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The final book in the The Tethered World series and I'm still torn over whether this is the best one. At the very least it's a toss up between this book and the first book.
The Genesis Tree starts out with the threat of the Tethered World being exposed to the world up<|fim_middle|>.
The feel of this final book is very different from the first two. This story hones in all the growth and how far the characters have come so far and then throws a couple unimaginable variables at them. As I was reading the book I kept thinking to myself that I had no clue how the author was going to tie all this up. For the record, none of the versions in my head ended up being correct, but I did guess one of the plot twists. It's been a while since I have be so much "along for the ride" and didn't know where it would end up.
While this story clearly showed an ending to a specific chapter in the characters lives, the ending also felt like it could be the launching point to further stories. The Tethered World is too vast to be contained in just three books. | top. Very quickly things get complicated and our main heroes, Sadie and Brady get separated to go their own paths to help protect their friends and family | 30 |
THIS MONTH Astronomy on Tap and TEDx Seattle partner to present a night dedicated to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)! LSST, currently under construction, will image and catalogue tens of billions of galaxies and stars and find more than 3 million exploding stars and 6 million asteroids and comets over the next decade, effectively creating a 10 year<|fim_middle|> with the LSST.
John Parejko started mining astronomical data in grad school at Drexel University working on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), studying galaxies and the massive black holes that love them. He comes to UW from Yale University, where he did precision cosmology measurements and developed operations software for the SDSS telescope. As part of LSST, John is working on software to precisely co-align astronomical images, to cut down on the number of bogus detections.
Originally founded in NYC, this is our 19th month in Seattle presented by graduate students in astronomy at the University of Washington. We're thrilled to be hosted by Ballard's own Peddler Brewing Company who will have a variety of beers (and plenty of astronomy) on tap. | , multi-color, ultra high-resolution movie of the night sky. Join us to hear LSST research scientists Dr. John Parejko and Dr. David Reiss (bios below) from the University of Washington talk about everything from the LSST telescope and camera design, to the software challenges associated with processing such a huge data set, to the amazing science to be gained from mining the sky in 4-D.
David Reiss obtained his PhD in Astronomy at the UW where he found dozens of supernovae, and helped discover that 75% of the universe is composed of "dark energy." Since then, he moonlighted as a programmer and computational biologist, before joining the LSST team where he is developing algorithms and tools which will enable discovery of 1,000s of asteroids and supernovae per night | 168 |
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Columbia College Chicago offers superb centers of dance, music and theatre in the heart of our South Loop campus. Students in these disciplines learn and perfect their crafts on these stages, and world-renowned dancers, musicians and actors regularly appear in our performing arts centers as well.
Dance Center
1306 S. Michigan Ave.
The Dance Center provides students with a superior contemporary dance education in the context of a world-class, nationally recognized dance performance season. Since its doors first opened in 1969, the Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago has presented hundreds of professional companies and choreographers.Read More
The Music Department's hands-on approach comes to life in the Music Center, with more than 400 student, faculty and guest artist-in-residence performances and workshops each year. Located across from Grant Park on Michigan Avenue, this intimate 148-seat venue provides the perfect setting for students to experience the art of music performance up close.Read More
Theatre Center
72 East 11th St.
The Theatre Center offers a dynamic hub for live performance on campus and is a lively part of Chicago's artistic scene. The Center's four performance venues incorporate student talent in everything from acting to set design. Each season includes student productions and Mainstage productions, directed by department faculty and professional guest artists.Read More
The Galleries of Columbia College Chicago, including project rooms, galleries and a museum, provide diverse perspectives on art, design, media, and culture from Chicago and beyond. This network of exhibition spaces serves students, the college community, and local, national and international audiences.
C33 Gallery
33 E Congress Pkwy
Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri: 9 am–5 pm
Thur: 9 am–7 pm
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Located on the bustling corner of Congress Parkway and Wabash Ave, C33 Gallery serves as an art gallery and meeting place for students. With its distinctive storefront windows, C33 is ideal for non-traditional media and site-specific installation....
Center for Book, Paper and Print
1104 S. Wabash Ave
Tuesday - Wednesday 12-5 p.m, Thursday 12-7 p.m, Friday - Saturday 12-5 p.m.
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The Center for Book, Paper and Print is dedicated to the research, teaching and promotion of the interdisciplinary practices that support the book arts, hand papermaking and print as contemporary art media. The Center has a fine art press, bindery, letterpress and papermaking studio, research facility, and project space that...
Fashion Studies Exhibition Windows
618 S Michigan Ave
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The windows and lobby at 618 S. Michigan Ave. display curated fashion exhibitions throughout the academic year that spotlight student designs, faculty work, senior thesis collections and selections from the Fashion Study Collection. Fashion Studies students and faculty also design, curate and install the 33 E. Congress windows....
Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor
Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri: 11 am–5 pm
Thur: 11 am–8 pm; Sat 11 am–5 pm
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Located in the historic Ludington building, the renowned Glass Curtain Gallery exhibits emerging and mid-career, national and international artists<|fim_middle|>, the gallery exhibits all media, with a particular focus on new media and interdisciplinary art....
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Portfolios and auditions | in all media. The gallery presents museum-quality exhibitions, workshops and visiting artist lectures, all of which help to create a dialogue essential to the development and growth of students within the...
Hokin Project
623 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor
Mon–Fri: 9 am–5 pm
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The Hokin Project, an arts management practicum course, provides gallery management, exhibition, curatorial and design experience for students of all majors. The Project presents the work of the Columbia College Chicago community through programs, events and exhibitions. Launched in 2010, the Hokin Project is a student-run collaboration of the Arts, Entertainment...
Museum of Contemporary Photography
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Thur: 10 am–8 pm; Sun: 12 pm–5 pm
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The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) is the only museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of photography. By presenting projects and exhibitions that embrace a wide range of contemporary aesthetics and technologies, the Museum strives to communicate the value and significance of photographic images as...
Project Rm
916 S Wabash Ave
Mon–Fri: 10 am–6 pm
The Project Rm exhibits work by the students, alumni, faculty and staff of the Interactive Arts & Media Department. An extension of the classroom, this gallery space encourages students to experiment, exchange ideas and exhibit work. With focuses on new media art practices, emerging media design and game development, the...
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ShopColumbia, Columbia College Chicago's student and alumni art boutique, features original designs created and inspired by Columbia artists. Spanning all media and disciplines, the hybrid storefront and learning laboratory is defined by what Columbia students are making right now....
618 S Michigan Ave, 2nd Floor
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The Arcade takes its name from the building's previous incarnation, when it was known as The Arcade Building. With sweeping views of Grant Park | 455 |
By the end of 2018, hybrid IT infrastructure has become the de facto operating model for nearly every enterprise. Hybrid promises tremendous leverage to improve IT operations. But it brings with it complexity that requires high skills and capabilities to handle interoperability and data workloads across extreme systems – legacy and new generation. While the prevailing thought process among CIOs is to invest in more tools, I believe tools only add to the complexity. What these organizations need are skilled engineers who have matured from legacy systems and now work on<|fim_middle|> 07110, USA. | cloud.
As the IT environments become more diverse, it is not viable anymore for IT departments to add more staff. Instead the focus must be on standardisation in service management – and this is increasingly achieved by using partners like SwankTek who deliver services from platforms. Platform-based service delivery is faster, more reliable, and is a cost-effective way to set up and manage services rather than custom-built solutions. These services are standardised, and hence make deliver more predictable besides enabling consistent, scalable and repeatable processes that are critical to businesses and their clients. Platform-based services also lower onboarding time, accelerates services benefits, while making the service provider accountable for the adoption of the service. Using managed services approach to implement digital transformation initiatives can accelerate and lower the chances of failure in such initiatives. Such an approach drastically reduces the time-to-develop as service providers can ramp up faster, offering greater scaling capabilities and the exact degree of automation required. SwankTek enables its clients to drive automation which assures low service costs, and gives impetus and agility to innovate, which was not possible with traditional, FTE-style service delivery, where operations consumed almost all of the budgets.
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The Google for People with Spinal Cord Injury
WRITTEN BY KRISTINA KOPIC published on April 5, <|fim_middle|> disabilities. | 2017 by the Ruderman Foundation.
"Google it" has nowadays become the go-to response to questions we actually don't know how to answer. But imagine you or someone you love, have just become paralyzed, due to an injury or a disease and you find yourself learning how to use a wheelchair, or wondering whether you could still be a parent. Google can give you a lot of hits for your questions, but sifting through them all to maybe find the answer you need can be a daunting task. This kind of problem is the birthplace of AbleThrive.com.
Brittany Dejean and her dad dance at her wedding.
"We live in a world where Netflix tells you which movie to watch next, but we leave families with disabilities to figure out everything on their own," says Brittany Déjean, Director and Founder of AbleThrive. "People have more expectation about entertainment than approaching how to live with a disability." Déjean's realization comes from personal experience. When she was twelve years old, her dad became paralyzed in a car accident, which she says gave her a unique window into the experience of having a family member with a sudden disability. "We lived outside of Philadelphia and by nature of luck only one hour from the best spinal cord injury hospital in the country," Déjean says. Through these circumstances, she and her family met many others who were living with spinal cord injury. "They were years ahead of us, so they were mentors who helped us realize that my dad would live a normal life." But Déjean also quickly realized how lucky they had been to have all these resources and mentors available to them. Therefore she says that she wants "AbleThrive to be the place you go … if you've had your life touched by disability."
The website allows a user to choose a topic of interest to them—life skills, parenting, relationships, activities, or travel—and then there is a filter. It asks what the user's trunk, leg, arm, and finger mobility is. In other words, it lets the user customize the search results on the basis of their own abilities. So if you're a new parent with spinal cord injury and have mobility in only one arm, AbleThrive has an article on how to change a diaper with only one arm. Much like a standard search engine, the resources and articles AbleThrive draws on come from a wide variety of other sources. "We facilitate this through an ally network," says Déjean. The members span thirteen different countries and range in size from The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to independent bloggers and unless it's a news story, all content on AbleThrive is curated from this collaboration with allies. "We have 160 organizations, companies, bloggers, and hospitals … and we have an open invitation to anyone else."
While right now their database is focused on people with spinal cord injuries, AbleThrive hopes to expand to many other disabilities in time. "We can't do everything for everyone at once, but by building this network [it's a start]," says Déjean. "I look at us having parallel missions—one is assuring that families with disabilities have the resources to thrive and the second is challenging the perception of disability in society." To this end Déjean organized the campaign "This is How I". It showcases several people with disabilities, from famous faces like Nicholas Vujicic, and Speechless star Micah Fowler to everyday common people with | 707 |
Number Place: Yellow Homegrown<|fim_middle|> Nishio placed fourth amongst the greatest Sudoku puzzlers in the world! | Deadly Sudoku
Authors: Tetsuya Nishio
The puzzles in Number Place are conceived by Japan's greatest puzzler mind, Tetsuya Nishio, who takes extreme pleasure in handcreating his puzzles. His latest series, Number Place, provides 101 Sudoku puzzles plus a handful of logic puzzles and mazes! Now, after readers are through with their Sudoku puzzles, they can test out a whole new line of Nishio-created torture! These pocket-sized collections are the perfect companion for the on-the-go puzzler! The continued success of Sudoku means that there's a new breed of Sudoku puzzler: experienced, resourceful, and ready for puzzles that transcend the rote specimens one encounters in the daily newspaper, online, or in mass market magazines. It…
is this sector of puzzle solvers that grows every day, and the sector for which Vertical has conceived its new line of puzzle books. Number Place takes Sudoku to new levels. Twice as hard as Sudoku Plus, these puzzles are beyond Sudoku...they are number placement and the world of puzzling will never be the same.
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According toThe Timesof London, "Tetsuya Nishio is the undisputed grand 'puzzle master' of Sudoku: a bespectacled fiend from the darkest suburbs of Tokyo who spends his every waking hour devising abominable new ways to torture our brain cells. His only weapon is logic, but, in his own words, 'It is a knife that kills.' His commitment to deviousness is absolute." Nishio is a world champion of number-logic puzzles. He reigns as the single-most important figure in Sudoku in Japan. He invented O'Ekaki (Paint by Sudoku) puzzles in the late 1980s, which are steadily becoming as popular as Sudoku. He is also the chairman of the Japan Puzzle Team at the annual World Puzzle Championships. At the…
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Coulomb Raises $47.5M to Rev Up Plug-In Charging Network
The startup raises a Series D round to compete with the likes of ECOtality, AeroVironment and others in linking partnerships for the still-nascent EV charging market.
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Reporter covering the green technology space, with a particular focus on smart grid, demand response, energy storage, renewable energy and technology to integrate distributed, intermittent green energy into the grid.
Coulomb Technologies has raised<|fim_middle|> the capabilities of these chargers is anyone's guess. While the Department of Energy sticks to its goal of supporting 1 million plug-ins by 2015, most market projections don't see the market heating up nearly that fast. | $47.5 million in a Series D round to boost its car-charging plans, and has brought in a new investor: Toyota Tsusho Corp., the trading arm of the Japanese automotive giant. Looks like the war over plug-in EV charging infrastructure investment dollars, and strategic partnerships, is about to heat up.
Braemar Energy Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the financing, along with Toyota Tsusho and existing investors Rho Ventures, Voyager Capital, Siemens Venture Capital GmbH, Harbor Pacific Capital Partners and Hartford Ventures. The Campbell, Calif.-based startup has previously raised about $33 million, along with a $15 million federal grant, meaning that the new investment nearly doubles its previous funding.
That's a lot of money from big-name investors to raise in today's depressed greentech investment climate. But it's also a testament to the cost of trying to build a vehicle-fueling infrastructure from scratch. Coulomb, which is working with the likes of Nissan, BMW, Ford, General Motors and Fisker, plans to deploy 5,000 charging stations in the next few years, and had shipped 2,400 of them as of April.
Coulomb's ChargePoint Network consists of its charging stations and the networking and software smarts to run them. Competitors include ECOtality, Better Place, AeroVironment and other startups, as well as efforts by giants including General Electric, Siemens, Schneider Electric and ABB, and of course, the big Japanese, European and U.S. automakers.
Deep-pocketed partners will be critical for startups like Coulomb, since the upfront costs of putting in chargers for a fleet of plug-in hybrids and EVs that don't yet exist will be pretty high. Almost all of today's plug-in charging installations have been done as government-funded partnerships (or settlements, in the case of California), although NRG Energy has promised a subscription-based, private charging network.
With plug-in hybrid and EV sales still lingering in the tens of thousands of vehicles globally, there's also the question of who's going to use the charging stations. Fleet vehicles for corporate and government customers have been the primary way we've seen chargers deployed en masse to date.
Still, someday we'll want to drive our plug-in cars from one utility jurisdiction to another, topping off the batteries as we go. Building a network and platform to manage that kind of agnostic charging business is what Coulomb, ECOtality and its startup competitors have based their value on.
That's led to partnerships with power giants in which the startup's software may be put to the test in large-scale deployments, such as ECOtality's licensing agreement with ABB, or Coulomb's marketing agreement with Siemens, or AeroVironment's partnership with Nissan.
Just when we'll see enough plug-in vehicles on the road to test | 594 |
True Grit: Rio Grande Valley FC 1, Orange County SC 1
Visitors can't hold onto lead, but still get result.
By Alicia Rodriguez<|fim_middle|> as Dusan Stevanovic and Wuilito Fernandes pressured RGVFC defender Ivan Magalhaes into coughing up the ball, and Stevanovic took the feed and hit a blast in the 17th minute.
Orange County were involved in their first Video Assistant Referee game, and a penalty was called for a foul by Oscar Sorto on TJ Casner in the 26th minute, with Eric Bird converting the PK for RGVFC a minute later. VAR evidently agreed with the decision, as the spot kick was taken and the game proceeded.
Fernandes tried an audacious bicycle kick about 10 minutes after the break, but his attempt sailed over goal.
Considering the paucity of chances on the night, and using two new starters in Kevin Jeon and Zach Kobayashi, Orange County sought mostly to defend through the second half and hold possession, moving into RGV's end when they had the ball and numbers. But overall it is clear Logan Pause has drilled his team to play with much more dedication to defense in the last two games, and it has been effective in helping get results. Charlie Lyon continues to play his part and did quite a bit in keeping the visitors in the game.
Jorginho James picked up a red card late, as Fernandes was apparently hit in the face, and while OC had a few looks deep in stoppage time, they couldn't find a shock winner. On the balance of play, a win would have been a steal anyway, even if it would have been nice.
The teams are back in action against one another on Saturday evening in Irvine. Orange County pick up a point and move up the Western Conference standings, now in 11th place and just three points away from the last playoff spot, so all things considered, it was a solid showing. Orange County aren't playing beautiful soccer but they're five games unbeaten and that's good enough right now. | Jul 19, 2017, 7:18pm PDT
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Orange County SC are now five games unbeaten in USL play, after drawing 1-1 against Rio Grande Valley FC at H-E-B Park on Wednesday night.
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The Broadbent Theatre is licensed for an audience of 100 people and is the home of Lindsey Rural Players (LRP) who use the theatre for their own productions and manage its use for other organisations. The society relies totally on the support of its members and supporters for funding. The theatre's activities and up-keep is done wholly on a voluntary basis. LRP usually puts on five of their own shows and manages the staging of approximately six professional shows each year. The theatre is also available for hire to other groups and community organisations.
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community theatre with an interesting history
Lindsey Rural Players originated from the Holton Players, a group founded by a small community of conscientious objectors at Holton-cum-Beckering who were working on the land during the World War II years. It was a time when there was little or no electricity and few wirelesses (Radios). For evening entertainment they met for musical evenings, singing, poetry and play reading; everyone was welcomed, whether they were from Holton or not, especially the local children.
In 1970 a Methodist Chapel at Wickenby was purchased by the Holton Players. The conversion work was done by members of the group, much of it with resources provided by Roy Broadbent (father of the Oscar winning actor, Jim Broadbent) and Douglas Ballard. Roy died shortly after the theatre was opened and it was thought a fitting tribute to name it 'The Broadbent Theatre' in his memory.
Please visit the Broadbent Theatre's official site for up to date show listings and opening times.
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The problem with these new phrases is nobody has a standard definition. The above definition is mine (which may not be exactly the same as Smart Chicago's or Code for America's.) It's not "Government IT" because the work involves and a lot of time is led by non-profits. (There's been a recent call to delineate the phrases to include "GovTech") It's certainly not the standard way of doing things that involves hiring one of those companies that advertise at airports and costs governments tons of<|fim_middle|> People just noticed it more. The only way to make a dent in the problem is to activate more professional civic technologists. (That's people working full time at this — and not just volunteering.) When we get people interested in our space, we have to ensure they get trained up. The movement has been around more than a few years now and there's definitely some lessons we've learned. Without providing training, it becomes harder for people to enter the space. Eventually, this might be done by universities but the process of adjusting curriculum is a slow process. We need people in the civic part of the technology sector immediately.
18F and USDS, the federal government's civic technology teams, are also getting the advantage of being very deliberate with their projects. While they still have to deal with decades old legacy systems, they're clearly in the driver's seat. And that's important because while this is feels like new branch of the technology center — it's not.
You're going to get ten different answers. For me, any technology project that intersects with the civic sector is civic technology. This is my definition — not everyone agrees with me on this point. The original healthcare.gov was civic technology. It deals with the delivery of health insurance and attempts to support efforts to ensure everybody has health insurance.
Not only does Uber count, but it's had a large impact on policy. Uber, AirBnB, and other 'sharing economy' type companies had forced cities to pass additional regulations to deal with the impact of the sharing economy. Right now there's a huge fight about if Uber drivers are employees — something to keep in mind when you see those #fightfor15 tweets.
Because CGI Federal is a civic technology company even though a lot of us really don't like them. Companies like them don't refer to themselves as civic technologists either — they're management consultant companies.
It's not of course — but it there is significant power in technology. One of the overarching themes for those who identify as civic technology movement is that all this power should be leveraged to benefit the public. That if I can summon ramen to my door, then the people trying to feed the poor should have software that actually helps them accomplish that. That if I can summon somebody to do my laundry for me, then the people trying to protect children from abuse shouldn't be stuck using a software system that constantly fails them. | money. Civic technology isn't even exactly the same thing as civic hacking even though they're closely related.
As the term civic hacking came out first, we get asked about civic hacking more often and it's probably a more confusing term than civic technology. (Which is why a lot of us stopped using the phrase civic hacking.) This is partly because hacking is such a loaded term depending on who you're asking.
If you've ever watched a developer at work, you can see this pattern. We need to get the app to do A, but X isn't working. Let's try Y. No go? Alright, let's look on Stack Overflow (or to non-tech people, google it) to see if anyone else has tried to do this. Ok, that worked for her — let's try Z. Hey, Z worked!
This type of activity isn't good or bad. I can use a 13 inch knife to do a lot of things, but most of the time I'm using it to cut veggies. Of course, nobody writes a news story about somebody cutting vegetables — using a knife only makes the news when something bad happens. Same principal applies here.
So, civic hacking may not be the best phrase when trying to convince people that they should be taking a radically different approach to how governments and nonprofits use technology. Even though the phrase is perfectly neutral inside the tech world, to outsiders it always seemed a bit…unauthorized — despite a lot of what we do is working with people.
There are a lot of people who spend time working on apps that aren't authorized by any government or non-profit. However, that's mostly because many people are doing is strictly volunteer work. They're taking government data (a lot of times released by the government hoping that people do stuff with it) and using it in a way that solves a problem. They'll often try a bunch of different things with the data or to get a result they want that solves (or at least educates about) a civic problem.
Another key difference is that civic technology projects are collaborative and intentional right from the very beginning. Civic technologists have to be a little bit of a polymath having to know about two distinct and complex fields. It doesn't help that both of these fields love their jargon and work in ways that don't seem obvious to outsiders.
Example: Some developers like to work super late at night so they can focus without being interrupted. Front line government employees have to have prodigious customer service skills because the claimants can sometimes get very hostile and you can't turn them away.) These quirks of the field only become apparent when you work inside them.
However, being a polymath only goes so far. Civic technology crosses so many different subjects — health, web development, social services, UX design, transportation, DevOps, safety and justice — fields that people have to spend years learning about so they can do their jobs effectively. It is incredibly difficult to be an expert on both ends. It requires deep collaboration — build with, not for and sentiments like it — to build something that's solves a real problem effectively.
And this work doesn't just require consulting with the experts — you have to talk to the problem owners themselves. Not the experts! The people who are waiting on hold for 30 minutes because they're trying to buy groceries at the store and the card that has the SNAP benefits isn't going through. They're the people who have to move out of neighborhoods they've lived in for years because of gentrification. Civic technology deals with problem sets that are both difficult to solve and mostly problems that the general public will never experience. Do you know why everyone picks on the DMV? It's because everyone has to go to the DMV — so you know about it. There's a whole realm of personal knowledge that is vital to understanding how to build things that actually work.
Civic technology projects are increasingly doing more than just building an app with open data, but having a real influence on the implementation of services. As a product, Largelots.org was more than just a web app but rather a example of a policy change augmented by user friendly technology. As Mike Bracken states, "The Strategy is Delivery." As civic technology progresses as a field, the field will require more people who are comfortable with both discussing code and policy in the same breath.
While you can't be a total expert in everything, there is a certain level of knowledge you have to have to do civic technology work. That's why another big component of the work is the knowledge transfer — writing everything down so that other people can learn what we're doing and how to do it. The problems civic technologists are trying to solve are massive in scope. Healthcare.gov may have been the most prolific government tech failure, but it's certainly not the only one. | 1,024 |
Cultivate Life-Long Learners: God has put in the heart of every child a joy and passion to learn. This is not something that a school can create. Rather, we cultivate the seed that God has already planted. Learning should be a life-long process, and MCA wants to provide students with the tools necessary to accomplish this.
1. Wise: At MCA we want our students to be wise knowers. The foundation of wisdom is knowing the living God as He is revealed in the Scriptures.<|fim_middle|> Paul said that Jesus Christ has become to us "wisdom from God" (cf. 1 Cor. 1:30), and Solomon said, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Prov. 9:10).
2. Knowledgeable: We want our students to be fascinated with all there is to know in the cosmos. St. Augustine said, study the Scriptures—and then study everything else. We want our students to leave no stone unturned as they explore all that God has made, and all that man has done with that creation, both good and bad.
3. Eloquent: Finally, we want our students to be eloquent. This doesn't just have to do with good communication skills. In our communication with others we are not only told to "speak the truth," but to do so "in love." Eloquence is a manner of being; a grace. Eloquence doesn't speak down at people. Rather, it frames a dialogue in truth while esteeming the other as a bearer of God's image.
The logical outcome is that graduates from MCA matriculate to become culture-changers. A culture-changer is someone who considers carefully the world around him or her and decides that things need to change. While there are many ways to affect change, some passive and some active, a culture-changer will not permit the status-quo to remain unchallenged. Our desire, of course, is that this challenge will be expressed by a wise, knowledgeable, and eloquent graduate. | The Apostle | 2 |
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Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle & The Sadies
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"Justin Townes Earle will take to the road this Spring with his longtime guitarist Paul Niehaus alongside The Sadies as his backing band. Fresh off the announcement of his signing with New West Records and his new album coming in Spring, Justin will be performing new and old songs with his 5 piece band across the country. Justin opted to work with a producer for the first time in his career, joining forces with Mike Mogis in Omaha, NE to take a different approach to his new songs and his album's statement. New music and additional announcements will be rolling out over the next few months."
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Since their formation in 1994, Toronto's Sadies have developed, even perfected, a style of music that is uniquely their own. Possessing a deep fondness and reverence for the best of country, bluegrass and blues (CBGB!), they are equally informed and influenced by everything from 60s garage and psychedelic rock (Pebbles, Nuggets, et al) to surf instrumentals and punk rock. You're as likely to find an enthusiastic fan of Negative Approach or Crime as one of Santo & Johnny or Merle Travis within their ranks. It's all relevant and it all fits and that sort of depth goes a long way in helping to understand how they came to develop such a broad platform from which to launch their own musical explorations.
Through a trio of brilliant albums that began with 2002's "Stories Often Told", 2004's "Favourite Colours" and 2007's Juno Award nominated, "New Seasons" – they finally topped themselves with 2010's "Darker Circles" an accomplished album that received a Juno Award for Best Video and was short-listed for the 2011 Polaris Prize. "Darker Circles" was a departure from their previous releases, which despite having some fairly, er, dark themes and subject matter, resonated strongly with fans and critics alike. It stands out as the most fully-realized song cycle from the group – until now.
September 17th, 2013 will see the release of "Internal Sounds" an album that heralds a new level of achievement for The Sadies. This was largely due to refusing to be pressured by any deadlines but their own, taking their time over a period of nearly a year to get everything "just right" and using up every resource they had and every favour they could call in. "Internal Sounds" marks the first time Dallas Good has assumed the producer's role and this helped craft a record that is the closest the band has yet come to capturing their sound on an album. Vocals are clear and prominent, guitars are positioned high in the mix and the album has a tone that is overall fuller and richer. Some key assistance was provided by Peter J. Moore (mixing/mastering) and Gary Louris (who has produced much of the bands past work) with some vocal coaching and control room refereeing. The resulting album greatly benefits from all of these considerations and is by far the most confident and assured of their career. The final track features an amazing vocal performance from Buffy Sainte-Marie that is a thrill to hear and a fantastic way to finish off the record.
The numerous collaborations that the band has been involved with over the years have resulted in some of the most surprising and fun work they've done. These feature a tremendous range of artists from expat British punk rockers (Mekons' Jon Langford – "Mayors of The Moon" Album), L.A. troubadours (John Doe, formerly of X – "Country Club"), old timey R&B masters (Andre Williams – more on him later), to up and coming alt-country starlets (Neko Case "The Tigers Have Spoken" many tours and contributions to many of her solo albums). They've also worked extensively with ex- Pussy Galore founder and current Jon Spencer Blues Explosion frontman Jon Spencer's "Heavy Trash" project with NYC guitarist Matt Verta-Ray – they've backed Matt and Jon extensively on tour and played on much of their "Going Way Out With Heavy Trash" album as well. There's hardly ever been a band as versatile and adventurous as The Sadies which is why they don't have too many peers with that kind of track record.
When Garth Hudson, organist with the Canadian rock institution, The Band, put together an all-Canadian collaboration album recently he leaned heavily on The Sadies, who, in addition to contributing their version of "The Shape I'm In", backed the much-loved Mary Margaret O'Hara on her contribution "Out Of The Blue". They also played with Neil Young on his rendition of "This Wheel's On Fire". This ultimately led to being invited to open for Neil Young and Crazy Horse all across Canada in late 2012.
The Sadies have also recently performed live on several occasions with former Guess Who founder and Canuck songwriting legend Randy Bachman where they were thrilled to get a chance to perform some of their own favourite super-obscure Guess Who songs with the man himself. Of The Sadies, Bachman has this to say; "It's quite different when I play with The Sadies than when I play with anyone else. I love the stand-up bass, it gives an incredible gigantic bottom end sound. I think the two brothers Dallas and Travis are just amazing guitar players. They've got their own cool identity".
The band continues to enjoy a long and fruitful relationship with 50s R&B legend Andre Williams. In 2012 the excellent "Night and Day" album was released to much acclaim. Previously they'd put together a country album with him, "Red Dirt" which was a blast for all involved and saw the band do several memorable gigs with Mr. Rhythm throughout the US & Canada before heading off to Europe for a well-received month-long tour playing the classic hits as well as a lot of the new material. Andre once said "You cannot find a better bunch of characters, men or musicians than The Sadies".
Growing up in a musical family served the Good siblings well. Being the sons of noted Canadian country music icon Bruce Good and their singer / schoolteacher mom, Margaret and hanging out around their "Good Brothers" extended family, they learned a thing or ten about music. This helped them foster the broad appreciation and respect for the best of bluegrass, country and gospel that has continued to serve them well from an early age. Just this year saw the release of the Good Family Album via the Cowboy Junkies' Latent Recordings label. The album features Dallas, older brother Travis, Cousin D'Arcy on fiddle and vocals, Mom, Dad & Uncle Larry (2/3 of the Good Brothers) as well as the rest of The Sadies. Everybody sings, everybody plays and it's a diverse and entertaining collection of songs. No Depression raves "I almost defy you to listen to this album and not find yourself continutally gawping at the quality on display. A high-water mark for North American (not just Canadian) music."
The Sadies have consistently pushed themselves forward into new areas while refining their approach to what they do – creating a constantly evolving catalogue of work and picking up legions of new converts with each successive tour. Their concerts, legendary since their earliest days have only gotten better over the years. Though the three-hour marathons of yore may happen less frequently, The Sadies have always prided themselves on a well-paced live show, starting off strong and gradually building things up to fever pitch then bringing it back home (often with a nice surprise or two along the way), before sending everyone home with a smile on their face. The live experience has it all, blistering instrumentals, country rave-ups, super-human guitar interplay and mind blowing psychedelic expeditions that can end up anywhere. There are not many bands that have been together nearly two decades that are truly making the best music of their careers, but The Sadies have definitely established themselves as one of the leaders in that very uncrowded field.
These fellows thrive by a simple rule, if you make a mistake in the studio, you do it over – but you don't make mistakes onstage. The live show has to do everything the records do (just a little faster and a little drunker). They're ready to hit your town in support of the release of the remarkable new album "Internal Sounds" this fall. If you've never seen them live, the time to change that is now – if you've seen them before, it's time to take another look. And buy yourself a copy of "Internal Sounds" it might end up being the best record you'll hear this year!
~ Greg Dinwoodie, friend
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Did Native Americans Invent Fly Fishing for Bass?
Question: Someone told me that Native Americans invented fly-fishing for bass. Is this true?
Sean C., Jupiter, FL
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Answer: This is a difficult question to answer because, of course, there isn't much of a historical record to go by. However, chances are that your friend is basing his notion a story attributed to the naturalist William Bartram, which has been repeated far and wide by fly-fishing writers. A pretty complete version of the story appears in "From Bobs to Bugs", a chapter in William G. Tapply's bookTrout Eyes:
Actually, bass-bug fishing is the oldest method of catching fish on hook and line in North America. In 1741, when William Bartram described how Florida's Seminole Indians fooled largemouth bass (which he called "trout") with a "bob", it's likely he was reporting on an angling method that had been practiced for generations before the Europeans invaded the continent.
"Two people are in a little canoe," wrote Bartram, "one sitting in the stern to steer, and the other near the bow, having a rod ten or twelve feet in length, to one end of which is tied a string line, about twenty inches in length, to which is fastened three large hooks, back to back. These are fixed very securely, and tied with the white hair of a deer's tail, shreds of a red garter, and some parti-colored feathers, all which form a tuft or tassel nearly as<|fim_middle|>ists learned to make and use "bobs" from the native people, the jury is still out on the question of who started it all in North America.
{"cat":"history","type":"article_children_page","format":"default"} | large as one's fist, and entirely cover and conceal the hooks; that are called a "bob." The steersman paddles softly, and proceeds slowly along shore; he now ingeniously swings the bob backwards and forwards, just above the surface and sometimes tips the water with it, when the unfortunate cheated trout [sic] instantly springs from under the reeds and seizes the exposed prey."
Historians have always assumed that when Bartram says "trout" he means "bass," and the technique described here seems close enough to dapping that it could reasonably be called "fly fishing."
Another important source for this tale was probably Paul Schullery's important bookAmerican Fly Fishing, published in 1987. However, in his 2007 book The Rise: Streamside Observations on Trout, Flies & Fly Fishing, Schullery explains that he had misread Bartram. In fact, Bartram witnessed white colonists—not Seminoles—fishing with this method.
The question, then, is where did the colonists learn to fish in this way? Were they inspired by techniques they brought from England or had they adopted indigenous techniques? Ultimately, until there is more evidence to suggest that colon | 251 |
Score: Shoalhaven
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Shoalhaven / David Lumsdaine.
by David Lumsdaine (1982)
<|fim_middle|>. It's is one of simplest of these works; its style is very direct and needs little introduction. Like the Shoalhaven Philharmonic Society, for whom it was composed in 1983, it takes its name from the Shoalhaven River which rises in the Great Dividing Range south of Kangaroo Valley and, passing north of Nowra, flows to the sea across the narrow coastal plain. From the mountains to the sea, this is a place that is rich in associations for myself and my family from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present day.
The shape of the piece is a traditional ABA1. The outer sections are broad and gentle in their movement, while the middle section is a blues that pays more than a passing tribute to the memory of my very dear friend, Don Banks.
Pages: 1 score (36p. -- A3 (portrait))
Duration: 14 mins
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Shoalhaven is one of several works I composed in the 1980s which re-explored the kind of language in which the music of my boyhood expressed itself | 315 |
Nicholas' birthday is in three weeks and I have ZERO ideas. But as I was thinking about birthday parties for boys, I remembered that I had never posted these photos from a friend's party all the way back in 2012!
Our friends, Tim and Nicole, threw this party for their son and at the time I asked her if I could blog about it, but I must have gotten distracted and just forgot. Since then, their whole family has relocated to Papua New Guinea, where they are serving as missionaries. Nicole now writes a blog about their adventures over there.
This was seriously one of the cutest parties.
We were greeted at the door by the Man in the Yellow hat.
He was a big hit with<|fim_middle|> looking for more birthday party ideas, check out my Smurf themed party too. | the ladies.
The kids participated in simple activities inside like decorating party hats with Curious George stickers and pin a butterfly on the poster. If I remember correctly, Nicole said she got all of her supplies from Target and the party supply store.
Lunch was a baked potato bar with chili and a lot of other toppings and there was fruit and Pb & J available for the kids.
It was a beautiful fall day, so we ate a picnic lunch outside in the back yard.
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The kids were content to play in the yard for a while.
Everyone took home a new Curious George book as a party favor.
We all had a great time and it was a fun memory to make before we sent their family off to serve.
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John Haworth, despite innate shyness, has floated upward in a comfortable English home environment under the influence of much older sisters and their friends. After he begins a new school in the early fifties, the seven-year-old is looking lost when a classmate, Martin Holford, decides to take him under his wing. And so begins a long friendship.
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The Special and the Ordinary shares the unique story of two young people as they come of age and step into the future, each with a different idea on what it means to be true to themselves.
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Whether and to what extent age is a prevalent factor in the technical job market are questions that are frequently raised in press articles, blog posts, and discussion boards. The usual—but by no means sole—concern is that tech companies discriminate against older workers in favor of younger ones. The sources of this tendency are multi-faceted. First, there is the long-standing historical precedent recognized in 1967 when the Age Discrimination in Employment Act was enacted in which it became federal law to prohibit discrimination against people 40 years or older in employment matters. Thus, contemporary debates about ageism in tech should recognize that such discrimination is neither recent nor peculiar to the tech industry. Clearly there was a bias against older workers long before the modern tech industry and occupations like software engineering even existed.
In an oft-maligned quote, Mark Zuckerberg once remarked to a roomful of hopeful young startup founders that "young people are just smarter". In context, it's not actually the bald-faced pronouncement of ageism that it has been taken to assume. He was responding to the anxiety that young founders were feeling, that they were not experienced enough to make the right decisions in building their products. Zuck was attempting to boost their confidence by reminding them that youth has some innate advantages and<|fim_middle|> our list—perhaps owing to the fact that it also has the youngest age skew—but even here the average is $62,148 and the median is $58,000.
The earnings curve for Software developers, the most populous of our tech occupations, behaves somewhat differently from the overall curve. While income peaks in the 40s, it begins to reverse course somewhat throughout the 50s to the point where developers in their late 50s are on average earning similarly to those in their late 30s. Hmmm, is this ageism? Of course it might be, but there could be a lot of other factors going on here. Keep in mind that we can only use age as a rough proxy for experience, as we don't have any way of normalizing occupational experience levels across the age spectrum.
Let's now cherry-pick some interesting occupations to use as comparisons. In professions like law, medicine, and finance, one would expect that age and experience would go hand in hand with higher marketability and thus more earning power. Below are the earnings curves by age for four of these professions all of which appear among the occupations with the highest overall income.
Lawyers and doctors both appear to reach their peak earnings power around 40, with both curves staying relatively flat throughout the 50s. On its face, this does not appear too different from our technical occupations. Among Chief executives and legislators, their income curve does not grow as quickly as the other professions, but it also peaks later, well into the 50s. The mean and median age for this occupation is 53, one of the oldest of all occupations. In finance, there's much more variance than in other occupations, and not nearly as much earnings appreciation by age.
In the first section above, we look at the age distribution by occupation—that is, for all workers in a given occupation, what percentage is represented by each age. Another way to look at this is to flip the proportions around to consider the occupation distribution by age. For any given age, what percentage of workers are employed in a given occupation. Earlier we noted that the weighted total for our 11 selected technical occupations represents 2.4% of the population 16 years or older. If we consider the subset of the population aged 18 to 65 working full-time and year-round in the past 12 months, we find that our tech occupations account for 3.3% of this active subset of the working population. The plot below shows us, for each age, the percent of the active working population (full-time, year-round) who work in one of the 11 tech occupations.
The dotted line is the reference point for the entire population, at 3.3%. Ages above this line are over-represented in tech, while those below are under-represented. Tech occupations are under-represented until age 26 at which point they become over-represented until age 48 when they dip below the average again. This may reflect movement from individual contributor to management roles, but we are unable to explore this hypothesis with the ACS dataset.
The EMPSTAT variable records whether each person was employed, unemployed, or out of the labor force in the previous week. If one of the potential manifestations of ageism is that older workers have a more difficult time remaining employed, we may be able to detect that by examining the percentage of those in tech occupations whose status is employed. Among workers 18-65 in all occupations, 83% were employed in the prior week. For those in tech occupations, the percent employed is 91%. Below we can see the employment curve by age.
