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“Sarah’s missing poster was everywhere,” says Anna Birley. “It was on every tree, lamp post, bus stop. Her face of her is completely imprinted in memory. ”
The 32-year-old is a councilor representing the area where Sarah Everard disappeared on 3 March 2021.
Three days later, the Metropolitan Police issued a missing person’s appeal with details of the route she may have taken home from a friend’s house, and official posters started appearing as officers went door-to-door questioning local residents.
“The disappearance was the topic of every WhatsApp conversation with female friends,” Anna recalls. “You couldn’t avoid it online or outside.”
One of the friends in those chats was 29-year-old Ludo Orlando, who lived alone near the site of Ms Everard’s disappearance at the time.
“Everywhere it was her face, the missing poster with the blue jacket,” she said. “If I close my eyes, I can still see it.”
Ludo describes how as more details of Ms Everard’s last movements emerged – her route, her clothes – a wider discussion of women’s safety in public places started to gather momentum.
“It started with her and then something shifted,” she says. “I started reading on Twitter and everyone was sharing their experiences, and it grew and grew and grew into this massive ball of anger. Every single woman I know has gone through this to different degrees.”
On 10 March, one of Ludo and Anna’s friends wrote a tweet that received more than 175,000 likes.
It said: “If I see one more comment on Sarah Everard making a ‘poor decision’ to walk home alone at night, I might scream.
“I was attacked in broad daylight on a bright sunny morning, yards from my front door. Stop focusing on women’s choices and start focusing on the men that attack us.”
By that date, public anger was growing further after police had confirmed that a serving officer had been arrested over Ms Everard’s disappearance.
Anna and Ludo’s WhatsApp group with friends was in a frenzy, moving from talk to action. The idea was formed to hold a vigil, not just for Ms Everard but for all women harmed and left feeling unsafe.
“We decided to call ourselves Reclaim These Streets,” Anna says, explaining the name was a deliberate allusion to the Reclaim the Night movement started in the 1970s, after police instructed women to stay home during the “Yorkshire Ripper” murders.
“It felt like the narrative around Sarah’s disappearance started to be about doing the right things to not be attacked.
“When you try to combine that with police telling women how to behave, and realizing that we tell ourselves how to behave, it’s like no – f*** this.”
Ludo said that the initial discussion of a vigil had been focused on Ms Everard’s memory, but then it started “becoming about all women, there was a shift as more experiences started to come out”.
The newly-formed group held a Zoom meeting on Wednesday 10 March 2021 and initially discussed plans to light some candles on Clapham Common, the park that Ms Everard walked through on her way home.
Anna said she originally thought around 100, mainly local, people may come. But within hours of a Facebook event being set up for the following Saturday, 4,000 people had registered to attend.
“I’ve organized a lot of events like fundraisers and community meetings, and there’s so much effort involved in getting people to turn up, I’ve never had the reverse,” Anna says. “It was unlike anything I’ve done before. I think meeting in person was important for people because we were being told to stay at home and because public places felt scary.
“We organized it to be at sunset deliberately because it was about reclaiming not just the park when it’s well lit and feels alright, but about reclaiming all the dark corners and trees you can hide behind, the scariness of being out as a woman after dark .”
Henna Shah was friends with Jessica Leigh, another Reclaim These Streets co-founder and Lambeth councillor, and joined after hearing about the plans.
“In the course of lockdown I’d met loads of friends on Clapham Common, and Sarah’s route to walk back to her flat is exactly the same route I use, to be safe,” she says.
“I expected there would be a few hundred local women and that we would locally be able to mark something that was important to us. I didn’t think it would have the kind of impact that it did.”
As news of the Reclaim These Streets event spread like wildfire on Facebook and Twitter, the founders started approaching women who were planning other vigils to see if they wanted to join forces.
Jamie Klingler, an American events manager living in London, was organizing a rally in Trafalgar Square when she heard of the Clapham Common vigil.
She was introduced to Reclaim These Streets by a member who had met her at a book club, and was soon tasked with sourcing lights and a PA system for the rally.
“By Thursday morning we were all forces go, but then we got an email from Scotland Yard saying it was illegal and we couldn’t do it,” she adds.
Organizers felt they had the support of the council and local police in initial discussions over the vigil, but say the tone “completely changed” after it was referred to the Metropolitan Police headquarters.
Anna says she and other members had read the Covid laws in place at the time, as well as park bylaws and any information they could access on what they needed to draw up a risk assessment that would make the vigil safe.
“We had emailed the police on Wednesday night,” she adds. “I wanted it to be safe for people to come, so I wanted the police to have an open line of communication.”
But the following day, the situation “escalated” as Reclaim These Streets members started to meet with police to find ways forward.
“We had a couple of Zoom meetings with them and they were saying ‘it’s unlawful, you can’t have protests, we have to be consistent across all events, if you do this then you’ll put yourselves at risk of a £ 10,000 fixed penalty notice each and arrest under the Serious Crimes Act’,” Anna recalls.
The Clapham Common vigil was receiving national media coverage, and Reclaim These Streets had already been contacted by women in cities across the UK who wanted to hold linked events.
The group had created branded publicity material and other resources which had been shared with organizers in more than 30 other locations, including Cardiff, Liverpool and Manchester.
The Metropolitan Police’s position was that every organizer could be fined £10,000 if there were more than 30 attendees, and the founders of Reclaim These Streets could be considered to have “intentionally encouraged or assisted” Covid offences.
Organizers believed a safely organized vigil would constitute a “reasonable excuse” under Covid laws and lodged an urgent legal challenge, which was heard at the High Court on Friday 12 March.
Mr Justice Holgate said that the objective was “to hold the vigil safely and lawfully” and that organizers had “taken care to liaise with local police officers”.
The judge confirmed that Covid laws did not amount to a blanket ban on protest, but declined to make a declaration on the legality of the event and said further communications should take place for the police to weigh the restrictions against human rights laws.
During a subsequent meeting where organizers were attempting to discuss ways to go ahead with the vigil, Scotland Yard published a press release saying the court had confirmed it “may conclude that attendance at a large gathering could be unlawful”.
The statement urged women wanting to attend the vigil to “stay at home or find a lawful and safer way to express your views”.
“I genuinely thought we were going to find a solution with them, and then while we were discussing doing this and that the press release came out,” Ludo says.
Friday’s High Court judgment said the Met’s statement “failed accurately to reflect the law” and continued to suggest that the vigil was unlawful, when in fact it was “incumbent on the police to engage with the organisers” and discuss ways forward.
As a result of the police’s continued position that the vigil could result in £10,000 fines, not just for Reclaim These Streets members, but for the dozens of other women who organized linked events in cities across the UK, the group decided to cancel in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Shortly after 7am, they released a statement saying they had made “every effort to reach a positive outcome”, but “Scotland Yard would not engage with our suggestions to help ensure that a legal, Covid-secure vigil could take place”.
Reclaim These Streets members say they reached the decision collectively, at a meeting where concerns were expressed about the consequences of fines or arrests for women’s jobs, finances and life prospects.
Protesters and police scuffle at Sarah Everard vigil
“What really hurt was that we couldn’t go anywhere near the event for fear of being identified as organisers,” Henna says. “I couldn’t go down and pay my respects but Kate Middleton could, and she wasn’t going to get arrested.”
At the time their vigil was supposed to take place, Reclaim These Streets members instead took part in alternative memorials, including a doorstep candle vigil and online event, away from Clapham Common.
When they returned to their homes, they saw scenes unfolding on television of police pushing through the crowd and arresting women, pinning one to the ground.
“I felt bereft and sick and felt like I should have been there – I told women to go and then didn’t show up,” Jamie says.
“We absolutely knew people were going to turn up. The train had already left the station and then people got angry because the police were trying to silence us.
“None of this would have happened if they had just let us get on with it. You can’t take away all the infrastructure and then say ‘look what you made us do’.”
Henna believes that it was partly the Metropolitan Police’s reaction that “pushed the vigil to the stratospheric level it became”.
“By that point we knew the officer had been charged so there was a real sense of people feeling uncomfortable about the police, particularly in London,” she says.
“We told the police that ‘no matter what you think people will turn up’. It would have made more sense to let us do something in a Covid-secure way than to create the environment they did.”
A year after forming solely to hold the vigil, Reclaim These Streets is still operating as a campaign group, and has widened its mission to wider issues of women’s safety and male violence.
“Every time a woman is killed or raped or new allegations come out about police conduct there’s more to react to,” Anna says.
“I get a lot of women sharing their experiences. I get it on my council email, my social media direct messages, Twitter. I get letters posted to me at my work.”
Jess says she has been receiving “a lot” of reports about male police officers by their female colleagues, while Jamie and Ludo are on a board allocating the thousands of pounds raised by a crowdfunding drive to women’s organisations.
“It feels like a David and Goliath battle,” Anna says. “If we are going to get to the point where we don’t have a racist, sexist culture in the police it will need a lot of people to keep up the challenge.”


