr Lau.
Fully reflecting Hyundai's 'Modern Premium' brand direction, the exterior and interior design of the all-new Genesis embodies Hyundai's latest corporate aesthetic design. The all-new Genesis delivers improved strength and performance, increased passenger comfort and a wide range of cutting-edge safety and convenience technologies.
To secure its position as the best-in-class luxury sedan, the Genesis went through numerous tests that were carried out in various locations worldwide, which included the famed Nurburgring, Germany and at Yeongam Circuit, Korea. Extreme hot weather testing was conducted at Death Valley, Colorado while extreme cold weather testing was carried out at Sweden's famed Argeplog Lake.
The Genesis has already collected a long list of international design, quality, technology and safety awards. Among the awards garnered include the prestigious Red Dot Product Design and iF (International Forum Design GmbH). For its safety features, it was awarded the maximum five-star Australian New Car Assessment Programme's (ANCAP) Safety Rating – the highest safety score in ANCAP's history, 2015 IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) Top Safety Pick+ and achieved the highest score in the ANCAP's 21-year history of 36.88/37. It also earned a coveted 'Good' rating in the demanding IIHS small overlap frontal crash test.
Premium & Distinctive Design
Designed based on the Fluidic Sculpture 2.0, the Genesis is defined by the following core elements: simple and harmonious design with refined, 'in-motion' design aesthetics. Evoking a premium feel and also a modern Hyundai look, the Genesis features a striking hexagonal front grille as a key geometric element, a dynamic crease accent running along the flanks of the car and a dynamic rear design.
Its interior design aligns with the premium exterior design, adopting consistent design details that fully reflect careful consideration of ergonomics and intuitive operation. Tailored design specifications for all materials and precision craftsmanship further enhance the luxurious image of the Genesis. The cockpit is designed based on the Human Machine Interface (HMI), which allows the driver to intuitively recognise switches and their function for easier control while driving.
Luxurious Cabin & Smart Features
Complete comfort is delivered through a combination of a spacious cabin and first-class seating in finished full grain premium Nappa leather. Total interior volume is an impressive 123.0 cubic feet, an advantage over key competitors. As part of this spacious interior design, the Genesis provides best-in-class front leg room and rear shoulder room.
The Genesis is also equipped with the latest technologies, including an advanced driver infotainment system which displays detailed vehicle information on an 8" touch screen. The driving experience of the All-New Genesis is further enhanced with smart features such as a CO2 Cabin Sensor, which monitors the quality of the cabin environment and helps protect the driver from the dangers of drowsiness. A Head-up Display (HUD) projects important information onto the windscreen to aid the driver while visibility is aided further by the Bi-Xenon headlights equipped with auto leveling and bending light.
The Genesis offers an ultra-premium, Lexicon® Discrete Logic 7 Surround Audio System with 14 speakers, Logic 7 Surround Sound processing and 12-channel digital amplifier with 900-watts of equivalent output, sure to satisfy the most demanding audiophile. The system also includes HD Radio and iPod/USB auxiliary media input jacks. With sound-absorbing materials and additional insulation fitted to the cabin, booming and vibration as well as audible noise is very much reduced resulting in a quiet cabin.
Driver and passenger posture are optimized using increased seat pad density, improved seat support technology, larger adjustable bolsters and seat back cushioning.
For the comfort and convenience of the rear passengers, the Genesis offers centre armrest with dual cup holders and centre console with remote control to access multimedia features in the car.
Cutting-Edge Safety Features
Safety is Hyundai's utmost priority with every model that it produces. The Genesis is built with even more advanced high-strength steel, now over 50 percent of total platform composition that offers 16 percent stiffer torsional rigidity and 40 percent stiffer bending rigidity as compared with the first-generation architecture. As a result, the new Genesis is stiffer in both torsional and bending rigidity than its competitors.
It is also fully equipped with safety features such as Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), which also incorporates Brake Assist System (BAS), Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) with Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Traction Control System (TCS), Hill-start Assist Control (HAC), nine airbags, and anti-whiplash front head restraints. The nine airbags include advanced dual front airbags, driver's knee airbag, front and outboard rear seat-mounted side-impact airbags, and roof-mounted side curtain airbags for both front and rear outboard seat occupants.
To increase awareness on the road, the Genesis employs a radar system called the Blind Spot Detection (BSD) to detect objects in the driver's blind spot or in the rear cross path. The system provides both audio and visual alert to keep driver aware at all times. Coupled with this system is the Rear Cross-Traffic Alert (RCTA) system that alerts the driver if an object is about to cross the rear of the vehicle from the right or left when backing out of a space to prevent accidents.
Another smart safety feature that comes with the Genesis is the Smart Cruise Control. This feature enables the Genesis to help maintain safer, consistent spacing with the vehicle ahead in varied traffic conditions. The Genesis is also fitted with Pre-Safe Belt (PSB) to protect passengers from risks of collision including sudden braking or slipping. Once a risk is detected, the seat belt tightens to protect passengers from being thrown forward.
Best-in-Class Chassis System
The All-New Genesis is powered by a 3.8-litre V6 GDI engine that delivers power to the rear wheels, which is engineered to complement Hyundai's very own eight-speed automatic transmission to ensure an effortlessly smooth and serene driving experience. The Genesis generates a high torque of 397nm even at the low RPM ranges of 5,000rpm, significantly increasing performance and reaction capabilities even at speeds of 80 to 120km/h and acceleration from 0-100km/h in 6.5 seconds.
Armed with the Multi-Link Suspension and application of various advanced technologies, the All-New Genesis offers top-class driving and ride & handling performances. An increase in the rear lateral stiffness allows for more confident handling. In addition, the Rack-mounted Motor Driven Electric Power Steering (R-MDPS) that comes with a variable gear ratio, also provides high-speed stability and direct response at low and medium speeds.
Driver Convenience Technologies
Parking this large sedan is made convenient with a 360° Around View Monitoring System (AVM) that is paired with the Smart Parking Assist System. This latest system does not only provide visual information surrounding the car but it also reveals blind spots of every side of the vehicle. The Smart Parking System on the other hand, controls steering wheel to support precise and quick parking.
A myriad of other convenience features are also fitted into the Genesis: Smart Trunk System, which automatically opens if the smart key is detected within close proximity for longer than three seconds. This system allows the driver to keep both feet comfortably on the ground, simply waiting by the boot for a few seconds for it to open automatically. Puddle lamps, featuring the Genesis logo, illuminate the area around the doors, which are equipped with an automatic-closing mechanism.
Pricing & Extended Warranty on Powertrain
The All-New Genesis which retails at RM388,921.52 (includes GST, road tax and hire purchase ownership but excludes insurance) is available in a choice of three specially selected metallic and pearlescent exterior colours - Marble White, Platinum Silver and Onyx Black which have been chosen to best showcase the sleek lines of the car. Two elegant interior trim colour options are available i.e Beige Two-Tone and Black One-Tone.
HSDM offers *8 years or 300,000km warranty on powertrain (engine and gearbox) and this warranty currently only applies to the Genesis and YF Sonata. A standard 5 years warranty or 300,000km (whichever comes first) on all its new passenger vehicles also applies. To top it off, Genesis car owners will also benefit from *5 years or 100,000km free service (whichever comes first; with a service interval of 10,000km), covering all scheduled maintenance items including labour, parts, and lubricants. A 24-hour road assist service is also made available to new and existing Hyundai vehicles.
*Only valid for first owner.
