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More good news with regards his return from injury.
Had pretty much forgotten about Ivo<|fim_middle|> bring in anyone to properly replace Marvin.
I think Mowatt has played out wide more out of necessity because we don't have anyone else out there?
I've not seen as many games this season as the previous two but what seems clear is that we have t really got any proper width in the team.
Xemi has received the ball, opened his body up to shift it wide right and there was no one there to receive the ball, same thing happened on the left yesterday without Ricardinho.
The biggest quads in football belong to Ivo Pekalski.
Whoa! Has that been photoshopped?
No wonder his knee went. Must've buckled under the weight!
Management rate Ivo extremely highly. Potential Franchise player for us. With Agon and Gino back and a Curtis Nelson replacement in the loan market , on cups to distract the staff, I am very confident of an exciting 2018 and a 6th place finish.
Hmmmm. That almost seems like you are setting up to launch a tirade if we don't get 6th or above. You haven't mentioned a top 6 budget though. Yet.
A top six budget is only a dream.
What do you mean by "potential franchise player for us"?
sort of a wind-up I suspect. Quite a brilliant one at that.
Can only think Clive isn't referring to Pekalski but that we're possibly in for a player from MK Dons..?
Does anybody think that Clive comes across a little like zach?
In professional sports, a franchise player is an athlete who is not simply the best player on their team, but one that the team can build their "franchise" around for the foreseeable future. | and Mehmeti. They will be like new signings. Just as well as I can't see us doing a great deal of business in January.
Wes Thomas's goalscoring form and that we have Mehmeti to come back is the reason I don't think we'll sign another striker whether permanently or on loan.
I wonder how good our forgotten midfielder is, shame as Mowitt was just starting to come good.
I reckon Ivo will give us a bit more fight in midfield. It's definitely something we've been needing. It's odd considering that Mowatt was originally brought in as a replacement of sorts for him, but has played out on the wing more often than not. I could see Alex staying past January, probably if we don't | 155 |
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Remembering Roger Burn (1963-2009)
A native Southern Californian, Roger Burn was a multi-talented musician; a master vibraphonist, pianist/keyboard player, drummer/percussionist, singer, composer, arranger, meticulous music copyist, band leader & music publisher. He possessed perfect pitch and began playing the piano by ear at an early age. He began his career as a drummer, starting at the age of eleven. By the time he was fourteen, he quickly picked up the piano and soon after, the vibraphone.
He began practicing two hours a day, working his way up to five hours a day, at one point. He insisted on keeping his windows closed, even in hot summers, (with no air conditioning) as he was concerned - "I wouldn't want someone walking by on the sidewalk to hear me while I'm practicing." He was a perfectionist.
His high school band director, Ed Wolfe, describes Roger as being verbally "outgoing" and "perhaps not too subtle" as he recalls their first conversation:
"Mr. Wolfe, I'm Roger Burn. I play percussion, and I have a question. Can you improve this jazz program so that it will be as good as Robin Snyder's at Bonita HS? If not, I'm going to transfer over there for my last two years."
"Hello, Roger. Nice to meet you!"
"Roger and other students would come down to the apartment and play Risk. After the other students left, Roger would always ask questions about music theory. Sometimes he would stay quite late. His parents, Ed and Joyce seemed to always know where he was and did not seem to object, but since we had a Jazz Band rehearsal every morning at 6:30, I would have to 'throw him<|fim_middle|>Over the years, La Tanya's versatility in a multitude of genres has made her a first-call vocalist for some of music's most celebrated artists, including Diana Ross, Bobby McFerrin, Harry Belafonte, Michael McDonald, Burt Bacharach, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Rob Thomas, Patti Labelle, Michael Feinstein and Steve Tyrell. Developing her solo artistry, she has performed in recent years at some of New York's most renowned venues, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, Symphony Space, Iridium, and Feinstein's/54 Below. In addition, she has appeared as a soloist with the American Composer's Orchestra, The Colorado Symphony, the Jefferson Symphony and the St. Louis Symphony.
"I have been busy singing with everybody else," La Tanya says, "and even though my first album received critical acclaim, it featured arrangements that I couldn't fully immerse myself in vocally and as an artist. So, with Say Yes, I was eager to present material that would support and showcase my disposition and broad range of musical tastes. Working so closely with my husband afforded me a trusting, collaborative dynamic that allowed me to sing as fully and as freely as I could."
Besides her exquisite vocal tone and Milne's elegant arrangements and piano work, the most remarkable aspect of Say Yes is La Tanya's unique choices of material – a set list that truly reflects her deep musical curiosity, spanning generations and many genres. She reaches outside the jazz realm with lush re-imaginings of folk-rocker Jonatha Brookes' "Because I Told You So" (which the singer calls "the most personal song on the album to me") and Joni Mitchell's "The Fiddle and the Drum" – a Vietnam era tune whose poetry resonates perfectly in response to today's intense socio-political climate. Another remarkable theme that La Tanya develops with this recording is the decision to re-interpret classic jazz pieces that originated as instrumentals before lyrics were added later. These include "All You Need To Say," which first appeared as the instrumental "Never Say Yes" on Cannonball Adderley's 1961 album with Nancy Wilson; Benny Golson's "Whisper Not," whose lyrics were added later by Leonard Feather; "Pannonica," Thelonious Monk's tribute to elusive "patron saint of jazz" Pannonica de Koenigswarter, with lyrics added later by Jon Hendricks; another Monk-Hendricks classic, "Well You Needn't"; and Clare Fischer's "Pensativa," whose lyrics were later penned by Norma Winstone.
In addition, La Tanya reaches back to 1944 and revamps Cole Porter's classic, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye," incorporating a Pablo Neruda poem which adds new life to the already powerful lyrics, to 1942 for a fresh, bourbon-soaked spin on Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz," and to 1916 for the Raymond Hubbell tune "Poor Butterfly," – the latter of which is a part of La Tanya's Sarah Vaughan tribute show.
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All Rights Reserved | out' often so that we could get some sleep," said Wolfe.
"He was not particularly interested in the traditional harmony of the common practice period, but when we talked about Twentieth Century techniques, his ears really perked up. He learned about tritone substitutions, extensions and altered chords, and suddenly there was an interest in learning to play piano as he was already becoming quite proficient on vibraphone," relayed Wolfe.
Wolfe recalled, "He was not interested in learning technique from the Czerny book I provided, or practicing any of the "adult beginning" pieces I provided. He simply wanted to improvise and learn new chord voicings...(he was especially in love with the dominant seventh with a sharp nine or other altered variations he could use in the blues). He wanted to learn how to arrange, so I "loaned" him my Mancini Sounds and Scores textbook. He kept it for the rest of his life...So it began!"
"I did not learn until later that he had begun writing out (by hand) a fake book of jazz tunes that he called 'The Good Book'. He was proud to exclaim to me that these tunes had 'the right chords' and were not like some of those other fake books. In addition to many of his favorite jazz standards (over 150 pages), are some 20 original compositions, some of which were performed by the San Dimas High School jazz combo. "Animal Blues" was written for his friend and bass player, Rusty Houts, and "Gerswintite" was an opportunity to show off some new chord voicings he liked," said Wolfe.
"It was plain to see Roger was a musical prodigy," said his sister, Elaine Burn. "He would sit daily with a pencil & ruler while he effortlessly re-wrote all the chord changes in the Real Book . He claimed 'The chords are all wrong!' "
Wolfe recalls, "Those who spoke with Roger often may have observed that his life was basically one long run-on sentence, with no punctuation in site! He was opinionated, biased, driven and always outspoken, but he was also fiercely loyal, disciplined, caring and compassionate to those who he felt deserved it. He also had a great sense of humor and a sense of right and wrong ...Roger was right, and the rest of us ...had some work to do!"
Wolfe relates the following story, "Another time, in Reno, Roger did not make it back to the hotel from the Basie performance at the Pioneer Theater in time for curfew. I went back to the Pioneer and after some searching, found him backstage talking to some of the Basie sidemen....that was Roger!"
"In Roger's senior year, he was leaning towards Cal State Northridge as a choice under the jazz direction of Joel Leach. He was particularly angry that freshmen would have to play in the marching band, frustrated by this, he chose to leave after only one year in the college program. The rest is basically known by all of his professional friends and acquaintances," said Wolfe.
"Over the years, Roger and I remained close. I used him as a guest soloist with my bands, and he was fiercely loyal to me personally as an 'educator who knew and did it the right way'. He was a good man, and I love him and miss him," exclaimed Wolfe.
He studied with the best in the field - Freddie Gruber for drums and Victor Feldman for vibes. He was self-taught on the piano and keyboards, taking only one piano lesson!
He drew musical inspiration from the greats; Victor Feldman, Lionel Hampton and Red Norvo. He idolized Buddy Rich, Louie Belson and Steve Gadd. He was influenced by Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Oscar Petterson and Gershwin. His modern taste and appreciation included the Yellowjackets, especially Jimmy Haslip, bass player of Yellowjackets, producer & longtime friend, Pat Metheny, Sting, Quincy Jones, Bella Fleck and Peter Gabriel.
He began working professional gigs at the age of sixteen in Los Angeles. He would spend entire Saturdays hunting down rare jazz albums at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, adding to his album collection of over 1,000 albums, all in alphabetical order.
He formed several bands and served as the bandleader. His first band, in the 1980s, was "Triple Spec." The name referring to the music industry phrase, "on spec", meaning that many projects are on speculation, thus "Triple Spec" was born. They played often at Cafe Cordiale on Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Roger Burn and his band Shapes
Years later, he formed a new band, "Shapes", which was a platform for his contemporary jazz compositions as well as for others in the band; Dave Derge (drums), Mike Higgins (guitar) and Andy Suzuki (saxophones & flute) and Dean Taba (bass.) His music was syncopated and sophisticated. He was constantly blazing his own trail.
Shapes performed in Jakarta at the Java Jazz Festival and then later, on the island of Bali, performing in Indonesia for two weeks. As part of a back up band for Indonesia's own, Dwiki Dharmawan for his 'World Peace Orchestra', he also performed again in Jakarta for the Java Jazz Festival, along with Shapes' members Andy Suzuki, Tollak Ollestad, along with charter member on percussion, Walfredo Reyes, Jr., who played drumset.
He again played with the World Peace Orchestra at the Temecula Jazz Festival, joined by new Shapes member, Edwin Livingston, on bass. In addition, Jimmy Haslip, of the Yellowjackets & producer of all his albums, played with Shapes on bass, as well as Russ Ferrante on piano, from the Yellowjackets.
Highlights of his career include playing with The Brian Setzer Big Band, Chaka Khan, Lionel Ritchie, Stevie Nicks, Lou Vega, Barry Manilow & Ann Margaret, to name a few. He wrote charts for Mary J. Blige and numerous others.
He played vibraphones on the score of the Academy Award winning film "Sideways" starring Paul Giamatti.
Tragically, cancer took his life at the age of 46. Here's what he said in his last blog;
"I will NOT shed this mortal coil until I'm satisfied that I've done all that I can, and ladies and gentlemen, I have ONLY begun to do what I feel that I'm called to do, which is to make music. All things considered, I feel VERY fortunate and yes, even an agnostic like myself, feels blessed, too. I'm surrounded by the love and support of so many friends, some of which I never knew even liked me!!!!"
He played and composed music to the very end! He toured Europe, Indonesia and had plans to return.
WE MISS YOU ROGER! We hope to honor you and your beautiful music that we all felt so blessed to hear, with this re-release of your last three albums! God rest your soul!
Elaine, Jimmy and Blue Canoe
Say Yes with La Tanya Hall
After enjoying accolades while singing, performing and touring with icons in numerous genres as a support artist, La Tanya Hall re-emerges as a multi-faceted jazz vocalist and interpreter extraordinaire with her first full-length album in a decade.
Though her gorgeous, emotionally intuitive vocals take center stage, the expansive collection is, at heart, a collaborative effort with Unison, a newly formed NYC trio led by Hall's husband Andy Milne on piano, featuring John Hebert on bass and Clarence Penn on drums. Say Yes was produced and arranged by Milne, a distinct and respected voice at the heart of NYC's creative jazz scene for over 20 years.
While Say Yes is technically a follow-up to La Tanya's 2009 recording, It's About Time, she sees Say Yes as the first project that is a true reflection of her artistic spirit. Fans wondering why it took her so many years to return to the studio can look to her busy schedule touring these past seven years with Steely Dan – and her 10-year career as an instructor, passing along her experience and expertise to the next generation of singers as Associate Professor of Jazz Voice at Oberlin Conservatory and at The New School in NYC.
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The nucleus is the largest, most prominent organelle inside the cell. The functions of the nucleus are that it houses genetic material (DNA). it is the site of RNA production and it helps regulate cell metabolism by generating various enzymes.
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An amazing David Tudor performance from 1966.
Music DVD Review: David Tudor – Bandoneon! (a combine)
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Next to John Cage, David Tudor (1926-1996) was one of the leading lights of the post-war avant-garde movement in the United States. Tudor actually premiered Cage's most notorious piece, 4' 33" (1952), which featured the pianist sitting stock still in front of his keyboard for exactly four minutes and thirty-three seconds. The "music" was provided by the sounds of the audience shuffling uncomfortably in their seats, and any<|fim_middle|> have to put my reservations about the brevity of the DVD aside. This performance is of such historical value that it is worth seeing regardless.
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Nearly 60 years after the fact, a performance such as 4' 33" may seem quaint, even silly. Make no mistake though, David Tudor has had a direct, or indirect influence on every bleeding-edge artist of the past 50 years.
For example, Krautrock godfather Karlheinz Stockhausen dedicated his Klavierstück VI (1955) to Tudor. And most significantly to rock fans of today, Tudor premiered some of the early compositions of La Monte Young. Young went on to mentor John Cale, who then formed the Velvet Underground, which incorporated his theories. And as every punk fan knows, the VU have had an influence on just about every band since.
The context is important in understanding the DVD Bandoneon! (a combine). This is a documentary of David Tudor's first full concert work as a composer. He was participating in a series titled 9 Evenings, presented in 1966 in New York. The other artists involved were John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Alex Hay, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, and Robert Whitman.
Tudor's night was October 6, and the instrument he played was the bandoneon. The bandoneon is a Latin instrument, and is somewhat analogous to a small accordion.
As the DVD shows, though, Tudor's bandoneon is an instrument unlike any other. With the help of technicians from Bell Telephone Laboratories, Tudor's bandoneon was the driving force of a multimedia blitzkrieg. By connecting contact microphones to various switches, delays and loops, and even running some through an ancient harmonium, the sound of the instrument becomes an unbelievable wash of feedback.
I can only imagine how abrasive this sounded back in 1966, and the way the microphones are set to loop each other, the whole thing actually takes on a life of its own. The audience had a different listening experience than we get, as the speakers were in constant motion. They were hooked up to remote control carts, which were sent around the stage randomly by five of Tudor's friends.
To add to the sensory overload, the sounds were fed into an oscilloscope, with the resulting images projected onto a huge screen at the rear of the stage.
The results are amazing. I defy anyone to watch and listen to this material even today and not be blown away. The fact that all of this is presented by short-haired, serious young men wearing suits makes it all the more disconcerting.
Bandoneon! (a combine) is an incredibly valuable historical document. My only problem with the DVD is its brevity. There are two parts to it: Tudor's performance, and a documentary of what went into making the event happen. All of this is fantastic. The problem is that we only get 14 minutes of performance, and about 20 minutes of documentary footage. I wish there were more.
As for the visual quality of the footage, it is very good for the most part. The main body of the performance is shown in black and white, and was very well preserved. Apparently, Bell shot the event in color, for their own records, and some of it is used very briefly. Bell's tapes were not cared for very well, and so the quality of the color footage is pretty poor. Most of the interviews in the documentary section were conducted in the 1990s, and are in fine shape.
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Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes and operate in all<|fim_middle|> even with an entrepreneurial spirit still flounder, struggling under the weight of financial and personal pressure. Even a donkey with a carrot in front tempting it forward, and a stick behind keeping it moving, needs to be steered now and then. By taking the time out of your busy schedule to build a support structure of individuals around you, and to build up your knowledge about business and marketing, you yourself could be the next great success story.
After all, everyone started somewhere! | kinds of different industries. What you do doesn't matter, but what you believe certainly does! Although the quotes from famous and successful businesspeople may vary in their exact representation of the term entrepreneur, the one thing that unites them all is their belief. Their belief that their idea can, and will, be a success.
It is through this steadfast belief in an idea or a business that an entrepreneur is willing to take a risk to establish a profitable future. Finding a success story that hasn't, at some time or another, involved a significant risk is highly unusual. Each time you find a new idea, dream a new dream or simply consider establishing something new, you will know that the next stage is investing your money or your time to turn a thought into a reality. The difference between dreamers and entrepreneurs is that while both parties have the idea, only the entrepreneur acts upon it.
The thought of the risk is the single greatest reason why the majority of businesspeople are content to stay exactly where they are, never pushing into a new market, never launching a new product. But without the risk, there is no return.
Of course, it isn't all about monetary gain. In fact, the wealth and success often associated with entrepreneurship is often not the dominating motivational force behind the most successful individuals to be found within our world. Instead, it is the desperate desire to be free.
Imagine being your own boss. Imagine being free to do what you want, when you want. Imagine having the financial freedom to take long holidays, to live in the house of your dreams and to provide for your family's future.
The initial idea or dream of the entrepreneur is the carrot that draws them forward. The thought of a lack of freedom is the stick that drives them to keep moving.
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Travel|WINTER IN THE SUN; An Island Where Less Is More
WINTER IN THE SUN
WINTER IN THE SUN; An Island Where Less Is More
By Steve Bailey
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MY wife, Jane, and I had wanted a warm place for a one-week vacation, an island without huge hotels, without casinos, without crowds. Dominica has none of these and more: no shopping to speak of, hardly any road signs, little in the way of sandy beaches. Even the many natural wonders of Dominica, taken one by one, were less wondrous than advertised -- and yet the island itself insinuated itself into our hearts, luring us over the next mountain, into the next valley, and across every bridge we came to.
Dominica (dah-min-EE-kah) is a mountainous 29-mile-long island in the Lesser Antilles, south of Guadeloupe, north of Martinique and several hundred miles southeast of the Dominican Republic. Its 75,000 residents, who speak English, include the last of the Carib Indians. The exporting of bananas is the biggest source of revenue.
Columbus discovered and named the island Dominica because he first saw it on a Sunday in 1493 during his second voyage to the New World; it was colonized by the French in the 18th century, taken over by the British in 1815 and became independent in 1978. There are only about 700 guest rooms on the island, fewer than on many cruise ships, and most are quite modest, not surprising since this is the poorest country in the hemisphere after Haiti.
Dominica, though, is rich in character. We encountered no beggars, and no one looked hungry in this land where food springs from the ground and drops from the trees. No one was unwashed on this island with 365 rivers and almost as many waterfalls. Roadsides and village streets were clean. Friendly people asked constantly if we were enjoying our stay. We were, very much.
We went last November via San Juan, P.R., where we transferred to a small American Eagle plane. Dominica has two airports, both small. Ours was the newer one, Melville Hall, in the northeast corner of the island. The other, Canefield, is in the southwest, near Roseau, the capital, and Canefield is where the rental cars are. I got a temporary driver's license at the Melville Hall airport customs office; a $35 taxi ride took us to the Budget rental office, where we picked up our four-wheel-drive Daihatsu.
Our destination, in the mountains above Roseau, was Papillote Wilderness Retreat, which we reached after dark and after stopping only once to ask if the endless, steep, narrow and potholed road we were traveling was the right way. (It was, and it hadn't been my idea to ask.) The inn consists of eight simple rooms in a complex of stucco buildings surrounded by a tropical garden filled with exotic plants and animals, live and statuary. The garden, a nature reserve, is in turn surrounded by rain forest and mountains. The hotel desk is also the cashier's counter for a restaurant and bar, all open air without windows and screens, as is practically every home and commercial establishment on the island.
The hostess who took us up through the terraced garden to our room was careful to show us the bottled water. The tap water, she explained, came directly from the mineral hot springs that also feed three hot pools in the garden. ''It<|fim_middle|> Scotts Head Bay marine preserve. It offers P.A.D.I. courses in scuba diving, and snorkeling and diving tours, guided mountain bike tours and sea kayaking and rent equipment. Daily rental of snorkling gear is $16; a snorkeling trip in a boat with a guide is $26 and includes the gear; (809) 449-8181; www.natureislanddive.dm.
Dominica is staging the first World Creole Music Festival this Friday to Sunday in Roseau and Portsmouth. It will feature cadence, zouk, soukous and bouyon music, annotated by lectures and other presentations. Tickets are $17 a night or $46 for the weekend, from (809) 448-4833; www.dominica. dm/festivals/wcmf.htm. | 's safe to drink,'' she said, ''but it doesn't taste good.''
The iron-rich water had long ago given the toilet, the porcelain bathroom sink and the shower tiles dark orange stains. In showering, guests are assured unlimited, ideally hot water (cold is not a choice -- there's no way to adjust the temperature at all), but the water isn't ideal for shampooing and rinsing because of the minerals.
That night, our first meal in Dominica was an all-you-can-eat affair featuring grilled chicken and tuna in the Papillote restaurant. The next morning, we found the chicken house, though most of the unusual long-feathered roosters and other fowl seemed to be wandering freely in the garden. (Had we eaten free-range rain forest chicken? The hostess said it was possible.) Peacocks also roam freely, presiding regally from terrace ledges and surprising guests on the narrow paths. Chickens and peacocks, however, are imported species, and Papillote is particularly proud of the native birds that can been seen there, from the Antillean crested hummingbird to the Zenaida dove.
The road to Papillote continues uphill briefly until it ends at the beginning of the trail to Trafalgar Falls, among the most promoted natural attractions on the island. Though the twin falls are only a 15- or 20-minute walk from the inn, one of the many men on the island selling their services as guides insisted on walking with us, offering his services several more times after we first declined.
On our own, we made it to the viewing platform near the falls, where a few other tourists (and their guides) were looking at the falls or coming back from swimming. Below the platform are huge boulders and paths to pools at the base of the falls, along with a sign warning that everything below the platform was subject to flash flooding.
Our next adventure was to Champagne, an area off the beach south of Roseau where volcanic gases issue up from the rocky seabed, creating Champagnelike bubbles to delight swimmers. Like almost everything in Dominica, Champagne is not marked by any sign. We found the deserted, rocky beach by following directions I had printed out from one of the many Dominica-related Web pages on the Internet (for example, www.delphis.dm/home.htm). But what we didn't know, until days later when we asked at a dive shop, is that the bubbles aren't really off the beach but around a point at one end of the beach.
After a bubbleless swim, we changed into dry clothes and continued south to Scotts Head, a bluff at the end of a narrow, rocky isthmus at the southwest tip of the island. The four-wheel drive paid off as we drove across the isthmus, sometimes as narrow as 30 feet. To the left, the Atlantic met the Caribbean and to the right, boats bobbed in the clear water of Scotts Head Bay, a marine sanctuary where, one diver told us, she had sighted more than half the types of fish found in the Caribbean.
When we headed away from the coast we couldn't escape signs of volcanic action. Besides the dead or inactive volcanos, as high as 4,700 feet, that are the island's mountains, there are hot springs, masses of volcanic rock, sulfur deposits and vents spewing sulfuric gas -- and the Boiling Lake.
The lake is actually the world's largest flooded fumarole, a vent that releases volcanic gases and smoke. Here, the vent happens to be in a natural basin fed by small streams, producing a 200-foot-wide pond, boiling in the middle and about 190 degrees Fahrenheit at the edges.
The fumarole is the destination of Dominica's most difficult and most celebrated hike -- which we didn't attempt -- 10 miles and seven or more hours round trip from the mountain village of Laudat. A pair of English honeymooners we met did make the hike (with a guide, which the Government recommends because the trail can be hard to follow in places and people who make a misstep in the Valley of Desolation can be burned by steam from a geyser). They said it had been exhausting and not particularly rewarding: steam rising from the lake made it impossible to see the lake itself.
We did swim at Titou Gorge, at the beginning of the Boiling Lake trail. The deep, narrow gorge, where hikers like to swim after their ordeal, is another product of volcanic activity. As molten lava cooled, it split and pulled apart, similar to the way mud in a drying puddle cracks apart, creating a route for water from the base of one of the island's waterfalls.
Swimmers try to get through the gorge to the base of the waterfall, fighting the very cold and very strong current. Give up the fight and one quickly floats back out to a man-made pool (the beginning of a pipeline to one of the island's several hydroelectric plants), where a hot spring offers some relief.
There's another hot spring, more sulfurous than that at Papillote, near the village of Soufriere, off the track -- it can hardly be called a road -- to Petit Coulibri, where we spent the last five nights of our week on the island.
The Barnard family, former Florida pecan growers, came to Dominica to grow aloe and bought an old estate called Petit Coulibri about three miles southeast of Soufriere. Eventually, they hit a downturn in their aloe business, lost most of the land, built a new great house, which looks as if it had always been there, and guest cottages and became innkeepers. They kept the estate's name, which may refer to hummingbirds or to a small pond, depending on different recollections of 19th-century patois, said Barney Barnard, who operates the retreat with his wife, Loye, and daughter Amie.
There are three cottages, each with two bedrooms, bath and a half, and a complete kitchen, which we rarely used, choosing instead to dine on callaloo soup, curried rabbit, soursop sorbet and other island fare prepared by the Barnards and their staff and served at the great house. There are also two ''studios,'' each like a small standard hotel room. All are made of native stone and tropical woods and decorated with inlaid seashells, coral and original art. None has a television, radio or telephone. ''We indulge ourselves in solitude and sell it to our guests,'' reads a notice affixed to the propane refrigerator.
A radiophone connects the Barnards' computer and fax machine with the outside world. (There is a Petit Coulibri Web page, as there are for Papillote and several other inns on Dominica.) Panels on the roofs turn sunlight into electricity; rainwater is quietly filtered for drinking and heated for showers. Guests are told that a hair dryer is too much for the solar-powered system and will cause a generator to kick in.
From our cottage's terrace, and from almost anywhere inside the cottage, we looked out through banana trees and across the sea to Martinique, 22 miles away. Even the swimming pool, just above a pen where several sheep graze and three lambs jump around, offers a spectacular view of the deep blue ocean 1,000 feet below.
Our plan had been to spend two nights at Papillote, two nights at Petit Coulibri and then find a place on a beach for the last three nights. Because travel on Dominica is difficult and time-consuming, many visitors divide their stay between inns or hotels in different parts of the island. We looked at a lot of other inns and hotels, on beaches and inland, but the one we liked best, Picard Beach Cottages near Portsmouth on the northwest coast, was booked. So we decided to stay five nights at Petit Coulibri. Fortunately, the Barnards could accommodate us.
We began each day with breakfast brought to our cottage: banana fritters, papaya syrup, scrambled eggs, coconut bread and fruit. Then we'd head out to explore: snorkeling in Scotts Head Bay, touring a French aristocrat's decaying villa, going to the Carib Indian Reservation and the beautiful Emerald Pool, below a waterfall in a deep forest ravine in the middle of the island. Then back for an afternoon swim, a Kubuli (a very good beer made on Dominica), and after dark, rum punches and dinner with the Barnards and the other guests.
CROSSING the island to reach the Carib Indian reservation on the east side, the road becomes countless switchbacks up and down mountains and deep into valleys with clean, boulder-strewn rivers never far away (the Carib name for the island is Wai'tukubuli, ''tall is her body''). The Carib area contains seven or eight villages, several churches and a lot of stands selling crafts, mainly baskets and wood carvings at prices half that of the tourist shops in Roseau.
There are plans to recreate a pre-Columbian Carib village as a tourist attraction, but there is now no central point for tourists visiting the reservation. There is, however, yet another of the island's natural attractions: L'Escalier Tete Chien (the snake's staircase, after the local name for the boa constrictor), an ancient lava flow that forms a natural staircase as it descends a bluff into the violent waves of the Atlantic.
Dominicans say that their land is the only Caribbean island that Columbus would still recognize. Despite the cultivation of bananas, coconuts, mangoes, breadfruit and so on, it is still largely covered by its original forest.
From the sea and the air, it is a towering mass of green. As much as 400 inches of rain falls each year on much of the island, allowing trees to flourish on steep, inaccessible mountainsides.
In 1948, the travel writer Alec Waugh wrote: ''There is only one way to understand Dominica. You have to walk across it and along it. . . . Range after range with its leaf-domed summit merges into the background of successive ranges, with each shade of green merging into another.''
Waugh would still recognize Dominica, too.
A tropical getaway with a Creole beat
The dry season on Dominica is December to June. The other months can be stunningly wet, though temperatures and rainfall often vary a great deal from place to place on the island. For more information, contact Dominica Tourism, 10 East 21st Street, Suite 600, New York, N.Y. 10010; (212) 475-7542, fax (212) 475-9228.
There are no direct flights to Dominica from the United States. American (800-433-7300) flies via San Juan, P.R., and BWIA International (800-538-2942) through Antigua, switching to LIAT.
Some hotel and inn rates are seasonal, but there seems to be no agreement on when the high season begins and ends; off-season prices are usually about 20 percent less.
Dominica has none of the large resorts so common on most other Caribbean islands. Many guest cottages are simply little houses that restaurant or dive shop operators have built as a sideline. Here are three:
Papillote Wilderness Retreat, Post Office Box 2287, Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica, has five rooms, one suite and a two-bedroom cottage in a private nature reserve. There is a natural waterfall on the grounds and several hot mineral pools. Year-round rates are $80 a night for a double, $85 for a suite and $175 for the cottage, which has a kitchenette. The restaurant serves simple but well-prepared local dishes, including flying fish; a dinner for two without drinks is about $20. Phone (809) 448-2287, fax (809) 448-2285; on the Internet at delphis.netgate.net/papillot.htm.
Picard Beach Cottage Resort, Post Office Box 34, Roseau, consists of eight cottages on an old coconut plantation in Portsmouth on the northwest coast. Each cottage sleeps two or three and has a kitchen, but an adjacent restaurant and bar are quite inviting. There is a swimming pool. High-season rates (Dec. 15 to April 15) are $140 for a beachfront double, and $120 for a garden view, plus 15 percent tax. Low-season rates are 50 percent less. Breakfast and dinner is $30 a day extra; (809) 445-5131, fax (809) 445-5599; www.where2stay.com/islands/resorts/241.html.
Petit Coulibri Guest Cottages, Post Office Box 331, Roseau, are about three miles southeast of Soufriere. There are two small studios and three two-bedroom cottages with full kitchens and terraces perched high at the southern tip of Dominica and looking over the sea to Martinique 22 miles away. The long, rough road to Petit Coulibri makes four-wheel-drive vehicles advisable. Breakfast ($12) and dinner ($30) are offered and is perhaps the most sophisticated fare on the island, with dishes like stuffed plaintain and lamb curry, though choices are limited.
From November to April, the cottage double rate is $200, plus $25 for each extra person, or $180 a night for seven nights or more. Low-season rates are $160. The studios, which are like standard hotel rooms, are $90 a night year-round. Phone and fax, (809) 446-3150; delphis.netgate.net/petit.htm
Whether it's the long hike to the Boiling Lake or diving in Scotts Head Bay, there are services available to equip and accompany the visitor. Hotels and inns may offer the services themselves or will recommend an outfitter, a tour company or a guide.
Nature Island Dive in Soufriere is in the | 3,016 |
Responsible for the development and execution of validation activities including, design, installation, and operational qualification of equipment/utilities/facilities, process validation for all manufacturing processes, lab equipment qualification, and cleaning validation. Writes, executes, or reviews all of the above listed protocols and reports.
• Develops validation strategies for complex validation projects.
• Develops and implements creative solutions to complex problems.
<|fim_middle|> weekend and/or evening work. | • Work with various departments to assign responsibility for protocol generation, execution, and review.
• Responsible for the change control system for all validated processes and equipment.
• Write and maintain site and special projects Master Validation Plans.
• Plans and coordinates the validation activities for projects.
• Work with Process Development, Engineering, and Maintenance in establishing equipment purchase requirements from the validation perspective.
• Responsible for the appropriate qualification of equipment, including its controls systems.
• Validate environmental controlled environments (warehouse, cold/hot chambers, etc), including product cold-chain transportation systems.
• Validate aseptic equipment (liquid and powder filling equipment, isolator, lyophilizer, autoclave, de-pyrogenation oven, Steam-In-Place, etc.).
• Validate cleaning processes (manual or automated).
• Validate manufacturing processes (liquid, semi-solid, solid bulks, filling, labeling, and packaging).
• Interface regularly with Engineering, Facilities, Regulatory, and Manufacturing personnel.
• Provide guidance and leadership over engineers who will write and execute protocols, but reporting into other managers.
• Proficient knowledge with MS Office.
• Full understanding and knowledge of domestic and international GMP regulations and industry standard for validation activities.
• Knowledge and experience in writing protocols and procedures.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills demonstrated through interactions internally and externally.
• Effective organization and project management skills.
• Efficient in report writing and technical writing skills.
• Effective troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
• Ability to execute the validation efforts for the company.
• Ability to work both independently and in conjunction with a team.
• A valid driver's license and acceptable Motor Vehicle record required.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• Seven or more year's experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with a minimum of 3 years in validation activities.
• Experience in Statistical Analysis a plus.
• Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Work may require occasional | 381 |
Church Briefs
'Souper Sundays' set at CBL Lutheran
BULL SHOALS – 'Souper Sundays" are set for Sunday and Feb. 21 at Christ by the Lake Lutheran Church, 1304 C.S. Woods Blvd. On these two Sundays, food, paper products, personal-care items and money will be collected for Bull Shoals Food Pantry. The events are sponsored by<|fim_middle|>. The meal is set for 3-5:30 p.m. at Word of Life Church, 310 S. Main St.
Redeemer announces 'The Story' campaign
Redeemer Lutheran Church is launching a Bible-reading campaign called "The Story," at its6 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. Sunday services beginning Feb. 2. The campaign is an attempt to resverse a trend of people not reading the Bible.
According to Pastor David Gadbaw, "The Story," a best-seller from Zondervan Christian media and publishing company, helps readers understand God's story from Genesis and Revelation. Consisting of 31 chapters of carefully selected scriptures sequenced in chronological order, "The Story" presents the word of God in an engaging format.
"The Story" church campaign will provide up to 31 weeks of curriculum for children, teens and adult Sunday school and up to 31 weeks of corresponding sermons. For information, visit www.redeemermtnhome.org. | Women of Christ by the Lake.
'When life turns tough discussion' set at Lifetree Café
What happens when a healthy ultra-marathoner suddenly is attacked by an undiagnosable, life-threatening illness? A short real-life video about John Stumbo's faith after a disease stripped away his health is the subject of discussion at 6 p.m. Monday at Lifetree Café, 307 W. North St., under the green awning. Admission is free, with snacks and beverages available. For information, John Easterling at 425-6071 or email jneasterling@earthlink.net.
Menu at Bread of Life meal announced
The menu for the free Wednesday meal for the public is a variety of soups, vegetables, crackers and dessert | 163 |
Most planets are at then bottom of the Pisces horoscope. The Night.
The Night is about inner world, processing, family and domestic circumstances.
This period is cosmically meant as a time of preparation and evaluation with regard to your career, because soon this will change. Collaboration and consensus to reach your goals are the keys to success. This month there are challenges in your career, family, emotional safety, love life and social life.
Mercury is your planet of Relationships. Mercury in Gemini gives you an uneasy feeling in the first half of June 2018. An "accidental" encounter brings unrest and uncertainty.
This romance is fleeting and volatile. Perhaps you expect too much and you are looking for the unattainable. In the second half of June 2018, Mercury in Cancer makes you long for the emotional and caring aspect. Love can arise at work or a party with friends. In a relationship, Pisces wants to be together and is willing to take a new step.
June 2018 can be very romantic, but you have to implement this. The Full Moon of June 28, 2018 falls into your House of Friendships, groups and organizations.
Something is coming to completion in your social circle which is being celebrated. There is a meeting or party for<|fim_middle|> of money. Mars in Aquarius has a favorable effect on the House of Finance for Pisces. You get cooperation to acquire a favorable financial position. Your social and business network is very important. This month, however, a financial conflict of interest may arise in the social circle, so be careful, Pisces.
Through the influence of Mars in the House of Cosmic Consciousness you have to deal with a period of suppressed energy. Behavior patterns from the past in your subconscious mind will play a major role. You feel annoyed and opposed. Due to retrograde Mars from June 26, 2018 problems from the past return to you as a boomerang.
June 2018 is about regularity, Pisces. Regular food, regular sleep, regular exercise. Relax regularly! Do not skip meals! It is advisable not to let yourself go, Pisces. Stress is not good for you. Go for a walk. Yoga brings peace and balance. Watch your breathing. To remain healthy physically, mentally and emotionally, you have to take good care of your body.
A healthy relationship with yourself and with others is the condition to remain physically and emotionally healthy. Know your limits.
Take the time to think about your career and what you want to change to make your dreams come true. You may feel as if not much is happening and results is less likely. Just be patient and listen to that good advice, Pisces. | which you have been invited or you are going to organize a party or event.
It is possible that a friend gets married.
The New Moon of June 13, 2018 falls into your House of Family and Home. In the next two weeks there can be a move, repair or renovation. It may also be that you decide to clean-up the house, change your interior, buy a house, rent, sell or rent out your house. In any case, there is a new beginning or restart in your private life. Mid-month of June 2018, there may be challenges, but now and then it is good to clear the air. Be on your guard with "good advice" in the third week of June 2018. A quarrel between elderly relatives can heat up this month, but gives you the opportunity to put things right.
The Full Moon of May 29, 2018 fell into your House of Career. Something is coming to completion in your career such as the completion of a project, a new job, promotion, reward and recognition, more income in your company or a salary increase, but there may also be a reorganization.
With the most planets at the bottom of the Pisces horoscope, Pisces is in a period of visualization and preparation. This is the run-up to a busy period. June 2018 is a good period for a business-oriented course or business trip or work on the emotional aspects and communication skills in your career. Building a business network. Good communication and collaboration is the key to success at work.
Aries symbolizes your House of Finances. Uranus in Aries has led to changes in the financial situation in the past seven years as a result of a reorganization at work, a new job or the breaking of a business contract or divorce. Uranus in Aries has taught Pisces how to deal with money differently. Mars is your planet | 399 |
For lunch today I was channeling my inner Barefoot Contessa.
I make about a million of her recipes and some of my favorites are the ones with<|fim_middle|> that making dough in my food processor versus my standing mixer consistently turns out better.
Recipe from Williams-Sonoma found here.
Sorry I'm too sleepy to cut and paste the recipe.
so maybe you should click the link to see what it is SUPPOSED to look like.
gosh you've inspired me to do friday night pizza...they look wonderful!
bet they smelt incredible...and i love your little helper!
how beautiful are those halloween plates in your last post!
Oh yum! I'll be making both of these with salad ~ you know my love for pizza salad. | tomatoes & basil.
In my opinion, you can never go wrong with tomatoes and basil.
So here is simply a "Tessa" recipe, not a Barefoot one, using two of my (and her) most favorite ingredients..
Sautee tomatoes with a little salt and pepper in olive oil while dough cooks.
Add a splash of balsamic vinegar during that last couple minutes.
Cook until vinegar completely reduces. Approx. 2-3 more minutes.
Top pizza with tomatoes, return to oven for a few more minutes. Top with fresh basil. Enjoy!
I made this when my brother and family were in town and it was yummy.
I especially liked the crust - very light and flakey.
I have found | 146 |
Posted inFilm
Hell Is Your Family
by Ryan Syrek June 8, 2018 Updated March 12, 2019
Toni Collette spends nearly the entirety of Hereditary playing an unopposed game of Twister using only her facial features. The film is understandably being sold as "one of the scariest movies of all time," but that's only because "one of the most physically unsettling movies of all time" isn't as apt to put butts in seats. To be clear: Your butt should be in one of those seats. Hereditary is a meticulous, intricate examination of emotional trauma, a hyperbolic look at inherited mental illness and one of the most beautifully horrific films of all time. Also, the last half hour will mess you up or make you laugh, so either way you win.
The film opens with Annie (Collette) mourning the loss of her mother. Actually, mourning is too nice of a word for what someone feels about the death of a family member who was a real piece of shit. Tragedies believe in the buddy system, so something else truly horrid happens shortly after Annie attends a support group to cope with her complicated grief. That second trauma is without equivocation one of the most emotionally gnarly bits of cinema. Ideally, audiences are ignorant as to what that event is, so that they can feel just a sliver of the soul-rending pain for themselves. What follows is a legitimately brilliant examination of the horror inherent in inheritance that can be viewed in a literal, supernatural way or as a metaphorically resonant parable.
<|fim_middle|> Hereditary as a horror movie. In the best possible way, that's exceptionally evident. Lift out the genre beats, and you'd be left with a 90-minute character study of a woman whose sanity is threatened by circumstance and genetics. This doesn't mean that those horror elements are clunkily welded together. On the contrary, Aster cooks his audience like the proverbial frog in a pot, ever-so-slowly cranking up the tension and terror until the rolling boil is inescapable.
Collette is so unfathomably good here that being preemptively mad she won't get nominated for the performance seems like the right move. Unlike most genre films, her incredulity and abject awe when impossible shit goes down feels as authentic as her outpouring of grief in a scene that's more difficult to watch than any of the scary ones. Although every performance is something special, from Milly Shapiro's haunting turn as Annie's daughter to criminally under-beloved Ann Dowd's magnetic supporting role, Collette is next-level, capital-B Brilliant.
