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Ladder 49
Given the heroism of the firefighters in New York after the World Trade Center attacks, it was inevitable that a film espousing the heroism of firefighters would arrive on screens. The Guys does not really count, since it was an independent film and nobody saw it. So along comes Ladder 49, a sappy story about the lives of firefighters on and off duty, and does not do justice to their real life counterparts. Ladder 49 is not a bad film per se, but tries so hard to be a good one that it is emotionally manipulative, and worse, seems to exploit the memory of deceased firefighters in order to sell more tickets.<|fim_middle|> up to the present, nobody watching feels that Morrison improved in his role as a firefighter. The only way people know is because Kennedy says so. If the Morrisons and Kennedy are rough character sketches, the rest of the firemen are just background filler. There is an older guy, a skinny guy, a big white guy, and a big black guy. Later, a smallish Hispanic guy enters the picture. Okay, it's not as simple as that, but it is hard to mourn for the dead when one has little clue of who that person even is, as is the case with the first person to die.
Part of what Russell attempted to do what show that while firefighters are heroic, they can be human. Thus, he spent a lot of time away from fires, showing male bonding, goofing off, conflict, and other non-fire related things. What he misses is that the filler that occurs between all of these highs and lows is the stuff that truly develops the characters. The episodic nature of Ladder 49 ruins any sense of continuity. One of the tensions in the Morrison marriage is the constant threat of death for Jack. This should be a big issue, and instead, gets the mini-treatment before the story moves on to something else.
Mongoose Rates It: Not That Good.
1 hour, 55 minutes, Rated PG-13 for intense fire and rescue situations, and for language. | The film unfolds as a series of flashbacks in the life of 10-year veteran Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix, The Village, Brother Bear). Morrison was in a burning building, and after helping a man escape, became trapped in the debris. As he lies there, his life unfolds before his eyes, and the other firefighters, especially Mike Kennedy (John Travolta, The Punisher, Basic), race to figure out a way to rescue him.
There is no cohesion in Lewis Colick's (Domestic Disturbance, October Sky) screenplay. Because it is a bunch of clips strung together with shots of Morrison struggling to survive, it plays like a Cliff's Notes version of Morrison's life. The development is minimal, instead, Colick and director Jay Russell (Tuck Everlasting, My Dog Skip) hit all of the highs and lows of the past decade. Rookie mistakes, weddings, kids, and co-worker deaths flash across the screen quickly, each segment calculated to evoke tears of sadness or joy. Morrison and his girlfriend and later wife Linda (Jacinda Barrett, The Human Stain, Urban Legends: Final Cut) seem to look exactly the same as they did when they first met. Although they look cute together, neither Russell nor Colick give a good sense on why they like each other.
Worse is the portrayal of Morrison. Ladder 49 spends a decent amount of time on his rookie years, where he is unsure of himself and still learning the ropes. As time moves forward, Russell spends less time on the job and more time with Linda. So by the time the flashbacks catch | 330 |
Q: How does RecursiveIteratorIterator work<|fim_middle|> first code example before writing any other sentence with the I-word:
$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path);
echo "[$path]\n";
foreach ($dir as $file) {
echo " ├ $file\n";
}
This third example is nearly identical with the first one, however it creates some different output:
[tree]
├ tree\.
├ tree\..
├ tree\dirA
├ tree\fileA
Okay, not that different, the filename now contains the pathname in front, but the rest looks similar as well.
As the example shows, even the directory object already imlements the RecursiveIterator interface, this is not yet enough to make foreach traverse the whole directory tree. This is where the RecursiveIteratorIterator comes into action. Example 4 shows how:
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($dir);
echo "[$path]\n";
foreach ($files as $file) {
echo " ├ $file\n";
}
Using the RecursiveIteratorIterator instead of just the previous $dir object will make foreach to traverse over all files and directories in a recursive manner. This then lists all files, as the type of object iteration has been specified now:
[tree]
├ tree\.
├ tree\..
├ tree\dirA\.
├ tree\dirA\..
├ tree\dirA\dirB\.
├ tree\dirA\dirB\..
├ tree\dirA\dirB\fileD
├ tree\dirA\fileB
├ tree\dirA\fileC
├ tree\fileA
This should already demonstrate the difference between flat and tree traversal. The RecursiveIteratorIterator is able to traverse any tree-like structure as a list of elements. Because there is more information (like the level the iteration takes currently place), it is possible to access the iterator object while iterating over it and for example indent the output:
echo "[$path]\n";
foreach ($files as $file) {
$indent = str_repeat(' ', $files->getDepth());
echo $indent, " ├ $file\n";
}
And output of Example 5:
[tree]
├ tree\.
├ tree\..
├ tree\dirA\.
├ tree\dirA\..
├ tree\dirA\dirB\.
├ tree\dirA\dirB\..
├ tree\dirA\dirB\fileD
├ tree\dirA\fileB
├ tree\dirA\fileC
├ tree\fileA
Sure this does not win a beauty contest, but it shows that with the recursive iterator there is more information available than just the linear order of key and value. Even foreach can only express this kind of linearity, accessing the iterator itself allows to obtain more information.
Similar to the meta-information there are also different ways possible how to traverse the tree and therefore order the output. This is the Mode of the RecursiveIteratorIterator and it can be set with the constructor.
The next example will tell the RecursiveDirectoryIterator to remove the dot entries (. and ..) as we do not need them. But also the recursion mode will be changed to take the parent element (the subdirectory) first (SELF_FIRST) before the children (the files and sub-subdirs in the subdirectory):
$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path, RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($dir, RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
echo "[$path]\n";
foreach ($files as $file) {
$indent = str_repeat(' ', $files->getDepth());
echo $indent, " ├ $file\n";
}
The output now shows the subdirectory entries properly listed, if you compare with the previous output those were not there:
[tree]
├ tree\dirA
├ tree\dirA\dirB
├ tree\dirA\dirB\fileD
├ tree\dirA\fileB
├ tree\dirA\fileC
├ tree\fileA
The recursion mode therefore controls what and when a brach or leaf in the tree is returned, for the directory example:
*
*LEAVES_ONLY (default): Only list files, no directories.
*SELF_FIRST (above): List directory and then the files in there.
*CHILD_FIRST (w/o example): List files in subdirectory first, then the directory.
Output of Example 5 with the two other modes:
LEAVES_ONLY CHILD_FIRST
[tree] [tree]
├ tree\dirA\dirB\fileD ├ tree\dirA\dirB\fileD
├ tree\dirA\fileB ├ tree\dirA\dirB
├ tree\dirA\fileC ├ tree\dirA\fileB
├ tree\fileA ├ tree\dirA\fileC
├ tree\dirA
├ tree\fileA
When you compare that with standard traversal, all these things are not available. Recursive iteration therefore is a little bit more complex when you need to wrap your head around it, however it is easy to use because it behaves just like an iterator, you put it into a foreach and done.
I think these are enough examples for one answer. You can find the full source-code as well as an example to display nice-looking ascii-trees in this gist: https://gist.github.com/3599532
Do It Yourself: Make the RecursiveTreeIterator Work Line by Line.
Example 5 demonstrated that there is meta-information about the iterator's state available. However, this was purposefully demonstrated within the foreach iteration. In real life this naturally belongs inside the RecursiveIterator.
A better example is the RecursiveTreeIterator, it takes care of indenting, prefixing and so on. See the following code fragment:
$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path, RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
$lines = new RecursiveTreeIterator($dir);
$unicodeTreePrefix($lines);
echo "[$path]\n", implode("\n", iterator_to_array($lines));
The RecursiveTreeIterator is intended to work line by line, the output is pretty straight forward with one little problem:
[tree]
├ tree\dirA
│ ├ tree\dirA\dirB
│ │ └ tree\dirA\dirB\fileD
│ ├ tree\dirA\fileB
│ └ tree\dirA\fileC
└ tree\fileA
When used in combination with a RecursiveDirectoryIterator it displays the whole pathname and not just the filename. The rest looks good. This is because the file-names are generated by SplFileInfo. Those should be displayed as the basename instead. The desired output is the following:
/// Solved ///
[tree]
├ dirA
│ ├ dirB
│ │ └ fileD
│ ├ fileB
│ └ fileC
└ fileA
Create a decorator class that can be used with RecursiveTreeIterator instead of the RecursiveDirectoryIterator. It should provide the basename of the current SplFileInfo instead of the pathname. The final code fragment could then look like:
$lines = new RecursiveTreeIterator(
new DiyRecursiveDecorator($dir)
);
$unicodeTreePrefix($lines);
echo "[$path]\n", implode("\n", iterator_to_array($lines));
These fragments including $unicodeTreePrefix are part of the gist in Appendix: Do It Yourself: Make the RecursiveTreeIterator Work Line by Line..
A: When used with iterator_to_array(), RecursiveIteratorIterator will recursively walk the array to find all the values. Meaning that it will flatten the original array.
IteratorIterator will keep the original hierarchical structure.
This example will show you clearly the difference:
$array = array(
'ford',
'model' => 'F150',
'color' => 'blue',
'options' => array('radio' => 'satellite')
);
$recursiveIterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveArrayIterator($array));
var_dump(iterator_to_array($recursiveIterator, true));
$iterator = new IteratorIterator(new ArrayIterator($array));
var_dump(iterator_to_array($iterator,true));
A: RecursiveDirectoryIterator it displays the whole pathname and not just the filename. The rest looks good. This is because the file-names are generated by SplFileInfo. Those should be displayed as the basename instead. The desired output is the following:
$path =__DIR__;
$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
$files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($dir,RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
while ($files->valid()) {
$file = $files->current();
$filename = $file->getFilename();
$deep = $files->getDepth();
$indent = str_repeat('│ ', $deep);
$files->next();
$valid = $files->valid();
if ($valid and ($files->getDepth() - 1 == $deep or $files->getDepth() == $deep)) {
echo $indent, "├ $filename\n";
} else {
echo $indent, "└ $filename\n";
}
}
output:
tree
├ dirA
│ ├ dirB
│ │ └ fileD
│ ├ fileB
│ └ fileC
└ fileA
| in PHP? How does RecursiveIteratorIterator work?
The PHP manual has nothing much documented or explained. What is the difference between IteratorIterator and RecursiveIteratorIterator?
A:
What is the difference of IteratorIterator and RecursiveIteratorIterator?
To understand the difference between these two iterators, one must first understand a little bit about the naming conventions used and what we mean by "recursive" iterators.
Recursive and non-recursive iterators
PHP has non-"recursive" iterators, such as ArrayIterator and FilesystemIterator. There are also "recursive" iterators such as the RecursiveArrayIterator and RecursiveDirectoryIterator. The latter have methods enabling them to be drilled down into, the former do not.
When instances of these iterators are looped over on their own, even the recursive ones, the values only come from the "top" level even if looping over a nested array or directory with sub-directories.
The recursive iterators implement recursive behaviour (via hasChildren(), getChildren()) but do not exploit it.
It might be better to think of the recursive iterators as "recursible" iterators, they have the ability to be iterated recursively but simply iterating over an instance of one of these classes will not do that. To exploit the recursive behaviour, keep reading.
RecursiveIteratorIterator
This is where the RecursiveIteratorIterator comes in to play. It has the knowledge of how to call the "recursible" iterators in such a way as to drill down into the structure in a normal, flat, loop. It puts the recursive behaviour into action. It essentially does the work of stepping over each of the values in the iterator, looking to see if there are "children" to recurse into or not, and stepping into and out of those collections of children. You stick an instance of RecursiveIteratorIterator into a foreach, and it dives into the structure so that you don't have to.
If the RecursiveIteratorIterator was not used, you would have to write your own recursive loops to exploit the recursive behaviour, checking against the "recursible" iterator's hasChildren() and using getChildren().
So that's a brief overview of RecursiveIteratorIterator, how is it different from IteratorIterator? Well, you're basically asking the same sort of question as What is the difference between a kitten and a tree? Just because both appear in the same encyclopaedia (or manual, for the iterators) doesn't mean you should get confused between the two.
IteratorIterator
The job of the IteratorIterator is to take any Traversable object, and wrap it such that it satisfies the Iterator interface. A use for this is to then be able to apply iterator-specific behaviour on the non-iterator object.
To give a practical example, the DatePeriod class is Traversable but not an Iterator. As such, we can loop over its values with foreach() but cannot do other things that we ordinarily would with an iterator, such as filtering.
TASK: Loop over the Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of the next four weeks.
Yes, this is trivial by foreach-ing over the DatePeriod and using an if() within the loop; but that's not the point of this example!
$period = new DatePeriod(new DateTime, new DateInterval('P1D'), 28);
$dates = new CallbackFilterIterator($period, function ($date) {
return in_array($date->format('l'), array('Monday', 'Wednesday', 'Friday'));
});
foreach ($dates as $date) { … }
The above snippet won't work because the CallbackFilterIterator expects an instance of a class that implements the Iterator interface, which DatePeriod does not. However, since it is Traversable we can easily satisfy that requirement by using IteratorIterator.
$period = new IteratorIterator(new DatePeriod(…));
As you can see, this has nothing whatsoever to do with iterating over iterator classes nor recursion, and therein lies the difference between IteratorIterator and RecursiveIteratorIterator.
Summary
RecursiveIteraratorIterator is for iterating over a RecursiveIterator ("recursible" iterator), exploiting the recursive behaviour that is available.
IteratorIterator is for applying Iterator behaviour to non-iterator, Traversable objects.
A: RecursiveIteratorIterator is a concrete Iterator implementing tree traversal. It enables a programmer to traverse a container object that implements the RecursiveIterator interface, see Iterator in Wikipedia for the general principles, types, semantics and patterns of iterators.
In difference to IteratorIterator which is a concrete Iterator implementing object traversal in linear order (and by default accepting any kind of Traversable in its constructor), the RecursiveIteratorIterator allows looping over all nodes in an ordered tree of objects and its constructor takes a RecursiveIterator.
In short: RecursiveIteratorIterator allows you to loop over a tree, IteratorIterator allows you to loop over a list. I show that with some code examples below soon.
Technically this works by breaking out of linearity by traversing all of a nodes' children (if any). This is possible because by definition all children of a node are again a RecursiveIterator. The toplevel Iterator then internally stacks the different RecursiveIterators by their depth and keeps a pointer to the current active sub Iterator for traversal.
This allows to visit all nodes of a tree.
The underlying principles are the same as with IteratorIterator: An interface specifies the type of iteration and the base iterator class is the implementation of these semantics. Compare with the examples below, for linear looping with foreach you normally do not think about the implementation details much unless you need to define a new Iterator (e.g. when some concrete type itself does not implement Traversable).
For recursive traversal - unless you do not use a pre-defined Traversal that already has recursive traversal iteration - you normally need to instantiate the existing RecursiveIteratorIterator iteration or even write a recursive traversal iteration that is a Traversable your own to have this type of traversal iteration with foreach.
Tip: You probably didn't implement the one nor the other your own, so this might be something worth to do for your practical experience of the differences they have. You find a DIY suggestion at the end of the answer.
Technical differences in short:
*
*While IteratorIterator takes any Traversable for linear traversal, RecursiveIteratorIterator needs a more specific RecursiveIterator to loop over a tree.
*Where IteratorIterator exposes its main Iterator via getInnerIerator(), RecursiveIteratorIterator provides the current active sub-Iterator only via that method.
*While IteratorIterator is totally not aware of anything like parent or children, RecursiveIteratorIterator knows how to get and traverse children as well.
*IteratorIterator does not need a stack of iterators, RecursiveIteratorIterator has such a stack and knows the active sub-iterator.
*Where IteratorIterator has its order due to linearity and no choice, RecursiveIteratorIterator has a choice for further traversal and needs to decide per each node (decided via mode per RecursiveIteratorIterator).
*RecursiveIteratorIterator has more methods than IteratorIterator.
To summarize: RecursiveIterator is a concrete type of iteration (looping over a tree) that works on its own iterators, namely RecursiveIterator. That is the same underlying principle as with IteratorIerator, but the type of iteration is different (linear order).
Ideally you can create your own set, too. The only thing necessary is that your iterator implements Traversable which is possible via Iterator or IteratorAggregate. Then you can use it with foreach. For example some kind of ternary tree traversal recursive iteration object together with the according iteration interface for the container object(s).
Let's review with some real-life examples that are not that abstract. Between interfaces, concrete iterators, container objects and iteration semantics this maybe is not a that bad idea.
Take a directory listing as an example. Consider you have got the following file and directory tree on disk:
While a iterator with linear order just traverse over the toplevel folder and files (a single directory listing), the recursive iterator traverses through subfolders as well and list all folders and files (a directory listing with listings of its subdirectories):
Non-Recursive Recursive
============= =========
[tree] [tree]
├ dirA ├ dirA
└ fileA │ ├ dirB
│ │ └ fileD
│ ├ fileB
│ └ fileC
└ fileA
You can easily compare this with IteratorIterator which does no recursion for traversing the directory tree. And the RecursiveIteratorIterator which can traverse into the tree as the Recursive listing shows.
At first a very basic example with a DirectoryIterator that implements Traversable which allows foreach to iterate over it:
$path = 'tree';
$dir = new DirectoryIterator($path);
echo "[$path]\n";
foreach ($dir as $file) {
echo " ├ $file\n";
}
The exemplary output for the directory structure above then is:
[tree]
├ .
├ ..
├ dirA
├ fileA
As you see this is not yet using IteratorIterator or RecursiveIteratorIterator. Instead it just just using foreach that operates on the Traversable interface.
As foreach by default only knows the type of iteration named linear order, we might want to specify the type of iteration explicitly. At first glance it might seem too verbose, but for demonstration purposes (and to make the difference with RecursiveIteratorIterator more visible later), lets specify the linear type of iteration explicitly specifying the IteratorIterator type of iteration for the directory listing:
$files = new IteratorIterator($dir);
echo "[$path]\n";
foreach ($files as $file) {
echo " ├ $file\n";
}
This example is nearly identical with the first one, the difference is that $files is now an IteratorIterator type of iteration for Traversable $dir:
$files = new IteratorIterator($dir);
As usual the act of iteration is performed by the foreach:
foreach ($files as $file) {
The output is exactly the same. So what is different? Different is the object used within the foreach. In the first example it is a DirectoryIterator in the second example it is the IteratorIterator. This shows the flexibility iterators have: You can replace them with each other, the code inside foreach just continue to work as expected.
Lets start to get the whole listing, including subdirectories.
As we now have specified the type of iteration, let's consider to change it to another type of iteration.
We know we need to traverse the whole tree now, not only the first level. To have that work with a simple foreach we need a different type of iterator: RecursiveIteratorIterator. And that one can only iterate over container objects that have the RecursiveIterator interface.
The interface is a contract. Any class implementing it can be used together with the RecursiveIteratorIterator. An example of such a class is the RecursiveDirectoryIterator, which is something like the recursive variant of DirectoryIterator.
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Doc Teters, you can barely see the green visor but it's there, along with his vest and bottles of medicine in his old timey practice.
The first doctor I remember in my childhood was, as<|fim_middle|> of going to an old-timey doctor? Or perhaps he (or she?) made house calls?
I'm all ears right here. I'd love your comments!
Do you have a favorite doctor you recall or go to now? What makes this doctor a fav?
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In my day (!), doctors made house calls. Dr. Thompson delivered me, and Dr. Garber came to our house to give injections to one of my sisters who had rheumatic fever. You met the latter in one of my memoir chapters, treating my mother's allergies. Great descriptions, Melodie!
Your doctor delivered you at home? I suppose that was not uncommon–my mother's generation and community were delivered at home–and she recalls being shocked when her brother was born because her mother's pregnancy had been hidden from her and her sister. That was not uncommon either, I understand. Now we have "gender reveals" and posting photos on FB of big tummies: my grandmother Stauffer must be rolling over in her grave. Or maybe she's dancing in heaven! | we called him, "Old Doc Teters" (pronounced like "meters"). Walking into his quaint office in the small burg of Middlebury, Indiana, was like stepping into a museum from the 1920s. It smelled of antiseptic, like rubbing alcohol. The floor of the waiting room was wooden and the chairs, if I remember correctly, were just plain wooden benches, like old TV programs "Little House on the Prairie" or "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." Doc Melvin Teters' father, B. F. Teters, was also a doctor. So his son Melvin maintained the passed-down office décor of his father.
An article I have from the Middlebury Independent notes that local Amish families were fond of having Doc Teters as their doctor, especially since he made house calls. After he died, several of his Amish patients came to rake and clean up his yard since the sister with whom he lived had also just been hospitalized, according to the article. The paper said he was "the last of the old-time doctors," delivering "generations of babies." He died November, 1969, shortly after my family moved to Florida.
But I had totally forgotten he may have saved my oldest sister's life. Nancy was just seven when she developed intense pain in the lower right region of her abdomen. My parents called him asking how long it would last. Mom remembers Doc saying, "Well how long do you want her to live? You need to get her to the hospital right away!" This early hospital experience left her with a strong desire to become an RN and she enjoyed a long career until she fully retired last year. She also remembers sitting beside him for him to pull out a splinter under her fingernail—a very painful place. She almost fainted but was steadied with Doc Teters by her side.
As a child, I never dreaded going to Doc Teters because he knew how to make a doctor visit fun: he wore an old timey green visor, glasses, and a sweater vest. The shelves in his examining room were lined with glass bottles bearing white piles of powder—and huge yellow sulfa pills that would usually make a sore throat go away almost immediately. He would shake down his thermometer swinging it from a string in a big circle: that was just plain amusing. If you were getting a school or athletic physical, he tested your heart by asking you to jog 10 or 20 seconds and then declare you "as healthy as anyone else would be." Physical all done! He gave free pre-camp physicals when we went to Bible Memory Camp. I also remember a time he tightly tied a string around a wart on my brother's forehead. It eventually fell off as he said it would.
Many of us have memories of doctors who made house calls, or open their doors on a Sunday morning if necessary. Once when my sister was visiting us here in Virginia, her baby daughter had obvious pain in her ear and we called Dr. Huffman. He quickly dispensed a prescription and she soon felt better.
Medicine has changed much in 60+ years but there are Doc Teters out there who still care deeply for their patients. While house calls are out of fashion, we all appreciate the docs who take time to really talk with you, not at you, who go the second mile in making sure you get set up with a specialist if needed, who make their staff available to answer questions and actually get back to you in person—not call you with a message-leaving mechanism. Insurance practices and hospitals where you are seen by "hospitalists" instead of your family doctor make practicing old-style medicine difficult. But even hospitalists who take the time to really listen, explain, and explain again—help. Plus patients need patience to keep asking until we feel we are truly heard.
And old-style medicine wasn't always the best, obviously. We were never sure at the end of one of those cheap or free physicals from Doc Teters if jogging in place for 10 seconds was a true test of a flourishing heart!
He thrived on taking care of his patients. I feel privileged to know a few of those today. If you have a doctor like that, make sure he or she knows how much the extra attention and care is valued. We appreciated my husband's surgeon praying respectively to the Great Healer with us before operating a few years ago.
Did you have the privilege | 909 |
The church of Our Lady of the Purification of Gazólaz, a hamlet in the Pamplona basin that is crossed by the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago, draws our attention with its interesting arched atrium in the Late Romanesque style. A slight Gothic influence is seen in the ribs of the dome that covers the roof.
The porch has two entrances: one<|fim_middle|> Todo el año: sólo grupos concertando con antelación. | a simple semicircular arch looking south, which is opposite the entrance to the church, and another semicircular arch that rests on double columns with capitals, which looks eastwards.
To the side of the southern entrance to the porch there are capitals with human heads between balls and heads of animals, from whose mouths triangulated rings emerge. An angel can be seen on the side of one of the buttresses, followed by three human figures and a great winged bull at the front. On the central capital one of the arches depicts the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem: a figure appears on a donkey flanked by two angels and accompanied by the 12 apostles, and several heads that appear looking over a tower. On a double column there is a large capital with two spouts at the front, a centaur and St Michael killing the dragon on the shorter sides. You will also see wild birds that seem to be biting their feet -a motif that spread after it appeared in the Romanesque Cathedral of Pamplona-, interlinked stems and canes.
undefined, located next to the apse of the header, has a number of different motifs on its capitals: birds biting their feet, a centaur and scenes alluding to the Passion such as the Kiss of Judas, the Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter cutting off Malchus's ear, and the Crucifixion.
A small eave covers the porch, supported on small overhanging eaves, sometimes containing motifs such as contortionists, human figures, animal heads, balls or the typical Cluny-inspired chessboard configuration.
The access door to the church is bell-shaped and semicircular with three archivolts on columns with capitals with s-shaped moulds (cimacios) where the decoration is based on plant motifs and other interconnected figures. The tympanum, on corbels, which represents the traditional themes of a lion and a bull devouring a man, has a beautiful Trinity Crismon.
The inside of the church consists of a single nave in three sections, with a pointed barrel vault supported on transverse arches that in turn rest on corbels, except for the one corresponding to the triumphal arch, which is supported on pilasters. The apse is semicircular with a quarter-sphere dome. The chorus and the vestry were added in the 16th century by the mason Miguel de Azcárate. The interesting Romanist altarpiece, dated 1648, is the work of Martín de Echeverría, a sculptor from Pamplona.
Opposite the church is a boundary cross in fairly deteriorated condition that stands on a stone. In Gazólaz there are also some interesting noble houses, such as the one next door to the Village Hall. It has a semicircular arched stone door and a gallery of arches on the top floor.
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In terms of optics, the Nokia 7.1 bears a vertically aligned pair of dual rear camera setup that consists of a 12-megapixel primary sensor, with autofocus and f/1.8 aperture, and a 5-megapixel secondary sensor with fixed focus and f/2.4 aperture. The company is also touting two-phase detection and Zeiss optics for the rear camera setup, apart from EIS. On the front, the handset sports an 8-megapixel fixed focus sensor with f/2.0 aperture and 84-degree field-of-view. There is a 3,060mAh non-removable battery under the hood with 18W fast charging, delivering 50 percent charge in 30 minutes.
In terms Of Connectivity on the Nokia 7.1 With 5.84 Pure Display And Dual Cameras include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors onboard the smartphone include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, electronic compass, gyroscope, proximity sensor, and a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. Dimensions are 149.7×71.19×7.99mm and weight is 159 grams.
Sarvikas also touted the Nokia 7.1's real-time SDR to HDR conversion using a 16-bit engine, letting users experience "HDR quality entertainment, even when the content is not." The smartphone is built out of 6000 series aluminium CNC machined frame and a die cast metal centre.
Nokia 7.1 price ranges from EUR 299 (roughly Rs. 24,400) to EUR 349 (roughly Rs. 29,500), depending on the region. The phone will be sold in Gloss Midnight Blue and Gloss Steel colour options, across global markets, starting October this year. India pricing and availability will be announced later.
The company also announced the launch of two new audio accessories with the Nokia 7.1 – the Nokia True Wireless Earbuds and the Nokia Pro Wireless Earphones. The former comes with up to 3.5 hours play time and a charging case with three times the charge. The latter sports a neckband with up to 10 hours of playback time.
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XENIA RUBINOS PENS THEME FOR NPR'S LATINO USA
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Talented singer and multi- instrumentalist Xenia Rubinos has composed and produced the first ever theme song for NPR's Latino USA. The show is the longest running Latino-focused program on U.S. public media. Xenia's theme song<|fim_middle|> Steel*
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On January 27th, Xenia will be a featured artist at the Ecstatic Music Festival in New York where she will she will team up with Adam Schatz's Civil Engineering; a high-energy, 10-member multi-dimensional big band led by the multi-instrumentalist Schatz. They will be performing new arrangements of songs from Xenia's acclaimed album Black Terry Cat, Schatz's songs, and pieces by composers they love. The set will include the premiere of Xenia's imaginative arrangement of "The Fight" from Prokofiev's ballet, Rome & Juliet.
As the festival's curator Judd Greenstein explains, "I had wanted to work with both Adam and Xenia separately, having been a fan both of Xenia's latest record and Adam's work with his band Landlady. Adam and I were discussing collaborative possibilities, and when he mentioned Xenia, it was one of the quickest 'yes'-es I've ever had as a curator. This show is going to be a powerhouse, I can't wait."
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Today, the global economy generates 85% more economic value with one metric ton of raw materials compared to the 1980<|fim_middle|> a Sennheiser boom and wireless lav. Not being a big sound person, it was a useful refresher. [iframe: src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/26106160?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff9933" width="580" height="326" frameborder="0"] Before breaking for lunch, we watched a few docs to get a sense of establishing shots and character introduction. These included Barefoot Workshop docs "The Mighty Quapaw", and "River Don't Come Calling" (which was hilarious!). The third was the beginning of the 1992 "Brother's Keeper", which was really good. I need to Netflix it to see the rest. [iframe: src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/20714681?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff9933" width="580" height="326" frameborder="0"] The highlight of the day was after lunch. We broke into our respective group, collected our equipment, and were sent off to gather establishing shots and some b-roll based on the story we're each developing. It was meant as half exercise, and half "get a head start" by getting to know your subject(s). Laura, Merri, and I had some relatively firm ideas on what story we're attempting to tell with our subject, Jacob Guevara, a young man preparing to defend his title at this weekend's shuffleboard tournament at Padres, Marfa's local bar.
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We had planned on just covering Jacob at his home, but ended up following him to Padres and Planet Marfa. We shot about 77 GB of footage (~77 mins), with only 1 major screw up when we accidentally left our tripod behind at Padres. For me, it was a good practice run looking for the "decisive moment" in a shot, as well as covering a scene when your subject is a spritely individual. For Laura and Merri, it was their first time doing real "shooting" for a real project with real equipment, so it was a definitely a learning experience for them. I helped them out when it made sense, but also tried to let them figure things out on their own when it seemed appropriate.
Laura and Merri working late in our makeshift "war room". A working draft of our production documents covering interview questions, b-roll, and possible scenes.
After dinner, as the other group worked on their story and narrative, we settled into the equipment/class room and made it our production "war room", copying over footage, projecting it up on the screen for review and critique, creating a draft of our production punch-list, getting a Dropbox folder set up so we can share our production documents, and as midnight rolled around, switching focus to our Friday game plan, which will see us doing Jacob's interview, the main interview of our doc. Some of our footage worked really well, some of it we will need to reshoot, but we at least have the typical trip-ups and slow downs crews experience on day one of any production out of the way. As a team, we're still settling in, but we at least have come up with a strategy for how to talk (i.e. signal) to each other when we're shooting. Tomorrow will hopefully go smoother with stronger results! | s and the global middle class is projected to grow to 5 billion people by 2030, greener future on the Sustainable Development Goals.
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NCPA goes green, installs a 450 KW solar PV System
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One of Indias premier institute for performing arts, National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) has installed a 450 KW solar PV System, one of the largest rooftop projects in Mumbai.