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Who is creeping through the jungle, and which is the right path? The five rounded segments can be turned round and made into a circle until the merry leopard family is complete. Done it? Then just turn over and you’re off again! This innovative slider puzzle offers twice the fun with its trendy, colourful reverse side. It is a good thing that all the pieces are firmly fixed together. Nothing can get lost while the fine motor skills are being trained or when children are testing out the association of colours and shapes as they play. This is the way children learn to occupy themselves happily in the long term. The compact slider puzzle combines aesthetic demands with basic encouragement of skills and offers a variety of ways to keep children busy both at home and on the move.
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Creating art with a theme is one of the opportunities to explore your creativity. Holiday-related art is a fun way to practice your skills.
As an art student delving into the world of design, trying your hand at creating art with a theme is a fantastic way to explore your creativity. Moreover, experimenting with holiday-related art makes learning art and design enjoyable and provides a playful avenue to hone your skills.
In this article, we’ll briefly discuss the significance of mastering the art of transitioning your creations for the holiday season, share some handy tips to do it effectively and explore how this skill positively impacts you as a multimedia arts student in the Philippines.
Creating Art with a Theme
On a personal level, knowing how to adapt a holiday theme to your art and design is a way of celebrating the season. The festive atmosphere may inspire you to create different designs you are not accustomed to. But as a type of art student who is eager to be the best in the industry, adding holiday-related art into your portfolio adds diversity to the range of work that you can do and it shows that your art and design skills are not limited to a single theme.
In the multimedia arts in the Philippines, it is important to remain relevant. Since the Philippines celebrate Christmas as early as September, there is a high market demand for holiday-related art. Having the right art and design skills will allow you to accept commissions for holiday-related projects.
Tips for Filipino Students When Creating Art with a Theme
Choose a specific holiday
There is a variety of holidays to choose from, like Christmas or Hanukkah. Every holiday has its traditions, symbols, and even a color scheme—research all the elements you must and must not incorporate into your design for your chosen holiday. You want to represent the cultural aspect of the holiday correctly, even with art.
Apply the appropriate colors
Different holiday also means different colors. You want your art and design to precisely depict the holiday that you are highlighting. Christmas is usually associated with red, green, and gold, while blue and silver are for Hannukah.
Include traditional symbols
Adding seasonal elements to your art and design is vital to express the holiday spirit immediately. Christmas is known for Santa Claus and Christmas trees with ornaments, while Hanukkah is celebrated with the menorah and Star of David.
Experiment with mediums
Be the type of art student who enhances all their skill set. Explore using digital art, traditional drawing, painting, or even photography. Being an all-around artist is good for your business.
Study at CIIT
The multimedia arts industry in the Philippines is booming. Know how to turn your arts and design skills into a lucrative business. The Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship at CIIT will give you a solid foundation to help you successfully build and manage your business. Enroll now!

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I’ve been busy enjoying the holiday season with family and friends. Maybe a little too much. I’ve been adding fat quarters to my hips instead of my stash with all the yummy food I’ve been eating.
Not a lot of sewing has been going on but I did manage to cut out a new project and begin to put it together.
Have you managed to squeeze in a little sewing among all your festivities? If so I’d love to see what you’ve been up to. Link up and share your progress.
yes I have been sewing and crocheting
Oh that will be a pretty quilt!
Ha…loved your fat quarter comment! Have fun with the sewing.

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Shaking the Heavens and Splitting the Earth: Chinese Air Force Employment Concepts in the 21st Century
Less than a decade ago, China's air force was an antiquated service equipped almost exclusively with weapons based on 1950s-era Soviet designs and operated by personnel with questionable training according to outdated employment concepts. Today, the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) appears to be on its way to becoming a modern, highly capable air force for the 21st century. This monograph analyzes publications of the Chinese military, previously published Western analyses of China's air force, and information available in published sources about current and future capabilities of the PLAAF. It describes the concepts for employing forces that the PLAAF is likely to implement in the future, analyzes how those concepts might be realized in a conflict over Taiwan, assesses the implications of China implementing these concepts, and provides recommendations about actions that should be taken in response.
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An epic tour de force that takes in the key political events of the postwar world, Lessons finds the masterful McEwan addressing the interconnectedness of personal motivation and the merciless onrush of the tide of history.
When the world was still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain had closed, young Roland Baines’s life was turned upside down. 2,000 miles from his mother’s protective love, stranded at an unusual boarding school, his vulnerability attracted piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade.
Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to confront the reality of his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into his family history and will last for the rest of his life.
From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current pandemic and climate change, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of history, but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities, he seeks solace through every possible means – music, literature, friends, sex, politics and, finally, love cut tragically short, then love ultimately redeemed. His journey raises important questions for us all. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape our lives and our memories? And what can we really learn from the traumas of the past?
Epic, mesmerising and deeply humane, Lessons is a chronicle for our times – a powerful meditation on history and humanity through the prism of one man’s lifetime.
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In 1790 an English ship, the Chatham, was blown off course and landed on the main island. Chatham Islands Health Centre - General Practice. A Black Lives Matter march is set to take place in Chatham on Friday, June 5. Our tasty Chatham Blue Cod and Kina are frozen within hours of leaving the ocean, so you are guaranteed a perfectly delicious and flavoursome catch straight from the ocean to your door. Primary Healthcare Service ... Chatham Island Chatham Islands 8016. We have shown […] Our kids are very excited.
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Situated in the South Pacific Ocean, about 800km to the East of Christchurch, the Chatham Islands are New Zealand’s most Easterly territory. Descendants of Moriori still live in the Chatham Islands; Kopinga Marae is testimony to a resurgence of their culture. His team employ a novel approach to … “The lowering of the […] Around 600 people live on two of the 11 islands that make up ‘The Chathams’. “It was my family’s privilege to show support for residents taking part in the Black Lives Matter march this evening,” Mayor Canniff said in a statement. Department of Conservation sea bird scientist, Graeme Taylor, is on Rangatira Island, in the Chatham Islands, to find out where they go. The event will start from the W.I.S.H. The Chatham Islands. In 1835 two Māori groups, Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Mutunga, invaded the Chatham Islands. They love the outdoors and we really want to make the most of this fantastic opportunity. 750km to the east of New Zealand’s South Island lie the Chatham Islands, home to New Zealand’s most remote communities. Get directions. Later European sealers, settlers and whalers arrived. Uncover property values, resident history, neighborhood safety score, and more! The Chatham Islands form an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 800 kilometres (500 mi) east of the South Island of New Zealand. 6 Hospital Road Chatham Island Chatham Islands 8016. Find contact info for current and past residents, property value, and more.
Get Chatham Islands's weather and area codes, time zone and DST. It consists of about ten islands within a 40-kilometre (25 mi) radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Only two of the Chatham Islands are inhabited, and the total population, of roughly 600, resides on Chatham and Pitt islands. PHARMAC’s One Heart Many Lives Program targets Māori and Pacific men who are known not to access primary care and have high risks of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. She lives a pioneering lifestyle 1075 kilometres from Auckland, 50 kilometres from Waitangi – Waitangi, Chatham Islands, that is – and a final few kilometres across a paddock. Street Address. They had left northern Taranaki due to warfare, and were seeking somewhere else to live. Centre, 177 King St. E. in Chatham at 7 p.m. “This is simple,” organizers said on social media. (Named after the abundant Butterfly) This is the fourth generation Chathams property owned by the Croon family with a gorgeous garden featuring the eerie skeletons of dead kopi trees and great drifts of the stunning Chatham Island forget-me-not. Incomes are largely reliant on farming, fishing, conservation and tourism. Was this page helpful?
Located in the Southern Pacific Islands, the Chatham Islands archipelago covers an area of 966 square kilometres and consists of 11 major islands, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island.. A Black Lives Matter march was held in Chatham on Friday evening, June 5, 2020. Some of these islands, once cleared for farming, are now preserved as nature reserves to conserve their flora and fauna.
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Can we take a look in the mirror?
Let’s find something to blame. What is the thing that we can point at to make us all feel better?
Media, sensationalism, Facebook, Twitter, fake news sites, the electoral college, our founding fathers, heck we blame each other.
Why isn’t anyone pointing a finger at themselves? Why can’t we look in the mirror?
I’ve learned over the past couple of years that a core desire of humanity is to be right. This election has shown me that very clearly, however, not really in the way that I would expect. Instead of our candidates debating their own points, they spend the majority of their time arguing why the opposite points are wrong. The majority of the debate was spent reiterating that the opposition was simply lying about everything they said.
That was on both sides.
That trickles down in to society on the whole.
Hillary lost this election because the electoral college is bunk and doesn’t account for the voice of America. Facebook did nothing to censor all of the fake news about Hillary.
I will be honest and say that I did want Hillary to win this election. I voted for her. Was I as true to myself as I could have been by voting for her, not at all. I think she was no more deserving of the office than our President-Elect. That’s for a different time though.
I’m really writing this because I think it is time that we do make America great again. The only way that we do that, in my humble opinion, is by taking on some responsibility for ourselves and each other.
I include myself in that. I have spent a good amount of my adulthood looking out for #1 (that’s me). Our country cannot continue, better yet start, on a path to being great (whether you think it’s again, or for the first time, or more so) unless we as a society come together and start working for each other.
Responsibility is not fun all the time. It’s certainly not as easy as pointing the blame at someone or something else. But let’s be honest, is being as divided as we are really what we are looking for right now?
I wouldn’t say so.
Do I have a plan to make this country great again? Nope.
Do I know how to bring this country back together again? Nope.
Does the idea of taking that on make me uncomfortable? Yup.
At the end of the day, I am not satisfied with the discomfort, fear, hate, and cracks that have become between us as a society. I don’t have all the answers, not anywhere close.
But I’ll tell you something… I am at least looking in the mirror to figure out what I can do about it.
Do you want to join me?