And there's more here. So much more… But just like the film demands a second viewing, discussing the dense thematic elements (such as Annie's profession as an artist who recreates miniature dioramas of events in her life) and heady symbolism requires readers have already seen it. So see Hereditary so that we can talk about. And bring a family member you either love or violently hate. Memes and tone-deaf jokes about how everyone "wants to die" these days or how "the world should end" because things suck aside, there's something fitting about a truly disturbing film about trauma and grief being the best film of 2018 so far.
Grade = A+
Tagged: Film Review | Writer/director Ari Aster has said that he did not set out to make | 15 |
Fully<|fim_middle|> for markets at the onset of central bank policy action. But the problem with binary markets is that they become increasingly fragile. A market where central banks have promised good weather through forward guidance and where regulators have reduced dealer inventories, is like an open concert where no one has umbrellas and the exit doors are tiny.
Several times over the past few years, central bankers tried to withdraw the punch bowl, resulting into sharp market selloffs which threatened financial stability. During the latest attempt to normalise policy in 2018, short volatility strategies collapsed and credit spreads widened to a record. Central banks stepped back in, reversing course. But this left them with limited traditional ammunition to fight today's pandemic. As the virus sent markets into a tailspin during the first quarter – the reaction was again more asset purchases.
Monetary policy saved risk markets one more time. Yet, it made the policy reaction function more dependent on market price action too, as the BIS wrote, potentially incentivising a series of financial boom-bust cycles. In turn, this dependence will influence investor behaviour.
How does this dependence impact the economy and financial markets?
Financial Fragility: Volatility, Correlation and Liquidity
Over the past years, we discussed some of the consequences of persistent low interest rates on the economy: there are many short-term positives, like a confidence and consumption boost. However, the negatives become more apparent over time, engulfing the economy a QE infinity loop. Low interest rates keep inefficient firms alive, with the Economist recently arguing that covid stimulus may bring an "extra layer of zombification". Other effects of persistently low interest rates are a funding advantage to large firms and an incentive for these to consolidate and acquire potential threats, which can lead to oligopolistic behaviour over time, as discussed in The Silver Bullet | The Pandemic Revolution and The Myth of Capitalism.
But let's focus now on the structural changes to markets, and on how to navigate this new environment. Post-QE markets have different volatility, correlation and liquidity structure.
The first consequence from central banks being the only game in town, is a polarisation in the structure of volatility. Central banks have not only been able to compress risk premia, but to stabilise their movement too. The one-two punch has been asset purchases pushing risk premia lower, and enhanced forward guidance telling investors that the central bank put would always be there.
The result is Faustian pact, with investors trusting the central bank put and betting that market weather would be sunny all year round. As the chart below shows, this has meant more low-volatility days throughout the year. That said, increased reliance on central bank guidance has also come with more crowded positioning. This boosts volatility in periods of uncertainty, as everyone rushes to the exit. Since the introduction of QE, volatility is usually low for a longer period than before – but much higher than before when market crashes occur.
Another key change has occurred in the way assets move against each other. The FT recently asked whether the traditional 60/40 bond/equity portfolio still has a future. In a normal, pre-QE market, risk-free assets would be typically negatively correlated to risky ones: government bonds would rise as stocks fall on bad news, and vice-versa. If central banks become the only game in town, however, investors' bets will be on asset purchases of government debt, corporate bonds and equities – with these moving all in tandem. This means that asset correlations have turned positive, even between assets which should typically move in different directions. This is true both for daily as well as intra-day moves, as show on the left by our analysis. Today, government bond yields barely compensate for inflation risk, and they no longer provide as much mark-to-market protection either.
The final point is a reduction in trading liquidity. With investors either buying or selling all assets, second-guessing central banks, passive strategies have doubled in size, rising to half of equity funds from a quarter ten years ago. At the same time, bank regulation continued to constrain dealers' capacity to take risk and absorb market swings with their inventory, now a fraction of the size it used to be a decade ago. The result is a fat tail of liquidity risk, particularly apparent in instruments with liquid liabilities and illiquid assets, like corporate bond ETFs, as evident during price action in the first quarter, until intervention by the Federal Reserve.
Barbells Against Bubbles
With negative real rates on government debt, fat tails in volatility and liquidity and positive correlations between risky and risk-free assets, investors need to re-think portfolio construction.
The recent experience of markets switching between central bank euphoria to fundamental panic, and back, has taught us a few lessons.
The first is to use a barbell strategy. A portfolio which is fully invested in triple-Bs, or BTPs offers little yield and no optionality in case of a sell-off. Instead, a portfolio which is a combination of cash and riskier bonds with more symmetric upside/downside can be more resilient to volatility and offer more upside, for the same yield, along the lines of what N. Taleb extensively discusses in Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder. Over the past few years, barbell portfolios with equal yield outperformed fully invested portfolios, on a static basis, as shown on the left. That is, excluding the option to add risk during a selloff.
The second is to value convexity. Government and corporate bonds with tight yields are put options with very negative convexity – the central bank backstop will likely be there, but if it isn't, investors can lose a multiple of what they would normally earn – as shown by the wipe out buffer, on the left. We construct our portfolio using assets where the gains and losses are at least symmetric, irrespective of the odds. In addition, we like assets where convexity is cheap and in our favour: convertible bonds, not directly manipulated by central banks, can offer very attractive payoff profiles.
As central banks focus more directly on inflation, steeper curves may harm bonds and equities at the same time. This is what happened in the summer of 2013 or in early 2018, when pressure on long-term yields intensified at a time of economic weakness. The risk is even more pronounced at the current juncture, given the increasing weight of rates-sensitive tech stocks in major indexes.
The third point is to always keep more liquidity than needed. With binary volatility and high liquidity risk in bond markets, prices may not always reflect fundamentals, and fire-sales of high quality assets may occur more frequently than expected. In January this year, we shifted half our portfolio in cash, which allowed us to deploy capital and buy investment grade debt cheaply during the selloff. Put differently, an always fully invested portfolio underestimates the option value of liquidity in fragile, binary markets.
Going forward, we believe anti-fragile portfolio construction may become even more important. A potential Biden victory at U.S. elections could mark a shift from the Trump administration's focus on tax cuts and asset-based monetary policy – which has mostly benefited the top 10% of Americans – to a more broad-based fiscal stimulus. With its recent strategy review, the Federal Reserve has already shifted its gears to make labour market conditions its primary focus, while gaining flexibility on inflation. If helicopter money is coming, under the form of continued fiscal stimulus coupled with loose monetary policy, then traditional fixed income is nothing else but return free risk, as Bill Gross would put it.
US Elections: More Spending and Financial Repression Ahead
We think Biden is favoured to win the November presidential election: our model based on adjusted state polls suggests an 82% probability for him to secure over 270 electoral votes. While there are doubts over poll reliability after the 2016 elections, we believe Biden stands in a stronger position than Clinton in 2016, with more consistent polling lead even in battleground states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In addition, a deep dive into Nationscape survey data covering 319k voters shows that about 9% of 2016 Trump voters likely have switched to Biden, while only 4% of 2016 Clinton voters had switched to Trump.
A Biden presidency will mean more stimulus to the real economy. Contrary to popular belief that a Biden victory means immediate tax hikes and a hit to risk assets, we expect limited short-term negative reaction and better long-term prospect. In our view, a Democratic government will prioritise fiscal expansion over reversing corporate tax cuts. First, we see a lower probability for a Democratic sweep. Our senate model currently indicates a 35-45% probability for Democrats to hold over 50 seats, which is far from the 60 needed to pass bipartisan legislation for controversial tax changes. Second, Biden's economic proposals call for higher public spending on education, infrastructure and renewables, which should support job creation and boost long-term productivity. Third, a Biden administration will likely bring more certainty to the US's foreign policy and be more supportive of international trade. The biggest risk is a potential delay in vote counts due to mail-in ballots. As shown left, a significant proportion of voters in closely contested states are likely to vote by mail, while such mail-in voters are largely skewed towards Democrats. However, recent surveys by Citi and Goldman Sachs show investors are already pricing in an elevated probability of a contested vote at over ten percent, while pricing only around 50% for a Biden victory.
More stimulus could lift inflation, pushing real rates even lower. While the Federal Reserve may be more independent under Biden, short-term rates will likely remain near their all-time lows. We think this will be the case as the Federal Reserve will emphasise the need to not just restore low unemployment but also for the job gains to be "broad-based and inclusive". Put simply, the Federal reserve may try to use monetary policy to address inequality, even if it comes at the risk of higher inflation. And we expect inflation will be moderately higher under Biden, than it has been under Trump. Biden's fiscal plans, unlike Trump's corporate and personal tax-cuts, will be redistributive. Biden's fiscal proposal calls for higher taxes on corporates and high-earners and larger allowances for first-time home buyers and lower-earners. That is, Biden's proposal will likely put more money in the hands of lower-income earners, who historically have had a much higher propensity to spend.
Conclusions: Anti-Bubble Strategies to beat Financial Repression
The past decades have been a boon for bond investors, with central banks buying government and corporate debt to boost confidence and asset prices – yet failing to boost inflation. The music is changing: rising inequality and the covid crisis call for more broad-based policy measures to benefit the real economy, not only asset owners.
We think the upcoming U.S. election could mark a shift in policy from asset-based QE and tax cuts to helicopter money: more fiscal stimulus to individuals, small businesses and states. The combination of bottom-up stimulus and loose monetary policy may push inflation rates higher than tax cuts and asset-based QE have done so far, in our view.
With yield curves already compressed below inflation, bond investors appear as boiling frogs: deflationary trends may continue in the near-term, but political pressures to keep spending going and inflation rising are building.
In addition, financial markets have experienced increased fragility over the past few years. Investor herding in long carry and short volatility strategies, encouraged by central bank forward guidance, is pro-cyclical. This results in a binary distribution of volatility, where the music plays most of the time, but a few days where the exit is very painful and disruptive even for high-quality assets. In addition, asset correlations provide increasingly less diversification.
We believe a barbelled, dynamic portfolio of cash and a combination of credit, convertible bonds and commodities offers investors superior chances of beating the market and inflation over the coming years.
The Global Credit Opportunities strategy is positioned to benefit from a rise in fiscal stimulus and from a gradual normalisation in the economy thanks to a vaccine and to faster viral testing. Bonds in covid-hit sectors can offer substantial upside, and in some cases may benefit from government help in a downside scenario. Similarly, we believe convertible debt offers inexpensive positive convexity to a recovery in economic conditions. We avoid assets which present negative convexity, like BTPs or long-term US government debt, which provide small potential gains against large losses in a too-cold or too-hot economy where spreads or rates would widen.
The Silver Bullet is Algebris Investments' Global Credit Opportunities investor letter.
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With negative real rates on government debt, fat tails in volatility and liquidity and positive correlations between risky and risk-free assets, investors need to re-think portfolio construction. The recent experience of markets has taught us a few lessons. The first is to use a barbell strategy. The second is to value convexity. The third is to always keep more liquidity than needed. Asset prices may not always reflect fundamentals, and fire-sales of high quality assets may occur more frequently than expected.
What is financial repression? It is a set of policies resulting in savers earning returns below the rate of inflation in order to provide cheap loans to companies and governments, reducing the burden of repayments.
Over the past decade, quantitative easing boosted asset prices but failed to boost inflation. It also added to pernicious collateral effects – like corporate and household inequality – by rewarding the haves more than the have-nots.
Today, the political music is changing. The Covid-19 crisis has already highlighted the need for Western governments to not only boost growth, but also invest in social welfare, including healthcare and infrastructure and to reduce inequality. A potential Democratic win at U.S. elections could bring a shift towards helicopter money: more fiscal stimulus to states, local authorities and individuals, combined with dovish monetary policy.
One of the reasons QE failed to generate inflation was that it rewarded firstly asset owners, who already have a low propensity to spend, and was not always accompanied by fiscal stimulus. The combination of extraordinary fiscal stimulus and a Fed focused on labour market conditions and more flexible on inflation could finally generate a weaker Dollar and some inflation over the coming years.
Where does this leave the majority of bond investors? Simmering in a boiling pot, we think. Debt levels are rising in developed and emerging markets, while real yields are already well below zero. It is true that disinflationary trends are still strongly in place: demand disruption, an ageing population and the accumulation of industrial overhangs in areas of the old economy where demand is no longer as strong – like energy, retail, autos, traditional banking, commercial real estate. But at current yields, investors have no room for error. The most dangerous security to own in your portfolio is probably long-end government debt: you can either lose money slowly to inflation, or quickly if there's a repricing of expectations.
What's more important though, is that regardless of price action in the short term, a decade of QE has brought deep changes to the structure of financial markets. As we approach a potential turning point, investors will have to re-think their portfolios based on changes to volatility, liquidity and correlation of financial assets.
Volatility has become binary: reliance on central bank decisions as the determining factor has resulted in a fatter tailed binary structure of volatility: there are more days of sun but when there's bad weather, it's hurricane.
Risky and risk-free assets move in tandem: as investors second-guess central bank decisions, they often buy or sell risky and risk-free assets together. At very low government yields, leverage in balanced and risk-parity strategies has grown, making moves even more extreme.
Finally, trading liquidity has become scarcer, as bank regulations cap the amount of inventory dealers can hold, while herding and passive strategies continue to grow.
One-Way Markets: a Faustian Pact between Central Banks and Investors
Imagine an apple market. The buyers and sellers may have different views on weather conditions and demand, and eventually they will reach an equilibrium price to trade. Now, imagine a market where everyone wants to buy Monday to Wednesday and everyone is a seller for the rest of the week, anticipating the impact of the quantitative apple easing programme.
In this second scenario, price fluctuations are a lot more extreme, regardless of a change in fundamentals – this is because most people are buying or selling at the same time, based on one factor only. This is what we would call a binary market.
As central bankers moved from standard monetary policy to asset purchases and enhanced forward guidance a decade ago, they started to have a direct influence on markets. At the same time investors started to rely on them more closely.
Armed with an explicit central bank put, every year, traders buying the dip outperformed long term investors. Passive strategies grew also, together with strategies betting on volatility staying low. Herding – the percentage of investors heading the same way, increased as a result, as reported by the IMF. At the same time, bank regulators eager to shield themselves from a repeat of the last crisis constrained trading risk levels, bringing dealer inventories to a minimum.
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For those who love the idea of recently-reviewed boutique hotel Barnsley House (and who wouldn't?) but are travelling with children in tow, its sister hotel<|fim_middle|>swolds countryside – you might find your morning swim isn't quite as relaxing with small infants splashing about, or that breakfast time is somewhat louder than usual.
However the prevalence of small ones does give it a more relaxed and casual air: there is a pub on one side of the house – The Gumstool – and the bright and airy Conservatory restaurant on the other – and they are more in the 'wear whatever you feel comfortable in' category rather than the smarter dress code of a boutique or grand country house hotel.
It does feel more like a hotel than a friend's house in the country (which is what Barnsley House did so well) but that's no bad thing if you have children with you, when the emphasis is more about getting things done speedily rather being greeted like old friends.
Having said that, it's not just about the children: the food in the Conservatory is really rather good and full of nice touches – a massive hand-carved leg of Spanish ham for example, a large and varied cheese selection and attentive staff. Both our evening meal and breakfast the following morning were really good, with a wide selection to choose from and promptly served.
For dinner I started with seared scallops with cauliflower and truffle puree, which looked and tasted great, and then went onto the herb-crusted lamb which was equally good. Obviously the cheeseboard couldn't be ignored, and I was rather glad that we'd had a big walk around the local fields before dinner.
However if you have wriggly youngsters with bags of energy to work off you will probably spend less time eating and more trying to wear them out before bedtime, and here Calcot Manor is perfectly placed, set in 220 acres of green Cotswolds countyside with walking trails clearly marked.
Calcot Manor's location just near Circencester means the surrounding area is flattish fields rather than the more picturesque undulating hills round Broadway, for example, but it's still a great way to get rid of the cobwebs (or tire out little legs).
There's an outdoor swimming pool (closed during the winter months) but an indoor one open all year round, playground, a outdoor hot tub, tennis courts and bikes to hire.
The first day we arrived I headed straight for the spa but it wasn't very relaxing – it seemed to be children's hour in the pool, the hot tub was full of teenagers and there were no loungers available in the small chill-out area upstairs.
After a while of waiting some became free, but even then the design of the room – the sauna and steam room were in the same area as the loungers – meant that the doors to both were constantly banging open and shut – not quite a luxury spa experience. However the next morning after breakfast my rose facial was very relaxing and indulgent and there is a large area downstairs serving anything from herbal juices to champagne which seemed to be very popular.
Most bedrooms, family rooms and suites are mainly located in a separate building just across a stone courtyard , although 12 rooms are in the main house.
Our room was a family room, with twin beds at one end and a third bed at the other. Both the bathroom and room itself were smart and spotless, with a massive TV, mini-bar and Nespresso machine.
There were nice touches here such as a bag of bath toys for children, but the bath itself had a massive border which would make it difficult to lift children in and out of.
When we checked out we were even given a little sweetie bag each – perfect for little travellers.
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So what you're left expecting is an in-depth look at the troubled band, featuring retrospective, introspective interviews with the surviving Doors members, maybe previously unheard stories from their very eventful career, or at least a substantial bit of archival footage. What you're getting is a paint-by-numbers audio-visual presentation put together entirely of photographs and video footage of the band, and narrated "" History Channel style "" by Johnny Depp. That's it, really.
To his credit, DiCillo does have a few aces up his sleeve in some fantastic, previously unseen footage of both the band and frontman Jim Morrison. Take the opening, for instance, where a young Morrison or gets out of a wrecked car and tries to hitch a ride on a lonely highway. When you see him driving the car later and fiddling with the radio, only to get the news of his death, you're not quite sure if you're really watching Morrison or a look-alike. This footage is from Morrison's 1969 50-minute short, HWY: An American Pastoral, made available for public viewing for the first time ever, cleverly overdubbed with the news reports of his death. The fragments of this film, shown intermittently through the documentary, are riveting and strangely disturbing.
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You want to find fault with the documentary on several levels. Yes, the lack of input from guitarist Robby Krieger, drummer John Densmore, and Manzarek is keenly felt. Yes, the dour narration is superficial and occasionally redundant when it simply reiterates "" with a little overt drama "" what you're plainly seeing on screen. Yes, you've seen most of the footage before, in videos and the odd music-channel documentaries and even the over-the-top pout-and-swagger re-enactment by Val Kilmer in Oliver Stone's The Doors. But you begin to understand the director's motivations as the footage reels you in and then sinks its claws into you. The documentary is dominated by Morrison "" pensively skinny dipping in limid rock pools Adonis-like, standing by a dying coyote on the road, dancing, twitching on stage like a shaman of pelvic thrusts "" he eclipses his band here as he did in life. And you can't tear your eyes away from him. Even as he goes from tortured poet to pathetic drunk, there's an animal magnetism to him even as he unravels.
But the lack of coverage given to the other band members can't be overlooked. By all accounts, Morrison had the most tolerant bandmates in the history of music. No matter how many times he screwed up or came to a gig or rehearsal drunk, no matter how much of the limelight he hogged or fought with the rest of the band, they were always there to support him and cover up for him. It would have been interesting explore the motivations of the rest of the band. And to repeatedly emphasise on the culture of the Sixties, DiCillo falls back time and again on hackneyed footage of Vietnam, JFK and the hippies but shows no other bands that were such an essential part of the culture of that era. To a newbie, it would seem almost as if the Doors were the only band existing in a musical lacuna at that time. Where is Love, Bon Dylan, Joan Baez and all the movers and shakers of the post-beat generation? What did the music of the Doors mean in relation to all these other artists? Arguably, it's not a extensive study of the band but it's almost impossible to ignore the rest of the music of that time. Recommended only for die-hard fans or for those who know next to nothing about the Doors.
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The conservation of biodiversity is an essential part of sustainable forest management. Forests cover nearly one-third of the worlds total land area and are vital in ensuring environmental functions such as climate regulation and soil conservation in addition to biodiversity. They provide habitats for a large array of plants and animals, some of which are rare or threatened. Through these important ecosystem services, biologically diverse forests and woodlands contribute to the sustainability of the wider landscape.
Read the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS), the reference standard for sustainable forest management across the UK.
Support priority habitats and priority species
Many habitats that are important for biodiversity in the UK have been reduced in area and fragmented and, while they are generally protected, are in need of restoration and expansion. Priority habitats have the potential to provide the richest and most varied components of biological diversity within the UK. All types of native woodlands, as well as wood pasture and parkland, are woodland priority habitats.
Priority species are those that are declining, rare, at risk of extinction, and/or have special requirements. A high proportion of priority species are associated with semi-natural woodland.
Conserve ancient and native woodland
Woods that are both ancient and semi-natural in character have the greatest value for biodiversity. Known as ancient semi-natural woodland (ASNW) these are still widespread although fragmented. They serve as valuable refuges of woodland biodiversity, particularly for sedentary species that, once lost, do not readily recolonise. ASNWs also frequently retain characteristics of previous management such as coppice and other traces of cultural history.
Sites that were once ancient woodland but have been converted to planted forests are known as plantations on ancient woodland sites (PAWS). Many PAWS retain at least some characteristics or remnants of native woodland, which give them the potential to be restored to native woodland, contributing to policy objectives for native woodland restoration.
The government recognises the importance of ancient woodland through the National Planning Policy Framework (Paragraph 175c) and through the Keepers of time statement of policy, which emphasises their value, assesses threats and opportunities and sets out actions to protect and improve them.
Read the guide Managing ancient and native woodland in England, which brings together all of the current good practice in one document. The guidance looks to the future, advising how to help woodlands adapt to climate change and the challenges it brings, and includes information on, for example, harvesting woodfuel from native woodland in ways that will enhance biodiversity and heritage.
The handbook Managing Native Broadleaved Woodland,produced by Forest Research, gives more detail and underpinning evidence for the value of an ancient and native woodland. It complements the UK Forestry Standard. You can buy it at a cost of 30.
Find out if your woodland is good for wildlife
Assessing the ecological condition of native woodland will help you to get an overview of the condition of your woodlands habitats and identify any issues you may need to address to help support habitats and species. A simple straightforward assessment has been developed and tested by members of the England Woodland Biodiversity Group, including Forestry Commission, Natural England, and The Woodland Trust, which enables owners to assess woodland condition in a standardised way.
To complete an assessment, you need to do a walking survey through your woodland and use a form to record features along your route, then compare your results to a standard set of condition thresholds. You can use the completed assessment to support the development of your woodland management plan and improve the long-term resilience of your woodland.
You can access the Woodland Condition Assessment forms and guidance from the Woodland Wildlife Toolkit. The toolkit also contains advice on managing woodlands for wildlife, and useful information on rare and declining species that depend on woodland habitats.
To allow native flora and flora to recover from damage caused by non-native species, you should manage your woodlands to counter threats from invasive plant and animal species like deer, grey squirrel and rhododendron.
Find out more about how you can manage threats to your woodland.
The rules about forest operations and land use change
You must consider wildlife species and habitats when youre creating woodland or managing woodland to comply with regulations. These include the European protected species (EPS) listed in the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
For both priority species and priority habitats the timing and equipment to be used for certain forest operations can be damaging. Use the UK Forestry Standard, European protected species good practice guidance and knowledge from your woodland survey to help plan these operations proportionately, and for an appropriate time of year.
If youre proposing a land-use change you must take into account the relative merits of existing habitats, and the potential impact of change on priority habitats and species, both on the site and on adjacent land. So youll need to ask for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to determine if effects due to afforestation or deforestation are likely to be significant. Find out more about EIAs.
Where theres likely to be a significant impact youll need to get EIA consent. If you plan to convert woodland to open habitats you must also have felling permission to permanently remove woodland.
Find out what you must do to protect woodland wildlife and habitats and how you must apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Read the operations note on the principles you must apply if youre considering planting trees on or near priority habitats supporting field guide and guidance for afforestation proposed on or near nationally important upland breeding wader areas. (PDF, 266KB, 4 pages)
Creating new forests and woodlands
Increasing woodland creation in England is in line with our aspiration of 12% cover by 2060: this would involve planting 180,000 hectares by end of 2042. We want to increase the long-term supply of English-grown timber, given strong current and projected demand.
We will increase tree planting by creating new forests and native woodlands, and incentivising extra planting on private and the least productive agricultural land, where appropriate.
Trees and forests provide a unique blend of social, economic and environmental benefits. However its important to make sure that the right trees - in terms of biosecurity, value for money, air quality impact and biodiversity among other criteria - are planted in the right places, in line with the UK Forestry Standard.
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How Jesus Became God: A Critical Review
Trent Horn • 4/25/2014
Most Christians say the apostles came to believe Jesus was God after seeing how Christ's resurrection vindicated his claims to divinity. But Bart Ehrman's book, How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee, offers another theory.
Ehrman is popular New Testament textual critic who was once a Fundamentalist Christian and is now an agnostic. Ehrman's big claim to fame came with his 2005 book Misquoting Jesus, where he argued that the text of the New Testament was corrupted through the scribal copying process. He then argued that this corruption jeopardizes our orthodox understanding of the Bible. The book has sold millions of copies, and you've no doubt seen or heard Ehrman on late-night television, including the Colbert Report.
Ehrman's thesis is that the divide between human and divine in the ancient world was not as clean cut and "uncrossable" as it is for modern religious believers. According to Ehrman, in the ancient world it was common for the divide to be crossed in either the "gods come down in the likeness of men" direction or the "men go up and become gods" direction. Within this cultural milieu it was not improbable for the apostles to believe that their good rabbi had become "God."
I enjoyed the book, and I think it's disappointing how many Christians jump into an automatic "pan-the-heretic" mode before reading it. Don't misunderstand me: I think Ehrman is wrong, but his book is well-written.
Gods and men in the Ancient World
The first two chapters describe the malleable barrier between gods and men. The first few pages left a sour taste in my mouth. Ehrman begins with a story about a first-century miracle worker whose disciples believed he was the Son of God and had survived his own death. But, surprise! Ehrman's not talking about Jesus but another supposed miracle-worker and contemporary of Jesus named Apollonius of Tyana. This sets the stage for Ehrman to talk about how in the ancient world men who become gods and vice-versa were really a dime a dozen.
However, Ehrman neglects to mention that although we have multiple sources for the<|fim_middle|>ism's primary proponents (another name for modalism is Sabellianism). J.N.D. Kelly's Oxford reference book on the popes gives a good description of the matter here.
There's a lot more to discuss here (especially Ehrman's view of Paul's Christology), but overall I think Ehrman's work represents the typical "Jesus was a failed end-times prophet" approach that is popular within historical Jesus studies. Ehrman does part ways with some of his like-minded colleagues, such as Dale Allison (see page 185 of How Jesus Became God), and at those points it's nice to see Ehrman put forward a compelling argument instead of just lobbing an assertion.
For readers who want a fuller treatment of the arguments in opposition to Ehrman's case, I'd recommend the following resources:
How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature—A Response to Bart Ehrman. As the tile suggests, this book represents the viewpoints of five authors who disagree with Ehrman's thesis. Kind of a mixed bag when it comes to quality, but Craig Evans's essay on Jesus' burial is worth the whole price.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. This book by Richard Bauckham is a must-read for anyone who glosses over Ehrman's claim that the Gospels were not written by eyewitnesses and so cannot be trusted.
The Resurrection of the Son of God. The well-known New Testament scholar N.T. Wright gives one of the most comprehensive treatments of both the resurrection and the surrounding cultural context that makes a natural "legend-based" explanation of the resurrection very implausible. | life of Jesus we only have one source for Apollonius. Ehrman says this source, Philostratus, recorded what eyewitnesses said about Apollonius, but neglects to mention that the only eyewitness mentioned is one Damis from Nineveh, a city that didn't even exist in the first century (which means Damis probably did not exist either). Ehrman also doesn't mention how the wife of emperor Severus commissioned Philostratus to write the biography of Apollonius over a century after Apollonius's "death." The Life of Apollonius was probably created as a competitor to the Gospel accounts of Jesus which, by that point, were in wide circulation across the Roman Empire.
Ehrman acknowledges this theory in a footnote but then claims that all he is doing is showing how belief in "God-men" was easily accepted in the Roman cultural context; but I find this answer unsatisfying. If belief in a God-man like Apollonius was only easily accepted because it was crafted to imitate Jesus, it still doesn't explain how Jesus' divinity came about.
Perhaps the most striking concession Ehrman makes in this section is that Apollonius is the only story of a true "God-man" like Jesus. Ehrman writes, "I don't know of any other cases in ancient Greek or Roman thought of this kind of "God-man," where an already existing divine being is said to be born of a mortal woman." If the story of Apollonius is parasitic upon the story of Jesus, then that makes the story of the "God-man" Jesus all the more exceptional and difficult to explain without recourse to a miracle.
In chapter three we get a crash course in "historical Jesus studies" or the use of objective criteria to find what the nineteenth-century Biblical critic Martin Kähler called "The Jesus of History" (as opposed to the supposedly non-historical "Christ of faith" who inhabits the catechism). At about this point I noticed that some of what Ehrman was discussing also popped up in his previous book, Did Jesus Exist?
I think it was New Testament critic Burton Mack who said that the greatest mystery of Christianity is the question of how Jesus came to be worshipped as God so quickly after his death. Mythicists who deny Jesus existed have a simple answer: he was always worshipped as God and the human part was added later. Ehrman rejects that view, but has to find a way to get Jesus up the "ontological totem pole" at a very fast rate. Ehrman claims to be able to do this in his analysis of the Resurrection, an "event" that he says was necessary for Jesus not to be remembered as just another failed messiah.
Ehrman is adamant that this was not a fluffy "resurrection of Easter faith," nor was it a "spiritual resurrection" as other critics try to make it out to be. It was instead a real bodily resurrection that the apostles proclaimed. He is careful to say, however, that it was belief in the resurrection that caused the apostles to think Jesus was God, and not the resurrection itself. Ehrman then devotes two chapters to providing a natural explanation for how this belief in the resurrection came about.
His main point is that although he once believed that we could know Joseph of Arimathea buried Jesus, he has now changed his mind and says we can't know that for sure. He says we simply can't know what happened to the body of Jesus. We can know, however, that the apostles had visions of Jesus after his death, but that was probably because they were bereaved and such visions are actually quite common. He says the answer to the question of whether or not these visions were real or hallucinatory is beyond the reach of the historian.
My Thoughts on the Resurrection
I'm not convinced by Ehrman's arguments against the authenticity of the burial tradition. Hesays that because Joseph and the empty tomb are not mentioned in the creed in 1 Corinthians 15:3-5, this shows it was probably a legendary development. But the creed's use of the word buried (in Greek, hetaphe) implies something formal and ceremonial, not a mere chucking of a body into a ditch. In addition, there's no reason to include those details in 1 Corinthians because they were not needed. When the creed says "Christ appeared" it's natural to ask "to whom did he appear?" The creed answers this question with a list of witnesses. When it says Christ was buried, we don't need to know who buried him, just as we don't need to know who killed Christ (something the creed in 1 Corinthians also doesn't mention).
In regards to the visions, how do we know that the disciples would have been bereaved and not angry that Jesus turned out to be a fraud instead of the messiah? I'm sure the disciples of John the Baptist mourned his death and may have felt guilty for not aiding him during his imprisonment, buttheir grief did not lead them to proclaim he had risen from the dead.
Overall, Ehrman's treatment of the resurrection is good when he goes in depth about a subject and poor when he gives an off-hand response to an objection. For example, his cursory write-off of the resurrection accounts being contradictory and therefore not being reliable is not compelling because the accounts only differ in secondary details. Many ancient histories do the same. For example, among Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio we have three different accounts of where Nero was when Rome burned, but that doesn't mean Nero wasn't in the city when it happened.
The Path to Orthodoxy
In chapters eight and nine Ehrman narrates the struggles within the early Church as Christians sought to lay out in specific detail what they believed about God and Jesus. If you ever take the time to read the canons from councils like Nicea and Chalcedon, then you see how it's really difficult to describe orthodoxy correctly. It's really easy, however, to make your view a heresy. What is the Trinity? Are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each gods? Nope! That's tri-theism. Are the Father, Son and Holy Spirit each a part of God? Nope! That's modalism. While Ehrman's description of the early Christological controversies is fairly useful, there are parts where I think he oversimplified to the point of error.
One of those would be his assertion that the third-century popes endorsed the heresy of modalism, which claims that there is one God who is one person and that this person appears in different "modes" or roles. In this view of God, there is no relationship between the Father and the Son since they are the same person (God) just as my role as "husband" has no personal relationship as "son." Ehrman says that Pope Callistus I (218-223) endorsed this view, but our only source for this charge is Hippolytus, who, Ehrman neglects to tell his readers, was a bitter opponent of Callistus—making his charges unreliable. Callistus was certainly no modalist because he excommunicated Sabellius, one of modal | 1,512 |
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GLASFRYN MEETS BORDER/LINES
In November Glasfryn Seminars played host to Border/Lines, a group of poets and academics who come together to discuss literature, critical practice and theory and to explore links, differences and new approaches to an understanding of their relationship. The ethos of the Borderlines meetings is one of openness and spontaneity, the structure of the gatherings is partly improvised on the day, although on each of the two first meetings a theme or a text was mooted as a point of attack, and people were asked to prepare and share material in advance. At Glasfryn the chosen text was Maurice Blanchot's essay The Gaze of Orpheus, and people were asked to respond to this and to the general theme of the Orphic myths. The day commenced with a paper around these topics, by Lyndon Davies, and the rest of the morning and part of the afternoon was given over to discussion. During the morning, artist Penny Hallas had created two drawings for the Border/Lines event in her studio upstairs, and people were taken one by one to the studio to record their pre-prepared responses to the Blanchot essay to camera. After each reading the guest was invited to sign both drawings,<|fim_middle|> takes place at the Oriel Gallery of Contemporary Art in Hay on Wye, from 3rd to 5th June 2010, and this year extends its link with the visual arts, by hosting the Elysium Gallery Film Festival, and by showcasing the work...
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Parthian Books invites you to the launch of SHIELD a new collection of poetry by Lyndon Davies with illustrations by Penny Hallas Saturday May 29th at 5.30 pm at Oriel Gallery of Contemporary Art, Salem Chapel, Bell Bank, Hay on Wye www.parthianbooks.co.uk
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REPORT ON HAY POETRY JAMBOREE 28 MAY – 30 MAY 2009 Supported by Academi, Library of Wales, Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea University School of Arts/CREW The first Hay Poetry Jamboree, organised by John Goodby and Lyndon Davies, and supported by Swansea University School of Art /CREW, the Dylan Thomas Centre, Library of Wales and Academi, took place at the Oriel Gallery in Hay-on-Wye on 28th—30th May. It was made possible by the generosity of Geoff Evans, Oriel's owner, who allowed free...
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The Glasfryn Seminars were initiated as a response to what the organisers perceive as a paucity of opportunities in Wales for writers (as well as interested readers) to come together to exchange ideas on the nature of poetry, literature and the arts in general. Whilst readings and workshops continue to flourish, discussion seems largely sequestered in the universities or drip-fed through the pages of the periodicals. What was needed, we felt, were more venues and occasions at which practitioners...
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October 5th, The Old Library, Cardiff, 6.30pm (with John Goodby and exhibition by Penny Hallas) October 6th, St John's Church, Abbey Road, Llangollen, 6.30 pm (with John Goodby and Childe Rolande) October 19th, Hen and Chickens Pub, Abergavenny, 7.30 pm (with Samantha Wynne Rhydderch) October 27th, Bangor, Palas Print (with John Goodby) October 28th, University Bookshop, Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, 6.30 pm (with John Goodby)
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The second Hay Poetry Jamboree lopes onto the scene with a series of substantial readings by some of the most exciting poets in Wales and elsewhere; among them, Childe Roland, Robert Minhinnick, Alan Halsey, Geraldine Monk, Elisabeth Bletsoe and Caroline Bergvall. The event | 384 |
Le religioni negli Stati Uniti d'America sono caratterizzate da una diversità di credenze e pratiche culturali. Alcune religioni nacquero e fiorirono direttamente in territorio statunitense. La maggioranza degli statunitensi riferisce che la religione svolge un ruolo molto importante nella loro vita, una quota unica tra i paesi sviluppati.
Storicamente gli Stati Uniti sono sempre stati contrassegnati dal pluralismo religioso e dal multiculturalismo, a cominciare dalle differenti credenze di stampo naturalistico del tempo precoloniale. Provenienti dal continente europeo, diffusi sono l'anglicanesimo, il cattolicesimo e i principali gruppi facenti capo al protestantesimo, così come la comunità ebraica.
La Chiesa ortodossa è stata presente fin dalla colonizzazione dell'America russa. Numerosi dissenzienti inglesi, che avevano lasciato la Chiesa anglicana, hanno molto diversificato il paesaggio religioso. Il grande Risveglio ha dato origine a molteplici denominazioni dell'evangelicalismo; l'appartenenza a chiese del metodismo e del battismo è aumentata in una maniera più che notevole nel secondo grande risveglio.
Nel XVIII secolo il deismo trovò sostegno tra le classi superiori della stratificazione sociale e nei primi pensatori americani. La Chiesa episcopale degli Stati Uniti d'America, divisa dalla Chiesa d'Inghilterra, è nata durante la guerra d'indipendenza americana. Nascono nello stesso lasso di tempo nuovi rami protestanti come l'avventismo; il restaurazionismo e altre forme di cristianesimo come i Testimoni di Geova, il Movimento dei Santi degli ultimi giorni, la Chiesa di Cristo e la Chiesa di Cristo scientista, nonché le comunità dell'unitarianismo e dell'Universalismo si diffusero nel corso del XIX secolo. Il pentecostalismo è emerso nei primi anni del XX secolo grazie alla "rifondazione di Azusa Street". La Chiesa di Scientology è emersa nel corso degli anni cinquanta. Gli unitariani universalisti nascono dalla fusione di chiese unitarie e universali durante il XX secolo.
A partire dagli anni novanta la partecipazione religiosa dei cristiani sta diminuendo a causa della secolarizzazione, mentre l'islam, il buddhismo, l'induismo e altre religioni si stanno diffondendo. Tenendo conto di quanti si dichiarano non affiliati ad alcuna categoria religiosa, il protestantesimo, storicamente la forma di religione dominante negli Stati Uniti, cessa di essere la religione professata dalla maggioranza assoluta degli statunitensi nei primi anni del 2010; questo è principalmente il risultato di un aumento degli statunitensi che professano "nessuna affiliazione religiosa", piuttosto che di un aumento delle affiliazioni religiose non protestanti, e il protestantesimo rimane comunque la religione maggioritaria tra coloro che dichiarano un'affiliazione religiosa.
La maggior parte degli adulti statunitensi si identificano come cristiani, mentre quasi un quarto non afferma alcuna affiliazione religiosa. Secondo uno studio del Pew Research Center del 2014 il 70,6% della popolazione adulta identifica come cristiana, con il 46,5% che partecipa a una varietà di chiese che potrebbero essere considerate protestanti e il 20,8% che si considerano credenti cattolici. Lo stesso studio dice che altre religioni (tra cui l'ebraismo, il buddhismo, l'induismo e l'islam) collettivamente costituiscono circa il 6% della popolazione. Secondo un sondaggio del 2012 da parte del forum Pew il 36% degli adulti statunitensi afferma di frequentare i servizi religiosi quasi ogni settimana o anche più spesso. Quando si consolidano tutte le denominazioni cristiane in un unico gruppo religioso, l'ebraismo diventa la seconda religione più professata negli Stati Uniti, con il 2% della popolazione che dichiara di essere affiliata all'ebraismo.
Secondo un sondaggio di Gallup del 2016 il Mississippi, con il 63% della sua popolazione adulta definitasi come "molto religiosa" (affermano che la religione per loro è importante e frequentano regolarmente i servizi religiosi), è lo stato più religioso del paese, mentre il New Hampshire, con solo il 20% che si descrive essere molto religioso, è lo stato maggiormente caratterizzato dal secolarismo.
Storia
Fin dal primissimo periodo dell'era coloniale, quando alcuni migranti tedeschi e inglesi attraversarono l'oceano Atlantico alla ricerca della libertà religiosa, l'America è stata profondamente influenzata dalla fede. Quest'influenza continua a riverberarsi nella cultura degli Stati Uniti d'America, nella vita sociale e anche nell'ambito politico.
Molte delle originali tredici colonie furono stabilite da immigrati europei che desideravano esercitare la propria credenza all'interno di una comunità di persone con idee simili: la Colonia della Massachusetts Bay è stata fondata dai puritani inglesi (della "Chiesa congregazionalista"), la Pennsylvania dal Quaccherismo britannico, il Maryland dai cattolici inglesi e la Virginia dagli anglicani inglesi. Nonostante questo fatto, e come conseguenza dell'intervento di conflitti e preferenze religiose intervenute nel frattempo in Inghilterra (vedi Guerra civile inglese, Gloriosa rivoluzione, Restaurazione inglese e "Nonconformismo anglicano"), il Plantation Act 1740 stabilì la politica ufficiale per i nuovi immigrati che giungevano nell'America britannica fino all'epoca della Rivoluzione.
Il testo del I emendamento della Costituzione degli Stati Uniti d'America afferma che "il Congresso degli Stati Uniti d'America non promulgherà alcuna legge che istituisca una religione di Stato o che vieti il libero esercizio di qualsiasi fede o che riduca la libertà di parola o la libertà di stampa o altresì il diritto della gente di riunirsi in modo pacifico e di inviare una petizione al governo per porre rimedio a rimostranze". Ciò garantisce l'esercizio libero di ogni tipo e forma religiosa, impedendo al governo di stabilire una religione ufficiale. Tuttavia gli Stati non furono inizialmente vincolati dalla disposizione e fino a quando nel 1830 il Massachusetts non fornì i fondi fiscali alle chiese congregazionali locali l'emendamento non ebbe una compiuta realizzazione.
