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Part three of BART adventures is here. We’re leaving San Francisco and heading back to the East Bay to explore the Rockridge BART stop. Although Rockridge is fairly close to the UC Berkeley campus, it feels like an entire world away. And in some respects, it is. Rockridge lacks the college-town feel that we’ve all come to know and love within the vicinity of campus, instead, providing us with a more relaxed, small-town atmosphere. Rockridge BART offers a nice reprieve from the loud and crazy stores near campus and is a wonderful place to spend a leisurely weekend day.
Rockridge Market Hall is one of the first things you see when you exit the Rockridge BART station. The ambiance of this indoor market reminds us of Europe. At Market Hall you can buy a wide variety of food products from the eight individual shops located inside the building. The Pasta Shop sells fresh pasta, made right there in the store. There’s also an amazing bakery and coffee shop that will surely satisfy your morning caffeine fix. The fish and butcher shops will transport you right into the heart of Europe.
Diesel is the small independent bookstore you long for. There’s a comfy chair or two to sit and read the book you’ve picked from the staff-recommended novels. The staff is very knowledgeable and will help find the right book for you. Plus, you get the added Good Samaritan points for helping support an independent bookstore.
Are you ready to get your fruity, tropical drink game on? The Kona Club is the tiki bar for you. From pina coladas to drinks that are served on fire, anything goes. Inside the Kona Club you will be surrounded by bamboo and everything tiki. Play some pool while dancing along to the tunes you pick from their jukebox. Advertised as “a little bit tiki, a little bit rock n roll,” this tiki bar will offer you all the pleasures of an island paradise without the long, boring plane ride (or expensive ticket!).
We have truly saved the best for last. Homeroom is arguably the happiest place on this planet because it is a restaurant dedicated to mac ‘n cheese. Seriously. At Homeroom you can choose from every mac ‘n cheese combination your mind can possibly think of (within the constraints of reality and the menu, of course). Choose from a wide range of possibilities, which includes their Classic mac ‘n cheese and our personal favorite, the Jalapeño Popper Mac. Going to Homeroom will cure any midterm or finals blues you may be suffering from. Go on and drown your sorrows in the most delicious mac ‘n cheese — just don’t tell our mothers.

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Travel with Kevin and Ruth!: Have they ever even been here?
Global Affairs Canada advises against non-essential travel to the western states of Michoacán (excluding the city of Morelia) due to the high levels of violence and organized crime. For the same reason, avoid non-essential travel to the areas of Jalisco that border the states of Michoacán and Zacatecas.
So, I guess we're okay in the city of Morelia, but the rest of the state (inluding the RV Park that we're at) is off limits. These things drive me crazy because many people actually pay attention to them. And my guess is that the people telling you not to go here have never been here themselves!
Our group visiting the state government palace, one of the "younger" buildings in the city of Morelia, built between 1760 and 1770.
Our guide Miguel, describing the history of Morelia.
Yes, there is some violence associated with cartel activity happening in the state. Very random incidences where one cartel kills off a few members of another cartel. I suppose there is a very, very low chance of you being in an area when when of these incidences erupts. The same chance of you being in a movie theater or shopping center when some whacko goes off in the U.S. or Canada.
Ruth, in the city of Morelia, Michoacan.
We were meeting for lunch, and right at our meeting spot there was a huge teacher's protest going on and they had closed some of the roads.
We spoke to our tour guide about these travel warning advisories. He was very angry when he heard about what the Government of Canada is telling it's people.
Because while Canada is telling you to avoid Michoacan, the state itself is telling people to go out and explore. In fact, we visited an exposition put on by the state that advertises the eight Pueblo Magicos that exist in the state...towns that have something special to offer because of cultural or other significance.
We stopped for Gazpachos, local specialty with mixed fruit, juice, cheese, and spices. Yummy!
Ruth, with some of the large costumes used in parades.
Each town in the expo had a display for culture, arts, and cuisine. Even free samples!
Some of the local dance costumes.
Our guy Bob, saying hello to the director of tourism from one of the towns.
I would not hesitate to visit any of these "Magic Towns" in the outlying areas in the state of Michoacan. In fact, I would go anywhere in the state without hesitation. Our personal opinion is that the Government of Canada is not a very good place to go for travel advice. After all, have the people giving the advice ever even been here??
The people of Mexico are proud and beautiful. We are greeted with smiling faces and everyone is very helpful. A simple "buenos días" in the morning gets rewarded with a huge smile and an enthusiastic reply. We too would travel anywhere in this country.
Totally agree with you Peter! We always hear about the bad things in Mexico but never hear all about the good things that many Mexicans do for us and others. Until people travel here and find out for themselves, they will keep on believing the media and the warnings. Oh well, that is their loss.
Now you have me going. I run into this all the time at seminars I give on RVing in Mexico and everytime anyone sees the company logo on my truck in US RV parks. This fall, I drove through both Oregon & California which experienced random mass shootings. I guess I did not read the Canadian government warnings. I must of missed them somehow. Fact: There is, on average, one mass shooting per day in the United States (3 or more people). In fact the US is more dangerous, people shoot at random there. In Mexico if somebody shoots you, they usually have a good reason. Random shootings are rare. I wonder why the Canadian government does not issue warnings about travel in the US. (Heck you dont piss off your largest trading partner) There have been cases of Canadian RVers shot there, in Florida at least. Speaking for myself, I did not work 30 years to spend my retirement traveling via the NatGeo channel on TV. Did you know that more Cnadians are murdered in Australia based on a per night stay than in Mexico. It is only marginally higher, bit it is higher. That was according to a study done by the CBC. Seen any government tourist warnings about Australia lately?
So, so true Paul! We love it here and will keep on traveling here and hopefully convince others to do so as well. So much culture, history and beauty here that it would be a shame not too!
Anywhere you go, if you travel at night in areas known to traffic drugs or engage openly in other illegal activities, you are asking for trouble. We get the same warnings here in the US. There are many areas here I would never venture out to RV after a certain hour. I never feel unsafe in most areas, I just use common sense.
There is always the perception that in Mexico,all the drug cartels own the police. Even if that was true, I don't think the Government and LE agencies in Mexico would put up with hasseling or attacking tourists.
Common sense has to be used anywhere you travel and as you mentioned if you don't drive at night and stay away from illegal activities you shouldn't have any issues. Like anywhere though, nothing is guaranteed, you just need to be smart about things.
Ignorance is bliss. They never give travel advisories about the downtown east side of Vancouver, do they?!? Mexico is a fabulous place and in the 15+ times I have been there I have never felt the slightest bit threatened. I have been to way scarier places in the USA by accident.
That is the same with us, as long as you are aware of your surroundings and don't do stupid stuff you shouldn't have a problem. We live in Saskatchewan and both Regina and Saskatoon have been billed as the top two most dangerous cities in Canada and everyone there still goes about their lives as normal and it is no different here.
Than for the explaination on the "Mojigangas". We have seen them before in several different towns/cities but didn't now their names.
I am hoping that of our pictures and pots will entice you and others to ignore these warnings and visit this beautiful country and state. There is so much to see in the state of Michoacan. We have visited quite a bit of this state over our years in Mexico and have love it and never had a problem, we know that doesn't mean that everyone will have the same experience bit most likely they would as long as they aren't involved in the drug industry.
I leave the house armed every day with nothing more than my intellect and my wit. But for some people that could prove to be disastrous.
The media hype is just that hype.
We always feel safer in Mexico than in any cities in the US or Canada.
Most of what the media writes is one sided so you never get the whole story on anything! Research and talking to people that have been there is the best way to get your info.
I personally believe it's all about liability.
We disagree, we think it is mostly fear that keeps people away. Fear of the travel warnings and fear of the unknown.
Love all the arts today! Beautiful!
Mexico is full of all kinds and descriptions of arts, another reason we love it here.


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I have created this profile for my son who is a Computer Science Graduate and presently an Officer in the Indian Army. He likes to read books, listening to music and playing foot ball. A down to earth person and adaptable to situations and God fearing. A very loving and caring person and friendly in nature. Apart from my son, I have a daughter, who is studying in Bangalore. Both my husband and myself are working in Central Government Officers and are located in New Delhi.
My son is liberal minded, kind hearted ,highly ambitious and compassionate. He has practical approach to all of his problems. He is intelligent and is doing very well in his challenging profession , My son often needs to go on trips abroad as it in his profession. In total we need a daughter in place of daughter in law to shower our love and to care for us as only a daughter can do. We have our own flat in Bangalore and planning to shift to Bangalore.
Fair ,Tall, Handsome, Vegetarian,Teetotaler, God loving, focuses on family and aim for professional success. completed MD (Pediatrics) .Currently pursuing DM. Sibling- One younger brother graduated from IIT . Partner Preference: Vegetarian,, fair,, intelligent, well educated, caring person with family values and good character. Only MBBS/MD/ please.
My relative is a doctor having done MD(medicine) and is now doing D.M.(Cardiology). was married to a non medico but divorced within amonth due to non compatibility. Handsome tall and very fair with a cultured background wud like to have a partner who is preferably a doctor from a cultured middle class family . shud be goodlooking and fair. The earlier marriage was non consummated.