The Leader-Genesis Card
New Genesis owners will be offered a 2-year free membership for The Leader, a proprietary concierge service exclusive to owners of premium Hyundai models. The Leader members can enjoy VIP privileges such as a complimentary access to the Plaza Premium Lounge at selected major airports in Malaysia, complimentary chauffeur driven ride to or from KLIA, KLIA2 or Subang Skypark and much more. Apart from the standard privileges that Leader Card members enjoy, members of the Leader-Genesis Card will be offered more personalised services from hotel bookings to travel arrangements, Priority Service and an exclusive VIP lounge at selected showrooms, plus additional four complimentary chauffeur service passes (for travel within the Klang Valley) as well as four airport premier lounge passes (at selected major airports in Malaysia).
For more information or to place bookings interested parties can head to the nearest sales outlet or call Hyundai's Customer Careline at 1-300-13-2000.
More on Sime Darby Auto Hyundai GDSI 3S Centre, Old Klang Road
The Sime Darby Auto Hyundai, Old Klang Road outlet is the first Flagship 3S GDSI (Global Dealership Space Identity) centre in South East Asia.
With a total investment of RM9.5 million, the new three-story centre is fully equipped with the latest facilities, 20 service bays including 3 Quick Service bays and ample parking lots for customers. Customers can expect an upgraded premium customer lounge, VVIP lounge for Leader Card members and pickup/delivery service for the convenience of busy working executives.
"The GDSI aims to strengthen Hyundai's Modern Premium brand proposition by not only improving the look of its sales and service outlets but also its service quality that will offer customers experience beyond expectations," said Mr Lau.
This 3S GDSI features a modern, open showroom with floor-to-ceiling glass panes and a bronze-coloured roof. Its design concept themed E Motion Park integrates technological perfection and emotional satisfaction, with smart design and environment responsibility. The GDSI is identified worldwide with 5-design elements namely cellular landscape on the interior, shaped sky (horizontal structure reminiscence of a floating cloud), vertical green (in the form of trees), modular furniture and a brand wall.
Sime Darby Auto Hyundai's GDSI 3S Centre is situated at No 193 & 195, Batu 3 3/4, Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur. The sales showroom is open from Monday to Friday (8.30am to 7.00pm), Saturday (8.30am – 6.00pm) and Sunday (9.30am to 6.00pm) while the service centre is open from Monday to Friday (8.30am – 5.15pm) and Saturday (8.30am – 12.45pm). Customers can call 03-7984 5388 to find out more about the services offered here.
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Over the years, our agency has worked with manufacturers of all shapes and sizes. So, when it comes to the challenges that are often faced by manufacturing marketing departments, it's safe to say that we've seen it all. Compared to other industries, the challenges faced by these marketing departments are unique.
The biggest challenge that we see is almost always a lack of resources and time as a result of having a small team and a small budget.
Though this is something that affects the entire marketing department, in our experience, it's typically the Marketing Manager who bears the brunt of the issue and is forced to overcome this obstacle. With so much on the line as Marketing Manager, you can't afford to waste a minute of your time if you want to meet your marketing goals for the year.
Faced with this challenge, how do you ensure that you allocate enough time in your schedule to focus on and implement your strategic marketing plans? How do you spend less time answering emails and worrying about an endless to-do list, and more time executing your goals?
Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed.
Whether your goal is to simply increase site traffic on an individual landing page, or to redesign an entire section of your website, using this simple PM guide can help you to better manage both your time and your team, and ultimately lead your company to greater profitability and success.
First, you must have a set list of goals. If you already have your marketing plan in place, then you will want to start there. Each goal should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound. Once you have your goal list created, you should spend some time ranking your tasks and projects in order of priority. If it isn't going to get you closer to your goals, should you really be spending time on it?
Let's say that one of your goals for the year is to increase annual sales. After evaluating that site traffic has been moderately lower on your product pages over the past 6-12 months, you decide that this section is outdated, and that redesigning this section of your website is a major priority in order to increase site traffic and sales.
Next, you need to define your budget. Before you get started, you should ask yourself how much money, time, and resources you have to work with. Make sure that every step of the way is quantifiable. This will help you to stay focused and track progress along the way.
For instance, redesigning a section of your website is a large project that requires copious time and resources. Before you can begin, you will need to estimate how much time your team should spend on prototyping, meeting with web/UX designers, reviewing designs, structuring or entering content, and quality assurance. Not to mention, additional production expenses such as photography & video, and other content for your new website could also be necessary.
Now that you have a quantifiable goal and budget to work towards, you should set some time aside to create a schedule that holds yourself and your team members accountable. Just remember to create realistic deadlines, as it's equally important that you set yourself up for success and continue marching towards key milestones.
There are a handful of simple, easy-to-use project management tools to help you schedule larger and more robust projects like a website redesign. For example, you might try using a Gantt chart (we recommend TeamGantt) to map out each major phase and milestone such as design & prototyping approvals, deadlines, and launch dates. You could also use an action list or a shared calendar (try Asana or Google Calendar) for your team to help track all of the small, day-to-day items. Combining these methods will help to keep you on track from one task to the next, without getting sidetracked along the way.
Every project, whether big or small, should have a kick-off, followed by reoccurring meetings and check-ins to help monitor your project's progress. Make sure to schedule the necessary amount of time with your team members to make sure you're all on the same page. As a Marketing Manager, remember that you can't do it all; you should leverage your team and then lead them to success. By checking in daily, weekly, or monthly (depending on the size of the task/project) this gives you and your team a structured time to review outstanding questions or status updates.
For example, before your website kick-off, you should determine which team members will need to be involved on a daily basis, versus who you will need for weekly prototyping or design meetings. You should also determine when you will need to involve key stakeholders. By planning ahead and scheduling these meetings, you can make sure everyone stays updated at the right times, guaranteeing that your project runs smoothly.
Once the project or task is complete, you should always set up the time to review the outcome and its success. How did your team do? What would you do differently in the future? Did you come in within budget? Depending on the project, set time to review analytics, timeline, budget, and gather any feedback from your team. By documenting this, you can improve on future projects that you work on and avoid making the same mistakes twice. After all, practice makes perfect, which ultimately leads to efficiency and success.
Everyone can benefit from practicing simple, project management skills, but for Marketing Managers in the manufacturing industry in particular (or other small B2B companies), using a strong project plan/management system can be the difference between being a good Marketing Manager and a great Marketing Manager. If you're constantly faced with the challenges of having few resources and team members to get stuff done, then project management and project planning can especially help alleviate some of the stress felt on a day-to-day basis.
By following these 5 simple steps, and investing in project management, you can be sure to spend your marketing budget more efficiently and reach your marketing goals quicker.
Make sure your company's marketing agency follows these five best practices that will help ensure you have a successful and long-term working relationship!