La Corte suprema degli Stati Uniti d'America, fin dagli anni 1940, ha interpretato il XIV emendamento della Costituzione degli Stati Uniti d'America come applicazione del I emendamento agli Stati federati degli Stati Uniti d'America e ai governi locali.
Il Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America John Adams, assieme a un Senato degli Stati Uniti unanime, fece approvare il Trattato di Tripoli nel 1797: "il governo degli Stati Uniti non è in alcun modo fondato sulla religione cristiana".
Nel prosieguo dalla sua fondazione gli Stati Uniti sono stati battezzati da varie fonti come una nazione protestante.
Secondo un sondaggio svolto nel 2002 del Pew Research Center circa 6 statunitensi su 10 hanno dichiarato che la religione svolge un ruolo importante nella loro vita, rispetto al 33% del Regno Unito, al 27% dell'Italia, al 21% della Germania, al 12% del Giappone e all'11% della Francia. Il rapporto di indagine ha affermato che i risultati hanno mostrato negli Stati Uniti una maggiore somiglianza con i paesi in via di sviluppo (dove percentuali più elevate affermano che la religione svolge un ruolo importante) che ad altre nazioni ricche, dove la credenza religiosa svolge un ruolo assai minore.
Nel 1963 il 90%<|fim_middle|>a di Gesù Cristo dei santi degli ultimi giorni (il Mormonismo).
La robustezza delle varie varia notevolmente nelle diverse regioni del paese, con parti rurali degli Stati Uniti meridionali, sede di vaste comunità evangelicali e di ridotte comunità cattoliche (a eccezione della Louisiana nella costa del golfo e della comunità ispanica, entrambi costituiti principalmente da cattolici); al contrario, le aree urbanizzate degli Stati Uniti nord-orientali e dei Grandi Laghi, così come molte città industriali e minerarie, sono in prevalenza cattoliche, anche se ancora molto miscelate, soprattutto a causa delle comunità afroamericane decisamente protestanti. Nel 1990 quasi il 72% della popolazione dello Utah era mormone, così come il 26% del vicino Idaho.
Il luteranesimo è più importante negli Stati Uniti d'America medio-occidentali settentrionali, con il Dakota del Nord che ospita la più alta percentuale di luterani (almeno il 35% secondo una stima del 2001).
La religione maggiore, il cristianesimo, è diminuita progressivamente a partire dal 1990. Mentre il numero assoluto di cristiani è aumentato dal 1990 al 2008, la percentuale di cristiani è scesa dall'86% al 76%. Un sondaggio telefonico nazionale condotto su 1.002 adulti dal "gruppo Barna" ha scoperto che il 70% degli adulti statunitensi crede che Dio è "il creatore onnipotente dell'universo e che ancora oggi lo governa"; il 9% di tutti gli statunitensi adulti e lo 0,5% dei giovani adulti si preoccupano di ciò che l'indagine definisce come una "visione biblica" dell'esistenza.
I membri episcopaliani, presbiteriani, ortodossi orientali e uniti della Chiesa di Cristo hanno il maggior numero di affiliati con un titolo di studio universitario e post-universitario pro capite rispetto a tutte le altre confessioni cristiane, nonché la più alta percentuale di membri attivi nella classe sociale medio-superiore. Tuttavia, a causa della demografia assoluta, i cattolici hanno il maggior numero di individui laureati e stazionano tra i più alti livelli di reddito rispetto agli individui di qualsiasi altra comunità religiosa.
Ebraismo
La comunità ebraica (1,4%) è fortemente radicata nel tessuto sociale statunitense, soprattutto attraverso l'ebraismo riformato e l'ebraismo conservatore; numerosa e ben organizzata negli Stati Uniti nord-orientali e in particolare nello Stato di New York.
Dopo il cristianesimo l'ebraismo è l'affiliazione religiosa interna al monoteismo più grande negli USA, anche se questa identificazione non è necessariamente indicativa di credenze o pratiche effettivamente religiose. Ci sono tra i 5,3 e i 6,6 milioni di ebrei; un numero significativo di questi si identifica come ebrei americani per motivi etnici e culturali piuttosto che religiosi; per esempio il 19% di coloro che si auto-identificano come ebrei americani non credono che Dio esista.
La proiezione ARIS del 2001 ha campionato la popolazione ebraica americana in circa 5,3 milioni di adulti: 2,83 milioni (l'1,4% della popolazione adulta totale) sono considerati aderenti all'ebraismo; si stima che 1,08 milioni non siano aderenti ad alcuna religione, mentre 1,36 milioni sono considerati aderenti a una religione diversa dall'ebraismo. Lo studio ARIS del 2008 ha stimato in circa 2,68 milioni il numero di adulti (1,2%) che identificano l'ebraismo come la propria fede.
Gli ebrei sono stati presenti in quelli che sono oggi gli Stati Uniti fin dal XVII secolo, in particolar modo a seguito del Plantation Act 1740. Sebbene le piccole comunità dell'Europa occidentale inizialmente si sviluppassero e crescessero l'immigrazione su larga scala non si è verificata fino alla seconda metà del XIX secolo, in gran parte a seguito delle persecuzioni correlate all'antisemitismo scoppiate in vaste aree dell'Europa orientale. La comunità ebraica statunitense è composta prevalentemente da aschenaziti i cui antenati emigrarono dall'Europa centrale e orientale.
Esiste comunque un piccolo numero di comunità più antiche (e anche alcune arrivate recentemente) di sefarditi con radici che risalgono alla penisola iberica del XV secolo (attuali Spagna, Portogallo e Maghreb). Ci sono anche i mizrahì (provenienti dal Medio Oriente, dalle regioni del Caucaso e dall'Asia centrale), così come un numero molto ristretto di falascia, di ebrei indiani, di ebrei di Kaifeng e di altre diverse gruppi minori. Circa il 25% dell'intera popolazione ebraica americana vive a New York.
Secondo il rapporto dell'"Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies" pubblicato nel marzo del 2017, sulla base dei dati del 2010, gli ebrei erano la più grande religione minoritaria in 231 contee su 3143. Secondo un sondaggio condotto dal "Pew Forum" sulla religione e la pubblica amministrazione del 2014 l'1,7% degli adulti statunitensi identifica l'ebraismo come la propria religione. Tra gli intervistati il 44% ha dichiarato di appartenere all'ebraismo riformato, il 22% all'ebraismo conservatore e infine il 14% all'ebraismo ortodosso.
Secondo il "National Jewish Population Survey" del 1990 il 38% degli ebrei era affiliato alla tradizione della riforma, mentre il 35% era conservatore e il 6% ortodosso; l'1% apparteneva all'ebraismo ricostruzionista, il 10% si legava a un'altra tradizione e infine il 10% diceva di essere "solo ebreo".
La relazione del Pew Research Center sull'ebraismo americano pubblicato nell'ottobre del 2013 ha rivelato che il 22% degli ebrei statunitensi afferma di non avere alcuna religione e la maggioranza degli intervistati non vede la religione come una componente primaria dell'identità ebraica. Il 62% crede che una tale identità sia fondata principalmente sulle origini ancestrali e sulla cultura, mentre solo il 15% crede si basi sulla religione. Tra gli ebrei che si sono auto-identificati nella religione ebraica il 55% crede che l'identità si fondi sulla nascita e la cultura, mentre il 66% non ha considerato essenziale la credenza in un qualche Dio.
Uno studio del 2009 ha stimato la popolazione ebraica (compresi coloro che si definiscono religiosi e quelli che si considerano ebrei solo in termini culturali o etnici) tra i 6,0 e i 6,4 milioni. Secondo uno studio effettuato nel 2000 nel paese c'erano circa 6,14 milioni di persone ebree, circa il 2% della popolazione totale.
Secondo l'analisi della popolazione ebraica del 2001 4,3 milioni di adulti ebrei americani hanno una qualche sorta di forte legame con la comunità ebraica, religiosa o culturale che sia. L'ebraismo è generalmente considerato sia un'identità etnica che religiosa. Tra i 4,3 milioni di coloro che si erano descritti come "fortemente legati" all'ebraismo oltre l'80% hanno un impegno comunitario attivo, che va dalla presenza ai servizi di preghiera quotidiani fino al rituale del "Séder di Pesach" o all'accensione delle candele di Chanukkah. Il sondaggio ha anche scoperto che gli ebrei degli Stati Uniti d'America nord-orientali e degli Stati Uniti d'America medio-occidentali sono generalmente più osservanti rispetto a quelli degli Stati Uniti meridionali o degli Stati Uniti d'America occidentali. Riflettendo su una tendenza osservata anche tra altri gruppi religiosi gli ebrei nord-occidentali sono tipicamente i meno praticanti e tradizionalisti.
La comunità ebraica americana ha redditi familiari più cospicui rispetto alla media ed è uno dei gruppi religiosi maggiormente istruiti.
Islam
Vi è anche una presenza dell'islam la quale è la terza fede più grande negli Stati Uniti, dopo il cristianesimo e l'ebraismo; esso rappresenta lo 0,9% della popolazione. Secondo il rapporto dell'"Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies" pubblicati nel marzo del 2017, sulla base dei dati del 2010, i musulmani costituivano la più grande religione minoritaria in 392 contee su 3143. L'Islam in America ha cominciato a svilupparsi efficacemente con l'arrivo degli schiavi africani; si stima che circa il 10% delle vittime della tratta atlantica degli schiavi africani trasportati negli Stati Uniti fossero musulmani.
La maggior parte, tuttavia, è diventata cristiana e l'America non ha avuto una popolazione musulmana significativa fino all'arrivo di immigrati provenienti da aree musulmane dei Balcani e del mondo arabo. Secondo alcuni esperti l'Islam ha ottenuto un profilo più elevato attraverso Nation of Islam, un gruppo religioso che si appella agli afroamericani a partire dalla fine degli anni trenta; i suoi convertiti più celebri includono Malcolm X e Muhammad Ali.
Il primo musulmano eletto al Congresso degli Stati Uniti d'America è stato l'afroamericano Keith Ellison del Partito Democratico nel 2006, seguito da André Carson nel 2008.
La ricerca indica che i musulmani negli Stati Uniti sono generalmente più integrati e prosperi rispetto alle loro controparti presenti nel continente europeo. Come le altre comunità subculturali e religiose anche la comunità islamica ha generato le proprie organizzazioni politiche e di beneficenza.
Fede Bahá'í
Gli Stati Uniti ospitano la seconda più grande comunità Bahá'í del mondo. La prima menzione della fede in America fu all'inauguarazione del Parlamento mondiale delle religioni che si tenne alla Fiera Colombiana di Chicago nel 1893. L'anno seguente Ibrahim George Kheiralla, un immigrato siriano, istituì una comunità negli Stati Uniti. Successivamente ha lasciato il gruppo principale e ha fondato un movimento rivale.
Secondo il rapporto dell'"Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies" pubblicato nel marzo del 2017, sulla base dei dati del 2010, i Bahá'í erano la più grande religione minoritaria in 80 contee su 3143.
Rastafarianesimo
Gli aderenti al rastafarianesimo cominciarono a migrare negli Stati Uniti tra gli anni cinquanta e settanta dalla Giamaica. Marcus Garvey, che viene considerato un profeta da molti rastafariani, è riuscito a promuovere e sviluppare molte delle sue idee negli Stati Uniti.
Religioni asiatiche
Buddhismo
Il buddhismo è entrato negli Stati Uniti durante il XIX secolo con l'arrivo dei primi immigrati provenienti dall'Asia orientale. Il primo tempio buddhista fu fondato a San Francisco nel 1853 da un gruppo di sinoamericani.
Nella seconda metà del XIX secolo i primi missionari buddhisti provenienti dal Giappone giunsero negli Stati Uniti. Nel corso dello stesso periodo gli intellettuali statunitensi hanno iniziato a interessarsi del buddhismo.
Il primo cittadino americano di un certo rilievo che si convertì pubblicamente al buddhismo fu Henry Steel Olcott nel 1880. Un evento che ha contribuito al rafforzamento del buddhismo è stato il "Parlamento mondiale delle religioni" nel 1893, al quale hanno partecipato molti delegati buddhisti inviati dall'India, dalla Cina, dal Giappone, dal Vietnam, dalla Thailandia e dallo Sri Lanka.
L'inizio del XX secolo è stato caratterizzato da un susseguirsi di tendenze che hanno avuto le loro radici nel secolo precedente. A partire dagli anni cinquanta si sono visti emergere nuovi approcci e il radicamento del movimento buddhista nel mainstream il quale ha prodotto un fenomeno religioso e sociale di massa.
Le stime sul numero di buddhisti (nelle loro varie forme) variano tra lo 0,5% e lo 0,9%, con uno 0,7% riferito sia da CIA World Factbook che da Pew. Secondo il rapporto dell'"Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies" pubblicato nel marzo del 2017, sulla base dei dati del 2010, i buddhisti erano la più grande religione minoritaria in 186 contee su 3143.
Induismo
L'induismo è la quarta più grande fede presente negli Stati Uniti, rappresentando lo 0,7% della popolazione. La prima volta che esso entrò in America non è chiaramente identificabile; tuttavia grandi gruppi di indù hanno migrato dall'India e da altri paesi asiatici a partire dall'entrata in vigore dell'"Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965". Durante gli anni sessanta e settanta esercitò un notevole fascino, contribuendo allo sviluppo del pensiero della New Age. Negli stessi decenni è stata fondata anche l'Associazione internazionale per la coscienza di Krishna (un'organizzazione riformata hindu del Viṣṇuismo).
Nel 2001 ci sono stati circa 766.000 indù negli Stati Uniti, circa lo 0,2% della popolazione totale. Secondo il rapporto dell'"Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies" pubblicato nel marzo del 2017, sulla base dei dati del 2010, gli induisti erano la più grande religione minoritaria in 92 contee su 3143.
Nel 2003 è stata creata l'"Hindu American Foundation", un'istituzione nazionale che tutela i diritti della comunità indù statunitense.
Gli indù statunitensi hanno alti tassi di livello d'istruzione e di reddito familiare, mentre tendono ad avere tassi di divorzio nettamente più bassi.
Giainismo
Gli aderenti al giainismo giunsero per la prima volta negli Stati Uniti nel XX secolo. Il periodo più significativo dell'immigrazione dei Jain è stato nei primi anni settanta; da allora in poi l'America è diventato uno dei centri della loro diaspora. La "Federation of Jain Associations in North America" è un'organizzazione "ombrello" comprendente le varie congregazioni locali americane e canadesi Jain volte alla preservazione, alla pratica e alla promozione del Giainismo e del suo stile di vita.
Sikhismo
Il Sikhismo è una religione proveniente dal subcontinente indiano; essa è stata introdotta negli Stati Uniti quando, intorno alla fine del XX secolo, i sikh hanno iniziato a emigrare oltreoceano in numero significativo per lavorare nelle fattorie in California. Erano la prima comunità numericamente più numerosa proveniente dal subcontinente indiano. Il primo Gurdwara fu costruito a Stockton (California) nel 1912.
Nel 2007 sono stati stimati tra i 250 e i 500.000 Sikh residenti negli Stati Uniti, con le maggiori popolazioni che vivono sulla East Coast e sulla West Coast e con altre comunità minori a Detroit, Chicago e Austin.
Gli Stati Uniti hanno anche un certo numero di non-Punjabi convertiti al Sikhismo.
Taoismo
Nel 2004 esistevano circa 56.000 fedeli al Taoismo; esso è stato diffuso in tutto il mondo attraverso gli scritti e gli insegnamenti di Laozi e di altri maestri, nonché grazie alla pratica del Qi Gong, del Taijiquan e di altre forme di arte marziale.
Irreligiosità
Sotto la denominazione di irreligiosità viene compreso l'ateismo, l'agnosticismo, il deismo e quei gruppi di persone che non dichiarano alcuna religione in particolare.
"Non affiliato" non significa necessariamente "non religioso". Alcune persone che non sono affiliate a una particolare religione esprimono credenze religiose (come la fede in uno o più dei o nella reincarnazione) e si impegnano nelle pratiche religiose (come la preghiera).
Agnosticismo, ateismo e umanesimo secolare
Un sondaggio del 2001 diretto da Ariela Keysar per l'Università della Città di New York ha indicato che, tra le più di 100 categorie di risposte, "nessuna identificazione religiosa" ha avuto il maggior aumento tra la popolazione sia in termini assoluti che in termini percentuali. Questa categoria comprendeva atei, agnostici, umanisti e altri senza specifiche religioni dichiarate. Le cifre crescono da 14,3 milioni nel 1990 a 34,2 milioni nel 2008, con un incremento dell'8% della popolazione totale nel 1990 e del 15% nel 2008.
Uno studio nazionale di Pew Research Center pubblicato nel 2008 ha riportato la quantità di persone non affiliate al 16,1%, mentre un altro studio Pew pubblicato nel 2012 ha descritto in questa collocazione circa il 20% degli intervistati e circa il 33% di coloro che avevano tra i 18 e i 29 anni.
In un sondaggio a livello nazionale del 2006 i ricercatori dell'Università del Minnesota hanno constatato che, nonostante l'accresciuta accettazione della diversità religiosa, gli atei continuavano a subire una generale diffidenza da parte degli altri statunitensi, i quali li consideravano meno affidabili dei musulmani, degli immigrati più recenti e di altri gruppi minoritari nel "condividere la loro visione della società americana". Essi hanno anche associato gli atei con attributi indesiderati come l'amoralità, il comportamento criminale, il materialismo rampante e l'elitismo culturale
Tuttavia lo stesso studio ha anche riferito che "i ricercatori hanno rinvenuto che l'accettazione o il rifiuto degli atei non è solo correlato alla religiosità personale, ma anche all'esposizione alla diversità etnico-culturale, all'istruzione ricevuta e all'orientamento politico; gli statunitensi più istruiti, orientali e occidentali, accettano maggiormente gli atei rispetto alle loro controparti degli Stati Uniti d'America medio-occidentali".
Alcune indagini hanno indicato che i dubbi sull'esistenza del divino stavano rapidamente crescendo tra tutti gli statunitensi sotto i 30 anni.
Il 24 marzo 2012 gli atei statunitensi hanno sponsorizzato il "Reason Rally" a Washington, seguito dalla "Conferenza americana atea" di Bethesda (Maryland). Gli organizzatori hanno attratto una folla stimata di 8-10.000 persone, la più grande riunione mai avvenuta degli atei statunitensi in un unico luogo.
Deismo
Negli Stati Uniti la filosofia dell'Illuminismo (che era in sé fortemente ispirata da ideali provenienti dal deismo) ha svolto un ruolo importante nella creazione del principio della libertà religiosa, espresso nelle lettere di Thomas Jefferson e incluso nel I emendamento della Costituzione degli Stati Uniti d'America.
I Padri fondatori degli Stati Uniti d'America, o gli elaboratori della Costituzione degli Stati Uniti d'America, che sono particolarmente noti per essere stati influenzati da tale filosofia comprendono, oltre a Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Cornelius Harnett, Gouverneur Morris e Hugh Williamson. I loro discorsi politici mostrano un'influenza deistica distinta. Altre figure notevoli che possono essere state più o meno direttamente deiste includono Thomas Paine, James Madison e probabilmente anche Alexander Hamilton e Ethan Allen.
Fede nell'esistenza di un qualche dio
Sono stati condotti diversi sondaggi per determinare le convinzioni reali degli statunitensi riguardanti l'effettiva o meno esistenza di un qualche dio:
Un sondaggio del 2008 condotto su 1.000 persone ha concluso che, in base alle loro credenze dichiarate piuttosto che alla loro identificazione religiosa, il 69,5% credono in un Dio personale, circa il 12,3% sono invece atei o agnostici e un altro 12,1% sono deisti credenti in un più alto potere soprannaturale o in una divinità non personale.
Mark Chaves, professore di sociologia e storia delle religioni all'università Duke, ha scoperto che il 92% degli statunitensi credeva in Dio nel 2008, ma che molti meno statunitensi ripongono la propria piena fiducia nei loro leader religiosi rispetto alla generazione precedente.
Secondo un sondaggio ARIS del 2008 la credenza in Dio varia notevolmente per regione. Il tasso più basso è negli Stati Uniti d'America occidentali con il 59% che afferma di credere in Dio, mentre il più alto è negli Stati Uniti meridionali con l'86%.
Un sondaggio online di Harris del 2009 su 2.303 adulti statunitensi ha scoperto che "l'82% credono in Dio", lo stesso numero dei due sondaggi precedenti del 2005 e del 2007. Un altro 9% ha detto di non credere affatto in Dio e il 9% ha dichiarato di non essere sicuro. Ha inoltre concluso che "le grandi maggioranze credono anche nei miracoli (76%), nel paradiso (75%), che Gesù è Dio o il Figlio di Dio (73%), negli angeli (72%), nella sopravvivenza dell'anima dopo la morte (71%) e nella risurrezione di Gesù (70%).
Meno della metà (45%) crede nella teoria dell'evoluzione di Charles Darwin, ma questo dato è maggiore rispetto al 40% di coloro che invece credono nel creazionismo. Molte persone si considerano cristiani senza necessariamente avere alcune delle credenze fondamentali del cristianesimo, ma ciò non è vero per i cristiani della Rinascita. Oltre alle credenze religiose vi sono ampie minoranze, tra cui molti cristiani, che hanno fedi vicine al neopaganesimo o convinzioni relative ai fantasmi, all'astrologia, alla stregoneria e alla reincarnazione.
Un sondaggio Gallup del 2010 ha trovato che l'80% degli statunitensi credono in un dio, il 12% crede in uno spirito universale, il 6% invece non crede in nessuna delle due affermazioni precedenti, l'1% ha scelto "altro" e l'1% non ha avuto opinioni. L'80% è il dato più basso a partire dagli anni quaranta, quando è stata posta per la prima volta questa domanda.
Un sondaggio Gallup del 2011 ha scoperto che il 92% degli statunitensi ha risposto sì alla domanda di base "Credi in Dio?", mentre il 7% ha risposto no e l'1% non ha avuto opinioni in merito.
Un sondaggio del Pew Research Center del 2012 ha scoperto che i dubbi sull'esistenza di un qualche dio erano cresciuti tra i più giovani, mentre il 68% ha detto che non dubita mai; nel 2007 questi ultimi erano l'83%.
Un sondaggio di WIN-Gallup International del 2012 ha mostrato che il 5% degli statunitensi si è considerato un ateo "convinto", numero che ha avuto un aumento di cinque volte rispetto all'ultima indagine condotta nel 2005, mentre un altro 5% ha detto di non sapere o non ha risposto.
Nel 2014 il "Pew Research Center del Paesaggio Religioso" ha mostrato che il 63% degli statunitensi crede in Dio e che "sono assolutamente certi", mentre la cifra è salita all'89% compresi quelli che si dichiaravano agnostici.
Spiritualità senza religiosità
"Spirituale ma non religioso" (SBNR) è l'auto-identificazione in una posizione di spiritualità che si confronta con la religione organizzata la quale da sempre si considera come il mezzo privilegiato - quando non l'unico possibile - per promuovere la crescita spirituale. La spiritualità pone l'accento sul benessere dell'insieme "mente-corpo-spirito", così che le attività riferibili all'olismo come il tàijíquán, il reiki e lo yoga sono comuni all'interno del movimento SBNR. A differenza della religione la spiritualità è stata spesso maggiormente associata alla vita interiore dell'individuo.
Un quinto del pubblico americano e 1/3 degli adulti al di sotto dei 30 anni non sono affiliati ad alcuna religione, tuttavia si identificano come spirituali in qualche modo. Di questi statunitensi non religiosi il 37% si classifica come "spirituale ma non religioso".
Altre fedi
Molte altre religioni sono rappresentate negli Stati Uniti d'America, tra cui il caodaismo, il kemetismo, la santeria, lo shintoismo, il Thelema, la via romana agli dei, il vudù, lo zoroastrismo e molte forme di spiritualità di tipo New Age; il tutto grazie all'enorme varietà di gruppi etnici presenti in ogni religione.
Religiosità dei nativi americani
Le forme religiose dei nativi americani hanno storicamente dimostrato una grande diversità e sono spesso caratterizzate da animismo o panenteismo. L'appartenenza nel XXI secolo comprende all'incirca 9.000 persone.
Neopaganesimo
Il neopaganesimo statunitense è rappresentato da movimenti e organizzazioni molto diversificate, le cui numerose diramazioni sono tutte ben attestate. La più grande religione neopagana è la wicca, seguita dal neodruidismo. Altri movimenti neopagani includono l'etenismo, il celtismo, il dodecateismo e il giudeopaganesimo.
Druidi
Secondo l'"American Religious Identification Survey" (ARIS) negli U.S.A vi sono circa 30.000 druidi. Il moderno druidismo è giunto nell'America del Nord inizialmente sotto forma di organizzazioni fraterne nel corso del XIX secolo e associazioni come l'"Ancient Order of Druids in America" vennero fondati come distinti gruppi statunitensi già nel 1912. Nel 1963 i "Reformed Druids of North America" viene creato dagli studenti del Carleton College a Northfield (Minnesota); adottarono nelle loro pratiche elementi neopagani, ad esempio festeggiando l'evento della ruota dell'anno.
Wicca
Proposta nel corso degli anni sessanta in tutto il Nordamerica da Raymond Buckland, un britannico espatriato che aveva fatto visita a Gerald Gardner nell'Isola di Man per poter ottenere l'iniziazione. L'"Universal Eclectic Wicca" ha cominciato a venire diffusa nel 1969 nella sua qualità di disegno di appartenenza diversifica rispetto al dianismo e alla wicca britannica tradizionale.
Movimento New Thought
Un gruppo di Chiese che ebbero il loro inizio nel 1830 in territorio statunitense vengono oggi conosciute sotto il termine New Thought. Esse condividono una predisposizione alla spiritualità, alla metafisica e al misticismo, assieme all'interpretazione della Bibbia; sono fortemente influenzate dal movimento del trascendentalismo e in particolare dall'opera di Ralph Waldo Emerson. Un altro antecedente di questo movimento fu l'"Ecclesia Nova", basata sugli scritti di Emanuel Swedenborg e creato nel 1787.
Il concetto di "New Thought" è stato coniato e definito da Emma Curtis Hopkins, dopo che interruppe i suoi rapporti con la "Chiesa di Cristo scientista" di Mary Baker Eddy. Il movimento era stato precedentemente noto come le "scienze mentali" o le "scienze cristiane". I tre rami principali sono la Scienza religiosa, l'Unity Church e la Chiesa di scienza divina.
Unitariani universalisti
Gli Unitariani universalisti non condividono un credo religioso, piuttosto sono uniti dalla loro ricerca condivisa per la crescita spirituale e dalla comprensione che la teologia di un individuo è frutto di tale ricerca e non dell'obbedienza richiesta nei confronti di un'istituzione ecclesiale autoritaria.
Maggiori movimenti religiosi fondati negli Stati Uniti
Cristiani
Pentecostalismo - movimento che sottolinea il ruolo dello Spirito Santo, trova le sue radici storiche nell'"Azusa Street Revival" di Los Angeles dal 1904 al 1906, avviato da Charles Fox Parham. Si stima che abbia oltre 279 milioni di seguaci in tutto il mondo, molti dei quali anche in Africa e nell'America Latina.
Avventismo - ha iniziato come un movimento inter-denominazionale. Il suo leader principale è stato William Miller, che nel 1830 a New York si è convinto di una imminente "Seconda venuta" di Gesù. Il più importante gruppo moderno che emerge da esso è la Chiesa cristiana avventista del settimo giorno.
Il movimento dei Santi degli ultimi giorni, fondato nel 1830 da Joseph Smith a New York. La denominazione è presente pressoché in tutto il territorio statunitense; la Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei santi degli ultimi giorni ha la sua sede principale a Salt Lake City nello Utah e ha membri in molti paesi. La Comunità di Cristo, la seconda più grande denominazione del mormonismo, ha sede a Independence (Missouri); in tutto il mondo essi sostengono circa 15 milioni di fedeli.
I Testimoni di Geova - è nato dal movimento religioso noto come "Studenti della Bibbia", fondato in Pennsylvania alla fine degli anni 1870 da Charles Taze Russell. Connesso leggermente nei suoi primi anni con l'Avventismo, con il quale condivide alcune somiglianze. Essi sostengono circa 7.690.000 membri attivi in tutto il mondo.
Il Cristianesimo scientista - fondato da Mary Baker Eddy alla fine del XIX secolo. La Chiesa afferma di avere all'incirca 400.000 membri in tutto il mondo.
Chiesa di Cristo/Chiesa cristiana dei Discepoli di Cristo - un movimento del restaurazionismo senza alcun corpo di auto-governo. Si è solidificato come fenomeno storico nel 1832 quando si sono fusi i restauratori dei due movimenti precedenti capitanati da Barton Warren Stone e da Alexander Campbell. Ha circa 3 milioni di seguaci in tutto il mondo.
Metropolitan Community Church - fondata da Troy Perry a Los Angeles nel 1968. È rivolta principalmente al movimento LGBT.
Unitarianismo - sviluppatosi dalla Chiesa congregazionalista. Nel 1825 è nata l'"American Unitarian Association" a Boston.
La prima conferenza regionale della Chiesa universalista in America viene fondata nel 1793.
Altri
New Thought - due dei primi predicatori delle credenze "New Thought" nel corso della metà e del tardo XIX secolo sono stati Phineas Quimby ed Emma Curtis Hopkins. I tre rami principali sono la Scienza religiosa, l'Unity Church e la Chiesa di scienza divina.
Chiesa di Scientology - fondata da L. Ron Hubbard nel 1954. Numeri stimati da poche decine di migliaia a 15 milioni (la seconda è la stima della religione nel 2004).
Ebraismo ricostruzionista - fondato da Mordecai Kaplan e avviatosi negli anni 1920.
Peyotismo - fondato da Quanah Parker e che prende avvio nel corso degli anni 1890. Si stima che abbia almeno 250.000 seguaci.
Nation of Islam - una setta interna all'Islam, creata e seguita prevalentemente dagli afroamericani.
Chiesa di Satana - fondata a San Francisco nel 1966 da Anton LaVey.
Eckankar - fondato a Las Vegas nel 1965 da Paul Twitchell.
Self-Realization Fellowship - fondata a Los Angeles da Paramahansa Yogananda nel 1920.
L'Associazione universalista unitariana nasce nel 1961 dall'unificazione dell'"American Unitarian Association" e dell'"Universalist Church of America". Le denominazioni, storicamente cristiane, oggi non lo sono più; è la più grande denominazione degli Unitariani universalisti del mondo.
Posizioni governative
Il I emendamento della Costituzione degli Stati Uniti d'America garantisce sia la libera pratica della religione che le istituzioni non religiose da parte del governo federale (le decisioni più tardi della Corte suprema degli Stati Uniti d'America hanno esteso tale disposizione anche ai singoli Stati federati degli Stati Uniti d'America). Il Pledge of Allegiance, il giuramento di fedeltà alla bandiera degli Stati Uniti d'America è stato modificato nel 1954 per aggiungere la frase "sotto Dio", per distinguersi dall'ateismo di Stato professato dall'Unione Sovietica.
Vari presidenti degli Stati Uniti d'America hanno spesso affermato l'importanza della religione. Il 20 febbraio 1955 Dwight Eisenhower ha affermato che "il riconoscimento dell'Essere Supremo è la prima e più elementare espressione dell'Americanismo". Gerald Ford ha convenuto e ripetuto questa stessa dichiarazione nel 1974.
Religioni e politica
Nell'agosto 2010 il 67% degli statunitensi ha dichiarato che la religione stava perdendo influenza, contro il 59% nel 2006. La maggior parte dei protestanti evangelicali bianchi (79%), la confessione bianca protestante tradizionale (67%), i protestanti afroamericani (56%), i cattolici (71%) e i religiosamente non affiliati (62%) hanno convenuto che la religione stava perdendo influenza sulla vita americana. Il 53% ha dichiarato che questo è un fatto negativo, mentre solo il 10% lo interpreta come un avvenimento positivo.
I politici spesso discutono della loro religione durante la campagna elettorale; il fondamentalismo cristiano e i protestanti afroamericani sono politicamente estremamente attivi. Tuttavia, per mantenere il loro status come organizzazioni esenti da imposta, essi non devono ufficialmente approvare nessun candidato. Storicamente i cattolici erano fortemente affiliati al Partito Democratico prima degli anni settanta, mentre i principali protestanti costituivano il nucleo del Partito Repubblicano. Questi modelli sono scomparsi; i cattolici, ad esempio, si dividono al 50% per ognuno dei due. Tuttavia gli evangelicali bianchi dal 1980 in poi hanno costituito un gruppo solidamente repubblicano che favorisce i candidati conservatori. Gli elettori secolari sono invece sempre più democratici.
Solo quattro candidati presidenziali sono stati cattolici, tutti per il partito democratico:
Al Smith nelle Elezioni presidenziali negli Stati Uniti d'America del 1928 è stato sottoposto a una forte retorica anti-cattolica, il che lo ha gravemente danneggiato nelle aree con una più forte concentrazione del Battismo negli Stati Uniti meridionali e nelle zone influenzate dal Luteranesimo degli Stati Uniti d'America medio-occidentali, ha invece ottenuto dei buoni risultati nelle fortificazioni urbane cattoliche degli Stati Uniti d'America nord-orientali.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy si è assicurato la nomination presidenziale democratica nel 1960. Nelle Elezioni presidenziali negli Stati Uniti d'America del 1960 si è trovato ad affrontare l'accusa che come presidente cattolico avrebbe sempre fatto come avrebbe voluto il papa.
John Kerry ha vinto la nomination presidenziale democratica nel 2004. Nelle Elezioni presidenziali negli Stati Uniti d'America del 2004 la sua religione non è stata per nulla un problema e la maggior parte dei cattolici ha votato per il suo avversario protestante George W. Bush.
Joe Biden ha vinto le Elezioni presidenziali americane del 2020 diventando così il secondo presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America cattolico.
Joe Biden è il primo vicepresidente degli Stati Uniti d'America dal (20 gennaio 2009 –20 gennaio 2017) sotto la presidenza Obama e come Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America a essere un cattolico.
Joe Lieberman è stato il primo candidato ebreo alle Elezioni presidenziali negli Stati Uniti d'America del 2000, vice di Al Gore (anche se John Kerry e Barry Goldwater avevano entrambi origini ebraiche, erano praticanti cristiani). Bernie Sanders correva contro Hillary Clinton per ottenere la nomination democratica del 2016; egli è stato il primo candidato ebreo a competere alle primarie presidenziali; tuttavia ha affermato durante la campagna elettorale che non pratica attivamente alcuna religione.
Nel 2006 Keith Ellison del Minnesota è diventato il primo musulmano eletto al Congresso degli Stati Uniti d'America; quando ha fatto la sua dichiarazione di giuramento ha usato la copia del Corano di cui era proprietario Thomas Jefferson. André Carson è il secondo musulmano a servire nel Congresso.
Un sondaggio di Gallup pubblicato nel 2007 ha indicato che il 53% degli statunitensi avrebbe rifiutato di votare per un ateo come presidente, a partire dal 48% nel 1987 e nel 1999. Ma poi il numero ha cominciato a diminuire e ha raggiunto un record inferiore del 43% nel 2012 e addirittura il 40% nel 2015
Il vincitore delle Elezioni primarie del Partito Repubblicano del 2012 nonché candidato presidenziale alle Elezioni presidenziali negli Stati Uniti d'America del 2012 Mitt Romney è membro della Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei santi degli ultimi giorni. È l'ex governatore dello stato del Massachusetts e suo padre George W. Romney era il governatore del Michigan. Entrambi erano coinvolti nel mormonismo sia nei loro Stati che nello Utah.
Statistiche
Il censimento degli Stati Uniti d'America non richiede l'indicazione della religione professata. Varie società hanno condotto indagini per determinare le percentuali approssimative di coloro che si dichiarano affiliati a ciascun gruppo religioso.
Distribuzione geografica
La distribuzione geografica della pluralità di preferenza religiosa presenta una marcata differenza geografica. Mentre negli Stati Uniti meridionali è prevalente il Battismo, i cattolici sono la maggioranza relativa sia nella maggior parte degli Stati del Nord, sia in Florida, Texas, Nuovo Messico, Arizona e California. Tuttavia nel nord-ovest l'ateismo e l'agnosticismo sono più numerosi dei fedeli di ciascuna singola confessione; nel Dakota del Nord e nel Dakota del Sud il Luteranesimo costituisce la fede più numerosi e infine nello Utah c'è un'ampia maggioranza di fedeli del Mormonismo.
PROLADES (1962-2012)
Sondaggio ARDA 2010
L'"Association of Religion Data Archives" (ARDA) ha esaminato le congregazioni per numero di membri. Alle differenti chiese sono stati chiesti i loro dati di appartenenza. Sono state apportate correzioni per quelle congregazioni che non hanno risposto e per i gruppi religiosi che hanno riportato solo l'adesione degli adulti.
ARDA stima che la maggior parte delle chiese che non rispondevano erano congregazioni protestanti afroamericane. La differenza significativa nei risultati di altri database comprende la minore rappresentanza degli aderenti di 1) tutti i tipi (62,7%), 2) cristiani (59,9%), 3) protestanti (meno del 36%); e il maggior numero di non affiliati (37,3%).
Pew Research Center 2014
Secondo i risultati ottenuti da Pew Research Center i cristiani sono il 70,6%, i non religiosi il 22,8%, gli ebrei l'1,9%, i musulmani lo 0,9%, il buddhismo nelle sue varie forme è attestato allo 0,7%, l'induismo è anch'esso allo 0,7%, altre fedi non cristiane l'1,8%, gli incerti o coloro che non rispondono lo 0,6%
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Gallup, Inc. 2016
Secondo l'indagine condotta da Gallup i cristiani costituiscono il 73,3% della popolazione; coloro che dichiarano irreligiosità, ateismo o agnosticismo sono il 18,2%; gli ebrei rappresentano il 2,1%; i musulmani lo 0,8%; altre religioni non cristiane il 2,5%; non risponde il2,6%.
Partecipazione
Un sondaggio del 2013 ha riferito che il 31% degli statunitensi frequenta i luoghi di culto almeno settimanalmente. È stato condotto dal "Public Religion Research Institute"' con un margine di errore del 2,5%.
Nel 2006, un sondaggio online condotto da "Harris Insights & Analytics" (sono stati rilevati 2.010 adulti statunitensi ) ha rilevato che il 26% degli intervistati ha frequentato i servizi religiosi "ogni settimana o più spesso", il 9% vi è andato "una o due volte al mese", il 21% vi è andato "poche volte l'anno", il 3% vi è andato "una volta l'anno", il 22% vi è andato meno di una volta all'anno e infine il 18% non partecipa mai ai servizi religiosi.
In un sondaggio "Gallup International" del 2009 il 41,6% dei cittadini statunitensi ha dichiarato di aver partecipato a un servizio religioso in una chiesa, una sinagoga o una moschea una volta alla settimana o quasi ogni settimana. Questa percentuale è superiore a quella degli altri paesi occidentali. La frequenza varia notevolmente da Stato e da regione. Le cifre, aggiornate fino al 2014, variano dal 51% in Utah al 17% in Vermont.
Numero di membri riportati dalle congregazioni
Confessioni cristiane
La tabella che segue è basata principalmente sui dati riportati annualmente dalle singole confessioni cristiane nel Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches e pubblicato nel 2011 dal "National Council of Churches of Christ in USA". Include solo gli enti religiosi che riferiscono 60.000 o più membri. La definizione di "membro" è determinata autonomamente da ogni organismo religioso.
ARIS - risultati relativi all'auto-identificazione
Il governo degli Stati Uniti non raccoglie dati religiosi nel suo censimento. L'indagine sottostante, l'"American Religious Identification Survey" (ARIS) del 2008, è stata un'indagine telefonica casuale di 54.461 famiglie residenziali americane negli Stati Uniti d'America continentali. Il campione del 1990 era costituito da 113.723 persone; quello del 2001 è stato di 50.281.
Agli intervistati adulti è stata rivolta la seguente domanda aperta: "Qual è la tua religione, se c'è?" Gli intervistatori non hanno chiesto né offerto un elenco di risposte potenziali o suggerimenti. È stata inoltre richiesta la religione del coniuge o del partner. Se la risposta iniziale era "protestante" o "cristiana" sono stati rivolti altri quesiti per stabilire a quale delle confessioni cristiane in particolare appartenesse. A circa 1/3 del campione sono state fatte anche domande demografiche più dettagliate.
Risultati dell'auto-identificazione religiosa della popolazione adulta degli Stati Uniti: 1990, 2001, 2008. Le cifre non vengono modificate per il rifiuto di rispondere; gli investigatori sospettano che i rifiuti siano forse più rappresentativi di "nessuna religione" di qualsiasi altra scelta.
Risultati posti in evidenza:
L'indagine ARIS 2008 è stata effettuata nel periodo febbraio-novembre 2008 e ha raccolto risposte da 54.461 intervistati che sono stati interrogati in lingua inglese o in lingua spagnola.
La popolazione americana si identifica come prevalentemente cristiana, ma gli statunitensi stanno lentamente diventando sempre meno cristiani.
86% degli adulti statunitensi identificati come cristiani nel 1990 e 76% nel 2008.
Le chiese storiche e le denominazioni principali hanno subito i declassamenti più rapidi e cospicui, mentre l'identità cristiana non denominazionale è in crescita, soprattutto a partire dal 2001.
La sfida più importante al cristianesimo negli Stati Uniti d'America non deriva da altre religioni, bensì da un rifiuto di tutte le forme della religione organizzata.
Il 34% degli adulti statunitensi si è considerato un membro della Rinascita o appartenente all'Evangelicalismo nel 2008.
