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Alba Rosa ViëtorAlba Rosa Viëtor (July 18, 1889 – April 15, 1979) was an Italian-born violinist and composer who settled in the United States in 1919.
BiographyAlba Rosa grew up in Milan, where she was admitted to the Milan Conservatory at the age of 8. She was the youngest student ever to be admitted. At the age of 14 she continued her studies in Brussels, after a short stay in Uruguay. Here she studied under the famed violinist César Thomson and later she studied under the creator of the Sevcik violin method, Otakar Ševčík. One of his notable students was Jan Kubelík, who would become her mentor and to whose memory she dedicated her Elegie. In 1919 she settled permanently in the United States, and married Jan Fresemann Viëtor, a Dutch businessman who was a skilled amateur violinist.
After a successful career as a violinist, in 1916 she played alongside Camille Saint-Saëns on piano during a tour in Argentina, she decided to end this and dedicated herself completely to composing.
After her divorce (the marriage was dissolved in 1940; Jan died in 1953 in Panama) she became a member of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors. She composed prolifically for orchestra, voice and various solo instruments. Several American orchestras and soloists including the National Gallery of Art Symphony Orchestra and the Frost Symphony Orchestra, have performed her works. Her compositions were performed in the same program as Charles Ives, Aaron Copland and John Philip Sousa by the National Gallery Orchestra in 1950.
The most important element that dominates all of Alba Rosa Vietor's work is not the form but rather the mood she wishes to convey. Lawrence A. Johnson calls one of her best known works, Primavera Lombarda (Springtime in Lombardy), "an intriguing moody Mediterranean tone poem".
After her death in 1979 her compositions fell into oblivion. Due to the initiative of her son Hendrik Viëtor to digitize the works of his mother, her works have been performed more frequently since 2003.
Her works have been archived by the Marta & Austin Weeks Music Library of the University of Miami.
The Alba Rosa Viëtor Foundation and Alba Rosa Viva! chamber music festivalThe Alba Rosa Viëtor Foundation was founded by Mary van Veen-Viëtor, Hermance Viëtor and Maarten van Veen in 2009 to promote knowledge of Rosa Viëtor's music and to encourage improvisation and composition, particularly by female composers. The Foundation has published a book, The Story of Alba Rosa Viëtor: Violinist and Composer 1889 – 1979 (2009), which includes essays about her works by Paul Janssen and Peter Fraser MacDonald, as well as a list of compositions. The Foundation have also released a CD with a recording of her Piano Trio Op. 8 by the Storioni Trio.
In 2014, the Foundation started a biannual chamber music festival, Alba Rosa Viva! This festival is not only intended to make the works of Alba Rosa heard, but also to draw attention to other female composers, whose works are rarely heard in the classical music halls. Some recent compositions are always part of the festival program. The Festival is an idea of artistic director Reinild Mees, who had already put Alba Rosa Viëtor’s music in the spotlight during the Women's Music Marathon in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
The Foundation also organizes the biennial Alba Rosa Viëtor Composition Competition for composers up to 35 years old, with a jury headed by composer Willem Jeths. The compositions of the finalists are performed during the festival.


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“To be happy is a choice,” she said. I was standing there in awe to a concept I had heard of but never listened to. How can it be up to me? Then as I took a deep breath, I felt it, just a sense of power. I decided, just be happy! I took a few more deep breaths and kept saying in my head, I am happy. She looked at me and said, “you look happier already.”
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The majority of reviews on TripAdvisor, even some five-star ratings, express mixed feelings. Therefore, it is important to respond to as many reviews as possible. You want to show potential guests that your hotel is actively reading reviews, internalizing, and responding to reviews. And when potential customers see these mixed reviews, they also see your answers and get your page of history.
Answers to hotel reviews: The positive sandwich formula
Mixed hotel reviews are mostly free. One way to address mixed feedback is to use the positive sandwich method. By summarizing your answers to the negative remarks with positive statements, you can recognize and answer negative messages without emphasizing them.
1. Thanks to the guest
Address the guest by name and thank him for taking the time to write a review.
2. Mark the positive comments.
I am pleased that the guest has had a good experience with some aspects of his stay. This personalizes the message and reminds the reader that the guest has said good things about the hotel.
3. Address the negative comments.
Please apologize for the negative experiences listed in the rating and indicate which changes the hotel has made or intends to make.
4. Return to the positives.
Highlight another positive aspect of your stay. This surrounds the negative comments with positive statements. In this way, you can address the customer service issues without giving too much attention to unflattering information about your property.
5. Invite the guest to return.
This reminds reviewers and readers that you value your guests and your feedback. Even if this person has made negative statements online about your hotel, she is saying great things about you if you graciously accept the feedback.
Example from the real world
Here is an example of a guest who had mostly positive things to say in a newly opened hotel in Cincinnati. He or she found, however, that the employees did not meet the expectations:
A manager could react like this:
Thank you for taking the time to share your recent experiences at our hotel. We are so glad that you have found good accommodation in our hotel and that you have enjoyed the menu and food in the metropolis. Unfortunately, we do not seem to have met all your expectations. We certainly want to know more about it. If you wish, please contact me at the hotel or by e-mail at [email protected] Your feedback is very valuable to us as we work every day to get better. We are glad that you liked our company so much and we would be honored to welcome you back to our hotel in the future.
Gerry L | Director General
When should I respond to mixed reviews?
While it's ideal to respond to any review your property gets online, not every hotel manager has the time to do so. As a rule, we recommend that you answer at least 50% of your mixed ratings, As fast as possible, be aware of the reviews you respond to so that you can minimize the number of people who see the negative comments without your response.
It is also helpful to one Online Reputation Management System that summarizes all your online reviews on one platform. That way you just have to go to one place to respond to everything.

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Oseco, a global manufacturer of custom-engineered rupture discs and explosion vents, has developed the new, heavy duty MV-BE (Metal Vent Bucket Elevator), an explosion vent offering robust explosion protection for the grain handling industry.
The MV-BE explosion vent is designed utilizing materials up to three times thicker than other designs, providing excellent service life to conveying/bucket elevators operating under high vibration conditions or other demanding applications.
Grain storage facilities typically utilize a bucket elevator or pneumatic conveyor to scoop up grain from a lower level and deposit it into a storage facility or silo. Larger elevators with fast belt speeds often produce significant vibration that can fatigue explosion vents causing premature failures. The MV-BE’s robust design provide excellent service life in these difficult applications.
Because grain dust is highly combustible and poses a significant explosion risk, safety measures are required to reduce pressure and remove ignition sources. If an ignition source such as a spark is present, grain dust will easily ignite causing pressure to rise exponentially within the bucket elevator. The MV-BE explosion vent is designed to open at 0.75psig to relieve pressure within the bucket elevator and deflagrate the flame, thereby protecting the elevator and workers from the dangers of a dust explosion.
“Grain dust is a very volatile substance, so operators of agricultural or bulk storage facilities must utilize the strictest safety measures,” said Shawn McCorkle, Oseco’s Engineered Solutions segment manager. “Our MV-BE is specifically designed to relieve pressures generated during a deflagration and greatly reduce the risk of explosions in these types of facilities.”
Oseco’s MV-BE vent works directly with the bucket elevator, offering an optional alarm sensor for automatic system shutdown. Designed to meet the requirements of NFPA 61, the MV-BE is available in a variety of sizes and works with most bucket elevator applications utilized in the grain handling industry.
The MV-BE’s frame is made of 316 stainless steel with a black neoprene gasket and excels in applications where a more robust vent with a thicker membrane is required. It is also easily attached, making for low-cost installation.