This is the first year of a new business unit within a company. This business unit has a robust Business Plan. Is it necessary to create a Strategic Plan this year? Or can it wait until next year and go through the strategic planning process with the rest of the company?
If the company has already evaluated how it will compete in the marketplace and done a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, I would focus on preparing a solid budget and monitor closely against the budget. A rolling forecast may be in order if the company is growing.
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Question: Doesn't your Business Plan include a Strategic Plan. Haven't you identified KPI's as indicators of how well you are proceeding along that plan.
Also I'm sure (and you know what happens when you assume) that your Business Plan had a budget.
That being said, whether you do a formalized or informal SWOT analysis, you should be doing some type at the end of each period. Why would you wait a year if assumptions you made in year 0 are wrong?
It depends. In a perfect world, the Strategic Plan comes first and the Business Plan gives the nuts and bolts of how you are implementing the strategy. I have seen exhaustive ("robust") Business Plans that actually include the Strategic Plan. The SWOT analysis is a key component. If not completed already, focus on that area.
I agree with the comments above. You can't get where you want to be if you don't know where you are going.
Be very honest in the SWOT analysis. This exercise is not helpful if you are not very clear about your threats and weaknesses.
As already mentioned, the business plan may already include the critical strategic elements and it's just a question of whether to follow internal corporate processes.
One test is to look at the business plan and ask yourself, "Does this explain WHY we expect to be successful?" Does it identify your target customers, their needs and buying habits, and why your go-to-market plan is going to win their business?
If not (e.g. if this is based simply on "We've got a great product"), you might still enjoy success but will likely fall short of the unit's true potential. A year wasted... a year for competitors to catch up or pull ahead.
We are all answering using the terminology. Would it be helpful to clearly define the characteristics that make a "strategic plan" vs. those that make a "business plan"? My guess would be that this differs company by company.
I agree. I have experienced different organizations using these two terminologies interchangeably!
I believe though, that the Strategic Plan should represent a longer term view (usually 3-5 years) and should consider more of the macro view (corporate mission & long term objectives; markets; competitors; SWOT; etc.). This plan would be developed first.
The Business Plan would then be a derivative of the Strategic Plan and would consider the first year of the SP period. It would be a more detailed view than the SP, and would include tactics, objectives, deliverables, timelines, accountabilities, budgets, etc., for actions required to achieve the first year of the Strategic Plan.
I would think there was some form of strategic plan developed when the business unit was created. In my opinion, in doesn't have to be formal or detailed, but you should have some road map even if it is on the back of a napkin.
It would be very useful to review where you are and where you are heading to (and comparing versus the original Business Plan). It is very important to consider any ongoing issues/changes since the Business Plan was prepared that might affect positively/negatively the #efficiency of your operation and decide any actions now. The Strategic Plan is your actual roadmap to success and is particularly important during the ramp up phase of any operation.
Best scenario is that the Strategic Plan will match closely what you expected in your Business Plan, but don't be surprised if it doesn't.
If you wait until for the next year's strategic planning process, that new business unit might not exist then.
In my experience, a business plan is simply the quanitification of various business assumptions. In it's simplist form, it's math. At it's most complex, it's identifying a goal post. I work with 5 operating companies who, each year, come up with an annual finanical plan. Some meet their targets, some don't. All never achieve their targets in the fashion that they had envisioned when they put the plan together. The ones that hit their targets monitor the behaviour of critical numbers (key drivers of success) and problem solve their way through opportunities and threats. That's where your strategic plan plays into the financial planning process.
There a numerous ways to approach strategic planning. The most straightforward and effective, that I have found it the 'Rockefeller Habits' by Vern Harnish. The book provides a process to work through developing a strategic plan. A new version will be released in the fall of 2013. The key concepts are understanding the trends, market and your core values. And, using your core values as a way to differentiate yourself in the market so that you don't have to play the price war game which will make it harder to meet your profitability targets. I agree with the previous posts, strategy shouldn't be put off because in doing so, you might just take yourself out of the game; not the competition.
In my opinion, they are all very important. When I work with a new business owner, I have them create a 12-month plan that includes both the business development, marketing plan and financial plans. I use a process where they create those items on a single sheet. They also create a SWOT, value proposition, niche, ideal client profile, and pricing strategy.
They are all equally as important as you take your ideas out of your head and put them on paper where you'll eventually finalize them.
Think of it this way... some people are tree people (detailed, in the moment) some are forest people (see the big picture, futurists) and to be the best business owner you can be, you need to look at both.