For nearly the entire working age population, tech workers are employed at substantially higher rates than workers in other occupations. If employability is hard to maintain for older workers in tech, it is even moreso in other occupations. This suggests that workers in tech, given the high demand of the occupation itself, are more insulated from employment fluctuations or ageism than other occupations.
For our income assessments above we have been focusing on full-time, year-round workers to ensure that all respondent's income measures are comparable. However this might be hiding a bias if older workers are not as represented in this group as younger ones. In other words, for each age we would like to see what proportion are working full-time and year-round. Whereas we can refer to the previous section as a measure of employability, here we consider a measure of under-employment.
Among employed workers 18-65 in all occupations, 71% worked full-time and year-round in the prior 12 months. For those in tech occupations, 86% were working full-time and year-round. To me this is quite an interesting finding. Tech workers remain employed full-time at very high rates throughout all stages of their career. As someone well into his mid-career stage, to me this encouraging result suggests that tech can be a bit of a safe haven for us old-timers. For comparison among the professions we examined earlier, the full-time year-round employment rate for lawyers was 88%, and for doctors was 83%.
Tangentially, this touches upon another debate that frequently surfaces regarding tech occupations: that salaries are kept artificially low by collusion, market manipulation, visa programs, legislation and other tactics. These findings suggest that aggregate demand for tech workers is very high, as high or higher than other professions at the top end of the income scale. Yet, tech salaries are well below these professions. Although well beyond the scope of the present work, it may be possible to use ACS data to construct robust measures of aggregate occupational demand and explore why tech salaries appear to be low in comparison to other occupations that have similarly high levels of demand.
The last hypothesis we will consider in this analysis is whether age is a factor in the tech industry rather than tech occupations. The IND variable records the Census Bureau's classification of each respondent's self-reported industry. Again, since these codes were designed to broadly cover all aspects of the economy, there is some interpretation involved in determining what we would consider belonging to the "tech industry".
This table includes the 9 industry codes that will be used in this analysis to comprise "the tech industry". The weighted population count of workers in these industries is 6,986,806, 3.7% of the population 16 and over.
The intersection between our tech occupations and tech industry classifications is significant, lending some face validity to our choices. Of all tech industry workers, 27% work in technical occupations, compared to just 1% for all other industries. In addition, of workers in tech occupations, 41% are employed in the tech industry, compared to 3% of workers in non-technical occupations. The table below shows the full age distribution for each of the 9 tech industries identified above.
The median age is 40 or above in all these industries except for "Other information services" in which it is 39, and "Internet publishing" in which it is just 35. Whipper-snappers! On the other end of the spectrum, "Management, scientific, and technical consulting services" has the highest median age, at 46.
Now let's examine the intersection of tech occupations and tech industries by looking at four more age distributions. In the top row are non-technical occupations, while the bottom row are workers in tech occupations. The left column are non-tech industries, while the right column are workers in tech industries.
In the top left, we have the age distribution for workers in non-technical occupations working in non-technical industries. The median age here is 42. In the bottom right is the age distribution for workers in technical occupations working in technical industries, and the median age is 39. Although the median ages are not very different, it is clear from the shape of the distributions tech workers in tech industries skew younger. In the top left, 35% of workers are 50 or above, whereas in the bottom right, only 24% of workers in tech occupations and tech industries are 50 or over.
The American Community Survey is a veritable treasure trove of valuable information for researchers interested in all manner of demographic questions about the US population. This analysis has barely scratched the surface of the depth in this valuable dataset. Here, we've only made use of 8 variables in 1 sample. There are hundreds of additional variables collected in the ACS in addition to over 15 years of individual samples. The Census Bureau periodically creates special 3-year and 5-year PUMS datasets by combining the individual year datasets together along with providing more detailed geographic coding. These can be especially useful when examining smaller subsets of the population. For instance, our intersection of tech workers in tech occupations has an unweighted case count of 17,949. While sufficient for top-level analyses, if one were interested in further segmenting this group—by education or geography—then it may make sense to turn to the larger 3- or 5-year samples. Finally, the IPUMS project makes analysis of the ACS extremely easy. Anyone can create an account, select the variables and samples they are interested in, and be working on an extract of the ACS data in a matter of minutes.
As promised, all the code used in this analysis is available in this R script: acs2015_age-and-tech.R.txt. The approach I have used is to load the ACS extract into a PostgreSQL database. Years ago I wrote this small python script for this purpose and it still works for all IPUMS extracts. Alternatively, you can use the ACS dataset to extract a CSV and use R's read.csv function to import as an R data frame. | that their instincts could in fact serve them very well. Still, it can be disconcerting to say the least to hear such words being casually tossed about as youthful inspiration. Why is every class of Y Combinator's Startup School filled with fresh-faced twenty-one year olds? Are they in fact smarter than their predecessors? Is software really a young man's game and noone wants to invest in a company founded by 40 year olds? Or, perhaps more cynically, are the fresh recruits of startup school merely selected for by gambler-investors who are more than eager to cheaply acquire the surplus labor of willing smart young hackers who've been sold on the idea that their hundred hour work weeks for Ramen money are going to change the world?
The examples enshrined in Microsoft, Google, Facebook, et. al. reflect a gold-rush culture in tech the underlying current of which suggests that if you're any good you'll be rich by the time you're 30. I think this is a very important and under-studied psychological aspect of ageism in tech that affects both young and old alike: "Why is this 50 year old software engineer on the job market… he must not be very good if he's not uber-rich yet!" I am certain that this mindset affects hiring decisions in tech. When a company is comparing a smart 20 year old with a smart 50 year old, the younger one simply has a lot more potential energy—she could be the next Big Thing! A larger proportion of the older engineer's potential has already been converted to kinetic energy, so there's a smaller chance that the 10x lottery ticket will pay off. Let's hire the young one… she's a "digital native" after all.
It was a joke of course and I certainly don't equate this with actual discrimination. Ageism is a serious matter because it can affect the livelihood and life chances of real people in very significant ways. Does ageism exist in tech? I'm certain it does, given the amount of attention it receives and the numerous examples that surface from time to time. But what do we mean by ageism and how could we observe instances of it? The typical manifestation is in hiring practices—that young workers will be favored over older ones. Ageism may also be implicated in layoffs, where older workers are let go disproportionately more often than younger ones. It may also be evident in salary comparisons—if ageism is more prevalent in tech occupations, then one would expect to see a shallow earnings curve as age progresses in comparison to other occupations. There are of course many other less tangible but nonetheless real manifestations of ageism. Older workers may be passed over for promotions, may be assigned to less prestigious tasks, or their opinions may not be valued as highly in meetings. Because it is such a multi-faceted issue, it would be foolish to assume that any single dataset could be used to prove or disprove that ageism exists.
In this analysis I am interested in examining whether ageism can be detected in aggregate statistics of the working population. Given the need to examine motivations for behavior and employment practices, determining when an instance of age discrimination has occurred is far more suited to case law than data analysis. So I have no illusions that I will convince anyone one way or another with incontrovertible proof. Consider this more an introductory exploration of publically available data brought to bear on questions of age in the technical occupation market of the United States.
The American Community Survey is a block-stratified random sample of US households conducted year-round by the Census Bureau since 2000. It replaced the Census long-form questionnaire and serves as the most comprehensive demographic dataset of US households and residents. Highly detailed tables can be generated directly on the Census's American Factfinder website. Through its Public-Use Microdata Samples, the Census Bureau makes available yearly extracts of the ACS which anyone can use to conduct analyses of their own. Each year, the ACS PUMS dataset consists of a 1% national random sample of the entire US population.
The most recent ACS release is for the calendar year 2015. One of the easiest ways to obtain ACS datasets is from the IPUMS project of the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota. IPUMS offers a convenient extract system with a wealth of documentation about the available samples and variables. In addition, many IPUMS variables are presented with consistent coding schemes across samples, making multi-year analyses much easier than working with the raw PUMS datasets provided by the Census Bureau.
Since I am a strong believer in reproducible research, I'm making all of the code used in this analysis available for your scrutiny. Whether you are interested solely in replicating these findings, or would like to use them as a springboard for your own custom analysis, I hope you will find the code straightforward. The analysis was conducted in R and the code is available here: acs2015_age-and-tech.R.txt.
Before we begin, let's try to enumerate some hypotheses about what we may expect to find in our dataset. If ageism is a significant factor in technical occupations, how might it be manifest in broad statistics about the population? A logical place to start is with the age distribution of technical occupations. If tech truly is a young man's game, then we may expect to find a disproportionate concentration of tech workers among younger age cohorts as compared to the broader working population or other specific occupations. Next, we can examine the earnings curve: as age, and presumably experience, progresses, do older workers in tech gain earning power at similar levels as seen in other occupations? Regarding the employment rate, we can see whether older tech workers are unemployed or out of the labor force at higher rates than younger ones. Perhaps ageism is not so much a consequence of being in a technical occupation, but is rather driven by the tech industry. Thus, we can look at age, income, and employment in the tech industry vs. other industries. We can then go further and segment technical occupations within technical companies to see if there are large-scale indications of ageism in such segments.
It is important to understand the limitations of our analysis given our choice of dataset. While the ACS dataset does provide a rich source of demographic data, in many ways it is insufficient for an in-depth study of occupational status. For instance, while we know each respondent's occupation, as well as other basic demographic detail such as their educational attainment and degree field, we do not know the number of years experience they have in that occupation. We also do not know specific job titles. Thus, we can only rely on age as a rough proxy for experience and must assume that the distribution of experience levels is fairly consistent across occupations.
Now, before we dive into the data, try to answer this question: what do you think is the average age of software developers in the US? Would you say 25? 35? Would you be surprised to learn that the average age is in fact 41? For comparison, across all occupations, the average age for all workers 16 years or older is 42. For those of you who, reasonably, are suspicious of averages, the median age is 39 for software developers compared to 42 for all workers. Clearly there is a slight skew on the younger side but it by no means paints a picture of software developers as being all fresh grads.
Before continuing further, let's take a moment to study the IPUMS variables we will be using in this analysis. It is extremely important to understand the data collection methodology, the question texts and instructions, and the coding schemes of all the variables to ensure that we are interpreting the results accurately. The list below contains a brief description of and links to the IPUMS documentation for all the variables involved in the analysis. The dataset we are using is the American Community Survey 2015 sample. For more information about the ACS, there is a great deal of background information and technical reports on the Census Bureau's project page.
PERWT. The number of persons in the US population represented by each person in the sample. This is the most important variable in the entire dataset so I wanted to mention it first. The ACS is not a true random sample—it is stratified by Census blocks to provide a representative sample of households—so you will not get accurate statistics unless you apply appropriate weights. For person-level analysis, you should use PERWT, and for household level analysis, you should use HHWT. Note also that for any calculation involving variance you should scale PERWT to sum to the sample count (which is 3,147,005 in the 2015 ACS). You can run into all kinds of problems with inflated variance from artificial population weights. Many statistical functions can handle re-scaling of weight variables automatically. For example, in R, the wtd.stats set of functions in the Hmisc package include a normwt argument which if set equal to TRUE will rescale the weights to sum to the sample size instead of the population size. You can also do this explicitly by creating a new variable, which is the approach I have taken in the sample code.
AGE. Person's age at last birthday. In the 2015 ACS sample, the range is 0 to 97.
OCC. The person's primary occupation, for all persons 16 years or older who had worked within the previous five years. The respondent describes each person's job in their own words, and the Census Bureau assigns the response to an occupation category code. For the 2015 ACS, there are 479 occupation codes. For a description of the occupational coding scheme, see this link.
IND. The type of industry in which the person was employed. This is also written in free-form and coded into one of 267 different industry codes. Here is a link to the industry classification codes.
EMPSTAT. The current (prior week) employment status for each person. This indicates for all persons 16 years or older whether they were employed, unemployed, or out of the labor force—neither employed nor actively looking for work.
WKSWORK2. The number of weeks worked in the prior 12 months, coded into convenient categories. Here, we typically filter on a value of 6 which is coded as 50 to 52 weeks (which is meant to include paid vacations and holidays). This is useful when we want to restrict the analysis to only those who worked year-round in the prior 12 months—for example, in income comparisons we don't want to compare people who only worked 6 months with people who worked all 12 months.
UHRSWORK. The usual number of hours worked per week in the prior 12 months. This is also used as a filter to include full-time workers as opposed to part-time. We use 35 or more hours per week as the definition of full-time.
INCWAGE. Total pre-tax salary or wage earnings in the prior 12 months. Note that a value of 999999 is a code for a missing value and must be filtered out of any analysis. In addition, beware that values above the 99.5th percentile are top-coded as the mean of all such values in the person's state of residence. There are many additional income related variables. We focus on INCWAGE because in this analysis we are concerned with earnings among workers in employer-employee settings, rather than, for example, business owners.
Now let's explore the Census Bureau's occupational coding scheme as used in the 2015 ACS. As noted above, respondents write in their own words a description of each person's primary occupation. The Census standardizes this by coding the responses into one of 479 different occupation codes. Note that we don't have access to the raw text entered by the respondents. Nor do we have any say in how the Census Bureau has coded each response. And even though there are 479 unique occupation codes, these have been designed to reflect the entire working economy of the US, and may not make as sharp of a distinction among certain technical positions. For example, there is no code specifically for Data Scientists (maybe next year) and there isn't much visibility into how the Census Bureau would have mapped "Data Scientist" to an occupation code. That caveat aside, the most relevant "tech" occupations are clustered together in the range from 1005 to 1107. The table below reports the relevant occupation codes along with their description as provided by the Census Bureau, their unweighted count in the 2015 ACS, and the weighted count estimating the number of persons in the US having each as their primary occupation. Feel free to review the complete list of occupation codes and include additional codes in your own analysis.
All together, these 11 occupation codes represent 4,549,378 people in the US, 2.4% of the population 16 years or older.
Let's explore the age distribution of these occupations, starting with the full working population for reference.
As we examine these plots, keep in mind the unweighted sample sizes for each occupation as listed in the table above. A few of them have very low sample sizes so the age distributions will be very spiky. For example, the first occupation "Computer and information research scientists" has a sample size of only 215. The most populous of these occupations, "Software developers, applications and systems software", has a healthy sample size of 12,657 and represents a population count of 1,302,041. The age distribution for this occupation is roughly similar to the overall age distribution for all occupations, but there is somewhat of a skew toward younger ages. The most notable skew is among "Web developers", where the mean age is 37.1 and the median is 35. Clearly this new-fangled web development thing is attracting a lot of young-uns.
When sorted by average age from youngest to oldest, Web developers ranks #43 out of all 479 occupations. It has a similar age distribution as Physical Therapist Assistants, Riggers, Childcare Workers, and Customer Service Representatives, but it is by no means among the occupations that skew the youngest. Lifeguards has a median age of just 19. Military crew members, Counter Attendants, Dancers and Choreographers, Cashiers, Athletes, and Food Preparation Workers are some additional examples of occupations where the median age is under 30.
Among technical occupations, Database Administrators has the oldest age skew, with an average age of 43.8. Computer programmers and Computer systems analysts have a similar age distribution. Occupations with similar age distributions include Cargo and Freight Agents, Dieticians and Nutritionists, Dental Hygienists, Pharmacists, and Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters. As far as all occupations are concerned, these rank roughly in the middle, very similar to the overall age distribution of the full working population. The occupations that skew oldest, with median ages around 55, include Motor Vehicle Operators, Embalmers and Funeral Attendants, Crossing Guards, Clergy, and Chief executives and legislators.
For reference, you can find the weighted population count, mean, and median age for all occupations in occ-age.html.
Now let's turn to income, as measured by the INCWAGE variable in the IPUMS dataset. Recall that this only includes salary and wage income earned over the past 12 months. In order to ensure that we have a consistent metric for each occupation, we will only include the subset of workers who were employed year-round (50-52 weeks in the prior 12 months) and usually worked full-time (35 or more hours per week). In addition, we will restrict the analysis to ages 18 to 65. First, let's start with a reference for the entire population of full-time year-round workers in all occupations.
We have a couple of interesting asymptotic looking curves here, with rapid gains between 20 and 30, a somewhat slower but still strongly increasing trend in the 30s, until age 45 when both mean and median become basically flat from there on out. Now let's see how these earnings curves look for out tech occupations.
Again, for reference I've calculated the mean and median earnings for all occupations (full-time, year-round, but no age restrictions) available in occ-inc.html. This table is sorted by mean income from highest to lowest. Among all occupations, the mean earnings is $57,156 and the median is $42,000.
Software developers ranks #23 in the list of all occupations, with average earnings of $104,401 and median of $95,000. In fact, all of our tech occupations are well above average. Web developers has the lowest average earnings in | 3,503 |
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Nyanyas luncheon to help African grandmothers
May 2, 2019 by Lauren O'Malley Community, News
Cindy Grant is hoping to bring new energy to the Nyanyas of Niagara with a presentation by the Stephen Lewis Foundation interim executive director Zahra Mohamed. (Lauren O'Malley)
Cindy Grant joined the Nyanyas of Niagara after she attended a Motown concert the group put on at Jackson-Triggs Winery three years ago.
She says they were able to donate $20,000 to the Stephen Lewis Foundation from that event, and she was so impressed by all of it she decided to become involved.
That's how she found herself on the steering committee organizing a luncheon for May 9.
Grant says Terry Mactaggart and Sandra Hardy started this chapter of the foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign in 2007. She explains that when Stephen Lewis went to Africa in 2003, he witnessed an alarming number of grandmothers caring for their grandchildren, because a generation had been wiped out by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He began the campaign as a way to draw attention to the issue, and to allow people to raise money to support these people in need. There are now more than 240 groups supporting African grandmothers who care for their orphaned grandchildren.
The Nyanyas (a word that means "grandmothers" in Sw<|fim_middle|>over the years it has had so much support it has been able to build schools, daycares, create women's groups, and so much more."
The luncheon starts at 11:30 a.m., and will be done by 2:30 p.m., Grant says. There are door prizes to be won, as well as a few items for sale to raise further funds. Tickets are $45, and all profits go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
If you have any questions about the event or membership, call Linda Carleton at 905-327-1354, or Terry Mactaggart at 905-468-2438.
Cutline: Cindy Grant is hoping to bring new energy to the Nyanyas of Niagara with a presentation by the Stephen Lewis Foundation interim executive director Zahra Mohamed. (Lauren O'Malley) | ahili) of Niagara have raised and donated about $100,000 to the foundation since their inception.
However, last year was a lean one for them. They held only one luncheon, and were feeling the effects of burnout and disengagement. So Grant, Mactaggart and fellow steering committee member Linda Carleton decided to hold another luncheon with a special focus. They have invited Stephen Lewis Foundation interim executive director Zahra Mohamed to speak, and asked her to address a specific topic. "We have given her the heads-up that we want her to talk about how to reenergize the group in town," says Grant.
She says another way to find new energy is to recruit new members. "We need some new blood, and some new energy and ideas," says Grant. So encouraging people to join will also be a focus of the luncheon in the Cellar Room at the Old Winery Restaurant. "There are no dues; members just get a newsletter and invitations to become a supporter at events," she says.
You don't even need to be a grandparent. "We call it 'grandmothers and grandothers.' There are no criteria to join — it is mainly females, but everyone is welcome."
Grant enthuses about the foundation's good work, saying, " | 269 |
"HOW DO I FOLLOW YOU?" (Jn 13:21-33, 36-38): 18 March 2008 (Holy Tuesday)
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On the night that the Lord was arrested, Judas betrayed him, and Peter denied knowing him. As we know, Peter and Judas were among our Lord's closest friends<|fim_middle|> Judas also represent two of our most fundamental drives—our drive for recognition and our drive for control. Peter had such a great need for recognition; that's why he was always rushing into things and making a fool of himself or getting himself into trouble. Judas, on the other hand, was always trying to figure things out and trying to make plans. It has even been speculated that his act of betrayal was a scheme to force Jesus to exhibit his power and reveal himself as the Messiah.
Maybe this week we can let the stories of Judas and Peter raise questions about ourselves and about the way we have been following Jesus. Maybe like them, we too are full of our good intentions and holy desires. Maybe like them, we too love Jesus dearly and are sincerely determined to follow him to the end. But like them we are also quite capable of denying and even betraying the Lord because of our personal flaws. Indeed what happened to Peter and Judas can happen to the best of us.
To follow Jesus doesn't just mean to obey his commands or to imitate his ways. To follow Jesus also means always somehow falling a step behind him, always fumbling behind him, sometimes taking a fall the way Peter and Judas did in their following of Jesus. But the important question is not whether we fail or fall in our attempts to follow Jesus. As Peter shows us, what's important is whether we are humble enough and open enough to the Lord to allow him to pick us up.
Here's a Quick Question for you: "How do you follow Jesus? Which tends to be your style–Peter's idealistic, impulsive discipleship or Judas' realistic, practical discipleship?" Each style has its strengths and weakneses. Think about it, and share a thought, a feeling, or a question.
(image: detail from "The Last Supper" – Judas, Peter, and John)
← "WHY GET CARRIED AWAY?" (Jn 12:1-11): 17 March 2008 (Holy Monday) → "IS IT I, LORD?" (Mt 26:14-25): 19 March 2008 (Holy Wednesday) | and disciples, so it wasn't a very good night for him. Nor for the two disciples.
They both loved Christ and had left everything to follow him. So what happened? They started out quite nicely—generous and determined—but like all of us, they must have made a wrong turn somewhere.
That night at supper, Jesus looked around him and was "deeply troubled." It wasn't just his impending arrest that troubled him. It was also the knowledge that these friends of his would let him down. He knew that one would betray him, selling information about him to the priests and scribes in return for thirty pieces of silver, while the other would deny knowing him at all to save himself. So much for friendship and discipleship.
How does Jesus react to both? Surprisingly, Jesus reacted to Peter in the same way that he reacted to Judas. Certainly there was reproach, but no condemnation; only love.
In one poignant and painful scene in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," Christ falls to the ground as he is beaten by the crowd, but he manages to turn to Peter, who has just denied him three times, and looks upon him with love and sorrow.
What about Judas? During the Last Supper, Jesus offered him a morsel of bread, perhaps hoping against hope, till the very last minute, for a change of mind. Jesus knew he had to die, but it didn't have to involve a friend. When Judas betrayed him in the garden, our Lord kept his gaze on him, chiding him gently with a question that must have been as hurt as it was incredulous: "Must you betray me with a kiss?"
The unexpected response of Jesus caught both men by surprise and elicited the same reaction: Repentance. The Gospel tells us that after Jesus looked upon him, Peter wept bitterly. Tradition even says that Peter wept so bitterly that his tears left permanent tracks on his face. Judas also repented. He returned the money and proclaimed the innocence of Jesus.
But the endings to their stories could not be more different from one another. As we know, Peter was restored as the head of the apostles, and eventually became the head of the Church. Judas, on the other, will forever be known as the traitor who ended his life by hanging himself on a tree.
What spelled the difference between these two followers of Christ? They started out quite similarly, and they both had weaknesses that led each to commit a serious offense against the Lord. And despite their offenses, the Lord offered them both love and forgiveness. So why did one hang himself in despair while the other one managed to find his way back?
Judas and Peter recognized their sins, and both repented. But could Judas have failed to accept the forgiveness of the Lord? Was he too proud, or too blind, or simply too scared?
In "The Passion of the Christ," Judas is chased out of the village by children, and he finds no peace even when he is finally left alone. His despair turns to horror when he turns around and realizes that he has fallen beside a rotting carcass of a goat. Is this Mel Gibson's way of telling us that Judas saw himself as a scapegoat? In other words, could it be the case that Judas did not own up to his sin and he refused to take the blame, passing it on to others—maybe to Jesus and even to God? We will never know, for only God can look into the depths of the human heart. All we know is that Judas failed to accept the forgiveness that was certainly made available to him, and as a result, he despaired so much he ended his life.
Peter, on the other hand, waited and longed for the Lord's forgiveness. We know that he eventually did receive forgiveness directly from the Risen Lord Himself. He owned up to his sin and was man enough–and child enough–to face the consequences.
My guess, therefore, is that what spelled the difference between them in the end is that Peter ultimately relied on the Lord, while Judas failed to do so.
There is a Peter and Judas in all of us. I'd like to think that Peter and Judas aren't just historical persons; they're also archetypes or models of following Jesus. There is the part of us that is idealistic, impulsive, and almost foolish in our zeal to follow the Lord–the Peter in us. But alongside this, there is also the Judas in us–the more practical, realistic, and calculating disciple in us, the Judas in us. Neither is a better way than the other: Each style of discipleship has its strengths as well as weaknesses and pitfalls.
It's probably no coincidence that Peter and | 977 |
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Holding On Loosely is one of those rare books that once you start reading it is hard to put it down – and can never forget.
The staying power of the message penetrates the readers' heart without permission as it invites them into an epic story of loss, love, and redemption.
Holding On Loosely tells the true parable of a man who is trapped and controlled by the prisons the wounds of his past have set up in his life. Such is the ferocious power of the pain he carries that he<|fim_middle|> What?
Pablo Giacopelli is well qualified to speak about many dimensions of life as a successful tennis coach and a trusted life counselor. Holding on Loosely, isn't a typical "How to" coaching book, however. Pablo, drops his mask and gives the reader insight into who he is as a person, and the internal changes that impact his life and relationships. The reader who comes with an open mind and heart, searching for peace, will find there is much here to be caught and not simply taught. | is unable to see the possibilities, choices, and gifts that are within him and often staring him right to his face. His reality remains untouched, though he works very hard around the clock to change it, until a dramatic event inside an airplane at 35,000 feet above the earth takes place. As the plane lands in a new destination so does his heart as it begins a new journey that will continue all the way into eternity.
His eyes are opened to a new reality where he begins to understand how to relax the control and grip over his life as he willingly exchanges the results and the identity he has found in them for a life on the road of grace, where being good and getting it right take a back seat to an enriching and fulfilling love affair with the only one who can love and touch our hearts.
While working in a result driven sports environment he discovers what it means to live present and in the moment as he actively surrenders to the one who holds all things in his hands. His identity and the validation of his life no longer a reflection of his players results frees him to experience not only the best highlights of his career but more importantly the feeling that no matter what happens the integrity of his life and heart are safe.
The journey leads him to the place where he is able to start seeing the much-needed inner healing we all so desperately need. In a dramatic chain of events he is given the ability and courage to face the biggest wound of them all inflicted during his childhood by a father that didn't know any better.
As with all great stories, the experiences Pablo lives through serve as symbols for universal life lessons. The external story reflects the hardships experienced internally by all of us, as we journey to find the true meaning of life, to be fearless and free, and above all else to know that we are loved not dependent on what we do or how good we are but because of who we are.
Most of us struggle through life, as we are totally unaware of who we really are or where we are going. We are unable to neither see nor accept our authentic selves. This inability to see things as they truly are leads us towards the wrong choices and listening to lies that are responsible for shaping our lives into an external identity based on what others say about us and the results we manage to accumulate along the way.
As you journey with Pablo through the pages of Holding On Loosely you will soon realise that this book is not another "how to" book nor another message imposing yet another challenge upon you. Instead you will sense a strange warming in your heart as you find yourself accepting an invitation into a new reality away from the illusion of control, resignation, and a false identity into a journey where you will discover the real you.
Get ready to understand real love, life, freedom, and how well you are loved moment by moment by the only one who can.
If you've ever thought you had to perform a certain way to earn God's love and approval, this book will provide sweet relief and healing for your soul. If you've ever thought there's no way you could read a spiritual growth book, buy this one. It reads like The Shack – one man's story with natural dialogue that carries with it the potential for a breakthrough in your faith.
The immediate impact this book had on my life was unexpected. Pablo's experiences put words to things I didn't know how to describe or maybe didn't fully realize I had yet to work out. Yet here it all was, laid out in a sports environment, completely relatable and tangible. I'm so glad this book found it's way to me, I'm now trying hard to live in the Zone. But not too hard!
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Del Potro knocks out Nadal, Serena in final
Source: Agencies | April 4, 2009, Saturday | Print Edition
ARGENTINE Juan Martin Del Potro scored a dramatic 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 victory over world No. 1 Rafael Nadal to reach the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Big-serving Del Potro, who came back from 0-3 down<|fim_middle|>uznetsova 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. | in the third set, will face Andy Murray for a place in the final after the Briton crushed an injury-hampered Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-1, 6-2.
The tall Argentine takes his place in the last four of a Masters event for the first time with the crowd-pleasing victory. It was also his first win over Nadal at the fifth attempt.
"Maybe it was wonderful for the crowd but it was terrible for me," said Nadal. "I think I played really bad all the time. That's the truth of this match. Later when I was 3-0 up in the third I played worse.
"I had the match, it was amazing disaster," he added.
In an atmosphere more akin to a South American soccer match, Del Potro, who lost to Nadal in Indian Wells last month, was roared on by hundreds of Argentinian fans who sensed an upset from the moment their man broke in the first set to go 5-4 up.
Having served out to win the opening set, Del Potro broke early in the second but then the 20-year-old from Tandil faced the inevitable fightback from the Spaniard, who played some powerful strokes around the court to win the second.
Nadal looked on course for victory when he broke twice early in the third to go 3-0 up but with the fans chanting his name, Del Potro, looking wild in his sleeveless shirt and headband, found the strength to mount a revival of his own.
The Argentine broke back twice to go to 3-3, levelling the set with a brilliant cross-court drive.
Both players then stuck largely to the baseline, but at 6-5 to Del Potro, Nadal had to serve to save the match and found himself 15-40 down after going to the net and putting the ball out wide to the right.
In WTA action, Serena Williams retained the No. 1 ranking by being her sister Venus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the semifinals. The match was the 20th meeting between the sisters, and each has won 10 times.
Serena needed to reach the final to retain the top ranking she has held since February 2. Otherwise she would have been supplanted next week by No. 2-ranked Dinara Safina of Russia.
"I'm excited," Serena said. "I was thinking I'd love to remain No. 1. I think I was more happy about that than winning the match."
Serena's opponent today will be 19-year-old Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who beat 2006 champion Svetlana K | 562 |
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To ensure the best water supply service to the three million inhabitants of the metropolitan area, the AMB has a complex facilities network distributed throughout the metropolitan geography.
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Through an extensive transport network, previously captured and purified water is distributed to users. Once used, wastewater, together with rainwater, is collected through municipal sewers. Sewer pipes network carries such water to treatment plants, where it is treated before being reused or returned to<|fim_middle|>, release it slowly and gradually. It also has anti-DSU systems that avoid water going out of the sewerage system. | the environment.
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Water is mainly obtained from surface sources (81%) of the basins of Ter and Llobregat Rivers. It is also collected from underground water sources (15%) through more than 60 wells, distributed among the aquifers spread across the lower valley and the delta of Llobregat River and managed by different companies.
The desalination plant of Llobregat basin, managed by the public company Aigües Ter Llobregat (ATLL) mandated by the Agència Catalana de l'Aigua (Catalan Water Agency), produces 200,000 m3 of water per day.
Once collected, water is transported to different ETAPs (Drinking Water Treatment Plants). The three main ETAPs are located in Sant Joan Despí, Abrera and Cardedeu, outside the metropolitan area; there are also 10 smaller ones.
Once water is drinkable, it is distributed to 36 municipalities in the metropolitan area, through a distribution network comprising 5,500 km of pipelines and 150 header tanks, which can store up to 540,000 m3 of drinking water.
Wastewater is collected in sewerages that are managed by municipalities. A sewer pipe network connects the sewerage system to purifying treatment plants. In the metropolitan area there is a sewer pipe network of 3,000 km, 300 of which are managed by the AMB, while the rest is managed by each municipality.
In the AMB there are seven EDARs (Wastewater Treatment Plants). The AMB is responsible, through the public company EMSSA, for evacuating, treating and sanitising an average of 11,000 litres of wastewater per second, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.
ERAs (Water Regeneration Stations) carry out the required treatments so as to give water new uses that do not require drinking water: irrigation, urban cleaning, and environmental and industrial uses. The AMB has four ERAs, located in the EDARs of Baix Llobregat, Gavà, Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Montcada.
The sewerage and sewer pipes network, which collect wastewater and have a large storage capacity, have also the function of draining rainwater (specially in developed areas).
Besides, the AMB has a series of infrastructures specifically designed to prevent flooding. Retention tanks and flood lamination ponds accumulate rain water and, once full | 538 |
Where's My Water? 2 Review
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David Oxford · October 15, 2013 · @LBD_Nytetrayn
The original Where's My Water? from Disney was a terrific puzzle game which employed water physics as its driving force of gameplay. The formula was so successful, in fact, that the company duplicated it with the Phineas and Ferb-themed Where's My Perry? and a more recent Where's My Mickey?, based on the newest series of cartoon shorts from the House of Mouse. Each one added its own nuances, twists, and features to make them appropriately-themed to their stars, making them great iterations on a common theme.
So what, then, could we honestly expect from an actual, genuine sequel to the original Where's My Water? game? Would it be good while<|fim_middle|>99. It's up to you whether you think such a price is worthwhile, but… to us, it honestly isn't. That is, unless you're planning to record some sort of full-game speedrun or something.
Free to Play isn't to blame for everything, though. Sometimes the fluids or steam don't seem to react as naturally as you might expect– sometimes it feels just plain uncooperative– and that can lead to some frustration in some instances, particularly when gathering ducks. Again, this might tie in to the item-shilling mentioned above; it's hard to be certain.
Another problem is one which has persisted since the first game: Even on a tablet, it can be really, really difficult to move the dirt just how you want. The worst instances of this come in levels where you must avoid collecting ducks or touching drains/switches at all, and are given an extremely small amount of room to work with. This is exacerbated by trying to draw a line past one of these obstacles, only to have a huge chunk connecting where you're digging to the opening containing said obstacle, ruining all your hard work. Again, more frustration– frustration that can usually be overcome with more work, but still frustration and more work just the same.
One last issue is sure to drive anyone nuts: The disparity of volume. For most of the game, you can have the sound at a comfortable level, but hitting a cutscene turns things up so disproportionately loud that you'll immediately reach for the volume control– only to have to change it back once the otherwise-enjoyable animated sequence is over. Why would no one think this could be a problem? And Heaven help you if you happen to be using headphones at the time.
Water You Waiting For?
Where's My Water? 2 has its problems, no doubt about it, and perhaps more than any installment in the Where's My…? series before it. At the same time, we found that what the game gives by and large outweighs what it takes away. There are issues, yes, but most can largely be ignored except under very particular circumstances, while the others can be worked around. And who knows? Maybe Disney will wise up and patch most/all of these problems away in future updates.
But the core of the game and what it has to offer is great, and shouldn't be missed by fans of the series. If the above issues do indeed turn you off enough to prevent a buy, you should at least do yourself a favor and keep an eye on it– if Disney does take care of these issues, then it becomes an indisputable must-have.
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Fortunately, Where's My Water? 2 is everything a good sequel should be, and more. Unfortunately, the "more" comes in the form of some rather unnecessary additional new features which taint the experience like so much sludge making contact with a pool of clear blue water.
Rubber Ducky, You're the One…
The core gameplay from the original game remains unchanged: Using your finger, you'll draw a path through the dirt and occasionally trigger mechanisms to deliver water to Swampy the bath-loving alligator and collect rubber duckies along the way. Also along for the ride are Swampy's pals Allie, who favors using the power of rising steam to drive her organ-playing jam sessions, and Cranky, who employs the corrosive power of the water-tainting toxic sludge to eat away at the mess coating his next meal, be it a broken globe to a boot to a lost chest full of treasure.
Progression is twofold: First, you need to finish the current stage in order to access the following stage. Then, every so often, you can only break through a gate through acquiring a certain number of rubber duckies in the levels preceding that point. This is where things get interesting.
Most levels feature not only the core level, but also some sort of challenging variation as well. Some will flip the entire level upside down and change the position of the ducks, providing a simple yet potent variation to challenge you. Others place various restrictions on you, such as forbidding the collection of any ducks (though, if the option is available, you can still kill them without fear of reprisal), or changing the makeup of the rock in such a way that you can bore straight through it– while also forbidding you to use any drains or switches found in the level. One single drop, and it's back to square one for you.
Another variation is the Melody level type. Here, a tune will play at the start as each musical note goes to a different place in the level. Your job is to not only collect them all before bringing everything home to Swampy, Allie, or Cranky, but also to hit them in a particular order. Fortunately, you aren't required to memorize the five-note order, which would make things pretty tricky, given the notes are usually scattered in an order which one might find unnatural, at least for the ducks; the order is shown at the top of the screen, each one being checked off as you go. The result is another fun variation on the level, allowing the developers (and players) to get more mileage out of each board encountered.
Then there are the daily Mystery Duck levels. Once a day, a Mystery Duck will not only go into one of the levels, but begin digging around inside. Your goal is to figure out how he moves, and splash him with the requisite amount of water to "catch" him. Do so three times, and you'll unlock a new outfit for your rubber duckies.
In addition to the variations on several stages, there are also special stages which give you a chance to collect six ducks in a single go. What makes these stages stand out is that you'll have to guide the choice liquid or gas through an automatically-scrolling multi-screen level. Your objective is to keep the water on the screen until the end, dodging potential hazards and collecting ducks along the way. These levels are quick and challenging, to be sure, and can even be a tad frustrating at times, as the screen seems to move a little faster than you might be able to keep up. Fortunately, the game is often rather lenient in these stages; though they say "keep the water on the screen," the truth is that if you can keep a good channel dug ahead of the fluid or steam, it will usually catch up on its own, even if it's not visible to you.
Hitting the (Pay) Wall
Unfortunately, while Where's My Water? 2 is a great sequel and does so much right, it's not perfect, and perhaps even falls a little short of previous offerings. The ironic part is, most of this could have been avoided, but Disney instead opted for the free-to-play model.
This game introduces items and hints to help you along the way. One such item will cause the ducks to suck up any water which comes near them, and another will allow you to start a level with the ducks partially full, and so on. These can be handy, though they're not usually required to proceed; however, there have been some instances where it seems like the only way to acquire certain ducks is to use the items. Thankfully, you can still earn a small supply of them in-game, but their necessity leaves a bad taste in one's mouth.
Leaving a worse taste still is the energy meter. New to this game is a meter which ticks down as you play, and replenishing when you're not. Admittedly, we have yet to tap out the meter during a play session (and we played for a while), but having it present at all is just a bit disconcerting. You can win refills along the way, but more wretched is the pay option to do away with it entirely… for $16. | 1,099 |
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Remove to cooling rack and let sit for 5 minutes. Carefully remove cake from pan, turning out onto serving platter.
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Thankfully, the lack of hibiscus coloring does not detract from this otherwise scrumptious cake.
The hibiscus used in tea and baking is not the flower of the plant, but rather the calyx, the red- or magenta-colored part of the plant that forms after the flower has died and fallen off. In Australia, hibiscus is called rosella and is a wildly popular hero of jams, syrups, liqueurs, and teas. It is also considered to be incredibly healthy for you as an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and promoter of low cholesterol, good blood circulation, and regulated blood pressure.
Hibiscus is precious, indeed, for it is tedious work to remove the calyx from the bright green round seed pod. It is well worth the effort, though, as you'll discover with one bite of this delicious hibiscus cake recipe.
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After 2 weeks, strain through cheesecloth, squeezing to get all moisture out. Set aside.
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In the hopes of inspiring others to do the same thing to kick-start their fitness regimens, J.Lo and A-Rod have issued the 10-day challenge to all of their Instagram followers. Per Well and Good, they've also shared their favorite go-to snacks to help them deal with the hunger that accompanies the extreme 10-day diet. Tuna poke, canned tuna, green beans, red peppers, yellow peppers, and sliced cucumbers are on the menu, at least until the challenge is complete.
