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Getting enough quality sleep is a common struggle for all Americans, no matter their occupation. Add in frequent travel, and it can be even more challenging. For locum tenens clinicians, the ability to travel is a unique benefit, but it can require some adjusting. Fortunately, there are a number of tips you can follow to maintain healthy habits and feel ready to take on your assignments at your best.
Tweak Your Sleep Schedule
David Hamer, director of the Travel Clinic at Boston Medical Center and a professor of Global Health and Medicine at the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, suggests adjusting your bedtime before traveling to sync with local time. While his advice relates specifically to international travel, gradually moving up your bedtime when heading east and moving it back when heading west is still a sound approach when your locum tenens travels take you across time zones in the states. It may be tough to get to bed earlier or later than normal, but giving yourself a few days to acclimate will leave you feeling more refreshed when you get to your destination.
Force Yourself to Exercise…
Another tip from Hamer, exercising comes with a number of obvious benefits and can help you feel better while traveling. Making time for a workout — especially in your first days in a new location — can bring easier sleep, and there are many no-equipment exercises you can complete from a hotel room. (Search “hotel workouts” in YouTube, and you’ll find thousands of options.)
…But Stop Before Bedtime!
Dr. Alcibiades Rodriguez, assistant professor of Neurology at the NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center—Sleep Center, warns against exercising before bed. Instead, try to exercise during the daytime, and avoid it three hours before you hit the hay. Exercising increases core body temperature and adrenaline, which can make it difficult to settle into sleep. If you do want to fit in some activity before sleep, steer towards light stretching or yoga.
Consider Your Evening Snacks Carefully
Like exercise, eating can increase your core body temperature and interfere with your ability to hit the hay. Dr. Rodriguez suggests avoiding heavy meals three to four hours before bed, though snacks can be OK, so long as they don’t include caffeine. (Sadly, that means no chocolate.) Dr. Meir Kryger, professor at Yale School of Medicine, adds that spicy foods can cause sleep arousals, and shifts from deeper to lighter, unstable sleep — so lay off the chili peppers with your nightly Netflix!
You might have heard that a glass of milk can be helpful, but there’s a lack of supporting research and it can impact individuals differently. Caffeine-free teas such as chamomile, on the other hand, can have a relaxing effect. Alcohol is a sedative but should be approached with caution, as it can negatively impact your sleep and, like milk, its effects will depend on your body.
Melatonin Can Offer Relief
Taken at the right time and dose, melatonin can offer an effective aid to counter jet lag or other shifts in sleep schedules. While it should not be used for insomnia (and even physicians and advanced practitioners should consult their own doctor before adding any medication or supplement), experts agree that a low-dose of melatonin can have a positive impact on circadian rhythm disorders including shift work disorders.
If you’re struggling with sleep in your locum tenens travels, we hope you can find relief from some of these tips. Contact us if you have any other tips to share. And explore our open positions for Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers to find your next travel destination, or something close to home!

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New light on T.R. Williams
found at last!
by Brian May
As a collector of 1850s stereo photographs, I have been fascinated by the world of Thomas Richard Williams (1825-1871) for the past 30 years.
His photographs are consistently outstanding in technique and composition, and his attention to detail in every part of his published work has astounded and delighted collectors over the years, many of whom have come to the conclusion that TRW was indeed "The Master".
Though there is abundant evidence that Mr. Williams was hugely successful in his day, his work is now quite rare. Moreover the details of his professional and private life have always been shrouded in mystery, almost as if he has deliberately covered his tracks. He was known in his lifetime as a quiet perfectionist, shunning public display, and it was said that even his Regent Street studio, with a reputation for preeminence in Stereo Daguerreotype portraits of the cream of society, did not have a sign above the door. (Ref. 1) Williams succeeded on his reputation, by word of mouth. His portraits of Royalty, including Queen Victoria and her daughter Princess "Vicky", were evidently highly prized by the Queen herself, who ordered duplicate copies to be made in case they should fade (they didn't), and many of these fine works of art survive to this day.
As a devotee of TRW's work, I have been researching Williams for many years, more or less diligently depending on my work commitments. Now that I have some expert help, I am hoping that a definitive book on T.R. Williams will be completed in a year or so. Much of TRW's personal history remains elusive, but we have recently been able to uncover at least some of the circumstances of TRW's work.
One particularly fine series, "Scenes in Our Village" defines TRW's unique position at an important cross-roads of the history of photography. The series comprises around 60 views of village life, usually including villagers at work, rest, or play; they appear in the form of stereoscopic pairs of albumen photographs mounted on cards, each with a dedicated verse printed on the reverse.
"Scenes in Our Village" are well-known to most collectors of the genre, but I have never met anyone who has the complete set, or even knows for sure how many images there are. Moreover, to my knowledge, no one has ever identified the location where the photographs were taken. One popular view was that Williams had been commissioned by a publisher (presumably the London Stereoscopic Company) to make a series of photographs documenting country life, and that he had chosen scenes in various villages in England to make up a representative set. Another suggestion was that, inspired by the popular book by Mary Russell Mitford, "Our Village" (published 1924-32, see Russell Norton's excellent article in a previous issue of Stereo World, ref. 2) TRW had perhaps visited Three Mile Cross near Reading, the subject of Mitford's narrative, and photographed this village. As I studied the scenes more closely, it became apparent to me that though Williams may indeed have been inspired by Miss Mitford, neither of these hypotheses were correct. The clues were there for all to see in Williams' stereo cards, but it seems that for the last 145 years or so other location of "Our Village" has remained a mystery to all scholars and collectors.
The clues? As Russell Norton has pointed out (1988), the London Stereoscopic Company advertisement in St David Brewster's book,
(1956) refers to "Several Exquisite Rustic Scenes from Berkshire" (my italics). Three Mile Cross would of course fit this specification. However some 20 years ago I was reliably informed by an expert on coaches and wagons that two of the "Scenes" feature an Oxfordshire Wagon. I now realize I might well have taken this more seriously!!! The Christmas 1856 London Stereoscopic Company catalog advertises "On the 1st December 1856. SCENES FROM OUR VILLAGE" with a list of 59 titles. No. 1 in the list is "The Church".
In my own collection there are two entirely different versions of this view, one summer version with the trees in full leaf, and one taken in winter, with the same trees bare. This is an indication that Williams made at least two trips to photograph the village, separated by 6 months or so. My feeling, supported by a closer scrutiny of the activities engaged in on the trips, is that the photography of the complete series may have taken considerably longer even than this.
But the church itself stands out as an obvious clue. It is very distinctive, constructed with limestone blocks, with a Norman tower to which is attached a large clock. Surely this church must be still standing, or at least there would be records of its destruction?
Many of the studies in "Scenes" feature people whose names are specifically detailed in the printed verse relating to the views, appearing on the reverse of the card. Some of these villagers are mentioned more than once. Moreover, inspection of the houses in the views reveals a consistency of building style. Also in some cases there are several views taken in the same location, used to tell a different "story". As a result I became convinced that the village was indeed real and specific, and that the verses were written expressly for the photographs. This view is supported by a literature search kindly conducted for us by Michael Ferber of the University of New Hampshire (ref. 3) - which unearthed no publicly known body of verse which could have been the source of the "Scenes in Our Village" captions. Prof Ferber as also suggested that Oliver Goldsmith's "The Deserted Village" might equally have been a source of inspiration for the series. Whatever the inspiration, the degree of dedication required to produce this amazing series suggests to me that no one else but the photographer, T.R. Williams himself, would have been able to sustain the commitment to the overall production, including the composition of the verses. We will have much more to say on this subject in the book.
