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The Demons of Constantinople – Snippet 06
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A few minutes later, Leona strolled onto the parking lot of Pucorl's garage and Pucorl opened his side door. "Kitten is worried you got lost and Mrs. Grady . . ." Pucorl sighed heavily. ". . . insisted I come pick you up before the magic of my world drove you crazy."
"I'm fine."
"I don't doubt it, but let's keep them happy. I'll arrange for some smoked fish for dinner."
Leona strolled over to the van and leapt in. The door closed and suddenly they were back in the mortal realm. Leaping up to the back of one of the seats, Leona saw that the humans were packing up. She watched as Wilber walked around the campsite, gathering little flicks of light as he went. "What's he doing?"
"Picking up the wards he put out last night," came Merlin's voice. Then the door opened and Kitten climbed into the van. "Bad Leona," she said in cat.
Leona looked back at the kitten and growled low in her throat. "You don't own me, little kitten. Behave, or I'll box your ears."
"I'm sorry," Kitten said meekly, "but I was worried."
"It's all right." Leona forgave her and jumped down into Kitten's lap to be petted.
The others climbed in and Pucorl drove off, following several horsemen.
For the rest of the morning they rode, taking a break every hour and travelling about twelve miles an hour the rest of the time. Around noon, they stopped and set up camp. They would spend the rest of the day and tonight here while the horses grazed and slept. That left plenty of time for Kitten and Paul to be educated in their school on the road. They practiced sword play with wooden swords under the tutelage of Bertrand du Guesclin's guardsmen, reading and writing, math and physics, from Mrs. Grady and Jennifer Fairbanks, magic from Dr. Delaflote and Wilber, aided by Merlin and Archimedes, and that began the cycle. Mornings were spent travelling, afternoons studying, evenings and nights in Pucorl's lands, while half the guards kept watch on the campsite within the wards that Wilber set.
Location: On the Road, France
Time: 9:37 AM, August 24, 1372
Wilber sat astride Meurtrier, the war horse that only allowed Wilber to ride him. He wore a saddle, but no bridle and Wilber wore riding boots, but no spurs. He mostly guided Meurtrier by voice, with an occasional movement of his knee. Roger McLean, on another war horse, rode up beside him.
"What's up?" Wilber asked.
"I want to take the Danube across the Germanies and all the way to the Black Sea."
"Why all the way? I can see following the Danube until we get to, say, Belgrade, but after that it starts going out of the way."
"You don't understand. I don't want to ride along the banks. I want to buy boats and boat down the river."
"You think they have river boats big enough for Pucorl? Or do you want him to drive along the banks while we ride boats?"
"If we can't buy one that's big enough, we have one built," Roger said. "Look, boats aren't faster than horses, but they travel all day and all night. We can stop when we need to pick up something from Pucorl's lands, and spend the rest of the time traveling. Heck, Wilber — " By now they were all used to avoiding words that invoked the beings of the netherworld, so heck replaced hell and darn, damn. " — even traveling ten full hours a day at eight miles an hour would double the miles we cover in a day."
Wilber took a moment to run the numbers in his head. Not that he doubted Roger, but the guy did get enthusiastic about things. His numbers were good, though, and since people and horses could rest on boats while the boats traveled, they would be better rested.
"We can use the birds, Archimedes, Carlos, and the rest to scout while we travel, so we don't get ambushed."
"Carlos, maybe. But Archimedes is Dr. Delaflote's familiar spirit. He has better things to do than flap around trees. This isn't Dungeons and Dragons."
"Fine. Archimedes can lecture Gabriel on the proper way to boil an eye of newt. By now half of Bertrand's men at arms have some sort of familiar. Even Louis has that glider Jennifer made for him."
The glider in question was bat-winged, made of sticks and lacquered cloth, and was halfway between a triangular kite from the twentieth century and a model of a bat. It would fly like a kite if you tied a string to it, but it was enchanted and could fly for hours after Louis tossed it into the air. It had three eyes, two looking forward and one looking down, a small speaker, and two bats ears, so it could even do echolocation. Louis had paid Wilber a goodly amount for enchanting it.
Wilber looked up. Ariel was flying right now. He could barely see it, because it was painted blue gray on the bottom. "We need to talk to Bertrand."
"Right. I called him last night, but we didn't get into it," Roger agreed. "Whose phone is he using today?"
Bertrand didn't own a phone. Only the twenty-firsters, the King of France, and God owned phones. But Bertrand usually borrowed someone's phone so that he could be reached if anything came up. Annabelle's or Wilber's most often. After all, Annabelle was in Pucorl most of the time and Pucorl had his own phone. Roger pulled his phone from his pocket and said, "Clausewitz, find Bertrand would you, and see if he's busy. Wilber and I want to talk to him."
As it happened, Bertrand was carrying Annabelle's phone. Enzo said, "Phone call from Roger, General. You want to take it?"
Bertrand looked around. He was riding with the scouting element, ten horsemen who were riding a quarter mile ahead of the main party, scouting the trail as much for deadfalls and trees that would need to be cut to let Pucorl and the cardinal's wagons through as for bandits.
They were in a grove of trees, but it was a small one and Bertrand could see the fields of a village ahead. "I'll ride back, Enzo. Tell Roger I'll be there in a minute." He turned his horse and put it into a trot with a squeeze of his knees.
By the time he got back to the main body, Roger, Wilber, and Jennifer Fairbanks were all riding next to Pucorl, with Mrs. Grady leaning out of the passenger side window.
"What brings about this conclave of twenty-firsters?" Bertrand asked.
"Noah, here," Amelia Grady hooked a thumb at Roger, "wants to build an ark."
After that, they explained the plan as they rode along the path. Bertrand had the same basic concern that Sun Tzu had. Bertrand was fond of Roger's computer. It was teaching him Go and chess. Pucorl was in favor of the idea. He had a good bit of biodiesel stored in his garage, but didn't like wasting it.
They spent the rest of the morning discussing the possibilities of enchanted river boats and what sort of demon would be best to enchant them.
Time: 2:14 PM, August 24, 1372
As they drove along, Pucorl was playing music over the stereo system. It was quiet music, and at first Annabelle didn't notice. Then Paul started singing along.
"We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz."
Annabelle rolled her eyes. "This is hardly a yellow brick road, Pucorl. And we aren't headed for Australia, anyway."
"Besides," Amelia Grady said, taking hold of Gabriel Delafolte's arm, "We have the best wizard on Earth right here with us."
"You want to play something a bit more grown-up?" Annabelle asked.
"Pucorl and grown-up don't belong in the same sentence," Paul announced. "That's what Mom says."
Pucorl sniffed loudly over the sound system. "I am most profoundly displeased." Then he giggled.
Amelia's phone Laurence said, in the voice of Laurence Olivier, "Well, we could be on a yellow brick road. At least in Pucorl's lands."
And so it proved. For that night, when they returned to the netherworld, the blacktop road that led to Pucorl's Garage had been replaced by a two-lane-wide yellow brick road.