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Gordon Stanley “Mickey” Rose, age 81, passed away on March 6th, 2017. Mickey was born to Percy Edward and Mary Margaret on August 4th, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan.
Mickey was a systems analyst for Ford Motor Company in Detroit for nearly two decades before moving to Tennessee to help build the Nissan Plant in Smyrna. He was employee #74 and stood at the end of the assembly line as “Job 1” rolled out. After nearly 20 years at Nissan, Mickey retired and became a Deacon at St. Stephens Catholic Church. He never turned down a hot dog with mustard and onions, loved to ride his bike and was a ferocious Euchre player.
A loving husband to Carol Mary Moylan, he is also survived by his sons, James Michael (Staci) and Michael Joseph (Lori). He was a loving grandfather to six grandchildren and uncle to numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral Mass will be conducted at 10:30 A.M., Friday, March 8, 2017 at St. Stephen Catholic Church, 14544 Lebanon Road., Old Hickory, TN 37138. The family will receive friends from 4 P.M. until 8 P.M., Thursday, March 7, 2017 at St. Stephen Catholic Church. Rosary service will be held at 7 P.M.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Alive Hospice. 1718 Patterson St, Nashville, TN 37203 or by clicking here.
So many wonderful memories with Uncle Mickey, from Northville to Nashville and all places in between. Much love to you and the whole family at this difficult time.
Mickey Rose was bigger than life to everyone who knew him. We will miss him and can only imagine how much more he will be missed by his family.
Even though we can’t be with you, we want you to know you are all in our thoughts and prayers.
So many great memories! Fun, laughter,and love of life describes Mickey. We shall miss him so.
Our love, prayers, and thoughts are with you.
Sending our sincerest sympathies to the entire Rose and Moylan families. May your loving memories of “Uncle Mickey” sustain you in your time of sorrow.
Mickey was my best friend beginning at Catholic Central High School when he sat next to me during our 12th Grade English class and shared my text book. I shall miss him and wish my dear sister Carol my most sincere condolences.

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While waiting for the final release of Windows Server 2012 Microsoft recently released Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012 .This 148 pages guide describes important tuning parameters and settings that you can adjust to improve the performance and energy efficiency of the Windows Server 2012 operating system. It describes each setting and its potential effect to help you make an informed decision about its relevance to your system, workload, and performance goals.
This guide is for information technology (IT) professionals and system administrators who need to tune the performance of a server that is running Windows Server 2012.


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Why does date and time randomly change on my laptop?
I have an ASUS laptop and every now and then the date and time changes. I have replaced the CMOS battery, and even with the new battery it still happens. Sometimes it happens frequently, and sometimes it does not happen for a month or two. Does anybody have any idea why this might happen?
Hello, if the one server is giving you trouble, you can use the instructions given before to set the time server to another option. Just click on the down arrow beside the default server you have now and it will provide you with more options. Once that is done, just update the time. Has this been happening for a while? Do you have an always on internet connection? If it still happens after changig the CMOS battery then that only leaves the syncronization option.
Yeh, I have the same problem in the UK. Every 6 months I lose an hour, then another 6 months later I gain it back again. Pesky summertime!
Double click on the time in taskbar.make sure you have set the correct time zone.click on internet timecheck automatically synchronize with a server option.and click ok.this may solve this problem.


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DENVER — Shoppers on Colorado’s health insurance Marketplace will have a new tool that will help them find the most cost-effective coverage when they begin shopping next week for coverage in 2017.
The tool equips consumers with an estimate of overall costs — including such things as co-pays, co-insurance and other “out-of-pocket” expenses — relying on data within the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), which is administered by CIVHC. The CO APCD is Colorado’s most comprehensive source of health care claims information. It includes data from 510 million health insurance claims from 21 health insurance companies.
The tool does not recommend which plan a shopper should choose but gives consumers a better comparison of the health insurance options when shopping for coverage. Consumers may request help from a certified Broker for help evaluating benefits and selecting a health insurance plan that best meets his or her individual or family needs, at no additional cost.

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“Knowing the benefits, but also the adverse effects of dietary supplements is very important, explained PlantLIBRA project coordinator Prof Patrizia Restani last August 16th as she presented PlantLIBRA in the 14th International Congress of Internal Medicine, a major event in this specialty, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and organized by PlantLIBRA partner Hospital and Clinics “José de San Martín” of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). “The idea is not to cause alarm in the population, but to study plant food supplements and communicate if there are potential drug interactions or risk factors to the people who use them”, she added during her presentation. An additional problem was also posed by Prof. Dr. Roberto Iermoli, director of Teaching and Research Hospital and Clinics at UBA, who said that it is common for patients not to mention or deny to their doctor that they consume these products. “When completing the medical history, the doctor has to ask if the patient is using any substance, and the patient should report if they are taking any dietary supplement.” Moreover, in Argentina, only half of the ten dietary supplements of plant origin most consumed would have few reliable studies to convince a good family doctor, wrote Fabiola Czubaj reporting on the conference for the online presence of the newspaper La Nación.
Dr. Raul Pastor, Head of the Section Polyphenols, Wine and Health of the department of internal medicine of the UBA who studies the cardiovascular risks and benefits of supplements and explained the studies on benefits studied by health area by WP2 partners. He stressed as well the importance of effective communication and believes that the project is critical to improve the reference information for regulating the production, manufacturing, and marketing of dietary supplements based on botanicals. “The current situation is critical, with products that are offered and sold through informal channels such as the internet, with misleading advertisements and even toxic content” he continued.
Product quality is also key. So, experts agreed that not even grapefruit juice should be underestimated. “No plant is the problem, but the content of the product and the person has risk factors,” summed up Prof Restani.
The conference titled ”The PlantLIBRA project- Dietary supplements in human health” was organised by PlantLIBRA’s dissemination partners in cooperation with Hylobates Consulting, partner in charge of project management.
New interesting evidence related to the involvement of caffeine in sport performance has been published during the last month.
performance; combination with sodium bicarbonate seems to prevent performance enhancement, due tu GI side effects.
Further investigation to minimize GI symptoms is required. Health claims on caffeine have received favorable opinions by EFSA but have caused concerns with Member States.
caffeine supplements after the intake of CHO, or with CHO. Nevertheless the recommended dosage in the study seems to be too high (560 mg/day for a 70 kg person).
account lower levels of caffeine compared to those used in trials; Member States allow lower amounts of caffeine in food supplements (Belgium bans solid caffeine). In Italy, for example, no more than 300 mg/day caffeine are informally allowed.
These studies provide further support to the use of caffeine in sports under some circumstances, although levels may be an issue.
Commission Regulation (EU) 232/2012 (link) establishes new maximum levels for some food colorings, amending the Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. These changes will involve the following dyes: Quinoline Yellow (E 104), Sunset Yellow FCF/ Orange Yellow S (E 110) and Ponceau 4R, Cochineal Red A (E 124). The Regulation will apply from 1 June 2013, but food containing these 3 colorings that have been lawfully placed on the market before 1 June 2013 but that do not comply with the provisions of this Regulation, may continue to be marketed until stocks are exhausted.
The reductions in maximum levels mirror the reduced Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) levels set by EFSA.. and are quite significant.
Maximum level for all of them is 10 mg/kg (previously not established).
Food businesses should be aware of the changes, and ensure their suppliers are also reformulating in line with the new specifications. It should be noted that in the United States the maximum levels for E110 are not affected (it can be used according to GMPs); E104 and E124 are not permitted in the United States.


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Give me a call to discuss options and ideas for your next event!
Pricing starts at a one hour minimum rate. Pricing factors include: length of performance, travel, day of the week of the event, number of impersonators, impersonations, look-a-likes/characters. Some entertainers are more expensive due to demand, popularity and travel distance.
A one hour appearance includes a 35 to 40 minute performance and a 20 to 25 minute meet and greet, mix/mingle and pose for photographs with your guests after the show.
What do Celebrity Impersonators, Celebrity Look-a-likes, Historical and Original Characters do at an event?
They may be hired for a red carpet event to greet your guests as they arrive, make a special appearance to sing Happy Birthday/Anniversary, assist client with raffles, distribute trophies or prizes, announce award recipients, perform a stage show, demonstrate or distribute product at trade show booths, mix/mingle during cocktails or throughout your event, pose for photographs and more. We can supply any celebrity impersonator, celebrity look a like, historical character or original character to fit your theme or help you with a theme.
Do Celebrity impersonators/Celebrity look-a-likes sing live?
If the celebrity impersonator, look a like or character you choose is a singer, yes, they SING LIVE. If the celebrity impersonator, look a like or character is a comedian or movie star/actor, they will perform stand up comedic bits that can be customized to fit your event or mission statement. All of our entertainers interact with your guests/audience throughout their performance.
How far do performers travel?
Entertainers coast to coast and worldwide.