After three decades of gazing at every church I came across in Berkshire, always hoping to discover TRW's legendary Village, I decided on a new course. Last February (2003) I enlisted some help in the search. I published a picture of the Church in Scene No. 1 on my website (Brianmay.com) with a promise of a reward for anyone who could find the location of it. In less than 36 hours I had received a dozen answers which were to prove correct! (three of them were from Italians who had never set foot in the UK - proving the power of the Net for those who know how!)
A few days later, after great anticipation and a drive of an hour and a half from London on a typically damp English Winter afternoon, I found myself standing looking in wonder at the very church which had haunted me for so many years. It was for me a "Holy Grail" moment!
The village is still there, a little modernized but very recognizable, with many of the structures so beautifully captured by "The Master" reasonably intact in 2003. The name of the village is Hinton Waldrist, and today it is situated in Oxfordshire, close to the county border with Berkshire. I discovered a little later that in the 1850s the border was in a different place, and Hinton Waldrist was THEN in Berkshire; this of course explains why the village had managed to stay so well hidden, for so long, from researchers.
Elena Vidal, my co-researcher, and I have now visited Hinton more than once, and have discovered much to be excited about in the present-day village. Some of the houses still have their thatched roofs, and have been preserved by their owners in their outward appearance at least, quite true to the way they presented themselves to TRW's camera in the early 19850s. The dwellings were actually constructed so uniform in style that it is quite difficult to determine which house is featured in any particular view, though in some cases this is possible. The church itself, Anglican but opening its doors to all denominations, is the Church of St. Margaret of Antioch at Hinton Waldrist, Vale of the White Horse Deanery, dating from the 13th century. Although this parish church was extensively restored in the late 19th century, including apparently an enlargement of the nave roof, the surviving features, including the distinctive clock tower, allow a clear identification. Many of the old gravestones have gone, but "new" ones replace them, among them one John Sims, an 1850s inhabitant charmingly pictured in Williams' series, and named as a pig farmer! He also appears in local records of the time, which we have been fortunate to unearth, as do some other characters named in the original series.
So, finally, many of the threads of Williams' mysterious village begin to be unraveled. There are still many questions to be answered - up to this moment we have managed to correlate a large body of information about the Village, which is satisfying (all will be detailed in the forthcoming book) but the details of how TRW was personally connected to this beautiful place remain tantalizingly elusive. Close examination of the verses reveals many apparently direct references to "Our Village" as the place where the author spent his childhood days, yet there seems to be no direct evidence in local records of a Mr. Williams actually living there. We do know however that he was married in Hinton Waldrist, in the very church which has tantalized us for so long.
If this has whetted your appetite, please help us document the surviving T.R. Williams material so we can share as complete a picture with the world as possible. We would be thrilled to hear form you with details and locations of any Williams photographs that you know of - whether they be scenes from "Our Village", examples of TRW's fabulous still lifes, events such as the "Launching of the Marlborough", or views of the Crystal Palace, or his daguerreotype portraits, always exquisite in execution.
You can find me on the Web at
- any information gratefully received!
We can promise you a nice acknowledgement !!!
Obituary, April 21, 1871.
2) "Foreign Affairs part 1 - Scenes in our Village" - by Russell Norton -
Stereo World March/April 1988 Vol. 15 No. 1 page 22.
3) Michael Ferber - University of New Hampshire - private communications.
Our thanks for help in this project to Russell Norton and Gwyn Nicholls, to David Nash Ford of the Berkshire Historical Society, Lisa Hartley, Francesco Intagliata, Chris Wood and Jennifer Tunney for help in locating the village, and for advice and proof reading, to Roger Taylor of the University of De Montfort, Leicester.
T.R. Williams photographs reproduced by permission, from the collection of Brian May. Modern photographs of Hinton Waldrist © Brian May 2003.
Article reproduced by kind permission of the author and
STEREO WORLD ARTICLES BY SAME AUTHORS:
- London Stereoscopic Company Reborn - Vol 33, no 5, Mar/Apr 2008
- New Discoveries, New Mysteries! - Vol 31, no 4, Jan/Feb 2006
- "Our Village found At last! - Vol 30, no 1, Apr 2004

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Gilead Sciences Inc said on Tuesday its quarterly net profit rose 32 percent, driven by sales of hepatitis C drugs that beat Wall Street estimates.
Looking ahead, Gilead raised its outlook for full-year 2015 product sales by $1 billion to between $29 billion and $30 billion. The company's shares, which rose 2.3 percent to close at $113.07 in regular Nasdaq trading, were up another 3.2 percent at $116.65 after hours.
Sanford Bernstein analyst Geoffrey Porges called the results "spectacular," adding that the higher 2015 sales forecast "suggests that there's substantial EPS upside versus current consensus."
Excluding items, Gilead earned $3.15 a share in the second quarter, exceeding the $2.71 average forecast by Wall Street analysts, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Product sales rose 27 percent to $8.1 billion, including $4.9 billion for hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni. Analysts had expected hepatitis C drug sales of $4.27 billion, according to Deutsche Bank.
Gilead, based in Foster City, California, also raised the lower end of its full-year profit margin forecast to 88 percent from 87 percent, while leaving the top end unchanged at 90 percent. It also lowered the range for its 2015 tax rate to between 17 percent and 18 percent from a previous 18 percent to 20 percent.
"What we're seeing come through is an under appreciation of all the hepatitis C revenues available outside the U.S.," said RBC Capital Markets analyst Michael Yee. "The company raised revenue and lowered expense guidance. You can't ask for better than that."
Gilead's net income for the quarter rose to $4.5 billion, or $2.92 per share, from $3.65 billion, or $2.20 per share, a year earlier.
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Maya Visions Trilogy
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Three historical novels in different time periods of
the Maya's 2000 year civilization. Experience the
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Dreaming the Maya Fifth Sun: A Novel of Maya
Wisdom and the 2012 Shift in Consciousness.
(Infinity Publishing, 2006) Story of ancient Maya
Priestess Yalucha and modern Jana, whose lives
interweave in the countdown to 2012.
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Story of the four great queens of Palenque who
shaped the Bahlam (jaguar) dynasty, the future of
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Story of the multepal (joint governance) council of
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The Queens and Their Stories
Yohl Ik'nal (grandmother) was the first female Maya ruler, breaking tradition
to keep succession in her family and using intuitive powers to overcome
political opponents and enemy attack.
Sak Kuk (mother) was Yohl Ik'nal's daughter and assumed rulership after a
devastating attack by archenemy Kan (Calakmul), which put Palenque in
Chaos. She steered her city through spiritual crisis following collapse of the
portal to gods and ancestors, and retained rulership until her son Pakal was
old enough to accede.
T'zak B'uahau (wife) became Pakal's muse and inspired him to restore
spiritual portals and launch Palenque as the vortex of creativity, art and
K'inuuw Mat (daughter-in-law) married Pakal's third son and ensured
dynastic succession when the brothers had no children. This visionary
woman foresaw the coming Maya collapse and how to preserve their cultural
Extensively researched using the latest archeological and historical data, the
book takes you inside Mayan high culture: their soaring architecture,
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and complex calendars proving them Masters of Time and Dimensions.
The Four Great Queens sacrificed for family, won the hearts of rulers and
people, and ensured a noble dynasty that shaped the course of Maya
history. Their compelling stories weave through intimate relationships,
shamanic practices, and challenges as they faced political intrigue and
contended with magical and enemy forces.
Mists of Palenque is your passport into the lives and times of America's
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Ruins of Palenque
by Frederick Catherwood
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The San Antonio Bay Partnership is seeking volunteers to help pick up abandoned crab traps along the Middle Texas Coast.
