Five of Arlington’s seven-member General Assembly delegation voted in support of a measure that will limit the power of governors to act unilaterally for an indeterminate period in a crisis.
Legislation sponsored by state Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Roanoke) on March 9 cleared the House of Delegates on a 91-8 vote, following earlier passage in the state Senate by a margin of 29-11. Gov. Youngkin is expected to sign the bill.
The measure is in some ways a rebalancing of executive-vs.-legislative relationship in the commonwealth during the COVID era. The Old Dominion’s previous governor, Ralph Northam, used existing emergency powers to impose executive orders that ran on indefinitely in some cases.
“Limiting the duration of unilateral emergency executive orders with the force of law is critical to restoring checks and balances in the commonwealth,” Suetterlein said in a statement after the measure passed the House of Delegates.
(Once passage was in the bag, Suetterlein – who gained bipartisan support in both houses for it – decided the time was right to add a partisan jab. “It is important that we do this while we have a reasonable governor like Glenn Youngkin, because the kind of governor that would need these limits would never sign them into law in the first place,” he said.)
The new law has two pieces, one taking effect July 1 of this year and the other a year later. It effectively limits executive orders issued by the governor under an emergency/disaster declaration to a duration of 45 days, and prohibits a governor from extending or issuing a similar executive order on the same topic during the course of a declared emergency, unless the General Assembly acts to ratify the actions.
Current state law makes executive orders issued under an emergency declaration valid until June 30 following the next regular session of the General Assembly, giving them lives of a year or more.
Suetterlein had proposed the measure in both the 2020 and 2021 General Assembly sessions, but it was not acted on by what then were Democratic majorities in each house and Northam as governor.
Two Senate Democrats – Chap Petersen and Lynwood Lewis – co-sponsored the 2022 version in the Senate, assuring it of passage despite that party’s 21-19 control of the body. Among the 11 “no” votes were Arlington senators Adam Ebbin and Barbara Favola. (Janet Howell, who also represents the county, was among 10 Democrats supporting the measure.)
In the House of Delegates, all four Arlington members – Patrick Hope, Alfonso Lopez, Rip Sullivan and Elizabeth Bennett-Parker – were among the 39 of 48 House Democrats who joined all 52 Republicans in backing the bill (SB 4).


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David Bowie will forever be remembered within the stars. Belgian radio station Studio Brussel and American observatory MIRA partnered to register an entire constellation in memory of the late musician. Bowie fans can write Bowie memories and lyrics onto Google Sky digitization of the constellation, which is in the shape of the lightning bolt made iconic by the Aladdin Sane album cover. Referring to his various albums, these seven stars were chosen — Sigma Librae, Spica, Alpha Virginis, Zeta Centauri, SAA 204 132, and the Beta Sigma Octantis Trianguli Australis — in the vicinity of Mars. The constellation is a copy of the iconic Bowie lightning and was recorded at the exact time of his death.
The constellation is one of many David Bowie tributes from the past week. Comedian Fred Armisen gave a heartfelt speech on Saturday Night Live. Astronaut Chris Hadfield sent his love from space. Concerts and memorials sprung up across London, where the artist was born and raised.

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Concepts of modern prosthodontics (esthetic and functional analysis).
Case analysis (esthetic and functional analysis).
Initial impressions. Analog and digital workflow.
Diagnosis and diagnostic procedures.
Dental photography (digital case design).
Articulators and face bow, which ones and when to use them.
Occlusal concepts in modern prosthodontics.
Practical Part I (live patient and hands on)
Photographic documentation, initial impressions, face bow registration.
Treatment position according to the prosthetic space.
Occlusal registration (CR or MI).
Altering the VDO according the prosthetic space.
The use of anterior deprogrammer and occlusal splints.
Full mouth rehabilitations. Diagnosis and treatment sequence.
Practical Part II (live patient and hands on)
Anterior deprogrammer, Stabilization appliance, mounting models in the articulator.
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Alfred Sofer MD serves both men and women in the community of Bridgeport and its surrounding areas. It provides a wide range of surgical services, such as Brazillian butt lift, breast implants, body contouring, eyelid surgery, and tummy tuck. Its team performs laser hair removal procedures and utilizes The Apogee Elite Aesthetic Workstation to treat different skin types and colors. The clinic also handles microdermabrasion and YAG skin rejuvenation. Its owner and founder, Alfred Sofer, is a board-certified plastic surgeon.
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DUBLIN, Mar. 04, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/p2x8cs/video) has announced the addition of the "Video Conferencing Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 - 2020" report to their offering.
The global video conferencing market was valued at US$ 3.31 Bn and is expected to reach US$ 6.40 Bn by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 9.36% during the forecast period 2014 to 2020.
Video conferencing solutions are widely accepted in the global corporate enterprises segment owing to significant benefits such as operational efficiency and cost reduction. With the increasing need to lower operating costs and travelling expenditure in government operations, there has been an increase in adoption of video conferencing solutions in the public sector. In addition, increasing applications in the defense sector have led to the growth of this market. Rising expenditure in telemedicine and applications such as remote patient monitoring, diagnosis and tele-consultation have led to the rising popularity of video conferencing solutions in the healthcare industry. Other applications including distance learning and web-seminars are expected to drive the growth of the video conferencing market in the education sector. Video conferencing solutions have also found usage in the media and entertainment industry for broadcasting special interactive events.
North America video conferencing market led the overall video conferencing market in terms of revenue in 2013 owing to significant adoption of video conferencing solutions in the region across the business and government sector. Europe held the second largest revenue share of the overall video conferencing market in 2013. However, economic slowdown and reduced public expenditure in the region are impacting the growth of the video conferencing market in Europe. Video conferencing market in Asia Pacific is expected to achieve significant growth during the forecast period 2014 to 2020. Increasing demand from countries including India and China are expected to primarily drive the growth of this market in this region. Opportunities from other regions including Latin America and the Middle East are expected to further drive the growth of the video conferencing market during the forecast period 2014 to 2020.
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Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Executive Summary
Chapter 3 Global Video Conferencing Market Overview
Chapter 4 Global Video Conferencing Market, by Deployment Type
Chapter 5 Global Video Conferencing Market, by End-use Industry
Chapter 6 Global Video Conferencing Market, Revenue and Forecast, By Geography
Chapter 7 Company Profiles
- Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Avaya, Inc.
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- InterCall (West Corporation)
- Lifesize (Division of Logitech International S.A.)
- Microsoft Corporation
- Polycom, Inc.
- Vidyo, Inc.
- ZTE Corporation
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VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) – Technology workers in Russia are looking for safer and more secure career pastures.
By one estimate, as many as 70,000 computer professionals were horrified by the sudden frost In the business and political climate, the country has withdrawn since Russia invaded Ukraine five weeks ago. Much is expected to follow.
For some countries, Russia’s loss They are seen as a potential gain and an opportunity to bring new expertise to their high-tech industries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has observed the brain drain even in the midst of a war that, according to the United Nations refugee agency, has caused more than 4 million people to flee Ukraine. Millions of others are displaced within the country.
Putin’s reaction this week To the immigration of tech professionals by approving legislation to abolish income taxes between now and 2024 for individuals who work for IT companies.
Some in the new broad group of high-tech exiles say they are in no hurry to return home. An elite crowd with EU visas moved to Poland or the Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania.
A larger group of countries where Russians do not need visas has declined: Armenia, Georgia and the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. In normal times, millions of less skilled workers from those economically fragile countries migrate to the relatively more prosperous Russia.
Anastasia, 24, is an independent computer systems analyst from the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Kyrgyzstan, where her husband has a family.
When we heard about the war on (February 24), we thought it was time to leave, but we might just wait and see. On February 25, we bought our tickets and left,” Anastasia said. “There wasn’t much thought to do.”
Like all Russian workers contacted for this story, Anastasia requested anonymity. Moscow was cracking down on the opposition even before the invasion of UkraineStill, people living outside Russia fear reprisals.