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Nimr al-Nimr, Political Violence, and the Future of Saudi Shi'ites
BURAYDAH, CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA—In 2010, I paid a visit to the city of Al-Qatif, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, where the largest concentration of the country's Shi'a minority lives. An SMS message addressed to me arrived on the mobile phone of my friend Habib, who accompanied me on the trip. Habib is a Shi'a cleric, donning the trademark symbols of piety of his sect, a turban and a robe. The text message was from another Shi'a cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, with whom I had visited a year earlier at his home. We had tea together and ate Iranian cashews. The meeting was poignant—a roller coaster of emotions. Between his strident expressions of angst and pungent sense of humor, I found myself crying with him and for him, and crying as well from laughter.
Earlier this week, on January 2, Nimr al-Nimr was executed, together with 44 other Saudis (and two non-Saudi nationals), all indicted and convicted on charges related to the perpetration of lethal violence.
In 2009, Al-Baqi' cemetery—which is next to the Prophet's Holy Mosque and final resting place in the sacred city of Medina—witnessed clashes among Shi'a and Sunni pilgrims, arising from differences between the two sects concerning graveside rituals. Shi'a Muslims frequent al-Baqi', home to the graves of members of the Prophet's family whom they revere. The clashes widened—and in their wake, Sheikh Nimr delivered a series of sermons in which he called for Shi'a-majority areas to secede from the kingdom and establish a government based on the Iranian revolutionary model of "Wilayat al-Faqih" ("The Rule of the Jurist"). The sermons placed Nimr on a list of men "wanted" by Saudi police, and he went into hiding.
In the SMS message that my friend received from al-Nimr, he requested a meeting to solicit my suggestions as to the best ways to solve his problem with the authorities. I considered the request, but declined to meet him: The government requires Saudi citizens to report any encounter with a wanted man, and I judged the value of any advice I could offer him to be less than the risks which our encounter would place upon him.
Nimr's flight from public view, and even from his closest relatives, stimulated the imagination of scores of Shi'a youth—marginalized, neglected, unemployed, and influenced by Iranian government propaganda for years. The legendary occultation of the Shi'a "12th Imam," a tenet of their faith, raises the perennial question of who the Imam is and where he is hiding, such that Nimr, in vanishing, enjoyed a near-mythic, elevated status. Controversy swelled in his absence, particularly after some members of the Nimr family began to assert that they were "Sayyids," or descendants of the Prophet, revered by Shi'a everywhere. These claims led to schisms within his family. By the time Qatif's violent clashes peaked in 2011, amid region-wide upheaval, Nimr, unseen, had attained an esteem surpassing that of traditional Shi'a leaders who had enjoyed the highest respect among Shi'a for decades.
By mid-2012, Al-Awamiya, the second largest township in Al-Qatif, had seen a year and a half of protests and violent, sometimes lethal clashes between demonstrators and police, claiming lives on both sides, but mostly Saudi police. Security forces arrested Nimr after overtaking him in a car chase. Passengers in the car were armed and shooting at police.
On December 13, 2014, Tawfiq al-Sayf, a Saudi writer and intellectual who took off the clerical robe years ago and is one of the most prominent Shi'a in the country, wrote a memorable comment on his Facebook page. He declared that Shi'a Al-Qatif is suffering from its own, Shi'a equivalent of ISIS—native sons bearing arms who terrify anyone who differs with them or who proffers an alternative view of realities in the city. (He received numerous death threats from denizens of Al-Qatif after posting the comment.) Sayf also asserted that during Nimr's two years in hiding, he had been inciting, organizing, and steering the turbulence Al-Qatif witnessed—causing not only the destruction of government property but also the murder of civilians and members of the security forces—by gunfire and explosions.
Nimr bears some resemblance to Sunni Islamists who begin by expressing reasonable-sounding demands but descend into guerrilla warfare. Nimr's repeated call in his sermons to establish an Iran-like regime, and for the secession of Shi'a areas from the kingdom—the latter, an inherently violent goal—constituted, in the eyes of many Saudis, treason, and also led to his exclusion from moderate Shi'a circles. As Nimr moved toward radicalism and armed activity, his revolutionary approach proved appealing to young men in the area. His followers included the remnants of Hizballah al-Hijaz, the Iranian-backed movement with which Nimr himself was firmly aligned, as well as other "true believers." They also included drug dealers, wayward teens, and some among the ranks of the unemployed and disenfranchised. He goaded these youth to take up arms, burn government property, and commit murder. This wave of chaos, in providing simple and cheap answers to complex problems, siphoned away support from Shi'a leaders and notables who have enjoyed considerable social and political esteem.
As is the norm in the history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the time of Nimr's arrest in 2009 to the day of his execution, authorities took pains to tend to the needs of his family. His wife received extended treatment for her medical needs in one of America's finest hospitals. His sons received full scholarships to American universities.
For many decades, Saudi Shi'a have suffered from sectarian discrimination. They have not enjoyed the freedom to practice their rituals outside of their home regions and neighborhoods. The prevailing Salafi ideologies, embodied by many Saudi clerics, have regarded Shi'a as having strayed from the "correct path," and sometimes labeled them as non-Muslims. But meanwhile, paradoxically, the political leadership of the country has increasingly seen to Shi'a advancement. Shi'a hold some of the highest and most sensitive positions: at Saudi Aramco, the global oil juggernaut; in Saudi banks; and in various government institutions. In 2001, then-Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz initiated the "national dialogue," aiming to ease tensions between Sunnis and Shi'a and promote civil peace. From 2005 on, the late King Abdullah took many steps to advance this trend further. Shi'a, who number between 10 and 11 percent of the population, constitute 40 percent of the students who travel abroad at the government's expense to pursue higher education.
In the second half of 2014, three Shi'a mosques were attacked by Saudi Sunni nationals identifying as members of ISIS. Shortly after King Salman took the throne on January 21, 2015, he became the first Saudi king ever to donate to rebuilding Shi'a mosques—the three that had been attacked. The Crown Prince and other members of his family led delegations to convey personal condolences to the families who had lost their children and loved ones. For the first time in the history of the country, hundreds of Saudi Sunnis traveled from disparate provinces to give their own condolences to their fellow, Shi'a nationals, widely covered in Saudi media and with encouragement from the political leadership. Moreover, King Salman is the first Saudi king under whose rule local establishment media and even Sunni clerics have described the Shi'a victims of terrorism as martyrs—a sacred Islamic designation, as is well known. The king also recognized the sacrifice of young Shi'a men who died in an effort to protect the mosques from the terrorists, referring to them as well as "martyrs" in a holy cause.
In 2015, the state established laws to punish anyone who promotes sectarian hatred. Saudi Sunnis were among those subsequently detained by authorities for having posted video clips expressing hostility toward Shi'a. To anyone familiar with the history of the rule of the Al-Saud family and the heavy hand of Wahhabism and Salafism, these developments can only be seen as indicative of a significant shift.
But the legacy of centuries of hate between Sunnis and Shi'a cannot be erased in a short time. History moves slowly, and slower still amid civil strife. No one can overtake the flow of history.
Since 2011, many Shi'a moderates have received threats from armed individuals who participated in the violence in Al-Qatif. The home and personal car of at least one prominent moderate Shi'a intellectual has been attacked by gunfire. Shi'a leaders Isam al-Shammasi, Shukri Shammasi, and Muhammad Ridha Nasrallah, among other notables in the area, routinely receive death threats from those armed Shi'a groups which the intellectual Tawfiq al-Sayf described as the Shi'a equivalent of ISIS.
Between a tragic legacy and new signs of hope, moderate Shi'a today have an historic opportunity. They can refuse to be silent in the face of extremists in their midst. They can take the initiative—on their own terms—in pressing for their right to be treated as equals in their native land. They can work to protect their youth from descending into the nihilism of terrorism. They can take part in the even broader national project of reforms that is embraced by both sects, both genders, all intellectual and cultural streams, to continuously improve the country—day by day, year by year, and from one generation to the next.
This article was first published in The American Interest on January 6, 2016.
Mansour Alnogaidan is executive director of Al-Mesbar Center for Studies and Research in Dubai.
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ESO 306-17 (również PGC 17570 i AM 0538-405) – duża galaktyka eliptyczna, znajdująca się w konstelacji Gołębia w odległości około 500 milionów lat świetlnych od Ziemi. Galaktyka ta ma około 1 milion lat świetlnych średnicy.