Almost none of the couple's chosen foods are actually free of carbs, but they're all on the very low-end of the carb scale. For example, Healthline reports that green beans contain 10 grams of carbs per serving, and cucumbers only have 4 carb grams in a single serving. Canned tuna is the only truly carb-free and sugar-free option, which means it's highly likely to be their No. 1 source of protein throughout the challenge.
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This 10-day challenge is starting to get lonely, so we're challenging YOU! Join us ????. 10 days, NO sugar, NO carbs, are you up for the challenge? ????
Today is day three of the couple's 10-day challenge. The Daily Mail alleged that the Shades of Blue star appears to be getting a bit grumpy due to her severely restricted diet. Even if that's true, no one can deny that the results of Lopez's intense focus on physical fitness have paid off.
In fact, it's definitely not common for a 49-year-old mother of two to have a bikini-ready body, and Jennifer Lopez's latest efforts are virtually certain to enhance her appearance.
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Can you imagine having a house<|fim_middle|> our Pinterest boards. | in your kids room? A house where your kid can sleep, dream and play. Imagine more. Maybe a magical children's room, whimsical but not cutesy, a room to grow and change.
Thanks to ladnebebe I've discovered a girl's room plenty of creativity and joy. It's the bedroom of Fasinką and her mother Maja Marciniak is the blogger behind How to catch a star. She's created a space with lots of fun little touches that the kids will like.
If you want to steal the look, you don't need too space, but you definitely do need a good carpenter or designer!
Let's walk up heavenly blue stairs and visit a bright girl's room!
A key feature in this room is the custom bunk bed. What a great solution for small spaces! Fasinką sleeps below and has a play area on the top of the house structure.
You can see, among other details, a vibrant wallpaper from Sandberg used as a headboard and some gorgeous macrame details at the hideout-play area.
The kid's study zone is simple and functional. You can recognise the Micke desk from IKEA, the Bunny Lamp by Lapin & Me and the Ferm Living Dorm Shelf with Fasinką's favourite figurines and little toys.
This little girl's bedroom has a cosy nook perfect for resting and reading and a beautiful dollhouse from Miniio with lots of Maileg rabbits and a cute teepee made by Maja. Have you noticed that the Sandberg wallpaper of the dollhouse is the same as the loft bed?
Finally, a simple white wardrobe is adorned with impressive paper flowers created by Maja. Such a creative mum!
P.S. If you'd like some more inspiration, have a look at our Kids Rooms category or | 368 |
Back in the day, a car is considered to be a luxury but nowadays it has become a necessity. Because it costs so much money when they first bought it, people often have a hard time letting go of old cars they no longer use. It has been said that these cars that are not in used and just stored in the garage could pose a threat to the family so it be best if they are sold or given away. These old cars may look like they are not worth much<|fim_middle|> actually several cash for car programs out there. These programs will greatly help everyone, even if their cars are already too old and seem like it is just made up of scrap metal. This program is one of the best ways for you to dispose of your car in a safe way. The environment is also being kept safe since nothing goes to waste or is thrown to out to the environment.
If you want to be a part of this program but do not know where to buy it, you ought to start by using the internet. These programs no longer depend on ads but rather, they have their own websites.
These programs would be asking for a certain amount of compensation depending on the type of car being sold and the price it was sold. Only very few people know how to put a price on a classic car because they think that anything old is already cheap. | especially if they cannot run any more but if you take a closer look, you will discover that there are parts of the car that could still serve their purpose.
The cars for cash is the most common way for people to purchase the car parts that they need for certain purposes. These parts are often times useful to metal companies. There are some people that use these old but functional parts for their car.
It is very common for people to still want to hold onto their old cars because of its sentimental value. Some people just let go of the car by donating it to someone who needs the parts and others would still try to make money out of their old car.
Finding a buyer is usually not an easy task but if you go with the cash for cars program, it would be a lot easier and you might even earn more than expected. There are | 169 |
Eugene Weekly : Music : 4.12.07
Archive by EW-staffPosted on 02/24/2012
Two Worlds in Harmony
Saluzzi & Lechner meld jazz and classical, Europe and South America
BY BRETT CAMPBELL
Anja Lechner and Dino Saluzzi
Quick, name a bandoneon player! Now, name another. Most music lovers can identify the late, great Argentine composer/bandoneonero Astor Piazzolla as the musician who put the expressive sound of the South American button accordion on the world stage; it became the sonic signature of his nuevo t<|fim_middle|>ing the western states and has just announced that it will headline Red Rocks Labor Day weekend on September 2. Another announcement concerns throwing things at the band while during performances. It seems YMSB's members will absolutely not tolerate this new phenomenon taking place at some of their shows. Unless you want Yonder to wander offstage while here, Eugene, mind yer manners.
YMSB plays at 8 pm Wednesday, April 18 at the McDonald Theatre. $20 adv., $25 door. — Vanessa Salvia
Are You In Or Are You Out?
Archive 10 years ago
If five beach bums tried to surf their way to the classic California rock sound (The Doors, The Byrds, etc.) but instead got lost in a cloud of pot smoke and found themselves at a goth house party, you would end up with something like The Growlers. The Growlers are from Orange County; they like a little reverb on their guitars; there's a little bit of dark soul in their sound; and they do look and act baked much of the time, but that's where the similarities to those other bands end. Continue reading →
Little Shop of Horrors at Pleasant Hill
Just like the herbaceous monstrosity at the heart of this campy musical romp, the cult appeal of Little Shop of Horrors just keeps on growing. But if you've merely seen the movie starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis, you only know half the story. Continue reading →
30 Years of PIELC
ArchiveNews 11 years ago
Tell your friends "I'm going to spend the weekend at a law conference" and they'll figure you are in for a really horrible couple days. But when it comes to the UO's Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), attendees are actually in for some fun and excitement. Continue reading →
Tags: PIELC / Public Interest Environmental Law Conference | ango/jazz/classical fusion. Since Piazzolla's death in 1992, the bandoneon's major innovator has been his protegé Dino Saluzzi, whose atmospheric music lacks the overt rhythmic pulse of Piazzolla's fractured dances but more than compensates with its intoxicating moods. Saluzzi has drawn jazz greats such as Tomas Stanko and Charlie Haden to collaborate with him on albums for the innovative ECM record label over the past 25 years. He's also worked with classical musicians; while recording his award-winning 1996 album with the Rosamunde Quartet, he struck up a visionary musical partnership with the ensemble's cellist, Anja Lechner. They've just released their first CD, and the resulting U.S. tour — his first — starts right here in Eugene at the Shedd on April 18. The melancholy aura conjured by both instruments permeates the European classical, South American folk and jazz elements in their music, much of which is improvised.
The Shedd also hosts Carl Woideck's tribute to Duke Ellington on April 13. The UO music prof, veteran jazz saxophonist and KLCC jazz radio host has enlisted the cream of Eugene's jazz crop — saxman Steve Owen, trumpeter Tim Clarke, pianist Greg Goebel, bassist Tyler Abbott, drummer Kevin Congleton — to play both familiar ("Mood Indigo") and seldom-heard works by one of America's greatest men of music and his cohort Billy Strayhorn. The Shedd hosts more classic jazz on April 17 when it brings back popular singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli to play a tribute to another great American musician: Frank Sinatra. Early in his career, Pizzarelli opened for the blue-eyed one, and his famous guitar-playing father Bucky played on many of the Chairman's classics. No one can match Sinatra's voice or Ellington's orchestra, but these musicians should do the music justice.
Most of the operas you hear about today are 19th century classics or 21st century works by John Adams, Philip Glass, Tan Dun, Jake Heggie and other contemporary composers. At LCC's Performance Hall April 13, 14 and 15, the UO Opera Ensemble and Orchestra offer the rare chance to see and hear a trio of worthy mid-century operas composed in between. Some are so short that they're seldom produced — too much work and expense for so little stage time — and yet their very brevity makes them more accessible to the TV generation than your standard three-plus-hour Romantic marathon. Ralph Vaughan Williams's bleak, stormy (the score specifies a whooshing "sea machine") 1936 setting of the 1904 Irish tragedy Riders to the Sea, a play written by his contemporary John Millington Synge, is one of the composer's finest works, clocking in at just over half an hour. A Hand of Bridge is even more concise: In under 10 minutes, between discards and trumps, a pair of card-playing couples sing about their lives, their fantasies and what they really think about the others around the table. Samuel Barber's jazzy music playfully underscores his life partner Gian Carlo Menotti's wry, witty 1959 libretto. A clever mélange of satirical pop song, musical theater and operetta, Leonard Bernstein's 1952 Trouble in Tahiti superficially recounts a day in the life of a bickering couple (reputedly based on the composer's parents) mired in domestic misery. But, anticipating the musicals of his protegé Stephen Sondheim, it's also a poignant character study in words and music, a potent early excoriation of the vapidity of suburban life — the little white house, the gym, the psychiatrist's office, etc. All three works show how opera can tell compelling stories of contemporary people's lives. On April 25 at Beall Hall, the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble (a group of UO student
performers) will perform a free show of one of the 20th century's most delightful music-theater works: Igor Stravinsky's devilishly sly fable A Soldier's Tale, for three actor/dancers and chamber ensemble.
The Eugene Symphony finally gets back to contemporary music in its attractive April 19 concert. Arvo Pärt's brief, brooding Fratres is, in various arrangements, one of the most performed contemporary orchestral compositions — a modern classic. Fans of John Adams's early works were initially flummoxed by his dream-inspired 1985 Harmonielehre; did it repudiate his accessible minimalism, satirize late Romanticism or somehow try to fuse two seemingly incompatible worlds? Judging by the passionate, decidedly unironic performance I saw him conduct with the Los Angeles Philharmonic last year, Adams's grand vision transcends such simplistic notions, but it's one of the rare works that can appeal to both musically conservative and adventurous listeners. The program features one of Joseph Haydn's most glorious works, his Cello Concerto No. 2, featuring the deservedly acclaimed young virtuosa Alisa Weilerstein.
Centrifugal Forces
Tight harmonies lead group's third CD
BY SUZI STEFFEN
"When it's a clear day in the Pacific Northwest and those massive volcanic mountains pop up, I love that," says Girlyman founder Nate Borofsky. At the time, it's freezing in Brooklyn and 75 degrees in Eugene. Er, maybe that weather will return for Girlyman's visit to Eugene April 15. But no matter what, Girlyman members know how to take the good with the bad and how to deal with change.
Girlyman (pictured), Chris Pureka. 7 pm Sunday, April 15. John Henry's. $15.50 adv., $17 door. 21+ show.
Girlyman, which formed when singer-songwriter Borofsky moved into a Brooklyn apartment with singer-songwriter friends Ty Greenstein and Doris Muramatsu, begins a tour in Seattle Friday night with the release of Joyful Sign. The group's third CD, Sign contains the mix of ethereal harmony and clever wordplay that has earned the group headlining status after several years of opening for acts like the Indigo Girls and Dar Williams. And the group is moving on in other ways: Everyone's getting out of the apartment, which Borofsky says is now "a bit cramped and crowded." Muramatsu will stay in Brooklyn, but Greenstein and Borofsky are moving, separately, to Atlanta. Girlyman plans to stay together, Borofsky says, but the new album signals the change with the theme of the title song: "Leaving is a joyful sign."
On the new album, as on the band's previous releases, Girlyman sometimes sounds like a three-person Simon and Garfunkel (particularly on "Sunday Morning Bird") and often like their folky colleagues the Nields. Wistful slower tunes like Muramatsu's bittersweet "Carols at Christmas" and Greenstein's anguished "Easy Pearls" provide a breath between the bouncy, energetic, often banjo-focused songs that Borofsky and Greenstein write together. But those are the strongest songs on the album, songs that not only belong on any "get your ass in gear"' playlist but also provide moments of transcendent pleasure. The lyrics of "Joyful Sign" play with language and flit from self-reflective commentary on rhythm to wry acknowledgement of being in love with someone "like the sun / You rise and shine, but you're not mine / You shine on everyone." And "Through to Sunrise," which combines words about Sept. 11 with a driving, drinking-song sound, keeps toes a-tappin' even as it acknowledges life's crazy mix of grief and bliss.
One emotional core of the album must be "Reva Thereafter," a song Borofsky introduced at Luna last November by telling the backstory: His grandmother, who was dying, decided that she would control the process herself, and after one last holiday with her family, took her own life. Reva, whom Borofsky described as a vibrator-using, pot-smoking role model, left behind loss and joy. Many people come up to speak with Borofsky after Girlyman sings "Reva," he says, most of them with similar stories. "But the heart of the song is losses, celebrating someone you've lost."
As the members of the group take their separate paths out of what "Through to Sunrise" calls their "Brooklyn dive," Borofsky says, the change "leaves room for something new and exciting to come up."
Punch Drunk Shove
Amandan
If you still haven't completely recovered from St. Patrick's Day, Amadan might be the band for you. No identity crisis here; the six members of Amadan distill fast and furious Irish-Gaelic punk rock with the explicit intention of whipping their audience into a frenzy as frothy as the head on a pint of Guinness. Their press photo kind of makes you feel like they might kick your ass; their music makes you feel like even if they did, it would be worth it and you probably did something to deserve it anyway.
It is difficult to say whether Amadan's instrumental fervor and unapologetically trashy nature do more to orient them as contemporary fusion artists or boost their credibility as genuine practitioners of fine Irish-Gaelic musicianship. Their latest album, Pacifica, stumbles along in the footsteps of its predecessors, Sons of Liberty (2002) and Hell-Bent 4 Victory (2004), all blending boot-stomping, whisky sloshing, reel-heavy pumpers with a few somber, more reflective melodies. And while Pacifica would be a fun album to listen to at a party, it is also worth a thoughtful listen, especially the opening jam, "The North Side," and the painfully colorful ballad "Used to Know."
Anyone with more than passing familiarity with Irish music is probably no stranger to the nameless, almost primordial emotions stirred by the poignant wail of a penny whistle. Longing, frustration, abandon, rage, regret, exuberance, surrender; the Irish legacy is passionately complicated. True to its roots (be they biological or artistic), Amadan is capable of inspiring fans to rowdy excess, but it's far from being just a party band. Like that of influences Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys and most famously The Pogues, Amadan's musicianship evokes the tragically beautiful union of poetry, pride, identity and alcohol. Plus, if you don't go to their show, they might find you and hurt you.
Amadan plays with My Life in Black and White and The Dead Americans at 9 pm Saturday, April 14 at John Henry's. 21+ show. $4. — Adrienne van der Valk
Travels with Cello
Alisa Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein never sought the world of the music conservatory; instead, the 24-year-old cellist deliberately chose an Ivy League college and a tough major, Russian history. Maybe she needed a slight break from the world of performing that began when she was four, but she also felt completely supported in her musical life and wanted something "different." She comes from a musical family (her mother is a pianist and her father a violinist; they perform sometimes as the Weilerstein Trio) and split her high school time between what she calls "regular high school" and the Cleveland Institute of Music. But three years after graduating from Columbia University, she sports a musical career that must be the envy of any aspiring soloist.
This year, she made her New York Philharmonic debut by playing Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto under the baton of Zubin Mehta; in the high-pressure environment, critics wrote, she performed brilliantly. And she's constantly on tour, zipping from country to country and trying to relax by reading, running and burning up cell phone minutes like mad. She loves playing Prokofiev and Shostakovich, but with the Eugene Symphony, she's playing Haydn. Um … Haydn? She laughs. "No, I play it all the time; I love the piece! It's just so joyful and really fun to put together." The piece is the Cello Concerto No. 2, and the audience should enjoy the music along with Weilerstein's lauded skill.
Though it's her first visit to TrackTown, Weilerstein, who calls Vancouver, British Columbia, one of her favorite cities, enjoys the Pacific Northwest and says she's happy to be playing in Eugene. Weilerstein hooked up with the symphony after working with music director and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero in Buenos Aires. "Giancarlo is great!" she says.
The Eugene Symphony's program makes the ebullient Weilerstein's piece look sedate: Arvo Pärt's Fratres, which exists in a daunting number of variations, and, in a contemporary swerve, the dream-inspired and cello-led Harmonielehre by John Adams. The Eugene Symphony plays at 8 pm Thursday, April 19 at the Hult Center. $15-$46. — Suzi Steffen
Listen Yonder
Is Yonder Mountain String Band abandoning its bluegrass roots? Yes, a little, although their press calls it "transitioning." So far, fans love the band's newest non-traditional approach to bluegrass.
Tom Rothrock, producer of Foo Fighters, Elliott Smith, Beck and James Blunt, produced the new record, a self-titled Vanguard Records release. In addition to being the first time the band has used a "rock" producer, this also marks the first time the band has added drums, courtesy of longtime Elvis Costello drummer Pete Thomas, to its standard lineup of banjo/bass/mandolin/guitar. It's also the first time the members wrote (almost) the entire album as a group. With so many "firsts," it's no wonder the band titled the album Yonder Mountain String Band, as if it really were their first.
Rothrock wanted a tune with a spiritual feel, which resulted in "Midwest Gospel Radio." Adam Aijala electrifies his guitar in some places on the album and duels with a banjo on "How 'Bout You?" The track "Angel" is really more folk rock than bluegrass; the fiddle keeps it in the bluegrass camp, but overall, it's rock inspired. Ambient noise manifests on the album's closer, "Wind's On Fire." YMSB has always bridged the gap between traditional bluegrass and experimental ways of approaching acoustic music. With this album, the approach is less traditional than ever.
The band is in the midst of an extensive tour travers | 3,141 |
Angry Young Men
Stuart Holroyd
Colin Wilson: The early years
Colin Henry Wilson was born on the 26th of June 1931 in Leicester, England, to working-class parents. From the age of eleven, he attended Gateway Secondary Technical School. Science was his passion and his dream was to become a great scientist. He also read widely and voraciously, both fiction and non-fiction, and, around the age of sixteen, his interest in science diminished and he decided that what he really wanted was to become a novelist.
Aged 18, he was called up for his National Service, serving in the RAF, but was discharged early after pretending to be gay. In December 1950, he got a clerking job in a large engineering works in Leicester where he seduced the resident nurse, Betty Troop. The following Easter, she realised she was pregnant and Wilson married her on the 6th of June 1951 in the Leicester Registry Office.
London (1951–1957)
The day after the wedding Wilson hitch-hiked to London to look for work. In August, Betty joined him; their son, Roderick Gerard, was born on the 23rd of November 1951. They struggled to find decent accommodation as few landlords and landladies were willing to rent their properties to couples with a baby; they had to move every few months. Eventually, Betty got fed up with this and, in January 1953, returned to Leicester to live with Wilson's parents while Wilson carried on looking for a flat for his family in London.
He wasn't able to find anywhere suitable and soon gave up looking. He found work as a hospital porter at the Western Fever Hospital in Fulham and this included accommodation in the hospital. Taking advantage of his wife's absence he pursued other women including the 18-year-old Laura Del-Rivo, whom he met in the Coffee House on Northumberland Avenue in the summer of 1953. They became close friends, though he failed to seduce her. Through her he met Bill Hopkins who became a lifelong friend.
In August 1953, Wilson went to Paris where he stayed in the room of a friend, Claude Guillaume, who was happy for Wilson to use the room when he wasn't there. After a couple of weeks, Wilson was joined by Hopkins who was looking for a cheap French printer for The Saturday Critic, a magazine he was trying to get off the ground. They tried making money by selling subscriptions to The Paris Review, edited by George Plimpton, to Americans living in Paris, but weren't very successful. Lack of money eventually forced them to leave.
On returning to London, late in November, Wilson stayed for a few days with Alfred Reynolds whom he had met in May of that year. Reynolds ran a humanistic, political discussion group called the "Bridge".
Back in Leicester for Christmas 1953, Wilson got a temporary job in Lewis's department store where he met Joy Stewart, a trainee manager there. They became very fond of each other and started spending a lot of time together. Not<|fim_middle|> of consciousness, moments of ecstasy, of joy, of world-and-life-affirmation, were not only relevant to life but should be the chief object of man's endeavours.
No one, least of all Wilson himself, expected The Outsider to be as successful as it was. By October 1956, it had sold 20,000 copies, earning Wilson £4,000 (Success Stories, p. 146). Working out what that would be in today's money isn't entirely straightforward. The most conservative estimate makes it equivalent to about £85,000. Within a year, Wilson had earned £20,000 (worth at least £425,000 today).
Not only did Wilson make a lot of money, he was also fêted by the literary establishment. His life became one long succession of dinner parties, cocktail parties, interviews and lectures. He found himself spending less and less time reading, writing and thinking; he was losing contact with the ideas and experiences that had driven him since childhood.
On Saturday, the 14th of July 1956, Kenneth Allsop drove Wilson, Joy and Daniel Farson to the house of Farson's parents, Negley and Eve, in Devon. Allsop had arranged to interview Negley. Wilson had met Daniel a couple of months earlier on Saturday, the 26th of May, in David Archer's bookshop. He had invited Daniel back to his flat in 24 Chepstow Villas (Out of Step, p. 129):
He dunked sausages into a dirty saucepan, half filled with week-old fat, which he perched on a small, stained primus stove. While my mind reeled from his conversation, my stomach heaved.
Daniel took the opportunity that weekend in July to interview Wilson; he recorded the interview on his new tape-recorder. When the interview appeared in the October 1957 issue of Books and Art, under the title "Colin Wilson explains MY GENIUS", it did nothing to help Wilson's declining reputation.
On the evening of Tuesday, the 19th of February 1957, Wilson and Joy were having dinner with Gerald Hamilton in their flat in 24 Chepstow Villas when Joy's parents, her brother Neil and sister Fay burst in; her father was brandishing a horsewhip. Not only did Joy's parents object to her living with Wilson when they were not married, but they also thought that he was some kind of sexual deviant. Joy's father had read part of Wilson's diary which contained notes for Ritual in the Dark and mistook them for factual accounts about Wilson himself.
Gerald Hamilton phoned the press who duly arrived. To avoid them and Joy's parents Wilson and Joy spent the night with Tom Maschler. Talking the matter over they decided it would be sensible to leave London for a few days as Joy's parents might make another attempt to drag her off. They arranged to stay with Eve and Negley Farson in Devon.
The following day what had happened in their flat was reported on the front page of the Daily Mail under the headline "Horsewhip threat to 'Outsider' Wilson" and on an inside page of the Daily Express there was an article headed: "Whipping threat to Colin Wilson: girl's parents burst into his flat".
Soon after they arrived at the Farsons' house, the press arrived. They thought they'd have a better chance of avoiding the press if they went to Ireland. On the way there they passed through Swansea where they spent a pleasant evening with Kingsley Amis and his wife Hilly. Journalists kept finding them and there was a steady stream of articles about them for several days. After a week or so on the run they returned to London where Gollancz advised Wilson to leave London permanently or he'd lose his reputation as a serious writer.
In April, they moved into Old Walls, a cottage they'd rented near Mevagissey in Cornwall. Two years later, they bought Tetherdown in Gorran Haven from which they never moved.
I've published a short article about Colin Wilson as well as a couple of pieces about Stuart Holroyd. I'm continuing to research their lives and ideas, as well as that of Bill Hopkins, especially in the 1950s. I am, therefore, keen to hear from anyone who might have any relevant information. Please email me at antoni.dillerREMOVE@cantabREMOVE.net with anything that you think I might find interesting.
Antoni Diller, "Colin Wilson's The Books in My Life", in Colin Stanley (ed.), Around the Outsider: Essays Presented to Colin Wilson on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, [Winchester, O Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1846946684], pp. 242–253; this book can be bought from Amazon.
Daniel Farson, Out of Step, London, Michael Joseph, 1974.
Stuart Holroyd, Contraries, London, The Bodley Head, 1975.
Harry Ritchie, Success Stories, London, Faber and Faber, 1988.
Colin Wilson, The Outsider, London, Victor Gollancz, 1956.
Colin Wilson, "A Memoir of the 'Fifties", in Colin Wilson, The Bicameral Critic, Bath, Ashgrove, 1985, pp. 257–269.
© Antoni Diller (5 January 2017) | long after they met, they regarded themselves as a couple. After two months in Leicester, Wilson decided to return to London where Joy joined him a month later, although they didn't live together at this time. She found a room in Chalk Farm and managed to get a job at Peter Robinson, a big store on Oxford Circus. Later, she studied to become a librarian.
Early in 1954, Wilson was invited to a Bridge party at Alfred Reynolds's house where he met Stuart Holroyd and his wife Anne (née Freeman) who "got rather delightfully drunk and had to be carried upstairs" ("A Memoir of the 'Fifties", p. 264). Wilson got on very well with Holroyd and they soon became friends. Soon after arriving in London from Blackpool in September 1952, Holroyd had started writing for several periodicals, including The Poetry Review and The Stage. In February 1953, he was joined by Anne and they married the following year. Around the time of his marriage Holroyd became Hugh Schonfield's part-time, personal secretary. (Schonfield was a prominent New Testament scholar.) Schonfield took a keen interest in Holroyd's literary aspirations and encouraged him to expand several of the articles he had written into a book. This book, which would become Emergence from Chaos, was started in early 1955.
Since 1949, Wilson had been writing a novel, eventually published in 1960 as Ritual in the Dark, inspired by the murders committed by Jack the Ripper. While writing in the Reading Room of the British Museum, Wilson had met its Deputy Superintendent, the novelist Angus Wilson, who agreed to read the current version. Wilson gave him this in December 1954. While waiting for Angus's comments, Wilson felt at a loose end. Aware that Holroyd was writing a critical book, Wilson thought he could write one as well. He had been analysing "Outsiders" and their experiences in his journals for years. Drawing on this material he was able to write quickly, whereas Holroyd wrote slowly as he had to intersperse writing with undertaking additional research and also with earning a living.
The Outsider was published on the 28th of May 1956 to huge critical acclaim. A few weeks earlier John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger had premiered at the Royal Court Theatre; it was hailed by the influential critic Kenneth Tynan as articulating the core feelings and attitudes of the younger generation. Osborne was 26 and Wilson 24. Journalists began talking of a new literary movement: the Angry Young Men had arrived. Others were soon thus labelled, including Holroyd, Bill Hopkins, Michael Hastings, Kingsley Amis, John Braine and John Wain.
Wilson, Holroyd and Hopkins regarded themselves as being existentialists; they differed from their continental cousins in believing that life had meaning and that this could be discovered in spiritual and mystical experiences. The journalist Kenneth Allsop called them "the law-givers" as they felt they had the remedy for the decline of civilisation, evidence of which they saw everywhere. They hated materialism, conformity, mediocrity and the rigid adherence to religious tradition which had replaced genuine spirituality. Holroyd described their shared philosophy thus (Contraries, p. 16):
If anything made us cohere as a group, Bill, Colin and I, it was a shared conception of man as a creature with spiritual hunger, a dynamic evolutionary drive. We held that mystical experiences, visionary states | 749 |
Pacifica More Challenging Than Pacific
by Leslie Gerber
September 2, 2014 September 1, 2014 by Leslie Gerber
Pacifica Quartet (file photo)
The Maverick Concerts season in Woodstock still has one weekend to go, but the Sunday concert by the Pacifica Quartet was in a meaningful way a season finale. Next Saturday's concert is a folk music program by Happy Traum and Friends (one of whom is crossover artist David Amram), and Sunday afternoon brings a substantial program by the American String Quartet, a Friends of the Maverick benefit to which reviewers are understandably not invited. At any rate, the Pacifica program was one of the most substantial of the summer, including the last string quartets of three major composers, a satisfying conclusion to the season.
The Pacifica Quartet has made a specialty out of the works of Elliot Carter and worked with the composer on its interpretations. It opened the concert with "Two Fragments for String Quartet," works written separately in 1994 and 1999, when the composer was 96 and 101 years old. Each lasts about four minutes. They are not as demanding as some of Carter's works. The first, while far from tonal, is simple, mostly harmonics and sound effects. The second presents small events against a quiet background. It's a safe presumption that the performances were excellent, and they were greeted with surprisingly enthusiastic applause by the large audience.
Mendelssohn's String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80, may be unique among that composer's works. The normally light-hearted composer was devastated by the sudden death of his sister Fanny. He wrote this quartet, his last composition, during the six months between her death and his own. Its lighter moments seem to depict happy musical memories of Fanny, who was also a gifted composer. The overall mood of the work is deeply tragic, almost Schubertian, and it is consistently affecting music, one of Mendelssohn's greatest works. The performance built well and never overdid the tragedy, with the Adagio particularly touching. There were times when the first violin was insufficiently prominent, the important melody almost buried in the texture, but they were fairly brief.
The second half of the program began with Carter's last completed full scale String Quartet, No. 5, composed in 1995. Second violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson gave the audience a useful and gratifyingly concise introduction to the piece, which is in 12 brief sections lasting about 18 minutes. The piece has many Webernian moments, terse if not downright fragmentary, along with some apparent chaos which I have finally learned to let myself experience as chaos and not try to "figure out." Again, the performance was greeted with enthusiastic applause.
During Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16, in F, Op. 135, I felt some carryover of the performing style from the Carter. This was not a bad thing. This Beethoven is on the surface a return to his earlier style, but it is full of radical ideas and some of the kinds of compression we heard in Carter. I thought there was one miscalculation in this performance. The second movement Vivace was played too fast for<|fim_middle|> Frags were written, oh, in the spring or summer or even fall of their birth years, well, lemme get out my calculator and my month fingers ….
Or, gosh, I could google it:
'Fragment for string quartet was composed on August 30, 1994 in Southbury, Connecticut in memory of my good friend and colleague, David Huntley. This short work uses harmonics for the strings throughout, which, I hope, give a poignant character to my musical message. It had its premiere by the Kronos Quartet in New York at a concert dedicated to the memory of David on October 13, 1994.'
Those who give a darn can do the same for Fragment II.
Comment by David Moran — September 3, 2014 at 6:19 pm
Thanks Leslie, for another of your reviews — it was indeed an exciting season, much to learn from and also much to rejoice in as well.
Comment by Alexander Platt — September 4, 2014 at 11:19 pm
Sorry, this comment forum is now closed. | rhythmic clarity, and even players as adept as these could not bring out some of the passages at the speed they chose. I think I know what they were aiming at but I also think the wildness would be better conveyed if we could hear Beethoven's rhythms clearly. Otherwise this was a remarkable performance, particularly in the unearthly beauty of the third movement's interpretation. And as far as the second movement goes, I'd rather hear adventure, even if not completely successful, than complacency.
Four decades ago, when I began to attend Maverick Concerts, people I knew told me the series was probably doomed to eventual extinction. Look at all of these grey heads, they said. When these people die the audience will be gone. Here we are wrapping up the 99th season and the audiences are still there. Obviously we have a new crop of grey heads, including mine. But with that thought in mind I was surveying the audience for this concert and found a gratifying number of heads with dark hair.
Leslie Gerber, who lives in Woodstock, New York, has been reviewing professionally since 1966, for such venues as Performance Today, Fanfare, and Amazon.com. He also publishes the Parnassus Records label.
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Carter was born in 1908, so if the composition dates are correct, the ages are not: they should be
86 and 91 respectively.
Comment by Martin Cohn — September 3, 2014 at 12:55 pm
Got me! I don't remember whether the bad math was mine or the Quartet's but probably mine. Thanks for the correction.
Comment by Leslie Gerber — September 3, 2014 at 3:27 pm
Gotta love cocksure pickiness. Carter arrived at the end of his birth year, December, so if the | 410 |
Independent family distillers, William Grant & Sons UK has confirmed that respected whisky expert Alwynne Gwilt has been appointed as Whisky Specialist for the Ancient Reserves portfolio of whiskies.
Alwynne Gwilt
Alwynne's focus will be on some of the most prestigious whiskies in the William Grant & Sons UK portfolio, including The Girvan Patent Still, William Grant & Sons Rare Cask Reserves, Kininvie and Ailsa Bay.
Alwynne comes with five years of industry experience and is the founder and editor of whisky-focussed website, Miss Whisky. Throughout her career Alwynne Gwilt has been involved with consulting and training in the whisky sector, earning her a place within the 'Top 10 Women in Whisky' as judged by The Drinks Business in 2014, and was named 'International Whisky Ambassador of the Year' at the Spirit of Speyside Festival in 2013.
Jonathan Cornthwaite, Senior Brand Manager for the William Grant & Sons UK Esoteric Whisky portfolio<|fim_middle|> and it has been my passion ever since. Fast forward eight years, and I am delighted to be taking on this role within a company that has such a strong portfolio of rare and unique whiskies. I am looking forward to working with like-minded people who share the same respect for whisky as I do and my ambition is to encourage more people to gain an appreciation for this fine spirit." | said: "At William Grant & Sons UK, whisky is in our DNA, so it is with great pleasure that we welcome Alwynne, with her wealth of unique experience. Alwynne is a great addition to the team and will help drive forward the William Grant & Sons UK Ancient Reserves portfolio."
Alwynne Gwilt said: "I fell in love with whisky during a tasting at Milroy's whisky shop in Soho back in 2008 | 96 |
Q: Thermodynamical conjugate variables In thermodynamics the potentials are typically only a function of 2 variables, say
$$U=U(S,V)$$
with entropy $S$ and volume $V$. I see that conjugate pairs $S,T$ or $p,V$ always have the unit of energy when multiplied. But what is the reason that for example $S$ and $T$ can not be independent leading to the potentials only depending on 2 of the 5 variables.
A: Indeed it is possible to express the internal energy of a thermodynamic system as a function of two conjugate variables. However the resulting function is not as useful as the thermodynamic potential expressed as a function of the independent variables $S,V,N$(in general don't forget N for fluid systems).
First of all, let me remark that it is not by chance that the product of two conjugate variables has the physical dimension of energy. This is a consequence of the energy being a homogeneous function of its extensive variables $S,V,N$. Indeed, Euler's theorem ensures that
$$<|fim_middle|>$ and $N$. Spoiling this result from any practical use.
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U= TS - PV + \mu N
$$
Let's use now the ideal gas as a simple example to show that it is possible to use as two independent variables the two conjugate quantities $P$ and $V$.
$$
U = \frac{3}{2}N k_BT = \frac{3}{2} PV
$$
where use has been done of the equation of state.
Although this expression of the internal energy as a function of $P,V$ provides the correct value of the internal energy for any thermodynamic state, just using the corresponding values of $P$ and $V$, it cannot be defined a thermodynamic potential. A reason for this name is the possibility of obtaining explicitly all the thermodynamic quantities (by partial derivatives). This is true only if a specific set of variables is used (the so called natural variables for that potential). From the function $U=\frac{3}{2}PV$ is not possible to achieve such a result.
The reason is evident in the present case because in order to obtain, say the dependence of $U$ on entropy, one should be able to get it from
$$
P=-\left( \frac{\partial U}{\partial{V}}\right)_{S,N}= \frac{2}{3}\frac{U}{V}.
$$
However, the integration with respect to $V$ of the previous equation provides
$$
U=V^{-\frac{2}{3}}\phi(S,N)
$$
where $\phi(S,N)$ is an arbitrary function of $S | 329 |
In our industry, you could hold a full-time job going around the conference circuit, telling people that digital advertising is just too ... darn ... complicated.
Digital complexity, however, isn't all bad. While there is unhelpful, duplicative complexity caused by self-interested parties and poor decision-making, there is also helpful and positive complexity that is a reaction to a diverse and changing market. Let's use<|fim_middle|> get some measure of loss data or sampled auction data from a DSP, the fact that most of them don't regularly give this data out leaves the buyer in a difficult spot with partial data, lots of anecdotes and an uncanny feeling that the complexity is getting out ahead of them.
Lesson: If you're going to invest, demand the raw data.
My advice and philosophy on digital marketing is to keep trying new techniques (adding complexity), but to be aggressive about measuring and shedding those that don't produce alpha in your business (reducing complexity). The market is not static, and if you push too hard to make things simple, you will undoubtedly be losing out on opportunities that are tailor-made to your individual business objectives.
Also, Mom, if you're reading this: Don't worry. It was just a regular check-up. | a couple of examples to spot the difference between the two.
I was speaking to a digital marketer in the real estate business about a problem that couldn't be solved with existing retargeting tools: Rather than the relatively stable and organized taxonomy of products that most commerce clients provide to their retargeting vendors, his database of listings had fluid and changing groups based on proximity and geography.
To tackle the problem, his team of data scientists discovered that they could score individual listings against propensity for conversion better than existing retargeting solutions, resulting in a real-time, auction-by-user bid price. That's complex, but it no doubt produces better results.
Lesson: Don't be afraid of getting a custom edge in your bidding strategy.
As many have observed, using multiple demand-side platforms (DSPs) often seems to produce better results than sticking with a single one. The ultimate causes of this are probably worthy of a whole other article. But one thing for certain is that maintaining multiple systems and data flows adds to the complexity of the marketer's digital stack.
Where the multiple DSP problem becomes truly pernicious is within the context of the second-price auction. Suppose you have a high-value user segment, like shopping cart abandoners. You sync the segment as fast as possible to your multiple DSPs, and they all begin bidding high for those users.
Guess what! You're bidding against yourself. And, given the second-price auction mechanics, even if you're bidding the exact same amount, this is causing real economic loss because your winning bids are being bid-reduced less than they would if your second bid weren't present.
Lesson: Watch out for secondary effects of your decisions.
Engagement is a very loaded term, with lots of vendors and providers making their own definitions and working to prove they matter.
But what about when it does matter and you can prove it? A new trend in mobile game advertising is so-called "playable ads," where the whole point of the ad is to get the user to try the game. Does playing the game – engagement – matter to conversion and cost per install? Absolutely. The data shows it is highly correlated. Does building an algorithm to predict and deliver engagement really matter to results? Absolutely, yes.
Lesson: If you can prove the results, go for it.
In my earlier career, I focused heavily on rich media and premium branded ads. When you're paying $20 or $30 CPM for media, you want to get the most out of it, and I saw many brands shove so many engageable elements into a single unit that it's a wonder the end user could tell whether it was a banner or a Swiss Army knife.
So when a major advertiser asked me to analyze how often impressions converted into engagement with a clickable social element, I had to keep adding decimal places to the spreadsheet until I saw something that wasn't a rounding error. This is complexity for self-preservation, not results.
Lesson: More isn't more. Test and iterate; don't just add.
In programmatic advertising, data is the lifeblood of a proper trading strategy. But no one is going to tell you that the skills and tech needed to analyze this big data are anything other than – wait for it – complex.
Consider how important it is to see the raw log files on auctions, bids and impressions. The impression (or win) data gives you perspective on whether or not what you're winning is working. But without the auction data, you can't tell whether what you're not winning might be working. To use a simple example, for an app or website that works for your brand, how might your bidding strategy change if you knew the average session depth on that property was very high and you could get the same users for cheaper?
Lesson: If you want better results, you need to work.
There's nothing marketers and agencies hate more than apples-to-oranges comparisons. But that's exactly what they have to put up with when using multiple DSPs with varying degrees of data transparency. While it is useful to | 815 |
The product feed is meant to give retailers an ability to collect basic product data from suppliers and aggregate it into one feed that they can then pull into their e-commerce, PIM or other backend system. It is NOT meant as a merchandising tool to add meta-data, host images that your product pages can call, assign<|fim_middle|> name of the assortment as the data source. | category structure, etc.
To review the fields that are part of the product /catalog Object, click here.
Many retailers use the Assortment feature within the inventory tab to separate SKUs into various groups. The most common use case for creating an assortment is to make sure that only approved items or SKUs are exported to your e-commerce or other system.
Importantly, when you use assortments, you should align the export of item data and their inventory updates with that assortment. You would do this, for instance, if you wanted to curate a set of item data exported for your e-commerce system and not receive all the inventory items available from your suppliers.
Step 1: Navigate to the INVENTORY page.
