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Israel is a happy place. Or at least that was confirmed by the 2016 World Happiness Report which was released last week by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations. Out of 156 countries on the planet, Israel ranked 11th, ahead of the United States, all of our Middle Eastern Neighbors and even Germany and Brazil, despite their World Cup dominance.
This conclusion appears paradoxical. After all, the external threats and internal challenges facing Israel are immense. We are surrounded by intractable foes who actively pursue our destruction. One enemy openly threatens another holocaust while denying the Holocaust just 70 years ago that killed 6 million of our people and left Eastern Europe mostly Judenrein. Domestically, we are in the midst of a renewed wave of premeditated terror attacks in cities throughout the country. Our electoral system is chaotic and barely representative leading to governments that are weakly cobbled coalitions with a shelf life less than a box of cereal. Rising real estate prices and stagnating wages make home ownership a virtual impossibility for the next generation. And economically, there is a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor, where one in three children are below the poverty line.
On the face of it, it is not apparent that Israel should rank so highly. But that’s the thing about Israel. Logic does not always apply.
“In order to find happiness,” writes Professor Tal Ben-Shahar in his book Happiness, “we need to find both meaning and pleasure – to have both a sense of purpose and the experience of positive emotions.” And perhaps that is at the core of happiness in Israel. A country founded and forged with a deep sense of purpose mixed with a fatalistic sense of carpe diem. In fact, the pursuit of happiness is enmeshed within the Israeli psyche.
As I reflect upon life in Israel and my fellow compatriots, the following top ten (although by no means exclusive) compelling thoughts may explain the apparent paradox of Israel’s myriad issues and yet its ultimate happiness:
- Choosing life – Israelis choose and cherish life either as a biblical or moral imperative. As a matter of religious doctrine and cultural policy, we sanctify life over religion. Our Talmud and our teachers exhort that saving a life is paramount to all other considerations.
- Hope and Eternal Optimism – How many other people, exiled and dispersed among the nations, have miraculously returned to reclaim their ancient homeland? Founding Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion once said, “In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.” Our national anthem is aptly named “The Hope.” And this undying optimistic belief in positive outcomes not only defines the two thousand year dream of a return to Zion but also what enables our people to believe that there will one day be peace with our neighbors.
- Living in the moment – No matter how bleak or dreary things may appear, Israelis know how to enjoy themselves. For example, Israelis are perhaps the most traveled people on the planet. Take a cruise or visit a tourist destination and you will invariably hear or see signs in Hebrew. Despite the security situation, the cafes in Israel are full. As wages stagnate, consumer spending only increases, often at the expense of saving for tomorrow. In general, Israelis don’t have the luxuries of comfort zones. And while I would trade this for some physical security, it is precisely the lack of security which ironically can enable greater happiness. Security breeds comfort. Comfort breeds complacency. Complacency breeds the fear of losing that comfort. In an insecure and unstable environment, Israelis are enjoying and living for today.
- We are not alone – In life, how many really close friends does one have? In an increasingly polarized world, where many seek to delegitimize and isolate Israel, we take heart in our close friends and allies. Beyond normal tourism, groups from around the globe regularly visit, pray for and advocate for Israel. Whether it is Christian pilgrimage delegations or Church prayer breakfasts, Jewish community emergency missions and fundraising drives, critical US government assistance both financial and at the UN, there are many who stand with us. As nearly twenty thousand people converge over the next few days in Washington DC at the AIPAC Policy conference, the world’s largest and most significant gathering of Jewish and political leaders, we in Israel are uplifted.
- Our culture and systems match our temperament – In Israel, a long-term plan is two weeks from today. For societies to be fulfilled, it requires an alignment between the systems and the societal temperament. For example, Switzerland, achieved a number two on the happiness rankings. Go figure. But upon greater observation, there is a clear match between the formal and structured systems of Swiss society and the temperament of its people. In Israel, it is the lack of formality, lack of process, and the uninhibited manner of communication which actually frees the Israeli and allows for creative expression. In America, they say “think outside of the box.” In Israel, there is no box. People are not shackled to form. The minimal focus on process, the relative absence of rigid systems, and limited long term planning yields lower expectations which in turn leads to less disappointment. And because there is less of an expectation of earning higher wages, people are more likely to pursue what they genuinely enjoy.
- We stand together when it counts – We can argue and fight amongst ourselves like the best of them but when push comes to shove, our country proves time and again that its citizens will not be abandoned. Whether held hostage by Palestinian terrorists in Entebbe, Uganda, trapped in an avalanche in the Himalayas or wounded in this week’s terror attack in Turkey, Israelis know that our country will spare no expense to find its citizens and bring them home.
- An over-participatory hyperactive Democracy – In Israel, it is not that your voice won’t be heard. It is just more likely to be drowned out by the cacophonous chorus of everyone else yelling at the same time. Prime Minister Golda Meir once quipped to President Nixon, “you are the President of 150 million Americans; whereas I am the Prime Minister of six million prime ministers.” That sense of hyper involvement and hyper awareness regarding current events as measured by number of talk shows per capita, voter participation, informal friendly “parliament” gatherings on Friday afternoons across the country, etc. produces a perception of palpable possibilities and progress.
- A healthy dose of Chutzpah – A staple in Israel, Chutzpah, like Chummus at every meal, pervades Israeli society. It can border and even come across as entitlement but Israelis will state their opinion, even if unsolicited, and will unabashedly get things off their chest. You do not need to wonder where you stand or worry what will be said behind your back. Chutzpah breaks down barriers and (when not over-offending) often enables accomplishment and progress which leads to happiness. We just need a little less of it on the roads.
- Love us or hate us, you are not indifferent about us. While sometimes shining a painful spotlight on our country, the world takes a keen interest in what transpires here. Despite the distorted reporting in the media, in the last 10 years, less than 8,000 people have been killed domestically in Israel and as a result of the Palestinian-Israel conflict versus over 400,000 people who have been slaughtered in the bloody war in Syria resulting in millions of displaced refugees. And yet, the world focuses on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Despite global human rights tragedies, the UN Human Rights Commission has passed more resolutions against Israel than against all other countries combined. So how exactly does this engender national happiness? Oscar Wilde once said, “the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” In a world that casually glosses over horrific tragedies, Israel and what happens here matters.
- A giving society is a happy society – the generosity of spirit embodied by Israeli society can be encapsulated in a line falsely attributed to Winston Churchill, “We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.” While Israelis are not known for their financial philanthropic gifts, Israel is physicians from the Medical corps of the IDF treating Syrian refugees over the border. Israel is Mashav training thousands of agriculturists from under developed nations to raise crops in their barren fields. Israel is Israid sending relief teams to Haiti or Nepal. Israel is Innovation Africa bringing Israeli solar and water technologies to rural African villages. Israel is Save a Child’s heart flying thousands of children from Gaza or Iraq to Israel for life-saving heart surgeries. Israel is people helping other people and somehow straddling the delicate balance between selfishness and unselfishness. But it does so in the extremes. This country gives and takes with a full heart. Just watch this brief video: http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/supermans-got-nothing-on-israel/
So, yes, we are happy. Life here is not without its whopping share of challenges. But these are our challenges. And this is our destiny.
In Israel, we will keep giving and we will continue to live life to the fullest. And there is no paradox in that. Because that is who we are. And just maybe, we can find a way to engender a similar sense of optimism and hope among our neighboring countries. Only then will we be able to be ranked number one.