The installation, which aims to successfully adopt a sustainable power model was inaugurated by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, and will generate around 630,000 units of clean solar power every year.
This state-of-the-art solar installation project is approved by Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (BEST) and will help to reduce over one-third of the building's electricity consumption.
The installation aims to reduce the buildings' carbon dioxide emissions by more than 525 tons per year. One of the most unique features of the structure, according to<|fim_middle|> to Solar Energy By 2021
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"Sustainability is truly the need of the hour. As one of the largest art and cultural institution we have over 700 events taking place in a year across multiple venues within our premises, involving varying quantum of power consumption. This rooftop solar power project is therefore an extremely crucial step demonstrating our commitment to sustainability as well as the society at large," said Khushroo Suntook, Chairman, NCPA.
The system will generate over 50,000 units of electricity on a monthly basis and will also export excess power back to the electricity grid as it is connected under the Solar Net Metering policy of the Maharashtra Government.
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Madico Names Sonoco Plastics 2013-14 Supplier Of The Year
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has been named Supplier of the Year by Madico in their "Supplies and Services" category. A world leader in the coating, laminating and converting of specialty films in wide width, roll-to-roll formats, Madico selected Sonoco Plastics in recognition of outstanding quality, service, delivery, innovation and capability as a key supply partner.
"Given the demanding applications and performance requirements for Madico products, Sonoco is honored to have met those stringent standards, and we are pleased to receive this 2013-14 Supplier of the Year Award," said<|fim_middle|>.com.
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The Supplier of the Year Award criteria is based on exceptional performance in quality, service, delivery and innovation. This recent award was driven primarily by Sonoco's innovative approach to challenging packaging issues related to Madico's tinted window films used in the automotive market. Not only did Sonoco provide high quality packaging, but they also reduced shipping costs and waste that would have ended up in a landfill.
"We are proud of our collaboration with Sonoco and truly value their ongoing efforts as one of our business partners," said Angie Leonetti, marketing manager for Madico. "This sustainable, innovative solution, combined with a continuing commitment to service, responsiveness and quality, helped Sonoco win this recognition."
About Madico:
Madico is a world leader in the coating, laminating and converting of films in wide width, roll-to-roll format. Madico products are multilayered, engineered films primarily targeting applications in energy-related markets such as solar control window films, photovoltaic backsheets and safety/security films. For more information, visit www.madico.com.
About Sonoco:
Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services. With annualized combined sales of approximately $5.4B, the Company has more than 21,000 employees working in more than 340 operations in 34 countries, serving some of the world's best known brands in some 85 nations. Sonoco is a proud member of the 2014/2015 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. For more information, visit www.sonoco | 362 |
The Taylor Changer Dresser is not only unique in style and design, but unique in the<|fim_middle|> as an internal locking mechanism that keeps the drawers secure at all times.
It is important to note that because each wood is unique the paint finishes may vary. Finish treatments and the antiquing process will create a unique finish on each piece. Therefore color lots may vary slightly from batch to batch. | method of construction and its finishes. With its different color options, this furniture piece is sure to blend into any themed room. This designer piece is hand rubbed, and benchmade, using quality craftsmanship and traditional woodworking techniques, an art seldom used by most furniture manufacturers. It can be used either with the tray as a changer or on its own as a dresser. Two pull out shelves are hidden on either side of the dresser for easy access and extra space. The five drawer feature full extension ball bearing drawer slides as well | 103 |
SAN DIEGO (AP) The Philadelphia Phillies, of all teams, made spacious Petco Park play like a bandbox Friday night.
Cameron R<|fim_middle|>stop.
Padres: RHP Brandon Morrow (shoulder) is consulting with team doctors to decide whether surgery or rehabilitation is his best option.
Phillies: LHP Adam Morgan (2-3, 4.46 ERA) is scheduled to start the middle game of the series.
Padres: RHP Tyson Ross (8-8, 3.37) goes for his third straight win. | upp hit Philadelphia's fourth home run of the game, a leadoff shot in the 12th inning that lifted the Phillies to a 4-3 victory against the skidding San Diego Padres.
The Phillies (43-67) have won 14 of 19 since the All-Star break to tie Miami for fourth place in the NL East. The teams share the worst record in the majors.
Rupp drove a 90 mph fastball from Kevin Quackenbush (1-2) an estimated 416 feet to straightaway center field. It was his third of the season.
Domonic Brown, Ryan Howard and Cody Asche hit long home runs off Padres starter James Shields.
All the long balls traveled more than 400 feet.
The Phillies have been swinging the bats better the last several weeks.
That's what happened on his homer.
''I had two chances in that at-bat prior to that pitch, and I missed. He left one out over the plate and I was ready for it,'' Rupp said.
The Padres have lost four straight and five of six.
''I didn't want to walk him so I threw a pitch and he hit it over the fence. That was about it,'' Quackenbush said.
Hector Neris (2-0) pitched the 11th for the win. Ken Giles worked the 12th for his fourth save, allowing two broken-bat singles before striking out Jedd Gyorko to end it.
Shields blew a 3-0 lead and was pulled two batters after allowing Asche's tying homer in the seventh. One of San Diego's big offseason acquisitions, the right-hander has only one victory in his last 12 starts.
Brown hit a moonshot to right field with one out in the fourth. It was his fourth homer in 26 plate appearances after having zero in his previous 162.
Howard drove a ball an estimated 426 feet into the sandy play area beyond the fence in right-center with two outs in the sixth, his 19th.
Asche's shot went 415 feet to right-center, his sixth.
It was the third time Shields allowed at least three homers in a game. He gave up four at Arizona on May 8.
Maikel Franco just missed clearing the left-field fence with a high, arcing fly in the sixth.
Shields pitched well otherwise, striking out eight and walking one in 6 2-3 innings. He allowed three runs and six hits.
Phillies rookie Aaron Nola yielded three runs and six hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked two.
The Padres had a chance to take the lead in the seventh. Yangervis Solarte doubled into the right-field corner and was waved home by third base coach Glenn Hoffman on Justin Upton's single to right, but was out by 10 feet on a throw by Brown.
Padres interim manager Pat Murphy challenged the call but it was upheld after a replay review. Murphy apparently thought Rupp blocked the plate.
San Diego took a 3-0 lead on an RBI single by Derek Norris in the second and a two-run triple by Upton in the third. Brown missed Upton's fly ball as he was retreating toward the wall. Alexi Amarista and Solarte, aboard on consecutive singles, scored.
Phillies: 2B Chase Utley was activated from the 15-day disabled list. INF Cesar Hernandez, who was filling in for Utley, will see playing time at shortstop and third base. SS Freddy Galvis could play center field if Hernandez moves to short | 755 |
My choice for quick-flash frying, sautéing, and baking is the iron skillet. This old-fashioned cookware is a must in the modern kitchen for so many reasons. Cast-iron skillets conduct heat, beautifully. They can be used under high heat in the oven. They last for decades if taken care of properly. See How to Care For Cast-Iron.
As well, there are many other benefits, including health benefits, to using cast-iron over toxic non-stick<|fim_middle|> you prefer. | pots and pans. See Ten Reasons Why Cast Iron is a Must Have in the Kitchen.
This side dish is very versatile in that it goes with almost any dish. I like to serve it as a quick side dish with Easy Roasted Whole Baked Chicken with Vegetables or Herb Roasted Whole Chicken. Another great chicken dish, that pairs well with this side dish, is the Mediterranean inspired main course; Greek Chicken Thighs & Legs with Artichokes & Olives.
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In cognitive psychology and decision science, conservatism or conservatism bias is a bias which refers<|fim_middle|>0 red and 300 blue chips, the other containing 300 red and 700 blue. Take one of the bags. Now, you sample, randomly, with replacement after each chip. In 12 samples, you get 8 reds and 4 blues. what is the probability that this is the predominantly red bag?
Most subjects chose an answer around .7. The correct answer according to Bayes' theorem is closer to .97. Edwards suggested that people updated beliefs conservatively, in accordance with Bayes' theorem, but more slowly. They updated from .5 incorrectly according to an observed bias in several experiments.
In finance
In finance, evidence has been found that investors under-react to corporate events, consistent with conservatism. This includes announcements of earnings, changes in dividends, and stock splits.
Possible explanations
The traditional explanation for this effect is that it is an extension of the anchoring bias, as studied by Tversky and Kahneman. The initial "anchor" is the .5 probability given when there are two choices without any other evidence, and people fail to adjust sufficiently far away. However, a recent study suggests that the belief revising conservatism can be explained by an information-theoretic generative mechanism that assumes a noisy conversion of objective evidence (observation) into subjective estimates (judgment). The study explains that the estimates of conditional probabilities are conservative because of noise in the retrieval of information from memory, whereas noise is defined as the mixing of evidence. and the result is conservatism (low is not low enough, and high is not high enough, the result is not extreme enough, which is conservative).
In an incentivized experimental study, it has been shown that the conservatism bias decreased in those with greater cognitive ability, though it did not disappear.
See also
Base rate fallacy
Belief perseverance
References
Belief revision
Bayesian inference
Cognitive inertia
Error
Ignorance | to the tendency to revise one's belief insufficiently when presented with new evidence. This bias describes human belief revision in which people over-weigh the prior distribution (base rate) and under-weigh new sample evidence when compared to Bayesian belief-revision.
According to the theory, "opinion change is very orderly, and usually proportional to the numbers of Bayes' theorem – but it is insufficient in amount". In other words, people update their prior beliefs as new evidence becomes available, but they do so more slowly than they would if they used Bayes' theorem.
This bias was discussed by Ward Edwards in 1968, who reported on experiments like the following one:
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Dthree Studio were appointed by Brunswick Real Estate to redevelop and reposition two buildings on the much sought-after Lonsdale Road. Both buildings boasted exquisite existing features and distinctive textures. These were also the basis of the design intent, alongside maximising the lettable area and creating a more efficient office space than previously inhabited.
The project at 2 Lonsdale Road consisted of stripping out and redeveloping the first and second floors. It also, included re-supporting the second floor with new architectural steels to turn it into lettable space and works to the existing foundation to ensure that the building was structurally sound.
Similarly, 4 Lonsdale Road had large structural works as it was previously home to a famous music studio. Both sides of the first floor were not levelled which meant that the space had unusable head heights and posed health and safety concerns.
At 2 Lonsdale Road, an array of six new skylights were installed into the roof of the second floor, transforming it into a new and bright space, with unique timber detailing. A new lighting and mechanical system was installed, with bespoke industrial style AC unit casings to stay in keeping with the architectural elements. The finishing palette ensured the industrial aesthetic was complemented and accentuated with detailed flooring, bold and quirky WC design, and exposing of the previously painted brick.
At 4 Lonsdale Road, we dropped the right-hand side of the first floor to its original level and reinstated the blocked-up ground floor window to improve natural light. We also created an additional opening in the existing brickwork partitioning on the first floor.
Both the ground and first floor had increased WC capacity installed, in more efficient positioning than previous, boasting the same mechanical and electrical details as 2 Lonsdale Road. The previously disregarded yard at the rear was overhauled and transformed into a usable space for the future tenants, whist also providing space for new condensers which allowed us to remove existing dated units from the front façade. Similar to 2 Lonsdale Road, the finishing palette was carefully selected to play off and enhance the existing features within the space, such as the red supportive beams.
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Users' experiences of wearable activity trackers: a cross-sectional study
Carol Maher1,
Jillian Ryan1,
Christina Ambrosi1 &
Sarah Edney1
Wearable activity trackers offer considerable promise for helping users to adopt healthier lifestyles. This study aimed to explore users' experience of activity trackers, including usage patterns, sharing of data to social media, perceived behaviour change (physical activity, diet and sleep), and technical issues/barriers to use.
A cross-sectional online survey was developed and administered to Australian adults who were current or former activity tracker users. Results were analysed descriptively, with differences between current and former users and wearable brands explored using independent samples t-tests, Mann-Whitney, and chi square tests.
Participants included 200 current and 37 former activity tracker users (total N = 237) with a mean age of 33.1 years (SD 12.4, range 18–74 years). Fitbit (67.5%) and Garmin devices (16.5%) were most commonly reported. Participants typically used their trackers for sustained periods (5–7 months) and most intended to continue usage. Participants reported they had improved their physical activity (51–81%) more commonly than they had their diet (14–40%) or sleep (11–24%), and slightly more participants reported to value the real time feedback (89%) compared to the long-term monitoring (78%). Most users (70%) reported they had experienced functionality issues with their devices, most commonly related to battery life and technical difficulties.
Results suggest users find activity trackers appealing and useful tools for increasing perceived physical activity levels over a sustained period.
Physical inactivity and poor diet are leading modifiable causes of death and disease globally. They increase the risk of developing chronic health conditions -- such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, cancers, depression and anxiety -- leading to premature death and reduced quality of life [1, 2]. In addition, poor sleep quality and insufficient sleep quantity have been linked to neuroendocrine dysfunction, increasing the risk of obesity [3], stress, cardiovascular disease and mood disorders [4]. Further efforts are needed to assist people to adopt healthier lifestyles.
Wearable activity trackers offer considerable promise for assisting individuals to improve lifestyle behaviours such as physical activity, diet and sleep. In the past 5 years, a wide variety of manufacturers and models have entered the consumer activity tracker market, such as Fitbit, Garmin and Jawbone. Typically, the trackers are worn on the wrist, and come with a smartphone app (and sometimes also online software) to allow users to track their activities relating to physical activity, sleep and sometimes diet, over a prolonged period. From 2010 to 2015, Fitbit sold over 38 million devices worldwide [5], and in 2017, it is estimated that healthcare wearable device sales will total 870 million US dollars [6].
Early research concerning consumer activity trackers has focussed on device accuracy and validity. Taken together, this research suggests that activity trackers are reasonably accurate, though validity varies for different manufacturers and models [7], and according to the health behaviour metric in question. To date, evidence suggests that activity trackers are most accurate for measuring steps, and less so for other physical activity-related metrics (e.g. stairs climbed, energy expenditure) and sleep [8]. Fitbit devices have most commonly been researched and typically perform strongly.
However, such studies have generally been carried out over a short period (e.g. 1–7 days) [8], and very little research has scrutinised the utility of activity trackers in the longer term. In addition, such studies have typically not required participants to use the manufacturers' apps or software, therefore, little is known about the usability of such software. Furthermore, practical issues such as durability, longevity and comfort have not been scrutinised, though preliminary evidence suggests they can be problematic with particular models. For example, Ferguson reported issues with the Nike Fuelband battery not holding sufficient charge and the Jawbone Up device failure after 4 weeks of use [9].
Understanding the users' experience is vital for clinicians asked to provide advice regarding activity trackers, and researchers and service providers seeking to use activity trackers with clinical or population groups. This study aimed to address this gap in the literature by exploring users' experience of activity trackers, including the perceived usefulness of devices for tracking and modifying lifestyle behaviours (physical activity, diet and sleep), ease of use, patterns of usages, and barriers to use.
Ethical approval for this cross-sectional, descriptive online survey was provided by the University of South Australia Human Research Ethics Committee. Data collection took place in April to May 2016. As per ethical requirements, the cover page of the survey contained detailed information about the study, and completion of the online survey was regarded as informed consent. A complete copy of the survey instrument is provided in Additional file 1: Supplementary Material 4.
Participants were required to be aged over 18 years, living in Australia, and either currently using, or having formerly used, an activity tracker. This study aimed to capture users of smart activity trackers, and a wide range of activity trackers, fitness devices and related technologies are now available. As such, the following exclusion criteria were applied: use of an activity tracker smartphone app without an associated wearable activity tracker, use of a fitness watch which could not measure daily steps, and activity trackers that cannot interact with a computer or smart phone.
Instrument development
A purpose-designed survey instrument was developed to address the research objectives. Three independent experts in the field provided minor feedback regarding the survey's structure, content and wording. Test-retest reliability was evaluated in a sample of n = 11 across a time interval ranging from seven and 21 days (mean = 10, SD = 4.6). Bivariate correlation coefficients between test scores ranged between r = 0.30 to 0.81 for survey sections. Items that were measured on a 5-point Likert scale all included response options of 1 = "Disagree strongly", 2 = "Somewhat disagree", 3 = "Neutral", 4 = "Somewhat agree", 5 = "Agree strongly".
Demographic characteristics and activity tracker usage
All participants were asked for basic demographic characteristics, including sex, age, education level (high school, TAFE/technical college, undergraduate degree, or postgraduate degree) and relationship status (single, in a relationship, or unspecified). Participants were also asked whether they were currently using an activity tracker or had formerly used an activity tracker, and which brand of activity tracker they currently or formerly used (open-ended). In addition, participants were asked how long they had worn their activity trackers, and if they were current users of an activity tracker, how long they intended to continue wearing it into the future.
Three items were included to assess how participants used and shared the data derived from their activity trackers. In two items, participants were asked to indicate the extent to which they found the long term and short term monitoring on the activity tracker useful, with responses recorded on a 5-point Likert scale. Participants who were current users were also asked whether they used social features of their trackers, and if so, on which social media platform. Participants could select from six options, including "Facebook", "Twitter", "Instagram", "within the activity tracker's software", "I don't share my activity data", or "other (please specify)".
Four items were included to assess perceived behaviour change related to use of the activity tracker. Three items asked participants to indicate the extent to which they agree that the activity tracker had helped them to eat healthier, increase physical activity, and sleep more, with responses recorded on a 5-point Likert scale. The fourth item offered participants a selection of graphs, and asked them to indicate which one most accurately reflected the change in their physical activity level since using an activity tracker.
Motivation for wearing an activity tracker
Participants were asked to identify whether wearing their activity tracker motivated them in eight different domains, including: 'improve fitness', 'improve health', 'improve appearance', 'lose weight', 'monitor activities', 'share activities', 'compete with family or friends', and 'keep up with technology', with responses recorded on a 5-point Likert scale.
Up to three questions explored practical issues related to use of activity trackers. In one item, participants were asked to select any complaints about their activity trackers, including responses such as 'technical issues', 'low battery life', 'it<|fim_middle|> using social features, the most common platform for this was the trackers' support software (35%), and relatively few users reported sharing their data to external social networking sites such as Strava, Facebook or Instagram (1–5%). The prime motivation for using social features was reportedly "to compete with friends" (17%).
Table 2 Sharing platforms and reasons for sharing activity tracker data
A chi square test was conducted to determine whether participants who shared their activity tracker data via social media reported positive behaviour change more frequently than participants who did not share their information. The results suggested that sharing data via social media was not associated with behaviour change, X 2 (1) = 1.07, p = .30.
Technical issues and barriers
Overall, 94% of current users and 65% of former users agreed that they had had a positive overall experience using their activity tracker. A Mann-Whitney U test revealed this differed significantly, with current users (Mdn = 5.00) more likely to report a positive experience than former users (Mdn = 4.00), U = 1746.50, z = −5.79, p = < .001, r = .38. Despite this, most users reported technical issues or other complaints relating to their activity trackers (Table 3), most commonly relating to the tracker not suiting their outfit (19%), low battery life (19%), difficulties with the support software (17%) or perceived inaccuracy of data collected (17%). Former users reported more issues than current users overall (U = 1648.5, z = − 2.36, p = .02, r = .18), with complaints typically relating to battery life (30%), difficulties with the support software (30%), the device falling off (22%) and wear and tear issues (22%).
Table 3 Participants' complaints regarding activity trackers
Former users were asked to identify why they no longer use their activity tracker, and the main reasons given were that they felt they had learnt everything they could from their tracker (30%), their tracker was broken (22%), and/or their tracker was not helping them achieve their goals (14%; Table 4).
Table 4 Former users' reasons for no longer wearing their activity tracker
Brand comparison: Fitbit vs Garmin
Analyses were performed to determine whether users' experiences and perceptions relating to activity tracker varied by brand. Only Fitbit and Garmin were included in these comparisons, since other brands had insufficient sample sizes. Results suggested that the perceived usefulness and accuracy of activity data did not vary between brands (Additional file 3: Table S2). However, some aspects of ease of use did vary; specifically, Fitbit users rated the stair climbing, heart rate and dietary intake features as being significantly easier to use than Garmin users did (p = 0.01–0.02).
There was no significant difference between the total number of complaints reported by Fitbit users (Mdn = 2.00) and Garmin (Mdn = 1.50) users (U = 1419.00, z = −1.36, p = .17, r = .11). However, Fitbit users were more likely to report complaints relating to their activity trackers' battery life (X 2 (1) = 12.59, p < .01), whilst Garmin users were more likely to report problems with their activity trackers' screens (X 2 (1) = 4.89, p < .05; Additional file 4: Table S3).
This study explored users' experiences of wearable activity trackers, and in doing so, contributes a range of new insights to the growing body of literature regarding wearables. The study found that in general, activity trackers are used for a substantial period of time and are viewed positively by users. The majority of users perceived they had increased their physical activity as a result of using the activity tracker. Key barriers to continued use were device breakage or loss, and technical difficulties with the device/accompanying software.
On average, current users reported they had worn their device for 7 months and most were planning to continue using their device for three more years. These findings are consistent with previous work that has found some segments of users who have used, or intend to use, their device for a sustained period of time [10,11,12]. In contrast, former users wore their devices for only 5 months and close to one third of these users cited having learnt everything they could as their reason for stopping. Emerging evidence suggests that some users are able to quickly gain a good understanding of their activity levels, and no longer feel a need to monitor themselves. It has been suggested that this may be particularly true for users who were adequately active prior to using their device [10, 11]. One third of users stopped because their device either broke or had technical issues, highlighting that these issues are both relatively common and major barriers to continued use. The most commonly reported complaint amongst all users was low battery life. In this regard, the Garmin Vivofit range offers a major advantage, with a ≥ 1 year battery life.
The majority of participants reported that they did not share their activity data to online social networks, whilst one third shared their data within the software associated with their device. A previous qualitative analysis suggests that in the early stages of device use, users are more likely to share their data with real-life friends and family, and then evolve towards a preference to share with other users who hold similar health goals, interests or attributes both in person and through online health-related social network communities [10]. Similarly, Chang et al. [13] describe a preference to share data within a social network of people who are specifically interested in physical activity. In particular, users may seek to compare their own data against a baseline aggregated from users who share similar attributes to themselves, to allow them to gain a clear understanding of their own activity levels without the need to broadcast to social media [14]. As with previous work, the current study found that only a small number of users shared data to Facebook (3.5%), Instagram (1%) or Twitter (0.5%). This may reflect a move away from traditional social media, and towards a preference to share on platforms designed to bring together groups of people who are interested in health [15], for example the second most common place for users in the current study to share data was to Strava (3.5%), a special-interest social media platform that focusses exclusively on running and cycling.
The study has a number of strengths. Firstly, to the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to explore activity trackers from the perspective of the end user and therefore provides important insights into their experiences and preferences. Given that this is a new field of research, no suitable pre-existing survey instruments were available, so a survey was purpose-designed for this study. The survey instrument was developed using a rigorous process, including seeking feedback from independent experts in the field who confirmed face validity, and undergoing pilot testing within the target demographic, including test-retest reliability evaluation (albeit with a small sample of n = 11). Further strengths are that the study captured the views of both current and former users, and in doing so, was able to highlight some differences in the experiences and preferences between these groups.
It is difficult to know how generalizable the results are, since it is impossible to track how widely, and to which Facebook users, the survey link was shared and the sample was self-selecting. Participants were encouraged to on-share the link with an incentive offered to do so, consisting of an additional entry to the prize draw. The research team disseminated the survey link by posting it to eight Facebook groups (including a mix of local and national groups) and in addition, 31 participants shared the Facebook link to their personal profiles. The use of Facebook as a recruitment platform may have introduced an age bias, since older adults are under-represented on this platform. An additional limitation is that the study's explorative, cross-sectional design increases the risk of recall bias, particularly in relation to whether users have truly changed their behaviour as a result of their activity tracker, and the experiences of former activity tracker users. Finally, Fitbit was used by the vast majority of users in the study and it was therefore difficult to make comparisons across device brands and models. Future research should address these limitations by recruiting a larger sample of participants to ensure they are representative of a typical user and that each major brand of wearable is represented.
Whilst activity trackers are capable of collecting data on a wide range of activities (physical activity, diet and sleep), physical activity emerged as the most popular activity users were monitoring, and also the activity that users were most likely to report changing as a result of their tracker. Interestingly, of the variety of physical activity metrics available, step counting was the most popular. In addition, users favoured the trackers' real-time/short term feedback over their ability for long-term monitoring. Taken together, findings suggest that activity trackers are essentially being used as pedometers. This is somewhat surprising given that they are far more expensive that conventional pedometers.
It is important to consider, however, that users in this study had used, and were intending to continue using, their activity trackers for periods of time far longer than people tend to use conventional pedometers [16]. This suggests that aspects of activity trackers offer important advantages over traditional pedometers, and it is interesting to briefly consider these. Key advantages may include that modern day activity trackers tend to be wrist-worn, which literature has identified as improving compliance compared with waist-worn devices [11]. Modern activity trackers are visually attractive and aesthetically pleasing, which may increase compliance compared with traditional pedometers. Furthermore, it is possible that while a sizeable portion of users reported that they did not use their devices to monitor sleep or diet and that they placed less emphasis on the value of the long-term monitoring compared with real-time feedback, the availability of this suite of metrics and features may increase the appeal, and therefore long-term usage, of modern activity trackers. The convenience offered by activity trackers in terms of their ability to automatically track and store health data may contribute further to their appeal, particularly in comparison with non-smart methods of tracking activity (e.g. non-smart pedometers and diaries).
The majority of respondents in this study used Fitbit and Garmin devices, preventing thorough comparison of users' experiences across a range of manufacturers. Findings from the current study suggest that overall satisfaction issues with Fitbit and Garmin devices are reasonably similar, although Fitbit devices may be slightly easier to use whilst Garmin devices have the advantage of long battery life. Overall, satisfaction levels were high, suggesting that numerous manufacturers are providing appealing activity tracker offerings.
This study explored users' perceptions and experiences with wearable activity trackers, finding that activity trackers are generally used for a substantial period of time and are viewed positively by users. Participants predominantly use their trackers to monitor and intervene on physical activity rather than other daily activities (e.g. sleep and diet) and were slightly more likely to value the trackers' real-time feedback more than long term monitoring capabilities. The majority of users perceived they had increased their physical activity as a result of using the activity tracker. Key barriers to continued use were device breakage or loss and technical difficulties with the device/accompanying software. Taken together, findings support activity trackers as appealing and useful tools for intervening on physical activity.
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Isabel Ferris and Georgia Liubinas (Bachelor of Physiotherapy students from the University of South Australia) for their assistance developing and distributing the survey.
Professor Tim Olds (University of South Australia), Professor Corneel Vandelanotte (Central Queensland University), and Associate Professor Mitch Duncan (University of Newcastle) – for providing feedback on the draft survey instrument.
The authors' have no funding to declare.
Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), School of Health Sciences & Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia
Carol Maher, Jillian Ryan, Christina Ambrosi & Sarah Edney
Carol Maher
Jillian Ryan
Christina Ambrosi
Sarah Edney
All authors made substantial contributions to this study and approved the final manuscript. Specifically, CM conceptualised the study, and oversaw the project. CM and JR oversaw data collection, CA, CM and JR undertook the data analysis, and CM, JR, CA and SE contributed to manuscript preparation and interpretation.
Correspondence to Carol Maher.
Ethical approval for this cross-sectional, descriptive online survey was provided by the University of South Australia Human Research Ethics Committee. Data collection took place in April to May 2016. As per ethical requirements, the cover page of the survey contained detailed information about the study, and completion of the online survey was regarded as informed consent.
Additional file 1: Supplementary Material 4 survey.
Survey instrument. Survey instrument that participants completed. (PDF 274 kb)
Additional file 2: Table S1.
Participants' primary motivation for wearing an activity tracker. Table displaying the number and percentage of participants who selected one of seven motivation domains as their primary motivation for wearing an activity tracker. (DOCX 13 kb)
Fitbit and Garmin users' evaluation of activity tracker features. Table displaying users' ratings of the ease of use, usefulness, and accuracy of activity tracker features, segregated by brand (Fitbit and Garmin). (DOCX 15 kb)
Complaints reported by Fitbit and Garmin users. Table displaying the number and percentage of participants who reported to experience a range of complaints related to their activity tracker. (DOCX 13 kb)
Maher, C., Ryan, J., Ambrosi, C. et al. Users' experiences of wearable activity trackers: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 17, 880 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4888-1
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Physical activity assessment | often does not match my outfit', with an open-ended 'other' option included to capture additional complaints. In the second item, participants were asked to indicate the extent to which they agreed their activity tracker experience had been positive, with responses recorded on a 5-point Likert scale. Finally, participants who had formerly worn an activity tracker were asked to select a reason why they had ceased to use it, from 10 options including reasons such as 'it broke', it was difficult to understand', or 'it wasn't helping with my goals', with an open-ended 'other' option included to capture additional reasons.
Perceptions of features
Twenty-one items were included to assess current users' perceptions of the ease of use, usefulness, and accuracy of seven common features of activity trackers: active minutes, step counts, stair counts, sleep, heart rate, energy burned, and energy consumed, with responses recorded on a 5-point Likert scale.
The online survey was delivered via Survey Monkey. Recruitment was promoted using low-cost distribution methods on Facebook and Twitter, primarily; sharing the survey link with a variety of Facebook community groups in the field of health and fitness (e.g. sporting clubs, cycling interest groups). Additionally, the survey link was shared on the University of South Australia's Facebook and Twitter feeds, and shared by individual members of the research team. An incentive (in the form of a $50 voucher random prize draw) was offered to encourage people to share the social media posts. In addition, a second $50 voucher random prize draw was offered for people who completed the survey (there was an optional item at the end of the survey requesting their email address if they wished to be entered into the prize draw).
Data were downloaded into SPSS Version 21. Categorical variables were analysed using frequency of responses and percentages, and continuous variables were analysed using medians, means, ranges, and standard deviations. Differences between former and current users were explored using independent samples t-tests (continuous, parametric data), Mann-Whitney U tests (continuous, non-parametric data), and chi square tests (categorical data). Likewise, differences in use and experience on the basis of activity tracker manufacturer were examined. For these analyses, there were only sufficient numbers of responses to facilitate comparison of Fitbit versus Garmin devices, with small numbers of users reported for other device manufacturers.
Three hundred and five people began the survey; however, 67 individuals did not complete it, and one individual was aged <18 years, resulting in a final sample of 237 participants. Of these, 200 participants were currently using an activity tracker and 37 participants were former users. Participants' characteristics are presented in Table 1.
Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants
On average, participants were aged 33.1 years (SD 12.4, range 18–70 years), and approximately two thirds were female. There were no sociodemographic differences between current and former users with the exception that current users were more likely to be in a relationship than former users (X 2 (2) = 8.98, p = .01).
