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Eli Schiff has written a series of posts discussing the way design is currently viewed in the technology industry. He criticises the expectation that every designer working with interactive media<|fim_middle|>ixel. However, Photoshop isn't the problem; it can be a quick and efficient tool when used by a skilled designer who understands the web. The problem arises when people expect mockups to be turned into pixel-perfect reality.
A good designer understands that prototyping serves many purposes, and that prototypes can play different roles. They will choose the right tool for the required form, fidelity and medium. For some designers, being able to prototype in the browser is a useful and powerful skill. For others it isn't, and that doesn't diminish their capacity to produce great work and communicate their ideas effectively. | must be able to prototype in code, and that this skill is more important than many others, including visual design.
A good design, like a good prototype, meets the needs of certain people in certain situations; no design is universal. It's unrealistic to expect a design to serve all purposes, in all of the places it could be used, at all times and for all people.
Prototyping serves more than one purpose. If the purpose of a prototype is to probe the material qualities of a medium, then it should be made in that medium, but in other cases the choice of medium is less important.
A prototype is an abstraction — a tool for thought, exploration and communication. Some prototypes explain an idea so that it can be discussed with other people. Others help the designer think about the purpose and features of a product. Low fidelity prototypes can be used to gather feedback about big picture ideas, while high fidelity ones generate feedback about the specifics of function and style.
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St. Elizabeth of Hungary - November 19th
THERE is a little golden blossom growing on many of the heaths and mountain sides of Germany, which the peasants call "Elizabeth's Flower," in memory of the Saint who dwelt in their land long ago, the child of Andrew, the pious King of Hungary, and his Queen Gertrude.
These parents had been happy when God gave them this little daughter, but their joy increased as they heard her baby tongue first lisp the Names of Jesus and Mary, because they believed she would grow up to be a very holy servant of Christ.
Before Elizabeth was four years old, a rich prince asked her parents to promise her to his son Louis when she was of an age to marry, and, though they grieved to part with her, they granted this request, because they thought it was for her good, giving her into the care of this German landgrave, who, with many nobles and ladies in attendance journeyed with her into Thuringia, which was to be her home. The young Prince Louis was then eleven years of age, and from that time they were brought up together, calling each other by the names of brother and sister. The good landgrave tried to make the little stranger child happy, and chose out some of the noblest girls of her own age belonging to his court for her companions, one of whom stayed with her nearly all her life. This friend was named "Guta," and she has told a great deal about the Saint's early days in Thuringia.
The little Elizabeth was very merry and fond of play, but she loved God so much that in the midst of her amusements she thought of Him, and often she would hop on one foot to the castle chapel with her young friends hopping after her, and even if she found the door fastened she would kiss it, and kiss the lock and the walls, for love of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament Who dwelt there. Before she was old enough to read, she would go to the altar<|fim_middle|>, whose name was to be honoured in the Church on earth; and the tidings spread far and wide, so that pilgrims from all countries began to visit her shrine, to make prayers and offerings there.
And now, in closing this story of Elizabeth's childish days, and the sweet suffering life she led when she grew older, we will put here a little, prayer which has been addressed to the Saint, begging her to get us grace to love and serve God as she did,
"Oh, dear St. Elizabeth, I honour thy pious childhood, I grieve for thy sufferings and persecutions. Why have I not passed my first years in holiness? why have I not borne my little sorrows patiently? I entreat thee, by thy blessed childhood, crush my childish wilfulness and sin, and by thy great patience obtain for me the pardon of all my faults. Amen."
Source: Stories of the Saints for Children, Volume III, 1874
Two coloring pictures of St. Elizabeth can be found below. Another can be found on our Catholic coloring page under Saints of November.
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elizabeth_of_hungary.pdf | steps, and putting a great, open psalter before her, folded her tiny hands reverently, thinking of God, and praying to Him. At other times she would persuade the children to go with her to the cemetery, and offer up prayers for the souls of those persons who had been buried there. If a child loves Jesus so much she becomes very sweet and gentle, and thus Elizabeth's companions delighted to be with her, and they declared that the Holy Child Himself came frequently to play with her. She fixed upon certain prayers to say every day, but if anything kept her from finishing all, she would pray quietly to God, as she lay in bed, while others supposed her to be sleeping.
Elizabeth began, even as a young child, to practise giving up her will every day in little trifling things, so that she might be imitating Jesus, and getting ready to make larger sacrifices for Him when she grew older. In the midst of a game, when she was enjoying herself the most, she would stop, saying, "Now I am quite full of happiness—I will leave off for the love of God." And in dancing, which she liked so much, she would cease when she had made one turn, exclaiming, "That will do for the world; the rest I will give up for Jesus Christ."
This gentle little Elizabeth had placed herself particularly under the protection of the Blessed Virgin; but she had so great a love for St. John the Evangelist that she chose him for her patron saint, and remained faithful in her devotion to him until the end of her life. From her infancy, Elizabeth had felt an intense love for the poor, and a great desire to relieve them, and, as she grew older, she gave away all the money which was allowed her, and would go through the passages and kitchens of the castle, seeking the scraps of meat and bread which were cast aside by the servants, but received so gratefully by the half-starved beggars who came to ask alms at the gate.
Thus, in prayers, and amusements, and good works, the time passed, until Elizabeth was nine years old, and then a great sorrow happened to her. Since she had been in Thuringia she had heard of the death of her own mother—now the good landgrave, the father of her future husband, was taken from her to her very great grief, for he had loved her as dearly as if she had been his own child, and after he died the landgravine and the other ladies of the court turned against the little Elizabeth, and treated her unkindly. All they complained of was the manner of life she led, her love of the poor, her desire for prayer; and they said she was unfit for a princess, and ought not to be the wife of Louis. But through all this, we are told that no angry or impatient words escaped her; the more harsh they were, so much the more did she fix her heart on God, whose love made up for all she suffered.
One year, upon the Feast of the Assumption, the landgravine desired Elizabeth and her own daughter Agnes to put on their richest dresses, and crowns of gold, and go with her to the large church in Eisenach to hear Mass in honour of the Blessed Virgin. They obeyed, and accompanied her to the city, and into the church, where places had been specially prepared for them; but at the sight of the crucifix Elizabeth forgot the landgravine's presence, and, taking off her golden crown, lay prostrate on the ground. "What is this for, my Lady Elizabeth?" said the landgravine, angrily. "Cannot you behave better than an ill-brought-up child? Do you find your crown too heavy that you lie crouching there like a peasant girl?" Then Elizabeth rose, and with great humility and sweetness answered, "Be not angry, dear lady. How can I wear gold and jewels when I see before me God my King adorned with sharp thorns? My crown would be a mockery of His!" And she wept so bitterly, covering her eyes with the folds of her mantle, that the princesses could not help doing the same, and hiding their faces also, although in their hearts they were more than ever displeased with her.
But the dislike to Elizabeth grew with her growth, and some of the greatest counsellors urged the young landgrave to send her back to her father, while his mother would have wished to place her in a convent, so that she could never be his wife. Elizabeth was often very sad when she heard such things said of her; she felt lonely in that foreign land away from her home, and without any father's care; but God her Father in heaven had her in His keeping, and when she was most sorrowful she would kneel before her crucifix, and pour out her heart in prayer, and then, with fresh peace of mind, would return to her companions without a shadow upon her sweet face.
Although so much was done to make Louis dislike his future wife, he never ceased to love her, and when he returned home after his short absences he would bring her some little gift as a proof of his affection. Once, however, he omitted doing this, which caused Elizabeth some pain, and one of the young nobles who had come with her from Hungary spoke to Louis, asking him if he meant to break his word, and let her return home to her father. The landgrave sprang to his feet, declaring he would never give her up, that he loved her more because of the piety which all condemned, and very soon afterwards his marriage with Elizabeth took place at the Castle of Wartburg, when he was twenty, and she about thirteen years old.
Louis of Thuringia was worthy to be the husband of the Saint, for he also loved God above all things, and they lived very happily together; but her affection for him never caused her to neglect her prayer, or the works of charity she had practised before. Constantly in the cold winter nights she would rise to meditate upon the birth of Jesus in the chilly darkness of the stable at Bethlehem; she would go away from rich banquets having eaten nothing but dry bread, and yet, though she was hard with herself, she was so happy and had such a bright joyous countenance, that every one felt peace and comfort in her presence.
It pleased God in return for her faithful love to show some wonderful signs of His grace upon her. Once she was sitting down alone to a meal of bread and water, when Louis happened to come in quite unexpectedly, and raising his wife's cup to his lips, he found it full of a richer wine than he had ever before tasted. He asked the steward from whence he had drawn it, but when he heard that Elizabeth's cup was never filled with anything but water, Louis said no more, for he saw now that it was the work of Almighty God in blessing for the love she gave to Him and His poor.
Although the dear Saint's gifts to the sick and suffering were so constant, she also waited upon them and visited them herself, no matter how keen the wind, or how rough and steep the road which led to their dwellings. She also obtained the landgrave's permission to build a hospital half-way upon the rock where the castle stood, so that about twenty-eight sick people might be received there who were too weak to climb up the hill to the gate for relief These she visited every day, carrying them food with her own hands, washing their sores and kissing their feet in the greatness of her charity. It happened once that as Elizabeth, with her servant, was coming down a very steep path, she suddenly met her husband and a company of nobles returning from a day's hunting. She was almost bending beneath the weight of bread, meat, and eggs she was carrying to the poor, and folding her cloak tightly round her, stood aside to let them pass by; but Louis insisted on knowing what she had with her, and opening her mantle, he saw with surprise that it was filled with the most beautiful red and white roses he had ever beheld, and it was the more astonishing because the season for such flowers was long since passed. But the dear Saint was so troubled by God's favours to her being thus made public, that Louis tried to soothe her, but he drew back with reverence as he saw the light of a glowing silvery crucifix appearing above her head, and bidding her farewell, he rode homeward musing over God's wonders, carrying with him one of the miraculous roses, which he wore near his heart to the day of his death. Meantime Elizabeth, with great simplicity, went on her way, and when she reached the homes of the sick and destitute, the roses had vanished, and the food for their relief was again visible.