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Healthy Mexican Street Corn salad can be a great side salad or a light lunch with good fats from avocados and limited portion of extra virgin olive oil. Perfect for summer BBQ parties.
- 1 Fresh Corn on the cob or 1 cup frozen sweet corn (thawed)
- 8 Cherry tomatoes or plum tomatoes halved or chopped
- 1/2 Avocado cubed
- 1 small red onion chopped
- 1/2 cup coriander or cilantro or parsley leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Rock salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- freshly squeezed juice from 1 lime
- Take lime juice, olive oil , quark into a small mixing bowl and beat well with a fork to make a dressing. then add in the spices and mix well.
- If using fresh corn cob, slightly grill it on an open gas flame carefully until lightly charred. Cut the corn off the cob and use in a salad. If using frozen, thaw it according to packet instructions.
- Combine all other ingredients and pour the dressing to give a good mix.
- Serve fresh as a side salad with any grilled protein or as a light main meal itself.
You can add chopped bell peppers too.
Parmesan can be used if feta or cotija cheese isn’t available for you.
Always use fresh lime juice for salads to increase the flavour.
If smoked paprika isn’t available to replace it with less than 1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder and reduce a bit of ground pepper.
Store in an airtight container and refrigerate any left-overs, keeps good for 3 days.
The nutritional information is a rough estimate and always check the labels of your own ingredients.
- Category: Salads
- Cuisine: Mexican
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Amid their Democratic colleagues’ push to halt GOP priority voting legislation, Senate Republicans passed two bills on Wednesday that would restrict transgender student athletes from participating on sports teams that do not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.
The legislation received overwhelming Republican support, and it’s one of 11 priorities on Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda. Now, however, it is in limbo because there are currently not enough members of the House in Austin to form a quorum.
Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 32 would allow student athletes to participate only on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near the time of birth. SB 32, authored by Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, would apply the restrictions in K-12 public schools, while SB 2, also authored by Perry, would cover both K-12 schools and public colleges and universities.
On Wednesday, senators took up the committee substitute for SB 2, which added the stipulation that allows students to sue a school district or public higher education institution that violates the law.
Both bills passed 19-3 with three Senate Democrats — Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston; Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo; and Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen — voting against them. One Democrat, Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. of Brownsville, joined the Republicans. A handful of Senate Democrats had joined their House counterparts in Washington D.C. to push for federal voting rights legislation.
The UIL does recognize changes made to a student’s current birth certificate, such as when a transgender person has the sex on their birth certificate changed to correspond with their gender identity. However, recognizing these changes would not be allowed under SB 2 and SB 32.
Perry said he worried that people would attempt to change the gender marker on their birth certificate in order to gain a competitive advantage by joining a sports team that does not correspond to the person’s sex assigned at birth.
Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Perry pressed the argument that failure to pass SB 2 and SB 32 would a hurt the “integrity” of women’s sports and that transgender girls and women on women’s sports teams would present safety risks to other student athletes.
Senate Democrats continued to attack Perry’s stance through their detailed questioning. Hinojosa asked whether the bill would conflict with guidelines from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and prevent the NCAA from holding events in the state. Perry said it would not.
“My understanding is that the [NCAA] rules are to be inclusive,” Hinojosa said.
In April, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which governs college sports, released a statement saying it “firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports.”
Whitmire said he worried how the legislation would hurt transgender children and affect their mental health, citing disproportionate rates of depression and suicide among transgender children.
“It's documented that the team sports and activities for youngsters that are transgender … helps them deal with their [gender] identity, it helps them with their family, their siblings, their classmates,” Whitmire said. “And when you deny that, there is a strong propensity to commit suicide.”
According to the Trevor Project’s 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, 42% of LGBTQ youth, including more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth, considered attempting suicide in the past year.
SB 2 and SB 32 advanced out of the Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee on Monday on a 6-0 vote, with only Republican members present.
In an emailed statement on Wednesday, committee member Sen. Borris L. Miles, D-Houston, said if he were in Austin on Monday, he would have voted against SB 2 and SB 32. Miles said with no quorum in the Texas House, “nothing the Senate passes this session will become law.”
“SB 2 and SB 32 will be back in the next special session,” Miles said. “I will be back as well to defend the rights of the kids these bills are targeting.”
Committee members Sen. César J. Blanco, D-El Paso, and Sen. Beverly Powell, D-Burleson, said in separate statements that they oppose the legislation and will both continue to advocate for the rights of transgender Texans.
The hourslong committee hearing on Monday included passionate testimony from both sides. Proponents of the legislation, many wearing varying shades of pink and stickers that said “Protect Girls Sports,” argued that allowing transgender girls and women in women’s sports would hinder competition and scholarship opportunities for cisgender girls and women.
On Wednesday Perry hinted that the hours of testimony heard this week will need to be repeated.
“It’s sad that we're going to get to do this one again, unfortunately, and run through this process one more time,” he said.
Andrea Segovia, policy and field coordinator with the Transgender Education Network of Texas, said she and others are tired of sitting through hours of hearings on bills targeting transgender people. If Democrats succeed in derailing the special session by denying Republicans a quorum, going through another special session will be more draining, she said.
“It's literally between a rock and a hard place. Like if [Democrats] stayed, we’d be in this battle and [with] them not being here, we're still in this battle,” she said. “There's no winning, and I think that's the saddest part for the people of Texas.”