La popolazione statunitense continua a mostrare segnali in direzione di una religiosità sempre meno evidente, con un americano su sette che non ha mostrato alcuna identità religiosa nel 2008.
I "Negatori" (nessuna preferenza religiosa dichiarata, ateo o agnostico) continuano a crescere, sebbene a un ritmo molto più lento rispetto agli anni novanta, dall'8,2% nel 1990, al 14,1% nel 2001, al 15,0% nel 2008.
Gli asioamericani hanno sostanzialmente più probabilità di indicare "nessuna identità religiosa" rispetto ad altri gruppi etnici.
Un segno della mancanza di attaccamento degli statunitensi alla religione è che il 27% non si aspetta un funerale religioso alla sua morte.
Secondo le loro convinzioni dichiarate piuttosto che la loro identificazione religiosa nel 2008, il 70% degli statunitensi crede in un Dio personale, circa il 12% professa un convinto ateismo o l'agnosticismo e un altro 12% si dichiara vicino al deismo (esiste una potenza superiore ma non un Dio personale).
La geografia religiosa dell'America è stata trasformata dal 1990. Il paesaggio religioso dopo la massiccia immigrazione ispanica ha cambiato significativamente il profilo religioso di alcuni Stati e regioni. Tra il 1990 e il 2008 la percentuale di popolazione cattolica degli Stati nel New England è scesa dal 50% al 36% e a New York dal 44% al 37%, mentre in California è salita dal 29% al 37% e nel Texas dal 23% al 32%.
Nel complesso la serie temporale ARIS del 1990-2008 mostra che i cambiamenti nell'identificazione religiosa nel primo decennio del XXI secolo sono stati moderati rispetto agli anni novanta, un periodo di significativi cambiamenti nella composizione religiosa degli Stati Uniti.
Etnie
La tabella che segue mostra le affiliazioni religiose tra le etnie negli Stati Uniti, secondo l'indagine "Pew Forum" del 2014. Le persone di etnia afroamericana erano molto probabilmente parte di una religione formale, con il 79% di cristiani; le denominazioni protestanti costituiscono la maggioranza dei cristiani tra i bianchi americani nelle varie etnie; mentre gli ispanici sono per lo più cattolici.
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Goff, Philip, ed. The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America (2010) ; 43 essays by scholars
Collegamenti esterni
- compilation of religion data from a project jointly supported by Penn State University, Chapman University, the Lilly Endowment, and the John Templeton Foundation
- website of academic research team that conducted "three large replicate, representative, national surveys of adults" in the continental United States in 1990, 2001 and 2008. Includes reports, data sets, and other information.
- based at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School and supported by the Lilly Endowment
- a project of the Pew Research Center, publishing statistical reports on religion and American life
- opinion polling of Americans by the Gallup Poll from the 1940s to the present | degli adulti statunitensi affermava di essere cristiano, mentre solo il 2% non professava alcuna identità religiosa. Nel 2014 quasi il 70% si identifica come cristiano, mentre quasi il 23% dichiara di non possedere nessuna identità religiosa.
Libertà di religione
Il governo federale degli Stati Uniti è stato il primo al mondo a non avere una religione ufficiale approvata dalla nazione. Tuttavia alcuni Stati avevano stabilito delle religioni in una qualche forma ufficiale almeno fino agli anni 1830.
Modificando le disposizioni nello Statuto della Virginia per favorire la libertà religiosa i formulatori della Costituzione hanno respinto ogni obbligo di affiliazione religiosa per poter assumere un ufficio pubblico e il I emendamento ha negato in modo specifico al governo federale un qualsiasi potere di emanare una legge che imponga una religione sulle altre o che vieti la libertà di esercitarne una, proteggendo così ogni organizzazione religiosa, istituzione o denominazione da interferenze governative.
La decisione è stata prevalentemente influenzata dagli ideali europei del razionalismo e del protestantesimo, ma è stata anche una conseguenza delle preoccupazioni pragmatiche dei gruppi religiosi minoritari e dei piccoli Stati che non desideravano essere sotto il potere o l'influenza di una religione nazionale che non li rappresentasse.
Religioni abramitiche
Spesso la religione sta dietro anche alle questioni e controversie politiche riguardanti il razzismo (il movimento per i diritti civili degli afroamericani era guidato dal pastore battista Martin Luther King), il pacifismo (la stessa guerra in Iraq ha diviso il panorama religioso tra favorevoli e contrari), la pena di morte (sostenuta dalle chiese protestanti di stampo evangelicale e fermamente contestata dai cattolici), la bioetica, l'omosessualità, l'insegnamento della teoria della teoria evoluzionistica e il neodarwinismo.
Cristianesimo
La religione più popolare negli Stati Uniti rimane il cristianesimo, che comprende la maggioranza della popolazione (70,6% degli adulti nel 2014). Secondo il rapporto dell'"Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies" pubblicato nel marzo del 2017, sulla base dei dati del 2010, i cristiani erano la più grande popolazione religiosa in tutte le 3.143 contee del paese.
Circa il 46,5% degli statunitensi sono protestanti, il 20,8% sono cattolici, l'1,6% mormoni (denominazione comunemente usata per riferirsi ai membri della Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei santi degli ultimi giorni) e l'1,7% ha affiliazioni con diverse altre confessioni cristiane. Il cristianesimo è stato introdotto durante il periodo della colonizzazione europea delle Americhe.
Secondo un riesame del 2012 da parte del "Consiglio Nazionale delle Chiese" le cinque maggiori denominazioni sono:
La Chiesa cattolica negli Stati Uniti d'America, con 68.202.492 membri.
La Southern Baptist Convention, con 16.136.044 membri.
La Chiesa metodista unita, con 7.679.850 membri.
La Chiesa di Gesù Cristo dei santi degli ultimi giorni, con 6.157.238 membri.
La Chiesa di Dio in Cristo, con 5.499.875 membri.
La "Convenzione Battista meridionale", con oltre 16 milioni di aderenti, è la più grande di più di 200 denominazioni protestanti distinte. Nel 2007 i membri delle chiese evangelicali comprendevano il 26% della popolazione americana, mentre un altro 18% apparteneva alle principali chiese protestanti e il 7% a chiese storicamente afroamericane.
La Chiesa episcopale degli Stati Uniti d'America, ramo americano dell'anglicanesimo cui tradizionalmente fanno riferimento le classi alte, attrae sempre più i giovani per le sue posizioni liberali in campo etico-sociale. Le confessioni più diffuse sono nell'ordine il battismo (17,2%), il metodismo (7,2%), il luteranesimo (4,9%), il presbiterianesimo (2,8%) e l'episcopalismo (1,8%), oltre a una miriade di Chiese dell'evangelicalismo, del pentecostalismo, non-denominazionali e minori. La singola chiesa più diffusa è quella cattolica, rafforzata dall'immigrazione ispanica degli ultimi decenni.
Negli ultimi decenni si è sviluppato l'evangelicalismo strettamente collegato al fenomeno delle TV and Web Churches guidate dai cosiddetti telepredicatori, tra i quali vanno ricordati Billy Graham, Pat Robertson e Jerry Falwell, animatori della destra politica e del fondamentalismo cristiano, fondamentali per le vittorie elettorali di Ronald Reagan nel 1980 e 1984 e per quelle di George W. Bush nel 2000 e nel 2004; va ricordato anche il più recente e controverso telepredicatore Benny Hinn, peraltro molto conosciuto e seguito anche in Italia.
Parallelamente sono nate e cresciute le cosiddette mega-churches, grandissime chiese evangelicali non-denominazionali.
Dai dati di uno studio del 2015 si rileva che circa 450.000 credenti cristiani provengono da un contesto musulmano, la maggior parte di essi appartenenti a una qualche forma di protestantesimo. Nel 2010 c'erano circa 180.000 arabi americani e circa 130.000 iranoamericani che si sono convertiti dall'Islam al cristianesimo. Dudley Woodbury, un islamista del Programma Fulbright stima che 20.000 musulmani si convertono ogni anno al cristianesimo negli Stati Uniti d'America.
Principali denominazioni protestanti
Gli storici concordano sul fatto che i membri delle principali denominazioni protestanti hanno svolto ruoli di leadership in molti aspetti della vita statunitense, tra cui il sistema politico, l'economia, la storia dello sviluppo scientifico, le arti, la cultura e infine anche il campo dell'istruzione, sia pubblica che privata fondando la maggior parte dei principali istituti di istruzione superiore.
Secondo la sociologa Harriet Zuckerman il 72% di coloro che hanno ricevuto il premio Nobel dal 1901 al 1972 sono identificabili per aver avuto uno sfondo protestante.
I fedeli della Chiesa episcopale e presbiteriana tendono a essere considerevolmente più ricchi e maggiormente istruiti rispetto alla maggior parte degli altri gruppi religiosi e con la percentuale più alta di famiglie americane benestanti e influenti: i Vanderbilt, gli Astor, la Famiglia Rockefeller, i Du Pont, i Roosevelt, i Forbes, gli Whitney, i Morgan e gli Harriman sono le dinastie protestanti di più vasto rilievo storico-economico. Questo anche se coloro che possiedono origini dall'ebraismo rappresentano il gruppo religioso statunitense più ricco. Il cattolicesimo, per dimensione assoluta, contiene in sé il maggior numero di aderenti fra tutti i gruppi religiosi nella fascia di reddito superiore.
Alcuni dei primi college universitari in America, tra cui l'università di Harvard, l'università Yale, l'università di Princeton, la Columbia University, il Dartmouth College, il Williams College, il Bowdoin College, il Middlebury College e l'Amherst College sono stati tutti fondati dalle denominazioni protestanti maggiori. Negli anni venti la maggior parte aveva indebolito o abbandonato del tutto la loro connessione formale con una specifica denominazione.
James Hunter sostiene che: "le scuole private e le scuole istituite dalla linea principale delle denominazioni protestanti, di regola, vogliono ancora essere conosciute come luoghi che promuovono valori, ma pochi potrebbero spingersi fino a identificare tali valori come prettamente cristiani.... Nel complesso il carattere distintivo della linea principale dell'identità protestante si è in gran parte dissolta fin dagli anni sessanta".
Colonizzazione cristiana
A partire dal 1600 circa i coloni europei hanno introdotto l'anglicanesimo e la religione dei puritani, nonché le denominazioni del battismo, del presbiterianesimo, del luteranesimo, del quaccherismo e anche i moraviani.
A partire dal XVI secolo gli spagnoli (e in seguito i francesi e gli inglesi) hanno introdotto il cattolicesimo. Dal XIX secolo fino a oggi i cattolici sono arrivati negli Stati Uniti in gran numero a causa dell'immigrazione degli italiani, degli ispanici, dei portoghesi, dei francesi, dei polacchi, degli irlandesi, degli scozzesi (dalle Highlands), degli olandesi, dei fiamminghi, degli ungheresi, dei tedeschi e di altri gruppi etnici.
La Chiesa ortodossa orientale è stata portata in America dai greco-americani, dagli ucraino-americani, dagli armenoamericani e da altri gruppi di immigrati.
Numerosi gruppi cristiani furono fondati in America durante i periodi dei grandi risvegli di fervore religioso. È emerso l'evangelicalismo interdenominazionale e il pentecostalismo; nuove denominazioni protestanti come l'avventismo; movimenti non denominazionali come il "Movimento della Restaurazione" (che nel tempo si sono separati e/o integrati nella Chiesa di Cristo, nelle Chiese cristiane di Cristo e nella "Chiesa Cristiana dei Discepoli di Cristo"); i Testimoni di Geova (chiamati "Studenti della Bibbia" nell'ultima parte del XIX secolo); e la Chies | 2,555 |
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H.Con.Res. 164 (104th): Honoring the national organization of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda.
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H. CON. RES. 164
Honoring the national organization of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda.
Mr. BREWSTER (for himself, Mr. BURR, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. FRAZER, Mr. FROST, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, and Mr. COBURN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
Whereas the Congress recognizes the vital importance of the young Americans to the future strength of our Nation;
Whereas the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda has fostered the characters as well as the careers of millions of young Americans interested in pursuing business-related careers in this era of international economic competition and rapidly changing technology, thus making an outstanding investment to our Nation's future;
Whereas the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda is committed to helping rekindle the belief that acts of community service are honorable and are the responsibility of everyone;
Whereas one example of the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda's commitment to community service is its campaign to raise $1,000,000 for the March of Dimes to help children to live healthy and productive lives; and
Whereas the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, through its involvement with young Americans and its dedication to community service, has made and continues to make major contributions to the success of our Nation: Now, therefore, be it
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Spring has sprung and so has allergy season. Dr. Keyvan Ravakhah, internal medicine specialist and department of medicine chairman at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, recently offered advice for surviving allergy season on the hospital's radiant blog.
In many areas of the United States, spring allergies begin in February and last until the early summer. Tree pollination begins earliest in the year followed by grass pollination later in<|fim_middle|>. "All we need is a nice sunny, warm, breezy day and the pollen counts are going to jump up."
Trees are starting to pollinate and will continue to do so into June. Grasses typically begin pollinating in May, he said, adding that May and June are when spring allergies are typically at their worst.
"People with spring allergies typically feel pretty badly in May because there's an overlap of tree pollen, grass pollen and mold," Dr. Ravakhah said.
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), allergies are increasing. They affect as many as 30 percent of adults and 40 percent of children—that's more than 50 million people—in the United States.
Here's everything you need to know to survive another allergy season.
Determining the correct diagnosis: cold and allergies?
Dr. Ravakhah explains that both illnesses cause similar symptoms such as a runny nose, congestion, sore throat and sneezing, but there are differences. Colds are viral infections that cause fever, aches, pains and cough. Allergies, or allergic rhinitis, is a condition where the airways in the nose become irritated to certain particles in the air as you breath. As a result, the sinuses and airways become inflamed (red and swollen) and produce a lot of mucus. This leads to runny nose, congestion, watery eyes, itchy throat and sinus headaches. These symptoms overlap with the symptoms of a cold so it can be difficult to determine the cause of your suffering.
Sneezing, itchy eyes (both eyes) and rashes are associated with allergies. Viral infections of the upper airways (nose, back of the throat, sinuses) present symptoms similar to allergies. However, as mentioned above, allergies have a "trigger", and do not present with features other than that affecting the nose, sinuses, eyes and throat. Also, allergies would not cause things like fevers, chills, joint pain, tummy pain or vomiting to occur. Allergies do not usually cause a cough (unless it is after lying down – which is called a post nasal drip). Allergies tend to respond to nasal sprays and antihistamines while an infection may not.
"If you have a fever, have aches and pains, swollen glands or have a cough with phlegm, you should see a doctor," said Dr. Ravakhah.
An allergist can confirm a hay fever allergy with a skin test in which a small amount of the allergen is applied to the skin to see if it causes a rash or other reaction.
Know your triggers and avoid them.
There are a number of things that can trigger allergies. Well known types of pollen to cause allergic rhinitis are birch, maple, oak, sycamore, hickory and walnut. Ragweed and golden rod pollen dominate in the fall. Other common triggers include freshly cut grass, dust or animal fur and dander.
If you are allergic to pollen, try to avoid the outdoors when pollen activity is high. Use Google or a weather app on your mobile device to view daily pollen activity. If you live close to trees and grass, keep doors and windows closed during the day. When driving, keep the windows up. If possible, use an air conditioner to keep pollen out of your indoor environment. Be sure the air conditioner is set to recycle indoor air, and use a filter that traps allergens. If pollen counts are very high, wear a mask when outdoors.
"I wear a mask outdoors and shower at night to wash off pollen," said Dr. Ravakhah. "I also try to avoid freshly cut grass and after mowing the lawn I remove my clothing that has been exposed to pollen in the garage before entering the house."
Taking a shower after an outdoor exposure can remove the pollen that is stuck to your face and skin. Pets can be another trigger for allergy symptoms. In addition to the animal dander itself, animals can carry pollen on their fur so they may need to be washed or brushed before entering the home.
Pay attention to what makes your nose itch and to which activities and seasons bring about allergy symptoms. This will help determine the most effective way to get relief from symptoms.
Allergy sufferers should take care of themselves by resting, staying hydrated and taking antihistamines or other over-the-counter allergy medication. Nasal sprays can also help, but take a few days to work. They work by reducing the inflammation and the mucus in the nose. Antihistamines are pills that also help with the inflammation and mucus. However, drowsiness is a common side effect so they aren't for everyone. There are other decongestant pills which may work short-term. These help by stopping the blood vessels from becoming enlarged which also reduces inflammation.
In severe cases of ragweed allergy, an allergist can prescribe shots that help the body build up a resistance to the allergen, or medication that must be started several weeks before ragweed season starts.
"A lot of patients come in and ask for antibiotics, but antibiotics are used to treat infections caused by bacteria. They are not used to treat allergies or infections caused by viruses," said Ravakhah. "Same goes for vitamins. Vitamins are good for a lot of things, unfortunately this is not one of them."
Consider home and herbal remedies.
Try flushing your nose with water frequently or as needed with a Neti pot. A Neti pot is a small pot filled with warm water and salt, used to rinse nostrils. It flushes out allergens, or particles that cause allergy symptoms. Camphor rubs are another option. Camphor used to be made by distilling the bark and wood of the camphor tree. Today, camphor is chemically manufactured from turpentine oil. It is used in products such as Vicks VapoRub. Camphor products can be rubbed on the skin (topical application) or inhaled.
Some herbal remedies can interact with other medications and should be taken with caution. Further caution should be taken if pregnant or nursing. If you are interested in these medications, speak with your primary care physician.
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System. | the spring and summer and ragweed in the late summer and fall. Mild winter temperatures can cause plants to pollinate early. A rainy spring can also promote rapid plant growth and lead to an increase in mold, causing symptoms to last well into the fall.
"It's already started," says Dr. Keyvan Ravakhah, internal medicine specialist and department of medicine chairman at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center | 80 |
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The Toronto startup community gets a JOLT of inspiration at DemoFest 2013!
We may have been at Steam Whistle Brewery again, but there was a slight change to the rhythm of the evening compared to JOLT's previous Demo Day. A few twists were added.
While a big part of the story was about raising the profiles of JOLT's winter 2013 graduates, the broader, underlying theme of the JOLT Demo Festival was celebrating innovation and all of the people who are helping to build a strong startup community here in Toronto.
The Hall at Steam Whistle Brewery by MaRS Media
It was standing room only in The Hall last Tuesday as the JOLT graduates were ready to showcase their businesses to the gathered community of investors, JOLT alumni, friends and supporters, as well as members of the media. It was a different format than JOLT's first Demo Day. This time, the six startups gave brief six- to eight-minute pitches, which were followed by an interactive Q-and-A session with a panel of investors and industry experts: Matt Golden, Ken Nickerson, Craig Miller and Axel Bichara. The panel members were able to probe the startups further, challenging them and engaging them directly from their place on stage. Matt shared how he loved to be part of a panel that was able to provide that real-time feedback and support to the startups directly.
That same sentiment was shared by Kerri Golden, general partner of the JOLT Fund, as she opened the festivities and encouraged each person in attendance to support both the startups who were pitching and the greater Toronto startup community by thinking about how they could help these companies reach their goals. This feeling of community was a big theme<|fim_middle|>—is a social platform where those who are passionate about the future and "newism" can be a part of tracking, sharing and building that future. The panel was clearly impressed with the possibilities of the Hypejar platform, especially when it comes to tracking big brands and new, innovative technologies. The panel advised the entrepreneurs that they'll be successful as they focus on their consumer acquisition model for building traction.
Stylekick
Stylekick CEO, Natalie Gray by MaRS Media
Stylekick, who announced the opening of their beta site at the festival, was one of the crowd favourites, wowing both the audience and the panel with their presentation by CEO Natalie Gray. The investor panel called it "very impressive," and Lyssa Neel tweeted:
I don't know if the men in the audience get it, but @stylekick is going to be huge. #joltfest13
Their platform, which recommends other retailers' offerings based on the sizing of your current and favourite pieces of clothing, will drastically reduce returns and increase online conversions.
Byron Hawes, Co-founder, Flee by @karensd
The feeling in the room after Flee's presentation by co-founder Byron Hawes, was captured in Aron Solomon's tweet:
WHAMMY. Byron @setmeflee just dropped a famazing pitch. #joltfest13
Flee knows its target audience: adventurers, experience seekers and those who want the ability to book a trip in "21 minutes versus 21 days." If one of the factors that leads a startup to success is the domain knowledge of the founding team, then by all accounts, Flee was standing on solid ground.
FlyerFlo
Clayton Tso, CEO, FlyerFlo by MaRS Media
When FlyerFlo took to the stage, it was easy to see how the depth of their team's engineering experience from the University of Waterloo is driving the ongoing development of their app. FlyerFlo helps draw shoppers to their local retailers and helps convert those 10% of in-store purchases that are directly influenced by mobile. The ability to aggregate local deals, social platform sharing, shopping lists and specials shows why the app is growing its user base by 1,000 people weekly, and you know it's a good thing when the app was downloaded live by the panel of investors and they could instantly see the value and the potential.
Ivan Cheung, Co-founder, Singspiel by @karensd
Born out of the founders' graduate thesis at the University of Waterloo, Singspiel clearly struck a chord with the crowd and, once again, the panel of investors. Rent Frock Repeat tweeted:
No more excuses to not learn a musical instrument thanks to @singspiel#joltfest13
The ability to pick a song, play music, get direct real-time feedback on your lesson and review and share your progress was only one of the reasons the panel of investors was excited about the platform. The future goals of development to incorporate acoustic inputs made the panel members yell out: "Sign me up!"
Rami Alhamad, CEO, Push by MaRS Media
Having a live prototype is a clear way of generating a lot of buzz about your product. Launching pre-ordering from the stage is certainly another!
Push wants to revolutionize the weight-training experience. Team tracking metrics, social sharing and the potential of the market made the panel call Push's business "super, super impressive." The team clearly demonstrated their depth of understanding of health and wellness, as well as the product's potential in mitigating sports injuries and increasing team performance. Amateur and professional sports teams, as well as the avid workout enthusiast, will benefit from using Push.
After an update from Dessy Daskalov, a JOLT alum and the chief technology officer of Greengage Mobile, the buzz in the room was palpable as the startups met with audience members after their presentations. That continued throughout the Creators' Gallery, where more startups—all curated by the broader Toronto community—were welcomed to showcase their ventures to the Demo Festival attendees. It was a great example of #whenweallwinweallwin.
Once again, it takes a whole community of people to support these startups and we want to thank everyone who played a part. To our partners and mentors, to the entire JOLT team and to the entire startup community in Toronto, we couldn't have done it without you all! | throughout the whole JOLT Demo Festival night.
Sue McGill, executive director of JOLT, recognized the effort and progress the startups made during the program, hacking and hustling non-stop around the clock and bridging the gap between the big "idea" and building a real company.
She later took some time to thank Toronto's startup community, as well as JOLT's investors, mentors and community partners, who have been devoted fans and supporters of JOLT from the beginning. It was then time for the startups to take the stage.
Here's a rundown of the six companies that pitched at JOLT Demo Festival and who were a part of JOLT's winter 2013 cohort.
Hypejar
Hypejar CEO, Grant Yim by @karensd
Hypejar—which won the 2013 Dobson Cup, McGill University's Startup of the Year Award, the day before JOLT Demo Festival | 190 |
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Organisation and function of the primary motor cortex in chronic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wei-Ju Chang1,
Neil E O'Connell2,
Emma Burns1,
Lucy S Chipchase1,
Matthew B Liston1,
Siobhan M Schabrun1
1University of Western Sydney, School of Science and Health, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
2Department of Clinical Sciences, Health Economics Research Group, Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
Correspondence to Dr Siobhan M Schabrun; s.schabrun{at}uws.edu.au
Introduction Primary motor cortical (M1) adaptation in the form of altered organisation and function is hypothesised to underpin motor dysfunction observed in chronic pain. The aim of this review is to assess the evidence for altered M1 organisation and function in chronic pain.
Methods and analysis Systematic review and meta-analysis. We will search electronic databases with predetermined search terms to identify relevant studies and evaluate the studies for inclusion and risks of bias. Two independent reviewers will extract data. Any disagreement will be resolved through a third reviewer. Cross-sectional or prospective studies published in English before May 2015 that investigate M1 organisation and function in chronic pain will be included if they meet the eligibility criteria. Primary outcomes will include M1 cortical excitability, spatial cortical representation, the function of inhibitory and facilitatory intracortical networks, cortical reactivity and cortical glucose metabolism. Clinical measures such as pain and disability will be included where the correlation with the primary outcomes of M1 organisation and function were investigated in the included studies.
Ethics and dissemination This systematic review does not require ethical approval. The results of this review will be submitted for peer-reviewed publication regardless of outcome and will be presented at relevant conferences.
Trial registration number Our systematic review protocol was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO; registration number CRD42015014823).
This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008540
Strengths and limitations of this study
Altered organisation and function of primary motor cortex (M1) is implicated in chronic pain. However, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic review of M1 changes across multiple chronic pain conditions.
Two independent reviewers will assess articles for inclusion and conduct data extraction and risk of bias assessment.
Data analyses will include meta-analyses where appropriate, as well as subgroup and sensitivity analyses.
Musculoskeletal disorders are a common cause of disability and result in significant social and economic costs.1 An estimated 10%, 5% and 4% of the global population with low back pain (LBP), neck pain and knee osteoarthritis, respectively, live with disability1 with pain being the main symptom of musculoskeletal disorders, especially in the chronic stage. In the USA, nearly 30% of the adult population live with pain.2
Movement dysfunction associated with pain is commonly observed in the clinic and is a key focus of rehabilitation. For instance, when musculoskeletal pain is present, deficits in force production, amplitude and speed of movement, muscle coordination and postural control are reported.3–5 Despite this, the physiological basis and clinical relevance of movement dysfunction in pain is poorly understood. There is considerable debate regarding the type, quantity and timing of movement-based treatments, if any, needed to effectively target motor dysfunction in persistent musculoskeletal pain disorders.6–8
The primary motor cortex (M1) is a key driver of motor output and may therefore contribute to movement dysfunction in pain, making it a potential target for therapy. There is emerging evidence of altered M1 organisation and function across a range of chronic pain conditions. For example, M1 topographical representations generated using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) show greater overlap and a reduced number of discrete peaks in chronic low back9–11 and elbow pain,12 and these changes are associated with pain severity and/or motor dysfunction. Similarly, there is evidence for increased signal with movement of the affected hand in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) using functional MRI13 and evidence of reduced GABAergic and glutamatergic M1 function in fibromyalgia that is associated with fatigue.14
To our knowledge, only one published systematic review has investigated M1 organisation and function in chronic pain, and this was restricted to CRPS.15 That review revealed limited evidence of bilateral M1 disinhibition in CPRS of the upper limb.15 However, it is unknown whether similar alterations in M1 are present in other forms of chronic pain. Indeed, one previous study has suggested that M1 disinhibition may occur in chronic neuropathic but not chronic nociceptive pain.16 This review will be the first to systematically and critically evaluate the evidence for altered M1 organisation and function, across a range of measurement tools, in chronic pain conditions of neuropathic and non-neuropathic origin. Understanding how M1 organisation and function is altered in chronic pain is essential to inform the design and testing of treatment strategies that seek to target M1 in pain.
Here, we present the protocol for a review that aims to evaluate the evidence for altered M1 organisation and function in chronic pain conditions of neuropathic or non-neuropathic origin. This protocol is prepared according to the Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) guidelines.17 The protocol was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO; registration number CRD42015014823).
Methods and analysis
Review question
What is the evidence for altered M1 organisation and function in chronic pain conditions of neuropathic and non-neuropathic origin?
The methods for this systematic review have been developed according to the MOOSE Guidelines for Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews of Observational Studies.18 The search strategy will be implemented in two stages.
Searches will be conducted in PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO and CINAHL databases to identify relevant literature. Key words and medical subject headings (MeSH) related to chronic pain, neuroimaging and the brain will be used; for example: chronic pain, positron emission tomography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, BOLD contrast, Electroencephalogra*, Magnetoencephalogra*, transcranial magnetic stimulation, motor cortical and sensorimotor cortex. The full search terms are listed in online supplementary appendix 1. The combination of chronic pain, neuroimaging and brain search terms will be used in varying combinations to identify relevant literature. Search strategies will be customised to suit each database. The main search strategy is included in online supplementary appendix 1.
The reference lists of eligible articles and relevant reviews will be manually searched for additional articles.
Type of participants
Participants should be adults (aged over 18 years) experiencing chronic, musculoskeletal pain of neuropathic or non-neuropathic origin. Neuropathic pain is defined as 'pain caused by a lesion or disease of somatosensory nervous system'.19 Non-neuropathic pain is defined as pain without an identifiable lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.20 Studies investigating visceral or cancer pain will be excluded. No restriction is placed on the sex of participants. The duration of pain experienced by participants should be greater than 3 months as this duration is commonly defined as the chronic phase of pain.21 Cross-sectional or prospective studies will be included in the initial search if they meet the eligibility criteria. Prospective studies including case–control and randomised controlled trials will only be included if their baseline data provide information relevant to the review objective.
Full-text studies, including in press or accepted studies, published in English prior to May 2015.
Studies conducted on adult humans with chronic non-neuropathic or neuropathic pain.
Studies that investigate the organisation and/or function of the M1 (regardless of the anatomical or functional definition used) with the following techniques: TMS, MRI, positron emission tomography, EEG and magnetoencephalography.
Studies including data from a healthy control group.
Studies including participants with chronic pain not of musculoskeletal origin, for example, pain associated with spinal cord injury, stroke, cancer or visceral pain.
Studies that do not include a healthy control group or that use the unaffected limb or body side as a control. It is recognised that widespread symptoms remote from the original injury site can be observed in chronic pain.22 Thus, using an unaffected limb or body side as a comparison is not considered an appropriate control.
Primary outcomes
Eligible studies should report one of the following measurements of M1 organisation and/or function: cortical excitability, spatial representations, inhibitory or facilitatory intracortical networks, reactivity and/or glucose metabolism as outcomes for analysis in this review. Clinical measures such as pain and disability will be included where these are correlated with the primary outcomes of M1 organisation and function.
Two reviewers will independently evaluate the title and abstract of all studies identified through the search against the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Any duplicate studies will be removed. The full text of all eligible studies will then be retrieved. EndNote X7 will be used during the review process to avoid duplicating references. If the reviewer is uncertain about the eligibility of any study, its full text will be obtained for further information. An additional reviewer will be consulted should there be any uncertainty or disagreement of the eligibility of studies. Excluded studies and the reasons for exclusion will be recorded.
A customised data extraction form (see online supplementary appendix 2) will be piloted on two studies not directly related to this review, and then used to extract data. Two independent reviewers will conduct data extraction. Any disagreements will be resolved through a third reviewer. The following data will be extracted: (1) participant-specific data such as condition, duration and severity of chronic pain, sample size in each group, sex and age; (2) neurophysiological methods and outcomes, specifics of the investigative model such as type and location of stimulation, how M1 was anatomically or functionally defined, neuroimaging findings in M1 excitability, representation, reactivity and glucose metabolism; (3) pain scores. Other outcome measurements such as quantitative sensory tests and movement dysfunction will be extracted if they are correlated with the primary outcomes. If data are missing, authors will be contacted a maximum of three times, after which the data will be considered irretrievable.
Risk of bias (quality) assessment
To assess the risk of bias of the included studies, we will use the STROBE statement for cross-sectional and cohort studies (see online supplementary appendix 3) and items relevant to case–control studies from the Cochrane Collaboration tool for assessing the risk of bias.23–25 Methodological quality pertaining directly to the use of TMS will be assessed via a TMS methodological checklist (see online supplementary appendix 4).26 Two independent reviewers will undertake the assessment of risk of bias and methodological quality. Any disagreement will be resolved by a third reviewer.
Strategy for data synthesis
A quantitative synthesis is planned to aggregate the data from all types of chronic pain conditions. Parameters such as cortical excitability (resting or active motor thresholds, intracortical inhibition, intracortical facilitation), spatial representation (map volume, BOLD response), M1 reactivity or M1 glucose metabolism will be pooled to perform separate meta-analyses using OpenMetaAnalyst. Cohen's d effect sizes will be used to analyse effect estimates: d≤0.2 is small, 0.5 represents medium, ≥0.8 is considered large.27 Data will be pooled for an outcome by using a random-effects model if data from at least two studies addressing that outcome are accessible. The χ2 test will be used to identify statistically significant heterogeneity, and statistically significant heterogeneity will be considered existent when χ2 p<0.10. The I2 statistic will be used to evaluate the degree of heterogeneity. Substantial heterogeneity will be considered existent when I2 >50%.28 All data will be presented as effect estimates (with 95% CIs). Where quantitative synthesis of the extracted data is not appropriate, a narrative synthesis will be used to summarise the study findings about functional and structural changes of M1.17
Analysis of subgroups or subsets
Where significant heterogeneity is found, we will conduct subgroup analysis according to the type of pain conditions (LBP, CRPS, fibromyalgia, peripheral neuropathic pain or peripheral tendinopathy), duration of pain, sex of participants and type of treatment participants were receiving at the time cortical data were collected.
The included studies will be given a score when assessing their methodological quality. For example, studies will score one point if they meet the criteria of 1 of the 22 items from the STROBE statement, hence a maximum 22 points can be scored. The median value of the overall scores of eligible studies will be used as the cut-off point to divide the studies into either the low or high risk of bias group. We will then examine the influence of including studies at high risk of bias by running the analysis with those studies excluded.
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Funding W-JC, MBL and SMS received salary support from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
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Name the new Cafe
With work well underway on the new cafeteria pavilion in Queens Park, the Chronicle would like to offer readers a chance to name the building, which is to replace the 34-year-old Jubilee Cafeteria.
The impressive timber structure is now in place and the design will enable users to view the internal timbers when using the new facility.
The wall materials, on both the cafe and games pavilion, have been carefully chosen to match the sandstone on the two lodges located at the park's main entrance, where possible.
Councillor Andrew Knowles, Cabinet member with responsibility for health and wellbeing, said: "Queens Park, as the name implies, has many royal connections with a history to suit. Readers may wish to name it after a royal event, maybe one that is taking place this year or even a past occasion.
"The details of the winners will be engraved on a plaque within the building and they will also be invited to<|fim_middle|>, Pym's Lane Depot, Pym's Lane, Crewe, CW1 3PJ.
Entries to be received no later than Friday, March 18.
Don't forget to include your name, address, daytime telephone number and email address if you have one.
This week has seen the new steps go in and part of the roof going on
The lodges are progressing with the West lodge having the rear which wasnt original knocked down
The scaffolding is also up around the lodge for external work to be done.
The bowls hut is coming on with most of the wood now in place and its hoped it will be open for the new season, the grass has been cut ready to go.
Some news from the Friends meeting that the work on the Boar War, the clock tower and the Monkey hut will start next week. fish have been put back into the lake this week but there is still more to come so hopefully people will be able to fish soon. Outside the park by Tipkinder new drains have been going in this week as the area is always flooded.
Spotted on the lake on Saturday this Coot. I am not sure exactly what type it is but its new to the park and if you look closely you can see its ringed on its leg. It doesn't appear to be a common bird in this area.
Fulica atra
Rails (Rallidae)
All-black and larger than its cousin, the moorhen, it has a distinctive white beak and 'shield' above the beak which earns it the title 'bald'. Its feet have distinctive lobed flaps of skin on the toes, which act instead of webs when swimming. It patters noisily over the water before taking off and can be very aggressive towards others.
Where to see them
Mainly on freshwater lakes, gravel pits, reservoirs, rivers and town park lakes when deep enough. Sometimes seen offshore, especially in winter if freshwater areas are frozen.
Friends agenda
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Boer War Memorial uncovered | be the first people to enjoy a meal in the new facility, together with up to five of their friends and family."
Readers are also invited to suggest ideas for what items they consider should go into a time capsule, which will be buried in the park grounds. Those with the winning suggestions will receive a voucher for coffee or tea and cake for two at the cafe.
Councillor Roy Cartlidge, ward member for Crewe West, said: "This is a quality facility which will be the hub of activities within Queens Park and a focal meeting point for many years to come.
"We obviously can't keep referring to it as the new pavilion and so would welcome readers' ideas. The idea for the time capsules is a fun one which will provide much enjoyment when it is unveiled in years to come."
Queens Park, once renowned as one of the finest parks in the North West, is undergoing a £6.5m transformation to bring it back to its former glory. The Heritage Lottery Fund is providing a £2.7m support grant with the rest of the investment coming from Cheshire East Council.
Within the park's 45 acres are walkways, trees, shrubs, planting, children's play area, crown green bowling, putting, boating lake (currently drained for construction works), grassed areas, memorials and cafeteria.
For more information on the Queens Park restoration project, visit the Queens Park web pages at: www.queensparkcrewe.com or www.cheshireeast.gov.uk – then click on 'leisure, culture and tourism', then follow links to the park pages.
Those without online access can request a paper copy from Queens Park manager Elaine Dodd, on 01270 537896.
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In November 2018, Prince Charles reached a milestone birthday. For those who are fans of the royal family, this was a day to celebrate far and wide.
Charles' mother was very supportive and is no doubt very proud of her son. Today, we take a look at the relationship between the future King and his son, William, and delve a bit deeper into their relationship.
The Queen stated: "It is a privilege for any mother to be able to propose a toast to her son on his 70th birthday," during his birthday celebration at Buckingham Palace. Charles' mother had nothing but sweet things to say about her son at the formal event.
"Over his 70 years, Philip and I have seen Charles become a champion of conservation and the arts, a great charitable leader — a dedicated and respected heir to the throne to stand comparison with any in history — and a wonderful father."
Although Charles may have had a complicated relationship with his parents, especially his father, while growing up, he certainly chose to do things differently when he himself<|fim_middle|>, received letters from Charles.
In a documentary about their father via The Telegraph, the princes said the letters contained his famous "black spider" handwriting — as it was hardly legible.
Prince Harry admitted, "At school, we regularly swapped letters and said 'erm, I think I know what it says, can you read it to me?' And it was just drivel." William fooled, adding, "Just in case it was a b********* we didn't know about."
It would have been tough for the boys to process their parents' separation and divorce. Learning of their father's affair with Camilla Parker Bowles most probably complicated matters further. And then, of course, the boys later underwent the loss of their mother in 1997.
After Charles and Diana's divorce and barely two months before the princess passed away, Charles had a heart-to-heart with his boys about his relationship with Camilla, royal biographer Penny Junor wrote in The Telegraph.
It was then that the father of two realized "William didn't want to know." So, Charles withdrew the subject and "didn't attempt an introduction until William himself asked to meet Camilla a year later."
Junor described Charles as being "always sensitive" to William and Harry's feelings regarding their now-step-mother. In time, the boys realized how happy Camilla made their father and that his happiness "was more important than anything else".
Does silence really speak volumes?
In July 2017, William and Harry participated in the ITV documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy to honor their mother's life 20 years after her death. Although the primary focus of this film was, of course, Diana, it was not overlooked.
The fact that the boys failed to mention their other parent during the nearly hour-long documentary was for reasons of their own. However, it is entirely possible that William and Harry spoke about their father, but that those discussions just didn't make it into the documentary.
They most probably wanted to keep certain things to themselves and we can't blame them. According to the book Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Videos, a film that is somewhat straightforward may require a shooting ratio of five to one.
This means that for every one minute of film that makes the final cut, five minutes of filming is required. Complex films may have a much higher ratio, like 14 to one. Of course, if the boys did remain silent about their dad, well, you know what they say: silence speaks louder than words.
After the ITV documentary about Diana was published and people began to notice that Charles wasn't considered in it, Harry and William produced some damage control. Talking on behalf of himself and his brother, Harry told ITV News that their father "was there for them". following their mother's death.
The prince also added, "He tried to make sure we were protected". Harry also spoke with the BBC via Reuters, saying, "One of the hardest things for a parent to have to do is to tell your children that your other parent has died".
Some have scrutinized Charles and the rest of the royal family for having both William and Harry walk behind their mother's coffin at the funeral, and Harry told the network, he was "very glad" to have been involved. It seems that Charles was truly there for his sons after their mother's death.
In a brutal article by The Daily Beast, anonymous palace sources claimed that Prince Charles and his sons were entangled in a "cold war". One of these sources said that Charles "hates" when William and Harry openly declare their feelings about the loss of their mother.
It was also alleged that the father and sons seldom see each other outside of "official business". Journalist Christopher Andersen told the publication that, although William loves his father, he "hates being told what to do". That sounds like every other normal kid, don't you agree?
While there are some interesting pieces in this article, is any of it actually true? According to the royal family, it is entirely not. Given how they rarely comment on accusations made against them, that is saying something indeed.
Clarence House flatly denied the father-son "cold war" and told Express that the allegations are "complete fiction". Clarence House also published a statement to People, calling the information in the article a "total fabrication".
The best way to learn the status of Prince Charles and Prince William's relationship is to hear it directly from them. ITV's royal producer Lizzie Robinson shared some of Charles' own words in a speech he gave at the opening reception of the International Wildlife Trade Conference in London.
"I can only say here how proud I am of the role my elder son, William, has played as a leader in this area, helping to raise the issue higher up the global agenda, including working with the Chinese Government on the introduction of the ivory ban."
William has been working to preserve endangered animals across the globe since 2013 and has taken considerable steps to combat the illegal wildlife trade. This apparently made his dad very gratified, and what father wouldn't be proud of his son who admirably works in charity organizations.
With Prince Charles performing countless engagements every year, he's swamped. Prince William revealed in the BBC One documentary, Prince, Son & Heir: Charles at 70 via Entertainment Tonight, that he would like his father to slow down a bit and balance things out.