As time passed on the landgrave and his young wife had several children given them by God, and soon after the birth of each one the mother would take the newly born baby up the steep path to the church of St. Catherine, and there offer it upon the altar, beseeching God with many tears to make the little one grow up His friend and servant.
While the life of Elizabeth was passed in these lovely deeds of charity and holiness, Germany was calling upon all her princely knights to gather together in a fresh crusade to wrest the holy sepulchre of Christ from the power of the infidel Turks, Louis of Thuringia joined the number, and received the cross worn by crusaders from the hands of the Bishop of Hudesheim. It was a terrible sorrow to the Saint when she heard that he was leaving her, and at first she cried bitterly, begging him to remain at home; but when he told her that he felt called by the love of Jesus Christ to undertake this holy cause, she ceased weeping, and, begging God to watch over him, bade him farewell. They never met on earth
again, for the brave Louis was one of the first to be slain; be had gone for the love of God, and he died for that love willingly, without a murmur or regret.
Poor Elisabeth! Now, indeed, she was solitary. "I have lost everything," she said. "Oh! my Jesus, strengthen my weakness." Just at first everyone pitied her, but very soon the old dislike to her returned, all manner of evil things were spoken of her, and at last her cruel relations drove her from the castle with her little fatherless children, and not even those whom she had fed in their hunger would shelter her. From door to door she went, only to be turned away, Like Jesus her Master, she "had not where to lay her head;" but at length she was admitted into a miserable little inn, and put to sleep in an outhouse where pigs were usually kept. While resting there she heard the bell of the Franciscan church close by, and hastening to the friars, she begged that the "Te Deum" might be sung, in thanksgiving for the humiliation and suffering God had sent her; and as the music rose up to heaven, peace and joy filled her sad heart, and never again left it. But though dear St. Elizabeth was glad to suffer so as to be more like Christ when He was on earth, she could not bear to hear her little children crying with cold and hunger, therefore she resolved to bear the pain of sending them away from her, and some friend took them to places of safety.
But though every one forsook Elizabeth, God took care of her, and gave her more and more wonderful proofs of His great love, allowing her many times to have beautiful visions of Christ and the Blessed Virgin, which comforted her in her great sufferings.
After a time the Landgravine Sophia and her sons were sorry for their treatment of the Saint, and restored to her a great part of her property, so that her children were provided for, but Elizabeth chose for herself a life of continual poverty and hardship. Her coarse dress was patched with all shades and colours; she worked for her bread by preparing wool for spinning, and took part with her two companions, Isentrude and Guta, in the labour of their home.
It was God's Will that Elizabeth should become quite perfect in suffering, so He even allowed the priest, who was her confessor and a very holy man, to be often severe and harsh with her, giving her difficult commands to obey, and humbling her by great penances which needed much patience and gentleness to bear; but through every trial the Saint drew nearer to God, setting all her love upon Him, never failing in obedience to her confessor, whom she regarded in the place of Jesus Christ. Even when he sent away her two early friends, and put in their places coarse, rough women, who were very unkind to her, she behaved with perfect sweetness and submission, although at first the parting with her beloved companions made her shed many tears.
Soon she was to receive her reward, for one night, at the close of the year 1231, as Elizabeth lay praying in her bed, she had a vision of our Lord in the midst of a golden brightness, Who bade her prepare for her approaching death. She arose, and began very gladly to arrange for her burial, visit her poor friends, and divide the few things she possessed between them and her two companions; and after four days she felt the beginning of illness. For a fortnight she suffered from violent fever, but she was almost continually engaged in prayer, and was quite calm and happy. One evening, when Elizabeth seemed to be sleeping, the woman who watched her heard a sweet soft song coming from her lips, and afterwards she exclaimed,
"Oh, madam, how beautifully you have been singing."
"Did you hear it?" said the Saint. "I will tell you how it was. A little bird came and sang so sweetly to me that I could but sing with him, and he revealed to me that I shall die in three days."
From that moment she refused to see any visitors, desiring to keep herself alone with God; she made her confession to the Blessed Conrad, and afterwards talked with him of God and the joys of heaven; then, having heard Mass, she received the last sacraments with a love only known to Jesus, and on the
night of the 19th November she died, having just reached the age of twenty-four years.
Those who came to look at her in death said that never before had she appeared so beautiful, for the glory of her wonderful holiness rested upon her sweet calm face, a fragrant perfume was observed in the room where her body was lying, and angel voices were heard singing above her.
Four years afterwards, when all the accounts of her life had been made known, the Pope declared Elizabeth a Saint in heaven | 3,065 |
Q: Bokeh: Multiple time-series legend not plotting properly The legend in Bokeh is a bit unwieldy. It tries to display all points along a line as a new legend entries if I use it in conjunction with HoverTools and ColumnDataSource. Below is a simple example. All code works here as of Bokeh 12.4 and standard libs with Anaconda 2.7.
# a simple time series data-set:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import datetime
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
data1, data2 = np.random.randn(365, 1)+2, np.random.randn(365, 1)-2
data = np.concatenate((data1,data2), axis=1)
start, end = datetime.datetime(2015, 1, 1), datetime.datetime(2015, 12, 31)
ts= pd.DataFrame(data=data,
index=pd.DatetimeIndex(start=start, end=end, freq="D"),
columns=["1", "2"],
dtype=float)
ts.plot()
plt.show()
Now use Bokeh to add hover tool tips and a more aesthetically pleasing plot:
# Now use Bokeh:
from bokeh.plotting import figure
from bokeh.models import ColumnDataSource, HoverTool
from bokeh.palettes import Spectral6
from bokeh.models.formatters import DatetimeTickFormatter
from bokeh.io import push_notebook, show, output_notebook
output_notebook()
def multiTimeSeriesPlot(ts, plotFeatures):
# pre-processing
ts.index.rename("datetime", inplace=True)
ts = ts.reset_index()
ts['tooltip'] = [x.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") for x in ts['datetime']]
data = ColumnDataSource(ts)
# define color palette:
mypalette=Spectral6[0:len(plotFeatures)]
color_ix = 0
p = figure(width=700, height=400, tools= ['hover','pan','box_zoom', 'reset', 'wheel_zoom'])
for feature in plotFeatures:
<|fim_middle|> years=["%d %B %Y"])
## Hover tools
hover = p.select(dict(type=HoverTool))
hover.tooltips, hover.name, hover.mode = [('when','@tooltip'),
('y','$y')], 'sample', 'mouse'
show(p)
And call with:
multiTimeSeriesPlot(ts=test, plotFeatures=["1", "2"])
| p.line(x='datetime', y=feature, source=data, name='line',
legend=feature, line_width=2, color=mypalette[color_ix])
color_ix += 1
p.circle(x='datetime', y=feature, source=data, name='sample',
legend='sample', size=4, color='darkgrey', alpha=0.2)
p.xaxis.formatter = DatetimeTickFormatter(hours=["%d %B %Y"],
days=["%d %B %Y"],
months=["%d %B %Y"],
years=["%d %B %Y"])
## Hover tools
hover = p.select(dict(type=HoverTool))
hover.tooltips, hover.name, hover.mode = [('when','@tooltip'),
('y','$y')], 'sample', 'mouse'
show(p)
# And finally, call with:
multiTimeSeriesPlot(ts=ts, plotFeatures=["1", "2"])
What am I doing incorrectly? The following code works if I don't convert the data to a ColumnDataSource. But not using ColumnDataSource breaks the tool tips module.
A: I answered my own question here, having consulted the following:
In Bokeh, how do I add tooltips to a Timeseries chart (hover tool)?
The fundamental difference is that instead of turning the whole dataframe in to a ColumnDataSource, loop through each timeseries to plot and turn it in to a ColumnDataSource. Whilst this is computationally inefficient, it works:
from bokeh.io import push_notebook, show, output_notebook
from bokeh.plotting import figure
from bokeh.models import ColumnDataSource, HoverTool
from bokeh.palettes import Spectral6
from bokeh.models.formatters import DatetimeTickFormatter
output_notebook()
def multiTimeSeriesPlot(ts, plotFeatures):
# pre-processing
ts.index.rename("datetime", inplace=True)
ts = ts.reset_index()
ts['tooltip'] = [x.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") for x in ts['datetime']]
# define color palette:
mypalette=Spectral6[0:len(plotFeatures)]
color_ix = 0
p = figure(width=700, height=400, tools= ['hover','pan','box_zoom', 'reset', 'wheel_zoom'])
for count, feature in enumerate(plotFeatures):
# bokeh can't show datetime object in tooltip properly,so we use string instead
source = ColumnDataSource(data={
'dateX': ts["datetime"], # python datetime object as X axis
'v': list(ts[feature]),
'tooltip': ts['tooltip'], #string of datetime for display in tooltip
'name': [feature for n in xrange(len(ts))]
})
p.line('dateX', 'v',source=source,legend='name', color=mypalette[count])
circle = p.circle('dateX', 'v',source=source, fill_color="white", size=5,
legend='name', color=mypalette[count])
p.xaxis.formatter = DatetimeTickFormatter(hours=["%d %B %Y"],
days=["%d %B %Y"],
months=["%d %B %Y"],
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Home » Core planning concepts for lab consolidation
Core planning concepts for lab consolidation
Consolidated labs can help to improve efficiencies and lead to better patient care
Jeff Raasch, AIA, LEED AP and Jim Gazvoda, AIA
An automated workflow and testing system will comprise two parallel, duplicate lines running 120 linear feet, enabling Northwell Health to process up to 20 million tests annually, around the clock.
Rendering courtesy of Flad Architects
Teams assembled by health care organizations to look at all system costs to root out inefficiencies may find a big target in clinical laboratory services.