Additional features of the MV-BE include:
- A non-fragmenting design
- Burst tolerance +/- 0.25 psig at 0.75psig
- Operating ratio of 50% of the stamped burst pressure
- Temperature range of -40 to +180 F


The US Army will purchase a large-cabin business jet from Bombardier Defense as part of a new intelligence-gathering initiative aimed at matching the US Army’s increasingly long-range missiles with more sophisticated targeting systems that are part of the HADES system.
The agreement includes the purchase of one Global 6500 jet and includes the option to purchase two more over the next three years. The first aircraft will be delivered in October 2024, according to a U.S. Army press release. This is the Army’s first purchase of a long-range business jet of this category more typically used for luxury travel.
The acquisition will support ongoing work to develop the Army’s new airborne intelligence collection effort, the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System , or HADES, according to the press release. The US Army began testing platforms for the HADES system in 2020, but purchased services rather than equipment so it could evaluate various vendors.
Under the program, the US Army examined two aircraft, nicknamed ARTEMIS (Aerial Reconnaissance and Targeting Exploitation Multi-Mission Intelligence System) and ARES (Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System).
The first packs the intelligence gathering equipment into a Challenger 600 jet, while the second does the same but with the Global 6500 which is a newer aircraft than the Challenger 600, with a greater range of 6,600 nautical miles, sufficient for intelligence in Europe or the Pacific from the continental United States.
The Challenger 600 flying under the ARTEMIS program has already patrolled the skies near Ukraine for a few months since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 carrying out around 600 sorties, while the Global 6500 flies in the As part of the ARES program, it carried out approximately 300 sorties in the Indo-Pacific theater.
The US Army currently uses turboprop aircraft for similar types of airborne intelligence collection, such as the Guardrail Common Sensor (GRCS) based on the King Air B200 aircraft, designated RC-12X. However, such aircraft are no longer a match for modern Chinese or Russian air defenses. Business jets can clearly fly higher and faster than turboprops, meaning they have the ability to work farther and more persistently in areas of interest.
The announcement comes as the Army turns to more advanced precision missiles to maintain its edge in the Pacific. Such missiles require high-quality targeting data, which could be provided by the HADES system. In its announcement, the US Army said the ultimate goal of these prototypes is to “ provide advanced deep sensing capabilities for use in multi-domain operations against adversaries of equal or near-equal capability. ”


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If you are struggling to buy food and supplies for your pets, there may be help for you. Pet food stamps are gaining in popularity.
For local food pantries, the costs are rising and so is the number of families that need help.
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We present numerical examples demonstrating the efficacy of a recently proposed self-triggered model predictive control scheme for disturbed linear discrete-time systems with hard constraints on the input and state. In order to reduce the amount of communication between the controller and the actuator, the control input is not re-computed at each point in time but only at certain sampling instances. These instances are determined in a self-triggered fashion in the sense that at every sampling instant the next sampling instant is computed as a function of the current system state. A compact set in the state space, whose size is a design parameter in the control scheme, is stabilized.
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7 Paths to God: The Ways of the Mystic
Joan Z. Borysenko
In this book, Joan Borysenko tells you how a mystical moment can strike at any time when you are fully present in the moment: when looking at a beautiful full moon, a sunset, walking in nature, or looking into the eyes of a child. When you are fully present in the moment, you will be filled with a sense of awe, and beauty, and feel fully connected with the universe. An excerpt from the book: "Just as many rivers lead to the sea, there are many paths to God. Each of the seven primary energy centers of the human body, the chakras, corresponds to a specific path." In this book, those paths are outlined, complete with spiritual exercises, giving the reader a sense of the most fruitful direction for their journey. You will learn that you don't have to go to Nepal or go climb a mountain to have a mystical moment, but in learning how to be fully present in your everyday life, you will find that mystical moments can be found in the mundane, the ordinary, or also in the extraordinary.
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The fun sketch this week at CAS(E) This Sketch got my mind racing. I love when there are LOTS of options to recreate a sketch in my own view. The wavy band across this sketch gave me the perfect opportunity to ink up Making Christmas Bright, a stamp set from last year’s Holiday Catalog that carried over into this year’s Annual Catalog. Yay! Here’s my card:
That’s right! These products aren’t from the upcoming Holiday Catalog – they are in the current Annual Catalog, so you can get them now. Yippee! And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:
- Making Christmas Bright. I love the bright, fun images and sentiments in the Making Christmas Bright stamp set – stars and Christmas lights. how fun! On this card, I used the string of lights in the top, right corner of the picture below and the sentiment below it. Here’s a look at the Making Christmas Bright stamp set: While Making Christmas Bright was bundled with the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch, I didn’t use the punch on today’s project. I still want you to see how cute it is and consider purchasing it when you buy this stamp set:
- All Strung Out. Who doesn’t love to unwrap a string of Christmas lights?! I knew the strings of lights would be a perfect element to represent the wave from the CTS sketch. I stamped the center string first and then lined up the top and bottom strings (changing direction of the bulbs). The lights aren’t designed to line up perfectly, so it takes a little strategy to get there. Here’s a closer look: I stamped the strands with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. Once the ink fully dried, I colored the bulbs with a mix of Pineapple Punch, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green and Lovely Lipstick Stampin’ Blends.
- Unexpected Christmas Colors. While I used the Light Lovely Lipstick Stampin’ Blend for the pink bulbs, they looked enough light Melon Mambo to frame my central panel. I just love this unexpected combination of colors for Christmas. Such fun! If you like this combination of Pool Party, Pineapple Punch and Melon Mambo (whether or not for Christmas), please save this:
Stamp Sets: Making Christmas Bright Papers: Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Pineapple Punch, Thick Whisper White Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin’ Blends (Pool Party, Pineapple Punch, Lovely Lipstick, Granny Apple Green) Accessories: Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Dimensionals
I hope you’ll pop over to the CAS(E) This Sketch site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Holiday Catalog Product Shares and Swatch Books
I’ve posted my products shares and swatch books from Stampin’ Up!’s 2019 Holiday Catalog. What fun! If you are in the U.S., I hope you’ll pop over and take a look. What a great way to share in the great, new products in the new catalog! CLICK HERE to learn more.
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Lots of Ablegrid® AG6000 WIFI 12MP 2.0" LCD HD 1080P 170 Degree Wide Angle Sport Action Camera Waterproof Novatek 96655
Description This camera is great for catching all your action moments on camera. It has a fantastic lens to capture all your great moments in clarity, whether you want still photos or full motion HD video. It includes a ton of mounts and sticky applicators so you can attach it to anything you wish. Make this great purchase as a gift or to bring along on your next vacation! This camera can also be used for car Dash Camera(Auto Start / Stop Recording when charging/not charging), Home Security Use, Action shots, underwater, skydiving, etc.
Features: 12Mega Pixels CMOS-Sensor WIFI 2.0" high resolution LTPS LCD, the screen is available for video recording, photo shooting and watching simutaneously. 30m waterproof. 1920x1080P, HD image resolution Functions: HDR, recording, face recognition Video: 1920*1080/1280*720/848*480/640*480 Photo sharpness: 12M (4032*3024) / 10M(3648*2736) / 8M(3264*2448) / 5M(2592*1944) / 3M(2048*1536) / 2MHD(1920*1080) / VGA(640*480) / 1.3M(1280*960) Light source frequency: 50Hz/60Hz 170 HD wide-angle lens Slot for Micro SD card up to 32 GB USB 2.0 , HDMI Battery Detachable 900mAH Service time: 70mins Color: BLACK
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Looking for a right place to Call Home?
Whether you are in Cork or Killarney - or Macroom itself, you’ll find Meadowlands is the ideal place to call home. Here you will find high quality of design and build quality. Just a few minutes’ walk away from the centre of town, this stylish development has something for everyone whatever your needs.
