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2018 Nissan LEAF
Sales/orders of the new Nissan LEAF in under 2 months and in limited markets have already exceeded the amount of sales in 12 months of the first-gen LEAF when it went on sale back in 2010.
2018 Nissan LEAF
Nissan Europe EV Director Gareth Dunsmore says he's thrilled by the level of interest in the new 2018 LEAF. According to Dunsmore, some 3,500 new LEAFs have been sold in Europe, despite only being available there since early September.
Even more impressive perhaps is the total figure, which Dunsmore says stands at 9,000 strong in terms of new LEAF orders (not all delivered yet) in Europe and Japan combined.
Dunsmore says that new LEAF orders have far exceed the automaker's expectations, though he didn't provide a figure for comparison between actual versus expectations.
Norway was the first European country to get the new LEAF. Ordering there opened up in early September. More recent, on October 2, order books opened in Germany, Austria, France and the Netherlands. Speaking just of Norway, Dunsmore stated:
“They have been our first customers and our most loyal customers and we wanted to give something back to the people who trusted us from Day One back in 2010 and 2011."
"...more than 2,000 existing and new customers in Norway already have purchased the LEAF."
Asako Hoshino, Nissan's senior vice president and head of Japan operations, confirmed these higher-than-expected order figures for the new LEAF at the Tokyo Motor Show just yesterday.
As for the new LEAF''s launch in the U.S. (full details/watch live launch here), it will start to arrive in late December/January, bringing with it a refreshed (and less polarizing) look, and ~150 miles of real-world/EPA range – up 40%…for about $700 less.
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Get Started on Your Lincolnia Home Loan Journey
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“Too much emphasis on implicit bias impedes gender equality efforts in academia”
In a study conducted in 2015 (Norwegian only), the hypothetical Hanna and Hans are both engineers educated at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Both are in top managerial positions at a US petroleum company and are demanding bosses. Both lead extremely busy lives and both have a nanny to help keep their home lives running smoothly. The only difference between Hanna and Hans is gender.
Nonetheless, male students at Kristiania University College judged Hanna to be a poorer leader, a poorer parent and a less likable person than Hans, while the female students ranked the career woman and the career man more equally.
Implicit bias is a term that is cropping up with increasing frequency, and refers to unconscious stereotypical thinking and prejudice or predisposed attitudes. And if we are to believe the founders of the #ShesGotThis campaign, implicit bias is rampant in academia and the business sector.
“Implicit bias is about judging people differently without being aware of it. Everyone has expectations and associations based on gender, nationality, skin colour, age, level of functionality, and so on,” explains surgeon Marie Louise Sunde, head of #ShesGotThis.
#ShesGotThis offers lectures to companies about gender balance and implicit bias.
Women are undervalued
Marie Louise Sunde and co-founder Isabelle Ringnes find it interesting that the response from Norwegian students in 2015 was nearly identical to that of students from Harvard in the early 2000s.
“It appears we haven’t come as far as we think,” says Isabelle Ringnes.
“Quite a lot of international research has shown that we unconsciously overrate men’s qualities and undervalue women. In academia, research indicates that men are more widely recognized for their publications and their opinions are given more weight. This could account for a large part of the gender gap in the business sector and academia.”
Gender on its way out
Not everyone is convinced of the legitimacy of bias as a phenomenon. Critics have questioned whether the term has been too readily accepted by the research community. One such doubter is Andrea Pető, a Hungarian gender researcher who points out that there is an ongoing political battle to do away with gender as a term.
“The anti-gender movement seeks to remove the term and the concept of “gender” from international documents, manuals and legislation. Gender bias is based on physical attributes, psychological characteristics or social roles. For example, women are shorter than men, men are better at the STEM subject fields, women are better care-givers. The anti-gender movement is part of the attempt to neutralize gender perspectives and avoid talking about wide-ranging structural causes in global contexts.”
Professor Pető believes this viewpoint does not give consideration to how the differences arose, but rather to how the individual needs to change and who should make that happen.
“The new discourse on inadequate gender equality is moving away from gender-based discrimination to the concept of unconscious bias. In this way, we move away from an institutional, legal framework towards personal training and workshops.”
Will undermine gender research
Professor Pető reminds us that the concept of gender was the result of a significant, interdisciplinary and intellectual discussion, while “implicit bias” has its origin in neoliberal economics.
“Discussions about bias refer to psychologists such as Daniel Kahneman and Gerd Gigerenzer, and become centred around individual choices instead of listening to critical feminist pundits. Supporting the bias concept will undermine decades of gender research and studies,” says Pető.
“Bias focuses on the individual as a subject equipped with a set of adaptable, interchangeable toolboxes. The change in individual behaviour can be measured and quantified. Attitudes, stereotyping and prejudice are discussed and measured without being placed in a structure or social context,” the professor points out.
Impacts of bias
In the article “Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Women in Philosophy”, Australian philosopher Fiona Jenkins argues that members of stigmatized groups also have biases against others within their same group. For instance, women will often favour men ahead of other women.
Jenkins also points to another phenomenon: stereotype threat. This refers to stereotyping that actually affects performance of the stigmatized group. Members of the group do less well in performing a relevant task because they unconsciously fear reinforcing the stereotypes they are defined by.
According to Mari Teigen, Director of CORE - Centre for Research on Gender Equality, a number of experiment-based studies indicate that we are governed by categorical ideas, but we know a great deal less about the ramifications of this.
“Many studies show that we link qualities to group affiliation, which in turn manifests in forms of hierarchy. “But more research is needed on the types of ramifications that these ideas actually have for the distribution of burdens and goods, for example in recruitment or promotion,” says Professor Teigen.
“Important to be aware of bias”
Teigen has the support of Knut Liestøl, chair of the programme board for the Initiative on Gender Balance in Senior Positions and Research Management (BALANSE).
“There are many studies on this phenomenon that, despite certain variations, form a picture of widespread implicit bias in the workplace, including in academia. “When we know that groups such as women or minorities are being systematically undervalued or wrongly assessed, it would be very strange to assume that this bias would not have any impact,” says Professor Liestøl.
Liestøl does not agree that a focus on bias is synonymous with a focus on the individual.
Does the discourse on bias lead to a focus on the individual that masks embedded structures inhibiting gender equality?
“Bias means that people have been raised to assess groups incorrectly, and being made aware of this can have a mobilizing effect. I believe it’s important to emphasize this phenomenon because that in itself can help to diminish the negative effects. Studies from the USA suggest that bias decreases as awareness grows, even if this is difficult to document definitively. Overall I think the term is legitimate and will unfortunately remain so for quite some time,” says Liestøl.
A trendy word
Mari Teigen agrees to some extent that the concept of bias generates a focus on the individual because it puts a spotlight on whether the “gatekeepers”, those who have the power to disseminate information, are biased.
“On the other hand, knowledge about bias can be integrated into policy to mitigate or counteract its effects. For example, that recommendations for hiring should reflect the gender composition in the applicant pool, or that there should be a minimum representation of both genders among applicants and those recommended for hiring.”
Professor Teigen understands that categorization plays a useful role in daily life. But little is known about what this actually entails.
“My impression is that the explanations for gender imbalance and other imbalances will vary depending on the times. In recent years, bias has been held up high as an explanatory model.”
Is bias a trendy buzzword that has become an accepted truth in studies of gender balance and gender equality in academia?
“We mustn’t simply take for granted that bias is the main reason behind gender differences in, for instance, academic careers. Determining the most relevant causes will also have an impact on the kinds of measures prioritized.
“How large a role bias plays is one of the intriguing questions to explore when it comes to gender differences in academia. How significant are factors such as gender, having children, ethnicity and more when deciding who is the researcher type needed? Which people are perceived as excellent researchers and which are considered less so?”
“Family-centred policy returns”
Ringnes and Sunde of #ShesGotThis believe that, from the very outset, changes in attitudes have been the alpha and omega for achieving structural changes related to gender equality.
“At the legal level we have virtually complete gender equality in Norway, yet there are still major differences due to attitudes, stereotypical thinking and gender roles. One important part of the effort to achieve genuine gender equality is to generate greater awareness of these attitudes. In addition to the need for changes at the individual level, we need structural changes that minimize the ability of individual to take decisions based on bias.”
#ShesGotThis has developed a tool for companies to measure gender balance, detect problem areas, and receive specific recommendations for research-based solutions. They have also launched a research project with CORE – Centre for Research on Gender Equality (Norwegian only).
“Together with CORE we will work to find out what kinds of solutions actually function in practice,” says Marie Louise Sunde. “We don’t believe this is a case of either/or, but more a case of both.”
Andrea Pető, who was recently in Norway to speak about the Hungarian authorities’ censure of gender research, does not believe that stereotypical thinking and gender roles will be disappearing any time soon.
“Family-centred policy has made a strong comeback, and this policy is a direct threat to the rights of women. It is essential that we speak out when we see individualization replacing structural approaches.”
Translated by Darren McKellep and Carol B. Eckmann.