Since 2002, volunteers have annually picked up vacated crab traps during a 10-day period as part of the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife Crab Trap Removal Program.
Abandoned crab traps have been identified as a significant source of mortality for a variety of organisms that get caught in them, according to TPWD. They also can damage shrimping nets, snag fishing lines, get caught in motors, create visual pollution and user conflicts.
More than 38,000 neglected traps have been removed from Texas coastal waters through TPWD’s program, according to the state agency. That includes more than 1,600 that were picked up by volunteers in local waters last year, according to a recap report from the San Antonio Bay Partnership.
TPWD will close crabbing with wire mesh crab traps in coastal waters Feb. 19-28 to allow for the cleanup. Any traps left in bays, including those tied to docks, will be assumed abandoned and considered litter under state law.
The San Antonio Bay Partnership organizes the local arm of the program and has expanded its focus area to include San Antonio, Aransas, Lavaca and Matagorda bays.
The partnership has identified 57 areas to retrieve crab traps from. An estimated 180 volunteers and 57 boats are needed to cover the areas over the 10-day period, said Allan Berger, chair of the San Antonio Bay Partnership.
The partnership is also looking for a few volunteers to recycle the traps Feb. 20 at the TPWD dock in Port O’Connor. Those volunteers will not need boats, Berger said.
Funding for this year’s cleanup is from a NOAA Marine Debris Removal Grant that was made possible by Coast Bend Bays and Estuaries Program. The grant requires collection of volunteer effort and crab trap data using a mobile application called Collector.
Volunteers will be asked to use the application to collect data on each trap pick up, which will be analyzed to identify impact of abandoned traps and root causes of trap dereliction.

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Focus stacking is what is used in panoramas and macro photography to do their magic.
1Be sure to have a tripod. You can do it handheld, but there won't be nearly the precision that you want.
- Alternatively, you can use a focusing rail or something like a Gorillapod with 'socks' on its 'feet'.
2Be sure the subject is very stable. It is next to impossible to shoot macro, let alone use a focusing rail if the subject is moving around.
3Have a source of light. As with all macro photography, you need a strong light.
4Set up your macro shot. It is best to have a certain order of focus. Front to back or back to front.
5Determine how much/how many shots you want to take and the area of focus.
6Focus where you will start the stack at. For the purposes of this article, the front. Take the photograph.
7Move slightly past the first point of focus. Take the photograph.
8Take another shot just a little further back. Take the photograph.
- Obviously, this will differ greatly from snapping a panorama type image to a macro image.
9Continue until you have all of the images that you need.
10Offload them off to the computer and open the program that you will use to stack them in. Some are:
- Adobe Photoshop (Commercial)
- Photoshop CS
- CombineZP (Freeware)
QuestionDo I change exposure between shots?Community AnswerOnly if the light conditions are changing. You need to keep the photos as similar as possible. The only changing variable should be the focus. In most cases, no, don't change the exposure.
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- If using a flash, be sure that you give it time to cycle so that it works. Otherwise, half of your shots will be nothing but dark rectangles.
- If you are using a macro lens, as opposed to a poor man's macro, it will be much easier seeing and getting the correct depth of field.
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Help! My Newly Made DVD Won’t Play in My DVD Player!
You just spent days editing your video creation and copying it to DVD. You put it into your DVD player, hit “play” and wait for your big screen premiere.Top Reasons in Buying Cheap Wall Art
There are many places you can search to find that perfect yet cheap wall art. There are expensive art sold and there are replicas and pirate copies that are way cheaper than the original. There are many reason in buying cheap art.Mondrian Prints
Piet Mondrian prints are an excellent example of modern contemporary art and are most suited to minimalist homes whose style is ideally matched. This article covers Mondrian prints in detail and discusses why they have become so popular around the world today.How to Make a Digital Background For Twitter
Digital backgrounds are easy to make with Photoshop filters. Once this is done, you can use your backgrounds for Twitter, MySpace, blogs, and your own portraits. This is not rocket science. Digital backgrounds can easily be made in under five minutes.How to Draw a Salmon
Salmon is a small, teleost fish found globally. Existing in different varieties, salmon fits into the same family of fish as the trout. Mostly inhibiting seawater, it even migrates between freshwater rivers and sea.

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September 29, 2009
ZTA Leads Campus in Thinking Pink This October
VALDOSTA - Zeta Tau Alpha sorority will paint the campus pink on
Thursday, Oct. 1, in honor of the 25th annual Breast Cancer
The service organization encourages campus community members to wear pink Oct 1 and stop by the informational booth on the pedestrian mall between Nevins and West halls. For a $1 donation, faculty, staff and students can sign the name of a loved one on a sheet sign, which will remain on display throughout the month. Proceeds will benefit ZTA's philanthropy efforts in support of breast cancer awareness and education.
“Wear pink, think pink and together we can make a difference," said ZTA philanthropy chair Holli Thompson. “We hope this can be an annual event that will continue to get people involved and teach them more about breast cancer and efforts to prevent it.”
ZTA members are also collecting pink Yoplait yogurt lids, each of which earns a $.10 donation from the company to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Collection boxes will be placed at various campus locations. ZTA has challenged the other Greek organizations at VSU to acquire the most lids before Dec. 1. These will support the local chapter as they compete against all other ZTA chapters in the state to garner the most support from Yoplait.
Visit http://www.yoplait.com/slsl/ to learn more about the annual "Save Lids to Save Lives" campaign. E-mail Holli Thompson at email@example.com for more information about thinking pink and Breast Cancer Awareness Month at VSU.
Zeta Tau Alpha will sponsor the following events:
7 p.m. - The 11th annual Big Man On Campus male beauty pageant, Mathis Auditorium, 2300 N. Ashley St.
* Contestants are judged on opening number, talent, interview and costume, supporting this year's theme "Rocking and Rolling for a Cure. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $5 or $3 with a donation of five pink Yoplait yogurt lids.
7 a.m. - Registration for Zeta Tau Alpha Think Pink 5k, VSU front lawn
8 a.m. - Race begins
* Registration, which includes a free t-shirt, is $20 until Oct. 14 or $25 on race day. All proceeds benefit ZTA’s philanthropic efforts.
2 p.m. - 2nd Annual Zeta Tau Alpha Pink Out Football Game, Bazemore-Hyder stadium.
* Wear pink as the VSU Blazers take on Ft. Valley State in their final home game of the season. Regular football admission applies.


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Readers come to the topic of leadership development with multiple interests—intellectual, professional, and personal—and with curiosity about how to apply concepts and tools to themselves and to support others. Women’s Leadership Development: Caring Environments and Paths to Transformation addresses these concerns. The book offers an interdisciplinary framework of leadership effectiveness and brings this framework to life with detailed and illuminating descriptions of four leadership transformations facilitated by care-practices used in a specific leader development program. The book will be of interest to academics who teach leadership or conduct leadership research, HR professionals who are seeking fresh ideas for how to maximize the impact of leadership training for women, and anyone with a passion for personal growth and development.
Table of Contents
1: List of Figures; 2: Preface; 3: Acknowledgements; 4: Chapter 1: Introduction; 5: Chapter 2: Grounded Dual Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness; 6: Chapter 3: Creating a Caring and Safe Environment; 7: Chapter 4: Transformation from Hidden to Visible Leadership; 8: Chapter 5: Transformation from Inflexible to Receptive Leadership; 9: Chapter 6: Transformation from Intuitive to Deliberate Leadership; 10: Chapter 7: Transformation from Depleted to Inspired Leadership; 11: Chapter 8: Conclusion; 12: Appendix: Research Methodology; 13: Index
Gelaye Debebe is an Associate Professor of Organizational Sciences at the George Washington University. She is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons Graduate School of Management and the George Washington University Women’s Studies Program. Among others, her work has appeared in Research in Organizational Behavior, Journal of Management Education, and Human Resources Development International. She is author of Navigating Power: Cross-cultural Competence in Navajoland. She also guest co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Management Education on women’s leadership programs.