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Student Recruitment Buzz – National Hampton Alumni Association, Inc.
Congratulations to the scholars and a special thank you to the regional presidents, Office of Alumni Affairs, and Financial Aid Office for assisting us during the selection process.
The National Hampton Alumni Association, Inc. assists the university with recruitment and supporting current students by mentoring and providing scholarships. Additionally, NHAA Inc. chapters and regions hosts On-Site Admissions and Information events where high school seniors can receive an immediate admissions decision and are automatically considered for merit scholarships, if eligible. Middle and high school students, parents, and counselors are welcome to attend these information sessions.
Please encourage interested students and parents to visit the Hampton University website or contact a student recruitment chairperson listed above if they have questions, concerns, or need more information.

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Heaven's Hung In Black - - - W.A.S.P.
True masterpiece by Blackie Lawless! From the album \"The Crimson Idol\" (1992).
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Our grandmother was mormor, although we never called her that. We called her grandma. But mormor is Swedish for mother’s mother and that’s what she was, our mother’s mother.
I can see her vividly in my mind. But she died in 1952 when I was only 4 years old and in my memories I can only faintly hear her voice.I wish it were stronger.
Grandma had come from Sweden to America as a teenager and settled in Chicago where she met and married our grandfather, who had immigrated from Norway at about the same time, all before the turn of the 20th century. Today we hardly let teenagers venture to the next town. But our grandparents as teenagers ventured on their own to a new world which at the same time must have seemed strange and magical to them.
As kids we were fortunate to grow up around these immgrants who spoke with Swedish and Norwegian accents, who talked about the “old country” where they were born but loved this “new land” of opportunity. I can hear them in my head, talking half in Swedish, half in English and laughing so loud, always laughing. You have to be an optimist to leave one world and venture to another.
Too few people today have had the opportunity to know their immigrant family, to understand the hardships they went through to get here and how they struggled to survive and how much they loved America.
Those Swedes and Norwegians cherished their summers. They were born and grew up in a country of long, cold, dark winters, where the arrival of summer was and is a celebration: Midsommar Dag, a time of dancing around maypoles and dreams of the future. We were in Sweden on Midsommar Dag about 15 years ago. The only place open where we could get dinner on the national holiday was a Chinese Restaurant. The first day of summer should be a holiday, nationwide.
This Fourth of July weekend I talked about with my mother who is in nursing care with dementia. Her eyes lit up when I mentioned her childhood dog Queenie and she remembered getting lost one summer and being found with Queenie at her side for protection. She remembered the summer she left her roller skates on the street one night and how her father picked them up and put them away but didn’t tell her until she confessed what she’d done. She remembered the smell of bread baking every day in the hot kitchen and the aroma of fresh coffee in the pot. At nearly 91 years old she remembers her summers. They’re just yesterday to her now.
Summer actually is about half over on the Fourth of July, so we should all make sure to use the remaining days for something other than work and the rush and rumble of modern life. We like to think about Old Fashioned Fourths. I think in days past people just understood how to enjoy the simple, unimportant things of summer.
Have a cookout, a picknic, a family reunion. Take a child fishing. Listen to the sound of a wooden porch door slamming and watch fireflies sparkle like diamonds in the black of night. Look at the stars and the moon. Lie in the grass and watch the clouds. Go to a lake or an ocean beach. Listen to the sound of a lone boat cutting through the water in the early morning. Listen for a loon. Sit on a porch with friends and talk about nothing important. Listen to frogs. Play fetch with a dog.
Go to the community baseball field and watch the kids. Swat mosquitoes. Get up very early in the morning when the day is still fresh and take a walk. Smell flowers. Hike in the woods. Ride in a convertable. Drink lemonade. Float down a river. Eat sweetcorn and watermelon. Smell the newly mowed grass. Climb a tree. Listen to birds. Eat ice cream cones with the kids and don’t care when it drips on their clothes. Watch a hummingbird do its work. Sit on the porch and watch an evening thunderstorm cool the air and light the sky. Swing on a swingset. Relax.
There are so many unimportant things left to do this summer, and so little time.
Beautiful John! Thank you. Say hi to Bob for me. Every day for almost four decades I’ve put to good use something I learned from Bob, Angie, you and so many others in that outstanding newsroom. Truly legendary!
Greatly enjoyed your blog entry. Great that your Grandmother is memorialized by you.
Hope you and Jeanne are having a GREAT summer, despite the Hot Dry Summer.
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Recognizing greater accomplishments in our students through self-motivation and integrity.
To build a working relationship between Parents and Teachers.
To provide accountability and incentives for students' personal goals.
To provide extra educational opportunities for the students.
To encourage stronger relationships between parents and children.
Box Tops- Please clip your Box Tops and send them to school with your child. Be sure to put them on the sheets provided by the teacher and label them with your child's grade.
Christmas Store - Students are able to buy presents for family and friends. Parents send in money and a list and the PEO staff helps them pick out gifts for everyone on their list.
Field Trip- Teachers set a personal reading goal for each student. The students who reach their goal get to go on a fun field trip at the end of the year.


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Olympia, Gods, Artists and Athletes.
New York: Praeger, 1968. 4to. 193 pp. fine in dj.
More: Classical, Greek Art, Classical Art, Greek Mythology.
By This Author: Drees, Ludwig.

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Vinyl outdoor banners, also referred to as PVC Banners are our most popular banner.
Vinyl banners are ideal for a wide range of extreme marketing activities, and get your company’s name noticed in a HUGE WAY without excessive costs! We print full colour vinyl banners at guaranteed lowest prices and top quality. Large format digital printing machines are used to print full colour pvc banners that are sure to make your event or promotion a guaranteed success.
Our in-house large format printer uses eco solvent uv resistant inks. The banner pvc material and ink gives 4+ years lifespan outside and can be used in our roller banner stands as an alternative to polyester. The colours produced are vibrant and clean, good photographic quality images and very strong solid colours. The banners can be eyeletted and we can also provide hanging systems and loops top and bottom for hanging rails.

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Standing proudly over falls that were harnessed by pioneering settlers 130 years ago, the Alton Mill is now a vibrant arts centre featuring some 20 artists and artisans in working studios, 4 art galleries, a fibre art and fashion market, hand-crafted jewellery, a heritage exhibit, and café.
The magnificent restoration, completed in 2009, earned the Heritage Canada Foundation’s National Achievement Award for Adaptive Re-use along with a slew of other national, provincial and regional awards. The melding of thick stone walls and timber structure with modern architectural elements make the Alton Mill the perfect venue for art lovers from every walk of life.
Discover painters, potters & photographers, jewellery, glass & textile artists and galleries featuring contemporary Canadian and international art. You can buy a gift or a work of art for your home or office, or develop your own creative skills in one of many classes and workshops ranging from acrylic or encaustic painting, to pottery or jewellery making. You can even go for a hike, on a trail that meanders past a breathtaking stonewall sculpture in the forest, to the Millcroft Inn and Spa. All in an idyllic waterside setting, less than an hour northwest of downtown Toronto. The mill is open to visitors year-round, Wednesday to Sunday, and Holiday Mondays 10am-5pm.
Alton Mill Arts Centre: A work of love from Goad Media on Vimeo.
The annual Wine and Food Festival at the Alton Mill is Headwaters’ largest celebration of wine, gourmet food, and art! Enjoy wine, spirits, beer, cider, live music and local artists, all in one spectacular location… the historic Alton Mill!
Take part in art demos and DIY mini workshops, meet artists in their working studios, all while tantalizing your tastebuds with food samples from wine, beer, and cider produced locally in Headwaters. Whether you’re a stick-to-what-you-know type or a culinary adventurist, you’ll not only see something thing brilliantly creative but you’ll taste it! Plus, you’ll be helping to revitalize the Mill Pond and improve the water quality of Shaw’s Creek and the Credit River Systems.
Alton Mill Arts Centre: Cuisine-Art (now known as the FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL) from Goad Media on Vimeo.
Rediscover Canadian winter traditions at the 9th annual Fire & Ice Festival, a two-day event as January draws to a close. One of the Alton Mill’s most popular events of the year features millpond skating & curling, live ice sculpture, a super snow slide, bonfires, and a special fire sculpture at dusk. The Fire & Ice weekend also sees the annual Alton Millpond Hockey Classic, an inclusive pond hockey tournament to raise funds for the Millpond Rehabilitation Project.
Fire & Ice also features local food and beverage vendors in attendance, with indoor arts and culture fun for the whole family; story time, art classes, gallery exhibitions, and crafts.
The warmth, charm and heritage of the wonderful 19th century Alton Mill and its magnificent setting provides a breathtaking and romantic venue for your wedding day! Take advantage of the spectacular indoor and outdoor facilities to make your special day truly magical. Our staff is pleased to work with you to make your wedding a one-of-a-kind experience!
The Alton Mill is an ideal location for a private party, meeting, or event. Imagine your guests or colleagues in a restored historic building filled with beautiful art, set on a millpond with spectacular views of the surrounding Caledon Hills.
Whether you’re looking for an inspiring setting for corporate meetings, workshops or presentations, or for an elegant backdrop for a private party, fundraiser or wedding, the Alton Mill offers a variety of unique indoor and outdoor spaces including the Millrace Room, Waterfall Courtyard, and the spectacular waterfall viewing platform.
Space is available for gatherings of 8 to 120 people indoors and even more outdoors under a marquee tent. Whether you need one room or a variety of spaces, the Alton Mill provides a creative venue limited only by your imagination.
The Falls Gallery is available for temporary exhibitions, workshops, events, and meetings on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rental basis. Occasionally one of our studios or retail/gallery spaces comes available for longer-term lease.For more information on leasing or event bookings visit www.altonmill.ca, email leasing@altonmill.ca or call 519-941-9300.