Step 2: Select the + next to Assortments to create a new assortment.
Step 3: Check the box to the left of the item(s) that you want to copy into an assortment.
Step 4: Select the Bulk Actions drop down and select Add to Assortment.
Step 5: Choose the assortment to which to add the items.
Your item is still available in your main inventory view, the item has only been copied to an assortment.
Step 3: On the second step of the job, select what source data you want exported. From the Source Data drop down, select the | 269 |
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Hello, and welcome to the Wednesday Update.
The plan is to publish this informational blog every Wednesday to give its readers – parishioners, pastors, priests and lay ministers – brief descriptions, announcements, invitations and occasionally, my thoughts and plans about our diocese and the events taking place or affecting our work.
My hope is that you will read it, share it, and use it as a means of staying in touch with the Diocese of Tucson. Wednesday Update readers also can use this link: commenttobishop@diocesetucson.org to email me with their thoughts or ideas.
My thanks to all who were involved in my Installation Mass on Nov. 29. There were so many involved in the Mass planning and who completed many tasks needed for the day: some picked up the visiting bishops and archbishops at the airport, others hosted our guests, and so many others were involved in every detail of the Mass, the music and in guiding people from one place to another.
Our guests repeatedly commented to me on how well everything was done, and I am gratified for both the wonderful outcome of all the work done and even more so for the help of the Pastoral Staff, the Diocesan Choir, the Knights of Columbus, members of the Tucson Police Department and the St. Augustine Cathedral staff for their tremendous work.
KOLD-TV 13 livestreamed the entire Mass on its internet site, and I believe it still is possible to view the Mass by visiting tucsonnewsnow.com. We soon will post a video of the Mass on our Facebook channel as well. I encourage you to visit the KOLD site to watch our own Father John Arnold, pastor of St. Mark's Parish, as he shared professional commentary on each part of the liturgy and on many aspects of the Catholic Church. Thank you, Father Arnold!
This very important second collection will take place the weekend of Dec. 9 and 10. It takes about $40,000 per seminarian each year to cover tuition, housing and related-expenses. Our diocese also has seen a decline in Catholic Extension funds for seminarian education, just as we are experiencing what seems to be an increase in the number of men interested in pursuing vocations.
Last Sunday, we began Advent, the season of preparation for the arrival of Christ, the newborn king. Advent is an appropriate time to assess ourselves and to strengthen our relationship with God. Most often, we have allowed ourselves to drift away from our Lord, and Advent provides an opportunity to renew our connection with our faith. The Gospel of Mark relayed the message that we need to be watchful for the presence of God.
love for each of us presented through Jesus during this Advent.
I visited with the priests of the Yuma/La Paz Vicariate on Dec. 1 as part of my first and brief visit to Yuma to join Bishop Kicanas with the annual Mass for Farmworkers. It was the first Mass I celebrated after the Installation. The Mass at St. Jude Thaddeus Parish in San Luis took place at 5 a.m., a nod to the very early hours kept by farmworkers in their grueling work.
My first Mass as Bishop in Tucson took place Sunday, Dec. 3, back at St. Augustine Cathedral during the festive Mariachi Mass. I met with many parishioners and was warmly welcomed.
I have attended all three days of this week's program for our recently ordained priests. As you may have heard or read in one or more of the recent media interviews with me, I try to be attentive to our priests, and their ongoing mentoring is critical. I enjoyed having time to meet each priest and to talk<|fim_middle|> O'odham Cultural Center and Museum, listened to heartfelt stories from several lay ministers and got overview information from Father Alfonso "Ponchie" Vasquez, OFM and Father William Minkel, OFM.
were Fathers Albert Miranda, John Paul Shea, George Holley, Robert Neske, Alan Valencia, Martin Moreno, Callistus Iyorember, Amana Edoke and Rajeev Bobba.
Omar Rodriguez, multi-media coordinator in the Communications Department at the Pastoral Center, is leaving the Diocese to continue his education. Omar has been with the Diocese for 12 years, and before becoming our diocesan webmaster, was our graphic artist. We thank Omar for his dedicated work over the years. Good luck with your studies Omar!
Please note that Pastoral Center will be closed. | with them at length. The session included a trip to Sells to observe the ministry of the Franciscans in this vast Native American community. We visited Sacred Heart Church, St. Catherine of Bologna and the Tohono | 46 |
Headingley Outlaws promoted for second time after vital win
Headingley secured their second Division One title success in three years after a crucial derby win over Leeds. It was a remarkable season that saw just five points separate top from bottom. After four straight wins it looked like promotion was going to be straightforward for Headingley, who were promoted in 2016 before being relegated from the Super League the year after.
However, after losing to both Bury Saints and Portsmouth Uni Pythons in round three and then to Southampton Stags in round four it looked like Headingley were going to be pipped to the title.
Requiring a win, the Yorkshire club managed to defeat Leeds Cosmos 55-49 in their final match to finish on 26 points. Andrew Kinghorn was named player of the match.
Club founder Pete King said: "It's great to be promoted again. It was an incredibly tough season with the standard of all the teams improving all the time.
"A few years ago we wouldn't have won some of those games, but through the experience they have gained our players had the edge when needed."
Second-placed Portsmouth Uni Pythons could have won the title themselves; however, defeat to Bury Saints in the first<|fim_middle|> points, including maximum points for their victory over Stags in round three. | match of round four gave the initiative back to Headingley. Ending up on 25 points, Portsmouth will feel disappointed to have missed out on their first promotion to the top division.
Pythons had already defeated Headingley, while also managing to edge a 58-57 over Southampton Stags, with Oliver Hughes named player of the match after scoring 18 points.
Stags finished third in the division on 24 points. Stags defeated both Headingley and Bury Saints in round four, but lost to both Pythons and Leeds Cosmos in round three to end their chances of winning the title.
Saints, who started with three defeats and a draw in their first four matches, managed to pick up three wins in their last four matches. Finishing on 23 points, Bury ended with victories over Headingley, Leeds Cosmos and Pythons, the side's run ended with a loss to Stags.
Leeds ended up on 21 | 204 |
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► Five-time James Beard finalist Chef John Fleer has opened Benne on Eagle in The Foundry Hotel, paying homage to the historic neighborhood and often overlooked contributions of African-American cooks to Appalachian and Southern cuisine.
► Asheville's famed Art Deco skyline will get a new icon and a four-star luxury property when Hotel Arras opens. The 128-room hotel will offer an extensive food focus with two restaurants by local chef Peter Pollay.
► Bargello will be a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant with handmade pastas, oven-fired pizzas and large-format meats (roasted rack of lamb and heritage pork shoulder) meant to be shared.
► The second space, District 42, will be a more casual | 175 |
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai is the traditional author of the Zohar, the central text of Jewish mysticism. Though most people no longer regard him as the actual author of the Zohar, it is the spiritual life that he led which is important. Bar Yochai lived for twelve years in a cave meditating on the Divine mysteries.
The passages that lie at the heart of the Zohar are awe-inspiring. They describe a sublime vision of the supernal reality – a vision that could only have come from a profound spiritual revelation. It is the product of a life dedicated to prayer and meditation such as the one led by Shimon Bar Yochai.
According to the tradition, we count the seven weeks from Passover to Shavuot – the time that the omer – the new barley offering was brought to the Temple. Lag Ba-Omer is the thirty-third day of this seven-week period. It is also the day on which Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai passed away.
The Midrash tells us that the Children of Israel reached the base of Mount Sinai on Lag Ba-Omer. Therefore, one can view Lag Ba-Omer as the first glimmering of the revelation experience that was to follow on Shavuot. It is these first glimmerings that are revealed each year on Lag Ba-Omer.
Lag Ba-Omer is a day for contemplating the inner reality. It is a time of a very special kind of inner awakening, when the hidden wisdom and vision stand revealed. This is the reason this day is associated with Shimon Bar Yochai.
Unusually, the Torah uses the singular vayichan for the verb "to camp", instead of the plural vayachanu. The medieval commentator, Rashi, immediately notes this change and comments that the singular form is used because the Torah is telling us that when Israel reached Sinai they were acting as "one man and one heart".
When Israel drew close to the mountain, the awareness arose within each of them of the special spiritual bond that they all shared. Suddenly, they realized that we not just a group of separate individuals, rather they were all one spiritual body – one Soul.
The Alexander Rebbe points out the Hebrew word vayichan – to camp can also be read as vayichain – to be filled with grace. As soon as they reached the base of Mount Sinai, the light of God's grace began to shine upon Israel.
This Divine illumination transported the Children of Israel so that they no longer saw themselves as simply a people or nation, but as a spiritual community with a unique purpose and mission within the Plan of God.
We cannot attain such a vision by intellectual reasoning or emotional feeling. It comes as a result of the direct experience of the higher reality. Therefore, it must be pursued by following an inner path like the Kabbalah, for only such a teaching can lead us to the supernal worlds of unity and oneness. This is another reason why Lag Ba-Omer is linked to Shimon Bar Yochai.
According to the tradition, the Omer is a time of mourning and reduced celebration. In the Talmud, (Yebamot 62B) we are told that we observe this time of mourning because twenty thousand students of Rabbi Akiva died in a plague during this period. On Lag Ba-Omer, however, the plague miraculously stopped. Since then, Lag Ba-Omer has become a day of special rejoicing.
Why did the plague stop on Lag Ba-Omer?
The Alexander Rebbe explains that the answer lies hidden in the special spiritual quality of this day.
According to the Kabbalistic tradition, each day of the Omer is connected to a combination of two of the seven sefirot from chesed to Malkhut. Each week is linked to one particular sefirah, and each day of the week is linked to one sefirah. We begin with the seventh level of the seventh sefirah and descend until<|fim_middle|> and opened the door to reconciliation and healing.
Lag Ba-Omer is a day of Divine grace. It is a time of touching the higher wisdom. It is a day to see the beauty and splendour of Israel. Lag Ba-Omer is a moment of blessing when we can see beyond the appearances of external reality and discover the higher truth that lies within. | the last level of the first sefirah. This progression reflects the descent of the Divine Presence from the higher realm down into the physical. The first day, therefore, is chesed shebechesed – the mercy of mercy, and the last day is malkhut shebemalkhut – the kingship of kingship.
The particular combination of sefirot for Lag Ba-Omer is hod shebehod – the splendour of splendour. When the energy of hodshebehod flows into our consciousness, we experience the majestic splendour of the inner realm. This Divine splendour is then reflected, in turn, in everyone and everything that we see.
The passage in the Talmud that tells us about the plague also states that the plague occurred because the students of Rabbi Akiva did not show each other love and respect. The reason that they behaved in this manner, the Alexander Rebbe suggests, was because they related to each other as personalities. When a large group of individual personalities live and compete together, friction and resentment are bound to arise.
On Lag Ba-Omer, however, the energy of hodshebehod poured into the hearts of the students, so that they saw each other not as personalities but as souls. This immediately transformed their interaction | 266 |
Sean walked down the street. It was a cold night and scattered rain was pelting the city, yet he was wearing a light, short sleeve t-shirt and jeans.
All of him was soaking wet and his clothes clung to his body and his shoes were soaked through. He stopped under a large window and looked into the bar on the other side. Despite the rain there were a decent number of people inside having dinner and drinks.
Sean took a deep breath and stepped inside. The bar was air conditioned and as Sean entered he noticed, for the first time, that his clothes were sopping wet as the chilled air hit his body.
Rain was dripping out of his hair and down his face and he sniffled as a drop ran off his nose. He looked around, over the heads of the crowd, and saw his brother near the back talking to two of the waitresses. Sean smiled and watched Robby as he managed the place, and he found himself staring for far longer than he intended before someone jostled him trying to get by and he remembered the crowd.
He breathed in and coughed as the cold air shook his lungs and he found a seat at the bar. He nodded at the bartender and got a bottle of beer. He felt the cool glass against his palm<|fim_middle|> to expect from Mr. Devon.
What a great concept. Like others, I expected a time travel element, but I was so certain of it that it set me up to be blasted by the reveal. Just the image of the old man's hands makes this story shine. The only real thing this story needs is more readers. | and without taking a drink he hunched over the bottle.
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"Sean-boy!" he heard his brother yell, and he turned around to face him. Sean was the younger brother, and even now, in their twenties and only a few years apart, Robby managed to keep his position as the elder in place. He was wearing a simple white shirt and jacket, but he still held his body like he was managing the bar and everything in it, Sean included. Robby's eyes registered shock at the state of Sean's clothes and he winced.
"Sean, you're soaked," Robby said, his voice loud over the low hum of the bar.
Sean's eyes passed over Robby's face, flickering over it, studying it. "Doesn't matter," Sean said, smiling a little listlessly at his older brother.
Robby fumed lightly and picked up the towels and began patting at his brother's head. Sean tried to shy away but gave in and grabbed the paper towels from his brother and tried to dry himself off, a difficult task as drops continued to roll out of his hair and down his neck and face.
Sean could feel his older brother's eyes on him. "Robby…" he started.
"Come on!" Sean yelled. "I just told you I figured it out! It works!" Sean struggled to get a reaction from his brother.
"It's too late, man," Robby said.
"How is it too late?! I told you it's working!" He reached a hand out and put it on Robby's shoulder, pulling him in conspiratorially. "Robby…" Sean said, his voice husky in awe of what he was saying. "Robby…fully immersive, biometrically enhanced virtual networking with artificial intelligence. Robby…" Again Sean's voice grew husky and he trailed off, just shaking his head, the import of what he was saying halting him in his tracks.
Robby reached out and grabbed Sean's arm, gripping it a little harder than necessary he turned it so Sean's forearm was showing. Even in the dim bar there were very clear markings up and down Sean's skin, a strange pattern of lines and circles about an inch in diameter.
"You're experimenting on yourself, again?" Robby asked.
Sean's face was hurt, a few more drops of rain trickled down from his scalp as his excitement melted away.
"I didn't think you'd be this way," Sean said hollowly.
"I figured it out. None of this matters," Sean ran his hand over his hair and flicked some more water away.
The sound of crashing glass filled the air and the brothers looked over to see a waitress kneeling over a dropped tray of glasses. A drunk was wobbling over her, trying too hard to apologize. Some other clients had gotten spilled on and were looking upset.
Sean stared after his brother as he disappeared towards the back of the bar to manage the mess.
"We have time now," he managed weakly.
"Mary-Kate!" Sean spun on his stool. He was facing a cute girl with long red hair who was staring at him, shaking her head. "I didn't ignore you. I told you to come here right, right?" Sean asked.
"I didn't think he'd actually…" Sean trailed off, his eyes growing puzzled.
"Oh, you really do have that cute little face down." Mary-Kate said, and she brushed her fingertips over his cheek, kindly, but distantly.
"No one is listening," Sean said, getting angry. "You all aren't listening. We. Have. Time. Now." And like he was trying to drive a point right into the bar itself, he slapped his palm against the wooden top with each enunciated word.
He reached out for her, desperate, but she disappeared into the rear of the bar. He leaned his head back and let out a groan of frustration, then sat in his barstool and stared off into space. His face went numb and his eyes tracked nothing in the room.
More rain ran fell through his hair and a few drops ran down to the tip of his nose before falling to the floor.
Sean's mouth fell open and the flesh up and down his arms became covered in goosebumps. "No," he said throatily as he turned towards the voice.
"Mom? Pop?" he asked, staring at the figures of his dead parents standing in front of him.
"No," he said, his face getting angry. "No no no no NONONONO!" he grew louder with each repeat of the word, condemning everything he saw, screaming out at the entire bar as he reached up to his eyes and clawed at something there.
In the sterile neon light of his lab he ripped the virtual reality goggles off of his face, blinking hard as he gasped. He set the heavy, intricate eye-wear down on his desk. He held up his forearm and stripped off the biometric sensory input device, a long strip of cable with circles stemming off from it in all directions.
He was old, much older than he had been in the simulation. His hands were wrinkled and papery as he flung the biometric devices aside he gasped and sat still for a second. Then he broke down sobbing in his chair.
He fought to get himself under control, ancient memories of his brother and girlfriend and parents slowly fading back into the past, their memories growing distant again.
He stood up, slowly, his body hunched with age, and he walked towards the bathroom to splash some water on his face.
On his desk sat a digital picture frame that flashed old photos of his life from decades before. There were a number of images of him as a kid at his brother's bar opening, and him with his parents before the accident. There were a few shots of old girlfriends long gone and a friend or two that he had lost track of decades ago as he labored away at his desk.
He returned, tired and joyless, and sat down and began typing notes into the computer concerning his last test run.
"Rain far too persistent in hair once proper cover from the elements has been found," he typed, one hand absently reaching up to his silvered hair when the sentence was done. He stared hard at the screen as one last sob struggled to escape his mouth, causing his chest to hitch as he forced his lips together, banishing it altogether in order to get back to work. Once it was gone and he felt back in control he resumed typing.
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This has a very nearly perfect last line. As it stands, it sells the entire story pretty darn well and makes the journey worthwhile. I'm just wondering if, having established his level of emotional control in the previous paragraph, you need to tell us he's staring "coldly"? Or even that he's doing it with his eyes, come to that. These are things we already know.
Other than that, the build up to the reveal is excellent. I believe the characters, even though they're sketches, because we're seeing them through the protagonist's eyes and he filters everything. If they seem a little hastily drawn, the simple fact of his detachment explains it.
My spidey-sense started tingling when he started talking about having time now, but the VR reveal isn't the story. That comes at the very end, when Joseph reveals he's drawn a portrait of an obsessive and the damage obsession can do.
Obsession is the root of all mad science, but it is usually buried under tech and magic tricks. I love that this story has it out in the open. Even before you know it's a simulation you see Sean losing control. He needs the moment, he needs their time, he needs everyone to stop moving forward. His life shattered in an instant and he refused to heal like they have.
The twist wasn't out of left field, I knew it had to be time machine or sim related because of what he kept saying but I liked it. He made the simulation too well, but now his life has truly passed him by. A sad story but a very strong one.
Please forgive my proof reading. Words are still playing tricks on my eyes.
Man this one hit hard for me. The image of an old man trying to relive the glory days that have long since passed him by is so powerful. The little details really sold it, the fact that he wasn't dressed for the rain, the towels not having their intended effect, it all planted the seeds of something being not quite right without laying it on too thick. I also found it fascinating that the simulation he had made was still out of his control, a common trope in mad scientist stories, but employed with great effect here.
The only problem I had with the story was that I was a little confused when the narrative left Sean's point of view and got into Robby's head. It seemed like those sequences broke the flow of the story a little bit, and once we get to the twist I'm not sure they even make sense.
All in all, this was a great story, full of the poignant power I've come | 2,026 |
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Q: Difficult integral $\int_0^{\infty} \frac{x^{n-1}e^{-x}}{(n-1)!}e^{-x/n}dx$ I am having issues computing the following integral, $$\int_0^{\infty} \frac{x^{n-1}e^{-x}}{(n-1)!}e^{-x/n}dx.$$
The problem I have is that I cannot figure out a way to get "the $x$" to disappear. So I have tried the following:
$$I\cdot(n-1)! = \int_0^{\infty} x^{n-1}e^{-x(1+\frac{1}{n})}dx = \left[ \frac{x^{n-1}e^{-x<|fim_middle|>xi^{n-1}e^{-\xi}d\xi=(n-1)!=\Gamma(n)$$
is the gamma function.
So,
$$\frac{1}{(n-1)!}\int_{[0, \infty)}x^{n-1}e^{-x(1+1/n)}dx=\Big(\frac{n}{n+1}\Big)^{n}$$
| (1+\frac{1}{n})}}{\frac{1}{n}+1} \right]_0^{\infty} + \frac{n-1}{1+\frac{1}{n}} \int_0^{\infty} x^{n-2}e^{-x(1+\frac{1}{n})} dx,$$
etc. This is the only way I can think of, but clearly it is not working since it just keeps going. I had some idea that perhaps at some point we would have $x^{n-n}$ in the expression, but I don't know how to make that happen or if that is a good idea.
The answer is supposed to be (I hope) $\left(\frac{n}{n+1}\right)^n$.
A: $$\frac{1}{(n-1)!}\int_{[0, \infty)}x^{n-1}e^{-x(1+1/n)}dx$$
Let $n\xi=x(n+1)$, then the integral becomes
$$\frac{1}{(n-1)!}\frac{n}{n+1}(\frac{n}{n+1})^{n-1}\int_{[0, \infty)}\xi^{n-1}e^{-\xi}d\xi$$
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The Museum will focus on promoting Palestinian culture in the Arab world and internationally; creating the environment for free and innovative intellectual and creative endeavour; advocating for the use of cultural tools for educational purposes; strengthening a sense of unifying national identity; and fostering a culture of dialogue and tolerance.
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The Palestinian Museum was designed as a transnational institution, capable of overcoming geographical and political boundaries to reach Palestinians within historic Palestine and beyond. Its digital collections and online platforms, alongside its network of local and international partnerships, will allow for the sharing of skills, resources, programmes and exhibitions with individuals and institutions worldwide.
In 1997, members of Taawon-Welfare Association wanted to create a museum dedicated to the memory of the Nakba in order to document the catastrophe that shaped the history of modern Palestine as a result of the expulsion from their homeland of more than 60 percent of the country's Arab inhabitants. With time, however, this idea evolved so that the Museum no longer only focusses on the Nakba, but is now planned as an institution that can celebrate Palestine's culture more broadly. The Museum aims to do this through a series of innovative and creative programmes that will allow its | 356 |
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While other clubs focus on the latest in electronic dance music, The Cuckoo Club embraces its rebellious roots and fills the dance floor with an intoxicating mix of contemporary and classic rock acts. With such high-caliber talent on board and an incredible rock-chic vibe, it's easy to see why The Cuckoo Club is setting the standard for the London nightlife. | Macpherson, Jools Holland, Alice Temperley and Joseph Fiennes.
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GONITRO™ to Participate in First-of-its-Kind Comparative Effectiveness ISCHEMIA Clinical Trial Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 19, 2017) – Espero Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage cardiovascular pharmaceutical company, will donate GONITRO™ (nitroglycerin sublingual powder) to the ongoing International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) clinical trial and to the ISCHEMIA-Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) ancillary trial. The company's executives provided an update during last week's annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California.
The ISCHEMIA Trial is a randomized controlled trial studying 8,000 patients with stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD) and moderate to severe ischemia. The study is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It has 336 enrolling sites in 35 countries worldwide, with 126 sites in the US.
The primary aim of the ISCHEMIA trial is to determine whether an initial invasive strategy of cardiac catheterization followed by stent or bypass surgery, if appropriate, plus optimal medical therapy will reduce cardiovascular death or nonfatal myocardial infarction as compared with a conservative strategy of initial optimal medical therapy, with cardiac catheterization reserved for those who fail medical therapy. An additional <|fim_middle|>0-700 patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (eGFR <30 or dialysis) are being randomized in the NHLBI-funded ISCHEMIA-CKD ancillary trial.
"We are excited GONITRO™ has been selected to participate in the landmark ISCHEMIA Trial to determine the optimal way to manage SIHD," said Quang Pham, Chief Executive Officer of Espero Pharmaceuticals. "The current practice guidelines state that all patients suffering from SIHD should be prescribed a short-acting nitrate for angina."
"We are appreciative of the donation made by Espero Pharmaceuticals," commented Judith S. Hochman, MD, Chair of the ISCHEMIA Trial, the Harold Snyder Family Professor of Cardiology, associate director of the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences at NYU Langone Medical Center. "Short-acting nitrates are important to our patients and trial," said David Maron, MD, the trial's Co-Chair and Principal Investigator.
GONITRO™ is a recently approved short-acting nitrate in a patented, stabilized crystal granule form available in single dose packets for acute relief of an attack or prophylaxis of angina pectoris due to coronary artery disease. Each individual packet of GONITROTM contains 400 mcg of nitroglycerin. Additional information about GONITRO™ can be found at www.gonitrorx.com.
About Espero Pharmaceuticals
Espero Pharmaceuticals, Inc., www.esperopharma.com, is a commercial-stage cardiovascular pharmaceutical company engaged in maximizing the commercial value of proven treatments that improve the quality of life for patients. Espero is focused on compounds with proven safety and efficacy administered via novel delivery solutions in the cardiovascular and other specialty therapeutic categories. Through Jacksonville Pharmaceuticals, its wholly owned subsidiary, the company markets and distributes selected generic pharmaceutical products including the authorized generic version of Nitrolingual® Pumpspray (nitroglycerin lingual spray).
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A landmark birthday is being celebrated this month by a community project which has gone 'from strength to strength'.
Re:charge is marking 10 years of helping young people, parents and families in Maidenhead who are facing difficult situations.
The cafe is run by the Christian charity The Bridge Trust. It opened in Queen Street in November 2<|fim_middle|> young people use its youth services.
Mother-of-one Hilary, whose background is in marketing and PR, said one of the best parts of her job is 'seeing lives change'.
But she added: "It doesn't stop when you walk out the door. There are times when you go home and you have sleepless nights."
A team of eight trustees and about 25 volunteers are involved in keeping the project running, at a cost of about £100,000 per year.
Some of the money comes from local trusts and churches, but a lot of fundraising is also required.
Hilary thanked everyone for their help over the last decade, but added: "We always need more support."
As part of the celebrations, Re:charge is holding a music quiz night at St Piran's School on Saturday from 7pm. Tickets cost £12 and include a fish and chip supper.
An open evening for parents to see its youth facilities is due to take place on November 20 from 6-9pm, and an open day with coffee and cake is being organised for November 24 from 11am-4pm, both at its King Street base.
To buy tickets for the quiz or to support Re:charge call 01628 789845. | 002 before moving to King Street about six years ago.
Service manager Hilary Bone says it offers a place of safety and freedom for people affected by a variety of issues including teenage pregnancy, homelessness and relationship breakdowns.
"There's always a need for us here. And the need seems to be growing," she said. "We've gone from strength to strength."
Hilary, 51, said a large part of its work is about helping to build people's self confidence and self esteem.
An average of 80 families come through the Re:charge doors each year and last year saw about 400 | 127 |
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Baptist University of the Americas was awarded 4 badges in the 2021 rankings.
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The student to faculty ratio at Baptist University of the Americas is an impressive 8 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
The full-time faculty percentage at Baptist University of the Americas is 26%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
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18% On-Time Graduation Rate
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When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Baptist University of the Americas is 18%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
On-Time Graduation Rate 18 out of 100
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4% Take All Classes Online
In 2017-2018, 44 students took at least one online class at Baptist University of the Americas. This is an increase from the 41 students who took online classes the previous year.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 154 undergraduates at Baptist University of the Americas with 113 being full-time and 41 being part-time.
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With an overall score of 19.33 out of 100, Baptist University of the Americas is one of the least diverse schools in the nation.
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Betting pool
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Betting pools (or ship's pools) were a form of gambling which involved betting on the outcome of both gaming and non-gaming events.
The engineering crew of Enterprise NX-01 had a pool in which<|fim_middle|>: "Meld")
In 2375, a betting pool was established on when the missing Ezri Dax and Worf would return to the station. Morn won the pool by guessing the exact day of their return and by missing their arrival time by only two hours. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil")
Following the end of the Dominion War and the death of Winn Adami, Quark's weekly betting pool was one who the next Bajoran kai would be. Quark considered it a wide open field, but noted that the smart money was on Vedek Ungtae. Upon learning this, Kira Nerys imposed an immediate station regulation that made betting pools of any kind illegal. She reinforced the regulation by stating that if she caught anyone making a bet on the station, Quark would spend fifteen days in a holding cell. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
When solely navigating the USS Voyager through a nebula while the rest of the Voyager crew was in stasis, Seven of Nine hallucinated that Tom Paris said he was taking bets on how long she would last. (VOY: "One")
On Voyager, after B'Elanna Torres experienced false labor numerous times, Harry Kim started a pool to see who could guess the actual date and time of birth. Kathryn Janeway told Chakotay to tell Kim to put her down for the following Friday at 2300 hours. When Torres actually did go into labor, her husband, Tom Paris, speculated that he might win the pool, as he had picked that day at 1500 hours. (VOY: "Endgame")
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Retrieved from "https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Betting_pool?oldid=2173486" | they tried to guess how far the ship would travel each day. Tucker once asked temporal agent Daniels for a tip on the following day's distance, but Daniels said they didn't monitor events that closely. (ENT: "Cold Front")
During his brief visit to the mirror universe in 2267, Dr. Leonard McCoy was appalled by what he found, calling his sickbay a "Chamber of Horrors", further describing that his counterpart's assistants "were betting on the tolerance of an injured man," specifically, "how long it would take him to pass out from the pain." (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
In 2364, Worf noted to Natasha Yar that she was heavily favored in the ship's pool during her martial arts competitions against Science Officer Swenson and Lieutenant Minnerly. Surprised that Worf bet on her he stated that it was "a sure thing." (TNG: "Skin of Evil")
When William T. Riker of the USS Enterprise-D played Strategema against Sirna Kolrami, Worf wagered heavily in the ship's pool that Riker would take Kolrami past the sixth plateau. (TNG: "Peak Performance")
Quark was often heading up betting pools for events on and around Deep Space 9.
In 2369 a Bolian woman cheated in such a game as she placed her wager not onto the green line after the play was completed. Quark threw her out of his bar. (DS9: "Captive Pursuit")
The same year Quark wagered five bars of gold latinum at Sisko during the boxing fight between Sisko and Q. Vash accepted this bidding. (DS9: "Q-Less")
Quark did again a betting pool and collected latinum from several individuals including Morn when Jadzia Dax was accused of murder and treason and the hearing was placed at Quark's Bar. (DS9: "Dax")
In 2370, Quark created a betting pool on a game of racquetball between Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien. The competition was slated as "the grudge match of the galaxy" featuring "the Mechanic versus the Doctor." Quark, who served as their exclusive promoters, offered to donate half of the house's winnings to the Bajoran Fund for Orphans. Prior to the competition, it was revealed that all the bets were on Bashir. Quark attempted to persuade Bashir to throw the game into O'Brien's favor, stating that if Bashir won, then there would be no profits to donate. (DS9: "Rivals")
Quark tells Odo about his role in the pool
Quark also often ran a popular pool, which he called the "Manhunt Pool", whenever any unusual crimes were committed on the station. This allowed people to bet on how long it would take Odo to apprehend the guilty party. (DS9: "Crossfire")
This pool was the subject of the Strange New Worlds 2016 short story "The Manhunt Pool (β)".
While in a coma, Bashir was trapped inside his mind, with the station representing his body and various people representing parts of his psyche. Naturally, Quark represented his greed and took bets on everything from which organ would fail to how long the doctor had to live. (DS9: "Distant Voices")
In 2372, Tom Paris organized the Paris Radiogenic Sweepstakes in which replicator rations were bet on the radiogenic particle count. Chakotay considered this inappropriate behavior for an officer and put an end to it. (VOY | 753 |
It is our aspiration at St Michael's that every child will flourish intellectually, musically, physically and spiritually. We share your high hopes and expectations, as pupils settle into the middle years, developing a good work ethic and growing in confidence.
The essential foundations in English and<|fim_middle|> units are enjoyed, exploring scientific, historical and geographical themes. Specialist lessons are taught in Art, Music, RE and introductory Spanish.
In Years 5 & 6, subject teaching becomes more defined. Specialists teach Art, Music, RE and Science; Spanish is allocated three 45-minute lessons per week.
Many pupils in the middle school choose to learn a musical instrument or take speech & drama lessons. Pupils enter academic competitions such as ICAS, the Otago Problem Challenge and Australian Maths.
Each pupil participates in the Friday afternoon sport programme which, during the winter, involves playing a team sport in the Canterbury Primary Schools' Sport competitions in Hagley Park. All pupils from Y4-8 participate in Outdoor Education camps each year. | Mathematics continue to be taught thoroughly. Time spent reading and learning times-tables is invaluable and a great way for parents to join in. Homework is given.
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Wildly successful at introducing a line of high quality audiotape recorders, Ampex Corporation had been working on and off getting much wider-bandwidth, broadcast video signal onto magnetic tape.
After trying audio recorder-like "run the tape across the record/play head" designs like RCA, Bing Crosby Enterprises, the BBC and several others were attempting, Ampex engineers tried running the head across the tape.
Early trials with three heads on a spinning disc, then further thinking and experimentation lead to mounting four heads on a disc, rotating them vertically across the two-inch tape, as the tape moved horizontally past the spinning head.
Ampex Mark X Video head showing curved headwheel and one of four head tips.
The story of the development of "transverse" scanning is outlined by Fred Pfost, one of the six engineers working on the project.
By March of 1955, results from this approach and improved signal systems were good enough for the team to tell executives they could have a working system in a year.
The Mark III was an engineering model, in a functional housing.
The Mark IV was the "presentation" model, housed in a sleek console with its two racks of tube-type circuitry nearby.
The Mark IV was shipped to Chicago for a surprise showing to CBS network and affiliated station personnel.
The Ampex MarkIV 2″ Quadruplex recorder prorotype as it was unveiled to a select group of CBS network people and affiliates and during a private showing at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Chicago in April of 1956. A thunderous round of applause from convention goers several days later greeted the machine's public debut.
Fred Pfost was one of the Ampex Engineers sent with the machine to set up and operate it.
Engineer John Radis monitors operation of Ampex VRX-1000 at CBS Television City in Hollywood as Douglas Edwards reports the news in New York. Did Edwards report the first use of videotape by the network?
CBS was the first on-air user of the machine, to tape-delay the evening CBS News broadcast with Douglas Edwards on Nov. 30, 1956.The historic recording and playback happened inside CBS Television City in Hollywood, which figures into some significant Quad tape restorations.
Click here to see more about CBS's early use of videotape.
RCA owned NBC had ordered three of the Ampex machines. Two went to NBC, Burbank. One was sent to RCA Labs in Camden, New Jersey, where RCA engineers designed a method of recording and playing color, an important aspect of RCA's drive to sell color sets.
RCA's demonstration of the "colorized" Ampex to Ampex engineers and executives led to a patent cross-licensing deal, which enabled RCA to use Ampex's technology and make its own video recorders.
Eight Ampex VR-1000 series machines were modified to record and play color using RCA Labs color electronics.
NBC's Videotape Central debuted on Tuesday, April 28, 1958 inside NBC's "Color City" at 3000 West Alameda (at Olive Ave.) in Burbank. The $1.5 Million facility sported eight RCA modified Ampex VR-1000 recorders and one RCA TRT-1C color recorder.
By 1959, there were more RCA machines in place, and NBC Burbank was pioneering the art of videotape editing, making it a "go-to" location for television production.
Click here to see more about the RCA Television Tape installations in Burbank, New York and WBTV.
May 22, 1958, President Eisenhower became the first president to be recorded in color on videotape. The president helped dedicate NBC's brand-new Washington, D.C. facilities housing NBC network and WRC-TV television studios.
A recording given by RCA to the Library of Congress and a perhaps never played Quad tape of this event was located at the Eisenhower Library in Kansas, and is the earliest known color recording discovered to date.
… to three-rack wide self contained systems, with rollers for ease of maintenance or mobility.
The newer recorders offered High Band recording, electronic editing and a host of electronic circuits to record and play the highest quality pictures possible.
Don Kent operates Ampex AVR-1 donated to UCLA by KTLA, Los Angeles during 1988 transfer of very early color videotapes recorded at NBC, Burbank in 1958-1960 with the RCA Labs color process. These Quad Tapes were transferred to D-2 digital tapes and then edited into digital master tapes. Image capture via Don Kent from KTLA News videotape.
the third-generation units—like this AVR-1 that was used in 1987-88 to recover the earliest color Quad tapes from 1958 and 1959— continue to be used on a daily basis for transfer of Quad video recordings to other media.
Here are catalog sheets for 3M Scotch brand Helical Scan tape from 1970.
When playing Videotape Detective, these types of sheets are useful for cross-referencing the manufacturer's label on the bottom of the reel with what type of VTR it may have been used on.
Shows Scotch 360 1″ and 2″ Helical Scan Tape.
1″ for Ampex VR-4000, 5<|fim_middle|> and modification knowledge relating to Quad tape.
While the tapes sit on shelves getting older, so are the decks that exist to play them on, and the people who retain the know-how to get the best reproduction possible. As the people retire and pass from the scene, that knowledge goes with them.
This unexpected invitation came during comments (passionate plea, actually) of Stephen Nease, the Chief Technology Officer at the Library of Congress' new National Audio Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, VA. Nease heard about the lunch during a morning business breakfast and cancelled an appointment to attend.
Steve explained about the HUGE amount of Quad video content the LoC is sitting on, the equipment that's available for the task and need for the experience and knowledge of people like in this group to be passed on to younger people so that the knowledge of how to recover the content is not lost.
He noted that other archives across the country are in similar situations: Lots of reels on the shelves, and little or no ability to migrate the content for access and preservation.
There are many more hours of tape to be transferred or re-mastered that the NAVCC won't be able to handle all the work.
That means opportunities for experienced people with well maintained Quad decks to share the task of transfers, and to bring a new generation of Quad-trained videotape specialists into being.
LoC may have funding available for travel expenses for those interested in presenting at workshops hosted at the new Culpeper facility.
•William "Bill" Clark, Boulder City, NV, Long-time Quad VT engineer, NBC, Burbank, Metromedia, Hollywood, CA, etc.
•Ted Langdell, Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services, Marysville, CA, prod. co. owner, film, tape and non-linear editor, telecine and 1″ Type C machine, film and videotape content collector.
Member, AMIATaking these pictures, not appearing in them!
James Snyder explains an oral history project that involves videotaping television engineers i the Washington, D. C. area as they relate their experiences with video recording and television production, equipment maintenence and humorous anectotes.
Bill Clark and Tim Stoffel hash out the design of a simple amplifier circuit. | 000, 6000 and 7000 series, Sony EV 200 and 300 series, 2″ tape for Ampex VR-1500 Series, 660B, Sony PV 100 and 120 series.
Shows Scotch 361 and 363 1/4″, 1/2″ and 1″ Helical Scan Tape.
1/4″ for Roberts VTR-1000 Series, 1/2″ for Sony, Panasonic, Concord, Norelco, Apeco, Shibaden, GE, Bell and Howell, Craig, Diamond Power, 1″ for IVC, Bell and Howell, RCA, GPL, Chester, Panasonic, Craig, Diamond Power and Shibaden.
The content you may have helped record decades ago may not be seen again if the equipment can't be kept operational and people trained how to safely transfer the content to new media.
Sometimes knowing when and where to tap, tweak or whack got the job done. Knowing the idiosyncracies of equipment shortened the time to find and fix a problem.
Your knowledge and expertise in operating and maintaining Quad video tape equipment is invaluable and may be lost forever if not preserved.
If you can write, record or demonstrate those kinds of things, we'd like to help preserve them to train future generations of tape operators and maintenence engineers.
There are a number of ways to share what you have.
Some you may be able to do on your own, using your computer to document the things you did or do to keep Quad's purring along.
If you have access to working Quad decks and a camcorder, it may be possible for you to record specific tips, procedures and techniques.
If you'd be happy to demonstrate or be recorded but don't have equipment, we may be able to arrange a time and location.
Condensed Ampex Intersync Checkout Procedure Manual found at Ham swap meet.
If you have physical items like manuals, documentation, alignment and training tapes, programs recorded on Quad and other materials related to Quad videotape, please contact our webmaster to see what would be the most effective way of sharing them.
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NBC Burbank was dedicated on March 27, 1955. It was completed in 1962. It is scheduled to be replaced by facilities the NBC Universal is building on the Universal lot. The Olive Ave. property will be sold.
Tuesday, April 28, 1958 is the anniversary of the dedication of Videotape Central at NBC Burbank. The tape facility inside 3000 West Alameda (at Olive Ave.) cost $1.5 million when it was started.