The most commonly used brand of activity tracker was Fitbit (67.5%, n = 160), followed by Garmin (16.5%, n = 39), Apple (3.4%, n = 8), Jawbone (2.5%, n = 6), Samsung (1.7%, n = 4), Polar (1.3%, n = 3), and other (7.1%, n = 17). Overall, users were most likely to obtain their activity trackers by purchasing it themselves (56.58%) or receiving it as a gift from their family (43.5%).
Participants were asked how long they had been using their activity trackers. Former users wore their activity trackers for a median duration of 5 months (range 0–24), whilst current users reported wearing their activity trackers for a median duration of 7 months (range 0 - >36 months). When current users were asked how long they planned to use their activity tracker into the future, the median response was equal to the maximum allowed response to this question, or >36 months (range = 0 to >36 months).
Motivation and behaviour change
Overall, activity trackers mainly motivated users to monitor activity patterns (35.9%, n = 85), improve fitness (27.4%, n = 65) and improve health (18.1%, n = 43) (see Additional file 2: Table S1 for full details). Participants were asked a series of questions about the usefulness of the activity data collected by their tracker. The majority of current users either strongly or somewhat agreed that various features on their trackers were useful, including: steps (95%), active minutes (76%), sleep (66%), heart rate (63%), stairs climbed (58%), energy burned (57%). Fewer agreed that the food intake feature was useful (36%). Participants were also asked their opinions on the usefulness of real time monitoring and long term monitoring features. The majority of current (89%) and former (54%) users agreed that the real time monitoring was useful, while slightly fewer current users (78%) and former users (41%) agreed that long term monitoring was useful.
Participants were asked their perceptions on whether they had changed their activity patterns as a result of wearing their activity tracker. The majority of current (81.4%) and former (51.3%) users believed that they incorporated more physical activity into their day whilst wearing their activity tracker. In contrast, only 40.2% of current users and 13.5% of former users reported they had improved their eating patterns as a results of using their tracker, and even fewer reported they had changed their sleeping pattern (24.1% of current users and 10.8% of former users). In regards to physical activity specifically, participants were asked to identify which behavioural pattern most accurately represented their physical activity change since they began wearing an activity tracker. Overall, 68.3% of current users and 70.2% of former users reported an initial increase in their activity levels. However, 9.5% of current users and 27.0% of former users reported that this increase was transient, and that their activity levels had subsequently declined to baseline levels.
Social features and data sharing
Use of social features and data sharing to general social networks (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) and to special interest social networks (e.g. Strava – a social network focussed on athletic activities, or the devices' home platform) was explored amongst current tracker users (Table 2). The majority of participants reported that they did not use social features (65%) nor did they share their activity data on social media platforms (77%). Amongst those who did report | 1,487 |
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Still at Mt Sinai, Hashem gave Bene Yisrael instructions for building a sanctuary. Let them build Me a sanctuary, so that I can live in their midst, (Shemot 25:8) This directive is already deeply troubling. Does God require a physical place? Does God think that the people believe this, and therefore God must accommodate their beliefs? If this represents a stage in our ancestors' theological development, how will this advance their thinking? Even more broadly, every culture and religious tradition recognizes sacred space, and many build monuments or temples to mark those locations. This directive challenges us to ask the question: what is the purpose of a Temple, a Mikdash, a sanctuary? God says, So that I might dwell amongst them. How might we understand those words today, in our lives, in the world we currently inhabit?
Rashi emphasizes that God means, "Build a sanctuary, a place of holiness, that you will dedicate to My name," lest anyone erroneously believe that the Creator of the universe needed people to build a house within which God would literally dwell. Sforno, Rabbi Ovadiah ben Yaakov of 15th century Italy, explained that the purpose of the Mishkan was to provide a focus for the prayers of the nation. He wrote, "I will dwell among them permanently in order to receive their prayers and their sacrificial offerings in a manner similar to the way I displayed My presence at the mountain." King Solomon had already made similar pronouncements when he dedicated the Mikdash in Jerusalem. At the dedication ceremony of the Temple, Solomon rested on his knees, extended his arms towards heaven, and declared:
But will God really dwell on earth? Even the heavens to their uttermost reaches cannot contain You, how much less this House that I have built! Yet turn, O LORD my God, to the prayer and supplication of Your servant, and hear the cry and prayer which Your servant offers before You this day. May Your eyes be open day and night toward this House, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall abide there'; may You heed the prayers which Your servant will offer toward this place. And when You hear the supplications which Your servant and Your people Israel offer toward this place, give heed in Your heavenly abode—give heed and pardon. (I Kings 8:27-30)
King Solomon already explained that the sanctuary in Jerusalem was to serve a tantric purpose. That means he recognized that the Mikdash would be a place towards which people could project the web of their feelings, thoughts, and motivations. By doing so, one could integrate these disparate energies of one's inner life and direct a holistic sense of self towards living in relationship with God. Sforno added something additional to King Solomon's pronouncement. Sforno added that the Mishkan served as a vicarious way to remain standing at Sinai regardless of where the nation would be geographically. He wrote, "I will dwell among them permanently in order to receive their prayers and their sacrificial offerings in a manner similar to the way I displayed My presence at the mountain." Henceforth My presence will be manifest between the two cherubs on the lid of the Holy Ark as part of the overall structure called the Tabernacle." (Shemot 25:8) The Mishkan, according to this explanation, was a way of creating a portable Mt. Sinai, transforming revelation from a vertical to a horizontal plane, and transforming every settled location into the base of the mountain surrounded by the people. The Ramban himself said as much:
The spiritual meaning of the Mishkan is that the divine presence that became explicit and manifest on Mt. Sinai will continue to reside implicitly, hidden, in the Mishkan. For as the Torah states regarding the mountain, "God's presence (kavod) was on Mt. Sinai (Shemot 24:16), the same expression is applied to the Mishkan…God's presence, (kavod), filled the Mishkan (Shemot 40:34-35)….Indeed, the same divine presence that appeared to the people at Mt. Sinai will then continue to be present in the sanctuary….And just as God's voice was heard aloud at Mt. Sinai,…God will continue speaking from over the kaporet between the keruvim in the Mishkan. (Ramban, Introduction to Parashat Terumah)
Rabbi Moshe Alshech,16th century Ottoman empire and Sefad, developed the idea of a transportable holy mountain further, and associated the Mishkan with the location of the Garden of Eden, the altar of Noach, Mt.Moriah of the Akedah, and the location of the Mikdash in Jerusalem. Building on earlier midrashic teachings, R. Alshech folded all of these events into a single location. Each, therefore, contributed an additional layer of thickened sanctity to the place because of what occurred there. Each moment contained a significant engagement between humanity and the divine. R. Alshech wrote:
Attune your ears to this most bizarre statement! How could the divine light of the Creator possibly reside on earth within a construction of human hands? When he saw the Temple, King Solomon, of blessed memory, also wondered this aloud. He exclaimed, "Can God really reside on the earth?" Our sages have similarly noted that this sanctuary was located at Mt. Moriah, which also seems peculiar. The answer is that the location of the Mishkan is also the "gateway to Heaven." The blessings (shefa) from heaven descend from that place, to awaken the earth (להעיר) and all who dwell in it. [This is a fascinating play on words. Instead of writing, To illuminate the earth, להאיר הארץ, as if found in the daily morning lit<|fim_middle|>Click the link in that email to complete registration so you can comment.
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This is a powerful idea. In a world of mundane routines, daily responsibilities, schedules and simple physical, emotional and intellectual needs, one is easily distracted away from an awareness of God's presence in the world. One can live mindlessly, unaware of the divine energy that infuses all of creation. The absence of an awareness of God's presence creates a spiritual vacuum, filled by something else. A lack of awareness of the divine dimension of life creates a godless vacuum, which by extension becomes a dangerous place to inhabit. In his work, Divrei Emet by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz, the "Seer of Lublin," 18th century Poland, he quoted R. Ashlech's comments, and then added, God was telling Bene Yisrael, "Human nature does not make it possible for Me to live in all of My holiness in your midst literally. Instead, humble yourselves in your own eyes. Then, my presence will become manifest amongst you. This is based on the teaching from the Talmud, "I come close to the broken of spirit." The Seer of Lublin associated humility with the possibility of living in God's presence. It is as if he were saying, "Humanity needs to make room for God by making themselves more humble." The Talmudic context is why God chose Mt. Sinai as the site of revelation with humanity:
…The meaning of the verse is…I, Hashem, am with the contrite person, as the Holy One, Blessed be He, disregarded all of the mountains and hills, and rested God's Divine Presence on the lowly Mount Sinai. God did not choose to raise Mount Sinai up toward God's self. Instead, the Holy One chose to give the Torah on Mount Sinai, as it was a symbol of humility due to its lack of height, and God lowered the Divine Presence, as it were, to the mountain. (Talmud Bavli. Sotah, 5a)
The Mishkan, according to this interpretation, was the external manifestation of an internal sensibility. Building a sanctuary on earth provided a mantra for an awareness of God's presence at all times. Its construction heralded the complexity and discipline required to make room for that awareness through the nullification of one's ego, to transform selfishness into selflessness, and the therefore feel the divine energy that permeates all of creation. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the 18th century Polish hasidic master, wrote this explicitly in his work, the Kedushat Levi. He also references Rabbi Moshe Alshech's comments on Shemot 25:8 and wrote:
The purpose of the Mishkan is to signal that the principal Presence of God was to be on earth, i.e. amongst the Jewish people, as is clear from the words: ושכנתי בתוכם, "I shall take up residence amongst them." The operative word in that line is the word בתוכם, which ought to be translated as "within them," within the hearts and minds of the Israelites, as opposed to God's presence being confined to a Temple.
The blueprint for the Mishkan described the potential structure of the soul of the Jewish people. The Mishkan, according to this interpretation, was an internal structure, more than an external, physical one. The voluntarism of communal donations, as well as the sanctuary's structure, both point to the entire nation's awareness that they are to serve the one Creator as the source of all reality, and that a life of service requires an attitude of humility. Rabbi Shlomo Hakohen Rabinowicz of 19th century Poland in Radonsk emphasized the importance of the collective, voluntary source of the donations to construct the Mishkan, as central to its spiritual meaning. In his work, the Tiferet Shlomo, he wrote:
"And make for Me a sanctuary so that I may dwell amongst them." The commentators have already read closely and asked why the verse does not read, as one would have expected, "…so that I may dwell within it." The grammar, however, emphasizes the meaning of how God's presence can become manifest on earth, i.e., through the interiority implicit in the voluntary giving of the heart of each and every individual, actualized through their verbal articulation of their intent to give for the purpose of building the sanctuary. Once this happened, God's presence could dwell through the interiority of each person's heart, then expressed through a speech act of sanctification. That is why the text reads, "…dwell amongst them," i.e., God dwells in the world through the interiority of the heart through voluntary donations [towards a sacred purpose.]
The interiority of God's presence is a universal idea necessary for the spiritual health of all people. Until the twentieth century, the overwhelming majority of classical midrashim, hermeneutic commentaries and other literary forms of biblical explication read the Torah as the sacred history of the Jewish people with exclusivity. In today's world, I believe it is important to generalize the spiritual insights that have described the character of the Jewish people up until now, and project them onto the potential growth and development for all humanity. All cultural traditions describe their own sacred history as reflective of their own character, potential, and nature. However, understanding the concrete details and obligations of our own tradition as a pathway to a universalistic vision of human life does not diminish the authenticity of our own identity and place in the world. I am suggesting that we have entered an era that requires us to abandon binary readings of Jewish wisdom. Instead, I suggest reading the Torah as the sacred history of the Jewish people which contributes one voice in a collective conversation of human spirituality. What is required, therefore, is merely continual acts of translation, so that each culture wears the garments of spirituality that are authentic to them, while recognizing a shared humanity. Rabbi Elijah Benamozegh, a 19th century Italian kabbalist living in Livorno, wrote a work called, Israel and Humanity. Along these lines, he wrote:
The designation of Israel as the firstborn among peoples is the crowning confirmation in the belief in the fatherhood/parenthood of God, for the notion of a firstborn assumes the existence of other peoples who are also children of God. The idea that is evoked is precisely that of a family….The [notion of a first born] is a necessary religious expression of the concept of mankind as a great human family…..All peoples are brothers. If this idea has triumphed in Judaism, it has been in spite of a thousand hostile influences, which amply attests to the doctrine's power. (Israel & Humanity, Eliyahu Benamozegh, pg. 212)
Benamozegh is saying that the metaphor of God's "first born" describing Israel's relationship with God does not imply exclusivity. Instead, it implies family and a complex matrix of relationships that have to be worked out through lived experiences, but which are best nourished by an implicit feeling of love and loyalty to each other. The implication of viewing humanity through a lens of "the family of humanity" deconstructs the binary of "us and them." Untold years of persecution, catastrophe, pain, and horrific suffering have contributed to strong expressions of hatred and anger throughout works of Jewish law, philosophy and liturgy. However, as Rabbi Elijah Benamozegh wrote about seeing humanity as one large, interrelated family, "If this idea has triumphed in Judaism, it has been in spite of a thousand hostile influences, which amply attests to the doctrine's power." The Jewish people would do well to relegate the depth and influence of those currents of hatred, animosity, mistrust and contempt to tributaries rather than the main stream, and allow ourselves to feel those memories during contained moments of mourning and anger. Why would we want to nourish ourselves on a diet of hatred and contempt? Instead, the interiority of sanctuary points to a way of viewing mitzvot as spiritual goals for a life nourished by compassion, mercy, justice, freedom and dignity for all human beings, just just ourselves.
The universality of spiritual ideals only makes sense if the Mishkan is not merely a Jewish sanctuary, but God's sanctuary for all humanity. Every culture has the task of constructing such a sacred space; the Mishkan is our version of a space that can never literally contain God's presence. (Kabbalistic traditions would have the world exist inside of God, not the other way around. How could anything exist outside of the sacred?) Indeed, we find a tradition that sees the Mishkan as a microcosmic universe. God created the natural world, and with the construction of the Mishkan God commanded humanity to construct social and political worlds infused with the primordial values that characterize God's acts of creation. The Mishkan was constructed through a series of separations like the natural world, enabling the diversity of the world to emerge with distinct identities. Inside of the Mishkan were all the elements of creation: Hashem's word hovering over the keruvim of the aron kodesh, the light of the Menorah, the earth symbolized by the shulchan and the lechem hapanim, the "bread of the earth" baked fresh weekly, air symbolized by the incense altar, animal life and vegetation brought in the offerings on the altar, emphasizing the essence of life force in the blood, water in the laver. The Sefer haBahir, 12th century kabbalistic text, already connected the construction of the Mishkan to the creation of the world and specifically, to the creation of humanity. Humanity was created from a rib, and the anthropomorphic language of the Mishkan narrative uses the word, "rib" to describe features of the aron kodesh and of other parts of the Mishkan itself. (Bahir, section #172). In fact, anthropomorphic language runs throughout the MIshkan narrative. In addition to the table's legs, the ark had ribs. The loops and clasps have to be fastened, "one to her sister." The cherubim had faces, as did the bread. Rabbi Menachem ben Meir Tzioni, of Speyer (c.1340- c.1410) a German kabbalist, in Sefer haTzioni expanded the comparison between the creation of the world and melekhet hamishkan, the construction of the holy sanctuary. He compared the features of the Mishkan to each day of creation. He wrote:
Every aspect of this created world is reflected in the Mishkan. The Torah says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and in the Mishkan, goats skins and tapestries to create the tent. On the second day of creation: the firmament divided between the upper and lower waters, and in the Mishkan the parokhet created divisions of space. On the third day of creation the waters collected together in one place, and in the Mishkan was the great laver. ON the fourth day of creation God created the sources of light in the heavens, and the Mishkan was golden. On the fifth day of creation, God created birds and animals, and in the Mishkan, the keruvim spread their wings over the ark. Humanity was created on the sixth day, and in the Mishkan God commanded Aharon and his sons to come close. The word, "God completed the acts of creation" distinguishes the seventh day, and the same word, "vayekhal," describes the completion of the Mishkan. (Sefer Tzioni, parashat Terumah)
Finally, this Shabbat is Shabbat Zachor. A word, therefore, is in order about the connection between the construction of the Mishkan, Creation, Shabbat Zakhor and the legacy of Amalek, the archenemy of the Jewish people. Devarim 25:17-19 describe Amalek's attack against the weak, infirm, and elderly of our ancestors as we journeyed in the wilderness after the redemption from Egypt. This is the only Torah reading which is unambiguously a Torah-prescribed mitzvah. The Torah itself commands us to remember this event by reading these verses. The language of the mitzvah is both perplexing and clear. The Torah commands us to blot out the memory of Amalek, do not forget! The mitzvah is not to blot out Amalek, but to remember to remove all zecher, all memory, of Amalek's actions. "Remembering" in the Torah always implies action. For example, when we "remember Shabbat" during kiddush on Friday night, we bear witness to creation. The Torah here is commands the Jewish people to work towards building a world in which no nation will ever behave as Amalek behaved, towards a world in which every nation in the world will remember never to perpetuate cruelty against the vulnerable. The mitzvah is a commandment for figuring out how to elevate humanity's heightened awareness for a perfected world. We are commanded to read and re-read these words annually, until such time that there is no memory of a period when people violated each other's dignity or denigrated each other's humanity. May the day arrive swiftly, when the Mishkan is rebuilt in each person's heart, nourishing humanity's love for each other and the world that God created for us.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Dov
Rabbi Dov Lerea is currently the Head of Judaic Studies at the Shefa School in NYC. He has served as the Dean and Mashgiach Ruchani at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, as the Director of Kivunim in Jerusalem, as the Dean of Judaic Studies of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School in New York, and as the Director of Education at Camp Yavneh in Northwood, New Hampshire. Rabbi Dov has semicha from both JTS and YU. He is married and is blessed with sons, daughters-in-law, and wonderful grandchildren. He loves cooking, biking, and trying to fix things by puttering around with tools.
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NO HARM DONE: Positive COVID cases on cruise ships unlikely to be "detrimental" to industry rebound, says port chief
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NEW HORIZONS: Bahamian para-athlete tapped to become godmother of Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship
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Carnival Pride makes line's first call to Freeport since resuming service
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FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA — As part of Carnival Cruise Line's highly anticipated return to guest operations, Carnival Pride arrived in Freeport, Bahamas, yesterday. It was the first time a Carnival ship has returned with guests since March 2020. Carnival Pride's seven-day Bahamas cruise departed from Baltimore on September 12, with additional stops in Nassau and […]
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"WE HAVE TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS": Govt hopes to mitigate virus spread with new cruise regulations, says minister
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HOMECOMING: Carnival Cruise Lines happy to be sailing to The Bahamas again
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Data recovered in<|fim_middle|> role." | raid suggests bin Laden was still actively planning attacks against U.S.
The documents include a handwritten notebook from February 2010 that discusses tampering with tracks to derail a train on a bridge, possibly on Christmas, New Year's Day, the day of the State of the Union address or the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, officials said. But they said there was no evidence of a specific plot.
The Times also reports that C.I.A. officers living in a house near the compound "used cameras with telephoto lenses and infrared imaging equipment ... [as well as] sensitive eavesdropping equipment" to keep the compound under surveillance.
The [surveillance] effort was so extensive and costly that the CIA went to Congress in December to secure authority to reallocate tens of millions of dollars within assorted agency budgets to fund it, U.S. officials said. ... [But despite their efforts], no U.S. spy agency was ever able to capture a photograph of bin Laden at the compound before the raid or a recording of the voice of the mysterious male figure whose family occupied the structure's top two floors.
Bin Laden's youngest wife, Amal al-Sadah, whom (like the other survivors of Sunday's raid) Pakistan has refused to turn over to the U.S. for questioning, has instead been questioned by Pakistani forces; they say she claims that, before Sunday, she had not left the Abbottabad compound in five years.
Pakistan's foreign secretary warns new U.S. raids could have "terrible consequences"
Although the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, has publicly endorsed President Obama's Sunday-night sentiments and celebrated the death of bin Laden, other Pakistani dignitaries -- most notably former president Pervez Musharraf -- have since expressed their displeasure with what Musharraf has labelled a violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
In a new Wall Street Journal interview, Pakistan's foreign secretary Salman Bashir warns of "terrible consequences" if a raid similar to Sunday's is carried out in the future. Bashir tells the paper: "No self-respecting nation would compromise or allow others to compromise its sovereignty. We want to make it absolutely clear to everyone -- do not underestimate Pakistan's capabilities and capacity to do what is necessary for national security."
Two U.N. representatives believe the U.S. "should disclose the supporting facts" about the killing of the al-Qaida leader -- in particular, whether "the planning of the mission allowed an effort to capture bin Laden" -- in order "to allow an assessment in terms of international human rights law standards".
Acts of terrorism are the antithesis of human rights, in particular the right to life. In certain exceptional cases, use of deadly force may be permissible as a measure of last resort in accordance with international standards on the use of force, in order to protect life, including in operations against terrorists.
However, the norm should be that terrorists be dealt with as criminals, through legal processes of arrest, trial and judicially decided punishment.
U.N. human rights high commissioner Navi Pillay spoke out on the same subject yesterday, telling reporters: "I'm still for a full disclosure of the accurate facts. I think it's not just my office but anybody is entitled to know exactly what happened. ... The United Nations condemns terrorism but it also has basic rules of how counter-terrorism activity has to be carried out. It has to be in compliance with international law."
Khaled Hathal Abdullah al-Atifi al-Qahtani, a Saudi Arabian al-Qaida member who had been living in Yemen, has surrendered to Saudi security forces. The Guardian reports that al-Qahtani "figured high on a list of 47 most-wanted terrorists recently issued by Riyadh" -- but also quotes the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment's Thomas Hegghammer, who downplays the role of bin Laden's assassination in al-Qahtani's move. Says Hegghammer: "There have been quite a few similar cases. It's more likely due to other reasons. Family pressures often play a very significant | 838 |
I work in computer science at Bell Labs. My research is on simplifying the construction of provably correct and secure programs.
Developing correct and secure software is challenging. My research is on methods that simplify the construction of such programs, and provide mathematical guarantees of their correctness and security.
Much of this research is driven by the fascinating interplay between deductive and algorithmic approaches to program correctness. Deductive methods can suggest new automated approaches (e.g., for compositional reasoning). Conversely, algorithmic methods can be fruitfully viewed as proof generators (e.g. certifying automated model checkers).
Parameterized verification: Cutoff theorems which show that one can establish correctness of protocols for arbitrarily large network sizes by analyzing a few small instances, up to the cutoff bound.
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Abstraction principles: Linkages between deductive proofs, model checking and abstraction, and their use for fast, incremental program verification.
Compositional reasoning: Fixed point methods for compositional (i.e., divide-and-conquer) analysis of large concurrent programs, and neighborhood symmetry principles which further simplify this analysis and provide broadly applicable parameterized cutoffs.
Self-certification: Ensuring the correctness of of complex software -- model checkers, optimizing compilers and network OS's -- through generated proof certificates.
Program Synthesis: Automatically generating programs from abstract specifications of their behavior; in particular, programs that work under adversarial conditions.
This research has been supported, in part, by grants from the NSF and DARPA.
And an up-to-date list of publications; the full list is on DBLP .
I had the privilege of presenting a talk on the history of computing at Bell Labs at the IEEE Milestone dedication ceremony in December 2014.
I graduated with a B.Tech degree from IIT Madras and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, where E. Allen Emerson was my thesis advisor. I then joined the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs (better known as Center 1127), and have been here since. | 258 |
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To complete a literature review, you must decide on your topic, research academic databases, organize your findings and write your review. The American Psychological Association provides specific guidelines for writing your review, from overall organization to minute details in formatting. Once you have organized and analyzed your findings, use APA style to write your review.
Format Your Document
Before you begin writing, ensure that your document is formatted properly. Set your page margins to 1 inch and double your spacing unless otherwise specified. Your font should be 12 point Times New Roman. Your header will contain a running heading and the page number on every page, including the title page. The page number should always be at the top right corner.
The title page will first introduce the running heading with the tag: "Running Heading: AND THE HEADING IN ALL CAPS." The title page should contain the title, the author, your name and your institution, all doubled-spaced and centered in the middle of the page.
Organize Your Sections
The essential sections for a literature review are the:
body -- organized by main points
An abstract may be included, though it is not required. In your introduction, include a summary of the focus of your review and why it is important. For example, if you are reviewing studies about student motivation, explain that it is important for teachers and parents to be aware of what motivates students to learn, and include if there has been little or a lot of research on the subject.
Organize your body using your main points, with bold, centered headings. For example, after you have researched different studies examining student motivation, organize the body of your review based on motivating factors. In the section about parental approval, discuss studies that measured the effects parental approval had on student motivation. Your final section will be references.
APA style includes specific, detailed instructions for in-text citations. Each time you refer to a study by restating information or findings, include a citation in parentheses. The general format is to list the last name of the author, followed by a comma and the publication year, all enclosed in parentheses. For example: Fear of failing has been found to motivate some students (Jones, 2010).
If there are two or more authors, list the last names, separated by commas. Include the "&" symbol before the last name. For example, some students reported being afraid of failure (Jones, Smith, & Williams, 2010). If you cite the author in the reference, include only the year. For example: Jones found that some students are motivated by fear of failing (2010). If you are citing multiple studies, list them alphabetically by the first listed author.
Include Your References
Your references should begin on a new piece of paper with a bold, centered heading: References.<|fim_middle|> by A. Brown and T. Roberts would come before a study by R. Clark and M. Adams, because Brown is alphabetically before Clark. All references are only single-spaced after periods.
The general format is the same for scholarly journals. List the last name, comma and first initial of every author. Put the date the article was published in parentheses. Write the title of the article with only the first word capitalized, followed by a period. Write the publication name in italics, followed by volume number if applicable. Finally, list the page numbers, for example:
Brown, A., & Roberts, T. (2010). Effects of fear of failure on student success in the classroom. Journal of Research, 23, 34-48.
The difference for books is that the title of the book is italicized, and location of the publisher is listed, for example: Clark, R., & Adams, M.N. (2011). Why children succeed in the classroom. New York: Education Press.
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Hannah Richardson has a Master's degree in Special Education from Vanderbilt University and a Bacheor of Arts in English. She has been a writer since 2004 and wrote regularly for the sports and features sections of "The Technician" newspaper, as well as "Coastwach" magazine. Richardson also served as the co-editor-in-chief of "Windhover," an award-winning literary and arts magazine. She is currently teaching at a middle school.
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Seth Curry declined Ayesha Curry's dinner invite night before Game 1
By Drew Shiller May 16, 2019 10:21 AM
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Seth Curry struggled from the field in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between the Warriors and Trail Blazers.
The Blazers guard went 1-for-7 from the field in 19 minutes off the bench and was minus-10 in the plus-minus.
Perhaps he would have shot the ball better if he accepted Ayesha Curry's dinner invitation the night prior.
Sam Amick of The Athletic has the details:
He received a text message from his sister-in-law, Ayesha Curry, asking if he wanted to come by for some last-minute bread breaking before their unprecedented basketball battle ... with his family members enjoying each other's company at Steph and Ayesha's home, the 28-year-old Seth stayed sequestered with his teammates in San Francisco.
"It was a normal routine for me (on Monday), man," Seth said. "I was just with the team, preparing for the game. Everybody was at Steph's house, and I'm in San Francisco. Nah, I'm not in the mood (for a family get-together). I'm definitely not in the mood. …I respectfully declined."
Whatever food was served certainly did the trick for Seth's brother and Warriors star Steph Curry.
The two-time NBA MVP scored 36 points (12-for-23 overall, 9-for-15 on 3s) and dished out seven assists.
Will the brothers communicate at all during the series?
"I doubt it. I mean, we'll see what happens, but I doubt it," Seth told The Athletic. "I mean it's weird being matched up against him every time we play, but there's limited chances for me in my career to get to the NBA Finals, so I'm trying to do whatever I can to do my job to help us get there."
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Right now, they are enemies.
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Why comparing Warriors' Eric Paschall to Draymond Green should stop
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Editor's note: Grant Liffmann (@grantliffmann) is the co-host of Warriors Outsiders, which airs on NBC Sports Bay Area 60 minutes after every game. Each week, Grant will drop his Outsider Observation on the state of the Dubs.
The offseason comparisons between Warriors rookie Eric Paschall and star forward Draymond Green made sense. Both were highly successful four-year college basketball players from big-time programs that were taken in the second round of the NBA draft due to concerns of their overall athleticism and their inability to fit in to a traditional position.
Both players supposedly were too undersized to play the power forward position in the NBA, but also not quick or polished enough to be small forwards. Even their physiques had similar builds. So with all of that, comparing the two players before the season began was logical.
But it is not anymore.
The most important caveat is that Green is a three-time All-Star, a Defensive Player of the Year, three-time NBA champion and at one point, was widely considered a top-20 player in the league. Conversely, Paschall is a rookie who has not had a chance to accomplish an NBA resume yet.
Comparing both players seems silly already, and it is unfair to Paschall for creating expectations for that type of success. And yet if the side-by-side comparison is simply regarding how they play, Paschall and Green are completely different in their skillsets and approach to the game.
On the defensive end, Draymond is one of the best help-side defenders in the modern NBA. He plays a "free safety" type role, using his unique ability to read the opponent's every move while also having the quickness and strength to counter them. Despite being just 6-foot-6, Green is elite at guarding big men in the NBA, while also having the unique ability to defend every position on<|fim_middle|> that D-Lo is almost certain to be moved but probably not during the season.
Which brings us back to Burks, who is both uncomplicated to deal and coveted. His contract is relatively simple to absorb.
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The Warriors have 17 days to make decisions that will impact next year and beyond much more than this year.
Though it would be nice to have Burks on the bench when Klay Thompson and Curry are healthy, the Warriors might feel he is even more valuable now than he might be then.
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Paschall, on the other hand, still is learning to play defense at the NBA level, and even with that, has shown to be more of a one-on-one defender so far. While he is more accustomed to guarding the power forward position, he has had impressive defensive moments defending "straight up" against wings, sliding his feet and using his strength to force them into tough shots.
It will take time for Paschall to develop from a good defender into the great one that many think he is capable of becoming. Regardless, his current projection does not have him playing the same defensive style as Green.
On offense, the contrast between the two is even greater. Green became one of the most unique offensive threats in the game as a great playmaker in transition and out of the pick-and-roll. His ability to push the ball full speed in the fast break and expose slow opposing big men helped pave the way for the Warriors' "Death Lineup" that revolutionized small-ball.
At his peak, Green was a 39 percent 3-point shooter, but scored most of his points on the break attacking the hoop. His elite passing ability helped him rack up assists, where he could spread the ball around to the greatest shooters of all-time surrounding him.