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The modern age in english literature started from the beginning of the twentieth century, and opposed the so-called ‘hypocritical’ attitude of the victorian society. (literary & literary critical terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of contemporary styles or schools of art, literature, music, etc, esp those of an experimental kind 4 (historical terms) belonging or relating to the period in history from the end of the middle ages to the present. The modern age is the age of science, but even in this scientific age, we have poems written on the subject of religion and mysticism wb yeats, francis thompson, robert graves etc are the great poets who have kept alive the flame of religion and mysticism in their poetry. Modern age synonyms, modern age pronunciation, modern age translation, english dictionary definition of modern age noun 1 modern times - the circumstances and ideas of the present age in modern times like these contemporary world, modern world, present times times . 2 movies set a century ago capture the coming of modern age the sisters brothers is about a wild west on the verge of being tamed the biopic colette is about a french novelist who refused to be.
Modernism is not identical to modernity or modernization, though these terms' meanings overlap modernism is a recent period of western or world civilization modernity or modernization is a historical process rather than a period modernization or modernity is ongoing since emergence of humanism and modern science in classical greece, or at least since the renaissance. Pasqua i am a teacher of english in an italian secondary school english is just my cup of tea the purpose of this blog is to motivate my students to improve their knowledge of the language and appreciate culture and literature as well as to help them with their homework and tests or at least, i hope so. Modern age: the turn of the century- historical and social background: the 1910s/1920s posted on 22 may 2011 by rosariomario the death of queen victoria in 1901 marked the end of the victorian age, even if the real break with the former era came with the first world war which was a turning point in the history of the world.
Literature was not the only art form to be affected by romanticism composers also veered away from the formal clarity of classicism to experiment, striving for deeper emotional depth mendelssohn, schumann, chopin, berlioz and liszt were early pioneers. In terms of literary modernism, authors of the mid- to late 20th century were more interested in the modern possibilities of language, style, narrative teniques, etc than content or social issues. Modern age characteristics the concept of the modern world as distinct from an ancient or medieval world rests on a sense that the modern world is not just another erain history, but rather the result of a new type of change. Romanticism, attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century.
Modern art (aka modernist art) simply denotes new, non-traditional art modern artists, who deliberately sought to break with traditional styles , innovated a wide range of new aesthetics modern literature can be broadly divided into two approaches, realism and radicalism , both of which can be traced back to ca 1850. The age of sensibility (sometimes referred to as the age of johnson) was the time of edmund burke, edward gibbon, hester lynch thrale, james boswell, and, of course, samuel johnson ideas such as neoclassicism, a critical and literary mode, and the enlightenment, a particular worldview shared by many intellectuals, were championed during this age. The birth of modernism and modern art can be traced to the industrial revolution this period of rapid changes in manufacturing, transportation, and technology began around the mid-18th century and lasted through the 19th century, profoundly affecting the social, economic, and cultural conditions of life in western europe, north america, and eventually the world. Modernist poetry and literature is characterized as a revolt against the prevailing victorian aesthetic of the 19th century, with artists, intellectuals and writers rejecting tradition. The period of the renaissance symbolizes the transition from the medieval world to the modern age artists of this age although their art was basically christian, the renaissance encouraged the adaptation of classical art forms index 10 introduction 11 the modern age in the history of europe 12 renaissance in italy 13 the.
Major movements of the modern age modernist artsiest also know to 20th century leading of art’s numerous artiste present to his idea on new thinking or new way to contractions or deconstructions literature also reproduce them art or new creation of human philosophy or psychology relations between man or nature. American literature unit 4: the modern age 1915-1946 study play the modern temper was uncertain and distrustful of science and religion art began to reflect the pessimism and discontinuity of the modern age black writers of the harlem renaissance carried the rhythm of classical music over into various forms of literature. Early modern period: art historical interpretations the practice of critical evaluation in early modern art rests upon the foundations of biography, rhetoric, and poetics giorgio vasari (1511 – 1574), italian writer and artist, launched renaissance art history with his lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors and architects (first. Roman literature of the golden age of augustus caesar, produced during the transition from republican to imperial forms of government, was to have a profound and defining influence on western european and american societies these writings ultimately established lasting models of aesthetic refinement, philosophical aspiration, and political ambition that continue to shape modern cultures .
The original augustan age was the brilliant literary period of virgil, horace and ovid under the roman emperor augustus the eighteenth century in english literature has been called the augustan age, the neoclassical age, and the age of reason. Modernist literature was known for its focus on the inner self and consciousness it contrasted with the previously popular romantic period of writing, which took a much less inward focus and dwelled on nature and existence. Literary modernism, or modernist literature, has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in europe and north america, and is characterized by a very self-conscious break with traditional ways of writing, in both poetry and prose fiction. British & irish modernism the horrors of world war i (1914-19), with its accompanying atrocities and senselessness became the catalyst for the modernist movement in literature and art.
• the modern period has been a period of significant development in the field of science, politics, warfare and technology • totally opposite from victorian age • world war first and second create chaotic situation in society, literature. The augustan age (c 1700-1750): this period is marked by the imitation of virgil and horace's literature in english letters the principal english writers include addison, steele, swift, and alexander pope. Modern literature: the african coming-of-age novel taught by christopher okonkwo if dated from the slave autobiographies, one could argue that life-writing—factual, mediated, and/or fictional—has had a centuries’ old history in black atlantic literary imagination. The list of the famous writers of the victorian era is thus long and illustrious they enriched the treasury of the english language and left a vivid picture of a long and prosperous rule they enriched the treasury of the english language and left a vivid picture of a long and prosperous rule.