"I would like him to have more time with the children," William declared. "Having more time with him at home would be lovely, and being able to, you know, play around with the grandchildren. When he's there, he's brilliant, but we need him there as much as possible."
Prince Harry agreed that their dad should indeed spend more time with the family. "When we were kids, there were bags and bags and bags of work that the office just sent to him," he stated.
"We could barely even get to his desk to say goodnight to him." Hopefully, Charles will take this into considerations and spend more time with his grandkids and form a stable relationship with them.
What are your thoughts on the relationship between Prince Charles and his eldest son, William? Let us know in the comments section below. Remember to share this with your friends and family and keep up-to-date with us for more exciting Royal articles. | became a father. Has he really been a "wonderful" parent as the Queen described?
Was William turned against his father?
After being separated for several years, Princess Diana agreed on an "uncontested divorce" in 1996, according to Andrew Morton's biography of the late princess. Diana expressed that February day to be "the saddest day of her life."
Preceding to the separation, the couple had regular quarrels with each other. "At home, the battlegrounds were their children and Charles's relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles," Morton wrote.
"Diana's close friend James Gilbey is cited in Diana: Her True Story — in Her Own Words as saying, "She thinks he is a bad father, a selfish father."
In the biography Rebel Prince: The Power, Passion, and Defiance of Prince Charles via People, British investigative journalist Tom Bower claims that Charles' connection with William and Harry suffered during the divorce.
Bower states that Charles believed "Diana had poisoned the boys' minds towards their father." However, it is not stated whether Charles believes that to this day.
In 2017, at the age of 69, Charles accomplished more royal duties than anyone else in the British royal family by fulfilling an outstanding 546 engagements. Charles' devotion to work is evident, and according to royal biographer Penny Junor, nothing new.
When speaking to The Daily Beast, she disclosed that the prince "has always been consumed by work." Because "Charles has always been quite a remote figure," Junor characterized his relationship with Prince Harry as "slightly tricky."
And, of course, we would imagine that Prince Charles and Prince William have a comparable relationship. He always made sure that his children were well taken care of, but they had allegedly never bonded the way they should have.
Junor was quick to point out this is not the case of him not loving his kids, but because he's notably focused on his work, he has "sometimes overlooked friends and loved ones beside him."
Sadly, Charles' work ethic is what makes him such a noble prince, but it's also what hindered him from becoming the loving father he likely could've been.
Although he was often busy, Charles would make time to attend his sons' school plays. Though, when William was still very young, just like all kids, there were times when he wished his dad never showed up.
"I was in … some sort of Christmas play and I was a wizard, and I came on, and I narrated it," William shared in a documentary via The Telegraph. The play was meant to have a small explosion in front of the little prince, but it didn't go off.
William decided to keep going despite being "quite panicky". When the pyrotechnics eventually went off, poor William was reading. The Duke of Cambridge said his father couldn't stop laughing throughout the rest of the play.
He confessed to having given his dad "a big death stare", but apparently, that did not even work. Harry echoed his brother's comments, saying, "And no one else — no one else laughs, he always laughs at the wrong moment, and doesn't think 'Oh I shouldn't — I should probably stay quiet,' he just thinks it's the best thing ever." Poor Charles.
Prince William attended boarding school just as his father did. The prince's biography on the royal family's official website declares that the young heir attended Ludgrove School, which was a pricey all-boys boarding school, in the early 90s.
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Forecast turns wintery this week
David DeMille
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A taste of early winter is expected to hit southwest Utah<|fim_middle|>35-674-6261.
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St. George will see its high temperature plummet from 77 degrees on Monday to 53 degrees by Wednesday, with lows near freezing on Wednesday and Thursday night, according to forecasters with the National Weather Service.
Rain and wind in Cedar City is expected to turn into snow by Tuesday night, with nighttime temperatures in the teens by midweek.
"This is an evolving storm system," according to a hazardous weather alert issued by the NWS in Salt Lake City. "Please monitor forecasts for additional details regarding the timing and potential impacts of this storm system."
Heavy headwinds in front of the storm are expected to enter the area first, with a high wind warning in effect throughout much of the western two-thirds of the state from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday.
On Tuesday, the main part of the storm will settle in, with temperatures dropping over the next two days and the snow level falling below 5,000 feet, said Monica Traphagan, meteorologist with the NWS office in Salt Lake City.
The storm system was still off the Pacific Coast late Sunday, having dropped down from the Gulf of Alaska, and was expected to move into California on Monday.
The storm won't be especially unusual for early November, but after an unusually warm October — the average temperatures statewide were the highest on record — it could be more noticeable, Traphagan said.
"We've been seeing this fall be a little more mild, so when a storm comes in, it's a bit of a rude awakening," she said.
Sunny skies are forecast to return by Thursday, with temperatures gradually increasing afterward.
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The National Defense Information Sharing and Analysis Center (NDISAC) is now an official member of the National<|fim_middle|> stakeholders a community and forum for sharing cyber and physical security threat information, best practices and mitigation strategies and is developed to serve as the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) sector's critical infrastructure protection operational coordination mechanism.
Formerly known as the DIB-Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (DIB-ISAO), NDISAC is the umbrella organization for the Defense Security Information Exchange® (DSIE), the defense sector's cyber security threat sharing mechanism and premier center of cyber excellence for almost a decade. According to Carlos Kizzee, the current Executive Director of DSIE, "DSIE is a component of the NDISAC and remains the selective, highly-active, high-quality, and high-trust cyber threat intelligence sharing and collaboration for national defense that it has been for almost a decade. Development of the NDISAC provides an expanded all-hazards portfolio for the sector that includes physical/industrial security, insider threat, and other security activities of value to our current members as well as others in the DIB, those that supply to the DIB, and other commercial entities that the DIB depends upon."
NDISAC services include all-hazards threat sharing; industry-wide alerts, warning and notifications capabilities; the ability to pull together and sustain working groups across diverse subject matter areas relevant to the DIB; and the ability to develop and provide information and services supporting DIB interests.
"While DSIE has always participated to some extent in the National Council of ISACS, the NCI is delighted to officially welcome the National Defense ISAC into the NCI family. We look forward to continuing to engage with the sector in our important coordination, collaboration and sharing activities," said NCI Chair Denise Anderson.
The role of the NCI in national security is one of coordination and communication across critical infrastructure sectors. The NCI serves as a forum for sharing physical and cyber threat and response information across sectors and as a gateway for federal agencies and other partners to reach the ISAC community. The NCI also has an operational role following incidents of national significance.
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Delightful and performance<|fim_middle|>uggested use
Wrap the surrounding container in `display:flex` and center the animation.
### Licence
MIT
| -focused pure css loading animations.
### What is this?
[See the demo](http://connoratherton.com/loaders)
A collection of loading animations written entirely in css.
Each animation is limited to a small subset of css properties in order
to avoid expensive painting and layout calculations.
I've posted links below to some fantastic articles that go into this
in a lot more detail.
### Install
```
bower install loaders.css
```
### Contributing
Pull requests are welcome! Create another file in `src/animations`
and load it in `src/loader.scss`.
In a separate tab run `gulp --require coffee-script`. Open `demo/demo.html`
in a browser to see your animation running.
### Further research
- http://www.paulirish.com/2012/why-moving-elements-with-translate-is-better-than-posabs-topleft/
- http://aerotwist.com/blog/pixels-are-expensive/
- http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/speed/high-performance-animations/
- http://frontendbabel.info/articles/webpage-rendering-101/
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Thought it would be fun to put together my own top games list. Since I have not played "a lot" of designer games yet compared to most people on the Geek, figured I would start with the top 25. Going to 50 gets a few mass market games on the list.
I hope to do one of these lists every year just to see how games move on my list from one year to another. Maybe even do a top 50 list after having played more games.
So these are my top games as of right now.
This game has everything. Just wish it wasn't so damn long, so I could play it more. Love it!
TI3 in a fantasy setting. Love it!
My favorite deck building game by far. The base game is good but this expansion really makes it shine.
I count this entry as Settlers + all expansions. Cities and Knights just happens to be my favorite one. I normally play the base game with this and Seafarers.
My Wife's favorite game. This gets lots of plays. Who doesn't love connecting those little cities, roads, and farms together. Especially when you find a way to do it and steal another person's points.
Loved the early Sim Cities, before they got complicated. This simulates those games pretty well.
I love the idea of role playing and dungeon delves. But I can't really commit to a long term game like that anymore. Descent to the rescue! Takes my favorite part of role playing and makes it fit into my gaming availability.
There are other super hero games that came out recently. None of those make me feel like I am playing a super hero. This does. Only problem is it can get complicated keeping track of all the abilities going off every round.
A lot of gamers like to hate on this one. I love it. I think it makes worker placement fun. It is simplified worker placement but sometimes simple is better.
A fantastic little game. So much strategy in such a little package.
I love the puzzle like aspect of this game. The randomness of the dice but being able to modify the rolls gives it a good random feel. But not so much that you feel like you lost or won the game because of that randomness.
Misery Farm the game (Tony Topper) . A very tough game but it can be very rewarding as well. A great challenge.
A fantastic large group game. The drafting mechanic should really be used in more games. Simple, fun, with some depth.
This one I have only played online.
A great Street Fighter style fighting game. Using cards! Who would have thought the simplicity of the rock, paper, scissors mechanic could offer so much strategy. Now drop the price so I can buy it!
Great area control game. A faster Risk with variable powers... Sign me up!
This is the version I own... It's so beautiful. But it doesn't get played. No one wants to tackle a game of Risk anymore. Luckily There are digital versions! I can get a game of this classic area control game in in about an hour. It probably wouldn't be this high on my list without the digital version.
Curse you you le<|fim_middle|> I can play with my daughter that offers more than Candy Land scores big points from me. I love the artwork on this one. The tiles are cool, the treasures are cool, the tin is cool. And its a pretty darn good game.
I love tower defense games and this one is co-op. I have not tried the Wizards Tower expansion for this one yet but from what I hear it really adds to the experience. It's on my to do list.
Another really good co-op game. Really makes you plan out your moves if you hope to win. And it's just fun giving the infections names. Like the black is the undead virus, red bird flu, blue swine flu, yellow the hot craps. feel free to use those in your game.
Another one people really love or really hate. Yes it is silly that you need to punch a kick or that Batman can use heat vision. But I guess I don't think of it that way, I guess I abstract it out a little more than that in my head. Like I said in the SOTM comment I don't really feel like I am playing these particular characters in this game. To me it's more like a deck builder with a goal that is better than just buying victory points. And I love the individual powers each player has. It gives you a focus to build your deck around. Great game in my opinion. | ech! Oh, the money I dumped into this game. Still what a fantastic game. A great design that still holds up so well. It has dropped on my list quite a bit since I had to cut myself off. But still good enough to be in the top 20.
I know, everybody hates Munchkin... yes the end game can drag out a bit. But I have always had a good time playing this one.
Rummy is a special game to me. My grandparents and I would play game after game of this and just shoot the $#!+. We played some variation of 500. Duces were wild and you could only take the top card of the discard pile. still miss those days.
Anyone can learn to play this charming little game. It's so simple to understand and quick to play. Yet offers a lot of replayability.
Any game | 179 |
The Buckeyes are taking on the Robert Morris Colonials in the Pittsburgh College Hockey Showcase in Mellon Arena, home of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, Friday night. The team arrived in town Thursday and skated on the Mellon Arena ice Friday morning to prep for the game.
After a 2-1 win by the Robert Morris women's team over Niagara to start the day, the men's teams took the ice for the 8:05 p.m. start. Jordan Staal and Ryan Whitney, members of the Pittsburgh Penguins, dropped the puck for a ceremonial faceoff. The game marks the return to Pittsburgh for three Buckeye players – sophomores Sergio Somma and C.J. Severyn and freshman Matt Bartkowski. Assistant coach Jason Lammers, video coordinator JB Bittner and equipment manager Tim Adams also are Pittsburgh natives.
The first period saw up-and-down hockey, with the Colonials outshooting the Buckeyes, 13-5. The Buckeyes had a deflected shot ring off the post about 11 minutes into the game. The Colonials then had a goal disallowed at the 12:19 mark when the referee ruled the puck had been kicked in. The Buckeyes took the lead when Shane Sims sent Hunter Bishop down the left side and his shot trickled through RMU goalie Wes Russell's 5-hole. Each team had a short power-play chance in the period, along with two minutes of 4-on-4 hockey after coincidental penalties.
The Buckeyes took a 2-0 lead at 5:19 of the second period. Freshman Zac Dalpe broke in on Russell, who made the first save at the right of the net. The rebound went in the crease, and Buckeye senior captain Zach Pelletier was there to put in the rebound with Russell out of position. It was Pelletier's first goal of the season and his first since Oct. 20, 2006. Freshman defenseman Steve West had the second assist on the goal, the first point of his Buckeye career. The Buckeyes took back-to-back penalties soon after the goal but were able to kill them off, including a few tough saves by Buckeye goalie Dustin Carlson. The teams took coincidental penalties at 12:01. The Buckeyes had the best chance of the 4-on-4,but Dalpe's shot went high. With six seconds remaining on the 4-on-4, RMU captain Chris Margott took a hooking penalty to put the Buckeyes on the power play and soon after another Colonial was assessed a minor, giving the Buckeyes back-to-back power plays. The squad had a few good chances, including a shot off the pipe, but could not convert. Ohio State's power-play ended when an Ohio State player took<|fim_middle|>:45 of the period, stopping Jason Towsley on a breakaway. The Colonials had the first power-play chance of the third stanza at 6:39 and the opportunity became a 5-on-3 for 1:24 after another Buckeye infraction. The Colonials took a time-out before the two-man advantage began. After a Carlson save on the two-man chances, players from both teams came together at the side of the net, with each team receiving two minors. Ohio State held strong on the penalty kill and held the Colonials off the board. The Buckeyes got a power-play chance of their own at 10:02, but did not convert.
Freshman Taylor Stefishen scored his first career goal at 17:48, putting in the rebound of a Boots shot from just outside the crease, with Elkins on the second assist. The game ended 4-0, as the Buckeyes posted their second shutout in the last three games. The team and Carlson have allowed one goal in the last three games, as the squad moves its winning streak to three. | a hooking penalty, but the squad had a good stop on the PK. Freshman Ian Boots put Ohio State up 3-0 when his shot beat Russell high on the short side over his glove with 9.2 seconds left in the period. Senior Corey Elkins had the assist on the goal, Boots' second in three games. The Buckeyes had 10 shots in the period, with Carlson stopping all eight Colonial attempts on net. The Colonials held a 21-15 lead in shots through two periods.
The Colonials changed goalies to start the third, replacing Russell with Brooks Osgergard. Carlson was called into action at 1 | 137 |
Introducing: Cool City Oyster Yard, a new surf shack at 99 Sudbury that's open from June to October
By Gizelle Lau | June 21, 2013
By Gizelle Lau | 06/21/2013
Name: Cool City Oyster Yard
Neighbourhood: Beaconsfield Village
Contact Info: 99 Sudbury, 647-426-5997, www.coolcityoyster.com, @CoolCityOysters
Owner: Marco Petrucci (the co-owner of Porzia)
Chef & Partner: Michael Pataran (consulting chef at Cadillac Lounge)
The Place: A throwback to beach-side seafood stands, like something you might find in Key West. Old skids and barrels from Fielding Estate Winery were used to construct the dining bar.
The Food: Simple seafood, often served by the bucket. Along with daily oysters, dishes include popcorn prawns, a crawfish boil and a lobster club sandwich. Paella is served on Sundays.
The Drinks: Summery cocktails like mint juleps, Pimms cups and sangria. The wine list includes ten sakes selected by sake expert and chef Pataran. Craft beers are also available.
• 68 seats, including bar stools
• 30 minutes between trains at the nearby<|fim_middle|>8 types of oysters
• 4 vegan dishes
Oysters, drinks and daily specials are listed on two big chalkboards
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Shucking board
A one-pound, creole crawfish boil with herb butter, kielbasa, fried onions, fingerling potatoes and corn (MP)
Creole crawfish boil (MP)
Mussels with cream, roasted jalapeño, smoked corn and scallions ($14)
Shucking oysters at Cool City Oyster Yard
A dozen oysters (MP)
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The clock says 1:45 a.m. In the Ottawa freight yard, locomotive engineer Bob Zoeller backs the hulking, black Pennsylvania Railroad engine No. 8569 toward his five-car, unscheduled local freight train. It will be a short run tonight, through the grain-belt town of Altoona and on to Belle Plain, then back home at dawn.
Locomotive horns whine. Bells clang. The throaty chuffing of diesel engines fills the night air, and a walkie-talkie's chirp pierces the cacophony like some robot bird as Ottawa yardmaster Dave Karkoski talks to the dispatcher on duty to clear Zoeller's train.
Zoeller sighs. "I'm not a scheduled train and I'm out here on a single track." Without a clearance, he risks a head-on collision with the many big freights that will barrel through this line in the coming hours.
"That would be nice," says Zoeller, a half-smile slipping across his face. "It would be crucial," Karkoski shoots back.
Timetable in hand, Zoeller engages the throttle. His engine picks up speed coming out of the railroad yard. Soon the city is behind him, the train groaning around a sweeping curve in the track. He passes a farm on the outskirts of Altoona. Ahead are towering grain elevators, his first drop-off and pick-up point.
But the timetable says a through freight is due. Zoeller has to ease the train into a siding to wait. Worse, to avoid blocking traffic on streets that cross the tracks, he must cut the train in two to leave the street clear.
So Zoeller reaches across three other tracks, grasps the boxcars like some god of railroad land, lifts them and gives a gentle twist to separate them. At times like this, it's a tad easier running model trains than the real ones they are simulating.
It's Saturday night in the basement of the old Robert Hall retail store behind a Greek restaurant on the city's South Side, operating night for what is officially known as the North American Prototype Modelers HO-scale model railroad club.
That clock? It might say1:45 a.m., but it's running at twice the real speed: lapping two hours for every hour of real time – one of the conventions the club uses to simulate the everyday railroad experience. In the real world, it's just after 8 p.m.
Founded in the late 1970s, the NAPM is possibly the largest model railroad club in the metro area, with some 70 members. Tonight's meeting will last some three and a half hours, as long as a Bruce Springsteen concert. And baby, these guys were born to run. Trains anyway.
They're part of a world of obsessive hobbyists who live to build and run model railroads and to research the history and practices of trains. And they pursue their pastime in Milwaukee, a town that is to model railroading what Broadway is to musicals, Omaha to steaks, Hollywood to movies.
Model railroading wasn't invented here, but it's as much a part of this city's fabric as beer, brats, motorcycles and machine tools. Rich in real railroad history, this city helped nurture what was once a tinkerer's do-it-yourself craft into an organized hobby with an industry to support it. Milwaukee is home for the biggest model railroading magazine and one of the largest distributors of model railroad products. Together, their founders launched the National Model Railroad Association 75 years ago. And just as Harley-Davidson draws bikers here for anniversary homecomings, this July, upward of a thousand or more of the NMRA's 19,000-plus members are descending on Milwaukee for an anniversary convention.
What is it about trains?
George Edward thinks he knows: "They're big, smelly, they make noise, they're powerful, there's things to watch on them…" Edward grew up in Denver loving trains, large and small, and moved to Milwaukee in 1969 with his wife. He soon joined the Model Railroad Club of Milwaukee, the city's oldest such club that's still active. Edward has held about every club office, including president; currently, he's secretary and unofficial archivist, historian and cheerleader.
The club's layout, the Milwaukee Union Terminal Railroad, is an oddity, tucked away under railroad tracks on East National Avenue inside the old, abandoned Allis Station – a building stuffed into a bridge abutment. No passengers have used it since the old Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad – The Milwaukee Road – abandoned it well before World War II.
Today, Amtrak and freight trains still cross the bridge with a heavy rumble that reverberates in the clubhouse, where O-scale trains built to just 1/48th of actual size chug around huge loops of track through simulated cityscapes and plaster rural hills.
For 73 years, Allis Station has been home to the Model Railroad Club of Milwaukee. The current layout was built in the 1950s; the first was created in 1937. "It is a living museum,"<|fim_middle|>0,000 in 1945 to 100,000 by 1950. The newer HO-scale models – and build-your-own kits in that scale – soared in popularity and came to dominate the marketplace.
The market's shift to HO blindsided Walthers at first. He had banked on expanding his O-scale offerings, and the company struggled. But Walthers got a reprieve when a rival kit manufacturer introduced "undecorated" railroad cars and locomotives – and unwittingly created a boom market for Walthers decals.
Since then, the hobby has continued to evolve. In the early 1960s came 1/160th-size N-scale trains, roughly half the size of HO and increasingly popular as well. Toy trains from Lionel and others have made a comeback, as have larger scales for outdoor garden railroads; Kalmbach has launched niche magazines in both of those segments. The Milwaukee-based publisher moved out to Waukesha two decades ago and has continued to expand, adding a wide range of other hobby-related magazines.
An industry survey several years ago calculated there were more than a quarter-million serious model railroading enthusiasts nationally.
"The hobby is still strong," says Naffah, who came back to Milwaukee to become manager of consumer marketing and the first fourth-generation family member to join the firm. Wm. K Walthers Inc. is now based on West Florist Avenue near Silver Spring. The company has expanded product lines, both for equipment it manufactures (using mainly offshore factories) and the hundreds of other suppliers whose products it distributes. Its annual catalogs cover nearly every model railroading scale; the HO book alone runs more than 1,000 pages.
What is it about model trains?
Maybe it's the nostalgia: re-creating a past that never quite was. Maybe it's sheer geeky pride: mastering arcane skills like designing and building the wooden benchwork that supports a layout, or wiring a model railroad so you can run several trains at once (something that new, expensive technology has made a lot easier to do).
Maybe it comes from the sense of control. The first big surge in model railroading came during the Depression. "When things are in unrest, you tend to gravitate to things that make you feel good, that make you feel more in control," Naffah theorizes. Model railroaders, she adds, have total control over the world they create.
Model railroading offers a tasting menu of virtually every other craft or interest: There's construction and woodwork. Craftsmanship and design. Art and sculpture. Engineering and electronics. History and creative writing. Hobbyists can construct an entire world. Yet they can also delve into highly specialized crafts and the most idiosyncratic specialties.
Take trees. West Allis resident Jim Lorbiecki, who has been building a logging industry layout since the early 1970s, hand-builds tall northwestern evergreens using dowels and the tiny leaves of weeds – it can take him up to eight hours for just one tree. Milwaukee resident LaRoye Chisley builds background trees for his Colorado-based layout with wire trunks and sisal twine branches painted green. Milwaukeean Wendy Mollenhauer – one of the few women in the hobby – makes N-scale deciduous trees by harvesting thistles with an oval seedball at the top, dipping them in glue and then in different shades of ground foam to evoke fall colors.
"If somebody's building a layout, their journey may take much of their adult life," Besougloff says.
As you question model railroaders, you begin to sense it isn't just a hobby, but almost a longing – even a compulsion. "We have lives and other interests," more than one model railroader will carefully note. Yet they also poke fun at "our idiosyncrasies and our phobias," as a hobbyist puts it. One declined to be interviewed; he wasn't willing to be publicly identified as "playing with trains" at his age.
It would be easy to stereotype them all as railroad nerds, but among their number is flashy rock singer Rod Stewart. MR published a cover story on Stewart's model railroad, with towering urban skyscrapers he's built in his hotel room during concert tours.
There's more than one way to run a model railroad. Some hobbyists just build scenery and let the trains run in circles. For others, the end goal is operation:creating printed schedules for the model railroad and handwritten train orders, and assigning roles to participants from dispatcher to engineer to yard boss.
Tews designed a train signaling system that is run by a computer program he wrote. The computer code runs to 128 pages.
His layout seeks to create the atmosphere of real railroads in a particular part of the country, but it's still "freelance" – a fictionalized model. Others embrace realism.
In his Wauwatosa basement, Jim Kelly, 70, a retired Model Railroader managing editor, is building an N-scale layout centered on a replica of the Tehachapi Loop – an iconic stretch of the Southern Pacific railroad in California, where the track loops over itself amid rolling hills.
Kelly first set eyes on Tehachapi in the late 1970s. It was love at first sight. "I've been back to the loop and its environs eight or nine times," he says. "I've tramped all around and made sketches and notes about the topography." U.S. topographical books on the Tehachapi area have helped, too. In recent years he's gotten new aids: photos from the Internet, from spy satellites, from Google Earth.
There's no limit to the quest for precision. Keith Kohlmann, 45, a tech-ed teacher in the Racine schools, is part of a group of people building – to exact scale – scenes from the 1930s to 1950s along the old Milwaukee Road from Chicago to New Lisbon, Wis., running through Racine and Kenosha counties into Milwaukee. They're doing it in segments: 5-foot-long, N-scale modules built to precise standards so they can be hooked together at train shows and exhibitions.
Another of his modules is set in Berryville in rural Kenosha County, once the site of a farm, an onion warehouse and a side track for loading refrigerator cars with freshly harvested cabbage. The scene is rooted in family memories. "My uncle grew up in the house on that farm," Kohlmann says.
Now Kohlmann is working on a module twice as big – a replica of the famed Chicago and North Western Railroad station that once stood at the east end of Wisconsin Avenue.
Some model railroaders develop cottage industries – creating and selling kits for buildings or rolling stock, or custom-building equipment or even whole layouts for customers. Scattered about the Greendale basement of model railroader George Nefstead is a collection of buildings he's creating for others from wood using his laser cutting machine.
South Side resident John Dornfeld supplies plastic and wood kits and custom models for customers. He also heads a team of model builders assembling an N-scale replica of the 18 businesses and 22 residences in the railroad village of Zachow, Wis., which will be displayed by the Shawano Area Community Foundation.
He says it as simple fact – and the mountains and circling trains in his basement prove it. Above, a painted blue-sky backdrop curves seamlessly to the ceiling; no sharp corners break the illusion.
Trautwein has crafted a preposterously compelling story to explain the seeming split personality of his HO railroad. On the left half are the mines and timber that generated the wealth of the European settlers and their descendants living in this fictional pocket of the Pacific Northwest; on the right half, they have built a tourist magnet – Little Switzerland – that draws hundreds of visitors (by train, of course) daily to its quaint architecture and amenities. A trolley, a tram, cable cars and even a mountainside funicular railway provide local transportation.
No detail is too small. Tunnels have sculpted rockwork interiors and his railroad cars are lighted inside. "So I can see the light bouncing off the granite rock as they come through," he explains. Under the archway of one of the nearly two dozen bridges, a welder repairs a broken-down truck; a tiny flickering light bulb simulates the welder's arc.
What is it about Milwaukee?
Certainly other places were home to model train manufacturers, including New York, Baltimore, New Jersey. One of the first sizeable scale model railroads to get national attention was at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933. It would be a wild overstatement to say that without Milwaukee, the hobby wouldn't exist.
Yet the interaction of Kalmbach's magazine and Walthers' model train company was crucial. "It made Milwaukee a nucleus of the hobby, particularly in its formative years," says Tony Koester, a New Jersey writer who in the 1970s edited Model Railroader's principal competitor. Koester now serves as a contributing editor and columnist for MRand a board member of the NMRA, and is considered a leading exponent of the hobby.
An Indiana native, Koester met both Walthers and Kalmbach when he was a student at Purdue University in the early 1960s and active with a campus model railroad club. "Bill Walthers was another one of these individuals that had the interest of the hobby at heart," he continues.
The hobby's growth here may owe something to Milwaukee's status as a center of real-life railroading. The Milwaukee Road was based in Chicago, but had its primary repair shops in Milwaukee – enhancing its cultural and economic presence here.
Milwaukee also produces TV's only program with twin themes of railroading and model railroading, Milwaukee Public Television's "Tracks Ahead." Launched in 1990, "Tracks Ahead" is underwritten by Kalmbach and Walthers.
Then there's Trainfest – the annual two-day model railroad show held at the Wisconsin Expo Center at State Fair Park in early November. Tews, Trainfest's executive director, says about 22,000 people attend it, making it one of the largest such programs in the country.
Milwaukee's smaller-city ethos may have also played a role in shaping the hobby's clubby culture nationally. "Milwaukee is big enough to count, but it's not an intimidating city. It's got a lot of that German, oompah-band friendliness," Koester says.
When MRturned 75 last year, it celebrated with a Milwaukee-themed layout. Every year, the magazine publishes a series of step-by-step railroad construction projects. For 2009, staff put together a 4-by-12-foot depiction of the Beer Line, set in the postwar heyday of the Milwaukee breweries it served.
In some ways, the future of the hobby looks bright. There's never been a more varied supply of products available. Technological advances have made it easier than ever to operate many trains on a single layout. Scenery products and supplies for track and buildings abound. And with low-cost manufacturing in China, it is easier than ever for companies to have short production runs so they can customize model railroad locomotives and rolling stock to accurately represent the differences from one real railroad to the next.
Yet some longtime hobbyists grouse that more expensive, and unchallenging, "ready-to-run" models are elbowing out the older kits – and that younger generations are less patient today for the hobby. Railroads, meanwhile, are no longer part of the cultural and economic fabric as they were when the hobby was growing in the '30s, '40s and '50s. Inside the NMRA, a debate simmers about whether the organization should target teenagers or go after retiring baby boomers with money to spend – and thereby, perhaps, engage their grandchildren as well.
Various companies in the industry, led by Kalmbach and Walthers, have teamed up to promote model railroading as "The World's Greatest Hobby," with shows all over the country. And Kalmbach has tapped one if its youngest staffers to help it explore the new world of Web multimedia and video.
Soft-spoken, clean-cut and anything but anchorman-slick, associate editor Cody Grivno, 30, hosts a weekly video segment on the MR website, giving quick descriptions of new products, dispensing modeling tips (such as how to put scale ballast – that's the gravel in which railroad tracks rest – on your layout without jamming up the switches), and bantering with readers who e-mail questions.
Grivno learned the hobby from his grandfather and his father, who gave him his old HO models when Grivno was a child. Ironically, his father and grandfather ran an auto body repair shop, but Grivno says that helped foster his interests in painting and detailing model railroad scenery and equipment as realistically as possible. "Dad and grandpa one time had to fix something for the Burlington Northern Railroad," Grivno recalls with a fond grin.
He and his brother, five years older, gave up separate bedrooms in their family home so they could use one room for a train layout. As Grivno was finishing college with a journalism major, his brother tipped him off to an MR help-wanted ad. He applied and got it. "He's been wide-eyed since the first day he came in," says Kalmbach President Gerald Boettcher.
Grivno doesn't dispute that. "This is my dream job," he says.
It still hasn't. And 25 years from now, who knows? Maybe Cody Grivno will have ascended to editor, planning the centennial of the leading model railroad magazine in America.
Milwaukee Magazine contributing editor Erik Gunn, a model railroading wannabe since high school, may get around to building one now. Write to him at letters@milwaukeemagazine.com. | says Edward.
The model railroad sprawls over two rooms and then some. Edward shows off the tracks that carry trains through the bathroom. "Not everybody has a track in their bathroom!" he chuckles.
Kneepads would seem essential. You can reach some parts of the train scenes only by crawling on pieces of old, faded carpet until you get to openings that let you pop up your head and torso, like some giant prairie dog, to view the action.
The club uses the building in return for simply paying utilities and property taxes. The railroad still owns the building but doesn't bother with maintenance, so that's improvised. A patched-together network of troughs and hoses – daffily Rube Goldberg – diverts water dripping from the leaky tin ceiling away from the train tables and into a floor drain. A tarp lies ready for full protection. The station's former ticket office, now the club's meeting room, is heated with a potbelly stove from an old caboose and fueled with scrap lumber.
Ten men started all this in the depths of the Great Depression, two of them with entrepreneurial instincts that would transform model railroading.
William K. Walthers got his first model train, a wind-up toy, in 1899, a Christmas present when he was 7 years old. Walthers grew up to be an electrical engineer. In the 1920s, he acquired Findex, a manufacturer of a file indexing system, but during the Depression, it went bankrupt.
The hobby then was in its infancy, an offshoot of the toy trains made by companies like Lionel. Lionel's 1/48th-size O-scale trains were bulky, unrealistic in looks or proportions. A growing group of enthusiasts – adults and teens, rather than children – wanted more accurately scaled models that looked and performed not like toys, but realistic replicas.
In May 1932, a model-making magazine carried an ad from W.K. Walthers for a 24-page catalog of rails, electrical equipment and other supplies to "improve your toy railroad." In Depression terms, he had a winner. "In his first year he made about $500," says Naffah.
Nine months later, in February 1933, Walthers was among the men gathered in a Wauwatosa home to start the Model Railroad Club of Milwaukee. Also there that evening: a printer named Albert C. Kalmbach and his lifelong friend Frank Zeidler, future mayor (1948-1960) of Milwaukee.
A Kalmbach Publishing promotional video tells the story of 5-year-old Al Kalmbach, back in 1915, drawing a picture of a railroad locomotive for a school assignment with such fidelity, he was sent to the principal's office, his parents falsely accused of doing the work for him. Jim King, a Green Bay native who starting working for Kalmbach in the 1950s, says the publisher would reminisce about building a model railroad in the attic of Frank Zeidler's home when the two were teens.
But Kalmbach was even more passionate about printing: He bought his first printing press when just 12 years old and started a neighborhood paper, the Milwaukee Sun. At 23, after graduating from Marquette University, he started his own company printing church newsletters. Amid the Depression, business was slow.
One year later, Kalmbach decided to start something new: a magazine for train hobbyists like himself. "He figured he might as well do something he enjoyed if he wasn't going to make any money anyway," says Andy Sperandeo, executive editor of what is now Model Railroader.
Kalmbach's banker turned down his loan request; friends called him crazy. The first 12-page issue looked more like a newsletter and sold 272 copies at 10 cents apiece (annual subscriptions were $1). Kalmbach rode a streetcar to the post office to mail it. In three years, though, the magazine turned a profit; in seven, he paid back his private lenders.
Walthers was one of Kalmbach's first advertisers in The Model Railroader(Thewas later dropped from the name). In Kalmbach's opening editorial, he credited the Model Railroad Club of Milwaukee, which "helped with ideas and material and encouragement." On the next page he urged the adoption of national standards for the hobby. Toward that end, Kalmbach, Walthers and Zeidler teamed up again in 1935, launching the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA).
Through the '30s, O-scale equipment dominated the hobby. Commercial models existed, but many preferred to "scratch-build" their own cars, buildings and even locomotives. Then kits that model-makers could assemble at home became part of the product lines of Walthers and other companies. Next came new, smaller HO-scale models and kits: at 1/87th actual size, a little larger than half-O-scale, but with more detail, more realistic and less toy-like.
With the end of World War II, pent-up consumer demand for hobbies like model railroading exploded. MR's circulation mushroomed from 2 | 1,095 |
Growing up in a small suburb in New Jersey, it never occurred to me that I would one day end up in the food industry. Until I was in high school, I can only remember visiting about three restaurants in my life. In high school, it expanded to about six and I had my first opportunity to visit a shop with fancy pastries. And it wasn't until college that I had the magical opportunity to live and eat in New York.
Suddenly, there was food everywhere and a lot of it was really good! The more pastries I tried, the more I wanted to learn about them and be in a kitchen. Truthfully though,<|fim_middle|> few cookie recipes, but one day, something clicked and I started to bake in earnest. That I eventually would leave a career in public relations for a life in pastry was a surprise to no one.
Last year, I gave up my weekends for eight months for ICE's Pastry & Baking Arts program. Afterwards, I completed my externship at Locanda Verde and was hired there in October. I had wanted to take the Culinary Management program while in completing my pastry studies, but it was unrealistic to believe I could juggle a full-time job and two school programs. So, on April 11, I'm finally gearing up to start the class. Originally, I wanted to take this class simply to learn as much as possible about the food industry. I wanted a comprehensive education about the business side to compliment my pastry education.
However, things got complicated during Module 1 of the pastry program when I started my own business — Macaron Parlour. So, now I'm a co-owner (with Simon Tung) of this rogue bakery. We sell at fairs, do wholesale and events, and have an online shop, but we don't have a storefront…yet. We've navigated through filing paperwork, finding commercial kitchens, and building a name for ourselves, but there is a lot more to learn.
I can't believe that we have been so successful thus far, but we can certainly expand and may even open our own storefront one day. I'm excited for this program because I can't wait to have a complete education on the process of starting, building, and running a successful business and I can't wait to apply the lessons to my own burgeoning business along the way. Once again, I find myself managing a full time job and a very long commitment to the classroom, but it's going to be completely worth it. | I was always set up for it. I had my first baking class in preschool. For years afterwards, I would bake when I was happy, when I was sad, and when I just wanted something sweet. Most of those years, it was the same | 51 |
What Makes a Good Digital Signage Design?
There's a science to colors that extends to business. Did you know one of the most common colors in the entertainment industry is red, for example? Red can create a sense of excitement and energy that fit the industry. Blue creates a sense of trust and security, which is why you see it so often at hospitals and financial institutes. What's the right color for your business and further the digital signage you use to visually communicate your message? We'll show you in this post.
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Strong design leads to engaging digital signage, and for all of us non-designers out there, it can be quite intimidating. But taking the step towards an appealing, effective design is easy, it just requires some practice and consideration. One of the major elements to good design is color theory.
Color is the first thing people notice, and it leaves an instant impression of your brand, product or message. A study titled "Impact of color on marketing" found that 90% of judgments made about products can be based on color alone, and though you might not be using your signage to market a product, you are selling a message.
Take this presentation for example. That color combination is enough to ruin any appetite.
A strong design, and inevitably strong digital signage uses a balanced, appealing, color palette. Your color palette is used consistently across your design and is meant to compliment your content. You should consider its effect on the viewer, and it's effect on the legibility of your message. A good palette provides consistency to your design and reinforces your message.
A simple change of color can change the entire look and feel of your design.
The first step to choosing your color palette is understanding color theory and establishing a vocabulary for communicating color.
The color wheel is the basic tool used for combining colors. Many versions of the color wheel exist, but the most common version is a wheel of 12 colors, incorporating the primary, secondary and tertiary colors.
Hue refers to pure colors. All colors represented in the 12 spoke color wheel are fully saturated hues.
A tint is a modified version of a hue. Tints are created by adding white to hues. All pastels are tints of a color.
Designers often add tints to their palettes to give their palette some body.
Shades are any color with black added.
Use black carefully as it can easily darken and destroy the hues of a palette. Dark shades of color are a better replacement for black.
In digital signage, dark shades are commonly used as background colors to allow for contrast between bright text and images.
You now know how to lighten and darken a color so how do you tone them down? The most appealing designs use tones of colors. That is because fully saturated colors can be very jarring for the viewer.
"grayed down" versions of a color.
These are much more pleasing to the eye and carry a fuller look.
Saturation defines a range from pure (100% color) to gray (0%) at a constant lightness level. It can be described as weak vs. strong.
In design, colors of similar saturation appear harmonious and well balanced. Varying saturation levels can make a palette look busy and unbalanced.
Chroma is the purity of a color. A hue with a high chroma has no black white or gray in it. Adding these reduces chroma. Chroma can be described as the brightness of a color as it compares to white. When designing, use hues of varying color.
When referring to colors, contrast means the difference between colors.
When it comes to digital signage, you want to achieve a high contrast between the color of your background and the color of the text on your screen. A large difference in contrast will allow the text to stand out and be legible.
The high contrast between the bright white and red hues, and the darker shade of the background allows the text to pop, making the message easy to read at a glance.
Primary Colors: Red, yellow, blue.
Primary colors are the 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other colors are derived from these 3 hues.
These colors are formed by combining the primary colors.
These are the colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color.
Color can easily be grouped into warm and cool colors, which is how they are commonly applied in design. Having a good understanding of these color groupings and their effects will serve you well when it comes to building your palette.
Warm colors include red, orange and yellow, along with their derivatives. These colors can produce feelings of excitement, passion, and positive thought when applied in design.
Red is very hot color and attracts attention more than any other color.
A bold, saturated red can create excitement, and has actually been proven to raise a person's blood pressure. Use red to signify importance, danger or youthfulness, or to strike feelings of hunger as red triggers appetite.
If you're creating a menu board or advertising an event, you would be wise to use hues of red in your design. This way, your message will have the desired effect on your audience.
Overuse of this color can be very intimidating and overwhelming for the viewer, especially when it comes to digital signage. Use red and its derivatives (shades of pink and pinky-red) to accent your designs. Lighter shades of this color can create an energetic feel while darker shades will seem more powerful and heavy.
Red is a great accent for shades of white and gray. If your color palette features heavy amounts of red, consider showing your content in shades of white and gray.
Orange is vibrant and energetic.
When applied to a brand or design, orange can create a feeling of friendliness. It can also create a feeling of change, and fresh ideas. Orange has traits of confidence and cheerfulness.
Designs that incorporate orange command attention without overpowering your content. Orange is often a friendly and inviting color to use in design. It is a great alternative to red and is perfect for welcome messages, or for advertising an event.
Yellow is bright and energetic.
Yellow is associated with happiness, joy, intellect, clarity and warmth.
When used in design, yellow can create a feeling of optimism. If yellow is used to accent cool colors, it can create a warming effect.
Saturated yellows are attention grabbing, but if overused, yellow can have a disturbing effect.
Bright yellow can create a sense of happiness and cheerfulness. Softer yellows can create a sense of calm. Darker, more golden-yellows can create a sense of loyalty and permanence due to their antiquey feel.
Cool colors contain higher amounts of blue, which creates an icier feel when used in design. A cool palette evokes thoughts of winter, water, nighttime, sadness and a general chill. This palette can often cause a feeling of loneliness or fear. Cool colors are generally subtle and soothing.
Blue is often used to convey sadness, calm or responsibility.
Blue is often used to convey a sense of trust and is associated with traits of dependability.