However, while bringing lab services from around the system into one location is an obvious solution, little about the process of doing so is obvious.
Growth of core labs
Consolidated clinical testing (core) labs can significantly benefit health care providers and patients but planning such facilities can be complicated.
With the rise of automated testing systems and the expansion of these systems' high-volume capabilities comes a greater need to anticipate the flow of samples, equipment and employees, ensuring high functionality and efficiency.
Of equal importance to the science is keeping the lab running like a machine, reducing the cost per test and ensuring that accurate results are returned to patients in hours rather than days.
But cost sensitivity driven by competition is just part of the core lab development story; hospital consolidation is helping to push the trend.
For example, Northwell Health, Long Island, N.Y., came to consider an expanded core lab during a period of ongoing and intense growth, which over the past two years included three hospital mergers and numerous physician practice acquisitions. The now 21-hospital system, which since 2010 has nearly doubled the number of physicians it employs to 3,000, has acquired both redundant lab spaces and a ledger carrying large expenditures for outsourced lab services.
Planning a consolidated clinical testing facility
Another contributing factor in the rise of the core lab is advances in testing technology, particularly the enhanced speed and efficiency of automated equipment. Both the high cost of equipment that automates workflows, as well as the higher volume of work that can be performed by such systems, point toward its use in a maximum-throughput lab environment.
Core labs can be tightly focused on such routine tests as chemistry, hematology and coagulation, as Northwell primarily has since opening North Shore-LIJ Health System Core Laboratory in 1998. However, they also can be conceived to accommodate a much wider variety of specialty tests.
One example is Mayo Clinic's new 70,000-square-foot clinical diagnostic testing laboratory in Rochester, Minn., which primarily supports the Mayo Clinic practice and owes its range of testing platforms to the clinic's global reach and renowned expertise.
But even Northwell has long performed more time-consuming and less-remunerative specialty testing — flow cytometry, special coagulation, molecular diagnostics, complex microbiology, virology, endocrinology, toxicology, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, cytology and anatomic pathology — as a way to offer one-stop shopping.
Moving a project forward
Before making a large outlay of capital on core lab equipment and the building that contains it, a health care system needs to be able to determine the number of tests it performs or pays to have performed, as well as quantify the number and types of tests it hopes to perform in the future.
Four major changes in clinical labs
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These are the kinds of figures that inform a hospital system's budget planning and form the basis for everything that follows: How much core lab staff will be needed to run the lab — typically around the clock — to meet market demand; what background and capabilities will staff need to have; how much equipment will need to be purchased; the capacity of automated equipment; and what infrastructure will need to be provided to support operations?
What sounds like a simple equation — knowing the<|fim_middle|>Contact ASHE
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However, hospital systems that begin with a budget that allows for a certain square footage, which helps to determine how much equipment can be accommodated and dictates how many tests of various types can be performed, quickly see the limitations of that thinking.
Planning for a future increase in testing volume adds another key variable, with one danger being that a larger-than-needed lab footprint will permit a higher immediate capacity than initially planned. This is another way of stating a corollary to Parkinson's Law, that a person or organization will expand to fill up any unused space that is available.
Getting down to details
After settling on the larger aspects of the lab program — the nature of the testing that will be performed and the intended testing volume — administrators and planners can then draw a more detailed picture. It is not at all strange for the picture to take shape gradually.
Because of the need for flexibility and the large amount of floor space required to accommodate extended automated testing systems and because the most important metric is cost per test, many health systems will seek out existing large, open-bay space. Ideally, the building is a simple, insulated shell: a well-built, big-box store, for example. This is desirable in spite of many potential issues that can arise.
Northwell's existing, 60,000-square-foot core lab in Lake Success, N.Y., is being replaced by two automated facilities, a new 36,000-square-foot building in Queens that will be devoted to biological testing and function as the hospital system's immediate connection to New York City, and 120,000 renovated square feet devoted to chemistry-related testing within a 1 million-square-foot building that houses Northwell's Center for Advanced Medicine, six miles away.
Northwell's anticipated testing growth was pegged at between 250 percent over capacity at the start to 400 percent for future expansion, and in time a fully automated workflow and testing system was created by several different collaborating manufacturers in response to Northwell's needs.
When it is fully implemented in 2018, the nation's largest private health institution will boast the world's largest automated clinical testing platform in which two parallel, duplicate lines will run 120 linear feet and together will be able to process up to 20 million tests annually around the clock, utilizing the platform's various analyzer modules.
Accommodating such an enormous platform and its accessories requires a large area of open space, but its sheer size complicates the need to keep adjacencies logical and flows efficient, both now and in the future. Because loading dock to receiving to processing to accessioning is such an important arrangement of spaces leading to the automated platform and is itself extremely large, the automated platform and its inbound, pre-analytic workflow will sit relatively close to a perimeter wall.
Other workflows — samples moving to and from manual testing areas or refrigerated storage and waste distribution — can't interfere with each other and thus loosely occupy the other quadrants of open space. If automated systems need to expand in the future, space will be allocated in two directions, presumably those farthest from the inbound workflow. This places other functions, such as offices, conference rooms, restrooms, locker rooms and break rooms, along the periphery to possibly be moved farther away later.
Aside from Northwell's 40-some pathologists, who inhabit a second smaller floor in the core lab, the other roughly 1,000 employees share offices and open workstations across multiple shifts, which are arranged to allow for close proximity of lab supervisors to their associated labs. These areas likely will be displaced should the floor need to expand. These are some of the costs borne by employees when the primary objective is a lower cost per test.
Labs achieve adaptability through what are now standard design moves: utility services that can be accessed from cables that descend from the ceiling; floor drains provided in a grid pattern, that can be capped when not needed; and mobile furnishings or flexible lab furniture systems in which utilities are prewired and pre-plumbed.
New work models
Lab operators, too, have begun to reshape lab functions with an eye toward optimization of the testing process, often using Lean work cell concepts.
Mayo Clinic, for example, has adopted a strategy in which physicians, hospitals and clinics must all send samples in aliquoted form so they can be more easily routed to different testing stations — something that Northwell hopes to do in the future. Many labs are seeking similar ways to streamline operations, such as through bulked-up electronic records, that could have an impact on the floor plan. Receiving samples in consistent form in a consistent electronic format and with a consistent means of tracking could mean fewer staff and less space devoted to accessioning and more to information technology, for example.
Hospital systems around the country are studying the core lab model as a way to hold down costs of testing emanating from their own systems, but also as a means to open an important revenue stream.
New York City Health + Hospitals Corp.'s agreement with Northwell to create its forthcoming mega core lab is being counted on to save tens of millions of dollars annually just from the efficiencies created by closing its existing, sometimes outdated, labs. While such projects are sure to provide immeasurable benefits to physicians and their patients, the economic efficiencies they bring are measurable indeed.
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Destiny is a photographic project that focuses on the sociology of work. Are we free to choose what we want to do later as a job? Or, are we under social and economic pressure to pursue jobs that are not necessarily what we want? Through a protocol consisting of photographing the same person twice in two different contexts: the environment of the actual work and the staging of the job that the person wanted to do when he or she was younger, M'hammed seeks to examine the concept of social determinism in Morocco.
The idea of this project comes from a personal experience that dates back<|fim_middle|> culture at the Dutch Embassy in Morocco » | to the high school period. As children, we often played football in the neighbourhood where I grew up. Arriving at the college level, some went to the French high school; others, like me, [went to] the public one. However, the story of a close friend affected me a lot. His father was the janitor of the building next door. He came to see him one day to explain to him that he could no longer provide for the family by himself. He then asked him to leave school and start working as a butcher's apprentice for a local butcher he had already spoken to. Something that he did, and at the age of 14, his choice of professional career, and therefore of life, was already sealed by social and economic determinism, at such a young age.
Rachid withdrew after the first picture, he wanted to be an Auxiliary Forces officer, but following his father's abandonment of his family, he was forced to start working to help his mother financially. He began to learn the trade of mechanic at 10 years of age.
Youssef: "My father was a farmer and when he had paralysis, I had to leave school and start helping him in the farm. In 1983, I became seriously mentally ill and lost my memory for few years, I started going to the sea with friends. Fishing and contemplating the sea made me feel better and I still do it today. Sooner or later, I'll buy a boat and will start fishing. "
Bouchra: "My relationship with clothing is a love story that has developed through the years: since childhood, I was too demanding to choose my clothes and I watched a lot of fashion magazines, Vogues and Burdas. The love of getting dressed has taken a lot of importance in my life until I decided to make it my job. "
Ahmed: "It's been four years since I'm a taxi driver. I did it all: worked in a cafe, a restaurant, a dairy and a grocery store. [...] I did not study, I left school very early, I was still a child, I do not remember when exactly. I watched the movies of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, I loved movies like that. So I did Taekwondo for a long time, after Kung Fu and Full Contact. I was looking forward to a career in martial arts. "
Abdellah: "I am a 'barcassier', I ensure the transport of people between the two banks of the Bouregreg, the crossing of the river which separates Rabat from Salé. Football requires to know powerful people and my family did not have much money. Afterwards, I got injured and could not make a career as a footballer. "
El Ghazi: " I have been working on Boulevard Mohammed V in Rabat as a photographer since 1972. I left school at grade 2 or grade 5 because my parents didn't have enough money so I could go to school. When I was younger, I wanted to become a civil servant"
Fatima Zohra: "I was attracted by scenography, because I like manual work, but also because I stammered a lot at the time. I did not pass the oral exams in elementary school, I did not read in class. However, I did not make scenography, because I realized after the two years of the core curriculum at ISADAC (Higher Institute of Dramatic Art and Cultural Animation) that when I was on stage, I did not stammer at all. I think because it's another story that I tell and not mine, and I liked being on stage, so I chose the performance and the stage and became a comedian. "
Fatima Zohra: "When I was 11, I wanted to become a surgeon and save my mother who was very sick, but my family could not afford to pay for school. One day, an association in Salé went to the poor neighborhoods to help children who could not afford to go to school and helped them to integrate school and circus. I was one of those children, I came to the school, and I liked it. After 2009, it became the National Circus School and I graduated. I am the first Moroccan woman to have a circus diploma in Morocco".
