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Analysts speak of the 'trauma story', a communal construct of what happened and what may lie ahead. This story is tied to experience, but elaborated to confer meaning, explanation, and exculpation for the side that tells and conveys it. Often stories are mirrors of images of each other one told by perceived victim (but perhaps the perpetrator to the other); the other told from the other point of view. The traumatic event may lurk in past centuries or in recent history. Regardless the trauma story serves to drive a wedge between commun<|fim_middle|> as 'the natural one'. Then we develop back pain and we think our problem is in the back. We often don't even remember the foot injury that taught our body to walk differently, and constructed a new posture that is now causing us back pain.
Trauma Stories are like Body Memories: they are real, but they need to be mapped to understand them and heal them opening new possibilities for the future.
This is why exploring shared narratives through a body memory tool such as yoga may open new perspectives on how to live through trauma.
Find out more on Yoga as workshop facilitation technique. | ally defined groups and freeze-frame their interpretation of all subsequent events. Hence human security may remain out of reach for generations.
Trauma Stories are like Body Memories: they are true, they are felt, and yet they are constructed and learned at the same time.
We injure our foot and we start walking with a wrong posture and our body learns this new posture | 72 |
What is the conjunction between mathematic and artistic intuition, between logic and imagination, vision and exactitude? This question, found throughout the<|fim_middle|> Goumarre's Le RenDez-Vous. | history of thought and creativity, fuels the Agora Festival 2011. The "unreasonable efficiency" of mathematics (Eugène Wigner) in the arts seems to mirror the aesthetic illumination of mathematical discovery. Modern creation has often crossed the mathematical tools of its time (e.g. theory of groups, formal and random music, influence of Poincaré on the cubist movement, etc.) and art has been equally inspired by mathematics.
France Musique will be broadcasting from IRCAM, Wednesday, June 8. Starting at 8pm, a live broadcast of Luna Park by Georges Aperghis will followed by a live radio show with artists from the Agora festival, led by Arnaud Merlin.
Free entry, limited seating available.
France Culture will be broadcasting live from IRCAM, Friday, June 10 for a special afternoon. 2-3pm: Michel Alberganti's Science publique. 3-4pm: Jeanne-Martine Vacher's Les vendredis de la musique. 7-8pm: Laurent | 218 |
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Above, Ally Serrano shares her experiences as a Mount Marty student. Below, Ally explains how she's been inspired by MMC's tight-knit community.
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When Ally Serrano moved across the country to start college at Mount Marty in the fall of 2017 she knew life at small private college would be very different from the high school she attended in California, but she was ready. "I came from a very big high school where no one knew each other, so when I got to campus for the first time, I thought, wow, I'm really about to have a family here."
A Refreshing Change
An entire academic year later, Ally says she found the<|fim_middle|>." | environment she was hoping for when she made her college decision. "Coming to MMC is one of the best life decisions I have made so far," says Ally. "The professors know my name here, which is nice, and I'm able to talk to them one-on-one when I need help — some of my friends who are going to bigger schools have never even spoken to their professors, not even during class!"
As part of her Wisdom of Benedict class, Ally was asked to present a project on her favorite Core Value. Though she values MMC's commitment to hospitality, awareness of God, and lifelong learning, Ally knew she had to choose community.
"I chose community because I think it is the central idea of all of the other topics," Ally said, "and I figured since my topic was community, I should go around MMC and see what the people around me think about when they hear the word."
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When asked how she would answer the question, Ally replied that to her, a community is a group of people who share a common interest and have your back. She added that the key to feeling like a part of any community is getting involved. "Since I joined MMC this year, I've been in a lot of things on campus; the softball team, band, SGA, and next year I'll be an Orientation Leader. Because I've been involved in so many things I've made connections that I will be forever grateful for."
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KNOWN FOR ITS world-class agricultural, biological and scenic resources, the southern Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley are home to some of the world's most unique species and breathtaking landscapes. Some of these include the Sycamore alluvial woodlands, valley oak groves and vernal pools. The Sequoia Riverlands Trust was established in March 2003 to conserve the region's natural environment, and the nonprofit has focused its efforts on protecting natural landscapes, sites, habitats and waterways.
Having already protected more than 40,000 acres of land to date, the nonprofit owns and manages seven nature preserves. Together, the preserves total 4,120 acres of protected landscapes, woodlands and wildlife habitats. Dependent on the season, many of the preserves are open to the public at no cost, offering hiking trails,<|fim_middle|> include in-class programs, after-school programs, private preserve tours, monthly nature walks, field trips
and project-based learning opportunities. By doing so, they hope to inspire and instill a lasting love and respect toward the indispensable lands in the southern Sierra Nevada and San Joaquin Valley region for present and future generations. •
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By engaging landowners, farmers, conservationists and governmental agencies within Tulare, Fresno, Kern and Kings counties, Sequoia Riverlands Trust is able to conduct conservation efforts with the hopes of creating a future that generates community vitality and economic prosperity. Conservation efforts involve the cultivation and planting of native plants and the removal of threats such as weeds and invasive species to grant native plants and animals an advantage to adapt and thrive long term.
In addition to conservation projects, Sequoia Riverlands Trust also provides outdoor education opportunities. Such opportunities | 149 |
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The Brigham and Women's Diabetes Program provides a full range of diabetes services, including specialized<|fim_middle|> ophthalmology, cardiovascular medicine and kidney specialty care. | outpatient medical management and comprehensive diabetes self-management education. Our clinical staff maintains close communication with our patients' primary care physicians to ensure that care is well coordinated. Our team-based care includes a close working relationship with collaborating dietitians, clinical pharmacists and other specialists within the Brigham Health system who provide care for patients with diabetes.
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We spent months picking the right dishes for our November menu and putting them to the test. It soon transpired that we were wise to do this as not all the recipes were foolproof, or even that tasty!
We kickstarted our meal with a welcome drink of sloe gin fizz that was spiced up with ginger syrup and lime juice. This was paired with Susie's elegant canapes of scotch eggs made with quail eggs. These differed to Jennifer and Clarissa's version, which suggested chopped ham and anchovy instead of the seasoned sausage meat that Susie used. Also on offer were crostini topped with poor man's caviar (a smoked aubergine pate, baba ganouch) and deliciously sweet crab, coriander and corn fritters – both of which<|fim_middle|> were treated to one of Susie's classic cupcakes – lemon meringue. This was a soft and moist sponge, filled with lemon curd and topped with a chewy meringue – beautiful!
Overall we found the Two Fat Ladies a difficult supperclub to prepare for, just because the recipes all needed so much tweaking! This might be because the modern palate and common cooking techniques have moved on since the popularity of the ladies, I don't really know! However the book was a good one for inspiration and it was reassuring that we could add our own touches to bring the recipes up to date and we were pleased with the results on the night.
Our guests were a fab lot of foodies. We loved chatting away to them about favourite restaurants and foodie hang outs. It felt like we had a group of old friends round at the Manor rather than people who, on the whole, we had never met before! Many were on their first supperclub visit, so we were glad to welcome them into the gang! We hope to see them all again soon.
This entry was posted in Past Events and tagged 2012 Dates, Dinner at the Manor, food, Reviews, scotch eggs, Supper Club, Two Fat Ladies, Underground Dining, Underground Restaurant, Yorkshire on November 13, 2012 by martinimanleeds.
Wpw, these look really great.
This was a faultless meal. I loved every element and even though I'm a savoury person and not a massive sweet lover I thought the sorbet and pudding were real highlights. The pork was amazing. A triumph!
Thanks folks! We really enjoyed this one as we felt we got a good chance at putting our own stamp on all of the recipes!
This looks amazing – was just googling the recipe following your suggestion last night – a definite contender for Christmas Eve dinner! | we're afraid to say were also slightly adapted!
Our amuse bouche for the evening were shots of onion and ale soup, made with jammy onions and local bitter. The TFL version was a bit bland so I pimped it up with my secret ingredient of Marmite! The starter was a spicy fishcake made with home salted Whitby cod and sweet potato. The slightly unusual flavours were paired with a tangy red pepper and black olive tapenade. For our non fish eaters I rustled up some homemade sweet potato gnocchi. These were fun to make and a nice alternative to traditional gnocchi.
Four hours of slow roasting was all our main course required! This provided guests with a melt in the mouth shoulder of pork roasted with caraway, apple, orange, figs and red wine. This unusual dish is an Elizabethan recipe and produced luscious pork and a Chrismassey tasting sauce. The pork was served up with braised greens and potatoes boulangere. Susie also put together a beautiful salsa verde that cut through the richness of the meat. For our non meat eater I put together a lovely fish dish of halibut in cider. The cider mixes with the cooking fish to make a sweet and yummy sauce. It was a great alternative to the mighty pig!
Inspired by the TFL dish of cherries jubilee Susie concocted a wonderful sour cherry sorbet that refreshed our guests and tantalised their tastebuds. This was followed by a rich and decadent gingerbread pudding with sticky ginger wine sauce. I actually used Delia's recipe for this as the TFL version proved a bit dry and dull. Guests were left salivating over the sauce with one stating she could bathe in it!! It's certainly one I'll be making again – we were shovelling down the leftovers in the kitchen!
Nearing the end of our enjoyable meal guests | 391 |
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Though it has a lot of interior space for the class, the Hyundai Elantra doesn't have many standard features. The base model has standard power windows and door locks, but it doesn't come with a stereo or air conditioning. Those features were available as options when it was new, along with a USB port, satellite radio and cruise control. Navigation, however, wasn't available at all. Though the base Elantra's standard safety features are typical for the class, you have to choose the highest SE trim to get electronic stability control, traction control and brake assist. The Elantra's crash test scores, however, are among the best in the class.
When it was new, reviewers said the 2010 Elantra is a good commuter car, with decent power and maneuverability. Though no reviewer called the Elantra fun to drive, it has good fuel economy ratings, averaging up to 26/34 mpg city/highway.
Like the Elantra, the highly-ranked 2010 Honda Civic is a wise choice for shoppers who want a safe and fuel-efficient commuter car. Compared with the Elantra, the Civic has better performance according to test drivers. Passenger and cargo space is smaller on the Civic, however. The Civic's standard features are in line with what the Elantra offers.
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August Gallery Stroll: Chauncey Secrist
Talking with the curator of Alpine Art's latest exhibition
Posted By Gavin Sheehan on August 24, 2015, 3:51 PM
It's August in SLC, which can only mean two things for the local art scene: hardy patrons and group exhibitions. As the heat beat down on the city through an orange haze, people took to the streets to check out the latest in what everyone had to display, which for many of the galleries was a mix of genres by dozens of artists and few solo shows. This month, I made my way up to Alpine Art to see their show featuring various forms of contemporary art, all curated by local artist Chauncey Secrist. Today we chat with Secrist about his career and the show he put together. Check out the photos below, or see the art in person for the next month.
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Gavin: Hey Chauncey, first off, tell us a bit about yourself.
Chauncey: I feel like I'm filling out an OK Cupid profile or something. "I like long walks on the beach, pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain." Seriously, though, obviously I'm an artist. I'm also a full-time single dad to a teenage girl, which is both amazing and challenging. In my teens and into my 20s, I was in the gothic and punk rock scenes, and though I haven't dressed in that fashion for a long time, I still retain some of the dark aesthetic that permeates those groups. These days, I'm a bit of a desert rat, and I'm more influenced by the grandeur of the natural world (and my relative smallness in it) and our human connection to nature than anything else. I also volunteer both in collections and as a docent at the Utah Museum of Fine Art, which has an amazing collection and a wonderful staff.
Gavin: How did you first take an interest in art, and what were your influences?
Chauncey: I've always had an interest in art; my younger brother and I<|fim_middle|> fulfilled as multi-group protest storms the Utah Chamber of Commerce building.
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Gavin: What would you say were your first genres you really gravitated towards?
Chauncey: Well, as I said previously, my earliest influences were comic book artists, and that's what I tried to do. I was also interested in collage at a fairly early age, but felt discouraged in pursuing that by some of my teachers, and pursued painting instead. My early paintings were primarily figure and portrait works, though I dabbled a bit in landscape and still life, both of which failed to hold my attention for more than a couple paintings. Eventually, I came back to collage and assemblage, which are still my primary medium. I also wanted to paint abstracts early on, but it took me years to overcome the idea that my work had to be representational to be artistically valid.
Gavin: Did you seek out any education for art while at SLCC, or were you more about finding your own style beyond learning other styles?
Chauncey: I haven't taken an art class since high school, but I think that any education has the potential to work its way into the creative process. For example, I was fortunate enough to participate in an archaeology field study program, which took me into the Southern Utah desert for eight days to excavate a 150-year-old cabin. Prior to that, I hadn't been camping since I was a little kid. I didn't hike, and I just saw the desert as a sort of wasteland. My instructors taught me how to see the desert, to stop and recognize the diverse flora and fauna, the details of the landscape. And that's really what art is all about: learning how to see and then figuring out how to convey that in a visual medium. That said, I've always approached art making with the goal of finding my own style. When I graduated high school, I figured I would go into English and become a teacher. I didn't want to do art school. I had heard too many stories of people losing themselves in school and coming out as little more than watered down versions of their teachers. That fear isn't present any longer, and I'm not really sure how realistic it was then, and I still appreciate the freedom I have to play with different mediums and styles as I see fit, but I do think about taking classes now. The way I see it, there's always something to learn and learning, even just for the sake of learning, is always a noble pursuit.
Gavin: What was it like for you breaking out onto the local art scene?
Chauncey: This is kind of a hard question. I feel like I'm still just a young guy in this scene. I'm still emerging. But I suppose what really sticks out for me about my first few years, were the people who were willing to help me out. Galleries that took a chance despite [my] having no education or exhibition history. Artists that gave me feedback and advice. The local art community here is, in so many ways, incredibly supportive of newer generations of artists. But it wasn't easy. Because I didn't go to school for art, I didn't have any of those kinds of connections to begin with. I also didn't have regular access to the Internet, and it took me a while to get a feel for how to approach galleries, how to talk about my work, or how to present my work. I learned all of that through trial and error. And I made a lot of errors! But like I said, there were amazing people who saw something in me or in my work, and they helped me along the way. I will always be grateful to them and I hope to do for someone else what they did for me.
Gavin: You've experimented a lot with different works and don't have a specific genre you stay in for too long. What made you want to constantly explore different aspects?
Chauncey: I think maybe it's an attention-deficit thing or something. I do jump around a lot as far as medium, style, subject, etc. I usually have several pieces going simultaneously as well, and they are typically all in different media. Currently, I have a couple of oil paintings (figurative and abstract), collages, and several assemblages that I'm jumping between. I've also been meaning to pull out my watercolors and ink, and start another series with those. Each medium offers something different and I love them all, so I just follow whatever my instincts tell me will work best for whatever idea I'm trying to present.
Gavin: Do you find it difficult switching between different forms of art or do you welcome the challenge?
Chauncey: Actually, I find it difficult to stick to one thing for any extended period. I get bored if I stay with the same thing for too long, and if I get bored, the work suffers. It's like it has no soul if I'm not really into it. Also, certain concepts just seem better suited to certain media. For example, I've been working on a series of self-portraits that examine negative emotional extremes. They are all large pieces (36"x48" to be exact). This concept seemed best suited to oils. I also have a series that I occasionally work on that are small, abstract landscapes. Some are in oil, others in watercolor. Neither of these would be suited to the mixed media collage and assemblage stuff that I do. Each medium does come with challenges, but I really enjoy that. I have an assemblage piece that requires welding. I've never welding before, so there is definitely a challenge there that needs to be overcome. It's a learning opportunity, and with each new skill I learn, I gain more options for future work.
Gavin: What's the process for you when creating a new work, from concept to final piece?
Chauncey: My process is pretty chaotic and messy. I work out of my apartment, so my living room, bedroom, kitchen and even my bathroom all double as extensions of my art studio. Unlike some other artists that I know, I have no rituals or specific things that I need in order to work. Sometimes I just throw on some instrumental music (anything from Rachmaninoff to Balmorhea) or put in a movie that I've seen enough times that I don't need to pay attention to it, and set to work. If I'm painting, it's pretty straightforward. I just sit down at my table or stand at the easel and start going at it, working mostly on impulse without thinking too much about where it's going at first. As a piece progresses, my actions are less impulsive and I work more to refine whatever I've started. The mixed media works are much more messy and chaotic. My apartment is full of materials with which to make art, and I don't always remember what I have, so I just start pulling everything out and putting things together, taking them apart, rearranging pieces, until I finally hit on something that really works. Then I put it aside so I can come back to it in a couple days and see if I still think it works. If it works, I secure it together and finish it. If it doesn't work, I deconstruct it and start over. The downside is that it leaves my apartment a complete disaster. And I probably look like a hoarder.
Gavin: Are there any particular exhibitions that stick out to you, or are you more wrapped up in what's coming next rather than looking back?
Chauncey: I'm always more concerned with what's coming up next than I am with what I've already done, but I think the show I'm most proud of is my solo exhibition at the Finch Lane Gallery a couple years ago. It forced me to really focus on a single, cohesive body of work for the year that I had to put it together. It was all collage and assemblage, and it was built around the idea of finding commonalities between various religious beliefs and the secular world, rather than focusing on the differences between them. I've always been interested in the things that connect us to each other, and with how divisive religion/atheism can be, it seemed like a good opportunity to look for more universal ideas. I really enjoyed that show and working with the folks at Finch Lane. But like I said, I'm more concerned with where I'm going than where I've been.
Gavin: How did the opportunity to work with Alpine Art as a guest curator?
Chauncey: A couple of other artists and I had talked about putting an abstract show together and were debating potential venues for it. Two of the artists had to pull out for various reasons, so it came down to me and Jerry Hardesty. I've worked with Alpine Art before. They have done a lot of framing for me, and I've been in a few group shows there. I was in the gallery and was talking with Susan and just sort of threw the idea out there. She like the idea, so we set up a meeting to go over the details. She really let us just run with it and do our thing, so that has been great.
Gavin: How did you go about choosing artists for this show?
Chauncey: Most of the artists are people I've either known through online art communities or have been in shows with in the past. Jerry, Susan and I, in our initial meeting, discussed the idea of having mostly large works in the show. We figured we could bring in between 12 and 15 artists, so Jerry and I started narrowing down our list. Once we had a good list, I started contacting people. There were a handful of artists who couldn't do the show for different reasons. A few never responded. And a couple hit our radar after that initial meeting, so our list changed a lot. Also, I know we missed a few names. I really wanted to have a good mix of established artists and newer, emerging talent, as well as a variety of styles represented. Ultimately, there are so many wonderful artists in Utah, and we had a limited space in which to represent them, so it made it incredibly difficult.
Gavin: Tell us about the theme for the exhibition and what people can expect to see while it is up.
Chauncey: The show was born out of a Facebook group for abstract artists in Utah, so the very general theme is simply abstract art from Utah artists. The more specific goal, however, was to show the breadth and variety of abstract work coming out of our local art community. It is such a diverse community, and abstract art has such a rich and diverse history, and we wanted to represent that diversity in Utah's contribution to the abstract world. People can expect to see nearly 40 pieces of abstract art from 14 artists exploring various approaches to abstraction. It's a diverse show with a handful of sculptural works in wood, ceramic, and mixed media, and a lot of paintings in different mediums.
Gavin: What do you hope people will take from this particular show?
Chauncey: I hope people take paintings home from this show! Seriously, buy stuff! Really, I hope that people will see how vibrant the art community here in Utah is and will support that in whatever way they are able, whether that is by buying work from local artists, supporting their children's dreams of becoming an artist, supporting more arts education in our schools, or whatever other form that support might look like. I hope that people will be inspired by the work they see and go home and start painting. My hope is that we will impact people and inspire them in some way.
Gavin: What are your current thoughts on the artwork coming out of Utah and the scene in general?
Chauncey: Our art community is really amazing. There are a lot of really talented artists here, and for the most part everyone is incredibly friendly and helpful, and we have quite a few really fantastic galleries and museums. I see a lot of really diverse work coming out of Utah. Everything from very contemporary, experimental and conceptual work to very traditional styles like portraits, landscapes and still-lifes. I think that the market tends to be fairly conservative, so there are fewer venues for really off the wall or controversial art, but I think that's kind of to be expected given where we live. But overall, I think that Utah is a great place to be an artist because of the wonderful people in the art community.
Gavin: Where do you think the art community is headed over the next couple years?
Chauncey: I'm terrible at predictions. My hope is that we will see the market get better over the next couple years (I think it already has, but I don't have the numbers to verify that), allowing more artists to spend time making art instead of working other jobs that take away that art making time, and keep our galleries in business. I also hope to see an increased interest in more experimental and contemporary art spaces. CUAC and UMOCA have done an awesome job of making contemporary art more accessible, and I hope that will continue and keep getting better.
Gavin: What can we expect from you over the rest of the year?
Chauncey: I am currently represented by the Howa Gallery in Bountiful, so you can expect to see more of my work there. During the rest of the year, I will be working on a new body of work and probably doing some group shows, but I have nothing set in stone yet. I'm currently working on a couple of gallery and museum proposals for both solo and group shows in 2016 and 2017, but it's pretty early on in that process, so I don't want to go into it just yet. I also have a couple more ideas for curated exhibits that I would like to explore, but I've been focused on the abstract show, so those are pretty vague ideas at the moment. Now that Untitled is hung, I can start exploring some of them a little more thoroughly.
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Both mothers and fathers are entitled to paid parental leave in the Nordic countries. In order to promote and facilitate gender equality at home and in the labour market, efforts have been made at the political level to encourage parents to divide the leave time equally. These efforts have yielded results: Nordic fathers take more parental leave than fathers anywhere else in the world.
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<|fim_middle|> . | We define a magic square to be an matrix of distinct positive integers from to where the sum of any row, column, or diagonal of length is always equal to the same number: the magic constant.
You will be given a matrix of integers in the inclusive range . We can convert any digit to any other digit in the range at cost of . Given , convert it into a magic square at minimal cost. Print this cost on a new line.
Note: The resulting magic square must contain distinct integers in the inclusive range .
This took three replacements at a cost of .
Complete the formingMagicSquare function in the editor below. It should return an integer that represents the minimal total cost of converting the input square to a magic square.
Each of the lines contains three space-separated integers of row .
Print an integer denoting the minimum cost of turning matrix into a magic square.
If we change the bottom right value, , from to at a cost of , becomes a magic square at the minimum possible cost.
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Premiership League
Hayley Bromley
Wimborne Wandering
Belle Vue's extended Bank Holiday battle with Poole kicks off this Thursday, May 2 at Wimborne Road where the Rentruck Aces take on the reigning Premiership Champions for the first time…
Tagged: Belle Vue Aces, Max fricke, Poole Pirates, Premiership League
Witches Conjure A Win
Ipswich proved they were up to the challenge of life in the Premiership with an emphatic 52-38<|fim_middle|> been excluded in Heat 4 and going off a 15-metre handicap, he surged to the front to take an emphatic race win.
It was a tough ask of the CFS Filtration Robins to respond to such a powerful offensive, but that certainly didn't stop them from trying and they did well to keep Belle Vue honest on the night.
It means the Rentruck Aces take a handy 6-point aggregate lead into the second leg this Thursday at the Abbey Stadium, where they have enjoyed a great deal of success in the past.
On his ride of the night, Max Fricke said:
"When I was first told I was excluded, I was a bit frustrated but by the time the decision was made to put me off 15 metres, I had to laugh.
"It's a new rule this year about not being allowed to get off the bike at the tapes and old habits die hard, but I suppose in some ways it fired me up to get the win and I was delighted with the result.
"The whole team really pulled together. There were a couple of teething troubles but I think it shows the potential of this team with just how convincingly we followed through with our aims.
"Having that 6-point lead going into Thursday is very handy. Swindon are no slouches, they're not the league champions for nothing so we're taking nothing for granted in the second half of this.
"But we've seen plenty of promise from this one fixture. Jye was looking great and Damian will develop over time so all in all I see no reason why we can't have a good one at the Abbey."
There's more speedway action at the National Speedway Stadium this week with Belle Vue's 90th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday March 24.
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RESULT - BELLE VUE V SWINDON - MONDAY MARCH 19
Belle Vue 'Rentruck' Aces 48
Steve Worrall 13+1, Max Fricke 13+1, Craig Cook 7+1, Dan Bewley 6, Damian Drozdz 5, Jye Etheridge 4+1, Rohan Tungate 0
Swindon 'CFS Filtration' Robins 42
Troy Batchelor 12+1, David Bellego 7+1, Nick Morris 7, Tobiasz Musielak 5+1, Mitchell Davey 5+1, Adam Ellis 4+2, Zach Wajtknecht 2
Photo - Eddie Garvey
Tagged: Aces, Win, Home, National Speedway Stadium, 2018, Premiership League | win over Belle Vue on Thursday, but the Rentruck Aces have vowed to bounce back with a vengeance…
Tagged: Belle Vue Aces, Ipswich Witches, Premiership League, Kenneth Bjerre, Steve Worrall
It couldn't have been a more perfect start to Belle Vue's 2018 campaign when, on a chilly March 19 evening at the National Speedway Stadium, they triumphed 48-42 over the Swindon Robins.
The red-hot action banished the frigid night air as the Rentruck Aces took control of the first leg of the Premiership Charity Shield, with Max Fricke and Steve Worrall starring for the home side.
Fricke was particularly impressive in his performance when, having | 159 |
Happy Friday! First, I want to say thanks to everyone that entered the RABEANCO handbag giveaway! The winner is already enjoying her Violetta clutch. It was a beautiful purse<|fim_middle|> in the Inglot Summer Collection soon! | and I hated to part with it! I loved reading about which RABEANCOs you loved and which polishes you'd rock with them! Speaking of favorites, your top three bags according to all of your comments were the Bonham II, the Alex, and the Mara.
I love these three purses, which is why I jumped at the chance to road test the Alex! I adore my red Mara clutch, but I've been on the market for something big. Next month I'll be covering my first CosmoProf North America in Las Vegas (more to come on that!). For the event, I need a larger tote that can not only carry my usual hoard of makeup, wallet, checkbook, phone, etc., but can also haul an iPad, notebook, my non-compact camera, and any items I pick up along the way!
Before I review the purse, let me tell you about my Alex inspired mani! (This is a nail blog after all.) For this look I was inspired by Alex's shiny silver chain toggle attachments and grommets. I used two Inglot O2M Breathable polishes from their new summer collection, 685, a pretty pink, and 687, a bright teal. The silver accents are Zoya Trixie. After two coats of polish, I made a simple line down the center of each nail using Trixie and a medium striping brush. Then I dotted Trixie along the line. Finally, I added a second, smaller dot in the center of each silver circle using the pink or teal polish…recreating the grommet. Super easy!
Now to the purse! The RABEANCO Alex retails for $228USD and comes in 12 colors. It's super roomy, measuring 20" deep, 8.5" wide and 13" across. I expected it to be more structured from the pics on the website, but in reality, the Alex's flexible construction slouches into a pile of ultra soft leather when you set it down. Personally, I really like the look of a smooshy bag. Plus it's easy to get to all your stuff and I find them more comfortable to carry. Having said that, if you prefer a stiffer tote, you may want to look at another RABEANCO option.
The interior has two slide pockets and one larger zippered pocket. Another shiny silver chain attaches to a large, zippered, canvas pouch which is perfect for keeping your makeup separate from everything else. This pouch can also be removed. There are silver grommets on the front, back and sides of the bag. The silver chains can be used to connect opposite sides of the purse to change the shape. I used them more to keep the purse "closed" when it was sitting in public. The toggles aren't difficult to use and the purse is roomy enough that I could still reach in and get something if I needed it.
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Usain, Shaggy, & Shelly-Ann Brought Holiday Cheers to Kids
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SEASON OF GIVING: Shaggy, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Usain Bolt bring holiday cheer to Jamaican kids.
HOMETOWN HERO: Over the festive season, the World's Fastest Man made the trip down to his hometown (Sherwood Content, Trelawny) to host a joy-filled Boxing Day treat for the kiddies, in collaboration with Digicel and the Usain Bolt Foundation. Food, music and gifts galore were the hallmarks of the afternoon. "It was good to spend a few hours with the kids in my community," the legendary athlete (pictured above with Miss Sheron Seivwright, Principal of the Piedmont Basic School) shared with his Facebook family. "I even saw a few of my teachers from my basic, primary, and high schools. Thanks to my foundation, Digicel, KFC, my mom and dad, and other members of the community. We had a great day."
ONE OF OUR OWN: On Wednesday, Olympic champ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had the kids in her Waterhouse community of Ashoka in high spirits, as she hosted her annual Christmas treat. Fraser-Pryce, who turned 26 the following day, partnered with sponsors GraceKennedy, Digicel, and Nike to treat the kids to a day of music, sweet treats and fun activities, including free rides. "This is our third annual Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Christmas treat. I think it's a good thing for [the children] to come out and enjoy their Christmas because for me, I never remember enjoying my Christmas around here," notes the sprint queen, who came of age in the rough-and-tumble Kingston community. "So bringing the gifts that were donated by my sponsors, I am able to come back and just help them have fun."
SUPER SHAGGY: In keeping with his annual tradition, Grammy winner Orville 'Shaggy' Burrellbrought Yuletide cheer to the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Thursday afternoon, bearing dozens of toys and other presents for the eager and utterly appreciative youngsters. Shaggy, who has a long-standing relationship with the hospital, has donated millions of dollars to the venerable institution through his Make A Difference Foundation and the Shaggy & Friends megaconcert. As it happens, the Christmastime treat is now in its 10th year. "We look forward to Shaggy every," says medical doctor Toni-Ann Fulford. "It always brightens the children's day. They also look forward to the concert after the treat."
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Keegan Swenson wins second straight Leadville Trail 100 MTB
Jack Odron, a 19 year-old who trains in Winter Park, placed 18th
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Keegan Swenson won the 2022 Leadville Trail 100 MTB on Saturday in a time of 6:00:01.
Ryan Sederquist/Vail Daily
Looking back on his 105-mile tour of the "cloud city," I'm sure Keegan Swenson is thinking there was a second or two he left out on the course. Whether it really matters is up for debate, I suppose.
The Life Time Grand Prix leader demonstrated his dominance over the professional long-distance mountain bike and gravel scene on Saturday, blasting the Leadville Trail 100 MTB's most elite field in race history with a 14 minute, 30 second win, his second straight. He narrowly missed becoming the third athlete in the race's 28-year running to go sub-six hours, finishing in a time of 6:00:01.
"It was good. It was a fast one today," Swenson said.
"I felt for awhile I was going to be pretty close to the record. We got close. It was a lot faster than last year and considering I was solo all the way back from Columbine — I was happy with it."
The media surrounds Keegan Swenson after his Leadville Trail 100 MTB win on Saturday.
Swenson made his move shortly after leading a group of 10 cyclists up the famed Columbine climb to the course's high point and turnaround.
"Going up Columbine, everyone has their place and there isn't much attacking going up. I kind of knew what I could do and just did that from the bottom and was going to see who could stay," Swenson said.
"I figured Howie (Grotts) would be there the longest and he was. Alexey (Vermeulen) was also with us for a while. And then eventually those guys kind of fell off and they were solo as well."
At the top, Swenson was 2:47 ahead of Grotts, who had another 75-seconds on Vermeulen. Cole Paton was in fourth, 30-seconds back of the Boulder-based rider, and Aspen's John Gaston was 21-seconds off Paton in fifth. Behind those five, Matthew Beers, Samuel Gilletly, Lachlan Morton, Peter Stetina and Lance Haidet were filed together. UCI World Team EF Education–EasyPost pro rider Alex Howes, who led at the 40-mile checkpoint, lost ground and was separated from the leaders for good.
Turning around, Swenson was able to view the devastation he'd inflicted on the peloton.
"I could see the group was quite blown up on the way back," he said.
"I was pretty confident I could make it back (to Leadville) solo; I didn't think there'd be any big groups chasing me. There's really only a few sections of road where it's straight and fast where a group really makes<|fim_middle|> Gaston, of Aspen, hit Turquoise Lake Road together, in second and third, respectively. Fully aware he was in the midst of the mountain bike race of his life, Gaston said he "tried to not think too far ahead," to prevent the magnitude of the moment from getting to him.
"There's how many pros here?" he rhetorically asked in a humorously self-depreciating tone of his mindset near the end.
"I mean, I'm confident in myself and I thought I'd maybe have a shot at top-10, but to be able to hang in there and keep making the groups was kind of crazy."
Gaston said he was gapped on every climb throughout the race. He was able to gain ground on the flats and descents.
"Just the way this race works with tactics — I was very fortunate (to come back)."
In the race's final hour, Gaston hung with Grotts, a three-time Leadville Trail 100 MTB champion from 2017-2019.
"I had zero confidence whatsoever in beating him; I was going to ask for a truce," Gaston joked.
Going up the gradual grade of the 'boulevard' road, just a mile from the finish, the Aspen skimo star pulled away, notching a shocking second-place finish that even he couldn't believe.
"Bewilderment. Astonishment," he said when asked what his thoughts were as he crossed the finish line in 6:14:31.
The U.S. Skimo Team member said the performance won't change his priorities.
"I definitely prefer spending my summers on the bike instead of running, and I've kind of figured out how to make that transfer to Skimo."
Snowmass and Leadville were the only two races Gaston plans to contest this year on the bike.
"I gotta start kind of gearing up for winter," he said.
"My whole life I never thought I'd ever get a podium at Leadville. Ever. Not even a pipe dream. So this is crazy to me. Honestly, I'm still not even sure how it happened."
John Gaston (right), Howard Grotts (middle) and Alexey Vermeulen chat at the finish line of the 2022 Leadville Trail 100 MTB on Saturday.
Gaston raced Leadville in 2019. "I was in the second group, not the first group," he said of that year. "This time around, I was like, 'I'm going to go until I blow.'"
Standing next to Grotts at the finish, the reality of his second-place finish was barely sinking in.
"This was so far beyond my expectations; I mean I've followed these guys' careers for like a decade," he said.
With the field comprised mostly of Life Time Grand Prix athletes — the nation's 30 best males and females competing on a six-race circuit for a $250,000 prize — Gaston's win is particularly sweet. When asked if he'd compete in the circuit next year if offered a spot, he said, "I would love to do some of it — I mean, I've never done a gravel race in my life."
"Skimo is still my best sport on an international level," he continued.
"For now I'm still very much focused on that, but that doesn't mean that I can't fit in some longer races. This one does fit in really well with building in that big endurance base during the summer anyway."
Swenson said that taking 11-minutes off his 2021 winning time was partially the product of a deeper field and his experience on the course.
"I think the fitness is similar, I think I just learned how to better execute this race," he said.
"The field was definitely more talented this year with the Grand Prix, so we rolled faster on the way out. It was pretty much on the gas once we hit the bottom of powerline, so I think that has something to do with the faster time, too."
When asked what he felt the limit might be, he said, ""I think 5:50 is possible if you have a team working for you. That's how the record was set before. In order to go much faster, I think you need a teammate or a really, really talented field, and we're not too far from that."
Cyclists ride across the valley with Mt. Massive as the backdrop during the 2022 Leadville Trail 100 MTB on Saturday.
In the women's race, Salt Lake City rider Hannah Otto took down defending champion Rose Grant. Otto finished in 7:24:07 with Grant in second in 7:29:37 and Haley Smith in third in 7:41:53.
Durango's Alexis Skarda took the race out hard. At 26 miles, she led by 2:20 over a group of three — Otto, Sturm and Grant. Smith sat in fifth going into the pipeline double-track, two minutes off of Grant. By the start of the Goat Trail at mile 48, Skarda's lead had dwindled to just 28 seconds over Otto, who left Grant and Sturm on the climb up Columbine. At the turnaround, the race had a new leader.
Otto would stretch her lead to 2:40 by mile 74, with Grant gaining ground on the fading Skarda. At the return pipeline visit, the defending champion was just 59-seconds back from the Durango cyclist. Entering the powerline climb, she had moved in front, but Otto, with her 3:56 lead, held too much of an advantage to overcome.
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When asked if he expected to be riding alone for the final 55 miles, Swenson said, "I wasn't sure. Howie's won this race three times and I think he's also one of the best climbers in the world at this altitude. Yeah, so I knew the pace I could ride and I was like, 'if Howie stays with me, great, then we'll go faster on the way back. If not, then I'll be solo and I'll see what I can do.'"
John Gaston of Aspen and Howard Grotts exit Hagerman Pass road in the later stages of the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race on Saturday. Gaston would place second.
Heading out of Twin Lakes at 60-miles, Swenson's lead had grown to almost five minutes. Meanwhile, Gaston had fought his way back to Grotts — who elected to group up in lieu of riding alone — and Vermeulen along the flat 'pipeline' section. Heading up the inhumanely steep 'powerline' stretch, Swenson held a nine-minute advantage in front of the trio. In fifth, just 10-seconds back, was Paton.
Swenson gained more ground up the course's iconic climb. By the time he exited Hagerman Pass onto Turquoise Lake Road, his lead had ballooned to 10:45 with approximately 16-miles remaining. Grotts and John | 315 |
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Numbers rule
the vexing mathematics of democracy, from Plato to the present
Szpiro, George G.
Editorial: Princeton University Press
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Since the very birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled some of the greatest philosophers, statesmen, and mathematicians. "Numbers Rule" traces the epic quest by these thinkers to create a more perfect democracy and adapt to the ever-changing demands that each new generation places on our democratic institutions. In a sweeping narrative that combines history, biography, and mathematics, George Szpiro details the fascinating lives and big ideas of great minds such as Plato, Pliny the Younger, Ramon Llull, Pierre Simon Laplace, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John von Neumann, and Kenneth Arrow, among many others. Each chapter in this riveting book tells the story of one or more of these visionaries and the problem they sought to overcome, like the Marquis de Condorcet, the eighteenth-century French nobleman who demonstrated that a majority vote in an election might not necessarily result in a clear winner. Szpiro takes readers from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe, from the founding of the American republic and the French Revolution to today's high-stakes elective politics. He explains how mathematical paradoxes and enigmas can crop up in virtually any voting arena, from electing a class president, a pope, or prime minister to the ap<|fim_middle|> secreta de los números
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Risk, choice, and uncertainty | portionment of seats in Congress. "Numbers Rule" describes the trials and triumphs of the thinkers down through the ages who have dared the odds in pursuit of a just and equitable democracy.
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Neil Gibson – T Publications.
We chatted about my job<|fim_middle|>'m saving the best until last, but perhaps my favourite.Tortured Life. There's something unique and so special about a story that can leave you with a hundred questions, some about subjects totally unrelated to what you've just read. When a tale can jarr you, make you second or third-guess they way you thought you felt – that's when it's truly great.
Comics don't just appear though, do they? Not even the superhero ones. SO much time and work goes into creating these works, especially when the entire project is self-funded. 'Basically Neil sits is a darkened room and the artists feed him for every page he writes. When he finishes a collection, they let him out for an hour or so and then they force him back to work. Once the artists have the scripts they do their awesome work and send it back to Neil for him to do the lettering and any re-writing that is necessary'.
I love this story and I bloody love the stories! The fact that this brilliant work originates from such passion and determination just makes me love them more. Anyone who doesn't envy the brave chap who swallows his pride, bites the bullet (and other metaphors about big decisions) and plunges himself wholeheartedly into something that he loves, frankly must be made of wood.
AKA: Purple Rogue/ Purple People Eater/ Diva/ Nugget etc. Lover of words. Fact and fiction. Dark and weirdy and wonderfully bizarre are the realms within which I feel most at home. A fan of peanut butter and bacon sandwiches and no stranger to cosplay (strictly NO Manga). Nearly a Psychologist and passionate about the adventures of mental meanderings - hence my general wordy splunks. Probably addicted to wearing Dr. Marten's. Borderline phobia of oranges and all their similar mates. I'm the best female Morgan Freeman impersonator in the world today.
Rufus Dayglo Junko Mizuno Becky Cloonan! | as an Assistant Psychologist and how I have an interest in the weirdy tales of the populace, so this sounded EXACTLY like something perfectly suited to my slightly off centre perspective on people in general.
T Publications are a start-up company who 'have a passion for good comic books'. They are a relatively small team of 5 with only two full time staff. Neil is the founder and an absolute joy to chat to. At the time of meeting Neil, I was unaware the he had quit his job as a management consultant to 'follow his dream of creating quality comic books that adults would be proud to read', he kindly shared his amazing story with me when I approached him about writing this feature.
It was that point, that little gem in a nutshell I feel is awesome, in the true sense of the word. How many people can say they quit their job to pursue a dream, gave their all to their passion?
Therein lies another facet to this brilliant work, art and backstory; not only is the team passionate, they don't have a dream to create something brilliant, but also the focus and the drive to make it successful. Their vision is 'to be the company responsible for making comic books a respected mainstream medium'. How flippin' brilliant is that? Not only do these guys write and draw some of the most unique and addictive comics I've ever read, but they're up for the challenge of making this kind of insightful and awe-inspiring storytelling part of what everyone does…everyday.
I don't think that's an unrealistic dream at all. These guys have achieved and are achieving something I know I dreamt of when I was a kid, and have often dabbled in as an adult, i can certainly say the same for my comic-loving buddies. Equally, true though, of my friends who haven't grown up with the medium.