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CeNCOOS is a US Government-accredited, regional source for high-quality data, integrated information, and diverse expertise to inform wise and sustainable use of the ocean off Central and Northern California. The CeNCOOS collaborative engages numerous investigators and technical experts, students, and institutions. Our systems and capabilities are evolving to provide real-time and forecasted information on harmful algal blooms, to advance integrated assessment tools for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and to include animal telemetry and other emerging technologies. Our data catalog continues to grow, facilitating access to over 1,000 observational and model data sets for the region, including a growing set of biogeochemical and biological data. Users of CeNCOOS data and information products include scientists, resource managers, decision-makers, students, and engaged citizens who participate in the continual improvement of the system to best meet society’s needs.
Our partners include our neighboring regional observing associations, especially the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS), as well as federal and state agencies supporting coastal management, academic and nongovernmental organizations and the ocean-focused business community. We are housed on the campus of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
Translating data into action through the production, curation, and delivery of high-quality ocean information.
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A healthy and prosperous California coastal ocean powered by information solutions.
Ocean Observing in the U.S.
CeNCOOS is part of a national framework of integrated observing systems covering all U.S. coastal areas and the Great Lakes. This national framework is called the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). IOOS is a Regional Alliance of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), which coordinates distributed observing systems globally to serve users across climate, operational services, and ocean health, with an increasing focus on coastal areas and regional seas.
We are a certified Regional Information Coordination Entity — a non-federal observing organization certified as meeting federal standards for data gathering and management. This certification means that our data has the full backing of the IOOS and NOAA.
The core funding for CeNCOOS comes as a series of five-year Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (RCOOS) grants administered by IOOS. Our strategy presented here informs the framing and delivery for the award covering the period June 2021 to May 2026. This core funding supports basic administration and implementation of our regional observing systems. External support for CeNCOOS has come from programs including the IOOS Ocean Technology Transition, Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (MBON), the Coastal Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT) efforts, the NASA Ecological Forecasting Program, and the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP). We also regularly seek funding through competitive programs such as those sponsored by the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) and California Sea Grant. Several philanthropic organizations have strategic interests that align with ours, including the provision of actionable information on various indicators for managed marine spaces, environmental stewardship, and advancing technical capability to provide additional opportunity for maximizing regional partnerships and optimizing the system.
CeNCOOS seeks funding to meet our strategic goals and realize our vision and mission. CeNCOOS currently operates at a funding level that severely constrains our ability to recapitalize existing assets, grow observing capability for biogeochemistry, biology, and ecosystem variables, and provide the high-priority information the region needs. All of our operations are heavily leveraged and would not be possible without contributions from our many partners including NOAA Global Ocean Monitoring Program, the West Coast Marine laboratories (University of California and California State University systems), the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) among many others. This funding shortfall requires us to grow our funding portfolio to meet our strategic goals and those of our federal, tribal, state and local partners.


U.S. coach to miss Gold Cup final
Friday, July 26, 2013
CHICAGO — U.S. soccer coach Jurgen Klinsmann will miss the Gold Cup final Sunday against Panama after drawing a one-game suspension for his tirade during the tournament semifinals.
CONCACAF’s disciplinary committee handed out the punishment Friday night, saying FIFA’s rules call for anyone ejected from a match to be banned from the following game. Klinsmann was ejected in the 87th minute Wednesday in a 3-1 victory over Honduras after protesting several no-calls against his players. He slammed a ball into the ground and could be seen yelling and gesturing angrily in the direction of the referee.
He later apologized, saying he’d acted out of frustration.
While the U.S. players would prefer to have Klinsmann on the bench, they said his absence won’t be a distraction.
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I can still remember the moment I knew what I was going to do for a living.
I didn’t know this would be the company I’d work for or even that I’d necessarily be in newspapers, but it was the first time I realized I could make a living with the written word.
I was taking freshman composition in my first semester at Suffolk County Community College. My professor, Paul Agostino, was blowing off a little steam after reading a particularly bad batch of papers. Pacing at the front of the classroom in the Islip Arts Building at the school’s Ammerman Campus in Selden, he told us he understood we were only taking the class because it was required.
“None of you will be professional writers,” he said, before stopping and looking up at me. “Except for you, Grant. You can be a writer if you want.”
At that point in my 19 years on Earth, I had never shown I wanted anything.
I did so poorly in high school — due mostly to a lack of effort — that when it came time for college applications, I never filled one out.
When all my friends left for their first semester in college, I accepted a full-time gig as a restaurant host and banquet server at the Ramada Inn in Riverhead (now the Hotel Indigo). When I lost that job, I was at the lowest point in my young life. My next job was short-lived; I was an usher at a community theater, where the $15 pay referenced in the help wanted ad drew me in but the paycheck — which showed it was $15 per day, not per hour — pushed me out.
Sensing I was headed in the wrong direction — or no direction at all — Tom McKnight, a retired Wading River Elementary School teacher and longtime family friend, handed me a book. It was called “Do It: Let’s Get Off Our Buts,” a self-help guide with a message so devoid of subtlety that one of the Ts was left out of the word “butts.”
Inside, Mr. McKnight wrote, “This book can help you find the career path that fits with your talents …”
Soon after, I enrolled at SCCC, where I met Paul. He was my first real-life example of a “college professor.” His hair was unkempt, his T-shirt rotation pitched on short rest and he talked as my friends and I did.
That’s not to suggest his classes were ever easy. You’d have to read your essays, short stories and poems in front of the class and fellow students would take turns criticizing you. If they didn’t rip you to shreds, sometimes Paul would.
As a defense mechanism, I’d always just try to make him laugh, like the time I dedicated a poem to Shrimp Mates, the off-brand fish sticks my mother once bought at Costco. After I exceeded the absence limit in one of his creative writing classes, Paul told me he’d make one of them go away if I brought in Shrimp Mates for the entire class. So on the last day of the semester, I showed up at school with a giant tray o’ mates and a bowl of homemade cocktail sauce. Let the transcript reflect that I received an A in that course.
Remembering what he’d said years earlier, I turned to Paul for a letter of recommendation after my first newspaper interview. I got the job.
In the 12 years since, we’ve exchanged the occasional email or shared a little Facebook banter. He recently sent me an advance copy of his new book, “Appalachian Calculations.” It’s a collection of his musings from a decade’s worth of trips to North Carolina.
A fellow Long Islander with a family home in Asheville, a city he writes about with deep admiration, the book struck a chord with me. He writes that “Asheville is a town of street pipers and harmonica players and music coaxing you into so many doors it’s hard to choose just one,” an observation that comes to life in the mind of anyone who’s ever spent a summer evening in the “Paris of the South.”
Reading each of his pieces, I was reminded not just of how talented my teacher is, but how sometimes as a writer it’s difficult to pass praise along. Sometimes your instinct as a creative person is to feel jealousy for something excellent someone else created.
Reading the book made me feel nostalgic not just about the many trips I’ve taken to visit family in North Carolina, but also for my days spent in Paul’s class and the impact he had on me. I’m not sure I’ve ever thanked him for that.
Too often young people — not just writers — never find that person who gives them the confidence to understand they’re good at something.
It’s a simple thing, really, to see an ability in someone and to let them know it. If we just took a moment every so often to share in this way, we’d all be better off for it.
Who knows? They might even pay you back in Shrimp Mates.
The author is the executive editor of Times Review Media Group. He can be reached at [email protected] or by phone at 631-354-8046.