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While Paschall has shown glimpses of impressive playmaking talent, his real bread and butter so far in the NBA has been dominating opponents one-on-one. He is remarkably explosive jumping off two feet, and he is able to combine his great strength with unique finesse when finishing over defenders at the rim. His shooting is very inconsistent from deep, just like Draymond, but he still is refining a mid-range pull-up that keeps defenders honest.
For being only a few months into this NBA career, Paschall already has become a "throw the ball to him and clear out of the way" type talent on offense. While Paschall might never be the type of offensive quarterback like Green, he already is on his way to becoming a more dynamic scoring threat.
Draymond will continue to take Paschall under his wing and teach him the nuances of the game. But when all is said and done, the two Warriors will complement each other very nicely on the court with their own personal skills and differentiated abilities, rather than repetitive and possibly gratuitous similarities.
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Why Warriors are in power position with Alec Burks at NBA trade deadline
By Monte Poole January 21, 2020 8:40 AM
Alec Burks has made it clear that even in this deeply afflicted season he enjoys being a Warrior and is interested in remaining beyond his one-year contract, to see what it's like to play with the fully restored roster expected to grace the court next October.
And he'd be good to have around. He's a versatile wing, a proven scorer, a mature presence and would be fabulous as part of a revamped second unit.
To understand why, consider the work he put in Monday night in Portland: 33 points (team-high) on 11-of-23 shooting, including 2-of-6 from deep and 9-of-9 from the line; eight assists, seven rebounds, two blocks and one steal in 39 minutes.
What contender wouldn't want someone who can produce that on a $2.32-million salary?
Aside from Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard, who scored an astonishing 61 points to lead his team to a 129-124 overtime victory, Burks was the best player on the floor.
That performance also provides the kind of video that will raise his already solid stock on the trade market. It puts the Warriors, 17 days before the NBA trade deadline, in the flexible -- and enviable -- position of choice.
They can hold onto Burks and see if they can strike a deal to bring him back.
Or they can move him for future assets, which still seems most likely.
Several teams in recent weeks have expressed interest in Burks, according to league sources, and some have gone so far to scout him. That's not likely to change. There is demand for veteran, low-maintenance wings unbothered by circumstances and capable of creating offense for both themselves and teammates.
The Warriors, for obvious reasons, continue to be very much involved in trade buzz around the league. The general belief is they'll make at least one move and maybe two before the noon deadline on Feb. 6.
Burks, with his ability to get buckets, remains their most valuable chip. Glenn Robinson III is a veteran wing, but he lacks the offensive dimension of Burks. Willie Cauley-Stein is a decent veteran center at a time when only exceptional centers are above being interchangeable.
With a 10-35 record and playoff teams Utah (Wednesday) and Indiana (Friday) coming to town, the Warriors likely will maintain their grip on the NBA's worst record, a status they've held most of the season.
Moreover, with or without making a move, the Warriors are a virtual lock to post one of the three worst records in the league, thereby gaining advantageous position for the draft lottery.
There will be many more games like Monday, with the Warriors in it late but fall short down the stretch. That's the roster they have, and the shortcomings are particularly acute when Draymond Green is sidelined.
"A lot of mistakes down the stretch in the second quarter, and again down the stretch of the game, regulation and overtime," coach Steve Kerr told reporters at Moda Center. "I didn't help the guys out much, I could have done some things better as well, so it was a group effort.
"But they're competing, they're playing together, they're playing hard."
That's code for the desire to "build good habits," an oft-used phrase this season. The goal, however, which went all caps once it was known Steph Curry would miss most of the season, is to audition the majority of the non-rookies on the roster. The only exemptions were known commodities Kevon Looney, who has missed 35 games, and Green, who has missed 13. They're still exempt, for different reasons.
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Valerie attends the Funeral Service for PC Keith Palmer 1968-2017
I attended the funeral service of PC Keith Palmer 1968-2017 at Southwark Cathedral on 10 April 2017 to remember PC Keith Palmer who was stabbed whilst on duty and protecting Parliament.
The service was conducted by The Dean of Southwark, The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn. The Cathedral was filled with Members of the Police Service who came to pay respects to PC Keith Palmer who died in the terrorist attack that took place in the Palace of Westminster on 22 March 2017. Chief Inspector Neil Sawyer told us Keith was a Charlton Athletic fan and at the match they crowd sang "there is only one Keith Palmer". that the victims died in the shadow of the clock that counted the minutes, hours and years of our lives. He also said to remember that love will win over hate. It was a fitting service to a public<|fim_middle|> by Detective Sergeant Marc Grange, Family Liaison Officer
Psalm 23, sung by the Choir
Poem Funeral Blues W.H Auden, read by Cressida Dick, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Sermon The Dean
Anthem Greater Love – John Ireland
Commendation and Farewell
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It was a great tribute to a Police Officer and also to a family man and someone who had spent his lifetime of work for their country. | servant who we heard was an exemplary Officer. Below is the Order of Service:
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Good question… WRI (also known as the Weiser River Initiative) is a concept that TVPF would like to develop that would bring habitat and education to agricultural areas along the Weiser River Corridor. Here is<|fim_middle|> Club International, University of Idaho.
Other Notes To Expand: Collection of Seasonal Pre-Program Baseline Aerial Imagery and Documentation i.e. of Present Land Use and Cropping Patterns of the Weiser River Valley; Education and Development of Brochures and Handout Materials; Development and Use of Standard Enrollment Contracts; Individually Tailored Management Planning; Assistance with Management Plan Implementation; Technical Assistance and Outreach; Piggyback onto Pollinator Program; Emphasis on Cropping Patterns and Diversity; Timings of Harvest; Input Cost Analysis; Use of PF/NRCS Biologist Program; Encouragement of a Micro-Habitat Management Program for Ditches/Roadways/Pipeline Courses/Center Pivot and Field Corners/Riparian Zones; Soils Maps Overlays. | a white sheet that was developed regarding this project. As you can see we have a lot of work to do!
Subject: A Concept Document for the Cooperative Engagement of Private Lands Upland Game Bird Management in the Weiser River Valley.
Primary Purpose: To Initiate an Outreach Program Soliciting Voluntary and Cooperatively Managed Private Lands Participation for the Targeted Addition, Development and General Improvement of Upland Game Bird Habitat Using the Weiser River Valley of West Central Idaho as the Program Template.
Secondary Purpose: To Potentially Demonstrate a Workable Statewide and/or Nationwide Commpartmentalized Model Producing Measurable and Reproducible Results through the Identification, Evaluation and Promotion of Cost Benefit Analysis of Targeted Wildlife Habitat Based Resource Management on Private Property.
Primary Targeted Result: To Create a Landscape Scale Model Demonstrating Sustainable Success and Programmatic Popularity among a Geographical Majority of Participating Private Landowners Resulting in Measurable Enhancements in both Upland Game Bird Wildlife Habitat on the Greater Landscape as Well as the Cost Efficiency of Individual Participant Private Agricultural Operations.
Secondary Targeted Result: To Create an Outdoor Classroom/Laboratory, Educational and Interpretive Resource Management Model for University Studies, Students, Future Farmers of America, Hunter Education and Youth Hunter Recruitment.
Contract Development and the Collection of Seasonal Pre-Program Baseline Aerial Imagery and Documentation of Existing Cropping Patterns, Existing Habitat and Identification of NRCS Crop Reserve Program Acreages, USFWS Habitat Partners Program and Other Federally Contracted Acreages Already Under Contract.
Phase II: Years 3-5: The "On the Ground Implementation Phase" will target: Ongoing Field Level Program Model Development, Adding Contract Detail, Trial and Error Experimentation, Geographically Cherry Picking Initial Landowner Recruitments, Relationship Building with Agencies and Participating Landowners, Education and Outreach, Advertising, Securing of Active Enrollments, Creation and Actual Implementation of Initial Management Plans.
Phase III: Years 6-10: The "Increase and Sustainability Phase" will target: Focusing on Maintaining Existing Enrollments, Promoting Program Popularity and Success, Quantitatively Increasing New Enrollments in Terms of Both Enrolled Acreages and Newly Recruited Individual Landowners, Emphasis on Increasing Hard-Sale Enrollments, Improving the Developed Model, Improving and Finalizing the Contract Form.
Potential Cooperators: Private Land Stakeholders, Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Private Grants and Donations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Farm Service Agency, IdahoDepartment of Fish and Game, Idaho Power, Public Grants, Ducks Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Mule Deer Foundation, Safari | 561 |
ITP Glossary: 4-3 Over Front
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Against the Seattle Seahawks' 21 personnel the Cincinnati Bengals use a 4-3 over front indicated by Geno Atkins playing the 3 technique, Carlos Dunlap aligned as the 6 technique, Domata Peko at the 1 technique, and Michael Johnson aligned at the wide 5 technique. The linebackers are then in their stacked positions behind the defensive line.
As the play develops the Will linebacker, A.J. Hawk, is able to match the fullback in the B gap, as the Mike and Sam linebackers flow to the ball. However, Johnson fails to maintain his leverage on the C gap, getting stuck under left tackle Russell Okung, and Thomas Rawls gains 7 yards on the play.
Play Context (Minnesota Vikings 13, Green Bay Packers 3, 2nd and 10 on own 27)
Minnesota head coach Mike Zimmer has been over front based since his days as the Bengals defensive coordinator. On this play during Week 17 against the Green Bay Packers for the NFC North title, Zimmer's defense lines up in an over front. The closed side end is lined up as a wide 9 technique because 2nd and long is a passing down and that alignment gives the rusher a better angle to pursue the passer.
The Sam linebacker is lined up across from the slot receiver on this play. Other times the defense will swap out the Sam for a Nickel cornerback.
When the ball is snapped, the closed side defensive end playing the wide 9 is able to push the tackle back into quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, and force him to scramble outside the pocket as the 3 technique attempts to chase the quarterback. Rodgers is forced to get rid of the ball to the slot receiver near the sideline for a gain of only a yard.
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The 4-3 over front can be identified by the alignment of the interior linemen. To the run strong side, usually indicated by where the tight end is lined up, you will see the 3 technique. If there is a TE on each side of the LOS, the run strength usually goes to the field. Paired with the 3 Tech is a defensive end, who could be lined up as a 6 technique, on the head of the tight end, or a 7 / 9 technique.
Away from the run strength, you will find a 1 technique and the weak-side end, usually aligned as a wide 5 technique unless he'll be facing a three-man surface of a guard, tackle, and tight end. In that case the away defensive end will be aligned as a 7 technique.
The Sam, Mike, and Will linebackers will be in stacked alignments, labeled similarly to the defensive line with a 0 technique tacked on. For example, a linebacker lined up outside shade of the offensive tackle would be a 50 technique.
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Play Context (Dallas Cowboys 3, New Orleans Saints 0, 1st and 10 on own 49)
On this play, the Dallas Cowboys defense is in a 4-3 over front against the New Orleans Saints. The Saints have 12 personnel with a tight end on each side. This means that the defensive line is facing a three-man surface on each side of the offensive line. Tyrone Crawford is aligned as the 3 technique and David Irving is the 1 technique aligned in the A gap because Dallas set the run strength to the field. The call side defensive end, Demarcus Lawrence, is aligned as the 6 technique helmet-on-helmet with the tight end. The away side defensive end, Jack Crawford, is the 7 technique on the play because he's facing a three-man surface.
When the ball is snapped each player attempts to fulfill his respective responsibilities. The call side defensive end, Lawrence, hits the C gap, the call side tackle, Crawford, hits the B gap, and away tackle, Irving, goes to the A gap, and the away end, Jack Crawford, tries to seal the edge while playing the C gap.
The linebackers all flow to the ball on the play while the Mike linebacker, Anthony Hitchens, makes the tackle.
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The addition of a money laundering count, says Hynes, has the prosecutorial advantage of being relatively easy to prove when sitting alongside the primary offence. With a maximum sentence of 14 years, such a charge is particularly attractive to prosecutors keen on bumping up the comparatively low sentence available for a small regulatory offence, or in big frauds charged either under the Fraud Act or as a common law conspiracy to defraud. Hynes took us through the recent case law considering the grounds under which a sentence under POCA 2002 should be passed consecutively with the primary offence and the conflicting principles which emerged from the cases of Alexander & others [2011] and Greaves & others [2011].
Geoffrey Payne considered the issue of proportionality, which was a thread throughout a number of confiscation cases in 2012. The question before the Supreme Court in the case of Waya [2012]<|fim_middle|> within the benefit figure, the court held here that to include the costs of a crime as part of the sum required under a confiscation order, would cause it to operate by way of a fine, which is contrary to the intention of the Act.
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NORFOLK, Va. — It's a milestone day for the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters and families in Hampton Roads: crews broke ground on a new mental health hospital on Tuesday morning.
Those in attendance included Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, Virginia House Speaker Kirk Cox, Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Alexander, and CHKD President and CEO Jim Dahling.
Northam, a pediatric neurologist at CHKD before becoming governor, was keynote speaker at the ceremony, which showcased plans for the mental health hospital.
The new facility will be $224 million, and it's expected to transform mental health care for children across the state.
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Isabel Garcia said she believes the new pediatric hospital will make a difference in children's lives
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The success is such that big banks such as Citigroup Inc., and ABN Amro Bank NV, are jumping on the microcredit bandwagon, too.
Yet Mr. Daley-Harris criticized major donor agencies, such as the World Bank, which publicly trumpet the successes of microcredit while actually spending less than 1 per cent a year on it.
"I want to see the millennium goals to reduce poverty fulfilled," Mr. Daley-Harris said, "but I don't think that'll happen if microfinance is left as a footnote."
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Three years ago, Maria Gamara, 35, and her husband, Gustavo, were barely making ends meet by selling clothing at a city market in Asuncion, Paraguay. They lived with their son and daughter in a tiny house within the market. They had no savings and no plans for the future.
"That's all changed," said Ms. Gamara, after a $200 (U.S.) so-called microloan from Montreal-based financial services company Desjardins Group and the Canadian International Development Agency let the couple build inventory.
Their earnings have quadrupled and they're saving money for the first time. They plan to expand their two-bedroom house and now dream of sending their kids to university.
While loans of this size may seem a pittance, millions of people are hoisting themselves out of poverty by buying rickshaws, seeds, sewing materials and the like to start their own businesses.
And it's exploding, a report released yesterday shows. Microcredit, which offers loans to people with neither collateral nor a credit history, has now been extended to more than 66 million of the world's poor, nearly an eight-fold increase since 1997, when microcredit proponents met in Washington and pledged to reach 100 million impoverished people by the end of this year.
Sam Daley-Harris, the Washington-based author of the report on the state of the campaign, said the effort is a few years shy of reaching its goal, a rare piece of good news in discussions on global poverty. Global campaigners, who are to meet in November in Halifax, now aim to reach 175 million within a decade.
How successful can providing loans for the poor really be? Extremely, said Professor Muhammad Yunus, the grandfather of the microcredit world, who began by lending a few cents to a woman in Bangladesh making bamboo stools back in 1976.
He's the founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, which has given out $5.1-billion (U.S.) in loans to date. Of its borrowers, 96 per cent are destitute women with no collateral or business background. Yet more than 99 per cent of recipients pay back their loans. The bank is profitable and hasn't received any donor money in a decade.
Grameen uses a peer-lending model, where members of a five-person group vouch for each other in lieu of collateral, which has proven so successful it's been replicated in dozens of countries around the world, including Canada and the United States.
"Credit should be the No. 1 human right," said Mr. Yunus in a phone interview from Dhaka. "If you can create this, all the other human rights — income generation, food, shelter, health — will come."
Bangladesh, once dubbed an international "basket case" by Henry Kissinger, this year became one of the biggest climbers in rankings in the Human Development Report. Microfinance alone accounts for 40 per cent of the reduction of rural poverty in the country, a World Bank researcher recently found.
The benefits are apparent elsewhere, too. In the Philippines, every peso borrowed by clients has produced 3.03 pesos in income. Bolivian recipients, meanwhile, had more than five times | 676 |
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Boundary layers in constrained plastic flow<|fim_middle|>. In the discrete dislocation formulation the dislocations are all of edge character and are modeled as line singularities in an elastic material. Dislocation nucleation, the lattice resistance to dislocation motion and dislocation annihilation are incorporated into the formulation through a set of constitutive rules. A complementary solution that enforces the boundary conditions is obtained via the finite element method. The discrete dislocation solutions give rise to boundary layers in the deformation field and in the dislocation distributions. The back-extrapolated flow strength for symmetric double slip increases with decreasing strip thickness, so that a size effect is observed. The strain gradient plasticity theory used here is also found to predict a boundary layer and a size effect. Nonlocal material parameters can be chosen to fit some, but not all, of the features of the discrete dislocation results. Additional physical insight into the slip distribution across the strip is provided by simple models for an array of mode II cracks.",
author = "J.Y. Shu and N.A. Fleck and {van der Giessen}, E. and A. Needleman",
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Shu, JY, Fleck, NA, van der Giessen, E & Needleman, A 2001, 'Boundary layers in constrained plastic flow: comparison of nonlocal and discrete dislocation plasticity', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 1361-1395. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5096(00)00074-0
Boundary layers in constrained plastic flow : comparison of nonlocal and discrete dislocation plasticity. / Shu, J.Y.; Fleck, N.A.; van der Giessen, E.; Needleman, A.
In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 49, No. 6, 2001, p. 1361-1395.
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N2 - Simple shear of a constrained strip is analyzed using discrete dislocation plasticity and strain gradient crystal plasticity theory. Both single slip and symmetric double slip are considered. The loading is such that for a local continuum description of plastic flow the deformation state is one of homogeneous shear. In the discrete dislocation formulation the dislocations are all of edge character and are modeled as line singularities in an elastic material. Dislocation nucleation, the lattice resistance to dislocation motion and dislocation annihilation are incorporated into the formulation through a set of constitutive rules. A complementary solution that enforces the boundary conditions is obtained via the finite element method. The discrete dislocation solutions give rise to boundary layers in the deformation field and in the dislocation distributions. The back-extrapolated flow strength for symmetric double slip increases with decreasing strip thickness, so that a size effect is observed. The strain gradient plasticity theory used here is also found to predict a boundary layer and a size effect. Nonlocal material parameters can be chosen to fit some, but not all, of the features of the discrete dislocation results. Additional physical insight into the slip distribution across the strip is provided by simple models for an array of mode II cracks.
AB - Simple shear of a constrained strip is analyzed using discrete dislocation plasticity and strain gradient crystal plasticity theory. Both single slip and symmetric double slip are considered. The loading is such that for a local continuum description of plastic flow the deformation state is one of homogeneous shear. In the discrete dislocation formulation the dislocations are all of edge character and are modeled as line singularities in an elastic material. Dislocation nucleation, the lattice resistance to dislocation motion and dislocation annihilation are incorporated into the formulation through a set of constitutive rules. A complementary solution that enforces the boundary conditions is obtained via the finite element method. The discrete dislocation solutions give rise to boundary layers in the deformation field and in the dislocation distributions. The back-extrapolated flow strength for symmetric double slip increases with decreasing strip thickness, so that a size effect is observed. The strain gradient plasticity theory used here is also found to predict a boundary layer and a size effect. Nonlocal material parameters can be chosen to fit some, but not all, of the features of the discrete dislocation results. Additional physical insight into the slip distribution across the strip is provided by simple models for an array of mode II cracks.
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Shu JY, Fleck NA, van der Giessen E, Needleman A. Boundary layers in constrained plastic flow: comparison of nonlocal and discrete dislocation plasticity. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2001;49(6):1361-1395. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5096(00)00074-0 | : comparison of nonlocal and discrete dislocation plasticity
J.Y. Shu, N.A. Fleck, E. van der Giessen, A. Needleman
Simple shear of a constrained strip is analyzed using discrete dislocation plasticity and strain gradient crystal plasticity theory. Both single slip and symmetric double slip are considered. The loading is such that for a local continuum description of plastic flow the deformation state is one of homogeneous shear. In the discrete dislocation formulation the dislocations are all of edge character and are modeled as line singularities in an elastic material. Dislocation nucleation, the lattice resistance to dislocation motion and dislocation annihilation are incorporated into the formulation through a set of constitutive rules. A complementary solution that enforces the boundary conditions is obtained via the finite element method. The discrete dislocation solutions give rise to boundary layers in the deformation field and in the dislocation distributions. The back-extrapolated flow strength for symmetric double slip increases with decreasing strip thickness, so that a size effect is observed. The strain gradient plasticity theory used here is also found to predict a boundary layer and a size effect. Nonlocal material parameters can be chosen to fit some, but not all, of the features of the discrete dislocation results. Additional physical insight into the slip distribution across the strip is provided by simple models for an array of mode II cracks.
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Shu, J. Y., Fleck, N. A., van der Giessen, E., & Needleman, A. (2001). Boundary layers in constrained plastic flow: comparison of nonlocal and discrete dislocation plasticity. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 49(6), 1361-1395. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5096(00)00074-0
Shu, J.Y. ; Fleck, N.A. ; van der Giessen, E. ; Needleman, A. / Boundary layers in constrained plastic flow : comparison of nonlocal and discrete dislocation plasticity. In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 2001 ; Vol. 49, No. 6. pp. 1361-1395.
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Bro Diaries (Fish Bar Productions) 2018 Toronto Fringe Review
July 5, 2018 Vance Brews
Bro Diaries produced by Fish Bar Productions playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival showcases a charming cast and comedic writing that explores the pitfalls of masculinity and modern relationships, culminating in a show with its heart in the right place, but perhaps not the right medium.
University was not exactly my favourite period of life; I didn't party, didn't do well in class and didn't make a lot of friends. I was also confronted by a lot of my entitlements, privilege and prejudices and while I didn't appreciate it at the time I'm certainly glad that I learned a lot from those experiences, even if it took me a while to figure it out.
Bro Diaries, written and directed by Mackenzie Parrot makes an effort to capture a more 'traditional' University life full of parties, barely making it to class and, of course, sex. Focusing primarily on Brad, a would-be "Bro", the show explores his developing relationship with a girl, Antoinette, as well as his friendships with his fellow Bros, confronting his attitudes towards sex, love and friendship along the way.
The show is primarily a comedy and confidently blends both wit, embarrassment humour and sitcom tropes to relatively good effect, and the actors are able to deliver the jokes with solid timing while still remaining grounded. Brad especially was able to navigate a fine line between endearing doofus and self-entitled jerk that kept him relatable but still gave the audience and script room to criticize him.
Referencing the sitcom tropes however I think something should be brought up. There were multiple occasions where I wondered if this was originally pitched for film or television; there were many scene transitions that consisted of all actors leaving the stage and the lights going out leaving a bare stage for a few seconds before the next scene began, often with the exact same actors. In a filmed setting this would simply be a cut transition and things would progress rather smoothly, but on stage it killed the momentum and continuity of the scenes and I often felt like things had a start-stop energy that kept breaking me out of the story.
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As a note, Bro Diaries is a "Relaxed" performance as you may notice on the Fringe site; this basically means that audience members are welcome to stand, move around, go to the washroom or even step outside during the show. While I didn't need this personally it definitely is nice for folks who can't sit for extended periods or haveother physical impairments. So while latecomers are still not getting in, for those who do arrive on time there's some flexibility in how you watch the show.
Bro Diaries plays at The Annex Theatre (736 Bathurst Street)
Tickets are $13, including a $2 service charge. The festival also offers a range of money-saving passes and discounts for serious Fringers.
Tickets can be purchased online, by telephone (416-966-1062), from the Festival Box Office at Scadding Court (707 Dundas St. W.), and — if any remain — from the venue's box office starting one hour before curtain.
Content Warnings: Mature language; Sexual content; Audience participation, Parental guidance advised; Relaxed Performance.
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Friday, 6th July 10:30pm
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Life History for Bob Mickelson
Robert "Bob" Mickelson, age 70, formerly of Osakis, passed away early Monday morning at the VA Medical Center in St. Cloud.
Bob was born on July 30, 1940 in Alexandria, MN to Orten and Addie (McKay) Mickelson. He graduated from Osakis High School with the class of 1959. Bob played an active part on the Osakis High School Basketball team. He lived and breathed basketball while in High School.
Bob enlisted in the US Army on May 13, 1960 and was trained in the Infantry as a Paratrooper at Fort Bragg, N. Carolina. He served with the 325th Infantry Regiment, 1st AVN-BTL, Unit HQCO. Bob suffered a near fatal gunshot wound and was sent to Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco to recover. After his honorable discharge, he returned to MN and in 1962 was united in marriage to Sharon Harmon. Bob worked for Gresen Hydraulics and also ran a vending route. On April 25, 1969 he married LaVonne Hickey. They farmed west of Long Prairie, later moving to Sauk Rapids. Bob began working for the V A Hospital in St. Cloud at this time. As he fought his own physical disabilities, Bob returned to live in Long Prairie, and then finally moved to Waite Park, MN.
Bob was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Long Prairie and belonged to the VFW. Some of his favorite past times included all of the various lake activities such as boating, fishing, swimming and waterskiing. He had learned these things as a youth growing up on the family resort on Lake Osakis. He also enjoyed bowling, playing pool<|fim_middle|>yn (Jeremy) Birr of Freeport, MN; Kim (Mark) Allen of Liberty, MO, Tammi (Dave Gaddis) Mercier of Grant, N. Mexico; 8 grandchildren, Eva Mickelson, Logan & Kendra Birr, Devin & Mitchell Allen, Christopher, Lyndsy & Laura Mercier; 1 great grandson, Robert Mercier; a sister, Sharyn (Wayne) Roquette of Osakis; many nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, wife, LaVonne, brothers, Donald and Ronald Mickelson, sisters, Laurel Mickelson, Joyce Wegner and Myrna Garfield.
Funeral services for Bob will be held on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 11:00 am at the First Presbyterian Church in Osakis with Rev. Tim Sutton officiating. Musicians are organist, Ellen Bangtson and the soloist is Dana Hetland. Casketbearers are Wally Brever, Wayne Roquette, Don Tonn, Gary Schultz, Tom Hamilton, and Al Bauer. Military honors will be provided by the Osakis VFW Honor Guard. Inurnment will take place in the spring at the Pleasant Valley Cemetery in rural Clotho, MN. Arrangements are handled by the Roy-Hetland Funeral Home,Osakis, MN.
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The holiday season is when even though most devoted Little Black Dress lovers<|fim_middle|> favorite sequin top. | step up their style game, adding sequins, fur, velvet and shine to their party dressing. The roster of fashionable retailers headlining CultureMap's Holiday Pop Up Shop set for Dec. 7 are at the ready with tips to get you through the sparkling season and into the new year.
KB Kasuals in River Oaks Shopping Center stocks pieces for casual brunches and elegant cocktail parties alike. Store owner Krista Burks suggests keeping post-party looks in mind.
Fashion savvy women flock to Tootsies in Uptown Park all year long, but for the holidays, store manager Chris Goins says color is key.
"Add a slice of color to one's wardrobe in any jewel tone. A bold piece of bold jewelry, a fun shoe, a statement handbag elevates any look you are working towards," she says.
WildBloom in Rice Village is on-trend spot for clothing and apparel and suggests taking chances this season.
Bela Thacker's Zayver Jewels are shimmering odes to the season and the icing on the proverbial cake during the holidays.
"For me, Christmas has always been about sparking lights, snow,and joy as well as the glamour and the bling," Thacker says. "As a jewelry designer, I have always felt that an outfit is incomplete without that perfect chunky necklace or a pair of elegant earrings.
With so many other things swirling about during the holidays, the style stars at SAM and lilli in West Ave say to take it easy and add some edge.
"Leather is our favorite eye-catching fashion tip for the holidays," the style masters note. Illia makes the perfect moto jacket, that can be thrown over any outfit for an effortless chic look. Here's a tip. Limit your outfit to one leather piece and coordinate with your | 365 |
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Jay-Jay Johanson, the world-famous melancholic voice of Sweden, is coming to<|fim_middle|>-Famous Sumela Monastery Will Shine At Night | Turkey again for two concerts.
Considered one of the most influential artists of his generation, Swedish Johanson will give two concerts in Turkey. Johanson will perform at the Million Performance Hall in Ankara on Friday, February 24, and at Dorock XL Fitaş Stage on Saturday, February 25 in Istanbul.
Johanson, who started his music career at a very young age and has experienced different musical genres in every album he released, has a very rich repertoire from trip-hop to electro-clash, from downtempo to indie.
Johanson, who has been in the music world since 1996 and has reached large audiences in Turkey with his concerts, has produced successful songs such as "Believe in Us", "Tell the Girls I'm Back", "Mr. on Radio", "Time Will Show". In addition to the songs of his latest album "Rorschach Test", he will also be performing his favorite classics.
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This month, the Connecticut–based specialty chemical company signed an agreement with Panacea Life Sciences to distribute hemp-derived CBD isolates and distillates to beauty makers.
Charkit Chemical Company, founded in 1982, supplies specialty chemicals to manufacturers in personal care, nutrition, flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals, precious metal recovery, electronics, photography, and more.
The company's array of personal care ingredients comprises meadowfoam seed oil, oat extracts, trehalose, olive squalene, cocoa butter, mango butter, shea butters, jojoba oil, poppy seed oil, argan oil, kojic acid, etc.
Going forward, the company is also able to supply personal care makers with hemp-derived CBD isolates and distillates. "Huge consumer demand, coupled with the recent passage of the US Farm Bill, means the market for CBD products is exploding," observes Dan O'Neill, vice president and sales group leader at Charkit. "Our customers in<|fim_middle|> media release about the company's new distribution partnership.
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Neiman Marcus focuses on omnichannel improvements
Matt Lindner | Sep 22, 2016
Lindy Rawlinson says personalization has been a big focus for the luxury retail chain.
When it comes to delivering a quality omnichannel experience for luxury retail chain Neiman Marcus, "seamless" doesn't mean "exactly the same" across all channels.
"There's differences between the channels both in how the customer interacts with them and why," says Lindy Rawlinson, senior vice president of customer experience at Neiman Marcus. "Ultimately for us, it's about how we capitalize on those differences and making sure we remove any barriers for those customers."
Rawlinson spoke about Neiman Marcus's omnichannel strategy at the Women's Wear Daily Digital Forum in New York on Thursday. As a luxury retailer, Rawlinson says Neiman Marcus is focused on providing the "white-glove" treatment online that shoppers have come to expect in stores. For example, Neiman Marcus has made a major push to personalize its online shopping and digital marketing efforts.
"Personalizing the experience for customers both on the website and in the store is a pillar of our customer experience," she says. "As a customer searches NeimanMarcus.com, as a customer interacts with the site, it gets a little bit smarter."
Neiman Marcus recently unveiled a new personalization feature on its website that centers around a shopper's size preferences.