Located just 10 minutes’ walk from the Town Centre, Meadowlands is a spectacular development of three and four bedroom houses. Making extensive use of traditional materials including an exceptional slate effect roof tilling, these home are a striking blend of modern design, quality build and finish.
Two and three storey homes, recessed balconies, deep feature windows, rectangular bays and high dormers with a choice individual house type to choose from, buyers are sure to find their perfect home. The internal layouts make exceptional clever use of space, while extensive landscaping compliments a stylish layout to give true feeling of distinction to the entire development.
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There are a number of Montessori pre schools in Macroom, there are three main primary schools and three secondary schools, Bishop MacEgan College, De La Salle College and St Marys Secondary School.
The Macroom Castle Demesne, is an exceptional amenity, providing over 40 acres of riverside parkland and golf course adjoining the town centre. There are numerous sporting, social and cultural activities in Macroom and a wide range of clubs – everything from GAA, Golf, Soccer to fishing.
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Wayne Allyn Root joined us today to bask in the glory of the Trump victory that he called so long ago. There was plenty of vote fraud, but not enough to deny him the victory. Now they're starting with idiotic recounts to taint his presidency but again they will meet with failure. And don't expect Mitt Willard Romeny to be Secretary of State. Wayne says it ain't gonna happen.
Bob Hoye is first and foremost an economic historian. The situation that we currently find ourselves in has happened many times before. He's been saying for years that during these credit busts, the reserve currency is always the beneficiary. We're seeing that situation now. Down the road, he sees gold's purchasing power increasing, even if its dollar price doesn't. The situation will take a long time to improve. Adjustments must be made.
According to historic cycles, the economy almost invariably heads into a recession after a two term president's last term. This combined with the promises that President-Elect Trump has made could make for difficult sledding ahead. How much can the government really do to avoid recession? Danielle thinks not so much.
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Master of terror in several genres, Terry Goodkind talks to us about NEST, his newest and most thrilling novel.
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Dr. Gerard Lameiro called 46 out of 50 states before election night. Without voter fraud he might have called them all. Rasmussen Polling even sent him congrats. He and I believed that Trump was going to win the election almost from the beginning. Now Trump has triumphed and they're trying to recount his victory out of existence. But it's not going work, it's too little too late!
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In which our heroes have kids, discover children don't suit their busy lifestyle, and so buy a small robot teddy bear to protect their child as Jackson pitches a Bear-b-sitter. We rank the creepiness levels of toys, choose our ideal toy guardians, and worry that the bear will steal our wife. Jackson pitches something for the future, Ryder feels sad for all the bears when the child grows up, and Dad just finds the whole thing unsettling. So leave your kid at home, let the bear raise the child for you, and then kill it when the time comes. It's just good business.
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Chip Lake, noted political consultant sees the role of the mainstream or legacy media becoming redundant. As their hostility and ignoble agenda becomes more obvious by the day, Trump will by-pass them altogether and real social media directly to the people. Why go through a distorted media filter that is hostile to his interests and the country's? Stay tuned because there's a new era of political discourse on the horizon.
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[17:14] The American Government and the Office of the President have become dictatorial regimes.
[20:40] With Trump you get two sides of everything, he is very impulsive and isn’t familiar with many aspects of the economic system.
[23:34] David Stockton’s book tells of a government staffed with people who were only concerned with self-interests.
[28:20] Hillary never met a war she didn’t like.
[31:38] Three items to keep your eye on with regard to Trump economics.
[39:38] The problem with the concept of free trade in America.
[44:25] Trump knows how to get stuff done.
[48:34] How to stay in contact with Charles Goyette
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Guest, Kenneth D. Campbell is the founding partner, managing director and former chairman of Investment Policy Committee and ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, Founder of Realty Stock Review which was the first investment newsletter on real estate investment trusts (REITs), co-author of the best selling and first full length book on REITs, The Real Estate Investment Trust: America’s Newest Billionaires and author of the new book, Watch that Rat Hole and Witness the REIT Revolution. Kenneth has a history of dealing with the financial elite and is considered an expert in this type of investment vehicle. .
[1:49] Depositions and the US Legal System are the closest thing to Hell in the civilized world.
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[7:50] Wall Street became infatuated with the Mortgage REITs group.
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[26:59] The IRS has just tightened the strings of spinning off real estate into REITs.
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[32:42] Kenneth believes real estate holds great value for people.
[35:08] How to find out more about Kenneth D. Campbell or sign up for his newsletter.
William Kelly has been trying to reform Chicago's corrupt system for years. As a candidate for mayor of Chicago and as a radio talk show host. Even though the state of Illinois and the City of Chicago have been collapsing, he hasn't given up hope that they can be saved. He's working tirelessly and his new book adds impetus to the effort. Will Trump's victory help save the city and state?
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Victor Espinoza was aboard for his second straight Derby win, and third overall.
Huge hats and snazzy suits are a yearly staple for the Kentucky Derby.
Coverage of the Kentucky Derby on KSN begins at 3:00 PM today.
The Chiefs added their second cornerback in the first three rounds of the NFL draft on Friday.
The 6-foot-6, 305-pound Morse played center and guard for the Tigers before shifting to right tackle in 2013 and left tackle last year.
While the Kansas City Royals have been notorious slow starters in past seasons, they enter May in first place.
Days before the fight, one Manny Pacquiao believer had already put $500,000 on his man in the MGM Grand sports book.
Jamies Winston, the overall number 1 pick goes to Tampa Bay. The Chiefs choose Marcus Peters as the 18th pick.
Peters was considered one of the top defensive backs in the draft
5’0″ Maize slugger is huge on talent and teamwork in area prep softball
He’s the first QB to be selected first since Andrew Luck in 2012
The Oklahoma City Thunder have hired Florida’s Billy Donovan as their new coach.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are ready for what some are calling “the biggest fight ever” on Saturday, May 2.
Football fans, rejoice! Months of speculation and rumor culminate this weekend with the start of the 2015 NFL draft.
Escobar was able to make it off the field under his own power.

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A new update of the ARTES 5 testing software is available for download. With this update we provide some enhancements and optimizations of the software functions:
ARTES V4 data import
Data from the previous version ARTES V4 can now be transferred to ARTES 5. This means that older tests and results can also be managed with the current ARTES software.
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Manchester United have hope in their chase for Alvaro Morata after Real Madrid boss denies switch to Juventus.
Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez told a radio station in Spain that the 21-year-old would definitely not be moving to Turin.
It had been reported a deal was close with Juventus but Perez’s words have blown the race wide open.
Perez said: “I am friends with the Juventus executives and President Andrea Agnelli.
“But I have not spoken to them regarding Morata and, honestly, the possibilities that he goes to play in Turin are zero.
With only a year left on his contract United are keen to get a deal done for Morata but with Arsenal hot on the heels what price will secure the signature of the highly rated Spaniard.
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Dynamite Entertainment releases Killing Red Sonja #3 this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue right here…
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The boy that will kill Red Sonja encounters The Bird Overlord. Normally, the Overlord’s deadly birds seek only gold. But for the power this boy possesses, they may make an exception… By MARK RUSSELL (Red Sonja, Year Of The Villain), BRYCE INGMAN (Edgar Allen Poe’s Snifter Of Terror) and CRAIG ROUSSEAU (The Flash).
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A mobility scooter service which pensioners called a “lifeline” for them is to close in a Welsh city centre due to lack of funding. Shopmobility in Newport, a charity providing scooters for people for £3 a day, is to close on Friday, November 17 after years struggling for cash.
Newport council funded the charity, which was founded in 1989, for years before announcing it would pull its funding gradually in 2016. The funding stopped at the end of the financial year in 2021, although Shopmobility was propped up again with £10,000 from the council to pay its rent at its Upper Dock Street base this year.