“For as long as I can remember, there has always been a fear about expressing one’s views in Russia,” said Anastasia, adding that war and the “background noise of patriotism” made the environment more deprived. “I left one day before I started searching for and interrogating people at the border.”
Sergei Belgotarenko, head of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications, an industry lobby group, revealed the apparent brain drain last week.
“The first wave – 50,000-70,000 people – has already left,” Belgotarenko told a parliamentary committee.
Only the high cost of flights outside the country prevented a larger mass exodus. Belgotarenko predicted that another 100,000 technical workers may leave Russia in April.
Konstantin Senyuchin, managing partner at Untitled Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital fund based in Latvia, said Russian tech companies with international clients have no choice but to move because many foreign companies are quickly distancing themselves from anything related to Russia.
“They had to leave the country so their business could survive, or in the case of R&D workers, they were relocated by headquarters,” Senyuchen wrote in email notes.
Untitled projects assist with immigration; Senyuchen said the company had planned two trips to Armenia, carrying 300 technical workers from Russia.
Some neighboring countries are eager to reap profits.
Russian talent is poised for poaching. The 2020 Global Skills Index Report published by Coursera, a leading provider of open online courses, found that people from Russia scored the highest in skills proficiency in technology and data science.
As soon as the war broke out in Ukraine, the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan simplified the process of obtaining work visas and residence permits for IT professionals.
Even before the incentives were announced, Anton Filippov, a mobile app programmer from Saint Petersburg, and the team of freelancers he works with moved to Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, where he grew up.
“On February 24, it was as if we had just woken up to this different terrible truth,” Filipov said. “We are all very young, under 27, and so we were afraid of being called into this war.”
As the in-demand tech workers explore their options, their communities are like a traveling caravan. Some countries, such as Uzbekistan, are chosen as starting points because Russian citizens do not need visas for short stays. But young professionals like Filippov don’t necessarily plan to stay where they first landed.
“If the conditions they find are different from those they were promised, they will simply move forward,” he said.
In many cases, entire companies are looking to relocate to avoid the repercussions of international sanctions. A senior diplomat from another Russian neighbour, Kazakhstan, made an outspoken plea this week for foreign companies to flee to his country.
Kazakhstan looks to high-tech investors with particular interest as the country tries to diversify its economy that relies on oil exports. In 2017, the government set up a technology park in the capital, Nur-Sultan, offering tax breaks, preferential loans and grants to anyone willing to set up shop there.
Uptake has been moderate so far, but the hope is that the Russian brain drain will give this initiative ample opportunity in the arm.
The accounts of Russian companies are frozen and their dealings are not carried out. “They are trying to retain customers, and one of the opportunities is to go to Kazakhstan,” said Arman Abdurasilov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zerde Holding, an investment fund in Almaty, the business hub of Kazakhstan.
However, not all countries are so enthusiastic.
“Russian companies or start-ups cannot move to Lithuania,” said Inga Simanonet, an advisor to the Baltic State’s Minister of Economy and Innovation. “We are not working with any Russian company with possible relocation to Lithuania, and the ministry has suspended all applications for start-up visas since February 24.”
Security concerns and suspicions that Russians might spy or engage in malicious cyber actions abroad are making some governments wary about welcoming economic refugees into the country.
The IT sector in Russia is closely related to security services. “The problem is that without a very strong vetting process, we risk importing parts of Russia’s criminal system,” Lithuanian political analyst Marius Laurinavicius told The Associated Press.
Siniushin, managing partner at Untitled Ventures, urges Western countries to open their doors so that employers can take advantage of the extraordinary employment opportunity created by the war.
“The more talent Europe or the United States can extract from Russia today, the greater the benefits for these new innovators, whose potential will be fully realized abroad, to other countries,” he said.
Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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There are two particularly meaningful books that I have come across lately that specifically address the relationship between parents with their children. Both are rather unique in their approach to assuring children that their parents/caregivers love them. Both books are by Boyds Mill Press.
The first book is called Red Sledand it is by Patricia Thomas. This is an early reader book (4-6 words per page spread) about a young boy who wants to go out and play in the snow. He has a red sled that is just sitting out there begging to be used. The dad in this book notices his young son’s desire to go out and play and suggests that they do so. The father-son duo run out and frolic and play in the snow. They have a wonderful time together and the book concludes with the words: “Glad lad. Glad dad. Red sled.” This is a fantastic book for daddies to read to their little boys after playing in the snow with them. This is just a great cozy read, perfect for ages 1-4.
The second book, Dear Child, is more neutral when it comes to defining parents. It is essentially a letter written by the parents to their child. In this book the child is told how much more wonderful life on this planet earth has become for the parent upon their arrival. It is a book that affirms the worth of each and every child who is loved by someone who is caring for them. The way this book is illustrated makes this a good fit for adopted families, especially, as races and cultures are blended throughout the book. Dear Child by John Farrell is a perfect “Welcome to the World” or “Welcome to our family” gift. I was very impressed by the taste of the book and also affirmation for the child. Think “I’ll Love You Forever” but with a more multicultural feel to it.
Lastly I came across discussing the differences between siblings in My Brother and I, published by All About Kids publishing. This is the story of two brothers who are as different and unique as individuals can be. One is artsy and one enjoys climbing trees. They might not always like to do the same things and they might not always get along, but when a bully stands between them they understand that even though they are different, they love each other very much. I can see this being a great book to use for siblings who need a gentle reminder to love one another. Illustrated by Phyllis Harris, this book is very heart warming.
All three books promote family in uniquely different ways and are worth taking a peek at, in my opinion. Enjoy!
Carrie comes by her book obsession honestly, having descended from a long line of bibliophiles. She blogs about books regularly at Reading to Know.

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It is by far the largest moon of Saturn and until Ganymede took over the leadership, it was considered the largest in the Solar System. Of course, it is greater than Mercury. It is also the only moon in the entire Solar System that has a dense atmosphere ; in fact, the atmospheric pressure is 60% higher than on our own planet. It is also, along with Earth, the only atmosphere in which the main component is nitrogen (about 95%): the rest is methane followed by an eclectic mix of organic components.
The surface of Titan was a complete mystery until the arrival of the Cassini mission to Saturn . In fact, when Voyager 1 passed within 4,000 km of its surface in November 1980, we could only see it cloaked in an orange atmosphere , impenetrable to the probe’s camera lenses; It was then that observations made in the infrared and ultraviolet range revealed that this moon was submerged in a nitrogen atmosphere. It was even thought that there could be an ocean of liquid nitrogen on its surface.
But in June 2004 the Cassini mission, which carried the Huygens module – expressly designed to reach the surface of Titan (it was the first time we landed on a body in the outer Solar System) – we were able to partially lift that veil of mystery. Cassini mapped its surface and studied the chemical reactions taking place in its atmosphere , while Huygens took all kinds of data on its descent. This probe was a complete success because it not only survived the landing but was able to transmit data for an hour from the icy surface, until its batteries ran out. The information collected by the complex Cassini-Huygens mission has revealed to us a world surprisingly similar to Earth but the product of completely different chemistry and climatology. One of those similarities is, for example, that it has seasons that last 7.5 Earth years. We have even been able to witness a change of season: from autumn to winter at the south pole and the beginning of summer in the north.
On Titan it rains, but not water. Images from the VLT in Chile and the Keck telescope in Hawaii taken in 2005 and 2006 showed for the first time a huge cloud covering almost the entire moon as persistent drizzle fell west of the foothills of Titan’s largest continent, Xanadu. And it was a methane rain.
On Earth we usually think of methane as a gas, but on Titan’s cool surface this simple hydrocarbon (consisting of one carbon bonded to four hydrogens) is a liquid . There, instead of the water cycle, the methane cycle takes place. Rain rarely reaches the surface; normally the methane evaporates before it hits the ground, as it sometimes does in some deserts on Earth. On the other hand, downpours are very rare, only occurring once every few centuries. Of course, when it happens they usually last for months.