Abdellah: "I had no desire to work in education, but I was obliged to do it at the age of 20. It's a job that has suspended my academic career, more than a job I liked. [...] A circular by Azeddine El Iraki (former Minister of Education, later Prime Minister) served him to apply a policy that constrained students in education not to continue their higher studies. I followed a training in the regional pedagogic center, after it was forbidden for us to continue our studies at the faculty, the state policy at the time was in this direction and I was one of its victims. Otherwise, from a very young age, I was interested in books and I wanted to be a writer. "
Mamadou: "My name is Mohammed, I am of Guinean origin, I left home to do music and dance. Currently, I am in Morocco and I work as shoemaker. [...] I learned shoemaking in Morocco, I did not want to beg in the streets. I did not follow anny training, thanks to my intelligence and a little practice, I was able to learn on my own. "
Fransijn: "The professional equestrian world, we can not say that it saddens me, but there is a lot of money involved in it, financial stakes that change the contact we have with horses and the respect towards the animals, because it has become a financial asset. That's what made me change my mind about the equestrian world, but also because I saw that there were better people than me. It was not logical for me with academic parents to go work with horses. This certainly plays a role, because we always have the look of our parents who follows us when we try to find our own path in life. Even if it would have interested me to 70%, it did not stimulate me enough on the intellectual level. I did literature studies and today I am responsible for press and | 1,292 |
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Hot and humid here yesterday. I went out to the Dubuque Arboretum yesterday afternoon to shoot some more flowers. I was wearing a tee-shirt and shorts and I was uncomfortable. I tell you that only because at the same time I was at the Arboretum there was an outdoor wedding going on with people wearing suits and ties. Ugh!
I stopped and watched some of the procession of the wedding all the time thinking how happy I was that I didn<|fim_middle|>ing different things. I'll show some of those images during the coming week.
When I got home from the Arboretum I didn't think I was warm enough so I suited up and went for a 25 mile bike ride. It was very humid with a heat index of 105 degrees. I stopped every five miles and re-hydrated so I made it just fine with no ill effects from the weather.
That's it for today. Heading out to the airport this morning to capture some more images of the war birds before they head for Oshkosh. | 't have to attend the wedding or worse have to be the photographer. He was working hard and it looked like he had two back up shooters as well.
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Podcast- Young Critics Panel Discussion 2019
Posted on December 4 by Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critics
The 2019 Young Critics met on Sunday Oct 13th at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, to discuss three shows as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
Listen to the full panel discussion here:
Panel One. L-R, Sean Loughrey, Grace Sheehan, Clodagh Boyce, Aisling O'Leary
Panel Two, Kevin Alyward, Fern Kealy, Maebh Bartley, Adam Dwyer & Óisin Tiernan
Panel Three, Ruth Corrigan, Jessie Flynn, Sinead Mooney, Jeanette Michalopoulou & Susie Murphy Dooley
Fern Kealy talks about her Young Critics Experience with Youth Theatre Ireland
Posted on May 2 by Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critics
Fern Kealy is one of Youth Theatre Ireland's Young Critics for 2019.
Fern recalls an action-packed first weekend spent with fellow Young Critics in Dublin from April 12-14th.
Fern Kealy is a member of Kilkenny Youth Theatre
Our Young Critics 2019 are:
Kevin Aylward- Limerick Youth Theatre
Maeve Bartley – Co.Limerick Youth Theatre
Clodagh Boyce- Dublin Youth Theatre
Ruth Corrigan – Mayo Youth Theatre
Susie Dooley – County Carlow Youth Theatre
Adam Dwyer – County Carlow Youth Theatre
Leah Farrell – Backstage Youth Theatre, Longford
Jesse Flynn – Dublin Youth Theatre
Fern Kealy – Kilkenny Youth Theatre
Seán Loughrey – Droichead Youth Theatre, Drogheda, Co.Louth
Jeanette Michalopoulou – Sligo Youth Theatre
Sinéad Mooney – Kildare Youth Theatre
Aisling O'Leary –Act Out Youth Theatre, Navan, Co.Meath
Grace Sheehan – Activate Youth Theatre, Cork
Holly Roynane –Act Out Youth Theatre, Navan, Co.Meath
Oisín Tiernan – WACT Youth Theatre, Wexford
Podcast – Young Critics Panel Discussion 2018
Posted on March 4 by Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critics
The 2018 Young Critics met on Sunday Oct 7th at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, to discuss three shows as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
Listen to the full panel discussion here
Young Critics Panel Discussion 2018
Young Critics 2019- Applications Now Open
Posted on February 7 by Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critics
Young Critics is one of Youth Theatre Ireland's most popular and innovative programmes. Over a six-month period, participants will see some incredible shows, make new friends and learn about the art of theatre criticism.
It is open to youth theatre members who are interested in watching theatre, discovering how and why theatre is made, and learning how to critically discuss, analyse, and review theatre.
During the programme, young people are given an opportunity to see quality productions while developing their critical skills under the mentorship of international theatre critic and academic, Dr. Karen Fricker, and Youth Theatre Ireland's own Alan King.
This year the programme will include a particular focus on engaging with different forms of criticism. These will include writing reviews and developing blogs, making podcasts, creating video blogs, and much more.
Young critics has helped make new friends, learn to express my opinions, gave me insight to lots of different types of theatre and gave me the tools to voice my critiques in a number of ways. – Young Critic 2018
The Young Critics will first meet in Dublin from Friday April 12th to Sunday April 14th and again from October 11th – 13th. Over the two weekends the Young Critics will attend at least four theatre productions, and participate in workshops and discussions, facilitated by the mentors.
In October, the group will meet up in Dublin again to see further productions, take part in more workshops and participate in a public panel event as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
In between the two residential weekends, the Young Critics will have the opportunity to see other productions and make critical responses through the use of digital technology.
The Young Critics will be supported by our professional mentors through workshops, tutorials and online support forums.
Participation in the programme is totally free: accommodation, meals, theatre tickets and travel costs are covered by Youth Theatre Ireland.
It is open to youth theatre members who will be aged 16 – 20 by April 1st 2019. We are looking for young people who are comfortable meeting new people, working in a highly focused way and are willing to share their thoughts and opinions with each other. A love of theatre and an enthusiasm for engaging with digital tools are a bonus.
We will provide you with all the skills and tools needed to take part fully in the programme. To be a Young Critic you must be fully available for both weekends. You must also be available to take part in online discussions and see some theatre shows yourself between the two residentials.
Youth Theatre Ireland will have welfare leaders in place on both weekends to ensure the wellbeing and safety of all participants.
If you are interested in the programme, please download the application form,fill out fully and return by post only to:
Young Critics Programme, Youth Theatre Ireland, 7, North Great George's Street, Dublin 1 by Thursday March 14th by 5pm.
If you need further information please contact Youth Theatre Ireland:
Office phone: 01 878 1301 or Email Alan King
In order to offer individual advice and guidance on developing each young person's critical skills, places on the programme are limited to a maximum of 16.
Please visit the Young Critics Resource Suite for lots of hints and tips on running a Young Critics Programme and creating critical responses.
Ulysses at the Abbey Theatre – Young Critic Review by Pippa Molony
It's been a busy few months since the Young Critics last met in April as they have been honing their critical skills while seeing shows up and down the country.
With the Dublin Theatre Festival looming over the horizon, we reflect on some of the productions the Young Critics saw over the summer.
To whet your appetite for festival season, Young Critic Pippa Molony gives us this epic review of Ulysses at the Abbey Theatre
Elsewhere our Young Critics saw Pat Kinevane's Silent, The Aspirations of Daise Morrow at the Black Box Theatre Galway, Asking for It and Wet Paint at the Everyman Cork, Mamma Mia on the West End, A Doll's House at the Roscommon Arts Centre and the Deadly Wizard of Oz in Dundalk.
We will be announcing the Young Critics picks for the Dublin Theatre Festival very soon along with details of the Panel discussion itself.
Pippa Molony is a member of Dublin Youth Theatre and a Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critic for 2018.
Kate Moore's Video Review of Young Critic's April Residential
Posted on April 30, 2018 by Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critics
In the first of our video blogs for 2018, Kate Moore gives us her review of the first Young Critics Residential weekend.
Kate Moore is a member of Free Radicals Youth Theatre in Tralee County Kerry and a Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critic for 2018.
Young Critics Residential – A tale of Cheating, Robbery and Extortion by William McCabe
Two weeks ago, Youth Theatre members took their first steps towards becoming Young Critics. Over the weekend of the 6th to the 8th of April, 16 youth theatre members met for the first time and bonded over a love of critical review.
After viewing two plays which sat at two very different ends of the performance art spectrum – The Unmanageable Sisters being a lighthearted comedy with a dark, fiery underbelly and Tryst being a heavy trip of stretched moral ambiguity and rapid-fire accusations, twists and reveals. But these plays were conjoined in topical themes – such as relationships and abortion – that left the budding critics fair ground to compare and discuss.
Discussion ran rampant, with healthy engagement of differing views and opinions fueling debate and insightful commentary. Despite the group being divided over which play they preferred, this never truly divided the group, but actually helped build critical thinking, while also teaching how to hold ground and justify an opinion – something very important for a critic.
The social backdrop a program like Young Critics sets itself upon proved no obstacle, with participants going from first greetings to Shakespearean murder in a couple of hours. Everything grew from here, especially back at the hostel. Jenga tested trust the first night, but nothing compares to what came the second – Monopoly, a tale of cheating, robbery and extortion. Some riddles were thrown about, and tunes banged out on a guitar.