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Who provides all the services?
We partner with a network of top local service providers that meet our high customer service standards. All or our vendors are insured and licensed and must have a positive track record doing business in the Vail Valley. Once a request is made, we will do our best to inform you ahead of time of the actual company and/or contact (where applicable) who will be providing the service. In some instances, Mountain Resort Concierge (MRC) may be the actual vendor actually performing the service.
We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, PayPal, Venmo, Cash and Money Orders. For all pre-arrival services, we request that we receive payment at least two weeks ahead of time. Some additional requests may require a deposit or a major credit card prior to execution. (Please reference your contract for specific payment details.) Most requests, whenever possible, will be invoiced prior to payment.
What is your policy on deliveries during inclement weather?
All grocery orders must be submitted 72 hours in advance. Exceptions may be made depending on scope of work and timing. With regard to groceries, we reserve the right to substitute orders from other locations on days when driving conditions are considered hazardous or road closures are in effect.
Yes. Please contact us for more information. We are always open to customizing a specific gift package based on your needs.
How early do we need to book?
We require a two-week lead time for most major bookings that involve more than 3 major requests, especially to secure reservations, ski equipment, and other activities. In some instances, such as groceries or ala carte services, we require a 72-hour notice. If you need something urgent that is last minute, please do not hesitate to contact us. We cannot guarantee that all last minute requests will be accepted but we will do our best to accommodate.
Yes. For most instances, you will be invoiced within two weeks of your arrival. Please see contract for further details.
Yes. Just like booking a hotel or rental car, we are a fee-based service. Therefore, we do require our clients to agree to our basic services agreement and terms. Each client will receive our standard policy as well as a custom schedule attached that includes a list of their specific service requests. This contract becomes effective upon signing and is then terminated 24 hours after your departure.
All Alcohol/Liquor requests must be made in writing via our order form prior to arrival. Please be as specific as possible when indicating your preferences, including any and all potential substitutes. In the United States, you must 21 years of age with a valid government issued ID to purchase alcohol. Prior to any delivery, the individual purchaser MUST be present to receive the alcohol and show their ID to our delivery person. All of our drivers will use their best discretion and reserve the right to REFUSE delivery to anyone they deem underage or already intoxicated. If this happens to be the case, you will be refunded the amount of the delivery and the alcohol will be returned to the store.


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The attorneys of Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe, LLP routinely defend workers' compensation claims for employers in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas. For over 60 years, we have represented large, self-insured employers and small businesses with great success. Our attorneys have experience before the Illinois and Iowa workers’ compensation commissions both at the trial and appellate levels.
Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton, & Noe, LLP has also successfully represented injured employees with the same attention to detail in both Illinois and Iowa.
We have the capability to handle large number of claims but treat each case with the care and attention it deserves.

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Advanced Microsurgical approaches to Cranium course 4-5 July 2012, WMSTC, Coventry.
The theme of the winter 2012 Lectures is "Meningioma Surgery"
Third Basic Neurosurgery Skills Course 19-20 January 2013(Weekend), Coventry.
Leeds Neuroanatomy Course Part II, 19/20 January 2017.
Supporting and enabling experienced surgeons: How old is too old to operate?
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New model just released from Knaggs Guitars - the Tuckahoe. This one is #21! Features a flowing offset design that is sure to please the senses. Mahogany/maple body, set neck --rock solid tone!
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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) has sold its approximate 30 percent stake in TruGreen to TruGreen’s majority owner, Clayton Dublier & Rice (CD&R) for approximately $234 million.
In 2016, SMG contributed its wholly owned subsidiary, Scotts LawnService, into a joint venture with TruGreen, creating the largest do-it-for-me lawn service company in America. Seventy percent of the joint venture was owned by the private equity firm CD&R, its co-investors and TruGreen management, with the balance owned by ScottsMiracle-Gro.
In addition to the sale, SMG also received cash proceeds of another $18.4 million in connection with the assignment to a third party of debt of the joint venture held by the Company. The combined proceeds, approximately $120 to 140 million on an after-tax basis, will immediately be applied to reduce the Company’s indebtedness.
Upon the creation of the joint venture, SMG received an approximate $200 million tax deferred dividend. In 2017, it received another tax-deferred dividend of approximately $90 million. Those two payments were essentially equal to the initial valuation placed on Scotts LawnService when the joint venture was established.

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for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
I want you to notice the words that are bold in italics in the above verse of scripture.
In a nut-shell, when we speak in tongues, we are communicating mysteries or divine secrets to God!
”And, “This is the refreshing”;Yet they would not hear.
a)Whom will he (God) teach knowledge?
b) and whom will he( God) make to understand the message?
c) Those just weaned from the milk?
d)Those just drawn from the breasts?
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he (God ) speak to this people.
In other words prophet Isaiah was saying that God will teach His people knowlege and make them understand His message through stammering lips and another tongue.
and makes us to understand God's message or doctrine as we speak in tongues!
b) God speaks to us when we speak in tongues. ( Isaiah 28:11).
Oh! The Wonders of our God!


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You’ve heard of downward dog, but what about downward cat? Or even downward goat? All around San Diego County, fitness has gone four-legged, thanks to yoga classes that combine exercise with a love of animals. From goats to cats to dogs, here are three ways to connect with the animal kingdom while tapping into your inner yogi.
Baby goats are all the rage. Just one look at your social media feed will prove that there’s nothing cuter than a bouncing baby goat—except possibly a goat doing yoga. At the Blissful Goat in rural San Marcos, you’ll experience just that—or, rather, a goat standing on your back as you do your best to stay in plank position.
Why goat yoga, you ask?
“In the same way goats are housed with horses for their stabilizing and calming influence, being in a goat’s presence puts me into an anxiety-free, ‘blissful’ state of being,” says Star Bailey, a licensed chiropractor and instructor of Goat Yoga Light, an introductory class for yogis of all levels. Held on her farm in rural San Marcos, the class is as much about laughing and adorable photo ops as it is about stretching, breathing and posing.
If farm animals aren’t your thing, there are plenty of ways to exercise with another four-legged workout partner.
Celapino has traveled the country with her favorite workout buddy—her senior Cairn terrier, Jack—teaching fitness classes along the way. In San Diego, she offers a wide variety of group workouts—from hiking to “K9 Core & Conditioning” to yoga.
No pet? No problem! At The Cat Café, in downtown’s Marina District, you can adopt one—or simply spend some time socializing with adoptable felines from The Rescue House. The coffeehouse-meets-cat-rescue offers the opportunity to interact with animals seeking loving homes—all while enjoying an energizing cup of espresso or a relaxing savasana. At “Cats on Mats,” you’ll combine your love of cats, coffee and calming yoga.


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Cynthia Brown is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP). Brown worked at CAP from 2004 through 2014 and served as Vice President for Education Policy. Prior to joining CAP, Ms. Brown was an independent education consultant who advised and wrote for local and state school systems, education associations, foundations, nonprofit organizations, and a corporation.
From 1986 through September 2001, Ms. Brown served as Director of the Resource Center on Educational Equity of the Council of Chief State School Officers. She was appointed by President Carter as the first Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education (1980). Prior to that position, she served as Principal Deputy of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare’s Office for Civil Rights. Ms. Brown received her M.A in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and B.A. from Oberlin College. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Perry Street Preparatory Public Charter School.


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Participants will receive a daily mobility training practice video and are encouraged to follow it once a day for desired results.