The charity has since relied on huge donations which have dried up in recent months, while Newport council has told the charity it will be providing no financial support in 2024. Earlier this year Newport council announced plans to cut many services, reduce bin collections and increase council tax prices, similarly to many other councils in Wales, citing financial difficulties. The council faces a predicted nearly £27m shortfall by 2025/26. For the latest Newport news, sign up to our newsletter here.
Shopmobility trustee Peter Wivell said the council had made it clear for “a long while” that it wouldn’t be supporting Shopmobility financially in future. After a sign informing service users of the pending closure, Mr Wivell said the decision for Shopmobility to close “hasn’t been taken lightly” and is “solely a financial decision because we’ve got no money left to go any further."
The news comes as a devastating blow for some of the city’s elderly and disabled, some of whom have spoken to WalesOnline about how much the charity has meant to them. Sitting on her scooter in the city’s Commercial Street, 73-year-old Susan Williams, who is disabled with spinal issues, said: “I rely on it. I get here by taxi two to three times a week, I pay my £3 and I have my scooter for the day until 3pm in the afternoon. It’s what I’ve always done.
“The council have said they’re not going to fund them so they’re closing down. What does that mean for footfall in Newport? Disabled people like me won’t come. There is no way I could walk around the city centre, I’d be stopping every 20 yards.
“When I heard it last week I thought it was disgusting. I don’t think it’s fair. It’s hard enough for pensioners as it is but I won’t be able to come to Newport to shop anymore after this place closes. We need the council to step in and support a charity that is vital for so many people.”
A spokesperson for Newport council told WalesOnline the council has tried to work with the charity previously to find a "sustainable model". "Shopmobility Newport has been aware for a number of years of the council’s intention to reduce funding and it has been offered support to enable it to develop a more sustainable model," they said.
"In 2016 the council agreed a phased reduction in discretionary grants to voluntary sector organisations and discussions were held with the organisations in relation to this objective. In this year’s budget, as part of the phased approach to reduce funding, it was agreed to reduce Shopmobility’s grant from £17,000 to £10,000. This was again accompanied by an offer to support the organisation with advice and guidance to develop a more sustainable business model, identify other sources of funding and to move away from the reliance on public sector grants."
Thelma Keohane, a 73-year-old retired postmaster who visits the city centre once a week and has to use a scooter, said: “They’re not thinking about disabled people. If they close this I won’t be coming to town because I can’t walk very far because I’ve got rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
"Since my husband died my life revolves around taxis and coming here to get a scooter, which is the only way I can get around. Even more shops will close if this closes.”

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The household of crippled Curt Ingston is tense and foreboding. His younger sister is gaslit into believing she is insane, a recent visitor was murdered under mysterious circumstances, and the maid is ready to leave while she still can. It proves to be too late for her, but the arrival of a horror author and a psychiatrist may prove fortuitous. Meanwhile, Ingston has gathered together three old doctors, who once failed him during his operation. Through Eastern magic he has found a new way of restoring life, and he will have his revenge...
Night Monster is a spooky old time. It starts off quickly, partway through the story in a way, but we're all caught up to speed fairly quickly, and the main characters are in the same boat as we are. There's a slight effort at some mystery, though the solution is pretty obvious. We know who the victims will be, and that only leaves the butler, the chauffeur, and the man who wants everyone dead. I've seen the film described as a semi-remake of Doctor X, and it's not really, but there are a few neat parallels.
Pulp writer Dick and psychiatrist Lynn are decent leads once they get in the picture, and Lynn in particular is clever and inquisitive.
Curt himself is an affable and friendly fella, and his attitude towards Dick and his horror books is nice! Any man who appreciates good spooky literature can't be all bad!...Or they could be a monster, but oh well. This switch in personality does work, even if I may have preferred another character be the culprit.
Eastern mystic Agar Singh is one of the more interesting characters in the film, and next to Curt is the only other genuine suspect. He seems shifty, and you're not sure where he stands, but he ends up really stepping up by the end, in a way the two heroes don't get to do.
Curt's sister is an innocent lady driven almost mad by the spooky goings-on, and treated like shit by the housekeeper Miss Judd. Don't let that old biddy boss you around, sock her in the kisser! The staff are shady, including the requisite foreign butler, and pervy chauffeur. Most memorable is Millie, who I was hoping would be the main character.
The police are slightly helpful, but too bad Millie had to die for them to make the connection! Speaking of the blame game, I don't blame the taxi driver since he went straight to the police, but I do hold it against him for not doing anything when she first disappeared. But then again what was Millie thinking anyway going back to the scary murder house at night?!
Then there are the three doctors who operated on Ingston. They range from feeling bad over how botched it was, to being pretty arrogant over the affair, and are the main target's for the killer's wrath.
The movie has a problem with too many characters. It's not that it feels jumbled, or that it spends too much time on any given character, but it jumps around so much that it's hard to get to know anyone. It's almost 20 minutes before we even know who the protagonist is, and it's even later when we finally meet Mr. Ingston, after hearing so much about him.
The atmosphere here is really good, with an inspired use of sound. We have ominous scenes bathed in darkness, and filled with the sound of croaking frogs...until they suddenly stop. Now we're in complete silence, and don't know why. It adds a neat edge to the stalking scenes, and is a great signal for when things are getting bad.
While predominately a horror, Night Monster is your typical 1940s picture, and has its fair share of amusing lines. This is never tonally awkward, and instead just gives the movie a nice sense of humour to break up the gloomy atmosphere.
From the skirt-chasing chauffeur" "Ah, she's no doctor, she's a dame!"
My favourite line was when the stuffy sister is up-in-arms about the 'racket' the police are making, leading to a hilarious put down from the detective: "You're the only one making any noise, shut up!".
The cast here is a good one, with a mix of serious and comic performances. In a way, Night Monster really shows off Lionel Atwill's skill as an actor. In Doctor X he played the main scientist. whereas here he's the opposite, playing one of the skeptical naysayers. Unfortunately it feels like they only had him for the day, as he calls Curt's ideas mumbo jumbo and leaves before the demonstration begins...And we never see him again! He abruptly dies offscreen soon after!
Bela Lugosi gets quite a sizable role. It's only sizable as a butler, and he's not playing a grand villain or jolly madman, but still, better to be a butler with 30 minutes of screentime than one with 3.
The effects are the only spot where the film takes a dip. Some are pretty good, like the ghostly skeleton, but for all the talk of an inhuman monster, which is said to look terrifying even when seen in the dark, from a distance, it's a real letdown when we finally see it. Or rather when we don't see it. It's just the regular actor!
Night Monster is a fairly enjoyable picture. Short and spooky, and with plenty of imagination. It may not be as stylistic or as other films, but it's worth watching, and never disappoints...


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Every Vietnamese home has this house-made dipping sauce. This sauce should have a balance of saltiness, sweetness and tartness. The saltiness comes from fish sauce, sweetness from sugar, and the tartness from either vinegar, lime or lemon juice. Some people like it spicy. Some like it very sweet. If you are one of these people then load up on the chili peppers or extra sugar. Mine tends to be on the sour side. Typically I make my sauce with the same ingredients as my mother's as it is more versatile and has longer shelf life. She usually makes huge jars of sauce (to give to my siblings and me) and does not add garlic, chilies or water and her sauce can last for months to over a year. She omits chilies so everyone can eat it. When we scoop some from the jar to eat we have a preference to add finely chopped chili and garlic. Most people I know including my mother make this without a recipe and they always come out consistent every time. Feel free to adjust your seasoning according to your preference. If you find this sauce to be too strong then dilute it with a little water or fresh coconut water.