A brilliant anecdote that still makes me smile, that I absolutely loved sharing with Neil the last time we were at the same Convention, is that of my friend Claire.
I took Claire along to ***Convention***, her first ever comic-book convention. A STAR WARS fan and a general nerdy-streak, she had the potential to soar into geekdom with a little guidance from life-long fans. As we went our separate ways for an hour, we met back up to discuss our purchases. Yep, we'd both bought Twisted Dark, T Publication's flagship title. A week later, when we caught up again, Claire and I speed-chatted about how much we loved the book. She began to ask 'What else should I buy? What else will I like?" She attended her first con and bought her first book and that was it, Twisted Dark sucked her in.
Whether you've been reading comics since Spider-Man when you were 7, or picked up some of the New 52's when they relaunched. Even if you read The Thing in your teens or Locke and KEY because it was on offer on a popular internet-based book shop – there's something about these stories that touches a nerve. They're raw, they're a little too close to home and they're like nothing you've read before.
The team have described Tabatha as 'Our best series yet. It combines the best parts of Twisted Light and Twisted Dark with an ongoing series about a postman with a difference'. This excites me, as I've not yet had the pleasure of gobbling up the delights that Tabatha has to offer, and knowing there's more from the T Publications crew that I'm yet to discover is aces!
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Kayamkulam Kochunni box office collection: Nivin Pauly's Kayamkulam Kochunni was released on 350 plus screens making it the biggest release in Kerala by the virtue of its screen count.
Kayamkulam Kochunni box office collection: Nivin Pauly film received a rousing welcome at the box office in Kerala.
Actor Nivin Pauly has scored his career-best opening with his latest period drama Kayamkulam Kochunni, which opened in cinemas on Thursday coinciding with his 34th birthday. The movie was released on 350 plus screens, making it the biggest release in Kerala.
According to reports, the film received a rousing welcome at the box office in Kerala. It has raked in Rs 5.3 crore on its opening day in Kerala alone. The filmmakers, however, are yet to officially disclose its worldwide collection.
"Biggest opening day collection record now belongs to Kayamkulam Kochunni. Well deserved for Roshan's craft. Kudos to Nivin , laletan ,<|fim_middle|>ikkara Pakki, who inducts Kochunni to his gang of outlaws. The movie also stars Priya Anand and Babu Antony among others. | Gokulam Gopaletan , praveen and the entire team. #RosshanAndrews #nivinpauly (sic)," tweeted filmmaker MA Shrikumar Menon, who is busy finishing his upcoming film Odiyan starring superstar Mohanlal.
Shrikumar also shared a glowing review of the costume drama that is based on the folklore of Kerala's legendary outlaw Kayamkulam Kochunni. "Roshan Andrrews craft at next level. A well made film which transcends beyond the borders of Malayalam. Nivin very convincing as kochunni. Laletan lit up the screen. Overall a brilliantly made film. Loved it (sic)," he added.
Mohanlal was seen in a cameo as Ith | 159 |
Suarez hoping for more success at home vs. A's
The Giants and Athletics wrap up their set of games at AT&T<|fim_middle|> Giants manager Bruce Bochy. He's expected to start Tuesday.
Labels: MLB, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants | Park on Tuesday night before heading to the Oakland Coliseum for the remainder of the home-and-home series. Albert Suarez, who continues to pitch in place of Matt Cain in the Giants' rotation, will make his first start at home since June 13.
He's proved to be much more effective at AT&T Park, posting a 2.12 ERA, compared to a 5.03 mark on the road. Giants pitchers have received plenty of run support for the most part recently. The team entered the series with the A's averaging six runs per game in its last seven contests.
Right-hander Kendall Graveman will be on the mound for the A's. Despite owning a 3-6 record with a 4.68 ERA on the season, Graveman has allowed just three earned runs in his last two starts, both of which were against the Los Angeles Angels.
Things to know about this game
• Josh Reddick will be activated from the disabled list Tuesday. He has been on the DL since May 20, after fracturing his left thumb.
• Suarez is 2-0 when pitching at AT&T Park this season.
• Brandon Crawford received Monday off because of "general soreness," according to | 254 |
Organised by the Umpires and Referees Committee of the International Table Tennis Federation in conjunction with the Chinese Table Tennis Association an International Referees Conference was staged recently in Beijing.
Proceedings commenced on Friday 6th October and concluded on Sunday <|fim_middle|> colleagues from the Beijing Sports University; the support given by the educational organisation was appreciated by all.
Pertinently, a main focus was directed towards the public draw where the tradition is that players perform the task in the full view of colleagues, coaches, officials and members of the media. Videos of such occasions were shown with former Chinese international Wang Hao, the 2009 World champion, present alongside Chen Bin, Chinese National Team Coach, to provide their views .
A positive reaction was received from all; a most worthwhile initiative was completed. | 8th October.
A total of 50 Referees from Asia, Europe and Oceania attended the three-day Conference, guided by Graeme Ireland and Werner Thury with the support of Ronald Wee and Petr Bohumsky.
Locally matters were splendidly organised by Zhang Yingqiu and her | 63 |
Here at Tara West Fashion, we love a trend. Trends keep fashion innovative and fun. Although they typically filter through the fashion cycle fairly quickly, trends keep us excited about getting dressed in the morning. A little something extra to spice up an outfit, the constant cycle of trends are what makes fashion entertaining.
This choker by Dannjio<|fim_middle|> embellishment of gold, this is a good replacement to a everyday necklace.
A twist on the standard thin choker, this piece available at Free People is the perfect statement piece. Use this look to add a pop of color when you feel like going with a simple look or with an all black outfit. | , available at Intermix, adds a fun and trendy finish to the outfit. Combining velvet (another prominent trend this season) with just a hint of bling, the soft blush shade will stylize your look.
This choker by Rebel Designs, found at Portobello Road is a simple addition to a casual look. Classically black with an | 72 |
3 x 417 LBC News badges.
The first radio sticker produced by the UK's first independent<|fim_middle|> 80s!
Credit-card-sized sticker showing a 3D logo for London speech station LBC. | local radio station.
A nice example of a sticker from 1976 for LBC Radio.
Badge from the AM programme on LBC.
4 x LBC News Radio badges.
Large lapel sticker for LBC News Radio from the mid 80s.
A mid 1980s window sticker for LBC News Radio – with nice use of the London skyline and strong colours.
A non-window sticker this time. Business card in size, this is the type of sticker that could be stuck on a lunchbox, lamp-post or lemon.
3 x LBC News Radio badges.
Sticker promoting 'AM' the former breakfast show on LBC News Radio.
Sticker promoting the news coverage on LBC News Radio.
Sticker given to businesses that advertised on LBC News Radio. It's about the size of a dinner plate!
Michael presented Bodytalk on LBC for many years. Here is a photocard from around 1988.
Simple, colourful sticker for LBC. Very | 206 |
Market News & Headlines >> Few Changes Expected in U.S. Balance Sheets
Thursday morning's monthly supply/demand update from USDA is not expected to show significant changes in the agency's U.S. corn, soybean or wheat carryout estimates for 2016/17.
Trade estimates of the U.S. corn carryout average 2.321 billion bushels, 1 million above USDA's February estimate, in a range from 2.245-2.440 billion bushels, according to a survey of 30 analysts by Bloomberg News.
Pre-report trade expectations for the U.S. soybean carryout average 415 million bushels, 5 million below USDA's February estimate in a range from 395-444 million bushels.
On average, the trade sees the U.S. wheat carryout at 1.142 billion bushels, 3<|fim_middle|> further based on 2016/17 usage to date. However, USDA is likely to be cautious about raising projected exports due to prospects for a sharp increase in competition from South American supplies in coming months.
Likewise, USDA is unlikely to raise projected U.S. soybean exports further amid rising expectations for Brazilian production and export potential. | million above USDA's February projection, in a range from 1.120-1.199 billion bushels.
USDA could potentially raise its forecast for U.S. corn exports; with export sales and shipments remaining strong, and could also raise projected corn-for-ethanol use a bit | 62 |
by Brendan Conway
Stress in Fate is an abstract resource used to track how long you can stay in a conflict. Often, marking stress doesn't immediately change the story, which is great for a game about highly competent adventurers being awesome at what they do! But it doesn't work so well for some genres such as horror. Why should I be afraid of the monster making me mark stress, when that stress is just going to go away at the end of the scene?
In this article, I present a new system for dealing with stress: damaged aspects. Rather than characters simply absorbing shifts of stress with a stress track, their aspects will change dynamically as they take stress, representing their lives going to hell. You can use this system in games and stories in which protagonists are changeable and the tension is high.
Creating Aspects to Damage
When players create their character aspects, make sure they all follow this simple rule: a character aspect represents a status, not an intrinsic fact. A status is something that can change; it might be true right now, but it might later become untrue. An intrinsic fact is something that is simply true, no matter what.
This is the difference between the aspect Best Ninja from the Lotus School and the aspect Trained by the Lotus School. Having been trained by the Lotus School is an intrinsic fact—it happened, and nothing can undo it. Being the best ninja, though, is a status that can change. It still implies that the character was trained by the Lotus School, one way or the other, but it doesn't make that intrinsic fact central to the aspect.
Patrick is an investigative journalist for the Tribune, and Patrick's player wants to pick a high concept that reflects his profession. Something simple like Investigative Journalist seems good, but it's more of an intrinsic fact than a status; Patrick could still be an Investigative Journalist no matter where he worked, even if he worked on his own. Patrick's player then thinks about Investigative Journalist for the Tribune. It's better because it includes Patrick's status as working for the Tribune. Eventually, Patrick's player lands on Prize Journalist for the Tribune. This aspect is all status—Patrick works for the Tribune, and he is the prize journalist there.
How to Damage an Aspect
If you're using damaged aspects in your campaign, the characters won't have any normal stress boxes. Every aspect, instead, has five stress boxes attached to it. These work just like regular stress boxes, and all the normal rules of stress and consequences still apply.
NPCs and Damaged Aspects
Using damaged aspects draws attention to how protagonists change throughout a tense and dramatic story. It's not a good idea to use this system for NPCs, though—they're all inherently supporting cast in stories about how the protagonists change.<|fim_middle|> reducing the tension but not eliminating it. He rolls and gets a +5—enough to tie, so he succeeds at a minor cost. The GM puts a boost on the table: the serial killer was Covering His Tracks while Patrick was spending time with his family.
Once an aspect is warped or broken, however, the PC can only fix it by taking steps in the fiction—and if there is no way to do that, then that's just the way the cookie crumbles. For example, if an aspect referring to the love between the PC and their spouse is broken when the spouse dies at the hands of the serial killer, then the only way to fix it would be to bring the loved one back to life. Good luck with that!
To get an idea of how to repair an aspect, you can outline a number of steps the PC must take. Fixing a warped aspect should take two or three steps; repairing a broken aspect should take three to five steps.
These steps can be as general or specific as you deem appropriate. Repairing a warped aspect of Contender for the Top Spot of the Lotus School back to Top Ninja of the Lotus School might require a PC to defeat a specific rival, prove themself on a mission given by the school, and recover their lost sword. Repairing a broken aspect of Off the Force back to On Probation with the Force might require a PC to give up alcohol, make amends with the police chief, make amends with their partner, and prove their investigation wasn't worthless.
Any rolls related to fixing a warped or broken aspect have Superb (+5) opposition at least, and it may even get higher. Fixing a warped or broken aspect never comes down to a single roll, though; the PC usually need to take multiple actions to get back on their feet.
Patrick is determined to mend his broken high concept, which is currently Ex-Journalist of the Tribune. The GM outlines some steps to repair it back to its warped state: Patrick's character must make amends with his editor, prove he can do the job by the rules, and get the paper a valuable story. When Patrick goes to make amends with his editor, he fails his Rapport roll, so the GM tells him how he can succeed at a major cost: his editor tells him that it's possible to get his job back, but only if he drops this insane investigation into the serial killer. Patrick is left with a hard choice: can he give up on his investigation to get his life back?
Repairing a broken or warped aspect automatically clears the fifth or third stress box, respectively. Repairing an aspect does not clear any other stress boxes on its track. When an aspect is broken, the PC must mend the broken element to clear any stress from it; the PC cannot clear stress from their first or second stress boxes on the aspect, for example, until it is repaired.
When an aspect is warped, the PC can try to clear its fourth stress box in the same way they would relieve the first or second, but against Epic (+7) opposition. Clearing the fourth box doesn't mean the aspect is no longer warped, but it does allow the player to mark it again to absorb stress.
If a PC does mend their warped or broken aspect, then they clear its appropriate stress box and return their aspect to its least-damaged state possible: for example, if the aspect is repaired but its third stress box is still checked, then the aspect returns to its warped state. If the aspect is repaired and its third stress box is not still checked, then the aspect returns to its original, undamaged state.
Patrick accepts his boss's deal to get his job back if he stops looking into the serial killer. It still takes more work, especially with his family, to convince them that this is the right move. But he does it and ultimately clears his fifth stress box on his high concept. His third stress box on his high concept is still marked, however, so the aspect returns to its warped state: he's still an Eccentric Journalist of the Tribune instead of a Prize Journalist of the Tribune. He'll have to earn that status back, as well, to return his aspect to its original state.
Damaged Troubles
It may seem nonsensical to damage a trouble—after all, it's already pretty much a broken aspect. But troubles can always get worse. Imagine a trouble of Hunted by Mafia Hitmen becoming the warped trouble of Hunted by the Entire Criminal Underworld and then the broken trouble of Life Shattered by the Criminal Underworld. Just remember that warping an aspect is about changing its details but keeping its core, while breaking an aspect is about changing its core—you're not just hunted anymore; they've actually ruined your life.
Damaged Aspects at Your Table
Using damaged aspects will keep the stress and tension much higher for all characters involved, and it'll make the characters much more dynamic. I hope you enjoy the "watching a car crash in slow motion" feel of damaged aspects!
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Nostradamus » | Continue to use normal stress rules for them.
Warped Aspects
When a PC marks the third stress box on one of their aspects, it becomes warped. A warped aspect is twisted, not what the character would want, but not yet completely negative. The core of the aspect is still true, but the description and details are different.
An aspect doesn't become warped the very second the third stress box is marked; instead, wait to make the changes until a fictionally appropriate time, generally during the next scene. A PC wouldn't be knocked from their top slot in the Lotus School during a fight against an enemy ninja; it would happen during the following scene, when an elder judges their performance during the previous fight and finds it wanting.
You and the player should work together to write the warped aspect when it's needed, but ultimately you have final say as to whether it is warped enough.
Patrick's high concept is Prize Journalist of the Tribune. During a chase scene with a suspect, though, he marks his third stress box on that aspect, so he knows he'll have to change it to its warped form during the next scene. When the chase ends, Patrick goes back to the Tribune to find his editor waiting for him. She tells Patrick how worried she is about his recent pattern of behavior. Patrick's player works with the GM to reflect this change in the story, rewriting his high concept to the warped form Eccentric Journalist of the Tribune. The core of the aspect—Journalist of the Tribune—is still true. But no longer is Patrick the golden boy of his paper; he's starting to be considered a crackpot.
Broken Aspects
When a player marks the fifth stress box on one of their aspects, it becomes broken. A broken aspect is ruined, completely undone, even inverted. The core of the aspect is broken.
Broken aspects should often look like new trouble aspects. They are highly compellable and cause trouble for characters left and right.
Just like with warped aspects, an aspect doesn't have to be broken instantaneously. Wait until the next fictionally appropriate moment to change it, usually during the next scene. A PC wouldn't lose their job in the middle of a shootout; they would lose it when they get back to the police station.
As with warped aspects, work with the player to write the broken aspect, but you have the final say.
During an incredibly tense scene interrogating an ex-serial killer, Patrick takes more stress to his high concept. His aspect is now broken. Nothing changes until the next scene, when Patrick's player and the GM work together to write the broken aspect. They decide that his high concept changes from Eccentric Journalist of the Tribune to Ex-Journalist of the Tribune. Patrick is fired—the stress he's been taking caused him to neglect and then lose his job. His editor is waiting for him with boxes to clear out his desk.
But What About My High Concept?
If you use damaged aspects, then the core pieces of the PCs might change. That's fine! This system is best used in genres where dynamic characters are interesting and important. If it's a problem that a PC's fundamental character ideas might be undermined, that's a signal that using damaged aspects isn't the right choice for your game.
Repairing Aspects
Stress boxes on damaged aspects do not clear at the end of a scene, or even after a session. It takes real work to clear stress on aspects.
To clear the first or second stress box on an aspect, the character must find some way to relieve that stress and succeed on an overcome roll. The opposition is Good (+3) for the first stress box and Superb (+5) for the second. If you want to clear both at once, then it's Legendary (+8) difficulty.
Patrick has accumulated some stress on another of his aspects—My Family Is My Life—because he's been neglecting them in favor of investigating the serial killer. His first and second stress boxes on it are both marked. To clear some stress, he decides to spend some quality time with his wife and children. He rolls to overcome with Rapport against Superb (+5) difficulty to clear just his second stress box, | 854 |
Like many of you, I can never get enough Mexican food, especially tacos topped with delicious fresh pico de gallo. If you're searching for a delicious Mexican inspired dish, you're in luck! This afternoon on "The Chew", chef Mario Batali made tri-tip steak with pinto beans and pico de gallo. Did you have a chance to catch the segment? No worries, we have the video to share with you below!
Be sure to watch the video below to see how renowned chef Mario Batali made the spice rub, these amazing tri-tip tacos, the frijoles pinquito, pico de gallo salsa! He also answered some great questions that will help you in the kitchen. Don't forget to head over to The Chew website for the amazing recipe, so you can make these tacos for you and your family this evening.
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Shop Blue Dresses, Mini Satchels, Mules, Black Heels and more. Get this widget. | Watch chef Mario Batali make tri-tip steak with pinto beans and pico de gallo on the Monday, January 9, | 28 |
Panhandle residents wanting to try Pilates will find that they<|fim_middle|> more or less intense. The studio currently also offers Gyrotonic exercise. For more information, call 850-279-1689 or visit StudioBluePilates.com.
Pilates and More in Panama City is a full-service Pilates studio offering private sessions on Pilates equipment, group reformer classes, equipment circuit classes, group Wunda Chair classes and a full and diversified group fitness schedule that includes Pilates mat, restorative yoga, Burn at the Barre, Pilates for kids, and more. For more information, call 850-624-6673 or visit PilatesAndMorePC.com. | have local options galore. Given the latest trend in "fusion" classes, people of any age can now find a style that suits both their fitness needs and their personalities.
Pilates Core Training in Pensacola boasts not only multilevel fusion mat, gyrokenisis and added equipment classes, but also a 450-hour comprehensive Pilates training course covering the fundamentals of movement, the complete mat equipment repertoire, and modification movements for osteoporosis, knee and hip replacements and other special needs. For more information, call 850-287-5836 or visit PilatesCoreTraining.com.
Studio Blue Pilates in Destin offers mat classes with the use of props such as therabands, rings, small balls, weights and foam rollers to incorporate fun into the routine, as well as reformer classes utilizing Pilates equipment based on springs. The spring tension acts as resistance that can be varied to make an exercise | 194 |
Dog's Day Out is an online series created by Rocky Kanaka. Rocky plans a whole day full of fun and excitement for one lucky shelter dog, who gets to experience the love a human can give. That special dog is also shown off to potential adopters who might be willing to give him a home. The goal is to get the often overlooked dogs out of the shelter and into someone's arms.
This time, Rocky chose to spend the day with Garbanzo, a sweet pup who is losing his eyesight at a young age. Being mostly blind led to awkward interactions with potential adopters at the shelter, and he has<|fim_middle|> Rocky's channel, and Garbanzo still has yet to find a home. Could that home be with you or a friend? You can apply to adopt Garbanzo from Adopt & Shop in Culver City, California by filling out the form online. Share his story with friends, Facebook groups, and whoever else might be interested – his family is out there waiting to meet him!
For more Dog's Day Out, see Rocky Kanaka's channel on YouTube – he posts new videos every week! Subscribe so you don't miss any of the other dogs Rocky spends time with, like Maple – the butterfly kissing booth dog! | yet to find a home. But Rocky looked at this little pup and saw so much more than his disability. Rocky spent time reading about blind dogs, and with the help a behaviorist and trainer, was able to build trust with Garbanzo so that he could relax and enjoy his day.
Unfortunately, it has been some time since this episode was shared to | 72 |
BU students, founder blog about experiences
By Scout on February 13, 2009
Many students may be friends with Lydia Moss Bradley on her Facebook account. But, not many students seem to know about her blog<|fim_middle|> Library Web site of the month in February 2007 by the Communications Committee of Association of College and Research Libraries. They acknowledged specifically our use of blogs and wikis," Galik said.
Along with the library blog, there is a blog written by the technology help desk with a few entries about ways to improve laptop performance and how to better utilize Windows Vista. There is also a blog written from Lydia's point of view. It references many different events on campus such as President Barack Obama's inauguration and Bradley basketball games.
But most students are familiar with the blogs written by their fellow students, sophomore elementary education major Jadda Castaneda said.
"I looked at them when I was a freshman and they helped me," Castaneda said. "Now I only read them once in a while if I'm on the site for some reason, but I don't check them regularly."
The blogs on the freshmen admissions page are written by six current Bradley students. Some of them are affiliated with STARs, others are participating in study abroad courses.
"The idea behind blogging is just to show anyone that visits the Web site a slice of life at Bradley," sophomore organizational communications major Kevin McClelland said. "We're not really encouraged to write about anything in particular, we're just asked to blog on a semi-regular basis." | on the Bradley Web site called Lydia's View.
Lydia's is one of five blogs on the Bradley Web page at http://blogs.bradley.edu/. The others cover such topics as technology help, information and resources, the library and teacher education.
The blogs were developed a few years ago as a way to keep students informed about everything happening on campus, Executive Director of the Library Barbara Galik said.
She also writes the blog for the library.
"We started several blogs in Fall 2006 when we overhauled the library Web site to make it more interactive," Galik said. "We wanted to share information with students in a format we hoped would start a dialog."
The entries in the blog range from changes Galik would like to see in the library to announcements about events taking place there. There are also updates telling students how they can reach Galik with any questions or concerns.
Student response on the blog is low.
Galik said she thinks there is more than one reason for this.
"The nature of our blogs is more informational which does not lend itself to a lot of comments or feedback," Galik said.
She also said there could be an issue with interest because blog upkeep takes time, "Another possible reason is that it is difficult to keep the blogs up to date, and many, including my blog, are out of date," Galik said.
Despite the lack of feedback from students, the library's Web site did receive an award from the American Library Association.
"We did receive external recognition as the College | 309 |
Workplace Hub awarded Managed.IT Magazine's Editor's Choice
Konica Minolta's Workplace Hub awarded Managed.IT Magazine's Editor's Choice
Judged on design, innovation and functionality, the all-in-one solution was an easy choice for the managed services & solutions magazine.
April 16, 2019 – Continuing to highlight their digital transformation success, the prominent technology provider Konica Minolta Inc. (Konica Minolta) was recently awarded the prestigious Editor's Choice award by Managed.IT Magazine for its Workplace Hub solution.
The magazine is the only dedicated<|fim_middle|>.IT here https://www.binfo.co.uk/MIT52/22/, and for more information about Workplace Hub, check out the solutions available here. | Managed Services & Solutions magazine for IT managers, and aims to provide IT decision-makers with the information they need to improve their technology management, efficiency and capabilities. With the Editor's Choice award based on three key criteria of design, innovation, and functionality, the editor felt that Workplace Hub was a great example of combining these aspects into an exemplary solution for the workplace.
Speaking on his decision, James Goulding, Editor at Managed.IT said "It's not easy to be truly innovative in the office solutions arena. The Workplace Hub however represents a significant development for Konica Minolta, their customers, channel partners and the next generation of office workers. This is a well-deserved award."
Workplace Hub's unique proposition is that it's an all-in-one scalable IT solution, seamlessly integrating hardware, software and services into a multi-vendor platform. As the first entrant into this new market, Workplace Hub is a key player in the technology giant's intent to continue their innovation legacy that dates back over 145 years, and become a leading IoT services provider.
"From the very initial idea of Workplace Hub, we knew we had the potential to disrupt traditional product categories. But the challenge was not to only be a first entrant, but to produce a successful solution that simplifies IT for our customers and allows them to work smarter. With our Japanese heritage, it was important to us that the engineering and product development was high calibre, but we also wanted to make sure that the managed services and support is exceptional so that we can provide a truly all-in-one experience for the customer," explained Dennis Curry, Konica Minolta Deputy CTO and Technology Fellow.
This recognition continues Workplace Hub's award success, adding to its existing accolades given for its strategic brand communications and visual identity.
Read the full interview with Managed | 365 |
Ibrahimovic planning talks on extending Milan stay
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Ibrahimovic joined Milan in December 2019, and signed a one-year extension last summer to carry on in Serie A for another season in 2020-21
Serie A aims to raise 3.5 billion euros from domestic TV rights sale
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Italy's top flight soccer league Serie A aims to raise at least 1.15 billion euros ($1.4 billion) per season over the next three years.
Naples unites in grief over death of adoptive son Maradona
Fans streamed to Napoli stadium on Thursday to pay their respects to Diego Armando Maradona, grieving a man who achieved god-like status in the Italian city.
Mancini expects a fierce Serie a title race
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Juventus managed to win the Serie a title for the last nine seasons but this season it seems that they are not in their best form.
Roma hit back three times to hold leaders Milan
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AC Milan lost their 100 percent record in Serie A when a defiant AS Roma came from behind three times to draw 3-3.
U.S. billionaire Friedkin signs deal to buy Italy's AS Roma
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Roma said in statement that formal contracts with the Houston, Texas-based Friedkin Group were<|fim_middle|> priority now, Kolarov
Thu, 19 Mar 2020 - 12:47 GMT
UEFA decided earlier to postpone UEFA EURO 2020 to 2021 summer to give the local federations the proper time to complete the season.
What you need to know about German S-43 submarine joining Egyptian Navy
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Sheikha Mozah: The actual ruler of Qatar | signed on Wednesday.
Genoa survive again, Lecce relegated on final day of season
Mon, 03 Aug 2020 - 01:18 GMT
Genoa, Italy's oldest professional club, guaranteed Serie A survival on the final day of the season for the second year running on Sunday by beating Hellas Verona 3-0 while Lecce became the last team to be relegated.
Sarri says he had to tiptoe his way into Juventus
Tue, 28 Jul 2020 - 06:34 GMT
Winning Serie A appears to have become a formality for Juventus in the last decade, however, coach Maurizio Sarri said it was anything but straightforward after they clinched their ninth successive title on Sunday.
Atalanta's title hopes falter after 1-1 draw with AC Milan
Sat, 25 Jul 2020 - 03:30 GMT
Second-placed Atalanta moved up to 75 points with two games left to play.
Magnificent Milan thump Bologna for biggest win of the season
Sun, 19 Jul 2020 - 08:10 GMT
Algerian midfielder Ismael Bennacer scored his first Serie A goal as a rampant AC Milan thumped Bologna 5-1 to maintain their excellent recent form at the San Siro on Saturday.
Kessie penalty saved Donnarumma's blushes as Milan hold Napoli
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 - 07:00 GMT
AC midfielder Franck Kessie scored from a penalty to give AC Milan a 2-2 draw away to Napoli in Serie A on Sunday, sparing the blushes of his goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma whose mistakes provided the hosts with both their goals.
Dybala solo goal, Ronaldo rocket set up Juve win
Wed, 01 Jul 2020 - 08:25 GMT
Juventus secured a 3-1 win at lowly Genoa on Tuesday to stay four points clear at the top of Serie A thanks to a solo goal by Paulo Dybala, a long-range rocket from Cristiano Ronaldo and an exquisite curling shot by Douglas Costa.
Torino v Parma kick off Serie A return on June 20
Tue, 02 Jun 2020 - 07:29 GMT
Serie A will return after a three-month coronavirus-enforced absence on June 20 with Torino hosting Parma in the first of four postponed matches on the opening weekend, the Italian league confirmed on Monday.
No Serie A restart before June 14, says FIGC
Tue, 19 May 2020 - 05:26 GMT
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced on Monday that all its competitions, including Serie A, will remain suspended until June 14.
Serie A set for team training on May 18 with adjusted protocol - govt
Serie A clubs can return to team training from May 18 if they make adjustments to medical protocols, the Italian government announced on Monday.
Ibrahimovic returns to AC Milan
AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned to Italy on Monday after two months in his native Sweden, as Serie A prepares to resume group training in a week's time.
Serie A teams set to defy govt and return to training
Sun, 03 May 2020 - 09:36 GMT
Italy's 20 Serie A clubs on Friday reiterated their unanimous desire to complete the season as the northern Emilia-Romagna region became the first to open the way to training despite government restrictions.
Top Italian doctor against May restart for Serie A
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 - 09:09 GMT
A leading Italian doctor specialising in infectious diseases said on Monday he would be against Serie A restarting its season next month.
Napoli, Lazio backtrack on return to training
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 - 06:37 GMT
Italian clubs Napoli and Lazio have both postponed their planned return to training this week due to the coronavirus pandemic which has killed over 6,000 people in Italy.
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<|fim_middle|> (SIM). | Mr Curran is currently the Director of IT for PNY Technologies, a global technology leader within the Enterprise & Consumer Electronics Market. Established in 1985, PNY has over 25 years of business experience serving consumers, OEMs, and B2B.
Prior to PNY he was at Director of IT for ITC, a global leader in Point-Of-Care (POC) blood testing devices.
Before ITC he was at Cardinal Health where he was Director of IT in the PTS Healthcare Services Group.
Prior to Cardinal Health he was the Practice Director at ePresence, a project-based consulting company specializing in the pharmaceutical industry.
Lastly, Bill held numerous positions of expanding responsibility during his 11 years at Global Turnkey Systems, a software vendor specializing in ERP systems to the publishing industry.
Bill holds a BS in Computer Science from William Paterson University in NJ and is an active member of the Society for Information Management | 190 |
Wedding Day: Where You Get Ready Matters!
We had so much fun on this 70 degree day in November. Yes. You read that right. 70 DEGREES. We like to think the weather warmed up just for them. Congrats you two!
Congratulations you two! We had SUCH a great time with you and can't wait until your wedding in the summer!
With it being Halloween, we were welcoming the dark skies with open arms. Is it within our normal "style" of shooting? Not necessarily, but it sure did fit the theme of this elegant masquerade themed wedding on All Hallow's Eve. A poorly lit chapel to get the bride dressed in? Normally we'd be searching for a place with many more windows and brighter walls. But today it was perfect. Orange and black striped tights? Yes please. A skull mask and Deadpool shoes? More. We want more. Because today is a special day. It's Phil & Monika's anniversary of their first date. It's their wedding day.
And we couldn't have thought of a better way to celebrate! Seriously. Everything was amazing! The understated theme, all the masks, the dress colors, the gloves, the tails…yes. THE TAILS.
<|fim_middle|> years, we get a call from Sam saying that she's planning her wedding. What!??! And she wants us to photograph it. WHAT?!!? Sometimes life has a fantastic way of keeping people in your life, or bringing people together. We can't begin to describe what an honor it was to photograph this wedding of these two special people who have been 11 years in the making!
The environment was so genuine and relaxed when we got there. It wasn't until the ceremony started that one by one, everyone started to lose it. And it just kept happening throughout the day. Every time we turned around, someone was hugging one of these two and shedding a few tears. That is what overwhelming joy is, folks. ❤ And we can't think of any two people who are more full and more deserving of so much happiness and love. This day was truly a special one.
Congratulations Daniel & Sam! We are so excited to share this preview with you, and we can't wait to show you the rest!
When we got to Toledo Botanical Gardens, Mike & Emily were already there waiting for us. And it felt awesome to reconnect with them! We probably spent the first 5 minutes or so just catching up and chatting like old friends. It made taking pictures feel so natural and so easy because at that point, we were literally just hanging out and having fun!
These two are so joyful and so full of love and energy, they made our job easy. All we had to do was relax and sit back and let the magic happen right in front of us. Congratulations Mike & Emily…we can't wait to show you the rest of the pictures and of course, for your wedding day!
Bryant & Becca, here you are!
Watching your dreams come true!
Bryant & Becca got engaged. At Disney World. In front of Cinderella's castle! Why? Um, because it's awesome. Also, because Becca might be the biggest Disney fan you've ever met! It took us a minute to realize as we looked around our table at the wedding reception…but the hand mirror? The jar with the rose under it? The books? The candelabra??? We were totally sitting at the "Beauty and the Beast" table! So naturally we had to go exploring, but we also saw "Alice in Wonderland," "Snow White," and too many to recall. It was so, well…magical!
If we could describe Jake & Hannah in one word, it would be this: HILARIOUS.
We honestly don't remember the last time we laughed so much at a session! Now, if you've worked with us, then you know for a fact that we always act crazy, do little dances, and pretty much whatever it takes to get some real emotion out of you. But with these two? It didn't take much! They radiated joy no matter what we were doing or where we were. From skipping around and singing songs from "Into the Woods," to quoting Ricky Bobby, to complaining about how long men take to change…it was just nonstop.
Congratulations Jake & Hannah! We hope you enjoy this little preview, and we can't wait to show you the rest!
Or professional relationship began with Jason about four years ago when we met him at a wedding. It was pretty much love at first sight for us…he is SUCH an incredible DJ! Seriously…if you need a wedding DJ, call this guy. He's the owner of Book That DJ, and they are really top notch.
We hope you two are having a TON of fun on your honeymoon! We can't wait to have you over to show you the rest of the images once they're all done…and once again…THANK YOU for inviting us to play such a big part in your wedding day!
It was a wet, rainy day when we arrived at Nazareth this past Saturday for Scott & Kate's wedding. We were nervous that the weather was also going to put a damper on their moods. This was 100% not the case. 🙂 We LOVE it when we have couples who are adventurous or who do whatever it takes to get "the shot"! Even though it was FREEZING, and raining almost all day, these two were more than willing to go outside and play in the rain with us! And their bridal party? What a bunch of troopers!
Congrats again Scott & Kate! We are so happy we got to be a part of your wedding day, and can't wait to show you all the pictures! | Congratulations Phil & Monika! We hope you're having an amazing time on your honeymoon and we can't wait to show you the rest of the pictures!
Us becoming Cole & Stephanie's wedding photographers was simply meant to be. Let's start with the fact that there is a name shared here. :p And their last name? Starts with a "K". She is a nurse. Stephanie went to nursing school. If she'd do anything else, she'd be a photographer. Um. We ARE photographers. We'll even almost have the same anniversary! And we just kept running into each other everywhere we went. It's like the universe was trying to put us together.
Because these two are so much fun! They love to laugh, they are so genuine, are full of such amazing ideas, and Cole even walked a million stares even though that day was leg day. LEG DAY, people!
The weather held up for us, and Blaine and Ali both had some really cool ideas. It was so much fun to collaborate with these two and get some genuinely loving and silly images. Congratulations Blaine & Ali! We hope you enjoy this preview and can't wait to hand over the rest!
But we digress. When Stephanie worked at Applebee's her favorite hostess was this adorable 16 year old named Samantha Burdette. She was always so sweet, great at her job, and constantly talked about a boy named Daniel.
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Orawska Kolej Leśna (słow. Oravská lesná železnica, Lesná úvraťová železnica Tanečník – Beskyd) – kolej wąskotorowa w północno-wschodniej Słowacji, o rozstawie szyn 760 mm. Jest to fragment orawskiej części dawnej Kisucko-Orawskiej Kolei Leśnej (Kysucko-oravská lesná železnica). Długość jej czynnego odcinka wynosi 7 km.
Historia
Pierwsze pociągi ruszyły w tej okolicy w 1918 roku z Orawskiej Leśnej przez Zakamienny Klin do Łokczy (wówczas Erdutka), z odgałęzieniem na północ do Mutnego. Zwożono nią drewno z lasów należących do komposesoratu orawskiego. W latach 1925–1926 wybudowano odcinek o długości 10 km, łączący orawską wąskotorówkę z jej kisucką częścią (biegnącą z Vychylovki aż do Oszczadnicy). Trawersując pokonywane wzniesienia, pociągi kolejki, to jadąc w przód, to w tył, na długości 1,5 km pokonywały po stronie kisuckiej różnicę wzniesień wielkości 217,69 metrów (o pochyleniu dochodzącym do 73‰).
Po II wojnie światowej dobra komposesoratu upaństwowiono, a działalność kolejki osiągnęła szczyt w latach 50. W następnej dekadzie zwożenie drewna tym środkiem transportu przestało być opłacalne. W styczniu 1969 przewozy zawieszono, w związku z czym rozpoczęto demontaż torów i infrastruktury. W I etapie planowano rozebrać odcinki Mútne – Furandová oraz Birch – Zákamenné. Oficjalnie zakończenie działalności nastąpiło z końcem 1971. Z sieci liczącej 110 kilometrów torów ocalało tylko 8 kilometrów na odcinku Tanečník (przysiółek Orawskiej Leśnej) – Beskyd (w pobliżu przysiółka Demänová) – Chmúra, czyli praktycznie łącznik wybudowany w 1926 roku.
Uratowany dzięki protestom miłośników kole<|fim_middle|>zeum Orawskiego
Koleje wąskotorowe na Słowacji
Orawa
Powiat Namiestów | i wąskotorowych i uznany w 1972 roku za pamiątkę kultury orawski odcinek został pozbawiony jakiegokolwiek nadzoru. Po kilku latach część tą przejęło Muzeum Orawskie. Pierwsze prace rekonstrukcyjne zaczęto w 1996 roku, a na początku XXI wieku ruszyła systematyczna odbudowa zachowanej linii. 31 maja 2008 wznowiono ruch pociągów (tym razem turystycznych) na odcinku Tanečník – Beskyd. W przysiółku Tanečník znajduje się kasa, sklep z pamiątkami oraz niewielkie muzeum, natomiast przy przełęczy Beskyd, gdzie znajduje się najwyżej położony punkt na trasie kolejki (939,1 m n.p.m.), wybudowano dla turystów niewielką wieżę widokową.
Od strony kysuckiej od lat 90. XX wieku kursują turystyczne składy na trasie Kubátkovia – skansen – Chmúra, na długości 3,6 kilometra. Według planów w 2012 roku ma być możliwa przejażdżka na całym zachowanym odcinku – z Vychylówki (Kubátkovia) do Tanečníka (ok. 10,5 kilometra). Na odcinku Chmúra – Beskyd ma kursować drezyna.
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ARTICLE / SHORT READ
OR WAS IT THE BUTLER?
Jonathan Lynn / 1985
AS the first Hollywood movie based on a board game, all that could be expected from CLUE - an adaptation of Hasbro's Cluedo - were secret passageways, an array of deadly weapons and a spooky manor. After its initially underwhelming performance at the US box office, what was not expected was that this recipe for a comedic whodunnit could uncover a massive cult following. Accompanied by the tagline "It's not just a game anymore", CLUE was an unprecedented adaptation and surprised audiences with its goofy interpretation of the ensemble of first-time detectives.
The guests arrive one by one, aware only of their pseudonyms - each matching a Cluedo character's name - and the name of their host: Mr Boddy (Lee Ving). They are greeted by the butler, Wadsworth (Tim Curry), who welcomes them to the eerily quiet manor and is assisted by the epitome of French maid stereotypes, Yvette (Colleen Camp). The connection between the party guests is revealed to be political<|fim_middle|> received a different ending, each yielding a very different result regarding the murderer's identity. The array of endings reflects the unique power of a board game adaptation as Cluedo is designed to be replayed, resulting in a different ending with each play-through. Though CLUE does not rival equally thematic adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle, there are still enough surprises to have the audience guessing until the very end.
More short reads about SURPRISE >>> | blackmail, tying each of them to their host Mr Boddy who keeps their darkest secrets buried, for a fee.It should come as no surprise that the first casualty is Mr Boddy after a moment alone in the dark with his blackmail victims. With no reliable witnesses, fingers are pointed in every direction as this game of murder mystery gets truly underway.
As a narrative device within CLUE, murder is only ever presented as comedic; "Two corpses. Everything's fine", Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull) remarks after checking in on the first two victims. Though characters are brutally killed with a candlestick, revolver or lead pipe, the unyielding campiness of the film prevents us from feeling any tension or fear for the remaining characters.
CLUE prides itself on its slapstick approach to the otherwise serious world of murder mystery. It is packed with hyperbolic humour and a myriad of memorable one-liners, such as the serial-widow Mrs White's (Madeline Khan) comments regarding her many former husbands: "Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong and disposable". The only subdued aspect of the film involves the costuming. One would expect the characters to match their plastic precursors, but other than a glimmer of silver from Mrs White's coat, the remaining suspects subvert Cluedo expectations, preferring to dress in drab blacks and browns. This creates further intrigue as the audience are now unaware of what else might have been twisted in the adaptation process.
Boasting a trio of alternative endings, CLUE'S cinema distribution is what created its legacy for mystery as cinemas randomly | 326 |
Amy Wilcox General News Janiva Magness Rita Coolidge Scout Durwood
Mark your calendars! Don't miss out on Amy Wilcox, Rita Coolidge, Janiva Magness, and Scout Durwood this month! If you can't make the dates in January, several dates are<|fim_middle|>: Click here.