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Neha Swami Wiki and Biography
Neha Swami is an Indian Model who was born in Lucknow, India. She is best known for her work as a model and participation in dancing reality with his husband Arjun Bijlani. She was come into limelight when she was participation as a contestant in dancing reality show “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa” which was aired on Colors Channel. She is daughter of Rakesh Swami and Tanuja Swami. She has completed her high school and college education from Lucknow and later moved to Mumbai to pursue her career in modelling. She is niece of actress Deepti Bhatnagar so deepti has helped her alot to enter into entertainment industry. During her step towards achieving fame in entertainment industry she fall in love with actor “Arjun Bijlani” and later the couple got married. The couple got offer to participate as contestants in dancing reality show “Nach Baliye 8” but they refuse to participate because arjun want to give his best in the competition but he can’t give his best due to his hectic schedule.
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Dir. Derryck Dhanoosingh, Derrick Valentine Pitts
(Belize, 2023) 5 min Rated: G
Alvin L. Young Nazarene High School (BELIZE)
In this powerful animated video, we follow the inspiring journey of a young boy named Peter as he faces the challenges of peer pressure and bullying in a school setting. When Peter recalls a story about three brave Hebrew boys who refused to bow down to conformity, even in the face of a formidable King Neb, it prompts him to make a courageous choice.

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Fifty-Five Square Miles is at its most basic a map of the Atlanta BeltLine and its surrounding neighborhoods. This particular map, however, is composed entirely of recycled, repurposed materials standing in for the city’s human elements: its landmarks, major roads, public rail, and universities; and a continuously growing moss medium in place of the city’s parks, forests, and tree-lined neighborhoods.
Geoff Bartlett has embraced Atlanta’s thriving arts community since migrating from the southside suburbs a decade ago. As a company member of Twinhead Theatre, Geoff has taken to the stage & screen as a 1970s evangelical, a shirtless Hitler, and Gilbert Gottfried, among others. Now working for the Plaza Theatre and the Atlanta Film Festival, he hopes to help keep classic & local cinema alive in Atlanta. More recently, Geoff has delved into amateur infographic design; this is his first solo public installation.

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(AllHipHop News) Gun violence has become a major social and political issue recently, and now one high-profile Hip-Hop executive is proposing a plan to encourage young people to trade in their firearms for mentorships and concert tickets.
The New York Daily News is reporting that hugely successful artist manager and president of Family Tree Entertainment, Michael “Blue” Williams, sent a letter to the New York Police Department pitching the idea for “Guns For Greatness.” If approved by NYC Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, William’s program will be the city’s first private sector gun buyback initiative.
“We want to get as many guns off the streets, and if this works, we’d like to support it,” Kelly told the Daily News.
After meeting with top brass at NYPD last week, Williams wrote an open letter addressed to Kelly. The letter was co-signed by Richard Buery (President and CEO of the Children’s Aid Society), L. Londell McMillan (publisher of The Source), and former federal prosecutor Kenneth Thompson. It read in part:
This program aims to provide young people with an opportunity to receive guidance and inspiration from committed mentors, an important option that will enable them to experience possibilities other than a life surrounded by gun violence and unnecessary shootings and killing.
One way Williams hopes to help get the guns off the streets is by offering tickets to see superstars like Beyoncé and Jay-Z at their next New York concerts.
“The Beyoncé show is coming to Brooklyn; the Jay-Z show is coming to Yankee Stadium. Our goal is to reach out to individuals who are in my industry, in my world and who I have an association with and get their support,” said Williams.
Williams has a long history working in the music business. He has managed Hip-Hop heavyweights like OutKast, Cee-lo Green, and Scarface. He started his managerial career at Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit, and worked at both Def Jam and LaFace Records. He was also a business partner of the late Chris Lighty.
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It was Lighty’s death last August as the result of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot and his own recent gun charge that inspired Williams to propose “Guns For Greatness.”
“It was just sort of like a pushing point,” Williams said. “It eventually convinced me that one person can make a difference if they believe in something.
Williams says he has already raised $75,000 for “GFG” with the goal of reaching $100,000.
New York has had a city-run handgun buyback program in place for years. With participants receiving up to $200 for each firearm the costs for such a deal can be expensive for taxpayers. Similar programs in San Francisco ran out of money. William’s privatized “Guns For Greatness” could be a financial remedy for cash-strapped city governments.


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The Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA), the largest and oldest organization representing Italian American men and women, is deeply saddened by the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, and the dire conditions and loss of life left in its wake.
Understanding the pressing urgency of the situation, we cannot wait to act. We stand ready to offer our support to the reputable organizations tasked with and prepared to provide immediate assistance to Haitians and others left devastated by this tragedy.
We ask all Sons of Italy members and all Italian Americans to give what they can to aid this monumental humanitarian relief effort. We suggest direct cash donations to the following organizations:
Catholic Relief Services
Doctors Without Borders
Food for the Poor
William J. Clinton Foundation
Lastly, we ask that you keep the people of Haiti in your thoughts and prayers now and as the country rebuilds.
Joseph J. DiTrapani
Order Sons of Italy in America
Sons of Italy Foundation
Established in 1905, OSIA has more than 500,000 family members and supporters and a network of more than 650 chapters coast to coast. OSIA works at the community, national and international levels to promote the heritage and culture of an estimated 26 million Italian Americans, the nation’s fifth largest ethnic group according to the U.S. Census Bureau. To learn more, visit www.osia.org. | The Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) is the philanthropic arm of the OSIA. Established in 1959, the SIF has contributed more than $108 million to scholarships, medical research, cultural preservation, disaster relief, and other projects. To learn more, visit www.osia.org/sif.

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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Saturday marks the five-year anniversary of an Enbridge pipeline rupturing and spilling thousands of gallons of toxic oil into the Kalamazoo River.
Local groups will recognize the day by gathering along the river for a “Healing Walk” to learn about the impact the spill had on communities along the river by visiting residents who experienced the spill first-hand.
The spill went down as the nation’s largest—and one of the costliest— tar sands oil spill in history.
Marking the anniversary, Enbridge representatives told FOX 17 on Friday the event served as a wake-up call the company won’t forget. Adding the disaster influences how it operates today.
Enbridge spent millions of dollars on cleaning up the spill, a task that wasn’t completed until the fall of 2014.