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Transmission electron microscopy has evolved into a powerful tool for chemistry research
LAB GEAR Angstrom-scale chemical details can be revealed by all-in-one systems--such as the one shown here in a Northwestern University laboratory--that combine external spectrometers and tools for specimen preparation with a transmission electron microscope (tall column).
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MITCH JACOBY, C&EN CHICAGO
If you ever have flipped through your favorite instrumental analysis textbook in search of the chapter on transmission electron microscopy (TEM), you may have been disappointed. Chances are, you never found such a chapter.
Traditionally, electron microscopy has been a tool for biologists, materials scientists, and metallurgists. There are exceptions, but in general, chemists have tended to shy away from it. Typically, the subject isn't covered in chemistry courses and is not included in chemistry books.
But some researchers recognized long ago that TEM--not be confused with scanning electron microscopy or scanning tunneling microscopy--is a vital tool for gathering atomic-scale information from chemically relevant systems. In TEM, an intense and tightly focused electron beam with a few hundred thousand electron-volts of energy is transmitted through extremely thin specimens. Beams that have interacted with a specimen are detected and used for electron imaging, diffraction, and other types of studies.
Catalysts, catalyst supports, organic and inorganic crystals, semiconductors, nanostructures, and other scientifically and technologically important materials have been probed by electron microscopists. Many studies have relied upon innovations in instrumentation, development of new techniques, and advances in software for image analysis, structural computations, and instrument control.
For years, coming up with methods for probing solid catalysts while molecules react on their surfaces has been a top priority for researchers. Yet instrument limitations in many fields, not just microscopy, often have forced scientists to make do with the conventional approach: analyzing specimens before and after they catalyze reactions. Such studies can be informative. But before-and-after experiments leave open basic questions about mechanisms, intermediates, and dynamics that come into play while reactions are under way.
In contrast, in situ techniques would enable scientists to spy on catalysts in action. And in situ TEM, in particular, could shed light on atomic-scale events in heterogeneous chemistry. But how do you fit an 8-foot-tall, laboratory-sized electron microscope in a bench-top chemical reactor?
You don't. Pratibha L. Gai's solution was to redesign the microscope to accommodate a reactor. Gai heads the microstructural competency group at DuPont and is an adjunct professor of materials science at the University of Delaware.
"Our idea was to make an environmental cell that is an integral part of the microscope," Gai says. She explains that other microscopists had designed gas cells for TEM work, but either the microscope's resolution was inadequate for angstrom-level measurements or the cell was outside of the microscope, thus precluding in situ observations.
In the DuPont design, which was worked out by Gai and Edward D. Boyes, a senior fellow at DuPont, gas lines run through the objective lens's electromagnetic pole pieces. Delivering gaseous reactants to catalyst specimens in that way requires boring a hole through the lens--a risky operation, Gai explains.
ORDINARILY, the space in an electron microscope between the electron source and the specimen is maintained under high vacuum to enable electrons to travel unimpeded. Admitting gas to that region can degrade the instrument's resolution. But the ill effects of bumping up the pressure are minor compared with what might happen to a microscope if a hole is poked through one of its lenses.
"People thought we were crazy," Gai says. "What we were planning to do was like drilling a hole through someone's heart," because electromagnetic lenses are the most essential components of electron microscopes. "If we did it incorrectly and ruined the objective lens, we would have killed the microscope."
But the operation was a success. Gai notes that the redesigned DuPont microscope, which has been in regular use for more than three years, maintains atomic resolution (about 2 Å) while specimens are heated to 1,000 °C and exposed to gas pressures of up to a few torrs [Top. Catal., 8, 97 (1999)]. The pressures are on the order of 1 billion times higher than pressures under which conventional high-resolution TEM is carried out, and they approach industrial reaction conditions.
Gai points out that the environmental cell has been used to study reactions of alkanes, alkenes, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and other reactive gases. She adds that the pressure can be boosted even higher--up to approximately 1 atm (760 torr)--but doing so compromises the resolution.
In one investigation, Gai and coworkers studied finely dispersed Pt particles supported on titania while the system was heated in hydrogen. Precious-metal catalysts, which are commonly activated by heating in hydrogen, are widely used in pollution control and other reactions.
ABLE TO KEEP track of a single nanometer-sized Pt particle as the temperature was raised from 300 to 450 °C, the DuPont researchers observed that at the higher temperature, a very thin titanium oxide film was beginning to encapsulate the Pt particle and small Pt clusters were beginning to grow nearby. Both processes are undesirable and can deactivate a catalyst. By revealing details of metal dispersion and sintering processes, as well as interactions between metal catalysts and their supports, the study enables scientists to improve catalyst design and preparation techniques.
Turning to other types of catalysts, Gai and coworkers studied vanadium phosphorus oxides. These materials, in which the active phase is believed to be vanadyl pyrophosphate, (VO)2P2O7, are used to convert butane to maleic anhydride, which is used to synthesize tetrahydrofurans.
Through a series of in situ TEM experiments, Gai and colleagues deduced that the catalytic chemistry proceeds by way of a novel glide-shear mechanism (a type of crystal transformation) that enables vanadyl pyrophosphate to provide oxygen to butane while preserving active surface sites and without the catalyst's crystal lattice collapsing. Oxygen is replenished from the gas phase. Gai says the work led to the development of longer lasting catalysts.
Success with the DuPont environmental cell design has led microscope makers, such as Philips in the Netherlands, to offer the feature to its customers. The reconfigured microscope is gaining popularity. For example, in Lyngby, Denmark, researchers at catalyst manufacturer Haldor Topsøe adopted Gai and Boyes's cell design in their new TEM facility and used it to uncover angstrom-level details about the location, chemical state, and function of barium used to promote ruthenium/ boron nitride catalysts for ammonia synthesis (C&EN, Nov. 19, 2001, page 13). The Topsøe group also showed that copper nanocrystals, which are used as methanol-synthesis and fuel-cell catalysts, undergo dynamic and reversible shape changes in response to variations in the gas environment [Science, 295, 2053 (2002)].
Not one to leave well enough alone, Gai notes that a shortcoming of the environmental cell design is its incompatibility with corrosive gases. She's currently working on a design modification. In the meantime, very low pressures of halogens have been admitted to the microscope without adverse effects.
First it was gases. Now it's liquids. Widening the path to real-time in situ observations with TEM, Gai and her team recently designed a new type of sample holder that is used to inject microliters of liquids into an electron microscope. The new apparatus permits high-resolution in situ studies of liquid-solid and liquid-gas-solid reactions. Applying the wet microscopy method to a commercially relevant system, the DuPont group studied hydrogenation of adiponitrile to hexamethylene diamine, an intermediate in nylon manufacturing, and polymerization of the diamine with adipic acid.
The new technique enabled the DuPont scientists to immerse titania-supported cobalt-ruthenium catalysts in the organic solutions under flowing hydrogen (for the hydrogenation reaction) and follow nanoscale events, as they occurred, on the catalyst surfaces [Microsc. Microanal., 8, 21 (2002)]. Coupled with other DuPont studies, the TEM work shows that cobalt-ruthenium may be an effective alternative to the commercial Raney nickel catalysts used currently.
Wet TEM methods also played a central role in another recent investigation. Gai and coworker Mark A. Harmer studied growth and formation of gold nanorods prepared by reducing HAuCl4 in a surfactant solution. Based on in situ microscopy work, the team concludes that the rods grow by forming certain types of multiply twinned (imperfect) nanocrystals that serve as sites for metal diffusion and promote nanorod growth. The results demonstrate that surfactant molecules can stabilize ordinarily unstable surfaces such as Au(110). The study also reveals that the (110) surface is ridged--not atomically flat--and other details relevant to molecular electronics technology [Nano Lett., 2, 771 (2002)].
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Sir John Meurig Thomas is another chemist who has spent a career developing TEM methods and using them in chemistry research. Thomas, who is a professor of chemistry and a former director at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, and professor of materials science at the University of Cambridge, has investigated a range of materials including organic and inorganic solids and porous catalytic materials. In addition, Thomas and materials science senior lecturer Paul A. Midgley and coworkers have developed high-resolution electron tomography methods and spectroscopy techniques that capitalize on the rich variety of signals that are produced as a microscope's electron beam interacts with specimens.
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Les Grandes Tables, Paris
This Paris eatery designed by 1024 architecture is a temporary restaurant made of salvaged shipping containers. Les Grandes Tables is the first of a future entertainment location by Jean Nouvel, which will include hotels, theaters, art studios and museums located on Seguin Island in Western Paris.
The shipping container restaurant has been strategically designed to maximize light and air. Design elements include timber and glass with a first floor restaurant and ground level event room. The building encompasses a greenhouse and garden, which provides the chef fresh produce. With a focus on fish and meat from renewable sources, organic food and natural wines, the décor consists of fluorescent strip lighting, aluminum and bare wood with large communal tables in a relaxed ambience.