Titan is a world with lakes and seas of methane and ethane – the second simplest hydrocarbon, with two carbons and six hydrogens – near the poles, and vast arid regions with hydrocarbon-rich dunes around the equator. You can also see channels that, although dry most of the time, there is no doubt that they were carved by methane rivers. In certain places, steep valleys and deep cliffs can be seen, giving the moon a rugged appearance, while in others, such as the Huygens landing zone, they are flat and desert-like, with broken terrain made up of small icy cobblestones. .
With a ground level temperature of -180º C, the possibility of finding liquid water would be crazy , but surprisingly there is some circumstantial evidence that suggests that it may not be : certain brightly colored drainage patterns, totally different from the dark ones produced by hydrocarbon rivers. How is it possible? The only plausible explanation is that there is low-temperature volcanic activity, or cryovolcanism, caused by the tidal forces of Saturn.
In Titan’s atmosphere , dominated by nitrogen, a frenetic chemical activity is observed, produced both by ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and, above all, by the rain of highly energetic particles that are accelerated when they enter Saturn’s powerful magnetic field. This continuous bombardment causes the appearance of free radicals – fragments of molecules with free electrons – that end up joining together to form more complex molecules. The Cassini probe detected propylene (the second most used compound in the chemical industry worldwide), the poisonous hydrogen cyanide (better known as prussic acid, which smells like bitter almonds) and acetylene , a very energetic hydrocarbon that is composed of two carbons joined to each other by a triple bond and each of them, in addition, with a hydrogen. In the atmosphere, acetylene forms small solid particles that end up depositing on the surface.
And if on Earth this compound must be handled with extreme care because it is highly explosive, on the icy surface of Titan, where all chemical reactions take place at an unbearably slow rate, acetylene is the ideal compound to promote the appearance of organic molecules more complex. Some of these compounds, created from methane and nitrogen, cause Titan to be covered in a peculiar smog, an orange haze that hides its surface. Meanwhile, heavier hydrocarbons settle to the ground, playing the role of “sand” in equatorial dune fields. Methane, for its part, condenses in the atmosphere forming clouds, which end up unleashing storms.
But where does all that methane come from? Nobody knows. Why are there still large amounts of methane in the atmosphere? Sunlight continuously breaks down the molecules of this hydrocarbon, so there must be a reservoir of this compound somewhere, otherwise everything would have disappeared by now. Where is? This is another of the great mysteries of Titan.
From the gravimetric measurements carried out by the Cassini probe , planetologists think that there is an ocean of water and ammonia under its surface , at a depth of between 55 and 80 km. With all this, it is not uncommon for astrobiologists to have speculated about what life might be like there. Obviously it would be totally different from what we know, based on totally strange chemistry at very low temperatures and in absolutely unthinkable conditions. And the implications for our understanding of how life appears and evolves in the universe would be even more unthinkable.


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RETREET redefines disaster relief by engaging communities to replant lost trees.
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL vol.112
A major construction project is underway on the east coast of the US, one that will allow cyclists to visit 15 states on a single bike path. Stretching 3,000 miles, The East Coast Greenway will showcase 450 communities visitors on two-wheels, providing an amazing opportunity to travel the country. Let's do it!
EAST COAST GREENWAY (photo essay/video)
A massive fire swept through part of Spain in 2012, charring thousands of acres. When the ashes settled, a startling discovery was made. A group of cypress trees still stood tall and green. But why? Could these trees be used to lessen the impact future wildfires? Read about the enigma of the trees that resist the flames.
FIRE RESISTANT TREES (article)
Ramadan ended on July 5th, but this story continues to inspire. A 26-year-old woman named Nouran Salah in Egypt created a successful initiative to feed the poor by bicycle. She and her following deliver meals each of the 30 days of Ramadan, bringing Iftar to those in need. Learn more about Bel Bicycle below.
FEEDING THE POOR BY BICYCLE IN EGYPT (photo essay/video)
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL vol.106
We've seen folding bicycles before, but the GI FlyBike really takes the cake. This futuristic ride halves in size in seconds and makes for easy storage. This is clip we could watch again and again. And again.
GI FLYBIKE (video)
Happy Birthday to the world's oldest tree! Methuselah, a bristlecone pine, just turned 4,847. It's exact location is kept a secret by the US Forest Service in order to protect it, though we know it stands somewhere in the Great Basin. Here's to many more years!
WORLD'S OLDEST TREE (short article)
What's better than a public food forest? One that floats! Swale, an edible tourist attraction built on a barge, is set to disembark this June in NYC. If you have a chance, check it out.
FLOATING FOOD FOREST (article)
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We've been in LA this week laying the foundation for our west coast launch and planting the seed of a new and robust branch of the RETREET community. It's been an amazing experience, the continuation of work begun in late January.
In the long-term, we aim to hold a RETREET in one of the many wildfire areas in California within the next year. In the short-term, we are fostering relationships with local likeminded organizations in order to augment and connect their existing programs and, by doing so, introduce new people to their missions and ours. For this Sunday Show & Tell, we thought we'd try something a little different and highlight a few of our favorite future partners.
Ron Finley is a true force of nature. Known far and wide as The Gangsta Gardener, Ron is flipping the script in his neighborhood and around the world by getting people invested in their communities and themselves through growing food. Believe it or not, what you put in your mouth matters. It was incredible to spend time with Ron in his magnificent garden and hear his powerful message: less talking and more doing. Watch Ron's TED Talk and get to it. Let's plant some shit!
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Founded in 2011 by actor Bill Pullman and his wife Tamara, Hollywood Orchard engages community by planting, caring for, and harvesting neighborhood fruit trees. They share food in open-air pop up kitchens and events in Beachwood Canyon and support local food charity organizations.
For part of our trip, we had the pleasure of staying with John and Bella Allen, who are developing a community center called The Birdhouse - a place where birds of a feather can flock together and hatch ideas. More on that, and future plantings, coming soon.
Founded by environmental visionary Andy Lipkis in 1973, TreePeople grows a green and climate-resilient Los Angeles, one with enough tree canopy, healthy soil, and clean local water in even its most urban neighborhoods. They work with communities to transform LA’s landscapes into living, healthy watersheds: in homes, neighborhoods and schools, in local mountains, and at their 45-acre park. They also have deep roots working with policymakers to demonstrate new green and viable infrastructure solutions for a sustainable city.
Andy told us something that will resonate for years to come. There is a special element in the DNA of RETREET. It's the reason our mission resonates with people and it must remain the focus of our organization. Community is our heart and, if we stray from that center, the trees we plant won't grow. Heard. Learn more about Andy the TreePeople.
There's so much more to say, but that's a good start. Stay tuned!
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There are a lot of rules governing the production of road bicycles, especially those used in races like the Tour de France. Standardized dimensions, materials, and functionality are set by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and must be strictly followed. One designer, Robert Egger of Specialized, decided to throw all of that out the window and push the limits of possibility. Behold the fruits of his labor, the FUCI. Yes, the name means what you think it means.
SPECIALIZED CONCEPT BIKE (video/article)
Speaking of rules, did you know that all trees break at essentially the same windspeed? 94/mph. Explore why at the link below.
HOW WIND BREAKS TREES (short article)
Trees give us so many edible delights. What better place to plan a foodie expedition than in the forest? Check out The Forager, a bicycle that enables you to scout, prepare, and consume the bounty that awaits.
ULTIMATE FOODIE BIKE (photos/article)
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. Veterans Day, still called by its original names Armistice Day and Remembrance Day in many parts of the world, was created to celebrate the end of that unprecedented conflict, which took place on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. One project in the U.K. wants to commemorate the sacrifices made by millions during that time by planting four Centenary Woods across the country. What an amazing example of the healing power of trees!
CENTENARY WOODS (video)
In Nuenen, Netherlands, artist Daan Roosegaarde unveiled a bicycle path inspired by Van Gogh's famous painting Starry Night. His dreamy pathway is enough to make even the most timid cyclist want to take a night ride.