Scout Durwood's Show Dates:
2/27/2019 – Los Angeles, CA – The Virgil
Follow Scout Durwood on Spotify: Click here. | slated for February. All four women will be scattered across LA, each bringing their own, unique sound with them.
Here at Blue Élan it's about the music! It's about the artist! It's about collaboration!
Amy Wilcox Show Dates:
1/21/2019 – Los Angeles, CA – The Mint – (Grand Canyon)
1/29/2019 – Hermosa Beach, CA – The Lighthouse
2/22/2019 – Los Angeles, CA – Highland Park Bowl – (w/ Grand Canyon)
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Rita Coolidge's Show Dates:
1/25/2019- Agoura Hills, CA- The Canyon Agoura Hills
1/27/2019- Santa Clarita, CA- The Canyon Santa Clarita
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Janiva Magness' Show Dates:
1/30/2019 – Newport Beach, CA – Campus Jax
1/31/2019 – Hermosa Beach, CA – Sainte Rocke
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It's a wet and dreary August bank holiday, and if this weren't depressing enough, I'm having a fit of the miseries because I've been to see Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet. I bought tickets about a whole entire year ago and now it's all over and I have nothing to do but sit here limply on the sofa and think about maybe going out to buy some crisps. There's a big Hamlet-sized hole in my life and I'm not sure even salt and vinegar Hula Hoops can help me out with this one.
In<|fim_middle|> all's told, this was an extremely expensive evening: Barbican Red Membership plus the cost of the tickets, train and taxi fares, food, interval wine, theatre programme…once all that's totted up, there wasn't much change out of three hundred and fifty quid. But I'd do it all again, because mixed reviews and mild rumpus over unauthorised filming notwithstanding, this was an absolutely cracking evening.
I liked very much Jim Norton's Polonius, who made us laugh many times. This, I felt, was a shrewd move on the part of the director, because Polonius' death when it came was felt as the truly sad turn of events that it is, and the chaos which ensues was all the more understandable. Rosencrantz (Matthew Steer) and Guildenstern (Rudi Dharmalingam) were nicely under-played – another shrewd directorial move, because ever since the appearance of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, this pair can easily upstage everyone else. As my companion pointed out, for an actor to land either one of these roles now must be a woo-hoo! moment, because even though these are only bit-parts, everyone is looking out for you – it's like instant fame but without the hassle of having to memorise over 4000 lines. Under Lyndsey Turner's direction, Voltemand (Morag Siller) was (or felt like) the larger role – in fact, I don't think the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were even reported at the end, but I may be wrong there. I was facing a pile of corpses by that stage and felt heartily wrung out.
And what can we say about Benedict Cumberbatch? Well, look, I'm obviously not going to be able to give an impartial account here, but let me just say that he is mesmerising. As my companion said, when the soliloquies don't feel like soliloquies, you know you're in good hands. Astonishing stuff. I would go on, but then everyone might think that I massively fancy him or something. | fact, I'm not sure I have enough money left for Hula Hoops in any case, because when | 22 |
Arts & Culture Stories
L.A. considers boosting sales tax to fix broken streets
Written by Darrell Satzman Mar. 19, 2014 Environment
L.A. City leaders may ask voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase to fix thousands of miles of deteriorating streets and sidewalks. But it's far from clear whether Angelenos will agree to the tax hike. It's estimated that 35 percent of the city's roadways – a total of 8,200 miles – is either failing or close to failing. An even higher percentage of sidewalks are in bad shape. City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana says a half-cent sales hike would generate $4 billion or more for repairs over 15 years. L.A. voters rejected a half-cent sales tax increase last yearthat was designed to help the city recover from the economic downturn. Meanwhile, a proposal to fix streets and sidewalks by raising property taxes was abandoned before it could reach the ballot.
It was an embarrassment for MOCA in 2012 when artists John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Cathie Opie and Ed Ruscha quit in protest after popular curator Paul Schimmel was fired. Now all but Ruscha are returning to help direct a new management team at the LA museum. Mark Grotjahn will become the fourth artist on MOCA's board. MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch – who oversaw Schimmel's firing – resigned last summer and was<|fim_middle|> & Culture Stories Jan 5 Poppies and skulls commingle in fantastical airbrushed paintings Arts & Culture Stories Dec 15 Female protagonists and villains center in an artist's imagined Western Arts & Culture Stories Dec 8 | replaced by Philippe Vergne, who arrived from New York earlier this month. MOCA will hold a 35th anniversary gala March 29th.
Texas Governor Rick Perry is back in California on another trip to lure businesses to the Lone Star State. It's his third trip to California since last year. Perry ran an unsuccessful campaign for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. And he's widely expected to run again in 2016. Governor Jerry Brown has dismissed Perry's poaching trips in the past – but Perry says he can point to at least 50 companies that have relocated to Texas from other states in the past year.
The longtime head of struggling L.A. public television station KCET is stepping down. Al Jerome says he'll leave KCET in six months. His announcement comes on the heels of a financial report that questioned KCET's ability to survive. The station lost more than $12 million last year. KCET split with PBS four years ago in a dispute over dues. And it's lost much of its audience since then. KCET is a KCRW underwriter.
A 1,200 mile walk and bike ride will retrace the steps of a wandering wolf whose trek in 2011 across Oregon and California attracted worldwide attention. Members of the Wolf OR-7 Expedition say they hope their journey will help build greater acceptance of wolves as they reclaim lost territories across the West. OR-7 left northeastern Oregon in 2011 in search of a mate. Along the way he crossed territory that had not seen a wolf in decades. The expedition starts in mid-May.
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How do visitors like to experience art? What makes for an enriching museum visit? The Dallas Museum of Art undertook a groundbreaking seven-year research initiative to answer these questions, examining how people connect with art and identifying preferences and differing behaviors.
Ignite the Power of Art publishes these findings and provides a new understanding of museum visitors. It describes how these studies<|fim_middle|>, and develop new programs such as the Center for Creative Connections, the online Arts Network, and the Late Nights event series, all at the Dallas Museum of Art. Furthermore, the book describes how this research, which goes far beyond traditional demographic data and analyses, has transformed the Museum, unleashing a profound change in institutional thinking and paving the way for sustained innovation. Also included are interviews with community leaders who offer their perspectives and insights on the Dallas Museum of Art's remarkable revitalization.
Bonnie Pitman is the Eugene McDermott Director at the Dallas Museum of Art and serves on the Board of American Association of Museums. Ellen Hirzy is an independent writer and editor for museums, arts organizations, and other nonprofits. | have been used to build attendance, enhance exhibits | 9 |
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All you need to do is use different citation styles to attribute research to a prior author and you're free of any issues. It's also important to find the writing stage as a portion of the research process, not something which happens after you've finished reading the literature. There are a couple of characteristics of a superior research title but the most important thing authors want to bear in mind is that the point of the title is to hold the reader's attention and pique their interest in the remaining part of the research proposal.
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The Savannah South<|fim_middle|> horn about a dozen times at 3 am. | KOA is a good overnight stop with easy access to I-95 but just far enough away from the highway for some peace and quiet.
This is a very pretty property! There are lots of tall trees and shaded pull-thru sites. They have a real nice 35 acre fishing lake with lots of waterfowl.
This is a good campground if you're looking for a little quiet relaxation. The restrooms and facilities were clean but in need of a little remodeling. The staff was friendly and helpful. There were some permanent sites near the back of the campground, which turned us off.
Access was a little difficult for our large motorhome, and the pull-thrus were a little narrow, but we made it in OK. They had a coin-operated RV wash that was handy too.
A nice and busy place. There's a hunt club in the adjoining property, and between the two properties, there's a good flat dirt road for a mile and a half (each way) run, plus it's about a mile from route 17 (the entrance) to the end of the park (where there are permanent residents–nicely hidden in neat Kamping Kabins). So you can get in a nice walk or run. No wireless cable–a big disappointment. About 35 a night (30 with the KOA discount). A nice overnight, even with the garbage truck beeping its | 287 |
If you thought Meghan Trainor and her new hubby, Daryl Sabara, couldn't possibly get any cuter, we have some news for you.
On Dec. 22, the couple tied the knot with an intimate backyard wedding — but that doesn't mean they didn't do it in style. Trainor wore a stunning dress she wrote made her feel "like a princess." But Sabara had something of his own figuratively tucked into the sleeve of his classic black tuxedo… and when Meghan saw it her jaw dropped.
Enlisting the help<|fim_middle|> the clips below, and share to spread the love. | of Trainor's choreographer, Charm La'Donna, Sabara plotted to surprise Trainor during their wedding in the sweetest way. In one of three adorable clips, the 26-year-old "Spy Kids" star can be seen walking out and picking up a black top hat from the floor, placing it on his head.
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Analysis of semco and pixar animated studio as an example of innovative organizations
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Innovation is essential for the success of an organisation as an organisation that wants to be a market leader in today chaotic and complex business world must be receptive to new ideas and continue to be innovative. .However, many organisations fail to realise the significance of innovation leading to the eventual loss of market share just like Nokia, one timed market leader in mobile industry which lost mobile markets to Apple.
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Companies like Semco, Gore and Associate, 3M and Pixar have made a reputation for themselves due to their emphasis on creativity. Innovation is a product of collaborative learning, idea generation, sharing and idea realization practices of workers in an organization (Dovey, 2009, p.311). For innovation to occur an organisation must foster an environment and culture that give room for creativity which is what Semco and Pixar have achieved. To this end, this report will analyse Semco and Pixar as an exemplar of innovative companies and the relationship that exist between them using some key theories of innovation and the defining features and managerial actions that set them apart as innovative organisations.
SEMCO
Semco is a loose organisation that encourages innovation and self organisation leading to trust, collaboration and cooperation. Semco was a small family engineering company originally called Semler and Company established in 1952 in Sao Paulo, Brazil by Antonio Curt Semler and renamed Semco after Ricardo Semler, the 24 year old son of the owner resumed office as the new chief executive officer in 1984, firing more than half of the top managers on his first day of resuming office as chief executive officer and eliminated all secretarial positions (CNN, 2004). The company prior to Ricardo taking over was characterised with autocratic style of management with control and rules being the order of the day and operating at the edge of collapse. Ricardo Semler favours a participating style of management, profit sharing and free flow of information. The company product range includes dishwashers, pumps, mixers, cooling units for air condition, biscuits factories among others (Semler 1999, p. 1). It is one of the most innovative companies in the world and has become the subject of study for most business schools all around the world due to its peculiar management style. There is no organisation structure that feeds managers ego, subordinates choose their own bosses, employees set their salaries, production targets and achieve them at their own time, and are encouraged to participate, share ideas and also share in the profit (Semler 1999, pp.1-7, 130 &131).
Pixar animated studio was established in 1986 after Steve Jobs purchased the computer graphics division of Lucas films for $10 million with Ed Catmull being named co-founder and Chief technical officer, Smith as vice president alongside Steve Jobs (Price, 2008, p.74 & 85-197). In 2001, Ed Catmull was named Pixar's president. The company originally manufactures and sell hardware and software that enable computer graphics to develop animations. In 1987, the company began the making of short films with its first computer generated movie, Toy Story being released in 1995. The company which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Walt Disney acquired 2006 at $7.4 billion and located in Emeryville, California (Paik, 2007). The acquisition will help Pixar gain economies of scale and access to new technologies. Pixar has a range of films under its belt that has surpassed box office expectations from Rango, Hop, Toy Story 3, finding Nemo, the incredible and many others (Emerald Group Review, 2011). Its target audience cuts across all ages and nationalities and include families and children and its product range include short films in DVDs, soundtrack CDs, animated films among others (Price, 2008, pp.3-7). It fosters an environment that gives room for mistakes and encourages collaborations among teams and departments and devoid of micro management by executives to ensure creativity and innovation (YouTube-imperial college, 2009).
THEORIES OF INNOVATION USING EVIDENCE FROM SEMCO AND PIXAR
What makes Ricardo Semler and Ed Catmull exceptional in the way they run their companiesCould it be that they were born to innovation, an act of God, divine intervention, grace, or years of experience and acquisition of knowledge and educationAnalysts and business tycoons have called these men genius. Some critics of Semler and Pixar would have called the transformation at these companies as a gift from the gods. However, it is worthy of note that Semco was a company already in operation prior to Ricardo taking over and Pixar had several failed attempts before its major breakthrough in 1995 with Toy Story. Emerald group, 2011 quoted Ed Catmull in Harvard Business Review 'I don't think our success is largely luck. Rather, I believe our adherence to a set of principles and practices for managing creative talent and risk is responsible.' Was grace far from the transformation in these companiesRicardo was one of the youngest graduates at Harvard Business School who would have learnt some of the traditional management theories in school but choose to manage in a uniquely different way that suite his life and believes suite those of his employees. Moreover, having had an encounter with a doctor who told him to change his work style, he decided to change his way of management, a factor that has led to the key changes at Semco today. Thus innovation at Semco may be a combination of association having graduated from Harvard, accident-a chance meeting with the doctor, personality-considering that while at high school he raised some money for the school vacation program which he reinvested to yield a return before the vacation, feature of life and a bit of cognitive considering the fact that innovation at Semco had evolved over time. It is far from being grace or act of gods. Several forms of innovation can be said to have taken placed at these organisations. They are:
Organisational innovation: An organisational innovation is one that entails the implementation of a new organisational method in the firm's business practices, workplace or external relations (Stoneman, 2010, p.17; OECD, 2006). It is often intended to increase a company's performance through improvement in workplace satisfaction and labour productivity and access to knowledge. It entails an adoption of an organisational method such as flatter organisation structures, employees' participation among others that have not being used before in an organisation and often results from strategic decisions taken by management (Stoneman, 2010, p.18). Semco and Pixar posses a great deal of organisational innovation. Semco had implemented theories that have never being tried before such as the satellites programs that allow ex-employees to open their own companies with financial help and resources and become partners with Semco and employees cutting their wages by 30% to Semco at difficult times to get a higher returns when trading conditions get better. What drive such innovation are the organisational culture, structure and learning.
Social innovation: This is the innovation that supports and it is beneficial to the society. Pixar is an example of such innovation whose films though animated have a lot of influence on the society both young and small. Its latest film, hop for instance gives social lessons about the role of adult and children in society. Semco has also contributed to the Brazilian society through employment and a reduction in job cuts.
Traditional innovation: This is technological innovation and is measured in different ways such as through patents, expenditure and development among others. Semco and Pixar have shown a lot of innovation and creativity in technology with Pixar having a lot of patents. All these types of innovation create social capital which will be discussed later in this report.
FEATURES OF INNOVATIVE ORGANISATIONS OR MANAGEMENT ACTIONS
SEMCO and Pixar's success is built on a lattice or flatter organisational structure devoid of control culture that has gone through series of transformation through the years which has enhanced their innovative ability. An organisational culture devoid of control fosters innovation as individuals are giving the freedom to self organise and make their own decisions just like Semco where employees set their salaries and take decisions on production targets and the time they meet such targets (Semler, 1999, p.1). These companies have been able to manage innovation in the following ways:
Structure and culture: Organisational design is crucial to the continuous innovation of an enterprise. As the business environment becomes complex and uncertain, so is the organisational design changing to meet up with customers' demands for value maximising products. Traditional management scientists like Max Weber emphasised formal structure which is a top-down approach characterised with command, control, rules, position power and neglect social and psychological influences on behaviours of employees and teams (Burnes 2000, p.45). Employees are likely to respond to a good leader who they trust and respect than being managed in a bureaucratic way as argued by Adair 1986:54. Semco operates a lattice structure and considers all workers as equal and has reduced bureaucracy from twelve layers of management to three (Semler 1999, p.7). Reduced hierarch<|fim_middle|> growth, long term loyalty and increase and better productivity. To Semler, his interest is in the final result not where, how and hours worked (Easen, 2004). Freedom drives performance and encourages innovation. Staff can work better if given more independence (Handy, 2004). Semco adopts a participating or democratic management style that create an atmosphere where both bosses and subordinates ( partners and associate) interact regardless of jobs and position and all are involved in decision making (Semler, 1999.pp.6 &81). In the words of Semler (1999, p. 6), 'We don't have as many bosses as we used to. As workers began to exercise more control over their jobs and assume more voices in our policies, the need for supervisors diminished.' Having trust in individual will give them a sense of belonging and being wanted and encourage new ideas and sharing of ideas among one another. Semco and Pixar realised that the most powerful resources at their disposal are the people who make things happen in their organisations and have learnt to trust, believe in them and give them the freedom to express their innovative capabilities and drive production forward. Trust is seen as an outcome of social capital and shared values (Cote and Healy, 2001). However, the problem with freedom is that not everyone like being free. Some people want to be controlled and directed to get their job done. Some see control as a motivator. Moreover, some top managers may resist the need for reduced hierarchies for fear of losing control and power.
Social capital and Collaboration: At Semco and Pixar, there is collaboration and teamwork as people work together for common and shared values and not get in each others' way but are committed to the achievement of the common goal of the company. At Semco, employees participate in managerial decision not just relating to their jobs but the business as a whole. They are included in decisions that pertain to choosing who their boss becomes (Easen, 2004). Before people are hired or promoted to leadership positions, they are interviewed and approved by all who will be working for them, and every six months managers are evaluated by their subordinates. Semco has autonomous business units established by ex- employees who open their own business with help from Semco and have become partners, associate and collaborators and has made Semco a leaner and agile organisation (Semler, 1999 P.7). Also different departments and business units and teams work collectively to drive innovation forward at Semco and Pixar. Easen, 2004 reported Semler as saying that 'Growth and profit are a product of how people work together.' There is a balanced collaboration at Pixar as artist and technologists are paired together. Every offer or idea is accepted and then people get the chance to plus it (Nelsen, 2008). A term Nelsen called 'plussing'- taking an idea or a piece of work and find a way to add or improve upon it without judging it. At Pixar, collaboration means amplification whereby employees who are listening and interested in each other are joined together to work and bring separate depth to the problems and breadth that gives them interest in the solution as well as allow teams to communicate at different levels. The brain trust at Pixar is a framework or forum that gives an opportunity for some of the best brains to use their expertise and experience to share their understanding and knowledge with others and to get feedback. The Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation, OECD defines social capital as 'networks together with shared norms, values and understandings that facilitate cooperation within or among groups' (ONS, 2001; Cote and Healy, 2001:41). It is the glue that holds organisations together and enables employees to join forces more effectively and pursue shared objectives. In a culture of continual change and uncertainty,
sustainable communities are those who are collaborative and always growing with and towards each other in the formation, sharing and adaptation to new knowledge (Smith and Paquette, 2010). Some of the outcomes of social capital are social relations, trust, collaboration, mutually enforceable agreement, general reciprocity and innovation (ONS, 2001). In Semco there is mutually enforceable agreement resulting from profit sharing. In the past, Pixar had used stock to motivate employees and encourage them to stay. Also, the need to produce quality output at Pixar could be a form of mutually enforceable agreement (Price 2008, p. 114).
Pay recognition: Motivation such as adequate pay, interpersonal relations and work and group dynamics are some factors that increase productivity and workers satisfaction (Mullins, 2007, p.53). Employees will be committed to work if they are being paid fairly and feel that their contribution is appreciated in the organisation. Semco's employees set their salaries and share in the profits. As Semler (1999, P. 4) says, 'Profit-sharing is democratic. We negotiate with our workers over the basic percentage to be distributed- about a quarter of our corporate profit.' This has worked so well at Semco as there is very low labour turnover and when the need arises, those laid off are assisted to form their own company. Reward systems and benefits retain people and lead to workers' satisfaction, commitment and loyalty (Chiu et al, 2002). There were times when workers salary proposal were rejected in instances of over- statement. Contrary to this is the argument that financial rewards are not enough to motivate people and that group pressure has more influence on employees than financial rewards (Mullins, 2007, p.301). In addition, people also have intrinsic motivation derives from within the individual which propels them towards the need for self actualisation and fulfilment.
Learning and feedback/ Gives room for mistakes/Risk taking: Learning within projects teams depends heavily on the inflow and transfer of knowledgeable among them. Semco and Pixar are learning organisations. Such organisations give room for failure and learning from mistakes and encourage risk taking and have a wide tolerance for new ideas and do not punish mistakes. A learning organisation was defined by Johnson et al (2008) as, 'One capable of continual regeneration from the variety of knowledge, experience and skills of individuals that encourage mutual questioning and challenge around a shared purpose or vision.' Semler pointed out that mistake is welcome and a sign that the employee is taking enough risk. Without mistakes, there will not be learning and consequently, innovation will be stifled. Likewise at Pixar, continuous innovation requires that executives resist the natural tendencies to minimise risks and accept uncertainty to ensure originality and ability to recover from failures resulting from taking risks. It encourages creativity by allowing people to experiment with new ideas and mistakes genuinely made are treated as part of the learning process Emerald Group review, 2011). Mistake are not punished at Pixar but seen as building block for new ideas and innovation just like 3M. Pixar endorses and encourages a creative by rejecting hierarchical and controlled system, instead the taking of risks and recognizes the importance of serendipity in the creative process (Smith and Paquette, 2010) It has been argued that employees' collective knowledge exceeds those of the organisation and its capabilities and managers should aim at encouraging processes that unlock employees' knowledge and encourage information, knowledge and idea sharing which is the sort of environment both companies have created for their employees. As a narrator said, each movies produced by Pixar contains a combination of tens of thousands of ideas arising from risk taking, failure and learning. Ed Catmull said that 'Innovative people are failure recovered not failure avoider.' Both companies give room for reflection, learning and feedback. The benefits of learning cannot be over emphasis. Learning increases employees' commitment, improve quality as mistakes are identified. Senge 1999 reiterated that organisational learning leads to organisational performance.
Commitment: At Semco, everyone is committed to the achievement of the organisation's objectives as they all feel a sense of belonging and part ownership of the company arising partly from the profit sharing. Employees are seen as being importance and valued. A worker in an interview said if an employee is idle, another worker will often ask why he or she is not working, reminding him or her that failure to work will reduce their profits and subsequently reduction in money for their pockets. So there is peer pressure. If employees feel that they are being trusted to take decision on their own and self manage, they will be committed. Semco operates an egalitarian company where there is no preferential treatment. Parking lots are for first come basis and all employees eat on the same canteen. Meetings are held based on the first two employees to be present. This makes employees feel as being a part of the team and big family and give them a sense of being wanted by the company. By removing privileges of ranks, employees will see themselves as a wider community, thus feel comfortable voicing their opinion, leading to generation of new ideas.
Dynamism: Semco is a highly flexible company with no boundaries to the type of business and products, making it difficult to say exactly what kind of business the company is in. There is no fixed business and it is open to any form of business that comes their way. It is also characterised with the absence of business plans and company strategy. In the words of Semler (2003, p.4), ' Once you say what business you are in, you create boundaries for you employees, you restrict their thinking and give them a reason to ignore new opportunities as they will say we are not in that business.' Semco is so dynamic in its operations and processes that employees must not use one desk two days in a row. This is to make them difficult to track and are free to move and work anywhere that appeals to them be it home office. There is time flexibility as they are not concerned about when the employees arrive at work. However, contracts are negotiated on the basis of what to be achieved at a set period and what it stands to gain for paid value and what the employees get in return. It is a mutually enforceable agreement as both parties- employees and Semco benefit. Pixar, though in a core line of business of animated films, it is not to say it is not a dynamic company as different forms of films that benefits both adult and children have being produced over the years.
There is effective communication at both companies due to the organisational culture and flatter structure devoid of control. There is information, idea and knowledge sharing. At Pixar, technologists communicate with the artists.
SUMARY AND CONCLUSION
Semco and Pixar are said to be innovative even though the companies are different in what they do and how they approach innovation. Nevertheless, some common factors in both companies is the delegation of a large amount of control to their employees and absolute freedom to take risk and give room for mistakes and failure, giving them freedom to generate new ideas and thus take a more active role and commitment. Both companies have decentralised the management structures to get employees more involved in decision making and give them a sense of belonging. They have created a culture that gives room for mistakes, failures, sharing of information, and ideas. There is also collaboration between employees, teams, departments, business units and partners, trust, social capital, communication, lack of micro-management and similar organisational culture and structure which encourages innovation. However, both companies differ in a number of ways such as absence of profit sharing at Pixar, languages, products, country of location and time scales.
Having carried out a detailed analysis of Semco and Pixar, it is possible that what works at these companies can be applicable to other companies. However, some disadvantages will be accrued if these features are applied in another company characterised with hierarchical control culture and structure such as resistance from top management who are control freaks and unwilling to relinquish power. Moreover, not everyone will be able to self manage as some people like being controlled and told what to do. In addition, that trust and freedom work well in these organisations does not mean it can be implemented in other organisations as differences in culture and environment will play a role in determining its effectiveness in another company with different organisational culture and business environment. Having said this, nothing is worth not trying, so these managerial actions that have worked so well in these organisations can be applied to other organisations. The reward may not be seen immediately, but in the long run, it will pay off.
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Organizational Culture And Leadership Styles Education Essay | ies and high involvement will lead to faster decision making and idea generation and information sharing, leading to innovation. Formal organisational structure stifles individual creativity. In the words of Semler, authoritarianism diminishes productivity and as such no privileges or rules that discourages flexibility (Semler, 1999, p. 4). At Semco, People are made to enjoy their job and feel good about themselves, not just to survive. Business strategy in the company is determined without interference from the top. Similarly, Pixar is free from the thick layers of formal management and executives are not involved in the day to day running of the organisation. All employees are equally important and all work together for the success of a story. Both companies are devoid of micro-management which ensures creativity and innovation. To have these kind of organisations require a conducive organisational culture that is devoid of control. In the words of Ed Catmull, 'Management really doesn't tell people what to do.' Thus both companies give employees freedom to take risk and there is reflection, learning and feedback. However , not everyone can work in an environment with such a structure as some people like being told what to do, also, people wants to know what their responsibilities are and who they are report to while others do not like responsibility. It means that such environment will attract liked minded individuals.
Trust and Freedom: Due to the flexible organisational structure and lack of formal reporting structures, employees can be trusted to carry out their roles. However, there is a tendency for employees to abuse the system giving the few reporting structures. Semco has absolute trust in her employees and encourages them to be self managing and governing and have made partners with them. There is so much trust that Semco made entrepreneurs out of its workers through assistance with setting up their own company through its satellite programs, buy from them and encourage them to sell to its competitors. One will assume trust will not be a possibility giving the large number of employees of over 3000. Semco has defiled business school expectations and has gone as far as allowing workers to participate in managerial decision making from deciding how much they get paid, to unlimited access to financial information and freedom to work whenever and wherever they choose and meet targets at their own set time and set their salaries which has resulted in impressive | 466 |
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I was trying to figure out the best word to summarize the week. The first word that came to my mind, revelation. I had too much of it in one week, both on the positive and negative sides. Of all the things revealed to me, something disheartening stood out. It made me question some friendships I nurtured many years ago. I thought those years were more than enough to withstand anything. As it appears, I never learned. Even the strongest and longest friendships can be withered. While my heart is yearning<|fim_middle|> I will still be given the chance to teach next school year. Much of it can be explained by the transition period of the K-12 system. On the next school year, colleges and universities will not have freshmen and sophomore students. There will be lesser teaching assignments and being a part time faculty member, I'm aware that I'm not a priority. I'll be stuck with my office work, while waiting for another set of drastic changes to be implemented. | to save what has been left, my attempts planted more wounds. It made me discover more things I wished I never knew.
Burning bridges has always been my last option. I've done it once and I don't intend to be in the same place again. Even if it meant, the bridges I burned will eventually light the way. With all the circumstances, I guess I have to stick with the good old ways. Hold on to my silence and wait for the day when I can say, all wounds have been healed.
While another sad experience dominated the past week, there are still some positive stories that happened in between. First on the list is the unexpected long weekend. Aside from the Labor Day, work was suspended last Friday. I gained some freelance works and the usual pre-weekend dinner with my friend A. Here are other beautiful things that made the past week through photos.
Happy Mail -Thank you for the postcards, Marieken and Terra It is always a great day whenever I arrive home with your postcards.
Because I failed to post my journal entry last week, I'm making two entries. :) My recent journal addiction is the clear stamps from National Bookstore. It took me some time before giving in because finding an acrylic block was a challenge. I was able to purchase one from Lazada and another from an Instagram based seller. Also in the photo are vintage stickers and labels, another journaling item I love to hoard lately.
And another set of items that define my shallow happiness - Book from Mother E, personalized cards from Leah, vintage stickers and the free postcard from Papemelroti.
I wanted to end this post on a positive note. I'd like to believe that there's always a silver lining behind everything. I probably lost something valuable today. Perhaps, the space left can make room for emerging friendships and opportunities I have yet to explore.
The month of April flew so fast for me. A few weeks ago, I remember feeling sentimental because another semester has ended. Then the annual graduation came, with our usual role behind the scenes. The Holy Week came in perfect timing as it provided the much needed break. The happenings over the past week were too much for me. It felt like a week was not enough for everything. The week started fine, some good things happened in between but in the end, there were so much worries, disappointments and some questions of regrets? I always have the tendency to overanalyze everything. While I advocate for simplicity, there are days when paralysis by overanalysis happen to me. I'll be faced with the most analyzed options. In the end, I will make the least reasonable decision. Beat that! Hahaha When will I really grow up?
On the positive side, we're having an unexpected long weekend. Hoping to spend it making the best memories.
When one of my major projects ended, I thought the remaining weeks will be slow and relaxing. Monday started with an appreciation lunch for the team and the rare times I reached home early. The succeeding days went surprisingly crazy and exhausting. Receiving news about death. Discovering works to be accomplished. Cramming for preparations. Rendering my usual contribution in the pre-graduation activities. The most that drained me was something that happened before the week ended. It was one of those days when someone made me feel stupid and disrespected. My saving grace was as always, the company of a great friend. Had it not because of my friend A, I would suffer from another drama anthology. Hahahaha We spent the remaining hours of the week with pizza, pasta and tons of heartbreaking stories. Shallow as it seems, all I needed is a friend who never gets tired of listening.
Everyone here is looking forward for the upcoming week, the Holy Week break. Everyone is on vacation mode. In my case, I'm all contented with my slow and quiet time at home. It's like the usual weekend, except that I have longer time to rest and opportunity for another family reunion. I hope one of my cousins would take time organize a family lunch or merienda.
Happy Mail, thank you Terra!
I seem to follow a default pattern in writing my Sunday posts. Pardon the boredom but my creativity juices were also drained by the summer heat. :p And for those who have been reading my posts, you can easily predict how this post will end. I saw my crush this week hahahahahaahaha Unfortunately, the encounter was useless and frustrating. (insert teenage tantrum here) Hahahaha It also didn't help that I saw some demotivating posts about him on Facebook. I somehow regret doing some online stalking. Nevertheless, I'm not giving up. :D The battle is still alive, same goes with the setback that happened before the week ended. Aja, aja!
This weekend has been one of the most awaited. Contrary to expectation, I don't have travel plans or any activity to look forward. I just wanted to rest. The past work week has been the most exhausting this year. It entailed reporting for work at 7 am and leaving the workplace beyond 9 pm. Running around offices again like a headless chicken. Revising a 100 page document within the day. Waiting for results until 9 pm. I have anticipated all the exhaustion at the end of the week. Hence, I filed a leave on Friday. My rest day started with a trip in Binondo with my cousin. We walked the entire stretch of Ongpin, ate hand pulled noodles, dimsum, and capped the day with some shopping at 168 mall. I was tired but not stressed. It was refreshing, despite the summer heat and relaxing to temporarily escape from reality.
I have so much stories written in my planner. Some are worth sharing and the rest, I have to keep it to myself. My recent project enabled me to work with another group of colleagues. Hats off to my colleagues, who rendered unwavering support and cooperation. My heart is overflowing with gratitude. The least I can do is treat them for lunch. We ate the best barbecue and fresh green salad to end a successful endeavor. In a way, I also felt that I gained new sources of friendships. Thank you L, P, J, D, and N! Let's continue working, hoping and praying for the best!
My loot from Binondo - When in Binondo, most people visit the popular Eng Bee Tin stores. In my case, I prefer the old Salazar Bakery. I love their ready-to-eat tikoy rolls. I also bought a childhood favorite, Haw Flakes and sunflower seeds. Also in the photo is a charm bracelet given by my cousin. Thanks Ite A!
What weekend mornings are made of - Enjoying freshly squeezed juice, brojas biscuits, and a nice coffee table book define the best weekend morning.
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Today you are nine years old. As I wrote you your lunch note yesterday, I reflected a bit on the past nine years – or rather, eight years and 364 days – how quickly it feels like it's gone by. How it seems that one day, I was sitting in the back seat of the car, hunched protectively over your infant car seat on your trip home from the hospital, wondering just when the rest of the world became such bad drivers and started listening to their stereos so loudly — and then I blinked and you're executing an arabesque on a balance beam in front of hundreds of people.
And while I'm not, nor have I ever been that mom that mourns each phase that passes (be relieved, sweet daughter, it means that you probably won't have to tolerate quite so much crying from me), I still hope that I'm treasuring each moment as I should – embracing every second of this time. Sometimes I'm afraid that it will take just one more quick blink and I'll be watching you cross a stage, accepting your diploma and moving towards whatever next stage of greatness awaits you.
Slow down a little, world.
This has been such an amazing year for you – and I probably say that every year – but frankly, girly, you just get more and more amazing as each year goes by. I'm not just saying that because I'm your mother – there really isn't a contract that says I have to compliment you – but I do because I mean it.
In the past year, I watched you give gymnastics a real try – despite the rocky beginning, you have really grown so much as an athlete. I look at you practice and I see how strong you've gotten, how much more confident you look when you're executing a new skill. I see muscles where you once had none. I see an excitement when you master a stunt, a sense of pride. And while those achievements are your own – I had nothing to do with them, the practice and hard work is your own – I am still so proud when I see you.
I go to your meets and I think to myself when I see you, "That one – the one with the long blonde ponytail. She's mine." I sit and with camera pressed to my face (of course), I am glued to each routine, from the second you take the floors to when you look at the judge when you've completed the routine. All the while I think to myself, I am so proud of her.
I hope I tell you often enough how proud I am.
This year, I started leaving notes in your bag every day – I wanted to be sure that each day you know that you mean a lot to me, that you're special to me, and how much I love you. When I found that pile of notes in your cubby, when you said you were saving them, it made my heart so truly happy – because I am glad that they mean something to you, also. I never wanted you to question that each day you are on my mind, each day you are in my heart. Always.
Yesterday, you received a card with birthday money in the mail – you told me<|fim_middle|> favorite flower place today and almost bought myself a pot of gerbera daisies and then realized that attempting to grow something would be futile because the soil here is full of clay and because the puppy would dig anything pretty out of the ground within days. So I bought a bouquet of tulips. They're gorgeous and it's okay that in a few days they'll wilt and die. I'll buy new ones after that.
8. Went to see Bridesmaids on Sunday (along with everyone else in the universe, I think). And yeah, I thought it was funny. It also reminded me why weddings are such an unbelievable pain in the hind end. ALL THOSE WEDDING SHOWERS. And PEOPLE. Then again, my last wedding experience was my sister's, and the massive amounts of dealing with her in-laws-to-be made for some…interesting times.
9. I have a new shampoo and it is eucalyptus-y. It smells good and makes my head feel happy. Speaking of – the other day, I mentioned on Twitter how one of my favorite parts about getting a hair cut is having my hair washed at the salon before hand. I guess I'm not the only one! A lot of agreement there… it's the best, right?
10. One of the best parts about summer approaching is that it's nearly county fair season. I actually don't love county fairs – but do you know what I DO love? Elephant ears! Can't wait.
*Nope, not talking about it. Again.
Note: I developed a habit in college of writing with my screen turned off — not really paying attention to the words, just figuring if I could get the words out first, I'd edit them into something coherent later. So… That's what I'm doing now. While I can't turn the screen off (that I know of, I probably can but I'm too lazy to look it up), you'll basically get a few minutes of brain spew. You'll see how it is up in that brain of mine – like little hamsters running around all around up in there. It's scary. Really. Are you ready? Here goes.
Sometimes a craving for cake will strike me out of the blue. I don't even really like cake – but tonight, I was craving cake. Not just something sweet – I'd had a granola bar and was still thinking I needed something a little bit more…cakier… but CAKE. My friend had passed on that Nutella in a coffee mug cake recipe to me the other day. That cake, THAT is going to be the death of me… or the death of being able to fit into my pants.
The weather is gray here. I spell gray with an a, gray. Some people don't. Grey. How do you decide which way you'll spell it? I prefer it with the a – is it a regional thing? Something that varies by country?
That Nutella cake requires a big glass of milk. Preferably really cold.
I saw a bit of Extreme Couponing tonight. Those people kind of scare me – makes me wonder how much time they spend on the whole coupon thing. All that research and planning? Bleh. And so help me if I ever end up behind one of them in the grocery store. I mean – I wonder, do you just watch the whole process impatient and annoyed or do you feed off their excitement, I wonder. Every clip I saw required the store management to intervene somehow, and I just picture standing in line, twenty minutes later wondering why in the hell anyone needs 58 packages of string cheese at once.
I have a stack of pictures in frames that need to be hung up. It's been months and I keep framing my favorite shots and I keep stacking the pile higher and yet my photo wall isn't even started. I can't pick a wall – isn't that crazy? In my head, I can visualize what picture I want placed where. I can even tell which pictures I haven't yet framed but need to – but I have no idea what wall I'm visualizing. Seems like there's not the space I need in a place where anyone else will see them.
Tonight after dinner, I went for a drive to the store. I wanted saltines because I had forgotten to buy them earlier – I'm forgetting everything this week. My mind is scrambled and I am having a hard time rubbing two thoughts together and coming up with anything semi-coherent. I was in the car, driving, sunglasses on and found my eyes filled with tears.
The crying over a job I don't even like has been the most surprising thing about getting laid off.
I pushed my sunglasses out of the way to wipe a tear out of my eye and not a quarter mile down the road I realize… I don't think I can totally see. I propped my sunglasses up and realize, yep, there's my contact lens STUCK TO MY EYE LID. I pulled over to dig through my purse hoping to find some eye drops to clean up my contact and pop it back into my eye.
I got the contact back in anyway (It wasn't easy and I imagine I now have all kinds of car bacteria in my eyeball).
That stopped the crying, though. For that moment.
I have friends who are very excited about this time for me – clearly people, uh, less resistant to change than I am. I have possibilities and I have potential. There will be opportunities and this is my chance to find work that I am passionate about – work that makes me happy.
I don't know how many times I said (and not entirely in jest) that my job was sucking my soul out — heh, I can blog that now that I don't have to worry about getting fired – so, I should be relieved. I should be grateful. I should be doing the happy dance (Anyone remember the tv show Perfect Strangers and the "Dance of Joy"? I mean – I should be doing that!).
In my mind, I think it's just a matter of getting through the next few days. Of getting past that mental road block – I need to physically close the door on this chapter – and then, THEN, I will feel some of this excitement that other people feel for me already. This adventure, this moment, this time.
April Showers Bring…May Showers. OH, and flowers.
This is the first time I've actually entered an I Heart Faces challenge, though I always mean to and then realize too late that I missed the deadline. Queen of missing the boat, that's me. But this week's challenge is flowers and I LOVE TAKING PICTURES OF FLOWERS.
2. Wherefore art thou, spring? Currently, it's 80 degrees. Humidity is 64% which is code for "Sarah is wearing a ponytail". The middle of the road seasons are my favorite – and I hope that things cool down and we get more of a taste of spring again before getting bombarded with all this stupid HEAT.
3. "This is the week you turn to your guitar to cheer you up when you feel like things aren't going your way." Or so says my guitar teacher, in a combination of trying to uplift me and probably wishful thinking because I didn't even open my guitar case with the chaos of last week. Today, she threw Jack Johnson's "Holes to Heaven" at me because she liked the riff.
4. Despite the ugly heat, I went for a run this afternoon and actually made decent time and didn't feel like curling up in a ball in the gutter from exhaustion. TWO BIG THUMBS UP.
5. When I said the folks at LoveDrop had a fan for life – I really meant it. Even though the Love Drop for my lovely friend Katie is complete, I have stuck around because I really like what this group is doing. This month, the goal is to help a family in Louisiana. The goal? To get them a car. If you have connections in the automotive industry and can help them reach this goal, or even if you don't and just want to see how you can help otherwise, please be sure to visit Love Drop and let 'em know.
7. A while back, I wrote here about the book We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel . Today, I see that they have made a movie from this book – starring Tilda Swinton and it debuted at Cannes to good reviews. While I don't often care for movie adaptations of books, I'd be curious to see this one. The book was horrifying and gripping and just… I just got goosebumps recalling it. I had to read this book in small doses – but it was tremendous. I hope the movie measures up.
8. As the school year comes closer to its end, the number of activities increases ten-fold: field days, field trips, and performances (Oh my!). Both girls have numerous events in the next several weeks – I'm gonna be one busy mom. Guess it's a good thing I have a lil more free time right now, huh?