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The distance between Asuncion, Paraguay and Pasni, Balochistan, Pakistan is approximately 14,146 km or 8,790 mi.
To reach Asuncion in this distance one would set out from Pasni, Balochistan bearing 256.5° or WSW and follow the great circles arc to approach Asuncion bearing 256.5° or WSW .
Asuncion has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) whereas Pasni, Balochistan has a subtropical hot desert climate (BWh).
Asuncion is in or near the subtropical moist forest biome whereas Pasni, Balochistan is in or near the tropical desert scrub biome.
Total annual precipitation averages 1234.8 mm (48.6 in) more which is equivalent to 1234.8 l/m² (30.3 US gal/ft²) or 12,348,000 l/ha (1,320,083 US gal/ac) more. About 13 4/7 as much.
The altitude of the sun at midday is overall 0.8° lower in Asuncion than in Pasni, Balochistan.
Relative humidity levels are 7.9% higher.
The mean dew point temperature is 0.7°C (1.3°F) lower.
The table shows values for Asuncion relative to Pasni, Balochistan. You can also view this comparison the other way around from the perspective of Pasni, Balochistan vs Asuncion.


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There is a growing realisation that if students merely memorise the content of the subjects they learn at school, this is no longer enough to achieve academically, or in life. They are now being exposed to more complex problems for which there aren’t easy answers. Not only are they required to think more effectively for themselves, they also need to master working collaboratively with others. This is impacting on education around the world, for which a new approach is required.
Both the relatively new CAPS curriculum, and the IEB thinking skills exams in South Africa acknowledge the need to actively develop critical thinking skills. However, until now, it has not been clear how school management and staff build these thinking skills into teaching and learning practice. To meet this need, Thinking Schools South Africa was formed as a national non-profit organisation by cognitive education specialists, as a collaborative community of global and national experts.
TSSA taps into globally proven teaching pedagogy and offers practical training with a clear implementation strategy. TSSA Trainers are teachers – including Deputy Heads – who have implemented these thinking skills in their own classrooms and schools, and now train other schools as well, so they enjoy strong credibility with your staff.
We empower schools to embed critical and creative thinking into daily teaching and learning in the curriculum. Extensive international research and local experience has shown that most training interventions do not have a lasting impact, primarily because they have been implemented as an ‘add on’ rather than a ‘build in’.
TSSA enhances good practice that is already taking place, and – most importantly – adopts an approach that sustains more effective teaching and learning methodology, dynamics and culture. Our approach is being adopted from pre-primary level all the way through to matric.


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Northeastern Illinois University is a Public, Not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois.
All online programs at Northeastern Illinois University are regionally accredited through Higher Learning Commission.
There were 11,873 students enrolled at Northeastern Illinois University in 2017.
Northeastern Illinois University is ranked Midwest 128-165 by US News and World Report in their annual instititional rankings.
Northeastern Illinois University is not a yellow ribbon school.
Northeastern Illinois University gives admission credit for military service.
Northeastern Illinois University has an organized student military support group.
Northeastern Illinois University is a member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges.
Northeastern Illinois University has a dual credit program.
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The size category for Northeastern Illinois University is: 5,000 - 9,999.
The percentage of undergraduates formally registered as students with disabilities at Northeastern Illinois University is less than 3%.


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Summer Bucket List: How'd I Do?
Today is the first day of school for the school system where I work. We had to be there at 7:00 a.m. YUCK. I think it's harder for me to go back this year after seeing pictures of a retirement party for a couple of teachers that started their careers the same time I did. Can I really be that old? That could have been me, but I would have had to have stayed in the same place for 30 years. No, thank you. Anyway, the kids are still making me laugh, which is a requirement for me to continue working! Well, that, and increasing my retirement fund.
It's time to look back at the "Summer Bucket List" I made back at the end of May and see how I did.
~ Clean the house. By that, I mean really clean the house.
~ Clean out closets. There are a couple of closets that have been neglected; I need to pay attention to them and get them reorganized.
The hall closet was reorganized and cleaned out. That was the main one I wanted to do. I still need to do the front hall closet. We have quite a few jackets that are just hanging in there that need to be donated.
~ Look through the totes in the basement and purge them. We've been in the house for almost 10 years; it's time to seriously get in there and get rid of some stuff.
I made it through some of the totes, but I couldn't do anything else because the stuff in there isn't mine.
~ Eat right. I'm a stress eater, and this past school year was very stressful, which resulted in quite a bit of weight gain.
Yeah for this one!!! I did very well with this. My lab results for my A1C & cholesterol (as well as the numbers on the scale) confirmed this.
See above. I walked every weekday at 6 a.m., except for a couple of days when we were in Mobile & Huntsville, and then a couple of days after Mama passed away. I also did my arm exercises. I gave myself a break on the weekends.
~ Read. I have about a gazillion books on my Kindle app that need to be read.
I did much better in June than July, but I only have 1 more book to finish before I complete my Goodreads Book Challenge. I'm about half-way through "Killing Jesus" (Bill O'Reilly).
~ Keep the tv off during the day.
I kept the tv off most days until around 5 or 6 pm. Except when I watched "Orange is the New Black". I watched it through ChromeCast (like Apple TV) and it was easier to watch it while CH was at work so I wouldn't slow down the internet when he wanted to play his little computer game World of Tanks in the evening.
~ Limit my time on the computer during the day.
Some days were better than others. I would check emails & read blogs a little bit in the morning, then close my laptop and do things around the house.
~ Do a better job at blogging.
Looking back at the number of posts I wrote, I guess I could've done better than I did. Out of all the items on my list, this one was the least successful.
So, there you have it. If you had a summer bucket list, how did you do or how are you doing (since it's really the middle of summer!)?
I'm impressed. I think you did a very good job.
I think you have done really well!
Hard to believe that it's school time already ... what happened to staring school after Labor Day and finishing up by Memorial Day like we did when I was a kid. ha!
I don't do bucket lists or make new year's resolutions, because I just disappoint myself (and others) by no accomplishing what I say I will. Sigh. You did GREAT though!! Wishing you a fun year ahead, and God bless you for teaching our young people!! Teachers are THE BEST!!
I think you did great with your goals you set for yourself! Seemed like you accomplished a lot of them or made progress on some! It is incredible how fast this summer has gone, is going!
My friends son started school today, I couldn't believe it! It seems so early. Sounds like you did a pretty good job on your bucket list....way to go!
I have been a bit leery of it.
You did great. I kind of gave up blogging for most of the summer. Impressed by your cleaning. I can't believe you are back to school already! Teachers go next Monday and the kids come on Thursday. I think I ma ready!
You did really good on your bucket list! Especially with the diet and exercise - good for you! I just posted today about how we're doing on ours. (The fun bucket list. I still have to review the chores bucket list.) We still have 4 weeks left until school starts so I want to knock one or two more off.
This is the best well-being bucket list I've ever seen! And you did a great job on checking off each one.
Good luck this school year, Mary!!


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PREMIER EXPLOSIVES LTD.'s Promoter & Director, AMRNATH GUPTA has purchased 50100 equity shares of the company through Conversion of security. The shares were bought for a total amount of Rs. 20440800.
With this acquisition, the shareholding of AMRNATH GUPTA has increased from 2554986 (24.02%) to 2605086 (24.23%). The shares were acquired during the period 1/25/2019 to 1/25/2019.
Shares of the company was last trading in BSE at Rs.238.1 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 244.25. The total number of shares traded during the day was 225 in over 15 trades.
The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 251.7 and intraday low of 238.1. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 54646.