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Cotrone brings lifelong passion for lakes to Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellowship
A lifelong affinity for the Great Lakes comes naturally to Jack Cotrone, a new graduate of the master's program in water resources management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A native of suburban Detroit, Cotrone enjoyed summer visits to his grandmother's place on Lake Huron. And whenever possible, he still gets outside to hike, canoe, or just relax by a campfire.
Cotrone is now kickstarting his professional career in water with a 2018-19 Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellowship. This one-year position based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is administered by the Great Lakes Commissionin consultation with the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network and the National Sea Grant Office.
The fellowship is awarded competitively, and Cotrone will be one of two fellows in the coming year, applying his skills to a wide range of projects.
Says Cotrone, "I'm excited to engage in my passion and connection to water and natural resources and, in particular, to apply what I've learned in graduate school to the Great Lakes."
Likely fellowship duties will include helping to coordinate regional workshops about sediment management in areas that have problems with erosion and sedimentation. Cotrone will also write and update content for a website about crude oil transport in the Great Lakes. Additionally, he'll assist with programs related to green infrastructure, source water protection and harmful algal blooms.
Cotrone will immerse himself in the world of policy, working with legislators and policymakers on Great Lakes issues.
Bringing disparate people together to connect over water issues and solve problems has been a hallmark of Cotrone's graduate experience at UW-Madison, where the terminal master's degree in water resources management is offered through the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
For the past two years, Cotrone has been the inaugural project assistant for the new "Water @ UW-Madison" organization, which pulls together faculty, academic staff, students and others from many different units across UW's sprawling campus.
Water @ UW-Madison has become an important force for convening engineers, biologists, limnologists, urban planners, computer scientists and artists. On May 9, the organization led a successful symposium at the Gordon Dining and Event Center on campus, attended by roughly 200 people.
Cotrone played an integral role in organizing and running the free, public event. More than 20 lightning talks covered topics as wide-ranging as meteotsunamis, wastewater treatment and how the humanities can shed light on stream restoration.
While his fellowship will likely keep his schedule as jam-packed as graduate school did, Cotrone is looking forward to returning to Michigan. Ann Arbor will be familiar territory for the 2014 University of Michigan grad and Wolverine football and basketball fan.
In fact, Ann Arbor is where Cotrone first realized that he could turn his fondness for the Great Lakes region into a career. He focused on freshwater resources while majoring in Michigan's interdisciplinary Program in the Environment. Now, with a Wisconsin master's in hand, Cotrone is headed back to his home state to write the next chapter in a career helping the waters and people of the Upper Midwest.