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Corby is set for a visit from the nationally recognised anti-violence sculpture next month.
From May 15-19, Knife Angel will be on display on Corporation Street, Willow Place as part of a countrywide tour.
Designed by Alfie Bradley, Knife Angel was made from over 100,000 seized blades to highlight the negative effects of violent behaviour.
It also acts as a memorial to victims and families affected by knife crime and other forms of violence and aggression.
The sculpture is travelling across the UK to educate children and adults about the harm violence has on communities and will visit Northampton and Wellingborough before arriving in Corby.
Cllr Andy Mercer, North Northamptonshire Council’s Executive Member for Housing and Community at North Northamptonshire Council said: "Unfortunately knife crime remains a serious issue in communities across the country, as well as closer to home.
"I hope that by having the Knife Angel visit North Northamptonshire we can further highlight the devastating impact knife crime can have.
"To coincide with the Knife Angel’s visit, our teams have been working closely with partners including Northamptonshire Police, local schools and community groups on a series of events and activities, so please do keep an eye out for further information and details."
Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Stephen Mold said: "The Knife Angel is a stark symbol that highlights the devastating impact knife crime can have on individuals, families and communities.
"I am pleased to fund the sculpture’s visit to Northamptonshire as reducing knife crime is a priority for me and the sculpture creates a focal point to raise awareness and educate young people about the dangers of carrying a weapon.
"I have promised to tackle the root causes of knife crime in the county and provide financial support for early intervention and prevention activities.
"I will also deliver robust enforcement campaigns to reduce the number of knives on our streets to make the county safer."
Angie Kennedy, CEO of C2C Social Action said: "I hope that the Knife Angel’s presence will bring unity across the county, highlight all the amazing work that is already being done by CIRV, Eve, Sunflower Centre, Police, Off the Street - NN, and so many more voluntary sector organisations, including churches, to make this county a safer place to live.
"The Knife Angel campaign is looking for 10,000 people across the county to sign up to be ‘Anti Violence Ambassadors’, with a pledge to turn away from violence and aggression as a solution to disagreements and conflicts."
The Northamptonshire leg of the Knife Angel tour is being overseen by C2C Social Action, a Northamptonshire based charity that offers practical and pastoral support to offenders.
The sculpture will be arriving in Northampton for a two week period from April 29 until May 13, before stopping briefly in Wellingborough on May 14, before arriving in Corby.
A programme of events and activities will take place during the visit and will be confirmed nearer the time.
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NUTRITION is a key component of your surgery recovery. Food nourishes you and helps your body to heal from the stress of surgery.
There are many components to consider with nutrition such as protein, vitamins, minerals, help to relieve from surgical wounds, scarring, inflammation, and constipation.
As pre-operative Nutrition is very important before going into OR ( OPERATION ROOM ) and to maintain the physiologic functions of the body for speedy recovery you need to include a post-operative diet as well.
Usually, you can start solid food after 15 days of surgery upon the advice of a doctor.
Sources of Nutrition after post-surgery Vitamins and minerals:-
Vitamin A – Stimulates the immune response and helps form normal outer and inner skin.
Good sources of Vitamin A include carrots, leafy greens, red bell pepper, and sweet potatoes. Vitamin C – This vitamin plays a major role in speedy recovery from wounds and prevents infections.
It forms strong collagen in bones, cartilage, muscle, and blood vessels to recover from inner surgical wounds. Good sources include lemons, , oranges, tomatoes, strawberries, broccoli, kiwi etc.
Vitamin D – is an essential nutrient in the formation, maintenance, and repair of bones. Good sources include fortified milk, egg yolk, salmon, tuna, and direct exposure of skin to sunlight.
Calcium -is an essential mineral for bone repair/soft tissue healing, proper blood clotting muscle contraction(especially normal heartbeat rhythm). Milk and milk products, as well as dark green leafy vegetables, are good sources.
Zinc – It is required for the major surgery to help gain the collagen and fastens the wound healing in patients followed by major wounds. Rich sources of zinc include fish, poultry, legumes, spinach, and cereals.
Iron – Most surgeries involve an unexpected blood loss. To replace the blood and create new red blood cells, you need to intake iron from foods like spinach, broccoli, eggs, chicken liver, etc.
PROTEIN:- MAJOR REQUIREMENT AFTER POST SURGERY. It helps to repair damaged body tissues, form antibodies to fight against infections, and synthesize collagen which is necessary for scar formation.
Good protein sources include eggs, lean poultry, fish and seafood, nuts legumes, and seeds. Red meats may trigger inflammation, so cut back on fatty red meats.
Consider nuts, tofu, beans, and vegetarian foods, such as tempeh and textured vegetable protein to supplement your protein needs. Dairy products are also a source of protein, but they can also cause constipation (bloating) .
*Complication after post-surgery *
CONSTIPATION:- It is important to drink plenty of water and eat fiber-rich foods after surgery to prevent constipation. Try to eat whole foods that are rich in fiber, and limit those that are refined or include additives like salt, fat, and sugar. Choose whole-grain bread, cereals, fruits, and vegetables (fresh or frozen) that are darker in color to increase your insoluble fiber intake.
If you are able, try to exercise or be active in your daily routine. Exercise can stimulate bowel movements. You can also use laxatives upon prescription to loosen the bowel.
Limit these foods that will likely cause constipation
1. Dried or dehydrated foods, such as dried fruits (prunes are an exception, they can help to ease constipation).
2. Avoid Refined/processed foods.
3. Avoid fried foods
4. Avoid cheese and milk products ( sometimes causes bloating)
5. Avoid red meat
6. Avoid sugary foods and soft drinks.
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Tomi Lahren Blasted JAY-Z On Twitter For Working With The NFL
Does anyone else feel like the 2019 Super Bowl just happened? Well, apparently the National Football League (NFL) is already planning its next halftime show, and sitting down with one of their top choices for the February 2020 event. Nearly everyone is excited to hear who will perform, except one, because Tomi Lahren's tweet about JAY-Z and the NFL slams them both.
On Tuesday, Aug. 13, FOX News contributor Tomi Lahren took to Twitter to slam rapper JAY-Z for reportedly speaking to the NFL about possibly working on the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show. In the tweet, Lahren called the artist a "former drug dealer" and implied that the NFL "hates America and law enforcement officers." Lahren wrote,
Jay-Z will be consulting with the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show and other performances because apparently the league doesn’t hate America and law enforcement officers at a level satisfactory enough for the former drug dealer.
Roc Nation, which is owned by JAY-Z, and the NFL did not immediately respond to Elite Daily's request for comment about the partnership or Lahren's criticism.
The NFL shared an announcement on Aug. 13 that stated the league would be partnering with JAY-Z and his record label Roc Nation to work on future live performances and also incorporate more social justice efforts into the organization. A part of the announcement read,
Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by rapper and businessman Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, is entering into a multiyear partnership with the NFL to enhance the NFL's live game experiences and to amplify the league's social justice efforts.
This is not, however, JAY-Z's first foray into dealing with sports. The artist has been an outspoken supporter of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who drew controversy for his protests against racial discrimination and police brutality during the national anthem. Kaepernick's protest, which started in 2016 and involved kneeling instead of standing during the anthem, inspired other athletes to follow suit and kick-started a controversy around patriotism and free speech. Kaepernick left the 49ers in 2017 and has been a free agent since. JAY-Z has previously turned down invitations to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show per USA Today, but it looks like as of 2019, he might be trying to work something out with the NFL.
JAY-Z, who is one of the most influential and success artists in the rap music industry, currently runs his own fashion brand, record label, and talent agency, making his estimated net worth $500 million, according to Business Insider. He has also been open about his past dealing drugs while growing up in Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood Bedford-Stuyvesant, prior to his success. In November 2013, he sat down with Vanity Fair and discussed his rise to fame, as well as his desire to get involved in sports, actively citing his past dealing drugs. "I really want to help these athletes," he told the publication. "Do you know how many athletes go broke three years after they stop playing? I want to help them hold on to their money. I mean, I know about budgets. I was a drug dealer.”
Of course, there's been no confirmation from the NFL or JAY-Z as to whether the rapper will be gracing the 2020 Super Bowl halftime stage, but I can hope. However, now that these two are working together, I have no doubt that we're in for a spectacular show next year. I may not be the biggest football fan, but I'm already looking forward to the game.

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Successful relationships are built through effective communication. It is not always easy, but worthwhile things rarely are. The first thought that comes to mind with the mention of communication barriers is one of differing languages and social customs. Though those are certainly causes of consternation in many business situations, they are not the only culprits. Even for those from the same culture can have a difficult time really listening to one another and sharing thoughts in a professional manner.
As a copy editor, I work with writers from various backgrounds and expectations. One of the biggest barriers to having a successful writer-editor relationship is the inability to meet in person. I believe that face-to-face communication is often the most effective. Often more questions are raised and answered in this setting than are over email. For those who are visual and auditory learners, in-person meetings are a better option for sharing large amounts of information.
Differing literary backgrounds also present a challenge. Writers tend to write for the genre they most appreciate. When this differs from my own reading interests, it requires that I do a lot of reading and research to ensure that I will edit in the way the best fits that particular genre. Writing styles vary widely, as well, based on what authors the writer most reads. For example, J.R.R. Tolkien and James Patterson have extremely different “voices.” As such, it is essential that the writer and I communicate clearly on what the desired style to be.
I do not have team-based communications in the sense of teammates working for the same company because I work as a freelance editor. This, however, means that I am teamed together with the writer. There are two obstacles to working together as a team: clear understanding of goals and a clear understanding of jobs. Together we must establish the audience, desired length of the book, and a deadline. Knowing what is expected of each person needs to be established at the beginning of the project. We have to agree on what will be done with the corrections and comments I make. I have had writers who wanted to be involved in every little change and others who merely surrendered the text, happy to let me make whatever modifications I saw fit. Had we not set that expectation from the start there would have been confusion and frustration for both parties.
Intercultural communications add a whole new layer of barriers. I am fluent in Spanish and am very familiar with South American culture. With this, I have had the opportunity to edit and translate texts in Spanish. These experiences have taught me to be careful with how my critiques are worded. It would be easy to expect the same cultural and linguistic styles as the North American writers, but wholly unfair. Intercultural communications can be problematic, but the present a wonderful opportunity for two people to learn more about a culture that differs from their own.
Barriers are not insurmountable. They are walls with doors, requiring keys. They are mountains with tunnels in need of light. Knowledge and patience are the key and light needed to overcome those barriers, to turn mountains in to molehills. As we make others our priority, make an effort to listen to and learn more about them, our communication and relationships will continue to grow.

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“Project N” Gaining Momentum
There is strong interest in a potential farmer-owned fertilizer plant. Farmers of North America is hosting meetings, talking with producers about the FNA Fertilizer Limited Partnership and “Project N”.
The proposal to build the plant only recently entered the seed capital phase but it has already gained a lot of support from farmers and other contributors.
“We’ve already had just over 900 farmers sign up for the program and contribute their seed capital money,” said Bill Martin, Vice President of Grain Handling, Marketing and Transportation for FNA. “We’ve also obtained the support and assistance of the Bank of Montreal, who have joined us as a financial partner in this overall project.”
Martin says farmers that get involved in “Project N” will have an opportunity to be part of quite possibly the most exciting ag venture in western Canada in 50 years.
“This will have a dramatic impact on farmers’ operating costs by giving them the opportunity to reduce and more properly manage their fertilizer costs, but they’ll also be getting an opportunity to participate as shareholders in what we anticipate will be a quite profitable venture,” he added.
The FNA Fertilizer Limited Partnership is still looking to raise seed capital and hopefully move toward the equity capital phase later this fall, with the plant operational by 2016.
The location of the proposed plant has not yet been disclosed but, Martin says, they believe the location that has been chosen will make many people happy.