S7-400 Analog modules
Range of modules
More complex tasks require the processing of analog process signals. Analog actuators and sensors can be connected to a SIMATIC S7-400 via analog modules without additional amplifiers. The extensive range of modules allows the most suitable signal module to be selected in each case.
Area of application
Analog input modules facilitate connection of the controller to the analog signals of a process. They are suitable for connecting analog sensors such as voltage and current sensors, thermocouples, resistors and resistance thermometers. Analog output modules control analog actuators.
The use of analog input/output modules provides the user with the following advantages:
Since almost any combination of modules is possible, the number of inputs/outputs can be matched to suit the task in hand. Superfluous investments no longer exist
High-performance analog technology
A variety of input/output ranges and high resolution facilitate connection of a multitude of analog sensors and actuators
Design and functions
The analog input/output modules exhibit the following mechanical characteristics::
The rugged sturdy plastic housing features:
Labeling strips for inserting in front connector (included in scope of delivery; also as template in manual); cover films also available.
Modules are hung into the rack and screwed into place.
The modules are wired by means of a front connector. When they are first plugged in, a coding element clicks into place so that the connector will only fit into modules of the same type. When the module is replaced, the front connector can be used in its fully wired state for a new module of the same type.


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Keep an eye on this page for any upcoming events at Minster Mill.
Discover the magic of books with our free Riverbank Reading Trail event this Autumn.
Do you want to explore the beauty of the Cotswold's, enjoy delicious food, and immerse yourself in the world of stories?
Our Riverbank Reading Trail takes families on a journey through the 65 acres of grounds at Minster Mill, to discover clues about a famous fairytale story.
This is a free event, to take part, all you have to do is visit the Minster Mill Reception, ask for our Riverbank Reading Trail pack and set off on your adventure.

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(‘companions’, sing. hetaira) is an Attic euphemism for those women, slave, freed, or foreign, who were paid for sexual favours (see prostitution, secular). There was a class and semantic distinction, but not a legal one, between the hetaira and the pornē (‘buyable woman’), at least in later sources. A porne, even a lowly brothel slave, could gain her freedom, become an independent contractor, become the lover (hetaira) of some rich man or men, and thereby exert her own influence and herself become rich. Membership of the category hetaira implied beauty, education, and the ability to inspire ruinous infatuation in both foolish young men and those older and presumably wiser.
Greek literature about hetairai cannot yield concrete historical evidence for the realities of their lives, but instead constructs, from a male viewpoint, those women whose function it was to provide pleasure within a social ideology which defined women as wives, concubines, or prostitutes and allotted to each her separate place. Because the category ‘prostitute’ was the most fluid and the most exotic of the three, it was the most dangerous for men and the most productive of literary comment, ranging from the cynical to the romantic.
Subjects: Classical Studies.

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We're all too aware of the idea of the twisted, murderous cult - but why in the hell do people join them? Signing your life away for a band of weird people in robes in the middle of nowhere may seem totally crazy, but all sorts of people join cults... life is stranger than movies...
Why Are We Fascinated By Cults?
A whole bunch of movies concern life within a cult: The Sacrament, Rosemary's Baby, House of the Devil, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Kevin Smith's excellent action-horror Red State all deal with the topic. The simple answer is that we like to watch movies about things we have not experienced ourselves... other explanations include the idea of 'rubbernecking'; the habit of gawking at something terrible so that we feel better about ourselves.
What is a Cult, Exactly?
Cult expert Margaret Singer defines the key aspect of a cult as 'intense relationships between followers and a powerful idea or leader,' but there are more signs to look for. According to Psychology Today, these include:
Powerful and exclusive dedication/devotion to an explicit person or creed.
They use of “thought-reform” programmes to integrate, socialize, persuade and therefore control members.
A well thought through recruitment, selection and socialization process.
Attempts to maintain psychological and physical dependency among cult members.
Cults insist on reprogramming the way people see the world.
Consistent exploitation of group members specifically to advance the leaders goals.
Cults nearly always go in for milieu control signals: a different,unfamiliar setting with different rules, terms, behaviour patterns.
Ultimately using psychological and physical harm to cult members, their friends and relatives and possibly the community as a whole.
What Kind of People Lead Cults?
Cult leaders are typically magnetic and charismatic, and according to psychologist Robert Hare, experiencing Narcissistic Personality Disorder. To put it mildly, we all need love and attention to a certain extent, but cult leaders crave unmitigated devotion from many people, thriving on other people's total commitment to them above all other concerns. They are dangerous manipulators and will twist emotions - including their own - to fit with their own idea of how things should be.
Real Life Examples of Cults
The Manson Family, Jonestown, Heaven's Gate and the Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas are the most famous killer cults in history, but there have been many. Check out this article for details on lesser known deadly cults.

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text: Faculty and Students experiencing difficulties with the Blackboard Mobile apps, should ensure that they have the latest updates and download the newest apps available for Blackboard. As of this summer, the old Mobile Learn app from Blackboard has been removed from app stores. Students should now use the new “Blackboard” app, which is available on iOS, Android and Windows mobile devices. Instructors should be using the new "Blackboard Instructor" app and the "Bb Grader" apps which have been updated in the app store. Read the Mobile Support Article.

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SYBER, a new division of CyberPowerPC, is announcing three new Vapor Models at CES in Las Vegas, as part of Syber's open platform PC gaming console line, along with a new limited edition color model. "For gamers who want to break out of the bedroom and into the comfort of the living room, the Syber Vapor PC gaming console series offers the best performance at an affordable price," said Eric Cheung, CEO, CyberPowerPC.
Steam machines will run on SteamOS, an operating system based on Ubuntu Linux and produced by Valve. Steam machines will exist primarily to play Linux games that can be downloaded through SteamOS. What makes the Syber Vapor PC gaming console unique, however, is that it is coming out before the SteamOS is finished. The Vapor connects via HDMI to your HDTV, has 4K capabilities and uses Windows 8.1 that will launch gamers directly into Steam's Big Picture mode.
"We created the Syber Vapor PC gaming console to give gamers more power and more customization than the standard video game consoles like Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox," said Eddie Vong, VP of Product, CyberPowerPC.
Three new Syber Vapor models are immediately available. "Based on the initial feedback from users and our partners, we wanted to create these new models to satisfy their needs whether it's a more affordable option or higher performance," said Tony Crisp, Co-Founder, Syber.
With the addition of the new Syber Vapor models, the new starting price point is $549 - with the Syber Vapor E, powered by a quad-core AMD X4-740 and GeForce GTX 750 graphics.
The Syber Vapor P provides a step up from the previous Vapor I with an Intel G3258 3.2GHz processor and AMD Radeon R9 270X graphics at $649. The last of the three new models, the Vapor K, is powered by an Intel Core i5-4690K and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 with a price tag of $1099.
Syber also has plans on its 2015 roadmaps to launch the following new Vapor models. The Vapor Slim, a low energy, compact form factor console available in both Intel and AMD versions; and the Vapor Stream, a mini form factor console for Steam's In-Home Streaming that is based on "Bay Trail" architecture.
Models and base specs include:
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The caster conjures objects from Gaea’s creative energies.
|Create Object||Skill Check|
Casting Time Standard Action
Components Verbal and Somatic
The caster harnesses Gaea’s resonant creative energies to manifest objects in the physical realm; their size, durability and complexity vary greatly depending on the capability of the caster.