VAN GOGH BICYCLE PATH (photos)
The Beacon Hill neighborhood in Seattle, Washington has built an urban food forest on 7 acres of public land. Located in one of the most diverse zip codes in the United States, their neighborhood community has come together to grow their own food to rehabilitate the local ecosystem, improve public health and educate about the climate impact of food production.
BEACON FOOD FOREST (video)
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In Japan, fallen maple leaves become a delicious snack after a little bit of frying with sweetened tempura batter. Speaking of fallen leaves, read some excellent tips for what to do with yours instead of stuffing them into trash bags. HINT: trees feed themselves!
You may have heard of the Copenhagen Wheel, which sources say will revolutionize urban transportation. But do you know what makes is so special and what the fuss is all about? Watch a short news clip that explains.


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Daniel Stein talked about U.S. immigration policy and the economic and national security issues related to immigration.
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Geno Auriemma signs new contract to stay at UConn
STORRS, Conn. — Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma has signed a new $10.86 million contract, a deal designed to keep him at the school through the 2017-18 season, UConn announced Wednesday.
The 59-year-old Hall of Famer, who has coached at UConn since 1985, will make $1.95 million in salary, speaking fees and media fees in the next year. That will gradually increase to $2.4 million in the final year of the five-year contract.
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The Stone Girl
1. To die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
2. To suffer severely from hunger.
3. To suffer from extreme need.
4. To feel a strong need or desire.
Sethie Weiss is hungry, a mean, angry kind of hunger that feels like a piece of glass in her belly. She’s managed to get down to 111 pounds and knows that with a little more hard work—a few more meals skipped, a few more snacks vomited away—she can force the number on the scale even lower. She will work on her body the same way she worked to get her perfect grades, to finish her college applications early, to get her first kiss from Shaw, the boy she loves, the boy who isn’t quite her boyfriend.
Sethie will not allow herself one slip, not one bad day, not one break in concentration. Her body is there for her to work on when everything and everyone else—her best friend, her schoolwork, and Shaw—are gone. From critically acclaimed writer Alyssa B. Sheinmel comes an unflinching and unparalleled portrayal of one girl’s withdrawal, until she is sinking like a stone into her own illness, her own loneliness—her own self.
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Authentic…vivid and painfully truthful.
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Third-person, present-tense narration adds an additional level of edginess…vividly depicted.
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Sheinmel proves there’s a lot more to an eating disorder than food, or the lack thereof.
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Chilling…The details show the ugliness and heartbreaking aspects of anorexia/bulimia…A compelling take on a common theme in young adult literature.
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Sethie’s plight will resonate not only with teens who have dealt with eating disorders but with any reader who has felt the unyielding pressure to conform to a just out-of-reach ideal.
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Sheinmel succeeded in creating a character that every teen will likely relate to and want to help. This is an important story, one of eating disorders and depression, one that teens might need to read for themselves or for a friend.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – High Point’s Zander Wiel and Brian Parreira each homered as part of a 14-hit attack and the Rockers defeated Lexington for the second straight night 7-2 at Counter Clocks Field. Rockers centerfielder D.J. Burt reached base for the 50th consecutive game, tying what is believed to be an Atlantic League record.
The Rockers improved to 61-34 overall and 20-12 in the second half of the Atlantic League season. The Rockers took a one-game lead in the South Division over Gastonia as the Honey Hunters dropped a 2-1 decision at home to York on Wednesday night to fall to 19-13 in the second half.
After a scoreless first inning, Quincy Latimore started the second with a single to left off Lexington starter Aaron Ochsenbein (L, 7-5) and stole second. Latimore moved to third on Beau Taylor’s fly ball to center before scoring on Zander Wiel’s single to left to give the Rockers a 1-0 lead. Daikan Yoh and Emmanuel Tapia each followed with singles to load the bases. Ryan Grotjohn’s single scored both Wiel and Yoh and gave High Point a 3-0 lead after two.
Lexington tallied its first runs in the third when Mitch Ghelfi singled off Neil Ramirez (W, 2-2) and Zach Watson homered to left to make it a 3-2 game.
In the fourth, Tapia was on second via a ground rule double when Grotjohn singled him home to put the Rockers up 4-2.
A solo homer from Wiel leading off the sixth, his 22nd of the year, put the Rockers up 5-2. That lead grew to 7-2 in the seventh when Ben Aklinski singled, stole second, and scored on a homer by Brian Parreira.
Ramirez went five innings and limited the Counter Clocks to four hits while striking out one and issuing one walk. Taylor Guerrieri threw a scores sixth and Sam Selman did the same in the seventh. Jameson McGrane fanned two in shutting out the ‘Clocks in the eighth and Ryan Dull worked around a leadoff double by J.C. Encarnacion in the ninth to retire the final three batters of the game.
Grotjohn finished with a game-high three RBI along with three hits.
Thursday’s series finale will start at 6:45 p.m. at Counter Clocks Field. The game will be streamed live on FLO Baseball and also available on the Mixlr app.
NOTES: High Point’s D.J. Burt singled in the fifth inning to reach base for the 50th consecutive game… That matches the streak of York’s Carlos Franco in 2022… It is the longest streak in the Atlantic League since 2019… It is believed to be the longest streak in Atlantic League history… Wiel’s home run was the 54th of his High Point career, putting him one in front of Latimore for the franchise career record.


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ANOTHER organisation has signed up to the Gazette’s green campaign and that is the Association of North East Councils.
Councillor Mick Henry, who chairs the Association, said: "The Association is delighted to join the Renew, Reuse, Recycle Campaign.
"The Association, as the political voice for local government in the North-east, has been championing environmental well-being since it launched its 2006/07 Manifesto in September last year.
"We recognise the growing importance of environmental issues, not least in respect of climate change.
"On behalf of the region's 25 councils, we have recently launched a working group looking into climate change which will make a series of recommendations to councils
"The environment and our climate affects us all and we can all do something about this, be it as councils, communities, businesses, governments or as individuals.
"We must work in partnership to create the best possible changes and the Renew, Reuse, Recycle campaign is an excellent example of this approach."


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RNH looked good defensively at the WJC to me. I honestly haven't watched Hall enough to form an opinion, but I think that you are missing my point.
First line players on good, championship calibre teams cannot be one dimensional like Kessel is.
Offensive players need to have somewhat of a defensive conscious to be truly successful and I have seen no evidence that
Kessel will ever develop into anything more than what he is:
a good scorer on a bad team.
Well then maybe you should watch more hockey.
By your analysis both Hall and RNH are one dimensional players. Go around and ask people about that and see how it goes.
And to the bold, we've heard that song and dance before.
Kessel isn't good without an elite center - Savard. He wouldn't even crack 30G. 3 30 G seasons later with Tyler Bozak and that tune has changed.
Then it was Kessel is a good goal scorer but a 60 point 2nd line winger. What you see is what you get. After a full 82PTS 82 games season that has changed too.
Now it's well Kessel is a good scorer on a bad team and thus bad teams never have any players that are GREAT - fact.
Which is hilarious and amusing. Thank you for brightening my day
I suppose the follow list of players are secondary players as well since they play on a bad team and/or minus hockey players.