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Idea Factory, the company behind dozens of visual novel releases on Nintendo Switch, has announced a free demo is on the way for Shiritsu Versailles Gakuen.
Shiritsu Versailles Gakuen is the first visual novel receiving a free demo from Idea Factory on Nintendo Switch. More details on the release date and contents of the demo will be announced on a later date. Shiritsu Versailles Gakuen launches May 23, 2019 in Japan.
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Last year I got the urge to build a longbow. I have hunted for years, although it seems the more time I have the less I hunt. Having harvested (nice way of saying it) two trophy deer in the past, I mostly go out for the walks now. My brother in law has a knack with woodworking so we each built one.
Osage or yew is the wood of choice, but the blanks are hard to find. I found some, but for one bow the cost was over $100. Figuring I’d screw this up, I opted for a visit to the building materials store. I found a piece of hickory 6 inches wide and 7 feet long. For about $10, it would get me enough for both bows.
I laid out a template for the rough shape of the one piece bow and carefully cut it out. I left a buffer to be sanded on the belt sander. The bow was 62 inches long and 3/4 inches thick (the original board thickness.) I added a scrap of walnut for the handle and sanded vigorously until the shape was close. Then carved slight grooves in the ends for the string to rest upon. For the next step a nylon string was used. Later a commercial bow string would be added.
Next step was to use a jig my brother in law built to make sure each limb had the same flex. The jig was a strip of wood mounted vertically with dowells to rest the bow handle on and to hook the string under. When mounted perpendicular to the floor and the bow rested on it horizontal to the floor the limbs could be observed at stress (as in the draw process.)
One bent less than the other had to be sanded more. When both were even, the bow was ready to be finished. Next I took the bow to Bass Pro Shop, where it was fitted for a string. One strung it was ready to shoot!
It shoot really well. Of course it is only as good as the person shooting it, but I really feel as if I could take a deer with it. However, since after taking the deer there would be tracking, field dressing, and dragging, I think I will just use it for target practice.
-- Jerry... making sawdust in the Knobs of Southern Indiana

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In vivo tumor labeling with fluorescent agents may assist endoscopic and surgical guidance for cancer therapy as well as create opportunities to directly observe cancer biology in patients. However, malignant andnonmalignant tissues are usually distinguished on fluorescence images by applying empirically determined fluorescence intensity thresholds. Here, we report the development of fSTREAM, a set of analytic methods designed to streamline the analysis of surgically excised breast tissues by collecting and statistically processing hybridmultiscale fluorescence, color, and histology readouts toward precision fluorescence imaging. fSTREAM addresses core questions of how to relate fluorescence intensity to tumor tissue and how to quantitatively assign a normalized thresh-old that sufficiently differentiates tumor tissue from healthy tissue. Using fSTREAM we assessed human breast tumors stained in vivo with fluorescent bevacizumab at microdose levels. Showing that detection of such levels is achievable, we validated fSTREAM for high-resolution mapping of the spatial pattern of labeled antibody and its relation to the underlying cancer pathophysiology and tumor border on a per patient basis. We demonstrated a 98% sensitivity and 79% specificity when using labeled bevacizumab to outline the tumormass. Overall, our results illustrate a quantitative approach to relate fluorescence signals to malignant tissues and improve the theranostic application of fluorescence molecular imaging. (C) 2016 AACR.
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On this edition of Parallax Views, the SRB Podcast’s Sean Guillory returns to discuss his new documentary podcast series Teddy Goes to the USSR. This new series chronicles American tourism to the USSR during the Cold War through the story of Teddy Roe’s visit to the Soviet Union. In doing so the series offers a window into how people from different cultures view each other in light of Otherizing and getting a better understanding of the lived experiences of everyday people in the USSR.
Among the topics we cover in this conversation:
– Who Teddy Roe is, how he ended up visiting the USSR in 1968, and his connection to U.S. politics and Congress
– Racism and the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. during the Cold War and the Soviet response to it; Soviet anti-racist ideology
– Consumerism in the Soviet Union and the misunderstandings about it based on American metrics; the Soviet Dream and the American Dream
– KGB surveillance of American tourists
– Why American wanted to visit the Soviet Union during the Cold War and why Soviets welcomed tourism; American soft power and U.S. tourists in the USSR
– How different were everyday people in both the U.S. and the Soviet Union from each other (or how similar were they to each other)?
– Soviet humor, comedy, and satire
– The burden of the Cold War and the shadow it casts over the U.S. and Russia today
– How the Teddy Goes to the USSR series came about; how Sean ended up finding out about Roe’s story and contacting him
– The taboo allure of the Soviet Union to Americans during the Cold War
– And much, much more!


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UPDATED: Along with reports of IRA testing set to begin in the Carmi White County School District, and upcoming spring events, High School Principal Bart King brought a cornet printed on a 3D printer and consisting of 25 pieces. King told the attendees on Monday night that the cornet was a test project made by students.
"Landon Driscoll made the 3D printed cornet in Mrs. Haley's Chemistry II class. The class has been learning how to 3D print for a future project with soap making. Landon chose a design that involved 25 pieces that had to be printed, sanded, and carefully placed together to create his cornet. Other student designs included a 3 tiered shelf, earrings, planter, clothes hanger, and a sunglass holder.," Mr. King said in an email.
With all board members in attendance at the March meeting last Monday, Superintendent Newell reported that the new SIC vocational center in Carmi will be ready to offer additional vocational options such as welding and diesel mechanics to CWCHS students in the Fall of 2023. The District is also participating in a high impact tutoring program and will have service available to students during this summer and next school year. The program is overseen by Southeastern Illinois University in Harrisburg, funded by state ESSER funds, and coordinated by Mrs. Amy Atteberry.
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I have a love/hate relationship with most of my plants. Mostly because I am terrible at keeping them alive. I pick the worst spots for them (because shapes & placement based on my decor is much better than putting a plant in a place where it will receive adequate light!) and I always forget to water them. I have a real black thumb. But after a lengthy conversation with the lovely greenhouse lady at our local nursery, I am finally ready to try things again. I picked up this awesome fiddle fig for the new family room. It's a little short and I wanted to boost it up a little bit so I created this cute little walnut & gold midcentury inspired plant stand for the corner. Check out the full instructions over on The Nest.
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Consumption of nut-based ‘milk’ alternatives – such as almond milk and coconut milk – have grown by a massive 90 per cent in two years alone, but this new obsession may be depriving Australian consumers of calcium.
Almond milk is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to milk in Australia, accounting for about 44 per cent of the industry, and it is close to dethroning soy milk as the most popular alternative milk.
The Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council analysed more than 100 plant-based milk products – including almond, coconut, grain and soy milks – and foundabout one-third of products do not list calcium.
Dietitian Joel Feren told The New Daily that a glass of cow’s milk has about 300 mg of calcium and 8 grams of protein, whereas almond milk generally contains about 190 mg of calcium and 1 gram of protein.
“We know that almond milk is generally 5 per cent nuts and the rest is water,” he said.
“It’s a bit of a joke to call it milk because it’s not really milk at all.”
The federal government is pushing for a crackdown on these so-called ‘fake foods’.
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Dairy advocacy group Dairy Connect chief Shaughn Morgan suggested these products could be labelled as “almond juice” or “almond water” to help consumers recognise it as a separate product. That proposal follows new laws in France that prohibit the use of the term “milk” on labels describing plant-based products.