For example, a customer who shops online for shoes and during every site visit searches for size 7 or 7.5, NeimanMarcus.com will show shoes at nearby stores available in those sizes, she says.
Neiman Marcus, No. 36 in the Internet Retailer 2016 Top 500 Guide, also has unveiled other personalization features aimed at customizing online shopping for its customers.
Recent innovations include a "Memory Mirror," which is a mirror located in Neiman Marcus stores that allow shoppers to record a 360-degree video of themselves trying on multiple items and then save the video to the retailer's mobile app so they can compare how those items look and either buy them online or in store later.
Neiman Marcus also launched a feature called "Snap<|fim_middle|> try to stay one step ahead to solve problems before they start.
"As we think about new [omnichannel] features, a lot of it goes back to understanding the customer and what's happening, whether that's in direct conversations, usability, and where do we see those opportunities to assist and make it easier or provide something different that you might not even ask for," she says.
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"We can ship any of our products from any of our stores," Rawlinson says. "It's one pool of inventory. Customers can shop online and pick up an item in store, and if we don't have an item in that individual store, we can ship the item to that store so they can pick it up and try it on."
Neiman Marcus has enjoyed steady online sales growth over the past three years, growing to $1.338 billion in 2015, up 29.9% from $1.030 billion in 2013, according to Top500Guide.com
Rawlinson says making it easy and pleasant to shop at Neiman Marcus, regardless of the channel, means she and her team are listen to customers and | 249 |
Q: Covariance of a sample statistic for two independent bivariate random variables I have a somewhat convoluted question here. Suppose I have paired random variables $X$ and $Y$. That is, when I draw samples, I get one instance of $X$ and an associated instance of $Y$. Then I can calculate $$\operatorname{Cov}(\bar X, \bar Y) = \frac{\operatorname{Cov}(X, Y)}{n} $$ where $\bar{X}$ and $\bar{Y}$ are sample means computed from $n$ observations (see here).
I want to do something similar, that is, calculate
$$\operatorname{Cov}\left( \frac{X - \mu_X}{\sigma_X} - \frac{X - \bar{\mu}_X}{\bar{\sigma}_X},
\frac{Y - \mu_Y}{\sigma_Y} - \frac{Y - \bar{\mu}_Y}{\bar{\sigma}_Y} \right)$$
where $\mu_X, \mu_Y$ are the population means of $X$ and $Y$, $\sigma_X, \sigma_Y$ are the populartion standard deviations, $\bar\mu_X, \bar\mu_Y$ are the sample means of $X$ and $Y$ (with $n$ observations), and $\bar\sigma_X, \bar\sigma_Y$ are the sample standard deviations.
The idea is that I want to express the error (additive noise) of normalizing by sample statistics (instead of by the population statistics) in terms of the covariance of the original variables.
We can maybe make the problem simpler by assuming that $X$ and $Y$ are zero-mean and unit variance.
Edit: Since the notation is confusing, I'll try again in a different format that I'm more comfortable with. Ignore all the previous notation.
I have a data set of $N$ points $\{x_i, y_i\}_{i=1}^N$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Let's say these are independent and identically distributed samples. I can then calculate the moments $$\mu_x = \frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N x_i \quad \mu_y = \frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N y_i\\
\sigma_x^2 = \frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N (x_i - \mu_x<|fim_middle|>} - \frac{y_i - \hat\mu_y}{\hat\sigma_y}.
$$
I would like to express the covariance of this difference $(a_i, b_i)$ (the "noise term") in terms of the covariance of the original data set.
When the normalization procedure is not $z$-scoring but rather just subtraction of the mean, then the calculation boils down to using the bilinearity of the covariance as I linked above. This is what I mean (with potentially wrong notation):
$$a_i = x_i - \mu_x - (x_i - \hat \mu_x) = \hat \mu_x - \mu_x\\
b_i = y_i - \mu_y - (y_i - \hat \mu_y) = \hat \mu_y - \mu_y \\
\Rightarrow \operatorname{Cov}(a, b) = \frac{1}{n}\operatorname{Cov}(x, y).$$
| )^2 \quad \sigma_y^2 = \frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N (y_i - \mu_y)^2.$$
I can then normalize the data set like this in a process commonly called $z$-scoring:
$$\left\{ \left( \frac{x_i - \mu_x}{\sigma_x}, \frac{y_i - \mu_y}{\sigma_y} \right) \right\}_{i=1}^N.$$
However, suppose I have so many data points that I cannot properly calculate $\sigma_x, \sigma_y$ and $\mu_x, \mu_y$. Then I could instead estimate these parameters from a small sample of $n$ observations for some $n \ll N$. Write my sample indicies as $\{i_1, ..., i_n\} \subset \{1, ..., N\}$ where the samples have been taken with replacement (not sure if necessary to have this assumption). I define the sample statistics like this:
$$\hat\mu_x = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{j=1}^n x_{i_j} \quad \hat\mu_y = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{j=1}^N y_{i_j}\\
\hat\sigma_x^2 = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{j=1}^n (x_{i_j} - \hat\mu_x)^2 \quad \hat\sigma_y^2 = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{j=1}^n (y_{i_j} - \hat\mu_y)^2.$$One thing I am not sure about is whether I need to divide by $n - 1$ or $n$ for this proof to work.
After doing this, there is going to be a small difference between the data set that was normalized using perfect information and the data set that was normalized using the small sample. The differences I am interested in are:
$$
a_i = \frac{x_i - \mu_x}{\sigma_x} - \frac{x_i - \hat\mu_x}{\hat\sigma_x}\\
b_i = \frac{y_i - \mu_y}{\sigma_y | 479 |
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The process of translation
Translating Joseph Brodsky's Six Years Later
Richard Wilbur Poet
21. The poetic play I didn't write 224 03:55
22. Influences 527 05:40
23. Teaching writing courses 340 06:18
24. Becoming acquainted with Baroque Rome 188 03:08
25. A year in Rome 1 224 02:45
26. Candide comes to Broadway 328 06:30
27. Poetry reading: Pangloss's Song 388 03:32
28. Translating Joseph Brodsky's Six Years Later 332 07:09
29. The process of translation 241 00:58
30. Creating a poetry anthology 273 03:06
Back in 1950... '61 or so, Peter Viereck and I made a trip to the Soviet Union as part of a cultural exchange programme intended to increase understanding, or at least tolerance, between the two nations, and the Russians... the Russians played ball with us pretty well. I think they wanted to show in fact<|fim_middle|> Voznesensky at the invitation of Max Hayward and Patricia Blake, who were extremely good linguists and extremely good at conveying the flavour and tone of the original. I did several translations for an anthology of Voznesensky's poems, and later when Joseph Brodsky defected to the United States or was sent over here, I hastened to do something of his because I had been told when in the Soviet Union that the best translations of my poetry into Russian had been done by Joseph. I wanted to pay him back and, because I had heard he was very choosy, very finicky about translations, I wanted to do something that he would approve of. So, when I... my first translation from a Brodsky poem took me a month, and the second was done slowly too, with the help of linguistic counsel and with the help of dictionaries as well. By that time I was trying to teach myself the Russian language. Here's a poem of Brodsky's, and I think it's probably the best effort I've made in translating a Russian poem, a poem of Brodsky's called Six Years Later.
So long had life together been that now
The second of January fell again
On Tuesday, making her astonished brow
Lift like a windshield wiper in the rain,
So that her misty sadness cleared, and showed
A cloudless distance waiting up the road.
So long had life together been that once
The snow began to fall, it seemed unending;
That, lest the flakes should make her eyelids wince,
I'd shield them with my hand, and they, pretending
Not to believe that cherishing of eyes,
Would beat against my palm like butterflies.
So alien had all novelty become
That sleep's entanglements would put to shame
Whatever depths the analysts might plumb;
That when my lips blew out the candle flame,
Her lips, fluttering from my shoulder, sought
To join my own, without another thought.
So long had life together been that all
That tattered brood of papered roses went,
And a whole birch grove grew upon the wall,
And we had money, by some accident,
And tonguelike on the sea, for thirty days,
The sunset threatened Turkey with its blaze.
So long had life together been without
Books, chairs, utensils—only that ancient bed—
That the triangle, before it came about,
Had been a perpendicular, the head
Of some acquaintance hovering above
Two points which had been coalesced by love.
So long had life together been that she
And I, with our joint shadows, had composed
A double door, a door which, even if we
Were lost in work or sleep, was always closed:
Somehow, it would appear, we drifted right
On through it into the future, into the night.
As I remember, Joseph Brodsky was very approving of this translation, though not quite sure of one or two lines in the latter stanzas. He went down to Oklahoma to judge some contest or other in the company of Derek Walcott, and he told me later that on the flight back from Oklahoma, he and Derek had studied my translation and had decided that one or two tinkerings should be made in the latter stanzas. I of course had no business objecting to any changes he might make in my translation of his poem, but I did cling, when I put this poem into a book of my own, I did cling to my original and perhaps mistaken lines. Joseph publishing the translation in a book of his own, used the improved version.
Acclaimed US poet Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) published many books and was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He was less well known for creating a musical version of Voltaire's "Candide" with Bernstein and Hellman which is still produced throughout the world today.
Title: Translating Joseph Brodsky's "Six Years Later"
Listeners: David Sofield
David Sofield is the Samuel Williston Professor of English at Amherst College, where he has taught the reading and writing of poetry since 1965. He is the co-editor and a contributor to Under Criticism (1998) and the author of a book of poems, Light Disguise (2003).
Tags: Soviet Union, Russia, Six Years Later, Peter Viereck, Ilya Ehrenbourg, Evgeny Evtushenko, Andrei Voznesensky, Max Hayward, Patricia Blake, Joseph Brodsky | that they could be more welcoming and loose than we. We sent them a list of some 50 writers we would like to talk with, and by the time we were through, we had met just about 48 of them.
Our first visit was paid to the dacha of the 'Old Fox', Ilya Ehrenbourg, and we had a very pleasant teatime talk of two hours or so with him. We talked in French, which was at times a little awkward for me, because Ehrenbourg was very fluent in that language, and because we believed that the communist party watchdog who had come with us did not understand that language.
In later encounters, I met people like Evgeny Evtushenko and Andrei Voznesensky, very good and then young poets about whom the Russian populace were very excited at the time. After I came home from Russia, I did some translations from | 187 |
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Li's love of the film soon evolved into an interest, and then a career, in wine. Besides working as a sales representative for the Italian wine producer Casa Vinicola Zonin, she is also a wine taster for the app Wotwine, which offers consumers independent opinions on supermarket wine prices.
At a typical two-hour tasting session at Wotwine's central London office, Li can taste more than 70 wines together with the Wotwine team. Together the group determines a Wotwine price for the wine. The tasting list each week is different, to make sure new offerings in different UK supermarkets are covered.
With a glass in hand, Li walks casually around the room in contemplation after tasting each wine, describing each using her professional vocabulary: "fruity", "balanced", "concentrated".
Like all wine connoisseurs, Li likes top-quality wine, but she says tasting supermarket wines is also fun and an important learning experience. "I'm just lucky to be able to taste and talk about wine with such experienced people at Wotwine," she says.
Li, however, had a bumpy career before entering the wine world.
A native of Nanchang city, Jiangxi province, Li came to the UK in 2000 to study for an undergraduate degree in computer science at the University of Manchester, followed by a master's degree in image processing at Kingston University.
She then switched between several jobs in the IT consulting world, working on a range of tasks, from computerizing company systems to developing new software for clients.
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A few years later, she joined forces with Simon Cummins who coined the company name, which celebrates burrs and the beauty in a tree's natural deformities. Burrs create wonderfully wild grains and colour variations that are what make Burrwood Boards' goods so unique and special. The duo travel many miles to find the right pieces of timber to turn into boards, sourcing oak, elm, sycamore and many others solely from managed forestry to ensure sustainability practices are met.
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You've recently made a move – please tell us about it.
During the past two years I was developing our digital, data and tech services in the agency and I was managing our units Amnet and iProspect in Bulgaria. In 2018 it was a natural move for me to become Chief Data Officer which has become important business role, unlocking business value and influencing company strategies. They are so many data assets we are leveraging within the business in the fast-moving technology innovation in digital, mobile, data management, analytics and automation. All of these in combination with the people I work with and the supporting management I have are making my job perfectly suit to me.
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Sir Giles Goosecap, Knight is an early 17th-century comedy first published anonymously in 1606, and generally attributed to George Chapman.
Date, performance, publication
The play was entered into the Stationers' Register on 10 January 1606 and was published later that year in a quarto printed by John Windet for the bookseller Edward Blount. The title page of the quarto states that the play was acted by the Children of the Chapel, a production that most likely occurred in the 1601–3 period. (The Children of the Chapel were known by that name only in the company's first three years of existence, before the theatres closed in May 1603 due to an epidemic of bubonic plague. When the theatres re-opened, the company was known as the Children of the Queen's Revels or variations thereof.) The play was revived in the mid-1630s at the Salisbury Court Theatre; a second quarto followed that revival, issued in 1636 by Hugh Perry and Roger Bell.
Authorship
19th-century critics noted the resemblances between Sir Giles Goosecap and Chapman's acknowledged comedies. The case for Chapman's authorship was stated persuasively by T. M. Parrott in 1906. Parrott's attribution essay has come to be regarded as among the best of its kind, and its conclusion has won general acceptance; even Samuel Schoenbaum, a prominent critic of authorship studies<|fim_middle|> Estienne Tabourot's Les apothegmes du sieur Gaulard."
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1600s plays | in general, conceded that Parrott's argument was likely valid.
The plot
The play centers on the melancholic poet-lover Clarence and his relationship with his mistress, the Countess Eugenia. Lord Momford, Eugenia's uncle, helps to treat and cure Clarence's depression by aiding him in the realisation of his bond with Eugenia. The supporting characters conform to greater or lesser degrees to the concept of humours comedy that Chapman had introduced in his An Humorous Day's Mirth (1597); Captain Foulweather, for example, is an extreme Francophile who not only embraces French ways but rejects English manners — and English women.
Superficially, the play is a farce about "gulled knights and waggish servants," though it has also been perceived to possess deeper levels of meaning; critics have judged it a "rarefied, pedantic neo-platonic allegory" as well as "a modern dress version of the Troilus story, based primarily on Chaucer's account and on | 214 |
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French Club Explores Culture
By Hira Khan '19 and Rubhiyah Chaudhry '19
When we first hear about a language class or a club, one would assume it's a place to learn the language. Most people's perception of French club is that it's about teaching the language of France. French Club is dedicated<|fim_middle|> member of the French Club. "I had hoped to learn more about French history and how the language connects people to the culture."
If you want to learn more about the history of the language, then join French Club, which meets every Friday in room 433 to discuss different Francophone cultures.
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French is the official language in 29 different countries and is unofficially spoken in 52 different countries. Culture is an important part of these people's lives. It influences their decisions and who they eventually become.
When building a relationship, it helps to have perspective and an understanding of people's culture. The same can be said about a language and its country.
"The purpose of French Club is to expose students to different French culture due to the large popularity of the language," said Ms. Marly Jean-Baptiste, the adviser of the French Club.
Students in French Club do not need to have previous knowledge of the language to be part of the club. The club is a place where everyone is welcome and a place to connect with your fellow peers though common interest.
"When you first join a club you, for the most part, don't know anyone there," said Tahiyat Chowdhury '18, the president of the French Club. "We all came here, for one thing, French, our love of French culture and the language that brings us together."
French Club does several hands-on activities such as making food and building French structures. Their latest experiment was making crepes. They also watch movies and take trips. Members can cook in the club, which makes this really different from a traditional French class.
The club has also been known to host cheese-tasting parties, in which club members bring in different types of French cheese to taste.
"Expose the club to unique French practices," said Ms. Jean-Baptiste. "Which is why every year we hold a French Canadian thanksgiving."
The French Club is also known for participating in serving the school's community. For example, it organized the Haitian festival in the cafeteria in 2011 and 2012.
"A really good way to learn about the culture is when you can do it for yourself," said Maryan Khan '19, a longtime | 404 |
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Teens who spend more time in extracurricular activities and less time in front of screens have better mental health, hallazgos del estudio
If you're worried about your kids' salud mental, particularmente because of the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing mandates, less screen time and more extracurricular activities will help, says a new study.
Adolescents — especially girls — who spend more time in extracurricular activities and less than two hours of screen time after school have better mental health, according to a study from the University of British Columbia and published in the journal Preventive Medicine.
Both factors were associated with higher levels of life satisfaction and optimism and lower levels of anxiety and depression, el estudio dijo. Longer screen time was particularly harmful for girls, as researchers saw a "significantly more pronounced" association between more screen time and worse mental health, el estudio dijo.
But it's not healthy for either gender: Screen time that went beyond the recommended limit of two hours was still significantly associated with lower satisfaction and optimism among boys and girls, el estudio dijo.
"Although we conducted this study before the COVID-19 pandemic, the findings are especially relevant now when teens may be spending more time in front of screens in their free time if access to extracurricular activities, like sports and arts programs is restricted due to COVID-19," said Eva Oberle, lead author of the study, en un comunicado de prensa.
In the shadow of Covid-19, mental health help can't come soon enough
Oberle also noted that due to the pandemic, finding extracurricular activities isn't as easy<|fim_middle|> said in the study. Students with no extracurricular activities tended to have high levels of screen time, por ejemplo. And they expected girls would score higher on negative mental health indicators, as previous research has found that they tend to have higher levels of depressive symptoms and anxiety compared to boys.
Coronavirus forces parents to change screen time plans
What was noteworthy, los investigadores dicen, is that even among students who participated in extracurricular activities, 46% still exceeded the recommended screen time of two hours, a limit set by the Canadian Pediatric Society. Al mismo tiempo, 67% of students who didn't participate in extracurricular activities also exceeded two hours of screen time. Together, this indicates high screen time among teenagers generally.
"This is consistent with research that has shown increases of recreational screen use in adolescents over the past decade, indicating that screen time is a current zeitgeist of adolescents' recreational time-use," the study reports.
Extracurricular activities remain key for better mental health
sin embargo, extracurricular activities were still significantly related to higher levels of optimism and life satisfaction — a trend that appeared across genders and independent of screen time, el estudio dijo.
"This finding confirmed our hypothesis and aligns with previous research and emphasizes that extracurricular activities are an asset for thriving in adolescence," el estudio dijo. "While past studies have highlighted the importance of extracurricular activities for social, emotional and academic development, the present study emphasizes their importance for positive mental health outcomes."
The findings come as thousands of kids and teens are staying at home more during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has limited in-person social opportunities and left extracurricular activities scarce. As teens cope with the public health crisis, studies have shown broader trends of elevated depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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"Our findings highlight extracurricular activities as an asset for teens' mental wellbeing," ella dijo. "Finding safe ways for children and teens to continue to participate in these activities during current times may be a way to reduce screen time and promote mental health and wellbeing."
Teens collectively spending more time on screens
The study used self-reported data from more than 28,000 seventh grade students between 2014 y 2018 — drawing from 27 school districts in British Columbia.
The students answered questions about their usage of screen time after school, including how much time they spent watching TV, Netflix, Youtube, streaming videos or something else, and how much time they spent playing video or computer games.
Luego, students reported how many days they had participated in extracurricular activities such as sports, music or arts programs.
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YNOT Mail combines optimized infrastructure, software authentication, best practices and reputation protection tools to get your emails into more inboxes.
It's easy to reach YNOT Mail's support team whenever you need help. Your not just another customer to us, so we're here to assist when you need us.
A good email marketing platform starts with software but doesn't stop there. YNOT Mail combines self-service tools and software automation with a sender-optimized email delivery network and a support team that cares about the success of your campaigns.
Your account at YNOT Mail is your home for all your email marketing efforts.
We provide the software, the infrastructure, the email delivery engine and the expertise that you need to be successful at email marketing.
Use our built-in editor to create something new, or start with our professionally designed email templates.
The YNOT Mail email editor lets you design and change email campaigns right from your browser. You can format text, upload and insert images, add links and more.
The more you know your audience, the better you can target your messages.
Front end tools plus back end services to keep you in the INBOX.
It's easy to follow best email practices with YNOT Mail, and if you make an honest mistake we're on your side to limit the damage.
It's easy to make mistakes with email marketing, and big email service providers (ESPs) like Gmail, Microsoft, Yahoo and others keep tabs on your sending habits. Repeating those mistakes can damage your reputation with ESPs and push your messages to the spam box. YNOT Mail helps our clients fix or altogether avoid many common email marketing pitfalls that can be so damaging to your company's success.
YNOT Mail starts with powerful, full-featured email marketing software that's simple to use, battle-tested and designed to help you easily follow industry best practices in email marketing.
It's not just about the software tools; once you click ``send`` the YNOT Mail delivery network goes to work. We use email authentication tools, reputation monitoring, best practices and more to increase your inbox rates.
If you run into problems, our support team is ready to help. Support is included in the price of your account, and we help customers get the most of our software and diagnose problems with campaigns that might cause sub-optimal results.
Email marketing is affordable and effective. YNOT Mail gives you the tools, network and support you need to be successful with your campaigns. Sign up right now and get started building your lists and crafting engaging campaigns that drive more sales and increase customer retention. Once you see YNOT Mail in action you'll understand why our customers tend to stick around and why | 579 |
Leeds Trinity graduates receive psychology award
By Annette McIntyre Reporter
Macy Iwediebo and Rebecca Rose
TWO Leeds Trinity University graduates have received an award for academic excellence in their final year dissertations.
Psychology graduates Macy Iwediebo and Rebecca Rose were awarded the 2021 British Psychological Society Undergraduate Citation for Excellence in Undergraduate Qualitative Research.
The award is part of the BPS's Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section and recognises a wide range of qualitative theory, research and practice. QMiP welcomes nominations from undergraduate students who have completed an excellent dissertation in qualitative psychology, with no more than two nominations per course in any given year.
Macy and<|fim_middle|> degree during a pandemic, both students achieved a successful outcome in relation to their degree and the BPS award. As their supervisor and lecturer, I'm immensely proud of both Macy and Rebecca."
Macy said: "I was so surprised to receive the BPS Citation for my dissertation and to make it even more special, my best friend received one too. We were both over the moon to receive First-Class degrees and it was like everything I had been dreaming of since I started at Leeds Trinity University three years ago had come true."
She added: "It felt like all the sleepless nights and hours spent staring at textbooks and computer screens had paid off, and I am so grateful for all the support I received along the way. I was so lucky to have had such a great supervisor to support me whilst working on my dissertation. I was scared I wouldn't get the grade I was hoping for but the fact I got a First and won this award is a dream come true. The hard work was worth it." | Rebecca were nominated by Dr Alison Torn, Senior Teaching Fellow in Psychology at Leeds Trinity. Macy's research explored the influence of music genre on Black male identity and behaviour, while Rebecca investigated experiences of colourism for Black British females in the UK.
Dr Torn said: "Both Macy and Rebecca worked throughout their degrees with a quiet determination, and it was a pleasure to supervise their final year projects. It's fair to say I pushed both students hard, particularly during the data analysis stage, as I knew they were capable of outstanding work. They shared a focused, professional, and diligent approach to their work which resulted in these BPS awards and their First-Class degrees."
She added: "It is to their credit that despite all the pressures of completing a | 151 |
Champlain Trio Brings Stages back to life one Theater at a time through a new Documentary
by: Alex Ladstatter
Posted: Jan 24, 2021 / 07:59 PM EST
COVID-19 has silenced classical music in performance spaces nationwide for nearly a year
Now, with the help of filmmaker Jay Craven, three Juilliard musicians have taken their collective talent and are bringing sound and life back to the stage through a documentary.
"You know this could be a turning point for the performing arts, and if that's the case, then this film will contribute one part of the discussion, what happened when they couldn't perform, this is what we're showing."
The film will be broken down into six parts. Each episode will take place at a different Vermont venue. The Double – E, a new name for Essex Cinemas T-Rex movie theater for multimedia productions, says they're flattered to be a part of the experience.
"It's an honor as<|fim_middle|> were living in and present day.
"Every composer that we play lived through pandemics, lived through disasters, lived through war, and yet the music that you're hearing, that beauty, that's someone who's suffering, or who's family was suffering and it just makes you have this feeling that suffering is not the end of things, it's always the beginning and the opening and growth of things."
The documentary film makers, the venue, and the musicians all hope that this is the start of a grassroots movement to bring live classical music back to the stage in a safe way, and to inspire others to do the same.
Vermont prosecutor revises traffic stop policy | the Double-E to be included in this selection of music venues, I heard that we're the only commercial music venue so we're going to stand out for a multitude of different reasons I think."
The Champlain Trio consists of a cello, violin, and piano all performed by Juilliard graduates who only met because of the pandemic. Emily Tauble explains what it was like to perform in a theater again.
"I don't know there's nothing quite like it actually like just as artists we're so missing that it's been the driest hardest longest year for not having an outlet."
Another member of the trio, discusses the historical significance of the pieces the group is playing, and similarities of the world the composers | 143 |
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WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: With the air and ground war under way right now, security in the United States continues, even at this moment, to be stepped up. CNN's Greg Clarkin is over at New York's LaGuardia Airport. Tell us what's happening there, Greg.
GREG CLARKIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Wolf. We've been here all day. And up and down these terminal halls, we've seen a number of National Guardsmen usually moving about in pairs of two or three, rifles over their shoulders.
Also, a heavy presence from the Port Authority Police Department canine unit. So it's a lot of post-9/11 measures that appear to be beefed up, today especially. A lot of, again, the measures that we've seen over the last year-and-a-half, but today, definitely much in evidence.
Back here on the wall, the monitors for the flights, really not a lot of change, in terms of schedules, from the domestic U.S. carriers. They're pretty much sticking to their schedules in terms of the U.S. flights. But we have seen a lot of European, a lot of overseas and international airlines canceling flights.
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Continues to be Stepped up> | situation goes, the major airlines say, at this point, they're sticking with their schedule. But they do hold out the possibility that they're taking things on a minute-to- minute basis, and, at some point, they may have to cancel some flights if this war were to go on for any prolonged period.
Back over here, we have the American ticketing area, and we've spoken to a number of travelers today. And again, these, we should point out, are domestic travelers. But really, to a person, we found that these folks are not changing their plans. They are very encouraged by the security measures here, and, for the most part, they're saying they're going about with business as usual. And again, that to a person that we've spoken to today, not a lot of change in their plans. Wolf, back to you.
BLITZER: All right, thanks very much, Greg, at LaGuardia airport in New York City.
Meanwhile, the defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, says as many as four oil wells may be burning along Iraq's border with Kuwait, bringing to mind the environmental disaster, of course, that followed the first Persian Gulf War. CNN's Ed Lavandera is in Houston, Texas, with more on the people whose job it is to put out these kind of fires -- Ed.
Unfortunately, we don't have Ed. We'll try to pick him up later and get his report. I want to show our viewers these live pictures of Baghdad right now. It's eerily quiet in Baghdad, as our Nic Robertson has been reporting now for the past couple of hours.
It wasn't very quiet earlier in the evening as U.S. Tomahawk Cruise Missiles and other bombs hit selected targets in the Iraqi capitol. We don't have any kind of full bomb damage assessment, but certainly, we're going to continue to watch what's happening in Baghdad.
We're going to continue to watch all of these developments. I'll continue to be here in Kuwait City. I'm Wolf Blitzer.
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I've recently finished making a group of wedding couples (see photo at the end of post) for the new edition of Felt Wee Folk (2015 pub date). While I was working on them, I imagined that the dolls would be photographed on a cake, lined up on tiered layers. As a prop, the cake didn't have to be real, but I wanted it to look realistic. My friend Terry McKee provided technical assistance and moral support as we spent 2 afternoons in my kitchen working the problem. A few years ago, we made a real wedding cake, which you can see here. We quickly found out that the sharp edges of the styrofoam cake forms tear through the fondant, so we changed our approach. We padded the sharp edge with fondant and abandoned the by-the-book instructions that called for draping the cake over the top and sides with one piece of fondant. We decided that a top and collar would work better, since we would be able to cover any seams with frosting later. Here's Terry rolling out the fondant collar. It took most of the afternoon to cover both tiers and the base.
I lined up the dolls to see if they would all fit. After Terry went home, I spent the rest of the afternoon decorating the cake with pieces of fondant that I cut out with leaf and moon shaped cookie cutters.
On<|fim_middle|> about the teaser, but this is as much as I can show of the dolls. I still have a lot to do for the book, but I can feel it getting closer!
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Wow! Looks amazing! What a talent you have! Fantastic!
Oh how Magical! You must have had fun..although a bit of thinking went on too..I find nutting out problems quite fun though.bet you do too.Lovely to do this with a friend.
can't wait to see the new book.
I am so excited for the new book Salley, I can hardly wait. Love your work, thank you for your teasers, they are so much fun!
Thank you for sharing your processes. And I cannot wait until the new book is here.
and love having these little insights on how it all happens.
I can't wait for this book to come out! The sneak peeks are wonderful. Makes me want to get out the first edition and make some dolls.
What artistry …………..Sally and Terry………..perfection ………..
What a beautiful cake! Can't wait to get a closer look at the figures.
Oh, Salley, I love when you talk about your work and explain what you are thinking when you design! Your ladies are wonderful and I enjoy seeing them in action. The cake has turned out beautifully, and I can't wait to see the brides and grooms! I am so happy at the joy you must be having in doing this work!!!! | day 2 we resumed work on the cake. Terry put her piping skills to work as she applied frosting around the edges.
I piped out some squiggles on top and voila, a wedding cake! Terry was a big help and it's always more fun to work together as we tackle these new and unfamiliar projects. The cake should last a bit, being just sugar and styrofoam. I'm not sure how long I'll keep it after we photograph the scene.
Rob and I set up the cake in the light box, with a silk curtain behind and took photographs for the book. Sorry | 123 |
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Before co-founding Prides Crossing Capital, Peter spent 30 years in commercial banking. During his nearly 16 years at State Street Corporation, he focused initially on asset-based lending and later on cash flow and enterprise value lending providing companies with capital for growth and transactions. Peter managed State Street's Commercial Finance Group until the Bank's sale in 1999. He then founded and built One Conant Capital, the leveraged lending arm of Danversbank, which was eventually sold in 2012.
<|fim_middle|> firm's CFO, Nichole is responsible for the preparation of financial reports, fulfilling audit, tax and regulatory requirements, and investor communications.
Nichole is a graduate of Salem State College, where she earned a BS in Business Administration with an accounting concentration. She also holds her Master's degree in Business Administration from Endicott College, where she is now an Adjunct Professor teaching accounting and finance in the school's MBA program.