The first recorders were a pair of Ampex VRX-1000's, two of three units ordered for NBC in 1956 after Ampex unveiled the Mark IV prototype at the NAB convention in April.
The third was shipped to RCA's labs in New Jersey, taken apart to see how it worked, and used as the basis for a successful color recording system.
NBC began time-zone delay from the Burbank tape facility when Daylight Savings Time began in 1958.
At that time, the facility included one RCA "VTRX" Color Video Tape Recorder, pictured here.
This pre-production model was laid out differently than production models due to Burbank's plant needs, according to RCA's A. H. Lind in a 1958 NAB presentation.
In the top photo, the left-most rack had power supplies. Second from left had head wheel servos, motor driver amps and capstan driver amps. The third from left had the capstan servo control chassis, tone wheel amp and 240 cycle refference signal.
Partially pictured in both photos is a rack with monochrome picture monitor, Cathode Ray Oscilloscope, and selector panel for both monitors.
The bottom picture, left rack has the color signal processing equipment.
Center rack has a video frequency modulator, four channel RF recording amp, four channel RF playback amp, four channel RF equalizer, channel combining amp, frequency demod and master control panel.
The right had rack had the transport, erase power source and audio amps.
Burbank had eight Ampex black-and-white machines that could record color using with RCA Labs electronics.
Soon, three more RCA Recorders were at work.
In March of 1959, RCA profiled the NBC and WBTV installations in its widely circulated "RCA Broadcast News."Click on the pages for readable size pages in a new window.
Click here for larger photo of equipment.
Click here to see larger photo of NBC, Burbank installation at top.
Click here to see larger photo of NBC, New York installation at center.
Click here to see larger photo of WBTV, Charlotte installation at bottom.
Click here to see larger photo of Control Panel.
Click here to see larger photo of Track Layout.
Click here to see larger photo of Tape Erase Head area.
Click here to see larger photo of the Monitoring Panel.
Click here to see larger photo of the control panel.
Click here to see larger photo of the tonewheel assembly.
The president helped dedicate NBC's brand-new Washington, D.C. facilities housing network and WRC-TV television studios.
The Quad recording was made 3,000 miles away on one of the recorders in Burbank, using the RCA Labs color recording method.
The Quad tape of this event was located at the Eisenhower Library in Kansas, and is the earliest known color recording discovered to date.
During the process of trying to recover some of the earliest entertainment programs recorded at NBC Burbank—programs that used the RCA Labs heterodyne color method—the technology to also recover the Eisenhower tape was developed.
Capture by Don Kent from KTLA Videotape There was a lot of dancing going on in order to recover those early entertainment tapes.But that's another story, to be described on the "Fred Astaire" pages, yet to come.
The Ampex Mark IV 2″ Quadruplex recorder as it was unveiled to a select group of CBS network people and affiliates and during a private showing at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Chicago in April of 1956.
A thunderous round of applause from convention goers several days later greeted the machine's public debut.
CBS was the first on-air user of the machine, to tape-delay the evening CBS News broadcast with Douglas Edwards on Nov. 30, 1956.
In this photo, CBS Engineer John Radis inspects playback of an evening news broadcast from an Ampex quadruplex videotape recorder at CBS Television City in Hollywood.
Jim Morrison is on the phone to the right of VRX-1000 transport, one of only 16 hand-built machines. The two racks of tube equipment to the left contain the electronics for the recorder.
The CBS Television City tape room was responsible for recording network shows "off the line" and replaying them three hours later for West Coast broadcast by the twelve CBS affiliates on that leg of the network.
Come back to see the rest of our TVC tour… and see the reel with the oldest known entertainment program still preserved on Quad… along with the head that recorded the program.
The Quad Videotape Group began as a purely social event at NAB 2008: An informal lunch of people who use, used, maintained, designed or collected Old VTR's, Editors or Telecine equipment.
Due to several coincidences, the group was invited to help preserve for future use and access, the operating, maintenance, design | 1,612 |
Although most people perceive conflict to be negative, conflict can be incredibly positive. When individuals and teams understand how to navigate conflict effectively and collaboratively, it<|fim_middle|> bring numerous benefits to every environment and relationship.
Of course, conflict can wreak havoc on an organization when it is not managed productively, causing high-stress emotions to increase while productivity plummets. There are numerous ways to respond to conflict — avoidance, aggression, compromise, etc. — and they all impact outcomes and relationships differently. When outcomes and relationships are of equal importance, as they usually are in a work environment, collaboration is the best approach.
The following recommendations from Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith's book Resolving Conflicts at Work: Ten Strategies for Everyone on the Job provide insights into building a more collaborative environment and harnessing the benefits of conflict.
Identify opportunities for growth and learning. When experiencing conflict, even the mildest form of disagreement, consider what needs to change in order to experience growth.
Use empathy to understand the other party's point of view. Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, has identified three types of empathy, each of which help in fostering a collaborative work environment.
Cognitive empathy: Cognitive empathy is knowing how another person feels, or "perspective-taking." This form of empathy is highly effective at motivating people to apply their best efforts.
Emotional empathy: Emotional empathy is truly feeling the emotion along with another individual. Emotional empathy is due to the activation of mirror neurons, which help individuals to be well-attuned to another person's inner emotional world. Emotional empathy promotes bonding and attachment and can positively affect trust and loyalty.
Compassionate empathy: Compassionate empathy involves the capability of understanding a person's predicament and feeling with them along with the willingness to help if help is necessary.
Seek ways for shared responsibility and for achieving all parties' interest. Examine how relinquishing power might improve the outcomes of the relationship. Identify the underlying interests of parties and get curious about where there is common ground.
Think beyond settlement. Too often the goal of conflict resolution is focused exclusively on resolving the immediate conflict at hand or reaching a quick settlement. Collaboration requires a commitment to meeting the needs of the underlying issues. Explore how to most effectively surface these issues.
Provide empathetic and timely feedback. One of the greatest challenges to collaboration is respecting the other party's need for empathetic and timely feedback. The workplace is a hectic environment and finding time to address conflict can be challenging. Make it a priority to provide truthful and constructive feedback in a timely enough manner to allow that feedback to still be relevant and actionable.
Speak and act with integrity and clarity, without judgment. Collaboration is not a destination; it is a journey. Fostering a culture of collaboration requires a commitment to always providing clear communication, always acting with integrity and operating from a place of non-judgment. If these behaviors are not modeled consistently, they won't be trusted when the stakes are high.
Every person has a default response to conflict — a style that comes most easily and readily. Because collaboration requires a level of skill few people have been taught and the time to allow for self-reflection, curiosity and exploration, it can be challenging to consistently implement. Employing a consultant to train and coach employees can increase workplace collaboration and have a significant impact on the bottom line by increasing employee engagement and, thus, productivity. | can | 1 |
Saxophone Player With Down's Syndrome Plays At Grandpa's Funeral
By Mick Johnson - 22nd March 2019
Matt Lomaka loves playing his saxophone. The young lad who also suffers from Down's Syndrome practises every day and really enjoys playing the notoriously<|fim_middle|> went as far as to say "The Heavens are singing along!"
Likewise his mom Tina commented and described the performance best. She said that it was "a special goodbye from Matt. Not a dry eye."
Let us know your thoughts on Matt's wonderful saxophone performance, and what he's overcome to get to where he is today. Don't forget to share this story with your friends and family, and check out similar stories on Happiest. Check the original post on Facebook here. | tricky instrument.
When his grandpa sadly passed away, Lomaka took the opportunity to honor him in the best way possible. He paid a loving tribute to his grandfather, who he called "G". His performance touched people at the funeral, who shed a few tears.
Lomaka has lived his whole life with Down's Syndrome, a genetic disorder which often affects learning and growth. However, he has put hard work and effort into learning and practising the saxophone, with spectacular results. Lomaka has come through life's barriers to play this emotional performance in tribute to his grandpa. He proved that anyone can do something if they put their mind to it, and above all is an inspiration to us all.
"The Heavens are singing along!"
Most importantly, his mom filmed the beautiful tribute, and it touched thousands of others on the internet. People have commented on the widely shared Facebook post, calling the performance "beautiful" and "incredible". One commenter even | 198 |
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The unique feature of Groom's Cottage (shared with its neighbour, Coachman's Cottage) is its location in the grounds of the Adam-style Arbigland House with historic links to American Independence and the Scottish Enlightenment. Arbigland Gardens are open to the public four afternoons a week, but residents are free to roam round the 24 acres at any time. Because there is sea on three sides, the Gardens' local climate is particularly mild. Although predominantly woodland, with 200 year-old trees and an astonishing array of camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas, hidden away are a series of different garden areas, including a Japanese garden, a lake and a sunken rose garden with a pavilion built by Italian prisoners-of-war. Wildlife abounds, including deer and red squirrels, but the peace and quiet<|fim_middle|> Navy. In New Abbey, there are the ruins of Sweetheart Abbey and one of the country's oldest Corn Mills (both maintained by Historic Scotland). Dumfries boasts the world's oldest Camera Obscura at its Museum. Connections with Robert Burns can be explored throughout Dumfries, at Arbigland itself (he was a close friend of the family) and at Ellisland Farm, Holywood where Burns lived and wrote for a number of years. In the opposite direction, lie Dalbeattie with two curiosities, its private Museum and Buittle Tower, then Castle Douglas with Threave Castle and Threave Gardens, and then Kirkcudbright with Broughton House, the Stewartry Museum and numerous art galleries. Beyond Kirkcudbright there are further gardens benefiting from this area's mild local climate, including Cally Gardens and the Logan Botanic Garden.
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Accommodation: Sleeping 3 + 1 in 2 bedrooms over two floors: Ground Floor: Entrance Hallway; Open living area comprising sitting room with wood burning stove and single sofa bed; Kitchen and dining area; Utility room with washer/dryer. First Floor: Landing; Double bedroom; Bathroom; Single bedroom
Facilities: Central heating & electricity included * Bed linen & towels provided * Washer/drier * Fridge * Freezer * Microwave * TV * Wifi * Wood burning stove with intial basket of logs provided * Courtyard and 24 acre shared garden with lake and beach * Garden furniture * Parking * Cot & highchair can be provided * Dogs welcome
Extras: £20 per dog/week
Sofa Beds - 1 single | are only really broken by the chatter of birds and the occasional outburst from the resident cockerel.
Groom's Cottage is Grade B listed and was refurbished and modernised in 2019. It forms part of the 17th century stable yard next to the Grade A listed Arbigland House, where the owners live. The 2 bedroom Groom's Cottage may also be booked in conjunction with the adjacent 4 bedroom Coachman's Cottage. Together they form one unit called The Stables that can accommodate 14 people.
A half-mile Broad Walk leads from the Cottage past the main House down to the beach on the Solway Firth. Here you can enjoy a happy beachcomber's feeling with the sound of the sea and call of the curlew, together with spectacular views across the Firth to the Cumbrian Hills. In addition to garden walks, for the more energetic there are walks along this beach, in one direction to Powillimount with its strange rock formations and on to Southerness with its lighthouse. In the other direction you can walk to Carsethorn and "The Steamboat", repeatedly voted the best pub in Dumfries and Galloway.
Although many may just wish to relax in such peaceful surroundings, Arbigland is an excellent base for recreational pursuits. Southerness Links golf course is virtually within walking distance and the RSPB Mersehead Reserve is just a few miles further along the coast. The Reserve is spectacular in winter and spring with thousands of geese and other over-wintering wildfowl. In summer there are delightful walks down to the beach. The RSPB staff run wildlife events throughout the year, including dawn walks, pond dipping and badger watching. Beyond Mersehead, you come to the picturesque villages of Rockcliffe and Kippford, with more coastal walks, sailing, pubs and teashops. Away from the coast, there are Forestry Commission woodland trails and cycling is well catered for, particularly with the 7 Stanes Mountain Bike Routes, the closest of these being at Dalbeattie and Mabie Woods.
If you are more interested in history, there are numerous sites to explore, including Arbigland House itself (by prior arrangement with the owners) and the neighbouring John Paul Jones Cottage, being the birthplace of the founder of the American | 483 |
ARTISTIC PROGRAMME<|fim_middle|>werk, the pioneering electronic group, from November 6 to 14, 2014.
The two following stages, opening in December 2014 and July 2015 will be announced shortly.
Practical information here : http://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en.html
Fondation Louis Vuitton Exhibition Patronage Frank Gehry
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND: INVENTING A NEW WORLD
"ABOUT TIME" EXHIBITION AT THE COSTUME INSTITUTE
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The Fondation Louis Vuitton will open to the public on Monday October 27th, 2014, after three special open days for the Inaugural Weekend.
Commissioned by Bernard Arnault and designed by Frank Gehry, the Fondation Louis Vuitton is located in Paris, on the site of the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne. The Fondation Louis Vuitton will be principally associated with artistic creation in all its forms.
For the opening of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the artistic program will unfold in three successive stages between October 2014 and July 2015. Each stage will include a temporary exhibition, a partial presentation of the collection, and a series of events.
The first stage – October to December 2014 – invites the public to a 'voyage of creation' essentially devoted to the discovery of the architecture of the building with:
− An exhibition on the architecture of Frank Gehry for the Fondation Louis Vuitton. This exhibition will be presented in dialogue with the first major European retrospective of the work of Frank Gehry, organized simultaneously at the Centre Pompidou.
− A presentation of several emblematic works from the permanent collection.
− A group of special commissions related to the architecture of the building including a work by Olafur Eliasson.
The auditorium of the Fondation will present several performances most particularly two musical events:
− A recital by the pianist Lang Lang on October 28th, 2014.
− A series of 8 retrospective concerts by Kraft | 345 |
BlizzCon 2013 Virtual Tickets Still Available!
BlizzCon® 2013 is just two weeks away—and while tickets to attend the show sold out in seconds, you can still get a virtual front-row seat at Blizzard Entertainment's epic gaming convention with the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, now available to order at www.blizzcon.com.
ATTN: DIRECTV® Viewers! DIRECTV customers in the United States will once again be able to join the<|fim_middle|> the broadcast possible. | excitement by ordering the DIRECTV BlizzCon 2013 Pay Per View event, priced at $49.99 USD, which includes the Virtual Ticket online stream and in-game goodies mentioned above as part of the purchase. More information on the DIRECTV Pay Per View event, including how to order, will be announced at a later date.
BlizzCon 2013 would not be possible without the passion and enthusiasm of Blizzard Entertainment gamers around the world and the generosity of the event's partners—Intel, NVIDIA, Sony Computer Entertainment, DIRECTV, SteelSeries, GIGABYTE, Rosewill, and EVGA—who provide demo-station hardware, peripherals, and more, and whose support helps make | 147 |
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Bardi Heating and Air has received the 2013 Overall Gwinnett County Small Business of the Year Award.
Alex Bardi, owner of Bardi Heating and Air, Inc., Atlanta, GA, has received the 2013 Overall<|fim_middle|>. Sufficient jobsite supervision ensures you finish strong, on time, and on budget," Bardi says. | Gwinnett Small Business of the Year Award, and was also named Gwinnett's Small Business of the Year for the 10 to 99 employee category.
The "Pinnacle" Awards are presented annually by the Gwinnett Chamber and The Atlanta Journal Constitution In an effort to recognize Gwinnett County's small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Bardi told ContractingBusiness.com that, with what he sees to be an improving economy, the tide is turning from an employers' market to one in which employees are in greater demand.
Bardi adds that his success in the commercial HVAC market is tied to "finishing strong" on every project.
Bardi has begun assigning more project managers to installation projects. "Having more project managers rather than less is a winning strategy | 155 |
City Guide: 10 Places to Visit in Mexico City
Michel Rojkind and Gerardo Salinas of Rojkind Arquitectos have taken on commissions all over the world, but the work they have done in their hometown of Mexico City reflects a glowing pride of place and a genuine love for the colorful, vibrant, and notoriously untamed Mexican capital. We asked them to share ten off-the-beaten path suggestions for enterprising visitors to the Distrito Federal.
Museo Anahuacalli
"Though Diego Rivera's studio in San Angel is very well-known and visited, few people visit the Museo Anahuacalli, which Rivera designed. Intended to be a gift to the city, this was his last project before he died and had to be completed by architect Juan O´Gorman. It is an unusual museum charged with Diego's vibe and an eclectic mix of architectural elements."
Randal Sheppard
Espacio Escultórico
"The Espacio Escultórico is an amazing collaboration of artists whose intervention with the lava-covered land creates scenery that might as well be on Mars. It is located on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and is not that commonly visited even by locals. The walk through the lava is definitely worthwhile and gives a sense of scale of the art piece."
Eneas De Troya
Biblioteca Vasconcelos
"When President Vicente Fox inaugurated the library on May 16, 2006, he described it as one of the most advanced constructions of the 21st century, and said it would be spoken of throughout the world. Even thought the library was plagued by many construction defects that forced its closure in March 2007, it is now fully operational and its main hall is one of the most powerful architectural spaces recently built in Mexico City."
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"The lucha libre (professional wrestling) at the Arena Mexico is an event not to be missed on a visit to Mexico City if you happen to be here on a Friday night. A mix between a sporting event and a circus performance, it's the ideal place to get all your work week's stress out by yelling at the rudos (bad guys) or the tecnicos (good guys), and be amused by the interaction of the crowd with every member in the ring."
Carlos Ortega
Mixquic
"The Day of the Dead is one of the most famous celebrations in Mexico, when families and friends come together to honor the dead. One of the best places to be part of this unique event is San Andres Mixquic, southeast of Mexico City, about an hour from downtown by car. The modern celebrations in Mixquic are an extension of the cult of the dead that existed here since pre-Hispanic times. The unique "Alumbrada"" is when families gather in the cemetery to decorate tombs with flowers and different kinds of objects. Thousands of candles are lit while families pray and sing for the spirits of their ancestors. This is the true essence of the Day of the Dead. If you happen to be in Mexico City on November 1 and 2, it is an event you will remember for a long time."
Kevin on Flickr
Mercados San Juan y Sonora (pictured)
"The Mercado de San Juan is a traditional Mexican market in the historic center of Mexico City that has become the city's only market specializing in gourmet and exotic foods. It is known for its selection of exotic meats, including venison, crocodile, wild boar, and even lion meat, as well as a wide selection of products from Europe and the Americas. Unlike other markets in Mexico City, it caters to chefs, restaurateurs, and foodies, many of whom are foreigners and have longstanding relationships with particular vendors. A jewel in the city for food junkies."
Jesús Dehesa
El Parnita restaurant
"The owner gathered an interesting collection of recipes they found throughout Mexico and mixed them with some of their own to create a unique menu that gives this place its unique flavor. Located in the Colonia Roma neighborhood, it is a great place to enjoy a fantastic meal and a nice glass of mezcal."
Check out the full article for four more suggestions!
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1. Museo Anahuacalli
Though Diego Rivera's studio in San Angel is very well-known and visited, few people visit the Museo Anahuacalli, which Rivera designed. Intended to be a gift to the city, this was his last project before he died and had to be completed by architect Juan O´Gorman. It is an unusual museum charged with Diego's vibe and an eclectic mix of architectural elements.
2. Espacio Escultórico
The Espacio Escultórico is an amazing collaboration of artists whose intervention with the lava-covered land creates scenery that might as well be on Mars. It is located on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and is not that commonly visited even by locals. The walk through the lava is definitely worthwhile and gives a sense of scale of the art piece.
3. Biblioteca Vasconcelos
When President Vicente Fox inaugurated the library on May 16, 2006, he described it as one of the most advanced constructions of the 21st century, and said it would be spoken of throughout the world. Even thought the library was plagued by many construction defects that forced its closure in March 2007, it is now fully operational and its main hall is one of the most powerful architectural spaces recently built in Mexico City.
4. Galería Kurimanzutto
This small gallery in the San Miguel Chapultepec neighborhood is intended to provide a space for contemporary artists. The brainchild of the artist Gabriel Orozco and Jose Kuri with his wife, Mónica Manzutto, the gallery has garnered a lot of attention and presents the work of some of the best international contemporary artists. The very intimate space offers an escape from the chaos of the city for a few moments.
5. Lucha Libre
The lucha libre (professional wrestling) at the Arena Mexico is an event not to be missed on a visit to Mexico City if you happen to be here on a Friday night. A mix between a sporting event and a circus performance, it's the ideal place to get all your work week's stress out by yelling at the rudos (bad guys) or the tecnicos (good guys), and be amused by the interaction of the crowd with every member in the ring.
6. Mixquic
The Day of the Dead is one of the most famous celebrations in Mexico, when families and friends come together to honor the dead. One of the best places to be part of this unique event is San Andres Mixquic, southeast of Mexico City, about an hour from downtown by car. The modern celebrations in Mixquic are an extension of the cult of the dead that existed here since pre-Hispanic times. The unique "Alumbrada"" is when families gather in the cemetery to decorate tombs with flowers and different kinds of objects. Thousands of candles are lit while families pray and sing for the spirits of their ancestors. This is the true essence of the Day of the Dead. If you happen to be in Mexico City on November 1 and 2, it is an event you will remember for a long time.
7. Mercados San Juan y Sonora
The Mercado de San Juan is a traditional Mexican market in the historic center of Mexico City that has become the city's only market specializing in gourmet and exotic foods. It is known for its selection of exotic meats, including venison, crocodile, wild boar, and even lion meat, as well as a wide selection of products from Europe and the Americas. Unlike other markets in Mexico City, it caters to chefs, restaurateurs, and foodies, many of whom are foreigners and have longstanding relationships with particular vendors. A jewel in the city for food junkies.
Mercado de Sonora is a city-established traditional market located just southeast of the historic center of Mexico City in the Merced Balbuena neighborhood. It was established in the 1950s with a number of other similar institutions in order to help regulate retail commerce in the city. This market has specialized in a variety of merchandise, such as pottery, party items, and live animals, but it is most notable for herbal medicine and items related to magic and the occult. If you are in the need of a limpia, or cleansing, to rid an establishment of any negative energy, this is the place to go. An experience not found in any other location.
8: La Lagunilla Market
Located about ten blocks north of the Zócalo, Mexico City's main plaza, in a neighborhood called La Lagunilla, the La Lagunilla Market is one of the largest in the city. It consists of three sections: one for clothing, one for furniture and one for foodstuffs, mostly catering to lower-income customers. On Sundays, the number of street vendors grows significantly for a weekly flea market called<|fim_middle|> them with some of their own to create a unique menu that gives this place its unique flavor. Located in the Colonia Roma neighborhood, it is a great place to enjoy a fantastic meal and a nice glass of mezcal.
10: La Casa Tropical
La Casa Tropical, created by Héctor Galvan, is where you will find the best chocolate and mezcal in Mexico. Héctor's description of how it all begins with a flower, how cacao at sea level reaches toward the sun to pull down the bright, acidic flavors, while cacao in the mountains reaches down to the depths for earthy and complex notes describes everything about this place. Recommendations include:the cacao and sea salt butter, the palette-cleansing lemon verbana tea, the sparkling vanilla water, and the bread. La Casa Tropical is located in the Colonia Obrera neighborhood.
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Things Created By My Sons
Beethoven, a man of no small emotion
He's the one who alienates half the dinner guests at your party, gets roaring drunk, makes a pass at your wife, breaks your $1,000 vase, and leaves with the prettiest girl at his side. That would be Ludwig von Beethoven.
Beethoven did more than upset dinner guests at a party: he upset the world of eighteenth-century music: the music of Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. Critic G. B. Shaw explains: "The music of the eighteenth century is all dance music . . . a symmetrical pattern of steps that are pleasant to listen to even when you are not dancing. . . .
"Now what Beethoven did, and what made some of his greatest contemporaries give him up as a madman with lucid intervals of clowning and bad taste, was that he used music altogether as a means of expressing moods, and completely threw over pattern designing as an end in itself. . . . It is true that he used the old patterns . . . but he imposed<|fim_middle|> of Sinatra few suspected--a quiet man of reflection who listened to classica
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Is Classical Music being written today? Yes. Sort of. What is being composed today, and for most of the 20th Century, is less ambitious, shorter works, not the grand statements of Beethoven, Brahms
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"And there you have the whole secret of Beethoven. He could design patterns with the best of them; he could write music whose beauty will last you all your life; he could take the driest sticks of themes and work them up so interestingly that you find something new in them at the hundredth hearing: in short, you can say of him all that you can say of the greatest pattern composers (Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart); but his diagnostic, the thing that makes him stand out from all the others, is his disturbing quality, his power of unsettling us and imposing his giant moods on us."
The symphony, the concerto, the piano sonata, the string quartet--they would never be the same after Beethoven put his stamp on them. Mozart's influence didn't outlive the eighteenth century; Beethoven's influence extends to our day. Beethoven is the gold standard by which a composer's work is inevitably compared. On any given night, Beethoven's music can be heard in concert halls around the world. Every conductor with a recording contract, the first thing he records is Beethoven's Nine Symphonies because they're guaranteed to sell.
Like his contemporaries Alexander Hamilton and the poet Lord Byron, Beethoven was a romantic. They're a breed apart, and seldom understood.
"The romantic," writes historian Forrest McDonald, "embraces causes and fights for them with reckless bravery--which is easy for him to do, since he is unable to imagine that failure or defeat is possible. As a young man, he falls in love once, passionately, and for life, though he is capable of additional 'affaires d'amour' that imperil everything.
"He inspires admiration and loyalty in some, envy and hatred in others; he can be charming and witty but not genuinely humorous, for though life to him is always a joyful affirmation, it is never funny. Like the sentimentalists, the dreamer and the do-gooder, the romantic is ruled by his heart rather than his head. Unlike them, he is also tough-minded and realistic, and that creates within him a turbulence they never know: he drives himself to excel, requires discipline of himself far beyond that of other men, is concerned with honor, sometimes obsessively."
If you could liken a composer to a car--in this case a German car--Bach would be a BMW, Mozart a Mercedes Benz (smooooth riding), and Beethoven would be a Porsche Speedster, with the top down--rude and exhilarating.
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Every composer finds himself doing hack work once in a while; it's called paying the bills. Tchaikovsky was loathe to write "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." He held his nose and did it anyway, and to
Frank Sinatra and the String Quartet
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Michael Burrows Thrives In Pirates' New Development Strategy
By Tim Williams
The 2021 minor league season offered the first look at the Pirates' new development system under general manager Ben Cherington and farm director John Baker.
One of the biggest differences under the new front office has been a more individualized approach to player development. In the past, the Pirates had top-down direction for the development paths of their players, with the players getting very little say in their career path.
"There was no collaboration," 22-year-old righthander Michael Burrows said. "It's was just, 'This is what you're going to do,' and you can't really ask why."
Burrows was one of the standouts in the Pirates' system in 2021. Drafted in the 11th round in 2018, he signed out of Waterford High in Connecticut for an over-slot $500,000.
Burrows showed some promise in 2019, but the results were nothing like his 2.20 ERA and 66-to-20 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 49 innings for High-A Greensboro in 2021. His season was shortened by an oblique injury.
The new individualized development plan may have helped Burrows. It gave him the freedom to move away from certain system-wide running and weight-lifting programs that were causing him to lose too much weight.
Burrows describes the new development approach as being treated like<|fim_middle|> years as an intern for the Reds and played softball at Boston University.
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"Before, it felt like you were being babysat, essentially," Burrows said. "Just a bad way to go about someone's career, really. It's not focusing on individuals."
From an individual development standpoint, Burrows made some changes to his pitch mix. He was previously throwing a four-seam and two-seam fastball, along with a curveball, slider and changeup. The overall five-pitch mix was difficult to maintain.
During the down time in 2020, Burrows focused on improving his four-seam fastball and getting his curveball to play off the pitch. Once the offseason hit, he started working on the changeup, using this three-pitch mix throughout the 2021 season.
"Instead of being a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none, I feel like I've mastered two really good pitches and a third one that's really come a long way in the last year," Burrows said.
— The Pirates are expected to sign Dominican shortstop Yordany de los Santos to a bonus north of $1 million. De los Santos would become the sixth international prospect signed to a seven-figure deal by the Pirates, with half of those signings coming since 2020.
— The Pirates hired their first in-uniform female coach in their franchise history, adding Caitlyn Callahan as a development coach. Callahan spent the previous two | 296 |
Welcome<|fim_middle|> a lot of work done for the same amount of money of somebody who's charging a higher rate'.
Well, you have to step back as a business owner or entrepreneur and think to yourself why is that rate so low? And there's always a reason.For example, they could be completely out of work and they have to lower their price just to get you on as a customer. Well, that should set off a lot of red flags for you. Is that person even going to be in business a year, or five years down the road when you need their help on that project? So be sure not to get yourself in that situation and instead try to hire wisely.
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Camping Okay Lido is the perfect location from which to explore various wonderful places, such as Milan. Milan has plenty of interesting places for you to discover, including "Duomo di Milano", one of the world's largest Roman Catholic cathedrals, "Castello Sforzesco", an imposing castle, which houses various museums, and "San Siro" football stadium, home to AC Milan and Inter Milan!
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Using technology to drive environmental innovation, the company helps turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work. Rubicon's mission is to end waste, in all of its forms, by helping its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. The company is a Certified B Corporation, affirming that Rubicon meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance. Through its technology, Rubicon is transforming the entire category of waste and recycling. With more than 2.6 million service locations worldwide, Rubicon is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and has core teams in New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; and Tinton Falls, NJ. Rubicon was named a Great Place to Work® in 2018 and 2019, and was recognized as one of Glassdoor's "Top Ten Companies with Seriously Impressive Benefits" in 2018.
Rubicon was founded in Kentucky in 2008 by Nate Morris, and his high-school friend, Marc Spiegel.
While working in China for the Kentucky state government earlier in his career, Morris was shocked by the incredible amount of waste that he saw being produced, and by the lack of an environmentally responsible ways to deal it. Upon his return to the US, he reconnected with Spiegel, whose family had been in the waste and recycling business for more than a century, and questioned if there was a better, more sustainable way to deal with the global waste problem. Together they got to work, Morris maxed out his personal credit cards, and even sold items on eBay to fund initial expenses. They came-up with the name Rubicon, a reference to the idiom "Crossing the Rubicon," which means to pass a point of no return and refers to Julius Caesar's army crossing the Rubicon River in 49 BC. With this humble start, but grand ambition, Rubicon was born.
Today, Rubicon Global has become the worldwide leader in providing cloud-based waste and recycling solutions for customers in business, government and the nonprofit sectors. With over 2,600,000 service locations worldwide, the company has always remained focused on developing cutting-edge technology products that bring transparency to the waste and recycling industry,
encourage customers to make data-driven decisions that lead to more efficient and effective operations, and drive more sustainable outcomes. For Rubicon, it's all about using tech to drive savings, find efficiency, and promote sustainability.
With its headquarters in Atlanta, GA, and core teams in New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, St. Louis, MO, and Tinton Falls, NJ and an extensive, network of over 5,000 independent haulers, Rubicon can manage all waste and recycling services. Programs include cardboard (OCC), plastic, paper, metal, glass, electronics recycling (e-cycling), construction and demolition (C&D), organics recycling (food waste, wood waste, etc.) and single stream recycling solutions (SSR). In addition, our subject matter experts manage commodity markets, zero waste programs and other sustainability offerings across our portfolio. And most recently, Rubicon has developed a cutting-edge smart city solution - RUBICONSmartCity - that helps municipal governments improve their waste and recycling operations while transforming their fleets into roaming data centers that can help improve quality of life and deliver better government services through data analytics.
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Kalamalka Lake Eclipse
Recorded on August 28th, this serene total lunar eclipse sequence looks southwest down Kalamalka Lake toward the lights of Coldstream, British Columbia. An exposure every 4 minutes captured the Moon's position and eclipse phase, until the Moon set behind the town lights and a hill on the horizon. In fact, the sequence effectively measures the duration of the total phase of the eclipse. Around 270 BC, the Greek astronomer Aristarchus also measured the duration of lunar eclipses - though probably without the benefit of digital clocks and cameras. Still, using geometry, he devised a simple and impressively accurate way to calculate the Moon's distance, in terms of the radius of planet Earth, from the eclipse duration.
Our Moon's appearance changes nightly. This time-lapse sequence shows what our Moon looks like during a lunation, a complete lunar cycle. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illuminated by the Sun first becomes increasingly visible, then decreasingly visible. The Moon always keeps the same face toward the Earth. The Moon's apparent size changes slightly, though, and a slight wobble called a libration is discernable as it progresses along its elliptical orbit. During the cycle, sunlight reflects from the Moon at different angles, and so illuminates different features differently. A full lunation takes about 29.5 days, just under a month (moon-th). Click on the picture to view the animated gif file.
The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
The many spectacular colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) clouds highlight the many processes that occur there. The blue regions shine primarily by reflected light. Blue light from the star Rho Ophiuchi and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light. The Earth's daytime sky appears blue for the same reason. The red and yellow regions shine primarily because of emission from the nebula's atomic and molecular gas. Light from nearby blue stars - more energetic than the bright star Antares - knocks electrons away from the gas, which then shines when the electrons recombine with the gas. The dark regions are caused by dust grains - born in young stellar atmospheres - which effectively block light emitted behind them. The Rho Ophiuchi star clouds, well in front of the globular cluster M4 visible above on far lower left, are even more colorful than humans can see - the clouds emits light in every wavelength band from the radio to the gamma-ray.
A Path Into Victoria Crater
What's inside Victoria Crater? Now that the dust has settled from the regional Martian dust storms that immobilized the rolling Martian rovers, the task ahead has become clear. Opportunity arrived at Victoria Crater last month and was poised to enter when the dust storms flared up unexpectedly. The above image was taken last week by the Opportunity rover perched at a possibly traversable slope into the 750-meter impact feature. Victoria Crater is the largest crater that either Martian rover has come across during their explorations. The crater walls might hold clues about the Martian surface before the tremendous impact that created Victoria Crater.
Aurigids from 47,000 Feet
On September 1, Aurigid meteors filled the sky, in keeping with an innovative prediction of an outburst from this historically tentative meteor shower. The prediction was made by Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute, in work with Esko Lyytinen of Finland and Jeremie Vaubaillon of Caltech. Astronomers flying at 47,000 feet on a dedicated mission to observe the outburst collected image data for this composite photo of the Aurigids' bright and colorful streaks. The source of the shower is understood to be Comet Kiess, a comet that would have swung through the inner solar system around 2,000 years ago, and again in 1911. Pushed outward by solar radiation pressure, dust from the tail of the comet has been drifting toward the Earth's orbit, creating the 2007 outburst as well as outbursts of the Aurigids recorded in 1935, 1986, and 1994. Of course, the shower's radiant point is in the eponymous constellation Auriga, the Charioteer.
Spiky stars are nearby, but fuzzy galaxies are strewn far across the Universe in this cosmic view. Spanning about 1/2 degree on the sky, the pretty picture is the result of astronomer Johannes Schedler's project to look back in time, toward a quasar 12.7 billion light-years away. The quasar is just visible in the full resolution image at the position marked by short vertical lines (center). The intrinsically bright nucleus of a young, active galaxy powered by a supermassive black hole, the quasar was recently identified as one of the most distant objects known. Since light travels at a finite speed, the galaxies receding into the distance are seen as they were in the increasingly remote past. The quasar appears as it did about 12.7 billion years ago, when the Universe was just 7 percent of its present age. Of course, the expansion of the Universe has redshifted the light. Schedler added image data extending to the near-infrared, acquired by collaborator Ken Crawford, to detect the distant quasar, with a measured redshift of 6.04.
South Pole Lunar Eclipse
The Moon was up continuously for 14 days in August -- when viewed from the South Pole. But during the total lunar eclipse on August 28, it circled only about 10 degrees above the horizon. For Robert Schwarz, the resulting long line-of-sight through the atmosphere that blurred his images was a minor problem when he recorded this four hour long lunar eclipse sequence. A more severe problem was the outdoor air temperature of -68 C (-90 F). The extreme cold required him to make the series of exposures through a slit in a window from inside a heated room. Though the heat produced convection and further blurring, it was the only way to keep the camera at a reasonable operating temperature for an extended period of time. Still, he was rewarded with this impressive record of August's lunar eclipse from a unique perspective on planet Earth.
The Voyagers' Message in a Bottle
Launched thirty years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are now respectively 15 and 12.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, equivalent to about 14 and 11.5 light-hours distant. Still functioning, the Voyagers are being tracked and commanded through the Deep Space Network. Having traveled beyond the outer planets, they are only the third and fourth spacecraft from planet Earth to escape toward interstellar space, following in the footsteps of Pioneer 10 and 11. A 12-inch gold plated copper disk (a phonograph record) containing recorded sounds and images representing human cultures and life on Earth, is affixed to each Voyager - a message in a bottle cast into the cosmic sea. The recorded material was selected by a committee chaired by astronomer Carl Sagan. Simple diagrams on the cover symbolically represent the spacecraft's origin and give instructions for playing the disk. The exotic construction of the disks should provide them with a long lifetime as they coast through interstellar space.
The Great Basin on Saturn's Tethys
Some moons wouldn't survive the collision. Tethys, one of Saturn's larger moons at about 1000 kilometers in diameter, survived the collision, but sports today the expansive impact crater Odysseus. Sometimes called the Great Basin, Odysseus occurs on the leading hemisphere of Tethys and shows its great age by the relative amount of smaller craters that occur inside its towering walls. Another large crater, Melanthius, is visible near the moon's terminator. The density of Tethys is similar to water-ice. The above digitally enhanced image was captured in July by the robot Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn as it swooped past the giant ice ball.
Building Galaxies in the Early Universe
What was the very early universe like? To help find out, astronomers pointed the Hubble Space Telescope between bright nearby objects to create one of the deepest images ever -- the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF). The resulting HUDF is like a jewel box of strange and distant galaxies. A recent analysis of the HUDF focused on the smallest, faintest and most compact galaxies imaged. These small galaxies are thought to be the building blocks of modern galaxies. Analysis shows that these small galaxies are indeed themselves frequently merging to form large galaxies. An image of this field with the Spitzer Space Telescope shows a lack of infrared emission that would be expected from old stars, indicating that these small galaxies are very young, possibly only a few million years old. Therefore the young blue stars might be members of the first-ever generation of stars. Part of the HUDF is shown above, while one blue building-block galaxy, highly redshifted by the universe so as to appear more yellow, is shown in the upper left inset.
A Scorpius Sky Spectacular
If Scorpius looked this good to the unaided eye, humans might remember it better. Scorpius more typically appears as a few bright stars in a well known but rarely pointed out zodiacal constellation. To get a spectacular image like this, though, one needs a good camera, color filters, and a digital image processor. To bring out detail, the above image not only involved long duration exposures taken in several colors, but one exposure in a very specific red color emitted by hydrogen that brings out great detail. The resulting image shows many breathtaking features. Vertically across the image left is part of the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Visible there are vast clouds of bright stars and long filaments of dark dust. Jutting out diagonally from the Milky Way in the image center are dark dust bands known as the Dark River. This river connects to several bright stars on the right that are part of Scorpius' head and claws, and include the bright star Antares. Above and right of Antares is an even brighter planet Jupiter. Numerous red emission nebulas and blue reflection nebulas are visible throughout the image. Scorpius appears prominently in southern skies after sunset during the middle of the year.
Six Rainbows Across Norway
Have you ever seen six rainbows at once? They are not only rare to see -- they are a puzzle to understand. The common rainbow is caused by sunlight internally reflected by the backs of falling raindrops, while also being refracted at the air / water boundary. To see a rainbow, look opposite the Sun towards a rainstorm. This primary rainbow is the brightest color swath in the above image. Multiple internal reflections inside water droplets sometimes make a secondary rainbow to become visible outside the first, with colors reversed. Just such a secondary rainbow is visible of the far left. Harder to explain is the intermediate rainbow, between the two. This rainbow is likely caused by sunlight that has first reflected off the lake before striking the distant raindrops that is reflecting sunlight back toward the observer. Each of these rainbows appears to be reflected by the calm lake, although because the positions of rainbows depend on the location of the observer, a slightly displaced image of each rainbow is actually being imaged.