ESO 306-17 powstała prawdopodobnie w wyniku wchłonięcia pobliskich galaktyk, które dostały się pod wpływ jej przyciągania grawitacyjnego. Na zdjęciu galaktyka ta wydaja się być otoczona przez inne galaktyki, znajdujące się jednak w innej odległości i jedynie widoczne w tej samej linii co ESO 306-17. Jest ona otoczona jedynie przez gorący gaz, oraz, prawdopodobnie, przez duże ilości ciemnej materii. Samotne galaktyki tego typu są określane jako gromady szczątkowe.

ESO 306-17 jest drastycznym przykładem "galaktycznego kanibalizmu". Prawdopodobnie tak długo wchłaniała okoliczne galaktyki, aż w pobliżu nie pozostała już żadna inna. Na zdjęciach wykonanych przez Kosmiczny Teleskop Hubble'a widoczne są słabe grupy gromad kulistych, które były związane na tyle silnie grawitacyjnie, że nie rozpadły się w trakcie wchłaniania ich galaktyki macierzystej. Zdjęcia tej galaktyki posłużą też poszukiwaniom ultrazwartych galaktyk karłowatych, których większość można odnaleźć w okolicach olbrzymich galaktyk eliptycznych znajdujących się w dużych gromadach galaktyk. Zbadanie okolicznych gromad oraz ewentualnych wchłoniętych galaktyk karłowatych będzie pomocne w odtworzeniu historii galaktyki ESO 306-17.