9. Speaking of school, earlier in the school year, I did a rude thing and I set up a filter in my email so that all emails from the PTA would skip my inbox altogether and go directly to a folder that I could review at my leisure. The reason being was that those PTA parents are email-happy – I was getting NUMEROUS emails daily (I'm not even ON THE PTA), and then all the replies to the emails. It was working quite well, until today. Today, my email is getting bombarded with "reply all" messages to the request for food for the staff appreciation luncheon (I'll offer to bring cookies – y'all know I can't cook).
10. The warm weather brings me the reminder that I probably do not drink enough water. I get on these hydration sprees regularly – and will consume massive amounts of water…for a few days before giving up. Today is a "guzzle lots of water" day. It's also a "spend a lot of time thinking about how much you have to pee" day.
*No, I am not being paid or sponsored to talk about PopChips, though, hey, PopChip people… call me. You can pay me in PopChips. Really. I don't need money, just chips. Lovely, savory, crunchy, salty, yummy barbecue chips. FOR LIFE. Nom nom nom.
I feel like a broken record sometimes when the things that have been on my mind most frequently are, Okay, what next? Now what? When am I going to get that resume written? Oh my god, does this mean I have to figure out LinkedIn?
I really don't want to figure out LinkedIn.
At the beginning of 2011, I said to myself, "Self, this is the year you find work that you are passionate about." While I am and always have been passionate about receiving a paycheck, admittedly the work I have been doing has not been fulfilling in a long time. And sure – it was once – when I was working on projects I felt I could be proud of – when I was accomplishing things that not just any hobo off the street could do. Those were the days when I felt pretty proud of myself and liked my job.
And so that is what I seek – to make a difference, to find work that makes me happy, to work with people that I truly like. I need autonomy – and I bristle under micromanagement (which is why working from home has been a good thing for me – I'm motivated, for sure – and I can get things done. I get things done even faster without being directed on every. little. detail.).
Is that job out there?
I think it is. I'm sure it is. | last night, "I think I know what I want to spend it on! CHAPTER BOOKS!" You are a reader – and this makes me so completely happy. You're a good student all around, actually – but the reading, well, that steals my heart. Life is never boring if you have books and you love books. When you have a love for words and understand the magic of words, the world is a wide open expanse of possibility – and there is nothing to hold you back from whatever adventure you seek – between the pages or beyond.
Happy birthday to you, my daughter. You are nine today. You were a part of my heart before I even held you in my arms. Once I saw your face, I knew I'd go to the ends of the earth to show you that you are loved, that I love you, that you mean the world to me. I will say it often, and if I'm not saying it know that I'm thinking it. And if I'm being a grouchy, cranky mom, know that not far beneath that, my love for you is still there ALWAYS.
I love you with my whole heart and I am SO SO VERY LUCKY to be your mom.
When I was a teenager, I once upset my grandmother by refusing a slice of cake. I can't remember the reason – was I simply not hungry, was I in one of my "I don't think I'll eat today" phases, was it a calorie counting thing, was it a "you want me to eat this and I don't want to do what you want me to do" thing. Odds are, it was far nothing more calculated than not being hungry – I have and have always had an insane sweet tooth.
But to her, it was an unbearable slight – to her, I hadn't just rejected her cake but her love, love that she put together with her own two hands. Ingredients that she pulled off the shelf, out of the refrigerator, butter and sugar creamed together for the sole purpose of sharing cake with her grandchildren.
In the speech that I wrote for her funeral I said that food was her love language. I didn't realize it when I was younger – had I known, perhaps I'd have accepted that slice of cake. I'd have eaten bite after bite, until finally, pressing the tines of my fork to the plate I would have captured every final crumb to savor in my mouth.
I remember when I was young thinking how trivial it was – who gets upset over cake?
And then as I get older, I realize more and more than often it is how I show my care and my concern and my heart is through food.
Not through my cooking – because lord knows, that might put you in the hospital with food poisoning or a terminally bored palate – but I bake.
Like my grandmother, I don't like to arrive somewhere empty handed.
And when a birthday rolls around, yes, you better believe there will be cake.
Unfortunately, in my quests to show my care and my love and heart in the form of a birthday cake – I always have these grand visions. It started on The Princess's first birthday. I envisioned this tiered cake – smoothed with buttercream frosting, a different color frosting on each layer. Each layer would have a different design – one stripes, one polka dot, and so on.
Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans.
Actually, what DO they say about the best laid plans? I don't know.
Anyway, which the cake was delectable and every bite was devoured – it was ugly as hell. And even today, years later as I had grand visions of the cupcakes I would make for The Princess's gymnastics team tomorrow, I muttered and swore and wrapped myself in frustration that my vision wasn't coming together on that damn cupcake.
As if somehow, perfectly piping those sunflower petals in yellow-orange frosting would show her just how much I love her – would show her how my life has changed since she has been in it. As if this pastry, surely to be gobbled down in three bites could even come close to saying what she means to me and how happy I am to be her mom, and what my world is like with her around.
I scraped off the marred frosting. Smeared a new layer on and doused it with sprinkles. I could never make a cake that tells her how much I love my daughter, but hopefully my words say it often enough that my cake doesn't have to.
1. Um. No, not really – but nearly through my first week of work I have established some contract work with my former employer (Yes, I kind of anticipated that would happen – it's a short term opportunity, but that's okay), and I am in the process of designing some flyers for the whole "girl who takes pictures" thing – because with upcoming senior pictures and family pictures that hit in the summer – it's prime time for my favorite kind of photography… PEOPLE!
2. Today is my last guitar lesson for the next few months – I'm so sad! I'll miss it – it's funny how 30 minutes a week can be such a huge part of my week. One of the most joyful and FUN things I do, and I'll miss it.
3. The end of the school year activities? Gettin' INSANE. Field day, field trips, permission slips, five dollars here and there, pack a sack lunch, wear appropriate shoes, bring sunscreen, don't bring glass, award programs, singing programs, make playdough, send in Michigan memorabilia – la la la. I can't even begin to keep all of this straight and I have it written down in a few places. Today is field day and none of those little pieces of paper say WHAT TIME THE DARN THING STARTS.
5. Speaking of The Princess – she ROCKED her gymnastics meet last weekend – two blue ribbons, two red. I'm very proud of her. Am amazed every time I see her compete – the confidence she radiates blows me away. Where did that come from? The amount she has progressed in the past year has been truly TRULY exciting to watch.
6. The other day, Pumpkin told me, "Mom, when I grow up, I want to be a paleontologist. And I want to own a wig store and call it Things For Your Head." Never EVER a dull moment with that one.
8. I have thrown away several socks over the past few weeks. ALL of my socks are deciding to get a lil bit holey lately. Makes sense, when you figure I bought them all at the same time and YES I AM BLOGGING ABOUT SOCKS. Shush.
10. No new music this week, but I still cannot recommend The Civil Wars "Barton Hollow" album enough. I love it so so muchly.
Oh Sarah, seeing as how you don't actually have a job right now, maybe you should LEARN TO MAKE YOUR OWN FREAKING COFFEE?
And just as quickly as the previous chapter came to a close, the page turned and another began.
Begun? Began? Whatever. You didn't come here for the grammar. Unless you did, in which case… I'm so sorry.
After two weeks of what I can only describe as an emotional roller coaster featuring much crying and hand wringing and "OHMYGODWHATAMIGOINGTODONOW"s, my last day of work arrived Friday with minimal fanfare. I woke up, I got dressed, got the kids on the bus, went to an appointment, went for coffee (uh, venti. When you lose your job, it's a venti-day), then had time to spare so I puttered around Target before leaving to get to my 10:30 appointment.
Once I arrived? The manager of my department was… get this… LATE.
Let me tell you, when you've spent two weeks feeling sad about the end of an era and you actual sob real Oprah ugly-cry tears when you log off your work laptop for the last time, and you take a picture of the sign outside your former office building (oh yes I did), and THEN THEY ARE LATE FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT?
Um, it's easy to take that sadness and that last littlest bit of mourning and think to yourself, I think I'm done now. I'm over this. Let's get this shizz done and get on with it.
And when he arrived – nearly twenty minutes late – I was already over it. I didn't (as I so many times feared I would) cry during the meeting. I dotted the i's, crossed the t's, signed what needed to be signed, gave instruction about things that needed to get done and how. Yes, even after I've been let go, I still want to be sure things get done. I'd like to say that I was badass and was like, "Figure it out yourselves, yo!"… but, that's not me. There's a bit of ownership over the work I've done – and letting it go was difficult. While I'd love for them to realize EVENTUALLY just how much I truly rock – they will figure things out and find their way and what has to get done will get done somehow and that's not mine to worry about any longer.
Then, I hit my favorite trail and spent an hour in the sun walking around the lake with my iPod on and music in my ears and sun on my face.
I don't know what's ahead. While I certainly don't want this to turn into the "Oh, look, I still don't have a job" blog – it seems to be what is most prevalent in my life at the moment. Today was my first real "unemployed" day and I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to spend all this time because let me tell ya, I'm not going to start loving cleaning just because there's nothing better to do.
I challenged myself in the new year that I was going to find work that challenges me, work that I am passionate about. And then, I promptly stayed put at that job because it was (and is) what I know.
That's no longer an option.
I am, however, really bored. Already.
1. The Nutella cake I referenced in last night's post? Here's the recipe. I think it should be served with vanilla ice cream. Trust me, I know these things.
2. I have not bought any new music this week – which is just not quite right and I need to remedy that promptly. What's your favorite song these days?
3. I turned on American Idol for a few minutes last night. And then muted it. And then stopped paying attention. I think I am over it.
4. I spent the earlier part of the week reading a book so tense and awful that when it was done, I put it down and promptly picked up the biggest fluffiest book in my to-read pile to give my brain a break from people doing meth and killing people. What an awful book that last one was. I'm not sure why I finished reading it – you hit a point in a book sometimes where you've invested so much time, that to give up seems like a waste. I have GOT to learn to be able to just GIVE UP on bad books.
5. "What do you want to learn today?" my guitar teacher asked me. I shrugged. We just wrapped up Ryan Adam's Desire (Oh how I love that song), and I hadn't really thought ahead for anything else that I might want to learn. "Surprise me," I replied.
6. As we wrap up our first year of competitive gymnastics, The Princess was very bummed that she is not yet being promoted to the next level. Skillwise she is just SO CLOSE that I hope that maybe if she can completely master her handspring, they'll move her up. If not, they don't. Sometimes it's nice to be the big fish in the small pond.
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Review: Despite Charming Leads, 'Admission' Doesn't Quite Deserve a Place In Your Heart
By Kate Erbland · Published on March 22nd, 2013
What if Tina Fey and Paul Rudd finally starred in a movie together – as romantic foils, no less — and it somehow managed to be just barely charming or funny or sweet or real? Too bad, that movie now exists and it's Paul Weitz's Admission. Based on Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name, Admission features Fey as Portia Nathan, a go-getter of the highest order, a Princeton admissions officer who relishes her work (which she is, it must be noted, quite good at), while ignoring a number of hiccups in her personal life. When Portia finds out she's up for a promotion (against her co-worker Corinne, amusingly and sharply played by Gloria Reuben), it makes the news that her dirtbag boyfriend (Michael Sheen, at his caddish best) has left her for a pregnant Virginia Woolf scholar go down just a bit more smoothly.
But how can Portia make her work really stand out in the eyes of her boss (played, of course, by Wallace Shawn)? What can Portia offer that Corinne can't? Well, Paul Rudd. Sort of. A former college acquaintance of Portia, Rudd's John Pressman has recently started his own offbeat alternative school and he's got one hell of a candidate for Princeton. Nat Wolff's Jeremiah is a charmer with a wealth of unique talents, a hunger for learning, and an adorable sprit. Oh, and Portia? He might be that kid that you gave up back in college. That you haven't thought about for years. That you've never once mentioned wanting to see. And John knows it.
Admission gamely tackles a wide number of issues that the modern woman (here, just Portia) faces in her adult life. Portia is already struggling with balancing her career and her personal life by the time John throws her for a major loop (one that he amps up still further by putting the moves on her), and the reveal that the lovely Jeremiah just might be her kid stirs up all sorts of questions about family, parenting, personal choices, and her true life path, all questions that Portia has clearly forced herself not to think about for sometime. As if to drive home its feminist underpinnings, Lily Tomlin pops up as Portia's mother, a thoroughly modern woman (to a fault) who doesn't understand why her only child wants to call her "mom," doesn't share the news that she has cancer, and who threatens men (well, fine, just John) with a shotgun for even coming near her property and her daughter. Portia could become Tomlin's Susannah if she's not careful, and that's not what she wants at all. But what does Portia really want? And how far will she go to get it? (Spoiler: really far. Too far. Uncharacteristically far.)
Despite its often heavy tones, the film employs a bit of whimsy to move its plot along – Portia's brain frequently cooks up fantasy sequences that involve the actual applicants presenting themselves as she reads their applications in her office – though Admission would benefit from much more of that sort of fizzy fun to keep things feeling light and peppy. Weitz, normally adept<|fim_middle|> the humor with the heartache (hello, About a Boy), stumbles here, and Admission is never thoroughly funny or genuinely moving, it just gently rubs up against both sides of the same coin.
However, Fey and Rudd are undeniably charming together, and Wolff and Tavaris Spears (as John's son Nelson) both turn in excellent performances free of the normal trappings of a lot of kid and teen screenwork (namely, that they can grate and feel disingenuous). The cast of Admission is uniformly wonderful, but it's a shame the rest of the production can't quite coalesce in the same manner. Consider it this way: Admission has the grades, it just doesn't have the right extracurricular activities.
The Upside: Fey! And Rudd! Together! At last! With bonus very adorable Nat Wolff!
The Downside: Admission tries to trade on charm, but it's ultimately messy, tonally confused, with a questionable moral center.
On the Side: Fans of the book will likely balk at the film's conclusion which wraps up a major plot point in a very different way. | at mixing | 2 |
Category / Theater
March 3, 2019 March 5, 2019 by mvfour
Complexions Contemporary Ballet 25th Anniversary: Bittersweet and Bold!
Art, Culture, Dance, Off-Broadway, Pop Culture, Positive, Theater
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Left To Right: Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. Photo: Courtesy of Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Black History Month has concluded, and the month of February has been replete with exciting events that have left a lasting impression on the patrons of New York City's cultural art scene. One worthwhile mention: Complexions Contemporary Ballet's 25th anniversary benefit performance. The night began with host, Courtney B. Vance, veteran television and film actor and consummate supporter of dance programs around the globe, bringing enthusiasm and awareness to the fundraising efforts of the organization. The gala's aim: To help build Complexions' educational initiatives through scholarships, mentorship programs and the continued development of Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson's methodology of dance training.
Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson co-founding artistic directors and executive directors of Complexions Contemporary Ballet both have incredible careers spanning decades of choreography and dance performances in some of the most prominent theater and dance companies around the world. Their passion for dance and experimentation with cutting edge performances has earned them worldwide recognition and thanks to their dedication, Complexions Contemporary Ballet celebrates their 25th anniversary this year. This marks the end of an era for Richardson. He is hanging up his dancing shoes as a full-time company member, and is passing the dance torch to a slew of new up-and-coming rising stars eager to enter the dance foray – particularly, the students from the pre-professional New Orleans Ballet Association part of Complexions Contemporary Ballet Educational program. They performed the world premiere of Nostalgia. These students' focus and commitment to dance is admirable and witnessing the various body types and statures dancing in the company was refreshing. Long gone are the conventional rigid body type requirements of the past; progression and inclusivity is prevalent for the future of dance. Dwight Richardson performed Moonlight as his farewell number. His grace and flexibility are still in tact – as evidenced by his coordination with a chair prop – his dance moves melted seamlessly into the music<|fim_middle|> oppression and strength of conviction to affect change is so timely in our current political system. This play is more than homage to a man who paved the way for British Africans, rose above unimaginable adversity and triumphed in light of the circumstances surrounding him; it's a testament to the spirit of man and the belief that change and acceptance of marginalized groups is possible. Sancho: An Act of Remembrance will be playing at the Black National Theatre through May 6th. For more information on the performance and to get tickets, click here:
Conceived, written and performed by: Paterson Joseph; Co-Director: Simon Godwin; Music and Sound Design: Ben Park; Designer: Michael Vale; Lighting Designer: Lucrecia Briceno; Costume Designer: Linda Haysman. | score.
Desmond Richardson, Photo: Gene Schiavone
Star Dust, a ballet tribute to David Bowie – conceptualized, staged and choreographed by Dwight Rhoden was thrillingly captivating since its premiere in Detroit, MI 2016 and continues to be present day. With new company members debuting their rendition, of this now signature Complexions performance; their dance moves and lip-syncing capabilities were in perfect unison to David Bowie's haunting and melodious voice. Songs like Lazarus, Changes, Life On Mars, and Modern Love transport you to a time in place where anything is possible and dreams if big enough, manifest. The elaborate costumes, makeup and set design is a sight to behold. The iconic singer would've been proud.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet Dance Company Performing Star Dust, Photo: Sharen Bradford
Complexion's educational initiatives were offered in six cities this past year, allowing the company the ability to mentor and train hundreds of dancers. Although their season at the New York Joyce Theater has ceased, these dazzling superstars of contemporary ballet are traveling throughout the country to entertain and enchant audiences. Check out their upcoming performances and get tickets here!
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden, Staged by: Clifford Williams, Music by: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lighting & Design by: Michael Korsch, Performed by: students from NORD/New Orleans Ballet Center for Dance: Angelle Brown, Kaleb Clausell, A'briel Mitchell, Scarlett Mitchell-Yang, Amari Patterson, Chloe Roberts, Manon Scialfa, Violette Stonebreaker, Marguerite Valadi, Amaya Williams, Special thanks to the staff and faculty of the New Orleans Ballet Association.
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden, Music by: Kemp Harris, Lyric Composer: Dwight Rhoden, Lighting and Design by: Michael Korsch, Costume Design by: DR Squared, Performed by: Desmond Richardson
I. LAZARUS (Blackstar album 2016), II. CHANGES (Hunky Dory album 1971), III. LIFE ON MARS (Hunky Dory album 1971), IV. SPACE ODDITY (Space Oddity album 1969), V. 1984 (Diamond Dogs album 1974), VI. HEROES (Heroes album 1977) Sung by Peter Gabriel, VII. MODERN LOVE (Let's Dance album 1983), VIII. ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars album 1972), IX. YOUNG AMERICANS (Young Americans album 1975), Performed by: The Company, Choreographed by: Dwight Rhoden, Music by: David Bowie, Staged by: Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Costume Design and Construction: Christine Darch, Lighting and Set Design by: Michael Korsch
New York City Center Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary With Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Captivating And Nostalgic!
Arts, Culture, Dance, History, Off-Broadway, Theater
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Photo: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Paul Taylor's Piazzolla Caldera. Photo by Paul Kolnik
The holiday season is upon us and if you're in search of cultural entertainment that will revitalize you – mentally and spiritually – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 60th Anniversary performances is just what you need. I recently attended the New York City Center's 75th birthday celebration program featuring Alvin Ailey's presentation of Piazzolla Caldera, The Golden Section, and Revelations. What a night of magical and transcendent dancing from the company's members, and tribute to the choreographers that made these acts possible throughout the years at the revered New York City Center. The evening began with an homage to the New York City Center's historic residency (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is their principal dance company) in New York's cultural scene. Stage and film stars reminisced about the significance of this cultural landmark followed by an introduction from Alvin Ailey's Artistic Director, Robert Battle.
The first act, Piazzolla Caldera, by critically acclaimed choreographer, Paul Taylor, fuses sensuality and the beautiful rhythms of traditional tango with four distinct dance numbers. The dancers role-play fiery confrontations between working class men and women, moving gracefully in a dimly lit club background to set the mood. Duets and trios of dancers interpreting lost loves and predatory conquests round out this act. The melodies emanating from the conventional accordion synonymous with Argentinean tango have never been sultrier.
Photo: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Jacqueline Green and Danica Paulos in Twyla Tharp's The Golden Section. Photo by Paul Kolnik
Remembering one of my favorite revolutionary and experimental new wave bands from the 80s, The Talking Heads, I would have never imagined their songs interpreted to modern dance ballet. Yet, it happened. Listening to David Byrne's voice electric voice wafting through the theater and witnessing the dancers move to his words was exhilarating. Premiering in the Broadway production of The Catherine Wheel in 1981 by Tony Award winning choreographer, Twyla Tharp, The Golden Section pushes the physicality of dancers with aero-dynamic like movements and superhuman leaps. Truly breathtaking to see. Although over 37 years-old, the production withstands the test of time and has an enchanting futuristic appeal.
The final act of the night was Revelations, created and choreographed by Alvin Ailey at the age of 29 in 1960. Inspired by Alvin Ailey's childhood memories of church service in his hometown of Texas and the works of James Baldwin and Langston Hughes, laid the foundation for Ailey's signature work of art. I've been fortunate to see Revelations more than once and as you listen to the songs you're powerless to the grasp of the emotional ride you embark upon with feelings of sorrow, grief, lament, joy, hope and triumph; a tribute to the African-American cultural experience, its message is universal and speaks to the resiliency of the human spirit.
Photo: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Alvin Ailey's Revelations. Photo by Christopher Duggan
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's repertoire of performances never disappoints and pushes the boundaries of creative expression every season. Whether it's modern dance or traditional ballet, there is something for everyone this holiday season. Don't miss out on these upcoming spectacular performances now running through December 30th. Click here, for Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theater schedule.
Piazzolla Caldera: Choreography by Paul Taylor; Restaged by Richard Chen See; Music by: Astor Piazzolla, Jerzy Peterburshsky; Set, Décor, and Costumes by: Santo Loquasto; Lighting by: Jennifer Tipton; Song: "El sol sueño" Performed by: The Company, Song: "Concierto para quintet" by: Jacqueline Green, Belen Pereyra, Yannick Lebrun; Song: "Celos" Performed by: Daniel Harder, Michael Francis, McBride, Ghrai DeVore, Jamar Roberts; Song: "Escualo" Performed by: The Company
The Golden Section: Choreography by Twyla Tharp; Restaged by Shelley Washington; Music: David Byrne; Set, Décor, and Costumes by Santo Loquasto; Lighting by Jennifer Tipton; Performed by: Samantha Figgins, Jacqueline Harris, Jacqueline Green, Danica Paulos, Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Constance Stamatiou, Solomon Dumas, Clifton Brown, Chalvar Monteiro, Venard J. Gilmore, Michael Jackson Jr., Michael Francis McBride, Jeroboam Bozeman
REVELATIONS: Choreography by Alvin Ailey; Music: Traditional; Décor and Costumes by Ves Harper; Costumes for "Rocka My Soul" redesigned by Barbara Forbes; Lighting Design by Nicola Cernovitch; Song: "Buked" Performed by: Hope Boykin, Megan Jakel, Jessica Pinkett, Yazzmeen Laidler, Courtney Celeste Spears, Khalia Campbell, Solomon Dumas, Jamar Roberts, Riccardo Battaglia Song: "Daniel" Performed by: Daniel Harder, Hope Boykin, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Song: "Fix Me" Performed by: Sarah Daley-Perdomo, Jamar Roberts, Song: "Processional" Performed by: Kanji Segawa, Megan Jakel, Solomon Dumas, Riccardo Battaglia, Song: "Water" Performed by: Jacqueline Green, Vernard J. Gilmore, Khalia Campbell, Song: "Ready" Performed by: Clifton Brown, Song: "Sinner Man" Performed by: Michael Jackson, Jr., Yannick Lebrun, Solomon Dumas, Songs: "The Day is Past and Gone," "You May Run On" and "Rocka My Soul," Performed by The Company.
September 18, 2018 September 19, 2018 by mvfour
Review: 'Antigone in Ferguson' Greek Mythology, Modern Times, and Social Justice Parallels
Activism, Arts, Current Affairs, History, Off-Broadway, Positive, Theater
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Photo: Gregg Richards, De-Andrea Blaylock-Johnson (center) and choir members
With so many transgressions of police brutality plaguing African-American communities in our country, daily – it's quite easy to slip into a path of desensitization. The Harlem Stage in collaboration with Theater of War Productions, the citizens of St. Louis and Ferguson refuse to let that transpire with the production of Antigone in Ferguson. One-part play with gospel chorus inflections; one-part panel discussion and equal parts entertainment, patrons of this unconventional presentation are in store for an eye opening cultural awakening. With scenes from Sophocles' ancient Greek play, staged readings performed by leading television, film, theater actors and an unusual – yet extraordinarily talented choir – comprised of law enforcement, activists, educators, and counselors – form this experimental show.
At first, I couldn't fathom staged readings in lieu of customary scenes with verbal and physical components performed against picturesque backdrops to illustrate the highly popularized Sophocles' play, Antigone – done in past iterations, similar to the Classical Theatre of Harlem Stage production I covered earlier this the summer. The synopis: Antigone, it's about a young woman who is adamant about burying her brother, Polyneices, whose slain body lays lifeless in the ancient city of Thebes at the end of the civil war, against the wishes of newly crowned King Creon. The courageous Antigone is ready to risk life and limb to honor her deceased brother and seek a proper burial for him even though he was considered an enemy of the state. The parallels, from this more than 2,500-year-old play, couldn't be timelier, as this rendition focuses on the aftermath of the death of Michael Brown Jr. in 2014 at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, MO. The subsequent African-American deaths by white police officers that followed in our country, the lack of action this administration demonstrates, and the perseverance of movements such as Black Lives Matter to affect change.
Photo: Gregg Richards, (L to R) Actors Tamara Tunie and Tate Donovan
What's fascinating about this production is that the mix of stage readings from acclaimed actors Tate Donovan (King Creon) from the Damages and The O.C. series, Tony award-winning actress Tamara Tunie (Antigone), Chris Myers from the She's Gotta Have It and Netflix's Sneaky Pete series (as Creon's son, Haemon, among other roles) and Chinasa Obguagu from the Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and A Walk Among the Tombstones films (as Ismene, Antigone's sister, and Eurydice, Creon's wife) are instrumental in telling the story, yet their performances don't overshadow the focal point of this production – which is: solutions communities and lawmakers – can and should – come up with to end senseless deaths as a result of police brutality and gun violence across the nation with much needed conversation. Panel discussions with Michael Brown Sr., community members-turned-activists describing first-hand accounts of the night of the Ferguson shooting, members of the Man Up Project, therapists and individuals committed to make an impact and let their voices be heard – moved the audience in the theater that night: including me.
Photo Credit: Gregg Richards, Panel (L to R): Erica Wright, Lt. Latricia Allen, Michael Brown Sr.
Artistic director and moderator of the Antigone in Ferguson production, Bryan Doerries has presented over 60 performances across all five boroughs. Antigone in Ferguson at Harlem Stage marks a departure from the company's history of nomadic presentations. Having mounted over 700 events at a range of venues around the world, from Guantanamo Bay to a playground in Brownsville, Brooklyn, this extended run (September 13 – October 13) will be the first time Theater of War Productions will embed itself in one location for an extended period of time. Exclusively supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the 30 free (RSVP required) performances at Harlem Stage will offer expanded opportunities for community participation in this innovative social justice project. Don't miss upcoming performances by actors: Frankie Faison (Coming to America, The Wire) Chris Noth (Sex and the City franchise, Law & Order), Samira Wiley (Orange Is the New Black), and Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) to name a few. For more information on Antigone in Ferguson and upcoming schedule, click here.
July 10, 2018 July 10, 2018 by mvfour
'Antigone' Review: Modern, Timely and Necessary
Activism, Arts, Dance, Off-Broadway, Politics, Theater
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Alexandria King as Antigone, Photo: Richard Termine
Summer in New York City is replete with outdoor activities to fulfill the public's yearning for quality music, film, fitness and cultural events. How do you choose from so many worthwhile attractions? If you were a theatre and cultural arts aficionado you'd be remiss not to take advantage of The Classical Theatre of Harlem's free production of "Antigone." This modern revival of Sophocles' Greek tragedy is inspired by the Paul Roche adaption and infuses African-American traditions while adhering to the Greek tragedy format. Presented at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park and referred as the 'Uptown' Shakespeare in the Park by Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director of The Classical Theatre of Harlem, lead actor in "Antigone", and fellow theatre creatives – the space is conducive and complements "Antigone's" production and set design with the names of those killed by police brutality.
Alexandria King and Ty Jones as Antigone and King Creon, Photo: Richard Termine
Although the cornerstone of Greek plays emphasize tragedy, what stands out in this particular rendition and lauded by Carl Cofield, Director of "Antigone," is the valor of conviction. The story of "Antigone" opens at the end of a battle between Antigone's brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, both were vying for control of Thebes and died in combat. Ultimately, King Creon claims the throne as the new leader and proclaims one brother a hero (Eteocles) while the other a usurper. Antigone demands her slain brother (Polynices) receive a proper burial against the king's wishes. The timeliness of "Antigone" couldn't be more appropriate as we face an administration attempting to impose their unjust system on its citizens – and most of these citizens are challenging their ideology and taking to the streets to protests their policies – to salvage our Democracy. Alexandria King plays the main character of Antigone. Don't be fooled by her small stature opposite King Creon, Ty Jones's 6 ft. build. King's powerful voice commands the stage and she does a superb job of portraying the defiant and valiant Antigone. Jones, known for his portrayal of Agent Donovan in the POWER series on the Starz Network is a natural as enforcer and upholder of law and order. But, Creon's family and citizens of Thebes are reluctant in sharing his views.
Ensemble from Elisa Monte Dance Company, Photo: Richard Termine
The choreography by Tiffany Rea-Fisher is stellar and the talented singers in the chorus are sensational. "Antigone" offers hope reflected in the selfless acts of sacrifice in the name of justice and even though the play, originally written by Sophocles in 442 B.C. – 2,500 years later, stands the test of time. Check out the free production of "Antigone" produced by The Classical Theater of Harlem at the Richard Richards Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park through July 29th, for more information, click here.
The company of "Antigone" includes: Obie Award winner Ty Jones (as Creon; POWER, Julius Caesar), Alexandria King (as Antigone), Kahlil X. Daniel (as Teiresias), Avon Haughton (as Haemon), Ava McCoy (as Ismene), and Adaku Okpi (as Eurydice). The ensemble features dancers from Elisa Monte Dance.
Inspired by Paul Roche's Adaptation of "Antigone" by Sophocles
Director: Carl Cofield
Choreographer: Tiffany Rea-Fisher
Costume Designer: Lex Liang
Lighting Designer: Alan C. Edwards
Scenic Designer: Christopher & Justin Swader
Sound Designer: Curtis Craig
Production Stage Manager: Megan Sprowls
Projections Designer: Katherine Freer
Props: Samantha Shoffner
April 23, 2018 April 23, 2018 by mvfour
Review: 'Sancho: An Act of Remembrance' Emotional, Provocative and Timely
Activism, Art, Culture, Off-Broadway, Politics, Theater
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Photo: Robert Day
If Paterson Joseph's name doesn't automatically invoke the phrase "thespian of our time", then the acknowledgement is long overdue. Joseph's career trajectory spans over two decades with a vast array of Shakespearean and other notable stage performances, film and television series (The Beach, Aeon Flux, NBC's "Timeless," and "Doctor Who,"). The talented and versatile British actor brings to life Sancho: An Act of Remembrance to the National Black Theatre in Harlem with an undeniable vibrancy and a steadfast energy. Written, conceived and performed as a one-man show, Joseph commands the audiences' attention as soon a he steps on stage.
Paterson Joseph begins with a brief intro to his entertainment background and seamlessly segues into the character he's portraying: Charles Ignatius Sancho. Sancho, an African man born on a slave ship – who was able to rise from poverty and servitude in 18th century England and become an educated social satirist, composer, abolitionist and ultimately a man of refinement evidenced by his portrait – painted and immortalized – by renowned artist, Thomas Gainsborough. I can't recall mention of this prominent activist in school and welcomed the education lesson of this character's vital role in becoming the first British-African to cast a vote in England in 1774; quite a feat for a man of color in this era in history. Joseph does a phenomenal job in reenacting Sancho's birth, early childhood, and life-changing influences that led to his financial independence as a businessman within the oppressive environment bestowed upon him. Joseph transitions between the narrative with comedic and emotionally charged dialogue with ease. And as a theater patron, you can't help but glance around the intimate setting, and notice other patrons are captivated by Paterson Joseph's storytelling ability.
Engraving by: Francesco Bartolozzi
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in the ΔcymR mutant including an increase of the intracellular cysteine pool and hydrogen sulfide formation, as well as a depletion of branched-chain click here amino acids. The sulfur-containing amino acid, cysteine, plays a major role in cellular physiology. Cysteine biosynthesis is the primary pathway for incorporating sulfur into cellular components. This amino acid is a precursor of methionine and also thiamine, biotin, lipoic acid, coenzyme A and coenzyme M, and is required for the biogenesis of [Fe–S] clusters. Cysteine residues are found in the catalytic site of several enzymes and aid protein folding and assembly by forming disulfide bonds. Moreover, proteins with active-site cysteines such as thioredoxin or cysteine-containing molecules such as glutathione, mycothiol, coenzyme A and bacillithiol play an important role in protecting cells against oxidative
stress (Masip et al., 2006; Newton et al., 2009). Several studies have shown that cysteine itself plays a role in bacterial sensitivity to oxidative stress (Hung et al., 2003; Park & Imlay, 2003; Hochgrafe et al., 2007). More generally, recent data reported the existence of links between cysteine metabolism and various stress stimuli such as peroxide (H2O2), superoxide, diamide, nitric oxide, thiol-reactive electrophiles and metal ions (Park & Imlay, 2003; Liebeke GPX6 et al., 2008;
Nguyen et al., 2009; Pother BMS 907351 et al., 2009). Two major cysteine biosynthetic pathways are present in Bacillus subtilis: the thiolation pathway, which requires sulfide, and the reverse trans-sulfuration pathway, which converts homocysteine to cysteine via a cystathionine intermediate (Soutourina & Martin-Verstraete, 2007). Homocysteine is synthesized from methionine, while sulfide is yielded mostly from the reduction of sulfate. Finally, thiosulfate or glutathione can also be used as cysteine precursors in this bacterium. Under environmentally oxidizing conditions, cysteine dimerizes to form the disulfide-linked cystine, which is generally the compound transported. Three uptake systems for cystine, two ABC transporters and a symporter, are present in B. subtilis (Burguière et al., 2004). Because of the reactivity of its SH group and its toxicity, the cysteine metabolism is tightly controlled. The CymR repressor has been identified recently as the master regulator of cysteine metabolism in B. subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus (Choi et al., 2006; Even et al., 2006; Soutourina et al., 2009). In B. subtilis, CymR negatively regulates the expression of genes encoding cystine transporters (tcyP and tcyJKLMN) or involved in cysteine synthesis (cysK and mccAB) or sulfonate assimilation (Even et al., 2006).
in the ΔcymR mutant including an increase of the intracellular cysteine pool and hydrogen sulfide formation, as well as a depletion of branched-chain PI3K inhibitor amino acids. The sulfur-containing amino acid, cysteine, plays a major role in cellular physiology. Cysteine biosynthesis is the primary pathway for incorporating sulfur into cellular components. This amino acid is a precursor of methionine and also thiamine, biotin, lipoic acid, coenzyme A and coenzyme M, and is required for the biogenesis of [Fe–S] clusters. Cysteine residues are found in the catalytic site of several enzymes and aid protein folding and assembly by forming disulfide bonds. Moreover, proteins with active-site cysteines such as thioredoxin or cysteine-containing molecules such as glutathione, mycothiol, coenzyme A and bacillithiol play an important role in protecting cells against oxidative
stress (Masip et al., 2006; Newton et al., 2009). Several studies have shown that cysteine itself plays a role in bacterial sensitivity to oxidative stress (Hung et al., 2003; Park & Imlay, 2003; Hochgrafe et al., 2007). More generally, recent data reported the existence of links between cysteine metabolism and various stress stimuli such as peroxide (H2O2), superoxide, diamide, nitric oxide, thiol-reactive electrophiles and metal ions (Park & Imlay, 2003; Liebeke oxyclozanide et al., 2008;
Nguyen et al., 2009; Pother Target Selective Inhibitor Library et al., 2009). Two major cysteine biosynthetic pathways are present in Bacillus subtilis: the thiolation pathway, which requires sulfide, and the reverse trans-sulfuration pathway, which converts homocysteine to cysteine via a cystathionine intermediate (Soutourina & Martin-Verstraete, 2007). Homocysteine is synthesized from methionine, while sulfide is yielded mostly from the reduction of sulfate. Finally, thiosulfate or glutathione can also be used as cysteine precursors in this bacterium. Under environmentally oxidizing conditions, cysteine dimerizes to form the disulfide-linked cystine, which is generally the compound transported. Three uptake systems for cystine, two ABC transporters and a symporter, are present in B. subtilis (Burguière et al., 2004). Because of the reactivity of its SH group and its toxicity, the cysteine metabolism is tightly controlled. The CymR repressor has been identified recently as the master regulator of cysteine metabolism in B. subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus (Choi et al., 2006; Even et al., 2006; Soutourina et al., 2009). In B. subtilis, CymR negatively regulates the expression of genes encoding cystine transporters (tcyP and tcyJKLMN) or involved in cysteine synthesis (cysK and mccAB) or sulfonate assimilation (Even et al., 2006).
Less than half of patients knew how to use GTN correctly and most
Less than half of patients knew how to use GTN correctly and most waited too long after CP onset before calling 999 which put them at risk of extra myocardial damage. Educating patients about the GTN – 10-minute rule and targeting
advice at more male patients and those with stable disease could reduce waiting time. GTN is prescribed to prevent or relieve CP among patients with Rucaparib molecular weight established coronary heart disease (CHD). It is also a useful prompt for patients to call 999 if pain persists despite GTN administration within certain timeframe. This reduces the amount myocardial tissue damage if CP was due to myocardial infarction (MI). It also reduces unnecessary admissions due to angina. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends the use of a time frame of 10 minutes.1 This service
development project explored GTN use and the impact of knowing the 10-minute rule on calling for help during an episode of chest pain. A questionnaire was designed to explore GTN medicines-taking behaviour. We examined: how long the patient waited before calling for help after the onset of CP, use of GTN at that episode, normal use of GTN in managing their angina, and knowledge of the GTN rule. We piloted the questionnaire on Forskolin manufacturer 3 patients on the acute cardiology ward. Consecutive patients presenting to cardiology wards were interviewed based on three inclusion criteria: patient had established CHD, was admitted to hospital with CP and had a GTN prescription before admission. All patients who were approached were happy to participate. The Trust web-based 4-Aminobutyrate aminotransferase clinical information management database (EPRO) was used to obtain the patient's final diagnosis. Appropriate comparative statics were used (Chi-square test, Mann–Whitney and independent samples t-test) Thirty-five patients (27 male
and 8 females) participated. 63% used GTN prior to admission. The average time from onset of symptoms to calling 999 (S-C time) was 116 min (Range 0 to 1440 min). Only 43% of all patients were aware of the GTN rule. Of the 20 patients who were not aware of the rule, 80% said that a healthcare professional (HCP) advised them in the past on GTN use. The most common reason for not using GTN was avoiding side effects. More patients who knew the GTN rule used GTN (p > 0.05), as were those with a previous CP admission (p = 0.001) and those who used GTN at a prior admission (p <0.001). Patients who do not usually need to use their GTN (stable) were less likely to use it during an acute episode of CP (p < 0.001). The mean S-C time was lower among patients who knew the GTN rule compared to those who did not (31 min vs. 183 min respectively, p > 0.05). Women waited less than men, but were less likely to use GTN.
Improvement as well as Testing of the Ultrasound-Compatible Cardiovascular Phantom regarding Interventional Treatment Simulator Making use of Primary Three-Dimensional Producing. | uptake of vector (Taymans et al., 2007; Hollis et al., 2008). AAV serotype 6 (AAV6; Grimm et al., 2003) binds to heparin (like AAV serotype 2, but different from other serotypes) and probably because of this binding it diffuses less in the brain than many other AAV serotypes. Nonetheless, neurons transduced with AAV6 are found
far from the injection site, presumably because of retrograde transport (Kaspar et al., 2003; Towne et al., 2008, 2010). Injection of AAV6 encoding a 'humanized' cre-recombinase (AAV6-Cre; GS-1101 manufacturer Shimshek et al., 2002; Fig. 3F) into Rosa floxed-LacZ cre-reporter mice (Soriano, 1999), allows staining of transduced neurons with the blue XGal chromogenic substrate. If the AAV6-Cre vector is injected into the neocortex, it is taken up
Adenosine triphosphate by axon boutons near the injection site (while also transducing neurons with somata near the injection site). The AAV6-Cre is then retrogradely transported to the nucleus of neurons with axonal projections to the injection site, and the subsequent expression of cre-recombinase can be monitored in cre-reporter mice. AAV6-Cre can therefore be used as a retrograde vector for anatomical labelling of neurons projecting to the injection site. Both the classical anatomical tracers and the viral vectors can be injected simultaneously to allow labelling of both anterograde and retrograde connectivity from a single well-defined injection site. Voltage-sensitive dye imaging reveals that activity within the C2 barrel column rapidly propagates to neighboring cortical columns (Fig. 2). This spread is likely to be mediated, at least in part, by the extensive local axonal projections of the pyramidal neurons located in the C2 barrel column. Injections into the C2 barrel column of the anterograde tracers Lenti-GFP (Fig. 4A and B; Dittgen et al., 2004) or BDA (Fig. 4C) indicate that C2 barrel cortex neurons extend axonal arborizations into layers 2/3 and layers 5/6, almost across the entire extent of S1 barrel cortex. The density of axons is highest close to the C2 barrel column and decreases across the neighboring cortical columns (Brecht et al.