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Well, here we are at the end of another year. This past year, 2010, was supposedly, according to soothsayers, the high point of my existence here on planet earth. I am a Tiger. The Year of the Golden Tiger ends February 2, 2011, when we enter the Year of the Rabbit. Although this past year certainly has not panned out according to plan, it was a very good year. Still, who knows what additional good fortune may find me before February 2!
Attila has a full time job, we survive financially.
We purchased a wonderful little house in the city, near our kids and grand-kids.
I don't make New Year's Resolutions, as a rule. I know that I will continue to do my best at everything I put my hand to, and to treat others with respect and dignity. That is all I expect of myself in the New Year; that others treat me in the same way is all that I hope for in the New Year.
I worked today. Attila worked today. We are home together now, having driven home through the fog and rain. Warm and dry, with a hot dinner before us and an evening of good and quiet company, we will welcome in the New Year.
Attila and I set forth on Friday last for our little house in the city. We arrived Christmas Eve day, after an uneventful drive on bare, dry roads.
As we drove up to the little house, a smiling metal sculpted snowman smiled at us from the front porch. Terra and Lares had been busy acting as Christmas Elves and had completely decorated our little house! The tree was up in the corner, lights festooned the entire perimeter of the living room, snowmen smiled from almost every corner of the house. There were bright Christmas tins, candle holders and an audacious snowman fruit bowl that ended up being a huge hit with Tink.
Terra and Lares joined us Christmas Eve, and how wonderful it was to have them with us. Christmas Day Terra had to work, and she and Lares arrived in the early evening to share a turkey dinner with us.
Luna arrived Christmas Day with Imp and Elf and Tink and Benny and Bim. Janus had to work, and we did miss him. Luckily Attila had the second bedroom painted adequately, so that the room was transformed with cots and sleeping mattresses for Luna and the grandbabies.
What a wonderful time we all had. I can't remember that we did anything that was particularly special, or spectacular… The time flew by us as we were busy just being together.
Imp and Elf and Tink are wonderful children! How we love them. Imp is tall and independent, Elf is wiry and full of smiles and giggles and Tink is a no-nonsense little girl with a melting grin that shows off her two new front teeth.
Terra and Luna got together for my gift, which was generous beyond the actual cost. They conspired to give me a kobo. I am in love! I have read the entire Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole, and I've made my first book purchase. It took me hours to choose, so many wonderful books to read! In the end, Ursula Leguin's Lavinia caught my fancy. I love having a good book to curl up with!
This means no more 40 kilometer round trips to the nearest full service library; no more worrying about gas money; no more worries about traveling on treacherous roads in treacherous weather; no more worrying about due dates and fines. I now have to purchase books, but I can also receive gift certificates for eBooks. Suddenly I am a very easy person to buy gifts for!
I've been like a small child with a security blanket; clutching my kobo as I travel from house to car, car to house… The kobo will fit in my backpack and can be read while waiting in lines, waiting in waiting rooms, while traveling as a passenger… sigh, how wonderful.
Food! My how we have enjoyed the holiday food this year! Turkey dinner, apple pie, mincemeat squares, Luna's shortbread and chocolate chip cookies, Attila's chocolate chip cookies, nuts, clementines, chocolates… Chocolates are last but certainly not least!
Attila has been chopping wood since we arrived home. The indoor temperature is rising and soon I'll be able to remove my parka. The electric heaters kept the house well above freezing while we were away, which is a relief, at least until the next electric bill arrives in the mail, LOL!
I am working New Year's Eve Day, but not too late. Attila returns to work tomorrow morning.
Our New Year celebration will be a quiet one. We will sit in front of the fire and enjoy remembering the very good times we have had over the past year, and all the truly wonderful things that have happened for the people we love.
At 2:41 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, December 21, 2010 a lunar eclipse started. December 21 is also the Solstice. What was the world like, centuries ago, when this phenomena occurred in the past?
I could copy and paste a list of the large political events that occurred in specific areas in 1638 and 1703. However, certain of the larger events caught my interest.
The great migration from England to New England occurred in the 1630s, the first settlers were a mixed company of fortune seekers and Puritans.
Anne Hutchinsonin 1638, the First Church in Boston conducted a religious trial, accusing Hutchinson of blasphemy.
The Great Storm of 1703, an Atlantic hurricane, ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing nearly 8,000, mostly at sea.
Poet Chiyo born, haiku poet of the classical period, became a Buddhist nun which gave her freedom to travel the country.
After both working today, Attila and I are busy with our Christmas preparations. Wrapping our modest presents, baking and beginning to tidy things up around the house. As we putter along, A Christmas Carol entertains us, starring Alastair Sim. This movie was released the during my early childhood, I've been watching it every Christmas for most of my life. I have never tired of it.
After all, "mankind" is our business.
Wishing every one a very peaceful holiday. Remember a smile is the greatest gift you can give.
The month of December has seen me attending a program for old workers. As result I am not home during the day. That means we have only two fires in the masonry heater (fireplace) each day. Nights have been cold, below -15C, for quite a while now. We need a third fire during the day, from time to time, to keep the house reasonably comfortable. This has not been happening.
I am working from home today. It is 17C near the masonry heater, the temperature falls as you move toward the perimeter of the house. It was when the ink refused to flow from the pen that the cold became an issue. One pen after another refused to give up its ink. The pens must be warmed by the fireplace before they will work.
There is a silver lining to this chilly cloud; sleep conditions are optimized. The eiderdown makes for cozy, deep slumber in the cold bedroom.
The old workers program did not find any work placement for the two old women who participated. Even temporary subsidized positions are non-existent in this area, at least for the two old women in the program. This does not feel good. The bright side is that resumes are polished and interview skills are honed, so that if any positions materialize, one might apply for them. However, nepotism is probably the main (perhaps the only) method of attaining positions capable of sustaining life. All in all, the program "giveth and taketh" away. It gave me better resumes and interview skills, it took away almost any hope I had of using the interview skills or gaining any kind of regular employment. I am still sending out applications.
I feel downhearted about the results of the old workers program; only because I allowed myself to buy into their enthusiasm and premise that having a great resume and doing well in interviews might solve the non-employment problem. More employment opportunities would solve the non-employment problem. Unemployment in Canada only means recently without work and still receiving a steady government insurance income. Attila and I have both been there and appreciated the income when we were both out of work in 2005. Non-employment means that one has no income at all when the government income runs its course and ceases. I would not be surprised if the non-employed outnumber the unemployed significantly. The Canadian government ignores people who are non-employed, interested only in the unemployed when it comes to keeping statistics to use in drafting economic policy.
Well, enough about that! My time was not wasted and I survived financially for one more month. Small mercies.
It is snowing again today and, since I don't have to commute, I am enjoying the beauty of slowly drifting snowflakes. I like working at home, beautiful scenery, familiar tools, nearby food and washroom, no interruptions and I can burn that third midday fire to make the house cosier.
Southwestern Ontario was hit by serious snow storms this past week, closed highways, military rescue units removing people from closed roads, icy, slushy, zero visibility conditions on most highways and roads… we feel lucky by comparison.
Attila and I have been talking about supportive and non-supportive environments. It is always nice to have someone to confide in when things are not going well, or we are experiencing pain.
Attila and I have both noted that some people have an aversion to knowing anything about other people's feelings. We both agree they have their reasons.
Every summer when I was a little girl visiting my Grandparents, I would play at the beach and cut my foot on a clam shell at least once. It had to be a pretty bad cut for me to actually tell my Grandparents about it. The reason was the cure was almost worse than the ailment. My Grandfather kept a bottle of Iodine at the ready in the medicine cabinet. One peep of complaint about a cut or scrape and that iodine would be applied. Iodine is very painful when applied to an open wound. We seldom complained about any minor injuries.
This morning as Attila and I were exploring the topic support networks and confiding in others, Attila described a common response as psychic iodine. Psychic iodine is when a confidence is met with stinging criticism, personal attack or suggestions for resolution that would explode on impact.
There is too much psychic iodine in the world today. Maybe there always was.


5 bands for £2.00……hard to believe but true…..and the 3 we saw were excellent!
Colour of Spring were playing as we entered – the lead singer had a NEU! T-shirt on so he was in my good books already. Edgy pop with a touch of 'Slowdive' about them – a really good set…..but terrible footwear….


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Clean code means testable code. To make code testable it's helpful to, well, start coding with tests. That's what TDD always was about.
Unfortunately, TDD is hard to get right. Maybe all that's important has already been said by Kent Beck in "TDD by Example" - but what does it really mean? TDD as traditionally taught seems to be simple, but in the end it's not.
This workshop thus takes a different approach to test-driven coding. It builds on the traditional red-green-refactor cycle but offers different ways to deal with different situations. Two more gears are added to the only one of original TDD. Attendees learn to shift through those gears depending on how well they are progressing.
Which TDD gear to drive coding in is a matter of clarity: How well is the problem understood? How well has a solution been modeled? How deep is the experience with required technologies?
Lower gears are for more difficult situations. The workshop thus adds two gears below the original TDD mode. This is done based on the insight, that coding production logic often is started too early and the refactoring step is skipped all too often. With the 1st and 2nd gear refactoring becomes less of a burden or unavoidable and easy.
And on top of that: Attendees will learn to not paint themselves into a corner with tests. Tests must not become a girdle and later strangle refactoring efforts. There will be a clear distinction between maturity tests ("Is the code already correct?") and regression tests ("Is the code still correct?").
Automated tests are too important to be a burden. It's the mission of the workshop to make testing a worthwhile and pleasurable activity for every developer.