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If life is a movie, you must be the focal part. Becoming the main character in life is a step toward living a more meaningful and beautiful life.
People are the commanders of each of their lives.
They’re solely in charge of steering themselves toward the directions they wish to go and the situations they want to be in. Nobody else holds the wheel but them, having the ultimate control over their lives. It’s both empowering and an overwhelming pressure to recognize this authority and responsibility. Yet, regardless of this heavy burden, it’s still something everyone wants to take part in.
Taking control of one’s life can be compared to having a firm grasp of a pen and writing one’s narrative. It’s becoming the main character in life, equipped with the capacity to create personal scenarios and overcome challenges. At first glance, having this syndrome or mindset can be deemed self-centered and receive a bad rep. But this can be the most beautiful ideology when it’s harnessed positively as a stepping stone to embracing and facing life head-on.
What Does It Mean to Become the Main Character in Life?
In Poetry in Motion in Quattlebaum’s book, the author pinpoints his central point through this single-liner: “Life is a stage, and we all play a part.” The book serves as a reminder that everyone has a role in life’s grand scheme. Like a theatrical performance, regardless of where on the stage one is, everyone has a purpose and a portion to fill.
Looking at the picture from an audience’s perspective, one might merely appear as a side character, an extra, or a propman with no significant impact on the main play. They may appear as side characters employed to assemble the pieces and systems governing the world. But in a closer look, everyone in this grand scheme is a main character on their part. Knowing their roles, they have a consequential purpose throughout the performance, which can impact its conclusion if they don’t correctly participate. This is what it means to be the main character in life.
It’s having and knowing one’s purpose as the key player in one’s life, owning this role, and portraying it to the best of their abilities. As the main character in life, people look at their days through a storytelling lens, wherein every day is a new episode. But regardless of the problem they’re encountering, it’s believing that its conclusion will always be a happy ending.
Life is a stage. Play it. It’s easier said than done. But by living through these steps, one’s story will end with a happy scene.
When Things Don’t Go as Planned, It’s for Character Development
Whenever things go south, people don’t have anyone else to blame but themselves. This level of accountability is essential for them to be responsible in solving and coping with their problems. But too much of it can be detrimental. This can resort to generalized inadequacy. When things don’t go how people want them to, it becomes easier to say they’re stupid or won’t amount to in life.
This isn’t giving oneself liability to change the course of one’s life. It’s digging one’s grave and jumping right under. It doesn’t give anyone the space for growth and development. Instead, it’s stunting and nailing it motionless on the situation.
As the main character in life, one shouldn’t jump into a limiting belief. Instead, one can think of these issues and detours as a means of character development. It’s easy to determine the character’s focal conflict when watching movies, but the audience remains hopeful of its resolution.
Why should this differ from reality?
When experiencing turbulence in life, this shouldn’t be seen as a signal of a complete downfall. Instead, it’s merely a turning point in one’s story, a block that can be overcome for growth and development. As the main character in life, it pays to believe that whatever the problem is, one will successfully find a resolution, leading them closer to their happy ending.
Main Characters Never Give Up
Every story’s protagonist is the protagonist for a reason. It’s because they’re created with every necessary skill, strength, and weakness to conclude their journeys. At this point in life, people may believe themselves less capable and think they’re too weak for life. But this is because they haven’t reached the episode of their narratives when they’re supposed to be bestowed a new skill.
No hero gives up in the middle of a fight.
They all push through and survive because they’re the protagonists. Bad days will end, and once they do, the main characters will be reborn with new competencies to continue their journeys.
Becoming the main character in life is believing that within oneself are the needed strengths to overcome whatever problem awaits them in the future. To embody this trait, people must have total confidence in themselves and their abilities. It’s in embracing their weaknesses and allowing themselves to be vulnerable but getting back up to fight until the end.
Remember, as the main character in life, people are capable, although this doesn’t mean they’re already perfect. Sometimes, they feel inadequate, but that’s because they’re still in the middle of their development journey.


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I’m still feeling a little behind on my Project 365 album, but I managed to knock out week 14 over the weekend, so I’m not doing too badly.Â Here’s what I have:
I started off with a photo I took of myself looking super fashionable with a couple of tissue paper puffs in my hair. Monday’s photo was one I took of the boys snuggled up in bed together. Augie gets into bed with Wyatt just about every night at the moment. Things like this are so fleeting that I find they’re really easy to forget, but it’s a big part of life for my kids right now and it will be a nice memory some day. Tuesday’s photo is from a mom/son outing Augie and I took to Starbucks and Home Depot. That doesn’t sound like much to you and me, but it’s pretty much heaven for my three-year-old.
I had a bunch of extra slots to fill in the middle, so I slid in a decorative card, one of my Facebook status updates from the week and a card with produce labels stuck to it. I put this up on the fridge a few months ago and I’ve been adding the stickers from our fruits and veggies to it a little bit at a time. Idea was from here.
Wednesday’s photo was a perfect seven-year-old boy shot I got of Wyatt — all popsicle smears, lost teeth and half-grown permanent teeth. Thursday was a photo I took while working on an art project for the kids’ room (tutorial coming soon!). Friday night we had a glow-in-the-dark Easter egg hunt and Saturday you get to see a photo of my messy, messy desk.

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Someone said this, someone actually said this.
I just can’t. On the day of the trial I went to look at the news in my local area, just the news from the past couple weeks in one fairly small area, and it was a terrible list of raped or murdered women. Perhaps no police officers were involved in these ones but it all comes from the same root, doesn’t it?
Don’t go on dates, don’t go out alone, don’t dress immodestly, be “streetwise” or it’s your fault. Wayne Couzens was nicknamed “the rapist” during his time as a cop. No-one did anything about it.


Government scientists believe that a nuclear accident in the Cheliabinsk Province of the Soviet Union more than 20 yeara ago released far more radio-activity to the air, land and water than did the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania last March.
"The radioactivity reported in the Soviet scientific literature for what we think was an accident in 1957 or 1958 compares with the fallout from an atmospheric nuclear bomb test," Dr. Stanely I. Auerbach, director of the Environment Science Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday. "In fact, it's about 1,000 times higher than bomb fallout."
Auerbach said that the Soviet accident may have triggered the release of so much radioactive strontium-90 that it poisoned a large lake near the Ural Mountains for 300 years. Auerbach said theere could be as much as 1 million curies of radioactive strontium in the lake which would make it the most radioactive place known on the face of the earth.
"There's nothing else like it on earth, from what we can figure out," Auerbach said in an interview after he briefed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "The Soviets apparently have sealed off the lake from fishermen for years to come because the fish in the lake are so contaminated.
Called in by the NRC to explain what he and his collegues at Oak Ridge might know about the Soviet accident, Auerbach said he was talked exhaustively with exiled Soviet scientist Zhores Medvedev and analyzed the articles in 115 Soviet scientific journals to compile an accound of the Soviet accident.
Medvedev has long said the accident was triggered by an explosion that ruptured storage tanks built to hold military radioactive waste. Auerbach said he has no reason to doubt this, especially since the city Kasli in central Cheliabinsk is believed to be the center of Soviet plutonium production for nuclear weapons and a lot of waste tanks are located there.
In the 115 Soviet journals Auerbach persued, he said not one mention is made of an atomic accident in Cheliabinsk Province. He said he and his colleagues put together details of the accident and pinpointed its location from accounts of the contamination in the Soviet journals, what the Central Intelligence Agency publicly released about the accident in 1977 and what Medvedev told them when he visted Oak Ridge 18 months ago.
In 1960, Medvedev attended a clandestine meeting of Soviet biologists in a forest south of Kasli, Auerbach said. "They were driving north to Sverdlovsk and were about 100 kilometeres south to Sverdelovsk when they noticed deserted homes without chimneys.
"They were told the area was contaminated with radioactivity and they would have to move," Auerbach went on. "They inquiried about getting water to drink from a nearby reservoir and were told it was so contaminated that citizens were forbidden to fish there."
Among the possible causes of the accident, Auerbach said, is that a chemical explosion caused the release of the radioactive wasters in the storage tanks. He said the explosion could have been caused by nitrates or ethers involved in a primitive and possibly unsafe process used by the Soviets to extract plutonium from spent nuclea fuel.
Whateve the mechanism for the accident, Auerbach said the radioactive release that followed was the worst of its type since the Atomic Age dawned. He said the accident triggered a "massive movement of Soviet scientists into the area to take advantage of a unique study site" where air, land and water were highly contaminated.
Auerbach said the Soviet literature identifies three contaminated lakes in the province, one covering an area 20 square kilometers in size that he called "Il'Enko's Hot Lake" after the Soviet scientist who studied the contamination there.
"There are pike in that lake I would not want to eat," Auerbach said. "By this time, the fish almost surely have suffered genetic defects and chromosomal aberrations. It should be interesting to bear what the Russians scientists find.
"This accident scared the bejezus out of the Soviet technical community," Auerbach added. "I think it got them to see the light on nuclear safety."