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Blackheath Lodge shortly after it was built in the 1850s
Blackheath Lodge is a Victorian building with decorative Tudor styling situated next to the Blackheath Gate. It was once home to the park superintendents but is now a private residence.
On the 1st of August 1851, Parliament passed The Crown Lands Act, and the Royal Parks finally became public property. As a result, all the Royal Parks began to be modernised, and Greenwich Park was no exception. This Keeper’s Lodge was completed in 1852 and replaced the Old Keeper’s Cottage that dated back to the early seventeenth century. The old lodge had been situated next to Queen Elizabeth’s Oak but was demolished in 1853.
The Office of Works commissioned the new modern lodge, and the Assistant Surveyor John Phipps took on the role of designing it. The lodge is typical of the era, with almost excessive detailing that aims to evoke the Tudor period. The ornately patterned brickwork of the ground floor includes stone window frames and matching quoins at the corners with a white timber-clad central section. The upper storey is tiled diagonally in beige with open timber framing. The roof is decorated by horizontal strips of alternating fish scale and plain tiles, and the eaves and facings are carved with a repeating trefoil pattern.
Robert Eaglestone, the then Head Keeper, was the first to occupy the lodge. Angus D. Webster, one of the best-known park superintendents (because of his book about the park), replaced the scullery at the back with a modern bathroom and new bedroom in 1899. Otherwise, the lodge remains unaltered from its original design.

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President Higgins' high-handed sermons highlight his lack of inspiring leadership
This week Uachtaran na hEireann Michael D Higgins announced phase two of his grand plan to shape Ireland's civic society, during a speech to an assembled audience at St Vincent de Paul offices in Dublin.
The speech - outlining the "Ethics Initiative" - garnered a few headlines and there was lots of nodding in agreement from the commentariat, as our President proclaimed that, as a society, we had learned little from our most recent economic travails. Lesson one, greed is not good.
While everything he said may be true, the manner in which he directs his message to the general public is increasingly frustrating.

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Warsaw Rising anniversary
Lat year we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Warsaw Rising in an extremely solemn way. The celebration was successful in the common people's opinion. After many years of endeavour the Warsaw Rising Museum was opened. In the media there was a shower of programmes, documentaries and publications about the Rising of August 1944. A lasting fruit of this anniversary is the monumental work 'Rising '44: the Battle for Warsaw' by Norman Davies, Welshman living in Poland. Another proposal is the book entitled 'Ani tryumf, ani zgon... Szkice o Powstaniu Warszawskim' (Neither triumph nor death... Sketches of the Warsaw Rising) by Tomasz Lubienski, the well-known essayist, who partly polemicizes with the thesis of Davies' bestseller.
Despite differences of opinions both authors make a valuable contribution to the discussion about the Warsaw Rising and in its background - to the dispute concerning modern history of Poland. Both Norman Davies and Tomasz Lubienski demand that the history of the World War II should be written anew. Davies, as a man of the West, is more interested in the allies' sins, including the sins against Poland. He wants to remind Europe that the Polish people were also allies and that they were betrayed and a betrayal of a loyal ally can be in no way justified. This is the main message of 'Rising '44'. Its author calls Poland the first ally so that nobody doubted what role our country played in the second World War and what a different position the governments of the victorious powers attributed to Poland. The evidence that his mission has concrete results is the fact that nowadays Great Britain is more and more aware of Poland's contribution in the anti-Nazi coalition. Recently the British government has officially admitted that the contribution of the Polish intelligence service to crushing the Third Reich is undeniable! Almost at the time of the publication of Davies' dissertation another book appeared on the British market, namely 'A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten heroes of World War II'. This book is also thick like 'Rising'44' and very absorbing. The work of the American authors shows a glorious charter of the Polish pilots' contribution in the Battle of Britain. Another book, which appreciates our heroic soldiers, is 'Monte Cassino' by Matthew Parker, a British author.
'Rising '44' is a book written from a foreigner's point of view, the foreigner who understands the history of Poland. It does matter to Davies that during World War II Poles sacrificed their lives for the cause (including the Warsaw Rising). Churchill and Roosevelt thought otherwise when they sold Eastern Europe at the Yalta conference. For them Poland did not have to exist as an independent country. Davies tries to justify the attitude of the leaders of the West by turning our attention to the fact that their 'imperial mentality' must have influenced their decisions (how much this mentality differed from ours!). The logics of their thinking made them act on behalf of those whom they should take into account. In his work Davies went as far as to assert that the Warsaw Rising had considerable chances of success. It was Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill that doomed it to defeat. A victorious rising would have been a problem for the coalition, bigger than a lost rising; it would have been a danger to the zones and spheres that were indispensable for war co-operation. However, as the British historian proves, the defeat of the Rising was the allies' defeat.
In his book Tomasz Lubienski looks at the Warsaw Rising from a slightly different angle. What is important to him is the mistakes of the Polish commanders. Among other things he rejects the argument that the rising had to break out because that was the will of the inhabitants of Warsaw who were spoiling for a fight. He asks, 'Since when have commanders listened to their subordinates?' In Lubienski's opinion, 'the mythology of the rising', referring to the romantic gesture of the Polish people - the great national uprisings of the 19th century, which always ended in defeat - is fading in the face of the victims of the Warsaw Rising (200,000 people). Thus the author did not only polemicize with Davies' book but also fights with the Polish historical awareness that is burdened with myths. He turns our attention to the stereotypes, which were formed in the period of the Second Polish Republic, adhering to the Romantic tradition and promoting an idealised vision of the Polish history (it fulfilled essential didactic and civic tasks). The author stresses that it was the heirs of that ideology that argue that Poland could have been a Soviet republic if the Rising had not taken place and that there was no Poland's independence without national mass uprisings. For them the Warsaw Rising was most of all a symbol of Poles' heroism and of inhuman cruelty of our enemies. One should add that the common awareness of the Polish people was also formed under the influence of the communist propaganda, which claimed that the Warsaw Rising was evoked by 'the troublemakers', who acted against the nation's interest and historical reasons.
Listening to these arguments one should know that the complete destruction of the occupied Warsaw, the city regarded as 'criminal' by the Germans, was an act that was planned long before the outbreak of the Rising. Maria Trzcinska, author of the book 'Concentration Camp at Warsaw Centre - KL Warschau' writes that at the very beginning of the war the Germans worked out a murderous plan in which the population of Warsaw was to 'decrease' to several hundred thousand. In order to fulfil that plan a concentration camp was set in Kolo and then other camps were formed in the area of the West Station where there were gas chambers in the tunnel under the viaduct (after the war the camp was used by the NKWD and the communists tried to hide the fact of its existence). The remaining concentration camps III, IV, V, VI and VII were in the area of the ghetto and in Bonifraterska Street.
Coming back to the main theme I would like to add that 'Rising '44' and Lubienski's book are pioneering to some extent. Davies is the first Western scholar who openly wrote that the World War II leaders of Great Britain and the USA bear the co-responsibility for the defeat of the Rising, death of thousands of Varsavians and destruction of the city. In the West, after the publication of 'Rising '44', our national uprising is not any longer identified with the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Poles are not 'unknown allies'. Whereas Lubienski, although enumerates known arguments against the Rising, pays attention to the fact that the historical truth must be separated from mythology, even that one which refers to noble ideals.