William McCabe with fellow Young Critics Charles, Róisín and Shane investigate the text of Tryst by Finbarr Doyle & Jeda de Brí
This, paired with the program pushing for further exploration of the digital space, could lead to collaborative theatre reviews in the form of video & podcast. An exciting new frontier awaits the program, and this young critic cannot wait to see where this goes.
The Young Critics visit Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
William McCabe is a member of Griese Youth Theatre in Balitore, Co.Kildare and is a Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critic for 2018.
CLASS – An atypical look at a seasoned setting. Review by Aaron Dobson.
Posted on February 7, 2018 by Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critics
Aaron Dobson from Leitrim Youth Theatre Company, Carrigallen shares this review of Class by Iseult Golden and David Horan
Classrooms are some of the most popular scenarios for plays – whether it be a story of a trip to the boarding school (Daisy Pulls It Off by Denise Deegan), or a teacher faced with the duty of educating youth (Alan Bennett's The History Boys is a great example), the classroom is the perfect closed-off space for many a show. But one thing that I have never seen worked upon on the big stage is a parent-teacher meeting – and CLASS does this to perfection, and more. You could almost say…. It's a CLASS act.
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During the Dublin Theatre Festival, the Young Critics paid a visit to the New Theatre to see a performance of Class by David Horan and Iseult Golden.
Class will be returning to the Peacock Stage in January and Molly Foley from Activate Youth Theatre has this review from its October showing.
This new play, written and directed by Iseult Golden and David Horan is in many ways quite simple. The set is realistic and the plot is a straightforward narrative, with only three actors playing the five characters established in the piece. Despite this, Class is one of the most engaging, enjoyable and thematically-rich plays I've seen in a long time.
The story is that of two working-class parents, Brian (Stephen Jones) and Donna (Sarah Morris), who are called in to their son, Jayden's school to talk with his middle-class teacher, Ray McCafferty (Will O'Connell). The parent-teacher meeting that unfolds is broken up with scenes of Mr. McCafferty's interactions with Jayden and another student in his class during which Jones and Morris seamlessly take on the roles of the two children. These relationships develop and change as these characters deal with internal resentments and face a variety of issues that arise through the play.
Stephen Jones and Sarah Morris in Class. Photo Credit: Ros Kavanagh
The play manages do deal with issues of social class and notions of status subtly without hammering in an established opinion or belief. Instead, it is a perfect example of 'show don't tell', starting a conversation through real, flawed and relatable characters, each with valid motivations, opinions and outlooks. It does not paint characters as 'good or 'bad' and doesn't depict anyone as in the right or the wrong. Those decisions are left in the hands of the audience and I believe that by the end of the 75 minutes, most viewers will have had at least one moment of sympathy and/or identification with each character in the play.
Class feels like a very down to earth play that knows what it is setting out to do and does it well without any self-importance. Although the plot develops in very unexpected and extreme ways, it never feels like it is being dramatic for drama's sake.
At its heart this show is an exercise in empathy, not asking for audiences to choose or change sides, but just to listen and perhaps to briefly find themselves in the shoes of others.
I would consider this show a must see. With a sharp, well written script and stunning performances, this show is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. Five stars.
Molly Foley is a member of Activate Youth Theatre and a Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critic for 2017.
Molly Foley, Activate Youth Theatre
Class returns to the Abbey Theatre for a limited run from January 24th 2018.
A Room With Two Views
As 2017 comes to an end we're taking the opportunity to post some reviews from our Young Critics.
In total the Young Critics saw 15 shows this year. These include the six they saw in Dublin as part of Young Critics as well shows in the Abbey Theatre, their local venues, The Edinburgh Fringe and even the West End in London.
First up Lara Cody from Explore Youth Theatre gives us her impression of Room
I went to see the production of Room in the Abbey Theatre with high expectations. The production was first an international best selling novel which won many awards. This was then brought to screen and finally stage. The many awards Emma Donoghue's writing has won, along with many positive comments from friends and family led me to expect a heartbreaking and moving production that will bring me to tears. I was not disappointed.
Room tells the story of 'Ma' (Witney White), a young woman who was abducted at 19, she was held in a shed made into an all-purpose room, where she was beaten, raped and impregnated and her 5 year old son Jack (Darmani Eboji). The production begins with a light atmosphere as Ma and Jack go about their daily routines. It seems that everything is perfectly fine and there is no mention of 'Old Nick', their captor. Once Jack is asleep, we see the distress and frustration of Ma. The light atmosphere changes dramatically to a much darker, somber mood as Old Nick (Liam McKenna) steps into the room. The mood becomes increasingly darker and tense as the first half progresses and Ma is becomes more desperate to escape the room. The building tension climaxes in an incredibly powerful song sung by Ma. It left me clinging on to the edge of my seat, completely blown away and consumed by the performance and production. I did not want it to stop for the interval!
One thing that I was sceptical about was the musical aspect of the production. I was not sure how they would turn such a tragic story into a musical as there have been productions where the added musical interpretation has taken away from the powerful tale. However, I was happily surprised by the incredible music that most certainly added to the overall production. The moving and breathtaking ballads by Ma allowed us an insight into her thoughts and emotions, as the story is told from Jack's perspective. I must admit that it was the musical talents of Witney White (Ma), Fela Lufadeju (Big Jack), Cora Bissett and Kathryn Joseph (Composers) that brought me to tears and left me talking about the production days after.
Lara Coady
The clever device of splitting the part of Jack into 'Little Jack' and 'Big Jack' was a great success. The use of a child actor allowed us to witness the innocence of a child along with accurately representing the intimate and protective relationship of a mother and child, while the older actor allowed us to see how imaginative, colourful, curious and questioning Jack is. This was a brilliant way to solve the problem of a child actor carrying the responsibility of such a big part. This Abbey Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East co-production was a great success and received a well deserved standing ovation. 'Room' deals with themes such as abduction, rape and depression in a powerful way, leaving the audience speechless and thinking of the production for days after. 5 stars.
Lara Coady is a member of Explore Youth Theatre, Leixlip Co.Kildare. She was a Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critic for 2017.
Meanwhile Cian McGrath from Free Radicals Youth Theatre in Tralee has this to say on Room.
Room is, at its heart, a play about love; more specifically, the love between a mother and her son. In Room these two characters are forced to endure their existence in a single room, with no contact from the outside world. One would think that this would allow for a great amount of empathy and emotional connection. But this play can only grasp for such emotion through contrived, over-sentimentalised scenes, whose only feeling it can evoke in this viewer is boredom and annoyance.
Room begins with our narrator, Big Jack (Fela Lufadeju) who narrates the daily process behind life in what is simply known as 'Room'. This is when our two principal characters are introduced; Ma (Whitney White) and Little Jack (Harrison Wilding). This mother and son duo go about their daily routine in the most over-enthusiastic method possible; which should serve as a hint for the forced emotion the play tries to pry out of its audience as it progresses. Their rudimentary schedule is played out with such happiness that one would expect both characters to break out in song at any moment; fortunately, this is not the case.
Witney White as Ma and Liam McKenna as Old Nick in Room. Image credit: Scott Rylander.
Not much information is revealed about our characters' situation, but as the play progresses we realise that Ma was kidnapped years ago, and that inside Room she gave birth to Jack, her five-year old son. Her kidnapper, known only as Old Nick, is Jack's biological father. And yet at no point are any of the real emotions behind captivity revealed; both mother and son simply go about their day with larger than life enthusiasm, except when they engage in shouting matches with one another. Little Jack's thoughts are occasionally conveyed by Big Jack, but this is just another diversion; as the play progresses Big Jack's role diminishes significantly.
This is essentially the major flaw of Room; its need for emotional intensity means that as the play progresses each scene invariably ends with someone shouting out in anger or hurt. In no scene are there ever any moments of quiet reflection; through mere dialogue the play becomes a bombardment of sound, and an assault on the viewer. At no point does this drama offer us a moment of silence, which could at least punctuate the passionate intensity of emotion displayed in other scenes. Room can't seem to function without scenes in which characters bring themselves to the highest point of their emotional brevity, only for the next scene to begin with the same normal, regular emotion only to catapult into another barrage of furious shouting in an endless, tiring pattern.
Liam McKenna as Old Nick and Witney White as Ma in Room. Image credit: Scott Rylander.
Onstage there is a large box which represents Room, the enclosed space in which Jack and Ma are confined to. And yet it never feels as though they are trapped in a confined space; there is nothing claustrophobic about Room's set. Instead, it opts for a more unconventional approach; the set serves as something malleable, at one point even revolving. But while these may seem like ingenious techniques, they soon grow tiresome and are little more than gimmicks to make up for the play's other deficiencies. Its interesting movements may captivate at first, but like the play, they do nothing to enforce the idea of entrapment or claustrophobia. Instead, they feel like little more than a smaller stage built solely for the purpose of flashy diversions.
Ultimately Room is a failure, due to its inability to understand the limits of emotion. Its scenes of emotional intensity play out in dizzying fashion, with each one further reinforcing the play's lack of knowledge about an audience's capacity for empathy. Room wants to be a rollercoaster of emotions, but ultimately it is a collection of missed notes and woeful script making decisions that only alienate any potential viewer. Witnessing it is like living through Groundhog Day; the reason for it may change, but each scene begins without any sense of what tone will be conveyed throughout, and will ultimately end in another failed attempt at emotional connection.
Witney White as Ma and Harrison Wilding as Little Jack in Emma Donoghue's Room. Image credit: Scott Rylander
Its deficiencies can be effectively captured in one scene in the play's first act, in which Jack counts as far as he can to avoid having to hear any noise outside his room. Outside his closet a rape scene occurs between Old Nick and Ma, and it is clear that this is a regular occurrence in their lives. As this is happening the stage revolves, as Jack's counting is timed with the creaking of the bed outside his closet.