Lithium-ion batteries have high energy weight and energy-to-volume ratio, no memory effect, many times of re-charging, long service life and lower price. A good charger gives the battery a long life. The intelligent charger designed by C8051F310 single-chip microcomputer has high measurement accuracy, can control the magnitude of charging current, adjust in time, and can judge the charging time according to the state of charging, and terminate charging in time to avoid the battery passing. Charge.
This article discusses the use C8051F310 device lithium ion battery's design. Generating a PWM pulse width modulation using software-controlled charging power supply, charging current required to accommodate the different stages. The temperature sensor monitors the battery temperature and detects the battery charging voltage and current through AD conversion and related calculations to determine which stage the battery reaches. Make the battery have a longer life and a more efficient charging method.
1 charging principle
The characteristics of the battery uniquely determine its safety performance and efficiency of charging. The best way to charge a battery is determined by the chemical composition of the battery (lithium, nickel, nickel, or SLA ). Still, most charging solutions include the following three phases:
â— Low current regulation stage
â— Constant current stage
â— Constant voltage stage / charge termination
All batteries are charged by transferring energy to themselves. The maximum charging current of one battery depends on the rated capacity of the battery ( C ). For example, a battery with a capacity of 1000mAh can charge 1C when the charging current is 1000mA . (1 times the battery capacity) can also be used 1 / 50C (20mA) or less current to charge the battery. However, this is just a normal low current charging method and is not suitable for fast charging solutions that require short charging times.
Most chargers in use now charge both the low current charging method and the rated charging current, that is, volume charging, which is usually used in the initial stage of charging. At this stage, the initial self-heating effect of the chip, which will cause the termination of the charging process, is minimized. Volume charging is usually used in the intermediate stage of charging, and most of the energy of the battery is stored at this stage. In the final stage of battery charging, most of the charging time is usually consumed at this stage, and the value of current, voltage or both can be monitored to determine when to end charging. Similarly, the end scheme relies on the chemistry of the battery. For example, most lithium-ion battery chargers keep the battery voltage at a constant value while detecting the lowest current. Nickel-cadmium and NiCd batteries use a rate of change in voltage or temperature to determine the end time of charging.
Some of the electrical energy is converted to heat during charging until the battery is fully charged. When fully charged, all of the electrical energy will be converted into heat. If the charging is not terminated at this time, the battery will be damaged or burned. Fast charger batteries (chargers that are fully charged for less than two hours) can solve this problem because they use high charging currents to reduce charging time. Therefore, for a lithium-ion battery , monitoring its temperature is critical because the battery will burst when overcharged, and temperature changes should be monitored at all times during the charging phase, and at temperatures above the maximum set point. Stop charging immediately.
2 overall design
The charging circuit consists of three parts: a control part, a detection part and a charging part. As shown in Figure 1 , the F310 MCU is used for charging control. The MCU itself has all the functions required for pulse width modulation PWM type switching regulator power supply, and has a 10 -bit A/D converter. The battery voltage, current, and temperature detection circuit are constructed by using the A/D port of the single chip microcomputer .
Through the voltage feedback and current feedback signal, the single-chip microcomputer directly converts the digital voltage signal into an analog voltage signal by using the PWM output, which can ensure the control precision.
3 control part of the circuit design
1 analog peripheral
a. 10 -bit ADC : conversion speed up to 200ks/s, up to 21 or 17 external single-ended or differential inputs, VREF can be selected on external pins or VDD , built-in temperature sensor (Â± 3 Â°C), external conversion Start input
two analog comparators b: programmable hysteresis and response time, can be configured to interrupt or reset source, low current (<0.5 Î¼ A).
2 supply voltage
a. Typical operating current: 5mA , 25MHz ;
. b Typical shutdown current: 0.1 Î¼ A;
c. Temperature range: -40 to +85 Â°C.
3 high speed 8051 microcontroller core
a. Pipeline instruction structure: 70% of the instructions are executed for one or two system clock cycles;
b. The speed can reach 25MI/s (when the clock frequency is 25MHz );
c. Extended interrupt system.
4 digital peripherals
A.29/25 port I/O : all port lines are resistant to 5V ;
b. 4 general purpose 16 -bit counters / timers;
c. 16 -bit programmable counter / timer array ( PCA ) with 5 capture / compare modules;
d. Real-time clock mode using PCA or timer and external clock source.
In the control circuit, as shown in Figure 2 , the P0.3 port provides charging power, the P0.6 port detects the charging voltage, the P0.5 port detects the charging current, and the P0.4 port detects the battery temperature.
The charging current is generated by the PWM pulse width modulation PWM , and the charging current is calculated by AD conversion. Â
4 charging part and detection part circuit design
Figure 3 is a diagram of a charging circuit and a detecting circuit.
1 charging process curve
As shown in FIG. 4 , the charging process consists of a precharge state, a constant current state of charge, and a constant voltage state of charge.
2 fast converter
The most economical way to achieve a fading termination of the charger is to use a fast converter. A fast converter is a switching regulator feedback circuit that uses an inductor and / or a transformer (which requires a transformer when isolated) as an energy storage unit to transfer energy from the input to the output in discrete energy packets. The energy is regulated by the transistor. The transmission is also used as a filter switch to ensure that the voltage or current remains constant during the load.
a switch closed Â Â Â Â Â Â b switch open
The operation of the fast regulator is achieved by controlling the duty cycle of a transistor switch. The duty cycle is automatically increased to allow the battery to flow more current. When VBATT
3 inductance determination
Inductance is hampering AC power. Under certain circumstances the frequency of the alternating current, the greater the inductance, the stronger the blocking capacity of the AC ?? certain circumstances, the higher the frequency of alternating current, the greater the inductance of the alternating current blocking capacity, the lower the frequency, the inductance of the alternating current The smaller the obstacle ability. That is to say, the inductance has the characteristic of preventing the passage of the alternating current.
The working principle is as follows: When the voltage across the load is to be reduced , the external power supply charges the inductor and reaches the required voltage rating through the switching action of the MOSFET field effect transistor. When the voltage across the load rises , the external power supply is disconnected by the switching action of the MOSFET field effect transistor, and the inductor releases the energy just charged, and the inductor becomes the power supply to continue to supply power to the load. The energy stored on the inductor is consumed. The voltage across the load begins to gradually decrease, and the external power supply is charged again by the switching action of the MOSFET FET. In turn, a stable voltage is formed during constant charging and discharging, and the voltage across the load will never rise or fall, which is the biggest advantage of the switching power supply.
To determine the size of the inductor in the fast converter, first assume that the duty cycle of the transistor is 50% , because converter operation is most efficient at this time. The duty cycle is given by Equation 1 :
(where T is the period of the PWM in the program example T = 10.5s )
Duty cycle = ton / T Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ( 1 )
At this point, you can select a PWM conversion frequency (as shown in Equation 2 ) . The larger the conversion frequency of the PWM , the smaller the value of the inductor and the more cost-effective.
My example code configures the F310 's 8 -bit hardware PWM to use a 256 division of the internal 24.5MHz master clock to produce a 95.7kHz conversion rate.
L= ( Vi-Vsat-Voton ) /2Iomax Â Â ( 2 )
Now we can calculate the size of the inductor. Assuming that the value of the charging voltage Vi is 15V , the value of the saturation voltage Vsat is 0.5V , the output voltage value to be obtained is 4.2V, and the maximum output current I O MAX is 1500mA . The value should be chosen at least 18H .
It should be noted that the capacitor in this circuit is only a ripple attenuator. Because the ripple is inversely proportional to the size of the capacitor, the larger the value of the capacitor, the better the attenuation effect.
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11 Million Cigarettes Wash Ashore in Maersk Container on UK Beach
A Maersk shipping container has washed ashore near Axmouth, containing 11 million cigarettes.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was informed that a number of containers were lost from a Maersk cargo ship as it crossed the northern stretches of the Bay of Biscay in stormy conditions on Friday, February 14.
Most of the containers were empty and are believed to have sunk approximately 75 nautical miles south west of Lands End in French waters. The MCA's aerial surveillance aircraft has been searching UK waters, and ships passing through the English Channel have been warned and asked to report any sightings.
Simon Porter, MCA Counter Pollution and Salvage Officer, says: "We have been carrying out extensive searches over the last four days and spotted three containers, one of which has since come ashore and the other two are mid-Channel. We are now working closely with Maersk to ensure they recover their containers, which are their property."
Hundreds of people showed up at the beach after the container washed up on Sunday.
Mr. Porter continued: "The Beer Coastguard Rescue Team, police and council officials are currently on scene at Axmouth beach and the container has been cordoned off. The public is reminded that all wreck material found in the UK has to be reported to the MCA's Receiver of Wreck. Those who don't declare items are breaking the law and could find themselves facing hefty fines and paying the owner twice the value of the item recovered."