Lighter blues can make a design appear lighter and friendly, whereas darker blues are more strong and reliable. If your message is meant to carry authority and a sense of reliability, opt for a darker palette. If you're hoping to energize and excite your audience, go for bright blues.
Green is a common color in nature. As such it is often associated with growth, freshness, and fertility.
Green is associated with the earth, feelings of renewal, peace, abundance and growth. Green can produce negative feelings of envy or jealousy, and sometimes a lack of experience.
When used in design, green can have a balancing and harmonizing effect. This is a very stable color for design and is appropriate for designs related to wealth, renewal, growth, and nature. Brighter greens will create a more energizing and vibrant feel, whereas darker greens will appear more stable and affluent.
Purple has been associated with royalty, creativity, and imagination.
Dark purples are often associated with wealth and royalty whereas lighter purples can create feelings of romance.
Purple is derived from combining red and blue, and can take on the attributes of both of these hues.
Dark purples can create a sense wealth and luxury, while light, softer purples are associated with spring and romance.
So now that you have a grasp of the color families and their effects, you can begin piecing together your palette based on the effect you want it to have. A color palette is simply a combination of 2 or more colors chosen from the color wheel. Your palette will dictate the colors you chose for your text, graphics, images and background and will guide the look and feel of your content.
If you're designing signage that is going to be displayed in your company's office space, then you'll want to focus on branding. If you're using signage in your restaurant, you'll want to use a palette that encourages appetite and compliments your brand. If you're showing a message in a university or bank, you'll want to reinforce a sense of authority and reliability. All of this can be achieved with the right palette.
If your logo includes a single color then you might want to go for a monochromatic color scheme that is suited to your company styles. A monochromatic color scheme is developed using a single color and its derivatives.
To accomplish this palette you'll want to decide on your color, and then chose some lighter and darker hues and shades of that color. An easy tool for developing a monochromatic color palette or any palette at all is Adobe Kuler- all you'll have to do is plug in your main color and it will do the rest.
This color scheme is great for brands that use only one color in their styling. Spotify has done a great job of applying a monochromatic color scheme through a soft green overlay.
Monochrome color schemes create a feeling of simplicity and harmony. This subtle palette will emphasize any content in your design.
Monochromatic color schemes are more<|fim_middle|> a lot of designers will design using the 60-30-10 rule. This rule uses only 3 colors, often created using a triadic color scheme. The dominant color can be used in 60% of the design, the secondary in 30% and the last should only be used for accenting the design, and thus assumes the last 10%.
Using the 60%, 30%, 10% rule when designing is often a foolproof way to ensure a balanced and appealing design.
Coolors is a quick way to get inspiration for a color palette.
Adobe Kuler is a great tool that allows you to generate palettes using different color schemes and it allows you to manipulate the chroma, saturation, and tint of your palette. It also gives you the HEX code and RGB values for your palette so you can copy it right into Rise Vision or any of your design tools.
Another great feature of Adobe Kuler is that it allows you to generate a color scheme from a photograph. So if you love the colors in one of your sunset pictures, or want to recreate the palette of one of your favorite flowers, import the photo into Adobe Kuler and it will generate a palette right then and there.
If you're looking to get in to flat design, Flat UI Colors provides a great, ready-to-use list of flat colors to incorporate in your palette.
For an easier time, Flat Color Palettes has an extensive list of ready-to-use flat color palettes.
ColorPick Eyedropper is a great tool for sourcing colors from your favorite sites or designs. This Chrome extension sits right in the top left corner of your browser and you can access the eyedropper to retrieve the HEX code or RGB value for any color you find while browsing the internet.
A strong color palette can be the difference between a sorry sight and a bold and engaging message. Your color palette is the first thing people notice when they glance at your display. It can strengthen your message, and hold your audience better than any string of words, but if you've put no thought into it then you've lost your audience within the first 90 seconds of viewing. So chose your palette wisely as it is one of the most impactful design changes you can make.
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Lacks the vibrancy of other color schemes due to a lack of contrast within the palette.
If you're choosing to go monochromatic, make sure you're considering contrast. If you're design lacks contrast you might find that nothing stands out creating a 1 dimensional feel. Colour Contrast Checker is a great tool for checking the contrast of your designs.
This site uses a monochromatic color scheme very effectively. Notice the significant difference in contrast between the background and the site's content.
This is the next easiest color scheme to create and work with. Analogous schemes are comprised of 3 colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. For best results, make one color your dominant color and use the others to accent.
To increase the contrast between colors, decrease the palettes chroma.
The blue, blue-green, green palette used as the background this presentation created by the Rise Creative team is a perfect example of how an analogous color scheme can be used for digital signage.
A complementary scheme is created by combining colors from opposite poles of the color wheel. A basic complementary scheme includes only two colors but can be grown by taking their tones, tints and shades.
Decide on one color as your primary color and use the other for accents and compliments. For example, if you chose to use red and blue, you can make to either red or blue your dominant color and use the other for small details and graphics. Equal use of the two can make your design appear as if it is vibrating on the screen.
This palette is high contrast which makes for a seemingly richer design that commands attention.
It's hard to achieve a balanced design with this palette. Your design choices will require prudent consideration and experimentation.
This scheme works best when a warm color is paired with a cool color.
Avoid using complementary colors of the same chroma right next to each other as this can have a jarring effect on the user.
The complementary color scheme works very well in this presentation. The designer has chosen to make the blue-green the dominant color, using the orange-yellow as an accent color.
To apply this color scheme, choose a color, then go to the hue directly across from it on the color wheel and select the two adjacent to it.
This color scheme is high contrast, without the jarring effect of the complementary scheme.
It becomes more difficult to achieve a balanced look with this color scheme. Monochromatic and Analogous are much simpler for this.
Chose one warm color to use against a range of cool colors. This will put an emphasis on the warm color.
This site uses orange-yellow to accent the purple-blue and red-purple colors that are being heavily applied in the background.
A triadic color scheme takes three colors of equal spacing on the color wheel.
The level of contrast is not as great as a complementary scheme.
Using one pale or dark version of the one color in the triad, along with two shades/tones/tints of the other two colors makes the single color work as a neutral within the scheme.
For a more intense result, use one very bright hue paired with muted hues to make the bright hue stand out more.
This presentation uses a soft triadic palette to advertise an after-work event. The soft orange-yellow serves as the perfect background for the bolder yellow-orange and blue.
This color scheme creates the richest appeal but is definitely the hardest to execute. It takes four colors, arranged in two complementary pairs. The best way to visualize this is to draw a rectangle on your 12 point color wheel. The points where the rectangle lands are the colors to a tetradic palette.
This presentation uses a rich tetradic palette, applying the cooler hues in greater amounts.
This option is not as daunting as it seems. However, it does require that you pay close attention. If you're choosing to create your own palette, keep in mind that your colors should have consistent chroma, value and saturation levels. If these vary, your palette may become hard on the eyes.
There are several easy tricks to creating a custom color scheme. The first technique takes a traditional Monochromatic palette and adds a neutral shade.
For other varieties of a traditional palette, consider removing a hue from the palette.
If you're using a monochromatic palette of shades of grays and whites, consider heightening the contrast of your design by adding a more saturated accent color for visual interest.
In fact, an easy way to go about this is by starting with a typical color scheme and substituting a hue with a neutral color.
Flat color palettes are all the rage in web design right now. If you're not familiar with the term 'flat', it means that the hue (or color) has solid ink coverage with no gradations or halftones. The color is consistent throughout, resulting in a flat appearance. As a result, this palette is heavily applied in "flat design", which means 1-dimensional design created from single toned hues. Flat design uses bright but muted colors, and all dimension is created through "flat shadows". This style is characterized by its minimalist appearance.
To apply a flat color palette to your digital signage, follow the techniques of the previous color schemes, but switch out the hues for their flat derivatives.
Shy away from using a palette made from pure hues. A palette made from pure hues will look both busy and bland.
Avoid using fully-saturated hues. Fully saturated hues are hard on the eyes and command a lot of attention. Go for tones, shades and tints of a color as this is easier for the viewer to digest.
Don't forget your neutrals! Grays, blacks, whites, browns, off-whites, and tans can help to neutralize your palette and design. Yellow-y shades such as browns, tans and off-whites can make your design appear warmer. Grays, Blacks, and whites can appear either warm or cool depending on the rest of your palette.
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By Terry Ommen
The Garden of Eden Had Its Critics
Last updated 5/2/2016 at 8pm | View PDF
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Mill Creek in the summertime.
There's no question about it, the beautiful land that became Visalia was a travel agent's dream. Situated in a huge oak forest with meandering streams, native grasses and wild flowers, and abundant fish and game, all of it set against the backdrop of the picturesque Sierra Nevada, made it a lovely place. So it's not surprising that settlers came and called it home.
But soon after settlement, critics of this "Garden of Eden" began to emerge. The complaining focused on a number of concerns, some were natural, some were manmade. First on the list was the summer heat. It was treacherous and it didn't help that large numbers of shade-rich oak trees had been cleared for farming and construction. Soon occupants of the land discovered the seashore and mountains as a way to temporarily escape the high temperatures.
Then there was the massive amount of runoff that raced down the mountains and flooded the valley floor. So much of the land became like a swamp. At least part of the solution was building a series of irrigation ditches to control the water.
Another complaint was that the area had an unhealthy climate. With the summer heat coupled with the abundance of water and mosquitoes, conditions were right for tropic-like diseases. Visalia mosquitoes were not like any other, and these legendary pests became frequent topics of conversation. They were large and early residents swore they were "equipped with a drill." Mill Creek offered these pesky critters a good home, and in 1878, the Tulare Times newspaper quipped, "Mosquitoes are holding nightly concerts to crowded houses along Mill Creek. They are so numerous that the sun's rays never seem to reach earth."
Of course, with mosquitoes came the danger of malaria or worse. In 1882, the Tulare Times newspaper reluctantly reported, "There is no use denying the fact that Visalia is not as healthy a place for a summer residence as could be desired. There is malaria here, and considerable of it at that." Quinine was an effective treatment for malaria and because of its heavy use, our area was sometimes called the "quinine belt."
Mill Creek winds its way through downtown Visalia.
But the newspaper laid much of the responsibility for Visalia's problems on the locals themselves. The Times reported, "Nature has with a lavish hand showed her choicest gifts upon the careless inhabitants of the garden spot of the great Tulare Valley." The paper blamed laziness and sloppiness for many of the town's problems and pointed out that Visalia had "plenty of water, plenty of weeds, plenty of everything except a little well-directed work."
But of all of the complaints, there was probably no bigger one than the odor problem connected to Mill Creek. When it was flowing, it was fine. But when water stopped and stagnant puddles formed,<|fim_middle|> Open to an Exclusive Few
Sequoia National Park-The Race to the Big Trees | the smell was unforgiving. Garbage and decaying animal carcasses in the creek would cause people to literally hold their noses. It would stay that way until a rush of freshwater would clean out the channel.
For over 164 years, Visalia has faced natural and manmade challenges. But through it all, the town has survived and thrived, and is still considered a garden spot in the San Joaquin Valley.
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What Worked for Me in Creating a Mission Statement.
Revenue is important, but purpose<|fim_middle|>?
So what has worked for me, what I believe in and what I will continue to strive for is: to shoot for just past possible. to always be willing to edit and recalibrate. And make to make our goal spiritually positive. | is paramount. And I know that on my journey to grow my own small business it has felt even more important to intentionally define who we are as we take our next steps. So the question we have had to ask ourselves at one point or another (or many points) is: what is our mission?
How do we take a moment, in the midst of the daily craziness–the papers pushed, deadlines, dead ends, traffic and taxes, to re strategize, to fortify and cohesively alter course for a more focused goal?
The philosophical question is: why are we doing this? What makes what we are doing unique? And how can we do it in such a way that I can captivate clients and inspire employees?
In pursuit of that answer, my agency has come to self determine our mission and build (and rebuild) our central mission statement.
It is a central focus for me and my business today and I have, as such, spent a lot of time trying to determine what works for an independent insurance agency in San Diego. There have been a lot of ideas that didn't work, alterations and iterations that have fit but only briefly, and as we have grown we have found a few helpful tips for keeping our momentum and keeping us focused.
1. When making (and improving) our mission statement we choose something too large, too ambitious and always slightly beyond our current abilities.
The old saying: "let our reach exceed our grasp," was an excellent influence for our mission statement. Tom Cruise wasn't in Mission Possible. No one is inspired by possible–everyone can do possible. Consumers don't want to buy possible. Consumers want to buy almost-possible. They want to buy cutting edge, new, the ever intangible, cool. And cool comes from just out of reach, cool comes from the interesting, the daring, the beyond.
So, if your mission is to give away one pair of shoes to a person in need for every pair sold…or to end childhood obesity…or how our's started: reinvent the independent asset protection business for small businesses and individuals…we all may just be on to something there–something out of reach, something impossible or even (dare I say it) something cool.
2. Our mission statement has always been a rough draft– with the goal of innovating with our marketplace and target clientele.
I think that strategic innovation is likely a shared characteristic among all of the top companies in the world. Core beliefs, if done right the first time, should rarely change, but innovation allows for a consistent recalibration that better aligns us to maximize both efficiency and effectiveness. Recognizing a new strength/opportunity and focusing on that vertical is not a deviation from purpose, but rather a wedge to increase the pressure we can apply in pounds per square inch on a specific bulls eye.
So a mission statement may start out with a shoe bought is a shoe donated to a person in need, but then it may be edited to include sunglasses, back packs, drinking water…etc, or evolve from curing childhood obesity to include eating disorders, or for us: iterating from the reinvention of independent asset protection into making available the knowledge and easy accessibility of necessary coverages.
And finally 3. We have focused on making our mission spiritually positive.
There is no company that I can think of today that has created lasting success without having a mission that is in someway positive. I could certainly be wrong, but I like to believe that if a mission is not to impact more than ourself, we will fail. If our mission is to deceive, take advantage of or abuse, we will fail. But, if our mission is to improve and empower the world around us (however great or nuclear that world is) we will succeed. If its not something that creates positive momentum and empowers others, what real and unique increase in value are we bringing to the market place | 789 |
KEITH CURLE - 'WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DEALING WITH RISING EXPECTATIONS'
The Cobblers boss speaking ahead of Saturday's game with Oldham Athletic
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Northampton Town manager Keith Curle says his squad will relish dealing with the rising expectations of supporters.
A 5-0 win at Macclesfield Town on<|fim_middle|>27 Oct 18 | Tuesday and a 2-1 win over Forest Green Rovers two weeks ago have lifted spirits but with that can come extra pressures, as Curle acknowledged.
"Expectations will have been raised and mentally we need to make sure that we are right," he said.
"There is a good vibe around the place and a spring in the players step but Saturday will be another difficult challenge.
"Oldham started the season very well, they have a lot of experience in their squad and I'm sure it will be a competitive game.
"We want supporters coming here expecting to be entertained and hopefully the crowd will be boosted by the result on Tuesday.
"We can't afford to take our foot off the gas and we need to make sure that we keep doing the fundamental things right.
"The players are confident because they are doing the simple things right and enjoying it. There was a good reaction from the players at Macclesfield and that was vitally important. They met the challenge on the front foot and put in a performance that was worthy of a 5-0 scoreline."
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Frugal, healthy and perfect for the cold weather!
In my house we certainly suffer from 'forgotten vegetable syndrome'. I buy specific vegetables with a recipe in mind, then our plans change and I make something else.
And the aubergines, peppers or carrots, or whatever else I have bought, get forgotten about until I find them a few days or a week later. I am sure I can't be the only one, surely?!
I often use up these forgotten vegetables in soups or casseroles but a vegetable curry is also a great way to use them up. Even if they are going a bit soft they will still work well when cooked up!
The addition of spices and coconut milk hides a multitude of sins and brings the flavour of the vegetables out. This is a great vegan slow cooker option.
All kinds of vegetables go well in a curry and I like to include sweet potato as it helps the sauce to thicken. Then you don't need to resort to an artificial thickener at all.
Plus this is a nice healthy option if you are trying to eat well.<|fim_middle|> the coconut milk mixture on top and stir to combine in the pot.
Add the green beans and cook for one more hour on low.
Tip: If you have extra time, brown your onions for a few minutes until translucent, then add the garlic, ginger and spices and continue to cook for a minute or so until fragrant.
I'm sending this recipe over to Credit Crunch Munch with Fab Food 4 All and Fuss Free Flavours (hosting this month). Using the slow cooker to cook this curry is very cheap, and using up my elderly vegetables is a great way to avoid waste.
Also seeing this over to Extra Veg with Utterly Scrummy Food for Families and Fuss Free Flavours.
It also feels right to send it to the No Waste Food Challenge with Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary, and Meat Free Mondays with Tinned Tomatoes.
What is lazy ginger and lazy garlic?
You can get these at the supermarket, it is jarred pickled garlic and ginger, great if you don't use it regularly so don't have it fresh. You can also use fresh ginger or garlic instead, same quantities.
Hello, will dried garlic and ginger (In the jars) work?
Hi Vicky yes you could use those too, though the flavours wouldn't be quite as good as with fresh or the lazy types.
There doesn't seem to be much liquid… Is there anything else I can add??
You don't need more or it will be very runny, trust me!
Brilliant Sylvia so pleased to hear this!
Thanks Elizabeth, it's a great way to use up all the veg!
I so dont use my slow cooker enough which is why I love seeing your recipes as they remind me to get slow cooking.
It is a must for the convenience for me!
Ah yum, this sounds delicious.I haven't had slow cooked curry for ageessss. Will give this a whirl.
It's not just you Lucy. Thank goodness, for curries, soups and stews. I love a good curry and yours sounds delicious.
Haha – I'm totally there with the random vegetables issues! Veggie curries are so forgiving for that.
It is the perfect thing for them isn't it, that or soup!
Just added this to our meal plan for next week 😀 the OH got jealous when I made your chicken passanda but this is one he can get stuck into too. | Low in points on Weightwatchers Flex or Freestyle!
Let me know if you try this slow cooker vegetable curry recipe, and what vegetable combinations work well for you.
If you like this, you might also like Knead Whine's cauliflower and chickpea curry, Celery and Cupcakes' quinoa, cauliflower and butternut squash curry, Fab Food 4 All's mushroom, spinach and chickpea curry, and Tin and Thyme's jerk sweet potato curry.
Pin this slow cooker vegetable curry recipe for later!
Place the garlic, ginger and spices in a large bowl.
Add the coconut milk and tomato purée and mix well to combine all the ingredients.
Place the onion, sweet potatoes, carrots and other vegetables (except the green beanin the slow cooker pot.
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Comm Eye Health<|fim_middle|>. In this way, we shall be making our nurses more useful partners in our collective drive to eliminate avoidable causes of blindness by the year 2020. | Vol. 18 No. 56 2005 pp 128. Published online 01 December 2005.
In many health care settings in Africa, motivation tends to be closely associated with financial incentives. In our eye care programme in northern Ghana, we have developed a different concept of motivation that we find more sustainable and mutually rewarding to both workers and management and, consequently, the entire programme.
We perform some 3,000 operations annually, and we have focused on building the skills of our ophthalmic nurses beyond levels normally required in practice here. In the outpatient department this has included use of the slit lamp in quantitative and qualitative evaluation of anterior and posterior segment changes, applanation tonometry, visual field assessment and retinoscopy. We are currently training the more experienced nurses in indirect ophthalmoscopy and biomicroscopy for fundus examination. In the theatre, nurses do a wide range of minor operations and also give most of the ocular anaesthetic.
With this level of training, the ophthalmic nurses perform competently in both pre-operative assessments and post-operative reviews of uncomplicated cases. This frees the hands of the ophthalmologists from managing common refractive errors and red eye conditions and also frees up theatre time, allowing him or her to concentrate on the more serious cases and surgery. This may seem unorthodox to many surgeons, especially those in the large teaching hospitals, but is not uncommon in many developing and developed countries. During my recent visit to the United Kingdom, I saw nurses competently using sophisticated equipment at every level of eye care management. The most important thing is to identify the skills deficiency and design appropriate solutions. In a recent qualitative study in our unit, nurses found motivation to be the most important reason for being part of the programme and this was attributed largely to training and recognition.
What we need to do is to break the myth around ophthalmic instruments and impart more quality knowledge and technical skills to the nurse. This of course must include periodic reviews for quality assurance | 414 |
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You are sure to be impressed by Alberta's grandeur and beauty, including its majestic mountains and rolling foothills when you arrive. You will likewise need to see Canada's world-famous Rocky Mountains and the popular resort towns of Jasper, Banff, Kananaskis, Canmore, Waterton, and Lake Louise, which attract numerous visitors consistently.
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The provincial capital is one of the nation's most northerly cities and located over the North Saskatchewan River. While the city has its offer of urban renewal activities, restaurants, parks, and festivals, most visitors are particularly interested in shopping at the West Edmonton Mall, especially for its curiosity value. Located south of the river, a restored district known as "Old Strathcona" will likewise arouse your interest. This is as a result of its modest museums, its heritage buildings, and its diverse cluster of venues for eating and drinking. Edmonton has its own noteworthy Space and Science Center too, and you may need to consider visiting when planning your excursion itinerary.
This town viewed as the Canadian Rockies' capital, and nearly 50,000 people may gather here amid the high tourist season, especially the people who support backpacking, mega-coach tours, and RVs. The town's fundamental street, Banff Avenue, is eminent for its upscale outdoor clothing and games equipment shops.
Located in the Canadian Rockies, this unfathomable, scenic park is noted for its Columbia Icefield glaciers, and various lakes, waterfalls, mountains, and hot springs. People likewise appreciate viewing the park's varied wildlife.The wildlife incorporates the caribou, elk, white-tailed deer, mule deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, mountain bears, grizzly bears, beavers, mountain lions, wolverines, and dim wolves. Among the park's major attractions are the Tonquin Valley, Mount Edith Cavell, Medicine Lake, Maligne Lake and tours of the Athabasca Glacier on a transport estimated snowmobile. Various out-entryway related activities incorporate fishing rafting, hiking, outdoors and kayaking.
This occasion is a blend of rodeo, exhibition, and festival wrapped into one held consistently for ten days in the early part of July, with about 1.2 million visitors in participation. As the world's biggest outdoor rodeo, the Stampede features a world-renowned rodeo competition, agricultural competitions, concerts, stage shows, a midway, First Nations exhibits, chuck wagon races, a few pancake breakfasts throughout the town, and numerous other attractions.
For the past seven years, photographers have submitted their finest<|fim_middle|>hapsody in Light photographer, Joseph Thomas, and traverse some of the most scenic back roads that Colorado has to offer with rugged mountain peaks, amazing rock formations, historic gold rush era mining structures, and miles upon miles of lush aspen forests. The artistic possibilities will be limited only by your imagination in this photographer's paradise! | landscape images for consideration in The American Landscape Photo Contest, celebrating the beauty of our country's natural spaces. Enter your best landscape photos for your chance to be published in the magazine and win other great prizes!
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Traditionally a pair of bells, but some samba schools use a set of four bells (Imperio Serrano were the first to use this). | the name given to the drumming section of a samba school. London School of Samba has a long history and tradition of Brazilian drumming techniques. We offer opportunities for people who have never played an instrument to grow and learn to become part of our group. We also find that experienced drummers and musicians really enjoy the atmosphere of the our Bateria as you get all the benefits of being in a band without the responsibility of being the sole drummer. The social atmosphere within the Bateria is legendary and it is why our members stay for so long.
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Online video consumption has gone through the roof in recent years. Over the last 30 days, more video content has been uploaded to the internet than the previous 30 years of TV content. With this in mind, it's no surprise that so many businesses are utilizing video as a marketing tool; a whopping 81% of companies currently use video in their marketing strategy.
Many business owners will merely work alongside a video production agency in order to produce professional video content. But if you don't have the budget to outsource video, then odds are you'll be producing a lot of your content in-house. If this is the case, it's highly likely that you'll come across Adobe Premiere Pro at some point.
Adobe Premiere Pro is an essential tool for videographers of all skill levels. Whether you're just starting out with producing video content or you've been in the industry for years, Premiere Pro is usually the editing software of choice.
Whilst the capabilities of this platform are truly incredible, it can take a bit of getting used to. One of the most popular ways to hack the editing process is by using plugins to eliminate a lot of the manual work. But even then, the platform can be somewhat of a minefield for beginners. It certainly took me a while to get used to!
If you tend to record audio separately to your footage, for example using an external recorder, then you'll probably know the struggle of moving your audio track one frame at a time until it's in sync with the video. It's not ideal and takes up far more time than it really should. What if I were to tell you this can all be done within Premiere Pro simply by clicking one button?
Select the audio clips that you want to sync, right-click into them and select 'Synchronize'. From here select the bottom box that says 'Audio' and Premiere Pro will begin to process the clips. This method doesn't work 100% of the time, particularly if one of the audio clips isn't very clear, but it's certainly worth trying before you commit to sync your clips manually.
Ever got back from a shoot only to discover a flickering light in the background of your favorite clip? This often happens when the light source is at a different frequency to your shutter speed. It's fairly easy to fix this in-camera by adjusting your shutter speed. But if you're in a hurry, or didn't notice the flicker on your viewfinder then there's not much that you can do. It can ruin a whole shot and make you feel like you wasted precious time. There's no need to worry though, there's an easy fix for it in post-production that literally takes seconds. Peter McKinnon explains it pretty well in this video.
There's nothing worse than experiencing lag whilst trying to meet a deadline, even on the best of days. As you download more plugins and use up more internal memory within your PC, it's likely that you'll experience lag more frequently. Luckily, there's an easy fix that should help reduce the amount of lag you see. Go to 'Edit', 'Preferences', 'Memory' and then put the 'RAM reserved for other applications' as low as possible.
Implemented my last tip but still experiencing lag? Don't worry, there is another solution<|fim_middle|> sense, but it really does help when trying to sort through your footage for the right clip. For example, if you were putting together a documentary you may have two main folders; 'A-Roll' and 'B-Roll'.
This is one of my personal favorites. Cutting (or trimming) your clips is probably one of the most common tasks within Premiere Pro. You may already know that 'C' selects your Slicer tool and 'V' will deselect it, but this still requires you to do some manual work. Ensure that your desired clip is selected and then make a cut with one click by using 'Ctrl+K'. The amount of time this will save you may come as a surprise.
I've already mentioned a few shortcuts in this blog, but this is only the beginning. There's a keyboard shortcut in Premiere Pro for pretty much anything that you can think of. And if you can't find the shortcut that you're looking for, it's really easy to add a new one. Simply go inside 'Edit', then navigate to 'Keyboard Shortcuts'. Take some time to get used to these and you'll cut your editing time in half before you know it.
Make the most of these hacks and you should have no problem in producing better video content in half the time, whether you're a seasoned editor or you're just using Adobe Premiere Pro for the first time. Do you have any other hacks for Adobe Premiere Pro? Why not drop a comment below?
Lee Fuller is an enterprise level marketer that operates as the CEO of Leeds-based digital agency Flaunt Digital. He's worked with a range of clients from local startups to global enterprises including The New York Times. | ; one that's usually more effective if you have a PC with low RAM. Inside your 'Program' or 'Source' window, you may notice a small box that says 'Full', provided you have a clip inside the window. This box represents playback quality. Turn this down to a number that allows you to play your video back without it lagging; this will usually be either '1/4', '1/8' or '1/16'. Just to note, your video will lose quality while you have this number at a lower rate, but this won't impact the quality when you go to export your video.
This quick but effective hack will save you a load of time whilst editing. Replicate any clip within your timeline by holding down 'Alt' ('Option' key on Mac) and dragging the clip. If you have any transitions or effects on your clip then these will also be copied.
You may already use the 'Lumetri Color' tab to color correct your footage, but there's an easy hack that can take this to the next level. Use LUT packs to give your footage a truly cinematic feel. If you're on a budget, you should be able to find some quality packs for cheap or even free. If you really want to add that professional feel to your videos, you may want to invest in a more advanced pack such as Magic Bullet Looks. From here, place an adjustment layer over your desired footage and lower the Opacity to a level that feels right for you.
One of the biggest downsides of Adobe Premiere Pro, particularly if your PC doesn't have a lot of RAM, is exporting. It can take a considerable amount of time for heavy footage and means that you can't edit any other video content whilst waiting. Saying that, there is a way to avoid the latter.
Download Adobe Media Encoder to your computer using Adobe Creative Cloud; if you already have access to the full Adobe Creative Suite this program will be free. Once you've done this, click on 'Export', customize your export settings where appropriate and click 'Queue'. Your video will open within Adobe Media Encoder and you can get on with editing your other videos! It may take a bit longer to export this way and mean that you experience a bit more lag than usual whilst editing, but if you need to start working on other footage this trick can be a lifesaver.
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Ann Johnston's six-year project making large quilts about the geology, gold rush, and landscape of the Sierra Nevada in California is described in this 146-page book<|fim_middle|> and The Johnsville Historical Society, Johnsville, CA. | . The gallery section includes 31 pieces with overall views, close up details, and many of the backs. The inspiration and process sections—over 62 pages—show the sources of her ideas and the processes involved in dyeing the fabric, assembling the pieces and quilting the designs. The text throughout is concise and informative, telling a personal story as well as one of geologic and historic events. The work has been shown, so far, in the Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, TX; Exposición Nacional de patchwork, Sitges, Spain; University of California Art Gallery and Kolligian Library, Merced, CA; Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England; Le Carrefour Européen, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France; The Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, | 173 |
Good news! Trey has rebounded a little bit. He's still having low grade fevers, but his blood pressure is much more stable. His appetite is weak, but he is sitting up and has some energy. I sure love when he feels good. Keep praying for Trey!!!
Happy birthday to my oldest daughter, Brittany! Britt, I love you and am so proud of you. You<|fim_middle|> a little peculiar these days. It is still VERY pronounced, but it seems better in some places. He definitely has some new spots developing, but some of the other places that were very dark seem to be lightening up a little. Our doctors have been hesitant to do anything more extreme because they would rather see if the Campath and creams we are using continue to help. What I'm really hoping is that the Campath is now working on the cancer cells that have infiltrated Trey's skin. Since we are finally seeing some signs of improvement, perhaps the Campath is working. It's just hard to say. Any way, we continue to pray this situation resolves itself so more extreme measures can be avoided.
As far as the next transplant goes, we are really in a watch and wait kind of situation right now. Our doctors would love Trey to be 6 months post transplant before they do another one and expose him to more chemotherapy. That would be mid-late June since his last transplant was Dec. 27. They want Trey as healthy as possible before they proceed. Please keep praying for God's perfect timing on all this.
As always, we have much to trust God with. Baby Toby is still stable, but also in a continued highly critical state. This is an important week for him as they try to get his lungs working again. Please keep lifting the Stewarts up to the Lord.
Keep praying! We love you.
Today is my oldest son's 12th birthday! Caleb, your mom and I love you and are so proud of you!!! You are a blessing and true gift from God. God has tremendous things in store for you buddy…keep your eyes on Jesus forever! Love you son.
Trey handled Campath like a pro today. His body is clearly getting used to that drug and it's helping keep the bad cells suppressed. Please continue to pray his skin condition resolves itself. Emily and I both think it looks better.
Thanks for praying though. We couldn't do this journey without you.
There also really no new news on Toby. This is an important week though as they are trying some new meds on him. Jeannie said he was stable to with some very moderate improvements. Please keep praying for him.
Here is the link for my sermon this past Sunday. Please take about 35 minutes and listen to it. I pray God's Word ministers to you as it has to me.
We are heading back to big D today! Trey has had three wonderful days at home. Generally, when we are at the hospital, it's often hard to get him out of the bed, but being home was a different story. He had energy, laughed a lot, got good exercise, slept well, and just enjoyed being home! It was refreshing to our soul to see him this way. I'm not sure if it will be harder on him or us going back. I laid in bed last night not wanting to go to sleep because I wanted things to remain as they were…but the Lord is good and gracious, and He will be with us today as we make yet another transition.
Emily will be with Trey for a few days, and then we will swap later this week. Ill have Emily post an update tomorrow sometime after the doctor makes his rounds. Trey will be getting Campath today, so we ask for your prayers for this. Please pray his body handled it well and that the medicine attack the cells in his skin.
We love you and so appreciate your prayers! | are an amazing example to your brothers and sister. You are growing up and becoming such a godly young lady and I could not be more proud of who you are. Your mom and I love you. Happy 13th birthday!
Well, Trey woke up with a fever at 3am and some tummy pain…his blood pressure was also a little low, so they gave him some fluids. He was given Tylenol and his fever came down nicely. However, he had another fever when he woke up this morning, along with some tummy pain. His blood pressure has remained up, but he is still receiving fluids. Any way, the doctor wants to hold off on the Campath this morning and see how Trey is this afternoon. I hate Trey not getting Campath, but maybe his body needs a breather…I just don't know, but the Lord does.
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Trey is doing pretty good. He has come A LONG way since he very serious episodes he had a while back. His fevers are virtually non-existent; his tummy pain is also rare these days; and just overall we can tell he feels better. He has more energy, a better appetite and is requiring less medication. He is almost completely off steroids…which is a good thing for his body.
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On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a stunned world watched as the twin towers in Lower Manhattan collapsed in flames and smoke and dust.
At 8:46 a.m., an American Airlines Boeing 767 carrying 92 people and 20,000 gallons of jet fuel had crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Seventeen minutes later, a United Airlines flight with scores aboard, also a 767, slammed into the south tower.
At 9:37 a.m., another American Airlines plane struck the Pentagon. Less than half an hour later, a United Airlines flight crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after passengers fought with the terrorist hijackers who had pirated the plane.
It was the deadliest attack on the United States in its history. All told, 2,997 people died in the day's strikes, including the 19 radical Islamic hijackers. More than 6,000 people were injured. Two hundred sixty-five people died on the four planes; 125 were killed at the Pentagon. In and around the World Trade Center, 2,606 perished.
"It was an intensely local and exceptionally global event," said Allison Blais, the chief strategy officer for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
Blais, who oversees strategic planning, commemorations and events for the organization and is co-author of its official book, A Place of Remembrance, sees a natural connection between memorial and Chautauqua.
Blais has her own 9/11 story.
"I moved to New York in 2000, and on 9/11, I was working at the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival," she recalled. "I'd just come out of my subway stop about 20 blocks north of the World Trade Center when the first plane came right over my head. The roar was deafening, and I'll always remember the sound — and really the feel — of the boom when it crashed into the North Tower.
The World Trade Center Memorial opened in 2011, on the 10th anniversary of the attack, and the museum opened in 2014, but the determined drive to build a commemorative space arose while the rubble at ground zero was still smoldering, said Blais, who came aboard the project in 2004.
The memorial's architect, Michael Arad, won a worldwide competition with his design, "Reflecting Absence," which transformed the footprints of the twin towers into enormous waterfalls. They comprise the dramatic centerpiece of the complex on sacred ground in the nation's largest city. But it is the names, the names of the dead, that make the space so moving.
"Those names are etched through bronze-panel walls, and the sun shines through them in a way that makes each letter an absence," Blais said.
They are not arranged alphabetically; they are organized by what Arad calls "meaningful adjacencies." The memorial's staff reached out to family members to share stories about their lost loved ones. As best could be determined, information was gathered on where each person was that day, who they worked with, who they knew and loved and what they were doing in their final moments.
An algorithm was created and software developed to identify connections, and the names are organized into nine groupings — one for the victims of the Feb. 26, 1993, bombing; two for the twin towers; four for the hijacked flights; one for the Pentagon; and one for the first responders, Blais said. Among those first responders on the wall are the 11 members of the nearby New York Fire Department's Ladder Company 3, who answered the call that day. All of them died.
One-quarter of all the names on the memorial belong to people who worked at the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald. At the time of the attack, the company occupied offices on the 101st to 105th floors of the north tower, just above where the first hijacked plane hit.
Howard Lutnick, Cantor's chairman and CEO, lost his brother Gary, his best friend, and more than 656 colleagues. Lutnik, who became a driving force behind the memorial, survived because he was dropping his son off for his first day of kindergarten that morning. Everyone in the Cantor offices was killed.
Almost 40 million visitors have paid their respects at the site since it opened in 2011; 7 million to the memorial and 3 million to the museum each year, Blais said.
"People come from all around the world, from 180 different countries," she said, noting that those who died in 9/11 included citizens of 90 nations.
And yet, some New Yorkers have stayed away, their trauma still fresh, their wounds not quite healed.
Reporter's note: This week, Chautauquans will explore "The Forgotten: History and Memory in the 21st Century." This theme offers the chance to remember three of an army of forgotten Chautauquans whose lives, like unseen rocks in a stream bed, shaped Chautauqua's current yesterday and today. This week, a three-part series introduces or re-introduces three Chautauquans: Monday, artist Will Larymore Smedley; Wednesday, author and poet Rebecca Richmond; Friday, author, Chautauqua public relations czar and entrepreneur Julius King.
Residents and visitors may not immediately recognize their names, as neither street nor building exist in their honor. Born at the end of the 19th century, they lived most of their lives in the first half of the 20th century, that era of American energy and action. Their lives, talent and character suggest that they shared those national traits leavened by their unique, independent spirits. We remember them not because they were celebrated — we remember them because they seem to be models of lives well lived, an idea that Chautauqua embraces and encourages. Sometimes the glory of lives does not pass, it just hides until called in from the dark.
If 21st-century readers and art aficionados do not recognize the name Will Larymore Smedley, they are not alone. His 20th-century neighbors might not have known him either. Smedley sought the shadows and lived unobtrusively with his wife, Adelaide Wilson, and daughter, Rose Thaline, at 11 Morris from 1908 until his death in 1957. If his repute jumped the fence, it was unremarked within the gates.
But it is within the gates, far from the nation's art centers, that Smedley sought and succeeded to balance a life of utopian ideal and economic reality. His life emerges from the shadows in the memories of Chautauquan Mary Ellen Sheridan, the Daily digital archives, local Jamestown newspaper articles, archives at Vassar College and Cornell University, and Chautauqua's Oliver Archives Center.
"It is hard to believe that in this century of the dramatic and in this age of advertising and publicity that a nationally-known master craftsman and artistic genius could have maintained his home so quietly for over 50 years so near to our busy Plaza," Holder wrote.
With the exception of his 1951 interview, there is more Daily reporting about him after his death than during his lifetime. That may be due to the fact that his wife, Adelaide, lived to be 101 and her many birthdays are reported. There were four Chautauqua posthumous exhibits of Smedley's work, the last in 2002.
Sheridan inherited the remnants of his work in 1988.
"He left the self-marketing and pursuit of grand venues as a low priority," she said.
Recently, Sheridan said that he was monumental in her growing up.
The only Daily interview with the man himself is dated July 6, 1951. Age may have mellowed his attitude toward publicity. Perhaps he saw the interview not as bragging, but a chance to share his ideas on art and reflect on the life he built.
He saw no conflict between art and science. He was, after all, an 1896 graduate of Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio.
He commented about the technological changes which occurred in his lifetime, and was accepting of them.
"Each generation is separate from the next and thinks in its own way. But there are truths which span even the greatest of technical change," Smedley said.
During the 1951 interview, Smedley said that Mark Twain had one of his paintings and the two corresponded. Two letters from Twain were featured in the 2002 Chautauqua exhibit of Smedley art.
If his personal life is arresting, his artistic life is also.
Smedley's early career was marked by success and suggests he had confidence in his artistic talent. Though he graduated with a degree in engineering, he became an artist and a self- taught artist at that. askArt, a go-to site for artist biographies, states that he was "primarily self-taught." This writer could find no mention anywhere that he took classes or studied with another artist.
He exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1903 and 1904. He had a studio in New York and his work is mentioned in articles from 1904 in The New York Times and Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The July 6, 1951, Daily interview with Adelaide Smedley asserts that he drew 300 illustrations for the 1904 first edition of Encyclopedia of Horticulture, written by Liberty Hyde Bailey and published by Cornell University Press.
The Smedley family assertion presents something of an historical dilemma. There is no illustrator acknowledgement in the first issue of the Encyclopedia of Horticulture. A Cornell University archivist did not find any reference to Smedley in Bailey's archives without intensive research in Bailey's papers. This does not mean that it is not true, only that the science of history and the history itself are not always in sync.
"I'm annoyed with Bailey that nowhere did he give Will credit. My father-in-law, Laurence Vintage Sheridan, a landscape architect, went through the first edition and only found one picture with Will's initials," said Sheridan.
The arc of his professional life changed in 1906 when he was hired as a faculty member of the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. According to Black's Daily 1934 comments, he "became home-sick, and after one day shook the job and shot back to his beloved Chautauqua." If there were other reasons, they are unknown.
Though Chautauqua was a refuge where Smedley and his wife could live the simple life they envisioned, he had to heed economic reality. Art was his life and living, and he faced that fact honestly and bluntly. Smedley wrote in a 1912 Fine Arts Journal article, "without sales of their wares neither artist, nor baker nor candlestick maker can do their best." He was not above soliciting consideration of his skill and offered his services to nature writer John Burroughs in a 1918 letter.
Ironically, it's the intersection of art and commerce which reveals much of Smedley's artistic career after his move to Chautauqua County. He had studios at the Colonnade, Room 18. and the old Arcade, and advertised "Smedley Painting Class" in a 1917 issue of The International Studio. The Jamestown art community recognized his quality and in 1910 hired him to teach at the Jamestown Brush and Pencil Club. In 1916, the club exhibited 35 of his oil and watercolors. The Jamestown Evening Journal reported that three to four hundred people viewed the show.
This writer could not find information about his paintings after 1937. Julius King acknowledged him as science consultant for King's 1934 publication Talking Leaves and 1936 publication of Wild Flowers at a Glance. Sheridan said that Smedley continued to do magazine illustrations, private commissions and magazine articles.