Cian McGrath
The whole thing becomes a twisted, sordid game and a parody of the emotion it tries to provoke. As the set continues to revolve onstage, the play has veered off wildly, and is far removed from the realm of emotional relatability.
Room is essentially that; a revolving stage with a clear target, but one that can never effectively grasp it. Its diversions can only go so far as to distract the viewer from it's clear problem in conveying emotion.
Cian McGrath is a member of Free Radicals Youth Theatre in Tralee, Co.Kerry and a Youth Theatre Young Critics for 2017.
Room was staged at the Abbey theatre from June 23rd – July 22 2017. | never changes. The tension never changes. The actors never change…but their characters do. The story revolves around Brian and Donna (played by Stephen Jones and Sarah Morris) and the struggles they face bringing up their children in a broken relationship. The standing point in the story is that their 9-year old child, Jayden, is having troubles at school – and his teacher (Will O'Connell) is intending to enforce learning support upon him, which brings great grief onto Brian specifically.
Now this alone would make for an interesting story. The could have stopped here, added little else, and the play would still be a triumph and an excellent piece of writing. But co-writers David Horan and Iseult Golden, under Horan's direction, deserve extra appraisal for going beyond this one idea and adventuring into unknown territory. At first I was worried when I heard about the actors "reverting into the younger generation". However, when I first seen Brian transform into Jayden and Donna into the child of a drug addict, I knew this was something special. Their childlike states gave myself and the audience the information we needed about the situation at hand without a word spoken by the parents.
Will O'Connell in Class by Iseult Golden & David Horan . Photo credit: Ros Kavanagh
The teacher himself faces some sort of internal conflict – between his own personal matters, the slowly derailing meeting and the children's situation at their learning support. It was interesting to note how he deals with both children and parents, despite them being the same actors – For example, their transition from a dance routine to a tense, nervous situation between the same trio. This transition was flawless – especially with the parents and their kids, who could revert from being hilariously out of tune with the rest of the world to stern, stubborn, angry at the world and ever situation around them.
The ending alone was one of the key points of the play, and possibly the part that shook me the most. Of course I won't spoil it, but it finally became clear the true nature of Donna and Brian's relationship, and the root of the majority of the problems faced throughout the play. Ultimately, the experience was riveting and exciting, with comedic moments scattered throughout the play – but the true focus and underlying messages of terror in a school environment and possible mental issues stuck strong with me, and for this I would thoroughly recommend seeing this play.
Stephen Jones and Sarah Morris in Class by Iseult Golden & David Horan . Photo credit: Ros Kavanagh
Class ran at the Peacock Theatre Dublin from 24th of January to February 3rd 2018. This production was reviewed at the Dublin Theatre Festival at The New Theatre in October 2017.
Aaron Dobson is a member of Leitrim Youth Theatre Company, Carrigallen and a Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critic for 2017.
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Steven Gerrard Michael Owen and Me
This book is essentially about the other side of football – instead of the usual, standard biography about a successful and famous player, this tells the true story of what it is like to be one of the many, many thousands who pass through the system but don't make the grade and suffer a variety of consequences – but it is all told in a very positive way. The aim of the book is to educate the young players (and their parents) in the system today about the realities of life in football and in general but without killing their ambition.
The original idea was to write a book that Mike could use to give something back to his parents as a way of saying thank you for all of the sacrifices they made over the years. However, the more people Mike and Keith met and spoke to about the book, especially players, former players<|fim_middle|>FA officials, it became apparent that this HAD to be done and taken very seriously.
Having spent so many years playing for and coaching young players at Liverpool FC, Mike became more and more aware of the need for somebody to tell the story of what life is like for all of these young kids who dream about and try to make a career in football. It is usually a story of tremendous excitement mixed with horrible disappointment, and lots of hard work and sacrifice for the young lads as well as their parents. And for every one player who does manage to make it to the top, there are many thousands more who have to cope with the heartbreak of failure, something which Mike has personally experienced.
Instead of the typical biography of the successful and famous footballer, 'Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen and Me' tells the story of what it is like when you work your socks off for years and try to make your dreams come true – only to be told at the last hurdle: "Sorry son, you're not good enough". The best way to tell that story is to use Mike's own life as an example.
The whole football world knows the names Owen and Gerrard, but who on earth is "Me"? The reality is that the "Me" in the title could be anybody; not just Mike Yates, but any one of the many thousands who have tried to make it as a footballer but failed. And that is the whole point of the book – to tell the other side of the footballer story.
The book provides examples and comparisons around modern day scholars/players/systems to the YTS and old reserve league. It gives an insight into what young players and their parents can expect when entering the football world, it highlights how difficult the journey is in reality and the importance of a strong mentality…. if you don't make it and even if you do!
While the book is based around Liverpool FC, it definitely has cross-over appeal for the general football supporter or anybody interested in the education and development of boys to men. | and the P | 3 |
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Last fall, Stanford University professor Sebastian Thrun spearheaded a revolutionary new program that offered free computer science courses —specifically covering Artificial Intelligence — to anyone with an Internet connection and the desire to learn.
The free courses consisted of YouTube videos with computer-marked quizzes and programming assignments. They attracted over 160,000 students —23,000 of whom have since graduated with a prestigious Stanford University certificate — and, seriously, they didn't pay a penny for it.
Thrun was so impressed with the turnout and overall results, he announced yesterday his plans to leave Stanford and start Udacity –<|fim_middle|> get on that for me? | another, more comprehensive, online learning environment. He'll continue to teach college-level computer science courses, and again, they'll be completely free of charge.
The first course, "CS 101: Building a Search Engine," aims to teach the fundamentals of computer science in seven weeks and requires no previous knowledge of programming.
The second, "CS 373: Programming a Robotic Car", is a follow-up to the Stanford AI course.
Thrun thinks he can reach around 500,000 students with his new Udacity courses, but without the prestigious Stanford University name brand on his side, only time will tell.
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Within the family Papilionidae are some of the largest and most spectacular butterflies in the world. Four species are commonly seen in Marin; each one associated with a particular type of habitat. Three are yellow with black markings; the Western Tiger Swallowtail, with a nearly 4" wingspan is the largest butterfly in Marin; and the Pipevine Swallowtail is the only large 'blackish' butterfly in Marin.
This fairly fresh Western Tiger Swallowtail has already lost one of its 'tails'.
The 'tails' and bright blue and red eyespots that most of the butterflies within this family are adorned with are a form of 'back to front mimicry' which helps to confuse visual predators. Birds will strike at these eyespots, and often get nothing more that a beakful of wing, leaving the vital parts of the butterfly unscathed. Butterflies can manage pretty well with up to two thirds of their wings missing!
This is a perfect specimen of the Anise Swallowtail.
This Anise Swallowtail has suffered a lot of damage to its wings, but it can still fly.
Characteristic Traits in Common
There are a number of other characteristic traits shared by members of this family; with the exception of the Pipevine Swallowtail (details on this species follows). Eggs are dome shaped or smooth and globular, and usually laid singly on the host plant. The larvae are smooth skinned, and greenish; early instar larvae often mimic a bird dropping; and the larvae all possess 'osmeterium'.
This Anise Swallowtail larva has everted its osmeterium, which releases a foul odor thought to help deter predators. (Photo by Bob Stewart)
The osmeterium is an eversible organ, concealed in a slit behind the head. If the larva is disturbed it everts the bright orange-colored osmeterium, and discharges a foul scent. The scent the larvae discharges upon eversion of its osmeterium comes from a secondary biochemical compound produced by a number of plants in the carrot family (Apiaceae). The biochemical compound is not essential to the life of the plant; but necessary to elicit feeding by the larvae. The osmeterium is just one of the defenses against visual predators; in the case of birds, most of which do not have a highly developed sense of smell, it might be more the startling effect of a sudden change to the form of the larvae that affords some protection.
Caterpillar Silk
Another form of protection for all butterfly larvae is to simply drop off a plant to escape a threatening predator. Sometimes they will do this by dropping off on a silk cord, which they manufacture, and then pulling themselves back up to the plant once the threat has passed. Other times you can find them, curled into a tight ball on the ground at the<|fim_middle|> Tiger will also sometimes lay eggs on Prunus species trees, many of which are common fruiting trees, such as Almond, Cherry and Peach. Sometimes the native Holly-leaf Cherry (Prunus ilicifolia) will be used to host larvae. Sycamores and Ash, both native and exotic species are hosts, and trees that can be planted in a garden; but even if the larvae are feeding on them it's rare to see them.
The caterpillars usually stay high up in the trees, and are also quite spectacular! The later instar larvae have large inflatible eyespots towards the front end of the body, which supposedly mimic a snake's head, and presumably warn off visual predators.
The Pipevine Swallowtail shows a beautiful array of bluish colors in the right light; when flying by, it looks almost black. (Photo by Bob Stewart)
The underwings of the Pipevine Swallowtail display the typical eyespots of this family. (Photo by Bob Stewart)
Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor
This is another butterfly that is easy to identify; an iridescent bluish-turquoise color shimmers over really dark wings. White spots adorn the top wings and the body; on the underwing the large eyespots are orange. The larvae also stand out; they are a dark color with lots of fleshy red 'tubercules'.
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This is one of the most specialized of the native butterflies; it uses just one host plant, California Pipevine (Aristolochia californica). The pipevine produces toxic alkaloids, called aristolochic acids, which the butterfly uses to great advantage. The larvae consume the toxic alkaloids as they eat the foliage; in fact they munch on the same leaf for quite a while because apparently feeding stimulates the plant to increase the chemical defense. The larvae sequester the toxins in their body; the toxins are passed on to the adults; and the females transfer the toxins to the eggs!
Pipevine Swallowtail larvae feeding on the California Pipevine. (Photo by Nancy Hanson)
Warning Colorations!