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text: Sun, smarting from 12 consecutive quarters of revenue declines, last week announced expanded subscription pricing models, new features for Solaris - including plans to open up the source code for portions of the operating system - and a partnership with Fujitsu that analysts say could help get the company back on track.Sun executives used an event in Shanghai, China, last week to tout the company's plan to simplify network computing, with announcements that ranged from\u00a0the Fujitsu partnership\u00a0to\u00a0per-user pricing\u00a0for Sun's Java Enterprise System middleware. Also in the plan are pay-per-use pricing for storage systems and a new self-healing, self-managing file system for Solaris 10, which is slated for release by year-end.Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz reiterated that the company is looking to create an open environment around Solaris. Sun would not discuss timing or details of the plan, including what licensing model it would use, but analysts suspect the company would open up source code for Solaris in a similar fashion to Java."If they do open source Solaris, it likely will be on a restrictive license, something akin to Java, that lets them maintain fairly tight control over its development and use," says Gordon Haff, an analyst at Illuminata. "But they are making a lot of aggressive, break-with-their-own-history types of moves, which is something that has served Sun well in the past. None of this guarantees ultimate Sun success, but it certainly gives them a chance to succeed."The Sun also rises Sun hopes major changes will help pull it back into profitability. The challenge Turn around 12 straight quarters of revenue declines. The major hurdles Customer trending toward low-priced x86-based boxes running Linux instead of high-end Sparc-based systems Sun was best known for. Pricing pressures across the Unix market. The plan \u2022 A management shakeup that leaves former software chief Jonathan Schwartz as the company\u2019s new COO and software CTO John Fowler adding management of x86-based systems to his responsibilities. \u2022 Talk of open sourcing parts of Solaris as a way to meet Linux head-on. \u2022 Continued subscription-based pricing for its software packages, extending it to per-citizen pricing for developing countries, and to storage offerings. Haff notes Solaris is now open to some extent if users sign non-disclosure agreements before looking at the source code."Merely opening up the source in the sense of allowing people to look at it is really not a radical departure of where things are today," he says. "The goal for Sun is to get more community development going, really as a way of enabling Solaris on x86 to better compete with\u00a0Linux."That might help cut research and development costs, which amounted to about 16% of revenue last year.In the company's most recent quarter, which ended in March, it had a $750 million net loss on $2.6 billion of total sales.In another move that will reduce the R&D load, Sun announced an expanded partnership with Fujitsu to merge the companies' scalable processor architecture (SPARC)-based server systems by 2006 in an effort to deliver\u00a0a single line of Solaris servers. Fujitsu already sells machines based on Sun's SPARC chips and Solaris operating system."Consolidating the product lines is a good move for Sun. It will save them some R&D costs, as well as costs of going to market," says Jamie Gruener, a senior analyst at The Yankee Group. "But Sun has to be very careful that they don't look like they're abandoning their installed base."In other announcements, Sun:Formally introduced a pay-per-use storage model, in which users are charged as little as 2 cents per megabyte, per year.Announced new storage arrays, including the Sun StorEdge 6290, which will allow Fibre Channel fabric-based replication, point-in-time copies, data migration and centralized management services, and is a product of Sun's acquisition of Pirus in 2002.Unveiled the carrier-grade Netra 440 server, starting at $14,000, with new ruggedized storage arrays.Extended its Java Enterprise System to support Linux, with plans to support Windows and HP-UX.Senior Editor John Fontana contributed to this report.


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#River North Brewing Archives – PorchDrinking.com
The 2023 Oktoberfest season is here! Polka season is here! Dirndls and lederhosen season is here! Hopefully, you’ve been working out those arms as stein-holding competition season is here! From this Friday, August 25 to Sunday, October 1, there are a ton of Oktoberfest releases and events. You can find events and beer releases across Colorado and many breweries are offering exciting steins to take home. Festbiers and märzens all around! Prost!
Check out the list below, in chronological order, for all of the 2023 Oktoberfest beer releases and celebrations across Colorado.
As the name and label suggest, Nightmare Fuel from Denver’s River North Brewery is traditionally tied to Halloween. However, its dark, bold flavors and high alcohol translate nicely into winter warmer season as well. This barrel-aged Coffee Imperial Stout is the perfect comfort beer for curling up next to the fire on a snowy day.
If you love the freshness of spring, then you are definitely going to love all the fresh new breweries budding all over the Centennial state. Thanks to our amazing friends at the Colorado Brewery List and the Colorado Beer Geek, we have a list of 42 Colorado brewery openings for April, May and June.
The first three months of 2018, the Colorado brewery, cidery, and meadery scene has been and will be VERY busy. In fact, 36 Colorado craft brewery openings will occur bringing deliciousness to all of our taste buds across the state!
Of the 36, two are breweries changing locations, two are re-branding, and eight are adding a second location. Find out more about each of the breweries, who they are, anticipated opening lists, and what you can expect to experience when you visit.
The delicious foods of Thanksgiving are behind us, and the darkness of Christmas shopping has enveloped us all. This week started out with three shopping holidays: Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. What should I get my dad for Christmas? Does he already have a belt sander? I’m going to turn on my shower, curl up in the fetal position and wait for this all to blow over. You? You can pass your time with the beer news and shenanigans inside this edition of The Weekly Buzz.

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Congress has already granted wide power to the president to alter immigration rules, so he will not need congressional approval.
Photo credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Candidate Trump was never particularly specific on the policy details of how the Muslim ban would work. But with President-elect Trump set to take office in January, and his pledge to implement the ban on day one now about to be put to the test, the question looms: Will he be able to do it, and if so, how?
I put that to several experts on US immigration law. Their answer was unanimous: Trump would be able to implement his ban. In fact, he would be able to do it easily. Congress has already granted wide power to the president to alter immigration rules, so he will not need congressional approval. If the ban is designed properly, it is virtually guaranteed to survive court challenges from liberal advocacy groups determined to derail it.
The consequences of implementing such a ban, the experts warned, could be very bad. America’s reputation in the world, its economy, and even its struggle with militant groups like ISIS would all suffer. The ban would be a slap in the face to America’s basic commitment to the equal treatment of all people, regardless of their faith or background, and to welcoming in the downtrodden. In the aftermath of Tuesday’s upset, many Muslim Americans are openly wondering whether they will be safe in Trump’s America.
Read the full report on vox.com here.


So for now I'll start with 42.2 and 42.4 of H-4350 and see how that works. And if I run short of H-4350 I'll go with the IMR-4451
Thanks for the advice!
Start at 42.0 gr and go all the way up to 43.0 gr of H-4350. I had a particular lot, in a particular rifle that shot great at 42.8.
This goes back to just because someone's load works in their rifle, that doesn't mean it will in yours.


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text: The charango is a small string instrument traditionally made out of an armadillo shell. Adapted from European instruments, the charango quickly became pervasive in the Andes. It typically has 10 strings arranged in five courses of parallel strings and can either be plucked or strummed. Tuning of the charango does not follow an ascending or descending configuration. Instead, pitches progress from high to low and then back to high. This is known as re-entrant tuning. Many myths surround both the tuning and playing of this instrument.


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On IGN. It's Punch-Out!! on Wii, and looks exactly as you'd expect. No bad thing. Take a look.
Some 3rd party games are set to be shown off via the short presentation.
It'll be rolled out across other Riot Games in the future.
it's about time
PlayStation Plus members of the most basic tier - Essential - are getting a decent collection of free games in July.
The Leyndell that shipped on Elden Ring's disc is different from the one we have today.
Buy our t-shirts, yeah
They're far more stylish than your average video game website tat.

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- People with overweight or obesity are more likely to experience asthma or wheezing.
- Now a new study finds that fat deposits may appear in the airway walls of the lung.
- Fat may be able to alter the structure of the airways.
Fat can get into the airway walls of the lungs and alter their structure, which may be the cause of wheezing, asthma, or both, a new study suggests.
People with overweight or obesity are more likely to experience asthma or wheezing, but scientists weren’t exactly sure why.
The study published this month in European Respiratory Journal suggests that fat deposits could have similar effects of artery plaque, which can clog vessels and cause cardiac events.
A team based in Australia found that fat can accumulate in the airway walls, particularly in people with overweight or obesity. They believe this could be why those with overweight or obesity have a higher risk for asthma.
The researchers examined postmortem samples of lungs from 52 people. Of them, 16 died of asthma, 15 didn’t have asthma, and 21 had asthma but died from other causes.
The scientists inserted dyes into the lung tissue and examined the structures of 1,373 airways, then correlated the fatty tissue with the body mass index (BMI) of each individual.
The amount of fat increased in line with BMI, they found.
Fat may alter the structure of the airways, and may lead to inflammation in the lungs, they also noted.
Peter Noble, PhD, co-author and associate professor at the University of Western Australia in Perth, says that research has suggested the link between higher weight and asthma could be a result of pressure from excess weight on the lungs, or it could be due to a general increase in inflammation.
“We’ve found that excess fat accumulates in the airway walls where it takes up space and seems to increase inflammation within the lungs. We think this is causing a thickening of the airways that limits the flow of air in and out of the lungs, and that could at least partly explain an increase in asthma symptoms,” he said.
The team was most surprised that the amount of “fat” in the airways was related to wall thickness, Noble says. This is a common feature in diseases like asthma.
“From this we speculated that airway-associated fat may contribute to the increased severity of disease in individuals who have asthma and are also overweight,” he added.
Fat cells are known to be pro-inflammatory, so excess weight likely causes systemic inflammation, Noble explains.
The study didn’t provide enough data to explain exactly how fat gets into the lungs.
“Fat will distribute throughout the body in spaces that can accommodate increased fat mass,” Noble told Healthline. “Poor diet and lack of energy expenditure with exercise avoidance likely contributes to airway-associated fat, as it does in other biological tissues. Our study suggests that if you are overweight, you are more likely to have fat in the airway wall.”
But it may not be that simple, as some people who don’t have overweight or obesity can have fat around their organs, Noble adds.
The researchers plan to study their results further, and want to know whether weight loss can reverse respiratory symptoms.
Dr. Albert A. Rizzo, chief medical officer at the American Lung Association, who wasn’t involved with the research, says the study is an “important first step” in correlating the appearance of increased fat deposits in the airways with the presence and severity of asthma in those who have overweight or obesity as well as asthma.
More research needs to be done using other techniques to measure fatty tissue in the lungs and how it correlates in people who are living with asthma, Rizzo says.
The medical community knows that airway responsiveness
“Further evidence for the relationship between obesity and asthma is being seen in the actual makeup of the airway walls with evidence of fat deposits,” Rizzo added.
But that doesn’t solely explain the relationship between obesity and asthma.
“It is now recognized that there is obesity associated with early onset allergic type asthma as well as obesity that occurs in late-onset nonallergic asthma,” he added.
Pulmonary fibrosis is a lung disease that causes scarred, stiff tissue within the lungs. A 2015 study found higher levels of fat in the lungs of people with the disease.
A recent report found that immune cells in people with the vaping illness contained numerous oily droplets known as lipid-laden macrophages.