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1 small carrot, shredded (about 1/2 cup shredded)
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1/2 cup white vinegar
2 Tbsp fish sauce
2 garlic cloves, smashed, finely chopped (optional)
1-2 chilies, finely chopped (optional)
Mix carrot, sugar, vinegar and fish sauce and adjust the seasoning according to your taste. Add garlic and chilies if interested.
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The beautiful story of finding the music to your heart again.
Rhane Evans, the rocker chick, lead singer of an up and coming band is handed a devastating hand of cards when a car accident takes the two loves of her life. Her voice and Dalton. As she comes to terms with outcome of her actions that fatal night, she accepts the truth with beautiful restraint. If only that restraint carried over to her instant reactions to the present life she is dealing with.
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Overall this is a so so story. It was just lacking in certain aspects for me and I was underwhelmed. Now don't get out the pitch forks and come trudging after me because I didn't enjoy it as much as you, but understand that when I read a story I am looking for originality (which this story had), depth, superb characters, and realistic characters. Plus some other things. I look forward to reading the sequel to this story----As we get Ians POV....I LOVE Male POVs the most! They always carry more fun and insight into the lives of the characters. This is a 3.5 Star book for me :)
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In recent years, rapid introduction of photovoltaic power systems (PVs) causes voltage rise in distribution systems. In addition, residential PVs cause voltage unbalance in distribution systems. For these reasons, it has become difficult to control voltage in distribution systems to within the allowable range. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the voltage unbalance suppression method corresponding to the measured data in unbalanced distribution systems. Thus, we measured voltage on the distribution lines which are expected to large voltage imbalance and analyzed the reality of voltage unbalance. Also, Static Var Compensator (SVC) is suitable for voltage unbalance suppression, although it is expensive. Therefore, we make the distribution system model using the measured voltage in distribution systems to verify the voltage unbalance suppression effect.
In order to develop a watching system for an aged single person by grasping his or her usage of electricity, we hatched out a method to infer definitely whether a resident directly operated electric appliances and it resulted in a significant increase in electricity consumption or not from total load current of the household, which was averaged at an appropriate interval. Then we evaluated the method by using the total load current measured at 11 households of an actual aged single persons for 1 year (totally 3,724 days) and records on their outing. The results of the evaluation showed an effectiveness of the method.
This paper presents a confidence interval estimating method for load forecasting with consideration of error causes. In recent years, it has been planned to introduce the new balancing rules by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). It will be required to submit the planned values of power generation amount and load amount. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate the confidence interval for load forecasting in terms of power producer and supplier. The proposed method uses the decision tree to analyze error causes and the beta distribution to estimate proper confidence interval. The former has functions to classify data into terminal nodes and extract rules from each terminal node with consideration of error causes. The latter expresses a variety of distribution shape by parameters estimated maximum likelihood for obtained error distribution. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated using actual data of considerable local electric power utility. The proposed confidence interval estimating method succeeded in reducing 5.0%pt of Prediction Interval Coverage Probability (PICP) and 0.9%pt of Normalized Mean Prediction Interval Length (NMPIL) for the conventional method without consideration of error causes. Therefore the proposed method can estimate more accurately than conventional method.
The paper proposes a method to quantify the effect of critical peak pricing (CPP) Demand-Response (DR) for residential customers. The method uses electricity consumption measured at all circuits of a distribution board. Operation of appliances and rooms connected to each circuit and corresponding electricity consumption are first detected. By using the data, the baseline of electricity demand during DR period is estimated. The combination of the operation of circuits is defined as to be transition state modeled as Markov Chain. Then, electricity consumption is quantified by summing up electricity consumptions of all circuits corresponding to the estimated state. Due to the method, the DR effect can be distinguished into those due to the change in operation schedule of appliances and rooms and the change in the service-level provided by appliances and in rooms. This paper demonstrates the method by applying it to a DR experiment result.
In this paper, a new technique of daily peak load forecasting is proposed. At first, we propose Non-linear correction T method as improvement technique of T method that is one of the multivariate analysis techniques, called MT system, suggested in Quality Control. Moreover, we examine the daily peak load forecasting technique, which is based on data in the last year on a forecasting day, by T method and Non-linear correction T method. Furthermore, we examine the technique, which is based on the data of most recent several weeks of a forecasting day, by the T method and Non-linear correction T method. In addition, the effectiveness of the proposed method by comparing the multiple regression analysis is discussed.
After the liberalization of electricity market in Japan, New entry electricity suppliers start to supply electricity to residential sectors. Because they don't have as many power generation resources as conventional electric companies, they need to know whether their customer's electricity demand pattern match with their generation resources characteristics for avoid procuring shortage electricity from electricity trade market. In addition, they need to estimate electricity demand accusatory in mid to long term for business planning. In this paper, as a basic study for estimation of aggregated households' electricity demand pattern characteristics, we survey 1,720 households about their family structure and monthly electricity usage in one or two years, and evaluate monthly electricity demand characteristics to classify seasonal electricity demand ratio pattern against annual average electricity demand. As a result, we classify 1,720 households in 15 groups and correlate the household ratio of each group and household's attributes such as house type and number of family members. Then, we propose a method to estimate the monthly electricity demand of aggregated households based on the ratio of each group.
The recent growth in penetration of photovoltaic generation units (PVs) has brought new operation ideas to Power Producer-Suppliers (PPSs) and/or Megawatt-Solar Power Plant (MSPP) owners which achieve more profitable electric power management for them. Their expectable profit will improve if the PPSs operate their controllable generators (CGs) appropriately, and sell the generated electricity properly to contracted customers and/or Power Exchanges together with the output of MSPPs. Furthermore, the profitable cooperation between the PPSs and the MSPP owners decrease the difficulty in supply and demand balancing operation of main power grids. Hence we can expect that the profitable cooperation will become one of the most efficient PV-compatible operations with few adverse effects for the main power grid's operation. However, when the PPSs cannot procure sufficient electricity by only their CGs and the output of MSPPs, there is a risk to purchase the very expensive electricity from the main power grids to compensate the shortage. This paper presents a problem framework and its solution to make the optimal power management plan for the PPS considering the electricity procurement from the MSPPs. The aim of this research is to design a profitable and stable power management plan for the PPS with the intension of providing both better selling profit to the PPS and the MSPP owners, and reducing difficulty in supply-demand balancing operation, which is caused by the prediction uncertainty of PV output, to the main power grids. In addition, in order to verify the usefulness of the authors' proposal, numerical simulations are carried out and their results are discussed.
This paper describes about the process to obtain the position of a rotating and swaying cargo of a jib crane by using an Inertia Measurement Unit (IMU) which is possible to measure the attitude of a moving object. A number of researches on transporting and anti-swaying control of a crane are reported up to now. However, those related to a jib crane as against a overhead crane are few because the cargo of a jib crane is easy to rotate by the external effect such as acceleration and deceleration operations and disturbance. Therefore, we used an IMU as a sensor to measure the attitude of a cargo, and then we proposed one approach to obtain the position of a cargo by the relation between the coordinate system of a cargo mounted an IMU (ZYX Euler's angle) and the one of a rope (ZYZ Euler's angle) even if a cargo was rotating and swaying by wind. As a result, we could confirm the effectiveness for the position detection in the experiments, and also get good performances for transporting and anti-sway control of a jib crane.
We built a virtual desktop system for operating multiple virtual desktops on one physical server. We have already built a virtual desktop system for approximately 34,000 users. Previously, we propose a way of preventing the significant rise in the load on resources such as a disk I/O, a CPU, a network, a memory when we manage users in a virtual desktop system. And we evaluated by simulation of a proposed method for managing the load imposed on resources in a virtual desktop system showed that it effectively prevents significant CPU load increases. In this paper, we evaluate by simulation of a previously proposed method effectively prevents significant CPU load even if other resources (a disk I/O, a network, a memory) load increases. Use of this method would enable virtual desktops to be managed more effectively.