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Rock Star: INXS – Hey, If Bo Doesn't Win American Idol …
Eric Olsen May 25, 2005	29 Comments 52 Views
Just kidding: Bo will be on tour with American Idol all summer regardless of what happens tonight.
Nonetheless, the most narowly defined reality show yet is coming to CBS beginning July 11, Rock Star: INXS, which will be hosted by former Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist and current Carmen Electra husband Dave Navarro, and Brooke Burke , host of E!'s Wild On, Rank and Life Is Great.
Rock Star: INXS — produced by the creator of Survivor, Mark Burnett — will "combine the world of rock music with unscripted drama, performance competition and a weekly contestant elimination determined by a combination of viewer participation, judges and INXS band members" to find the new lead singer of INXS, and will embark on a worldwide concert tour with the band and will sing on the group's new album. INXS has used "guest vocalists" since singer Michael Hutchence killed himself in 1997.
The show will air three times a week and begin with 15 contestants: Monday will focus on contestants' relationships and activities, while Tuesday and Wednesday will feature the competition and who goes home.
The show will have an online presence as well. Launching in June, the MSN Rock Star: INXS site will "extend and enhance the show for both the contestants and the audience by taking fans backstage and giving them a VIP rock star experience through video, content and communication tools," according to a release.
Among the site's offerings will be, the latest information and gossip from the show, video performances from the show, exclusive content filmed specially for MSN, custom playlists from the contestants and INXS band members, blogs from members of the show, fan chat, merchandise, polls and quizzes.
INXS' Tim Farriss discusses the project here.
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Career media professional and serial entrepreneur Eric Olsen flung himself into the paranormal world in 2012, creating the America's Most Haunted brand and co-authoring the award-winning America's Most Haunted book, published by Berkley/Penguin in Sept, 2014. Olsen is co-host of the nationally syndicated broadcast and Internet radio talk show After Hours AM; his entertaining and informative America's Most Haunted website and social media outlets are must-reads: [email protected], Facebook.com/amhaunted, Pinterest America's Most Haunted. Olsen is also guitarist/singer for popular and wildly eclectic Cleveland cover band The Props.
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Nigeria: FCT minister meets families of victims of deadly clash in Dei-Dei market
Mohammed Bello, FCT Minister, on Sunday, 22 May, visited the families of victims of last Wednesday's deadly clash that took place in the Dei-Dei market that took lives and properties worth millions of naira.
Mohammed Bello, FCT Minister, on Sunday, 22 May, visited the families of victims of last Wednesday's deadly clash that took place in the Dei-Dei market that took lives and properties worth millions of naira.
On Wednesday, the clash took place between commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, which claimed at least four lives.
The trouble began in the market when a female trader fell off a commercial motorcycle and was crushed to death by a vehicle.
Bello, who met with the families at a Mosque located at the Dei-Dei market, stated the visit was to commemorate the victims and offer support to their families at this difficult moment of their lives.
Olusade Adesola, who is represented by the FCTA permanent secretary, noted that the administration was deeply saddened by the unfortunate killings and devastation of properties as he advised residents to resist the desire to take laws into their hands.
"On behalf of the Honourable Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello and Minister of State for FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, I convey their condolences and commiseration to you and pray that God will help us not to see a repetition of such a situation."
Earlier speaking, Musa Idris, the chief of Jawa, His Royal Highness, commended the minister for taking urgent measures to control the situation.
He also appealed to the traders to look for more civilised options to settle their disputes other than taking laws into their hands.
Tochukwu Nze Diugwu, the Chief of the Igbo Community in Dei-Dei, who also commended the minister for shutting down the market immediately after the clash, stated more damages would have taken place if this decision was not taken.
The minister also presented the victims' families with cash and promised that the administration would settle the bills of victims acquiring treatment at various hospitals.
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My last day at State Street is finally here. It has been five years seven months and two days since I first walked into Launch class. Over the time I have been here I sat in five different desks, had five different positions and four different bosses. There have been good times and bad times, but overall I am happy with my experience.
Now it is on to smaller and better things. I am very excited to start work in a new company and learn the ins and outs of a new industry. Obviously I am a bit nervous about it, but the last few months have shown that I can fit right in rather quickly. Heck I was only in my most recent job for three months and somebody baked me a cake for my last day. How cool is that?
I guess that is all I have to say for now. If you are in the city tonight a bunch of people are going to the Bell In Hand after work.