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Bacterial Communities in the Glenmore Reservoir with an emphasis on the Cyanobacteria
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Lakes and reservoirs play an essential role as a source for freshwater that can be potable after proper treatment, or for irrigation to meet the water needs of the population, industry, and agriculture. However, freshwaters bodies face significant challenges (including pollutant loads and climate change) that may lead to water quality degradation; among these are taste and odour events and harmful bacterial blooms. In Calgary, Alberta, Canada, runoff from agriculture and residential development in urbanized watersheds also contributes to water quality deterioration in the Elbow River, which flows into the Glenmore Reservoir and serves as one of the primary sources of drinking water for the city. While harmful algal blooms (i.e., Cyanobacteria) have not occurred in the Glenmore Reservoir historically, increased pressures (e.g., stormwater discharges, potential erosion and runoff after wildfire) on source water quality in the city’s wildfire-prone source watersheds have the potential to increase nutrient (especially bioavailable phosphorus) loading to the reservoir; this can promote algal blooms (City of Calgary, 2018). Therefore, to enable identification of source water quality shifts and treatment challenges that may impact the provision of adequate amounts of safe drinking water, it is important to monitor both water quality and bacterial and cyanobacterial communities within the reservoir. This research focused on identifying and detecting the bacterial and cyanobacterial communities that present in oligotrophic Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary, AB. The 16S rRNA gene next-generation sequencing (NGS) was applied to investigate bacterial and cyanobacterial composition in the reservoir and detect any problematic taxa that may lead to concerns regarding the quality of the drinking water. Major findings revealed that Actinobacteria, which are known to produce geosmin and 2-MIB (taste and odour compounds), were the second most dominant phylum and may be metabolically active residents due to their adaptation to nutrient-poor environments and thus potential sources of T&O (taste and odour). In addition, sequences from the cyanobacterial community matched two potential toxin-producing genera: Synechococcus sp. and Planktothrix agardhii. This preliminary analysis can provide baseline information against which subsequent, more detailed investigations of reservoir bacterial and cyanobacterial communities may be compared.
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Bequests, Estates, Gifts, Trusts, and Wills
This accession consists of will and codicils, financial statements regarding estates, correspondence with executors, amps showing location of deeded property, and memoranda by Smithsonian Institution employees on the status of probation of wills.
This accession consists of records documenting the meetings of the Board of Trustees. Materials include minutes, calendars, contact information, and related materials.
Board of Trustees Files
This accession consists of minutes and materials from the board of trustees meetings at the National Museum of African Art. The board began in 1979 as the Commission of the Museum of African Art when the Smithsonian Institution first acquired the museum. With the name change of the museum in 1981, the …
This accession includes records documenting the administrative activities of S. Dillon Ripley, Robert McCormick Adams, Ira Michael Heyman, Lawrence M. Small, and G. Wayne Clough during their tenures as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The records pertain to legal issues such as deeds, leases, wills, and agreements in regard to …
Coal and Gas Trust Investigation Collection
The papers document an investigation by M.L. Webb, an attorney from Massachusetts, into possible trust violations by the coal and gas industry of New England, New Jersey, and Delaware in the late nineteenth century. Documents assembled by Webb include patents, stock records, photographs, correspondence, hand written notes, published materials, and investigation notebooks.
These files were assembled by the management and staff of the Cooper Union Museum, and later the Cooper Hewitt Museum, to document their activities during discussions about the Museum's future and its transfer from the Cooper Union to the Smithsonian Institution from 1963 to 1970. The records contain correspondence and memoranda of …
Alexander Francis Harmer papers and Alexander Francis Harmer Trust records
Alexander Franis Harmer papers include: letters, 1882-1920, to Harmer from artists Frank Stephens, Thomas Eakins (illustrated; providing instructions on how to make a camera), and Thomas Anshutz (writing about the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), also curator Hector Alliot, Captain John G. Bourke, Editor of "The Land of Sunshine," Charles …
Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 27 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M816. These digital surrogates reproduced 55 volumes containing signatures of and personal identification data about depositors in 29 branch offices of the Freedman's Saving and Trust Company, 1865–1874.
Marcella Brenner journals
Approximately 120 journals, calendars, and datebooks written by Marcella Brenner subsequent to the death of her second husband, Morris Louis. The journals contains accounts from memory of Brenner's life with Louis.
Chaloner Prize Foundation records
The records of Chaloner Prize Foundation measure 4.0 linear feet and date from 1915 to 1974. The records consist of the files of the two Secretaries, George F. Lewis and S. LeRoy French, and four of the Trustees, Charles Platt, William Rand, Olin Dows, and William Platt. Included within these records are correspondence, lists, files on award recipients, and three scrapbooks maintained by Dows. Also found within the collection are legal records, printed material, and financial records.

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An experienced diver, George Schulle was looking forward to a dive trip to the Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia. Located in Southeast Asia between the Indian and Pacific oceans, the collection of islands is known for its extremely diverse marine life. It is a top destination for the serious SCUBA diver.
A diver for 35 years and an instructor for 30, George has been on thousands of dives throughout the world, where he pursues his passion for photographing sea creatures and coral reefs.
After a winter storm dumped two feet of snow on the Bucks County area, his underwater aspirations were interrupted. George started to shovel the walkway around his Warminster home, as he'd done many times before. He felt light-headed and short of breath with discomfort in his chest.
"I knew something was wrong," says George, an athletic 68-year-old. He called his doctor, who told him to go to Doylestown Hospital. A cardiac catheterization revealed George had two clogged coronary arteries (the blood vessels that supply the heart). He needed bypass surgery to create a new path for blood to flow to his heart.
In the face of open-heart surgery, George told his doctors that he had a goal — to make his trip to Raja Ampat. Although this trip was just two months away, his care team was cautious, but encouraging.
"Nobody ever said, 'You can't do this,'" says George. "Everybody was working to get me to the point where I could do what I wanted."
Doylestown Health cardiothoracic surgeon, James McClurken, MD, performed double bypass surgery and, after several days in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, George returned home.
With his trip on the horizon, George wanted to be sure he'd be fit for his adventure. The itinerary included 31 dives planned over 10 days, and he would be staying on a boat eight hours away from medical facilities.
He followed doctor's orders and participated in the Cardiac Rehabilitation program at Doylestown Hospital, exercising under the close supervision of rehab specialists. Once he felt strong enough, George started walking for exercise with a friend. After successfully passing a stress test, he was cleared for the trip.
"When I got in the water, everything was back to normal. If I hadn't had that surgery, I probably would have died on that trip," says George, who continues to swim, work out at the gym and plan future dive trips.
"I appreciate how the Heart Institute team got me back to doing what I love."
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A strikingly talented painter from childhood, Giotto di Bondone spent his career focusing almost exclusively on frescoes that later influenced the likes of Masaccio, Michelangelo and Raphael. Di Bondone is often credited with being the father of the Renaissance for his devotion to physical and emotional accuracy in portraying humans, almost always saints and other religious figures.
Di Bondone was apprenticed at a very young age and spent his life working throughout Italy but primarily in Florence. He worked in the very earliest part of the Renaissance and was the first artist to break away from Byzantine styles and move toward naturalism and a clear sense of space.
Di Bondone's ultimate gift to the Renaissance was his unparalleled grasp of human emotion, which he was able to transfer in astoundingly accurate detail onto his work. Though his authorship is sometimes doubted due to lack of records, it is certain that di Bondone is responsible for the Stefaneschi Triptych, the Ognissanti Madonna and the Santa Croce Chapels in Florence.
However, his most famous work is the Scrovegni Chapel (often called the Arena Chapel) in Padua. Although very few of di Bondone's works have survived, his catalyst role in the Renaissance is indisputable.
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Little is known about Giotto di Bondone's family and personal life, but it is commonly accepted that he was born around 1266 in the village of Vespigano, Italy. He showed astonishing talent at a very young age and is said to have been apprenticed to the great Florentine painter Cimabue.
Legend has it that Cimabue asked permission from di Bondone's father to take young Giotto as an apprentice after seeing his startlingly life-like rock drawings of sheep.
Di Bondone spent his apprenticeship exploring Italy with his master and his reputation spread like wildfire, eventually prompting the poet Dante to praise him in verse, cryptically opining that he had far surpassed his master, Cimabue.
A happy and intelligent man, di Bondone, who fathered six children, had great wit and loved practical jokes. It is said that when a Pope's messenger arrived at di Bondone's house one day to request proof of his genius, he simply drew a perfect, red circle - in one stroke - and sent the messenger back.