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Vaskiluodon Voima is a company jointly owned in equal shares by EPV Energy Ltd and Pohjolan Voima Oy. Our power plant, located in Vaasa, produce electricity and district heat. The district heat is utilised by the city of Vaasa. We supply our shareholders with electricity and heat at cost price according to the Mankala principle.
Vaskiluodon Voima power plant produce electricity and district heat in a combined heat and power (CHP) generation process, which uses less fuel and makes the plants highly efficient.
Plant that generate only electricity create waste heat as a by-product, but with combined heat and power it can be directed to the heating network for the region's homes. The district heat produced by the Vaasa power plant covers more than 60 per cent of the demand in Vaasa.
The efficiency of Vaskiluodon Voima's power plant is extremely high due to combined heat and power generation. We use biofuels and coal as fuel. We have also adopted globally innovative technologies that allow it to replace coal with biomass.
The domestic fuels used by Vaskiluodon Voima are procured from the Ostrobothnia and South Ostrobothnia regions, within a radius of about 100 kilometres from the plants. We use several fuel suppliers to ensure large enough deliveries and transport routes that are as short as possible.


he's nearly 3 years old but it is only recently that i could understand 50% of what he's saying. he mostly speaks goobleydook.. which we mostly rely on the interpreter (that's kakak) to make some sense out of it.
but after being at home with him for 1 month, i am able to understand portions of the goobleydook that he spouts. hooray for me!
i guess after being spoiled with kakak who was conversing well enough for us to understand from when she was 2, i didn't put in enough effort to really listen to this boy of mine.
not much of a milestone arr… but the umbilical stump has finally detached itself from aryan..
in the early days after returning home.. somehow i was a bit blur and ended up covering his stump when putting on the newborn diapers.. but then came to my senses and recalled that it needs to be aired to encourage it to dry up.. so rectified that mistake.
kakak was quite fascinated by the fact that this was what connected her baby bro with me – and his source of nutrients and oxygen. she couldn't get her head around the idea at first.. but then i explained that it was like a straw and directly feeds food to her brother..