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© 2016 by Prides Crossing Capital | Peter holds a AB from Bowdoin College and an MA from The Johns Hopkins University. He has served on the board of Care Dimensions, the largest hospice care company in Massachusetts, for over a decade including serving 4 years as the board chair. Additionally, Peter served on the Finance Committee in the town of Essex, Massachusetts.
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Karen has spent her career sourcing, structuring, and monitoring debt and equity investments in private companies. Prior to co-founding Prides Crossing Capital in 2013, she spent 13 years as an investment principal at Housatonic Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. While at Housatonic, Karen co-founded, built and managed Housatonic Debt Investors, a debt fund. She previously spent 12 years at State Street Corporation underwriting and monitoring loans in a variety of recurring business services industries.
Karen holds a BA in Economics from Tufts University. She has served on the boards of several private companies. Currently, Karen serves on the Women's Leadership Council of Lahey Health and as a trustee of Concord Academy and Belmont Day School, where she previously served as Treasurer, Vice Chair and Chair of the school's board.
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How to Take Over the Family Business
Written by Jocko Willink
Family businesses are very common in the Dirt World. You'll often see a third or fourth generation taking over their family business. That's an amazing legacy.
But when you're the young person who's taking over? It's a real challenge.
Often, the older generation hands you the reins—but then they hang on. They tell you you're in charge—but they won't let you do what you need to do or innovate quickly. You both see things differently because of your age, and you start to wonder if a particular generation is to blame.
That's frustrating. And while all working relationships have friction at times, it's harder when the friction is between parent and child, siblings, or other family members.
How you handle taking over the family business is crucial. It affects not only your working relationships but also your family dynamics. Leadership expert and former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink breaks down how you can take over the family business gracefully.
Acknowledge their accomplishments
According to Jocko, you must first form a good relationship with your family. And not just as relatives—you're now business partners.
Just like any other business partnership, this means listening to what they have to say and letting them influence you (more on that in a minute). But with family, you also have to do what Jocko calls "giving them the ancient ego massage."
Your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or whoever else was running the show built a successful business. Sure, maybe they could have done some things better. But they obviously got some things right. As Jocko points out, "There's a reason they were successful for 40 years."
Your family worked hard, and they created a business that's robust enough to turn over to you. Your first step in leading that business is to be humble and acknowledge what they've done to bring it this far.
Listen and let them influence you
When you take over the family business, you've likely got lots of changes in mind that will take the company even further. But when it comes to making those changes, there's a right and a wrong way to go about it.
The right way is to listen first. Your family members have experience in the industry and the business that you don't have yet. "When they say to do something, there's probably a good reason why they're saying to do it," Jocko points out.
You can listen to them and learn from that. Maybe your idea isn't as great as you thought it was. Maybe it could be a good idea, if you implement it a little differently.
But if you don't listen, you'll never know—and you could very well charge headlong into a series of mistakes. Worse, you'll create strain in the family.
When your family tells you what to do, Jocko continues, "If your initial reaction is to tell them, 'Well, we're gonna do it different now,' what do you think you're going to get? Is that a respectful response to someone who's been doing something for 40, 50, or 70 years? And they're giving you this opportunity, handing you the business? The reaction is not going to be good."
Listening to people wins their respect.
By the way, this concept also applies when you're taking over the family business alongside your siblings. They may not have the experience the older generation has, but your family brought them into the business for a reason—just like they brought you in for a reason. Listen to your siblings, and be willing to let their insights influence how you do things.
Choose your battles
Now, maybe you really do have a great idea, and your family should buy into it . . . but they're not. It's frustrating, because you know you're right.
But Jocko asks, "What good is being right if it hurts our relationship? What good is winning the argument if now I create more frustration for myself?"
That's why he recommends choosing your battles. For the sake of your sanity and your family, you can't fight every single battle about how to do a project or who to hire.
"And by the way, if I fight 10 out of 10 battles, how receptive is my dad the one time I have a good idea?" Jocko asks. "I fight him on everything, so he's not listening to me when I actually have a legitimate, good idea."
Because you didn't let your dad (or your brother or whoever else) influence you, they won't let you influence them. You didn't trust their advice? Fine. They won't trust yours, either. But if you have a track record of listening and implementing their ideas and valuing their wisdom, then when you have a good idea they will more than likely value it.
Try it their way
So what do you do when you know you're going to back down from a certain battle? You listen to the other person's plan. And then Jocko says, "I try and use my dad's plan. [I say,] 'Hey Dad, I know you've been doing this a long time. That sounds like a good plan. Let me go execute it."
Now you may still think your plan is better. But it's not about whether your plan is better. . . it's about how much better it is.
Jocko recommends asking yourself, "How much better is your plan, and how beneficial is it for you to spend all that time arguing the change you want to implement—because your ego wants to implement it?"
Your plan may save you four hours, but you have to spend twelve hours arguing with your dad to get him to try it. That didn't save you any time; it cost you time.
You know what would have saved you time? Saying, "Hey, Dad, sounds like a great plan. We'll go execute it." And then you go into the field and make a couple adjustments to make that plan work better. Maybe it takes you an hour to make that happen, but then it saves you three hours in the field. Great! Plus, you didn't argue with your dad.
"And by the way, your dad trusts you more now. And now when you have a more legitimate plan about something that is incrementally more important, he's actually going to listen to you," Jocko adds.
Humble Yourself
When the people at the top are fighting, the rest of the company descends into chaos, too.
Jocko explains, "You want to know technically what it does [when the family is fighting]? We don't know what direction we're going. That's what it does. And that's not good."
All that tension and<|fim_middle|>, "No. It's not going to happen."
And you're not a defeatist for admitting that. Instead, that's a winning attitude. You're keeping things in perspective, and you're not arguing with people you love about things that truly don't matter in the long run. By being humble today, you're paving the way to bring about some of the changes you want to make later.
"We get ourselves wound up," Jocko says. "We think that our idea is so much better than everybody else's. It's not. The other ideas worked for 50 years. Cool. We'll go with it. Maybe we start to integrate changes in the future, or we start to assess how those changes would impact."
Ask earnest questions
When you're taking over the family business, it pays to lean on their hard-earned expertise.
For example, Jocko states, "Maybe I ask my dad questions like, 'Hey Dad, I know you do it like this. How come you never did this?' And he says, 'Because it doesn't work because of this.' And then you can say, 'Okay, I didn't know that. Thank you for telling me.'
"Or maybe he says, 'We never invested in that because of this.' And you can say, 'Oh, well do you think it would be smarter to invest in it now?' And your dad says, 'Probably.'"
According to Jocko, asking earnest questions like these is a key component of leadership. He clarifies, "Not questions to set you up or questions to make you look bad. Not questions to prove that I'm right. But earnest questions."
Earnest questions typically start with "Why?" like Jocko's examples above. Asking why helps you word your questions respectfully and open an honest conversation with the person.
Here's another example from Jocko: "Hey Dad, how come we never invested in this piece of equipment? Because it seems like it would be a good idea, but I know if it was a good idea you probably would have thought of it."
Maybe your dad did buy that equipment in 1978, and it broke down all the time and cost a ton of money to operate. Maybe that's why he's always rented equipment. Maybe that's why he won't buy this machine that you think is great—because you've never worked with it. Or maybe you'll both learn that times have changed and there's a better solution now.
As you take over the family business, remember that you've got a lot to learn. You've also got a lot to offer—and you will get to make changes in due time.
But be patient. It takes time to learn, grow, humble yourself, and earn your family's trust as a business leader instead of the kid with the skinned knee or runny nose.
To help move things along, follow Jocko's six rules of thumb for taking over the family business:
With these leadership fundamentals in place, you can become a leader in the family business—and in the family.
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How Do We Ethically Manipulate 2B Minds, by Tristan Harris
Design thinker Tristan Harris is known for his great TED talks and work on how technology influences our attention and behaviour. The balance between being 'online' and being closed off from your immediate surroundings versus being "offline" and feeling like you're missing out on something big, is the focus of the Centre for Human Technology. Where he calls tech giants out to consciously deal with how they have the power to determine the thoughts and feelings of mankind.
Navigating the Video Revolution in the Digital Age, by Susan Wojcicki
YouTube powerlady and CEO Susan Wojcicki talks with Wired Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson about the responsibility of YouTube as a social platform and the impact it has on the contemporary media landscape. Need we say more?
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It combines physical and virtual environments in a 'hyper-reality'. Hickman, Creative Director at The Void, put great effort into making people feel like a real part of the virtual world through all senses. His talk takes a glimpse into the future of VR, storytelling and future experiences.
How Uber is Designing a Self-Driving Future, by Molly Nix
Uber is an example to many when it comes to user experience. But how do users behave in a self-driving Uber? Molly Nix examines Uber's plans to enrich this next level user experience and answers the question of "How do you deal with multi-tasking users?", "How do you ensure security?", "Can we overcome the natural instinct to keep a strong grip on the wheel?" and questions of practical issues such as travel sickness.
How Will Brands Grow in the AI Era, by Steven Wolfe Pereira
Quantcast is an "AI powerhouse" for marketers and agencies. Wolfe believes that it's not about the data per se, but it's about understanding the data. He foresees AI having a huge impact on customer experience, industries, businesses and marketers. Our task is to actually build upon the data we already have.
Just Press Go: Waymo's Self-Deiving Cars Are Here, by John Krafcik
After 9 years and driving 4 million miles, Googles' 'moon shot' is finally a reality. Waymo CEO, John Krafcik seems to have the recipe for success when it comes to self-propelled vehicles, with the least human intervention so far. We're looking forward to hearing all about his vision and promises.
Design in the Era of the Algorithm, by Josh Clark
Machine learning is the new design material, but we all know of examples that completely miss the mark. It's up to designers and data experts to create solutions that are unbiased and inclusive. Josh Clark looks at our role in the creation of these future interfaces.
Ethical Personality Design: The Future of HCI, by Sophie Kelber
Huge's Executive Director, Product and Innovation, focuses on the ever-closer relationship between people and virtual assistants. How do we provide an ethical framework when it comes to the future of human-computer interactions?
Create the World You Want to Live In, by Guy Raz
Brands are able to address social problems and actually initiate movements. Lead by our favourite NPR reporter Guy Raz, we hear how supermodel Karlie Kloss and Adidas Head of Global Brands, Eric Liedtke both make the difference. Tech in service of a better world.
Fake news, social addictiveness, dumb cities and the need for a Department of Technology
Dept wouldn't be Dept if we didn't give stage to our best speakers. So hear what Arthur Stobbelaar, Max Pinas and Franklin Schamhart have to say on Tuesday 13th of March from 15:30 to 16:30 in New Dutch Wave (Waller Ballroom, 700 E 6th St, Austin) about the theme of 'Smart Cities." Focusing on design ethics and how technological progress can be ensured within governments.
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Another panel from the Health Subcommittee will visit Plateau Valley Clinic in Collbran, CO. The Human Services Subcommittee will visit Montrose County Health and Human Services in Montrose, Colorado. The day will conclude at the Doubletree Hilton Grand Junction with a period of public comment at approximately 5:00 p.m. The final session will be convened on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. The Committee will summarize key findings from the meeting and develop a work plan for the next quarter and the following meeting. The meeting will adjourn at 11:15 a.m. For Further Information Contact: Steve Hirsch, MSLS, Executive Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Total burden hours Room 5A–05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone (301) 443–0835, Fax (301) 443–2803. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services;
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that the
following committee will convene its seventy-second meeting.
Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human
Dates and Time: April 3, 2013, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. April 4, 2013,
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. April 5, 2013, 8:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Place: Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado, 3090 North
12th Street, Unit B, Grand Junction, CO 81506, Web site:
www.hospicewco.com.
Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
Purpose: The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human
Services provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary with
respect to the delivery, research, development, and administration of
health and human services in rural areas.
Agenda: Wednesday morning, at 9:00 a.m., the meeting will be called
to order by the Chairman of the Committee, the Honorable Ronnie
Musgrove. The Committee will be examining hospice and palliative care
for rural patients and efforts to ameliorate rural poverty. The day
will conclude with a period of public comment at approximately 5:00
Thursday morning, at approximately 9:00 a.m., the Committee will
break into Subcommittees and depart for site visits to rural healthcare
and human services providers in Colorado. One panel from the Health
Subcommittee will visit Family Health West Hospital in Fruita, CO.
Another panel from the Health Subcommittee will visit Plateau Valley
Clinic in Collbran, CO. The Human Services Subcommittee will visit
Montrose County Health and Human Services in Montrose, Colorado. The
day will conclude at the Doubletree Hilton Grand Junction with a period
of public comment at approximately 5:00 p.m.
The final session will be convened on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m.
The Committee will summarize key findings from the meeting and develop
a work plan for the next quarter and the following meeting. The meeting
will adjourn at 11:15 a.m.
For Further Information Contact: Steve Hirsch, MSLS, Executive
Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn
Building, Room 5A-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone
(301) 443-0835, Fax (301) 443-2803.
Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting should
contact Nathan Nash at the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) via
telephone at (301) 443-0835 or by email at nnash@hrsa.gov. The
Committee meeting agenda will be posted on ORHP's Web site http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/rural/.
Dated: February 21, 201 | 2,252 |
Ambode reads Riot Act to Lagos building developers, contractors •Says Lagos needs 187,500 new houses to address deficit
Posted by News Express | 10 October 2016 | 1,854 times
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday read the Riot Act to developers and contractors alike, saying that the government would no longer tolerate flouting of building regulations in line with its resolve to restore confidence in the building control and supervision process to ensure a safer Lagos.
Governor Ambode gave the warning at the celebration of 2016 World Habitat Day organised by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development with the theme, 'Housing at the Centre', held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa. He said that an additional 187,500 new houses in the next five years would go a long way to reduce the housing deficit estimated at 2.5 million in the state.
The Governor said that much as his administration is addressing the challenge of housing deficit, the issue of safety concerns in the building sector was also top priority.
He said: "We are repositioning building control in the state with the engagement of qualified professionals in the built environment to inject the much required professionalism and safety.
"Delivery of decent housing<|fim_middle|> the demand for shelter and new houses had continued to rise due to population growth, increasing urbanisation and daily influx of people into the state. Ambode, however, assured that his administration would rise to the challenge to address the situation.
According to him, "Shelter ranks next to food as a human necessity and one of the social responsibilities of government. Provision of affordable houses remains a major focus of this administration in our quest to make life comfortable for the people.
"We are determined to achieve this via policy initiatives such as Rent-To-Own scheme, Outright Purchase Home Ownership, Public/Private Partnership and strengthening the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme," he said.
Also speaking, human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), commended the state government on the passage of the law on land grabbers, saying it would alleviate the sufferings of land owners.
He commended Lagos State for being consistent in setting aside a day to celebrate the World Habitat Day, saying that it was a testimony to the fact that the government recognized the right of citizens to housing in accordance with Rule 11 of the International Covenant on Human and Peoples' Rights which has been ratified by Nigeria and Section 16 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
In his welcome address, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, TPL Wasiu Anifowose, said that Lagos Metropolitan Area has attained a Mega City status due to its population of over 21 million.
"This status is not only challenging to housing provision, but exerts pressure on infrastructure in the state. This administration is repositioning strategies of delivering decent and affordable housing units to the citizens of Lagos," he said.
•Photo shows Governor Ambode.
Source: News Express
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Email (Your email is safe and won't be shared) | cannot be achieved in a chaotic environment. Hence, we are determined more than ever before to ensure compliance with town planning and building control standards as well as the implementation of our master and model city plans."
Governor Ambode, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr. (Mrs) Oluranti Adebule, also restated his administration's commitment to simplifying the requirements for access to land and processes for the grant of Certificate of Occupancy and Planning Permits in the state.
He said that that | 102 |
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Marianne Dyson, September 2019
The Moon's gravity is lumpy. Areas where mass is concentrated have stronger gravity such as where impacts have compressed the ground. These mass concentrations, called mascons, pull spacecraft forward, back, left, right, and down—making most low lunar orbits unstable.
NASA launched the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission in 2011 to map the location and strength of mascons. GRAIL consisted of twin satellites named Ebb and Flow that were placed in a low lunar orbit of only 34 miles. The distance between the two satellites varied slightly as they flew over areas of greater or lesser gravity caused by masses hidden under mountains and craters.
Large mascons were found underneath all the biggest impact craters on both the near and far sides. (Unlike the Sea of Rains and Serenity (the "eyes" of the Moon), the Sea of Tranquility where Apollo 11 landed didn't form by impact, has no ring around it, and GRAIL showed no mascon under it. )
This map based on GRAIL data shows that the Moon's crust is up to 37 miles (60 km) thick (white) on the far side. Impacts compressed and thinned the crust under large impact craters (blue and purple). The Sea of Rains, Serenity, and Crises form a row of low spots across the northern near side (left image). The crust is so thin at the Sea of Crises and the Moscow Sea (upper far side-right image) that olivine (purple stars), a mineral from the Moon's mantle mapped by Kaguya is exposed on the surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPGP
Because of mascons, the Lunar Prospector spacecraft (1998-99) had to do a maneuver every two months to stay in a 60-mile (100 km) polar orbit, and once a month to stay at 20 miles (30 km) above the surface. Luckily future missions have some better long-term "parking" options.
Frozen Orbits
Apollo 16 released two subsatellites into lunar orbits. PFS-1 stayed in orbit for one and a half years. PFS-2 crashed after 35 days. Scientists soon discovered that mascons lured PFS-2 to its early demise. PFS-1 avoided the same fate because its orbit was inclined (at 28 versus PFS-1 at 11 degrees) so that it spent less time passing over mascons. (Inclination is the angle that the orbit plane makes with the equator.) Their different fates led to the identification of four stable or "frozen" orbits with inclinations of 27, 50, 76, and 86 degrees. These orbits require less fuel to maintain.
A first base on the Moon will likely be placed near the south lunar pole because of deep ice deposits (for fuel and life support) as well as tall mountains that offer almost continuous sunlight (for power). Therefore, the 86-degree frozen orbit offers a reasonable parking spot for return vehicles. The disadvantage of parking there is that launch windows from those orbits to Earth occur only about every two weeks.
Moon Direct
Instead of parking near the Moon, Earth return vehicles can remain in Earth orbits. This Moon Direct plan is explained by Robert Zubrin in his book, The Case for Space. Astronauts would ride commercial rockets to Earth orbit and catch their shuttle (called a Lunar Excursion Vehicle, LEV) from there to the Moon. LEV then fly directly to the surface of the Moon with no rendezvous in lunar orbit on the way out or back. The LEV can be resupplied with fuel in Earth orbit (using lunar water) and support multiple roundtrips.
NASA's Lunar Gateway space station is not planned to be in lunar orbit at all. Instead, it is slated for an ellipse around a place in space called Lagrange Point 2 (L2, above the far side) and never come any closer to the surface than about a lunar diameter. Zubrin and NASA's former Administrator and others consider this an unfortunate choice. From the surface of the Moon, it actually takes more fuel to reach L2 than it does to reach Earth orbit. It also requires fuel to "park" anything there and can only be accessed once a week. Some have suggested that the Gateway move instead to an Earth-Moon cycling obit (to the Moon and back on a regular schedule) and serve as a fuel depot.
Lumpy lunar gravity requires some creative solutions for parking Earth return vehicles while working on the surface. The main purpose for a first lunar base, in my opinion, is to process lunar water into fuel. This lunar "gas station" will enable easier access to all other destinations in space, including Earth, any Gateway stations, and missions to Mars. A lunar gas station will also hopefully lead to affordable flights for those of us who want to experience lumpy gravity for ourselves!
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Abram Games
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Abram Games: Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means
Glasgow School of Art, 28 Nov 2005–14 Jan 2006. Lanchester Gallery, Coventry School of Art, 8 March–<|fim_middle|>ned six decades and saw commercial art develop to become the profession of graphic design. It is a collection that confirms a man of tireless invention, as prototype copiers and elegant coffee-makers take their place alongside the more familiar posters, stamps and logos that were to define this major contribution to British Modernism.
The work – which is hung more or less in a chronological order – reveals a consistent quality from the early years. A self-initiated poster for Airmail, designed in 1935 when Games was 21, cleverly exploits an open envelope. The piece demonstrates both careful attention to detail and a growing mastery over the airbrush, a skill Games developed while working in his father's photographic studio. The manner with which the lettering was integrated into the composition anticipates the drive for visual economy that was to become his hallmark as he strove to achieve 'maximum meaning with minimum means'.
During the next decade Games secured his reputation through a series of stunning posters for the War Office of which Join the ATS (1941) and Your Talk May Kill Your Comrades (1942) are the most familiar. These posters and many more from the period feature alongside postwar commissions for London Transport, the Festival of Britain, Guinness and the United Nations. The collection reveals his uncanny knack for blending a British wit and sensibility with the adventure of the avant-garde, in particular Surrealism. In See Britain By Train (1951) a carriage door forged into the shape of Britain hovers Magritte-like over a railtrack, while posters for BOAC from the same period carry a strong hint of Dali.
Despite the value to design students there is an irony in the choice of venues. Games tried unsuccessfully to discourage his three children from going to art school. The East End boy had not enjoyed his time alongside more privileged students at St Martins and had left to work in his father's studio after only two terms. Yet crucially he recognised the value of life drawing and attended classes four nights a week until his conscription in 1940. After the war, and with his career firmly established, he returned to education as a regular visiting tutor at the RCA.
His students would have noticed how drawing was central to his method of generating ideas. While exposure to the avant-garde had broadened his outlook, it was his commitment to life classes that ultimately instilled the confidence to really explore figurative and geometric options. Development sheets framed alongside the London bus ticket swarm with thumbnails of hands and faces, all part of a relentless searching and wearing down of possibilities until finally, the right resolution emerged.
Seen within a contemporary educational setting it is these large frames containing his rough sheets, scribbled notes and the odd bus ticket that serve to remind us of the importance of drawing in all its forms: that and sheer hard work. Hardly minimum means!
Read the full version in Eye no. 59 vol. 15, 2006 | 14 April 2006, followed by shows at Milestones Living History Museum, Basingstoke; Jersey Museum, St Helier. Tour continues in UK, Europe and US. See www.abramgames.com for details.
Visitors to this exhibition may have noticed a London bus ticket modestly tucked into the corner of a large frame of drawings. It contains the embryonic forms of what was to become a famous Guinness poster of 1956. A few Biro lines hurried together in a moment of clarity and signed by Games probably before he left his seat. Some designers love this sort of thing: lunchtime epiphanies rattled off on cigarette packets and napkins seem to lend support to the romantic notion of the 'ideas men'. Yet ultimately this large retrospective reveals a very different kind of practice.
Organised by the Design Museum, 'Abram Games. Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means' brings together the highlights of a career that span | 196 |
Violinist: Hilary Hahn
She's on my list. One of the best violinist of this generation. At 28 years of age she had already traveled so many countries, touring for concerts and album promotions. She is Hilary Hahn.
photo credit: Kasskara courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon
Hilary Hahn is an American violinist born November 27, 1979 in Lexington, Virginia.
Hahn began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday in the Suzuki Program of Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory. She participated in a Suzuki class for about a year. Between 1984 and 1989 Hahn studied in Baltimore under the direction of Klara Berkovich. In 1990, at the age of ten, Hahn was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she became a student of Jascha Brodsky. Hahn studied with Brodsky for seven years and learned the études of Kreutzer, Ševčík, Gaviniès, Rode, as well as the Paganini Caprices. She also learned about twenty-eight violin concertos, recital programs, and several other short pieces.
"At the age of 28, Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn is one of the most compelling artists on the international concert circuit. Renowned for her intellectual and emotional maturity, she was named "America's Best" young classical musician by Time Magazine in 2001, and appears on a regular basis with the world's great orchestras in Europe, Asia, and North America." - HilaryHahn.com
Her Instrument
Hilary Hahn plays an 1864 Vuillaume violin that was formerly owned by the Russian violinist Samuel Lande who was a friend of Klara Berkovich, Hahn's first teacher. Hahn uses Dominant strings and bows by French bow makers Paul Jombar and Emil Miquel.
Some of my favorite Hilary Hahn videos on YouTube
Hilary Hahn - Sibelius Violin Concerto (Allegro Moderato) - she is still very young on this video. She recorded Schoenberg & Sibelius Violin Concert<|fim_middle|>ahn Plays Paganiniana
Visit Hilary Hahn website to know more about her. hilaryhahn.com
She's got an online journal and she writes some articles there. That's what she said in an interview before.
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My Violin Group: Class picture at the MPO Office
Video: Suzuki Violin School: Volume 1
A Suzuki Recital with Mr. Shinichi Suzuki | os with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra this year.
Hilary Hahn plays Der Erlkoenig
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James Smith (September 17, 1719 – July 11, 1806),<|fim_middle|>629,York County Bar Association by Georg R. SheetsUserKeys (talk) 19:21, 22 May 2009 (UTC) | was a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania.He was born in Province of Ulster, Ireland; his family immigrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania, when he was about two years old. He studied law at the office of his brother George and was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania, initially practicing near Shippensburg, and later near York. He became captain of the militia there. He was appointed to the provincial convention in Philadelphia in 1775, to the state constitutional convention in 1776, and was elected to the Continental Congress. He was reelected to Congress in 1785 but declined to attend because of his advanced age.
Smith is buried in York, Pennsylvania.
Smith was also an alumnus of the University of Delaware, which has a new dorm on its North Campus bearing his name.
From: Lawyers and Leaders: The Role of Lawyers in the Development of York County, Pennsylvania, 2005, ISBN 0-9766 | 209 |
We all know that exfoliation can do wonderful things for our complexion; buffs away dead skin cells for a more polished, brighter looking skin-tone, unclogs congested pores to improves skin's texture and promotes cell regeneration for a youthful appearance. However, it's not always as easy to find a great facial exfoliator/scrub especially if you have sensitive skin.
Here's a sensitive-skin friendly, natural skin-polishing refiner that gently removes dull, dead skin cells and impurities without irritation – Jurlique Purely Age-Defying Refining Treatment. It also helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and large pores and enhances cell renewal to help improve skin smoothness and uncover fresh, glowing skin.
Apricot Seed Powder, with its rounded structure, naturally polishes skin gently, without irritation.
<|fim_middle|>izer. The product is recommended to be used 2-3 times a week or as often as desired.
I like that this exfoliant contains a natural form of salicylic acid (willow bark) that works deep down in clogged pores to clear away impurities that cause breakouts, blackheads and build-up. This one is great to use after a night of heavier makeup!
Jurlique has some awesome products.
Love their products. Since I have sensitive skin, this is a must try for me. | Willow Bark Extract, a natural source of Salicylic Acid, helps enhance cell turnover by gently exfoliating the skin, preparing it for the treatments that follow.
Natural Bisabolol and Calendula soothe, soften and hydrate the skin.
This refining treatment has a creamy texture with tiny exfoliating beads in the mix that do not feel harsh or rough on the skin. The directions suggest to apply a pearl sized amount to wet hands and gently massage onto damp skin (for about a minute), avoiding the eye area. And then rinse off with warm water. I love the fresh, invigorating scent and the way this exfoliator leaves my skin looking so smooth and radiant without any signs of irritation or dryness. I use it every other day, right after cleansing my face, rinse, then on to my serum and moistur | 171 |
It has been an unusual week in politics. The news has been dominated by Syria and its chemical weapons. Ten days ago the President was poised to launch a military attack on Syria, but then agreed to consult Congress. Subsequent events were rather surreal. On Monday PBS broadcast an hour-long interview by Charlie Rose with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. The interview had taken weeks to arrange, and by the time it was actually conducted last Sunday, the situation had become interesting, to say the least. It was surreal to watch Rose ask Assad how he would respond to a US military strike against his country. On Tuesday President Obama addressed the nation to present his case for intervention. The speech might have seemed a good idea when he announced it the previous Friday, but the situation was very different by the time he delivered the speech on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin responded with an Op-Ed in Thursday's New York Times, speaking "directly to the American people and their political leaders." Yesterday, after intense negotiations in Geneva, the US and<|fim_middle|> boundary be permeable so that those beyond the boundary be attracted in towards the one who is at the center, the Lord Jesus Christ. We are to be a blessing to those beyond the boundary.
1. Barack Obama, "Address to the Nation on Syria," September 10, 2013.
2. Vladimir V. Putin, "A Plea for Caution from Russia," The New York Times, September 11, 2013.
3. Bernard Bell, "Loving Them (Luke 6:27-38)," February 10, 2013, Cat. No. 1918.
4. Charles Schmidt, The Social Results of Early Christianity (2d ed.; London: Isbister, 1889), 328.
5. Rodney Stark, The Rise of Christianity (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1996), 189. | Russia agreed a plan to deal with Syria's chemical weapons. The world breathed a sigh of relief and stepped back from the brink. An extraordinary week indeed!
I don't have a plan for Syria. I don't know what the solution is. I grieve over what is happening in that country, over the tremendous number of displaced people, over the refugees crowding into surrounding countries. I grieve particularly for the Christians. For several decades Syria had been one of the safest places in the Middle East for Christians. They flourished there, but in the last two years they have suffered greatly.
I was interested by some of the remarks that Obama made in his speech. He dealt with some of the objections people were raising to a military strike on Syria: "Why should we get involved at all? …Why not leave this to other countries?" He answered these objections by stating that, though "America is not the world's policeman…the world is a better place" because the US has borne the burden of enforcing international agreements. Of course there are many who now wonder if the world is indeed a better place because of US intervention over the last decade. But in the end the basis for his appeal to action was to "make our own children safer." He ended with these words: "That's what makes America different. That's what makes us exceptional. With humility, but with resolve, let us never lose sight of that essential truth."1 In his Op-Ed Putin called him on this appeal to American exceptionalism: "It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation."2 It was again surreal to read Putin speaking to this country about respect for democracy and international law, and about the dangers of nationalism!
So far Romans 12 has addressed life within the Christian community. Most versions introduce a paragraph break at verse 14 as Paul turns his attention to behavior towards outsiders. He does so with a word play that is not evident in English. The last in a list of ten commands (vv 10-13) is "seek to show hospitality," which could be rendered "pursue hospitality." The first command of the new paragraph is "Bless those who persecute you," where persecute is the same verb "pursue." We are to pursue hospitality, but how are we to respond to those who pursue us inhospitably, with evil intent? This new paragraph is not just about how we should relate to Christians, but about how we should react to those who are hostile to us. Paul's instructions are still under the rubric of verses 9-10, "Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good." How do we show true, genuine, non-hypocritical love and goodness in reacting to those who are negative towards us in word and deed? This is Paul's concern for the rest of the chapter (vv 14-21). Today we look at verses 14-16.
In our better moments we know this; we recognize the contradiction between blessing God on a Sunday morning, and cursing another driver on the way home. We resolve not to react negatively to people, but then we're cut off again on the freeway and we can't help ourselves.