Mayor Cline - don't bother me with facts or public input
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Jul 17, 2010
Menlo Park has a police services budget of $14,689,025 and spends $477 per capita on those services. Woodside spends $242 per capita, Portola Valley spends just $111 per capita and San Carlos has just negotiated a contract with the Sheriff which will cost $249 per capita. Menlo Park could easily save $6-7 million per year and avoid any future unfunded pension liabilities by outsourcing police services to the Sheriff.
The Menlo Park Council routinely spends hours discussing budget items that are less than $100,000 but somehow Mayor Cline feels that doing a fact based analysis on police outsourcing and having public discussion and input on this issue is simply unnecessary.
Oh well, why worry about a $7 million/year savings for every year going forward?
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LIVERMORE, California (VN) — For American Timmy Duggan, his pulls on the front of the Amgen Tour of California in Liquigas lime green couldn’t be sweeter.
The 29-year-old Colorado man has been quite visible taking monster turns early on in this race, stringing out the bunch for teammate Peter Sagan, who’s won the first two stages.
Liquigas-Cannondale is a threat here to win both the general classification and the points jersey. And Duggan, though you won’t see his name up high in the results in the Amgen Tour, is a big reason why.
On Sunday’s opening stage, Duggan pressed hard at the front for about 5km of the last 20, and brought the group toward Santa Rosa lean and fast, perfectly on plan for Sagan, who easily won the sprint.
His role on a strong team comes at the right time for the ski racer turned bike racer.
He started his professional career with Slipstream-Chipotle (now Garmin-Barracuda) but was a casualty of the Garmin and Cervelo merger. He and fellow American Ted King ultimately landed with Liquigas, American riders on the Cannondale-sponsored team.
Initially, Duggan wasn’t getting much race time, but after one season on the books with Liquigas, he finds himself taking monster pulls on sketchy descents and over rollers in California, lining Sagan up for wins. Earlier this spring he wore the King of the Mountains Jersey at the 2012 Tour of Catalunya for two days as well.
“The opportunity here with Liquigas has been pretty cool,” Duggan said. “I spent, literally, my whole pro career at Garmin. I was just kind of ready to do something different.”
Different is what he got. He now rides for an Italian team: the language is different; the training his different; his role is different.
“I think that’s the stuff that can put your career in a different direction,” he said. “It’s certainly great to be riding with guys like [Vincenzo] Nibali, [Ivan] Basso and Sagan. Yeah, you’re busting your ass, but those guys can win races.”
On May 28, he has a chance to race for himself, at the USA Cycling Pro National Championships in Greenville, South Carolina.
“It’s the kind of race that suits me very much,” he said. “You’ve got kind of a mixed bag of teams … It’s certainly a chaotic race, and I think that’s to my favor.”
Down the road, it’s not clear if Duggan will aim for a high finish at the Tour of Utah from August 7-12, but what is obvious is his good form this season.
Duggan has ridden in the world championships and stood on national championships podiums. He took second last year on stage 8 at the Critérium Dauphiné, and yet there’s a feeling that something bigger is on the horizon.
“Every race, I take it day by day and do my best and see what happens.”
He’s done well in the past at Utah – he took sixth overall there last year – but is also looking forward to the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado that comes just after.
“We’ll see how the form is come August,” he said. “I hope to be at a place where I can go for some things for myself out there.”
One of the Colorado stages winds through Nederland, just above Boulder, where Duggan and wife Loren just finished building their house.
“It’s going to be epic,” he said. “I think climbing at altitude is a strength of mine.”
Cycling is just part of the game with Duggan. He and a friend, Ian MacGregor, started the Just Go Harder Foundation, a non-profit that gives scholarships to kids to compete in cycling and skiing.
“It’s just kind of a little side project,” Duggan said. “If we can give a couple thousand dollars away to a kid who wouldn’t be able to participate in sports otherwise, that’s really good.”


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Princess Cruises announced a new cruise ship which will be named ‘Majestic Princess’. The cruise ship, which is now under construction, will be based in China year-round beginning in summer 2017 and become the first vessel built specifically for Chinese guests incorporating a unique blend of international and Chinese features.
Majestic Princess will also carry a Chinese name on the hull, 盛世公主号 (Shèng Shì Gōng Zhǔ Haò) – an interpretation selected by Carnival plc’s China employees, which has the suggestive meaning of “Grand World” or “Grand Spirit.”
The 143,000-ton vessel, Majestic Princess, is being built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. She will be home-ported in Shanghai, carrying 3,560 guests for cruises to Japan and Korea, and will offer many of the special features that have made Royal Princess and Regal Princess so popular and distinctive. These include a dramatic multi-story atrium serving as the social hub of the ship; the unique over-the-ocean SeaWalk - a glass-floor walkway extending 8 meters (28 feet) beyond the edge of the ship; the Princess Live! interactive studio; and the special Chef’s Table Lumiere, a private dining experience that surrounds guests in a curtain of light.
Majestic Princess will offer the international flavor of cruising with Princess, drawn from the brand’s award-winning expertise as the world’s leader in premium destination cruising. The cruise ship’s cuisine will span the globe, serving authentic dishes from Italy, France, North and South America, Southeast Asia, Japan and China – all freshly prepared onboard. Guests will enjoy a festival celebrating dance, music and crafts of exotic cultures; an array of international guest entertainers; and Las Vegas-style production shows starring a cast of singers and dancers from around the world.
The cruise ship will also offer Princess’ signature Movies Under the Stars, with the largest outdoor screen at sea, and the exciting Princess WaterColor Fantasy fountain and light show. Accommodations will be configured to appeal to families and multi-generational travelers; all outside staterooms will have private balconies. Additional details about the new ship’s features and deployment schedule will be announced over the coming months.

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The connected sum operation allows us to create a (possibly) new surface out of two surfaces we already know. To make a connected sum, we first cut a hole into each of our surfaces, forming a single closed edge on each one. Stretching these edges towards each other, we then line them up and then join the surfaces along the edges.
Connected Sum of two Spheres
The connected sum of two spheres actually yields a single sphere at the end.
As a large portion of this site is dedicated to transforming surfaces from one representation to another, we need first to understand what we are "allowed" to do. In 1985, Tatsuo Homma and Teruo Nagase classified six of these deformations, and in 1998, Dennis Roseman produced seven similar deformations (5 of which were identical to the Homma-Nagase ones). The following movies demonstrate Roseman's seven moves.
Type I Move
This first move is simply pushing one surface through a single other surface.
Type II Move
In this move we push a single surface through a "double curve", the intersection of two other surfaces.
Type III Move
This move pushes a surface through a "triple point", where three surfaces intersect.
Type IV Move
In this move, we push the high points of a surface with a saddle through a single other surface.
Type V Move
This move adds a double curve to a surface by adding a twist to the surface (in some sense, pushing part of the surface through itself)..
Type VI Move
In this move, we take a surface that has a twist in it, and "untwist" the middle portion of this twist. It may be helpful to think of it as pulling the sides of the surface (but only in the middle region) until the twist tightens down to nothing.
Type VII Move
This move simply extends a pinch through a single other surface.