Di Bondone's earliest known works, a series of frescoes (paintings on fresh, still-wet plaster) on the life of St. Francis in the church of Assisi, were completed in the mid-1290s. He executed his masterwork, the Scrovegni Chapel, in 1305.
Throughout his middle years di Bondone's fame grew exponentially, attracting the attention and eventual friendship both of the Pope and King Robert of Naples.
Di Bondone enjoyed a successful but relatively uneventful life in Italy though he had many friends and associates in the art world. In 1334, three years before his death, the city of Florence designated him Magnus Magister (Great Master) and appointed him head Florentine architect and chief of public works. He was in the middle of building the Campanile ('Giotto's Tower') in Florence when he died, and his successor and ardent follower, Andrea Pisano, assumed control of the building.
Di Bondone was a very wealthy, famous and successful artist when he died in 1337. He left behind all six children and an invaluable artistic foundation on which it is commonly believed that the Renaissance was built.
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Giotto di Bondone was almost completely self-taught; born into the midst of such painters as Pietro Cavallini and the great Duccio, he had at his disposal some of the greatest known late Medieval works.
Although apprenticed to a master who stringently adhered to a solidly Medieval style of painting, incorporating both the Gothic and Byzantine, Giotto's style evolved as much less stylized and elongated than that of Cimabue.
His early career was characterized by experimentation with tighter-than-normal brush strokes to create more realistic-looking subjects; his first known works, the frescoes on the life of St. Francis at the church of Assisi, are clear evidence of this technique.
Di Bondone continued to revise and refine his approach to representational painting throughout his career. It is even said that representational art found its highest expression at his hands.
Di Bondone chose to paint his subjects, the overwhelming majority of which were religious figures, in a solid and classicizing way reminiscent of Arnolfo di Cambio. Indeed, his masterpiece, the Scrovegni Chapel, is evidence of as much: di Bondone used meticulously sculpted subjects within compact spaces, along with naturalistic elements in all of the Chapel.
He also pioneered a unique style of painting in which the subjects are arranged in such a way as to make the viewer appear to have a place in the painting. This was a huge step away from the often distant tones of art in the Medieval period.
As di Bondone grew older, his subjects remained consistently religious in nature, but his style continued to develop. Toward the end of his life, he was commissioned to paint the Santa Croce Chapels in Florence. One chapel in particular, the Peruzzi Chapel, became especially renowned during Renaissance times for di Bondone's ingenious use of chiaroscuro and his masterful manipulation of perspective.
In the frescoes from this period that survived, it is clear that di Bondone's style had become more ornate, possibly as a result of the influence of the fledgling International Gothic Style.
Although Giotto was widely considered a pioneer in his adherence to naturalism, choosing to move away from traditional Byzantine stylizations, he took his cue from other Italian painters of the school of the Marmorarii.
The artists of this illustrious school included painters Nicolò Pisano, Pietro Cavallini and Duccio, along with mosaic-worker Jacopo Torriti. It is often said that while these artists initiated a return to naturalism and a focus on the beauty of the real human form, both found their highest expression in di Bondone.
Di Bondone lived and worked in Italy, the cradle of Catholic civilization, and his subjects were almost exclusively religious figures, such as saints, popes and angels.
It is not known whether di Bondone was especially devout, but his frescoes are found only in Catholic houses of worship, suggesting that he could have been deeply religious.
He was in high demand by churches and cathedrals throughout Italy for most of his life, having demonstrated time and again his unique ability to capture authenticity in the human face and body and apply it to his subjects.
As Giotto di Bondone is considered, in effect, the father of the Renaissance, it is impossible to list all of the artists who eventually followed his pioneering style and technique. However, it is certain that many High Renaissance masters studied his works and were influenced by him.
The vast majority of the works of his contemporaries and the generation following di Bondone also show unmistakable evidence of his heavy influence.
It is often said that no other single painter has ever duplicated the impact that di Bondone made on his age. The school of the Giotteschi was prolific and astonishingly homogeneous, featuring the likes of Taddeo and Agnolo Gaddi, Orcagna, Spinello and numerous others.
Giotto took the slowly-evolving style of medieval times and virtually single-handedly accelerated it into the birth of the fully-fledged Renaissance. His immense popularity during his lifetime is probably responsible for much of this influence.
Di Bondone was very highly regarded, from laypeople to the King of Naples, making his contemporaries eager to imitate his style. Many of Florence's wealthiest families are said to have commissioned his work on a number of occasions, most notably the Santa Croce Chapels of Peruzzi, Bardi, Giugni and Tosinghi Spinelli. Di Bondone became Florence's city architect in 1334, further evidence of his mass appeal.
Di Bondone's work continued to influence the generations that following him to varying degrees. By the time of the International Gothic movement, his influence had subsided considerably but was still studied by the up-and-coming artists of the Renaissance.
Italian masters Michelangelo, Raphael and Masaccio are all known to have studied and been influenced by di Bondone, especially evident in Michelangelo's work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
It can also be said that di Bondone was the father of what is today known as humanism, or an emphasis on humanity in art. His reverence for humans and the human form, and his fondness for truly reproducing human gestures and emotions in his work, was inherited and repeatedly imitated by countless artists succeeding him.
Giotto di Bondone enjoyed immense popularity, appealing throughout his life to everyone from the peasantry to the Pope himself. The art world welcomed his transformation of the highly stylized Medieval methods into something more human and authentic; indeed, his ideas and techniques were copied even during his lifetime by numerous artists.
As a young boy and an apprentice, and indeed throughout his life, Giotto di Bondone was jovial, intelligent and well-liked. His art was immediately well-received and his earliest known work, the frescoes of the church of St. Francis in Assisi, were lauded throughout Italy for its startling realness.
Although his extraordinarily unique humanist style was still evolving as an apprentice, many believed Giotto would soon eclipse his master in popularity and eventually, he did just that.
As di Bondone's career progressed, his commissions increased exponentially, so popular was his emotional, individualized approach to painting.
Only three of his works have survived intact but records from the time indicate that he was much in demand by all of Italy. During his thirties and forties, at the height of his popularity, he received widespread acclaim from the literary community and was named an accomplished portraitist by author Pietro d'Abano. Furthermore, he was singled out for praise for his other works by writers Francesco da Barberino and Riccobaldo, as well as the poet Dante.
Dante's tribute secured di Bondone's reputation and his wealth and fame continued to grow into the latter years of his life.
In the late 1320s, he was commissioned by four wealthy Florentine families to decorate four family chapels (Peruzzi, Bardi, Giugni and Tosinghi Spinelli) in Santa Croce. A little later, in 1328, he received an invitation from King Robert of Naples. He accepted and stayed in the royal household for over five years, going back to Florence only when Florentine civic officials begged him to return.
Di Bondone was granted the title of Florence's head of public works upon his return. The document establishing di Bondone's new office stated "There is no one in the whole world more qualified in these and many other matters than Giotto di Bondone."
Di Bondone's fame and mass appeal continued well into Italy's next generation of painters. His immediate successors were his students, Taddeo and Bernardo Gaddi, who assumed control of the Campanile (Giotto's Tower) when he died in 1337.
Upon his death, di Bondone was buried in the Cathedral of Santa Reparata, which attested to his exalted position in Florence. The Renaissance, with di Bondone's help, was just getting started in the fourteenth century, and many of the future masters studied his frescoes intensively and later imitated his humanist, emotional style.
It took another generation or so before di Bondone's techniques were fully appreciated by the art world at large. The most noteworthy artistic shift of the fifteenth century was a movement toward realistic perspective. Di Bondone had begun this as early as the late thirteenth century, but it was not fully adopted as a formal technique (and used as a yardstick by which an artist's skill was measured) until it was popularized by architect/sculptors Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti.
As di Bondone had done throughout his life, numerous artists quickly caught on and began applying this technique to light and shadow as well.