It is general to use a fisheye camera for obtaining a full view image, but the images obtained by a fisheye camera are not rotation invariant, that is, the distortion of scenes on the image varies with their place of image. On the other hand, the content of a spherical image is invariant with the camera rotation and scenes do not vary. In this paper, we propose to detect corners on spherical images. We map a full view image to a discrete spherical image for obtaining a rotation invariant spherical image, and modify the conventional FAST (Features from Accelerated Segment Test) corner detector for directly applying it to the discrete spherical image.
Verification of image manipulation for various alterations is an indispensable technology to protect original images. Conventional forgery detection methods using fingerprint are useful, since the original image is not required in detection process. However, manipulated local region can't be specified. Further, type of manipulation is not identified. In this paper, a novel forgery identification method based on reversible histogram shift is proposed. Our method can detect partial and overall manipulation regions and identify manipulation type. Simulation results are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of our method using various types of manipulated database images.
We evaluate the proposed method that estimates acceptable room temperatures, by French residential data. By distributing HEMS sets to 200 French volunteer families, we have collected data of smart plugs and thermometers from April of 2014 to March of 2015. By applying the proposed method to the French volunteer residential data of winter, we obtain 0.4 degree Celsius reduction on average by comparing the room temperature means to the minimum acceptable temperatures estimated by the proposed method. This result indicates that our proposed method may be useful for inhabitants in France, in addition to those in Japan.
We propose a method for shared file cache function for cloned files used by virtual machines, called SCC. The file clone function copies the files faster than conventional (read and write) method. Moreover, the function reduces disk spaces. The function is used to deploy virtual machines in virtual desktop infrastructure because of fast copying a lot of virtual machine disk files. SCC uses the file cache of a shared file as a shared cache among cloned files. The cached data on the shared file are returned to application programs on accessing the shared file via cloned files. Therefore, SCC improves the I/O performance of the shared file due to avoiding disk accesses. In this paper, we implement SCC and evaluate the I/O performance. From the evaluation, we have found SCC improves I/O throughput about 38 times in the case of random read and shared cache hit.
The third-party verification test aims to detect potential defects by test specialty division, and judge result based on specific criteria. Usually third-party verification was used for stand-alone products and embedded system products, but few instances of the third-party verification for system products have been reported. Furthermore, verification reports simply list assessment results for test items and for faults being detected, but the locations of their occurrence and possible causes were not pointed out. This paper proposes a method of the third-party verification for system products. The method estimates fault locations and possible causes. The method performs isolation of fault location and produces an estimation of fault cause using interface tracing between subsystems and the operating environment log. This third-party verification method was applied to a remote operating system for household appliances. Its effectiveness for the estimation of fault location and causes was confirmed.


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His Tough guy look isn’t a prop, he’s been through more than you know.
Mark Wahlberg makes us laugh and blush like no other – perhaps it’s his dazzling looks, his charisma or something in his eyes which reflects a tough history that draws us nearer.
Wahlberg was a criminal long before he was an actor.
He grew up in a poor neighborhood in Boston, among 9 siblings, where he was involved in crime yet eventually began a music career and later kicked off his acting career starting with “Boogie Nights”.
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In the book, following one’s dreams, finding a place where hope can thrive, means leaving the reservation. Both Junior and Mary—whose nickname, Mary Runs Away, foreshadows her decision to leave—attempt to do this, although Mary’s death just after she’d begun to have hope again becomes yet another illustration of lost dreams and.
Listen to the Junior PowerPoints podcast online or subscribe using your favoring podcast player. View weekly lessons online or download as PDF files. Useful ideas and resources for teachers and sabbath school leaders. Every week, puzzle maker John Coneff provides a crossword puzzle that relates to the week’s study.
Create an account or log into Facebook. Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates. Kaui Hart Hemmings is the author of House of Thieves, a collection of short stories, and The Descendants, a New York Times bestselling novel and Oscar-winning film for best adapted screenplay.
Her most recent novel, The Possibilities, has been optioned for film by Jason lives in Hawaii Juniors Hope book her family. Juniors is her first novel for young adults.4/4(1). Sherman Alexie begins The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian with a dedication to his two hometowns: Wellpinit and Reardan.
Like Arnold, Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington and then transferred to the affluent white high school in the town of Reardan nearly 22 miles away. The information about Juniors shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's online-magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high-profile books publishing in the coming weeks.
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Will Find Hope-Juniors, Joliet, Illinois. 91 likes. This organization is about Anti-Stigma. We're trying to get rid of stigma's such as bullying, Followers: The Torch which symbolizes truth and wisdom was turned over by Rose Ann Mangco of the seniors which was accepted by Stephen Escartin of the juniors; the Heart which symbolizes love was turned over by Jenie De los Santos to Mary Hope Layes; the Book which symbolizes wisdom and knowledge was turned over by Michelle Gen Geronimo to Augustin Borbon.
Part of the Junior’s Adventures series, the Storytime Book Set teaches kids the values of hard work, integrity, giving, saving, and avoiding debt.
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Moving to Hawaii and enrolling at prestigious Punahou midyear, Juniors Hope book feels isolated and, despite her island roots, uncertain where she fits in the complex cultural mosaic; everything changes when her mother, Ali, accepts Eddie and Melanie West’s offer of their guesthouse in upscale Kahala.
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(shelved 34 times as high-school-reading-list) avg rating — 4, ratings — published Get an answer for 'How does Junior's personality develop or change over the course of the novel?' and find homework help for other The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian questions at eNotes.
Throughout the novel Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, we are able to see many different themes, the biggest being hope. Sherman Alexie and the main character Junior help us see the lost of hope through junior’s diary entry, his drawing and himself. He said that Junior has been fighting since he Juniors Hope book born, and he needs to leave, telling Junior that he will find more and more hope the farther and farther he gets from the reservation.
“Go Means Go” pages Get your young ones to sleep with book three of the incredible Dinosaur Juniors series from the award-winning Rob Biddulph. This is the spectacularly sleep-inducing third story from the bestselling Rob Biddulph in his delightfully Dinosaur-y series about all the first-time moments every junior enjoys.
Many colleges and universities across the US partner with high schools to ceremonially award College Book Awards to exceptional high school upperclassmen, usually juniors.
Each award recognizes a certain area of excellence and achievement, such as talent in music or the arts, academic success, political advocacy, or service in the community.
What separates a College. Meet Otto, Winnie, Greg(osaurus) and all the other dinosaur juniors, as they traverse life’s first ups and downs – all in Rob’s trademark rhyme filled with warmth and humour. This first book is perfect for Rob’s youngest fans, with colourful, detailed artwork and a simple rhyming text perfect for reading aloud.
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An image of what Junior’s grandmother looks like is given and what she usually wears. Her best dish is salmon mush, and she wears a house dress purchased in for 10 dollars, a bandanna on her head, a belt that used to belong to Junior’s grandfather, who died when Junior was a baby. She makes a living by selling beaded keychains on eBay.
I decided the best way to keep things organized was to start a blog. So here it is. My oldest troop has since bridged up to Juniors, and I've taken on a Daisy troop as well, so I will continue updating with new Juniors information and additional Daisy stuff too. My hope is to continue to update with every level as my troops advance.
But we'll see. At The Hop Lyrics: Bah-bah-bah-bah / Bah-bah-bah-bah / Bah-bah-bah-bah / Bah-bah-bah-bah, at the hop / Well, you can rock it you can roll it / Do the. A list of all the characters in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian characters covered include: Arnold Spirit Jr.
(Junior), Rowdy, Mary Spirit (Junior’s Sister), Junior’s Dad (Arnold Spirit Sr.), Junior’s Mom (Agnes Adams Spirit), Junior’s Grandmother, Penelope, Gordy, Eugene, Roger, Mr.