Can almond milk replace cow’s milk?
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Senior industry analyst at IBIS World Bao Vuong said the boosted demand of alternative milks has been largely driven by a general perception that these products are healthier than full-fat milk.
But nutritionist Catherine Saxelby said this is not necessarily the case.
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About one-third of alternative milk products do not contain calcium. Photo: Getty“They don’t give you the same amount of protein, calcium or phosphorous.”
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“Wouldst thou like the taste of butter?
A pretty dress?
Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?
Wouldst thou like to see the world?”
All that in exchange for signing your name in a book and handing over your immortal soul.
The VVitch is titled in that style to mimic the printed works of the 16th and early 17th century, when U, V, and W weren’t quite distinguished as separate letters of the alphabet. This was one of the things that attracted me to this movie before I even saw it. The other thing was learning that the language used was also in the period style, with dialog taken directly from pamphlets and trial accounts of the era. While some have found this mode of speech and the character’s accents off-putting, for me it’s the best thing about the movie. The way the characters talk and their social and religious attitudes are as close as we’ll probably ever get to authentically historic, while remaining accessible to a modern audience.
Aside from a few quibbles–like the breed of dog, the number of candles, or the pierced holes in the heroine’s earlobes–the look of this film is also marvelously well done with regard to historic details. It feels right.
Subtitled “A New-England Folktale,” The VVitch evokes several classic fairytales, but gives them a darker turn. It’s almost a version of Hansel and Gretel in which the witch triumphs.
It’s 1630 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. We meet a transplanted Yorkshire family with no given last name as the father William (Ralph Ineson) is being judged by members of a Puritan council. With him are his wife Kate (Kate Dickie), their teenage daughter Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), 12-year-old Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), and the 6-year old twins, Jonas and Mercy.
William is having religious differences with the elders. Those who came from England to the North American colonies during this period seeking religious freedom were generally in one of two categories: Puritans, who sought to purify the Church of England and remove all taint of Catholicism and “Popish” practice from its rites and ceremonies, and separatists, who gave the Church up as impossibly corrupt and wanted to strike out on their own with their individual ideas of true Christianity. William falls into this second category, and his ideas are out of accord with the rest of the community.
After calling the council “false Christians” and declaring his beliefs to be the true way, William is banished from the colony. He loads his family into a cart and they head out alone into the wilderness.
They journey for two days before they come to a meadow near a vast primeval wood and decide that this is the place where God meant them to settle. Everyone kneels to pray.
We next see the family some months later, in the bleak, late autumn: the trees are bare and a small field of colorful but somewhat blighted corn has been harvested into standing stacks. There’s also a withered garden. William has built a one-room thatched cottage and a goat-shed, but a larger barn is still under construction. Kate has had a new baby since the family settled here, a little boy named Samuel.
Unfortunately, with the family living in such isolated circumstances, Samuel hasn’t been baptized.
Thomasin is sitting out in the meadow playing peek-a-boo with her baby brother. While she holds her hands over her eyes, the baby disappears. There’s no one else in sight, and the family never learns what’s happened to him.
The viewer does see, and this demonstrates right at the beginning the kind of horror film we’re watching. It’s not gory, but it doesn’t hold back on what people like those in this film truly believed witches did. The flesh and blood of an unbaptized infant was said to be used by witches to make a potion that enabled them to fly.
An old woman carries the baby off through the woods and takes him to her hovel. She places him on a table and picks up a knife. That’s all we see, but the next scene shows her naked and mashing up a nasty-looking unguent. She uses this to anoint herself and her stick (not a broomstick), then she flies off into the night to join her coven.
The family is left to deal with this inexplicable tragedy. They tell themselves that a wolf got Samuel–but it doesn’t seem like any of them really believe it. Kate grieves and spends her nights praying instead of sleeping. It’s not just the loss of her child that distresses her, but the religious belief that she and her husband adhere to holds out the possibility that Samuel’s soul has gone to Hell.
When William takes Caleb hunting and checks the traps he’s placed in the woods, the boy questions his father about this belief. It seems to be a form of strict Calvinist Determinism: some people are the Elect and will go to Heaven, and some people are damned no matter what they do. William explains that they don’t know who is among the Elect and who isn’t–only God knows that–and since they can never find out where Samuel’s soul has gone, they shouldn’t think any more about it. Caleb thinks this is unfair, considering that Samuel was just a baby who couldn’t have done anything sinful yet. He’s also worried about where his own soul is going to end up.
During this scene, William also mentions what will be an important plot-point: he traded a silver cup, a family treasure which his wife brought with her from England, for pelts and the traps. Since Kate’s already upset enough about the baby, William asks Caleb not to tell her about this yet.
A hare appears and William shoots at it, but his gun backfires and sends him sprawling. They come home empty-handed. Because of the poor harvest, the family is getting short of food, and winter is approaching fast.
The twins, an obnoxious little pair, have taken to playing with the billy-goat, a rambunctious creature named Black Phillip. They let him out of the pen and chase him around, making up rhymes about him. They say that Black Phillip talks to them.
The hare is seen around the farm. While hares aren’t a prominent feature in American witch-lore, since there aren’t many of them in the New England area where most of our witch hysteria took place, they play a larger part in old English folk beliefs and superstitions; hares were one of the creatures witches were said to transform into when they wanted to get up to some mischief. This family would be well familiar with the idea and made uneasy by the sight of what, to modern eyes, is a cute little twitchy-nosed bunny. It would be further proof to them that there were witches about.
That afternoon, while Thomasin is washing her father’s muddy clothes in the nearby creek, Mercy gleefully tells her older sister, “I be the Witch of Wood.” She also makes several other remarks: “Black Phillip saith I can do what I like. Mother hates thee. I have seen [the witch] in her riding cloak, about the wood.”
Thomasin, tired of the relentless brattiness of the twins, turns this around to frighten the little girl in a typical big-sister way. No, Thomasin retorts, “I be the Witch of the Wood.” She says that she’s signed her name in the Devil’s book and gave him the unbaptized baby. “And I’ll vanish thee too if thou displeaseth me. Perchance I’ll boil and bake thee.”
It’s an understandable reaction, but not wise in this place and time.
The silver cup comes up again that evening at dinner, when Kate notices that it’s not on the shelf where it should be. She thinks Thomasin has taken it and lost it, and her resentment at her eldest daughter not keeping closer watch on the baby comes bubbling up. “Did a wolf vanish that too?”
Neither William nor Caleb speak up about the missing cup.
That night, up in the loft that serves as the children’s bedroom, the four of them sit silently and listen to their parents talking below. Kate wants to send Thomasin away into service with a family back at the colony.
There’s another issue here besides Kate’s resentment over the cup and the baby. Thomasin is no longer a little girl (She “hath begat the sign of her womanhood,” is how her mother puts it), and shouldn’t be sharing a pallet with her brother–he’s already sneaking peeks at her developing bosom. Not that the children really understand this aspect of it. Caleb only knows that he doesn’t want Thomasin, the member of his family that he’s closest to, to leave.
With the idea that it’s because they don’t have enough food, Caleb sneaks out before daylight the next morning with the horse and his father’s gun to go hunting for himself. Thomasin catches him and insists on going with him.
This is where the story seems the most Hansel-and-Gretel-ish, and where things take a sharp turn for the worse.
The two children are sharing a happy moment, remembering their lives in England (at least, Thomasin remembers; Caleb doesn’t). Then the dog sees that hare again and goes running off after it. Caleb runs after the dog. The horse is spooked and bolts, throwing Thomasin to the ground.