The eggs are brick red and laid right at the growing tip of the vine; but only on vines that are climbing, and on tips that are well above the ground. The eggs are laid in clusters and the red color is a warning that they are poisonous. The larvae are also warningly colored in black and red; they are also gregarious, and since they feed in rather exposed places on the plants, maybe several individuals together show the dangerous color more clearly. This coloration offers protection against visual predators, like birds, but does not protect them from invertebrate predators or parasites.
In this photo of the Pipevine larva it is easy to see the 'prolegs' which enable the caterpillar to hold on no matter how much the plant might be moving around. (Photo by Bob Stewart)
The Pipevine adults wander a bit; I've seen them flying through my Oak Woodlands, rather far from the nearest riparian forest. I have planted California Pipevine in my garden; but it is a plant that takes a long time to establish, and it takes several established plants to provide enough biomass for a female to consider depositing its eggs on it.
Though the adults live just one month they can usually be seen flying any time in summer or fall. Summer populations are mostly males, but the fewer females are often mated and ready to oviposit if they find the right conditions. Pipevines tend to stop growing in early summer; but if there is damage to the vine, perhaps from a fire or by being severely cut back, they regenerate quickly, and then the females are ready to lay eggs on all the tender new shoots.
Bringing the Larvae Indoors
I did raise the larvae indoors when I had access to an established Pipevine; tip cuttings hold quite well in water, and just need to be replenished regularly. When the larvae reach maturity they really like to wander before pupating; and that's when it's hard to watch them walk endlessly, around and around and around a relatively small container. They do eventually decide to settle down and pupate; and the pupa can be either green or brown, and a certain percentage will go into diapause.
The wings of the Pale Swallowtail tend to be longer and narrower than the otherwise very similar Western Tiger Swallowtail. (Photo by Bob Stewart)
Pale Swallowtail - Papilio eurymedon
This is a butterfly of wild areas; it prefers the dry, rocky canyons and chaparral. The males are very pale, almost white; the females are yellower and resemble the Western Tiger Swallowtail, but have much less yellow between the black striping. The males are 'hill-toppers'; patrolling the high places on the look-out for females. The males of this species also really like to 'puddle'; sipping water, and presumably imbibing all sorts of mineral nutrients in the process.
The host plants are Coffeeberry (Rhamnus spp.) and sometimes Ceanothus; Cream Bush (Holodiscus discolor) is also used, and sometimes Holly-leaf Cherry (Prunus ilicifolia). There is only one brood each year, and adults fly just for a few months, usually from March to August. Apparently this species is not known to diapause in the pupal stage.
The early instar larva of the Pale Swallowtail mimics a bird dropping. (Photo by Bob Stewart)
The later instar larva of the Pale Swallowtail display eyespots; presumably to mimic a snake. (Photo by Bob Stewart)
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Copyright 2020 Home Ground Habitats. All rights reserved. | base of the plant, ready to climb back up onto the plant when the threat has passed. Larvae also create silk to make a 'holdfast' which enables the larva to simply 'walk out' of the old molted skin; and they use their silk to create a 'button' from which the pupa hangs, and in some species, like the Swallowtails, both a 'button' and a silken 'girdle' to support the pupa.
Anise Swallowtail on Sweet Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).
Anise Swallowtail with the beautiful eyespots on its underwings showing while it sips nectar from a wild mustard flower.
Anise Swallowtail – Papilio zelicaon
Before settlers dramatically changed the California landscape this butterfly would find its larval host plants in grasslands and at the edges of the great marshlands. Now the Anise Swallowtail is most commonly seen in disturbed fields and urban areas, and is easy to provide for in a garden. With a wingspan of about three inches, it is the considerably smaller than the other two yellow swallowtails; and it looks 'blacker'. The leading edge of the front wing is almost solid black, and the yellow markings are more blocky, rather than stripy, as in the other two yellow swallowtails.
Introduced Host Plants
The Anise Swallowtail larvae feed on plants in the carrot family (Apiaceae) which contain certain essential oils known as anisic aldehyde or anethole; biochemicals that a larva is able to convert to a butyric acid which smells like rancid butter when released by the osmeterium. Carrot family plants that don't produce these biochemicals, such as Sanicles, are never used as host plants.
The female butterfly can test the chemical composition of a plant. This Anise Swallowtail is on Sweet Fennel.
The adult female butterfly has chemical receptors in its tarsi which enable it to test the chemical composition of a plant in order to determine if it is a suitable host for the larvae. Once this is confirmed, the female lays her egg, usually on the underside of a leaf. The behavior is really distinctive, and easy to observe; she curls her abdomen around, stretching a bit to carefully place the egg in an almost invisible place. But that is only true for human eyes; all sorts of arthropods and insectivorous birds search through plants for little tidbits like butterfly eggs. And that is only the first part of the life cycle; it is estimated that perhaps one in hundreds of eggs laid by each female actually makes it all the way through all the stages to adulthood!
This female is laying an egg; affixing it to the underside of one little leaflet on the Fennel.
The Anise Swallowtail may be more common now because it often associates with an introduced plant, sweet fennel, (Foeniculum vulgare) also commonly called 'anise'. It was brought to this country as a kitchen garden plant, which then escaped cultivation, and is now widespread in many parts of California. The plant has been in California since the days of the Gold Rush, and as early as 1850 lepidopterists noticed larvae feeding on introduced fennel.
Sweet Fennel is a perennial that tends to be a large plant, and is often found in large drifts; seeding itself into disturbed ground, in vacant lots and along roads and highways. In an effort to control its spread, the plant gets cut back hard by road crews, but then it simply re-grows, providing all sorts of fresh new growth for larvae to feed on. Experiments have shown that this plant is intrinsically more attractive to ovi-positing females than native larval host plants; and the abundance of leafy growth, as well as flowers and immature seeds provide a bounty which enables the Anise Swallowtail to produce several broods during the season.
Much as I appreciate all the resources that Sweet Fennel provides for wildlife, I do not grow it in my garden because I'm right next to fairly pristine wild lands and I don't want to give this 'weed' an opportunity to colonize still more land. Another introduced plant that the Anise Swallowtail will sometimes lay eggs on is Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum), but only early in the season while green growth persists. This plant grows in moist conditions, often close to streams or marshy areas, and is so poisonous that I doubt anyone tries to grow it in a garden.
This Anise Swallowtail larva is feeding on Parsley.
A kitchen garden is cornucopia of possible host plants for this species. Parsley, dill, carrots, celery, parsnips, caraway, true anise (Pimpinella anisum) and of course, fennel; all are edible plants that a female will lay eggs on. Bulbing fennel, and 'bronze fennel' are a better choice for kitchen gardens, since they are not as prone to reseeding as sweet fennel. Queen Anne's Lace, or 'wild carrot' ( Daucus carota) is an introduced flowering plant that is also sometimes used as a larval host plant, as is Rue (Ruta graveolons), a medicinal plant.
Native Host Plants
California native host plants are either found in grasslands or growing closer to water courses and marshlands. Yampah (Perideridia spp.) and Hog Fennel (Lomatium dasycarpum) are grassland plants; fresh new foliage emerges early in spring, and seeds are set by summer. In wetter areas leafy growth persists right through summer; Cow Parsnip (Heracleum lanatum) and Water Hemlock, (Cicuta spp.) and Lovage (Ligusticum apiifolium) are sometimes used. Other native plants sometimes used as larval hosts are species of Tauschia, Oenanthe, and Angelica.
Cow Parsnip is sometimes used as a larval host plant.
Raising Larvae Indoors
I've raised many Anise Swallowtail larvae; I often bring them into the house just to protect them from predators. I have both native and non-native carrot family plants growing in my garden, but most often the larvae show up on dill or parsley. When I'm picking these herbs to cook with, I'm in the habit of checking carefully for eggs or larvae first. No matter what plant I find the larvae on, they seem to transfer readily to feeding on parsley; which is great, because organically grown parsley can easily be purchased.
These larvae were raised indoors on Fennel. There are two different instars; the smallest one is only a few days out of the egg, and already about 20 times larger than when it emerged from the egg. The graph paper in the background is a ¼ inch scale.
Raising larvae indoors requires regular provisioning of fresh plant materials for them to feed on; and thus disturbing them a bit on a daily basis. Interestingly, I've noticed, that hand-raised larvae soon get used to this disruption, and seem to get lazy about using their smelly warning system!
The newly emerged larvae are so small they can easily hide amongst the thread-like leaflets of dill or fennel. They are smooth-skinned, and mostly black, with a white 'saddle' in the middle; nicely resembling inedible bird poop! Their coloration changes slowly to a stripy yellow and green pattern as the larva grows; these colors are good camouflage amongst the leaves and flowers; but the larvae are perfectly edible, so they often disappear when left in the garden.
Pupation...
The larvae grow rapidly; eating, pooping, and resting in between each molt. They will be inactive for a day or so before a molt; and then after the molt they do nothing but eat until the new skin is nicely filled out again. In about three weeks they are ready to pupate. The mature Swallowtail larva creates a silken button, which the cremaster is secured to, and a silken 'girdle' which will hold it in place around the middle. The pupa actually forms under the skin of the larva, which will remain in the pre-pupa stage for about a day.
Anise Swallowtail larva in the pre-pupal stage. (Photo by Phil van Solen)
When the pupa has formed the old skin splits along the back and the pre-pupal larva – which, at this point, is amazingly nothing much more than 'cellular soup' contained within the pupa. The insect is able to wriggle the old skin off, and then the pupal form hardens. The pupa is fixed with the head end up; it can be colored either green or brown, depending on the background surface. Watching all this happen right in front of your eyes is exactly why people go to the trouble; it really is an amazing process!
The Swallowtails pupate in a head-up position.
...and Diapause
While raising the larvae is fun; at the pupal stage it can become a bit frustrating (especially for children) because these butterflies often go into diapause at this stage. When hand-rearing these caterpillars I place a variety of twigs and sticks in the container for them to pupate on. Then I'm able to put a little tag with the pupation date on the twig close to the pupa. In my experience, a few will eclose from the pupa after about two weeks; but many don't, and these, I keep in an un-heated room, and check on them regularly in spring and summer. I've personally witnessed a perfectly formed Anise Swallowtail eclose from the pupa after several years! Five years is the longest diapause I've recorded, but I've read that it can be as long as seven years. Amazing!