P, Coach, The Andruss Triplets. "At the Hop" is a rock and roll/doo-wop song written by Artie Singer, John Medora, and David White and originally released by Danny & the Juniors.
The song was released in the fall of and reached number one on the US charts on January 6,becoming one of the top-selling singles of " At the Hop" also hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers : Doo-wop, rock and roll. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Questions and Answers.
The Question and Answer section for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a first-person narrative novel by Sherman Alexie, from the perspective of a Native American teenager, Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a year-old promising cartoonist.
The book is about Junior's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision to go to an all-white public high school off of the : Sherman Alexie. A lot of high school events have been canceled or postponed because of the COVID pandemic, including prom. One Arizona business hopes a new festival may be a win-win for high school juniors and.
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Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Boca Juniors plays its matches at the La Bombonera stadium and is located in the La Boca district in Buenos Aires. The stadium can accommodate aro people.
Due to many riots in the past, it is unfortunately no longer allowed in Argentina for supporters to. Juniors Earn Academic "Book" Awards at Annual Ceremony. Twenty-one Radnor High School juniors were honored with 26 academic and "book" awards at the annual Junior Awards Night on May 15 in the Radnor High School library.
Bryn Mawr College Book Award: Hope Idiculla This award is presented to a student who demonstrates an intense. Products for ages designed to help you talk with your kids about money through the stories of Junior's Adventures. Wishaw Juniors hope for Junior Cup cash boost ahead of Culter replay Boss Kieran McGuinness said that the money would help them battle cost-cutting after the first at the clubhouse.
ShareAuthor: Mark Pirie. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin–one of the lethal, immortal faeries who.
Kentucky Scholarships Many Kentucky businesses and organizations have set up financial aid programs to help Kentuckians with their college costs. Some are available statewide, while others are limited to several counties, one county or one school.
KHEAA has gathered information on as many of these programs as we can. Statewide programs are. The Foundation offers the Hendrix-Murphy Book Award to selected outstanding high school juniors who demonstrate distinguished scholarship or leadership in literary studies (English), creative writing, foreign languages, or dramaturgy, or achievement in community service relating to literature or language (such as literacy work, tutoring in.
Junior Scholastic magazine has everything you need to bring current events into your classroom: age appropriate news stories, social studies connections, media-literacy features, and more. JUNIORS’ BOOK Authors: Mr.
Bijoy Thomas Ms. Cilcy Zachariah Ms. Elizabeth Varghese Mrs. Jenny Varghese “We are one in and live as one with hope in Christ. Jesus himself commands his disciples as follows: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and.
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Lesson 1 - From Reading to Understanding (1st Quarter ) PDF Audio PPT Like us Subscribe. “As for these four young men, God gave them knowl-edge and skill in all literature and wisdom; and Daniel had understand-ing in all visions and dreams” (DanielNKJV).
Easy Reading PDF. Lesson Presentation. Mission Presentation.What a wonderful day we had in Ryhope Junior School during World Book Day. Children and staff dressed as various characters from their favourite books or used their class novels as inspiration.
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The former Pro Bowl running back, who retired following the 2017 season, asked his old team for a job via Twitter.
The Raiders cut Hackenberg Tuesday, just a few weeks after the Jets traded him for a 2019 conditional seventh-round pick.
Offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates said Darnold has done a "really good job" and "he hasn't flinched" in rookie camp.
The Raiders acquired Hackenberg from the Jets in exchange for a 2019 conditional seventh-round pick in late May.
Kellen Winslow Jr. was arrested Thursday in California on a first-degree burglary charge.
Kellen Winslow Jr. was the sixth-overall pick in 2004 by the Browns.
This safety was in San Francisco to sign with the 49ers Tuesday, but changed his mind when he got there.
Herndon totaled a vehicle driven by a 76-year-old man when he drove his Nissan Armada SUV into it near the Jets’ training facility.
Crowell, who spent his first four seasons with the Browns, signed a three-year contract with the Jets in March.
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Mariah Carey might be a successful musician and wonderful mother, but don’t mess with her in court. According to Shaderoom, she recently went to court with her ex-fiancè James Packer and received a nice settlement. Carey demanded that he pay her $50 million because she moved her life from New York to be with him.
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Discover Antigua through its resilient people, sights, sounds--it's authentic displays of life!
The nooks and crannies, highways and byways all portray the resourcefulness, ingenuity and vision of a hospitable, proud and strong people.
Join me on an unmatched tour of museums, craft markets, eateries, art galleries and cosy nooks and crannies to discover a treasure trove of authentic Antiguan and Caribbean delights.
You'll drive through and make stops in quaint villages, meet/observe colourful personalities, witness our curiosities, encounter artistic productions. Be prepared to sample a few of our feted beaches (1 for each day!).
810am: Visit the historic Heritage & Redcliffe Quay area and Museum
840am: Visit the Public Market Complex in St John's(Craft and
910am: Visit/meet a local cultural practitioner(steel pan
tuner/builder/player, Carnival costume builder,
1140am: Drive north-east through scenic/historic villages where
folklore and stories of bygone years abound.
1220pm: Beach break!
130pm: Return trip to hotel/dockside/wherever the tour started.
You 'haffu' come, man. . . you haffu* come!
*Antiguan for 'have to'!
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Meeting location: We meet at the dockside - Heritage or Recliffe Quay - depending on which one your ship is docked at St John's Harbour.
End location: After the tour you are returned to the dockside.
Duration: 5 hours
You will be transported in a modern, clean air-conditioned vehicle. Expect to walk over moderately even ground.
Estimated Local Cash Needed
26 EC dollars - estimated average for a local lunch ($10 USD equivalent)
I deliver my tours in English.There are no restrictions regarding my visits to any tourist attraction. I contract a licensed taxi driver for my tours so that I can totally attend to you, my guest!
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Vellie is the best tour guide ever! She went above and beyond to provide the perfect personal tour. Along with showing me various places in Antigua such as Long Island, Shirley Heights, Nelson's Dockyard, the history regarding these places, Vellie greatly assisted me with finding information about my grandfather who was originally from Barbuda. There is nothing else Vellie could have added to the tour. It was perfect! Vellie, thank you so much.


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SAITAMA (TR) – A 48-year-old company employee in custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of a male co-worker last month denies fresh charges of murder, police said, reports TV Asahi (Sept. 2).
The Asaka Police Station alleges that Kurahito Hino, a company employee, fatally stabbed Tadao Toma, 58, on a road in Asaka City on August 23.
“I stabbed him, but it was not murder,” Hino was quoted by police in partially denying the allegations.
At around 9:05 p.m. on August 23, police received a distress call. “I stabbed a person,” the caller said.
Police later arriving at the road in the Hizaoricho area found Toma collapsed with wounds to his upper body. He was later confirmed dead at a hospital.
Police then determined that Hino, a resident of Niiza City, made the call and apprehended him while he held a bloodstained knife near the scene of the crime.
Two days later, police sent him to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Swords and Firearms Control Law. “Everyday, [Toma] was drinking noisily with colleagues,” the suspect was later quoted.


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The ad, which appeared in newspapers such as the Independent on Sunday, is an extension of the "I believe in fair play" statement from Tory leader Michael Howard's manifesto.
It says: "Too many people today seem to think they don't have to play by the rules -- and they're using so-called human rights to get away with doing the wrong thing."
The ad goes on to say that travellers can bend planning laws, thanks to the Human Rights Act, and that it is not fair that there is one law for travellers and another for everyone else.
"This is one of the reasons why the Conservative Party is reviewing the Human Rights Act. And if it can't be improved we will scrap it," it reads. The full ad can be viewed here.