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In the era of 'gotcha journalism,' sometimes charges of anti-Semitism are just another weapon
Posted September 10, 2019 / Ron Kampeas, JTA
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — Late last month, a reporter for Bloomberg Law called the U.S. Department of Labor for comment about a recently hired staffer who had riffed on Facebook about excessive Jewish influence, including the observation that the Jewish media "protects its own."
Within hours, Leif Olson had resigned.
Subsequent reporting made it clear from the context that Olson, an unsuccessful Republican candidate for a Texas judgeship in 2012, was actually mocking anti-Semites, not amplifying them. Pressure mounted online for his reinstatement, with even liberal media commentators coming to his defense.
By the end of the week, Olson was back as a senior policy adviser in Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
The controversy culminated a summer season in which multiple charges of anti-Semitism ultimately turned on the accuser. Old social media posts that seemed like egregious, even fireable offenses appeared on closer examination to be less offensive than the initial outpouring of outrage warranted, leading to renewed concern that anti-Semitism is being weaponized for political ends.
"Unfortunately it takes away from the very real problem of anti-Semitism and racism," said Danielle Pletka, a vice president of the American Enterprise Institute. "There are real anti-Semites in our midst. When you throw around the word without reporting and just assume someone is an anti-Semite because they're a Republican — it's not just irresponsible journalism, it's irresponsible adulthood."
Pletka raised the Olson example in the course of a panel discussion last week at Georgetown University's Center for Jewish Civilization. The event was sparked by President Donald Trump's recent accusation that Jews who support the Democrats are being "disloyal" and was intended to focus on the president's effect on anti-Semitism. But much of the discussion wound up dealing instead with how damaging false accusations of anti-Semitism are to the broader cause of exposing anti-Semitism.
"In this extremely polarized political environment, where people on either side of an issue see it as a war of all against all, and they're willing to use any tool that comes to hand, what we've seen is that includes anti-Semitism," Tamara Cofman Wittes, a former Obama administration official who also participated in the Georgetown event, said in an interview. "That is to the detriment of the broader cause of fighting anti-Semitism."
In July, Mohammed Elshamy, an Egyptian photo editor at CNN, resigned and apologized after it emerged that he had posted anti-Semitic tweets during the Arab Spring in 2011. The tweets included celebrations of murderous Palestinian attacks, making his departure seem like a no-brainer — until commentators pointed out that he was 16 at the time.
In August, New York Times editor Tom Wright-Piersanti was outed by a pro-Trump research outfit for posting several anti-Semitic jokes on Twitter in 2010 when he was in college. The revelation was part of a broader effort to dig through social media postings of journalists at media outlets that are seen as hostile to the president, a campaign that Trump allies are reportedly raising $2 million to fund.
Wright-Piersanti apologized and The Times allowed him to keep his job, although the newspaper said it took unspecified disciplinary action against him.
Abraham Foxman, the retired national director of the Anti-Defamation League, laid much of the blame on the emergence of social media. In an earlier era, the ADL had time to contact an alleged offender and investigate the context of offensive speech before pouncing. Now he said there's a "tsunami" of offensive speech online that affords little space for a reasoned response.
"The good and the bad of this communications revolution, it's a free-for-all and therefore everybody is a maven on everything," Foxman said in an interview.
Seth Mandel, editor of the conservative Washington Examiner magazine, said employers should be wary of making quick decisions to pacify "social media mobs." Mandel led the effort to vindicate Olson on Twitter, the same medium helping to put pressure on employers.
"Twitter is not the real world, but it does affect the real world because the people who shape the narratives of current events are on Twitter," Mandel said.
Mandel also cautioned employers against running to the opposite extreme and doubling down, as Bloomberg had done initially in the Olson case. The news agency has since appended a Labor Department statement to the beginning of the story and removed the phrase "anti-Semitic" from the headline.
It's not just journalists who stand accused of weaponizing anti-Semitism.
Over the summer, an array of mainstream Jewish organizations called out Trump for saying on multiple occasions that the Democratic Party is anti-Semitic. Trump repeatedly invoked the statements of two freshman congresswoman — Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — that had been repudiated by much of the party. Omar had apologized for two of her statements that seemed to traffic in anti-Semitic tropes.
Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL's CEO, accused Trump of "cynically using the Jewish people and the State of Israel as a shield."
(The ADL at first condemned Olson before retracting the condemnation. Its spokesman declined a request to elaborate.)
Angelo Carusone, the president of Media Matters for America, an organization that specializes in exposing what it considers offensive language on conservative media, said he did not seize on the Olson postings because it failed to meet a number of conditions established by the organization to avoid unfairly targeting public figures. Among these are whether the comments were part of a pattern of speech (as opposed to a one-off) and whether the comments were offensive in context.
"If they said one thing 20 years ago, why punish them now?" Carusone said in an interview. "If there's nothing wrong with their [current] work, why punish them now?"
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The term Science DMZ refers to a computer subnetwork that is structured to be secure, but without the performance limits that would otherwise result from passing data through a stateful firewall.  The Science DMZ is designed to handle high volume data transfers, typical with scientific and high-performance computing, by creating a special DMZ to accommodate those transfers.  It is typically deployed at or near the local network perimeter, and is optimized for a moderate number of high-speed flows, rather than for general-purpose business systems or enterprise computing.

The term Science DMZ was coined by collaborators at the US Department of Energy's ESnet in 2010.
A number of universities and laboratories have deployed or are deploying a Science DMZ. In 2012 the National Science Foundation funded the creation or improvement of Science DMZs on several university campuses in the United
States.

The Science DMZ
is a network architecture to support Big Data. The so-called information explosion has been discussed since the mid 1960s, and more recently the term data deluge has been used to describe the exponential growth in many types of data sets.  These huge data sets,  often need to be copied from one location to another using the Internet. The movement of data sets of this magnitude in a reasonable amount of time should be possible on modern networks. For example, it should only take less than 4 hours to transfer 10 Terabytes of data on a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network path, assuming disk performance is adequate  The problem is that this requires networks that are free from packet loss and middleboxes such as traffic shapers or firewalls that slow network performance.

Stateful firewalls

Most businesses and other institutions use a firewall to protect their internal network from malicious attacks originating from outside.  All traffic between the internal network and the external Internet must pass through a firewall, which discards traffic likely to be harmful.