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APC Reports Profit Growth | Express & Star
By Claire Watson	 Last updated Nov 26, 2021
The Cannock-based company announced a 53% increase in profits to £ 9.2million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021.
According to APC, the effects of the pandemic were seen early in the fiscal year, with door-to-door deliveries becoming more popular than deliveries to businesses for its 35,000 customers.
As a result of the boom in e-commerce, APC has experienced significant growth across all services, particularly in its fragile and liquid niche services, with the food and beverage sector being the largest growth sector in the world. the year.
Jonathan Smith, Managing Director of APC, said: "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen an increasing demand for parcel services, driven by an increase in consumer e-commerce activity and the preference for delivery. home. But what is perhaps most impressive, in response to this shift in buying habits, we have seen so many of our SME clients adapt quickly, proving their resilience and entrepreneurial spirit and thrive. Consequently. It is this resilience of the SME community that has largely contributed to the growth we have seen throughout our network.
"We have worked tirelessly to support our 35,000 customers, recognizing their changing needs and investing in our business to support this evolution. The pandemic has fundamentally changed the form of distribution, and indeed the whole dynamic of the industry; how people shop, how people need deliveries and their delivery expectations. This has required a structural change in our business and will continue to shape our priorities in the months to come. "
In response to growing demand on its network, APC has made significant investments to support delivery operations and increase the capacity of its secondary hub, including additional sorting equipment and portable devices. The company has also invested in its service offerings, to respond to the shift towards the business-to-consumer market, by introducing Saturday as a full delivery day option.
Anticipating the continued demand for delivery services, APC has also planned further investments in both its hub operations and the London delivery area.
In addition to investing in its business operations, APC is also committed to investing more in its workforce. At the start of the year, the company concluded its shareholding structure, allowing all deposits in the APC network to take a stake. The company has also implemented a stock option plan, which rewards all long-term employees with more than 10 years of service.
Corina Forman, Director of Human Resources at APC, said: "This year has naturally been difficult for many. Throughout this time, we have worked hard to maintain job security and opportunity for all of our employees, continuing to provide them with the training and skills they need to realize their potential. But we also understand the importance of focusing on and providing staff with initiatives that support their health and well-being.
"We firmly believe that investing in our people in this way pays long term dividends. People who feel supported and recognized within the company tend to identify strongly with our values and develop safe social networks – these factors combine to support excellent service delivery.
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For most business owners, sales managers and sales people the priority is sales and lead generation.
Social Media is relatively new and Social Selling is a very new concept. But, definitions apart, are your customers buying in different ways now to say 3-5 years ago? Are you making purchases in different ways? Buying is changing and Social Selling is a response that in some ways counters that buying change.
The Internet, Search and Content, Social Networks and profiles, mobile devices and more are having a fundamental impact on the way that buyers buy. Research indicates that they are perhaps 70% of the way through the purchase process before they talk to a sales person. And buyers have developed elaborate means to avoid being interrupted or distracted by an idea or a product or service that is not on their agenda.
If you are interested in ideas, approaches and strategies for lead generation and social selling read through this page. What is outlined is a strategy that connects Social with Sales, that provides linkages between B2B selling and buying that can be directly supported by Social Networks, particularly LinkedIn. Businesses who are already using Social Selling techniques are reporting significant benefits, and sales people who are leveraging social media are performing better against their targets than those who aren't using Social, yet.
Take just a minute to review the Fours Steps of the APPS approach and see if they could improve your value proposition and sales messaging.
Market and Sector Trends – as an expert in your field you should know what the big trends are. Maybe there are regulatory changes, cycles such as consolidation or diversification, in-sourcing versus out-sourcing, innovation and new technology impacting a market. How do these impact your potential customers, and how do you align with them, and can you interpret them for your target audience? You can keep tabs on trends through online sources, thought-leaders and others in Social Media, especially LinkedIn.
Company or Organisation Goals – companies you are targeting as potential customers will have goals and objectives. Maybe they want expansion and increasing sales, is it developing and launching new products into new markets, is it retaining existing customers and protecting market share. Try to identify what these are, and align with them. You can identify key company information from their website, search and through Social Media.
Department or Position Goals – what is it that the VP, C-Level Executive, Departmental head, and those around and reporting to them needs to achieve as part of their role in the organisation, to support the tactical, operational and strategic aims of the business? Identifying who's who in a company, and some insight into their official responsibilities can be gained from LinkedIn.
Personal Goals and Interests – where people have a LinkedIn profile and if they also post status updates it may be possible to develop a picture or profile of the individual, and from that identify how to align with their emotional needs. Are they an ambitious high-achiever looking for promotion? Are they keen on a healthy work-life balance? Are they putting back into the business or domestic community? These and other aspects can be gleaned from Social Media and used to align your message.
Going with the flow is a lot easier than swimming against the tide, at each of these levels. Having a unique angle is important though, in order to cut through the noise, as an individual and as a company. Are you 95% aligned and 5% unique in your approach?
Being Disruptive and Challenging is effective too!
The ability to disrupt and to challenge buyers and the buying process is a strategy or technique that can also be very effective. The ability to be a CHALLENGER, to move your prospect out of their comfort zone and guide them to a 'better place' can be an extremely powerful sales technique. Tactically you might start by sending a thought-leadership article or invite your target prospect to a trade conference or network meeting. This may be suitably disruptive to their train of thought to make it Stand-Out! Intercepting a deal that's about to be signed with a competitor is another disruptive example.
Being trained and equipped to engage in a discussion with senior execs about how they could significantly change the performance of their business, division or role is a sales strategy that is gathering momentum. Helping them to see and then to Align with a different paradigm is a way to add business value and create deep differentiation. Combining this with digital media such as LinkedIn and techniques including Social Selling has the potential to really ramp up your sales performance.
The Status Quo is where most people, departments and companies operate, for most of the time. The plans have been drawn up and now it's execution time, focusing on the job in hand. Against this backdrop it's very difficult to gain attention and achieve a break-through with your lead generation campaigns. New ideas, new suppliers, new products and solutions take time and attention to understand, evaluate, gain support for and implement. There is a career and business risk associated with alternatives to the status quo, at the wrong time.
However, a Trigger Event is often the catalyst for people to look for a new ideas, solutions, suppliers and so on. For some reason the Status Quo is no longer acceptable. Alternatives are required. Time and attention will be allocated to looking. What are the Trigger Events for your target customers? When someone changes job this often triggers change. When there's an internal initiative such as a product launch or exhibition. When there's an external change, such as a competitor challenging them, or a supplier has gone out of business. LinkedIn and Social Media is a great way to find, or be alerted to, Trigger Events.
Having identified a Trigger Event you may need to gather further information to decide what to do, and again LinkedIn can help.
And then you may decide to contact people to follow-through on your decision, to outline how you can help. Since you can align better with what they are now looking to achieve, and again LinkedIn can play a big role, your chances of engaging with the right person at the right time with the right message are greatly improved. Bear in mind that your smarter competitors may also be on the case too.
How often do you check out a person on LinkedIn, before deciding whether to take or return their call, or in preparation for a meeting. Their personal profile can enhance or diminish their standing in your eyes. Likewise you might check out the LinkedIn Company Page as well as the website for the company they represent. Are there strong and relevant testimonials and case studies? Can they clearly add value to your business? At each stage of the buying process is it worthwhile to invest time with this person and company? And when it comes to part with money, can you be confident that there is a business case, and that the supplier will help you to sell it internally and then achieve the results. LinkedIn is one place where potential buyers can whittle out potential suppliers before reaching a short-list and engage more directly with them.
You know too well that there are not enough hours in the working day and tasks need to be heavily prioritised, and many will not be tackled. When a potential supplier makes things simple to understand, simple to act upon, and simple to implement, that represents a time saving, or reduces the investment of time needed. Are your marketing and sales messages simple to communicate and understand? Phrasing them in ways that buyers can understand is a start, talking about outcomes and benefits and examples, and Social Networks like LinkedIn area great place to put these messages across. Are your products and services simple to buy and to implement? Educating buyers in different ways relevant to the questions they ask is another way to make things simple. Again, LinkedIn is a great place to highlight your educational resources, which might be in PDF documents, Slide presentations, Video or other formats.
Is your Customer Value Proposition compelling?
Take a moment to review your LinkedIn Profile, your LinkedIn Company Page, your website home page and other places where your prospects will see you. How well do they score on a 1-10 basis against each of these 4 criteria?
If you'd like us to make a quick independent assessment and provide feedback please send me an email including any relevant website URLs you'd like us to look at. We'd be delighted to provide feedback to you.