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"Lord of the Rings" star on how his character battled notorious serial killer in "No Man of God," which debuts at Tribeca Film Festival.
Air New Zealand is known for its in-flight safety videos featuring Betty White, Anna Faris, Richard Simmons, Sports Illustrated supermodels like Chrissy Teigen, and even Elijah Wood, Sir Peter Jackson, and the hobbits from The Lord of the Rings. Previous videos have also included a lineup of homegrown Kiwi, icons like professional athlete Eliza McCartney and supermodel Rachel Hunter.
Elijah Wood appeared on the premiere episode “Talking with Chris HardwickÆ where he was asked about the most awkward scene he shot in his long career. Turns out that as a young man, it can be pretty awkward to have your mom on set while shooting a make-out scene.
Macon Blair‘s darkly amusing crime yarn picked up the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for a dramatic film, and went live on Netflix on Feb. 24
Susan Sarandon and Elijah Wood joined Jimmy Fallon in a rousing game of musical beers, and Karen Fairchild from the band Little Big Town was not joking around. Karen became the Thelma to Susan's Louise as the two gal pals started a little plotting against the Jimmy, with a little whispering back and forth before the music commenced
Yesterday, we brought you news about a recent photo shoot featuring a number of the original stars from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan — the last of whom publicized this reunion via his Instagram account (as seen below). They have a cave troll.
It was a little more than 13 years ago that Peter Jackson completed his epic fantasy trilogy with The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, the 2003 finale that went on to win Best Picture and Best Director Oscars (the first sequel to do so since 1974’s The Godfather Part II). As People first reported, a series of new Instagram posts by Dominic Monaghan — who played hobbit Merry Brandybuck in the series — reveals that many of the LoTR principals recently reunited, including Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, and Billy Boyd.
On Conan, Elijah Wood told host Conan O’Brien, that people still keep talking about how he looks like Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. “After a while, it hits the Internet, and it becomes a thing and people talk about it for a while, and you think, ‘OK, we get it. The joke is over and it will die,’” Woods said. “But it just has long legs, and it keeps going.”
A recent interview with Elijah Wood has reignited the conversation on pedophilia in the entertainment business. The Lord of the Rings star later clarified first to The Hollywood Reporter and then on his personal Twitter account that his comments about “something major … going on in Hollywood” were based not on his own experiences and observations but rather on news reports and the 2015 documentary film An Open Secret. In past interviews, his A&E reality series The Two Coreys and his 2013 memoir, Coreyography, Feldman has detailed how he was preyed upon by men in the industry.
Actor compares Hollywood underbelly to BBC scandal involving longtime host Jimmy Savile; child-actor support group co-founder warns a "tsunami" of claims on the way
Daisy Ridley is not Keira Knightley. (Photo: Getty Images)
Elijah Wood’s appearance on The Late Show proved to be a daunting prospect for host and avid Lord of the Rings fan Stephen Colbert. Wood was there to promote his new film, The Last Witch Hunter, so Colbert made a vow to “not talk about The Lord of the Rings for eight minutes.” Eventually, Wood made a Tolkien reference, and the bait was too much for Colbert to bear, but he really gave his best effort.


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BTS military service confirmed, Jin to begin process after solo: HYBE confirms
Big Hit Music has confirmed the news in a statement that BTS will soon be serving their mandatory military service.
Global sensation South Korea’s boy band BTS will soon be serving their mandatory military service. Their label Big Hit Music, that acts under HYBE Corporation, has confirmed the news in a statement.
According to the speculations, the company has been trying to negotiate the septet’s military enlistment for months now. It was in consideration of their contribution towards the country globally through their art. However, the government did not count them any different and it has been decided that the members will be going for their mandatory military service.
Meanwhile, the oldest member of the group, Jin, will be the first one to enlist, as per the official announcement.
The statement released by the label reads, “BigHit Music is proud to announce today that the members of BTS are currently moving forward with plans to fulfill their military service. After the phenomenal concert to support Busan’s bid for the World Expo 2030, and as each individual embarks on solo endeavours, it’s a perfect time and the members of BTS are honoured to serve.”
The company further confirmed that Jin will enlist soon. “BigHit Music has focused on the milestone moment when it would be possible to respect the needs of the country and for these healthy young men to serve with their countrymen, and that’s now. Group member Jin will initiate the process as soon as his schedule for his solo release is concluded at the end of October. He will then follow the enlistment procedure of the Korean government” the statement further read.
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— BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) October 17, 2022
“Other members of the group plan to carry out their military service based on their own individual plans. Both the company and the members of BTS are looking forward to reconvening as a group again around 2025 following their service commitment.” The statement continued with information about other members individual plans.
At the end, the company also confirmed that the group will come together as a whole in 2025 following their commitments. They also affirmed that there is a lot to look forward to, “Yet To Come is more than a track from their latest album, it i a promise, there’s much more yet to come in the years ahead from BTS” the declaration concluded.

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 03, 2011
On Thursday, June 2, 2011, the Global Commission on Drug Policy released a groundbreaking statement of recommendations on how the world's governments should reshape their anti-drug policies. The old pattern of a 'War on Drugs' has failed completely, they state. New models including decriminalization of drugs, especially cannabis (marijuana), and experimentation with treatment models that employ drugs in the treatment of addiction are supported by the Commission.
Clark Carr, for 16 years the President of Narconon International, an international non-profit network of 150 centers in 50 countries delivering drug and alcohol rehabilitation and drug education services, spoke out in agreement with this call for change. "What the commission has done right is to challenge all governments to break out of their emphasis on criminalization," he stated. "The criminalization of drug abuse, from the farmers to the consumers, has led to millions of non-violent offenders being jailed, sometimes for decades. What they have done right is to call for greater regard for human rights and public health in relation to drug abuse and addiction. But what is unacceptable is their support of programs touting themselves as 'drug recovery' programs when what they do is dispense addictive drugs."
Mr. Carr referred to the portion of the report that recommends the use of maintenance drugs buprenorphine and methadone and 'heroin-assisted' treatment (HAT) programs such as those in Europe and Canada. Participants in HAT programs are provided with pharmaceutical grade heroin as a last-ditch effort to allay some of the damage done by heroin addiction, namely, a lifestyle of criminal activity to obtain the funds necessary to supply one's heroin habit because of the illegality of heroin possession and use.
"When governments and social agencies accept the basic premise that addiction is an incurable brain disease, they can be hoodwinked into settling for half measures, such as harm reduction's clean needles and heroin dispensaries," Mr. Carr continued. "This may or may not get these addicts off illegal drugs, but, face it, with so-called 'maintenance programs' and 'heroin-assisted' treatment programs, we still have a world of addicts on drugs."
"Further," he said, "both types of treatment make the assumption that an addict cannot achieve the goal of getting and staying clean and sober. This assumption is completely false. I know from my tenure as President of Narconon International that addiction is NOT a disease of the brain. It is a health problem, yes, but more a social and community problem. Most profoundly, personal addiction is a manifestation of insufficient life skills."
Mr. Carr pointed out that Narconon's forty-plus years of delivery of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services has proven that addicts of all types, no matter the severity of their addiction, are able to fully recover without substitute drugs or medication for mental disorders some people think accompany addiction. The Narconon drug rehabilitation program and many others around the world use nutrition to enable individuals to regain physical health and also life skills training so they can confront and deal with the difficulties that may have lead them into substance abuse. Mr. Carr added, "Thousands of our graduates are living clean and sober lives for years or even decades after they have completed the Narconon program, tens of thousands. This is proof that addiction is in no way an incurable disease."
Mr. Carr summarized his recommendations by saying, "The only humane action is to provide those who are addicted to illegal substances with a safe, effective route to complete drug-free recovery. And to provide children and young adults not yet hooked on drugs with complete, honest, effective drug education that enables them to make the life-saving choice to stay clean and sober. Until those services are fully in place, with broad, unswerving government support, we fail our own citizens if we merely reduce the protective measures currently offered by drug interdiction."
"The War on Drugs may be a failed policy," Carr said, "but worse is to accept the hypothesis that addiction is an incurable disease and not demand effective drug rehabilitation."
For more information on the Narconon program model, please visit http://www.narconon.org or call 800-775-8750.
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In Syria Wednesday, two western journalists joined the thousands of Syrians who have already died in the conflict there. But perhaps more importantly, a Syrian citizen-journalist, who helped publish video from Homs, was also killed in the shelling.
As Egypt tries to adjust to and finish its transition to democracy, the country is struggling with outbursts and anger. But Farouk El-Baz, a former adviser to the former Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, and a professor at Boston University, says the country is just experiencing normal, post-revolution shockwaves.
As the violence in Syria has continued and even escalated, it's been difficult for western journalists to get reports out of the country. New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid snuck in for a reporting trip recently that would wind up being his last. Shadid died in Syria this week of an apparent asthma attack.
Libya's revolution started a year ago and Libyans gathered in celebration to honor those they lost, celebrate what they achieved and look ahead to a future without Col. Muammar Gaddafi.
A hard-charging holdover from the Hosni Mubarak government in Egypt is leading the prosecution of non-profits in Egypt that has so roiled American politicians and could be leading to the worst rupture in relations between the United States and Egypt in 30 years.
Jay Carney, the White House Press Secretary, insists that the United States is adamantly opposed to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad remaining in power. He also said the United States is considering its options, when asked if the United States could provide arms to protesters.
As Egypt struggles to get back moving in the wake of its revolution and the army's stubborn hold on power, there's a growing feeling of xenophobia, foreigners say, on the streets of the country's cities.
As the United Nations, the Arab League and western nations fail to reach a plan for action to protect Syrian people being attacked by the army of President Bashar Al-Assad, Russian leaders say Syria is ready to negotiate with protesters. But protesters say they won't negotiate until Assad is gone — and they say they're paying the price in bodies.
Despite explicit warnings from top U.S. officials, Egypt will go ahead with trials of some 45 people accused of working for or running foreign-funded NGOs in the country, under a rule first imposed by deposed President Hosni Mubarak.
Violence in Syria escalated over the weekend with reports of another dozen or more people killed as President Bashar Al-Assad seeks to clamp down on the democratic uprising underway in the country. On Monday, the United States announced it had closed its embassy and withdrawn all its personnel from the country.