NGC 7129 and NGC 7142
This alluring telescopic image looks toward the constellation Cepheus and an intriguing visual pairing of dusty reflection nebula NGC 7129 (left) and open star cluster NGC 7142. The two appear separated by only half a degree on the sky, but they actually lie at quite different distances. In the foreground, dusty nebula NGC 7129 is about 3,000 light-years distant, while open cluster NGC 7142 is likely over 6,000 light-years away. In fact, the pervasive and clumpy foreground dust clouds in this region redden the light from NGC 7142, complicating astronomical studies of the cluster. Still, NGC 7142 is thought to be an older open star cluster, while the bright stars embedded in NGC 7129 are perhaps a million years young. The telltale reddish crescent shapes around NGC 7129 are associated with energetic jets streaming away from newborn stars. Surprisingly, despite the dust, far off background galaxies can be seen in the colorful cosmic vista.
Iapetus in Black and White
Iapetus, Saturn's third largest moon, is a candidate for the strangest moon of Saturn. Tidally locked in its orbit around the ringed gas giant, Iapetus is sometimes called the yin-yang moon because its leading hemisphere is very dark, reflecting about 5 percent of the Sun's light, while its trailing hemisphere is almost as bright as snow. This recent Cassini spacecraft flyby image is one of the closest views ever. It spans about 35 kilometers across a cratered transition zone between bright and dark terrain. Iapetus itself has a density close to that of water ice, but the detailed reflective properties of the dark material suggest an organic composition. Honoring the moon's discoverer, the dark terrain is called Cassini Regio.
Iapetus: 3D Equatorial Ridge
This bizarre, equatorial ridge extending across and beyond the dark, leading hemisphere of Iapetus gives the two-toned Saturnian moon a distinct walnut shape. With red/blue glasses you can check out a remarkable stereo composition of this extraordinary feature -- based on close-up images from this week's Cassini spacecraft flyby. In fact, the ridge's combination of equatorial symmetry and scale, about 20 kilometers wide and reaching up to 20 kilometers above the surface, is not known to be duplicated anywhere else in our solar system. The unique feature was discovered in Cassini images from 2004. It appears to be heavily cratered and therefore ancient, but the origin of the equatorial ridge on Iapetus remains a mystery.
To Fly Free in Space
At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was further out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured above, was floating free in space. McCandless and fellow NASA astronaut Robert Stewart were the first to experience such an "untethered space walk" during Space Shuttle mission 41-B in 1984. The MMU works by shooting jets of nitrogen and has since been used to help deploy and retrieve satellites. With a<|fim_middle|>1994, the Crew of the shuttle orbiter Endeavour recorded this image of the Sun poised above the Earth's limb. Glare illuminates Endeavour's vertical tail (pointing toward the Earth) along with radar equipment in the payload bay.
A Galactic Star Forming Region in Infrared
How do stars form? To help study this complex issue, astronomers took a deep image in infrared light of an active part of our Milky Way Galaxy where star formation is rampant. In IRDC G11.11-0.11, thick clouds of dust and gas are congealing into stars that are so dark that humans living there would see an empty night sky. The image, though, taken last year by the Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared light, shows vast glowing fields of gas and dust, indicating that much of this dust is heated by forming stars. The centers of some clouds, such as the snake-like structure on the upper left, are so thick and cold that they are dark even in infrared light. Many of the red dots are glowing dust shrouds centered on very young newly formed stars. The unusual red sphere below the snake is actually a supernova remnant, the glowing shell of a young star so massive it evolved rapidly and exploded. The region spans about 150 light years and lies about 10,000 light years away toward the constellation of Sagittarius. APOD editor to review best space pictures in Philadelphia Wednesday night
Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn
An unusual triangle of light will be particularly bright near the eastern horizon before sunrise during the next two months for observers in Earth's northern hemisphere. Once considered a false dawn, this triangle of light is actually Zodiacal Light, light reflected from interplanetary dust particles. The triangle is clearly visible toward the left of the frame taken from the Paranal Observatory in Chile in July. Zodiacal dust orbits the Sun predominantly in the same plane as the planets: the ecliptic. Zodiacal light is so bright this time of year because the dust band is oriented nearly vertical at sunrise, so that the thick air near the horizon does not block out relatively bright reflecting dust. Zodiacal light is also bright for people in Earth's northern hemisphere in March and April just after sunset. APOD editor to review best space pictures in Philadelphia tomorrow (Wednesday) night
Saguaro Moon
A Full Moon rising can be a dramatic celestial sight, and Full Moons can have many names. For example, tonight's Full Moon, the one nearest the autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere, is popularly called the Harvest Moon. According to lore the name is a fitting one because farmers could work late into the night at the end of the growing season harvesting crops by moonlight. In the same traditions, the Full Moon following the Harvest Moon is the Hunter's Moon. But, recorded on a trip to the American southwest, this contribution to compelling images of moonrise is appropriately titled Saguaro Moon.
Hole in the Sun
The dark expanse below the equator of the Sun is a coronal hole -- a low density region extending above the surface where the solar magnetic field opens freely into interplanetary space. Shown in false color, the picture was recorded on September 19th in extreme ultraviolet light by the EIT instrument onboard the space-based SOHO observatory. Studied extensively from space since the 1960s in ultraviolet and x-ray light, coronal holes are known to be the source of the high-speed solar wind, atoms and electrons that flow outward along the open magnetic field lines. The solar wind streaming from this coronal hole triggered colorful auroral displays on planet Earth begining late last week, enjoyed by spaceweather watchers at high latitudes.
A Hole in Mars Close Up
In a close-up from the HiRISE instrument onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this mysterious dark pit, about 150 meters across, lies on the north slope of ancient martian volcano Arsia Mons. Lacking raised rims and other impact crater characteristics, this pit and others like it were originally identified in visible light and infrared images from the Mars Odyssey and Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. While the visible light images showed only darkness within, infrared thermal signatures indicated that the openings penetrated deep under the martian surface and perhaps were skylights to underground caverns. In this later image, the pit wall is partially illuminated by sunlight and seen to be nearly vertical, though the bottom, at least 78 meters below, is still not visible. The dark martian pits are thought to be related to collapse pits in the lava flow, similar to Hawaiian volcano pit craters.
Dawn Launch Mosaic
Shortly after sunrise on Thursday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft began its journey to the asteroid belt, arcing eastward into a blue and cloudy sky. Dawn's voyage began on a conventional, chemically fueled Delta II rocket, but will continue with an innovative ion propulsion system. The spacecraft's extremely efficient ion engines will use electricity derived from solar power to ionize xenon atoms and generate a gentle but continuous thrust. After a four year interplanetary cruise, Dawn will orbit two small worlds, first Vesta and then Ceres. Vesta is one of the largest main belt asteroids, while nomenclature introduced by the International Astronomical Union in 2006 classifies nearly spherical Ceres as a dwarf planet. | mass over 140 kilograms, an MMU is heavy on Earth, but, like everything, is weightless when drifting in orbit. The MMU was replaced with the SAFER backpack propulsion unit.
Inside Victoria Crater on Mars
NASA's Opportunity rover is now inside Victoria Crater on Mars. Last week the robot rolled about 20 meters into the largest crater any Martian rover has yet encountered, the crater next to which Opportunity has been perched for months. Currently, the rolling explorer is situated in Duck Bay alcove, peering across at the internal crater wall dubbed Cape St. Vincent. The above wide-angle view is from Opportunity's front hazard-identification camera. Over the next few weeks, Opportunity is scheduled to explore this telling alien indentation, searching for clues to the ancient past of Mars before the huge impact that created Victoria Crater ever took place.
Tungurahua Erupts
Volcano Tungurahua erupted spectacularly last year. Pictured above, molten rock so hot it glows visibly pours down the sides of the 5,000-meter high Tungurahua, while a cloud of dark ash is seen being ejected toward the left. Wispy white clouds flow around the lava-lit peak, while a star-lit sky shines in the distance. The above image was captured last year as ash fell around the adventurous photographer. Located in Ecuador, Tungurahua has become active roughly every 90 years since for the last 1,300 years. Volcano Tungurahua has started erupting again this year and continues erupting at a lower level even today. APOD editor to review best space pictures in Philadelphia next Wednesday
4,000 Kilometers Above Saturn's Iapetus
What does the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon Iapetus look like? To help find out, the robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn was sent soaring last week just 2,000 kilometers from the unique equatorial ridge of the unusual walnut-shaped two-toned moon. The above image from Cassini is from about 4,000 kilometers out and allows objects under 100-meters across to be resolved. Cassini found an ancient and battered landscape of craters, sloping hills, and mountains as high as 10 kilometers and so rival the 8.8-kilometer height of Mt. Everest on Earth. Just above the center of this image is a small bright patch where an impacting rock might have uncovered deep clean water ice. Space scientists will be studying flyby images like this for clues to the origin of Iapetus' unusual shape and coloring with particular emphasis because no more close flybys of the enigmatic world are planned. APOD editor to review best space pictures in Philadelphia next Wednesday
Northern Cygnus
Bright, hot, supergiant star Deneb lies at top center in this gorgeous skyscape. The 20 frame mosaic spans an impressive 12 degrees across the northern end of Cygnus the Swan. Crowded with stars and luminous gas clouds along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, Cygnus is also home to the dark, obscuring Northern Coal Sack Nebula, extending from Deneb toward the bottom center of the view. The reddish glow of NGC 7000, the North America Nebula, and IC 5070, the Pelican Nebula, are at the upper left, but many other nebulae and star clusters are identifiable throughout the wide field. Of course, Deneb itself is the alpha star of Cygnus and is also known to northern hemisphere skygazers for its place in two asterisms -- marking the top of the Northern Cross and a vertex of the Summer Triangle.
Coronet in the Southern Crown
X-rays from young stars and infrared light from stars and cosmic dust are combined in this false color image of a star-forming region in Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. The small star grouping is fittingly known as the Coronet Cluster. A mere 420 light-years distant, the Coronet Cluster offers a relatively close-up view of stars and protostars evolving with a wide range of masses. The observations suggest that energetic x-rays come from the hot, extended stellar atmospheres or coronae of the Coronet stars. The tantalizing multi-wavelength view spans about 2 light-years and was produced using data from the orbiting Chandra Observatory (x-ray) and the Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared).
Pangea Ultima: Earth in 250 Million Years?
Is this what will become of the Earth's surface? The surface of the Earth is broken up into several large plates that are slowly shifting. About 250 million years ago, the plates on which the present-day continents rest were positioned quite differently, so that all the landmasses were clustered together in one supercontinent now dubbed Pangea. About 250 million years from now, the plates are again projected to reposition themselves so that a single landmass dominates. The above simulation from the PALEAOMAP Project shows this giant landmass: Pangea Ultima. At that time, the Atlantic Ocean will be just a distant memory, and whatever beings inhabit Earth will be able to walk from North America to Africa. APOD editor to review best space pictures in Philadelphia on Wednesday
The Equal Night
Today, the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south at 0951 UT. Known as the equinox, the astronomical event marks the first day of autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the south. Equinox means equal night and with the Sun on the celestial equator, Earth dwellers will experience nearly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. Of course, for those in the south, the days will grow longer with the Sun marching higher in the sky as summer approaches. A few weeks after the September Equinox of | 1,236 |
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The Defiant Life of Vera Figner: Surviving the Russian Revolution
By: Lynne Ann Hartnett
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This engaging biography tells the dramatic story of a Russian noblewoman turned revolutionary terrorist. Born in 1852 in the last years of serfdom, Vera Figner came of age as Imperial Russian society was being rocked by the massive upheaval that culminated in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At first a champion of populist causes and women's higher education, Figner later became a leader of the terrorist party the People's Will and was an accomplice in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881. Drawing on extensive archival research and careful reading of Figner's copious memoirs, Lynne Ann Hartnett reveals how Figner survived the Bolshevik revolution and Stalin's Great Purges and died a lionized revolutionary legend as the Nazis bore down on Moscow in 1942.
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1 In the Twilight of a Fading Age
ON A LATE WINTER MORNING IN 1861, in sleepy villages, provincial towns, and bustling cities throughout the vast Russian Empire, somber-faced Russian Orthodox priests, conscious of the import of the moment, read an official proclamation penned in the imperial capital. After two centuries of legalized serfdom1—for all intents and purposes an institution that was indistinct from slavery—priests informed their congregations that the autocratic regime of Alexander II decreed the Russian serfs emancipated from their noble overlords. Although the details of the abolition of serfdom<|fim_middle|>2019. All rights reserved.
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Pages ${skip[0]} to ${skip[1]} are not shown in this preview. | and the caveats contained within the decree made "freedom" a bitter pill to swallow,2 Russia entered a new age that morning. The new age that dawned, though, differed markedly from what the manifesto's authors had hoped or expected. Fearful of a new round of intensified uprisings and rebellions against this legislated, unrelenting system of inequality and oppression, those who crafted the Emancipation Manifesto hoped that the abolition of serfdom would settle underlying social, economic, and political tensions in the land of the tsars. Yet in many respects the terms of emancipation ushered in a new period of destabilization and revolutionary activity that would culminate not in periodic localized rebellions but in a revolution that would ultimately destroy the imperial regime itself.
2 Age of Consciousness
SITTING ALONE IN AN ISOLATED POLICE interrogation room a short carriage drive from her cell in the Peter and Paul Fortress, a thirty-one-year-old Vera Figner thought about her life. As she took pen to paper to explain to gendarmes, government officials, herself, and (she hoped) posterity, how she, a woman born to the Imperial Russian nobility, faced a likely death sentence for a series of violent political crimes, Vera sought continuity. In chronicling her revolutionary activities, she asserts that her illegal radical activity during the previous few years "had its own history," because it was rooted in "logical links with [her] previous life."1 Rather than viewing her revolutionary career as an abrupt rupture with a privileged past, she saw it as the understandable consequence of her own personal history and that of her country.
Vera Figner's path to revolutionary notoriety was not predestined; instead it was dictated by coincidence, circumstance, and choice. In both the confession that she wrote over a period of weeks in 1883 and the autobiographical accounts she penned over more than a decade in the twentieth century, Vera attempts to guide those who want to understand her life and radical career. For Vera, every step she took along the way toward the unforgiving prison cell whose cold, damp walls became the boundaries of her solitary universe for two decades was a conscious one; every choice she made was determined by a moral purpose and strength of will. Yet much of what impelled Vera Figner into the revolutionary underground and the annals of Russian history was timing. Being born in the twilight of the age of serfdom, and reaching the age of consciousness in a period filled with political and social reform, upheaval, and uncertainty, Vera found both exciting opportunities and insurmountable hurdles. How she interpreted and managed each of these at different historical moments invariably influenced her subsequent options and choices and ultimately determined her place in history.
3 Pioneers Diverted
LIKE MOST EUROPEAN CITIES OF ITS size in the late nineteenth century, Zurich bustled with activity. With the majestic, snow-kissed Alps that hugged the clear, pale-green waters of Lake Zurich towering in the background, merchants, artisans, financiers, and industrial workers darted off to work each weekday morning along the well-groomed streets of this cosmopolitan city.1 On the weekends, families strolled along the quays bordering the Limmat River to any number of Zurich's public squares and lush green parks. Here they would often cross paths with the poets and artists who traveled to Zurich to indulge their creativity amid the breathtaking scenery and political freedom that the Swiss canton offered. In the second half of the nineteenth century, Zurich was a center of finance, industry, art, and culture. But it was also a center of learning. With its colleges of theology, arts, jurisprudence, and medicine, the University of Zurich attracted students from across Switzerland and Europe. In the streets that surrounded the university, students babbled to one another in most of the languages of Europe. While this polyglotism surely characterized the corridors and courtyards at any number of the major universities on the Continent, Zurich was unique in that many of the student voices that rose above the clamor of the horse-drawn streetcars trotting by the college belonged to women. As the first university in Europe to admit women on the same basis as men, the University of Zurich exerted a magnetic pull on young women who were anxious to expand their minds and professional opportunities. Between the winter of 1864–1865 and the summer of 1872, "a total of 203 women were enrolled as auditors or students" at the University of Zurich; of these "there were 23 English, 10 Swiss, 10 Germans, 6 Austrians, 6 Americans and 148 Russians,"2 including two provincial noblewomen from the province of Kazan.
4 Town and Country
AS SHE SAT IN A RAILROAD CAR crossing the capitals, farmlands, and villages of the northeastern edges of Europe, Vera tried to stave off an unrelenting chill. Over the previous three years, her body had become acclimated to the more temperate climate in Switzerland; now the lap robes she slung over her legs as the train chugged along through Poland and the Baltic region provided little defense against the cold arctic air, and her discomfort grew with each passing mile. But it was not only the weather that she found disconcerting on this train trip east in late November 1875; she had grown used to much more than just the climate in Western Europe. Since arriving in Zurich in 1872, Vera had grown accustomed to pursuing her own goals, publicly speaking her mind, and experimenting with radical new political ideas. In Switzerland she did so openly and with impunity, and this changed her significantly. Having discovered socialist theory, she embraced its teaching and identified herself as a proponent of its principles as they applied to Russia. Now, as she sat amid anonymous fellow travelers on her way back to Russia, this diminutive, well-dressed, apparently demure young woman seemed to be the antithesis of the unconventional, allegedly promiscuous radicals and nihilists pilloried by the government and the conservative press. But Vera's looks belied her intentions. She was no longer the idealist who dreamed of living a legal, publicly acknowledged existence tending to the ills of those less fortunate than her. Three years removed from an earlier train trip west, she now returned to her native land, a committed populist, resolved to confront the injustice she witnessed not just by ameliorating its consequences but also by conspiring to eradicate its root causes. Switzerland did not make Vera Figner a doctor; it transformed her into a radical.
5 The Tsar's Death Sentence
MORE THAN ANY RULER IN RECENT Russian history, Alexander II believed that his relationship with his subjects was predicated on feelings of love. He was, after all, the Tsar Liberator, who accomplished what no other Romanov had dared to risk when in 1861 he freed millions of Russian peasants from the bonds of serfdom. Over the subsequent decade, Alexander II complemented the emancipation by instituting a series of educational, military, governmental, and judicial reforms. Though none of his reforms diminished his autocratic authority, Alexander II was convinced that in granting these and a measure of free discourse, he would engender harmony between educated society and the monarchy,1 thereby ensuring the longevity of the autocracy. The unsuccessful attempt on the life of the tsar made by Dmitrii Karakozov in 1866 only reinforced this scenario of love between the ruler and the ruled as the people demonstrated their affection for the autocrat through the wrath they directed at the would-be regicide. But a little more than a decade later, continued repression, a succession of disappointing reforms, and a series of political trials of Russia's educated youth eroded the patience of society, and the curtain lowered on Alexander II's scenario of love. No pretense of mutual affection remained. "Love had turned into its antithesis, bitter rage, indulgent to violent revolutionary acts."2 Thus, as a generation of radicals abandoned peaceful agitation in the countryside to bear arms against their government, they found society strangely receptive to their propaganda by deed, a reaction that only reinforced their perception of the morality and justice of their violent agenda.
6 Revolutionary Iconography
AS VERA PACED NERVOUSLY IN THE empty silence of her apartment, Tsar Alexander II rode in a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of his capital. Although it was just after 2:00 in the afternoon, the emperor had already had a full day. After attending religious services, he reviewed the troops at the Mikhailovskii Riding School and had a pleasant visit with his cousin, the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna.1 The schedule he followed this March morning was typical for the emperor. He was a man comfortable with routine, and his day mimicked many of his Sunday mornings since his return from the Crimea a few months before. But Alexander II had not been to the riding school for several weeks. As the confrontation between his government and the People's Will escalated, the tsar canceled his review of the troops, choosing to remain in the palace and not expose himself to unnecessary danger. Yet the February 27 arrest of the terrorist leader Andrei Zheliabov reassured the emperor that his police forces had gained the upper hand; thus, he resumed his favored Sunday morning routine on March 1. Bowing to the continued concerns his new young wife expressed for his personal safety, however, Alexander agreed to vary his typical route to and from the Winter Palace. Instead of following his usual path along Nevskii Prospect and Malaia Sadovaia Street, he took a less open course along the Ekaterinskii Canal, a route that many close to him believed would offer more protection against a potential terrorist attack. Sitting in his supposedly bombproof carriage, a present from Napoleon III, he was only a couple of miles from home when a violent blast shook the carriage.
ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1884, THE Trial of the Fourteen opened in St. Petersburg amid circumstances much different from those of the well-publicized political trials of the previous decade. For years both the Romanov autocracy and the Russian public viewed the trials of accused revolutionaries and terrorists as "great political causes célèbres."1 Except for Vera Zasulich's stunning acquittal, the verdicts doled out by the courts were mostly preordained, and thus no drama was involved in the deliberation of guilt or innocence; yet the proceedings were grand spectacles. Imperial courtrooms served as the stages on which a new type of modern political theater was performed; a curious public and anxious friends angled for admission to witness the drama as both the prosecution and defense presented cases and delivered lines designed to sway hearts and influence minds in a propaganda battle between the tsarist state and the revolutionaries who conspired to overthrow it. Although the imperial government had learned from early trials in the post-reform period and began to more strictly control the space in its courtrooms and the publicity emanating from them as the 1870s gave way to the more violent 1880s, the secrecy that surrounded the Trial of the Fourteen in 1884 was unparalleled. According to the foreign correspondent, for the Times of London, only nine coveted tickets were doled out for this latest trial.2 The regime of Alexander III decided to try the latest defendants with as little external fanfare as possible in order to prevent the accused members of the People's Will from using the defendant's box as a platform from which to remind the country of their exploits, sacrifice, and aspirations for a more equitable and just future for Russia. But Vera Figner had other plans.
8 Life and Death
MUCH OF THE JOY EKATERINA FIGNER felt upon learning that Vera's death sentence had been commuted dissipated when tsarist officials informed her that her daughter had been taken to Shlisselburg Fortress. While the state refused to end Vera's life on the scaffold, its judicial arm had no compunction about consigning her to a living death behind high fortress walls and a dangerous current at the mouth of the Neva River. Ekaterina spent years longing for news of her eldest child, but for more than a decade her anxious curiosity encountered only silence. It seemed that the prison administration intended to abide by the retributive promise made to the Figner matriarch in 1884 when an official ominously vowed that the next she would hear of Vera would be when she was "in her grave."1 In spite of her fears, months and years passed and news of Vera's death never came. Although Ekaterina had no idea what her daughter's life was like, she found comfort in knowing that at least her firstborn was still alive. But for Vera the line between life and death blurred in Shlisselburg as she discovered a life that was much worse than her anticipated death. While each passing day without news of her daughter's death brought a measure of solace to Ekaterina, Vera's endless days in her tomblike cell led her to wistfully recall how close she had come to realizing the martyrdom on the scaffold that she had sought.
9 Resurrection in Exile
IN THE DAYS BEFORE VERA LEFT Shlisselburg, her dear friend Nikolai Morozov composed a poem to commemorate her release. In it he expressed his wish that fate would treat his cherished comrade well and that soon she would put the horrors of prison behind her.1 But Vera had spent too many years in Shlisselburg to believe that Morozov's good wishes for her would be realized. She knew that inmates did not move easily from fortress to freedom. On the contrary, the steamer ride down the Neva from Lake Ladoga was just the first leg of a long journey that brought former Shlisselburg prisoners to new, untried terms of incarceration. For most this fresh incarceration was physical, as newly released Shlisselburg inmates faced periods of varying length in other prisons of the tsar or in distant exile settlements. But even those lucky few who quickly passed from imprisonment to freedom soon realized that they still remained captive to the fortress that had stolen their youth. Though the former inmates might never see the white walls of the fortress again, they never completely left Shlisselburg, nor did it leave them. As Vera explained almost a decade after her release, "I cannot erase twenty years during which I experienced more than in the rest of my life combined. Shlisselburg always hangs over me. I cannot shake it off, nor do I want to."2
10 An Old Revolutionary in a New Revolution
IN THE LATE WINTER OF 1917, a series of rapidly growing protests and strikes toppled the three-hundred-year-old Romanov autocracy. No professional revolutionaries took the helm. Neither bombs nor assassinations played a part. Instead, mounting death tolls in a debilitating world war, economic and industrial inadequacy, ensuing food and fuel shortages, drastic socioeconomic disparity, and the long-term corrosive effects of the autocracy itself finally exhausted the patience of the people in the tsar's capital and forced the abdication of the last Romanov tsar.
As these dramatic events unfolded in the city to which Vera had so recently returned, she experienced a flurry of different emotions. Watching the mounting protests and hearing the news that a new Provisional Government had taken control, she felt "joy, sadness for the past, and a sense of alarm" about what the future held.1 For a woman so familiar with the sacrifices demanded by radical political change, the first revolution of 1917 seemed too swift and the transfer of power too easily accomplished. In a letter to her cousin Natasha, Vera wrote, "The first days [of the revolution] were sad for me. I kept thinking of those who perished in the last thirty-seven years. I hope for a favorable outcome and the consolidation of freedom, but I expect difficulties will arise along the way."2
11 Revolutionary Survivor
BY THE FALL OF 1921, VERA realized that she had a vested interest in the Soviet Revolution. She believed her revolutionary generation's struggles had prepared the way for her Communist successors, and thus she felt a certain responsibility for their actions. But her acceptance of the Soviet system was also predicated in eminently practical concerns. Having lived through the dislocation caused by the civil war and witnessed the ultimate survival of Lenin's regime and party, Vera accepted the inevitability of the Bolshevik victory and tacitly admired the Communists' resilience. She also appreciated the consideration that the new regime had accorded her personally. While she certainly did not relish the censorship and bureaucratic hurdles that she had to clear in order to publish her writings, and while she rued the persecution of other political parties in which the Soviets engaged, she was grateful for the material privileges the state extended to her and appreciated the cultural and social leeway the regime allowed her. Yet Vera also realized that the privileges she enjoyed were precarious and knew that her continued ability to pursue her literary and cultural projects depended on the sustained cooperation of the Soviet state. Likening social insignificance and political apathy to death, she resolved to navigate the complicated quagmire that defined the Soviet political arena in order to maintain her livelihood and social satisfaction. As she combined this level of accommodation with a continued commitment to issues of social justice, she proved herself adept at navigating the often precarious contours of contemporary revolutionary politics.
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Orange Tractors Still Make Me Smile
It happened yesterday. On a country road I passed an old, orange tractor that looked like my dad's Allis-Chalmers—the one from my childhood-- and I had to smile.
Granted, the Allis-Chalmers company no longer exists as such, but still I have pleasant memories of that old orange workhorse we owned.
It was on the Allis that I learned to pull a hay wagon, disc, and even sit on the toolbox fastened to the left fender, and ride row after row in the field with my dad. I learned patience, and that good things come after hard work.
Ah, the memories! Nothing compares to spring sunshine warming a child's back on the first day of summer vacation, wind blowing softly, and the smell of earth all around. Farm kids get special privileges that their city counterparts can only dream of: running barefoot behind a tractor and plow, feeling the contrast between hot, hard-packed soil and the cool, silky feel of freshly-turned earth<|fim_middle|> benefitted from our old, orange tractor. Rusty used the small platform behind the seat as his "command post" when he wanted to escape the snapping jaws of neighboring farm dogs. It was his version of "king of the hill."
I can't help thinking that country kids growing up today with high-powered, air-conditioned equipment may develop stunted memory banks. My most golden memories were made in simpler times with the sun on my back and a farm dog running alongside while I sat at the wheel of our trusty Allis-Chalmers. Yes, orange tractors still make me smile.
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Allis taught me a lesson in faithfulness when I was sixteen years old. That year my dad allowed me to do the disking. It was hot, dusty work and the field seemed endless. I was ready to quit, but the faithful old tractor kept rumbling along, reminding me that I needed to do the same. At the end of the day I had stayed at a difficult task, even though it became boring, and I was thirsty enough to spit cotton. The bronze tan I developed was the envy of my city friends, and to think I got it for free!
Our Allis ran dutifully year 'round, pulling wagonloads of excited kids on hayrides in October, and our sleds in January—because we lived in the Midwest and had no hills. It pulled cars out of ditches when city people got stuck in snow drifts on our country road.
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The 2012 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 52nd in the National Football League, as well as their second full season under head coach Leslie Frazier. They looked to improve upon their 3–13 season the year before, and did so after defeating the Tennessee Titans in Week 5; their win over the Houston Texans in Week 16 made this their first winning season since 2009. The Vikings also made the playoffs for the first time since 2009 with a Week 17 win over the Green Bay Packers to give them a 10–6 regular season record, but were defeated by the same opponents in the Wild Card playoff round the following week. Adrian Peterson was named the league's Most Valuable Player after rushing for 2,097 yards, just nine yards short of breaking the single-season record held by Eric Dickerson since 1984.
On May 10, 2012, the Minnesota State Legislature approved a bill for a new stadium for the team that would see a new facility (later named U.S. Bank Stadium) constructed by 2016 and ensure the Vikings' presence in Minneapolis through the year 2046. The bill was signed by Governor Mark Dayton on May 14, and approved by the Minneapolis City Council by a vote of 7–6 on May 25.
Offseason
Pre-draft transactions
The first major transactions of the 2012 offseason were the releases of veteran guards Steve Hutchinson and Anthony Herrera, and CB Cedric Griffin on March 10, as the Vikings began rebuilding their offensive line and secondary. Three days later, the team re-signed perennial backup QB Sage Rosenfels and DT Letroy Guion off their unrestricted free agents list. This was followed up with the signing of the Seattle Seahawks' unrestricted free agent TE John Carlson on a five-year contract.
The next week, the team brought in FB Jerome Felton, also an unrestricted free agent, from the Indianapolis Colts. They then released DT Remi Ayodele on March 21, but re-signed DT Fred Evans. March 26 was a big day for signings by the Vikings, with the re-signings of WR Devin Aromashodu and LB Erin Henderson, as well as the free agent acquisitions of CB Zack Bowman from the Chicago Bears and T Geoff Schwartz from the Carolina Panthers.
April saw very few transactions go through in anticipation of the 2012 NFL Draft at the end of the month. Nevertheless, the Vikings signed LB Marvin Mitchell and WR Jerome Simpson, despite the fact that Simpson would miss the first three games of the season for a violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy.
Draft
Notes:
Cleveland traded their first-round selection (4th overall), fourth-round selection (118th overall), fifth-round selection (139th overall), and seventh-round selection (211th overall) to move up one spot to the third overall selection and draft RB Trent Richardson.
Minnesota traded their second-round selection (35th overall) and fourth-round selection (98th overall) to Baltimore to move up six spots to 29th overall selection and make this pick.
Minnesota was awarded two compensatory picks for the loss of free agents Ray Edwards, Ben Leber, Tarvaris Jackson, and Sidney Rice.
Detroit traded their seventh-round selection (219th overall) and 2013 fourth-round selection (102nd overall) to Minnesota for their fifth-round selection (138th overall) and the seventh-round selection (223rd overall) that they received from New England in the trade for Randy Moss in 2010.
Minnesota traded their sixth-round selection (173rd overall) to Washington for QB Donovan McNabb.
Cleveland traded their sixth-round selection (175th overall) to Minnesota in exchange for DE Jayme Mitchell.
Tennessee traded their 2013 sixth-round selection (176th overall) to Minnesota for the seventh-round selection (211th overall) that they received in the first-round trade with Cleveland. Minnesota later traded the pick they received from Tennessee to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a seventh-round pick and CB A. J. Jefferson.
Post-draft transactions
With the 2012 Draft over, the Vikings resumed their transactions in May, signing a number of undrafted free agents to their roster, and releasing RB Caleb King, following a short jail term. With the drafting of Blair Walsh, veteran kicker Ryan Longwell found himself surplus to requirements for the Vikings and he was released on May 7. By the start of June, all of the Vikings draft selections (with the exception of T Matt Kalil) had been signed to long-term contracts.
Preseason
Schedule
This was the first year the Vikings used a TV/radio simulcast for their preseason games.
Game summaries
Week 1: at San Francisco 49ers
Week 2: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week 3: vs. San Diego Chargers
Week 4: at Houston Texans
Regular season
Schedule
Team names in bold indicate Vikings' home games.
Game summaries
Week 1: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 2: at Indianapolis Colts
Week 3: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 4: at Detroit Lions
Week 5: vs. Tennessee Titans
Week 6: at Washington Redskins
Week 7: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week 8: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 9: at Seattle Seahawks
Week 10: vs. Detroit Lions
Week 12: at Chicago Bears
Week 13: at Green Bay Packers
Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears
Week 15: at St. Louis Rams
Week <|fim_middle|> two teams meeting in the playoffs for only the second time ever, Blair Walsh capped the game's opening drive with a field goal to put the Vikings 3–0 up. However, the Packers then scored 24 unanswered points to take a 24–3 lead in the 3rd quarter. The Vikings tried to rally a comeback with a touchdown to make it 24–10, but it was too little, too late as time ran out for Minnesota.
Statistics
Team leaders
Vikings single season record.
League rankings
Pro Bowl
Four Minnesota Vikings players were selected for the 2013 Pro Bowl: two on offense (running back partners Adrian Peterson and Jerome Felton), one on defense (DE Jared Allen) and one special teamer (K Blair Walsh). Of these, Peterson, Felton and Walsh were selected as starters, with Allen going as a reserve.
With the withdrawal of Dallas Cowboys LB DeMarcus Ware on January 10 because of a shoulder injury, Vikings LB Chad Greenway was called up to the NFC roster as a replacement. TE Kyle Rudolph was also added to the NFC roster for his first Pro Bowl two weeks later after Atlanta Falcons TE Tony Gonzalez dropped out due to injury. Rookie Matt Kalil was also added later as a replacement for the Washington Redskins' tackle, Trent Williams, yet another casualty of injury. Rudolph was named the game's MVP.
Staff
Roster
Notes and references
External links
Minnesota Vikings official website
2012 Minnesota Vikings at ESPN
2012 Minnesota Vikings at Pro Football Reference
Minnesota
Minnesota Vikings seasons
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Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
Adrian Peterson rushed for 199 yards, coming up nine yards short of breaking the single season record by Eric Dickerson. This included five rushes for 36 yards on the final drive to set up the winning field goal by Blair Walsh. This game was rated #3 on the Top 20 NFL Games of 2012 on NFL.com as AP2K.
Standings
Postseason
Schedule
Game summaries
NFC Wild Card Round: at Green Bay Packers
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GUY GEIER
Managing partner of the architectural firm FXFowle, and a New Jersey resident
Structures with cavernous interior spaces pose a particular design challenge: to avoid an exterior of huge, dull slabs. Xanadu's multicolored panels are understandable "as an attempt to break down the mass of the building, because it is so large," but they do not work well.
Is there a less attractive high-profile development of recent vintage in the region? "I would be hard-pressed" to think of one. "Just the number of eyes who see it every day provide an opportunity for whoever gets to redesign it to maybe make a more serious statement about what we should be thinking about in our buildings these days. So, for instance, maybe that exterior could be solar, potentially clad in photovoltaic panels."
A new developer could make some of the exterior transparent, "re-skinning it to expose more of what's going on inside the building" — an approach FXFowle is taking in renovating the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.
The original vision of flashing, moving signs could be "distracting to people while they drive. Might be more of a hazard than a benefit."
Founder and principal of Urban-Interface L.L.C., an urban design consulting practice
"It's the ultimate example of the shopping mall as an enclosed space that doesn't engage the environment around it. New Jersey is famous for those," said Mr. McGrath, who a decade ago worked with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission to generate ideas for developing the area.
"It's less about the ugliness and the scale and the ambition, and more about how you engage a wetland. An indoor ski slope that requires refrigeration year-round blatantly disregards the environment."
Xanadu's design "could in some ways make reference to its environment, to the wetlands, the wildlife," but it does not. "These open areas — the Meadowlands, Jamaica Bay — are the blue and green lungs of our region, and they've been completely disregarded and dumped on. They're just places to drive past and fly over when we're landing at the airport."
The outer layer as originally planned, with its electronic components, would be something of an improvement. "It's definitely in the spirit of Las Vegas, and the love of the ugly and the ordinary in the American landscape."
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"It's by far the ugliest damn building in New Jersey, and maybe America," the governor said last week, drawing cheers at a public forum in Nutley, and knowing nods across the state.
Mr. Christie is hardly the first to complain about the looks of the huge, nearly completed retail-and-entertainment mall alongside the Meadowlands sports complex here. Columnists and online forums have taken swings at it. State Senator Richard J. Codey, a former governor, called it "yucky-looking." And former State Senator Raymond H. Bateman said, "I think the exterior will always be schlocky, no matter what you do with it."
The facade of the 2.3-million-square-foot complex has walls of horizontal rectangles, walls of vertical stripes, varying shades of blue, green and orange. An indoor ski slope rises at an angle above the rest. Critics have compared the look to stacked shipping containers, Lego blocks and bar codes.
The garish walls were not intended as a naked skin. An array of animated electronic signs and other décor was supposed to surround the building, but may never be built. With $2 billion spent and more needed to finish it, Xanadu's main problem is money. Twice, developers have been forced to withdraw when financing ran dry; the state is trying to get another developer to take over and perform a face-lift.
The architects who created the original design, the Rockwell Group, have thrown in the towel: After previous developers repeatedly changed the plans, the group withdrew in 2008 and disavowed any responsibility for the project's appearance.
So we asked the experts to weigh in.
PAUL GOLDBERGER
Architecture critic of The New Yorker
"It really is unspeakably ugly, there's no doubt about that. It looks like someone tried to decorate a nuclear reactor."
"In really big projects in this region, there's been nothing as horrible as that. I would put Madison Square Garden on the same scale, but it's not recent. I know various people have said the whole Trump complex on Riverside South is worse, and it is pretty bad."
"With Xanadu I think the only solution, other than dynamite, is lots of lights and signage. The thing is vulgar by any standard, so maybe the only solution is to make it more vulgar — more lights than Times Square, the Las Vegas Strip."
RICHARD A. COOK
Architect and partner in Cook + Fox, which designed the Bank of America Tower
Xanadu is "the building every architect loves to hate," said Mr. Cook, who is also a partner in Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental design consulting firm.
"Personally, what I find to be a horror is, this massive project turns its back on this incredibly beautiful ecosystem. The meadowlands has this incredible biodiversity with real beauty, believe it or not. It's one of the most important stopover points on the eastern flyway for migratory birds."
"At least it could have been a background building and nondescript, like all the warehouses and industrial buildings we're used to driving by." Instead, its artificiality "makes it an in-your-face offensive building."
Rather than try to redo the exterior, "I would hide it."
"I'd find any way to open the building to make it so people can appreciate what's stunningly beautiful around it, and any way to marry it into the natural ecosystem, like a green roof. I would hire some biologist who specializes in migratory birds to figure out if you could do some kind of armature around the building that would create nesting areas, and camouflage the way it looks now."
MELISSA LAFSKY
Editor in chief of the Web site The Infrastructurist
"Sure, Xanadu is ugly, but the true extent of its repugnance has to be taken in relation to its building costs. Every Wal-Mart and KFC in America is ugly — but what are magnificently ugly are the buildings that cost hundreds of millions to construct, and still emerge as aesthetic monstrosities."