Respect for di Bondone's contributions to the Renaissance did not flag in the sixteenth century, but the art world was steadily moving into the International Gothic style. While it can certainly be said that Giotto heavily influenced many of the greatest masters in history (it is known that Masaccio, Michelangelo, and Raphael studied and imitated to some extent di Bondone's techniques), art trends were shifting once more. During the sixteenth century, chronicler Giorgio Vasari wrote of di Bondone "Giotto obscured the fame of Cimabue, as a great light outshines a lesser."
To learn more about Giotto and his artworks please choose from the following recommended sources.
• Derbes, A. & Sandona, M. The Cambridge Companion to Giotto. Cambridge University Press, 2004
• Eimerl, Sarel. The World of Giotto, C. 1267 - 1337. Little Brown & Company, 1967
• Norbert, Wolf. Giotto di Bondone. Taschen, 2000
• Richardson, Carol M. , et al. Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources Wiley-Blackwell, 2006
• Paolettii, John T. & Radke, Gary M. Art in Renaissance Italy. Laurence King, 2005
• Nichols, Tom. Renaissance Art: A Beginner's Guide. Oneworld Publications, 2010
• Hartt, Frederick & Wilkins, David. History of Italian Renaissance Art. Pearson Education, 2010


UK likely to see 1.6 mn job losses on public spending cuts
The UK government's massive public spending cuts coupled with higher tax rate are likely to cost 1.6 million jobs, with the private sector expected to be hit the most, says a report.world Updated: Nov 02, 2010 19:50 IST
The UK government's massive public spending cuts coupled with higher tax rate are likely to cost 1.6 million jobs, with the private sector expected to be hit the most, says a report.
The latest estimate from UK's Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) released today is much higher than the official projection of about 50,000 job losses.
"Cuts in public spending and the rising rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) will result in the loss of almost 1.6 million jobs across the UK economy by 2015-16, with the private sector hit harder than the public sector," CIPD said.
VAT would be increased to 20 per cent from 17.5 per cent in January 2011.
Going by the institute's projections, the country's public sector would lose 725,000 jobs by 2015-16 while the private sector is expected to shed 650,000 during same period.
The higher VAT could affect another 200,000 jobs in the private sector.
The British government, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, is embarking on cost cutting measures as part of efforts to bring down fiscal deficit and rejuvenate the national economy.
CIPD's chief economic adviser John Philpott said the coalition government would need to stimulate private sector job creation by an average of 320,000 each year by 2015-16, which would ensure that unemployment numbers remain stable at 2.5 million.
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Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been awarded the prize of ‘Nigeria’s Leading Hotel 2013’ awarded by World Travel Awards. Based on travel experts reviews and guests voting, the hotel was declared the winner out of the six hotels nominated from Nigeria.
The announcement was made before bigwigs of the travel industry at the World Travel Awards Africa Gala Ceremony which took place at Safari Park Hotel and Casino in Nairobi, Kenya.
Commenting on receiving award at the Africa Gala Ceremony in Nairobi, the CEO of Transnational Hotels & Tourism Services Limited, Owners of Transcorp Hilton Abuja, Valentine Ozigbo said “We are delighted with the international recognition especially coming from the highly reputed World Travel Awards. The award is an added impetus for our ongoing efforts to maintain excellence.”
The hotel was also represented at the Awards ceremony by the Director of Business Development Vikram Jamwal and the Public Relations Manager, Shola Adeyemo. They received the awards for Conrad Pezula and Hilton Zamalek Residences on behalf of Hilton Worldwide.
The recognition from the World Travel Awards arrived on the heels of the hotel winning the hosting rights for the World Economic Forum on Africa 2014.
Described by Wall Street Journal as ‘The Oscars of the travel Industry’, World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.


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Date night just got easier with this list of five local theaters that serve more than just popcorn and Junior Mints.
Decadent and rich, these chocolate cupcakes get grossed-up for Halloween with a layer of cookie “dirt” and colorful chewy worms. They are disgustingly delicious!
While no one seems to be exactly sure about the origin of the Hummingbird Cake, one thing is for sure: it’s making a comeback, it’s easy, and knowing how to make the perfect cream cheese frosting is one of those life skills that ranks right up there with changing a flat-tire. Here’s a no-fail recipe for this delightful Southern dessert.
Los Angeles-based SusieCakes has been open about a month in the Bon Air Shopping Center in Marin, and I’ve been meaning to visit with each passing day. I was doing errands in the area the other day and decided to stop in and see what all the fuss was about. I’d heard about their “frosting-filled cupcakes” and I thought it was a genius idea for all of us who use the cupcake as a socially acceptable excuse to eat frosting. And lots of it. What I didn’t expect to find was the huge celebration of Valentine’s Day in full effect–from sweet little cookies to festive whoopie pies.
Now, San Francisco has its fair share of cupcake spots and most folks have already established their favorites. Whether it’s Kara’s, That Takes the Cake, or the minis over at DeLessio Market and Bakery, a variety of shapes and flavors abound. However, Jennifer Emerson’s new SOMA cupcake shop, Cups and Cakes, is shaking things up a bit.


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Nokia Lumia 800: Editor’s Choice Award
The Nokia 800 was just crowned Editor’s Choice Award at the What Mobile Awards 2011. This award is means even more than you think on Nokia’s “comeback” trail because this award wasn’t voted on by some tech geeks in a room. No, no, no it was voted on by real readers voting for their favourite new phones, apps and networks during October at What Mobile.
Looks like Nokia has a hit on their hands with this one!! I can’t wait to see what they unveil at CES in January!
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Dr. Ajesh Raj Saksena, cancer specialist, discusses on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs)
As we observe Sarcoma Awareness Month, it’s time to explore a lesser-known group of tumors called gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) that affect the gut. While rare, these tumors can have a significant impact on patients’ lives. Dr Ajesh Raj Saksena, a cancer surgeon at Apollo Cancer Center, Hyderabad, sheds light on their occurrence, symptoms, early detection, evaluation, and the treatment strategies that give hope to those facing these unique challenges.
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Suburbanisation and diversification stand out as the prominent features
Spurred by a host of positive factors, the real estate sector gained robust momentum during 2015 with nearly all pointers going up over the graphs. Office space leasing surpassed the 50 million square feet (msf) mark last year in the top eight cities, logging a healthy 7% CAGR over the last five years with the steepest increase coming in 2015 (54 msf).
Giving away blues of the previous years, nearly all sectors within the real estate industry are showing growth with commercial sector still being the major driver. While slackening trend is a widely acknowledged factor with the Chinese economy, India has emerged the topmost real market in Asia. Last year Indian RE constituted 53% of the Asian RE market.
The latest RICS-Cushman & Wakefield Report has enough rosy projections for the year ahead to cheer up realtors. First among these is the decline in the dependence on IT-ITES sector for growth of business. As is pointed out, the sectoral share has gradually become more diverse with pharmaceuticals, healthcare, Banking and Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), etc claiming larger pieces of the leasing cake. According to the report titled “Commercial Real Estate: Steering Growth in Indian Cities”, the IT-ITES sector’s share was 62% in 2012. It had declined to 46% last year with BFS rising to 11% in 2015 from 6% in 2012. Manufacturing and Engineering share soared to 9% from 6% in 2012.
According to Sanjay Dutt, MD (India), Cushman & Wakefield, decline in dependence on IT-ITES (which could be vulnerable to shifting elsewhere) and diversification should be seen as healthy signs for the Indian RE. He says the industry in India is also helped by the continued upswing in dollar value but foresees decline in demand for office space as automation is causing shrinkage in working spaces.
Concurring with him, Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & MD, CBRE, South Asia says, commercial office space is in for big difference. “Per person demand for office space has declined to mere 70 sq. ft. today due to automation against 300 sq. ft a few years ago”, he adds. Shared space and flexibility in use of space too are emerging as new trends as startups like to work from shared spaces to optimise cost.
While Anshuman still hinges hopes on outsourced IT-ITES jobs to be spurring the growth in real estate, he says some shift of jobs to Poland, Ghana, Malaysia and Vietnam was in the offing. He however feels that vibes were favourable with ‘Make in India’ and ‘Startup India’ throwing up new jobs and thereby demand for space.