In contrast to intracellular production, the efficient secretion
In contrast to intracellular production, the efficient secretion of TGase or pro-TGase is considerably more cost-effective for the recovery and purification of the protein in E. coli because it does not require a cell disruption step (Mergulhao et al., 2005). In addition, secretion of
the enzyme will benefit the rapid and high throughput Selleck Atezolizumab screening of mutant libraries for desired catalytic properties. In this study, the pro-TGase from S. hygroscopicus was successfully secreted in E. coli using the TGase signal peptide or the pelB signal peptide. The secreted pro-TGase was directly transformed into an active form after the addition of dispase to the culture supernatant of the recombinant strain. This is the first report of pro-TGase secretion by E. coli. In addition, we identified the residues in the pro-region of S. hygroscopicus TGase that affect the solubility and secretion of TGase in E. coli. Streptomyces hygroscopicus WSH03-13, which secretes TGase, was isolated in a previous study (Cui et al., 2007). Escherichia
coli JM109 and pMD® 19-T Simple Vector (Takara, Dalian, China) Akt inhibitor plasmids were used for the construction of TGase-related genes. Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) and pET-22b+ (Novogen, ON, Canada) were used for the expression of pro-TGase. Streptomyces hygroscopicus genomic DNA was isolated as described previously (Kieser et al., 2000). Cloning of the TGase gene containing flanking regions from S. hygroscopicus was performed in two steps. First, the pro-TGase gene was cloned from S. hygroscopicus genomic DNA by PCR using TG-NcoI and TG-BamHI primers (Table 1) that were designed based on the conserved terminal sequence of pro-TGases from Streptomyces platensis, Streptomyces cinnamoneus, and Streptomyces fradiae (GenBank accession nos. AY555726, AB085698, and DQ432028). The target PCR product was inserted into the NcoI-BamHI sites of pET-22b+ IKBKE and was sequenced. Secondly, based on the sequence of the pro-TGase gene, an inverse PCR (Ochman et al., 1988) was performed to amplify the flanking regions of the cloned pro-TGase gene. Streptomyces hygroscopicus genomic DNA was digested
with PstI. The digested DNA was circularized and served as the inverse PCR template. The inverse PCR primers ITG1 and ITG2 (Table 1) were designed based on the sequence of the cloned pro-TGase gene. The PCR product containing the flanking regions of the pro-TGase gene was cloned and sequenced. Assembling the gene sequences of the pro-TGase and its flanking regions generated a TGase-related fragment that was named tgh (Fig. 1a). The signal peptide sequence prediction was performed on the signalp 3.0 Server (http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/SignalP/). The promoter region sequence was predicted by bdgp (http://www.fruitfly.org/seq_tools/promoter.html). Homology searches, alignments, and other basic analyses of the nucleotide sequence were completed using vector NTI Advance 11.0 (Invitrogen, Beijing, China). A sequence-based homology model of S.
05 Hypoxic cultures (standing) were established by dispensing 20
05. Hypoxic cultures (standing) were established by dispensing 200 μL culture aliquots into 96-well black, clear-bottom microtitre plates and incubating the plates at 37 °C. The aerobic promoter activity was measured in cultures that were simultaneously grown in 50-mL tubes (5 mL of culture). Culture aliquots of 200 μL were sampled at 48 h and the GFP fluorescence was measured in a spectrofluorimeter (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA) with an excitation wavelength of 483 nm and an emission wavelength of 515 nm. The 178-bp narK2 promoter region was amplified www.selleckchem.com/products/ABT-263.html by PCR using NarK2R1 and NarK2F
primers (Fig. 1, Table 2) and genomic DNA of the various standard or clinical strains. The PCR conditions were a 10-min initial denaturation phase at 94 °C, followed by 40 cycles of 30 s at 94 °C, 30 s at 60 °C and 30 s at 72 °C and, finally, 7 min at 72 °C. this website A 10-μL aliquot of
the PCR product was digested with NheI for 90 min, electrophoresed on a 6% nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel and visualized using ethidium bromide. Mycobacterium bovis AN5 was complemented with the integrating plasmid pNarG-GM1 expressing the M. tb narGHJI operon (Sohaskey & Modesti, 2009) or the pNarK2X plasmid expressing the M. tb narK2X operon, (see Table 1) or both pNarG-GM1 and pNarK2X. To construct pNarK2X, the region encompassing the coding regions of narK2 and narX along with a 280-bp upstream promoter was amplified by PCR using Fusion DNA polymerase (NEB, UK) and M. tb H37Rv DNA and cloned in the EcoR1 and Farnesyltransferase HindIII sites of pFPV27 mycobacterial shuttle vector. The resultant plasmid was electroporated into M. bovis or M. bovis-harbouring pNarG-GM1. Nitrate reductase assay was performed with aerobic
shaking and 48-h standing cultures (hypoxic). Briefly, the cultures were grown aerobically as described above in the presence of 5 mM nitrate and standing cultures (starting OD595 nm, 0.05) were maintained for 48 h in 96-well microtitre plates as described previously (Chauhan & Tyagi, 2008b). The nitrite concentration was determined using the Griess reaction as described (Wayne & Doubek, 1965). Briefly, 50 μL of sulfanilamide was added to 50 μL of cultures (both aerobic and standing) and incubated at room temperature for 5–10 min. Next, 50 μL of N-1-napthylethylenediamine dihydrochloride was added and the A595 nm was measured in a plate reader (Biorad). To test the hypothesis that the lack of hypoxic induction of narK2 and narX in M. bovis/BCG is because of a −6T/C SNP in the narK2X promoter region, we mutated the M. tb narK2 promoter by changing thymine at the −6 position to cytosine (−6TC) in the narK2 promoter plasmid, pnarK2, to mimic the observed mutation at this site in M. bovis/BCG. The effect of this mutation on promoter activity was assessed in M. tb H37Rv under hypoxic conditions using the GFP reporter assay. The −6TC mutation completely abolished the hypoxic induction of pnarK2 (Fig.
5 μg mL−1 tetracycline; all clones turned out to be tetracycline
5 μg mL−1 tetracycline; all clones turned out to be tetracycline sensitive. For further proof, 20 clones were subjected to
colony PCR with the primers repA1 and repA2 designed to amplify the pSC101 replicon region, and no PCR product was obtained (data not shown), thus indicating that pSC101-BAD-gbaA was not left in the engineered strain. The correct genotype of the engineered strain (shown in Fig. 1) was verified by three PCR reactions. Primers KI1 and KI2 were designed to flank the endpoints of the targeted region; primers KG, KB, KE and KA were specific find more to aacC1, bet, exo and recA, respectively. Colony PCR with ExTaq (Takara, Japan) of four strains all showed the expected 1.0 kb profile. The amplicons were subsequently cloned into pGEM-T easy (Promega) and sequenced. Sequence analysis indicated proper insertion of the functional elements and no mutations were incorporated. One strain was finally named as LS-GR. LS-GR has been deposited into the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center under the accession number of CGMCC 3192. The recombineering function of LS-GR was characterized by pACYC184 and pECBAC1 (Frijters et al., 1997) modifications. pACYC184 is a p15A replicon origin, medium copy number vector; the homology arms flanked the p15A replicon, and the antibiotic resistance marker amplified from
pACYC184 was successfully used to clone foreign DNA fragments (Zhang Alvelestat molecular weight et al., 2000). pECBAC1 is one of the most commonly used single copy number BAC vectors. With a cloned size up to 300 kb, the BAC vector is now the first choice for eukaryotic genomic library preparation. BACs are also the main targets in λ Red recombineering research (Sarov et al., 2006; Tessarollo et al., 2009). Similar recombineering steps were performed for pACYC184 and pECBAC1 modifications as described in Materials and methods. Primer
pairs AEN1–AEN2 and CEN1–CEN2 were used to amplify the homologous arm flanked neo targeting the tetracycline resistance gene of pACYC184 and the chloramphenicol resistance gene of pECBAC1, respectively. The primers were designed to contain at their 5′ extremity 50 nt homology to the flanking regions of the target Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene and at their 3′ extremity 21 nt homology to the neo gene. After LS-GR-mediated recombineering, both the tetracycline resistance gene of pACYC184 and the chloramphenicol resistance gene were replaced by neo. The same pACYC184 and pECBAC1 modifications with pKD46 and pSC101-BAD-gbaA as recombineering sources were simultaneously carried out to evaluate the recombination efficiency of LS-GR. As shown in Table 2, for pACYC184 modification, LS-GR showed about twofold recombination efficiency as pKD46 and 1.5-fold recombination efficiency as pSC101-BAD-gbaA; for pECBAC1 modification, three systems showed similar results.
Moreover, this study revealed that the oligomeric structures of p
Moreover, this study revealed that the oligomeric structures of proteins with amino Vemurafenib mouse acid substitutions do not appear to be modified. Our data strongly suggest that different amino acids are involved in the thermostabilization of proteins and in membrane fluidity regulation and are localized in the α-crystallin domain. Bacteria use several mechanisms including heat shock protein (Hsp) synthesis to cope with environmental stress (Watson, 1990). Small Hsp (smHsp)
is a ubiquitous class of molecular chaperones that is similar in amino acid structure to the α-crystallins of the vertebrate eye lens (Narberhaus, 2002). They share monomer sizes ranging from 12 to 43 kDa. Although the smHsp family is the most diverse in terms of amino acid sequence, they are structurally subdivided into an N-terminal region of variable sequence and length, a conserved region of about
100 amino acids called the α-crystallin domain and a short C-terminal region (Krappe et al., 2002; Nakamoto & Vigh, 2007). SmHsps act as chaperones in vitro by binding to partially unfolded proteins in an ATP-independent manner, preventing their irreversible PD-0332991 molecular weight aggregation under heat shock (Haslbeck et al., 2005). This chaperone activity has also been demonstrated in Escherichia coli cells expressing an smHsp, Oshsp 16.9 of rice, by evaluating the thermostabilization of cellular proteins (Yeh et al., 1997). Previous biochemical studies with various smHsp family members ZD1839 in vitro have shown a strong relationship between chaperone activity and oligomerization (Lentze et al., 2003; Giese & Vierling, 2004; Haslbeck et al., 2004). The active forms of smHsps are usually
large oligomers made up of an association of multiple subunits (MacRae, 2000; Narberhaus, 2002). The quaternary structure of α-crystallins is dynamic, which is reflected by a rapid subunit exchange (van den Oetelaar et al., 1990; Bova et al., 1997; Van Montfort et al., 2001). Under various stress conditions, the cytoplasmic membrane is the first sensitive target of damage in cells, as demonstrated by the leakage of intracellular substances and variation in membrane fluidity (Da Silveira et al., 2003). The cytoplasmic location of the smHsp is very variable and some are associated with cellular membrane fractions. This is indeed the case for the smHsp Lo18 from the lactic acid bacteria Oenococcus oeni, Hsp17 from Synechocystis PCC 6803, Sp21 from Stigmatella aurantiaca and Hsp12 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Lunsdorf et al., 1995; Jobin et al., 1997; Horvath et al., 1998; Sales et al., 2000). This type of localization has been related to a newly described function of the smHsp, i.e. its ability to interact with in vitro model lipid membranes and to increase lipid order in the liquid crystalline state (Török et al., 2001).
The genus is distributed worldwide in hypersaline environments T
The genus is distributed worldwide in hypersaline environments. Today, the genus Salinibacter includes three species, and a somewhat less halophilic relative, Salisaeta longa, has also been documented. Although belonging to the Bacteria,
Salinibacter shares many features with the Archaea of the family Halobacteriaceae selleck chemical that live in the same habitat. Both groups use KCl for osmotic adjustment of their cytoplasm, both mainly possess salt-requiring enzymes with a large excess of acidic amino acids, and both contain different retinal pigments: light-driven proton pumps, chloride pumps, and light sensors. Salinibacter produces an unusual carotenoid, salinixanthin that forms a light antenna and transfers energy to the retinal group of xanthorhodopsin, a light-driven proton pump. Other unusual features of Salinibacter and Salisaeta include the presence of novel sulfonolipids (halocapnine derivatives). Salinibacter has become an excellent model for metagenomic, biogeographic, ecological, and evolutionary studies. "
"The human gut microbiota has a high density of bacteria that are considered a reservoir for antibiotic
resistance genes (ARGs). In this study, one fosmid metagenomic library generated from this website the gut microbiota of four healthy humans was used to screen for ARGs against seven antibiotics. Eight new ARGs were obtained: one against amoxicillin, six against d-cycloserine, and one against kanamycin. The new amoxicillin resistance gene encodes a protein with 53% identity to a class D β-lactamase from Riemerella anatipestifer RA-GD. The six new d-cycloserine resistance genes encode proteins with 73–81% identity to known d-alanine-d-alanine ligases. The new kanamycin resistance gene encodes a protein of 274 amino acids with much an N-terminus (amino acids 1–189) that has 42% identity to the 6′-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase
[AAC(6′)] from Enterococcus hirae and a C-terminus (amino acids 190–274) with 35% identity to a hypothetical protein from Clostridiales sp. SSC/2. A functional study on the novel kanamycin resistance gene showed that only the N-terminus conferred kanamycin resistance. Our results showed that functional metagenomics is a useful tool for the identification of new ARGs. The human gut microbiota is dominated by bacteria that are mainly in the phyla Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria (Rajilic-Stojanovic et al., 2007). These bacteria benefit human health by fermentating nondigestible dietary residues, breaking down carcinogens and synthesizing biotin, folate, and vitamin K (O'Hara & Shanahan, 2007). Since more than 80% of human gut microbiota are unculturable (Eckburg et al., 2005), culture-independent methods such as PCR and DNA microarrays are used to identify and isolate antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from human fecal metagenomes (Gueimonde et al., 2006; Seville et al., 2009; de Vries et al., 2011).
The analysis by semi-preparative reversed-phase HPLC showed that
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'She's an old beast' — What it's like to serve aboard the Polar Star, the Pentagon's neglected 43-year-old stepchild
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SEATTLE — The icebreaker Polar Star was 1,000 miles out of its home port of Seattle last December, three days into its yearly voyage to resupply scientific bases<|fim_middle|>do Sound.
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Coast Guard Adm. Paul Zukunft has once again appeared before Congress to basically beg for a scrap or two so the service can compete against Russia in the Arctic.
arctic china coast guard Code Red News heavy icebreaker polar Russia us | in Antarctica, when a powerful swell hit its bow and flooded the deck.
The ship shuddered.
The roar of the ventilators in the galley quit as Joseph Sellar, a stocky 25-year-old Coast Guard culinary specialist from New Hampshire, watched seawater explode from the ceiling.
He lunged toward a switch to close the overhead vents. With a loud pop, an outlet ejected a purple spark.
"Are we sinking?" asked a petty officer on temp duty from Virginia.
Sellar knew better.
"Calm down," he said, whipping out his cellphone to record the gusher.
The United States spends $2 billion a day on the most advanced military ever assembled, with more aircraft carriers, fighter planes and nuclear submarines than any other nation. The Pentagon intends to develop a space fleet of orbiting lasers, missile sensors and satellites.
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Meet the Freshmen: DT Darius Commissiong
We continue our "Meet the Freshmen" series today with the first of two high school teammates to commit and sign with the Jackets.
By Joey Weaver@FTRSJoey Jun 6, 201<|fim_middle|> passer and close in on a ballcarrier. He also uses his hands very well in both shedding blocks and wrapping up to tackle. Overall he's a very athletic, versatile defensive tackle who could very well end up moving to play strong-side defensive end.
As nice as it is to have an athletic, versatile defensive tackle, it does come at a price. His smaller stature could end up in Commissiong being overpowered against larger offensive linemen. "Power" would tend to be a little more valuable in the defensive tackle spot than "speed and agility", which is my concern about him playing at 285 lbs. Don't get me wrong, I love a speedy tackle and think they can create chaos for the interior linemen across from them -- but I also worry that some road-grading, downhill running teams would be his undoing.
Do you like what you see from Commissiong? Does he look more like a defensive tackle or defensive end to you?
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In late May of 2012, Commissiong became Tech's fourth commitment for its 2013 class, and the third in eight days. He was the first of six defensive commitments, and his commitment to Tech was replicated by a high school teammate only ten days later (but more on that tomorrow). He was a consensus three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout, 247, and ESPN, and while he wasn't looked at as a major national prospect, he is certainly a solid player with potential to develop into a real stud.
Commissiong measures in at 6'2" and weighs in at 285 lbs -- getting towards an ideal body size for a defensive tackle (although a few more pounds being added in college won't hurt). His film shows that he's very quick as defensive tackles go -- he can very quickly rush the | 204 |
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To understand the nature of the icon and to be able to read the contents of it, one has to understand the basis for a particular icon. In this article, examining representations of our Lord's Resurrection, we will explore the source of canonical depiction in the Orthodox iconography.
The feast of Christ's Resurrection stands out among all other feasts in the Orthodox Church. The utmost attention is paid to this event because of our Lord's final act in the redemptive mission of all mankind. According to St. Paul the Apostle: If Christ be not raised your faith is in vain (I Cor. 15:17). This means that hope of all followers of Christ, throughout the ages, would be of no importance or value to them — resurrection from the dead, the promised Kingdom of God would be nonexistent.
SCRIPTURAL ACCOUNT
Not one evangelist tells us how Christ rose from the dead. The evangelists tell us only of the manifestations of the Risen Lord; they do not describe the actual Resurrection. St. Matthew comes nearest to describing the actual moment of Christ's Resurrection, when he tells us about the descent of an angel whose countenance was like lightning who rolled the stone back from the entrance to the grave and sat upon it. . . And for fear of him the keepers did shake and become as dead men (Mt. 28:2-4). This account was later taken by iconographers as a subject for the icon of the Resurrection of Christ. The genuine iconography of the Church shows the spiritual aspect of Christ's Resurrection, the immaterial essence: the descent of the Victorious Lord into Hell, the freeing of Adam and Eve along with other prisoners of Hell from the Old Testament, and the factual witnessing of the myrrh-bearing women that Jesus was no longer in the tomb, that "He is Risen."
A strong influence of Western realism (17th c.) made its way into the homes and churches of Orthodox Christians. The golden age iconography (11-17 c.) suffered a considerable blow from which it began to recuperate only in recent decades. One of such pictures, still popularly found, is the Risen Lord emerging from the grave with a banner of victory. The impression is that the stone was rolled away from the grave in order to allow Christ to come out of it on an analogy with the raising of Lazarus, and the soldiers at the cave were terrified, not so much by the appearance of the angel, as by the actual Resurrection.
It is not hard to see what a profound distortion of the Gospel story such an artistic rendering or, more precisely, such a free reinterpretation it is.
The angel rolled the stone away not in order to let out the Risen Lord but, on the contrary, in order to show that He is not in the tomb: He is not here, for he is risen, and in order to give them who seek Jesus, which was crucified the opportunity to convince themselves of the emptiness of the grave by the evidence of their own eyes, by looking at the place where the Lord lay.
The Resurrection was already accomplished before the descent of the angel, before the stone was rolled away; it was accomplished in an inexpressible fashion, not susceptible to human vision. The soldiers could not have witnessed the Resurrection. The evangelist clearly leads us to understand that the women bearing the myrrh and spices were witnesses not only to the earthquake, the descent of the angel, but also to the terror of the fleeing men. The women were there when it happened. The angel, as though distinguishing them from the terrified soldiers, says: Fear not ye, and then he promises them that they will see the Lord at a later time. If the myrrh-bearers did not see the Resurrection, then it is unlikely indeed that the soldiers should have seen it.
Such distortive pictures of the truth in western imagination are not admissible in the language of canonical iconography in the Orthodox Church because they are foreign to the Holy Scriptures and Tradition. Imagination or misinterpretation of God's revelation has no room in the doctrine of redemption. The Gospels are silent as to the fact of how Christ arose. Neither does the icon show it.
WHY SILENCE?
If the light of the Lord's Transfiguration was too strong for the Apostles to bear, how much stronger it would be at His Resurrection. If it were possible or beneficial for man to witness the actual Resurrection it would have been unveiled before him. A witness could not follow Him to Hell where the conquest of darkness was taking place, nor could he casually observe the act of the Almighty God at the Resurrection in the transfigured body. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a complex wonder beyond human physical grasp.
HYMNOGRAPHY
Our Church in her hymnography, just like in iconography, always remained faithful to the account given in the Gospels. The hymns of the Divine Services help us to understand the miracle of the Resurrection.
In the Paschal Canon (Ode 6:1), we sing: "Without breaking the seal, O Christ, didst Thou rise from the tomb." Not only was the stone not rolled aside, but the seal which was set on it was untouched at the moment of Christ's Resurrection. And, "Life shone forth from the grave," into "the grave yet sealed." The Risen Lord came forth from the grave in the same way as He came to the Apostles though "the doors were shut" without opening them. He came out of the tomb without any outward signs which might have been noticed by outside observers. "Enclosed in the tomb in Thy describable (that is limited by the usual laws of space and other material conditions of our life on earth) flesh, indescribable (free of all present forms and not subject to earthly observation) didst Thou arise, O Christ" (Canon of St. Thomas Sunday, Ode 3:2). In particular: "The soldiers who guarded Thee did not feel the moment of Thy Resurrection." Like the Virgin Birth, the Resurrection of Christ remains a mystery "sealed to those who seek for proof" (not subject to the researchers of human scholarship) and, as a miracle, remains "the mystery of the Resurrection revealed in faith" (Versicle to Lauds, tone 5). The ordinary scholar who would examine the mystery of the empty tomb will discover no more than was known to the soldiers themselves; that He Who was buried is not there, but that He is risen. And how He rose is a miracle revealed only to believers.
MYSTERY — TRANSFIGURED BODY
It is impossible to imagine that the Lord, having risen from the place where they laid Him, should have cast off His winding sheet like ordinary clothes or, like Lazarus, had to be unwound by others. The grave clothes of the Risen Christ remained in the grave folded as they have been wrapped around the body of Him Who was laid to rest in the tomb, only that He was no longer in them. This is the lesson to be learned from the Gospel account of how the napkin, that was about his head was found not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself This means that the napkin remained folded as it was bound about the head of Christ. It is not hard to understand why it was that the other disciple, as soon as he set his eyes on the abandoned grave clothes, saw, and believed (Jn. 20:8). He saw at once that something quite different occurred here from that which Mary Magdalene first suspected; there was no question of the Lord having been taken away . . . out of the sepulcher and of not knowing where they have laid him (v. 2). It was impossible to take the buried Jesus from the winding sheet (which, according to the usage of the time, would have been soaked through with sticky substances and, most probably, all stuck together), without unwinding the linen clothes and tearing them apart in the process. It was, therefore, clear that the Lord departed from the grave into the resurrection of life and that the grave clothes could not restrict the transfigured flesh of the Risen Lord, Who became part of another world (Jn. 5:28-29).
Our Saviour was empowered to be visible or invisible as He wished. The Lord could not only choose to whom He wished to appear but, if one may express it that way, controlled also the outward seeming of His appearance. He accompanied Luke and Cleopas on a journey, talking with them on the way, joined them at the evening meal and suddenly vanished from their sight (Lk. 24:31). The transfigured Body of the Lord was free to pass through all material barriers. In general the glorified flesh of the Son of God was, from the earthly point of view, so materially refined, so free from the coarse material imperfections and limitations, to which we are accustomed, that the Apostles thought they had seen a spirit (Lk. 24:37).
Contemplation of Christ's Resurrection is only possible to our spiritual eyes of faith, free of everything that may obscure our sight. Our vision must be focused on the spiritual fountain of life rather than on material comfort. This is why our Church begins her Paschal Canon with the words: "let us purify our senses (of all that is sinful, vain, corruptible) and we shall behold Christ (spiritually), radiant, with the light unapproachable (to flesh and blood) of the Resurrection, and shall hear Him say, in accents clear: Rejoice!
DESCENT INTO HELL
According to the Orthodox doctrine, the Descent of Christ into Hell was the final act of man's Redemption. As the first Adam died in sin, the Second Adam (Christ) Who assumed the created nature had to reach the same depths to which the first man descended. Although no mention is made in the Gospels about this event, St. Peter speaks of it on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:31), and in his epistle (1 Peter 3:19); He went and preached unto the spirits in prison. Also, the main theme throughout the Paschal hymnography is interwoven with the Lord's Descent into Hell and His Resurrection in the flesh.
The icon of the Descent into Hell expresses the spiritual reality of the Resurrection and the results of His descent. The action in the icon takes place in Hell, shown as a gaping black abyss. In the center of the icon is the Saviour robed in white garment. He appears in Hell not as its captive but as its Conqueror, the Deliverer of the Old Testament prisoners; not as a slave but as the Master of Life. He is depicted in the circle of the mandorla (symbol of God's power and glory) of various shades of blue, pierced with golden rays coming out from the Lord's body. The darkness of Hell is filled with the light of the coming Resurrection, the rays and dawn of Pascha. The Saviour stands on the two crossed leaves of Hell's doors. Below the doors, in the black abyss, is seen a chained figure of the prince of darkness, Satan, with fragments of broken chains, nail, keys, locks scattered all around. The Lord frees the souls of Adam and Eve along with the souls of all others who wait for His coming with faith. Christ is surrounded by two groups of the Old Testament saints, one on either side of Him. To the left are Kings David and Solomon in royal robes and crowns with John the Forerunner; on the right is Moses, holding the book of law, and other prophets. Seeing the Saviour's presence in Hell, they immediately recognize Him, pointing Him out to others Whose coming they foretold.
The descent of Christ into Hell ends His degradation and marks the beginning of His glory. He opened to us the access to Heaven. He laid a foundation of a new life for all those who have united themselves with Christ. The conquest of Hell is the sunrise of a new reborn humanity. The Resurrection of Christ is a token of our own resurrection.
MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN
Our Lord's return from among the dead is expressed in the icon of the Myrrh-Bearing Women in the same way the Gospels describe the event of His Resurrection. The women witnessed an earthquake, saw the angel descended from heaven who rolled the stone away from the entrance to the sepulcher, and saw the fear of the watch (Mt. 28:1-4).
According to the Gospel, the icon depicts the burial cave with an empty tomb where the linen cloth was lying. Usually, to the left of the tomb a group of women is standing and the angel in white garment sitting on the rock, which he rolled away from the door, is on the right. The angel points to the empty tomb showing to the women that the Lord is no longer there, that "He is risen." The narration of the Gospels differs as to the number of women and angels. In the Gospel of St. Luke the number of women is not mentioned at all. This is why, in some icons, the number of women depicted may be five or more. In the same way, icons either show one angel according to the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, or two, according to Luke and John, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain (Jn. 20:12). Generally, this Paschal icon is an exact reproduction of the Gospel stories, down to the smallest detail. Even the napkin, that was about his head is depicted lying in a place by itself (Jn. 20:7).
THE AGE TO COME
The Lord's Resurrection took place in the morning after the seventh day (following the Sabbath). This was the beginning of the first day of the week. For this reason, the first day of the week is the day for celebration of all Christians commemorating the beginning of the new life in Jesus Christ. The early Christians called this day the eighth day, or the eighth day of creation as it is now theologically known. It is not only to commemorate the day on which Christ arose but to celebrate the beginning and prefiguration of the eternal life with God to come for the renewed mankind. As the first day of creation was the beginning of days in time, so the day of the Resurrection of Christ is the beginning of days outside of time, that is, the fulfillment of our Lord's promise of the Kingdom to come, where God is all in all.
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Luminous grains of sand determine year of historic storm flood
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Scientists at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, The Netherlands) have successfully matched a layer of sediment from the dunes near Heemskerk to a severe storm flood that<|fim_middle|> the recovery of tetrapods after the Permian extinction opened...
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280 million-year-old fossil reveals origins of chimaeroid fishes | occurred in either 1775 or 1776. This type of information helps us gain more insight into past storm floods and predict future surges more accurately.
The scientists' findings have been be published in the online edition of the scientific magazine Geology, and will be cover story of the November paper edition.
Historic knowledge
Our historic knowledge about storm floods (and water levels) on the Dutch coast is relatively limited. Records were not kept consistently until the late nineteenth century. This is unfortunate, because the limited historical archive makes it difficult to formulate statistical conclusions and predictions about future storm floods. It is also harder for us to establish whether storm floods are becoming more severe over the years.
With the support of Technology Foundation STW and in cooperation with scientists from the Geological Survey of the Netherlands (TNO) and Deltares, scientists at TU Delft have now shown that historic storm-flood data can be augmented using luminescence dating. The team, led by Dr Jakob Wallinga, published their findings in the scientific magazine Geology.
The method was applied to a layer of sediment in the dunes near Heemskerk, created during a storm flood centuries ago and exposed by a storm in 2007. The level to which the storms and waves pushed the water can be deduced from the height of this layer. During the storm-surge in question, the water was higher than the catastrophic flood of 1953.
In order to put these data on a historical timeline, however, it is essential to know when the storm occurred. The scientists have now been able to show that in all probability the layer of sediment was deposited in 1775 or 1776. Historical sources indicate that severe storm floods took place in both years.
Grains of sand
Optical stimulated luminescence was used for the dating procedure. It simply requires a sample of sand from the sediment layer. The technique is based on the phenomenon that grains of sand can emit a faint light signal when they are illuminated with a certain frequency of light. The strength of the luminescence signal grows stronger over time as a result of natural radioactivity (background radiation) from the surroundings. However, the signal is reset to zero when the grains of sand are exposed to sunlight.
The strength of the luminescence signal (and the local strength of the background radiation) indicates the length of time since the grains were last exposed to light; in other words, the moment when they were 'buried'. Using luminescence dating, a precision of 5% is achievable.
Luminescence dating requires nothing more than grains of sand, which means it can be used instead of the popular C-14 method at different sites and in different situations. After all, C-14 dating requires organic material. Luminescence dating can be used to date sediment from anywhere between just a few years to over 150,000 years old. It is also used in other disciplines, such as archaeology and art history.
Note : The above story is reprinted from materials provided by Delft University of Technology.
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The rest of the game revolved around a series of continuous counter-attacks and disruptive fouls without any significant chances being fashioned.
The full-time whistle then blew and whilst Poppies could be happy at a much improved second half display, there was still disappointment with the two dropped points. | extended their winless run to four after losing a two-goal lead away to Lymington.
After a first half in which Lymington dominated, Poppies took the lead midway through the second half from Manny Ohameje's finish.
River Smith then doubled their lead just a few minutes later with a confident finish across goal.
However, Lymington finally capitalised on their chances as a Mike Gosney brace, including one from the penalty spot, secured the hosts a share of the points.
Manager Michael Cuffie made three changes to the side that faced Shaftesbury Town the previous week.
Marcus Cullen, Harry Cooper and Shiv Roushbaiani were replaced by Harvey Elsom, Manny Ohameje and Stepan Nersonski, who was making his first start in three months after returning from injury.
There was an added element of interest to this tie as Lymington had three former Poppies players in their squad. Ron Frost and Steve Flynn were in the starting XI, whilst Mikey Finch was on the bench.
The Linnets started off the game with attacking intent, as Elsom did well to block a shot from Lewis Ross, which Frost then followed up with an absolute piledriver of a strike which went just over the bar.
On 16 minutes Poppies then had their best chance of the half. A superb headed flick-on from Ohameje played in Smith, but Lymington goalkeeper Nic Jones rushed out and saved his effort.
Sam Jones in the opposite goal then had to deny Flynn after the striker's low header flew straight at him.
The Poppies goalkeeper then maintained an impressive display throughout the rest of the half to ensure the visitors remained on level terms.
First, he provided a strong right hand to deny Gosney's drive at the near post, before tipping another shot from the striker over the bar.
The Linnets then did have the ball in the back of the net following a long throw-in into the penalty area, but it was disallowed for Jones being impeded.
Poppies had been poor in that first half, and it initially seemed like that was going to continue in the second.
Frost was very close to getting on the scoresheet as his effort was cleared off the line after the ball fell back to him from a corner.
Then against the run of play, the visitors took the lead.
Smith was again played through on goal, and this time rounded the onrushing Jones.
However, he'd played it too far to one side and had to cut back. He then found the onrushing Ohameje, who smashed a superb shot past Jones.
This inspired some confidence in Smith, who doubled the Poppies' lead just six minutes later.
He received the ball just outside the penalty area and struck a confident finish across goal.
The rest of the game was an open, flowing affair, as Aziz Aldahayan put Smith through on goal once again, but Jones came out on top in that situation to stop him making it 3-0.
This was arguably the turning point in the game as Lymington cut the deficit a minute later. Gosney curled an effort into the top corner on his left foot.
Smith was then agonisingly close to restoring Bournemouth's two goal advantage, as he shot wide from a central position after Ohameje had headed the ball back to him.
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I'm a rebel… in the Star Wars universe, that is. The Rebel Alliance insignia is a permanent decoration on my upper left arm. I would follow Mon Mothma into any battle. I stand against the Empire. But as much as I adore following the exploits of X-wing pilots and seeing good triumph against evil, I'm also curious about what motivates someone to align themselves with the Imperial side. Thankfully, I've got Battlefront II: Inferno Squad by Christie Golden, which gives a whole book full of insight about why Imperials don't see themselves as the bad guys.Recent years have given us a number of canonical stories exploring Team Empire. Lost Stars is a standout example of getting into the heads of Imperials and hearing the rationalizations and reasoning for taking a stance against the rebels. Tarkin and Thrawn each offer day-to-day experiences inside the working Empire and glimpses at the motivations involved. Inferno Squad goes deeper.
The Battlefront II novel is set before the events of the upcoming game. The game takes place after the destruction of the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi, while the book happens in the weeks and months after the loss of the first Death Star in A New Hope. The book shows how and why Inferno Squad, an elite special forces group, came to be. Namely, they exist to plug information leaks and protect secure data so that nothing like Galen Erso's sabotage of the Death Star in Rogue One can happen again.
The squad is comprised of four humans, each with particular skills—Iden Versio, Seyn Marana, Gideon Hask, and Del Meeko. This is the group at the heart of Battlefront II's story campaign mode; they receive missions from the Imperial Security Bureau (ISB) and operate, to some degree, under the radar. Covert ops are their specialty.
When you talk about the Rebellion and the Empire, it's easy to slip into a black-and-white us-vs.-them mentality. Inferno Squad isn't a recruitment book. It's not here to get anyone to visit an Imperial office, sign a piece of paper, and get a stormtrooper helmet. It is here to offer perspective, and I found it. I experienced impactful moments with each character of the group, especially Iden Versio.
To Iden and her team, the rebels are the terrorists. This line of thought is easier to understand when the group infiltrates a society of partisans. Extremists like Saw Gerrera paint the rebels in an unflattering light. The Rebel Alliance doesn't endorse extreme tactics, obviously, but if you think you're part of the organization that can bring peace to the galaxy through law and order, you don't much care about whether the partisans are working with a stamp of approval.
That I was able to put myself in the shoes of the members of Inferno Squad and tilt my head in understanding is a testament to how much Golden pushed, explored, and provided context. She didn't treat Inferno Squadron as the "bad guys," but instead looked at them as soldiers doing their jobs to the best of their abilities. They believe they're making a difference in the same ways the crew of the Ghost or Leia think they're making a difference. They have some fundamental similarities, and as with Lost Stars, that discovery led to some navel-gazing.
I couldn't quite cheer for the successes Inferno Squad found, but I was riveted and invested in what happened next. I found myself wanting Iden to excel, even though any of her triumphs ultimately hurt the rebellion. The novel brought questions about nature vs. nurture into focus and made me view some aspects of the Empire through lenses I've never used before, which I think is important for any rebel.
Are you planning to pick up Battlefront II: Inferno Squad? I want to hear your opinions. Drop a note in the comments or come talk to me on Twitter at @amy_geek.
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Endpoint security is a technology that provides an additional layer in protecting computer networks from having malicious code downloaded from any source. It is widely known that the use of laptops, tablets, mobile devices and other wireless gadgets connected to corporate networks creates access paths for security exploitations. Cyber criminals are always looking for gaps and are more than willing to take advantage of them. The goal of endpoint security is to help ensure there are no gaps and that these devices maintain a level of compliance and standards that help protect a network's sensitive data; data such as a customer's private and financial information which can be devastating if in the wrong hands.
With the rise in the number of attacks, endpoint security has become more important than ever. It has been reported that more than 25% of mobile devices will get exposed to a network attack in any type of organization. In 2014 more than 1 billion records were breached and at least 37% of companies admitted that they were unable to see real-time visibility on cyber-attacks.
All devices connected to the network should be adequately secured to prevent breaches, which is why it is critical to have anti-malware /anti-virus installed. There are several products on the market that offer add-on options that control which executables can be run. Organizations need to ensure they are matching their needs to product features and performance. However, no matter what type of product an organization decides on, it is imperative that the software remains up to date | 303 |
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The Pennsylvania Office of State Inspector General noted in its report that "internal systemic failures" and lacking "consistent communication" led to the failure of the Wolf Administration's role to carry out the constitutional amendment process.
My bill is simple; Senate Bill 738 would require the Department of State to create a publicly accessible website that will provide a detailed account of each action taken to publish a proposed constitutional amendment.
You can learn more about my legislation here.
As I noted in my email update last week, York County is blessed to have many great religious leaders in various denominations and faiths.
Several of those leaders have agreed to serve as a guest chaplain of the Senate of Pennsylvania, where they pray for the Senate, the state and the people of this Commonwealth.
This week, I was pleased to host two local pastors who provided thoughtful and meaningful prayer before our Senate session.
On Tuesday, Pastor Beth Holz of Mount Nebo United Methodist Church in Delta served as our guest chaplain. You can watch her prayer below.
On Wednesday, Pastor Adam Bower of Praise Community Church in York served as our guest chaplain. You can watch his prayer below.
Robert, or Robby, Brick of Manchester Township shadowed me for the day on Monday. Robby and his mother, Sarah, sat in on several legislative meetings I held during the session day in Harrisburg.
During the day, Robby also got to tour the state Capitol and sit in on our legislative session. Robby will be a junior at Central York this fall, plays varsity soccer for the Panthers and is a member of Student Council.
Prior to session, Robby and I grabbed a quick photo and ran into Lt. Governor Fetterman. A fellow Panther, the lieutenant governor was gracious enough to show Robby the rostrum where he presides over our Senate session.
As you know, the Department of Health entered into a sole source contract with a Georgia-based vendor tasked with conducting contact tracing for people who contract COVID-19. The vendor, Insight Global, was inked a one-year, $22.9 million contract.
Last month, the committee I chair attempted to hold an oversight hearing on a massive data breach impacting more than 72,000 Pennsylvanians who had their personal health care information sitting on the Internet for anyone to access. The Department of Health backed out the Friday prior to our public hearing.
Now Spotlight PA is reporting that this information is still sitting on the Internet, including information on individuals under the age of 18.
You can learn more about this very troubling issue here.
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you may have seen that I put together a quick timeline of the Department of Health/Insight Global data breach, which you can view below.
July 25, 2020: Dept. of Health signs $22.9 million contract with Georgia-based Insight Global to conduct contact tracing. Contract runs through July 31, 2021.
Feb. 25, 2021: Whistleblower alerts Dept. of Health of data breach with contact tracing information, according to media reports.
Apr. 30, 2021: WPXI-TV reports that Insight Global posted more than 72,000 personal health care records of individuals subject to contact tracing online.
May 3, 2021: Senate Communications & Technology Committee, which I chair, plans a public hearing on the data breach.
Friday, May 7, 2021 at 6 p.m.: Department of Health backs out of testifying at public hearing.
May 11, 2021: Senate Communications & Technology Committee conducts public hearing to ask questions on data breach.
May 20, 2021: Department of Health announces they will terminate the contract with Insight Global, effective June 19, 2021.
June 9, 2021: Spotlight PA reports the data "is still available online in a document accessible to anyone with a link more than a month after the company responsible said the data had been secured." Data contains personal health care information of individuals, including minors.
As the co-chair of the Cystic Fibrosis Caucus in the Senate, I was pleased to sponsor the resolution to recognize "Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
In the 1950s, children living with Cystic Fibrosis would be lucky to live long enough to attend elementary school.
Today, we have individuals with a Cystic Fibrosis diagnosis who live long and productive lives.
This resolution thanks the medical breakthroughs we have had on this disease to date while we still search for a cure to eradicate this disease.
Congratulations to Senator Chris Gebhard, who was sworn in during Senate session yesterday. Senator Gebhard represents all of Lebanon County and parts of Dauphin and York Counties.
In York County, he represents: Conewago Twp., East Manchester, Twp. Newberry Twp. and Springettsbury Twp. as well as Goldsboro, Lewisberry, Manchester, Mount Wolf and York Haven.
I look forward to working with Senator Gebhard on issues important to the people of York County.
You can learn more about Senator Gebhard here.
PA CareerLink shared with me its latest list of local job openings, which you can view below. You can also find job postings shared with the York County Economic Alliance here.
PennDOT shared with me its list of upcoming scheduled maintenance projects, which you can view below.