Considering Xanadu's price, "it may have a good case for Ugliest Money Pit in America." In the New York region, "the only thing comparable would be Trumpville on the West | 905 |
In Malawi, early retention in HIV care remains challenging. Depression is strongly associated with reduced anti-retroviral therapy (ART) adherence and viral suppression. Appropriate depression care for people initiating ART is likely to be supportive of early and continued engagement in the HIV care continuum. This paper aims to provide an overview of a task-shifting program that integrates depression screening and treatment into HIV care and the strategy used to evaluate this program, describes the implementation process, and discusses key challenges and lessons learned in the first phase of program implementation.
We are implementing a program integrating depression screening and treatment into HIV care initiation at two clinics in Lilongwe District, Malawi. The program's effect on patients' depression and HIV outcomes will be evaluated using a multiple baseline pre-post study. In this manuscript, we draw from our experiences as program implementers and some of the quantitative data to describe the process of implementation and key lessons learned.
We successfully implemented the screening phase of this program at both clinics; 88.3 and 93.2% of newly diagnosed patients have been screened for depression at each clinic respectively. 25% of enrolled patients reported symptoms of mild-to-severe depression and only 6% reported symptoms of moderate-to-severe depression. Key lessons learned from the process show the importance of utilizing existing processes and infrastructure and focusing on iterative and collaborative learning. We continued to face challenges around establishing a sense of program ownership among providers, developing capacity to diagnose and manage depression, and ensuring the availability of appropriate medication. Our efforts to address these challenges provide insight into the technical and managerial support needed to prepare for, roll out, and sustain integrated models of mental health and HIV care.
This activity demonstrates how a depression screening program can successfully be integrated into HIV care within the public health system in Malawi. While this program focuses on integrating depression management into HIV care, most of the lessons learned could apply to integration of mental health into any non-psychiatric specialist setting.
ClinicalTrials.gov ID [NCT03555669]. Retrospectively registered on 13 June 2018.
In Malawi a growing body of research is beginning to document the scope of mental health challenges in the general Malawian population. In Malawian primary care settings, 28.8% of all patients (regardless of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status) have a common mental disorder ; the most common condition appears to be depression. Prevalence estimates of depression among populations living with HIV vary: 19% among adolescents attending HIV clinics ; 16% among newly initiating ART adults; and 9% among adults on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for at least 6 months . However, the lack of national data documenting the magnitude of mental health problems has historically hampered efforts to secure and allocate resources for mental health services. Mental health care infrastructure and human resources in Malawi are limited; there are only four mental health facilities in the country (two public and two private), − only three of which are currently operational – all located in urban centers. Mental health care is treated as a specialized service in Malawi and is primarily offered from these aforementioned facilities.
In response to the public health burden of mental health disorders in Malawi, Malawi's Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP 2011–2016) formally recognized the need to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malawi and established the NCDs and Mental Health Unit of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the 2011–12 financial year. Further, the 2017–2022 Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan prioritizes treatment for mental health, including depression treatment, under their Essential Health Package [5, 6]. The NCDs and Mental Health Unit of the MOH developed action plans to 1) integrate mental health services into other general health services; 2) improve the capacity of general health care workers through training to diagnose and manage mental health conditions at different levels of care; and 3) raise awareness of mental health disorders and treatment among the general population through community health workers, teachers, religious leaders, peer educators and the media . As a result of these efforts, a pilot program aimed at building the mental health capacity of community health workers, encouraging community-level mental health promotion and detection, and integrating these community health worker activities into the primary care setting was successfully implemented in Zomba, Malawi [8–10]. However, further efforts are needed to effectively realize the MOH's mental health goals.
Simultaneously, early retention in HIV care is a major obstacle to achieving the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 90–90-90 goals [11–13]. The first year of ART is a particularly vulnerable period: nearly a quarter of people initiating ART are lost to care within the first 12 months [11–13]. Among people initiating ART, those with comorbid depression are a large and especially vulnerable population. Depression affects 18 to 30% of patients receiving HIV care in Africa and is an important barrier to early ART retention [15, 16]. Depression is also strongly associated with reduced ART adherence and viral suppression [14, 17–20] as well as greater perceived stigma and faster HIV clinical progression [17, 20–23] and suicide [24–26]. While evidence of the impact of depression treatment on HIV care retention and treatment outcomes in Africa is currently lacking, a burgeoning body of research suggests appropriate depression care for people initiating ART is likely to be important for early and continued engagement in the HIV care continuum [15, 27–29].
There has been a recent push to integrate mental health services into existing primary and community health services to address the mental health burden among people living with HIV in resource limited settings [30–32]. In sub-Saharan Africa, where research on integrating services has been limited, task-shifting approaches are an effective, cost-effective, and practical means of managing depression [30, 33]. In Zimbabwe and South Africa, training lay health workers to provide psychosocial therapy to people living with HIV was effective at reducing symptoms of depression [34, 35]. In Cameroon and Tanzania, training HIV care providers to prescribe and manage antidepressant treatment proved effective at improving depression outcomes [36<|fim_middle|> ongoing clinical supervision to improve inter-rater reliability.
Discomfort treating depression: Providers expressed to the program team that they did not feel comfortable treating the cases of depression they identified. Providers were instructed to manage suspected cases of depression using existing resources at their health centers, or refer to the psychiatric nurse.
Unfamiliarity with new clinical forms: The program introduced new clinical materials clinicians were either only introduced to during the training or were seeing for the first time on the job. Program staff provided guidance on using the Mental Health Mastercard.
Inconsistent assessment of patient with suicidal thoughts: Initially, providers were not systematically assessing suicide risk, but were each using their own method to decide whether a patient needed to be referred for more intensive psychiatric treatment. Suicide risk assessment was translated into Chichewa and the program team instructed providers to focus on ascertaining whether the patient is actually thinking of hurting themselves.
Reluctance to integrate of depression management into HIV care: Traditionally mental health care has been the domain of specialized psychiatric providers and providers are already charged with a heavy workload. As such, some providers perceived depression screening as an additional responsibility, for which they were not being additionally compensated. The program team engaged the clinic staff on the importance of depression management in HIV care and worked with staff to find ways to make the integration as easy as possible.
The team assessed the roll-out and addressed any initial challenges before retraining and launching at Area 25 on May 16th and 19th. As of December 1st, 2017, 1160 patients have enrolled in ART care and 1042 patients (90%) have been screened with the PHQ-2. Of those 1042 patients who were screened, a total of 487 patients at Area 18 and 513 at Area 25 consented to have their clinical data used to evaluate the program. At ART initiation, 25% of patients had a PHQ-9 score of 5 or above, indicating mild-to-severe depression. (Table 2).
Prior to developing a protocol, the program team carefully documented the process patients underwent when testing and initiating HIV care as well as the existing infrastructure at both clinics. After establishing where and when patients are seen by the HTC counselors, the group counselors, the ART registration staff, and providers, the team identified the appropriate staff to screen patients with the PHQ-2 and administer the PHQ-9. They also identified the most convenient times to consent patients for the evaluation component without extending the amount of time they spend at the clinics. In this manner, prior to launching the program, the team laid groundwork to successfully implement without interrupting patient flow or overburdening staff and only minor tweaks to address the availability of clinicians and nurses were needed over the first couple weeks of implementation.
To inform clinic leadership and staff about progress, elicit their concerns, and discuss any challenges, the program team holds weekly meetings alternatingly at both clinics. As well, the team holds a weekly operations call with the program team members from the MOH, UNC at Chapel Hill, UNC-Project, and Lighthouse, with other key-stakeholders invited from Baylor College of Medicine. Further highlighting the importance of collaboration, it became evident from the early weeks of implementation at Area 18 that the clinics were staffed not only by MOH employed public health providers, but by rotating staff that report to non-governmental organizations such as Baylor and Lighthouse. In order to assure continuity of program knowledge, all of the rotating staff needed to be trained on the protocol. In response, the program team trained Baylor staff in early September, is working to coordinate orientation training for Lighthouse staff, and communicates weekly with Baylor and Lighthouse leadership.
One of the key challenges the team faced during implementation has been clinic resistance to additional responsibilities without additional compensation or incentives. This is unsurprising, as the most visible staff are the evaluators employed by UNC-Project Malawi, an organization that has been involved in public health research in the region for over three decades. In response, the team has continuously emphasized to the clinic staff that the project is a government initiative and has had MOH representation at clinic sensitization meetings, orientation trainings, refreshers and many of the weekly clinic meetings. As well, the team engaged with the Lilongwe DHO and now a District Health Management Team (DHMT) representative is a permanent member of the program team. To supplement this effort, the program team identified supportive clinic staff who demonstrated an ability to support their colleagues implement the screening initiative and nominated these individuals to become on-the-ground mental health champions. These individuals will champion the implementation of the program in the clinics. Ultimately, the extent to which clinic staff and leadership accept this program as government initiative and part of their responsibility as government employees will determine its success.
Providing quality screening and treatment for depression to patients initiating HIV care requires mental health-literate staff capable of using the screening instruments and following treatment protocols. Thus, to implement this program, all of the clinic staff involved in providing HIV care need to be trained on the protocol, on their responsibilities in the depression screening and treatment process, and on how to use screening tools. In fact, one of the main benefits of this program is the mental health capacity building accomplished through this type of continued education. However, ensuring that all staff were available to attend the training was particularly challenging. At both clinics, providers rotate through the clinic wards, serving some weeks in the out-patient or maternity wards, and others in the HIV clinic, and so forth. As well, the trainings took place while the clinic was open and operating, so many providers were unable to leave their posts to attend. The limited and over-burdened human resources at each clinic further exacerbated this challenge. To ensure that all staff were appropriately trained, the program team held multiple trainings, offered one-on-one orientations, held a refresher training two-months following implementation, and have planned future refresher trainings. To reinforce these efforts, a psychiatrist is scheduled to shadow both the HTC counselors and the providers while they administer the PHQ-2 and PHQ-9. This will provide continued opportunities for one-on-one feedback and training.
Implementing this program has also highlighted the importance of maintaining a functioning referral system for accessible psychiatric care and ensuring the availability of psychiatric medications. To ensure that patients are able to access and receive appropriate care for depression, the program wanted to ensure that psychiatric care was offered at each clinic at least once a week. This was not a challenge at Area 18, where a psychiatric nurse is scheduled at least once a week and rotates through the ART clinic. However, at Area 25, psychiatric care is only offered by a private outreach team monthly or bi-monthly. Since this challenge was identified during the orientation trainings in March, the program team has been working with the district health management team members to ensure a general mental health clinic is offered weekly.
The mental health roundtable discussion in January 2017 raised issues around the availability of medication to treat depression at both the clinic and district level in Malawi during and at the time of the initial site visits, neither of the clinics had stocked amitriptyline or fluoxetine. Both of these drugs should be available as part of Malawi's Essential Health Package. The program team began working to address challenge immediately, months before launching the program. The program team communicated the supply chain concerns to the clinic leadership, who both agreed to request amitriptyline from the Lilongwe DHO. Communication with the clinic leadership continued, but by early April, neither of the clinics had received a supply of amitriptyline. After discussions with the pharmacy-in-charges at both clinics and the Lilongwe DHO, it became clear the Lilongwe DHO pharmacy had depleted their own supply of amitriptyline. The program's MOH principal investigator liaised with the Malawi Central Medical Stores Trust on the situation and learned they, too, had depleted their stocks, but they promised to float an emergency psychotropic tender. In light of the nationwide shortage, the clinics requested that the program obtain a starter pack of amitriptyline while waiting normal supplies. Thus, the program bought two 1000 25 mg tablet bottles for each clinic, approximately a 30-day supply for about 30 patients (depending on dosage) per clinic. The MOH is continuing to work with the DHO to ensure that amitriptyline is appropriately stocked.
The program integrated depression management into the paper clinical records system, but not into the EMR system. Providers struggled to identify patients with depression and ensure they were reassessed with the PHQ-9 when they returned for ART care each month. When ART patients return to receive care, providers are meant to both update the patient's EMR and their paper ART Mastercard. However, providers do not necessarily pull the patient's ART Mastercard – and thus the Mental Health Mastercard – opting instead to use the EMR system, which does not prompt providers to reassess depression. Anticipating this challenge, a green sticker is placed on the health passport of every patient that scores 5 or above on the PHQ-9 to help remind providers which patients are in need of depression care. However, it became clear that returning patients were being missed. Only some providers were aware that they should look for the green sticker. To address this issue early on, the program team raised this challenge at the weekly clinic meetings and asked clinic staff to brainstorm solutions. As a result, the clinic staff decided they need a refresher training in June 2017, data clerks should be instructed to look out for the green stickers and try to help pull the appropriate files, and requested the program team post reminders in the clinic rooms explaining the meaning of the green sticker. As well, providers empower patients to call attention to the green sticker on their health passports when they return to collect their ART medication. As this issue has remained challenging, signs highlighting the last four digits of the ART IDs of depressed patients expected to return each week are also posted in the ART clinic each week by evaluation staff, though this solution is not sustainable. As well, the program team is investigating whether a new module for the EMR system can be developed in recognition that the more this program can be integrated into existing systems and routine clinical responsibilities, the easier it will be for providers to implement.
A key feature of this program is that, while the evaluation staff works on the ground to consent patients and collect data, none of the evaluation staff are meant to have any clinical responsibilities or influence the provision of HIV or mental health care. As the clinics are short staffed and the clinic providers are overburdened, particularly at Area 18, the providers lean on the evaluation team to help patients navigate accessing appropriate care. For example, if an HTC provider is busy and the ART clinic is not staffed (such as on Mondays and Fridays), they will ask an evaluation staff member to help a patient who scored above 0 on the PHQ-2 find an available nurse or clinician in the out-patient or maternity wards. As well, on the pediatric ART clinic days, ART providers may ask newly initiating adults that need to be screened with the PHQ-9 to wait until the end of the day or to return the following day to receive care unless an evaluation staff member can find an available provider. It is particularly important for the sake of sustainability that the evaluation team does not create systems or provide support that would cease to exist at the end of the program. This distinction may not be well appreciated by the clinic staff or leadership, who frequently suggest during the weekly clinic meetings that the evaluation team support their clinical responsibilities. In order to address this issue, the program team highlights the separation of responsibilities in all of the trainings and weekly clinic meetings and MOH investigator, visiting psychiatrist and DHMT representative continue to reinforce this message.
As mentioned ethical approval was sought and obtained from the Malawi MOH's NHSRC IRB. However, the program team proposed that the program evaluation be considered an implementation science study. As implementation science is concerned with methods to promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices into routine health care , the team requested to waive the need for individual consent, arguing the evaluation was not human research. The team specifically contended that the program is designed to evaluate the provision of "standard depression care," not an experimental treatment, and that only de-identified clinical information would be used in the evaluation. However, the NHSRC advised the team to proceed with consenting stating depressed patients are a vulnerable group and to request for a waiver should consenting interfere with the evaluation or delay care. This decision may bias the evaluation as the process of consenting patients and returning them to the clinic flow does take time and mildly disrupts care. It also places the evaluation team members in a position to help patients navigate initiating HIV treatment and depression screening, assistance new ART initiators will not receive at the end of this project. Implementation science is a relatively new discipline, particularly in low and middle income countries . Understanding the ethical requirements of such evaluations as compared to other human subject research may require continued dialogue to ensure the objectives of implementation science can be achieved.
This activity has demonstrated how a depression screening program can successfully be integrated into HIV care within the public health system in Malawi. After seven months, between 88 and 93% of all newly diagnosed patients have been screened with the PHQ-2 and between 88 and 91% of those who score above 0 on the PHQ-2 have been screened with the entire PHQ-9. While limited research in the field of depression and HIV care integration has been conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, a few studies conducted in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon demonstrated that integration is possible [35–38]. As well, a clustered randomized control trial on integrating depression screening and treatment into HIV care in Uganda found that similar integration models (another algorithm-based model versus a model where ART clinicians individually decide how to further assess and treat depressed patients) could be successfully adopted and used to screen and treat depressed patients . These findings provide evidence that with careful attention to implementation process HIV care providers can successfully screen individuals initiating HIV care for depression in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Previous prevalence estimates of depression in Malawi ranged from 9 to 30% [1–3, 50, 51]. While 25% of patients enrolled in our program evaluation reported symptoms of mild-to-severe depression, the evaluation revealed a relatively low (6%) prevalence of moderate-to-severe depression. This low prevalence may be due to our choice of screening tool, inconsistent administration and interpretation of the PHQ-9, or unaccounted for differences in how Malawians express and report symptoms of depression. Other studies have raised similar concerns [46, 52], suggesting further research on differences between depression screening tools and on cultural-constructs of depression may be warranted.
Key lessons learned from the implementation process show the importance of utilizing existing processes and infrastructure and focusing on iterative and collaborative learning. As well, efforts to address challenges around establishing a sense of program ownership among the HTC counselors and HIV providers, continuing to develop capacity to diagnose and manage depression, and ensuring the availability of appropriate medication provide insight into the technical and managerial support needed to prepare for, roll out, and sustain integrated models of mental health and HIV care. Similarly, the small study integrating depression treatment into HIV care in Tanzania using only two HIV providers also found that provider comfort prescribing anti-depressants and anti-depressant availability were challenging [3, 38]. However, the randomized control trial conducted in Uganda did stress that task-shifting could be successful with appropriate training, supervision and mentorship . To our knowledge, no programmatic research evaluating programs integrating depression screening and treatment into HIV care in Sub-Saharan Africa has been published. Further implementation science research should be conducted in the region to better understand how to best integrate depression management into HIV care.
There are several limitations to this work. The results from this manuscript largely draw on the experiences of the implementers. While we believe it is important to share these experiences, we also recognize that the challenges we have noticed and highlighted here may be biased. As well, the prevalence of depression presented in this manuscript is estimated only from those individuals who consented to have their clinical data abstracted. Finally, this depression screening program was tailored for the Malawi health care context, specifically for public HIV clinics, and, as such, some findings may not be generalizable to other settings. However, we hope that sharing the experience of developing and implementing this program may serve as a guide for implementation of other integrated NCD and HIV programs in the region.
This paper describes the many factors that must be taken into account during the implementation of a program integrating depression screening and treatment into HIV care in Malawi. A focus on integration and collaboration was key to successfully launching the program. However, fostering ownership, continuing to build capacity, mobilizing human resources and medication, and determining appropriate ethical standards for implementation science research in a clinical setting remained challenging. While this program focuses on integrating mental health care into HIV care, most of the lessons learned are not specific to HIV care, but would apply to integration of mental health into any non-specialist setting.
The team would like to express our sincere gratitude to USAID for their financial support of this program. We would also like to thank the patients who have graciously volunteered their data to be used to evaluate this program. Finally, we would like to thank the research assistants who are responsible for consenting patients and abstracting clinical data.
This study was funded by the generous support of the American people through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEFPAR) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Cooperative Agreement Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), number AID-OAA-14-00060. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
MU and BP conceived of the study, lead the study design, supported the study implementation and drafted the manuscript. MS participated in the study design, analyzed the data, and drafted and finalized the manuscript. MH and BG conceived of study, lead study design, supported the study implementation, and assisted in drafting and revising the manuscript. KK participated in study design, supported the study implementation, and assisted in drafting and revising the manuscript. SM participated in study design and coordinated the study implementation, and assisted in drafting and revising the manuscript. BM and AM made substantial contributions to study design and implementation and assisted in drafting and revising the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The study received ethical approval from Malawi MOH's National Health Science Research Committee (NHSRC) institutional review board (IRB) and the UNC IRB. All participants were provided with the necessary information. Written informed consent was given prior to data abstraction. | –38]. These findings suggest that integrating depression screening and treatment in HIV care services in sub-Saharan Africa is both feasible and acceptable.
In light of the particular vulnerability to depression of people living with HIV and the Malawian government's commitment to addressing mental health, the Malawi MOH proposed integrating depression screening and treatment into HIV care using a task-shifting model. The MOH designed a pilot treatment program in partnership with the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, UNC Project-Malawi, and Lighthouse Trust with the generous support of the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Supporting Operational AIDS Research (Project SOAR). The treatment program combines two resource-efficient, context-appropriate depression treatment models — algorithm-based care for depression (ABCD) medication management and problem-solving therapy (PST) — into a single, stepped-care program that will be offered to patients newly initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART) and who have depressive symptoms. While a few studies from the sub-Saharan region have proven the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of integrating depression management into HIV care [34–38], there is a dearth of practical guidance on how to design, implement and evaluate such programs. To fill this knowledge gap, this paper provides an overview of the methods used to design Malawi's pilot program including a description of the program itself, the site selection, the evaluation strategy, and ethical considerations. We then describe the resulting implementation process and key challenges and lessons learned in the first phase of program implementation drawing both from our own experiences and some of the initial quantitative data collected.
We designed the program to be implemented in two phases – a screening phase and an intervention phase. Throughout the entirety of the program, all adult patients who present for HIV testing and counseling (HTC) and test positive for HIV are screened for depression. The program excluded pregnant women who test for HIV at the maternity ward as part of antenatal care.
At the beginning of the screening phase, the program team held an in-person, lecture-style training to teach providers to screen patients for depression and re-oriented providers to the standard care options for managing depressed patients, namely, referral for counseling and prescription of antidepressants (amitriptyline). As well, the team taught providers how to recognize, triage, and respond to individuals with suicidal ideation. Specifically, providers were taught how to distinguish between passive and active suicidal thoughts, how to assess level of risk (e.g. specific plans, means) and protective factors (e.g. social support), and about available treatment and referral options.
During the intervention phase, the team will train providers to provide ABCD and community health workers will be trained to provide PST. ABCD is a resource-efficient, task-shifting model for delivering high quality, effective, safe antidepressant management in non-psychiatric settings using standardize metrics. ABCD has been effectively incorporated into HIV care in high-income countries , and more recently in Tanzania , Uganda , and Cameroon . These prior efforts among HIV-positive patients in Sub-Saharan Africa have relied on tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline [37, 38] and imipramine which have demonstrated excellent safety and efficacy profiles in these populations. PST is a psychological treatment that teaches patients how to identify triggers and effectively manage stressful life events by learning or reactivating problem solving skills . PST has also proven to be a successful depression treatment in the region, as seen in the "Friendship Bench" project with community health workers in Zimbabwe .
The MOH is the main organization responsible for public health care provision in Malawi. Malawi has a three-tier public health care system which is comprised of: four central hospitals; 28 district, community and rural hospitals; and over 700 health centers. At the primary level, health centers serve the majority of the country's rural and semi urban population. While health centers across the country vary in size and in the range of available services, they often house an HIV clinic, an out-patient department and a maternal and child health department or offer such services. At these health centers, the majority of services are provided by nurses and clinicians who do not specialize in one area, but rotate through every department or by community health workers. Mental health services are centralized and are often provided in specialized tertiary health facilities. However, there is a dearth of specialized psychiatric health providers or health workers adequately trained to treat mental disorders such as depression. To address this shortage of human resources, the MOH is advocating for the integration of mental health services into the primary level. Specifically, the MOH would like to build the capacity of the nurses, clinicians and community health workers to identify and manage mental health disorders as part of regular service provision at public health centers.
The proposed depression screening and treatment program is currently being implemented into two HIV clinics – Area 18 and Area 25 – in Lilongwe, Malawi. The two clinics were chosen by the MOH in liaison with the Lilongwe District Health Office (DHO) which manages the health services in the district. (Table 1) These clinics are nested within two semi-urban primary level health centers under Lilongwe District Health Management, in the Central Region of Malawi. Area 25 health center serves a catchment population of 63, 783 adults and children while Area 18 health center has a catchment population of 212,160 adults and children. However, anyone can receive health services at either facilities free of charge, regardless of where they live. Both sites use electronic medical record (EMR) systems and host non-governmental partners that provide technical supervision and support, similar to what is seen at other public health facilities across the country. The team chose these sites because they are considered by the MOH to be representative of primary level health centers in the Malawian health system and since they serve a mixed urban, semi urban and rural population. Additionally, the availability of EMR data will simplify the evaluation and these facilities are equipped to host such a program.
The program's impact on HIV and depression outcomes will be evaluated using a multiple baseline pre-post study. In each clinic, screening for depression began prior to launching the intervention phase in order to accrue a comparison group. Patients who screen positive for depression during the "screening" period will comprise the comparison group, while patients who screen positive during the "intervention" period will comprise the active treatment group. However, the intervention will then be rolled out at different time points at the two clinics. Thus, the baseline "screening" period for will be longer at one clinic than for the other. (Fig. 1). We chose a multiple baseline design as it can provide evidence of causal relationships in settings where a randomized controlled trial is not feasible. The multiple baseline design is also stronger than a simple pre-post design because it provides stronger control for temporal trends while also allowing each clinic to serve as its own control.
In total, we plan to enroll 2300 new ART initiators. Evaluation team will abstract clinical data on depression treatment, depression outcomes, attendance of HIV appointments, HIV treatment, and viral loads for all consenting newly diagnosed patients from their clinical records. This data will be cleaned and analyzed using appropriate statistical software. The effect of depression treatment on mental health and HIV outcomes will be analyzed using methods appropriate for a dichotomous outcome and a multiple baseline design. Ultimately, we will compare mental health and HIV outcomes before (among the screening group) and after (among the intervention group) the integration of the depression treatment program.
In this manuscript, we will draw on our experiences as program implementers to describe the process of implementation and key lessons learned, and will also include some of the initial findings from the quantitative data collected.
The program team sought and obtained ethical approval from both the Malawi MOH's National Health Science Research Committee (NHSRC) institutional review board (IRB) and the UNC IRB.
In this section we describe the implementation process including the original stakeholder meeting and site visits, instrument adaptation, clinic trainings, and the implementation itself (Fig. 2).
The program team hosted a mental health roundtable discussion on January 23rd, 2017, to mobilize key stakeholders involved in the provision of HIV and mental health. The program implementation staff, representatives from the MOH, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Project-Malawi, the University of Malawi College of Medicine, and Lighthouse Trust, and management staff from Area 18 and Area 25 clinics attended the discussion. Over the course of the meeting, the MOH officials provided an overview of their mental health priorities and attendees presented their ongoing and developing projects relating to mental health in Malawi. The roundtable provided an opportunity for the MOH to introduce the depression screening and treatment program, discuss the current state of mental health and HIV care provision, and identify key stakeholders' concerns and priorities. A summary document produced from this meeting captured these key themes as well as ideas on how to take Malawi's broader mental health agenda forward. The key stakeholders agreed to come together again in the coming year to continue this discussion in hopes of growing the nidus of investment in mental health care in Malawi.
The implementation team visited both study sites to meet with clinic leadership and provide mental health sensitization trainings to clinic staff on January 25th and 26th 2017. During these site visits, the team gathered information on the clinic infrastructure, staffing of the HTC and ART clinics, staffing of psychiatric nurses, patient flow, medication availability and supply chain. These insights then informed the development of appropriate instruments and protocols.
The principal investigators led two-hour sensitization meetings with available clinic staff. During these meetings, the program team provided an introduction to depression and its prevalence, its intersection with HIV, and how it can be diagnosed and treated. These sensitization meetings also provided the program team an opportunity to introduce the depression treatment program to the clinics early on and elicit staff feedback on depression and its effect on engagement in HIV care in Malawi.
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was the instrument selected to screen patients for depression. The PHQ-9 is a widely used nine item instrument that assesses the presence of nine symptoms of depression within the previous two-weeks as specified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV . Each of the nine items are scored from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). The first two questions – known as the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) – capture depressed mood and anhedonia, the two core symptoms of depression. Only if a patient scores above 0 on the PHQ-2, will that patient be assessed for the presence of the remaining seven symptoms of the PHQ-9. A total score of 5–9, 10–14, 15–20, or 20 and above are considered indicative of mild, moderate, moderately severe, or severe depression, respectively . The PHQ-9 is one of a number of mental health screening tools that have been used in Malawi and other African countries, including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (designed for the perinatal period) and the Kessler-10 and Self-Reporting Questionnaire, which screen for common mental disorders.
The PHQ-9 was chosen because it focuses specifically on depression, has been widely used and validated in many different settings , and works well both as a screening tool for depression as well as a longitudinal measure to monitor response to treatment. This tool has been validated for use in HIV-positive populations in other countries in the region [46, 47]. While not validated, the PHQ-9 has been used in one other study in Malawi .
The team augmented the standard PHQ-9 with an additional screening protocol to probe the degree of severity of suicidality in patients who screened positive for suicidal ideation on the PHQ-9 (Additional file 1). Both the PHQ-9 and associated suicide risk assessment protocol were translated into Chichewa, the vernacular language in the central region of Malawi. This has entailed an iterative process involving the health workers to ensure that the PHQ-9 adequately captures the depressive symptoms yet is culturally understandable. The translated instrument is currently being validated.
The team also developed clinic materials to support implementation. After examining the HIV clinical forms (called mastercards) used to record HIV care, the team developed a mental health clinical form in a similar style (Additional file 2). As well, the team developed clinic reference guide posters to remind providers how to administer and interpret the PHQ-9. These posters hang on the walls of the ART clinic rooms (Additional file 3).
After assessing patient flow and staffing, the program team developed a protocol that delineated staff responsibilities for screening patients and established a process for enrolling patients in the evaluation study. This protocol was presented to clinic leadership and staff and adapted as necessary. The HTC counselors screen all patients receiving HTC services who test positive for HIV with the PHQ-2. Should that patient score above 0 on the PHQ-2, the HTC escorts that patient to a HIV provider to administer the patient with rest of the PHQ-9. At Area 25, the ART clinic is staffed daily, so patients are normally escorted directly to the ART clinic. However, at Area 18, the ART clinic is only staffed with providers on clinic days. Thus, the HTC counselors are charged with locating an available provider at one of the other clinic wards to administer the rest of the PHQ-9 on Mondays and Fridays. The evaluation staff approach all patients newly diagnosed with HIV regardless of their PHQ-2 score while they are waiting to receive treatment or attend a group counseling session, in an effort not to disrupt clinic flow. The staff informs these patients about the program and invites them to allow their clinical data to be abstracted and used to evaluate the program. The evaluation staff then consents all interested patients in a private location.
Clinic staff trainings were held on March 28th and 29th 2017. The program team members, the MOH principal investigator and a psychiatrist led the trainings which were attended by HIV care providers, HTC counselors, Lighthouse and MOH staff. Thirty-four participants attended the training at Area 18 and 43 participants attended the training at Area 25, about 75 and 70% of the clinics' HTC and ART staff respectively.
The trainings provided attendees with an overview of the study, an introduction to depression and other mental health conditions, instructions on how to use the PHQ-9, guidance on triaging and responding to suicidal thoughts, treatment options, use of the Mental Health Mastercard, and an overview of how screening would be integrated into patient flow. The trainings also provided an opportunity for staff to raise concerns with the protocol and voice any anticipated challenges. Since then, one refresher training has been held at each clinic, one in May and one in June.
Managing patient flow on non-clinic days: With test-and-treat, patients who test positive for HIV are taken to the ART clinic to initiative care. If no nurses or clinical officers were at the ART clinic, the clerk would often give the patients ART, even though the provision of clinical care is outside of their prevue. On these occasions, no one at the ART clinic was able to complete the PHQ-9 for those with PHQ-2 scores greater than 0 or address any resulting clinical needs. The program staff raised this challenge with clinic leadership who instructed the HTC counselors to bring patients to providers in the outpatient ward to initiate ART and complete the PHQ-9 screening if necessary. This also eliminated the need for the clerk to provide patients with medication.
Inconsistent administration of the screening tools: Some providers struggled to administer the PHQ-9 in a standardized manner which lead to inter-rater differences in scoring. For example, the program team observed that providers would rephrase the questions when administering the tool and varied in their interpretation patients responses. The research staff provided guidance and | 3,349 |
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May 16, 2017 By Chris Magalee
Match Preview: NYCFC Can't Get Trapped in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – New York City FC get only a moment to breathe as they move from Frisco to Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City for their second match in four days.
City and RSL have clashed twice before, with RSL coming out on top both times with a combined 5-2 scoreline. The last time the two clubs played in Rio Tinto, RSL came away with a 2-0 win.
With a hard-fought point still fresh in the minds of many NYCFC players and fans, the squad must set that aside and get ready to reset against a depleted Real Salt Lake side fraught with difficulty both on and off the pitch. While City is without midfielder Yangel Herrera while he is with Venezuela for the U20 World Cup, Real Salt Lake is missing four of their<|fim_middle|> emphasizes early aggression or maintains his club's slow, building style of play.
NYCFC XI (3-5-2): Johnson; Brillant, Chanot, Callens; Lopez, Ring, Lewis, Pirlo, Camargo; Okoli, Villa
Real Salt Lake XI (4-3-3): Rimando; Dunk, Maund, Schuler, Wingert; Mulholland, Beckerman, Rusnak; Savarino, Movsisyan, Plata
Sc0re: 3-0 to City
Injury Report:
NYCFC: Shelton (Hamstring), Matarrita (High Ankle Sprain); Herrera (Int'l Duty)
RSL: Acosta, Glad, Lennon, Saucedo (Int'l Duty)
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TV: YES (tape delay) 12am
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Radio: WFAN Online
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[…] SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – New York City FC get only a moment to breathe… NYCFC Nation: Match Preview: NYCFC Can't Get Trapped in Salt Lake City […] | top players to the competition, all with the US U20s. RSL Forwards Brooks Lennon and Sebastian Saucedo, and Defenders Justen Glad and Danny Acosta are all away in South Korea, while Rio Tinto mainstays Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando have been out of the lineup due to injury.
RSL are on a four-match losing streak, being outscored 13-1 by their opponents in that span and are goalless in three of those four.. New boss Mike Petke has pointed out the squads "lack of energy and movement" as a main culprit in their current struggles. The former Red Bulls coach has faced many hard, direct questions in his short tenure and to his credit, has given honest responses.
Asked if he thought turning around the struggling club would be as difficult as it has been: "Probably not this difficult, to be honest with you. But I knew that we would have to go down to get back up. I knew that." After a match against FC Dallas in which he stated "We don't have a formation right now," Petke changed things up last Saturday against New England to a 4-4-2, even sitting leading-scorer Yura Movsisyan (4 goals) in hopes a new look would help him figure out how to stop the bleeding.
His squad lost 4-0.
While RSL is relying on its depth to fix its problems, NYCFC will be turning to their reserves to spell some starters during a condensed week. Joining the club in Salt Lake City will be the likes of Andrea Pirlo, Shannon Gomez, RJ Allen and Ugo Okoli – all of whom may see time Wednesday night.
City come in to Rio Tinto unbeaten in three straight away matches, their third such streak in club history. However, this match has all the makings of a classic trap game. RSL is a weak opponent, and NYCFC will be playing some rotational guys. It is imperative that players like Mikey Lopez, Okoli and Frederic Brillant all perform to the best of their ability, and maintain the level of excellence Patrick Vieira has preached in training since the beginning. Brillant showed signs of indecision at the back in his only start this season, and Okoli has been notably staying late to work on his finishing after training has finished.
That said, RSL is very slow as a team without their bright young stars. They are prone to error and have made a habit of giving up early goals. It will be imperative for City to start the match off with their foot on the gas and net an early goal – something they have yet to do against RSL. So far this year, NYCFC has scored seven of their 18 team goals in the first half; we will see if Vieira | 577 |
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If the idea of getting coated in mud and rained on at a British festival this summer does not sound appealing, it could be time to jet abroad and see your favourite band in the sun. Not only are many European festivals cheaper than British events, but the cost of food and drink is often a fraction of the price, meaning you can save money even with the cost of a flight. And then there's the weather - did we mention the weather?
Benicassim, Spain
One of the biggest and best international music festivals, Benicassim (July 16-19) has become increasingly popular with Brits in recent years - due in part to the availability of cheap flights between the UK and Spain.
Situated on Spain's eastern coast, Benicassim is easily accessible, with Valencia Airport located just 55 minutes away. Low-cost airlines offering flights to Valencia from the UK include Clickair and easyJet, which offers services from Bristol, Edinburgh Airport and Liverpool Airport.
Every year the festival plays host to more than 100 artists performing across four stages, bringing together the best in indie rock, pop and electronic music.
What's more, the festival camp is just a few steps away from the beach, meaning you can top up your tan in between sets.
The festival was founded in 1995 and celebrates its 15th birthday this year with a stellar line-up. Headline acts include Oasis, Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers. Others set to perform over the four days include Fangoria, Glasvegas, Maximo Park, Elbow, Lily Allen, Late of the Pier and Pete Doherty.
As well as music, the festival also focuses on art, film, fashion, theatre and dance.
The beaches of Benicassim are transformed into exhibition spaces, with hundreds of artists showcasing their work over the four days.
Playa del Torreon will host the dance part of Benicassim which, according to festival organisers, acts as "a platform for young dancers and choreographers, as well as established and prestigious luminaries". Festival-goers can expect to see everything from modern dance to traditional flamenco and fusion.
According to the Guardian, it is "harder to think of a better dot on the map" for those who simply want to soak up some sunshine and watch their favourite bands perform - without the threat of getting caught in torrential downpour and waking up in a canvas quagmire.
Rock Werchter, Belgium
Established in 1975, Rock Werchter is Belgium's biggest festival and attracts some of the world's most famous bands.
The festival park is located in the province of Flemish Brabant, around 15 kilometres from Leuven and 30 kilometres from Brussels.
This year's event takes place from July 2nd to 5th and features artists including The Prodigy, Placebo, Fleet Foxes, Oasis and Eagles of Death Metal.
Festival favourites Kings of Leon will also be gracing the stage, along with the Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, The Killers, Coldplay and Metallica.
Exit Festival, Serbia
For something a little different, you could consider jetting off to this year's Exit Festival in Serbia.
It's about as far away from Glastonbury as you can get, and with tickets costing around half the price, there has never been a better excuse to jet to Belgrade.
The festival park is around 70 kilometres away from the Serbian capital and airlines offering services between Belgrade and the UK include British Airways and Jat.
The 2009 line-up includes Arctic Monkeys, Moby, Patti Smith, Korn and festival regular Lily Allen.
Over in the Dance Arena, festival-goers can expect to see acts including Carl Cox, Green Velvet, Eric Prydz and Richie Hawtin.
Dour Festival, Belgium
The people of Belgium clearly love a good festival and if Rock Werchter isn't your scene, then maybe Dour will be.
Dour features less mainstream acts that other European festivals and is one of the few that Lily<|fim_middle|> is also a body and soul healing area, where professional therapists are on hand to help you relax through massages, yoga, reflexology, reiki and accupressure.
Kids are also well catered for at Electric Picnic, with a special area for under-12s and a chill-out space for parents.
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Instead, those attending the festival, which takes place from July 16th to 19th, can expect to see acts including Tyro, Animal Collective, Pet Shop Boys and Venetian Snares.
Four-day tickets start from just €85 and with cheap flights between the UK and Belgium, Dour is one of Europe's most affordable music festivals.
Electric Picnic, Ireland
OK, so it's not on the continent and you may need your wellington boots, but Electric Picnic was recently named by the Times as one of Europe's best music festivals and if the prospect of a light shower doesn't phase you, then this could be the one for you.
"This regularly has one of strongest and interesting sets of artists to compete with and usually better the offerings of British festivals," the newspaper noted.
With a capacity of just 35,000, Electric Picnic is more intimate than other European events, yet still manages to attract some of the biggest talent.
The festival is held at Stradbury Hall in County Laois from September 4th to 6th and this year's line-up includes 2 Many DJs, Basement Jaxx, MGMT, Klaxons, The Wailers and Zero 7.
Festival-goers can expect plenty of laughs in the comedy tent, as well as art exhibitions and creative workshops.
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As the world of influencer marketing continues to evolve, there has been an increasing need for brands and media companies to identify, target and grow their ideal audience, and one of the most sought-after demographics is the Millennial Woman. She is between the ages of 19 and 35, is independent, and knows what she wants, but what's most appealing is that she has an incredible amount of influence when it comes to consuming content, especially when it comes to beauty on YouTube.