The world interprets such behavior as weakness. Gentleness and meekness were not virtues in the ancient world, but character flaws. Paul elaborates, "We are fools for Christ's sake…We are weak… We have become…like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things" (1 Cor 4:10-13).
Such is the life we are called to. Refusal to respond in kind—not just non-violent resistance but actively seeking the welfare of the enemy—may be viewed as weakness. But Christ-like behavior pleases God, and God has great power to change hearts.
In verse 15 it is usually assumed that Paul returns to discussing behavior within the Christian community. Solidarity in joy and sorrow is certainly part of Christian community, of koinonia, of fellowship, of participation with one another. But might Paul not still be referring to our attitude towards non-Christians? Might he not have in mind a verse from Proverbs?
There is no place for schadenfreude, rejoicing over the misfortune of others. It is an offense to attribute natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina or the Haiti earthquake, or other calamities such as the AIDS epidemic, to divine retribution for specific sins, the usual bogey men being abortion, gays and lesbians, or policy on Israel. Pat Robertson has been the most prone to making such statements but he is by no means alone. We interpret such events as evidence of the general brokenness of the world groaning in travail. Into this travail we are called to weep with those who weep. So we weep for the Syrian Christians who are suffering greatly in that country's civil war; they are our brothers and sisters. But we also weep for the millions of displaced people, no matter their creed, and ask what we can do for them.
Paganism lacked the engine for philanthropy, for caring for others, because classical philosophy regarded mercy and pity not as virtues but as weaknesses. The early church had this remarkable testimony; they were the only people who had it within them to care for those who were in hardship.
Like verse 15, verse 16 is also usually applied to life within the Christian community. But might we not apply this outside the community as well? It is a verse about how we think. How do we think about ourselves, and how do we think about other people? The temptation, if you are the special people, is to think of yourselves as special, to be proud, haughty, arrogant. We are not to think this way. Instead, we should associate with the lowly. Paul uses an unusual verb here, which the lexicon defines as "to adjust to a condition or circumstance."6 The proud need to adjust themselves, accustom themselves, to relating to those of low status. High-fliers are called to adjust themselves to the lowly. Once one has made this adjustment it is then easier to bless and to extend care beyond one's own.
God calls his people to be the new humanity, to be the exceptional people, not just for our own sakes but so that we might be a blessing to the world. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus uses three metaphors: the salt of the earth, the light of the world, and a city on a hill.
Jesus was addressing Jews. This had been God's intention for Israel, but it had failed in that calling, as indeed God knew it would. Israel lacked the inner transformation to live life this way, as a light to the nations. But God still intends this for his people, for those who are now "in Christ." Furthermore, he has put the right engine inside us, transforming us so that we can actually live this way.
How are we to live life this way so as to be a blessing to the world? Where can we find the strength to extend our love beyond our comfort zone? We can rely on human resolve, on our own good intentions, but that will not get us very far—a week, or a day, or just a few hours.
The way that Romans 12 is organized shows us how to live this way. We begin with God's mercies (v 1). Paul has taken the first eleven chapters to expound these mercies. We were once like those outside of Christ, estranged from him, dead in our trespasses and sin. But God has had mercy on us and has brought us into his people. Secondly, in light of God's mercy to us, we present our bodies as a sacrifice, living, holy and acceptable to God (v 1). We are then priests in his service, available for him to use as he wills. We are his instruments for him to use in blessing the world. Thirdly, we act with genuine love (v 9). With our hearts filled with the agapē love that can come only from God, we seek to extend his love into the world.
On Thursday NASA announced that the Voyager I spacecraft launched in 1977 had finally left the solar system for interstellar space. It actually crossed the boundary just over a year ago but it took a while to determine exactly where the boundary had been crossed, where the influence of the sun at the center had ceased.
At the center of our universe is the Lord Jesus Christ. Around him are gathered those who are "in Christ." Beyond there is a boundary between "us" and "them," between those "in Christ" and those not. Unlike most churches, PBCC does not have formal membership. Membership draws a clear line between those who are in and those who are not. Much attention is focused on drawing that line in the right place and ensuring its security. But inside the boundary, individual members can be moving closer to Christ at the center, or staying still, or drifting further away, while those beyond the boundary may be moving inwards towards Christ. God's desire is surely that the | 1,886 |
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Game of Thrones Stars Who Felt Just as Conflicted About Season 8 as You Did
By Christopher Rosen | Jun 17, 2019 10:43 AM EDT
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Thousands of Game of Thrones fans were not the only people who found some fault with the record-breaking show's final season. Members of the series' sprawling cast were not shy about the issues they had with the creative choices made by the franchise's creators, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, for Season 8. And while no Game of Thrones star fully bashed the show in a fashion that would make Ian McShane proud (recall, of course, that McShane dubbed Game of Thrones "only tits and dragons" before appearing in a Season 6 episode), the cast questioned many of the final decisions after the last six episodes aired. Ahead, a look at the Game of Thrones actors who expressed some doubts about Season 8.
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Kit Harington (Jon Snow)
Kit Harington as Jon Snow on Game of Thrones
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Harington was brought to tears by the Game of Thrones scripts, but even he had some concerns with how the ending would be received. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly published after the Game of Thrones series finale — but conducted on the show's set well before the last batch of episodes aired — Harington said he expected the show's ending to "divide" fans, especially because of how the character arcs for Cersei and Daenerys were resolved.
"One of my worries with this is we have Cersei and Dany, two leading women, who fall," he said, before explaining why he thought the twists worked. "The justification is: Just because they're women, why should they be the goodies? They're the most interesting characters in the show. And that's what Thrones has always done. You can't just say the strong women are going to end up the good people. Dany is not a good person. It's going to open up discussion but there's nothing done in this show that isn't truthful to the characters. And when have you ever seen a woman play a dictator?"
Bryan Cogman (writer, producer)
A scene from the Game of Thrones finale, "The Iron Throne."
Bryan Cogman wrote some of the most beloved episodes of Game of Thrones in the show's history, but the even the producer acknowledged the series' final episodes were difficult for fans — not that the challenge was necessarily a "bad thing."
"I still don't know how I feel about a lot of what happens this season and I helped write it," Cogman told Entertainment Weekly before the final season even aired. "It's emotionally very challenging. It's designed to not feel good. That said, I don't think that's a bad thing. The best drama is the type you have to think about. There's a dangerous tendency right now to make art and popular culture to feel safe for everybody and make everybody feel okay when watching and I don't believe in that. The show is messy and grey and that's where it's always lived — from Jaime pushing a little boy out the window to Ned Stark's death to the Red Wedding. This is the kind of story that's meant to unsettle you and challenge you and make you think and question. I think that was George's intent and what David and Dan wanted to do. However you feel about the final episodes of this show I don't think anybody will ever accuse us of taking the easy way out."
Maisie Williams (Arya Stark)
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark on Game of ThronesPhoto: HBO/Helen Sloan
Many fans were surprised Williams' Arya didn't fulfill her destiny by killing Cersei in the show's final episodes. Add Williams herself to that faction. "I wanted Arya to kill Cersei even if it means [Arya] dies too," Williams told Entertainment Weekly. "Even up to the point when Cersei's with Jaime I thought [while reading the script], 'He's going to whip off his face [and reveal it's Arya]' and they're both going to die. I thought that's what Arya's drive has been."
Williams said the arc she did experience during the show's final episodes allowed her to return Arya to her childhood. "It's not a Game of Thrones ending for Arya, it's a happy ending," she said. "It gave me a place to take Arya that I never thought I'd go with her again."
Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth)
Gwendoline Christie as Brienne on Game of Thrones
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In an interview published by Entertainment Weekly after the episode in which Brienne and Jaime finally consummated her unrequited love (after which Jaimie left Brienne in tears to return to Cersei), Christie said she was so dismayed by the character turn that she needed to go for a walk. Asked if she had questions for Benioff and Weiss after reading the script, Christie said yes.
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"It was partially because I love this character and I read about this character [in George R.R. Martin's novels] before I saw the show. So we all have our own ideas about how we think the character is going to develop. Sometimes your ideas become set in your mind, and sometimes David and Dan write something you didn't expect and find difficult to comprehend," she said. "This character has been very impactful in my life and in the way I think about women and in the way they're portrayed in the media and the way they're treated in society. [Playing Brienne] has challenged many of my beliefs and has been really resonant. So there were some things I didn't expect. If there's a character you care about and you feel like they go through some sort of hell, you feel protective toward them. Also, because of the modern world you live in, you're aware of how other people react to the character. There's a feeling of wanting to honor the character and also to bring her to life."
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister)
Lena Headey as Cersei on Game of Thrones
Headey's time on Game of Thrones ended with the show's penultimate episode, when Cersei Lannister and her brother-lover, Jaime, were crushed by the crumbling Red Keep after Daenerys' villainous turn. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Headey said her reaction was "mixed" when she first read the death scene, adding, "I wanted her to have some big piece or fight with somebody."In June, Headey elaborated further on her feelings about Cersei's fate.
Speaking to The Guardian, the actress didn't hold back: "I will say I wanted a better death," Headey said, adding, "Obviously you dream of your death. You could go in any way on that show. So I was kind of gutted."
As for how she broadly viewed the show's final season, Headey said, "I invested as a viewer and I have my favorite characters. And I've got a few of my own gripes. But I haven't sat down [drunkenly] with David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] yet."
Still, despite all those comments, Headey acknowledged Benioff and Weiss were in a tough spot. "But I just think they couldn't have pleased everyone. No matter what they did, I think there was going to be some big comedown from the climb."
Previously, Headey said she and Jaime actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau discussed her contentious death scene, and she found it to be "the perfect end for her" despite the misgivings.
Conleth Hill (Varys)
Conleth Hill as Varys on Game of Thrones
Speaking of "mixed," that's how Conleth Hill described finding out he was going to die. While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Hill said, "Part of you didn't want it to finish. Part of you is, 'Oh, that's very good.' And part of you is, 'Oh, that sucks.' Very, very mixed. Bittersweet. I think it's really good in retrospect now that I've had the time for it to sink in."
The actor, who had seen his prominence on the show diminish over the years, also said he was disappointed with being sidelined. "That's been my feeling the last couple seasons, that my character became more peripheral, that they concentrated on others more. That's fine. It's the nature of a multi-character show. It was kind of frustrating. As a whole, it's been overwhelmingly positive and brilliant, but I suppose the last couple seasons weren't my favorite," he said.
Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister)
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Photo Credits: HBO/Helen Sloan; HBO; Helen Sloan/HBO; Netflix; Rob Rodriguez; Monty Brinton/CBS; UPDATE | 'Hmmm, okay...' There's little Arya, she's going off on a cruise somewhere. Poor Jon, going back up north beyond the wall. And then there's Tyrion. And all the people left alive are sat around the table saying, 'What are we going to do now? Should we have a cup of tea?' Or something. And I thought, 'Ahhh, I don't know.'"
Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei)
Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei on Game of Thrones
Emmanuel was the only woman of color with a significant role on Game of Thrones and her death in the final season raised some eyebrows from fans, many of whom have long dinged Game of Thrones for its lack of diversity. While Emmanuel said she was very thankful for the show and its fans after the episode aired, she later reflected in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that she appreciated the criticism directed at the show for how it handled Missandei's death.
"The one thing I would say is I really had wished that I had more time or scenes this season maybe with Daenerys or even with Cersei, scenes where we get to see her being brilliant before she dies," she said. "I think that might have eased the pain a bit more for people, and reinforcing a friendship that she and Dany had because we haven't really seen anything for a few seasons, but I think she's so fiercely loyal to Dany, and I think she was until the bitter end, and it's almost fitting for Missandei really, in a way."
Pilou Asbæk (Euron Greyjoy)
Pilou Asbæk as Euron on Game of Thrones
By all accounts, Asbæk loved playing Euron on Game of Thrones and found the fate of his character (he was stabbed by Jaime, but not before Euron put the Kingslayer on death's door) to be supremely satisfying. But even Asbæk wasn't above making a joke about some of the final season's plotting. Asked by Vulture why Euron's aim got so much worse between episodes (after he previously was able to shoot down Rhaegal but couldn't manage to do the same thing to Drogon), Asbæk quipped, "Because they needed it for the storyline?"
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys)
Emilia Clarke as Dany on Game of Thrones
Of all the actors who have played a role on Game of Thrones over the last eight seasons, it's Emilia Clarke who might have had to undergo the biggest change in the shortest time span. Fans have expressed outrage over Daenerys' turn to the Mad Queen, complaining that the shift has been rushed and out-of-character for a person who was previously viewed as one of Westeros' potential heroes. While Clarke hasn't outright attacked the show or the Dany twist, she has expressed some interesting thoughts on the final episodes. Speaking to Vanity Fair last year, Clarke said the ending of Game of Thrones "f---ed me up," especially because it marked the last statement she'd have on the character: "Knowing that is going to be a lasting flavor in someone's mouth of what Daenerys is..." she trailed off.
Later, during the final Game of Thrones episodes, a resurfaced video from last year's Emmys red carpet was used as further proof of Clarke's dismay at the last season. The hilarious clip found Clarke being asked about how she liked the show's ending, to which Clarke replied with a laugh, "Best season ever!?"
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The viral video is part of a longer interview with Entertainment Tonight that adds a bit more context to the quote: Clarke had previously said the final episodes made up the "best season ever," and it could be inferred that her apparent shady response to the second question was nothing more than a bit of media training designed to protect the cast from spoiling the show (publicists often give actors a series of talking points to use during interviews, especially when it comes to secretive franchises like Game of Thrones).
So, best season ever?
Clarke never went that far (she did, however, express a good amount of gratitude for her time on the series), but in interviews with both Entertainment Weekly and The New Yorker published after the series finale, the actress explained her thoughts on Dany's fate — dead at the hands of Jon Snow after committing genocide against the innocents of King's Landing.
"I cried," Clarke told Entertainment Weekly about her immediate reaction to the ending. "And I went for a walk. I walked out of the house and took my keys and phone and walked back with blisters on my feet. I didn't come back for five hours. I'm like, 'How am I going to do this?'"
Asked by The New Yorker if she expected fan backlash to Dany's end, Clarke said yes. "I always knew that the show was never going to satisfy everyone," she said. "I watched and loved too many television series to ever think that would be possible. The stories are too vast, the characters too complex. The show is, in a certain way, divisive: 'Whose side are you on?' Also, if you're pleasing everyone, then it's probably quite tepid. But to me, it seemed like the only way it could end."
But despite that acceptance, Clarke added she had hoped to have more scenes in the final season with either Cersei or Missandei (or both). "I would've loved to see a bit more between Cersei ... I feel like there was ... The genocide was there. That was always going to happen. And I just think more dissection and those beautifully written scenes that the boys have between characters — that we are more than happy to contently sit there and watch ten minutes of two people talking because it's beautiful. I just wanted to see a bit more of that," she said. "But I'm in no position to critique the geniuses that have written eight seasons' worth of wonderful stuff."
While she wouldn't critique the finale, Clarke did have moments of self-doubt, where she hoped the character's fans would still be there in support after the end of the show. The actress recalled to The New Yorker what it was like when Beyoncé approached Clarke at an Oscars afterparty this year and expressed her approval.
"I see this vision, this angel, this incredible woman float towards me," Clarke said. "I can't quite control myself. And Beyoncé says to me, 'Oh, my goodness, it's so wonderful to meet you. I think you're brilliant.' I just couldn't handle it! I was on the verge of tears. I could see myself reflected in her eyes. I could see her go, 'Oh, no. I misjudged this. This girl is crazy and I'm not going to have a real conversation with another celebrity. I'm having a conversation with a crazed fan who's looking at me like a rabbit in the headlights.' Which is exactly what I was. I said, 'I've seen you live in concert and I think you're amazing and wonderful! Wonderful!' And all I wanted to scream was 'Please, please still like me even though my character turns into a mass-killing dictator! Please still think that I'm representing women in a really fabulous way.'"
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Smoke, Mirrors and Dramatic Images From Spring Fling's Photographers
From special effects to startling perspectives on Scottish landscapes, boats and waterfronts – Spring Fling has a line-up of three highly distinctive photographers.
In the case of Kim Ayres this year's open studios weekend will be all about smoke and mirrors.
Kim will be giving hourly live demonstrations of how he uses lighting and a smoke machine to create dramatic set-piece shots, often based on ideas from movies, TV dramas or books.
He said: "With the right skills and equipment the only limit to what you can do with photography is your own imagination. I love working with people to create pictures where they can feature as a hero, villain or anything else they want.
"This year I thought I would go beyond simply exhibiting pictures and give demonstrations of what goes into creating a really powerful narrative picture. It's literally a case of smoke and mirrors."
Recent work by Kim has included a group shot inspired by the TV series Peaky Blindersand taken inside an old Dumfries warehouse.
A vividly contrasting style of photography can be seen in the work of Alistair Hamilton who has a fascination with detail in the human and natural world.
This includes unusual and intriguing images of boats and watersides, and rocks, trees and lichens all round Scotland and abroad.
Different again are the photographs of Phil McMenemy who has a fascination with light and weather in the Scottish landscape and has recently been taking pictures on Orkney.
Spring Fling is a much-loved annual feature of the Scotland's cultural calendar.
This year 94 studios across the beautiful region of Dumfries and Galloway, throw open their doors to the public between 25 and 27 May.
It's a chance to meet painters, original printmakers, ceramicists, jewellers and glassmakers, wood and metal workers, photographers in the cottages, farms, galleries, mills, converted churches and other places that they work and live.
Joanna Macaulay, Events and Exhibitions Manager for Upland which runs Spring Fling, said: "The quality and diversity of our photographers means they are always an important part of Spring Fling.
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The photographers can be seen at:
Kim Ayres: Meikle Knox House, Castle Douglas, DG7 1NS.
Alistair Hamilton: Ross Cottage, Ross Bay, Borgue, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4TR.
Phil McMenemy: The Gallery, Laurieston, Castle Douglas, DG7 2PW.
Full details of all the artists and makers taking part are in the brochure or can be seen online at www.spring-fling.co.uk.
For a selection of pictures see the DropBox link here https://bit.ly/2YkNluY or get in touch.
Spring Fling is Scotland's premier visual art and contemporary craft open studios event covering all Dumfries and Galloway, South West Scotland. It is the flagship annual event of Upland CIC.
Last year 99% of visitors described their Spring Fling experience as excellent or good.
The studios welcomed over 31,000 unique studio visits during the three-day event in 2018.
More than half (56%) of visitors came from outwith the region – underlying its value to the cultural tourism industry.
Together they generated £1.2 million for the regional economy.
For further details on Spring Fling please visit www.spring-fling.co.uk or contact the team on info@spring-fling.co.uk
This year, a new joint marketing partnership with Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival will be launched. More information to follow.
About Upland
Upland CIC (Community Interest Company) supports artists and makers based in, and with connections to, the region. It will delivers, events, training, networking, support and opportunities as part of a year-round programme to benefit the region, its artists, communities and economy. Upland CIC runs the annual Spring Fling contemporary visual art and craft open studios weekend in Dumfries and Galloway. It will work closely with other arts bodies in the region to further-strengthen the sector. Upland is based at Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries andexists to:
produce and deliver festivals, events, and experimental projects of the highest quality
nurture an environment where artistic excellence thrives and grows
inspire and educate a wide range of audiences, customers and clients to understand, celebrate, be actively engaged in and supportive of visual art and craft practice
raise the profile of visual artists and makers locally, nationally and internationally fulfilling a crucial role in the culture and tourism of Dumfries and Galloway
build strategic partnerships at regional, national and international level
maintain a financially sound and adaptively resilient organisation
use, and encourage the use of, innovative and emerging digital technology
work to the benefit the local economy and the sustainability of local communities.
Its funders are Creative Scotland, D&G Council, Holywood Trust, The William Grant Foundation, ASWT, Barfill.
Upland is very happy to help journalists. Contact us and we can set up interviews, provide pictures and photo opportunities. In some circumstances we can offer ready-written copy. For media information contact Matthew Shelley on 07786 704299 or at Mjhshelley@hotmail.co.uk or call Upland on 01387 213 218.
About EventScotland
EventScotland is working to make Scotland the perfect stage for events. By developing an exciting portfolio of sporting and cultural events EventScotland is helping to raise Scotland's international profile and boost the economy by attracting more visitors. For further information about EventScotland, its funding programmes and latest event news visit www.EventScotland.org. Follow EventScotland on Twitter @EventScotNews.
EventScotland is a team within VisitScotland's Events Directorate, the national tourism organisation which markets Scotland as a tourism destination across the world, gives support to the tourism industry and brings sustainable tourism growth to Scotland. For more information about VisitScotland see www.visitscotland.org or for consumer information on Scotland as a visitor destination see www.visitscotland.com.
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President/Superintendent's Blog
Summary of the August 3, 2021 Board of Trustees Meeting
Published on 8/2/2021.
Comments/Board Business
Land Acknowledgement: President of the Board Danny Kelley read a formal statement that recognizes and respects the Indigenous Peoples as the original stewards of the land that College of the Redwoods occupies.
We acknowledge that the land on which we are gathered today is unceded territory of the Wiyot people who continue to live and thrive on this land today. It is surrounded by the traditional, ancestral, and present homeland of several indigenous nations including the Hupa, Karuk, Mattole, Tolowa, Wailaki, and Yurok that make up Humboldt and Del Norte Counties.
Member Comments: President Kelley attended an open house for CR's House #45. He commented that he is extremely proud of our faculty and students for the work they accomplished on the house.
Consent Calendar Action Items
Approve/Ratify Personnel Actions: Several new colleagues have joined our college community: Sebastian Sisson and Jacob Young as Public Safety Officers, Darren Turpin as the Interim Assistant Director – Campus Life, and Jerry Goodrow as Professor of Welding Technology. Jerry is a one year replacement non-tenure track faculty.
We also have several new associate faculty joining our faculty ranks in fall 2021: Janet Calderon – Librarian, Naomi Hill – Librarian, Janessa Johnsrude – Drama, Stephen McCamman – Political Science, Jennifer Price – Anthropology, and Damaro Wheeler – Coach.
Lastly, the Board ratified my acceptance of the resignation of Santa Herrera Avendano, Student Services Specialist I and Chia Hinchliff, Student Development Advisor.
Action/Discussion Items
Monthly Financial Status Report: Very little changed from our financial report at the July Board meeting except that we saw a slight change in our projected fund balance.
Overall, our revenues are less than at this point in time last year and our expenses are continuing to come in slightly under budget and lower than in the prior year.
Our planned transfers out remain:
$90,000 Child Development Center
$46,711 Shively Farm
$645,000 OPEB fund
$781,711 Total
Revenue contingent transfers out are comprised of the following:
$1,500,000 OPEB fund
$500,000 Pension Contribution fund
$2,000,000 Total
Our report showed a projected 2020-21 ending fund balance of 11.8%, or $3,703,589. As I have said in previous communications, community college budgeting is an art and a moving target. Our actual revenues and expenses will continue to change as we close the books on the 2020-21 funding year. As we get ready to send a 2021-22 Final Budget to the Board for approval in a few weeks, we will not have a final ending fund balance for the 2020-21 year until the annual audit is complete in September or October.
Prequalification List for General Contractors: We prequalified five general contractors for the Creative Arts Building project: Broward Builders, Inc., Hilbers, Inc., Midstate Construction Corporation, S & B James, and Wahlund Construction, Inc.
Facilities Master Plan Update Request for Proposal Recommendation: The Board approved our recommendation to engage tBP/Architecture, Inc. as a consultant to help us revise the College's facilities master plan. tBP/Architecture will make a great partner in the revision process. The primary focus of tBP/Architecture has been on educational facilities for schools, colleges and universities and has planned and designed every type of facility required on a California Community College campus and has collaborated with over 44 California Community College districts (78 campuses) on over 300 new construction projects, 450+ Renovations, and 75 Master Plans.
Program Review Committee Executive Summary: As is our practice, we present a Program Review Committee Executive Summary to the Board on an annual basis. We recognize that the work of the Program Review Committee (PRC) is essential to building the foundation on which we develop, identify, and document quality improvement plans. I want to thank George Potamianos and Stephanie Burres for co-chairing the PRC and the following faculty and staff for serving on the committee last year: Anibal Florez, Mike Peterson, Cindy Hooper, Katherine Schoenfield, Philip Mancus, Anthony Luehrs, Ashley Knowlton, Heidi Bareilles, Tami Engman<|fim_middle|> Anger - The New York Times(.pdf, 114.63 KB) - 136 download(s)
Tolawa Picture(.jpg, 1.43 MB) - 139 download(s) | , and Diqui LaPenta. The attached report summarizes the committee's findings and highlights overarching themes and areas for improvement.
President/Superintendent's Report: My written report provided a capital projects update, noted new funding for our Nursing Department, and discussed our preparations for fall 2021 reopening.
The construction plans for the new Creative Arts building have been approved by the Chancellor's Office and Department of Finance. The schedule has the project going out to bid the second week of August with an October construction start date.
The $63,839,000 PE/Field House building project is entering into the final stages of working drawings with a DSA submission date of September 14. We expect to receive DSA approval by the end of the calendar year with a planned construction start date of late summer 2022.
Two of the seven UIR project phases have been completed and are working through the close out process. The switch over to the new 12KV system has been re-schedule for August 6. We expect to begin the demolition of the PS and LS buildings when PG&E de-energizes the old electrical system.
Thanks to the support of State Senator Mike McGuire and the advocacy of the Board of the Trustees, our Nursing Department will receive $500,000 to modernize/upgrade building projects or for equipment costs associated with our program. Kerry Mayer, Roberta Farrar and I have started discussing potential ways we can use the funds. My intent is to use the funds to expand the capacity of the Nursing Department and develop closer ties with HSU and our local healthcare providers.
I want to thank Dr. Ian Hoffman, County Health Director, and Megan Blanchard, Public Health Nursing Director Operation Section Chief-Department of Health and Human Services, for working with College of the Redwoods to make the SNAP Nursing mobile team available to provide a Pfizer/Moderna vaccination clinic on the Eureka Campus on August 5 from 11am to 2pm outside the gymnasium.
I am aware that there has been a lot of discussion around protocols for the return to campus this fall semester. From the beginning of the pandemic, we have been following the guidance of the CDC, California Department of Public Health and the Humboldt County Public Health Department. I intend to continue to follow their guidance as we prepare for the fall.
According to federal, state and local health authorities, the highly infectious delta variant is responsible for the ongoing surge of COVID-19 and is considered to be as much as eight times more infectious than the original virus. To combat this variant, we joined with the Humboldt County Public Health Department and the CDC in recommending that all vaccinated employees resume wearing facial coverings and mandating that all unvaccinated employees wear facial coverings. We made all face-to-face classes off-limits to unvaccinated students who refuse to wear a face covering. In addition, we decided to continue to operate the residence halls at reduced capacity.
I know that all employees of the District share an interest in protecting the health and safety of CR's internal and external community.
To curtail the spread of the virus, and protect the long-term health of staff, faculty, students and local community, I have decided, after consultation with local health authorities and my executive cabinet, to implement the same action that the Governor recently issued related to all California state workers and President Biden disseminated to all federal employees. Effective fall semester, all on campus and onsite faculty, staff, managers and administrators will be required to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or submit to regular COVID-19 testing. This action will include an exemption for medical necessity and sincerely held religious beliefs. I have asked Kerry Mayer and Angelina Hill to negotiate the impacts and effects of this action with CRFO and CSEA.
I realize that this action may not be popular with all of my faculty and staff colleagues or community members; however, to my mind, the benefits of safeguarding the health and safety of our faculty, staff, students and local community from unvaccinated employees offsets the concerns of any one individual.
I have also asked Kerry Mayer to work closely with the deans to assess the fall course schedule. I want to try to offer a sufficient mix of online and in-person classes to allow students maximal safe choices about how they want to learn while mitigating the spread of the virus.
Although we have the option to mandate vaccinations similar to the UC and CSU systems, I am reluctant to mandate vaccinations as a precondition for accessing campus and site services at this time. However, I see this as a logical next step if issuing such a directive would be in the best interest of our college and local community. A Board resolution has been prepared if taking this action proves necessary.
There has been a lot of media attention focused on the rhetoric promulgated by anti-vaccination community. However, very little consideration has been given to the perspective of those who have chosen to be vaccinated. Attached to this administrative report is a recent New York Times article that discusses the feeling that some vaccinated people feel toward the unvaccinated in this politicized time.
I verbally noted that we are going to send out a press release announcing the hiring of Megan Valente as the next head coach of our softball program. Megan is a HSU graduate and served as an assistant softball coach for us from fall 2018 thru Spring 2020. She most recently has served as the head Assistant Coach at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado.
In addition to her two seasons coaching with at CR and one year at Adams State, she also served as the head softball coach at Mercy High School in Red Bluff in the spring of 2017 & 2018.
Megan will start meeting with all the student athletes in the program and new recruits over these next couple of weeks.
Vice President of Administrative Services Report: Julia's written report summarized several COVID-19 related actions the District has taken.
As a result of the emerging increase of cases due to the COVID-19 variants, the District is recommending that vaccinated students and employees wear a face covering when indoors.
The District is moving forward with implementing the Ready Education App to assist with COVID-19 health screenings and contact tracing for both students and employees. Students and employees can use the App to perform their daily health screening prior to coming to campus. Those who pass will receive a "pass" badge for the day, and can be shown to gain entrance to buildings.
On July 14, 2021, the Business Office launched a COVID-19 Debt Forgiveness Program. The program is an effort to target specific students who have COVID-19 related debt, clear their COVID-19 related debt, and enable and encourage them to re-enroll. Communication via text and email went out to students, giving them the opportunity to submit an interest form if their inability to pay their balance was COVID-19 related.
Julia mentioned that the COVID-19 Debt Forgiveness Program has seen approximately $30,000 in collected debt.
Interim Vice President of Instruction Report: Kerry's report spoke to the following:
As a follow-up to a recent visit to Pelican Bay State Prison, she and Rory Johnson met with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation staffers, Shannon Swain, Superintendent at the Office of Correctional Education and Brent Choate, Director of the Division of Rehabilitative Programs to talk about increasing CR's degree and/or certificate offerings at Pelican Bay State Prison. They agreed to pilot test the addition of course offerings leading to the AS degree in General Business (with an emphasis in small business management) and the AS degree in Social Work Human Services (with an emphasis in Substance Abuse & Related Disorders). In support of these new program offerings, we approved two Strong Workforce-funded, full-time, non-tenure track faculty positions that will be advertised this fall with a targeted fall 2022 start date.
Funded through Strong Workforce Projects in Common monies, the North Far North Regional Consortium has established a collaborative working group focused on Restorative Justice programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students. CR is one of nine colleges to participate in this collaborative with Rory Johnson (Pelican Bay Scholars Program) and Prudence Ratliff (Workforce and Community Education offerings at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility) serving as members of the collaborative.