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Philadelphia Reflections: Malpractice: Captain of the Ship ... New Title, One Step At A Time, but A Big One.
The medical system is on the point of abandoning the city to escape abusive lawsuits. A series of observations about shared blame, ultimately assigns responsibility to the mistake of allowing this matter to be covered by insurance, thus creating a financial target.
Malpractice: Captain of the Ship ... New Title, One Step At A Time, but A Big One.
In a situation as complex as the medical malpractice crisis, it's hard to know where to begin, and how far to go. We argue here for reducing the financial incentives for plaintiff's to sue. Of the various steps which would accomplish that, the one with proven effectiveness is to place an upper limit of $250,000 on awards for non-economic damages, mainly pain and suffering. Another step which is easy to explain is to allow juries to know about (and take into consideration) the economic damages which have already been paid by another insurance, like Blue Cross or Worker's Compensation. A third world be to pay out damages for support and disability month by month instead of in a big lump sum which may never be used. These financially-oriented changes, particularly the cap on pain and suffering awards, would be sufficient to stabilize the present chaotic situation for perhaps as long as ten years. During that period of respite, more basic reforms could be examined and tested. It would definitely be better not to get into many of the fundamental issues, just now.
-- The present tort system is said to have been invented by Charlemagne in the 8th Century, to put a stop to private settlement of disputes by duels and revenge fights. It has evolved into a system which attempts to place a dollar value on every injury and compensate the injured party. It must be obvious that some injuries do not have any equivalent in dollars, and few injuries are much improved by being paid for. Society needs a long period of reexamination of how we can best compensate those who would benefit from financial compensation, and then what to do about problems that money will not solve. We need a new system that is less expensive to operate, gets better results quicker, and has less tendency to provoke dissention. To do that well, will first require at least ten years of stability, not likely unless we do something first to stabilize.
-- Too many other issues are crowding the attention of our legislators. A related issue, product liability, has greater power to gain attention, regardless of its relative merit. Our medical leaders need to acknowledge that product liability reforms may get ahead of medical malpractice in the Congress if we dither, and therefore sweeping medical reform proposals will then require appreciable modification before they can pass.
-- Similarly, the public is presently dismayed to see the governance of major corporations needs fundamental reappraisal, along with difficult decisions about accounting methods within businesses in general. It is not sensible to respond drastically to the disruptions of hospital governance caused by malpractice-induced upheavals, when there looms ahead some unknowable organizational rearrangement of corporations in general.
-- What is being proposed as a simple stop-gap -- is to make a change in the court system, in order to rescue a different profession, the insurance system. Never mind that the courts provoked this problem in the first place, courts will nonetheless prefer insurance to seek an insurance solution to its difficulties. Furthermore, it is a federal approach to what has traditionally been a state matter, both in trials of tort, and in the business of insurance. Such an approach is not easy to accomplish, and must contend with every competitive proposal made by those who would lose from it. All of the alternatives have already been examined and are truly not feasible, but they must have a hearing. Ultimately, it may require political brute force to pass this simple measure, and that has a political cost to be considered.
-- Once the public fully realizes that this problem has a lot to do with rising levels of health insurance, and that universal health insurance would thoroughly confound its solution, many people will have to reconsider their deeply-held opinions. The steps taken to stabilize this situation must be simple, easily understood, and adopted soon. There is more to be said, but it's better to stick with a simple point, and adopt a solution that can demonstrate twenty-five years of success in several states.
To summarize the present medical malpractice snarl, particularly what the 2005 Congress should do about fixing it, please tolerate first a bit of naval history from 1777. Speculative Philadelphians rowed across the Delaware River to New Jersey and as far up the Jersey creeks as they could go. Walking a mile or so East, they reached the bustling shipyards of privateer captains, at the headwaters of creeks running the other way, out to sea. The speculators bought shares in the vessels of likely-looking captains, their money bought supplies and sign-on inducements for the crew. The captains then sailed out to blue water through the coastal creeks and bays, and if they came back, paid off the shareholders. If they never came back, the shareholders lost their money, the sailors including the captain, lost their lives. When ships were lost, it was presumed to be the captain's fault, but he risked his own life in the process, so utmost diligence in a chancy business was fairly confidently presumed. That's the way the "captain-of-the-ship" idea evolved when corporations, especially hospitals, emerged in the following century. And that's the origin of the belief that the responsibility of the stockholder was limited to his investment, and supervision of the captain was very limited. As business corporations evolved out of this model, the stockholders took some responsibility, and the captain-like C.E.O. took considerably less personal responsibility for mistakes of employees doing what they were told to do. Eventually stockholders were assigned the whole cost of corporate damage awards, gaining very little true control in the process. Hospitals, possessing charitable immunity, were just about the last to go down this trail, so many principles of the captain of the ship idea persisted, both confounding the hospital-physician relationship in court, and the mutual rights and responsibilities in actual medical care delivery, when charitable immunity was suddenly withdrawn. Using every argument weak and strong, and exploiting every legal ambiguity, the trial bar then unwittingly brought this disruption of essential services to the point where something absolutely must be done about it, and soon.
Unfortunately, redesigning responsibilities in the whole corporate structure of America is too heavy a topic for this spring's debate on medical malpractice. We're certainly moving in some direction, with criminal lawsuits now in process personally against the C.E.O.s of some of our largest corporations for transgressions that may not be medical, but nevertheless leave undigested implications from the recent Sarbanes-Oxley Act concerning for-profit corporate governance. No one is willing to permit so unique a corporation as a hospital undoubtedly is, to establish principles of law governing the entire economy. Herein lies one of the main arguments in favor of stop-gap legislation, rather than get-to-the root-of-it legislative statesmanship about MICRA, or whatever we call medical malpractice legislation on a federal level.
The second argument for a patchwork solution lies in the vexing entanglement of the medical malpractice crisis with other inflammatory national medical questions: what should we do about employer-based third-party health insurance, or even health insurance in general? The wounds are too sore from the 1993 Clinton proposal, and from the subsequent managed-care fiasco, or the more recent prescription drug tangle, for there to be any hope of keeping those echoes out of a medical malpractice debate. Employers are deeply involved in product liability questions at the same time they are heavily invested in employee health insurance. If we force them to choose between their conflicting interests in these two areas, they may decide the net balance of their Washington interests favors a course of action on medical malpractice which makes the malpractice crisis worse. Notice that malpractice awards are pretty much confined within the limits of malpractice insurance, with a major role of moral hazard making things worse. Malpractice insurance, particularly the hospital part, is almost entirely financed out of health insurance. And rising costs of malpractice awards are thus a major source of rising malpractice insurance premium rates, while rising malpractice premiums put upward pressure on health insurance premiums. Round and round it goes, making it impossible to establish a new theory of one form of insurance without a new theory of managing the other one. The situation cries out for a workable stop gap, followed by a period of calm rumination.
A number of earnest proposals have been made in the last forty years, and almost none of them has had any effect. The defense bar, putting forth a succession of obscure legal doctrines to make it easier to defend cases, has not been a productive source of ideas. Since only a small proportion of very similar medical mishaps trigger a lawsuit, all those well-meant ideas for arbitration or alternative dispute resolution raise the specter of creating a staggeringly huge entitlement for a particular sort of injury. Carry that further to all injuries caused by anybody, and you can't tell where you would be going, but you know for certain it would be more expensive than even the present crazy system.
In all the wrangling and experimentation about medical malpractice which has been going on for two generations, only one general approach has been demonstrated to work quickly and surely: reduce the financial incentives of plaintiffs and their representatives. California and Indiana provide twenty-year demonstration projects on the consequences of placing a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages, generally known as awards for pain and suffering. Legislation which includes a provision that juries be told that health insurance has already paid for injury repair (repealing the Collateral Source Rule) or that a widower has since remarried and does not need supplementary child care, or similar circumstances, would probably get attached to such legislation without great debate. Structured (rather than lump-sum) payment of damages is another legal term for reform of a "money issue" which would probably pass any session of Congress willing to pass a cap on pain and suffering.
So let's get on with it. Put a reasonable cap on pain and suffering, attach a few other legal obscurities, and bring this malpractice issue to a screeching halt. And then, in the ten or twenty years of respite it would provide, thrash out all those fundamental questions of corporate governance and responsibility, of non-adversarial dispute resolution, of party politics, and universal health insurance. There's a fair chance those questions can never be satisfactorily resolved. But even if they can be, this malpractice matter won't allow you to wait for it.


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Butter four 1 1/2 cup gratins and set them on a sheet tray. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Except for the eggs combine all the shirred egg ingredients. Season them and toss to combine.
Fan the shrimp out in the bottom of the gratins. Top each gratin with two eggs. Space them apart because if they overlap they tend to take to long to bake.
Slide the gratins into the oven. Set a timer for 15 minutes.
While the eggs are baking make the Hollandaise.
In a large heat tolerent mixing bowl combine the yolks, lemon juice and whisk to combine. Add a splash of water and season the mix with a dash of salt and white pepper.
You can do this two ways, you can use a double boiler or you can do it like I do.
Turn the heat to low on you stove. While continually whisking, whisk the yolks until they start to from ribbons that trail behind you whisk. If they get to thick add a splash of hot water.
Remove the yolks from the heat and place the bowl on a damp towel. This keeps the bowl from moving while you whisk in the butter. While whisking the yolks add a teaspoon of butter. Keep whisking. You are forming an emulsion so it is important to drizzle the butter slowly. Drizzle in while whisking until it is all incorporated. Add a splash of hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce and mix. If the sauce seems thick add another splash of warm water and mix. Keep the hollandaise in a warm spot.
Check the shirred eggs. If they are done remove them from the oven and let them sit for a few minutes. These things are thermonuclear so a rest important if you want you guest to keep the skin on their tongues.
Top them with Hollandaise and a sprinkle of minced parsley and serve.
I made this over the weekend for a brunch and it was delicious. I suggest covering the baking dish(es) with foil before placing in the over otherwise the eggs will not cook in the 15-mins indicated - or 30-mins for that matter. After I foil wrapped the dishes and placed back in the over, the eggs were done within 5-mins.
I also tried a non-shrimp variation for those seafood haters. I used thickly sliced shavings of canadian bacon, drizzled with a little maple, added cracked pepper, mushrooms and panko like the original recipe and placed in the oven. Added hollandaise and chopped parsley upon serving.
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drbabs I knew you would like the NOLA connection and really is there any other place to have brunch than New Orleans.