The ad appeared ahead of a speech by Howard today, where he will say that while the "vast majority" of travellers accept that freedom must be exercised while observing responsibilities to the wider community, a "small minority" do not, and are wilfully abusing the planning system.
It follows a campaign in the press over the past week led by The Sun and the Daily Mail, which have been attacking Labour and John Prescott in particular over Gypsy debate.
Today, the Sun newspaper is continuing its campaign to stamp out illegal Gypsy camps, claiming on its front page today that £30m in government money has been used to improve legal travellers' camps.
His comments have provoked anger from Gypsy and travellers' rights groups, accusing Howard of scoring cheap political points and tapping into hysteria.
Andrew Ryder, co-ordinator at the Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform Coalition, told the BBC: "Are travellers not to have human rights or protection from human rights legislation?"
And the Labour Party's Keith Hill, the minister in charge of planning laws, told the Independent on Sunday: "This is Michael Howard tapping into what is probably the deepest vein of bigotry in our society -- the prejudice against Gypsies and travellers."
Howard has denied that he wants to put race issues at the centre of the election battle but already the Tory party has raised the issue of limits on immigration, which lead to accusations of racism.
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EdWeek Market Brief takes an inside look at how a South Carolina district is spending on revamped internet connectivity, and the implications for ed-tech vendors.
A former U.S. Department of Education official and one-time president of McGraw-Hill are involved in a special purpose acquisition company looking to snap up education businesses for a public offering.
Mobile learning app company Byju’s might be poised to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a report.
A newly released report focuses on how international schools — a fixture in many countries — select their suppliers and make purchasing decisions.
Backed with unprecedented federal funding to weather the pandemic, states collectively spent an estimated $483 billion on K-12 during fiscal 2021, a year-over-year increase of 12.3 percent, according to a new analysis.
Across the country, school districts are plowing their share of federal stimulus aid into ambitious projects meant to counter problems brought on by the pandemic.
D2L, a Canadian producer of learning management systems, has raised $120 million in an initial public offering, in the latest move by an education company to raise capital through public markets.
The vast majority of school districts using the $4 billion E-Rate program will need to upgrade their on-campus internet in the next three years, according to a new analysis.
Education publishers and curriculum providers are faced with a raft of new state policies that restrict teaching about racial issues, even as many local district officials are demanding more inclusive resources.
The CEO of one of the world’s largest operators of international private schools, Arno Krug, talks about how his organization has responded to changing parent needs during COVID.


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Snow may still be on the ground but camping season is right around the corner. If you’re anything like us, you’ve already started making travel plans for your Northwoods summer adventure. Swimming, fishing, ATVing – you name it, we’ve got it. Your home away from home is where you relax, unwind and get away from it all. To kick that off, there’s no better feeling than driving out of the city and into one of our campgrounds.
When the time comes to hit the road, add these songs to your travel playlist to get everyone in the mood for a summer of woods, water and plenty of memories.
- Life is a Highway – John Cochrane
Life is a highway – or maybe it’s a seasonal camper at one of our premier resorts and campgrounds. Either way, this tune will keep you humming your entire drive and into the summer of your dreams.
- Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
You may not be driving to West Virginia, but those country roads to northern Wisconsin take you right to the place where you belong.
- Take it Easy – The Eagles
This tune is an instant reminder to relax, unwind and well, take it easy. When you’re on your way up north though, that’s certainly not going to be hard.
- I’ve Been Everywhere – Johnny Cash
Even with a car full of sunscreen, snacks and floaties, you’ll still be just as cool
as Johnny Cash with this song on your playlist!
- Ramblin’ Man – The Allman Brothers Band
You don’t have to tell us twice! The lyrics of this classic song might not scream summer but the beat is what keeps us rambling from one adventure to the next.
- Soak Up the Sun – Sheryl Crow
Sun-kissed lazy days are what dreams are made of. Lucky for you, the great Northwoods is full of them.
- Cruise – Florida Georgia Line/Nelly
It’s mandatory to roll your windows down and turn your radio up when this one comes on. When you’re cruising to the Northwoods, you just can’t help it!


THE Jaman North District Chief Executive (DCE), Hajia Amina Amadu, has stated that the government will embark on massive rural electrification project to ensure that all rural communities are connected to the national grid.
She said the move was among measures being adopted by the government to promote the establishment of cottage industries and woo investors into the agricultural processing sector of the economy
According to her, the rural electrification project was also to enhance other socio-economic activities to create jobs for the people towards poverty reduction in rural areas.
Hajia Amadu gave the assurance at the inauguration of an electrification project at the Sampa market.
The Jaman North District Assembly financed the project.
Hajia Amadu stated that electricity was a necessity and not a luxury, since it would go a long way to open up the rural communities and help check the rural-urban drift of the youth.
She, therefore, gave the assurance that the assembly would ensure that all communities in the district without electricity would benefit from the project as their share of the national cake.
The DCE said as much as electricity was necessary to bring about development, it also had its bad side.
Therefore, she called on the market women who wanted to tap power to their various shops not to compromise on safety and standards, so as to prevent fire outbreaks at the market.
Hajia Amadu further implored the market women to collaborate with the various tax agencies in order for the district to mobilise the needed internally generated funds to speed up the development of the district.
In a speech read on behalf of the chiefs of Sampa, the Akyeamehene of the town, Nana Takyi Poku II expressed the gratitude to the government for fulfilling its promise of bringing development to every community.
A member of the market women association, Madam Yaa Grace, on behalf of her colleagues, thanked the district assembly and the government for extending electricity to the market, which was long overdue.
She urged the market women to always honour their tax obligations for the assembly and the government to generate more revenue to develop the area.


After hitting us with songs like “Vibe” featuring Kid Ink & “Hit Em With The Pose” with Jazz Lazer over the past few weeks, Dizzy Wright decides to come through today and share the rest of his new EP Don't Tell Me It Can't Be Done, which as he pointed out serves as his 17th project in the last 9 years.
Taking a page out of Kanye’s book with only 7 songs, the follow up to State Of Mind 2 features guest appearances from Logic, Don Rich, Jazz Later & Kid Ink, the latter of which who appears on the previously heard single “Vibe.” Meanwhile production is handled by the likes of Reezy, Kato On Da Track, ISM, and S. Dot.
Available now on iTunes, fans can stream the body of work in its entirety via Apple Music. Hit play and let us know what you think.
2. Vibe (Ft. Kid Ink)
3. Hit Em With The Pose (Ft. Jazz Lazer)
4. Don’t Tell Me It Can't Be Done
5. Dope Talent (Ft. Logic)
6. Me And Mine
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Electronic medication packaging devices and medication adherence
Medication nonadherence may be improved by electronic medication packaging (EMP) devices (adherence-monitoring devices incorporated into the packaging of a prescription medication). Researchers investigated whether EMP devices are associated with improved adherence and identified and described common features of EMP devices. Devices integrated into the care delivery system and designed to record dosing events are most frequently associated with improved adherence. Higher-quality evidence is needed to determine the effect, if any, of these low-cost interventions on medication nonadherence and to identify their most useful components (Journal of the American Medical Association, 24 September 2014).
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Improving patient adherence is one of the themes in the NVC member project Pharmaceutical Packaging Innovation.
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Gary Marx is the author of the Disability Compliance Manual and the Disability Compliance Report published by Thomson Reuters since 1992. The publications cover the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Mr. Marx provides arbitration and mediation services on matters primarily focusing on those acts.
The following are representative ADA and FMLA articles written by Mr. Marx.
DISTRICT COURT WRONGFULLY DISMISSED ADA CLAIM OF NURSE WHO REFUSED VACCINATION
PHARMACIST WITH FEAR OF NEEDLES IS NOT A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY
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