Kerry verbally congratulated the cross disciplinary faculty involved in the construction of House #45.
Vice President of Student Services: Clinton's background was summarized in his inaugural administrative report.
He has nineteen years' experience in student services areas including Matriculation, Enrollment Management, Student Equity, Student Conduct, Admissions and Records, Counseling, Financial Aid, Veterans Resource Center, Academic Assessment, Recruitment and Outreach, Orientation, School and College Relations, and International Program areas.
His leadership roles included President and Chief Negotiator of CSEA Chapter 511, President of the California Association of Community College Registrars and Admissions Officers (CACCRAO), Chair of the Academic Council, Chair of the Enrollment Management Committee, and Chair of SEAPAC.
Vice President of Human Resources Report: Angelina has been doing a great job leading our Human Resources function. Her report spoke to two initiatives she is taken in support of our collaboration with HSU and enhancing our professional development opportunities for faculty and staff.
She collaborated with HSU to submit a joint proposal to the Transformational Partnership Fund. Grants from the fund are to help Institutions of Higher Education explore partnerships that are potentially transformational for the students the institutions serve. The grant proposal focused on the leveraging of resources devoted to Title IX, including regulatory and enhanced trainings of staff and students.
The Chancellor's Office provides the Vision Resource Center to all employees of the system. Although the Center is not open to the public, faculty and staff can access the Vision Resource Center through CR's single sign-on portal using their usual credentials. Once inside the Center, employees have access to system-wide communities, information and events.
Executive Director of Foundation Report: Marty noted that:
The Foundation initiated a social media campaign on July 6 in support of the relaunch of CR football. The campaign is gathering names of boosters and former players.
He is working with Linda Nellist, Lead Instructor/Trainer for the Humboldt CERT Coalition, to organize two trainings in January and February 2022. He is also working with Humboldt State University's Director of Risk Management & Safety Services, Cris Koczera, and with the Office of Emergency Services manager, Ryan Derby, on a series of Active Shooter / Active Assailant meetings with first responders to ensure shared understanding and coordinated response.
Marty commented that he is working with the community organization to reinforce the need for masking and vaccinations. He also commented that a sign commemorating the fact that the CR Del Norte Campus is located on traditional Tolowa land is complete. We intend to install the sign in September or October.
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Why is UPS so successful? It's the people...
Thread starter UPS Lifer
UPS Lifer
I came accross this from another UPS site. It was written by Kevin Stirtz and is titled "UPS Fixed My Radio. The story can be found at:
http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/strategic-marketing/4354405-1.html
This is what makes me proud to be a part of this organization....What makes you proud? We can never discount the positive impact our people have every day they do there job...especially those folks who come in contact with the public day after day. Thank you for making our brand what it is today
Yesterday, on my way to a meeting, I walked by a UPS truck. As I passed by the driver called my name. I looked over and recognized Robin, the UPS driver I had met in the mid 90's when I owned a small technology business.
We chatted for a bit. He asked (by name) how my wife was. We shook hands and went on with our days.
Every time I see Robin, I think of two things.
One is my grandfather on my mother's side, Grandpa Hogan. Because Grandpa Hogan died when I was young I didn't get to know him very well. But he left me something I've treasured ever since. It's an old wooden radio. It never worked very well and after a few years it died completely.
The reason Robin the UPS driver makes me think of my grandfather is because Robin loves old radios. His hobby is restoring them. One day (back in the 90's) he and I were talking when he told me this. I mentioned the radio my grandfather<|fim_middle|> used to it, it gets easier, but its never easy. I have been on the same route almost 20 yrs. and have developed great friendships and relations with about 99% of my customers. I even have been to some weddings and their childrens weddings.
As a driver, service above the norm, is the only thing we can offer that will seperate us from the other carriers. And it`s this service, that we give on a daily basis, I believe, keeps alot of our customers loyal.
Sorry to ramble on people.
DorkHead said:
UPS`s hard work ethic, constant moving, tough standards are not easy. If it were easy, anybody would be able to do it. As you get used to it, it gets easier, but its never easy.
That's it in a nutshell, Dorkhead!
rushfan
Your all wrong. It's PAS that's saving the company.
jds4lunch
What the hell is YOUPS??
" the bad workers usually weed themselves out"
We're still waiting on ours. The party balloons have been in the closet for sometime now.
LPGuy
I believe that I can speak to this post. Unfortunately, it would seem that we have all been reduced, regardless of the position that we hold, to achieving a "number" for some intermediate bureaucat to report on his/her spreadsheet to corporate. I, like so many of you, grew up in an organization that truly held the values that were implemented by our founders. We have become an organization that has been taken over by "lets milk it for five or six years and then move on" type individuals. These people hold positions in management and bring their "I want it now" work ethic to the table. The problem is that I see an effort on the part of the organization to cater to this type of individual. Where does that leave us people who were raised to be loyal to the organization and to sacrifice now for future rewards. At times, it would seem that UPS has forgotten about the virtues that originally made this company great. One of those was hard work. Another was understanding and appreciating those who are in the employ of the company, "people". As I approach retirement, I fear for the future of UPS. We have some very flashy advertisements on TV. Our leader brags about how we are everything to everyone. The reality, however, is that our infrastructure has been compromised and watered down by political correctness and self proclaimed greatness: often times by those who have no right to claim that greatness.
You mean that we are really a "piece of meat with a number on it".
Is anyone bothered by ups telling its employees to go to management for hr concerns?
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falkhen | had given me so he asked about it.
When I told him it didn't work he offered to fix it. So now I have a treasured gift from my grandfather that is even better because it's been restored and repaired.
The second thing Robin reminds me of is why I do business with certain companies over and over. He brings his whole being to his job. He'll be the first to tell you he's nothing special. But he loves people and he shows it. He shows up every day and he builds relationships with every stop he makes.
What Robin does for his customers you cannot train. And you cannot motivate, cajole or threaten employees into doing it. It comes from the heart.
The amazing thing is, Robin is not alone in this. UPS excels at hiring people like Robin. They're good at it and it shows with almost every UPS driver, customer service representative and station employee I've met.
Ask yourself, how do your employees compare to Robin? How many radios have they fixed lately?
If your answer is "none", "not many" or you don't know then think about how you can change that. Find ways to hire people who enjoy people. Find employees who will show up every day in every way. Recruit people who truly care about others.
Then give them a working environment that lets them be who they are. Enable them to show their personality and to develop relationships with their customers. Build a company that values, rewards and encourages this.
The power of a relationship is beyond measure. And the impact it can have on your organization will knock your socks off.
promoted to mediocrity
An excellent illustration of the difference between United Parcel Service and UPS, a publicly traded corporation.
JustTired
free at last.......
You're darn right it's the people!!!
There's more to getting business (and keeping it) than turning in a lead card. The problem being that in this day and age of everything being documented (ie. showing up on paper somewhere), it doesn't mean anything to the "powers that be". It's an intangable and does not fit neatly in their folder for all to see and otherwise justify their existence.
In their narrow little world, they have to see it in black & white or it doesn't mean anything. Oh you get the obigatory " our people are our biggest asset" speech. But it was written by somebody years ago. Somebody who actually meant it (and knew it) and didn't have to read it off of a "piece of paper".
Hondo pretty much hit the nail on the head. It (like most things, these days) comes down to money and control. The problem is, they've wasted more of it chasing the paper trail than they would have using their "biggest asset" and that is their people. The same people that they've turned into "just another number" in their quest for the "perfect" sheet of paper!
705red
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Those were the best 3 posts put together that i have ever seen on any forum! Ups lifer geatd post, and we all do really care about the customer and even the general public, ups has hired great people in the past, the problem here is most of us worke 2 and 3 jobs for 5 or more years to get to our ftime status here, and in some way that has made us better people in doing so. I can tell that post was some time ago, probably before pas/edd because poor robin doesnt have time to fix radios anymore.
Hondo and just tired both had great replys, and since we went public the company has changed and i for one cant wait for the day when we can put the service back into the s in ups!
MissedBusiness
NotReallyAMember
Good normal people. that iz the key.
toonertoo
Most Awesome Dog
Upslifer, you hit it when you mentioned that it means so much to have someone remember your name.
Even to a customer you see once a month, and remember his name by glancing at the package. Especially when its someone who doesnt have a lot in life. Calling them by name makes them feel like they really matter. I know thats not what we get paid to do, but it is important. You can see the smile just grow on a crippled person sitting in a wheel chair enjoying the sunshine. And they tell YOU to have a good day. It is humbling. Its times like that I think how selfish it is that I get mad sometimes when I get tired coz Ive had a lot of hours. And this poor person wishes he could just climb in my truck as I so easily do.
While UPS may have let go of that part, Ill spend my lunch and break not letting that part go. Every person who you treat nice, tells a bunch of other people, same as when you treat someone bad. While I may spend longer than I want in my truck, I need to feel I did more than make money, and make my boss happy. I have to make me happy. And making people feel good, or sharing a moment with someone, who might not get alot of company, makes me happy, and at the end of the day, when Im tired, I know in some small way, someones day might have been better. Just coz I showed up. And cared.
I think in some instances we're riding on the back of our own coat tails. A first class operation is one that you'd be proud to own yourself. And since some of these threads are devoted to the disbanding some of our original departments, (customer service, claims, payroll, etc.), to the lack of building supplies, the scruffy package cars, service issues and mind games, the delicate and nearly transparent new Chinese silk brown uniforms, etc., this company is now focused on showing our investors a winning story. And impressing them with long term returns from a hugely profitable company.
But aside from that, we down at the bottom deal with the public and the magic really happens between the customers and our employees who meet them face to face. Whether we're out there running and sweating or battling it out in our little prairie villages (cubicles,)THIS is where all the real work gets done, down here in the trenches. But unfortunately, it's the CEO's and the other big boys clinging hard to the top rungs of the ladder who get all the credit.
Keep up the fantastic work everybody, and to those way up there in that Ivory Tower, I say - You don't even have a clue as to which clue you're missing...
satellitedriver
I hope this isn't off the thread, but I think it applies.
This weekend I was at our family reunion. It was held at my nephews house. He is now one of the most prominent(sp) patent lawyers in the U.S.. He told me that the reason he loves to watch sunsets is because of me. Basically, I asked wtf are you talking about. He remembered that I use to take him( when he was about 5 years old) and my 17yr old dog "Rusty" out to a field, just to sit and watch the sunset. I said that was in the days when I was writing poetry and I knew "Rusty" was not going to live much longer and just wanted her to run free. He then told me, he has one of my "poems" displayed on his desk.
I was flattered.
Back to the thread.
It just reminded me that it is the small things one does that have a large impact.
This is the way I try to approach my job.
DorkHead
Great story. I remember when I was on the preload over 20 yrs. ago, we had a division manager come down and I talked to him for about 15 minuets. The talk centered around UPS and he told me " the bad workers usually weed themselves out"
Well, he has since died, and I will never forget those words. They are so true. Now I know that each center has 1 or 2 people that are the exception. But even they are most likely to give descent service. UPS`s hard work ethic, constant moving, tough standards are not easy. If it were easy, anybody would be able to do it. As you get | 1,719 |
We're almost there – here's #<|fim_middle|> writer has an ideal reader, and should hold that ideal reader in their mind as they're writing. For King, his wife is his ideal reader.
We've heard the adage that "you can't please all of the people all of the time." The same holds true for fiction. If you write to please all of the people, more often than not, you will fail to please anyone (most notably and sadly, yourself). Your story will lose itself in trying to be something that it's not, that it shouldn't be. It will get lost in itself, so to speak, and perhaps never see the light of day.
Your ideal reader may be the same for all your books, or they may change. For example, if you're writing a western, you'll likely have one reader in mind, maybe your father with whom you grew up watching Bonanza. Maybe, after the western, you try your hand at a fantasy, and your ideal reader is now your first girlfriend, who swore she wanted to save up her money to have plastic surgery on her ears to make them pointed like an elf's. Maybe you write a horror, and you think of your best friend with whom you spent every Halloween for the last twenty years. Then again, you may be lucky enough to have, as King does, a wife that fulfills multiple roles and, regardless of the genre, serves as an ideal reader.
Either way, understanding who your ideal reader is can help shape the path of the novel—what would they most like to see next? What would surprise them here? How would they feel about this particular scene?
Knowing your reader (singular) can also help you finish your book. Two often we get caught up in trying to add something for everyone, which is both futile and frustrating. Somewhere, about a hundred pages in or so, you'll realize that your novel lacks a clear direction. There are too many threads to make a quilt. Instead, you're working with enough threads to make several bed sets.
Streamline and focus. Your reader will thank you. | 7 of 8 rules for writing fiction by Mr. Vonnegut as delivered by guest blogger Aaron Gansky.
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Like most high school seniors, Anaiya<|fim_middle|> had as they transition to high school and hopefully onto college.
Thank you Anaiya for giving back, and good luck in all that you do! | Dixon is looking forward: looking forward to graduation, looking forward to summer, looking forward to starting her freshman year at Towson University, looking forward to prom. "I'm wearing a mermaid-style dress. It's blue," she says with a smile. But, while she looks ahead to a bright future, she is also taking time to look back.
Anaiya is a former PIE Scholar who attended Holy Angels Catholic School from 6th grade to 8th grade. She credits Holy Angels with encouraging her to get involved with community service and says her experience at Holy Angels has inspired her to help others. So, when Anaiya had to decide what her high school Senior Project would be, she wanted to find a way to "give back to the place that raised me". As she thought of what students at Holy Angels needed, she thought of her transition to high school and the different things that she wished she knew ahead of time. Anaiya spent three weeks earlier this semester developing the 'Grow As You Go' mentoring program for middle school girls at Holy Angels. She then started her two-week project at Holy Angels. The girls she mentors meet 4 times a week after school. Anaiya uses this time to addresses mental and physical health, organizational skills, academic success, and other topics to encourage positive habits.
'Grow As You Go' gives the middle school girls a safe and productive space to express ideas and questions among their peers. Anaiya encourages them to grow and push their limits. "I want them to see that everything is in front of them and they can do anything," says the young woman with everything in front of her. Having been in their shoes, Anaiya is, in many ways, just the right role model for these young girls. The girls she mentors all say that they love the program and wish it had existed before. "That keeps pushing me to come back. I love waking up and saying 'I get to be with the girls today!' It gets me out of bed in the morning," says Anaiya. She hopes that these two weeks of 'Grow As You Go' will give the girls the knowledge she wishes she | 441 |
Q: Where do you split long Scala function signatures? A definition like
def foo(x: Int) = x + 1
is nice<|fim_middle|>s with the first parenthesis:
foo(someVeryLongFieldName,
andAnotherVeryLongFieldName,
"this is a string",
3.1415)
Personally in your case I would split according to a 'keep like things together' rule:
def foo[T <: Token[T]]
(x: ArrayBuffer[T], y: T => ArrayBuffer[() => T])
: (T, T, BigDecimal) = {
// ...
}
So the parameters are on one line, the return type is on a single line and the type restriction is on a single line.
| and short and looks pretty, but when the signature itself gets uncomfortably long,
def foo[T <: Token[T]](x: ArrayBuffer[T], y: T => ArrayBuffer[() => T]): (T, T, BigDecimal) = {
// ...
}
I don't know where to split it. I find all of the following to look awkward:
def foo(
x: Int,
y: Int
): Int = {
// ...
}
def foo(
x: Int,
y: Int
): Int =
{
// ...
}
def foo(
x: Int,
y: Int
): Int
= {
// ...
}
def foo(
x: Int,
y: Int
):
Int = {
// ...
}
But, given that I'm going to have to get used to one of these, which will cause the least annoyance to my teammates?
A: In Haskell, long type signatures are often written in this fashion:
someFunc :: (Some Constraints Go Here)
=> Really Long Arg1 Type
-> Really Long Arg2 Type
-> Really Long Result Type
somefunc x y = ...
To translate this Haskellism into Scala,
def foo [ T <: Token[T] ]
( x : ArrayBuffer[T]
, y : T => ArrayBuffer[() => T]
) : (T, T, BigDecimal) = {
// ...
}
That's how I would do it. Not sure how kosher it is with the Scala community.
A: The Scala style guide has nothing to say on this. In fact it recommends using methods with fewer parameters :-).
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Tian ran until she felt her heart would burst and her legs would shatter, her little sister heavy and wailing on her back. When she chanced a quick look back for their pursuers, her left foot caught on something hard and twisted. She pitched forward onto her hands and knees, Asan tumbling off her back with a shriek.
Tian crawled to her sister, her knees sore, grass-stained and bleeding. "Are you all right?" she panted.
Asan sobbed, unhurt but frightened. Tian held her, rocking her gently and trying to remember fragments of the songs their grandmother had sung to them. But the old language hadn't stuck in her mind; she'd grown up in the city speaking Olo instead of Zaluat, and she knew few of the words that might calm her sister.
Tian tried to stand. But when she put weight on her left foot, the ankle wrenched sickeningly to the right and she fell again.
This, she realized dimly through the fog of pain, was very bad.
And then she closed up again, lost in the memory of her father and brothers who had died during the brief, disastrous war against the Kalo and their servants. She would only mutter, "Too straight, we're too straight," before she stumbled off to bed, leaving Tian wakeful and worried while she slept.
The next day she'd gone to school, where during another dull lesson on the necessity of the Kalo invasion and the foolishness of Zaluat resistance, she found herself doodling circular patterns on her desk.
She thought she felt something, then. A little spark, maybe, like a whisper out of the distant past. The fine hairs on her arms rose, and she felt as if the ground itself was giving some piece of itself to her.
And so Tian had been made to wash her desk while the other students, most of which had been imported from other lands under Kalo control, watched and snickered.
When she got home and handed her mother the note the teacher had given her, she flinched, expecting more punishment. But instead her mother read the note, and then gently put it down.
Tian rubbed her still-sore hand, and nodded. Forget. Forget being Zaluat. Forget the war. Be a good servant of the Kalo, just like everyone else. It was safer that way.
Her mother sighed and went to drink the cheap liquor she'd picked up after work. She didn't say another word to Tian.
That night, Tian had paced a quiet circle around their little apartment. There was no spark this time, no energy came to her. Exhausted and heartsick, she gave up and got into the cramped bed with her snoring mother.
She wondered if her baby sister in the faraway Zaluat village would know how the magic worked.
She'd only found out about her grandmother's death when her mother came home and told her that Asan was in town, now.
"Asan? Here? Why?" Tian asked, confused. Less than a year had passed since Tian had summoned a spark at school. The other students still made fun of her for it, and the teachers had let her know in no uncertain terms that if she ever dared try that again, they'd let the Kalo have her.
Tian felt her hands ball into fists. She wanted to scream at her mother: Why didn't you tell me?
That had always been her mother's relationship with her younger daughter: moments of worry punctuating long periods of relief that she was someone else's problem. She'd given Asan to her own mother to raise, saying that she had no money, time, or room for another little girl in their house. She'd come to the city looking for work, after all, not children. She hadn't even known Asan's father that well, just someone from back home she'd shared a bed with once.
Secretly, Tian wondered if she was trying to save Asan from the miseries of a city that worshiped the Kalo, forbade the Zaluat language, and taught that their ancient magic was evil. In the old village, at least, she wouldn't feel that shock of being different, lesser. She wouldn't want to trade away her heritage for the illusion of belonging.
But now she was in the Training Institute—where kids from the villages were brought to learn how to serve the Kalo. Tian had seen those children filing through the streets, their eyes cold and distant, singing the Kalo songs in unaccented Olo.
Her mother shrugged. "Where else will she go? I can't afford to feed her." And that was that.
As her mother stoically drank herself to sleep that night, Tian curled up in a chair and peered out the window at the grimy alleyway below.
Her sister was here. She might know the magic. She might be able to help Tian get that spark back. All Tian had to do was get her out of there.
Down in the alley below, something moved. Tian peered into the darkness, and gasped. The tall, spidery form of a Kalo slid by. Tian felt like all the light had been taken out of the world, and icy fingers brushed against her heart.
It stopped outside their apartment, and just stood there, waving the ten joints of its long fingers in complex patterns. Tian watched, fascinated.
The Kalo looked up at the window, beady eyes with malignant power. Tian sucked in a breath, heart loud in her chest. She didn't dare move.
With a hiss that froze her bones, the Kalo turned away and moved on.
Tian exhaled, shivering. She turned back to the bed. Her mother was awake. "I felt it pass by," her mother whispered. She made a circular sign in the air.
Her mother held open her arms, and Tian buried herself against her mother's chest. As she drifted off to sleep, she resolved that the Kalo would not have her sister.
It had been so easy to find Asan; the school had an hour where they did strange, synchronized exercises outdoors. Tian had learned to time it so that she could see Asan in the few moments she was out of the sight of teachers, as the youngest students in their Kalo-style headdresses filed from the lower to the upper exercise ground. The students knew it, too. They broke their silence and whispered a few Zaluat words to one another, out of the hearing of the Kalo's servants.
Tian watched her sister go by day after day. She skipped school, skulking in the alleys near the Training School, just waiting and watching. Her plans firmed. She would free her sister. She would bring her home. She just needed time—time to warn her mother, to win her over. Time to put together the money for travel.
But one morning, the truancy officers from her own school came to the door. Her mother answered, confused and hung over. Before she could point to Tian and give the whole game away, Tian grabbed her pack and ran to the bedroom. She threw open the back window and scrambled out onto the fire escape, clattering down to the alleyway as fast as she could go.
She thought she heard her mother calling her name as she ran. She realized with dread that she wouldn't be able to go home, now.
In a panic, she found her way to the Training School, and sat in the alley, furiously going through her options. She could go back home, turn herself in, and forget this whole plan. That would be safe. Her mother would be angry, and the teachers would never let her out of their sight again, but what else could she do?
The youngest students in their Kalo headdresses began to file past, going from the lower yard to the upper.
And there she was: Asan. Their eyes met. Tian was certain that her sister recognized her.
She threw her plans away and grabbed her. She said the Zaluat words for home and sister, those being the few words she'd thought to memorize, and Asan stopped fighting her.
There was no point in staying in the city. So Tian put Asan on her back and ran for the green<|fim_middle|> radiated out from the tips of its clawlike fingers.
The yellow lights dimmed, and the asphalt started to turn back into grass. The vehicles slowed, and started to sink back into the ground. Asan yelped, surprised, and threw herself clear.
The Kalo made a satisfied little clicking sound in its throat, and started to walk towards her.
The Kalo turned to look at her again, and she could see greed in those horrible eyes.
The Kalo stepped onto the grass where the pavement had been, back still toward her. Tian hobbled towards it, knowing it would kill her if she tried to stop it. She'd seen the people killed by Kalo; it would not be an easy death.
But she couldn't stand by and let her sister be taken by the Kalo.
She stepped onto the circle. And then, suddenly, her ankle stopped throbbing—as if a dozen hands were holding it together. She hesitantly put her foot down. It held; solid.
She gathered her strength and ran at the Kalo. She swung the stout branch back, and brought it down on the Kalo's head with everything she had.
The Kalo, surprised, staggered and fell to the ground.
At once, the light turned to yellow again and the ghostly vehicles roared out of the ground, racing around the circle.
Tian couldn't get out of the way fast enough. She braced herself for impact as one bore down on her.
At the last second it swerved, missing her by a hair's breadth. Tian tottered and fell over onto the grass, out of the circle.
She looked up in time to see dozens of vehicles slam into the Kalo, grinding it into the earth.
No other men or Kalo came after them.
Tian's ankle was still purple and swollen, but not so painful now. She'd made a crude bandage from her overshirt, wrapping it tightly to keep the ankle stable. She still had to rely on her walking stick, and so they made slow progress.
Asan stuck by her side, helping her. She began to re-teach Tian all the Zaluat she had forgotten, so that the farther they got from the city, the more she felt like herself—like who she could have been, if the invaders had never set foot here.
At last they came within sight of the lake and the cliffs that Tian remembered from when she had visited the old village with her mother, long ago.
That night she sat outside the house of a distant cousin where they'd been given leave to sleep the night. Tian had managed to piece together that Asan would stay here, to be raised as a part of this family. The Kalo and their servants would hopefully overlook her. If not, there were other villages to send her to. There was a kind of freedom in being small and hard to see.
They had offered to let Tian stay, as well. But Tian had shaken her head no. There was so little here. The houses were falling apart, and there was hardly enough food to go around as it was.
But the training school was so full of children like Asan… like herself. She couldn't allow them to come to love—and feed—the Kalo. She would find a way to bring them out of the city; she was clever, and the old magic had some strength yet. The ancestors were some use, after all.
Hers would probably not be a long life; the Kalo were strong, and she was just one Zaluat girl. But she couldn't think of any other way that she wanted to spend it.
Tian gazed up at the full moon as sparks ignited the fire of her heart. She traced a circle counter-clockwise in the dust with her finger, around and around and around. | spaces beyond the grime, away from the Kalo and their servants.
They'd run through the forests, then along the wide river and over the mountain. They passed through the ancient ruins of brick, asphalt and steel the ancestors had left behind. Tian paused to catch her breath.
Asan said nothing, but Tian was sure she'd understood a little of it. If only the ancestors had been alive, and their mighty cities still full, when the Kalo had come from the sky. Maybe then they wouldn't have taken people after people to be their servants.
She heard the distant bark of dogs, and squinted back down the dusty track. Shapes straggled along it.
She inhaled sharply. They were being chased. They would be caught! She took Asan in her arms, put her back on her shoulders, and started to run again.
They ran from the broken ruins, across empty farmlands and through dense forest, until the ground reached up to twist Tian's ankle and she fell to the forest floor in a haze of pain and panic.
"Sin ye! Sin ye!" her sister shouted, eyes wide. She looked around, then ran into the woods.
"Asan! No!" cried Tian. But then the little girl returned with a sturdy-looking piece of deadfall, long enough for Tian to use as a cane.
"B-basma," whispered Tian through the fog of tears and pain. Thank you. She hauled herself shakily to her feet, and started forward again.
The sounds of pursuit grew ever closer. Dogs barked, men shouted, and something else seemed to hiss in anticipation.
Tian hobbled as fast as she could go, burningly aware that she was the burden now, that she was slowing them. Adrenalin pushed her forward while Asan ran back and forth in front of her.
"Sin ye!" Asan called. Hurry. Hurry.
"Go ahead! Run!" she told Asan. "Run to the village!" But her sister didn't know the words. She hadn't picked up enough Olo. And the Zaluat village where Asan had grown up was miles and miles away, the girl would never make it on her own.
The sounds grew louder behind them. They had their trail, they would overtake them soon.
They'd take Asan back to that awful training school in the city, where they'd burn away everything that she was to make her into a model subject for the Kalo invaders. She would become like Tian was now; a ghost of a person with no ancestors, no history, and no magic.
As for Tian? They'd probably just kill her. She'd stolen someone who legally belonged to the Monarch of the Kalo.
There was bright sky ahead, between the tall trees. Asan pulled her too hard, and she lost her footing. She fell across the tree line into a clearing.
Tall grass waved in the late spring breeze, and insects hummed all around her. She rolled onto her back, the smell of earth still rich in her nostrils, and saw birds wheel in the deep blue sky above.
Dogs barked, twigs snapped, and men shouted. They were almost on top of them, now. Tian sat up and gathered Asan to her, waiting for the end to come.
It was then that she noticed that the meadow they'd breached was a perfect circle.
But her sister only looked blankly at her. Tian tried to dredge the right Zaluat words from her mind from that one time she'd gone back to the village to see her grandmother and sister. But nothing came. She couldn't remember any of it.
But Asan only stared at her. Tian sank to the ground, defeated, as the barking of dogs grew louder.
In the clearing, Asan was saying something.
Tian could only barely hear her over the din of the dogs. She looked into the woods, expecting to see them appear at any moment, and tried to inch backward, away from the treeline. When she looked back, Asan had vanished.
Then she heard her sister say something from farther away than she'd expected. She looked frantically around and found Asan walking counter-clockwise along the perimeter of the clearing.
Heart racing, Tian stood and hobbled after her. Counter-clockwise, she thought shakily to herself. Walk the Round Path.
Call the ancient magic. Call the spark!
The dogs barked louder, and she thought she saw men moving between the trees.
And then she felt something stirring in the ground beneath her feet. The hairs rose on Tian's arms again, just like they had long ago, and she felt the earth beneath her begin to shake.
Their pursuers emerged from the woods; a few men, and a tall, gray, spindly Kalo. It pointed at them, hissing commands in sibilant Olo, and the men moved forward.
"Ancestors!" Tian cried, hoping they could hear her if she spoke Olo. "Help us now!" Please save my sister from my mistake, she added mentally. Please!
The rumbling stopped. Tian was certain they'd deserted her.
But then the tremors returned, ten times stronger than before. The sky above darkened, and ghostly yellow-orange lights appeared in a halo all around the perimeter of the clearing. Tian hobbled her way to the center, away from the lights, the men, the dogs and the Kalo.
Ghostly images began to streak past in front of her. She could hear them roar as they went, their forms indistinct and strange.
The men, the dogs, and the gray, spidery Kalo waited at the edge, so far unwilling to cross the boundary line. She glared at them, daring them to come into this whirlwind.
Her sister had been caught inside one of the ghostly things. She shrieked again.
But the ethereal contraption was too fast. It swerved around the circle, flashing lights and roaring loudly, and came back around again. Tian reached for it, trying to grab hold of her sister, but she was going too fast. She sped out of reach again.
The ghosts of this circle were becoming more solid. They had a definite shape, and tore along on four thick wheels. They were vehicles like carts, but propelled without beasts or drivers. The grass of the perimeter had become something like the cracked asphalt of the ruins.
Asan shouted something Tian didn't understand. But she was smiling, laughing!
Tian leaned heavily on her stick, and exhaled in relief. Surely this was Zaluat magic. Surely the ancestors wouldn't hurt Asan.
One of the men was arguing with the Kalo. It stretched out a long, too-thin arm and pointed at Tian.
The man looked scared out of his wits. Tian wondered if he was part or wholly Zaluat himself, and whether he knew about circle magics. He might be from another people who had known them, too, long before the Kalo had come.
—and was sent flying when a vehicle smacked into him. He crashed to the asphalt, and screamed as the vehicles ran over him again and again as they looped round the circle. His body was soon nothing but a bloody smear on the ground.
Another man, horrified, raised his gun and aimed. Tian shouted in alarm, and shrank down.
The man fired. But the bullet did not reach Tian. Instead, she heard the man shrieking, and looked up to see him clutching his bloody shoulder. He dropped the gun in terror, then turned and ran. The other men, along with the frantic dogs, fled after him.
Only the Kalo was left. It regarded Tian with beady, alien eyes. She shrank back from its penetrating gaze.
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