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Home » sport » India vs England: Conditions in Cardiff did not suit Kuldeep Yadav, says Eoin Morgan
July 14, 2018 sport
Kuldeep Yadav, who took five wickets in the first T20I, gave away 34 runs without a wicket in the 2nd T20I as England picked up a 5-wicket win.
England suffered a heavy 8-wicket defeat in the first T20I against India in Manchester, with chinaman Kuldeep Yadav rising to the occasion and picking up five wickets. But in the 2nd T20I, England managed to render the left-armer ineffective as he gave away 34 runs without a wicket in his spell of four overs. After the hosts picked up a five-wicket win to level the series, skipper Eoin Morgan said the bouncy and quicker tracks in Cardiff did not suit Yadav's style of bowling.
"Conditions were different today. Kuldeep's a very good bowler and he'll bowl well the majority of the time. But I thought conditions at Old Trafford suited him more than conditions today. With the pace and bounce of the wicket that the seamers might have dominated a bit more, but I thought our plans were a lot clearer. We played him well," Morgan said.
The left-hand batsman further added that England stuck to their plans of bowling short which helped them in restricting India to 148/5 in their 20 overs. "When David Willey had bowled three balls and three of them flew through, I was quite surprised that the ball carried through so much. And when it did, with the big square boundaries, it is naturally a plan that we do bowl into the wicket. But that's a plan because it's two-paced, not a plan because it flies through. Inevitably it ended up staying the same. That was the reason behind it (bowling short)," the 31-year old said.
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Morgan further went on to praise Alex Hales, who anchored the win for his side, scoring an unbeaten-58 in 41 balls. "Alex really did play brilliantly. He's played a lot of T20 International cricket, and he's obviously played a lot around the world and he certainly used that tonight. Having the composure to play quite a mature innings, as he did, and then towards the end, he's not known as a big hitter but anybody who watched the game at Trent Bridge will realize he hits the ball quite a long way, even yorkers. We had quite a lot of confidence in him, but it is very nice to get over the line," the batsman said.
England won the match with two balls remaining, but Morgan stressed that his side could have finished the game earlier, had they built up a strong partnership on the top of the innings. "If we'd had a bigger partnership up front, we might have maybe pushed it in the 16th or 17th over. But we didn't, so it was always going to be a cagey affair when we continued to lose wickets. We played better than we did at Old Trafford. Certainly, the plans we had, we committed to them a lot more. There was a lot more clarity in the shots we played I thought," he said.
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He also praised the bowling efforts from his side but added that the returning Ben Stokes could prompt a change in the playing line-up in the final T20I. "I thought they bowled brilliantly. Certainly, conditions out there surprised me quite a bit. The bounce was a lot more than we thought it was going to be. David Willey set the tone. Jake Ball on his debut bowled three really good overs. When there's bounce like that it always presents opportunities to take wickets, or at least have chances. They did that well, and obviously Adil (Rashid) bowled well too," he said.
Morgan added: "Ben comes into the squad for the next game. He's obviously a fantastic player, and there will be a difficult decision to make. We've made calls like this in the past, but we hope we'll make it for the betterment of the team and put out our strongest XI. Alex always makes it difficult, particularly in T20 cricket. He's played a lot for us. He's one of our highest run-scorer, a very experienced campaigner, and an innings like that tonight makes him a pretty strong case for the next game."
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They are innovative, fast-growing and above all excellent: the Top 50 startups of the year 2017.
This is the fourth time that the online portal fuer-gruender.de has analysed startup competitions in Germany in order to find the 50 most successful companies among the prize-winning companies there.
On the basis of the 752 award-winning startups, the Top 50 of the year 2017 were chosen. The TOP10 also includes the Startup Quantosparks, the winning team of the HPI Business Plan Competition 2017 with its convincing product, a test software for apps. We congratulate the awarded startup and wish them continued success!


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Box Office: J-Lo's "Back Up Plan" is "Gigli"-Level Flop
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"How To Train Your Dragon" gets back on top, beating the cornball chick flick "The Back Up Plan" by a narrow margin.
Critically, "The Back Up Plan" is a total flop. I have heard nothing but negative reviews of it so far. Gary Wolcott of the Tri City Herald says, "Ten minutes into this disaster and anyone unfortunate enough to attend will be making back-up plans of their own." And Kam Williams from Sly Fox sums it up simply as "J-Lo's worst outing since Gigli!"
Of course, you don't really need a critic to tell you the movie stinks. All you have to do is watch the trailer to see that it's a formulaic, bland comedy with two people that have absolutely no chemistry.
Meanwhile, other newcomer "The Losers" opens in 4th place, bringing in $9.6 mil, and "Oceans" manages to barely make the top ten at all, in 8th place.
Biggest loser of the weekend goes to "Kick Ass" which fell 52% from its opening weekend while "Hot Tub Time Machine" falls out of the top ten completely.
Here's the top ten according to studio estimates released on Sunday:
1 (2) How to Train Your Dragon $15,025,000 -23.47%
2 (new) The Back-up Plan $12,250,000
3 (3) Date Night $10,600,000 -36.60%
4 (new) The Losers $9,605,000
5 (1) Kick-Ass $9,500,000 -52.09%
6 (5) Clash of the Titans $9,000,000 -41.50%
7 (4) Death at a Funeral $8,000,000 -50.67%
8 (new) Oceans $6,000,000
9 (6) The Last Song $3,705,000 -37.87%
10 (8) Alice in Wonderland $2,242,000 -38.68%
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News tagged with genetic data
Popular third-party genetic genealogy site is vulnerable to compromised data, impersonations
DNA testing services like 23andMe, Ancestry.com and MyHeritage are making it easier for people to learn about their ethnic heritage and genetic makeup. People can also use genetic testing results to connect to potential relatives ...
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Based on an analysis of data leakages and opportunities to prevent the potential misuse of genetic information, researchers have developed a new file format for functional genomics data that enables data sharing while protecting ...
In classical genetics, the genome of a diploid organism including eukarya refers to a full set of chromosomes or genes in a gamete; thereby, a regular somatic cell contains two full sets of genomes. In haploid organisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses, and mitochondria, a cell contains only a single set of the genome, usually in a single circular or contiguous linear DNA (or RNA for retroviruses). In modern molecular biology the genome of an organism is its hereditary information encoded in DNA (or, for retroviruses, RNA).
The genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA. The term was adapted in 1920 by Hans Winkler, Professor of Botany at the University of Hamburg, Germany. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the name to be a portmanteau of the words gene and chromosome; however, many related -ome words already existed, such as biome and rhizome, forming a vocabulary into which genome fits systematically.
More precisely, the genome of an organism is a complete genetic sequence on one set of chromosomes; for example, one of the two sets that a diploid individual carries in every somatic cell. The term genome can be applied specifically to mean that stored on a complete set of nuclear DNA (i.e., the "nuclear genome") but can also be applied to that stored within organelles that contain their own DNA, as with the mitochondrial genome or the chloroplast genome. Additionally, the genome can comprise nonchromosomal genetic elements such as viruses, plasmids, and transposable elements. When people say that the genome of a sexually reproducing species has been "sequenced", typically they are referring to a determination of the sequences of one set of autosomes and one of each type of sex chromosome, which together represent both of the possible sexes. Even in species that exist in only one sex, what is described as "a genome sequence" may be a composite read from the chromosomes of various individuals. In general use, the phrase "genetic makeup" is sometimes used conversationally to mean the genome of a particular individual or organism. The study of the global properties of genomes of related organisms is usually referred to as genomics, which distinguishes it from genetics which generally studies the properties of single genes or groups of genes.
Both the number of base pairs and the number of genes vary widely from one species to another, and there is little connection between the two (an observation known as the C-value paradox). At present, the highest known number of genes is around 60,000, for the protozoan causing trichomoniasis (see List of sequenced eukaryotic genomes), almost three times as many as in the human genome.
An analogy to the human genome stored on DNA is that of instructions stored in a book:


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Former GWU wideout playing in Canadian League
Collins in CFL
Former Gardner-Webb standout Dobson Collins is playing the 2014 season in the Canadian Football League, hooking on with the Ottawa RedBlacks.
Collins (Stone Mountain, Ga.) played in the first two games of the season for the RedBlacks, catching three pass for 35 yards and a touchdown – with that production coming in the season opener on July 3.
The 6-foot-2, 183-pounder is in his fourth season in the CFL after spending time with the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles. Collins has hauled in 47 career passes for 603 yards so far in Canada, with his touchdown catch earlier this season the first of his career.
Collins spent this past spring semester enrolled at Gardner-Webb, and trained on campus while working toward completion of his degree.
Collins was a two-time All-Big South Conference selection at receiver during his career in Boiling Springs (2005-2008) and was twice named All-Big South Conference as a kick return specialist. He wrapped up his career with 143 catches for 1,745 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Collins previously played in Canada for the Edmonton Eskimos (2011, 2012), BC Lions (2011) and Hamilton Tiger Cats (2013).


ISIRC is the world's leading interdisciplinary social innovation research conference. The conference brings together scholars from across the globe to discuss social innovation from a variety of perspectives.
Social innovations are often presented as solutions to wicked social problems, operating across sectors, and disrupting traditions of policy and practice. Social innovations - including social enterprise, design-led service creation and citizen co-production – are initiated within, between and beyond the bounds of established organisational forms. Redefining boundaries creates new opportunities for combining wisdom and resources for progressive social change. Yet, critical scholars have observed that many popularised social innovations are limited in their focus on systemic change, and subject to isomorphic pressures from government and commercial interests. Others have argued that individual social innovations are limited in their effectiveness without wider systems-thinking in the design of social innovation policy and practice.
The ninth annual International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC 2017) – in partnership with SIERC and EMES - will explore social innovation within and beyond the organisation. It invites research-led reflection on the organisational boundaries recast by social innovation, the systemic imperatives of a growing focus on social innovation, and the implications of these for theory and practice. Empirical, conceptual and practice-informed research contributions are encouraged.
Katherine Gibson is an economic geographer with an international reputation for innovative research on economic transformation and over 30 years' experience of working with communities to build resilient economies.


The Shutecombe flock is a small flock of pedigree Jacob sheep established in 2010 by Peter and Bryn Gorringe. The flock is situated in West Devon near a small village called Bere Ferrers, on the edge of the of the river Tamar.
The aim of the flock is to produce high quality Jacob sheep, fantastic quality meats, jacob knitting wool and sheepskins. Our Jacob meat is full of flavour and very lean. Jacob sheepskins and locally spun jacob knitting yarn are available to buy from our on-line shop.
We're proud of our flock and pleased to be well placed in this year's show.
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Audi announces departure from DTM at the end of 2020
After 20 years of actively being involved in DTM, Audi decided to announce that they will withdraw from the series from 2021 onwards.
The German manufacturer opted to resign from German touring car championship due of their interest in other racing series, especially Formula E.
Their decision doesn't come a huge shock for the motor racing fans, as it was rumoured for some time that Audi was considering their DTM future.
Audi is now the third manufacturer to quit the DTM championship after Mercedes left several years ago to also focus on Formula E, and Aston Martin, through R-Motorsport, also pulled the plug on an entry for 2020.
"Audi has shaped the DTM and the DTM has shaped Audi," commented Markus Duesmann, Audi's Chairman of the Board of Management.
"This demonstrates what power lies in motorsport - technologically and emotionally.
"With this energy, we're going to drive our transformation into a provider of sporty, sustainable electric mobility forward.
"That's why we're also focusing our efforts on the race track and systematically competing for tomorrow's 'Vorsprung.'
"Formula E offers a very attractive platform for this. To complement it, we're investigating other progressive motorsport formats for the future."
The Ingolstadt based manufacturer was one of the three-car producers, alongside Opel and Mercedes, who was at the start of the new DTM championship back in 2000.
Following their departure, DTM has only one manufacturer for 2021, BMW. So far, no other new manufacturer has been announced for the near future, putting the championship in possible jeopardy after 2020.
Throughout the years, several drivers managed to win championships alongside Audi, such as Laurent Aiello, Mattias Ekstrom, Timo Scheider, Martin Tomczyk, Mike Rockenfeller and Rene Rast.