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Mike Linksvayer has an insightful and thought-provoking blog here.
Crosbie Fitch will help you imagine a world without copyright here.
Matt Lee explores freedom for cultural work as well as for software here.
Joy Garnett’s NewsGrist has the best fair use and free expression coverage in the art world, and more, here.


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Paolo Pieraccini Simply wonderful Waltz !! Favorite track: Waltz of a Dying Candle.
A CD and a book with a bright colorful cover, including 13 scores for tracks of "Accidental Etudes" album and one bonus score. Personally signed by me upon request.
It never ceases to amaze me how music finds its way to come through us from the world and back into the world. Anything that surrounds us can become the inspiration that ends up being a musical story, a journey on the ivory keys: a sight from a window, child's laughter, bad weather, good weather, tranquility of a forest, rumbling storms, pain and happiness, madness within and falling in love. Every time I get a chance to escape to my world of music with a touch on keys, I feel like I discover another improvisation hidden in my effort to compose. These improvisations of mine are purely accidental: they are moments in time that never repeat. I hope you will enjoy these little accidental etudes.


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Levenshulme Old Library CIO is a registered charitable incorporated organisation set up in 2016 to carry forward our vision for a vibrant arts and culture centre.
In January 2018 the old Carnegie library building , situated in the heart of our community re-opened as a centre for arts and culture for all our community and beyond.
Long term tenants include All FM96.9 community radio, the Levenshulme Youth Forum and the Owl and Coconut mindful art centre.


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One thing I’ve always missed in phpt is code coverage reports, not lcov since I’m talking about testing userland code, kinda like we have in PHPUnit so I decided to implement it in pear run-tests so that I could check out how much code I’ve made tests for in PEAR and other projects where I utilize the phpt format.
But for those that understand how we execute tests this will make a lot of sense, because each test gets it’s own php process, we use proc_* for that, and why might one ask and the answer is simple, mainly to test PHP fatal errors and code that uses exit/die as well as being able to define our own ini options that the process will use (enable safe mode, disable magic quote and things like that) … There might be some other reasons but these are the most important IMHO.
This isn’t a silver bullet, it needs some more work and a renderer package to make those pretty graphs and progress bars, like we have at gcov.php.net or similar but at least it’s progressing into the right direction and I’m pretty happy if it becomes useful to only handful of people, if more use it then I’ll be thrilled.

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MOST people don’t “get” Austen Tayshus , and he probably doesn’t care because his audacity is what seems to drive him.
If a group of “holier-than-thou psychiatrists” can’t get a handle on the country’s most dangerous and subversive comedian, who is also an observant son of Judaism, then those who cast the first stone don’t stand a chance , particularly if they are in his audience.
Austen Tayshus (aka Isaac Cox) is Sandy Gutman’s stage name and Merchant of Menace, by Ross Fitzgerald and journalist Rick Murphy, reveals Gutman’s chaotic life and Austen Tayshus’s remarkable ability to be vulgar,Ã‚Â crude, loud, angry, confident, outrageous and pointed.
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Rebecca Camhi gallery is happy to present a group show with works and objects by Fabrice Domercq, Jasper Morrison and Marc Newson. The show entitled ORMIALE emerged from the occasion of the presentation of the homonymous wine at Rebecca Camhi gallery. The three designers/artists have been producing the wine together during the last years in a small vineyard at Bordeaux, France.
The vineyard is situated in a beautiful location in the north of Entre-deux-Mers, 15 km south of St-Emilion. The red wine, Ormiale, is vinified and bottled at Grand Vin de Bordeaux. Two grape varieties are used for the creation of Ormiale: Merlot, 13 years on average and 50 years old Cabernet Sauvignon. No chemical pesticides are used on the vines while the whole production cycle is performed by hand – from pick up, peeling the grapes to sealing the bottles with wax and labelling. The annual production is approximately 3,500 bottles. More information can be found on Ormiale’s website (www.ormiale.com).
Born in Paris, lives and works in Brussels.
After opening a design office in Italy in the 90’s, he devoted himself to painting and sculpture. His works reveal an economy of means, simplicity and an ephemeral balance. He has had personal shows at Fondation Cartier and Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Paris) among others.
Born in London, he is one of the most famous and well-respected industrial designers who work on a global scale using advanced technology to develop mass-produced objects. He has worked for Olivetti, Alessi, Alias, Cappellini, FLOS, FSB, MAGIS, Rosenthal, Rowenta, SCP, Vitra, Punkt, Muji, Camper and other famous brands.
Marc Newson has been described as one of the most influential industrial designers of his generation, creating everything from furniture to household objects, bicycles, cars, private and commercial aircrafts, yachts, artworks etc. His works are included in major museum collections such as the MoMA in New York and other.


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Things happen quickly today. Life can feel stressful and busy, busy, busy. It can be impossible to focus on one thing as your energy is splintered into many disparate tangents. Try to concentrate on the task at hand to avoid ending the day exhausted and frazzled.
This weeks randomly drawn card is the Ace of Swords. In the tarot deck an Ace is akin to a seed which contains the essence of the suit….in this case Swords, which represent ideas, the intellect and communication.
In this card we see a brilliant white sword which stands straight up, piercing the black of the night sky. This symbolises truth and clarity and can indicate that any hidden motives or agendas are about to be exposed, for better or worse.
The white lightening which zigzags across the sky represents those brief moments of illumination and insight when we suddenly see the truth of something, or experience a light-bulb moment. Although these revelations can come and go in a flash, what has been revealed can never be forgotten and remains an everlasting truth in our lives, symbolised by the rainbow coloured lemniscate coiled around the hilt of the sword.
The Ace of Swords also heralds the arrival of inspiration, new ideas and fresh perspectives. However at this stage the insight it brings is just pure potential and it is up to us to put in the work and focus to bring these embryonic beginnings to manifestation and fruition. The lightening in the card can be viewed as both dangerous and inspiring, reflecting the fact that sometimes new and exciting ideas can seem threatening in the way that they often shake up the status quo.
I hope that this week you receive some amazing insights and flashes of illumination which spark off new beginnings in your life! Let us know in the comments below if the Ace of Swords visits you over the upcoming week.
Nostalgia and memories of the past may tug on your heart strings today. What pastimes and hobbies did you enjoy as a child? Try to incorporate some of these into your life again. Go back to your roots and explore where you’ve come from. Be on the lookout for faces from the past reappearing in your present.


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There are a lot of different use cases for why you may want to capture an email from the URL parameter as a lead in vooPlayer.
All you need to do is add any opt-in lock to the video which you will embed on the page where the email parameter will be available.
After you've made sure that the email parameter is available in the URL, you will add the following code below your vooPlayer embed code.
You may change the last parameter in the vooAPI function to false which will simply pre-fill the optin with the captured email, so that way the opt-in will be shown, but the user will still have to confirm opting in.