When she comes to, she’s alone and walks back to the farm. Now she’s lost the dog, the horse, and her brother, who seems to be Kate’s favorite among her children: Kate is going to blame Thomasin for this too.
Kate also blames William for bringing them all out here into the wilderness in the first place, and more so when he finally tells her about the cup.
Caleb, meanwhile, has been wandering through the woods until he finds the dog with its abdomen torn open. Next, he comes upon the witch’s hovel. The witch emerges from it–not an old crone now, but a beautiful young woman dressed like Red Ridinghood. Except that this is more like the wolf in disguise, but not as Granny. When she takes hold of the entranced but repulsed young boy to kiss him, the hand she places on his head is old and wrinkled.
Caleb returns home that stormy night, naked and incoherent. His mother and sister put him to bed and try to tend him. While William thinks this might be a natural illness, Kate is certain that it’s witchcraft. Kate also expresses a desire to go home–not just back to the colony, but all the way back to England.
The next day, Caleb wakes and starts screaming about Satan, and how the witch is kneeling on his stomach. Then he chokes up and in a moment reminiscent of Snow White, spits up a bloody apple, even though his mouth was clear minutes before. I think this is a reference to a lie he told his mother earlier about seeing an apple tree in the valley, since his father didn’t want her to know that they’d gone into the woods. And of course there’s an Adam and Eve and Original Sin element in it.
After the apple-spitting, Caleb cries out, “`Tis she!”
He doesn’t make clear who he means by “she,” but the twins take this opportunity to go all Crucible on Thomasin and accuse her of being the witch. They claim that Black Phillip told them “you put the Devil in Caleb, and that’s why he’s sick” along with a list of other accusations based on what she said to Mercy–that Thomasin stole the baby and gave him to Satan in the woods, that she signed the Devil’s book, that she turned the nanny-goat’s milk to blood.
William questions Thomasin, then sets all three children to kneel and pray beside their sick brother. But Mercy and Jonas are unable to complete the Lord’s Prayer and fall over twitching.
This is a brilliant scene, and the centerpiece of the film. The two little kids are flopping around as if in a fit, echoing Caleb’s cries that the witch is upon him. William, Kate, and Thomasin desperately recite the 23rd Psalm until Caleb joins them and goes into a state of religious ecstasy. The boy delivers a disturbingly sensual speech, considering that it’s coming from a 12-year-old, about being embraced by Christ: “Kiss me with the kisses of Thy Mouth. Take me to Thy Lap”.
Has he been saved? His soul, perhaps, but the poor boy collapses, dead.
Kate really blames Thomasin now and wants the girl out of her sight. William hauls Thomasin out of the house, but he still loves her and hopes that she can be saved and returned to God’s love. He pleads with her again to tell him the truth.
He doesn’t listen when she insists that she’s innocent, so Thomasin does give her father the truth–not about witchcraft, but on a number of other points that he doesn’t want to acknowledge. His lies that got her into trouble with her mother, for example, and his inability to provide for his family. She calls him a hypocrite. Then she tells him about the twins and their games with Black Phillip, and what Mercy said to her by the creek that day.
Since William doesn’t know who to believe, he tosses all three of his surviving children into the goat-shed and nails the door shut. He and Kate bury Caleb.
Later that night, he shows that he’s neither as hypocritical nor as inflexible as we might expect a man of his strict religious beliefs to be; he’s capable of admitting that he was wrong. He prays aloud in the yard, confessing that “It is my fault. I am infected with the filth of pride.” It’s because of his stubborness that his family is in this vulnerable position, where they are so isolated and in danger. He offers himself up if it will save his children from damnation, and even eats a handful dirt as an act of humility and penance. Thomasin watches him through a gap in the boarded-up door.
It’s a beautiful and touching gesture, and a great monologue scene. Far too late, alas.
During the night, Kate gets up out of bed while her husband lies asleep. The missing silver cup sits on the shelf and, when she turns, there are her lost sons, Caleb and Samuel. Caleb offers the baby to her, and she nurses it. Except that all is not as it appears; what she’s nursing is not a baby.
Out in the goat-shed, the old hag appears to the twins.
When William comes out the next morning, he finds the wall of the goat-shed has been torn open. The nanny-goats are dead and Thomasin is lying on the ground inside the pen beside them. There’s no sign of the twins. Before he can ask his remaining daughter what happened, William is rammed by Black Phillip.
Kate, not quite sane after her experience the previous night, blames Thomasin for William’s death too. She attacks the girl, accusing her of all sorts of horrible things beyond witchcraft and murder, like deliberately trying to seduce her brother and father. Thomasin hasn’t killed anyone yet, but she’s about to become a matricide in self-defense.
After that, what’s a blood-spattered and exhausted girl to do but go into the house and take a nap? When she wakes, it’s night. Thomasin understands that she’s entirely alone now, miles from civilization or any hope of help, not even with burying the bodies of her family. There is only herself left, and Black Phillip.
If the twins were telling the truth about the goat all along, can she make a bargain with him to save her life if not her soul?
What do I like about this film besides the language?
- The discussions of religion, that help to define what this family believe so we understand what they fear and why they do what they do to try and protect themselves.
- The scenes that show us that this was once a happy and loving family. Thomasin and Caleb have conversations by the stream and during their trip to the woods that show how close they are. Kate at one point does show some affection for her elder daughter, and tells William that she did not mean to become such a shrew. The twins were probably always awful, though.
- And then there’s the film’s ambiguity.
In spite of the scenes with the witch in the woods and the other supernatural events, a lot of what we see is open to more than one interpretation.
Is this lone family really beset by a witch, and has the Devil chosen to live among them in the form of a black goat for months just to capture a handful of souls? Or have they torn themselves apart through grief over the loss of Samuel–who might have been taken by a wolf–along with increasing witchcraft hysteria and suspicion, perhaps augmented by hallucinations from ergotism from that moldy corn they’ve been eating?
Are the twins simply horrible little brats playing games with their pet goat and making accusations against their big sister without understanding the damage they’re doing? Or is everything they’ve said about the witch and what Black Phillip tells them the truth? Are their convulsions a sham, hysterics, a spell cast upon them by the witch or Black Phillip, or is it Thomasin’s doing?
Is Thomasin a witch?
When I watch this film, my sympathies are with her, as a young girl in a difficult position who does some things that, while understandable, only make her situation worse. I believe she is innocent, until she’s left with no other choice: everything and everyone she cared about has been taken away from her and she can either die alone in the wilderness or sign up with the local coven and survive.
But while I was working on this review, I watched one of the extra feature on the BluRay, a Q&A session with the director and Anya Taylor-Joy just after the film was first shown in Salem, Massachusetts. (On the panel with them was a local historian and witch-trial expert named Trask, which delights me for Dark Shadows reasons.) During the discussion, to my surprise, the director said that Thomasin was the witch.
I watched The VVitch again with that in mind. Obviously, she doesn’t make her pact with Satan until the very end, but it does cast her behavior during that scene with Mercy by the stream and during Caleb’s fit in a different light. She doesn’t finish saying the Lord’s Prayer either. Are we looking at Determinism in action? Was this where Thomasin’s soul was headed all along?
What don’t I like? While most of cinematography is very beautiful if bleak, a couple of important scenes are much too dark.
Inside the witch’s hovel, so the director’s commentary informs me, are all sorts of interesting objects of use to the witch in her craft… but the lighting is so dim that they can’t be seen.
At the end, the Devil appears as a handsome man dressed in what we’re told is an elegant Cavalier’s suit of black velvet and black lace–but you can barely see his face when he stands behind Thomasin as she signs his book. All that fancy costumery goes to waste. In this same scene, the goat’s hoof transforms into a man’s silver-spurred boot, and I didn’t notice that at all until it was mentioned in the commentary.