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On May 18, voters all across the Commonwealth weighed in on two proposed constitutional amendments to address the governor's unilateral emergency powers. In York County, the constitutional amendments were approved with at least 63 percent of the vote. Statewide, both issues were approved by voters leading to major changes to YOUR Constitution.
Listen to my comments here.
This week, the legislature took the next step to terminate the governor's COVID-19 emergency declaration, as well as approve legislation to ensure many of the state regulations and red tape that have been waived would remain in place.
The votes I made this week reflect the overwhelming majority (63% in York County) support to restore checks and balances in YOUR state government.
You can learn more about this issue here.
The Senate approved legislation I co-authored with Senator Judy Ward (R-30) that would ban the state or any local municipality or school district from imposing a proof of vaccination requirement.
The legislation was amended this week to ban colleges and universities that receive direct state taxpayer funded subsidies from requiring proof of vaccines. Furthermore, the bill also would prohibit the Secretary of Health from imposing face mask requirements, travel restrictions, social distancing, shelter in place and closures of privately owned businesses.
The bill now heads to the House of Representatives for further consideration.
You can learn more about my Senate Bill 618 here.
It was an honor to meet and host Tiffani Baublitz, a three-time state champion of the Pennsylvania Girls Wrestling Tournament, in the Senate this week.
Tiffani was with several other state champion wrestlers to be formally recognized by the Senate of Pennsylvania for their significant accomplishments.
Tiffani and her peers continue to compete across the Commonwealth and nation, earning accolades with every victory. Tiffani wrestled for Kennard-Dale High School and will be attending King University in Tennessee to continue her success on the mat in one the nation's top female wrestling program.
She is ranked second in the nation in her weight class, according to USA Wrestling.
Congratulations, Tiffani!
This week, I introduced legislation that would require the Pennsylvania Department of State to publicly post to an online tracker the steps they take to comply with proposed constitutional amendments.
This legislation would address the Department of State's failure to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment that would retroactively extend the | 581 |
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New investment will help AMP accelerate innovation and scale commercialization to meet the rapidly increasing demand for its AI and robotics applications for the waste industry
AMP Robotics Corp. ("AMP"), a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for the waste industry, has raised $55 million in corporate equity in a Series B financing, led by XN with participation from new investors Valor Equity Partners and GV as well as existing investors Sequoia Capital, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, Congruent Ventures, and Closed Loop Partners. This new round of funding follows a $16 million Series A financing led by Sequoia Capital in November 2019.
"We are excited to partner with AMP as Matanya and the team continue to build an exceptional and category-defining business," said Gaurav Kapadia, founder of XN. "AMP's technology radically improves the economics and efficiency of recycling and creates transformational long-term value for customers, the economy, and the environment."
AMP will use this latest funding to scale its business operations to meet the robust market demand for its technology and develop innovative new AI product applications that integrate into materials recovery facilities to increase recycling rates for its customers. The new capital will also support the company's market expansion as it works with consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, like Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP), to help them achieve their recycled content and sustainability goals for a circular economy.
"We are blessed with an outstanding group of new investors, a mission-driven team, and amazing customers," said Matanya Horowitz, founder and CEO of AMP Robotics. "We are putting this next round of investment to work immediately to create novel technology for the waste industry and meaningfully contribute to reducing society's impact on the environment."
Globally, more than $200 billion worth of recyclable materials goes unrecovered annually. The economics and efficiency of identifying and sorting paper, plastics, metals, and other recyclables from the waste stream creates a major challenge for material recovery. In recent years, the waste industry has also faced stricter international quality standards for contamination-free imports of recycled materials, leaving the industry in search of cost-effective alternatives to meet these requirements. COVID-19 then forced many businesses to suspend recycling operations due to concerns for worker safety. Simultaneously, the pandemic increased demand for high-quality recycled feedstock to overcome supply chain interruptions and shifts in raw material availability.
AMP Robotics' technology is helping the waste industry meet these challenges by modernizing recycling—improving material quality, ensuring worker safety, increasing productivity, lowering costs, diverting waste from landfill, and reducing greenhouse gas<|fim_middle|>," said Andy Wheeler, general partner at GV. "AMP has made strong commercial traction in the market and is poised to have a meaningful impact on the recycling industry and global waste management at large."
In late 2020, AMP signed a long-term agreement with Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) to deploy 24 AI-guided robotics systems, the company's largest contract to date. AMP has hundreds of deployments across three continents, which makes it the leading provider of AI-guided robotics systems for recycling globally. Within the United States, the company's coast-to-coast reach spans more than 20 states, including major markets such as California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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"AMP is a transformational company in the global waste industry, similar to companies we have partnered with in other sectors," said Sam Teller, partner at Valor Equity Partners. "We believe deeply in AMP's potential to update and scale our waste infrastructure to meet ramping demand for recycled content and to create a more sustainable, circular economy."
AMP's proprietary technology applies computer vision and deep learning to guide high-speed robotics systems to precisely identify and differentiate recyclables found in the waste stream by color, size, shape, opacity, consumer brand, and more, storing data about each item it perceives. The company's technology can recognize and recover material as small as a bottlecap and as unique as a Keurig coffee pod from complex material streams so that these materials may serve another productive life in the economy.
"Matanya and the team are experts in machine learning and robotics and have developed a differentiated technology in the recycling business | 197 |
I really liked the mood of this game and that you took both the LD Theme and the constraints of the low res jam.
Very innovative and special game. I really liked the atmosphere.
This game has a fantastic aestetics, and looks really good, a bit perplexed about the game mechanic tho.
Very pretty game. Everything fit together very nicely.
Nice relaxing art and sound style. I enjoyed it.
I'm sure there's something interesting in here, but I kept getting lost and disoriented. Nice visuals and ambient music, though.
A really pretty and atmospheric game, but the mechanics left me wanting for more. Also some parts could have used polish, like the X "shockwave" effect graphics, and collision handling. The cage<|fim_middle|>, beautiful piece of art!
I like the art and the idea, but for "underwater" i wouldn´t choose wind sound loops. | things didn't really communicate clearly what you were supposed to do with them.
I think it's hard to rate this as an actual game, but the athmosphere was chilling.
REally cute pixel art graphics.Nice sounds too.
I gathered the orbs then wandered aimlessly until I came across a tail. Then didn't find anything over the next four or five minutes. I guess I was supposed to collect more things, but there wasn't anything else out there. Love the music and the orb tones. Not sure what else there was to do in it.
I like the mood and music, the game was a little slow though.
Amazing mood and it was very interesting to play! Nice work!
Really nice graphics, and the atmosphere was great. Well done!
Finished it | 156 |
Can simple games make kids better at math? (continued)
"That's the big question," Wang said. "If we can improve people's intuitive number ability, can we also improve their math ability?"
The findings, due to appear in the July issue of the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, are now available online.
The researchers created a five-minute computer game to train the intuitive number sense of 40 five-year-olds. Blue dots and yellow dots flashed on a laptop screen and the children were asked to indicate whether there were more blue ones or more yellow ones quickly, without counting. Children received feedback after each trial. After correct responses, a pre-recorded voice told them, "That's right." After wrong answers, they heard, "Oh, that's not right."
Some of the kids started with easier questions that gradually became harder. Other kids started with the hard questions, and a third group worked through a mix of hard and easy problems.
After the dots game, the researchers gave all of the children a vocabulary quiz or a math quiz. With the math quiz, derived from a standardized math ability assessment test,<|fim_middle|>. "Of course, this raises the question of whether this kind of rapid improvement lasts for any significant duration, and whether it enhances all types of math abilities. We're excited to follow up on these questions."
The research team also included Darko Odic, a former graduate student in psychology, and Justin Halberda, a professor of psychological and brain sciences, both at Johns Hopkins.
This research was supported by National Institutes of Health grant R01 HD057258.
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Laura Ascione
Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director, Content Services at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Find Laura on Twitter: @eSN_Laura | the kids were asked to count backward, to judge the magnitude of spoken numbers ("Which is more, 7 or 6?"), to calculate the answer to word problems ("Joey has one block and gets two more; how many does he have?"), and to write down numbers.
Though researchers detected no change in any of the children's vocabulary skills, the kids who performed the dots game in the proper training fashion — easiest to hardest — scored much higher on the math test, getting about 80 percent of the answers correct.
The kids who got the hardest dot questions first, got just 60 percent of the math test right, while the control group kids who got the mix of easy and hard questions got scored about a 70 percent.
It was clear that by improving the children's number sense, the game helped their short-term math scores, said Lisa Feigenson, a professor of psychological and brain sciences. The next step will be to figure out if there's a way to use the technique for lasting results.
"These findings emphasize the sense in which core cognition, seen across species and across development, serves as a foundation for more sophisticated thought," Feigenson said | 239 |
Have you ever wondered why does my cat knead? Kneading is also another one of those unique behaviors that cats portray. It can be described as that repetitive motion when your cat flexes and alternately pushes its left and right front paws (or all 4 paws) against you or on a soft surface as if it is kne<|fim_middle|>As pet parents we may never completely know all of the reasons for our cat's behavior, but can continue to admire and be delighted by their personalities, intelligence and unyielding affection.
PreviousWhy Does My Cat Purr? | ading dough like a baker, hence the term kneading. The reasons as to why cats knead are many, but can be narrowed down to a few main explanations.
When kittens were born they would knead their mother's belly to help stimulate milk production so that they could nurse. This kneading action became instinctual for them, thus associating it with the ability to attain food and feel comforted. If you notice that your cat likes to knead your lap or legs while he/she is getting cozy to lie down next to you, it is safe to say that it is their learned behavior of when they were little of just getting snug and relaxed.
Another reason that cats knead, is to mark their territory. Felines have scent glands on the soft pads at the bottom of their paws and when they knead, these glands become activated and their scent is released onto the surface they are kneading on. That surface area could be you, a soft cushion or a blanket, Once again kneading is instinctual and whichever item that they have scent marked, is now their territory. For a multi-cat household scent marking does not cause a huge concern for territorial aggressiveness since most cats will usually occupy each other's spaces on a regular basis.
Kneading can also be a trait that has been naturally and intuitively passed down from its wild ancestors. Cats in the wild would ply and push down tall grasses, loose leaves or soft plant debris to make into a cozy resting spot. All felines like to rest and lounge in comfort and will carry out the orderly actions to do so.
Lastly, some female cats will knead just before going into heat. It's a way of informing male cats that they want to and are able to mate. This action is rarely if ever seen by pet parents, and more so if your female cat is spayed.
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Father,<|fim_middle|> | 6-year-old son drown at waterfall in Georgia
A father and son drowned at Dicks Creek Falls at Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia.
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By Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An outing at a popular North Georgia swimming spot turned tragic Tuesday when a father and his 6-year-old son drowned, according to police.
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Just before 2 p.m., police and firefighters were called to Dick's Creek Falls in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Lt. Chris Pfrogner with the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office said.
"When the father and son went off the rocks and into the water, they had trouble staying above the water," Pfrogner said.
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The river in the area is fairly small and shallow, but it can be deceiving to swimmers because of the current and undertows, Pfrogner said.
Divers found the bodies of 38-year-old Joshua Kistler and his son, Jaxon, later Tuesday. The two lived in Dahlonega.
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The Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Forestry investigators assisted Lumpkin deputies, along with the Hall and Forsyth county sheriff's offices. No foul play is suspected, Pfrogner said.
"It's just a terrible accident," he said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims' family."
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Opinion: Ad blocking threatens democracy
January 12, 2016 by David Chavern
David Chavern is president & CEO of the Newspaper Association of America.
Digital ads can sometimes be very annoying. Slow load times and often chaotic content can drive people to download ad blocking software as an immediate "fix." But there is, as they say, "no free lunch," and there are<|fim_middle|> even more concerned about the potential to block equal access to trusted, accurate information.
We must find a middle ground that both improves the user experience and maintains advertising as a viable way to sustain news organizations. First, digital advertising needs to continue to improve. Too many ads today are disruptive to the viewing experience, slow load times and use too much mobile data. Publishers and digital advertisers have to continue to focus on and improve the experience of their audience. In return, ad-blocking firms and the companies that distribute their software should take great care to avoid blocking ads that aren't overly burdensome on users. Anything that blocks all types of ads is just blindly punishing journalists, bloggers, publishers and others who rely on ad revenue to survive.
Second, publishers should experiment with more payment and advertising options for users. Also, they can more closely examine the types of ads that are delivered to readers. For example, The Guardian recently announced that it will be exploring customizable ad experiences. The U.K. paper is exploring the delivery of tailored ads that are more relevant and more appealing to the user. Giving the consumer more control over the ads that they are served could be an effective solution to the ad blocking problem.
Part of this may also involve better "native ads" that are more fully integrated into the overall experience of visiting a news site. While this gives some people concern, the fact is that the public has been exposed to "native" TV ads and on-air radio promotions for decades. Take the Super Bowl, for example. Television commercials that air during the game make sense for the platform and are applicable to the audience. As a result, ads have become an integral part of the Super Bowl experience. We can create this same feeling, on a much smaller scale, for digital ads. One example is The New York Times' "Orange is the New Black" native ad, which used video, audio and movable graphics to shed light on the need for female prison reform.
Finally, we need to educate the public about what ad-blockers really mean – and that they are not a "free option." There are real costs involved that will be borne not only by the users but also by the entire ecosystem under which the Internet has grown and thrived for our collective benefit. | serious costs – for everyone – from the growing use of ad-blockers.
In the news business, journalists spend hours researching, fact-checking and writing incredible stories that keep the general public informed. Many other people, from editors to technical support staff, then work to make that news readily available to you. And most of these people actually like to get paid. Advertisements fund almost all online news – along with a whole host of blogs, community news and activism sites and more.
People who download ad-blocking software may be looking for a faster browsing experience in the short-term, but they are also knowingly or unknowingly participating in the longer-term destruction of our ad-supported system for free and low-cost news and other content. As ad-blockers proliferate, the inevitable result will be either much higher subscription rates or a deterioration in the quality and availability of thoughtful, reliable news as news media and content creators are forced out of business. This, in turn, will put us on a dangerous path toward information inequality. News content will be reserved for those who can pay high subscription fees, and everyone else will be left without access to valuable information — with disastrous implications for our democracy.
Are we really willing to exchange exposure to digital ads for significantly higher prices for everyone, where reliable information is only available to the elite? The highly debated net-neutrality legislation has sparked significant concern over the potential ability of telecommunications companies to create "fast" and "slow" Internet lanes or block content. We should be | 300 |
Virulence heterozygosity and gametic phase disequilibria in two populations of puccinia recondita (Wheat leaf rust fungus)
James A. Kolmer
Random mating aecial populations were derived from the eastern and prairie uredinial populations of Puccini recondita f. sp. tritici in Canada to assess the degree of virulence heterozygosity and gametic phase disequilibria between virulence loci in the two populations. In the aecial generation, both populations were genetically polymorphic at virulence loci that had low levels of phenotypic polymorphism in the uredinial generation. Different levels of genetic polymorphism for virulence allowed further discrimination between the two populations. High levels of virulence heterozygosity were detected in both populations to resistance genes originally derived from Triticum aestivum. Genetic linkage, and gametic phase disequilibria between genetically independent virulence loci were detected in both populations. However, disequilibrium were stronger and more prevalent in the highly selected prairie population.
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Kolmer, J. A. (1992). Virulence heterozygosity and gametic phase disequilibria in two populations of puccinia recondita (Wheat leaf rust fungus). Heredity, 68(6), 505-513. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1992.73
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Kolmer, JA 1992, 'Virulence heterozygosity and gametic phase disequilibria in two populations of puccinia recondita (Wheat leaf rust fungus)', Heredity, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 505-513. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1992.73
Kolmer JA. Virulence heterozygosity and gametic phase disequilibria in two populations of puccinia recondita (Wheat leaf rust fungus). Heredity. 1992 Jun;68(6):505-513. doi: 10.1038/hdy.1992.73
Kolmer, James A. / Virulence heterozygosity and gametic phase disequilibria in two populations of puccinia recondita (Wheat leaf rust fungus). In: Heredity. 1992 ; Vol. 68, No. 6. pp. 505-513.
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Guy Ritchie and Will Smith's Aladdin is getting a sequel
You make a billion, you get a sequel.
That's how it works in Hollywood, kids.
Guy Ritchie may have seemed somewhat of an unlikely choice to helm a live-action remake of Aladdin, but it's safe to say it worked out quite handsomely, with the Disney update raking in over a billion dollars at the worldwide box office.
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A release date and story details are being kept strictly under wraps for now, but it is heavily rumoured that the likes of Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves and Sinbad the Sailor will provide some elements.
JOE caught up with Aladdin himself, Mena Massoud, at the time of the film's release last May. You can check out that chat below.
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Almost every culture has a tradition to keep the rain away on your wedding day (in accordance to Alanis Morissette's wishes). Catholics put a pendant or statue of Mother Mary on the window sill. In Irish and Indian cultures, rain on your wedding day means good luck and fertility– even if it brings soggy hair and squishy shoes. One company in the US will even cloudseed for $100,000 to ensure that no drops of water soil your white gown or screw up your updo. That seems a little extreme– and expensive.
But with the humid springs and summers that the American South cooks up often comes rain– and lots of it. It's not uncommon to have monsoon-like rain appear suddenly on the horizon, flooding and destroying everything in its path, then leaving nothing but mud and ruined decor behind. Even if it doesn't rain, a grey and brooding sky is nowhere near ideal for pictures.
That's why all true born-and-bred Southerners know the tradition of the Burying of the Bourbon.
You take a bottle of bourbon, and bury it at your venue a month before your wedding. Then, on the day of your nupt<|fim_middle|> make sure the hotel block is booked and ready as friends and family from all over come to join you and your partner on your special day. And rest assured that the time-honored bourbon is doing its work, deep in the soil.
This is the most important part: the ceremony.
During your ceremony, you must include the unburying of the bourbon in some fashion. If you can't bury the bourbon at the exact location at the venue where you'll be married, then dig it up as close to the ceremony's time as possible and bring it to the ceremony.
You'll need to make sure you have glasses on hand to dole out the bourbon to its intended recipients, too. Don't worry, we have that covered. A small table next to the officiant will work nicely.
Make sure to clue your officiant in ahead of time about how you'd like your whiskey ceremony to go down so they can include it when they write the ceremony. And you'll also want to include it in your rehearsal so nothing goes amiss.
Using a shovel together, you and your partner will pull the bourbon from the ground (if it isn't already unburied). Then, hand it to the officiant who should open it and pour you both a measure while saying some words about the tradition and the importance not just of keeping the rain away on such an auspicious day, but the blending of two souls in marriage.
Then, both you and your partner may drink from your whiskey as the officiant announces you as forever bonded in matrimony.
What do we do with the bourbon after?
Drink it, obviously! What else is bourbon for? Some couples split their bourbon with their wedding party and important family members at the reception. Some couples wait and sip it only on their future anniversaries together, or at other big celebrations (the birth of a baby, work promotions, etc.) This part is up to you; the bourbon has already done its job. Now it's time to make it your own in whatever way suits you and your partner the best. | iuals, you and your new partner dig up the bottle together as a part of the ceremony. The luck-imbued freshly dug-up bourbon is then incorporated into your ceremony, either as a toast, or a sumptuous ritual where you take your first sips together, or as a symbolic blending ceremony.
And it's not just for fun. According to John of the wedding venue website Black Mountain Sanctuary, it a completely legitimate way to keep your wedding rain-free. After he saw one couple achieve a rainless wedding day by burying the bourbon, he recommends it to other couples and has yet to see any of them suffer a soggy wedding day.
Whether or not that's true, we'll leave it up to the weathermen. What we do know is that this tradition and ceremony lends an air of powerful sentimentality to any wedding.
Bourbon is as southern as big hats, gospel music, and rocking chairs on the front porch. Southern weddings are really the cream of the crop. There's something about the elaborate styles, the soul food, the exquisite cocktails, and the heat of a sticky Southern summer that's just so charming. By American law, bourbon has to come from America, with southern states Kentucky, Tennessee, and Louisiana leading the way in production. Yes, that is an actual law. Why? Because no one can make bourbon like the American south. It's simply impossible.
And your wedding doesn't have to be in the south or even have an American South theme for the Burying of the Bourbon to work. It doesn't even need to be in the United States, so long as it's bourbon from the US.
"But why waste good bourbon", you ask? You aren't wasting it: you're giving it somewhere nice and cool to sit and age for a month while you finish your last-minute preparations.
First, check with your venue to make sure it's alright that your bury the bourbon. While venue shopping recently for my own wedding, I made sure to ask each place we went to if that would be alright. While I am in the South, nearly every venue had heard of this tradition– and one botanical garden even had a bride and groom coming THAT DAY to bury their own bourbon. The tradition is as prevalent here as sweet tea.
Once you've gotten clearance, make sure to plan when you're going to do it. Double-check with the venue so they know and you aren't crashing someone elses' wedding– that would be very bad luck indeed.
Once ready, there are more rules to follow to ensure we get the intended result, so make sure you follow this checklist to a "T".
The bottle needs to be completely full.
It needs to be real Bourbon (your call on what brand).
You and your partner need to bury it together.
It needs to be buried upside down.
It has to be buried exactly one month before the wedding– and preferably on a day of good weather.
Make sure to mark the spot where you bury it, too. There's no word on what's to be done if you can't unbury the bourbon, but we can't imagine it's good.
When it's buried, you don't have to worry about it. Believe us, there's plenty more to worry about in the final weeks leading up to your wedding! Stay on top of your RSVPs, put the finishing touches on those centerpieces, and | 689 |
Ai Weiwei Among Contemporary Chinese Artists Exhibiting At OVADA, Oxford
10 July 2015 / Art Categories Art News, News / Art Tags Ai Weiwei, Cai Yuan, Cao Fei, HMFF! Anthony Key, OVADA, Sun Haili, Sun Yi, Wessieling / / / / /
WASTELANDS presents<|fim_middle|> current environment. What the wastelands of the future will be is anybody's guess."
Katie Hill is Director of OCCA and course leader of Asian Art and its Markets at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London. Wastelands is produced by the Office of Contemporary Chinese Art (OCCA) and funded by Arts Council England.
Artists: Ai Weiwei, Cai Yuan, Cao Fei, HMFF! Anthony Key, Sun Haili, Sun Yi, Wessieling
WASTELANDS – OVADA Gallery – Thursdays to Sundays, 12-6pm – 17 July to 9 August 2015 | the works of eight artists who all have links to China or are of Chinese descent. This group exhibition of contemporary Chinese Art includes installation, painting, sculpture and film, presented against the backdrop of OVADA's industrial warehouse space in central Oxford.
The exhibition explores the idea of 'waste' as a result of consumption through different landscapes and materials. Ranging from the 'aesthetic debris' in the work of Cai Yuan's cardboard painting installations to Cao Fei's film 'Haze and Fog', a surreal and abject portrait of an excessively self-consuming Beijing in the form of a zombie movie. Featuring established artists such as the hugely significant figure of Ai Weiwei alongside artists with long- standing practices in the UK, the exhibition engages in themes around issues of neo-liberal ideologies, consumption, development and economies of culture.
The documentary 'Ordos 100' by the globally renowned artist Ai Weiwei shows an ambitious architectural project in the new city of Ordos, inner Mongolia, that engaged in an "out of the world location…where boom and bust co-exist and where creativity takes elusive forms". The documentary also taps into the rich potentiality of China as a developing country, where development is pursued on an unprecedented scale. Ordos is one of the richest regions in China, surpassing the GDP of Beijing in 2008. Ai's project is about creative collaboration on a global scale, as a number of architects from around the world come together in the remote site. Already known as a huge ghost town in the desert, Ordos symbolises both the possibility of the future, drawn out in Ai's project, and the hubris of China's crazed project of ever- expanding urbanisation.
In another work about a site, the 'new' town of Milton Keynes is explored by Sun Haili, who makes a living sculpture out of a section of grass removed from the edge of the site due to development. This simple bio-sculpture can be seen as a commentary on the dynamic between sustainability and development. A participative installation by HMFF Collective, replicates an out-of-town shabby hotel in Nanjing, critiquing China's 'economic miracle' and drawing on possible everyday realities of 'shady dealings' and low-level surveillance. HMFF's 'Dream Hotel' at OVADA invokes the idea of the dream at different levels by inviting participants to sleep in the hotel room for one night.
Pioneering female artist Cao Fei shows another work that engages in present-day China, as part dream, part nightmare, in which a range of deranged characters play out scenes which are often slightly crazed and deeply insecure. Dark humour pervades the work that features a new middle class in Beijing with empty, meaningless lives and the zombies in the film appear to symbolise a society literally devouring itself.
Anthony Key's 'Dolly' is a sharply observed sculpture made from a supermarket trolley in an absurd take on consumption and reproduction. Wessieling's work takes the garment label and site of production in the vast clothes industry, creating placards and brands to question positions of power and invisibility in the circulation of fashion. Sun Yi, a young artist, uses the vocabulary of daily newspapers as free disposable material for everyday consumption of news. Materiality and ideology are also concerns for Cai! Yuan, whose cardboard painting installation appears as raw and aesthetic, immaterial and material, sitting at the intersection between sculpture and painting.
The works in WASTELANDS include sites of 21st century China, such as the small hotel in Nanjing to the sprawling desert city of Ordos, and Beijing's psycho-geography evoked in Cao Fei's work. Artistic responses to the global circulation of manufacturing and labour in Wessieling's labels or Cai Yuan's cardboard paintings from supermarket products also point to economies of culture and their by-products. In the thoughtful and often playful works of Anthony Key and Sun Yi, artistic languages engage other types of consumption, whether that of digesting and casting aside the daily news, or the supermarket trolley, a universal aspect of our weekly shopping routine. Curator, Katie Hill, comments: "This project came from an idea about things in my kitchen that bore the label: 'not currently recycled' which seems an unsustainable proposition in the | 881 |
Presidential Spruce-Up for Game of Thrones
A "collector's edition" of the first season of Game of Thrones on Blu-ray will be released here on November 21 for $70.
It will repackage nearly all of the material on the original release with the first episode of season two, in a box set with the sigils of the four main houses and a premium dragon egg paperweight.
What the HBO press release omits to say is the controversial shot of a decapitated head-on-a-pike that resembles George W Bush<|fim_middle|> colossal efforts behind episode six, "A Golden Crown."
Hidden Dragon Eggs – find the hidden dragon eggs to uncover even more never-before-seen content.
Making Game of Thrones – an exclusive 30-minute feature including never-before-seen footage from the set and interviews from the cast and crew.
Character Profiles – profiles of 15 major characters as described by the actors portraying them.
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The US version of this box also has digital copies of each episode.
Do many people use their digital copies of movies? I have no interest in digital copies as I would much rather watch the movie or show on the large flatscreen TV than on a computer monitor. Each to their own, though. | , and which left HBO with dragon egg on its face, has been cut from the season one finale … which kind of makes the original season one release the real collector's edition.
Otherwise, the set will contain:
Blu-ray Complete Guide to Westeros – an interactive compendium of the noble houses and lands featured in season one, plus 24 exclusive histories of the Seven Kingdoms as told by the characters themselves, done with animated illustrations that provide more information on the background of Game of Thrones.
In-Episode Guide – in-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations, and relevant histories while each episode plays.
Anatomy of an Episode – an in-episode experience that explores the creative minds and | 147 |
Die Pfarrkirche Sigmundsherberg steht im Ort Sigmundsherberg in der Marktgemeinde Sigmundsherberg im Bezirk Horn in Niederösterreich. Die dem Patrozinium hl. Christophorus unterstellte römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche gehört zum Dekanat Horn in der Diözese St. Pölten. Die Kir<|fim_middle|> Rudolf Wondracek erbaut. Bereits bei der Kirchweihe am 25. Juli 1937 wurden Autos gesegnet.
Architektur
Die Kirche zeigt sich in einfachen kubischen Elementen. Der Saalraum mit einer Flachdecke hat eine umlaufende Empore. Die figurale Glasmalerei schuf Hans Alexander Brunner 1937. Die Fresken im Chor malte Franz Pitza 1946.
Ausstattung
Die Glocken goss Anton Aufheimer 1815.
Literatur
Sigmundsherberg, Pfarrkirche hl. Christophorus. In: Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Dehio Niederösterreich nördlich der Donau 1990. S. 1091.
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Die Kirche wurde 1936/1937 nach den Plänen des Architekten | 38 |
Home > Music Psychology > Imagination
Imagination is that power of mind by which we form pictures of things not present. It is the power of representing a mental product as an image. As the name denotes, imagination is the image making, or image showing faculty. The Germans call it Einbildungskraft. According to Krauth and Fleming, "Vocabulary of Philosophy," "In the language of modern philosophy, the imagination seems to denote, first, the power of apprehending or conceiving ideas, simply as they are in themselves, without any view to their reality; secondly, the power of combining into new forms or assemblages, those thoughts, ideas, or notions, which we have derived from experience or from information."
Relation to Memory. Imagination stands in close relation to memory,in fact, depends on memory for its materials. Memory holds and brings back our past experiences just as they were without any modification. Memory is the faculty of unaltered reproduction, while imagination is the faculty of altered reproduction. Memory is the grand storehouse from which imagination draws the materials for its strange creations. "Memory retains and recalls the past in the form which it assumed when it was previously before the mind. Imagination brings up the past in new shapes and combinations. Both of them are reflective of objects; but the one may be compared to the mirror which reflects whatever has been before it, in its proper form and color; the other may be likened to the kaleidoscope which reflects what is before it in an infinite variety of new forms and dispositions.' Or as the poet puts it,
"Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken."
-SHELLEY.
In memory the representation is judged to be of a past experience; in imagination it is not so judged, i. e., the objects of memory are facts of experience; those of imagination may or may not be facts of experience, the question is not considered, the representation is in disregard of experience. "Imagination is productive; memory is merely reproductive. The object represented in memory is real; that represented in imagination may be unreal. Memory is mediate knowledge of the actual in the past; imagination is mediate knowledge of the possible in the past, present or future. Were this power wholly lacking, we should be unable to devise for the future, or to anticipate and provide for even the next coming moment. All hope, all reasonable forecast of events, all inspired prophecy, the history of the future, are wrougnt out by imagination, and then become memories as time flows by.' The following lines of Shelley mark the distinction:
"And points where once you sat, and now should be, But are not.—I demand that if ever we shall meet as then we met; and she replies, Veiling in awe her second-sighted eyes: I know the past alone-but summon home My sister Hope, she speaks of all to come. But I, an old diviner, who know well Every false verse of that sweet oracle, turned to the sad enchantress once again, And sought a respite from my gentle pain, In acting every passage o'er and o'er Of our communion."
-LETTER TO MARIA GISBORNE.
Memory furnishes the materials—paints, canvas etc. desire gives the law or model, and imagination paints the picture. Imagination is the power which represents the elements of knowledge in modified forms and in new combinations. Imagination, though differing, as we have just seen, from memory, is not separated from memory by any sharp line of demarcation.
Nature of the Constructive Imagination. While there are several phases of imagination, we shall confine ourselves to the constructive or creative phase. In what sense is imagination creative? It never creates any new materials all the materials for its workshop are furnished by memory. Its creations are new combinations of old materials; in this way it creates a world of its own and peoples this new world with beings ofttimes strangely unreal, yet always interesting.
In its operations is involved a double process of decomposition and reconstruction, of analysis and synthesis, of dissociation and recombination. Dissociation is the antecedent step to imaginative construction. Our concepts of things are formed by joining together various elements. In the work of the imagination we separate these complex concepts into their elements, and then we proceed to build new combinations out of these elements. As the child pulls its toys to pieces and then out of the fragments makes new toys to please its fancy, so the imagination deals with the concepts held in memory's storehouse.
The creations of the inventor, the poet, the artist, the composer illustrate this process of construction. Look at some ,of the interesting objects which constitute the treasures of the great world of fancy, and how they are made. From the bust of a maiden and the tail of a fish a mermaid is constructed; joining the body of a horse and the head of a man gives rise to a centaur; the body of a goat, the head of a lion and the tail of a dragon make up the fabled chimaera the body of a dog, with three heads and with snakes for hair is construed into cerberus; the head of a beautiful maiden, the body of a vulture, and the claws of an eagle constitute the harpies; adding the wings of an eagle to the body of a horse we have the famous Pegasus of the muses and poets, and so on through all the wealth of mythologic fancy. Taking a pile of stones and spreading over it a growing vine, forms in my imagination the picture of the ivy-covered ruins of some old castle. Thus is formed the beautiful imagery of the poets. So Milton made the wonderful creations of Paradise Lost; ,so Shakespeare shaped the "witches" of Macbeth, the "Caliban" of the Tempest, the fairie figures of Midsummer Night's Dream; so Swift constructed the "Lilliputian" people of Gulliver's Travels; so Burns made the airy beings of his Tam O'Shanter; so Bunyan formed the characters of his immortal Pilgrim's Progress.
The same process of dissociation and recombination is illustrated in the play-fancies of the child, as well as in the superstitious notions of the savage.
The same thing is farther illustrated in the formation of art products. How is a painting made? "The Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel at Romé, the "Sistine Madonna" of Raphael in Dresden, the "Paradise" of Tintoretto in the Palace of the Doges, Venice, said to be the largest oil painting in the world with a bewildering multitude of figures, and which Ruskin calls "the most precious thing that Venice possesses" how are such pictures formed? By combining a few simple elements of colors, shades, perspective, etc., on the background of some historical fact or facts. How were the "Laocoon," the "Apollo Belvedere," the "Dying Gladiator," the "Venus" of Milo formed? These immortal pieces were conceived by the imagination. How was the Cathedral of St. Peter's, of Milan, of Cologne made? If you go to Florence, and, in the house where Michael Angelo lived, view the series of sketches which the master had made of the dome of St. Peter's, you can see how the grand conception of that magnificent structure grew step by step in the imagination of the master architect. How does the landscape gardener proceed in his work? By combining herbs, shrubs, trees, knolls, valleys, rocks, streams, lakes, fountains, avenues, etc., according to a conceived picture of his.. imagination. So the dramatist constructs his plays; so the musical composer, his melody, his sonata, his symphony, his opera, his oratorio.
Forms and Modes of the Imagination. Several forms of the imaginative faculty must be distinguished. First, we name what may be called the sense imagination. This stands in the functions of sense as the higher modes stand in the functions of intellect and reason. The working of the imagination in the domain of the senses is precisely similar to that of the aesthetic and rational imagination. The phenomena of phantasy are to be grouped here, and afford the best illustration of the sense imagination. The phantasy makes its images severed from the relations of time, place and previous perceptions. The mind acts capriciously, without regard to truth, or reality. The judgment has little to do in the process; the sense dominates everything in the flow of ideas.
Phantasy is the native energy of the soul by which its past experiences are represented as fancies. When we are resting, this mode of soul action manifests itself in the form of reverie; when we are asleep, in the form of dreams. In childhood, fancy makes the stick a horse and the fairy tale a reality. It fills the drunkard's boots with snakes, changes the demented woman into Queen Victoria, and leads the somnambulist to act his dreams. It is also called involuntary imagination. As such it is spontaneous, instinctive; actuated by desire without intelligent choice. The phantoms that fright us in the dark, spectral voices that we hear, the odd, ludicrous and absurd ideas that stream through our minds maybe mentioned as examples. Dreams are phantasms, involuntary or sense memories new combinations, "wherein blind phantasy would fain interpret to the mind the painful sensations of distempered sleep." Reverie, castle building, or day dreaming is a mild and pleasing form of phantasy. "The craze of delirium and of monomania are extreme cases. In reverie the imagination suffers but little restraint. Images assemble, form, and dissolve, not so much at will, as at pleasure. In phantasy, the will resigns control, and the disordered sensations, together with appetites and other forms of desire, impelling blindly in the general torpor of intelligence, arouse imagination to unchecked extravagance."
As Milton says,"When nature rests, Oft in her absence mimic fancy wakes Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams, Ill matching words and deeds long past or late."
"It is remarkable that the power of selfcontrol seems to have so little reserve force that it is the first of our faculties to break down, not only in our sleep, but in grief, in intoxication, in fever, in case of a stunning blow, etc. Other faculties continue active when this has completely succumbed. The torpor of volition during sleep is an important element in explaining the phenomena of dreaming."
Imagination proper is purposed and directed effort, but phantasy goes on without purpose and without direction. The former is work, the latter is play. Phantasy is to the imagination what the kaleidoscope is to the designer; it gives suggestions which the imagination may work up in higher forms.
when the mind is shut off from communication with the external world and from any correct knowledge of bodily conditions, images alone may be objects of consciousness and may come and go uncontrolled by the judgment."
In soundest sleep and even in delirium we are aware of our dreams and of ourselves as viewing the panorama. The sense world may fade away, but self never ceases to be conscious of its own acts. While we are aware of our acts, our dreams seem to us to be objective realities. We do not recognize the memories that are woven into our dreams as former experiences, nor are we aware that these fancies are products of our own minds. The ground for this is found in association of the materials out of which our fancies are made. In phantasy we dissociate our experiences, and then recombine them into new forms. As thus changed we do not recognize them as past experiences, but look upon them as new experiences. Our phantasies are not usually remembered because we have not given them sufficient attention to make perceptible paths in the brain substance.
The phantasy works under certain limitations: (1) We can put into our fancies only our experiences. The blind, that is, those born blind, put no color into their fancies. Adults who lost their hearing before the fifth year, it is said, put no sound into their dream images. (2) Phantasy deals only with the concrete, viz., sense percepts, self percepts, and necessary percepts. Abstract concepts are not used in our fancies and dreams.
To this may be added that our fancies and dreams depend largely upon ourselves. Our waking life to a great extent determines our dream life. Good digestion, regular habits, physical comfort, an hour or two of bodily and mental rest, and a conscience void of offense are the conditions of sound sleep and pleasant dreams. If our reading, our associations, our thoughts and feelings are habitually pure and elevated, our dreams, our fancies are likely to be peaceful and pleasant.
While our other powers are least active, phantasy is most active. Memory supplies the materials; the laws of association determine the particular course in which the stream of ideas flows. "When thought is slightly active, our dreams become arguments. When imagination (i. e., in its higher form) is some-what active, our reveries and dreams become inventions, plans, romances. When our affections are slightly active, our dreams become love scenes. When will is sufficiently active, we act our dreams. When memory is slightly active, we remember our dreams."
In childhood the work of phantasy is particularly marked. The baby weaves its little joys and griefs into its dreams: now it laughs, and now it weeps in its sleep. The play instinct of childhood is a thing of sense and phantasy. Watch the little ones at play, and see how they weave into their plays the things which have come into their experiences. Fairyland seems reality to the child, and fairy stories give him unbounded pleasure. The incidents of these stories affect children in just the same way as realities affect adults. Saint Nick, too, is reality. We were sorry when we found out that Santa Claus was not reality: long after that we were still fond of hanging up our stockings and placing our caps for Christmas presents. We think it is almost cruel to dispel the sweet delusion. Child literature is based on the activity of phantasy. The illusions fade out as years advance, but in childhood they served a good purpose.
Physiological Basis of Phantasy. "Sensations, once experienced, modify the nervous organism, so that copies of them arise again in the mind after the original outward stimulus is gone. No mental copy can arise in the mind, of any kind of sensation which has never been directly excited from without."
The blind may dream of sights, the deaf of sounds, for years after they have lost their vision or hearing; but the man born deaf can never be made to imagine what sound is like, nor can the man born blind ever have a mental vision. In Locke's words, `The mind can frame unto itself no one new simple idea.' The originals of them all must have been given from without. Phantasy, or imagination, are the names given to the faculty of reproducing copies of originals once felt. The imagination is called `reproductive' when the copies are literal; 'productive' when elements from different originals are recombined so as to make new wholes.
"After images belong to sensation rather than to imagination; so that the most immediate phenomena of imagination would seem to be those tardier images, which are due to what the Germans call Sinnesgedachtniss, coercive hauntings of the mind by echoes of unusual experiences for hours after the latter have taken place. The phenomena ordinarily ascribed to imagination, however, are those mental pictures of possible sensible experiences, to which the ordinary processes of associative thought give rise." —James.
Prof. Jastrow has ascertained that if blindness occurs before the period embraced between the fifth and seventh years the visual centers seem to decay, and visual dreams and images are gradually outgrown. If sight is lost after the seventh year, visual imagination seems to survive through life.
Prof. Joseph Baldwin says: "During repose, when phantasy is most active, the blood supply to the cerebrum is greatly reduced. Perception and thought and will are slightly active and the exhausted brain recuperates, self drifts. Gentle sensor excitations and present ideas suggest other experiences. Self, without purpose and without plan, goes on linking fancy to fancy. This is scribbling, not writing; this is the child's daubing, not the artist painting. This is the whirlwind piling up the timbers, not the architect constructing the mansion."
Imagination Proper. We come now to the imagination proper, above and distinct from its sense connections and sense complications. Imagination in this sense is purposive and voluntary, fully within the province of will, and proceeding in the light of consciousness. It is the soul's capability to transform the real into the ideal, or to clothe the ideal in the dress of the real. Out of material realities the imagination creates ideals. Out of my experiences, my knowledge and observation of building materials, architectural designs, forms of nature, etc., I create an ideal cottage. Imagination modifies experiences, rearranges them, analyzes them, and makes new wholes. Imagination makes models, constructs hypotheses, forms systems, creates poems. Realities, touched by the magic wand of imagination, become ideals.