On July 13 at the Patterson Library, Westfield, Sheridan auctioned the Will Larymore Smedley paintings and drawings she had lovingly guarded since 1988. Among the paintings was "Forest Idyll," the 1903 National Academy painting which the Smedleys had kept all their lives.
After spending time with Smedley in the archives and listening to Sheridan's memories, there was something bittersweet about watching Smedley's paintings leave her care, akin to watching a friend's possessions in stranger's arms. Smedley would return to the shadows, his art hanging on unknown walls.
But history is capricious and may have another plan. Sheridan reported that Julia Klevin plans to hang the paintings she purchased at the auction on the walls of her future Westfield business.
On July 23, historian Ralph Young used the Amphitheater stage to discuss dissent and its prominence in American history — from the first pilgrims who voyaged to America in the 17th century to the counterculture movements of the 1970s.
From July 24 to 26 in Smith Wilkes Hall, Young spoke to members of the Bestor Society and Eleanor B. Daugherty Society about dissent in America during the Scholar in Residence program. Starting at 8:30 a.m. each morning until 10:15 a.m., he discussed the roots of dissent in America, beginning in 15th-century Europe to the modern era.
Members of the Bestor Society include Chautauquans who donate $3,500 or more to the Chautauqua Fund each year, and those who join the Daugherty Society have included Chautauqua in their will or have made a planned gift. Since 1991, the Scholar in Residence program has been a way for the Chautauqua Foundation to thank these donors for their support.
The Scholar in Residence program has been funded by the Edward L. Anderson Jr. Foundation for the past eight seasons. The Anderson Foundation supports arts, educational and environmental events and initiatives put on by various organizations.
Steven Anderson described his father as someone who had a passion for learning, and the foundation carries on his legacy. The Scholar in Residence program explores a different topic every year, and he said his family's foundation hopes to continue funding for future years.
This season, Young touched on a number of topics throughout the three-day program and how those topics related to the roots of dissent in America. He discussed the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century and connected that movement to the pilgrims settling in the new world.
He went on to talk about the Revolutionary War, Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," in addition to other issues and events, spanning 600 years of history.
The Chautauqua Oliver Archives Center can be a quiet place — all those dusty documents. But not today, when it hosts an absolute plethora of people and purposes: a banner tour with information on how those relics are restored and cared for; Jon Schmitz and Bill Flanders, signing and selling their book in the Postcard History Series: Chautauqua Institution; and Ed Harmon, signing and selling his most recent compilation of "Well, That's Chautauqua," cartoons, satires and spoofs of life on the grounds.
The activities, titled "Some Banners, Mosaics, Postcards and Cartoons at Chautauqua," begin at 3:30 p.m. today in the Archives building.
Charlotte Crittenden, banner committee member and year-round resident, will command the banner room in the Archives, answering questions about banners' upkeep and restoration. Of the 162 Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle banners, 54 have arrived in their resting place in the Archives. The others reside in Alumni Hall.
But images of all the banners are up to date and available in the banner book, The Banners and Mosaics of Chautauqua (also available for sale today), originally compiled in 1992 by Ish Pedersen and recently updated by Mary Lee Talbot, vice president for history and tradition for the CLSC. In addition to the banners, the book includes images of the mosaics in the Hall of Philosophy, CLSC class symbols that speak to the educational concerns of each class.
In addition to activities at the Archives, Pioneer Hall will be open.
"Pioneer Hall is really the closest thing to a museum on the grounds," Talbot said.
Mike Sullivan, former director for institution relations, requested the book of postcards. Flanders selected most of the cards to be included.
The postcards provide a history of Chautauqua, and the book conveys the flavor of Chautauqua vacation: the learning, the leisure, the recreation.
For his part of the project, Schmitz dealt with the publisher, wrote the introductions to the book and chapters and together with Flanders, did further research on the postcards, corrections and rewrites.
"Well, that's Chautauqua," has become a phrase associated with Ed Harmon, longtime Chautauquan and unofficial cartoonist for the Institution. His work regularly appears in The Chautauquan Daily.
Ellie, Harmon's wife, sat beside him, smiling.
It was a curious time. The country was in Depression, tempered with the memory of World War I, the war that was to end all war, but aware of unsettling political rumblings in Europe inviting outside intervention. Chautauqua was playing it close to the vest.
"As near as we can tell from the research into the printed page, we were not very adventurous at the time," Jacobsen said.
Chautauqua Institution had been relatively stable.
"There was a confidence here that was not indicative of the rest of the country," Bendiksen said.
By 1931, Augustine Smith had been music director for 10 years. Albert Stoessel made his first appearance as conductor in 1921, and beginning with his first full season in 1923, he brought sustained musical distinction to the Institution through 1943.
Leadership of Chautauqua — President Arthur E. Bestor and Shailer Mathews in the Department of Religious Work — "held Chautauqua on a centrist course," Bendiksen said.
But within that, "trying to pull together the stability and change required quite a dance amid wars and depression," Bendiksen said.
In 1929, and then in 1931, Norton Hall and Hurlbut Church, respectively, were built — both emblematic of Art Deco architecture and of the dance between stability and change. The buildings' appearance on Pratt Avenue created a kind of stability row, adding to the solid brick buildings around the Plaza but adding a creative, Art Deco flow.
"We tried to find hymns that were representative of the Institution," Jacobsen said.
The hymn "Nearer, My God, To Thee," was sung at the very first Chautauqua, and it is still sung at Old First Night, Jacobsen said.
He made special mention of the windows.
"I'm happy to be in Hurlbut," Jacobsen said.
While Chautauqua had been on the cutting edge of religious hymn education and promotion, by the 1930s, "there was a lot of inertia. Nobody in that era wanted to be adventurous<|fim_middle|>"People wonder about how well government is working and wonder what was the original idea of the founders," Randall said.
The country started in an economic crisis, and people want to know how debt was dealt with after the revolution.
Vermont had paid its own way, Randall said. Allen opposed giving money to help out the other thirteen states. Even today, the people of Vermont have questioned government.
In his career as journalist and historian, Randall received the National Magazine Award for Public Service from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, the Hillman Prize, the Loeb Award and three Pulitzer Prize nominations during his 17-year journalism career in Philadelphia. After completing his graduate studies in history at Princeton University, he turned to writing biographies, which also have garnered three Pulitzer nominations, according to Randall's website.
It might be that the name, Mary Frances Bestor Cram, is a mouthful. On the other hand, she had a lot to say. Her father, Arthur Bestor, presided over Chautauqua for some 30 years — through two world wars and the Depression. One remarkable event during those years was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's visit to Chautauqua in August 1936, when he gave his "I Hate War" speech.
Roosevelt's speech and Bestor Cram's reminiscence of the president's visit will be the subject of the Oliver Archives Heritage Lecture at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Christ.
Presiding over today's activity will be Jon Schmitz, Chautauqua's archivist and historian, and Greg Peterson, chairman of Jamestown's Robert H. Jackson Center Board of Directors.
The speech and Roosevelt's presence on the grounds stand as important moments in Chautauqua's history. The Institution was just emerging from difficult financial circumstances, and the presence of such a formidable figure generated a lot of attention. Roosevelt became yet another in the series of presidents who have come to Chautauqua. And the speech itself is something of a curiosity, being, at least in title, an anti-war speech, delivered at a time when the rumblings of war were becoming audible in Europe and northern Africa.
"Roosevelt didn't want to look like an interventionist, even as he had to intervene," Schmitz said.
The speech as represented in the statement, "I hate war," was a personal claim made in a public arena, but the public reality was otherwise.
Schmitz said Roosevelt knew war was coming, but, just like many American citizens, he hated the idea of war.
"Roosevelt had a way of calming people and focusing attention on issues productively," Schmitz said.
Roosevelt came to Chautauqua with just a few days' notice. Security was tight.
"He came because he felt he could reach a large audience by way of radio," Schmitz said.
It all caused quite a stir on the grounds.
Some of the drama of the occasion is captured in Bestor Cram's memoir of Chautauqua, Chautauqua Salute: A Memoir of the Bestor Years.
More intimate will be Peterson's 2004 interview with Bestor Cram.
Peterson brought her to the Jackson Center for a tour and a showing of the 16-minute "I Hate War" film — a showing of which will be included in today's program.
Peterson then interviewed Bestor Cram, providing a rare first-person account of Roosevelt's visit to Chautauqua, including the preparation, her father's relationship with the president and the circumstances of the invitation.
In conjunction with this 75th anniversary of the speech and Roosevelt's presidential visit to Chautauqua will be an exhibit at the Oliver Archives relating to the five presidents who visited the grounds during their presidency, as well as other figures who visited and later went on to be president, Schmitz said.
A survey conducted by the National Constitution Center recently revealed that fewer American teenagers could identify the three branches of government than could identify the Three Stooges.
While I enjoy Larry, Moe and Curly as much as anyone, there is nothing amusing about such statistics, because they reveal an absence of even the most basic knowledge about our governmental structure. Unless we do something to arrest this disturbing trend, I fear that the joke will be on all of us.
This trend is disturbing, because only an educated citizenry can ensure that our Nation's commitment to liberty is upheld and the promise of Constitution fulfilled. A thorough civic education creates citizens who have a strong grasp of the fundamental processes of American democracy, an understanding of community issues and the ability to discuss those issues with one another and with leaders of the community.
The Framers of the United States Constitution understood the document that they created to be predicated on the involvement of educated citizens. If we fail to educate young people to become active and informed participants in our democracy, there is no question that our democracy will suffer. Such a failure would betray the trust bestowed upon us by the Constitution's Framers.
The problem of civic illiteracy, as I have come to call it, is a relatively new phenomenon. Unlike some of the issues that ail society, however, the root cause of civic illiteracy is far from mysterious: We simply spend an insufficient amount of time on civics education. When I was a student in high school, my classmates and I received extensive instruction in the operation of government on the local, state and national levels. Such instruction was then typical of school districts around the nation.
Today, many school districts no longer make civics a required course or offer only a single one-semester course. Teachers are pressured to gear courses to boost students' standardized test scores, but the need to create engaged and active citizens is too important a priority to neglect. Students will not learn civics by osmosis. Instead, it is something that they need to work at over a sustained period of time.
All too frequently, the civics textbooks now in use do not portray good government as flowing from the connection between the people and the state, but from sheer institutional design. Good government is often incorrectly depicted as an unalterable status quo and not as the result of a continuing, dynamic relationship. Students need to understand that good government is not something that happens to them, but is something that they must help to make happen.
In my view, civics education also must take more account of the changing manner in which students learn information. Textbooks will always have a place in teaching civics, but recent innovations can enhance how students learn the subject matter. First, civics education should be more interactive. Students should be encouraged to explore issues like the separation of powers by having debates, mock trials and personal engagement in student government. Students should be encouraged to visit government offices, read newspapers and write letters to elected officials. Civics education should capitalize upon the computer proficiency of today's students by using Internet-based learning environments. Good examples of online interactive civic education tools have already been produced by organizations such as the Annenberg Foundation and the American Bar Association, and more are on the way.
Editor's note: This column from Sandra Day O'Connor was originally published in the Daily on Aug. 8, 2007, and is being re-published on Oct. 23, 2018, as Justice O'Connor announces her retirement from public life. As the Daily expands its online presence, we will occasionally revisit our archives and digitally publish articles and columns that previously had only appeared in print. | in singing hymns," Jacobsen said.
And there will be some Gershwin.
"The dance is the way Chatuauqaua did the middle road," Bendiksen said, and hymns reflected how Chautauqua reacted to the time between wars.
Willard Sterne Randall encountered history at a young age, growing up in Philadelphia, seeing history of the revolution all around him and following his father's footsteps — from Valley Forge to Gettysburg, wherever their 1950 convertible would take them.
The author of a dozen books, Randall will speak on his most recent subject, Ethan Allen, at 3:30 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy. The lecture is part of the Oliver Archives Heritage Lecture Series. A book signing will follow.
Always interested in history, Randall went to work for a daily newspaper at the age of 18. He wrote occasional history columns about local events. He was so busy working as a journalist that he didn't have time for organized school, although he was learning all the same.
"I didn't go to college right away," Randall said.
He went at night for nine years, dropping more courses than he completed.
"I just didn't have time to complete the coursework all the time," he said.
He nonetheless knew what to do with his time. Randall completed his undergraduate degree at the age of 40, having already written five books. He eventually went on to finish graduate school, but he didn't let that stop him; he continued writing, especially biographies.
Upon moving to Vermont in 1984, Randall found it strange there had not been much written about Ethan Allen, patriot and Revolutionary War hero. Allen had founded the state of Vermont. Randall said that Allen was irrepressible; no matter how many setbacks he encountered, he got back on his feet and charged ahead.
The Revolutionary War and Founding Fathers such as Ethan Allen are of particular interest today, and there is a current spate of books being published on the Revolutionary War period.
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Poatsuoaivi är en kulle i Finland. Den ligger i den ekonomiska regionen Fjäll-Lappland och landskapet Lappland, i den norra delen av landet, km norr om huvudstaden Helsingfors. Toppen på Poatsuoaivi är meter över havet. Poatsuoaivi ligger vid sjön Porojavri.
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"Working hard on tough problems is what will help you grow," says Udit Madan, "whether it's grow as a leader or grow as an individual. Amazon will help you do that."
By the time Udit came to Amazon ten years ago, he had studied hard in high school, earned a spot<|fim_middle|> into the fulfillment centers, to make everything work more smoothly and efficiently.
"Changing what we had done at our core, to rip it out completely and bring in something new, it was an incredible challenge from a technology and process perspective. To get it all to line up in a short amount of time took a lot of hard work, a lot of smart people."
The process they created launched in eight fulfillment centers over just a year's time.
"Yeah," says Udit, "it's been a fun ride." | at the University of Texas, left his home in India, graduated with a degree in computer science and economics, and considered branching out even further by becoming an investment banker. "But when I got to Amazon, I was given opportunity after opportunity to take on more, and to be able to stretch myself," Udit remembers. "For every single leader I've worked for, it wasn't about how long I'd been here. It wasn't that I was 22 years old when I first got into management. None of that mattered. It was all about what I was capable of doing."
It wasn't about how long I'd been here. It wasn't that I was 22 years old when I first got into management. None of that mattered. It was all about what I was capable of doing.
At Amazon, Udit found "the two things that make me tick. The first is working with really smart people and learning all the time. The second is, I really like working on problems that aren't solvable in a day. They aren't solvable in a week. They're problems that you will probably never solve in your lifetime, but you will keep finding better and better solutions over time. Sometimes I fail. But no one has ever killed my appetite. It's expected that people will fail, or projects will fail, or initiatives will fail. The entire leadership team at all levels expects it. The biggest reason we have so many people who can innovate is because we take risks all the time, and we know we are taking risks."
Encouraging smart people to take smart risks also yields some big successes. Udit led the way on one of those big successes when his team took up the challenge of reinventing most of the fulfillment process—everything about how we get products off of fulfillment center shelves and into boxes on their way to the customers who have bought them. Udit led the team who integrated the revolutionary possibilities of robotics | 395 |
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Second series of Wolverines launched with black, white and blood
Wolverine readers will see double in November, as Marvel Comics launches a second title for the irascible mutant antihero.
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Wolverine: Black, White & Blood will be an anthology series featuring "a cast of creators of stars "telling standalone stories about the old Weapon X - and doing so in a black and white and red Sin City format.
"I can't not stress how exciting it is to put all these pages of absolutely talent level together.ueur for this book, "series editor Mark Basso said in the announcement. " It 's become a hyped cliche, but you've really never seen anything like it from Marvel Comics . And you've only seen a fraction of the first number ... "
Each number will have three stories, with the start number containing:
The main creators of the Wolverine title, Gerry Duggan and Ada Kubert, look back on the days of the Weapon X program for "another revelation of Wolverine's shattered memories. "
A Nick Fury team of writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Joshua Cassara
And an independent story by writer / artist Declan Shalvey
"It 's a real momentstrong career for me "says Shalvey. " I wrote Old Man Logan, I drew Return of Wolverine, but learning to write and draw Wolverine in a moody and stripped down story is a real gem of my crown, so to speak. >
"Not only that, but also to present my work in black and white with the added tool of a stylized red really opens up the interesting possibilities for storytelling. I get to try (pun intended) one of my absolute favorite characters and represent him in a more definitive way. "
Upcoming issues of Wolverine: Black, White & Blood will include new work from Vita Ayala, Chris Claremont, Saladin Ahmed, Donny Cates, Ed Brisson, Kelly Thompson, Greg Land, Salvador Larroca, Kev Walker, Chris Bachalo and Leonard Kirk.
Wolverine: Black, White & Blood # 1 (of 4) is expected to go on sale in November. Look for Marvel's full solicitations in November 2020 tarterd this month on Newsarama.
Big city greens: colin hanks and elizabeth hanks guest star
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Mirror's Edge Catalyst was launched on June 7 and the initial reactions from gaming experts have been submitted.
In this latest review roundup, we'll be dissecting the game's core strengths and weaknesses according to eight categories: Characters, Plot, Open-world Mechanics, Movement, Combat, Multiplayer Functionality, Performance and Graphics, and Overall Gameplay.
Most of the focus in reviews had a few things to say about the game's NPCs, even Faith, which point out the lacking amount of depth and character that players can sympathize with. The current world is filled with "paper-thin characters," as Scott Butterworth from GameSpot comments, and are "completely unlikable" which makes character development "nonexistent," Ryan McCaffrey from IGN writes.
"... many of these do serious damage to the game's sense of authenticity, as mannequin-like quest givers stand in place 24 hours a day, giving out nonsensical requests about delivering parcels within arbitrary time limits," notes David Jenkins from MetroUK.
"There are a handful of relatably human character moments buried in there ... but a lot of the potential is deadened by some perfunctory vocal performances and often awkward animation," writes Kyle Orland from Ars Technica.
The cutscenes, albeit "rapid ... that doesn't give any of [the NPCs] a chance to breathe or really develop as anything outside of hackneyed plot devices," writes Orland, are still "absolutely beautiful, well-acted and the art direction and photography are dramatically better than many films I've seen in genre," comments Todd Kenreck from Forbes.
According to reviews, gamers simply play the game because of the parkour elements and not because the story pulls them in.
"Catalyst has a serious problem in finding a sensible context for its gameplay, and the question of how much that bothers you is central to how much you'll enjoy the game," comments Jenkins.
The main narrative is "both thin and predictable" and coupled with Faith's own "flashback-fueled backstory," the entire direction behind the game is seemingly "almost directly out of the Bruce Wayne playbook," writes McCaffrey.
Other reviewers, however, did find a gleam of hope in the storyline. Kenreck, for instance, found the story "wonderful" as the game reveals more about the world Faith is living in.
Butterworth, while saying that the "missions feel routine and unimaginative," does note that other quests "deliver truly pulse-pounding tension or thoughtful environmental puzzle solving."
"The story does exactly enough to move the game along without leaving a lasting impression, positive or negative," he adds.
A welcome change from the previous title is Mirror's Edge Catalyst's upgrade from a linear progression to an open world, making the whole city of Glass available for a gamer's parkour needs.
"The game is challenging and that is what I love about it the most - that the better you get at it, the more you are going to be rewarded," Kenreck writes.
For others who prefer a guided travel along the walls and pipelines of Glass, Runner's Vision may be activated to help the player get a general sense of direction.
"Catalyst, like its predecessor, subtly but effectively guides you in the direction of your objective by turning a nearby interactable object red, indicating that you should jump, slide, mantle, or climb it in order to progress," McCaffrey details.
While not necessarily the best route to<|fim_middle|> reviewers noticed, the enemy's AI seems to be a bit lacking.
"... stumbling guards will practically throw themselves over the edge like they're extras in a Rambo parody," writes McCaffrey.
To add more to this list, Jenkins commented on the ragdoll physics of the game which he describes as the "worst ... they've seen in years." This is more apparent when the enemies "belatedly decide they're going to fall off a balcony, despite initially being nowhere near it, in what looks like something out of The Naked Gun."
One redeeming quality of Mirror's Edge Catalyst is its added functionality for competitive play.
"I have to place high and I will play these trials over and over again to get there if I have to," Kenreck writes.
These "trials" can be accessed by other players where the original route will appear in their Runner's Vision.
"These [trials] appear in other players' worlds and can be taken on at any point, whereupon you'll race against a visualization of the original runner and have to hit each hoop on the way to the goal," describes Stanton.
This aspect of the game "deepens the open-world experience" and may very well increase its "longevity" as Butterworth comments.
"This is a game about running and, when it just lets you, it's exhilarating,' adds Stanton.
Regarding performance, the slight dip in framerate and loading times experienced during the beta phase have been improved in the released version.
"It's worth noting this final version of the game runs smoother than the somewhat sloppy beta," details Butterworth.
Textures, however, sometimes glitch out which causes a difference in quality over objects and characters in a scene.
"Hi-resolution textures pop into existence as you approach certain objects," writes Orland.
"The art design is fantastic but there's a serious problem with textures not loading in properly (and the sound dropping out), and the faces for secondary characters are awful," adds Jenkins.
Some are more optimistic, though, and ignore these mishaps, preferring general gameplay over certain lacks in visual appeal.
"Catalyst may not be the best looking game out there, but it runs well enough to keep you invested in the action," writes Butterworth.
Overall, Mirror's Edge Catalyst's core strength relies on its capabilities as a dedicated platformer through its intelligent use of parkour animations and seemingly fresh and thrilling first-person perspective.
That alone, however, is not enough to hide the glaring weaknesses in its other parts.
"Mirror's Edge is a great idea that, while well implemented in most aspects, never pushes itself far enough to become the classic you feel it should be," explains Jenkins.
"Yes, certain portions of the game are deeply unimpressive, but I rarely (if ever) found them frustrating, painful, or unavoidable, which allowed me to overlook those elements and enjoy the unique pleasures Catalyst provides," says Butterworth.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst scores a 75 out of 100 on Metacritic with generally favorable reviews. | maximize on performance times, Runner's Vision does provide a safer and comprehensible path.
Rich Stanton, from The Guardian, comments that it's "too easy to die instantly" which he blames on "bad play" and other times, "confusing visual language."
The game is merciful, however; when players miss a step and fall to their demise, "checkpoints are mercifully liberal and reload times are fairly speedy, making your parkour failure easier to digest and reckless experimentation more fun," notes McCaffrey.
You'll usually see Faith's own hand entering the screen as she grabs, runs and slides along the environment. This perspective alone, "makes the simple act of running a thrill, just like in the original," notes McCaffrey.
"Locomotion in Catalyst still feels as fresh and empowering as it did in 2008," he describes.
Catalyst improves upon the original title's move set and its "appeal is in how the first-person perspective embodies her," writes Stanton. "Alone these are tricks but together they make Faith feel like a character, as opposed to a floating camera."
The complex movements are fluid and transition smoothly, which of course requires a certain set of dexterous skills from the player.
"Mastering your environment with flawless speed proves just as thrilling and liberating as executing a complex combo in a fighting game or nailing a demanding solo in a rhythm game," Butterworth notes.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst's combat mechanic has been upgraded from the previous title, removing the concept of guns entirely, leaving Faith to her arsenal of various "fast and furious" kicks and punches, which is a "hit and miss" according to McCaffrey.
"The same feeling of strength comes from attacking an enemy with a parkour move," McCaffrey adds.
There are times when the player is allowed to ignore fights altogether, relying on Faith's Focus Shield meter instead.
"This works great during small fights, flying encounters, and escapes - in fact it's downright superb for when you don't want to fight, because it lets you scatter and push through groups before sprinting on," writes Stanton.
However, not all fights can be skipped as the game sometimes forces the player to defeat a set number of enemies in an area as part of a mission.
"Problem is, many environments are too open to foster this form of kinetic combat, and ... you're left clumsily dodging around enemies on flat ground," writes Butterworth.
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For the monthly (or so) Sugar Rush column I've set myself the onerous, self-sacrificing task of visiting one of Paris' best patisseries to see what's on the seasonal menu. (Additional tasting help provided by my family.) This month I went to Des gateaux et du pain, headed up by patissiere Claire Damon, who worked with pastry luminary Pierre Hermé (who at the time was at Fauchon), as well as putting in time in the kitchens of Laduree, the Bristol and the Plaza Athenee. She's teamed up with boulanger David Granger, who makes crusty breads and fragrant focaccia.
Red berries were front and center, though I tried a couple of<|fim_middle|> was the hands-down favorite, with its mixture of textures and fresh flavors. The airy pistachio cream and vanilla mousseline were punctuated with lightly cooked acidic cherries (griottes) and crispy bits of brown sugar. Mmm. 7 euros.
French chefs like to set themselves intellectual tasks. Case in point: this one-themed cake that showcases the strawberry in all its forms — strawberry mousse and strawberry compote over a strawberry-juice-infused biscuit, surrounded by an almond-based soft cake infused with cooked strawberries and topped with fresh strawberries and cubes of strawberry-flavored jelly. This last element didn't add much, rather the opposite, I thought. But overall a sure bet for strawberry lovers. 7 euros. | her other offerings as well.
An intense lemon tart made from organic Sicilian lemons. It differentiates itself from the ordinary with bits of crunchy meringue, which is apparently flavored with olive oil, though honestly I did not detect this. 7 euros.
A vision of femininity in shades of light pink, my youngest daughter adored this one and even insisted on keeping the decorative rose petals on top. As for me, I'm generally against eating flowers — and this rose mousse was no exception, though the bits of grapefruit atop a rice-flour genoise were a refreshing surprise. 7 euros.
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Chicago men charged with possessing $11,400 worth of ecstasy
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Lloyd T. Reizner, 23, of Chicago
Matthew P. Kus, 31, of Chicago
Two Chicago men are charged with possessing $11,400 worth of ecstasy and in the custody of McHenry County Jail.
Matthew P. Kus, 31, of the 1300 block of Hood Avenue, is charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance, according to a criminal complaint.
Lloyd T. Reizner, 23, of the 4000 block of West Cortland Street, is charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance, according to a criminal complaint.
The two men were arrested Tuesday after a traffic stop by a McHenry County Sheriff's deputy, according to the criminal complaint filed in McHenry County courthouse.
Detectives found that the men were in possession of 114 grams of MDMA, commonly called ecstasy, according to the suspected drug affidavit.
Kus faces an additional charge of possession of a controlled substance for allegedly possessing 0.6 grams of cocaine, according to the criminal complaint. The cocaine had a street value of $100, according to the suspected drug affidavit.
Both men are charged with a Class X felony and face up to 30 years in prison if convicted. They are due back in court Friday morning.
Chicago man denied bond in ecstasy charges Friday
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G-Eazy & MGK End Their Feud After Eminem Gets Involved
By Peyton Blakemore
Machine Gun Kelly and G-Eazy are all good!
The rappers came together at Palms Resort and Casino's new nightclub KAOS on Saturday (April 6), ending their seven-month-long public feud, all reportedly thanks to Eminem.
G-Eazy, who launched his KAOS residency during the nightclub's opening weekend, brought MGK to the stage where the Cleveland rapper performed his track "LOCO." Solidifying their on-again friendship, the two even dapped it up before and after their side-by-side performance.
According to Hollywood Life, Eminem was the cause of the two's truce. "G-Eazy and Machine Gun Kelly officially have called a truce and it all went down in Las Vegas before they performed [Saturday night]," a source told the entertainment news site. "Eminem, who is a friend of both Kelly and G-Eazy, got involved and told them their beef should be squashed and was the mastermind behind the make-up."
"It was their first time talking face to face since feuding," added the source. "G-Eazy then asked MGK to join him on stage to let the world know they made up as they performed 'Loco.'"
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Their surprise collab marked the end of their very public feud, which included several diss tracks and<|fim_middle|>azy seemed to insert himself into the when when he posted a photo with Eminem amid MGK and Eminem's feud. MGK then called G-Eazy out in a freestyle that led to G-Eazy releasing an entire diss track about MGK called "Bad Boy."
However, all three rappers seemed to have squashed all of their previous beef.
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As fans know, their drama seemed to all begin with MGK's beef with Eminem. After MGK called the legendary rapper's teenage daughter "hot as f**k," Eminem called MGK out on his diss track "Not Alike," which led to MGK's diss track "RAP DEVIL." G-E | 75 |
Wire Taps: Washington Nationals & Fernando Abad; Scott Boras on 2020 MLB season + the Nats play again tonight...
Catch up on the last 24 hours in Nationals news while you wait to see if the weather will allow the Nats and Mets to play tonight...
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Washington's Nationals have called players up to Nationals Park from the Alternate Training Site in Fredericksburg, VA to take part in workouts and scrimmages when possible, and the prospects (mostly) who do come up get to show the big league team and staff what they're capable of doing.
Manager Davey Martinez likes what he's seen. "Yeah, it makes me feel pretty good about the future of our organization," Martinez said on Sunday afternoon.
"We've got some pretty good young players. We saw [Yasel] Antuna today, played some shortstop, made a nice play.
"We've seen Luis Garcia in Spring Training and now here. Seth [Romero], who's coming off Tommy John surgery and threw the ball well. So I mean, you start seeing these guys and seeing what things could look like, things are bright. Things are bright here, and I'm excited to have these kids around.
"Excited to get to see them now play a little bit with us, so they get a chance to come here, see the stadium, and we always tell them, 'Hey, you could be playing here one day.' And it makes them feel good."
They are in the 60-Man Player Pool, so they could end up in the majors sooner than later in this 60-game, injury-filled-so-far 2020 campaign, so while they're in Fredericksburg, they'll mirror what the big league club is doing so they'll be ready if needed when the call comes from D.C.
"Randy Knorr is running the camp down there," Martinez said, "... constantly communicate with him about what's going to go on, what transpires. We put guys on a set schedule, the pitchers, so we know what days they pitch, what days they don't pitch. So, we knew the guys that we wanted up here, it was their day to pitch, and it worked out well. We talked about this way in advance. And every week we talk about what needs to happen down there to keep guys ready and keep them fresh."
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Former National Michael Morse says 60 games isn't enough to crown World Series champ - (NBC Sports Washington)
"Add former National Michael Morse to the list of people that want an asterisk on the 2020 World Series champion."
#Nationals announce starters vs. NYM:
Tues. - LHP Patrick Corbin
Wed. - RHP Max Scherzer
— federalbaseball (@federalbaseball) August 3, 2020
<|fim_middle|> players, six staff members. Tentative plan is for team to resume season Friday in St. Louis against the Cubs.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 3, 2020
Scott Boras on how to save MLB season - (New York Daily News)
"Boras is relieved that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred did not follow through on his threat to cancel the season despite the Miami Marlins' outbreak of 21 COVID-19 cases, the St. Louis Cardinals' continuing flare-up and the postponement of 17 games, including three more Sunday."
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After layoff, Phils set for packed schedule - (MLB.com)
"On Monday, the Phillies announced no new positive tests for a fourth consecutive day. Two positive tests they received on Thursday were later determined to be false positives."
Rosario (quad), Canó (groin) exit with injuries - (MLB.com)
"Batting with the bases loaded in the top of the third, Rosario moved slowly out of the batter's box after grounding a ball to third base."
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"Mike Soroka had to be helped off the field after he suffered a lower right leg injury during the third inning of Monday night's game against the Mets at Truist Park." | As others try to adjust, Rainey thriving early in Nats 'pen - (MASN)
"It's only been a week, and these things can change quickly and dramatically, but at this point Tanner Rainey looks like an outlier among major league pitchers."
Fernando Abad lost a chance with the Nationals after testing positive for coronavirus - (WaPost)
"Then he tested positive for the novel coronavirus July 2. The Nationals had 16 days to make a decision on him, and covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, made it for them."
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REACH<|fim_middle|> and exit into the worst of the conflict zones, the polio surveillance system ensured that an outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in 2017 was rapidly identified and an outbreak response launched. The programme also thought outside of the box in Borno, Nigeria, by training medical corps being deployed to reach conflict-affected populations to spot signs of the virus.
The polio surveillance system is strengthened by a mixture of community, adaptability, and fierce commitment to finding every last trace of virus. These are the lessons learned that help find the virus everywhere, from urban districts of Afghanistan, to hard-to-reach areas of Nigeria. For Dr Quddus, "It is the individuals on the ground willing to give their all that will enable us to achieve eradication. The surveillance system is the eyes and ears of polio eradication, showing us where to focus our best efforts to vaccinate every last child."
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The poliovirus remains in just a few small pockets around the world. However, these final hiding places are some of the most challenging settings on earth in which to eradicate a disease. Finding and stopping a virus whose special power is staying hidden is no mean feat, especially in remote or inaccessible places.
Disease detectives around the world are working tirelessly to find every last virus in these hard to reach places. Some areas are vast and sparsely populated, such as the broad plains and river beds making up areas of the Lake Chad region. Others are densely packed residential areas of Afghanistan, where security issues can sometimes make immunization difficult. In areas of Syria, civil war continues to rage through towns, communities, and families. Yet these challenges are not enough to stop the surveillance system.
Community-based surveillance
In such difficult environments, the polio surveillance system must overcome numerous challenges to ensure that the poliovirus is tracked. Experts look for the virus in children with symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis and also in water samples from sewage systems in high risk areas.
For Dr Arshad Quddus, Coordinator for the detection and interruption of poliovirus at WHO headquarters, the key to overcoming the challenges facing polio surveillance is tapping into communities. Illustrating his point, he draws a circle on a piece of paper, placing a dot in the middle. In Afghanistan, he explains, that dot represents a surveillance focal point, based at a District Health Centre or hospital. The circle extending from them is their information network – a collection of mullahs, healers, health-care providers, teachers, parents and other surveillance recruits – who have been trained to spot cases of acute flaccid paralysis in their community that could turn out to be polio.
Each volunteer is given a book in which to write down the information they find, and a phone number to call. If they come across a case in their local community, they must ring their focal point, setting in action a series of events that will allow the child to be examined, stool samples to be taken from them to be tested in the laboratory for polio and their close contacts tested.
Overcoming challenges
The system may seem simple, but insecurity, weather and challenging landscapes can be obstacles. In Afghanistan, the programme has developed creative ways to ensure that nothing stands in the way of the surveillance system being able to work as it needs to. In most cases, following the reporting of a case of acute flaccid paralysis, health workers will visit the child's home to inspect them, and collect stool samples from the child to send for lab testing for the poliovirus. However, if the area is inaccessible, the child and their caregivers are transported to the nearest hospital in a safe area for inspection.
For Dr Quddus, the success of this system in Afghanistan is clear: "We have regular reports of where the poliovirus is circulating in difficult and hard-to-reach communities and this shows us we are being successful, despite tremendous challenges."
Surveillance in conflict zones
These diverse methods also strengthen surveillance in countries where the security situation is rapidly changing. In Syria, the health-care system has been weakened due to conflict, with many of those at the heart of the polio surveillance system displaced. By building new networks in camps for internally displaced families where communities are created by proximity, and recruiting surveillance volunteers at the key points of entry | 728 |
David Lance Goines: The Designer as Printer
Theft, Misunderstanding and Profound Limitation: David Lance Goines reflects on his career as graphic artist and printmaker
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As part of San Francisco Design Week, legendary Berkeley printer and artist David Lance Goines gave a wide-ranging talk at our San Francisco Campus that used examples from his printing career to show how you can be a successful graphic artist.
Creativity Through Constraint
Printing presses are cumbersome beasts, particularly the older, mechanical ones that were within the price range of a nascent fine art printer like Goines when he was beginning his career. Their setup requires painstaking effort, cylinders show their wear with flat spots, gear chatter creates registration problems, and the resulting process resembles a scene from Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times in a struggle between man and machine that nevertheless produces fine art.
It is within those "profound limitations" where Goines found his style. He printed in solid colors—colors that have a vivacity even within a limited color palette—because his old press, a Solna ATF Chief 24, couldn't effectively do three-color printing. It was to this point in time that the artisan frequently returned during his talk.
"Work within your medium," he said. "If you're given a chisel and a piece of stone, don't make a stained-glass window." So if the medium requires that you roll up your shirtsleeves, cut your hair short, and learn how to tussle and tease a balky machine into producing clear, colorful prints, that's exactly what Goines will do.
Misunderstanding as Muse
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Finding Design Inspiration in the People Who Use It | have given him a deep reservoir of inspiration. He learned the basics of graphic design from his mother, who was an artist herself. Goines credits her with teaching him the importance of good lettering, a lesson well learned given the scintillating evidence of his poster work. He then followed up those early teachings with scholarship of his own. During his talk, Goines underlined the crucial importance of Japanese prints to contemporary graphic design, particularly those from the ukiyo-e style that flourished from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
While relating how ukiyo-e works came to influence the Western art world, Goines relayed how Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh added calligraphic kanji characters that he may not have recognized as words. This "cultural diffusion" helps in spreading new influences, as the misunderstandings help spread new ideas.
Steal With Both Hands
Goines' studies in art also gave him fertile fields in which to find inspiration. In his words, "I am living proof that stealing is an excellent way of doing things. If you find inspiration—even direct, emulative information—from another artist, just take it. I get an idea from somebody else's artwork and I incorporate it into my own work." As you can tell from his works, Goines has been greatly influenced by previous poster designers, particularly those of the Jugendstil, which movement itself benefited from contact with previous Japanese models and masters.
The hallmarks of great poster style are evident throughout history: a strong central image integrated with text (beautifully lettered!). You can certainly see that in Goines' work, along with his own particular touches of genius. When asked about the light bands around his figures, Goines feels that a softer transition makes the images easier to see. "It's like stairs," says Goines."Instead of having to jump up three or four feet, it just sort of eases you into it."
Goines is also a master at the more refined elements of graphic design. He works small, which helps him with the figure/ground relationship. "The opposite destroys your design," he explains. "All the figure/ground relationships that you make when you're moving your head are destroyed when you're just barely moving your eye. So I work tiny and enlarge."
Steal His Thoughts for Your Own Benefit
Whether he was talking about the minutiae of good design or sharing war stories about taming a wild offset press, just hearing Goines talk was in itself a workshop on how to produce good work.
Here are a few gentle imperatives that will help you become a productive graphic artist.
Work within the limitations of your tools.
Study and steal from past masters.
Don't try to be original—try to be good.
Learn to letter well.
Don't let either failure or success derail you from producing your work.
What tips would you provide to a budding graphic designer? Tell us in the comments below!
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Norman B. Leventhal (August 30, 1917 – April 5, 2015) was an American businessman, the chairman of The Beacon Companies, a<|fim_middle|>liven and make hospitable Boston's public spaces. "We must constantly work to find ways to make the riches of Boston available to all her citizens, not just the most fortunate among us," he was quoted in a 1997 Boston Globe article. Post Office Square Park was dedicated and named Norman B. Leventhal Park the same year. As chairman of the Trust for City Hall Plaza, Leventhal led the effort to revitalize that center.
Philanthropy
He and his wife funded the Muriel and Norman B. Leventhal Center for Jewish Life at MIT and the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center in Newton, Massachusetts. Leventhal published Mapping Boston (MIT Press, 1999), a book about the social and topographical development of Boston, from its founding to the present day. He was inducted to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's Academy of Distinguished Citizens in 1999 and was honored by several other business and philanthropic organizations. He held honorary degrees from Hebrew College and Brandeis University.
In 2004 Leventhal, a collector of historic maps, partnered with the Boston Public Library creating The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library (BPL). The partnership enables public access to the 250,000 maps and atlases in the Boston Public Library's collection. Leventhal envisioned that the BPLs cartographic resources would lead to the foundation of educational programs for students.
Personal life
In 1941, he married Muriel Guren; they had three children: Alan Leventhal, Mark Leventhal, and Paula Leventhal Sidman. His son Alan Leventhal is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Beacon Capital Partners. He died at the age of 97 in 2015.
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21st-century American Jews | developer and manager of office buildings, housing, and hotels. Leventhal was best known for his work in civic improvements to the city of Boston, and consequently had a park named after him of which he oversaw the creation.
Biography
Born and raised to an immigrant Jewish family in Boston, Leventhal was a 1933 graduate of Boston Latin School and a 1938 graduate of MIT with a B.S. in engineering. During World War II, he and his brother Robert worked as naval architects at the Charlestown Navy Yard. In 1946, he and his brother co-founded Beacon Construction Company; they began with the remodeling of stores but soon expanded into larger projects including 40 toll booths on the New York State Thruway, the construction of post offices nationwide and then into the construction of public and military housing including at Fort Devens. In 1972, his brother Robert died at the age of 58 and his sons, Alan and Mark, and son-in-law Bill Sidman (who died in 2005) joined the firm renamed The Beacon Companies.
At Beacon, Leventhal helped direct several major civic improvement projects in Boston, including Rowes Wharf, Center Plaza, One Post Office Square, and 5,100 units of affordable housing. Beacon's conversion of Post Office Square from a -story parking garage to a lush park, with parking underground, in 1992 is considered emblematic of Leventhal's vision: to en | 318 |
Home Sunday Features
Winter Games presence an achievement
February, 19/2017 - 09:00
For the first time, Việt Nam has six athletes competing in the Asian Winter Games held in Sapporo, Japan. The athletes will compete in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. Mai Bá Hùng, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Culture and Sport, tells Thanh Nga that training was done mostly with simulation equipment.
Simulation: Six Vietnamese athletes practises for the Winter Games on sand dunes of Mũi Né, Phan Thiết City. — Photo anyarena.com
Sport Talks
Is it unusual that<|fim_middle|> at a special exhibition titled "Việt Nam's National Treasures" in downtown Hà Nội.
An 'English community' takes shape in Việt Nam
Thousands of people across the nation, including professionals, have improved and are improving their English language skills via activities organised by the IZI English Community for more than five years now.