The substantial shift of commercial activity to peripheries during the last 15 years has led to suburbs coming alive. This stands out as the distinct feature of the RE scene today. Lack of land parcels in central business districts (CBDs), non-availability of contiguous office space, and investor- and occupier-friendly policies in the satellite towns have invariably taken the economic activity to periphery and suburbs. The report notes with satisfaction that 100 per cent back-up, enhanced connectivity, security, ample parking space, and development of malls, schools and entertainment facilities, have enabled developers to come up with A Grade buildings. “Such nodes are seen to be closer to airports which has become a frequent and preferred transport mode for business travel,” it observes.
Business shifts from CBDs to suburbs also get reflected in relocations and renewals which stood at 16.45 msf in 2015, registering a jump of 57% over 2014 with the maximum churn seen in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai. The trend, pioneered by the MNCs, witnessed Deutsche Bank moving from CBD in Mumbai to Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Microsoft from Nariman Point (both in Mumbai) to Santacruz, Hexagon and Wissen from CBD to Madhapur in Hyderabad, HP and Zee TV Networks in CBD, Chennai, to Taramani and Guindy respectively, and BMC Software and Nvidia, both from CBD in Pune to Yerawada. A cursory glance reveals that those offices expanded enormously after shifting from the CBDs to the suburbs.
Projections based on pre-commitments and trends in industry foresee approximately 27 msf of Grade A space to be absorbed in suburban location by the end of calendar year (CY) 2017. Highest supply and absorption levels are expected in Bengaluru’s ORR micro-market followed by Hyderabad’s Madhapur sub-market. Since last year, both the southern cities have witnessed a spike in leasing of office space. Pune comes behind them with projected absorption of 3.4 msf over the two years (2016 and 2017).
The private equity real estate (PERE) investments grew 61.7% (year on year basis) in 2015. The PERE investments that hovered around $ 1 billion mark until 2013, soared to $ 2.5 billion in 2014 and $ 4 billion in 2015. In numerical terms, the deals grew from 40 in 2013 to 90 in 2015. These have been helped by features such as secured investments, high yields and structured debt strategy. Though demand in residential sector was not very favourable — in fact it slowed down in 2015 — over 71% of PERE investments were made in residential assets in 2105.
RE bigwigs see new opportunities emerging as new jobs are likely to be created in R&D sectors, e-commerce, digital business, designing and warehousing besides growing demand from usual sectors of FMCG, Pharmaceuticals, etc. Sachin Sandhir, Global Managing Director, Emerging Business at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors(RICS), predicts Internet of Things (IoT) to be the next big sector and data centres coming up in India.
As for Overall scenario, there is general unanimity that rentals will go up marginally, vacancies will be going down in CBDs and SBDs (Suburban Business Districts), absorption will stay put at the current level, distress deals will either remain same or will go up, availability of finance and period of investment will go up and, there will be lack of racy sale, lack of capital, transparency will remain a challenge, REIT will prove a big playground for the Foreign Investors Institutions (FIIs), and warehousing, retail and healthcare will be new asset classes.
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Uno (Foster) – Adopted
Hello! My name is Uno and I am a 1 year old Terrier/Pitbull mix! I have SO much energy and absolutely love to play with other dogs here at Perfect Pooch. The Delco SPCA rescued me from a local high risk shelter and now am ready for a great forever home. I am extremely friendly, loving and active. I will make a great exercise partner and am a perfect size for any type of living situation. Plus, I’m really cute!
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Robert Pattinson Meets Bella Hadid, Plus Nina Dobrev, Diane Kruger & Many More
Robert Pattinson ran into Bella Hadid while attending the Dior Homme fashion show in Paris on Saturday.
FUN IN THE SUN
Lane Cheek (left) and Nina Dobrev played around on the sand in Tulum, Mexico, on Friday.
(From left) Director Gus Van Sant, Jack Black, Jonah Hill and Joaquin Pheonix promoted their film Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot at The Grey Goose Blue Door during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
(From left) Phoebe Robinson, Issa Rae and Jessica Williams attend HBO's 2 Dope Queens Winter Soiree during the Sundance Film Festival at Riverhorse On Main on Friday.
Diane Kruger nabbed a statue at the Bayerischer Filmpreis 2018 at Prinzregententheater in Munich, Germany, on Friday.
CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE?
Vin Diesel wears his heart on his sleeve while attending the world premiere of Fast & Furious Live on Friday in London.
FRIDAY FUN DAY
Naomi Watts is seen taking a stroll through New York City's Tribeca neighborhood on Friday.
Actress Naomie Harris catches waves while on vacation at the LUX Resort in the Maldives on Friday.
MAKE ME OVER
Karlie Kloss gets her makeup done on the West Hollywood set of a photoshoot.
Bernadette Peters steps into the title role of Broadway's Hello, Dolly!, taking over for Tony winner Bette Mider in first photos released Friday.
On Thursday, Jada Pinkett Smith and Octavia Spencer attends the Feature Film Jury Orientation Breakfast during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Hugh Jackman walks with a purpose in Paris, France on Friday.
HIT THE STREET
Bobby Cannavale braves the frigid New York City weather in a bathrobe on Friday while filming Martin Scorsese's new project, The Irishman.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure costars Kaya Scodelario and actor Dylan O'Brien come together at a fan screening of their film on Thursday.
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
Jessica Chastain visits The Tonight Show on Thursday in New York City.
BIG NIGHT OUT
Big Bang Theory costars Jim Parsons and Simon Helberg attend the Blindspotting premiere on Thursday.
Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley, Darren Criss, Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz gear up for their MTV TRL appearance on Wednesday.
Mom-of-two Brooklyn Decker dresses up for the season 4 premiere of Netflix's Grace and Frankie on Thursday.
ON THE FLY
Cindy Crawford and daughter Kaia Gerber are mirror images of each other as they make their way through LAX on Thursday.
KISSES FROM THE MISSUS
Chrissy Teigen, who is expecting her second child, plants a smooch on hubby John Legend as the singer comes out to support his wife on Lip Sync Battle Live: A Michael Jackson Celebration.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
On Thursday, Nicole Kidman takes the stage at Casting Society of America's 33rd Annual Artios Awards.
Rita Ora performs onstage during Billboard Radio Live on Thursday in Hong Kong.
FEEL THE MUSIC
Neil Patrick Harris channels the King of Pop during Lip Sync Battle Live: A Michael Jackson Celebration on Thursday.
Karlie Kloss snaps a group pic to commemorate the first-ever Freeform Summit on Thursday
IN LIVING COLOR
Katy Perry brightens up the night with a multi-colored polka-dot dress while out to dinner in West Hollywood on Thursday.
Actors Jason Mantzoukas and Nick Offerman ham it up at the Hearts Beat Loud afterparty on Thursday during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Jamie Foxx rocks the mic while hosting "A Night in Flight" to celebrate Casper's partnership with American Airlines on Thursday in L.A.
Will Smith cracks up while watching tennis player Nick Kyrgios being interviewed on TV after winning his Australian Open match on Friday in Melbourne.
ON THE MOVE
Cameron Diaz keeps it casual while out and about in Beverly Hills on Thursday.
HUG IT OUT
Ansel Elgort and Luke Wilson are all smiles as they pose backstage at the 33rd Annual Artios Awards, which celebrates excellence in casting, on Thursday in New York.
TWIST AND SHOUT
Victoria's Secret model Jasmine Tookes strikes a pose in a nude-colored bra and underwear set during a photo shoot on the beach in Miami on Thursday.
Christie Brinkley pauses a call to wave to photographers in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Clear eyes, dapper dude, can't lose! Taylor Kitsch arrives at the Paramount Network Launch Party on Thursday in L.A.
Dame Helen Mirren and Liam Neeson crack each other up as they recall their past romantic relationship on The Graham Norton Show in London on Thursday.