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Bullets flew on NE 95th Avenue, just south of NE Sandy Blvd. Find out why the area was shut down for hours, and see exclusive photos of this week’s frightening mid-day event, right here …
NE Sandy Blvd. is shut down for blocks while Portland Police Bureau’s SERT squad moves in to give a hand to US Marshals to apprehend a suspected gunslinger, in Parkrose.
Story and photos by David F. Ashton
Shots rang out at a low-income housing apartment building in the far southwest corner of the Parkrose Neighborhood on August 27.
From the media vantage point far back in the MAX Park-and-Ride Station on NE Sandy Blvd., about 1:00 p.m., we could see six individuals sitting on the ground, opposite of the target apartment building.
Portland Police Bureau’s Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) officers suited up, and moved in, to clear an apartment of potentially lurking individuals or weapons.
Using great caution, SERT officers prepare to enter the apartment from where a suspected gunman opened fire on US Marshal’s Service agents.
“At 12:13 p.m., U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) personnel were assisting members of the Vancouver Safe Streets Task Force and the Vancouver Police Department Career Criminal Apprehension Team (CCAT) in locating and apprehending a wanted subject at a residence near the 4600 block of NE 95th Avenue,” reported Portland Police Bureau spokesperson Lt. Kelli Sheffer, at the scene.
Peering around the corner, officers check on the situation, and keep residents and pedestrians back from the corner of the building.
Hunting down a suspected attempted murderer
Later, we learned from Eric Wahlstrom, spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Oregon Fugitive Task Force, that the CCAT was in Parkrose because they had “probable cause” for arresting a man they identified as 23 year-old Adam Berndt for attempted murder, after he was identified as being the shooter in an August 25th incident.
“That shooting incident occurred in Clark County, Washington, where the victim was shot five times, and is in critical condition,” stated Wahlstrom.
Further, Wahlstrom went on, Berndt was wanted for Parole Violation (original charge: Escape) by the Washington State Department of Corrections, and has a criminal history including Assault II.
“While attempting to arrest the wanted subject,” Wahlstrom related, “Berndt exited the front of the residence and began firing shots toward USMS personnel. USMS personnel returned fire, striking the subject multiple times. [Portland Police Bureau’s] SERT responded, along with several uniformed officers, to secure the scene ,until it was safe for residents to return to their homes.”
Later in the day, Lt. Sheffer said that Berndt was was still in critical but stable condition.
Police detained these individuals, said to have been in apartment for questioning, but were later released.
“There are no other arrests associated with this shooting at this time,” Sheffer added. “Persons inside the residence from which Berndt exited were detained until investigators had a chance to speak with them and were then released. The Portland Police Bureau will continue this investigation.
© 2010 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News


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The medical college private statement is usually essentially the most tough part of any software. Different healthcare discipline programs (like nursing ) are dispersed amongst some other universities which don’t host a medical college. All 4 medical colleges in Quebec and two Ontario faculties (College of Ottawa, Northern Ontario Faculty of Medicine) do not require the MCAT.
A final graduation requirement is to sit down a standardized examination, the State Exam for Quality in Increased Schooling (“Examen de Estado de Calidad de la Educación Superior” or ECAES, often known as SABER PROFESSIONAL) particular to medicine, which assessments, for example, data in public well being and first care.
Upon completion of the ultimate yr of medical school, college students are awarded the degree of M.D. College students then start coaching in the residency program designated to them by CaRMS. Right after graduating from High Faculty with a Baccalaureat , any scholar can register at a college of drugs (there are about 30 of them all through the nation).
In Zimbabwe there are three medical colleges is offering Medical degrees. Due to the shorter size of the course, the timetable of these levels are more intense and the holidays are shorter, compared to students on the 5-year course.
Medical schools in Russia offer a 6-year curriculum leading to award Physician of Medicine (MD) “Doctor”. In most countries, the examine of drugs is completed as an undergraduate diploma not requiring prerequisite undergraduate coursework. The University of Ghana Medical School has however introduced a graduate entry medical program to confess students with mainly science-associated levels right into a four-12 months medical school program.

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It’s generally an unforeseen delight when something so incredibly delectable ends up being so incredibly great for you-and in the event that you haven’t discovered that with regards to olive oil yet, you’re going to!
Olive oil has been a staple of Mediterranean societies for thousands of years, dating back to the Old Greeks and Romans, and it remains the most well known cooking oil in the locale right up ’til today. Truth be told, nourishment specialists accept the Mediterranean basin is home to probably the longest-living populaces exactly on the grounds that their common day by day diet is so abundant in healthy fats from olive oil, nuts, and greasy fish.
Contrasted with other cooking oils, olive oil has the exceptional potential to convey a one-two punch to constant and degenerative illnesses from the intense polyphenol intensifies found in extra virgin olive oil and the high level of monounsaturated unsaturated fats (MUFAs) found in all grades. Accordingly, olive oil utilization has been related including further developed cholesterol levels to better state of mind to more grounded bones.
Here are the absolute most exciting research-supported health benefits:
- It’s loaded with polyphenols.
Extra virgin olive oil is an especially abundant wellspring of polyphenols, normal bioactive mixtures with cell reinforcement properties that are found in plant foods like organic products, veggies, and olives. Polyphenols benefit health, to a limited extent, since they battle oxidative pressure a sort of pressure within the body that harms lipids, proteins, and DNA in a way that adds to heart infection, cancer, diabetes, and dementia. Two abundant polyphenols present in olive oil are hydroxytyrosol and oleocanthal, which have cell reinforcement, calming, cancer-fighting, neuroprotective, and antimicrobial properties.
- It unequivocally advances cardiovascular health.
Olive oil is viewed as heart-healthy for (many) valid justifications. In the often refered to PREDIMED study, individuals who ate a Mediterranean-style diet that included 4+ tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil each day had a lower risk of developing cardiovascular infection, and their combined risk for heart attack, stroke, and demise from heart illness was around a 30% lower than individuals who ate a low-fat eating routine. EVOO has likewise been linked to further developed cholesterol levels and reduced circulatory strain. Oleic corrosive (the most abundant MUFA in all olive oil grades) and different polyphenols are probably going to thank, provided their capacity to reduce inflammation and oxidative pressure, and adjust cholesterol levels in the circulatory system.
Yet, you don’t need to consume 4+ tablespoons of olive oil each day to receive the rewards. Truth be told, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says there’s tenable proof to help the case that consuming 1 ½ tablespoons of oleic corrosive rich oils, including olive oil, may reduce the risk of coronary heart sickness, if they supplant fats/oils higher in soaked fat and don’t increase the total number of calories you eat in a day.
- It might reduce risk of certain cancers.
While no food is an enchanted slug for cancer avoidance, olive oil utilization might be one reason cancer rates will quite often be lower in Mediterranean nations. Findings from a new 2020 review propose that extra virgin olive oil triggers changes in stomach microscopic organisms that are related with counteraction of colorectal cancer; and past research has shown that ladies who eat the most olive oil will generally have a lower risk of colon cancer and bosom cancer. A few parts of olive oil have exhibited enemy of cancer properties, including oleic corrosive, hydroxytyrosol, oleocanthal, phytosterols, and squalene.
- It upholds healthy memory + brain function.
Oxidative pressure is embroiled in the movement of neurodegenerative sicknesses, including Alzheimer’s infection. Yet, extra virgin olive oil’s polyphenols-especially oleocanthal-function as powerful cancer prevention agents that might assist with countering this impact. A recent report on creatures found that oleocanthal-rich olive oil reestablished healthy blood-brain hindrance function and reduce neuro-inflammation in a manner that might slow the movement of Alzheimer’s.
- It upholds healthy mental viewpoint + temperament.
Olive oil’s brain-nourishing supplements can assist with elevating your state of mind, too. Indeed, fascinating examinations from 2010, 2017, and 2019 all help a growing group of research suggesting Mediterranean-style diets can actually assist with treating misery! In one of the investigations, 30% of members entered reduction for their moderate to serious sadness following a 12-week Mediterranean eating routine intervention that included olive oil. Extra research proposes that olive oil’s gainful fats support the focal sensory system, helping nerves function appropriately and increasing levels of the mind-set supporting synapse serotonin.
- It might assist you with losing weight.
Since olive oil assists keep with blooding sugar levels stable, it can assist with curbing cravings that may otherwise prompt overeating and weight gain-another reason to jettison your without fat serving of mixed greens dressing for EVOO and vinegar! A review from 2018 observed that overweight ladies who added 1+ tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil to their morning supper lost more muscle versus fat and had a greater drop in pulse contrasted with ladies who added soybean oil to their morning meal. Prior research has shown that high olive oil utilization with regards to a Mediterranean eating routine doesn’t cause weight gain.
Obviously, olive oil is as yet a calorie-thick food, so your smartest choice is to utilize it to supplant less healthy fats in your eating regimen.