A son of the soil returns to his craft
Born and raised in a small village on the bank of Thu Bồn River, potter Lê Đức Hạ started creating items out of clay in the late 1980s, after leaving the army as a volunteer soldier in Cambodia. He now works hard to preserve the craftsmanship of traditional pottery in Viet Nam, with a range of unique designs.
Domestic fashion startups make their mark
A sleepless potential market like Việt Nam is fertile territory for start-ups in the fashion industry, and few of them are breaking new ground and reaching a lot more wardrobes.
Tết films to raise a few laughs and đồng
A number of new films will be released to entertain Vietnamese movie buffs on the occasion of Tết (Lunar New Year), one of the two busiest seasons for the Vietnamese film industry. | a snowless country like Việt Nam takes part in a winter sports competition. Can you comment on this?
Việt Nam is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia so it has the responsibility to take part in its official tournaments like Asiad, Beach Games, Indoor Games and Winter Games. This is a very special journey for Việt Nam as it is the first time in our history that we are taking part in a Winter Games. In the Olympic spirit, we have overcome difficulties and challenges to participate in the event.
It is also a chance for us to develop new sports. Tropical countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have participated in this event many times.
What is Việt Nam's aim at this Winter Games?
We are in the tournament with an inquiring mind. Việt Nam is developing several snow and ice sports. There are some private enterprises have invested in facilities and professional coaches. We have professional figure-skaters, however, we haven't met the International Skating Union's demands, so we will compete in this category at the Asian Winter Games later.
To prepare for this event, where did Vietnamese athletes practise?
Of the six athletes, just two were sent to South Korea for a short-term training session. The other four practised in Việt Nam with simulation equipment. They trained from May, 2016 to January 2017. In HCM City, they practised with simulated equipment like roller skis (these devices are also used in countries which have a developed winter sports industry to train in summer), and skateboards to hone their skills and flexibility. They've also had training sessions in the sand dunes of Mũi Né in the south central coastal city of Phan Thiết City to get used to the sports gear, and practise their posture on slopes.
Official: Mai Bá Hùng, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Culture and Sport, who will lead the Vietnamese contingent to the Winter Games in Japan this month. — Photo wfvv.vn
What if South Korea can continue supporting Vietnamese athletes to train for winter sports every year?
This will be a very good chance for Việt Nam to train in an ideal place; and it is also a chance for countries, especially the hosts, to have more exchanges in culture, sports and tourism to strengthen ties.
Can Vietnamese athletes gain high results if they have good coaches?
At present, there are many entertainment sports which are developing fast in HCM City. We have professional athletes who have done well in international tournaments, especially in sports which are similar to winter sports in terms of technique, flexibility and balance ability like roller sports, skateboard and surfing. This is a favourable base for athletes to receive knowledge and skills when they are trained by professional coaches. However, to gain high results in continental tournaments, we need to invest seriously in both facilities and training work.
Which sports did the Vietnamese athletes play before taking winter sports?
These athletes were professional in roller sports, surfing and skateboarding. Some of them competed in the Southeast Asian Games in 2011 and Asian Beach Games in 2012.
What about competition and training expenses?
Domestic training expenditure is sponsored by the Hồng Quân Sports Company. The organising board of the Dream Programme in Pyeongchang Province sponsored training in South Korea. Competition expenses are being met by the National Sports Administration, Asian Winter Games' organizers as well as by other individuals and organizations. — VNS
Uphill task: A Vietnamese athlete walks up a sand due with a snowboard in Mũi Né, Phan Thiết City. — Photo anyarena.com
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Cat lovers feline fine in Việt Nam
Sơn Tây ancient citadel shines with stunning architecture and history
Couple in seventies rewrite travel rulebook
Memories of the historic Paris Peace Accords
Artist welcomes New Year with 2,023 feline statuettes
UNFPA concert promotes young musical talents
Mông man strikes gold with essential oils
Sheltering under a canopy of wild trees in Sa Pa Town, in the northern province of Lào Cai, Má A Nủ holds a reaping hook, used to collect herbs which are the source of various kinds of essential oils.
Breaths of fresh air in Vietnamese music
Huyền Trang, in her early twenties now, is already an accomplished artist, familiar to music lovers in Việt Nam. She's also won some acclaim abroad as one of the first Vietnamese flutists to perform on stage with a combination of flute and electronic music.
Phú Quốc: a laid-back beach paradise
With turquoise seas, spectacular sunsets and lush rainforests, Phú Quốc Island provides tourists with an unbeatable combination of silky white sand, great hospitality and tasty cuisine. Bồ Xuân Hiệp reports.
Spending time with a 'disappearing' people
Phạm Mai Hương quit a full-time job to travel full time, and is rewarded with a once-in-a-lifetime experience in northernmost Mongolia with the Tsaatan tribe. Hồng Vân reports.
2,500 years of national treasures on display
The National Museum of History is showing 18 artefacts which have been recognised as national treasures, some dating as far as the Đông Sơn era (2500-2000BC) . They are on display together for the first time | 1,088 |
Breaking News! GROHE Purchased by Investment Consortium
GROHE America, Inc., announced<|fim_middle|>ROHE is a superb company with great growth potential." Colin Taylor, managing director of CSFB Private Equity, added: "We look forward to working with management and employees to further develop the business globally and continue the outstanding work that has been done so far."
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Breaking News! NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code Issued by Standards Council | that Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity (CSFB Private Equity) have purchased German-based parent GROHE Water Technology AG through a consortium agreement with previous owner BC Partners (BC Funds). A highly successful brand in the plumbing products market, GROHE currently ranks among the top three faucet manufacturers in the world with distribution in more than 180 countries.
GROHE management welcomed the sale decision by BC Partners in favor of the investor consortium. Peter Körfer-Schün, the company's CEO, said, "This solution maintains the independence of our company, which may still be taken public at a later stage. Our immediate objective now is to define the company's strategy for the coming years together with the consortium, and our joint efforts will focus on strengthening our profitability."
Stephen Peel, partner of TPG in London, confirmed this: "We believe G | 183 |
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Oculus initiated a Kickstarter campaign in 2012 to fund the Rift's development, after being founded as an independent company two months prior. The project proved successful, raising US$2.5 million. In March 2014, Facebook purchased Oculus for $2 billion. In March 2017, after 3 years at the company, it was announced Oculus founder and creator Palmer Luckey was leaving Facebook.
The Rift has a stereoscopic OLED display, 1080×1200 resolution per eye, a 90 Hz refresh rate, and 110° field of view. It has integrated headphones which provide a 3D audio effect, rotational and positional tracking. The positional tracking system, called "Constellation", is performed by a USB stationary infrared sensor that is picking up light that is emitted by IR LEDs that are integrated into the head-mounted display. The sensor normally sits on the user's desk. This creates 3D space, allowing for the user to use the Rift while sitting, standing, or walking around the same room.
Net Promoter Score for Top Brands compared with<|fim_middle|>PS surveys immediately after purchase, they are tracking their customers' initial excitement and the checkout experience.
Therefore, comparing the NPS score of Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. with your own without any further context is not that useful.
Other companies with Net Promoter Score similar to Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. | Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc.
Is Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc.'s estimated NPS of 4 considered to be good?
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CBC News Interview: The royal highs and lows of 2022 — and a look ahead to 2023
January 6, 2023 by CarolynHarris
I discussed key royal events from<|fim_middle|> | the year 2022 with Janet Davison from CBC News including Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee and the accession of King Charles III as well as events that will take place in 2023 such as the coronation of King Charles III.
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The Civil Surface is the third and final studio album by the English progressive rock band Egg, originally released in 1974 on Caroline Records. The band had broken up in 1972, leaving some of their favourite stage pieces unrecorded. At organist Dave Stewart's suggestion, the trio re-united solely to record these final numbers. Among the guest musicians on the album are Steve Hillage (guitar), Lindsay Cooper (oboe, bassoon) and vocalists Amanda Parsons, Ann Rosenthal and Barbara Gaskin.
Listeners have complained that the drums are mixed too loud on the album's organ trio pieces. In an article written for the UK fanzine Ptolemaic Terrascope in 1990 (quoted in Mark Powell's liner notes of the Esoteric Recordings CD re-release), Stewart explains that it was the unbending wish of drummer Clive Brooks that his drums be featured prominently in the mix, and that the other members were unable to persuade him otherwise.
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In a 2007 review for website All About Jazz, John Kelman wrote, "The Civil Surface reflects widening interests, with Stewart's greater jazz-centricity and wryly melodic Canterbury flavor most notable on the longer tracks "Germ Patrol," "Enneagram" and "Wring Out the Ground (Loosely Now)" ... The complex writing—episodic tracks filled with complex meters, rich harmonies and tight arrangements, as well as some strong solos—b<|fim_middle|>References
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Personnel
Dave Stewart – organ and piano, electric piano, bass (6)
Mont Campbell – bass, vocals (5), French horn, piano
Clive Brooks – drums
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Steve Hillage – guitar (5)
Lindsay Cooper – bassoon, oboe (1,6)
Tim Hodgkinson – clarinet (1,6)
Jeremy Baines – flute (2)
Amanda Parsons – vocals (4)
Ann Rosenthal – vocals (4)
Barbara Gaskin – vocals (4)
Wind Quartets
Mont Campbell – French horn
Maurice Cambridge – clarinet
Stephen Solloway – flute
Chris Palmer – bassoon
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What You Can Learn From Working ...
What I Learned Working in a Restaurant
My first week working in a restaurant, one of the servers said something that stuck: "Everyone should work in a restaurant for at least a year." Now I know why.
According to the National Restaurant Association, half of all adults in the U.S. have worked in a restaurant at one point, with one in three Americans landing their first job in the industry.
My first week working in a restaurant, one of the servers said something that stuck with me: He felt everyone should work in a restaurant for at least a year.
At the time, I didn't get it, but I guess I took the advice to heart, because I worked in restaurants on and off for the next eight years.
Even Jon Hamm thinks everyone should work in a restaurant at least once in their lives.
While working in a restaurant, I mastered the following skills:
I learned the difference between a pinot noir and a cabernet.
I now know how to accurately calculate 20% of any number without thinking.
I learned that shaken, not stirred, makes for a weak martini.
I learned the difference between a comp and a void.
I know how to make myself look busy without actually doing anything.
I learned what "86," "All Day," and "On the Fly" mean.
I learned other obvious things, too.
Multi-tasking — Hello nine table section on a Friday night.
Prioritizing — Placing orders, running drinks, running food, answering questions, bussing dirty tables... oh, and table 51 needs a side of ranch.
Teamwork — Servers would be LOST without their bussers and back servers.
But aside from those skills, here are some of the less obvious and, in my opinion, more important things humans can learn in one year working in a restaurant.
When I was little, I was so shy that I used to hide behind my mom whenever someone spoke to me. And when I first started in restaurants, I had two personalities: Restaurant Lizzy and Home Lizzy. It was easier to pretend to be a different person while at work, since it was so different from who I actually was.
But gradually, the skills I learned working in restaurants helped Home Lizzy come out of her shell in the real world<|fim_middle|> feeling rushed and overwhelmed was to take my time. If I rushed, I would 100% make a mistake. I learned to remind myself that the rush would soon be over. The problems would be fixed, and the world would not end.
Just walk slowly (but deliberately) and everything will be fine.
There are a few people in the world who are out to make your day crappy.
While I often felt this was the case, never in my restaurant career did I actually think that a guest walked in, singled me out, and thought "I'm going to ruin this girl's day." I would often forget that people are just trying to get through their day-to-day.
That being said, the majority of the people I waited on in my restaurant career were normal and, in some cases, great. However, there are still some terrible, terrible humans out there. Though not many, there are people who are disrespectful, mean, and hurtful.
I learned to just never be one of those people.
If I forgot to bring someone's extra bread or beer or side of dressing or whatever, and that person threw a huge stink, I'd be inclined to not care and move on to the next table.
But who knows? What if someone was fired from their job that day? What if they left the office to find their car was towed? They could have walked home in the rain, entered their house to find their electricity had been shut off, and just wanted to treat themselves to a nice meal at the end of a bad day.
Little did I realize that unimportant and irrelevant thing I forgot could be the sour cherry on top of their melted and miserable sundae.
And the server from my dinner with my mom last weekend? Maybe he had the worst shift of his life and just wanted to go home.
Buddy, I have been there.
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When I had an internship at a large and successful company, the VP told me that my extensive restaurant work was the most impressive thing on my resume (what this said about my education, other internships, and volunteer work, I don't know and didn't ask).
Interestingly enough, she also said that she felt everyone should work in a restaurant for at least a year.
I was so focused on getting my degree and finding the right job when I graduated, I hadn't yet taken the time to realize what restaurants had actually done for me.
Prior to working in a restaurant, I lived my life in a bubble.
I was born and raised just north of Boston, went to college in Boston, and had only ever lived and worked in — surprise surprise — Boston. Until I started working in restaurants at age 20, I had only ever really interacted with people of my own age and background.
Then, once I was thrust unceremoniously into the hospitality industry, I was suddenly surrounded by people of all ages and backgrounds, both by my coworkers and the people I waited on.
These people I interacted with taught me so much about life that I couldn't learn in school. They taught me about the importance of working hard and humbly. They taught me about respect and how you should and should not treat other people. They taught me about the significant importance of food and culture and community and how important it is to learn about those things from others.
My restaurant work is something that I'm most proud of, and I know I wouldn't be the person I am today with those eight years of experience.
But if you're still on the fence about working in a restaurant for that long, start with one year. I doubt you'll look back.
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And I don't need to hide behind my mom anymore, thank you very much.
How I Learned It
When you work in a restaurant, you don't have the luxury of hiding behind your parents to avoid talking to people. I'm still 110% an introvert, but restaurant work helped me communicate because, well, I had to. Guests don't take too kindly to be ignored when they walk in the door.
Working in a restaurant helped me speak clearly, deliberately, and directly. On the flip side, it also taught me how to talk about...literally anything.
Some guests don't want their servers to interact too much with them, and that's fine. But as a bartender, some guests sit at the bar solely to chat with you. You learn how to gauge your guests' level of interest in communicating with you, the appropriate ways to tell stories (be personal but not too personal), and how to exit a conversation at the appropriate time.
I also learned it's okay to not know the answer to everything; I just needed to properly articulate that I wasn't sure of the right answer, but was going to find out what the guest was asking. 99% of the time, guests were appreciative that I was honest.
Have you ever started a new job and went out to lunch with new coworkers, or met a new friend out for the first time?
It can be incredibly awkward.
Once your normal interaction space is gone, it's like you're with whole new people.
In the book Eating Together: Food, Friendship and Inequality by Alice P. Julier, she says
"...when people invite friends, neighbors, or family members to share meals within their households, social inequalities involving race, economics, and gender reveal themselves in interesting ways: relationships are defined, boundaries of intimacy or distance are set, and people find themselves either excluded or included."
Granted, her book doesn't speak specifically to restaurants, but I do believe the sentiment is still the same.
There's something intimate about sharing a meal with someone, whether it's leftover pizza in the dish pit after the dinner rush with fellow servers, or guiding a couple visiting your city through your restaurant's menu and their dinner.
I also developed some of the closest friendships of my life while sharing quick meals during our pre-shift meeting or going out with coworkers for a post-shift burrito. Sharing a meal with someone takes you out of the workplace and helps develop fast and meaningful relationships.
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There were definitely times early in my restaurant career that I didn't want to take the time to explain a menu item or a drink. Like hello, it's the 21st century; can't you just Google it? I'm busy.
But taking that one minute to breathe during a busy shift — taking one minute to help a guest decide on their meal — could make or break their experience (and your night).
This past weekend I was out to eat with my mom. Our waiter was so impatient and couldn't have cared less. It was towards the end of the dinner shift and he clearly just wanted us to order, eat, and get out as soon as possible.
Once we ordered our food, he never checked in or asked how we were doing. It made for such an uncomfortable experience and left us feeling like we had done something wrong.
This is where patience with guests is important.
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It's the phrase used to describe a server that is so busy he or she can't even see straight.
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The Man in The Hat....
An occasional blog on the vicissitudes of Life, Stuff and Music from The Mill.
Day One. Phew, Wow, Phwoar!.....
Getting down to basics....
The Doppelg<|fim_middle|> hatted and totally charismatic Captain Barnaby Neale leading the party. You couldn't help feeling that the stage was far too small for him as he bounded around almost hitting the ceiling as he leaped up to tell you about his' Ball and Chain'. This cracking tight band connected directly with the audience from the first note with tales of bad love, murdered lovers and daft romance. After a particularly black number, an aside about being available for children's parties also went down well! Moving through near punk and blues and using bongos, slide and harp, the band gave the locally influenced crowd a storming version of 'Hell Hull/Hole and Halifax' amid a set that had everyone in the palm of their hand. The Revelator Band played the Festival last year and it is easy to see why they were back. Full of humour and bursting with talent, they set fire to the Blue Horizons stage and The Party was well and truly Started....Phew!
The Hat was obliged to test the'Howlin Fox' beer and then was helped down the road to Marshall's Bar where Boneyard were kicking up the dust. You would never have noticed that they were having to deal with the absence of their Hammmond keyboard man and using a stand-in drummer. Coming from Leeds, the smart and fast front duo had a clear rapport with each other and the audience who loved the local banter and backchat. During a wonderfully varied gig, they gave us a terrific version of' 'Superstition' with guitarist Sam Hirst soaring through a long and impressive guitar break and we were treated to some classic John Lee Hooker with an up-tempo twist on 'Boom Boom'. These guys can probably play anything and just to prove it they got everyone up with the Nashville Teens number 'Tobacco Road'. A great set to a packed house at Marshalls Bar...and it was free! Wow!
And so to Ben Poole back at Bar Place. From the moment this extraordinary young guy walked on stage The Hat knew we were in for something special. Standing front and rock solid, he took us straight into a long version of 'Have you ever loved a Woman?' and took the mood from slow and sweet to near shred. After that, the rammed audience was transfixed for the complete set. Ben played one of the most amazing versions of the Hendrix 'Hey Joe' The Hat has ever encountered and took one of the simplest structured songs around and turned it inside out and upside down. The audience was hushed. It was breathtaking. The sheer breadth of style and skill of Ben was demonstrated throughout the evening - no less than when he did 'Ain't No Sunshine..' when together with his bass man and drummer they blew the room away. Barry Pethers on bass was phenomenal. Although he took a few jaw-dropping solo breaks, the Hat sees him in that grand tradition of John Paul Jones from Zep and the sadly missed John Entwistle from The Who......those brilliant musicians who just stand there and do their stuff. No flash. Here it is. Enjoy. Ben moved through different guitars and styles throughout the set and at one point with his band off the stage he even played spanish style Gibson semi-acoustic that had us stunned with its simple dexterity. It would be easy to get too carried away by this talent and his close band. But why not say I? You will enjoy every moment of this musical prodigy and....I have to report that he didn't take his shirt off until he had been playing for an hour and a half. This is where, on behalf of those to whom fitness is important, I say...Phwoar!
The Midnight Jam was, as has come to be expected, a cornucopia of fun and talent. Watching Paddy Maguire riffing through 'Can't Always Get What You want' with Todd Sharpville on one side of him and Ben Poole on the other seems to The Hat to sum up this Festival. Let's have a Party. Let's Have Fun and roll on tomorrow for more....
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However, put Bad Verse to one side. Chatting to Todd Sharpville and his famous dog Genghis early on, The Hat asked him what his plans for the Jubilee might be. His answer was "This is it, I'm here for the duration!" Not only a guitar star but a Hebden Blues groupie! So, our spirits are lifted by being at the Festival on Day One and taking a dose of some of the six hours of the best music in town and a tsunami of brilliance, humour and jaw-dropping musical skill. What a Festival this is! If Day One is anything to go by, Doctor Hat is recommending you keep going back for more and more....
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Here is a great beginner acoustic guitar lesson that will teach you how to spice up and add some more color to those beginner guitar chords that you have been working so hard to learn.
The great thing about this lesson is that your fingers will not have to move much or travel very far. Just some very simple variations in<|fim_middle|> further detail. Enjoy!
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Go ahead and play the D major chord as indicated in the chord chart above, but now add your pinky finger on the 3rd fret of the high E string and pull it back off again.
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Q: Setting up a Function on Powershell to read from the CSV and then incorporate a switch into it. ActiveDirectory Apologies if the title doesn't make a whole lot of sense as it's hard to word something like this.
So I've been tasked with running a CSV file which will be imported into Powershell, with the aim to bulk create Global Security groups, whilst pulling the information from these headers - RoleName, Description, OUID, Members, Resources.
These groups will act as job roles for users and contain all the permission these users will need on ActiveDirectory.
Here is the script so far (NOT CLOSE TO COMPLETION I'M AWARE).
Function GetOU ($OUID)
{
$roleou =
switch ($OUID)
{
1 {"OU=Sales,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
2 {"OU=Finance,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
3 {"OU=Human Resource,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
4 {"OU=Marketing,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
}
}
return $OUID
Function NewRole ($Name._){
New-ADGroup -GroupCategory:"Security" -GroupScope:"Global" -Description:$Description -Name: $RoleName -Path: GetOU($OUID) -SamAccountName:$RoleName
Add-ADGroupMember -Identity $role -Members: $members
Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership -Identity:$role -MemberOf: $resources
($newroles = import-csv(c:\test.csv -delimiter ':'))
foreach($newrole in $newroles)
{
NewRole($._)
$check = [ADSI]::Exists("$($newrole.$OUID),$($searchbase)")
<|fim_middle|> calling functions/cmdlets is ex. GetOU -OUID 1.
*There's nothing called $._ or $name._.
*
*$_ is the current object in a foreach/where/select-object {}-scriptblock
*You used foreach($newrole in ..) so you would use $newrole to reference the current object in the newroles-loop.
A: The short answer is NO. You are trying to return from outside the GetOU function. You need to put the return statement within the curly brace that completes the function definition.
Your next problem in the getOU function is that you are returning the $OUID variable, i.e. the input parameter, when you want to return the OU string I assume. You need to return the $roleou variable.
Function GetOU {
param ($OUID)
$RoleOU = switch ($OUID) {
1 {"OU=Sales,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
2 {"OU=Finance,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
3 {"OU=Human Resource,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
4 {"OU=Marketing,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
}
return $RoleOU
}
| If ($check -eq $True)
{
Try
{
#Check if the Group already exists
$exists = Get-ADGroup $NewRole.$RoleName
Write-Host "Group $($NewRole.$RoleName) already exists! Group creation skipped!"
}
Catch
{
#Create the group if it doesn't exist
$create = New-ADGroup -Name $RoleName.GroupName -GroupScope:"Global" -Path ($($OUID.GroupLocation)+","+$($searchbase))
Write-Host "Group $($RoleName.GroupName) created!"
}
}
Else
{
Write-Host "Target OU can't be found! Group creation skipped!"
}
}
}
CSV looks like this:
RoleName:Description:OUID:Members:Resources
gs_r_UK_SalesAdmin:UK - Sales Admin:1:John.Smith:Domain Users,GoogleApps
I was wondering if the Return $OUID is in the right place, as I'm currently struggling to get that part running.
Thanks for taking time to read this and any recommendations on how to improve this script to read simpler would be MUCH appreciated.
A: Return $OUID was outside the GetOU-function, but I would skip it all together as you don't want the OUID, but rather the OU-path. Ex.
$data = @"
RoleName:Description:OUID:Members:Resources
gs_r_UK_SalesAdmin:UK - Sales Admin:1:John.Smith:Domain Users,GoogleApps
"@ | ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter ":"
Function GetOU ($OUID)
{
switch ($OUID) {
1 {"OU=Sales,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
2 {"OU=Finance,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
3 {"OU=Human Resource,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
4 {"OU=Marketing,OU=UK,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local"}
}
}
GetOU $data[0].OUID
Returns:
OU=Sales,OU=RoleBasedGroups,OU=Global Security Groups,OU=Org,DC=Company,DC=local
There's alot to fix in the rest of the script, so to avoid going too off-topic here, I figured I should only answer what you asked.
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With the 2018 Ryder Cup about to tee off at Le Golf National, we already had the tournament on our minds when we received an unexpected Ryder-Cup-related phone call.
It was none other than European Golf Design asking if we wanted to work on the proposed course at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome in preparation for the 2022 tournament.
I'm sure you can guess what our answer was.
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The animations are already proving popular on social media, giving the proposed course plenty of attention. | , the client wanted animations of a few holes to give a flavour of what people could expect.
We love this approach, because it keeps people interested and there are so many opportunities on social media to create an ongoing buzz – even four years ahead of an event.
At the start of every project, we ask our clients if there are any defining details of a course or site that we need to be aware of. For Marco Simone it was important to show the umbrella pines, which characterise the site; the artificial turf on the banks of some streams, which is used to protect them from the local beavers; the old castle, which is a symbol of the club; and the Rome skyline.
Unfortunately, we couldn't just drop a photo of Rome into the background of our animations since the perspective is constantly changing as the view point in the animation changes. So, the only option was to create a 3d model of Rome. At least of the parts that were important to see as part of the skyline, such as St Peter's Basilica. This was no mean feat. But seeing the view of Rome from the 16th tee made it worth it!
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The retail segment is filled with many types of businesses that have employees taking on various roles and responsibilities, as well as hazards that they face over the course of their workday. Nonetheless, a closer examination of the sector offers up a few similarities, in terms of the workers' compensation-related risks that these businesses encounter.
One trend is that the retail sector attracts a lot of first-time entrepreneurs – more than say, manufacturing operations.
"The retail business as a segment tends to have some characteristics that affect it more than other segments. One of those, for example, is the fact that it tends to be an easier entry point than a number of industry segments, so we get more people who are opening a business for the first time," said Matthew Zender, senior vice president, and workers' compensation product manager at AmTrust Financial Services. "What that means is you have [people] who may be new to being a business owner and are a little more unfamiliar with some of the things that they need to know about how to treat workplace safety."
Because the sector is predisposed to first-time business owners, many of them use personal credit versus a line of credit to fund their operation. When a business owner is extending their personal credit, that can affect how they're going to invest in safety.
"That's different than many larger enterprises, where they're going to be working with a commercial banker and a line of credit<|fim_middle|> might be harder to pull the trigger on that expenditure than if you're more established."
On average, retail businesses also tend to be smaller and have much higher staff turnover rates. As a result, explained Zender, business owners might have four or five people cycle in and out of one position over a calendar year, and will need to document how work is supposed to be completed – and done so safely – so that new people can transition smoothly and without safety-related issues into the role.
A younger workforce likewise is at play in the retail segment, which can affect workers' comp exposures in both positive and negative ways.
"You may find that a younger worker's ability to recover from a potentially intermediate-sized claim for an older person might be quite minor to a teenager or a 22-year-old, but you're also going to find that those younger workers are going to get injured more often than average because they haven't been around the ropes [long enough] to learn how to work as safely," said Zender.
Some of the most common examples of workers' comp claims in the retail segment involve injuries from lifting heavy stock items, as well as cut claims stemming from opening boxes with a sharp blade. To address these and other risks before they even occur, AmTrust has a host of loss control resources that it offers businesses in the retail space.
"We have a ton of resources that are free to be used and shared. If [business owners] want to set up a monthly training session, they can literally turn ours on, and they're actually quick hitters – they don't have to sit there for two hours," said Zender. "We want to be able to arm these business owners with tools that are easy to use because we know that in this segment, these business owners are wearing so many hats that they often have very little time to dedicate to making sure that they're working safely."
With around five to eight employees working at an average retail business that AmTrust sees, business owners are doing a lot of the work themselves, and if one employee does get injured and is out of work, that can mean a significant reduction in the business's workforce, which makes return-to-work times especially important.
"We really like this segment – we like to write it, we like to try to support them in every way possible, and the other thing that we really try to do is in the event of a claim, we like to do everything that we can to get that injured worker safely back to work as quickly as possible," said Zender. "If you've got only five employees, that one person being out could be 20% of your workforce, so you're faced with some tough choices."
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Piano Man releasing his first record in eight years — a collection of classical piano pieces — October 2.
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The Piano Man is releasing his first record in eight years on October 2 —
but it doesn't include any words.
Opus 1-10 Fantasies & Delusions (Music for Solo Piano) is a classical
music album featuring new material written by Joel and performed by piano
virtuoso Richard Joo.
Joel described the music in a Columbia Records press release as being
influenced by the Romantic era and composers like Schumann and Debussy, with
the exception of one 18th century-flavored piece, Invention in C Minor.
Fantasies & Delusions features 10 solo piano pieces, including a
suite in three parts. It was recorded in June at the Vienna
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Joel, who has sold 100 million albums worldwide, according to Columbia, grew
up studying classical piano before he gave it up to become a rock and roller.
His hits included "Just the Way You Are" and "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me."
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playwright doesn't have to act to have his characters come to life," he
explained. "Good actors can do that. Likewise, the composer doesn't have to
perform his music to have it heard."
Track list for Opus 1-10 Fantasies & Delusions (Music for Solo
Piano), according to Columbia:
Opus 3. Reverie (Villa D'Este)
Opus 2. Waltz No. 1 (Nunley's Carousel)
Opus 7. Aria (Grand Canal)
Opus 6. Invention in C Minor
Opus 1. Soliloquy (On a Separation)
Opus 8. Suite for Piano (Star-Crossed)
I. Innamorato
II. Sorbetto
III. Delusion
Opus 5. Waltz No. 2 (Steinway Hall)
Opus 9. Waltz No. 3 (For Lola)
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Ray Graham and Pitt hope to upset Virginia Tech on Saturday (Frank Victores-US PRESSWIRE)
Okay, peeps - we're 0-2 on these football game things. Let's try to get it turned around.
Here's the<|fim_middle|> competing in the conference is possible if the team gets better and there's plenty of time to do that.
What do you think for today's contest? Who wins? By how much? Drop your thoughts in the comments section beforehand and let us know. | open gamethread for today's big game against Virginia Tech. Many of us will be at the game, but we'll also be live commenting throughout. Be sure to check in and drop your thoughts as the game happens. Also, check back after the game as we'll have reaction today and again tomorrow morning.
An 0-3 start is quite possible, even likely. But if you're looking for any small glimmer of hope, it's that Pitt can still go 6-1 in the Big East and get the BCS bid. If we're honest with ourselves, winning the Big East would be a monumental task. That said, | 131 |
Against the backdrop of GFC fears and changes in attendance patterns, Sydney Film Festival engaged Boccalatte to create innovative new narratives to<|fim_middle|>oplay) to the environmental design to the program—and incorporating diverse audiences from film buffs, to single ticket buyers and red carpet fanatics, we delivered a design strategy that enabled these different audiences to sit perfectly together.
"Creativity is just connecting things," Steve Jobs once said. Culture connects too. It connects experiences, ideas and people. These creative connections nourish and enrich us. According to UK's Future Laboratory, this decade's first revolution is marked by a bold shift from passive acceptance to affirmative, anarchic collaboration.
Disruption is the consumer's new mantra, dissonance a new way of marketing. Organisations will need to innovate continuously, not in incremental ways, but in disruptive, game-changing ones. | drive new audiences. While considered 'intellectual' and 'austere' in previous incarnations, our role was to reinvent SFF as more accessible without disenfranchising loyalist or dumbing the Festival down.
We believe that festivals, like all cultural events, raise questions about identity, style, commerce and beauty. They are a place of shared experiences—playful, creative and adventurous. They can be mysterious, provocative and even challenging. At a time when some of us are searching for the next big social network, we believe that we need look no further than the world around us.
Festivals offer us real but heightened experiences, often in the most simple but profound ways. Culture allows us to have real-life encounters with ourselves, with the community, with the city and with the rest of the world. Culture creates a place to become rapt, immersed or simply surprised.
We worked with Sydney Film Festival to create connections and pathways to all levels of the cinematic experience. People attend the Sydney Film Festival for a variety of reasons but, as the research showed, stories, emotional experiences, immersion and escapism are the most important. Working across platforms—from the trailer (with Phot | 241 |
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Their crates are beautifully packaged in wood wool with their logo and a gorgeous gift tag style label so you know what you have. When you open the box you find a brown paper sheet carefully wrapped with a sticker, (a bit like a lingerie box) then you find each plant is carefully wrapped and packed in straw to keep them safe! They also all come with an information sheet for each of your plants which include planting instructions, care guidelines,<|fim_middle|> recipe ideas!
Best of all, everything is recyclable! I do love eco-friendly businesses!
I'm also not sure what to do with the wood wool or wax paper yet – everything is so cute I don't want to throw it away! In the mean time we'll just have to admire the photos!
Well I'm off to go and plant my little bushes. I'm sure in a year or so my blog will be full of blackberry/blueberry/tayberry recipes!
They have all sorts from bushes to preserves! So if you haven't ventured out into the garden for your food just yet, why not try the delicious foodie gifts others have prepared for you! | harvesting information, and for some of them they even had | 11 |
The following is a transcription of a three minute interview between Zadie Smith and Richard Bacon on Radio Five on 30th August 20<|fim_middle|> that it's limited by what you already know you want to look for. That's what the internet is structured around. To google, to search for something, you need to know what you're searching for, something within the general remit of what you're searching for. The library is a completely different structure. You walk in and you're surprised. You can go along a line of books, arranged alphabetically – which is a fairly random arrangement when you think about it – and you come across things. That's not possible on the internet. One book does not follow to another to another on the internet. That doesn't happen. So that thing of access is much broader. That thing of infinite choice on the internet, that's one thing but you need to have the knowledge to have the infinite choice. The library offers opportunities for people who don't know exactly what they're looking for.
Richard Bacon: Some people in the ideological debate will say "well, they don't make any money so they will have to go" and I think your point was that they shouldn't make money. It's one of the few places on the High Street where you can go in there and no-one actually wants you to get your wallet out.
Zadie Smith: You can't argue with people who feel that the only value of anything is economical. I mean I don't know how to even begin that argument. If you really believe the only things that should survive in British life should be the things that you pay for, it's kind of hopeless. I don't know where to begin with that. It seems to me obvious that certain things should be free and accessible to all.
Richard Bacon: Did you get into reading through your local bookshop and library? Is that where it began for you?
Zadie Smith: Yeah, absolutely. Like a lot of kids in this country if you don't have middle class educated parents you need to find ways to get books. A lot of people don't have books on their shelves. The library was the place I went to to find out what there is to know. It was absolutely essential.
Richard Bacon: What did it mean to you when you were young … what did reading, what does it allow you to do? | 12. A year before, she wrote in defence of libraries and her passion has not dimmed.
"Zadie Smith: When we were children, you'd never imagine that you'd get into a Right/Left argument about the purpose and use of a library. It seems extraordinary to me.
So all I was arguing was I really don't find it a political argument. It's about equality of opportunity. You know you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.
Richard Bacon: It's a really good point that you address in the essay which is sometimes people say "well, look, we don't really need libraries now because we have ebooks, we have kindles, and ipads, everything is online. You can read a book, you can get any book you want, sitting at a computer you read more or less anything within a couple of minutes. You can download it or it already exists. It's stored online somewhere". What is your answer to that?
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I've finally finished the first batch of Hobbit goblins. Took me much longer than I had anticipated. Not only due to the fact that I've been pretty busy in the last two weeks. At first I thought that getting them look right would be just a matter of a few highlights and I quickly learned how wrong I was.
I ended<|fim_middle|> the pics below). Working on this fat bloke was a bit of a challenge as there are so many large flat surfaces on his skin that I really needed to give it a lot of attention to make sure it looked realistic and not too dull.
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Hobbit WIP #4 All your bases are belong to us! | up going from light shades to dark washes back and forth several times before I found a method that I thought gave the effect I was after.
After dealing with the gobbos I started working on the throne. I had initially painted the sculpted part using much colder grey shade but repainted it to go with the brownish scheme better. I think it worked out not too bad in the end.
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Bulldogs are known for their industriousness and solid loyalty, and that reputation is what has distinguished Bulldog Hiway Express since its founding in 1959 by R.D. Moseley with a 1954 Chevrolet truck that had a 12-foot van body. Now offering most types of trucking with a fleet numbering in the hundreds, Bulldog Hiway Express uses the latest equipment managed and driven by a team of experienced employees.
"We've got excellent people from top to bottom," President and CEO Philip Byrd Sr. stresses. "Their average length of service is 18 years with almost zero turnover in our ranks because we make them feel part of the ownership and success of this organization. We have very good CSA [compliance, safety and accountability] scores and safety performance with high integrity. We offer excellent transportation services in a compliant manner. Our people are well-trained, experienced and dedicated people. This organization is a collage of a bunch of great people working in concert to accomplish a great mission – to serve our customers with unmatched quality of transportation services."
Bulldog Hiway Express retains these employees by offering them competitive pay, excellent benefits and incentives for superior performance. "We have a waiting list of people wanting to work as drivers," Byrd maintains.
With this team, the company offers truckload service in the United States and Canada and has an intermodal division that serves the ports of Charleston and Savannah with delivery of up to 500 containers daily. It also has a division that specializes in third-party logistics delivery for various customers, another division that hauls commodities for energy companies and a heavy-haul division that transports "superloads" with equipment that has up to 13 axles.
Additionally, a fleet of nine-axle rigs move rolling stock and out-of-gauge cargo that does not fit in standard shipping containers. The company has "stretch" equipment that is longer than the usual equipment and can handle up to 170,000 pounds of cargo weight. Bulldog Hiway Express owns all of its equipment – it has approximately twice as many flatbed trailers as tractors – and only uses an estimated 30 independent contractors daily who have their own equipment for special projects when additional capacity is needed.
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The company's fleet is equipped with Qualcomm onboard computers and satellite tracking technology, and Bulldog Hiway Express has been a "very satisfied" customer of Qualcomm for approximately 25 years. Another technology on which Bulldog Hiway Express relies are electronic logs. "Assuming that you ran a compliant operation on a manual system, fleets that transfer to electronic logging will see a gain in productivity," Byrd maintains. "You literally gain time because the devices are so precise." He estimates each of his tractors has gained from 15 to 30 minutes daily by using electronic logging.
When tractors are parked with the heating or air conditioning running for the drivers inside, Bulldog Hiway Express employs auxiliary power units (APUs) to save the fuel that would be burned while idling. Many of the company's newer APUs are electric and are charged as the truck is driven. Byrd estimates the company's average fuel consumption is approximately seven miles per gallon because of all the heavy equipment the company transports over mountainous regions.
Bulldog Hiway Express contracts with a company that videotapes its trucks on highways to ensure safe driving. "We make sure that if they do anything of concern, they are brought into our own training center for counseling," Byrd says. "Our director of training is constantly training people in safety and highway observance."
Over the past 15 years, Bulldog Hiway Express has been recognized with first-place safety awards locally, from the state and nationally approximately 56 times. "We're very proud of our trophy case," Byrd says. "It's one of the first things you see when you walk into our corporate office."
Byrd is serving his industry as chairman of the American Trucking Association (ATA) and is working on issues of national importance to the industry, such as improving the trucking industry's overall image, educating the public about how to share the road with commercial trucks and providing incentives for good CSA scores.
For the future, Byrd anticipates doing more than just offering what any trucking company can. "We always have our finger on the pulse of developing markets," he says.
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This set is upholstered inside a drive and comfortable textured padded velvet. This provides it the amazing comfort and ease that it is cherished for. Once again it facilitates chaise style seats for adequate comfort and ease. Moreover, the sinus spring foundation adds to the durability and comfort. Furthermore, the couch has hardwood frames that increase its sturdiness and durability. The sofa has cushions on the chair and the back again. But still, the couch can move from a sitting placement to some lying down position effortlessly. Having said that, simply to replicate, the couch is extremely gentle and provides exceptional comfort and ease.
With the recent surge in interest in the Middle-Hundred years Modern design style, this couch style is really a warm item. Whether true classic items, reproductions or new designs that incorporate Mid-Hundred years Contemporary elements, they are very flexible sofas. Most often utilized in a minimalist or mid-century design plan, they are wonderful for including a retro feel to some room. The differentiating elements include the uncovered legs and linear framework. Most middle-hundred years sofas but not all of them will have some tufting on the back.
John RTA Copenhagen Collection 61 Loveseat in Marzipan was created especially for small areas. Nonetheless, you can use it in almost any room: condo, dormitory etc. This established will give you ample assistance. It offers high grade fabric, higher density foam pocketed circles, leading-tier polyester fiber, and strong hardwood frame. This adds to the comfort, sturdiness, and sturdiness of the established. The established includes an extremely wide back shoulder straps. The set also includes extra comfortable cushions all that makes it more comfortable. Notably, it has softly rounded hands and plush material allow it the exceptional appear that suits with any style. The set checklist small, consequently it's very easy to move. It has a slight scent that fades with time. More to the point, the couch is extremely easy to construct. It offers the putting together tools and directions. You easily invest your cent listen to. It serves the purpose.
This established accompanies the complete power of Sleeper Sofa by having an excellent sofa style. It incorporates restricted hands, company chair cushions and full-size sleeping pad with internal comes. It is eliminated underneath to wash it and remove it having a easy raising instrument. This sleeping pad is reinforced with a sturdy steel advantage. is a calculating guideline and it has a Bi-collapsing highlight. One of the deserving items to point out may be the convenience! Location this super comfy sofa inside your comfortable family room. Apart from giving a natural and tasteful air, it provides an attractive personality for your visitors. You can make your buddies stay for a enjoyable nights films. The sofa has carcasses with blocked edges and faux-completing on its legs. The cushions are, nevertheless, modified and can include great flexibility. It's covered having a heavy polyethylene dietary fiber with a drawstring advantage.
This set features a one remaining equip sofa established, two armless sofa sets and something part couch set. This gives enough room to support your family and friends. The fabric is 100% rayon for sufficient comfort and durability. The advantage of this sofa set may be the mixing and matching of chairs within the space within the room for any ideal form. As | 1,714 |
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