A stateful firewall tracks the state of each logical connection passing through it, and rejects data packets inappropriate for the state of the connection.  For example, a website would not be allowed to send a page to a computer on the internal network, unless the computer had requested it.  This requires a firewall to keep track of the pages recently requested, and match requests with responses.

A firewall must also analyze network traffic in much more detail, compared to other networking components, such as routers and switches.  Routers only have to deal with the network layer, but firewalls must also process the transport and application layers as well.  All this additional processing takes time, and limits network throughput.   While routers and most other networking components can handle speeds of 100 billion bits per second (Gbps),  firewalls limit traffic to about 1 Gbit/s, which is unacceptable for passing large amounts of scientific data.

Modern firewalls can leverage custom hardware (ASIC) to accelerate traffic and inspection, in order to achieve higher throughput. This can present an alternative to Science DMZs and allows in place inspection through existing firewalls, as long as unified threat management (UTM) inspection is disabled.

While stateful firewall may be necessary for critical business data, such as financial records, credit cards, employment data, student grades, trade secrets, etc., science data requires less protection, because copies usually exist in multiple locations and there is less economic incentive to tamper.

DMZ

A firewall must restrict access to the internal network but allow external access to services offered to the public, such as web servers on the internal network.  This is usually accomplished by creating a separate internal network called a DMZ, a play on the term "demilitarized zone."  External devices are allowed to access devices in the DMZ.  Devices in the DMZ are usually maintained more carefully to reduce their vulnerability to malware.  Hardened devices are sometimes called bastion hosts.

The Science DMZ takes the DMZ idea one step farther, by moving high performance computing into its own DMZ.
Specially configured routers pass science data directly to or from designated devices on an internal network, thereby creating a virtual DMZ.  Security is maintained by setting access control lists (ACLs) in the routers to only allow traffic to/from particular sources and destinations.  Security is further enhanced by using an intrusion detection system (IDS) to monitor traffic, and look for indications of attack.   When an attack is detected, the IDS can automatically update router tables, resulting in what some call a Remotely Triggered BlackHole (RTBH).

Justification

The Science DMZ provides a well-configured location for the networking, systems, and security infrastructure that supports high-performance data movement. In data-intensive science environments, data sets have outgrown portable media, and the default configurations used by many equipment and software vendors are inadequate for high performance applications. The components of the Science DMZ are specifically configured to support high performance applications, and to facilitate the rapid diagnosis of performance problems.
Without the deployment of dedicated infrastructure, it is often impossible to achieve acceptable performance.
Simply increasing network bandwidth is usually not good enough, as performance problems are caused by many factors, ranging from underpowered firewalls to dirty fiber optics to untuned operating systems.

The Science DMZ is the codification of a set of shared best practices—concepts that have been developed over the years—from the scientific networking and systems community. The Science DMZ model describes the essential components of high-performance data transfer infrastructure in a way that is accessible to non-experts and scalable across any size of institution or experiment.

Components

The primary components of a Science DMZ are:
 A high performance Data Transfer Node (DTN) running parallel data transfer tools such as GridFTP
 A network performance monitoring host, such as perfSONAR
 A high performance router/switch

Optional Science DMZ components include:
 Support for layer-2 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
 Support for Software Defined Networking

See also

 Big Data
 perfSONAR

References

External links
 ESnet web pages describing the Science DMZ
 NSF Program funding Science DMZs
 Announcement on Ohio State University Science DMZ
 NSF Solicitation on funding to build Science DMZs
 University of Utah's Science DMZ

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#ifndef CORE_ALGORITHMS_FIELDS_FIELDDATA_CONVERTINDICESTOFIELDDATAALGO_H
#define CORE_ALGORITHMS_FIELDS_FIELDDATA_CONVERTINDICESTOFIELDDATAALGO_H 1

#include <Core/Algorithms/Base/AlgorithmBase.h>
#include <Core/Algorithms/Legacy/Fields/share.h>

namespace SCIRun {
  namespace Core {
    namespace Algorithms {
      namespace Fields {

        ALGORITHM_PARAMETER_DECL(OutputFieldDataType);

				class SCISHARE	ConvertIndicesToFieldDataAlgo : public AlgorithmBase
        {
        public:
					ConvertIndicesToFieldDataAlgo();

          bool runImpl(FieldHandle input_field, Datatypes::DenseMatrixHandle input_matrix, FieldHandle& output_field)const;

         // bool runImpl(FieldHandle input, Datatypes::MatrixHandle input_matrix, FieldHandle& output) const;

          virtual AlgorithmOutput run(const AlgorithmInput& input) const override;
        };
      }
    }
  }
}

#endif


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Mandelstein är ett berg i Österrike.   Det ligger i förbundslandet Niederösterreich, i den nordöstra delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Wien. Toppen på Mandelstein är  meter över havet, eller  meter över den omgivande terrängen. Bredden vid basen är  km.

Terrängen runt Mandelstein är kuperad söderut, men norrut är den platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km väster om Mandelstein. Runt Mandelstein är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.. Närmaste större samhälle är Gmünd,  km öster om Mandelstein.

I omgivningarna runt Mandelstein växer i huvudsak blandskog.  Trakten ingår i den hemiboreala klimatzonen. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är maj, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är mars, med  mm nederbörd.

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