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These tips were written with a focus on the holiday season, but the themes are useful anytime family members are gathered for an event. They are published with permission from genealogist and author Gena Philibert-Ortega and GenealogyBank.
With family members gathering for the Holiday Season, now is a great time to ask questions and hear stories about your family history. Once you’ve collected these stories, what do you do with the information? How do you preserve and share these family stories? And what does it mean to effectively share them? To effectively share family history, it has to be preserved – and in order to be preserved, it needs to be copied and be of interest to those who are inheriting it. The following tips are some ideas on how to do exactly that.
1. Make Copies Available
Burning information to a CD, saving it on a flash drive, or uploading it to a cloud storage website or via an app might be the easiest way of sharing your latest family history finds. Depending on your family, how many people you will be sharing the information with, and their grasp on technology, your method for sharing these recent discoveries may differ. Years ago one of my cousins would write a Christmas letter detailing her latest research and findings. Each family received that and any documents that she found. These paper copies were then saved by families, ready to be discovered by future budding family historians. For current discoveries that I want to share, I have done everything from burning CDs for family members, to sharing via digital methods like a private virtual bulletin board on Pinterest showcasing family photos, or creating a shared folder on cloud storage site Dropbox.
2. Get Family Members Involved
So you’ve shared photographs, video or audio files – and even documents or family histories – with your family. Now what? Ask family members for something in return. Once they have viewed what you have provided, ask them for additional contributions. Do they have previously unshared photos that would illustrate the stories you shared? Do they have memories that can be audio recorded via an app or an audio recorder? Do they want to create a video that tells the “rest of the story” that you have started?
Too often family histories and memories are gathered – only to sit on a bookshelf, photo album, or the computer. Encourage recipients to treat the information you share as a “living document,” and either add to it or ask questions so that more information can be added for the next family gathering.
3. Tell an Interesting Story
I’ve noticed in funerals that I’ve attended in the last few years, families are putting together slide shows of photos of the recently deceased, sharing their life from birth to latter years. These slide shows often include music and provide viewers with a look back at that life, and share images that trigger thoughts of happier times. While slide shows are a great idea for a funeral, why not use them to tell your family story and recent discoveries now? Did you do something special this Holiday Season to capture even more memories? Did you have everyone write out a Thanksgiving or Christmas memory or interview them? People like a good story so why not use what you have discovered to create a visual family history story.
Why not use software on your computer or a free online program to put together a slide show that you can then share at your next family event? Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to add audio and video to a slide show. You can incorporate photos, music and even the voices of family members on a slide show that can be the star of your next gathering, or put the slides on a “loop” that plays automatically as people mingle. Don’t own Microsoft PowerPoint? Free versions of slide show software can be found online including through Google Drive and Prezi.
Once your live performance of the slide show is done, share the slides or use them to create a scrapbook that can be printed out. Remember that telling an interesting story and preserving the memories you’ve recorded can be done in many different ways. "Playing cards” printed with ancestor facts and images can be created and gifted to younger family members. Matching games can be played using these cards. Copies (don’t use originals) of documents and images can be laminated and used as table place mats. These place mats can help facilitate sharing stories and memories.
How will you share your family history finds? However you decide to share memories you’ve recorded this Holiday Season, work on sharing them with everyone so that those memories are passed on.


Friday the 13th Fears
One of the most feared days in the country occurs before one of the most beloved.
WiredPRNews.com – Friday the 13th is said to ignite fear in an estimated 20 million people in the United States. These fears range from mild to debilitating, and are said to contribute to millions of dollars in losses for businesses due to many people choosing not to go about normal routines on that day. February’s Friday the 13th, which falls the day before Valentine’s Day, is one of three to occur this year, which is noted by an article on LiveScience.com to happen statistically once in over a decade.
Although friggatriskaidekaphobia, or a fear of the number 13, to some has a very real basis, many researchers note the same kind of historical connections that many find between catastrophic events and the number 13, can be found with any number. For those seeking to put their fears aside and prepare for a happier mood Valentine’s Day, it may help to remember that scientific evidence supports that this Friday will be just another day.
For others who may thrive on superstition, the following link contains interesting, and possibly unsettling facts about Friday the 13th:
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090212-friday-13th.html.Tags: fear, Friday the 13th, friggatriskaidekaphobia, phobia, superstition, United States, Valentine
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Have you visited Lago Maggiore?! 🇮🇹⛵Avete visitato Isola dei Pescatori a Lago Maggiore/Isole Borromee??⛵ Sono arrivata da treno a Laveno Mombello dalla stazione Milano Cardona. Solo 7€ e un ore mezza viaggio. Everyone has heard about Lake Como but have you visited Lago Maggiore near the Italian Swiss border? This was my first time visiting and its beautiful! I took an hour and half train ride from Milano Cardona train station which cost only 7€ and arrived in Laveno Mombello which is a beautiful lakeside town! There are more mountains on this side which I loved! And this lake is actually bigger than Lake Como at 40 miles long compared to Como at 29 miles long. Like Lake Como there are beautiful villas and gardens to visit but what makes these more unique is that they are located on 3 small islands known as the Borromean Islands- Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Isole dei Pescatori! ❤ Isola dei Pescatori has more fpod options and lakefront views! I recommend Bar Tre! The prices was reasonable and food was fresh. 🛍Shop Dress➡ https://liketk.it/4dYiL #FFFierceTravels #isoleborromee #isolasuperiore #lagomaggiore #lakemaggiore #lavenomombello #borromeanislands #visititaly #isoladeipescatori #lavenamombello #milanitaly
I had a little fun at with my friends at her Bachelorette Wig themed Party!🎉🍹 Purple is my favorite color💜 Shop my wig on my Amazon storefront! Link in bio! Also on the last two photos is the "after photo" of using my @pmdbeauty lip plumper! I didn't use it the specified amount of time but just enough to add a little bit of oomph. 🛍To Shop this Post📸: 1⃣.) Click link in bio and see my 5 links that drop down! 2⃣.) Click on "LTK Shop" or "Shop My Instagram" on Blog link and find this photo, 3⃣.) OR Enter this LTK link here➡ https://liketk.it/4hkJ4 ✳Don't forget to FOLLOW ME on the Free @shop.ltk app which you can also do by selecting "LTK Shop" in Bio! I post exclusive content on there as well! 😉 #FFFierceBeauty #LTKbeauty
Me just checking to see if these temperatures will be coming down any time soon! 🌞 🛍To Shop this Post📸: 1⃣.) Click link in bio and see my 5 links that drop down! 2⃣.) Click on Shop REVOLVE OR 3⃣.) Click on "LTK Shop" or enter this LTK link here➡ https://liketk.it/4gXMC ✳Don't forget to FOLLOW ME on the Free @shop.ltk app which you can also do by selecting "LTK Shop" in Bio! I post exclusive content on there as well! 😉 #revolveme #revolveambassador
Unique dining experience in Rome, Italy🇮🇹⛵🍽 Avete cenato sulla barca sul fiume di Tiber a Roma?! 🍸Did you know you can dine in a boat on the Tiber river? I have heard about these boats restaurants in Rome, Italy for a long time and I got a chance to visit one. We visited #bajaroma which was one I found on IG that I wanted to visit. It was a pretty spot with different areas to enjoy drinks and food both outdoors and indoors. You can see the sunset a bit and they had live music as well. The menu is not super extensive but I loved my cocktail drink. 🔆Unfortunately customer service was not the best. Noone came and even after we flagged them down, we waited almost an hour just to get a drink order. They stated they were busy. I was very disappointed. I dunno...maybe you may have a better experience. 🚕Directions: From Piazza del Popolo, walk towards the west on Via Ferdinando di Savoia till you arrive to Ponte Regina Margherita bridge but dont cross the bridge. To get to #BajaRoma (shown in video) or @dram_boat another recommendation who does Sunday Brunch with a Jazz band🎷, make a right and you will see small stairs leading yoi to river level. For @LianClubRoma, (my local friend recommendation), make a left til you reach the next bridge Ponte Cavour and make a right crossing the bridge. Make another right and Lian Club is on that side of the river. Follow for more tips!❤ #FFFierceTravels #piazzadelpopolo #tiberriver #visititaly #romeitaly #romebars #cocktailbar #jazzinrome #concertiroma #romeitaly #europetravel #italytravel
Getting ready for the weekend!❤ My go to hair tool for the last few months is currently on SALE 20% off‼ I love @t3micro Voluminzing Hot Rollers set and believe it or not, these 8 rollers are what gets me my loose curls! I even brought it with me to Italy and I loved that it worked perfectly fine Internationally without needing a converter too!✈🌎 🛍To Shop this Post📸: 1⃣.) Click link in bio and see my 5 links that drop down! 2⃣.) Click on "LTK Shop" or "Shop My Instagram" on Blog link and find this photo, 3⃣.) OR Enter this LTK link here➡ https://liketk.it/4gGR6 ✳Don't forget to FOLLOW ME on the Free @shop.ltk app which you can also do by selecting "LTK Shop" in Bio! I post exclusive content on there as well! 😉 #FFFierceBeauty # FFFierceHome #LTKhome #LTKunder100 #LTKbeauty #t3micro
If you want to feel like you have jetsetted to the rocky beaches of Greece or the Caribbean, then you must visit the turquoise lake of Canyon Lake in Texas Hill Country! If you need a unique place to stay while at Canyon Lake, then I recommend booking stay at Mystic Quarry Resort in Canyon Lake, TX. If you want to feel like you have jetsetted to Mexico, then La Cantera Resort & Spa is the hotel you want to visit. This hidden gem is located in the La Cantera district of San Antonio, Texas, Upon arrival, you already feel like a VIP because it is gated and you are greeted by a security post who confirms that you have reservation at the the hotel.
I have seen Bubbles in other parts of the world and did not know there was one in the state of Texas near Big Bend National Park. I recommend if you will be spending a lot of time at Big Bend and changing lodgings, save the bubble for last so you can relax the soreness away. If you will be camping inside Big Bend then definitely get a bear proof cooler. I will be having a blog on a guide to Big Bend National Park and what beautiful hotels we stayed at.
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Can I borrow a video player from the library?
We don't lend DVD players but we do lend handheld video players called Playaway Views that come pre-loaded with educational videos. To find these items in our catalog:
- Visit catalog.metrolibrary.org, type video media player in the search box, and the click Search.
- Filter the search by "Format" and click "Playaway View."
- You can use the sort menu options to further refine your search results:


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In 1902, the American financier and collector J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) commissioned architect Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909) of the firm McKim, Mead & White to design a freestanding library next to his home on East 36th Street in New York. With rarely seen architectural drawings, period photographs, and significant rare books and manuscripts from Morgan’s collection, this exhibition traces the design, construction, and early life of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library. It honors the designers, tradesmen, artists, and builders who created the Library more than a century ago and celebrates the completion of the exterior restoration and enhancement of this landmark building, which now anchors the campus of the Morgan Library & Museum.
In 1908, an unnamed correspondent from the London Times visited the completed Library and published the first public account of its lavish interiors and the splendid rare volumes held within. “The Bookman’s Paradise exists,” the writer announced, “and I have seen it. . . . I have entered the most carefully, jealously guarded treasure-house in the world, and nothing in it has been hidden from me.” Today, the “bookman’s paradise” belongs to all of us.


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Furnace Maintenance in Gettysburg
Every year, residents of Gettysburg must prepare for the winter season. Winter is not something that you can ignore here—as you well know if you live in Gettysburg. You’ll want to make sure that from the moment you first turn on your furnace, your home will be kept safe and warm as temperatures drop. To ensure that your furnace will help in doing this, it’s important that you keep it in good shape so that it won’t begin having problems or break down in the middle of winter. To prevent this from happening, we highly recommend that you schedule a professional tune-up.
To schedule furnace maintenance in Gettysburg, be sure to contact us at Strive Heating & Cooling by filling out our form online or by giving us a call at (717) 634-6828 today.
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When you schedule a furnace maintenance appointment with one of our helpful representatives, you can count on our fully licensed and insured technicians to show up on time and ready to work. As part of our routine maintenance service, a technician will perform a thorough evaluation of your furnace by checking to make sure it works properly and by inspecting its individual components.
During the inspection, the technician will look for any parts that are worn or broken down that require repair or replacement. They will also lubricate moving parts and clean dirty parts whenever needed. As they work, they will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have or address any concerns that you might raise.
The Importance of Furnace Tune-Up in Gettysburg
Even if your furnace seems to be in tip-top shape, we suggest getting a tune-up to ensure that it stays that way. The following are a few reasons why you should get a professional tune-up in Gettysburg before winter hits:
- Prevent problems – During a routine maintenance service, small issues may be found that you did not know about. By repairing these small issues, you’ll ensure that they don’t turn into bigger problems.
- Lengthen lifespan – By regularly cleaning and lubricating parts as well as preventing major problems from developing out of minor issues, you’ll help prolong the life of your furnace.
- Improve efficiency – A tune-up can go a long way to making sure your furnace functions efficiently, thereby saving energy.
- Save money – You’ll save money long-term by not having to pay for costly repairs, reducing your heating costs, and avoiding having to replace your furnace too soon.
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Besides getting regular tune-ups for your furnace, there are a few other things you can do to help keep your furnace in good condition:
- Change your filters – Your air filters help to maintain a high quality of indoor air by collecting dust and contaminants before they are distributed throughout your home. However, if you don’t change them on a regular basis, they will become clogged. This will restrict your airflow and force your furnace to work harder. Not only will it be difficult to warm your house effectively, but you’ll also be wasting energy and causing unnecessary wear and tear on your furnace.
- Clean your registers – Prevent dust and debris from building up and blocking your airflow by regularly cleaning out your registers.
- Clear the furnace space – Remove clutter from around your furnace. Not only is it a fire hazard, but clutter can block its airflow.
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Prepare for winter in Gettysburg this fall by scheduling a furnace maintenance service at Strive Heating & Cooling. Be sure to contact us today by filling out our form online or by reaching us by phone at (717) 634-6828.
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Update on Water Testing Performed in School District U-46
In the past few years, health experts and others have raised awareness about lead levels in water, leading to a call for testing water for lead in schools and municipalities. In January 2017, Public Act 099-0922 was passed, requiring that before the end of 2017, Illinois school districts complete water testing in all sites built before Jan. 1, 1987. In U-46, 37 buildings met that criteria and were tested.
A second phase of the law required testing in all buildings built between Jan. 2, 1987 and Jan. 1, 2000 to be complete before the end of 2018. U-46 earlier this year conducted testing in 14 sites meeting the phase two criteria. Additionally, U-46 re-tested certain fixtures at 17 sites where last year’s samples were above the state thresholds.
The Illinois law only applies to buildings where pre-K through fifth grade students attend school. Therefore, District high schools that house preschool programs were tested.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) sets what’s called an “action level” for lead in water at 15 parts per billion (ppb), however, the Illinois law establishes more stringent guidelines, requiring districts to take action and notify parents if lead is found in water when levels are at or above 5 ppb. Please note that neither the 15 ppb, nor the state’s threshold, is a health-based standard. Both the EPA and state levels were set to trigger systems to take action and mitigate the levels of lead but are not accompanied by any requirements regarding medical tests or healthcare.
School District U-46 contracted with Carnow, Conibear, an environmental health company that collected water samples between May 21 and May 23, 2018 from the 14 sites built between 1987 and 2000, and select fixtures at 17 sites first tested in 2017 .
A summary of the results, divided by site, can be found here.
The District will follow, and in many cases, go above and beyond the Illinois Department of Public Health’s guidelines to address the results.
According to the U.S. EPA, washing hands, and even bathing or showering, should be safe for children and adults, even if the water contains lead over the U.S. EPA’s action level. Human skin does not absorb lead in water.
Additionally, during the past few years, even prior to testing our water quality, the District proactively set out to install water bottle filtration stations or retrofit filters across the District to deliver fresh water to students and faculty and reduce the amount of plastic bottle waste going into landfills.
Notification to Families
School District U-46 sent letters via our mass notification system on Oct. 5, 2018 to parents with children at sites where samples exceeded 5 ppb. Additionally, the District’s website offers the results for each school tested in phase two, as well as frequently asked questions and links to federal resources.
Please be assured we will take all action necessary to protect student health and we will continue to update our staff, families, and community as new information becomes available.
The question to seek medical tests is a parental decision. Medical experts note that results found today may not reflect lead levels in the past. Additionally, any past elevation could be due to a number of sources including water, but also paint from older homes, lead in soil, hobbies, parental occupation, spices, jewelry, cosmetics, toys, etc.
Dr. Jennifer A. Lowry is a pediatrician and toxicologist at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and also serves as professor of pediatrics for University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.
“Children under the age of 6 (and more importantly, under the age of 3) years are the most vulnerable to the effects of lead due to the immature neurologic system and the adverse impacts it has on development,” said Dr. Lowry, who also serves as the chair to the Council on Environmental Health for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “Lead in water can be most damaging when children drink a high amount of water, such as bottle-fed infants. As children age, the amount of water consumed decreases largely due to substitution of other liquids. Thus, in a school setting for children 5 and over, the amount of water ingested is variable, but not as significant as when they were younger.”