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Our members at the Cultural Alliance make us who we are. They create a vibrant community of artists and culturally minded people. This is the best of Western Connecticut, and we’re honored to have them as our allies who inspire and enhance their communities. Follow this blog monthly as we shine a spotlight on our members and learn more about who they are and what they offer.
June Member Spotlights
Adelka Polak, Brookfield Craft Center, Diana Gubbay, Ridgefield Arts Council
Adelka is the founder and Director of Sova Theater, and advocates for responsibility to humanity and the environment through arts and education. Sova Theater’s work is accessible to audiences around the globe combining art, puppetry, dance, mask & music for live performances. “Sova” means “owl” in Slovak and is an asteroid belt named by a Czech astronomer.
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Brookfield Craft Center
The Brookfield Craft Center was founded in 1952 by Nancy DuBois Hagmayer, a New York City teacher who wanted to provide an inspiring fresh-air environment for a small group of urban craft artists. Today, the Craft Center is recognized as one of the core craft schools in America. The organization is dedicated to teaching traditional and contemporary craft skills and fostering the appreciation of the craft world. Classes and workshops are taught by nationally acclaimed, local, and visiting artists. Students learn and grow with an artistic community of talented faculty, inspired students, and generous volunteers and supporters. Eight studios include Forge, Clay, Fiber, Digital, Glass, Jewelry, Woodturning, and Painting & Drawing. The campus also features the Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery and Shop, selling glass, ceramic, wood, jewelry, metal, paintings and photography works of over 125 artists and fine craftspeople. The Gallery hosts numerous exhibits each year ranging from local student exhibitions, solo artist exhibits, to our annual faculty show. Brookfield Craft Center is proud to be celebrating our 70th anniversary in 2022!
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Diana grew up in Montreal where she absorbed the bilingual culture of a city rich in history, architecture, and art. Eager to pursue a career as an artist, she moved to New York City in the late 1970’s at a time when the city’s streets, lofts and galleries were burgeoning with experimentation and innovation. Diana received a Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College where she studied with Lynda Bengliss, Robert Morris and Alice Aycock. From her loft in Dumbo she created installations, drawings and sculptures that were shown across North America. A long hiatus ensued while raising two children and establishing a practice in holistic family health. Diana looked deeply into concepts of health and disease and came to love the privilege of accompanying people on a journey to manifest gifts and talents in the fullest possible state of health. Reestablishing creative pursuit in the last several years, she found a changed art world and learned entirely new techniques that include digital media. Currently, IPad art is a major pillar of her explorations. Recent work has been included in juried exhibits throughout the Northeast by curators from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and The Danforth Museum of Art among others.
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Ridgefield Arts Council
Founded in 1997, the mission of the Ridgefield Arts Council is to inform, entertain and inspire those who appreciate and create art in all its genres. The RAC generates attention for and collaboration between members of Ridgefield’s vibrant arts community and hosts a variety of exciting initiatives for the community.
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Noisy, also called Miss Noisy or Noisy Lois is a female techno &electronica producer/dj born in Holland, but moved to London in 1988. As a kid she played classical piano, but when she got her first synth at the age of 14, she fell in love with electronic music. From the age of 15, she played keyboards for a couple of years in amateur indie bands, until she moved to London. When she arrived in London, she was immediately mesmerized by the acid, house and techno sound that blew over from Chicago and Detroit, which she heard in clubs like Shoom and Clink Street. Together with several friends, she also started to make house and techno, which progressed eventually to jungle/drum & bass, using mostly hardware at that time, under various aliases. Now she lives in Holland again and works for a music distributor. After a producing break of several years, she decided in 2008 to start again. She has worked on several projects with producers from around the world since. Noisy is also co-founder of the fabulous Champagnoise and Audio Autopsy parties. In 2011 Noisy decided to start a digital techno label called Audio Autopsy. Audio Autopsy is gaining more and more respect in the underground techno scene due to their non-conventional releases and is supported by many well-known techno dj’s.