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Reading Images Series: Beyond the City
Graphic by Felipe Correa
7 – 9 pm
#storefrontseries #readingimages #beyondthecity @storefrontnyc
With Bruno Carvalho, Felipe Correa, Catherine Seavitt, and Marion Weiss
Transnational projects for resource extraction have motivated the development of massive infrastructural corridors. The strategic siting of mining towns, petrochemical encampments, and industrial developments aims to integrate vast geographical and political entities. These experiments promise to advance economic development on a national scale, but their influence on regional and urban constructs tests the agency of architecture and planning at smaller scales.
Colossal projects like the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), is one of the most ambitious transcontinental integration projects planned for South America, with the participation of twelve countries in the region. IIRSA serves as the point of departure for conversations about issues of territory, resource extraction urbanism, and transnational negotiations. What is the role of architecture in shaping territories defined by raw resources? How can architecture develop tools to operate beyond the bounds of the traditional metropolis?
Reading Images Series: Beyond the City invited a panel of architects and theorists to examine images of existing and projected urban settlements in the South American continent to reflect upon topics of knowledge transfer, Developmentalism, authorship, and territory.
Reading Images Series: Beyond the City was organized on the occasion of the launch of Beyond the City: Resource Extraction Urbanism in South America by Felipe Correa.
During the last decade, the South American continent has seen a strong push for transnational integration, initiated by the former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who (with the endorsement of eleven other nations) spearheaded the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), a comprehensive energy, transport, and communications network. The most aggressive transcontinental integration project ever planned for South America, the initiative systematically deploys ten east-west infrastructural corridors, enhancing economic development but raising important questions about the polarizing effect of pitting regional needs against the colossal processes of resource extraction.
Providing much-needed historical contextualization to IIRSA's agenda, Beyond the City: Resource Extraction Urbanism in South America by Felipe Correa, ties together a series of spatial models and offers a survey of regional strategies in five case studies of often overlooked sites built outside traditional South American urban constructs.
Implementing the term "resource extraction urbanism," Correa takes us from Brazil's nineteenth-century regional capital city of Belo Horizonte to the experimental, circular, "temporary" city of Vila Piloto in Três Lagoas. In Chile, he surveys the mining town of María Elena. In Venezuela, he explores petrochemical encampments at Judibana and El Tablazo, as well as new industrial frontiers at Ciudad Guayana. The result is both a cautionary tale, bringing to light a history of societies that were "inscribed" and administered, and a perceptive examination of the agency of architecture and urban planning in shaping South American lives.
Felipe Correa is a New York based Architect and Urbanist. He is currently Associate Professor and Director of the Urban Design Degree Program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. Correa is the author of multiple books including Beyond the City: Resource Extraction Urbanism in South America (University of Texas Press, 2016). In addition Correa is also the co-founder of Somatic Collaborative, a research based design practice, which focuses on a trans-scalar approach to architecture and urbanism. Somatic, has developed design projects and consultancies with the public and private sector in multiple cities and regions across the globe.
About the Participants
Bruno Carvalho:
Bruno Carvalho's research and teaching interests range from the early modern period to the present, and include literature, culture, and the built environment, with emphasis in Latin American and Iberian contexts. He has published widely on topics related to poetry, film, architecture, cartography, city planning, environmental justice, race and racism. Carvalho's Porous City: A Cultural History of Rio de Janeiro (2013) won the Brazilian Studies Association Roberto Reis Book Award in 2014. He is co-editor of O Livro de Tiradentes: Transmissão atlântica de ideias políticas no século XVIII (2013), Occupy All Streets: Olympic Urbanism and Contested Futures in Rio de Janeiro (2016), and Essays on Hilda Hilst: Between Brazil and World Literature (2017). Currently, he is working on two new books: the first is tentatively titled Partial Enlightenments: Race, Cities, and Nature in the Luso-Brazilian Eighteenth Century. The second, The Future Revisited, will examine how designers, writers and artists have imagined urban futures in Brazil. At Princeton he is Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, co-director of the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism & the Humanities, and Associated Faculty in African American Studies, Architecture, Comparative Literature, Latin American Studies, and Urban Studies.
Catherine Seavitt:
Catherine Seavitt Nordenson is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the City College of New York and principal of Catherine Seavitt Studio, a practice integrating the design of landscape and infrastructure. A registered architect and landscape architect, she is a graduate of the Cooper Union and Princeton University, a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for study in Brazil. Her research includes design adaptation to sea level rise in urban coastal environments, as well as the novel transformation of landscape restoration practices given the dynamics of climate change. She is also interested in the intersection of political power, environmental activism, and public health, particularly as seen through both the design of public space and the written word. Her current work on the depositions of the Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, delivered during his tenure as cultural counselor during the military dictatorship in Brazil, examines this narrative of cultural construction, environmental conservation, and nationalist political power. Seavitt Nordenson's forthcoming book with the University of Texas Press examines Burle Marx's early didactic public parks as well as his role as advisor to the military regime in Brazil from 1966-1974.
Marion Weiss:
Marion Weiss is the Graham Chair Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design and the co-founder of WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, a multidisciplinary design practice based in New York City known for the dynamic integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape. Noted projects include the Olympic Sculpture Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Visitor Center, Barnard's Diana Center, and Penn's Center for Nanotechnology. Current projects include the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and a research and development hub for Cornell Tech's groundbreaking new campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Weiss has also taught design studios at Harvard University, Cornell University, and was the EeroSaarinen Visiting Professor at Yale University. She has been honored with the Academy Award for Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Architectural League's Emerging Voices Award, Harvard's International VR Green Urban Design Award, the New York AIA Gold Medal of Honor, and her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Louvre, and the Guggenheim Museum. Weiss received her Master of Architecture at Yale University. She is a fellow of the AIA and a National Academy inductee.
Storefront's programming is made possible through general support from Arup; DS+R; F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.; Gaggenau; KPF; MADWORKSHOP; ODA; Roger Ferris + Partners; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; The Greenwich Collection Ltd.; the Lily Auchincloss Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; The Peter T. Joseph Foundation; and by Storefront's Board of Directors, members, and individual donors.
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NSU's coalition to end sexual assault reviewed and renewed its memorandum of understanding with several local agencies Friday, meeting required mandates in awareness, prevention, referring and reporting sexual misconduct. NSU has an agreement with parish law enforcement, healthcare providers and advocacy groups that delineates procedures for reporting, investigating and adjudicating cases quickly and fairly.
Maggio and Natchitoches Parish D-A Billy Joe Harrington signed documents in a renewal of NSU's policies on handling cases of sexual misconduct.


MKS "Warta" volleyball section was founded in 1972.
In 1984 the club was promoted to interprovincial league. After the season 1958/1986 Warta was 2nd, but lost in play-off tournament.
In the end in 1993 Warta won in play-offs and was celebrating promotion to II league with Marian Kustra as a coach.
After promotion Centralna Techniczno-Handlowa became owner of the team which was playing in II league as CTH Warta Zawiercie. In the season 1993/1994 came 2nd. One year later financial problems started and the team was withdrawn from the competition.
In the season 1995/1996 Warta was took over by TKKF Stadio Este. However it was just a temporary rescue for the section, because in 1997 men volleyball in Zawiercie was closed down.
The club was reactivated in 2011 as KS Aluron Warta Zawiercie. In three seasons was promoted to the I league where was playing from the season 2014/2015 (already as Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie).
In the season 2016/2017 the team from Zawiercie finished 1st in I league, then through play-offs qualified for the top division (PlusLiga) playing as Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie SA.


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Завада — персоналии и топоним:

Персоналии
 Завада, Богдан Алексеевич (1979—2014) — Герой Украины.
 Завада, Виктор Степанович (1912—1967) — советский футболист.
 Завада, Вилем (1905—1982) — чешский поэт и переводчик, заслуженный писатель Чехословакии.
 Завада, Пал (род. 1954) — венгерский социолог и писатель словацкого происхождения.

Топоним
 Завада — село в Прешовском крае Словакии.
 Завада — село в Мостисском районе Львовской области Украины.
Завада — деревня в Замойском повяте Люблинского воеводства Польши.

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Il Controguerra Passerina è un vino DOC la cui produzione è consentita nella provincia di Teramo.

Caratteristiche organolettiche
colore: giallo paglierino con riflessi dorati
odore: tenue
sapore: fresco, sapido

Storia

Abbinamenti consigliati
Aperitivi
Antipasti poco salati
Pesce bollito

Produzione
Provincia, stagione, volume in ettolitri
Teramo  (1996/97)  207,62

Vini DOC della provincia di Teramo
Vini DOC e DOCG prodotti con uva Passerina


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Evening Bell
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The Conquering Lion / Outro


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