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Whenever there is mention of Tawakkul, the mind turns only to the trusting of the mundane affairs to the care of Allah (S.w.T.). But, as a matter of fact, the Tawakkul of a Mu’min encompasses both his worldly affairs and the Hereafter. He thinks that the life Hereafter is not transitory and therefore is more important. Therefore, all men must do Tawakkul on Allah (S.w.T.) during this life and trust his affairs to Him for the Hereafter as well.
As one seeks Allah (S.w.T.)'s help for supporting his efforts for profits and warding off the possible losses, he should also believe that the circumstances and the reasons for any action are subject to Allah (S.w.T.)'s Wish for fulfillment or failure of the task. Similarly in the spiritual matters too one should trust his affairs to Allah (S.w.T.)'s Pleasure.
The reasons for the moral and spiritual felicity that are related to training of the conscience, acquisition of learning, belief and good deeds that bring a person closer to the heaven and higher status there, also need Tawakkul on Allah (S.w.T.) to be possible of achievement. For example, hoping to achieve the heaven is not possible if a person doesn't perform good deeds. But praying regularly, or fasting, or going for the Hajj or giving alms to the needy cannot be termed as acceptable to Allah (S.w.T.) if the person thinks that He needs you to perform them.
To the contrary, these acts might make the person proud of his virtues. Therefore all the hopes should be on Allah (S.w.T.) and the virtuous acts should be for His pleasure and not to seek His rewards. Remember, the good actions that are not acceptable to Allah (S.w.T.), howsoever good they are, are no guarantee for one going to the heaven. Similarly expecting to be spared from the hell after committing sins too is also futile. However, it depends on Allah (S.w.T.)'s wish if the sins are to be pardoned by Him or not. Similarly a virtuous person going to the heaven or not is at the wish of Allah (S.w.T.). It is like the efficacy of a medicine. The patient only recovers from the ailment by the use of a medicament if Allah (S.w.T.) Wishes it to be so!
If man depends entirely on his actions for salvation, then he is exposing himself to destruction. If there is anyone who can give salvation to him, it is only Allah (S.w.T.). It is true that the person has done good deeds but only Allah (S.w.T.) can make them effective. That is possible if Allah (S.w.T.)'s wish and pleasure is for acceptance of the deeds.
As we have already said that one should not be proud of his intelligence, his physical strength, the might of his pen or his skill at oratory. Similarly in spiritual matters, one should not depend only on his prayer and fasting. He should know that relief from the hellfire is not possible even if he is pious and abstemious. The actual salvation depends on the wish of Allah (S.w.T.). Similarly, for the acceptance of the good deeds of a person to qualify for the heaven is at the will of Allah (S.w.T.) only.
Sometimes a person has good deeds in his account equal to the size of a mountain. But in reality the weight of these good deeds is not even equal to the size of a sliver of grass. Therefore, acceptance of the deeds is not dependent on their reasons, but in all circumstances it depends on the will of Allah (S.w.T.).
Therefore man should not think that if he has performed some good deed in the Way of Allah (S.w.T.), he becomes automatically eligible for heaven; or, if his actions were contrary, his destiny will be hell. This is faulty thinking. He should in fact have trust on the creator in a similar manner that a farmer who does all the operations in his farm and awaits Allah (S.w.T.)'s kindness for a good crop.
A seeker of knowledge too should focus his hopes on the wish of Allah (S.w.T.) that He gives him understanding. Mere reading of books will not give him understanding of the intricate contents therein. The learning that needs intensive efforts also cannot be acquired by mere hard work. There are some persons who show keen interest and hard work to acquire learning, but they remain raw and green. We don't say that one should not work hard at his studies, but what we mean to say is that only depending on memory, understanding and hard work is not sufficient. For success, one must have Tawakkul on Allah (S.w.T.) besides putting in hard and sincere efforts.
Around forty years ago, in this very place of learning, Musheer al-Mulk Shirazi too was living. A well-known teacher, whose name is not disclosed for some reason, used to teach Fiqh and Philosophy. He was very well known for his memory and his erudition. He slept well one night. But when he woke up in the morning, he had lost his complete memory. Even at the Fajr prayer he couldn't recite the Sura al-Fatiha. Anyway, the prayer was over. Later on when he opened the Holy Qur’an and tried to recite its verses, he couldn't do it. His memory was totally lost and he passed away in the same state.
O! Those people who are proud of their skills at oratory! The other day a person who came from Khorram Shehr has said that a person, whom incidentally I knew too, lost his power of speech since the last two months. With difficulty he is able to communicate with a lips like a small child. He is so worried with his condition that he abstains from communicating as far as possible. He went to Tehran to consult specialists about his condition. They have asked him to stay in the hospital for treatment that, hopefully his speech might be revived.
I am mentioning this because people should not be victims of complacency. They should remember Allah (S.w.T.) in all circumstances. Try to excel in any field of learning, but remember that they should rely only on Allah (S.w.T.) to give them understanding and the opportunity to utilize the knowledge acquired by them.
It is mentioned in the traditions, “Knowledge doesn't come with lot of reading and writing, but it is a light that Allah (S.w.T.) puts into the heart of a person whom He wishes to enlighten.” The station of firm belief, the knowledge of Allah (S.w.T.)'s Names and His Attributes and the treasury of the spiritual knowledge comes to a person only with Allah (S.w.T.)'s wish. However much a person strives to acquire these, he will not succeed if Allah (S.w.T.)'s Wish is not there.
You offer the congregational prayer in the hope of His blessings and with His Tawakkul in your hearts. You go for hajj also in the hope of His grace. But, by praying in congregation and performing the Hajj a few times, if you start thinking that the heaven is assured for you, then you might be under a misapprehension. Remember, what you have done is unlike the mundane work that the compensation is commensurate with the work that one puts in. Acceptance of your prayers depends on the wish of Allah (S.w.T.) only.
It is said that the value of a palm's length of the Heaven is equal to value of the rest of the universe. Heaven is not a thing that can be bought with some prayer and ignorant pride. It is also debatable whether Heaven can definitely achieved by much prayer and supplication. The truth is that all you possess, and all you do is wished by Him. One might expect compensation for what really and truly belongs to himself! Everything belongs to Allah (S.w.T.), and any compensation that is given is only at His Wish! Man can only hope with Tawakkul on Allah (S.w.T.).
O Allah (S.w.T.)! By the rights of Muhammad (a.s.) and his Holy Progeny, give us the strength of courage and help us at every stage and make us truly the people of Tawakkul!


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Hayti School District in Hyati, Mo., has been awarded $2 million over a three-year period in School Improvement Grant funds provided to the Missouri Department of Education under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. As part of the district’s reform efforts, its schools will be implementing Ready,Set,Go!, a customized program of professional development, research-based strategies, and data-driven decision-making designed for school improvement. Ready,Set,Go! is a new offering developed by STI, a leader in K-12 education data management solutions.
To determine School Improvement Grant eligibility, the state department of education, with guidance from the U.S. Department of Education, categorized eligible schools into three tiers. Tier I comprises the neediest and lowest-performing schools in the state, and Tier II schools are among the lowest-achieving five percent of secondary schools. Tier III schools are those in the bottom 20 percent in the state based on proficiency that do not qualify for Tiers I and II, and the remaining Title I schools in improvement, corrective action or restructuring that do not qualify for Tier I.
Hayti School District, categorized as a Tier II school district, included Ready,Set,Go! in its grant application as an integral component in bolstering school improvement efforts targeting grades 7-12. Offered through STI’s Achievement Services business, Ready,Set,Go! provides school leaders with the knowledge, skills and tools to systematically and effectively process and evaluate student information, instructional practice, professional development, and leadership to increase student achievement.
Ready,Set,Go! will be implemented in the 2010-11 school year for a one-year contract consisting of 45 days of on-going, personalized professional development. The STIAchievement Services team will develop customized plans for the Middle/High School (which serves grades 7-12) that will engage stakeholders in preparing, evaluating and acting on “Multiple Measures of Data” to support student achievement throughout their communities. The team will develop a plan of action after evaluating current school data and programs to identify trends and barriers to improvement. The team will then work collaboratively with school leaders to set the stage for the improvement process by transforming the school’s culture and educational practices. Findings from the data analysis and school evaluation are used to: inform curriculum alignment and pacing, create an instructional framework aligned to standards and the curriculum, develop a formative assessment program that addresses individual student needs, and engage teachers in job-embedded professional development on effective instructional strategies. This process also enables schools to establish a powerful response-to-intervention system for students at risk. Finally, the team will help the school build a foundation for continuous improvement—centered on sound data-driven decision-making—by monitoring progress, mentoring teachers, modeling best practices, and fostering supportive professional learning communities.
The School Improvement Grant award announcement comes on the heels of another exciting announcement within the district. After the elementary schools implemented STIAchievement Services in 2009, grades 3-6 made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) this year due to the significant gains in their MAP test scores. Tests results indicated an increase of over 45 percent in Math, and an increase in all subgroups in both subject areas, Communication Arts and Math, in grades 4-6. Educators were exceptionally enthusiastic about the news, as grades 4-6 have not made AYP in seven years.
The STIAchievement Services team is led by skilled school improvement specialists who are veteran educators with extensive experience in education data analysis, instructional design, and school reform. For more information, visit http://www.sti-k12.com.
STI is a leading provider of Education Data Management solutions to the K-12 public and private school market. STI’s fully integrated suite of Web-based products addresses attendance, scheduling, discipline, grade reporting, state reporting, financial management, student health, parent/teacher communications, special education, formative assessment, and data mining. Additionally, STI offers a comprehensive program of professional development services to help administrators and teachers with school improvement initiatives such as developing data-driven response-to-intervention and formative assessment programs. More than 7,000 schools in 50 states and several countries use STI solutions. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Mobile, Ala. For more information, phone 800-844-0884 or visit http://www.sti-k12.com.


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Copeland's Winter Spiced Apple & Blackcurrant Gin is first and foremost best enjoyed as a classic gin and tonic.
With only four ingredients required, this traditional twist on a classic G&T embodies the character and colour you'd expect from an artisan product with flavour combinations that surprise and excite.
Using a Copa or tall gin glass pour 35 ml of Copeland Spiced Apple & Gin into your glass, followed by a handful of ice. Top with 150 ml premium tonic water. Finally garnish with a slice of clementine and stock of cinnamon.


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As part of the Islam in African Brown Bag Lecture Series, Oludamini Ogunnaike, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary will present his forthcoming book Sufism and Ifa: Ways of Knowing in Two West African Intellectual Traditions.
This event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided. For details, email Jennifer Conforti.