Government of Canada Invests in Inuit-owned Fisheries
Iqaluit, Nunavut (June 6, 2012) – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) and Minister of Health announced today a two-year investment of just over $400,000 for Niqitaq Fisheries Limited. The investment will lead to an increase in the level of Inuit ownership and participation of the offshore fishing industry in Nunavut.
“The Government of Canada is pleased to invest in the commercial fishery in Nunavut — one of the key sectors for economic development in the region,” said Minister Aglukkaq. “Inuit-owned companies like Niqitaq are major contributors to economic development and job creation in Nunavut.”
“CanNor’s funding of this project clearly indicates that CanNor is on the right track to making the proper investments into the economic development of the North. This investment will allow us to move one step closer to managing our business to the benefit of Nunavimmuit states,” Ben Kovic, Chairman and President of Niqitaq Fisheries Ltd.
CanNor’s investment will allow Niqitaq Fisheries Limited to purchase 49 percent of the non-Inuit shares of the vessel Sikuvut. This will result in Niqitaq Fisheries owning
100 percent of two of their three vessels, and will give the company more control of their fishing enterprise and the benefits associated with the fishery. It will also increase opportunities for employment.
Investment in this project is made possible through CanNor’s Aboriginal Business Development Program (ABDP) which provides business development support to Aboriginal entrepreneurs and organizations.
ABDP is one of several economic development programs within CanNor. CanNor is responsible for coordinating and delivering Canada’s economic development initiatives across the North, and for related policy development and research.
For copies of CanNor news releases, visit: https://www.cannor.gc.ca.
For more information on Canada’s Northern Strategy, visit www.northernstrategy.ca/index-eng.asp.


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The Basic Assembly passed “An Act for the Incorporation of Public Libraries,” which offered that any village, town or county that raised $100.00 could assemble for the election of a board and incorporate into a public library. A solid economic base of $386.00 for a public library was raised by the initially sale of public land. In 1977 the University of the District of Columbia proposed to make it the anchor for a Mt. Vernon Square campus, but later abandoned the plans.
Roosevelt’s choice stemmed from a firm belief that Presidential papers are an crucial portion of the national heritage and must be accessible to the public. He asked the National Archives to take custody of his papers and other historical materials and to administer his library. Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch was the fourth branch established within the San Francisco Public Library system. The first place of the branch, in 1892, was at 809 Point Lobos Avenue and Parker Avenue. In 1914 a new Richmond Branch opened at the present location, the initially library developing in San Francisco constructed with Andrew Carnegie grant funds. In December 2000, the San Francisco Landmarks Board nominated Richmond Branch Library for designation as a city landmark.
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Such reference sections may be referred to as “reading rooms”, which may also incorporate newspapers and periodicals. An example of a reading space is the Hazel H. Ransom Reading Space at the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin, which maintains the papers of literary agent Audrey Wood. A national or state library serves as a national repository of data, and has the right of legal deposit, which is a legal requirement that publishers in the country require to deposit a copy of every single publication with the library.
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Concerns are mounting within the European Parliament regarding potential Russian interference in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, coupled with apprehensions surrounding Russian-owned properties in Bulgaria
Alarming Reality: 17% of Bulgarian Babies and Young Children Live in Poverty
Startling statistics unveiled by the National Statistical Institute reveal that a staggering 17% of children between the ages of 0 and 5 in Bulgaria grapple with poverty. This concerning figure emerges alongside an infant mortality rate that remains nearly double the European Union average, standing at 3.6%. The most distressing indicators loom over regions inhabited by marginalized ethnic communities.
During the conclusion of the 'Advocacy for children aged 0-3 living in poverty' project, experts underscored the myriad challenges faced by these vulnerable children. Key threats identified include an unhealthy environment, inadequate nutrition, insecurity, violence, subpar education, and the compromised health of parents. Adding to the predicament is the absence of prioritized laws, regulations, and policy frameworks aimed at nurturing early childhood development within the country.
The initiative, spearheaded by the NGO Club in collaboration with 10 NGOs operating nationwide, shed light on the pressing need for urgent interventions to uplift the youngest members of society from the grips of poverty and its associated adversities.
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During the night, showers are expected in some areas, primarily in the western and northern regions, while the rest of the country will experience clearing skies
A recent study conducted by the sociological agency "Global Metrics" on behalf of UNICEF Bulgaria and the Ministry of Health sheds light on the attitudes of Bulgarian parents towards vaccination
The municipal council of Burgas has opted to extend the operation of the city's "green zone" for paid parking throughout the entire year, with both summer and winter hours
As concerns over public health continue to mount, Parliament is deliberating on proposed amendments to the Health Act aimed at cracking down on indoor smoking, encompassing all smoking products, including non-tobacco alternatives and hookahs
Bulgaria's Ministry of Health Allows Earlier Whooping Cough Vaccination for Babies Amid Surge in Infections
In response to a surge in whooping cough infections across the country, the Ministry of Health has announced a significant adjustment to the immunization schedule

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Hello everyone! Today I’m gonna give you a glimpse on Digital Revolution Art Show which I recently visited. It is located at Onasis Cultural Center in Athens and it will last until 10th of January so you still got time to step in.
When it comes to the description I beleive the adjective “digital” advise us beforehand that art and technology will somehow be combined in a promising and playful way, which appeared to be true. There was a plethora of old video games, such as Atari and Gameboy, completely functional for whoever wished to score. In addition to this there was a noteworthy number of interactive games that allowed you to be part of an imaginary world, both 2D and 3D created.
One of the things that impressed me the most was the fact that you could create your very own and unique butterfly using your voice by talking to a microphone and watch it fly to the infinitive. You could also make your eyes burn in white flames or dance with a hologram that follows your moves into its spectrum. Also you coud take a glimpe of futuristic fashion where your tweets would appear on a high-tech skirt , whle wearing neon make up that ‘s being activated by your facial moves and watch interviws of artists while completing their projects.
Summing up it is a note-worthy art show for the whole family (and perfect date spot) that invites you to a new techy environment in blue and black colors dressed with neon lights.
Lots of creative sparkles until next time!

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text: Peek inside the intricate workings of this 3D windmill for a glimpse of Santa's workshop! Santa (along with a red-capped feline assistant) is putting the finishing touches on the toys he's made for all the good little girls and boys. The sails on this 6"-tall paper windmill really turn, and the intricately designed little structure props up for display. Add Santa's Windmill to your holiday décor; or, write a brief note on the included 3½"x2" gift card, fold the windmill flat, and slide them both into the envelope to mail to someone special. Extra postage required.


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Starlet Rozlyn Khan's new dance number takes a dig at some popular item songs
Sheila and Munni ruled the music charts for a considerable amount of time, thanks to their undisputed popularity
But that was last year. Buzz is that Rozlyn Khan is all set to dance on an item song that takes a direct dig at the previous years' hits.
In director Rajesh Kumar's next, an item song has lyrics that has phrases like Sheela ki maa ki ankh and Munni ki aisi ki taisi. The dance sequence is picturised on Rozlyn with a rustic background. Sujata Majumdar
of Genda phool-fame has given her voice to the track.
And turns out the singer has no qualms crooning the rather 'politically incorrect' song. `I'm a singer first. I don't write the lyrics. Fortunately, the audience nowadays is more open to experimentations in music, ` says
Speaking on the matter, Rajesh laughs away any hard feelings. `It's just that the Sheilas, Munnis and the Chamelis are outdated now. I'm trying my best to capitalise on a newer avatar. In my opinion, Rozlyn is going
to effortlessly win hearts.`
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Once again, with supreme ease and little worry, Nico Rosberg coasted to his fourth successive win of the season, his seventh victory out of seven races in a run that still stretches back to the back end of 2015. With 100 points out of a possible 100, the Championship looks to be falling into the grasp of the German, already.