Tubular Labs took a deep dive into the behaviors and habits<|fim_middle|> into this amazing trend from 2018! | of this highly targeted group on YouTube to better understand what they consume and who they are most likely to consume it from. We found Millennial Women are passionate about lifestyle topics and are most engaged with comedy, beauty and gaming content. In particular, we've identified a few influencers who rank high on the Millennial Woman's list and why.
When it comes to beauty, the Millennial Woman is hands-down one of the top consumers of this content. If you have any doubts, just ask YouTube creator Jeffree Star who has over 3.5M subscribers. Jeffree's claim to fame began with his music career on MySpace but successfully transitioned to creating beauty content. So what is it about Jeffree that has Millennial Women fawning over his videos? Could it be his dazzling "Make Up Tutorials? His First Impressions makeup reviews? Or even the content featuring his very own makeup line, Jeffree Star Cosmetics?
Jeffree's larger than life personality and upbeat music intros are only part of the reason that makes him so compelling. According to the data, Jeffree's makeup tutorials are his most engaging, followed by his lifestyle content uploads. Jeffree's most engaged-with video of the last year is this tutorial for creating the perfect sunset cat eye. Although it only generated 374K views, the engagement rate was around 7x higher than the average YouTube upload.
If you're not convinced by Jeffree's story, then maybe I should introduce you to Grav3yardGirl who has 7M YouTube subscribers. Grav3yardgirl first began posting videos about her paranormal experiences then transitioned to posting more mainstream content around fashion and makeup. What makes her so compelling to the Millennial Woman is her ability to relate to the everyday woman and create content that is unique and quirky such as her Curling My Hair with Cheetos video.
Among both Jeffree and Grav3yardGirl's beauty content, the Millennial Woman gravitates towards beauty topics that focus on primers, lip glass and outfits of the day (OOTD) in a unique and creative way. Her other top performing content includes a series of videos dedicated to "Does This Thing Really Work?" and her popular giveaways.
Speaking of giveaways, there is no beauty brand that does it better: Sephora! Sephora is a top brand among millennial women and has partnered with influencers as a way to revolutionizing beauty retail. They have grown and engaged their online audience by creating content around makeup tutorials and collaborating with influencers such as Grav3yardGirl, Kat Von D and SoothingSista. Kat Von D's audience is 4x more likely to engage in her Sephora content than the average YouTuber. Her most engaging Sephora beauty video to date is her Face Projection Mapping Launch Event video which showcases her creativity and celebrates the launch of "Kat Von D Beauty" in Spain.
Did you know that Sephora's YouTube audience is 2.5x more engaged than the average YouTuber? Sephora has partnered with influencers in the beauty space to leverage their synergies for premium customer engagement. Not only is Sephora mastering influencer strategy, they are also pioneering the 360 beauty experience by engaging their target audience every step of the way.
Customers can sample any product in store, get beauty insider points for purchasing the product, see how to apply the product by viewing their online tutorials and then share the results with the social community by using the #TrendingAtSephora hashtag. It's this type of involvement that transforms industries, and in this case, has proven to work. Just in 2016 alone, Sephora more than doubled their views from Q1 to Q4 and engagements have also quadrupled. This is no east feat given how competitive the beauty industry is. So if you want to figure out how to keep a loyal customer engaged, Sephora isn't doing too shabby and might be worth paying attention to!
The Millennial Woman is very engaged online especially around beauty, gaming and food content and has an affinity towards comedy, beauty and gaming creators on YouTube. However, she tends to gravitate towards creators and brands who take bold risks while simultaneously relating to her everyday lifestyle. She also likes to be accompanied along the journey at each stage of the process while also giving her room to be free and explore her artistic nature. It takes a creative vision to attract her but innovation to gain and keep her loyalty.
Keauna is one of Tubular Lab's Customer Success Managers servicing strategic accounts. Prior to Tubular, she was the lead Digital Marketing Analyst for Interscope Records where she conducted social media analysis for the artists on the label's roster. She's written for the Stanford Reporter while she pursued her MBA at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. She is a foodie and loves attending live events!
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The Coteau Formation is mainly alluvium and slopewash sediment. It is found at the base of steep hillslopes. Much of it was deposited during unstable (warm and dry) climatic conditions, probably contemporaneously with much of the Oahe Formation.
The Oahe Formation (late Wisconsinan and Holocene) is mainly wind-blown silt. It is found on the hilltops and in gentle depressions. The characteristics of the four members (the Mallard Island, Aggie Brown, Pick City, and Riverdale Members) are controlled by changes in hillslope stability resulting from clilllatic changes.
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The Charging Eagle Formation is mainly fluvial sediment. Most of the sediment was derived from the west with only minor amounts from the northeast. It contains the first evidence of glaciation in the area.
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Sam Gilliam (b. 1933)
Lady Day II
Sam Gilliam (b. 1933) Lady Day II signed 'Sam Gilliam' (on the reverse); titled and dated 'Lady Day II July 21, 1971' (on the overlap); variously titled and inscribed 'Lady Day (Billie)' (on the stretcher) acrylic on canvas 107 x 160 in. (271.8 x <|fim_middle|> development of a new formal language that celebrated the cultivation and expression of the individual voice and the power of nonobjective art to transcend cultural and political boundaries.
The critic Eleanor Heartney has written that Gilliam's paintings "presents a body of works in which meaning is woven into the structure of the works, as part of their strivings for unity and their measured accommodation of freedom and order" (E. Heartney, quoted by J. Binstock, Sam Gilliam: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2005, p. 133). Linking his work to that of Frank Stella, Heartney concludes that both artists are seeking meaning through "explorations of real and illusionary depth, this time incorporating elements that paraphrase part art… [for example] de Kooning brushstrokes" (Ibid.). In this way, Gilliam's work predates that of other artists who would also examine notions of depth on a two-dimensional surface, such as Gerhard Richter, by almost a decade. Yet, in Lady Day II, Gilliam's painted surface more clearly evokes the spirit of his Abstract Expressionist forebears, including those of Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, and yet remains a unique and increasingly important voice in the history of 20th century art.
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Louisville, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Sam Gilliam: Paintings and Works on Paper, January-February 1976, no. 6 (illustrated).
Kunstmuseum Basel, The Music of Color: Sam Gilliam, 1967-1973, June-September 2018, pp. 112-113, 123 and 126-128, no. 40 (illustrated in color and installation view illustrated in color).
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A veritable revolutionary figure in 20th century postwar art, Sam Gilliam's body of work helped define the radical and influential Washington Color School and pushed the very genre of Color Field painting to an unbridled extreme. Improvisation and experimentation converge across the resplendent surface of Sam Gilliam's Lady Day II, a surface that showcases the artist's pioneering painting technique in which he physically manipulates both the pigment and the canvas to produce a series of extraordinarily colorful abstractions, and in the process up-ends centuries of artistic convention. The tall vertical columns of jewel-like colors are emblematic of the paint-staining technique that Gilliam first developed in the 1960s, in which he poured diluted pigment directly onto the surface of his unprimed support. A commanding 9 by 13 feet canvas summons the viewer into a dazzling aura of blues and reds, warm pinks and golden yellows which emanate directly from the heart of the canvas. Where these colors coalesce, they form deep pools of pigment; intense areas of concentrated color that dissolve into each other producing the dynamic sense of painterly activity that so enthralled the artist, "…it's all theater or performance," he once said (S. Gilliam, quoted by C. Picard, "In the Studio: Sam Gilliam," Blouin ArtInfo, December 17, 2015, via blouinartinfo.com). Previously in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Lady Day II is arguably the most striking example of the artist's work to appear on the international market.
The expansive composition is comprised of vertical bands, each with varying concentrations of pigment, which result in a rich display of overlapping translucent chroma. Passages of deep ruby red dissolve into areas of warm pink, before softening into more neutral organic tones; this is then repeated across the canvas in various combinations of other glistening tones of red, blue and yellow. This rich and variegated surface is the result of the artist repeatedly folding the canvas while the paint is still wet, allowing the colors and geometries to dissolve into each other. Gilliam would begin the process by soaking the lightest colors of the composition, like the yellows and pinks in the present work, into the raw, unprimed canvas before applying the darker greens, reds and blues. He would then fold the canvas repeatedly back and forth on itself before leaving it to dry overnight. As they were unfolded, the evocative abstract forms were revealed for the first time, appearing like mysterious Rorschach like forms embedded directly into the canvas. "When they're unfolded, there are pieces of geometry in them, which is part of the aesthetic," explains Stephen Frietch, who has assisted the artist for over 35 years and has witnessed the evolution of his practice. "In a sense, it is a mini version of how the early drapes were made" (S. Frietch, ibid.). This method evokes the unconventional working methods of Jackson Pollock, and while William Fowler notes that in the 1960s Gilliam was «hailed as radical as Jackson Pollock» (William Fowler, "Searching for Sam Gilliam: the 81 year-old art genius saved from oblivion" The Guardian, October 15, 2015); Matthew Kangas notes that while "Sharing an approach to all-over compositions with Abstract Expressionism's ace Jackson Pollock, Gilliam goes farther with submerged shapes rising and receding as the eye inspects each large painting, up to eight feet wide, challenging the unity of Pollock's drips and varying their width, texture and density" (M. Kangas, "Gilliam and Hurley," Visual Art Source, 2017 http://www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&pcID=27&aID=4358).
Coming of age in the social an.d pollical instability of the 1960s, Sam Gilliam was interested in disrupting the traditional distinctions between art, architecture and sculpture, in addition to investigating the properties of physically combining his chosen medium and support. Hence, in Lady Day II, we find the radical implementation of beveled edged stretchers, which help to give the impression that the painting is emerging from the wall as an object of weight and substance. Unlike the conventional stretchers favored by his predecessors and contemporaries, Gilliam's beveled edges "charge the gap between the work and the wall with a distinctive energy depending on how he oriented the beveled stretcher" (J. Binstock, Sam Gilliam: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2005, p. 40).
The title an artist assigns to an artwork is an essential part of their essence. Much like his contemporaries, Sam Gilliam was heavily influenced by his love of jazz, and Lady Day II is a seminal example of this influence. Gilliam himself notes, "the more far out the better," and that his own work evoked "the drama of music and the drama of colors coming together" (T. Loos, "At 84 Sam Gilliam Fires Up His Competitive Spirit, New York Times, June 12, 2018). Lady Day II is the apotheosis of Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell's assessment that "Gilliam's cascades of color are not unlike Coltrane's sheets of sound" (M. Schmidt Campbell, "Sam Gilliam: Journey Toward Red, Black and 'D'," Red & Black to "D": Paintings by Sam Gilliam, New York, Studio Museum, 1982, p. 9). Lady Day II refers to the inimitable Billie Holiday, who was eponymously nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and music partner Lester Young. "Before painting, there was jazz," Gilliam said in 2014, "I mean cool jazz. Coltrane. Ornette Coleman, the Ayler brothers, Miles Davis. It's something that was important to my work, it was a constant. You listened while you were painting. It made you think that being young wasn't so bad. All the young painters were into jazz" (S. Gilliam, quoted by J. Lewis, "Red Orange Yellow Green and Blue Period," W Magazine, via https://www.wmagazine.com/story/sam-gilliam-artist).
Painted in 1971, the same year Gilliam's work was prominently featured in as solo exhibition, Projects: Sam Gilliam at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Lady Day II belongs to a series of works produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s that are among the artist's most important paintings. Known as his Slice paintings, they have subsequently become some of his most admired and respected works; many similar examples are in major museum collections including, April 4, 1969 (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.); Whirlirama, 1970 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York); Wide Narrow, 1972 (Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University); Blue Twirl, 1971 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.); and Scatter, 1972 (Indianapolis Museum of Art). Recently honored with a major retrospective exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel (his first in Europe), Sam Gilliam is now regarded as one of the most respected painters of his generation.
Exposed by his European professors to Renaissance perspective experiments and German Expressionist atmospheres, Gilliam matured in a detached, albeit rich, art historical environment. After time in the army, years of teaching, and meeting the Washington, D.C. Color Field, Gilliam realized that while his training was essential, it was not representative of his lived experience. "Ideas I was dealing with were mostly someone else's. …What was most personal to me were the things I saw in my own environment—such as clotheslines filled with clothes with so much weight that they had to be propped up…" (quoted in D. Miller, "Hanging Loose: An Interview with Sam Gilliam," January 1973). Thus, he began to work with different types of non-traditional canvas, such as the beveled example of the present work or his draped canvas—unstretched, unsupported works folding in on themselves after being saturated in luminous hues and hung from gallery walls. Such a convention drove the liberating ideas of Color Field to their natural, if unseen, conclusion: if the image could be obliterated, so too could its structure. Together with his Abstract Expressionist counterparts in New York, like Jackson Pollock, Gilliam's innovations with paint application and his radical transformation of the canvas support continuously expanded the possibilities for the future of abstract painting. Working in Washington, D.C., alongside painters such as Kenneth Noland, Gilliam expanded and elaborated upon existing Color Field processes and aesthetics while turning on its heading the Greenbergian notions of the "integrity of the picture plane," in addition to disrupting the boundaries between the visual world of painting and the tangible world outside it. During an era when African American artists were expected by many to create figurative work explicitly addressing racial subject matter, Gilliam insisted on pursuing the | 2,203 |
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Midsommer Flight's Unabashedly Queer, Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Twelfth Night is a Delightful Feat of Whimsy
Helmed by Director Kristina McCloskey and Associate Director Stephanie Mattos, Midsommer Flight's Twelfth Night transforms the four lush showrooms of the Lincoln Park Conservatory into the land of Illyria, a world populated by guitar-strumming jesters, sword fighting pirates, foiled lovers, and capering drunks. This queer-af adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies invites the audience to sing along to sea shanties, share asides with actors, and walk from room to room to explore as many as three simultaneously occurring plots.
A typical summary of Twelfth Night might go something like this: Viola, shipwrecked noblewoman, disguises herself as a man after being stranded in Illyria and separated from her identical twin Sebastian. However, the plot each audience member experiences will vary wildly depending on which of the simultaneously occurring scenes they end up watching. As director McCloskey says, "Audiences can enjoy the wide range of experiences as the characters would live them, meaning they will only have the perspectives of the characters they are following. Plots, secrets, and surprises will run amok — until the final scene when all is revealed and resolved." I, for one, spent most of my time following the booze-soaked revels of side-character Sir Toby Belch (Grant Brown) and his clueless sidekick Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Lexy<|fim_middle|> – Graphic Designer
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Everything, from the friendliness of the actors to the play's DIY aesthetic, creates a welcoming environment which makes the production's material and novel concept accessible. The cast steers away from overindulgently delivered verse and speaks Shakespeare's words with the comfortable, casual cadences of 21st century English—even ad-libbing conversations with audience members as we walked from room to room. The actors wear vibrantly-colored outfits, many of them made up of layered items which would seem at home in a thrift store haul. All of the music and sound effects are created in-house by crew or cast, who sometimes recruit the help of the audience-members to sing along. A special shout out goes to actor-musicians Izis Mollinedo (guitar/Feste) and Grant Brown (drums/Sir Toby) who provide most of the accompaniment for the show.
That being said, the flip side of experiencing the play from the perspective of the characters is just that: like the characters, you may not figure out what's going on until the reveal in the final scene. For people unfamiliar with the play, the plot may be hard to piece together. I attended the show with a friend who knew nothing about Twelfth Night, who struggled to understand the overall story—even during the final reveal. Instead, she appreciated the performance as a patchwork of scenes, singing along to the music, sharing asides with the actors, and admiring the conservatory itself.
To be fair, Midsommer Flight makes an effort to give the audience some context. Before the show, the ensemble introduces themselves and their characters, and pantomimes the shipwreck. However, this introduction is staged along a long, winding path, with actors and audiences in two parallel lines. If you are stuck on one of the far fringes of the corridor as we were, it will be impossible to see the actors during this crucial moment. Frankly, if this is your first time watching 12th Night and disorientation isn't your bag, there's a simple solution: just read a plot summary of Twelfth Night before watching the show.
By far, though, the most understated and brilliant part of the production is the radical way it addresses gender. With a woman disguised as a man as the beating heart of its romantic plot, Twelfth Night is probably one of Shakespeare's queerest scripts to begin with. And Midsommer Flight's production takes this several glorious steps further. To begin with, the production features a talented cast made up of mostly queer and nonbinary actors of various gender presentations. Beyond mere casting, the production deliberately alters the pronouns and genders of the characters themselves. Deceived Malvolio is now a "she," and shipwrecked Sebastian is now a "they."
When the audience is shipwrecked in Illyria alongside Viola and Sebastian, they are arriving in a post-gender world. Between Shakespeare's gender bending plot, the actors' varied gender presentations, and Midsommer Flight's choice to change the pronouns of characters, gender—once a crucial part of the script—becomes too difficult to follow. Rather than being able to watch a play about mistaken gender, the audience is forced to think about Twelfth Night as a play about mistaken identity.
With its vibrant, immersive production, Midsommer Flight does more than just breathe life into a script: it breathes life into a city. The production removes the literal and figurative distance between Shaksespeare's characters and the audience, filling all four showrooms of the Lincoln Park conservatory with camaraderie, laughter, and music. As the Chicago days get colder, the ensemble-driven production is a one-way ticket to sunny, verdant Illyria, where the plants are always green, the locals are always welcoming, and the streets are always filled with music.
Midsommer Flight's Twelfth Night runs until December 19th at the Lincoln Park Conservatory.
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Kristen Alesia — Ensemble
Grant Brown – Sir Toby Belch
Polley Cooney – Orsino
Sonia Goldberg – Malvolio
Jillian Leff – Ensemble
Amy Malcolm – Olivia
Kathleen Mitchell – Antonio
Izis Mollinedo – Feste
Audrey Napoli – Sebastian
Tatiana Pavela – Maria
John Payne – Viola
Lexy Hope Weixel – Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Kristina McCloskey – Director
Stephanie Mattos – Associate Director
Hannah Beehler – Stage Manager
Amy Rappa – Assistant Stage Manager
Jacob Shaffer – Assistant Stage Manager
Nina D'Angier – Scenic and Props Designer
Meredith Ernst – Text Coach
Cindy Moon – Costume Designer
Jyreika Guest – Intimacy Director
Ben F. Locke – Casting Director
Tom McGrath/TCMcG Photography – Production Photography
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The Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology<|fim_middle|> Ikuma Adachi, Fred Bercovitch, and David Hill to the studio to discuss the CICASP program from top to bottom.
In the first interview installment of The PrimateCast, former PRI director and current director of CICASP Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa discusses the history of primatology in Japan, from its humble beginnings on fabled Koshima Islet, through the development and continued progress of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute and his own research on chimpanzee cognition. | (CICASP) is excited to launch its new website for the start of the academic year in April, 2012.
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JOHNSON: But that feeling in America is still unresolved, I think.
McKENZIE: Yeah. Always will be. | ON: Michelle talked about one of her best memories of "California Dreamin'," a strong memory brought back when she saw Forrest Gump . She remembered watching a Bob Hope show from Vietnam and there was a pan of the audience and some soldiers held up a sign on TV and it said, "California Dreaming." Do you remember that?
PHILLIPS: No, I don't remember that. But every time we sing "San Francisco" - that was sort of a coming home song for the soldiers, for San Francisco was a home port, coming back from Vietnam. Scott always dedicates the song in every show we do, to MIA's and the families and the veterans themselves, who came back. There's a great response from the audience, to welcome these guys home again, who never really got welcomed home after all.
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In the Steve Jobs biopic, Ashton Kutcher depicted Jobs feverishly making hundreds of cold calls from Apple's first headquarters in his parents' garage. The frustration of being constantly rejected finally came to an end when one of his calls resulted in a visit from an angel investor and they signed a deal the same day at his<|fim_middle|> questions, etc.
Take the time to research who the mysterious voice on the other end of the phone belongs to. Know as much as you can about the person—their business goals, marketplace, interests and needs.
This will allow you to personalize the call and make it more a meaningful experience for your prospect.
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Although everyone dreads doing it, as this story illustrates, cold calling is a valuable and necessary skill to develop. Calling a stranger out of the blue is rite of passage for every startup.
In his article on Business2Community.com, Flavio Martins offers three simple ways to make the process a little easier on yourself.
Leads are considered "cold" when there's no way of knowing whether they have any interest. A warm lead is one who has at some point requested information about products or services similar to yours.
Martins suggests buying lists from lead companies, containing the names of people who actually are looking for the solutions you provide. Warm leads make the call less "cold".
"Prospective clients would rather have an actual conversation with you rather than being talked at," Martins says.
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Yesterday, Jello and I took a ride through some of the most picturesque scenery in Riverside County's portion of the Cleveland National Forest, in Southern California.
What I've dubbed "Tenaja Trail Ride", it takes you through the hills and canyons following San Mateo Creek, with a distant view of Tenaja Falls, and many breathtaking vistas.
Moreover, it's perhaps one of the few loops you can ride on a street bike in Southern California with very little traffic to contend with. In fact, when we rode it, we encountered only a few cars coming the opposite direction across the entire 40 mile stretch.
To start, take Interstate 15 into<|fim_middle|> Kitchen for a beer and a burger, or you can turn right and take the highway down into the City of Lake Elsinore, and get back on Interstate 15.
The entire ride, from Clinton Keith Road to Highway 74 takes about 1 1/2 hours if you make no stops. But you'll probably want to stop in a few places just to enjoy the views and hear the silence of nature.
WOW! That sounds like such a wonderful ride. The rides with the views, birds, flowers, sights and sounds are my favorites. Except for the gravel, Cleveland Forest Rd sounds ideal. You have some beautiful country there. I grew up in the northern part of California, Sacramento and then the Redwoods area. Thanks for the ride-a-long. You did a great job describing it all. | the City of Murrieta, and exit off Clinton Keith Road, and then head west into the Santa Ana Mountains. You'll ascend into the mountains to the top of the Santa Rosa Plateau. Follow the road until you reach Tenaja Road, and then turn right.
Tenaja Road runs through the community of Tenaja, filled with large million dollar ranch homes, each on several acres of land. The riding through here is actually great, with enough twisties and great views to keep in you 2nd and 3rd gears.
Keep your eyes open until you see Cleveland Forest Road, you'll easily miss it if you don't pay attention. Turn right (it's the only direction you can turn), and it'll take you into the Cleveland National Forest. The road narrows into a single lane serving both directions.
It's on this road where all the fun begins. The road gets narrow and twisty enough that you'll never get out of 2nd gear. In fact, for much of the road you'll stay in 1st gear, just because the scenery is so great, you won't want to miss it. Jello and I pretty much rode it at 10-15mph with our heads turning and left and right trying to see all there was to see.
While still in the Spring season, both sides of the road were filled with a variety of native flora in full bloom casting colors of yellow, white, purple, red, and orange. On either side, we enjoyed fields of green grass with hills and mountains in the distance. It was common to hear birds chirping against the sound of our V-Twins, and an occasional chipmunk trying to get out the way.
As the road winds its way into the canyons, it gets bumpy and sandy. Many of the turns are so tight and so sandy, you're moving along at 5mph. If you have any loose nuts and bolts on your bike, now's when you'll start hearing them.
About six miles into the ride, you'll eventually come to the Tenaja Falls Trailhead. If you have a Forest Adventure Pass, you can park here and hike the trail up to Tenaja Falls. There actually is water falling here, but only during and after the rains. The hike is about 7/10 of mile. Once there, you'll find a swimming hole and usually a few people taking a dip.
Continuing another few miles down the road, it widens and straightens out a bit, allowing you to ride comfortably in 2nd gear, but not yet for 3rd. There are couple places where the road is covered with loose river rock. The first of such places takes you by surprise while you're riding about 30mph; don't slow down, just roll right over it in a straight line.
The road finally enters into a small community, and widens up into a two-lane road allowing you to get back into 5th gear. Here it changes names to Killen Trail, and it'll take you along the ridge of the Santa Ana Mountains offering a sky-high view of Lake Elsinore.
Eventually it ends at Ortega Highway (Highway 74), and you can either turn left with a mile to go to Hells | 672 |
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Old fashioned candy is the best! I love surprising friends and family with homemade candy during the holidays and these Buttermilk Pecan Pralines are one of my favorites! Ultra smooth and creamy and oh-so decadent, it's everyone's favorite treat!
I love making candies during the holidays. I make them for parties, I make them for gifts, and of course I love to have a wide variety of goodies for my guests on Christmas. Pralines have long been one of my very favorite candies. They are ultra creamy and decadent and are made with my favorite nut – pecans!
This is one of my very favorite recipes for pralines because it calls for buttermilk which makes a WORLD of difference in these sweet candies.
These candies are made like all traditional candy recipes – with a candy thermometer. DO NOT BE AFRAID. You guys, a good candy thermometer is not hard to find and it will give you the freedom to make amazing treats all year long. Go buy one now if you don't already own one. This is the candy thermometer I use.
This candy is really rather simple to make and the results will have you back in the kitchen making a second batch sooner than you think.
But man, is it oh so totally worth the effort!
Old fashioned candy is the best! I love surprising friends and family with homemade candy during the holidays and these Buttermilk Pecan Pralines is one of my favorites! Ultra smooth and creamy and oh-so decadent, it's everyone's favorite treat!
Line 2 large baking sheets with waxed paper and set aside.
In a large (5 qt or larger) pot, bring the buttermilk, sugar, corn syrup, baking soda and salt to a boil over medium heat.
Stir continuously until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture reaches 236F (soft ball stage).
Note that the baking soda causes the mixture to foam and rise as it begins to boil so be careful.
Once the mixture has reached the softball stage, remove from heat and stir in pecans, vanilla, and butter.
Once the mixture thickens, quickly drop by spoonfuls onto the waxed paper to. Let cool.
Store in airtight containers for up to 2 weeks.
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Being from Louisiana, great recipe. Mine came out perfect. No humidity today.
You are the first site I have come across that uses buttermilk. I have a very old recipe for pralines and it uses buttermilk. But I only use buttermilk, sugar, baking soda, butter and vanilla. Like I said, it is a very old recipe. Oh, and pecans.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been<|fim_middle|> I can substitute for corn syrup?
And how else are pralines made if not with buttermilk?
Hi Kat! Not sure what a substitute would be for corn syrup – maybe google that? Some pralines are made with half-and-half or milk or heavy cream. Thanks!
What type of buttermilk did you use? Low fat or Bulgarian?
These need to go to almost 240 F. Excellent and easy recipe. Perfect directions. I was unsure of my thermometer, so I used two!
This tastes yummy! But mine are cold but still soft and sticky. I took them right to 235. Also the beating after was about 45 mins for me. I think I would try this again with chopped pecans and in the kitchen aid!
I would double-check the accuracy of your candy thermometer… And yes to the Kitchen Aid! Great if you have one! | looking for this over 20 years. My granny made these when I was growing up and I loved them. She has been gone 20 years this year. I have tried other's and something was missing. Has to be the buttermilk that she used. You made my Christmas!
Never made candies before so super excited to try these!
Wanted to know what | 76 |
Most people love to eat, so when you love to cook, dinner company is never too tough to come by. There's always been one group of friends and family members that seem a little nervous about eating my cooking; this would be, namely, folks who are afraid to have a vegetarian cook for them. The usual explanation has to do with some apprehension over what I'll put in the food—in particular, whether tofu will be an ingredient. My standard response is to vow to make pasta. Nobody's afraid of pasta, and pasta doesn't generally have tofu in it. Well…except this one does.
Interestingly enough, the pasta those guests are most likely to request is the one that I've decided to throw tofu into: fettuccine Alfredo. The thing that sets this one apart from any that I've ever served is that it's vegan, so there's bound to be some unexpected ingredients in order to create the rich, creamy goodness my dinner company generally seeks.
Cashews were an obvious choice for a vegan Alfredo sauce. They blend up smooth and milky, making an ideal substitute for the heavy cream found in classic Alfredo. The tofu is a bit less obvious of a choice, but it gives the sauce a nice body, so it coats the noodles thickly, just like dairy versions (which sometimes include an egg yolk). To really replicate the fettuccine Alfredo we've all grown to love, I included some optional cashew Parmesan in the recipe. This part isn't an absolute requirement, but if you're one who goes for heaps of extra cheesiness on your pasta, you'll appreciate the texture and mild tang that this adds.
If the tofu doesn't scare your dinner guests off (you know, assuming you admitted there's tofu in here), I'm betting they'll be a-OK with some kale in their vegan fettuccine Alfredo. And the kale is a welcome addition indeed—not just because the inclusion of some greens makes me feel better about eating one of the most decadent pasta dishes in existence, but because the flavor of some garlicky sautéed kale goes amazingly well with the mild creaminess of the Alfredo sauce.
This post was originally published on October 23, 2014.
This vegan take on fettuccine Alfredo is made with a creamy cashew sauce that's made extra thick and luxurious by blending in tofu. Tender bits of garlicky sauteed kale<|fim_middle|> could be allergic.
I made this for dinner last night and it was amazing! I've been craving Alfredo sauce since going vegetarian and gluten free, and haven't found a sauce that didn't have eggs or wheat. I'm trying to eat more vegan meals, and this really hit the spot! Thanks for this recipe!
"kalefredo", nice 🙂 haha I really enjoy nutritional yeast. It has a really nice cheesy flavour without being too dense. | compliment the richness of the Alfredo sauce.
Place cashews in a food processor fitted with an S-blade and blend until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of bowl as needed. Add the tofu, milk, lemon juice and a pinch of salt and blend until creamy. Taste and add additional salt if desired.
Distribute the mixture in an even layer on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 3-5 minutes, until the mixture darkens slightly. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
This is best eaten right away, as that's when the sauce is creamiest. If you wait a few minutes or have leftovers, add a few splashes of soy milk or almond milk to regain some of the creaminess.
I'm going to text this recipe to my brother, he would absolutely love this. It does look really tasty. Thanks for sharing & happy Thursday!
I hope you do find the time! I think you'll love it!!
This looks absolutely delicious!!! I definitely wouldn't be apprehensive to eat your food!
Haha! Glad to hear it. Thanks Liz!
This looks amazing and nutritious! Yum!
Yum is right. 🙂 Thanks Millie!
If you like veggie lasagna I think you'll probably dig this as well!
Lovely recipe, Alissa. I can see how the cashews would make a creamy sauce and the cashew parm is a must! Pure comfort food! Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely! In fact, the weather chilled a bit just as I was getting ready to make it, so I was getting a hankering for some comfort food – it worked out perfectly. Thanks Traci!
Making it tonight! I have been making the cheese recipes from Miyoko Schinner's Artisan vegan cheese so I want to try this since it's quick.
Yes! This is definitely some quick and easy cheezy vegan goodness ;). I hope you enjoy it!
Perfect timing! I have a pile of kale in my refrigerator and I didn't want to do the same old things I usually do with kale. I'll make this for dinner tomorrow. I'm excited to try it, since I love kale with pasta.
This sounds wonderful, but what could I sub for the tofu? Soy and I don't like each other. Thanks.
My first attempt at this didn't include any tofu. It was quite tasty, just not as thick and creamy as the version with tofu. So you could just leave it out – though you might need to adjust the liquid content a bit and maybe increase the sauce to pasta ratio a bit.
I'm currently on a self-enforced wedding diet (not fun!) but am still craving ALL THE COMFORT FOODS. This sounds like a great way to make a healthier version of alfredo sauce. I'll just have to hide the fact that there's tofu in it from my fiance!
Thanks so much Bec! Enjoy it!!
I made this last night for my boyfriend and his two cheese-monster daughters. The ultimate test. They LOVED it! It was so tasty and the texture and consistency of the Cashew-Tofu sauce is exactly what you crave when you want Alfredo. They had NO IDEA it was vegan. Nice work!
This was the best fettuccine alfredo I have ever had, hands down (vegan and non-vegan). It was not as rich as the restaurant ones are (which is a good thing) and it tasted delicious! Will definitely be making again in the future.
I was looking for inspiration to cook my kale, found your recipe and I am looking forward to trying it!!!!
Yay! This is definitely an excellent way to use up some kale. Enjoy!!
I made this last night, my sister (meat and dairy queen) couldn't even tell it was completely vegan!! I accidently added 2 cups of kale. I don't love kale, as HARD as I try. I've literally tried probably 20 different recipes with kale, nothing has really hit it out of the park. BUTTTTTTTTTTTT THIS recipe was fabulous, I liked the oopsy version I made and I can't wait to make it again with the appropriate amount of kale!!
I was wondering, how many calories would you say per serving?
Awesome! Glad this one did it for you! I don't have the nutritional information, but I wouldn't consider this a low calorie dish. It's definitely indulgent, though a bit lighter than traditional fettuccine Alfredo. You could take a crack at the calorie calculation using this calculator.
I made this, and it's delicious. My kids also love it. However I served it for a second night, as leftovers, and my son developed hives all over his trunk and groin. He's had walnuts regularly, I'm wondering in yeast flakes can cause this reaction? I've tried googling, and nothing.
Glad you enjoyed it, but sorry about your son! I've never heard of anyone reacting like that to nutritional yeast, but I guess it's possible that he | 1,035 |
WANDERERS new boy Chris Herd is happy to be outside his comfort zone – in fact, he seems to thrive on it.
For someone who moved from Australia as a teenager without his family to the Aston Villa academy, a short hop up the M6 for a month or two should be a piece of cake.
Herd's accent – a curious mix of the Antipodeans and Aston – tells you he is quite used to life in the UK. And this is not the first time the 25-year-old has sought regular football outside the Midlands, with stints in the lower leagues at Port Vale, Wycombe Wanderers and Lincoln City earlier in his career.
But it is clear the decision to move to Bolton was not taken lightly.
Just 12 months remain on his contract in the Premier League and the last year has seen Herd make just two appearances – Villa releasing a statement back in March that "personal reasons" would prevent him playing for the foreseeable future.
The young man has clearly had some sorting to do, and one hopes a spell at Wanderers helps him on that front, but the player who looked entirely comfortable making his debut in the bright lights of Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night knows he has a job to do at the Macron Stadium too.
"If you<|fim_middle|> he wants to get out of his Bolton experience.
"I couldn't resist such a big club," he said. "There's a great history here and you sense that coming into the place, I'm excited to be involved.
"All I'm thinking about now is performing and playing in as many games as I can.
"We just played against one of the best teams in the world and nearly got a result. | 're a footballer you've got to want to test yourself and be ambitious," he told The Bolton News. "If you start getting comfortable and not wanting to stretch yourself then people should ask questions of you.
"To go and make my debut against Chelsea, I can only benefit from the experience of playing against those sort of players.
"In my mind I'm a Bolton player at the moment. Nothing else matters. I'll do everything I can to help them.
"I've been out on loan to League Two, League One and now the Championship – I've been kicked, booted and shoved all over the place, I'm used to it now.
"I've been over here in the UK for 10 years. I was born in Melbourne and moved to Perth – but then I found myself dropped in the middle of Birmingham at 15 years old. It was a massive difference.
"I moved over here without my family, with a friend, and I've been here ever since.
Herd might have fallen out of the first-team picture at Villa recently but three successive managers – Paul Lambert, Alex McLeish and Gerard Houllier – have all rated him highly.
That he arrives in the Wanderers rehabilitation centre could be down to one of the former recipients of Dougie Freedman's help.
Alan Hutton faced the bleakest of futures at Villa Park when he arrived at the back end of last season to spend a short but successful spell in the North West.
And yet six months later the Scotland international will be heading to Stamford Bridge expecting to start the game this afternoon, with a new three-year deal in his back pocket.
"I'm really good friends with Alan and I'm really pleased for how it has worked out for him at Vila," Herd said.
"He fully deserves everything he's getting at the moment.
"At the moment, my focus is only on playing for Bolton. My contract runs out there in the summer but at the moment I'm just looking forward to testing myself here.
If Herd needs a few protection tips to help steel himself for some physical Championship football he might call on rugby league ace Rangi Chase, playing just down the road at Salford, who is another close mate.
But the utility man who could line-up in any one of three or four defensive positions against Derby this afternoon is quite clear on what | 473 |
When Stephanie and her church friends entered junior college, they saw that many of their schoolmates were very stressed about this new phase of life. After hearing about the #loveothers14 initiative, the group of JC freshmen thought: "This is the best time to do something for<|fim_middle|>IATIVE MAKE A DIFFERENCE? | our schoolmates!" They decided to do something bold: they gave out a total of 1500 sweets with personalised notes to everyone in the school – students, teachers, cleaners and even the canteen vendors!
Just before the exam period, the same group surprised their schoolmates again. This time, the group came to school early in the morning and left 800 study packs in lecture theatres and on study benches.
When asked why they did it, Stephanie shared: I come from a broken family. My parents are divorced. I never understood what love meant. However, in Heart of God Church, I found people who truly loved me and encouraged me. I remember during my exam periods, I was feeling really stressed but my church friends came down to my house to pass me tidbits and a note to encourage me for my exams. I felt very loved. That's why, today, I want to love others too.
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Published by a division of the Harvard business School, this site provides the latest business ideas and research information. There are also various tips on creating and executing strategies in the field of business. Books, | 446 |
In week 3 we are strip piecing all of the thin strips that make up the foundation for our blocks. Take your time sewing the strips together. I like to separate the layers of fabric with my right hand, closer to my body as I'm sewing, and use my left hand to adjust the edges. Little adjustments with my fingertips is all that is needed while I sew. Occasionally, I will stop sewing<|fim_middle|>waterfallqal when you post photos. | to verify that my layers are where they need to be.
If you haven't changed your machine needle lately, now is a good time to do so. Most machines suggest a new needle for every 8 hours of sewing, and strip piecing, adds a solid hour or two!
This week we need to cut the segments for all the blocks, then we can enjoy the piecing process!
To cut your segments, consider using a smaller ruler, that is easier to hold on to. Use the seam lines with the ruler markings to verify that you are cutting straight segments. If my seams are not quite straight, I will cut the segment slightly oversized, then turn the unit around and cut it square to size. Using two rulers can be helpful here too, it just depends on how you like to work.
I'm excited about the start of my quilt, and look forward to sewing up a couple of test blocks this week! AND I can't wait to see yours – be sure to tag me or use # | 203 |
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Birds is a relatively simple slot, and even though it does have 3D animations and great graphics, feature-wise the slot is a bit poorly equipped. The game does have free spins, which are here called free flights. To reach these free flights, you don't need a certain combination of birds. You need a big enough streak of winning spins. There is a bar on the left-hand side of the playing field, which has to get filled. Even though it might seem hard to have a sufficiently big enough streak of consecutive winning spins, it actually isn't that bad! When succeeding, you will receive eight free spins.
Other things you should know
With Birds, Betsoft has released a very fun slot. However, there are a few things you should bear in mind. Firstly, as said before, the slot does not have pay lines. Also, there are no exciting, surprising elements – like Thunderkick does have in their game, with the hidden cat. So, when it comes to features, this slot does not make it to the top. Otherwise, this slot is very entertaining. Therefore, this slot gets an average score, for a Betsoft slot. | Betsoft, has five reels, three rows, and a wild symbol. When opening the game for the first time, it will immediately remind you of a game called birds on a wire by Thunderkick. However, there are plenty of differences between the two. How to play Birds? At the bottom of the screen, you can configure the coin value, the number of active pay lines, and coins per pay line. There also is a Max Bet function, which you can find right next to the buttons for the other configurations. And next to the Max…
Birds is a slot produced by software developer Betsoft, has five reels, three rows, and a wild symbol. When opening the game for the first time, it will immediately remind you of a game called birds on a wire by Thunderkick. However, there are plenty of differences between the two.
How to play Birds?
No pay lines on Birds
A slot with no pay lines, how is that possible? With the absence of pay lines | 202 |
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