Physiological Basis. Imagination, like memory, habit, and association, rests on brain action and is intimately connected with neural processes. In general, we think that all mental activities have their concomitant brain and nerve action. There are many facts drawn from general life and from observations in the psychological laboratory which go to show beyond a doubt that imagination is grounded in physiology. For example, if the inner organ of sight is destroyed, it is impossible to imagine scenes. Ferrier says: "The destruction of the sight centre not only makes the individual blind presentatively, but blind also representatively or ideally, and all cognitions into which visual characters enter in part or whole become mangled and imperfect, or are utterly rooted out of consciousness."
Every effort of imagination has corresponding to it a molecular movement of the brain substance. Imaged activity tends strongly to go out into real activity; we suit the action to the thought. When we form a mental image of a leap, our muscles are in a state of tension and we are ready to spring; when we go over a speech mentally, we are prone to speak it aloud; when we think of a tune, we are apt to hum it; a feigned blow causes us to start or dodge, etc. Similar to these phenomena are many varieties of in-voluntary gesticulations and facial expression. Mental stimuli produce brain excitation; so also reciprocally, brain changes as cause may produce mental images as effects. Certain cell movements taking place in the nerve centers confusedly along lines of preference established by habit, may determine or cause a succession of corresponding mental images in more or less confusion and disorder.
Hence physical appetites, as hunger and thirst, often direct and color our dreams. The man perishing of cold fancies himself wrapped in warm blankets or seated in a comfortable room; a starving man dreams of abundance of food; the wanderer on the desert dying of thirst has visions of flowing streams. Hence, also, the subjective effects of brain fever, and the wildly delightful and extravagant visions of the opium eater.
Shakespeare says:"Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaking phantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends."
—"Midsummer Night's Dream," V: Sec. 1.
First, the Scientifc lmagination. This is also called "reflective," "deliberative" (Aristotle), "philosophic," etc. It is especially related to thought in the search for knowledge. "Regardless of sentiment, it seeks neither the beautiful nor the sublime, but driven by desire to know, it labors after truth, which, when ascertained, it strives to represent with clearness and fullness." It is occupied with hypotheses, and seeks to image conceivable possibilities concerning the subject in hand. In the scientific imagination inventions and discoveries being. When Hargreaves upset his wife's spinning wheel, his imagination saw<|fim_middle|>ator, the artist, derive benefit from the use of the imaginative faculty, but it is of inestimable value to all men. It opens for us new worlds, enlarges the sphere of our mental vision, releases us from the bonds and bounds of the actual, and gives us, as a bird let loose, the wide firmament of thought for our domain. It gilds the bald, sullen actualities, and stern realities of life, as the morning reddens the chill, snowy summits of the Alps, till they glow in resplendent beauty" (Haven).
Perhaps no faculty of the mind is of more practical value than imagination when properly cultivated and held in due restraint. Especially is it of value in forming and holding before the mind an ideal of excellence in whatever we pursue, a standard of attainment, practicable and desirable, but loftier far than anything we have yet reached. To present such an ideal is the work of imagination, which looks not upon the actual, but the possible, and conceives that which is more perfect than the human eye hath seen, or the human hand wrought. No man ever yet attained excellence in any art or profession, who had not floating before his mind by day and by night, such an ideal and vision of what he might and ought to be and do. It hovers before him and hangs over him like the bow of promise and of hope, advancing with his progress, ever rising as he rises, and moving onward as he moves; he will never reach it, but without it he could never be what he is.
"The happiness and misery of every individual of mankind depends almost exclusively on the particular character of his habitual associations, and the relative kind and intensity of his imagination. It is much less what we actually are, and what we actually possess, than what we imagine ourselves to be and have, that is decisive of our existence and fortune" (Hamilton).
"Imagination, by the attractive or repulsive pictures with which, according to our habits or associations, it fills the frame of our life, lends to reality a magical charm, or despoils it of all its pleasantness. The imaginary happy and the imaginary miserable are common in the world, but their happiness and misery are not the less real; everything depends on the mode in which they feel and estimate their condition … At a distance things seem to us radiant with a celestial beauty, or in the lurid aspect of deformity. In the past our joys reappear as purer and more brilliant than they had been actually experienced; and sorrow loses not only its bitterness, but is changed even into a source of pleasing recollection."
Hence, the fair picture of a 'Golden Age' , the dream of the youth of mankind. "Man never is, but always to be, blessed."
In old age, when the future is dark and short, imagination carries us back again into the midst of days that were far better than the present; our happy past is brought back, tinted with colors more brilliant than any we ever experienced. "The young," says Aristotle, "live forwards in hope, the old live backwards in memory."
"Tis distance lends enchantment to the view And robes the mountain in its azure hue."
Pleasures of Hope.
Imagination lightens the burdens of life. Dr. Hewett says: "A little boy, walking with his grandfather, complained of being tired, and asked his grandfather to carry him. `No,' said the grandfather, 'take my gold-headed cane and make a horse of it.' The boy bestrode the cane, and galloped away happy"
Many a weary man at his daily toil finds his task less heavy when imagination points to the comforts which that toil may bring to wife and child. Many a poor, tired mother, as, late at night, she repairs the tattered clothing of her little ones, may find the task sweetened as she pictures the possible future of those objects of her care and toil. The teacher way well imagine what her troublesome little ones may become. Almost every cloud has its "silver lining," but imagination must find it. Oh, the happy faculty that weaves into life's sombre fabric some threads of gold and silver, that illumines the dark picture of daily experience with some bright colors!
In the language of another, "The more closely we study human knowledge and thought, the more clearly do we perceive that this word imagination' has more compass and depth of meaning than any other word which we apply to our faculties. Wherever and whenever life becomes great and the world real to us, the imagination holds aloft its quenchless torch.
In every hour when a new truth moves back a little the horizon of thought, or a new birth of beauty expands a little the world of art, the imagination is present … It is to the imagination alone that second sight belongs, that sight which does not rest in obvious and material things, but through them, as through an open window, perceives another and diviner order of creation. Thus the imagination fulfils for the soul the double function of seeing and interpreting, of discovering and possessing."
Fourthly, Its Influence in Music. Art in general is the kingdom of the imagination, This is true both in respect to the creation of art works, and also the appreciation of art products. How rich and wonderful are not the creations of imagination as we see them displayed in the world's great galleries! What a kingdom here! So in the temple of literary fame, how rich, how vast, how beautiful, how inspiring the empire of poetic imagery! But music surpasses all other departments of art in the wealth and magnificence of its imaginative creations. As music students, we are especially interested in the use of imagination, not only in the composition of musical masterpieces, but also in the appreciation and interpretation of them.
A lively and well cultivated imagination is of inestimable value to the musician in calling forth those ideal chords, those sublime harmonies in the soul which are the true content of all good music and which constitute its indescribable charm.
Imagination is to the musical artist what the sails are to the ship, namely, a propelling power. Wagner once said that a "composer, when at work, is in a state of clairvoyance." What does this mean? Clairvoyance means clear vision, clearer than the sense can yield, a vision transcending the power of the natural eye, a power attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discerning objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal state. The clairvoyant power of the musical composer is but another name for his imagination. When his senses fail him, his imagination comes to his aid and opens up to him the beauties of the soul's secret wonder realm, its fairyland of "vision beatific."
What Wagner thus said of the composer is also applicable, in a less degree, to the player and the singer. His imagination transports him beyond himself, so that he is in ecstasy. Ecstasy (ex, out of, and sto, stand) means to be outside of one's sell, or beside one's self; as Festus said, "Paul, thou art beside thy self; much learning doth make thee mad." When a player or singer does his best, he is rapt (from rapio, to seize and carry off, to snatch), carried out of himself, snatched away, enraptured, transported with love, admiration, and delight, wholly absorbed or engrossed in his performance. Hence, Longfellow's phrase, "the rapt musician," snatched away as by some invisible power and transported into a third heaven,where he hears sounds unutterable, harmonies transcending the powers of expression. It is his imagination that secures for him access into this wonderful sound-realm. It is this that gives his playing and singing inspiration. The musician's whole self is concentrated in what he does, so that the world outside of himself fades away from his view and he communes face to face with the beautiful forms which animate his vision.
By this means the player brings himself into sympathy with the composer and with the occasion. A distinguished musician and author in the following extracts tells us a valuable secret:
"When I am about to perform music, I endeavor to concentrate my whole self on what I am to play. If I am to play a funeral march, I first strive to enter the house of mourning. There I see the dead one lying in his coffin, I see the floral offerings, and me-thinks I can smell the very tuberoses. I see before me the family of the deceased, with pain and sorrow depicted upon their faces, yes, I hear from time to time the moans and sobs which irresistilly escape their lips, breaking the monotonous and painful silence that pervades the death chamber. I hear the word of God read, I listen to the hymn of consolation, I see them close the coffin after the family have taken the last, sad glance. I see them carry the body out, I hear the creak of the hearse door, and a cold chill runs over me, as, in my imagination, I hear the terrible noise produced by placing the coffin within; I see the people standing on the pavement looking at each other with sorrowing faces, I hear the bell toll, I see the procession start, and thus I prepare myself to play a funeral march."
"When I hear that tender Aria from the Messiah, `He was despised and rejected,' I see my Saviour's suffering face as he stands before Pilate, or as he is spat upon, mocked and struck by the rude hands of soldiers. I see his forehead bleeding from the thorny crown, matting his hair, and staining his lovely face. A voice says, 'Ecce Homo!' The Master's loving eyes look at me, and when I play the accompaniment, where the instrument moans and sobs, as it were, I often shed tears at the sorrowful sight before me. Then, when the song is ended, I feel a sense of contrition and sorrow, I hardly dare to speak aloud, I see my own waywardness that has brought all this suffering of sorrow and grief on this man. Oh, what a power there is in such a song, how it lifts us up and brings us nearer to God!"
"Handel said, that when he wrote the Hallelujah chorus, he thought he saw the heavens open, and the angels singing around the throne. So when I hear this strain, I stand on Calvary and I look up at the cross, and confess my own guilt, my lack of love."
"When I hear a strain from the immortal Beethoven, I wander to the master's home, I hear him complain of the hardness of this world, I hear him bemoan his deafness, I see him as a caged lion shut out from the world, and sadly I sit down by his side, and with fear and awe I listen to what he has to tell me. When I hear some of his strains, I imagine him to be a Jupiter; then again his strains impress me as would the appearance of the ghost in Hamlet. Suffice it to say, my imagination is never idle when playing this master's wonderful strains."
"When I play one of Mendelssohn's Venetian Gondola Songs my mind goes to sunny Italy, and in my imagination I see Venice with her streets of water and her beautiful blue sky. I hear the music of the boatmen, and whether my fancy picture is correct or not it serves my purpose, it enables me to play and enjoy the little tone poem to a higher degree. Listen to it, hear its passionate yet tender melody, and notice how, as the boat has passed away in the distance and the song is no longer heard, there is a spell left behind that holds you as in a dream; and after the little strain is ended, I sometimes sit spell bound and listen, as if I could still hear the gentle strain that has vanished so softly."
"I have a little slumber song which I love dearly. Before I play it I often go to a quiet country home. There on the rustic old porch, the mother has seated herself with her needlework; by her side stands a cradle wherein lies her little treasure, about to take its afternoon nap. Oh, I can fairly feel the stillness of the day; I see the glorious sunlight as it falls on the thick vines which surround the porch, letting in enough light to throw the strangest and most artistic forms of shadow on the floor and wall. I hear the hum of the insects, I hear the distant voice of the ploughman, I hear the tinkle of the cow bell, and while the mother rocks the cradle she sings this little air, called the slumber song. Listen to the accompaniment with its rock ing, and then hear that sweet melody as it finally dies away when the baby is asleep."
From these examples we see that the true musician, when singing or playing, is, so to speak, out of the body; he roams in a land of fancy.
It is not possible to sing or play with expression without the aid of a well trained imagination. Thought and sentiment are indeed necessary on on the part of the musician for proper expression, but these must be supplemented by a lively imagination, the power which enables him to live himself in the situations and conditions so that he becomes oblivious to the outer world.
The power of imagination in music may be judged from certain innocent deceptions which are often practiced on people. A musically inclined lady in London once went to one of Paganini's rehearsals. Having failed to bring his instrument along he borrowed one from a member of the orchestra, and, instead of playing, made merely a sort of pizzicato, indicating the time in which he would play the piece. After the rehearsal the lady addressed Mr. Cook, the leader of the orchestra, saying, "Oh, dear Mr. Cook, what a wonderful man this Paganini is; I declare that until this morning I absolutely knew nothing about music, I never knew what it is capable of." "Indeed," said Mr. Cook, "music is a great art, but allow me to say that you are indebted to your imagination for this pleasure." "How is this, Mr Cook?" "Why, Paganini did not play at all, he did not touch a bow." "Extraordinary," replied she, "I am more than ever confirmed in my opinion of him, for if without playing he can affect people in this manner, how much more wonderful must be the sensation when he does play."
Violin players in diminuendo terminations some-times practice deception on their audience. After the pianissimo has been reached they continue to bow as if still playing, but they are careful not to touch the strings. The listener hears in imagination a still fainter sound than the pianissimo.
Liszt on one occasion found himself surrounded by a bevy of ladies who importuned him to play for them, to produce for them "those ecstasies, those artistic raptures which his magnificent talent never failed to evoke." Overcome by their persuasions, he seated himself at the piano and played. By his wonderful skill some of the ladies were soon overcome with delight; some even fainted! In telling a friend of the matter afterwards, Liszt said: "Believe me, I played many wrong notes intentionally; indeed, so palpable were some of my errors, that had I been playing at any elementary music school, I should certainly have been expelled as an impostor."
Musical Interpretation. A vivid imagination is highly necessary for musical interpretation. What is interpretation, and what is implied? It means to explain, to tell the meaning of, to expound, to translate orally into intelligible or familiar terms, to show by illustrative representation, as an actor, e. g., interprets the character of Hamlet, as a musician interprets a sonata, as an artist interprets a landscape.
Musical interpretation implies a hidden meaning in the composition, else there would be no need of interpretation. What has no deep meaning needs no interpretation; a dime novel does not need to be interpreted. Shakespeare's plays need interpretation; so do "Paradise Lost" and Beethoven's Symphonies. Classic music needs to be interpreted, because there is always something new, something fresh about it every time we look earnestly into it. The sonatas of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and others afford opportunity for interpretation. It is the office of the musical interpreter to represent in tone and action the meaning of the composer, to reproduce the beautiful imagery which occupied the mind of the composer at the time he wrote the piece.
Take for example the dramatic actor. What is his office? In what does his art consist? It is to represent to the audience by means of words, gestures, acts, etc., the imagery and scenes of the play just as the writer of it saw them or conceived them. The great Shakespeare actors and actresses have been profound and patient students of Shakespeare's plays. Thus alone can they find out the meaning of the plays. But this in itself does not make them good actors; they need a vivid imagination to represent, first, to their own mind, and, secondly, to the audience, the meaning of the play. So also is it in the matter of musical representation. The player or singer must have the power to image to his own mind the meaning of the composition, and then to represent the same to the listeners. From a thorough study of the nature and meaning of a work, the interpreter must form a correct mind picture of it. In this way he will be able to grasp the meaning of the work as a whole and represent it in life like form. His imagination is the power that will bring the work before the mind's eye as a piece of musical sculpture or architecture.
Enjoyment of Music. It is in music as in poetry.
The works of Milton, for example, can not be comprehended, or enjoyed unless the mind of the reader cooperates with that of the writer. Milton does not paint a finished picture, he sketches it, and leaves others to fill up the outline. So the great musician does not play for a mere passive listener: he strikes the key note, so to speak, and then expects his hearer to make out the melody. In order to enjoy Spenser's Faerie Queen the reader must abandon himself to the luxuriant fancy of the poet, and with him float along through the varied scenes of his enchanting fairy world in blissful oblivion of the realities of the senses. So, to enjoy the rare beauties of Mozart and Haydn the listener must rise on the wings of imagination into ethereal heights and view those heavenly visions which occupied the minds of the composers, all forgetful of the outer world.
Schubert's music has a high degree of imaginary coloring: there is very much of the spirit of poetry in it. It is said of Dr. Johnson that when he got hold of a book "he tore the heart out of it;" with Schubert it was very much the same way. When he read a poem, he at once fastened upon it and transcribed it in music. Schumann said of him, "Everything that he touched turned into music." Liszt said of him, "that he was the most poetical of musicians." By his magic touch some of the finest poems of our greatest poets were enhanced and even surpassed when translated into musical language. He possessed in preeminent degree what Wagner has called "musical clairvoyance," which is but another name for image vision. In listening to Schubert's compositions it is often as if one were brought into face to face contact with music itself; it is as if in his pieces the stream from the great heavenly reservoirs were dashing over us, or flowing through us. Owing to these peculiarities, his music can best be enjoyed when the listener or player is in a similarly high wrought state of mind, rhapsodical state. Many of Schubert's symphonies and other instrumental pieces are of a peculiar, wild, weird, romantic beauty, best described as "Schubertian." Schubert is among musicians what Hawthorne is among story writers, a delightful romancer, and to enjoy his rhapsodical music one must let his imagination have loose reins to wander at pleasure over moor and fen, through field and forest, over mountain and valley wherever the weird fancy of the author may lead.
Cultivation of the Imagination. If the imagination has such power and influence, as we have now seen, the importance of carefully cultivating it immediately follows. The need of cultivating the imagination arises from the nature of its action, viz., a tendency to disregard truth in its creations, and to become wild and romantic in its operation. In all these respects there is a tendency towards injurious excess. If a youth learns to satisfy himself with his imaginative indulgences, he becomes unfit for the serious work and duties of life. Excessive use of the imagination destroys the power of decision and action by weakening the will. For will and judgment as regulative principles of life, it substitutes emotion, and the life which is governed by emotion is apt to swing off into all kinds of extremes. So in order to keep the intellectual life in its normal balance, and secure for the imagination its proper place and value in the mental economy, it must be subjected to restraints and wholesome discipline.
The fact that the maximum activity of the imagination occurs during the formative period of life, when all other powers must be subjected to training in order to secure them their normal development,makes it necessary also to cultivate the imagination during this period. Herbert Spencer says: "There is a certain sequence in which the faculties spontaneously develop, and a certain kind of knowledge which each power requires during its several stages of growth. It is for us to ascertain this sequence and supply this knowledge."
This is an educational principle of great importance. If a faculty is capable of culture, very manifestly the psychological foundations of education demand that the time for such culture be the period of growth.
When is this period of growth? In childhood phantasy is very active, but the higher imagination only moderately so. Infants possess what we have called sense-imagination, but little if any of the higher modes of imagination. In youth this faculty becomes marvelously active, but its products are crude. About the age of fourteen it bursts forth into wonderful activity, and becomes more and more vigorous as the years go by. In manhood, about the age of twenty-one, imagination attains its full activity. From this time till after the middle of life it continues its sway.
According to the educational principle above laid down, namely, that the time for training a faculty must be the period of its growth, the right time for cultivating the imagination is between the ages of twelve and twenty-one. This is also the period when our ideals are shaped.
Means and Methods of Cultivation. Even imagination conforms to law, and consequently educational laws are applicable to the training of it. Well directed effort under the guidance of judgment and will occupies the first place among the culturing means. Proper use improves the creative faculty, while neglect weakens it. The unimaginative must put forth effort to picture things; the over imaginative must restrain their excessive fancy. Studies and exercises which have the effect, either to stimulate or to restrain as the case may require, have high disciplinary value. Among these, music ranks foremost. The effort to picture in one's mind the composer's conception as a whole, so that his tone concepts may stand forth in vivid, almost visual outline, has the effect to greatly strengthen and develop the picturing faculty. Effort to create musical ideals educates the musical imagination. Hence, it is a good. thing to encourage the pupil to compose. Where this is not practicable, it is an excellent practice for the pupil to try to reproduce in his mind the ideals of composers as embodied in their compositions.
Kindergarten methods are to be encouraged. They embody the best philosophy of education in general. The imagination is cultivated by easy objective work. By the kindergarten method the child is led to make new combinations of blocks, sticks, lines, etc,, riew forms in paper, wood, clay, etc., new arrangements in stories, plays, pictures, etc., in all of which his power of imagination is called forth. Many of the principles involved in these methods, though designed for children, are just as applicable to adults. The great thing in this kind of training work is to cause the learner to originate new combinations according to ideals which are his own, whether with blocks, sticks, lines, notes, or whatever else.
The pupil should try to image what he reads or studies. It is not enough to read the notes as they stand on the staff; you should associate with them some image of vision or sound. The imaging habit is essential in learning to read well any ordinary book. A reader will be able to express adequately the sense of what he reads in proportion as he can make the sense stand forth in clear and distinct images. For instance, take the sentence, "See the pretty snowflakes falling from the sky." It is apparently very simple and easy to read; but no one is able to read it well, i. e., appreciatingly or realizingly, until he can image correctly the falling snowflakes. Suppose you are teaching a class to read this sentence. It will help the imaging process if you draw a picture of a snowflake; then cut out of white paper a number of snowflakes. "Who can make a snowstorm?" you ask. Taking a handful of the paperflakes, hurl them into the air, and you awaken in the minds of the pupils an image of the falling snowflakes. The music teacher can devise similar means for cultivating in his pupils the habit of imaging what they play or sing.
The study of onomatopoetic words and phrases has excellent value in training the imaginative faculty. Onomatopoetic words are such as imitate in their sound the sense they convey, e. g., "buzz, "hiss," "crackle," "bang," "splash," "thud," "roar," "rumble," etc. The verses of Milton abound in examples. The following stanza from Saxe's "Rhyme of the Rail" illustrates the point:
`"Singing through the forests, Rattling over ridges, Shooting under arches, Rumbling over bridges, Whizzing through the mountains, Buzzing o'er the vale Bless me! this is pleasant, Riding on the rail!"
Or take some lines from Southey's "Cataract of Lodore" Dividing and gliding and sliding, And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding and bounding and rounding; And grumbling and rumbling and tumbling, Delaying and straying and playing and spraying, Advancing and prancing and glancing and dancing,And thumping and plumping and bumping and jumping, And dashing and flashing and splashing and clashing; And so never ending, but always descending, Sounds and motions forever are blending, All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar—And this way the water comes down at Lodore."
The study of descriptive music is good exercise for the imagination. Schumann's picture music affords excellent specimens. Mr. Derthick has said, "There is no book of fairy tales in all the world that has in it so many beautiful stories and pictures as you will find in the two books of Schumann, called "Scenes of Childhood' and 'The Album of Youth'." This "picture music" or "program music," as it is sometimes called, is intended to convey to the hearer, by means of instruments and without the use of words, a description or suggestion of definite objects, scenes and events, which of course can be apprehended only by the aid of the imagination.
Study the beautiful in nature and art. Beauty marvelously quickens the imagination. Commune with nature; study her forms, her colors, her sounds, her motions. Oh, the beautiful world we live in! Cultivate an appreciation of art from the standpoint of the artist. In the products of art see the artist's ideals, he created the ideals which he has embodied in his pieces; creating them over again on the part of the pupil educates his imaginative powers. Still more does it cultivate his imagination if the pupil tries to create original art ideals and strives to realize them. Cultivate a correct art taste. There is prevalent in the word, unfortunately, mach very bad taste. There is a tendency to extravagance and show. We see it in the excessive foliage of vegetation allowed to run wild, in dress, in the architecture and decoration of our houses, in the style of living, in music. Extravagance belongs to the inexperience of childhood, the crudities of the savage, the, Philistinism of the half educated. Acquire a thorough knowledge of aesthetic principles and the principles of art criticism.
Add to the stock of concepts. The imagination must have an abundance of, materials out of which to shape its creations. Just as a child must have sufficient nutritious food for the proper growth of its body, so the imagination Must be supplied with concepts in order that it may attain its right development. Therefore, extend the field of knowledge, multiply points of contact with the great world of thought and achievement, read the best poetry, history and science, cultivate familiarity with what is grand and lofty and inspiring in letters, art, oratory, music. No one can be familiar with the creations of Shakespeare and Milton, Mozart and Beethoven, Raphael and Michael Angelo without catching something of their, inspiration.
It is the business of imagination to seek out pictures and materials for pictures in the realm of the real in order to construct and adorn the realm of the ideal. If a child has only few and poor blocks his constructions are limited; if he has many blocks, he will build his temples and castles and cities on a grander scale. So the first requisite to a fine creative imagination is a sufficient supply of preceptional and conceptional materials. If you possess only few accurate ideas, you need not wonder why you have no greater imaginative power. Imagination builds on the suggestions of experience. And it does not require unusual, rare, out-of-the-way, materials to make a fine imagination. Suitable materials are found in the life of every person. Just look around you and note the great wealth of materials for fine fancy sketches. Autumn leaves with their glorious coloring, waving grain fields, lights and shadows over forest and moor, meadows adorned with clover and daisies, blooming orchards over against the blue summer sky, the singing birds, the babbling brooks, the glowing sunset, the fantastic silver edges of the thunder cloud, the brilliant bow of promise, the drapery of mist skirting the mountain side, the brilliant stars, the flush of morn, the sighing breezes, the roaring tempest, the hum of machinery, the buzzing of bees, the sports of the insect world, the herds and flocks of the field and barnyard, the "human face divine," busy life in all its phases these and ten thou sand other things are strewn about the pathway of everyone and afford rich materials for the beautiful creations of an active imagination. | in the vertical revolving spindle the ideal of the spinning jenny. In the lifting of the tea-kettle lid, Watt saw the principle of the steam engine. In the swinging chandelier of the Cathedral at Pisa, Galileo saw the principle of the pendulum, and the world excuses his apparent lack of devotion on that occasion when it remembers the results that have come from that discovery. In the falling apple Newton imaged a world dominated by the law of gravitation. In the kite raised into the face of the thunder cloud, Franklin saw a shining highway to the wonderland of electricity and from it received the communication of a truth which has revolutionized modern life.
The scientific imagination affords important aid to the experimenter in science. Before effects are connected with causes the imagination must explore the field and find the possible connection. Imagination is like the scouts that an army sends on ahead to spy out the land, and report a possible route of progress through the unknown country. It also brings its fine clusters of grapes from the brook Eschol to inspire and encourage the halting army of invasion. Imagination marks out the path in which scientific progress should move, and also affords the incentive for progress.
Sir Benjamin Brodie, once president of the Royal Society, said: "Physical investigation, more than anything else besides, helps to teach us the actual value and right use of the imagination of that wondrous faculty, which, when left to ramble uncontrolled, leads us astray into a wilderness of perplexities and errors, a land of mists and shadows; but which,properly controlled by experience and reflection, becomes the noblest attribute of man, the source of poetic genius, the instrument of discovery in science, without the aid of which Newton would never have invented fluxions nor Davy have decomposed the earths and alkalies, nor would Columbus have found another continent."
Prof. Tyndall says: "Philosophers may be right in affirming that we cannot transcend experience; but we can at all events carry it a long way from its origin. We can also magnify, diminish, qualify, and combine experiences, so as to render them fit for purposes entirely new. We are gifted with the power of imagination, and by this power we can lighten the darkness which surrounds the world of the senses. There are tories, even in science, who regard imagination as the faculty to be feared and avoided rather than employed. They had observed its action in weak vessels, and were unduly impressed by its disasters. But they might with equal truth point to exploded boilers as an argument against the use of steam. Bounded and conditioned by coôperant reason, imagination becomes the mightiest instrument of the physical discoverers. Newton's passage from a falling apple to a falling moon was, at the outset, a leap of the imagination."
Secondly, the Aesthetic Imagination. This mode of the imagination is also called artistic. Its end is not knowledge, as in the scientific imagination, but beauty. It singles out elements in nature and in the storehouse of memory, which satisfy the sense of the beautiful, and out of this it constructs its ideal complexes. It pays little regard to the realizable, because its end is aesthetic pleasure; if its creations please, what matters it whether they can be realized or not? The aesthetic imagination frames for itself, and lives in, a world of ideal beauty. It is accompanied by lively emotion; its forms are more instantaneous and also more inexplicable because they arise from an emotional stimulus. Hence, great artists are generally persons of emotional temperament.
The realm of the aesthetic imagination is the fine arts. All the great works of art from ancient times down to the present have been created by imagination. The masterpieces of painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and music are products of aesthetic imagination. The Venus of Milo was first seen by the imagination in the rough block of marble long before the sculptor's chisel released the beautiful angel form from its sepulchre. The Cathedral at Milan, "that magnificent poem in stone," had its origin in the architect's imagination. The finest poetry is the work of imagination. Hence, the higher degree of artistic imagination is sometimes called the poetic imagination. This it is that makes the beauties of literature and peoples the literary world with its strange and interesting figures. It is the orator's powerful instrument, the magic wand with which he sways the thoughts and feelings and passions of his audience at his will. Music is a fairy kingdom in which the aesthetic imagination conceives some of its most charming ideals and displays the wonders of its creative power.
The aesthetic imagination works by the aid of ideals. An ideal is a mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection, a model of highest excellence. Ideals are creations of the mind, as over against realities, which exist independent of the mind. An ideal is a working model, the harmonious blending into one mental product, of the idea and the object. We fashion our ideals out of the qualities and characteristics which we observe in men and things. In the formation of an ideal of character, for example, the first step consists in studying the lives of illustrious men. The next step is to separate the complex whole into its elements and select the most worthy qualities and combine these into an ideal. These models o beauty and perfection of form, of harmony, of proportion then stand forth as guides in our striving for perfection; our lives then are a series of efforts to realize our ideals. The ideal is ever something yet to be won, the possible waiting to be made real in effort, the latent waiting to be revealed in action,the prophetic waiting to be fulfilled in earnest endeavors for the attainment of the highest good.
These ideals are formed, not capriciously, but according to the principles of reason. The reason has its pure forms, and the making of ideals is but the filling in of these pure forms by means of concrete materials gathered by experience and held by the memory. Knowing the place which our ideals occupy in our lives, we can judge the importance of having the highest and best ideals. This is what Emerson meant by the startling expression, "Hitch your wagon to a star." "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he"—i. e., as our ideals, so are we, for these are ever striving to realize themselves in our outward life, and so most profoundly shape our character.
The Limits of Imagination. The imagination creates its world of beauty within certain limits. The first. and most important is that of experience. Although in one sense it disregards experience, yet, on the other hand, it cannot transcend experience. Imagination must depend on memory. In its highest power, in its utmost flights, its images are but combinations of partial experiences given by memory; it, creates no new materials, it is only the particular combination that is new. Says one, "Experience is the quarry whence memory draws the materials with which imagination (Einbildungskraft) builds."
"All presentations, external and internal, all sensations, emotions, desires, affections, volitions, and thoughts furnish, through memory, materials for imagination. Whatever can be remembered can be idealized." It follows from this that our ideal world will be fashioned according to our actual sense world and thought world. The elements in which we live will determine the forms of our imaginary creations. Since the greater part of our sense life is occupied with visual objects, our ideal world is filled predominantly with visual images, i. e., of things seen. Auditory images, though numerous, are yet far less common than visual images.
Our imaginary creations are but the reflex of our personal experience. If we live in a low and sensual sphere our imaginations will be of a kind to correspond. To the Indian, heaven is a happy hunting ground, where game never fails, and where he shall again have his faithful dog, his bows and arrows, and his wampum. To him the Indian summer haze is the smoke from the Great Spirit's peace pipe.
This principle has important application to the music student. What shall be the character of your musical ideals? That will depend upon your musical experience,—the kind of music you hear and play, the musical atmosphere in which you live, the companions you associate with daily. If you live in a low musical sphere your musical ideals will be low. Strive to set up and maintain a high standard. Cultivate acquaintance with the masters. Avoid the trashy and showy kind. Musical culture consists in knowing and associating with the best. The brilliant is of low value and in the end serves only to display self. It is in music as in dress, the flashy and showy is always a mark of uncultivated taste. Be sure you have your experience with deep and true music. As we get better acquainted with it, we find it more and more interesting, it always has something new to say to us. We go to it again and again, and we always get new meanings, which inspire and elevate our thoughts. As our acquaintance grows and our taste improves, the truly classic music yields new beauties.
The principle we are urging has important educational consequences. Remember our ideals depend on our experience. As the stock of our ideas, so will be our imaginary creations. Here also it is true that the stream does not rise higher than its source.
The imagination is further limited to the individual and the concrete. We form no images of the general and abstract. The object immediately present to the imagination is an individual. Then, too, our imaginary creations must conform to rational principles. Those general principles of mind which condition thought in all departments are equally operative in the working of the imagination. For example, we cannot imagine a body not contained in space and yet occupying space, nor an effect without a cause, nor that a thing can be and not be at the same time, etc. Imagination cannot go beyond the necessary principles which govern all the thinking processes of the reason.
The Influence and Importance of Imagination. The imagination has wonderful power both over mind and body, in society and the state, in morals and religion, in general life. "Imagination," said Napoleon, "rules the world." And Prof. Baldwin says: "Imagination is a master power, commanding all our other capabilities. Memory, from our stores of experiences, supplies imagination with materials. Will contributes purpose and concentrated and sustained effort. Emotion gives wings to imagination. Thought contributes discretion and law. Imagination is the master builder, and our other powers are the cooperating workmen."
First, Its Mental and Bodily Effects. Facts of common experience and observation furnish many instructive examples. The witchcraft craze, belief in pow-wowing, magnetic healing, Christian science, patent medicines, charms, hypochondriasis, and all the superstitions of life are so many instances of the power of imagination. Certain special cases are particularly interesting. Halleck gives the following:
A fussy man at breakfast would insist that the cream for his gruel was sour, made much trouble in sending out for a fresh supply. Finally, his wife told the servant to keep some of the same cream outside, and to bring that in whenever there were complaints the new supply always seemed much better.
Prof. Bennett, of Edinburgh University, mentions a case reported to him by the chemist who had witnessed it. A butcher, working in the market of Edinburgh, was in the act of hanging a heavy piece of meat on a sharp hook, when his foot slipped and he was caught by the arm and hung suspended in the greatest anguish. He was taken down and carried across to a chemist's shop, where the case was at once attended to as one of urgency. The surgeon proceeded to cut open the sleeve of the man's coat, the sufferer crying out in great agony as this was done; yet, when the arm was exposed, it was found that the skin had not even been scratched.
Dr. Noble records a similar case in the experience of M. Boutibonne, a literary man, who served in Napoleon's army, and was engaged at the battle of Wagram, which resulted in a treaty of peace with Austria in November, 1809. Towards sunset, when reloading his musket, he was shot down by a cannon ball. He felt as if the greater part of both legs had been carried away and all night he lay helpless, not daring to move, lest he should bleed to death. At early dawn a medical officer came to his help. To the question, "What's the matter, my comrade?" M. Boutibonne replied, "Oh, touch me gently, I beseech you; a cannon ball has carried away my legs!" The doctor examined his legs, and with a laugh, bade him get up as there was nothing wrong, when the sufferer leaped to his feet in amazement. The cannon ball had carried away the ground underneath his feet, and he had fallen into a trench which had been suddenly opened.
A man sentenced to bleed to death, was blindfolded; a harmless incision was then made in his arm and tepid water fixed so as to run down the arm and drop with considerable noise into a basin. The attendants frequently commented on the flow of blood and the weakening pulse. The criminal's false idea of what was taking place was as powerful in its effects as the 'reality and he soon died.
"A person imagining that he is suffering from disease of the heart, and frequently directing his attention to the movement of that organ, may produce disease where originally there was none; and, in like manner, we are told that "the idea that a structural defect will certainly be removed by a certain act in-creases the organic action of the part, and sometimes produces a cure."—Dr. J. Muller.
These phenomena are explicable on physiological principles. Imagination fixes the attention, and the attention strongly directed to any part or organ of the body may produce congestion or disease in the organ.
"When the attention is directed to any part of the body, innervation and circulation are excited locally, and the functional activity of that portion developed. This is well known in the common forms of hypochondriasis, in which the patient being morbidly anxious as to the state of some particular organ—e. g., the heart—constantly directs his attention to it, and thus functional disorder, and even structural disease, are caused."—Dr Laycock.
"There can be no doubt that real disease often supervenes upon fancied ailment, especially through the indulgence of what is known as the hypochondriacal tendency to dwell upon uneasy sensations; these sensations being themselves in many instances purely subjective."—Dr. Carpenter.
Mr. Carter (On the Pathology and Treatment of Hysteria) relates the case of "a lady who, watching her little child at play, saw a heavy windowsash fall upon its hand, cutting off three of the fingers; and she was so overcome by fright and distress as to be unable to render it any assistance. A surgeon was speedily obtained, who, having dressed the wounds, turned himself to the mother, whom he found seated, moaning and complaining of pain in her hand. On examination, three fingers, corresponding to those injured in the child, were discovered to be swollen and inflamed, although they had ailed nothing prior to the accident. In four and twenty hours incisions were made into them and pus was evacuated; sloughs were afterwards discharged, and the wounds ultimately healed."
Secondly, Its Effects in Practical Life. Imagination is a grand motive power in human progress. All progress comes from efforts to realize ideals, and ideals are our approaches to the perfect. Without lofty and inspiring ideals, there will be little progress in any department of human interest. Because the soul is progressive, it never quite repeats itself, but in every act attempts the production of a new and fairer world. This is what makes life so interesting; without it, the humdrum reality of life would be well nigh unbearable. In practical life, in art, in literature, imagination insures originality and progress. The leaders of thought and action, in all ages, have been persons gifted with powerful imaginations.
A cultivated imagination leads the way in high achievements. The reason for this is apparent. Where there are high ideals there will be corresponding deeds, but it is the office of imagination to make our ideals. Our ideals of perfect manhood lead us *Carpenter, "Human Physiology."
forward and upward in our efforts at character-building. Imagination stimulates mental energy. By its aid we can do more and better work, besides robbing hard work of its tedium. Being a constant inspiration to effort, it leads the way to progress.
At the bottom of all progress is the quickening influence of imagination on the mind. "Imagination gives vividness to our conceptions, imparts tone to our entire mental activity, adds force to our reasoning, casts the light of fancy over the somber, plodding steps of judgment, gilds the recollections of the past and the anticipations of the future with a coloring far transcending the dull actualities of life. It lights up the whole horizon of thought, as the sunrise flashes along the mountain top and lights up the valleys of earth. Not alone the poet, the or | 3,552 |
Although I really like the beauty and vastness of Patagonia, the northwest part of Argentina has quickly become one of my favorite regions in the country. The Andean feel with indigenous communities, llamas and Inca ruins plus the warm weather really appeals to me. And the people are much more "south-american" looking than in the southern part of the country, where there's more european influence.
We spent two days in Salta, where we stayed at the lovely Stelares Hotel Boutique. And it was our turn to get lucky – for some reason they had chosen to upgrade us to their suite! So it was maybe one of the most luxurious stays we've ever had on ta trip, complete with jaccuzi and a bathroom the size of our livingroom.
Salta is a small but beautiful city, known for its Spanish colonial architecture and Andean heritage. We spent our two days here strolling the<|fim_middle|> the mountains are picturesque, indigenous towns with a real Inca-vibe lined with markets and homey restaurants serving llama. We stayed in Tilcara for the night, which we read is many traveller's favorite base for exploring the area, and we weren't disappointed by the small and cozy town. In the afternoon we drove to the town Humahuaca, where we walked around a bit in the cobbled streets and bought a few things at the market.
The next morning we woke up very early and drove to Purmamarca to see the Hill of Seven Colors (Cerro de los Siete Colores). The town was only just waking up when we arrived and it made the spectacular view of the colorful hill even better that we were almost alone and not surrounded by hordes of other tourists.
We then drove through the georgeous landscape seeing cactus and llamas on the mountains sides galore until we reached Salinas Grandes. It's an former lake that dried up and is now a giant salt desert. There was a little tourist information desk, and my Spanish skills was tested thoroughly since all the guides did not know any English. The area itself is admission free, but it was mandatory to pay for a guide to take you there, and so we did. It was a very impressive experience to talk on the massive salt flats, all white and shiny with the mountains in the background. Stunning!
Afterwards we drove back the pretty winding roads to Purmamarca, where we had some food and checked out the artisan marked. And then it was time to drive back to Salta, where we dropped of our rental car and got on a plane to Puerto Iguazú. | city and enjoying the sun. A must-see is the Archaeological Museum MAAM – Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montana de Salta. On display they have the mumified body of one of three children (rotated every 6 months) that was discovered on top of one of the mountains in the area. The bodies are amazingly well-preserved and gives you a good understanding of how the Inca culture and child sacrifices worked at that time.
We then rented a car and drove north to the Quebrada de Humahuaca, which is a spectacular mountain valley in the province of Jujuy. The rock formations changes colors constantly and it was an amazing experience driving through the dusty and varying mountains, some places red, green or greyish and some dotted with cactus. Scattered around | 163 |
DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Parks Associates will host the industry webcast "Top 5 IPTV Challenges: Decoding UX Trends, Android TV & Cloud Services" on Tuesday, December 12, to examine the challenges for operators in providing IPTV services as consumers view content across managed set-top-boxes (Linux, Android TV, ASOP) and their devices (Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku, mobile, and web).