Benchmark Knives are one of the most well-known and respected names in the Benchmark knife collection. Launched in the late '70s, Benchmark Knives quickly made its way into the heart of the hunting community with many impressive pocket knives and unique knife designs. The popular knifemaker was founded in Gastonia, NC. Today Benchmark knives are still based in that very same town. While some of the older style knives are being phased out, the current lineup of knives offers a large selection for the hunter or fisherman.
For the hunter, Benchmark Knives offers several traditional styles, including thematic knives, fixed blades, and many others. Some of the traditional models include the Antler Hunter, Classic Knives, Buck Knives, Field & Range, and others. If you like pocket knives, but you prefer heavier duty tools, you can also purchase the Benchmark Pro Series. All Benchmark knives are manufactured by hand, so they are one of the best quality knives available. These knives also come with a professional coin grip or an adjustable sheath to protect your investment and make your outdoors comfortable.
Benchmark knife collections offer a variety of versatile tools. There is an entire line of push daggers knives designed to work in any situation, whether you're on the job or roughing it. You can use these knives for opening cans, loading your gun, chopping firewood, and other tasks you might encounter. Some Benchmark knives come with a feature called the "bleeding edge," which allows the user to cut through thicker items with little worry of blood streaking or leaving marks on the object. This feature is also helpful if you accidentally snag your pocket knife and don't have access to a sharpening tool. The bleeding edge blade allows you to quickly remove the snag without waiting for a sharpener.
Some Benchmark knives also include a thumb stud or a safety lock to prevent accidental release of the blade when you're holding it. Many of these knives come in a variety of colors, including black, blue, cream, dark brown, and natural. They can be used in a wide variety of applications, including fishing, camping, sports, auto, and home defense. The blades are generally made from a combination of stainless steel and high carbon steel. There are several manufacturers who make these tools, including Benchmark, Bushmaster, and Spyderco. Many people prefer to buy a Benchmark knife that includes a folding blade so they can effortlessly carry it in their purse or pocket.
Benchmark makes both traditional pocket knives and fixed blade knives. With traditional pocket knives, the blade is open all the way, which is why they are referred to as pocket knives. With the Benchmark knives, the blade is open at the tip and does not turn to the side like a traditional pocket knife. Some people call these types of tools pocket knives, but they are not. These tools are known as fixed blade knives, and you will notice the blade is open at the center or end of the blade where most of the blades on traditional pocket knives are.
A few popular knives in the world include Benchmark, serrated edges, drop point, folding blades, and many other options. The folding blade is one of the more popular models because it can easily be stored in a pouch or inside a shirt pocket. Most Benchmark knives have a fingerguard or a drop-down flat surface on which to hold the blade. Some people refer to these tools as utility knives. The Benchmark knives can also come in a number of different sizes, including one, two, three, and four-inch blade sizes. Some people prefer to use these tools for cutting larger food items such as steak or chicken, but some people use these knives for dry cutting just like they would with a butter knife.
There are many different styles of knives, including those that are carried on men's belts. Many times these knives are referred to as folding pocket knives. These tools are great for people who work outdoors because of their ergonomic design. Folding pocket knives are often made with an oversized clip to accommodate a belt pouch or other small holster that usually fits inside the pants or shirt pocket.
One thing that all Benchmark knives have in common is that all of them have a strong, well-designed blade that is made from high carbon stainless steel. All of the blades lock into place with a full tang, and most of the knives come with a leather or nylon sheath. Benchmark has used a number of different styles of blades on their folding pocket knives, including double edge, single edge, and even serrated edges. Some of the best Benchmark knives come with serrated edges that are great for slicing and chopping. If you are looking for a durable folding knife that you can carry in your pocket, then you might want to consider Benchmark knives.


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Companies under Glass LLC have intensified efforts to stimulate the local production capacity.
Dubai’s economy continues to experience sustained growth from the contribution of business tourism, thereby driving the nation’s economic diversification agenda prioritised in the UAE Centennial 2071 strategy.
Overall business conditions in Dubai’s non-oil private sector economy improved at the fastest rate in over four years in April. This mainly reflected the trend in new business, as employment was broadly unchanged during the month. Notably, business conditions in the wholesale & retail sector
The Business Registration and Licensing (BRL) sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED) Dubai, issued 2,805 new licences during April 2019, a growth of 60 per cent compared to April 2018 (1,753). The new licences created 8,375 jobs in the labour market.
Sharjah: The upcoming edition of Sharjah Economic Ramadan Majlis, scheduled for Sunday at the Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre (JRCC) in Sharjah, will host discussions on a series of topics based on the theme ‘The Contributions of Government Legislations to Attract FDI’,
The Sultanate of Oman welcomed more than 3.5 million tourists in 2019, which reflected an 8.14 per cent increase as compared to the number of visits registered in 2018.
UAE-Russia food trade has increased steadily in recent years due to cooperation on food security and Moscow’s efforts to diversify exports, however, a recent Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry webinar
Britain’s house prices fell in annual terms for the first time since 2012 in June as the country reeled from the coronavirus shock to the economy, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Wednesday.
India’s additional scrutiny of imports from China has disrupted operations at plants owned by Apple supplier Foxconn in southern India, three sources told Reuters, and other foreign firms are also facing delays as tensions between the two countries build.


On a base level, media literacy seems like one of those concepts that a school would try to teach its students because it sounds catchy and has a certain appeal to it, something only to appease the board of directors. In application, media literacy could be one of the most powerful tools with which a populace can monitor its government and happenings around the state.
For example, China is notorious for its tight control over the internet and media within its borders. From skimping on details to not allowing various subjects to be discussed online, China tries its hardest to keep a grasp on what is said and read. This is broadly promoted by China’s state-run media service. This agency is responsible for providing all sorts of news to the millions. The news it runs is noted as being biased and not telling the full story. Media literacy in China could allow the populace to see when there is censorship due to the populace’s ability to see beyond the words spoken and images shown. State-controlled media is effectively propaganda but only can hold so much weight to an individual who utilizes media outside of the grasp of the state. This media literacy of the digital age, including crowdsourced media, like Twitter, could prove to be a substantial threat to all forms of state- run reporting.
Media literacy becomes extremely important when it comes to things like viral videos and the understanding of the messages behind it. One of the most famous examples of media literacy leading to deeper analysis of an idea, came from the “Kony 2012” video from invisible children. I saw many of my friends change their Facebook profile pictures and share the video from YouTube. All seemed well at invisible children as millions of dollars poured in, however some media literate citizens found some key facts about the organization. These facts, deluged from their ability to see past intended messages and analyze key components, helped people reconsider their donations and support for an organization that was not as many clean as many thought it was. Overall, media literacy can change how people interact with their governments and how various campaigns seemingly for social justice are viewed.


DuPont doubles investment for Hyderabad R&D centre
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. chemical maker DuPont Co will double its previously announced investment in a planned R&D centre in Hyderabad to 2 billion rupees ($51 million) over 2 years, a senior official said.
In February, DuPont said it would invest 1 billion rupees in the centre, which will be the company's sixth major such unit outside the United States.
"Our scope has changed. We are adding few more elements now. And the cost of construction has now gone up," Balvinder Singh Kalsi, president and chief executive of DuPont's Indian subsidiary, told reporters on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum's India summit.
He said the centre would have capacity for 650 people and would be operational by June 2008.
Kalsi also said DuPont would spend 250 million rupees to expand its coating and colour making capacity in Gujarat to cater to auto component makers.
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