The Mercedes driver took a hallowed “Grand Slam” of pole, fastest lap, victory and the lead on every one of the 53 laps around the Sochi Autodrom. Following behind him, 25 seconds down the road was his team mate Lewis Hamilton, after a difficult and abrupt end to his qualifying hour, once again. Kimi Raikkonen took the flag in third, winning the battle of the Finns that was highly anticipated before the race, with Valtteri Bottas earning fourth place after a solid drive.
On Saturday, with the woes of elimination qualifying firmly out of the minds of the fans, Rosberg blitzed the field to take pole position by over seven tenths from the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel, who felt the force of a five place grid penalty for gearbox troubles in Practice.
Hamilton was also affected by gremlins before the green light to signal the start of Q3. Another failure of the MGU-H – similar to the problem that affected him in China two weeks ago – saw the Brit start from 10th, with it all to do.
The occurrence that caught the eye of many before lights out on Sunday on a warm afternoon by the Black Sea was the formation of Vettel and Daniil Kvyat, who came to blows in Shanghai on the first lap, provoking the ire of the German. The pair found themselves too close for comfort after a little more than 800 metres after the start, Kvyat nudging Vettel into Turn 2, before clattering the Ferrari, spinning Vettel round and leaving him a hapless passenger as the scarlet machine came into contact with the Tech Pro barriers.
Vettel threw his hands up and yelled down the radio “What are we doing here?” in a flashback to that race in Turkey six years ago. Amongst the expletives, he had a point; the start was something similar to what you’d expect from a field of wide-eyed GP2 or GP3 drivers, not the world’s elite.
In turn, the Safety Car made an appearance while the debris was cleared. Nico Hulkenberg and Rio Haryanto were the other casualties after coming together in the chain reaction. This promoted Hamilton to 5th, and the two McLarens to points paying positions, a status quo they would hold at the flag, the Woking side’s first double points finish since Hungary last year.
After the restart, Bottas pounced on Raikkonen who was caught napping and Hamilton followed suit, passing Felipe Massa in similar fashion for 4th and a shot at Raikkonen.
Further back, Kvyat was racing on under a cloud, and pulled off a questionable move on Marcus Ericsson round the very outside of Turn 3, pulling off the track and back on it to complete the move. It proved pointless, as the news filtered through that his clash with Vettel incurred the wrath of Emmanuele Pirro and a 10 second stop-go penalty was his punishment. Not the homecoming he’d hoped for.
The only round of pit stops provided no real shake up in the order, Rosberg comfortably out in the lead, Bottas just ahead of Hamilton, however the Mercedes eventually dispatched of the Williams after being frustrated by the slippery Williams in the opening stint. Raikkonen also managed to get the jump on Bottas after his stop.
After running in third before his stop, and seventh afterwards, Max Verstappen’s afternoon ended on lap 43 with engine troubles, and Toro Rosso’s misery was compounded when Carlos Sainz received a 5 second time penalty for a forceful move on Jolyon Palmer.
At the sharp end of the field, Rosberg was in complete control, an assured drive as he maintained and then stretched the gap to Hamilton, who suffered with water pressure problems for a split second. At the time he was catching Rosberg, make of that what you will.
But take nothing away from the championship leader and favourite, who didn’t put a foot wrong all day despite having little pressure. His lead over Hamilton is now 43 points, a gap that’s starting to look unassailable. Vettel’s woes in Bahrain and here look to have curtailed any chance of a fifth world title, and he was seen having a word with his old boss Christian Horner on the Red Bull pit wall about the antics of Kvyat.
Credit as well to Kevin Magnussen, who kept his head throughout all the drama to bring his banana shaded Renault home in seventh, some much needed points for the Enstone outfit. And Fernando Alonso, taking a creditable sixth, doing well to defend against Bottas before his sole stop.
Driver of the Day: Kevin Magnussen (Renault)
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War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Zero Hour; Interview with Helmut Schmidt, 1987
Part of War and Peace in the Nuclear Age.
Helmut Schmidt became the head of Germanys Social Democratic Party in 1967 and deputy chairman of the party in 1968. Between 1969 and 1972, he served as defense minister, minister for economics and finance, and minister of finance. From 1974 to 1982, he was the chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the interview he conducted for War and Peace in the Nuclear Age, Schmidt recalls his anger and the political damage he suffered in 1978 when President Carter suddenly delayed his decision to produce the neutron bomb. He analyzes why the Soviet-U.S. relations deteriorated as the 1970s wore on, goes over Carter successor Ronald Reagans initial receptivity to a zero-zero option, relays the subsequent internal dissension and ascendancy of hardliners within the Reagan administration, and sheds light on the shift within the administration toward arms reductions. Schmidt describes what he terms Euro-strategic SS-20 missiles, which the Soviet Union began deploying along its western and southeastern borders in 1977. He viewed this deployment as destabilizing the nuclear balance in Europe, and he vigorouslybut unsuccessfullypressed President Jimmy Carter to include these missiles in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II negotiations. He recounts his conviction that the threat of deploying U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles in response to the threat of the Soviet SS-20s brought the Soviet Union to the negotiating table. The Guadeloupe meeting that Schmidt helped organize produced the double-track decision that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) council adopted at the end of 1979: to deploy the U.S. intermediate-range missiles while simultaneously bargaining them away in Geneva. Unlike some of his counterparts, Schmidt never feared the de-coupling of the U.S. strategic deterrent from the defense of NATO Europe. He remained, though, keenly sensitive to the concentration of nuclear weapons deployed by other countries in the Federal Republic. In his interview, Schmidt explains the need for European collaboration in building up conventional forces to achieve both nuclear and non-nuclear parity between the Warsaw and NATO blocs.
- War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
- Zero Hour
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Interview with Helmut Schmidt, 1987
- Series Description
The first atomic explosion in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, changed the world forever. This series chronicles these changes and the history of a new era. It traces the development of nuclear weapons, the evolution of nuclear strategy, and the politics of a world with the power to destroy itself.
In thirteen one-hour programs that combine historic footage and recent interviews with key American, Soviet, and European participants, the nuclear age unfolds: the origin and evolution of nuclear weapons; the people of the past who have shaped the events of the present; the ideas and issues that political leaders, scientists, and the public at large must confront, and the prospects for the future. Nuclear Age highlights the profound changes in contemporary thinking imposed by the advent of nuclear weapons. Series release date: 1/1989
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President Reagan and Soviet Secretary Gorbachev sign the INF Agreement to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons from Europe. No one had expected the European Missile Crisis to end this way.
The story begins in 1979, when the Western Allies were worried about the Soviet Union’s buildup of SS-20 nuclear missiles aimed at Western Europe. Under pressure from the Carter Administration, NATO issued a threat, if the SS-20s were not removed, NATO would install new American missiles in Europe. The threat revived the dormant anti-nuclear movement in Western Europe, giving them an anti-American tone. In 1981, President Reagan made a proposal that the US would cancel deployment of the missiles if the Soviet Union would dismantle all the intermediate range missiles it had pointed at Europe. This was the “zero-zero” option. The Soviet Union was entering a period of change with three leaders dying in three years. In 1986 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev offered to accept the “zero-zero” option and in 1987 the INF agreement was signed.
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- Nitze, Paul H.
- Weinberger, Caspar W.
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- Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich, 1906-1982
- Nuclear warfare
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
- Intermediate-range ballistic missiles
- United States
- International relations
- Pershing (Missile)
- Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
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