More resources are provided at the end of this page and include this public health statement as well as the following statement from the Illinois Department of Health (IDPH): While any source of lead exposure to children is concerning, the majority of child lead poisoning is attributed to lead paint and lead in soil. Even so, IDPH is addressing water as a source of lead in schools by requiring Illinois' school districts to test for lead in water and report findings to parents and guardians. IDPH has established a low threshold for reporting to allow parents to be informed about risks their children may be exposed to at school. Risk will vary however, depending on the individual, the circumstances, and the amount of water consumed. A blood test is the only way to find out if your child has a high lead level. Most children with high levels of lead in their blood have no symptoms. Your child's health care provider can recommend treatment if your child has been exposed to lead.
“What parents should take from this is that their child may have had an elevated blood lead level in the past, but what happens going forward is most important,” Dr. Lowry said. “Engaging children in academics and interests, good nutrition, and optimizing resources can help overcome many adverse events, including lead exposures.”
If you have concerns or questions, please use Let's Talk!, the District's new customer service tool.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lead is a naturally occurring element in our environment. It can be found in the air, soil, the water, and inside buildings. The potential for lead contamination in the water supply is greater in buildings built before 1987, prior to the 1986 reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
The District started sampling drinking water in May 2017 as a result of an Illinois law which required school districts to complete water testing by the end of 2017 in buildings built before January 1, 1987. Phase 2 of the law requires schools which were constructed between January 2, 1987 and January 1, 2000 to have testing completed by December 31, 2018. Additionally, in 2018 the District re-tested certain fixtures that were above threshold numbers set by the state when first tested in 2017.
Staff with Carnow, Conibear were required by law, at minimum, to collect a first-draw 250 milliliter sample of water, let the water flow or flush for 30 seconds, and collect a second-draw 250 milliliter sample from each source.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency set an action level for lead in public drinking water or sinks at 15 parts per billion (ppb) and greater but does not establish related health standards. The impact of lead varies, depending on several factors, including age (children under age six are generally more at risk) and the amount of consumption.
According to the United States EPA, washing hands or showering should be safe for children and adults, even if water contains more than 15 ppb. Human skin does not absorb lead in water.
Seven municipalities provide water to our District sites, including:
City of Elgin
Village of South Elgin
Village of Bartlett
Village of Streamwood
Village of Hanover Park
Village of Carol Stream
Village of Hoffman Estates
Where can I get more info on where the sites that were tested are located within my child’s schools?
The results can be found in the Water Testing Results section here.
The test sample results are a snapshot in time; taken once as a “first draw” upon opening the faucet or turning on the fountain and then again after running for 30 seconds during the testing days in May. The decision to seek further analysis or do any medical tests is a parental one that can be made in consultation with a family doctor.
The decision to do any medical tests is a parental one that can be made in consultation with a family doctor. The Illinois Department of Public Health offered the following statement: While any source of lead exposure to children is concerning, the majority of child lead poisoning is attributed to lead paint and lead in soil. Even so, IDPH is addressing water as a source of lead in schools by requiring Illinois' school districts to test for lead in water and report findings to parents and guardians. IDPH has established a low threshold for reporting to allow parents to be informed about risks their children may be exposed to at school. Risk will vary however, depending on the individual, the circumstances, and the amount of water consumed. A blood test is the only way to find out if your child has a high lead level. Most children with high levels of lead in their blood have no symptoms. Your child's healthcare provider can recommend treatment if your child has been exposed to lead.
El Distrito comenzó a tomar muestras del agua potable en mayo de 2017 como resultado de una ley de Illinois que requería que todos los distritos escolares completaran las pruebas del agua potable para finales de 2017, en las escuelas construidas antes del 1º de enero de 1987. La 2º fase de la ley requiere que las escuelas que fueron construidas entre el 2 de enero de 1987 y el 1º de enero de 2000, terminen las pruebas antes del 31 de diciembre de 2018. Adicionalmente, durante el año 2018 el Distrito tomó pruebas nuevamente de algunos accesorios de plomería que se encontraban por encima del umbral de los números establecidos por el estado cuando se hicieron las pruebas iniciales en 2017.
La Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente de los Estados Unidos estableció un nivel de acción para el plomo encontrado en el agua potable que es de 15 partes por mil millones (ppb, por sus siglas en inglés) o más, pero no establece los requisitos de salud relacionados. El efecto del plomo varea, dependiendo de varios factores, incluyendo la edad (los niños menores de seis año es de edad generalmente tienen mayor riesgo) y la cantidad de consumo.
De acuerdo a United States EPA, los niños o adultos estarán bien si se lavan las manos o se bañan en el agua, aun si el agua contiene más de 15 ppb. La piel humana no absorbe el plomo en el agua.
Siete municipalidades le proveen el agua a nuestro Distrito pero las escuelas que participaron en la primera fase recibieron el agua de una de las cinco municipalidades locales:
Ciudad de Elgin
Pueblo de South Elgin
Pueblo de Bartlett
Pueblo de Streamwood
Pueblo de Hanover Park
Pueblo de Carol Stream
Pueblo de Hoffman Estates
La decisión de realizar exámenes médico es de los padres y puede hacerse consultando a su médico familiar.


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Netflix’s upcoming ad-supported tier could cost between $7 and $9 per month, according to a report by Bloomberg. Depending on which plan you’re currently paying for, that could be a significant savings; the company currently offers subscriptions for $9.99, $15.49, and $19.99 per month.
After the company reported it was losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade, co-CEO Reed Hastings indicated in April that the company was ready to consider a lower-cost offer, supported by advertising, despite years of rejecting the idea of advertising. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos confirmed the ad tier was in the works in June, and Netflix announced Microsoft as the technology partner helping deliver ads in July.
Unsurprisingly, the ad-supported tier will have some downgrades from the no-ads plans; executives have said some content will be missing from the ad tier at launch, while code in the mobile app indicates that Netflix may not allow users on the ad-supported tier to download shows for offline viewing.
Bloomberg’s Friday’s report sheds light on a few details of the ad tier. The company aims to sell about four minutes worth of ads per hour and wants to run ads before and in the middle of the content. Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that Netflix does not intend to include ads with its children’s content or original movies. Netflix aims to launch the ad-supported plan in “half a dozen markets” in the last quarter of this year. Bloomberg say. The company plans to launch the tier more widely in early 2023.
In an email to The edgesays Netflix spokesperson Kumiko Hidaka: Bloomberg‘s report is “all just speculation at this point.” She said the company is “still in its infancy deciding how to launch a lower-priced ad-supported tier and no decisions have been made.”
The new advertising plan comes at a turbulent time. After the shocking drop in subscribers in April, Netflix reported another drop in subscribers three months later. Netflix also raised prices for all of its plans in the US in January — its third price hike in recent years — and is testing ways to convert viewers who share passwords into customers who pay for additional streams. And the company faces competition from other streaming services like Disney Plus, whose own ad-supported plan launches in December, and HBO Max, which launched a $10 ad-supported subscription in June 2021 that comes with no downloads or 4K streaming. streaming.
Update August 26, 8:17 PM ET: Updated with Netflix’s statement on the report.


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