Sponsored by TiVo, this webcast will address how the proliferation of video streaming devices creates challenges for operators to provide a high-quality user experience (UX) as viewers move between different platforms. Parks Associates research finds 67% of U.S. broadband households own at least one Internet-connected home video entertainment device for streaming content to a TV screen, including smart TVs, game consoles, and streaming media players, and that 44% of all U.S. broadband households own two or more such devices.
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Sustainable footwear brand Allbirds has set its eyes on Canada with the launch of ecommerce in the country. To mark the occasion, the company has also opened two pop-up shop locations at Nordstrom Toronto Eaton Centre and Nordstrom Pacific Centre in Vancouver.
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"We are looking forward to introducing Canadians to Allbirds, particularly as Canadians have a fundamental understanding about the importance of protecting our environment," said Tim Brown, Allbirds co-founder in a news statement.
The company officially launched in 2016 with a mission to create better shoes in a sustainable way. They currently offer three styles of shoes and two materials for men and women including the Wool Runner and the Wool Lounger. Most recently, the company launched The Tree Collection, crafted from a textile that Allbirds engineered using Eucalyptus pulp.
"We always try to find new uses for materials that naturally exist right in front of us, rather than relying on cheap synthetics like traditional footwear brands. With a focus on developing on what we call the 'right amount of nothing', we are taking the core function of shoes and distilling it to its minimum which results in shoes that look great and feel amazing throughout the day," said Joey Zwillinger, Allbirds co-founder.
For its Canadian debut, Allbirds has equally introduced a limited-edition Canadian colourway embroidered with a maple leaf to celebrate the company's expansion, which is exclusively available on Allbirds.ca.
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Guy Mitchell was an American pop singer, successful in his homeland, the U.K. and Australia. As an international recording star of the 1950s he achieved record sales in excess of 44 million units and this included six million-selling singles.
In the fall of 1957, Mitchell starred in his<|fim_middle|> radio show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts in 1949 as a soloist.
Mitch Miller, who was in charge of talent at Columbia Records, noticed Cernik in 1950, and he joined Columbia and got his new stage name at Miller's urging: Miller is supposed to have said, "my name is 'Mitchell' and you seem a nice 'guy', so we'll call you Guy Mitchell." Bob Merrill wrote a string of top hits for Mitchell. | own ABC variety show, The Guy Mitchell Show. He further appeared as George Romack on the 1961 NBC western detective series Whispering Smith, with World War II hero Audie Murphy in the leading role.
He was born Albert George Cernik, son of immigrants from Croatia, in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of eleven, he was signed by Warner Brothers Pictures, to be groomed as a child star, and he also performed on the radio on Station KFWB in Los Angeles, California. After leaving school, he worked as a saddlemaker, but supplemented his income by singing whenever he could. At this point in his life, Dude Martin, who had a country music broadcast in San Francisco, noticed him and hired him to perform with his band. He served in the United States Navy for two years, and after leaving the service became a singer with Carmen Cavallaro's big band. In 1947 he made recordings for Decca with Cavallaro's band, but had to leave due to food poisoning. He eventually went to New York City, and made records for King Records under the name Al Grant. He won on the | 239 |
The Bulldog, Aston Martin's flight of fancy, is back on the road to 200mph
by Nik Berg
11 November 2021 4 min read
Photos: Dick Barnatt, Classic Motor Cars
Richard Gauntlett is standing on the blustery deck of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, looking slightly misty-eyed at a childhood dream that has finally become reality.
What Gauntlett and an assembled crowd of media and Navy crew are staring at is the Aston Martin Bulldog, an incredible concept for a 200mph supercar that vanished under his father Victor's chairmanship of the British sports car maker. It<|fim_middle|>og is preserved for future generations.
"We were fortunate in having a great team and being able to work with two of the original engineers, Keith Martin and David Morgan, as well Lizzie Carris the wife of the designer of the car, William Towns. This gave us a huge head start on the project and there help was invaluable to the completion of the car."
The restoration has been incredibly rapid, especially considering the complications of a global pandemic. "It rather echoes the fact that they built the bloody thing in pretty much 12 months originally," adds Gauntlett. "But you know, restoring is often a lot more time consuming than building. I think it just fits with the story so beautifully."
It took some 6000 man-hours and over 18 months to bring the Bulldog back and now it is sitting on the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales where normally an F-35 or two would be ready to take off. A Navy airbase at Yeovilton will be next on the Bulldog tour where testing will take place on its runway, before ultimately handing the car over to Aston Martin racer Darren Turner to finally attempt achieve the car's mythical maximum speed.
The Bulldog joins the salute
"We all like a complete story," says Gauntlett. "I love the idea of this neatly and tidily closing the book and for the engineers and people who were involved in this car like Keith Martin, to be vindicated for what they knew to be true, when their opportunity to show it was cruelly taken away due to circumstances.
"But I also I think it's rather nice if we can not close the book on it because I think it's got a life beyond us – a life of inspiring people and making kids drop their ice creams."
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I drove the Bulldog in 1981 in Dubai when Victor Gauntlet brought it out there for the 10th anniversary celebrations of the formation of the UAE
I must be one of few brits who have driven it on public roads
There is more to this story | 's a car that Richard never actually saw in person when he was growing up, but that he would study every day.
"I never saw the car function as a kid as it had already disappeared to America by the time I was born, but I had the poster that was from my dad's office at Aston Martin. I know every millimetre of that poster and seeing the car now is like going through the looking glass because I've stared at the poster for so long. It's like going into the mirror, beyond the plane. It's just so wonderful," he says.
Gauntlett has been the driving force behind recovering and restoring the Bulldog with the ultimate goal of doing something that his father never achieved – getting the car to crack 200 mph. Getting to this point has taken a sobering 6000 labour-hours and 18 months of blood, sweat and – dare we say it – tears.
Richard Gauntlett, right, with author Nik Berg, far left.
The Bulldog story actually began even before Gauntlett senior's time at Aston Martin.
As far back as 1976, William Towns, chief designer for Aston Martin was tasked with designing a mid-engined supercar. As anyone familiar with his Lagonda will understand, Towns got his rulers out and came up with a stunning wedge design, while engineering director Mike Loasby devised the tubular steel chassis and suspension, and worked out the packaging for the 5.3-litre V8. After several months development the project was abandoned, however, and Loasby left to join DeLorean.
In 1979 the Bulldog was revived, handed over to project manager Keith Martin and it accelerated rapidly. Despite having little more than sketches, a clay model and an incomplete chassis to work with Martin and his team had the car ready for testing within a scant eight months. Adding a pair of Garrett AiResearch turbos and Bosch fuel injection to the V8 saw power exceed 700bhp, all with the goal of being the first road car in the world to top 200 mph.
William Towns, left, designed the Bulldog but Victor Gauntlett (at driver's door) was forced to cancel the project
Despite best efforts the fastest the Bulldog ever went was 192 mph, but that's not what ultimately killed the project. It was cash. Or rather a lack of it. By the time Gauntlett was at the helm of Aston Martin he needed to be pragmatic. Further development of the car was stopped, the original plan to build a run of 25 was canned, and the only existing Bulldog was sold to a Saudi prince after the Sultan of Brunei changed his mind.
During the 40 years since then the car spent time in Arizona, then went back to the Middle East, changed colour at some point, before reappearing in Asia where it was tracked down by RM Sotheby's. Now owned by Texas collector Philip Sarofim it has undergone a total restoration thanks to Classic Motor Cars (CMC) of Bridgnorth in Shropshire. Having had a variety of modifications over the years, including attempts to improve the cooling system, changing the paint and re-trimming the interior in a rather more gaudy style than Aston Martin intended, CMC has restored it to original specification – with a few subtle improvements to make it more useable.
"We have tried to be as faithful as possible to the original design and concept by not only returning the car to its paint and trim scheme, but also engineering the car in such a way that major mechanical components are now located as the designers originally intended," explains CMC's Nigel Woodward. "This, and future proofing the car so that it remains drivable now and for ever, has been achieved by incorporating state of the art engine management systems and modern components such as liquid-cooled turbochargers which will ensure that Bulld | 811 |
We all know those people<|fim_middle|>. | : They walk into a room and capture everyone's attention within seconds. Those are the people that get the dates, the jobs, and the investment wins.These successful types have a few qualities and skills that are psychologically proven to help them make positive first impressions — and they're skills that anyone can learn.
It is a good idea to dress conservatively when you meet someone for the first time (even if the office is known as being 'funky' and 'creative'). Be careful with loud accessories, perfumes, hair-styles and shoes that may be distracting; You don't want someone to remember what you wore over your business skills.
35 Business studies analysed by the International Listening centre indicated that listening is a top skill needed for success in business. Unfortunately, most people only retain about 50% of what they hear.
Exchanges are always better if two people work together to keep the conversation going. React to comments with phrases such as 'interesting,' 'that makes sense,' and 'could you tell me more about that?' Ask follow up questions; it will show you are engaged in the conversation and care about the subject matter.
Bringing materials to a first meeting automatically makes you look like a responsible, organised person.
When appropriate, print out relevant documents such as resumes, business proposals, relevant statistics, transcripts, business cards and case studies. Carry them in an organised briefcase so you can find them easily once you sit down | 290 |
Three years ago I stepped off<|fim_middle|>offerbert@gmail.com. I am interested in Frank's condition. I had no knowledge of his accident of over a year ago. Pardon me for using your blog space; I won't do it again unless you want me to use it. I handled claims for 43 years and my territory was southeastern US but I would venture anywhere occasionally. What I am saying is I am thinking of (and hoping for) y'all. Let me hear. | the elevator at ASJA's annual conference and felt as if I'd stepped onto a different planet.
This year I'll step off the elevator and head for the Board meeting.
As of April 3, it's official and I can tell—-I was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of ASJA, the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Being on the board of this organization may be like stepping onto a new planet.
ASJA members write what you read in magazines, books, white papers and business reports. ASJA is the premier professional organization for nonfiction and freelance writers in the US and Canada.
Why did I feel as if I was on a new planet at an earlier meeting? I've earned my way in this writing business and I keep up, or so I thought until I heard Richard Nash, listed as one of fifty visionaries changing the world. I felt like Fred Flintstone on a space odyssey. He talked about a new publishing world I was hardly aware of. And he was joined by other Young Bloods, as ASJA's Christopher Johnson dubbed them.
That tells me ASJA stays three steps ahead in keeping its members atune with the newest and the best of journalistic development and practices. I'm proud to be a member and now a board member.
"Nash is the former publisher of Soft Skull Press, for which he was awarded the Miriam Bass Award for Creativity in Independent Publishing by the Association of American Publishers in 2005. Over the better part of a decade, he shepherded books onto bestseller lists across the globe, and Utne Reader put him on its 2009 list of fifty visionaries changing the world. It's hard to attend any publishing industry event without seeing him on the agenda. Former Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson called Nash's "Publishing 3.0" talk "the best I have ever seen." (Emphasis is mine).
ASJA offers extensive benefits and services to its members. Membership is by invitation to qualified professional writers.
The annual conference will be May 5-6, 2017 in NYC at the Roosevelt Hotel. Sessions are open to the public.
Jennie, I have an iPad that is so old I checked to be sure I did not have to feed it grain. I saw that you had replied to my note but I couldn't bring it up. I prefer to use email and my address is jfhweau@comcast.net or jerryh | 510 |
From Russia with news
Posted by Rob Holbert | Apr 9, 2014 | Media Frenzy, Style | 0 |
Catching up on newer folks in the local media, Kristina Zverjako started with Local15 News at the beginning of the year and has been primarily covering Baldwin County since.
Zverjako's background includes the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State, as well as the ABC affiliate in Bakersfield, Calif. And it also includes Tallinn, Estonia where she was born and lived up until finishing fifth grade. She says she was able to pick up English quickly, but there are times it's still a little tricky doing the news in her second language.
"Before moving to America, I would have never imagined having a career as a TV journalist. For some reason, English came easy to me. I spoke fluently and without an accent within a year of moving to the States," she said. "But this doesn't mean that I don't have my moments of 'what does that word mean?' or when my accent slips out. It is not unusual for me to turn to my coworkers or friends and ask them for help finding a specific word or phrase that I might be thinking of in Russian. I guess you can call my Russian heritage my 'hidden talent.'
Despite being a long way from both her U.S. and Russian homes, Zverjako says the move to Alabama has been one she's enjoyed, primarily because of the famed friendliness of our locals.
"Moving to the Gulf Coast has been one of the best experiences so far in my life. The actual process of moving was actually pretty easy — my whole life fit inside my little Nissan Sentra. I have never looked back since coming out here… Everybody told me about Southern hospitality, but people here take it to the next level!" she said.
Patrick back after illness
WKRG's sports<|fim_middle|> articles for publication in some of the nation's largest newspapers. From 1999 through Aug. 2010 he was the faculty adviser for the University of South Alabama student newspaper, The Vanguard, and in 2002 started Lagniappe with his business partner Ashley Trice. The paper now prints 30,000 copies every week and is distributed at more than 1,300 locations around Mobile and Baldwin Counties. According to Scarborough Research, Lagniappe now has more than 80,000 readers each week, with close to a quarter of that coming online. The paper began publishing weekly at the beginning of April 2014.
What does the 'B' stand for?
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A collective sigh of relief
Making potpourri can be easy and fun | director Randy Patrick returned to the airwaves April 7 after a lengthy illness that has kept him at home for more than three months.
Lagniappe has received plenty of calls wanting to know where the man who has won 11 Nappies in a row for favorite sportscaster has been. Randy told us in late February that he'd been "quite ill" but was on the mend.
At the time he was aiming for a mid-March return, but it obviously took a bit longer. Here's wishing Randy good health and a happy return.
New set
Randy's return will coincide with a new set that should debut next week. The update is reportedly the first in more than a decade and staffers are excited about it. No word yet on exactly what day it will debut.
The record stops
The Mobile Record, a small publication that catered primarily to carrying legal advertising from the county and city has called it quits. No word yet as to why, but it was one of the local publications deemed eligible to carry such advertising.
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Rob Holbert is co-publisher and managing editor of Lagniappe, Mobile's independent newspaper. Rob helped found the newspaper after a career that started as a police reporter and columnist at the Mississippi Press in Pascagoula. He followed that with a stint as a deputy press secretary for then-U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott in Washington, D.C. After leaving Capitol Hill, Rob worked ghost-writing opinion | 327 |
If the monster called Alzheimer's is going to get you, you may as well be prepared.
How I'm Preparing to Get Alzheimer's, is a 6 minute and 24 second video recorded in June 2012 at TED Global in Edinburgh, Scotland. This brief talk by Alanna Shaikh will do more to wake you up about this disease than anything you've heard thus far.
If there is even the slightest chance that one of us will get Alzheimer's or other dementia – and trust me, there's more than the slightest chance – then we'd better start shaping what Alzheimer's will look like for you and me. Here's an example.
Ms. Shaikh's father has Alzheimer's and she talks about the various hobbies and interests held by her father when he was healthier and how those interests carry through during the Alzheimer's disease process. He was a college professor at a state school and as<|fim_middle|> make beautiful well-crafted furniture? How will those hobbies or skills survive the disease process? Not very well. So Alanna has come up with three things that she's doing now to prepare her for the possibility of the Alzheimer's monster invading her life.
Please watch Alanna's video. I think you will be impressed by her thought process.
This entry was posted in 21st Century Living, Alzheimer's/Dementia, Caregiving, Community outreach, Family issues, Health & Wellness, Personal Struggles, Quality of Life, Retirement and tagged activities, Alanna Shaik, Alanna Shaikh TED talk, Alzheimer's and dementia, TED Global. | Alanna put it, "he knows what paperwork looks like." Now in the depths of his disease, someone can put any type of form in front of him and he will gladly fill it out, arbitrarily writing his name or numbers on the various lines provided, and he'll check the boxes littered throughout the form. He flourishes in that engagement of his time.
What happens, however, when your favorite hobby pre-disease is reading and editing academic journals, racing cars, or using electric shop tools to | 102 |
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AT&T Still "Meh" on Fixed 5G Wireless; "We're Focused on Mobility"
Phillip Dampier December 6, 2018 AT&T, Broadband Speed, Competition, Consumer News, Wireless Broadband 2 Comments
AT&T continues to gently discourage the media and investors from comparing its 5G strategy with that of its biggest competitor, Verizon, suggesting the two companies have different visions about where and how 5G and small cells will be deployed.
"We've done fixed wireless in our network on LTE as part of our Connect America Fund commitment from the government. We've been doing that for two years. And so we know the technology. We know it works, and it works for the purposes intended, which is real broadband," said Scott Mair, president of operations at AT&T. "The challenge is the use case and the economics, right? So where does fixed wireless work? We're focused on mobility."
Mair echoes earlier sentiments from AT&T's chief financial officer who has repeatedly told investors that AT&T sees fiber to the home service as a superior offering, and one economically within reach for the company in its urban and suburban service areas.
Speaking on Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Broker Conference<|fim_middle|> know where I'm going to be building small cells in the future. We can plan out that. We know where we're going to be. I can route that fiber. So now I've optimized the route."
Paul Houle
I think AT&T is more interested in fixed wireless using low band spectrum in exurban areas. At my location Unlimitedville (AT&T) was able to get me about the same download speed I get with Frontier, but at a somewhat higher cost. If they could cut the cost in half and double the speed it would be nowhere near competitive with cable but would be a highly effective DSL killer. Put it together with satellite TV and maybe the DirectTV acquisition was a good idea after all. When it is so easy to eat the lunch of Centurylink, Frontier and other… Read more »
It makes sense to focus on wireless considering the government contract they have. The strange thing is they referenced fixed wireless in this article. Fixed wireless I would think is a different beast then 5G home service? We will see if they continue this tune as they lose DirectTV subscribers by the boat load. On another similar topic I think the merger of Sprint and T Mobile could be beneficial in that the government could require them to expand their 5G to higher percentage of the population and require them to develop affordable 5G Home Service with reasonable caps. Of… Read more » | Call, Mair did not rule out 5G residential fixed wireless service in certain expensive-to-reach areas, but it is clear AT&T's priority will be to bolster its mobile network, not invade the home internet access marketplace. Mair noted AT&T will deploy small cells to power its 5G services, but primarily to resolve congestion issues in high wireless traffic areas.
"If we're there, we build small cells primarily for capacity," noted Mair, adding the company believes "the mobility use case is probably the right place to be spending our time and effort."
AT&T plans to target its first fixed or short-range 5G services on its business customers.
"We see initially enterprise businesses as being the area where the entry will be first," Mair said. "We've thought about partnering with a manufacturing firm, and I really believe that manufacturing is going to be a key capability. When you look at a factory floor, it's real-time telemetry, real-time analytics. You have factories that now need to be more nimble than ever in terms of being able to reconfigure for product changes very quickly."
AT&T is also continuing to aggressively expand its fiber footprint, including the prospect of constructing fiber networks outside of AT&T's traditional landline service area. But the company stressed it is building fiber networks in new ways that will maximize the company's Return On Investment.
"So with our fiber build-out, fiber underlies everything we do, whether it's wireline or wireless. And so fiber matters," Mair said. "By middle of next year, we'll be at 14 million homes passed and because we also have a deep fiber footprint, we'll have another eight million businesses that we pass. That gives us 22 million locations that we can sell fiber-based services."
AT&T's fiber network planning has become very sophisticated these days. The more customers sharing a fiber connection, the faster construction expenses will be paid off.
When a business client contacts AT&T to arrange for fiber service, the company used to run a dedicated fiber cable directly to the business. These days, AT&T attempts to maximize the potential use of that fiber cable by routing it through areas that have a high potential of generating additional business for the company or traffic on its network. For example, a fiber connection furnished for a business might also be used to serve multiple dwelling units, like apartment buildings or condos, or rerouted to also reach other businesses that can be sold fiber services.
"I'm passing two [AT&T] cell sites that I'm paying someone else transport and backhaul for, where I can now put it on my own network," Mair offered as an example. "I | 540 |
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Myriam Sullivan
Myriam Sullivan is a director at JFF, helping low-skilled adults advance to family-supporting careers while enabling employers to build and sustain a productive workforce. Ms. Sullivan's current portfolio includes New Skills at Work, a landmark JPMorgan Chase workforce readiness initiative aimed at closing the skills gap. Prior to this project, Ms. Sullivan led Credentials That Work, JFF's emerging work in the development and application of labor market information (LMI) and workforce research.
Before joining JFF, Ms. Sullivan served as a presidential management fellow for two offices within the US Department of Labor. As program analyst in the financial management division, she managed LMI grants for 10 states and oversaw key convenings of state and federal LMI stakeholders. As a manpower development specialist in the Office of Workforce Investments, Ms. Sullivan also managed federal grants and provided technical assistance to state- and local-level entities that administer and provide workforce development programs and services to various adult and youth populations. Ms. Sullivan previously worked at the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ms. Sullivan holds a master's degree in public administration from Long Island University and a bachelor's degree in political science from the State University of New York at Albany.
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Pre-apprenticeship programs can be delivered by a range of entities and are designed to prepare underprepared learners, students, and new workers to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeships or other high-quality apprenticeship programs, | 254 |
What about down comforters? In some nations words "duvets" and "down comforters" are commonly interchanged. What is a down comforter and how is it different from the fabulous duvet? Reality is you cant really blame all those people who puzzle duvets with down comforters, and vice versa. Down comforters are quite much like duvets, nearly identical– in fact "duvet" is the French word for "down". A lot of modern-day down comforters are made from high quality material products that remains clean and fluffy and warm throughout the night.
While you are buying to have bedding sets or comforter sets to complement your bed area or perhaps even an extra location, you can discover great deals of layouts, designs as well as features to pick from. Regardless of the truth that it's really attractive to accept whichever compares or complements your favored bed room furnishings or wall surface areas, it truly is actually essential to preserve ease in ideas. Whenever you are selecting on which comforter readied to purchase you have to maintain the subsequent suggestions in mind.
In warmer nations, most people have no difficulty resting, or trying to obtain any sleep at all. Individuals in tropical nations oversleep light clothes and use blankets only when there's a cool breeze out in the night. However people staying in colder climates have it challenging. Most of the time, a blanket isnt enough to keep the<|fim_middle|> fluffy and bulky bag that is intended to change all other underlying blankets with one leading layer. Hence, it's possible to do without additional layers of bedding such as sheets, quilts, bedspread, and blankets. Duvets are constantly sold with removable and intricate covers that include matching pillow covers too. A bed linen helps keep the inner layer clean for longer.
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When it concerns the real bedding there are lots of various styles that we can choose which assists to see to it that whatever our taste and design preferences are there should be something to match you. Along with the design of bedding that you can choose with regards to patterns and colors you can likewise get duvets and pillows that are filled with various materials.
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One ought to have lots of these bedspreads in order to keep on offering a modification to ones bedroom. Be it easy printed bed sheets or designer patchwork bed spreads, you ought to have a one for each event. There are many printed bed sheets readily available in bay prints for the kids space. These ones feature cartoon characters as well as lustrous prints which shimmer in the night.
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Another Controversy for the "Female Viagra"?
The new libido pill will likely lure users for whom it was not approved: women taking antidepressants
By Kaitlin Bell Barnett on October 17, 2015
Credit: Source: Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Addyi, the first prescription medication approved to boost female libido, hits the market today. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved marketing the drug to premenopausal women whose low libido doesn't stem from a medical or psychiatric condition, medication or other substances, but from a lack of desire characterized as hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or HSDD.
The so-called "female Viagra"—something of a misnomer because Addyi does not affect arousal as Viagra does but rather increases libido—was mired in controversy prior to its approval, in large part because clinical studies did not show dramatic improvements in sexual desire and used measures that many experts criticized as inadequate. Despite such concerns, Addyi's drugmaker,<|fim_middle|>ari Lusskin, psychiatrist and professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City who specializes in women's mental health. Unfortunately, she notes, "that's not something that's routinely done."
The drug's original developer, Boehringer Ingelheim, which later sold Addyi to Sprout, did conduct a 2010 study of depressed women with low libido to gauge whether it was safe to take Addyi with an antidepressant. The data, says Clayton, who helped plan the study, showed Addyi didn't worsen anxiety or depression, although combining the drugs slightly increased the risk of some side effects including insomnia and dizziness.
Basson, Dording and others say they would hold off on prescribing Addyi to their patients with antidepressant-induced low libido until there is promising data to support its use—especially because even in women with HSDD, libido improvement was not dramatic and there was a risk of serious side effects like fainting and very low blood pressure, especially when combined with alcohol.
But not all doctors will be so cautious. "It will be used off-label—absolutely," says Lusskin, who also says she would not do so herself in the absence of promising data for this subgroup. "People will ask for it, and doctors will prescribe it. It's really the doctor's responsibility to tell patients whether something is appropriate for them or not, but I'm afraid doctors are often willing to do what patients ask."
Sprout would not comment on whether they plan to seek additional marketing approval to treat antidepressant-induced low libido, and the new parent company, Valeant, did not respond to requests for comment. But Derogatis and Clayton, who both served as scientific advisors to the manufacturer, think it might make sense to seek additional approvals, given the large number of women suffering from antidepressant-induced low libido and the dearth of truly effective treatment.
"I know [Sprout] was considering it," Derogatis says, although he doesn't know whether Valeant feels the same way. "It's a natural to start looking at what marketing population would be beneficial. And depressed women [with antidepressant-induced low libido] jump right out."
Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Sprout Pharmaceuticals, was purchased by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for $1 billion once the drug received approval.
With about 10 percent of women suffering from HSDD, Valeant projects a healthy market for this once-a-day pill, and that does not include a large group of women who are likely to be prescribed the drug for another kind of desire problem: the low libido that is a common side effect of antidepressants.
Although Addyi has not been approved by the FDA for antidepressant-induced libido problems, once a drug hits the market, doctors can prescribe it off-label for other uses other than its approved indication. Nearly one in five women in the U.S. takes an antidepressant, and as many as 70 percent report dampened sexual desire as a result.
Selective serotonin (SSRI) and certain serotonin and noradrenaline (SNRI) reuptake inhibitor antidepressants are particularly likely to cause sexual dysfunction. The exact mechanisms are not well understood but likely stem from boosting serotonin activity in the brain. Serotonin is thought to dampen libido and arousal, and also to inhibit two other neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and dopamine, that promote sexual function. Doctors have tried various strategies, including reducing dosages, prescribing "drug holidays," and adding in other antidepressants like Wellbutrin or drugs like Ritalin, to counteract these sexual side effects, but have not found a reliable antidote. "There's nothing really phenomenal out there to treat SSRI-induced dysfunction," says Christina Dording, a psychiatrist who directs sexual behavior studies at Massachusetts General Hospital's depression research division. "Clinically we use a variety of different strategies but none of them are perfect."
Dording and many colleagues point out that no one knows whether Addyi would be effective for women whose low libido stems from antidepressants. In theory, Addyi might work, says Anita Clayton, a University of Virginia psychiatrist who is an expert in antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction, because it inhibits the sex-dampening effects of serotonin.
In clinical trials measuring the drug's effectiveness the manufacturer excluded subjects who were taking an antidepressant or other drugs likely to harm sexual functioning.
Despite protocols, a few women in those efficacy studies did take an antidepressant. But because the study was not designed to measure how effective Addyi was for antidepressant users or for women whose low libido stemmed from antidepressant use, any data gleaned for would be "pretty much uninterpretable," says Leonard Derogatis, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University who has advised the drug's manufacturer for a decade and who conducted many of the clinical trials. Representatives from the manufacturer, Sprout, declined to comment.
Cherry-picking patients to minimize confounding variables is a common strategy in drug trials but it doesn't reflect the reality of clinical practice, says Rosemary Basson, director of the sexual medicine program at the University of British Columbia. Because many women with HSDD also have mood disorders and take an antidepressant, it is difficult to tease out whether a woman's libido problems stem from her depression or other mood disorder, or from her antidepressants, relationship or other issues or from HSDD—itself a controversial diagnosis. "What's very important is to document the level of sexual function prior to treatment with the antidepressant," says Sh | 670 |
USA GP: Qualifying notes - Super Aguri
The 'Brickyard' produced an exciting and close Qualifying session in Indianapolis today. Super Aguri experienced a difficult day in the garage having to change Anthony to the T-car after he kissed the wall during Free Practice 3. During Qualifying a small mistake by Takuma and an extremely tight grid meant that he just missed out on making it through to Q2 to join Anthony. The SAF1 Team drivers will start the 2007 US Grand Prix in 16th and 18th positions tomorrow.
Takuma Sato: It was a very tough day. I wasn't fully happy with the car this morning, so we changed the set-up for the Qualifying session. It was better but there was traffic during my first run and in the second I went a little deep in Turn One and locked up the front wheel so I lost a good couple of tenths then. Sectors Two and Three were okay, but I needed another half a tenth to get into Q2. It's a shame, but hopefully we have a strong car and I'll have a good race tomorrow.
Anthony Davidson: The team did a really good job today to get me out there into Qualifying this afternoon after I tapped the wall in the last practice session. I had to change over to the T-car and there was a big buzz in the garage - they did a great job. It's brilliant to get through to Q2. It was a great achievement today and so we're looking forward to the race tomorrow.
Graham Taylor, Sporting Director: It was a tough morning. We had a lot to do to get to a place where we were prepared for Qualifying and even then we knew it was going to be really hard as the grid is so tight here. During his performance run at the end of Free Practice 3 Anthony touched the wall coming off Turn 13. Once we looked at the data we saw that the car had<|fim_middle|> first run by Anthony showed that the car was good. His engineering crew had him on the circuit at the right time and I think he got the best out of the car. It was unfortunate for Taku. On his second run he just went a bit too deep into Turn One, but the rest of the lap was fantastic and he only just missed going through to Q2.
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Production giant Insomniac has announced the massive lineup for the 21st annual Electric Daisy Carnival, which includes over 230 of the world's most popular dance music artists, from Diplo to Rufus du Sol.
EDC, an Insomni<|fim_middle|> and the full EDC lineup, click here. | ac-hosted event since 1997, takes place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway from June 16-18, 2017. The festival is a staple of EDM concert-going, and is well-known as one of the most extravagant events of the festival season.
This year's slate of artists is a veritable who's who of EDM, and will perform across eight stages and a parade of roaming art cars spread throughout the venue. Highlights include Zedd, Flosstradamus, Porter Robinson, Dillon Francis, Major Lazer, RL Grime, Tiesto, and Kygo in his EDC debut.
In addition, Alison Wonderland, Diplo, and Jauz will perform a world exclusive joint set.
EDC 2017 will premiere the new quantumVALLEY Dreamstate stage, featuring the best sounds in trace music, and Factory 93 will host the neonGARDEN stage for the first time, with takeovers by labels MoodZONE, Paradise, and Drumcode.
The festival will continue to feature the pyrotechnics, immersive art displays, and outrageous costumes that fans have come to know and love.
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Album of the Week: The Beat of My Heart
The album of the week starting on January 16, 2022, is The Beat of My Heart.
The Beat of My Heart was conceived and planned by Tony Bennett and his new musical director, Ralph Sharon. Bennett wanted to return to his jazz roots with this, his third LP. Bennett relates stories about this album in his autobiography, The Good Life:
Ralph and I wanted to make a jazz statement in a big way, and I came up with the idea of recording an album of standards that put the spotlight on different kinds of rhythm by using all the great jazz drummers I could find. We talked the concept over during our first few months on the road, and gradually it all came together. The first recording date was in June 1957, with Chico Hamilton. I was delighted with the results, particularly with the tongue-twisting. super-percussive title track, "The Beat of My Heart." Mitch came to the first recording date, but was unusually quiet. Maybe he hoped he was giving us enough rope to hang ourselves. But when the album came out, an army of jazz fans said, Hey, this guy knows how to swing. A whole new audience accepted me—in fact, I still get my biggest reactions at jazz festivals the world over.
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Release Date December 1, 1957
Label<|fim_middle|> love of the American Songbook. This album features many great songs from composers including Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Jimmy McHugh, Harry Warren, Kurt Weill, and the Gershwins. Most of the songs from this album, such as It Had To Be You, These Foolish Things, I'll Be Seeing You and Always are songs that he still sings today in concert. Tony has two distinct sound profiles: the numbers arranged by Ray Conniff (mostly Side One, plus Always from Side Two) feature a big band sound, while the Percy Faith numbers have a lusher sound with more strings. He is joined on this album by guitarist Chuck Wayne, whom he worked with on Cloud 7; on Tony, Wayne provides a wonderful guitar accompaniment to Lost in the Stars.
Release Date January 14, 1957
Producer Mitch Miller
Arrangements Ray Conniff, Percy Faith
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Album of the Week: Cloud 7
The album of week starting on January 2, 2022, is Cloud 7.
Cloud 7 was Tony Bennett's first full-length studio album and it was a jazz album. Having signed with Columbia Records in 1950, he had turned out a number of hit singles including "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "Sing You Sinners," "Cold, Cold Heart," and "Because of You," Cloud 7 was the album that he had wanted to make–a solid jazz long-playing album with a solid group of jazz musicians.
As a first album by a young singer (Bennett was not even 30 when he made Cloud 7), it's a remarkable album that defined Bennett not only as a vastly popular singer, but a jazz artist with impeccable taste and a true vision of his own artistry.
Release Data February 25, 1955
Arrangements Chuck Wayne, Charles Panely
Tenor Sax Al Cohn, Caeser DiMauro
Alto Sax Dave Schildkraut
Trumpet Charles Panely
Guitar Chuck Wayne
Piano Gene DiNovi, Harvey Leonard
Bass Clyde Lombardi
Drums Sonny Igor, Ed Shaughnessy
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Song of the Day: Capital City
Song of the Day: You Must Believe In Spring | Columbia (CL-1079)
Producers Mitch Miller, Al Ham
Vocals Tony Bennett
Arrangements Ralph Sharon, Tony Bennett
Piano Ralph Sharon
Percussion Art Blakey, Chico Hamilton, Jo Jones, Candido Camero, Sabu Martinez, Billy Exiner
Tenor Sax Al Cohn
Trumpet Nat Adderly
Trombone Robert Alexander, Jim Dahl, Kai Winding
Flute Herbie Mann, Spencer Sinatra, William Slapin
Vibes Eddie Costa
Guitar John Pisano
Bass Milt Hinton, Eddie Saranski, James Bond
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Album of the Week: Tony
The album of the week starting on January 9, 2022, is Tony.
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A new slipping clutch will most probably be related to operator abuse, like riding the clutch on hills, poor friction point, or oil contamination, and should be rectified immediately before unnecessary wear occurs.
An adjustment might be in order before the clutch fails completely.
A clutch will naturally start to slip once the parts are wearing out- no clutch lasts forever! If your clutch is reasonably new and is slipping, get the problem checked out early, the more the slipping goes on, the greater the wear will be, so identifying the problem early might save you the expense of a replacement clutch.
You will often experience clutch slip when towing, or with the engine under load, and this is just due to the extra pressure being placed on the clutch.
Do You Have a Clutch problem?
The easiest way to determine if you have a clutch problem is to listen carefully when you use the clutch and also to be aware of how the clutch pedal feels under your foot.
When you can suddenly hear strange noises, like squealing, chirping, or rumbling, then it is time to get the clutch looked at.
If you suddenly have to push the clutch pedal flat to the floor, then you may need some adjustment in the clutch cabling, or have a problem in the hydraulics, if you car is fitted with them.
Oil is the life blood of your vehicle, it is common knowledge that oil lubricates moving parts. Yet few realize is that it also cleans, dampens noise, acts as a coolant and helps in diagnosing engine problems.
Quite simply, oil keeps moving parts from banging into each other which cuts down on some of the noise your engine makes. One way you know if you are running low on oil is if you hear that little annoying tapping sound from under the hood. Those are valves opening and closing but now, without oil, they are slamming shut and probably not opening as easily. It's not a good practice to wait for this sound before changing your oil.
The oil in your vehicle normally should be changed every three months or 3000 - 4000 miles. Even with the expensive synthetic stuff you still need to stick with this same schedule.
Motor oil cools your engine in at least two ways. One, of course, by lowering friction between moving parts. Another way is by moving oil that has had a chance to sit in the oil pan and cool off, back through the engine which brings down the overall temperature.
Sometimes the oil is routed via a tube through your vehicles radiator where it is cooled much more efficiently than only being cooled in the oil pan.
One of the neatest uses of motor oil is as a diagnostic tool. I mentioned earlier that motor oil is like blood. This is so true. Let me first explain that the bearings and various other metal parts in your engine are made of a conglomerate of metals. Not just one. A single bearing may contain a mixture of aluminum, copper, mercury and even some precious metals. In some shops where very mission critical engines are used, the repairs can also be very costly. Mistakes are not a good thing in diagnosing problems in these situations. There are special "blood" tests so to speak. By taking a sample of an engine's used oil and sending it to a special lab, it can be determined by spectrum analysis if the engine is wearing more than it should for its age. The lab looks at the amount and type of material deposited in the oil to pinpoint the problem.
Many people find general day to day car maintenance taboo. Most of the time, when using our vehicles, we take for granted that they are in a proper driving condition and sometimes can forget the importance of keeping them well maintained. Vehicles require general and routine maintenance over time and emergency repairs may be needed if you have an accident or if something goes wrong when you're driving. General car maintenance can help to prevent the latter by ensuring that your car is in optimal driving condition at all times. A well maintained car may also mean you're less likely to claim on your car insurance, potentially resulting in lower premiums over time.
Among the general car maintenance tips, getting regular oil changes at the appropriate period of time or usage is at the top of the list of importance. Many people forget when the time comes to get an oil change. Regular oil changes can help ensure that your car runs efficiently and that your engine is well maintained. Old oil or not enough oil in your vehicle can lead to overheating of the engine or other major engine and motor problems that can be expensive to fix. It can also affect air flow and other operational areas that make your driving experience pleasant and safe.
Even people that do remember to get regular oil changes might forget to periodically rotate tyres. It's a good idea to rotate your tyres consistently. Most car care experts suggest you get a complete tyre rotation at least once every couple times that you change your oil. Tyre rotations can help you prevent your tyres from developing uneven wearing of the treads which can cause your car to lean in one direction or another. Your tyres are the foundation of your car's base and its connection to the road, so worn or improperly maintained tyres could be a big safety problem.
Another often neglected and very simple car maintenance tip is checking and filling the air in your tyres. Tyre pressure goes down over time just from natural use, but it can go down more quickly if there's a leak or deficiency. It's important to have the right amount of pressure and to have an even amount of pressure in your tyres. Having too low pressure wears on your tyre as it's stuck between the road and the rims of your car. This can lead to expedited wear and ruining of the tread. Having your car tyres overfilled (not using a gauge to fill) with air can cause dangerous blowouts that could prove fatal.
Regular inspections and checkups also help ensure that you're not caught off guard with a dangerous car problem and a major expense. | below will be of use to you, we have covered a wide range of day to day motoring anomalies.
A complete and thorough inspection of your braking system is very important; as well maintained brakes will enhance your safety when you are driving on highways.
If you hear a metal scraping sound or high pitch squeal when breaking, you must check or have your vehicles brakes checked thoroughly. The brakes of your car can have different types of common problems. It can have improper rotor/disc surface, its calliper mounting bolts may be loose, the car can have excessive drag during acceleration, and it may pull to one side or the other. If your car needs servicing the brakes will show low pad indicators. Therefore whenever you have an irregular feel while driving have your brakes inspected.
Brakes become weak due to many reasons. Due to overuse the brakes are hardened and they lose their power to grab or stop the rotation of the brake drum or rotor/disc. Again if your brakes are soaked up with oil or grease they tend to become weak. If you have worn or glazed brake pads you will get grinding noises from the brakes. Sometimes it may happen that your emergency brakes are frozen due to rust. If such things occur the brakes will not release when they are supposed to. As a result you will feel a drag during acceleration.
It is very important to inspect your cars brake system at least once a year. Your brake inspection should include a check on the brake lines and the dash warning lights. After completing the inspection go for a test drive to find out whether there are any other potential problems with your brakes. Check the brake pads from outside the front tire or through the openings of the wheel or rim. If you notice the pad depth less than inch, plan to change it immediately. You also need to change the brake pad if you hear a screeching sound on applying the brakes. If you observe any fluid leakage or uneven pad wear know that you have to change the disk brake callipers. It is advisable to have your vehicle professionally inspected and safety checked, your cars lights, such as brake light, headlight, turn signal, parking lights, back up lights and also its license plate lights.
While you are inspecting your brakes always go for dynamic brake testing system. The visual inspection of the brakes is not enough for your car. Brake imbalance can only be detected under dynamic brake testing. This is quicker method where you can have the right detection of your brakes. This system gives instant results and provides more information. In dynamic testing system you can have a check to the actual braking force and verify the proper brake balance.
The clutch system in a car is based on friction between the flywheel and pressure plate, and eventually these parts will begin to wear and the clutch will need replacing. Nevertheless, there are common clutch problems, and if you can identify a problem early, it could just save you a lot of money.
A car that is driven smoothly, without towing extra loads, can get over 100,000 kilometres out of a clutch. When a vehicle is thrashed, or is constantly dealing with extra loads, the clutch will wear | 631 |
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