We study the low-frequency region of the Raman spectra of infinite bundles of identical single-walled carbon nanotubes within a valence force field model of the lattice dynamics and a bond-polarizability model for the Raman intensity. It is obtained that two breathinglike phonon modes are present in such bundles for each tube type. Based on this prediction, an alternative interpretation of the experimental Raman spectra is proposed. In particular, an explanation is given for the appearence of resonant Raman lines that are predicted as nonresonant within the noninteracting tube picture.
|journal||Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics|
|Numéro de publication||23|
|Etat de la publication||Publié - 1 janv. 2001|


|The 2015 Camp Badge is the rad1o and contains a full-featured SDR (software defined radio) transceiver, operating in a frequency range of about 50 MHz - 4000 MHz, and is software compatible to the HackRF
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|Andz, Dave, Iggy, RFguy, Typ o
|badge, rad1o, sdr, gnuradio, HackRF, radio
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The rad1o badge contains a full-featured SDR (software defined radio) half-duplex transceiver, operating in a frequency range of about 50 MHz - 4000 MHz, and is software compatible to the HackRF.
It is based on a Wimax transceiver which sends I/Q samples in the range of 2.3 to 2.7 GHz to an ARM Cortex M4 CPU. The CPU can process the data standalone for various applications (like FM receiving, spectrogram display, RF controlled power outlets, etc.), or pass the samples to a computer using USB 2.0 where further signal processing can be done e.g. using GNU Radio. Radio signal transmission is also possible in standalone mode by software running on the ARM CPU, or from samples that are sent to rad1o through USB.
The extended frequency range is enabled by a mixer that can be inserted into the RF path. For immediate usage, the board contains a 2.5 GHz PCB antenna. Alternatively, an external antenna can be attached to an SMA connector which can be easily soldered onto the badge by yourself.
The rad1o also provides a Nokia 6100 130×130 pixel LCD and a joystick already known from the r0ket from the last CCCamp 2011.
We also included a 4-pin 3.5 mm audio connector which allows both (mono) headphone and microphone operation with a standard headset.
There are two micro USB ports, both can charge the battery. USB0 can be used for software updates and data I/O to SDR software like GnuRadio.
For more information see https://rad1o.badge.events.ccc.de/


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Well, after Disney purchased Lucasfilms for $4 Billion, hopefully they'll finally make the trilogy that was to come after the original films. An announcement was made that the next Star Wars Film would be due in theatres around 2015. No word on what time line this will take place.
Even after all of these years, and after the letdown of the Prequels, I've always imagined how the last 3 movies would be. The rumour was that the whole franchise was to span 9 films total. The 3 Prequels, the Original Trilogy, and the story afterwards.
I just never could understand why Lucas would focus on tinkering and re-releasing the classics, over and over, when the demand and support from fans for a sequel to the Original Trilogy was always there. I guess Disney knew, they couldn't let an opportunity like this pass them by. The Star Wars Franchise is a Monster Cash Cow, and can bankroll Disney for eons to come, with license deals, toys, spinoffs, video games, etcl.
Whatever the outcome of this deal, I'm just glad that someone else has taken an interest in expanding on this rich Universe. 2015 can't come soon enough! May the...well, you get the idea!
*In a gaming tidbit, these were my big purchases today. Big week for the PS Vita! I'm actually excited to play Ragnarok Odyssey...I've heard good things about this game!


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Seven of the 20 performers up for Academy Awards have been – or are about to be – on Broadway:
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Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston, nominated for Trumbo, won the Tony Award for his role as Lyndon Johnson in All the Way in 2014. He is also a producer of Finding Neverland.
Eddie Redmayne, nominated for The Danish Girl, won a Tony Award for his role in Red on Broadway in 2010.
Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, nominated for Carol, is scheduled to make her Broadway debut in a play called The Present at the end of 2016.
Saoirse Ronan, nominated for Brooklyn, is about to make her Broadway debut in The Crucible.
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mark Ruffalo, nominated for Spotlight, performed on Broadway in Awake and Sing in 2006.
Mark Rylance, nominated for Bridge of Spies, has performed in five Broadway productions: Boeing-Boeing in 2008 (for which he won his first Tony Award), La Bete in 2010, Jerusalem in 2011 (his second Tony), and Richard III and Twelfth Night (his third Tony) in 2013. He will be appearing on stage this month in a new play entitled Nice Fish at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Sylvester Stallone, nominated for Creed, has not performed on Broadway, but he did produce and write the book for the 2014 musical Rocky.
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Jason Leigh, nominated for The Hateful Eight, has performed in three Broadway productions: Cabaret (1998), Proof (2001), and The House of Blue Leaves (2011).
Some say they won’t be watching the Oscars this year, because #OscarsSoWhite. April Reign, who came up with that Twitter hashtag and is the managing editor of Broadway Black, weighs in on diversity in Hollywood and Broadway.
The Week in New York Theater Reviews
The Humans, Stephen Karam’s nuanced slice-of-life drama that unfolds during a family’s Thanksgiving dinner, has transferred intact to the Helen Hayes, in a production that has become even more timely in its expression of middle class anxieties, but remains most noteworthy for the exquisite performances by some of New York’s finest stage actors.
There are two main differences between the candidate debates on TV and the one in Old Hats, in which Bill Irwin and David Shiner don too-white teeth and try to one-up each other: 1. These clowns do it wordlessly, with mallets. 2. Unlike their real-life political counterparts, that isn’t their whole act.
Old Hats is back on a New York stage, little changed from the production at the Signature in 2013, and, for that matter, steeped in traditions that were dismissed many decades ago as….old hat. But the encore production of this cleverly designed and flawlessly executed show turns out to be irresistible, an antidote for nasty times, alternative medicine for flu season, a reminder that nearly anything done well enough – even mime – can feel new and hip.
‘Smokefall,’ feels influenced by the work of Thornton Wilder, with its mix of the homespun and the metaphysical…If ‘Smokefall’ is a self-consciously poetic effort that winds up less engaging emotionally or dramatically than the modern classic it evokes, the play along the way has offered a number of funny, strange or strangely alluring moments; an effective metaphor or two; and some fine acting
There is an unintentionally funny sign posted at the Signature Center outside “Angel Reapers,” a show by Martha Clarke and Alfred Uhry about the 18th century religious movement known as the Shakers:
“This production of Angel Reapers contains NUDITY. Please silence your cell phones.”
(Do cell phones make catcalls?)
A more useful sign would be:
“Warning: Angel Reapers is primarily a dance piece.”
“Her Requiem,” Greg Pierce’s improbable if skillfully acted new drama, now at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theater, is supposedly about a 17-year-old high school student’s decision to take a year off from school to compose a requiem. But it could just as easily have been called “His Obsession,” because it largely focuses on her father’s well-meaning but ultimately wrong-headed responses to that decision. We don’t even meet daughter Caitlin (Naian Gonzalez Norvind) in person until almost an hour through the 90-minute play.
“Dot” is the fourth play that has opened recently that includes an elderly character suffering from Alzheimer’s – the others are The Humans, Her Requiem, and Smokefall. But Colman Domingo’s funny and compassionate play at the Vineyard is the only one that puts the character with dementia at its center, detailing the effect of the disease on Dotty and on her family as well. Thanks to this focus, “Dot” is Domingo’s most successful play so far, helped along by some wonderful performances, especially by Marjorie Johnson as Dotty. The play stumbles, however, when it strays from that focus.
The character’s self-delusion seems obvious, the stories he tells not especially vivid, the relative slightness of O’Neill’s effort tilting it towards a theatrical exercise. The audience is in danger of identifying too closely with the night clerk, who stops listening, his mind drifting, while Erie prattles on…I’m reluctant to blame all this on Whitaker…He has his moments…’Hughie’ is more effective as a work of literature than a star vehicle, at least based on the current production of it.
The Week in New York Theater News
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) February 28, 2016
The Broadway revival of Falsettos has a date: The Finn/Lapine musical is set to open October 27 at the Walter Kerr
Rory O’Malley (The Book of Mormon) will play Bill Gates and Bryan Fenkart (Memphis) will play Steve Jobs when Nerds opens on Broadway April 21.
When Broadway Records releases the Fiddler on the Roof album on March 18th, it’ll have “Dear Sweet Sewing Machine,” a song cut during 1964 tryout, as a bonus track.
Marin Ireland (Reasons to be Pretty) will play an immigrant over 20 years (replacing Gina Gershon) in Ironbound by Martyna Majok, scheduled to open March 16 at Rattlestick
Following The Wiz Live, NBC will air Hairspray Live December 7, with some of the same team — Kenny Leon as the director, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron as executive producers, Harvey Fierstein who will adapt the script for TV – plus Jerry Mitchell as the choreographer. (Fierstein, who worked on the original Broadway script, won a Tony for playing Hairspray‘s Edna Turnblad on Broadway.) Cast has yet to be announced.
Lynn Nottage has won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for women playwrights and $25,000 for “Sweat,”about the laid-off people of Reading, Pa. It has not yet received a New York production.
The finalists were:
Sarah Burgess (U.S.) -Dry Powder
Rachel Cusk (U.K.) – Medea
Sarah DeLappe (U.S.) – The Wolves
Sam Holcroft (U.K.) – Rules for Living
Anna Jordan (U.K.) – Yen
Dominique Morisseau (U.S.) – Skeleton Crew
Lynn Nottage (U.S.) – Sweat
Suzan-Lori Parks (U.S.) – Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Bea Roberts (U.K.) – And Then Come The Nightjars
Noni Stapleton (Ireland) – Charolais
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is the 2016 winner of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, which includes a $100,ooo cash award.
The finalists were
An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, produced by Soho Rep
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, produced by The Public Theater
Indecent by Paula Vogel, produced by Yale Repertory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse
Sweat by Lynn Nottage, produced by Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Vietgone by Qui Nguyen, produced by South Coast Repertory
Lin-Manuel Miranda is in talks to co-star with Emily Blunt in Disney’s “Mary Poppins” sequel, and write songs for it, says Variety.
Through March 13: 20 at 20 $20 discount tickets to some three dozen Off-Broadway shows