This Anise Swallowtail eclosed from the pupa on the left side - coming out of a diapause that lasted several years.
Diapause in the pupal stage is thought to be a 'risk-spreading' strategy in an environment that may or may not provide enough host plant material for another generation right away. It's like an insurance policy for the species; individuals can be mature and ready to breed when optimal conditions exist.
Swallowtails Frequenting Riparian Areas
The Western Tiger and the Pipevine Swallowtail, which actually look and act very differently, are often seen around watercourses, because that's where their native host plants grow. Willows, Alders, and Cottonwoods are common streamside trees, and all support larvae of the Western Tiger; Sycamores and Ash, both native and non-native species, are also used. The California Pipevine commonly grows in riparian zones, and it is the only host plant of the Pipevine Swallowtail. The plant does have a vining form, and usually climbs through shrubs and up into trees, but in Novato I see it growing as a spreading groundcover under bay trees.
A Western Tiger Swallowtail sipping nectar from the flowers of Showy Milkweed.
Western Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio rutulus
This is probably the most spectacular butterfly you will see in Marin County; it is the largest, with a wingspan of about four inches, and the deep yellow color, striped in black, really catches the eye.
It flies high through tree tops and along streams; but also comes to flowers for nectar. Buddleias and Zinnias are favored in gardens; Milkweeds and Thistles are also sought out. Other good nectar plants are Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum), Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), and California Buckeye (Aesculus californica).
The underwing of a Western Tiger Swallowtail.
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Sanders stokes big San Diego crowd
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd as he prepares to speak to thousands of supporters at the downtown convention center Tuesday, March 22.
(Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
By Phillip Molnar,
Joshua Stewart
SAN DIEGO —
Bernie Sanders brought his campaign for the White House to San Diego Tuesday, electrifying more than 10,000 supporters who had stood for hours in a line a mile long to hear him speak.
The late-night rally at the bayfront San Diego Convention Center had a rock-concert atmosphere typical of many of Sanders' events and the crowd exploded when the Vermont senator took the stage more than three hours after the doors opened.
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Sanders touched on familiar campaign themes of getting big money out of politics, combating climate change, ensuring universal health care and making public colleges and universities tuition-free.
He gave shout-out appeals to numerous groups, saying his campaign was listening to young people, disabled veterans, senior citizens, Latinos, African Americans, Native Americans, women, gays, unauthorized immigrants and the economically disadvantaged.
Sanders pledged to make the "rigged economy" fair and redirect much of the spending on wars to address problems at home.
"Together we are going to change the national priorities of this country," he shouted, his voice going hoarse. "Together we are going to invest in our communities. Together we are gong to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create millions of jobs."
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders lashes out at the one-percent and the Walmart-owning Walton family.
He also lashed out in familiar fashion at various foes, including the billionaire-class, Wall Street, pharmaceutical companies, the Walmart-owning Walton family, vote-suppressing Republican governors, Donald Trump and, on campaign finance, Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
He said the country is "living under a corrupt campaign finance system, which is undermining American democracy" because billionaires spend to elect those "who represent the wealthy and the powerful."
Sanders said his campaign was about pursuing "an economy that works for all of us, not just the one percent."
The rally capped a tumultuous day on the international and political stage, following the terrorist attack in Belgium, a primary election in Arizona and caucuses in Idaho and Utah.
Sanders paused well into his speech to address the tragedy in Europe.
"I think I speak for everyone in expressing our condolences for the people of Brussels," he told the now-hushed audience.
Sanders said the United States will help "crush and destroy ISIS." He said the U.S. will stand with allies and defeat the terrorist group. He add that the coalition must be "led by the Muslim nations themselves with our support and the support of other powerful nations."
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd of supporters. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Bernie Sanders wears a smile on his face as he enters the San Diego Convention Center to speak to what has been estimated as 13,000 people. (John Gastaldo)
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People stand in a line that goes out to Marina Park as they wait to get into the San Diego Convention Center for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV)
A rally that started on the Community Concourse downtown eventually made its way to the San Diego Convention Center where Bernie Sanders will speak this evening. (John Gastaldo)
The crowd stands in line for the 5pm opening of the doors for Bernie Sanders. (John Gastaldo)
Crowds wound around the convention center and all the way through South Embarcadero Park. (John Gastaldo)
Bernie was expected to go on until 8:00pm, but this first group waiting to enter the convention center will get the closest opportunity to see him. (John Gastaldo)
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(Hayne Palmour IV)
Melody Herrera stands by her sign as she and thousands of other people wait to get into the San Diego Convention Center for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV)
Annaliza Aguilar, right, and others hold their signs at the rally. (John Gastaldo)
People enter the San Diego Convention Center for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
People gather in front of the stage as they wait for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
One Bernie Sanders supporter high fives another as people enter the San Diego Convention Center for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
People cheer as they enter the San Diego Convention Center for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palm<|fim_middle|> 2021 be volatile for the stock market?
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A Bernie Sanders supporter holds a sign as he and other supporters wait for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd as he prepares to speak to a crowd of supporters. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Bernie Sanders supporters rally at Community Concourse. (John Gastaldo)
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A young boy sits on top of someone's shoulders while he holds a sign as he and thousands of people wait for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Actress Rosario Dawson speak before Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd with his wife Jane Sanders, left, and actress Actress Rosario Dawson. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd with his wife Jane Sanders. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders holds up his fists as he speaks to a crowd of supporters. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Supporters scream as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and his wife Jane Sanders wave at the conclusion of Sander's speech. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders shakes hands with supporters as he exits after his speech. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at the Convention Center in San Diego Tuesday night. (John Gastaldo)
Front row spectators watched as Sanders took the podium. (John Gastaldo)
Bernie Sanders with wife Jane Sanders next to him, came into the convention center with a fist raised. (John Gastaldo)
Sanders managed to attract 13,000 supporters to this rally originally expectations were 10,000. (John Gastaldo)
Nathaniel Allenby of San Diego sported an Uncle Sam outfit at the Community Concourse in support of Bernie Sanders. (John Gastaldo)
Bernie Sanders, center right, greets actress Rosario Dawson after she introduced him on the stage in the convention center. (John Gastaldo)
Fans of Bernie Sanders felt the bern as he spoke about fair pay and fair opportunities. (John Gastaldo)
One thing Bernie Sanders spoke about what equal pay for women. (John Gastaldo)
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The crowd in the overflow room were treated to a few minutes with Sanders whose sign was lit up in front of them. (John Gastaldo)
Sanders waves to the crowd upon going up to the podium. (John Gastaldo)
Actress and Sanders supporter Rosario Dawson runs and waves to he crowd as Sanders leaves the rally. (John Gastaldo)
The fight, he said, is for "control of the soul of Islam"
"We can win that war and destroy Isis without getting the brave men and women of the U.S. armed forces into a perpetual war in the Middle East," he said. He reminded his supporters he had opposed the war in Iraq, which he called a mistake.
Sanders made no mention of his loss to Clinton in Arizona earlier in the day, but he predicted success in Idaho and Utah, where returns had not yet been tallied.
Later, his campaign put out a statement reacting to his victories in the two caucus states.
"The impressive numbers of young people and working-class people who participated in the process are exactly what the political revolution is all about," Sanders said in the statement. These decisive victories in Idaho and Utah give me confidence that we will continue to win major victories in the coming contests."
Clinton, however, still has the numbers on her side. She has 1,675 delegates, when including both those won in primaries and caucuses and superdelegates -- elected officials and party activists committed to nominating her. Sanders has 937 delegates with a total of 2,383 needed to clinch the nomination.
He has scheduled a news conference for this morning on Shelter Island.
At the rally, Sanders said the June 7 California primary will be important in the weeks ahead of the Democratic convention.
"In early June, California, the largest state in our nation, will have a major role to play in taking this country forward," he said. "If there is a large voter turnout, we will win California."
Before Sanders arrived, the party atmosphere of the rally became briefly somber when the results in Arizona flashed up on a video screen tuned to a news channel.
No problem waiting
Otherwise, his backers seemed thrilled to be part of the Sanders movement, even while waiting hours outside the convention center.
Oscar Varela, 26, of Sorrento Valley was roughly in the middle of the line after getting to the convention center about 1:30 p.m. He was in high spirits wearing a blue Sanders shirt and holding a "Love Trumps Hate" sign.
He became an American citizen in September, immigrating from Mexico, and is voting in his first U.S. election for Sanders.
Varela said he appreciates that Sanders does not seek contributions from large donors. "That sends a message of authenticity to the people," he said.
Sleepless in San Diego
Wearing a bow tie and dancing to amuse his friends, Gavin Smith, 19, said he did not mind he was near the back of the convention center line and remained hopeful he would get in.
"The line is endless ... There is no end to the Bern," Smith said.
Cynthia Lee, 33 of Lemon Grove, was standing in line outside Joe's Crab Shack with a pink "Feel the Bern" T-shirt and had pink hair to match.
She said she got to the Convention Center at 4 p.m. but wish she left earlier.
"I'm in love with (Sanders). He's very honest," she said. ". . . Since yesterday, I couldn't sleep."
Stumping for Trump
About six supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held signs and engaged Sanders supporters in conversation at an area west of Embarcadero Marina Park.
They held signs that said "Make American Great Again" and "Bernie Likes Nickelback."
Gaege Turnbow, 18, of Kensington, said the reactions ranged from respectful debate to people shouting obscenities at them.
"We've had several people accuse us of being KKK members," said Trump supporter Michael Valley, 18, of El Cajon.
Turnbow said they disagreed with Sanders' economic policy.
"Nothing is for free. His plans aren't feasible," he said.
Patrick Foley was the last person in a line that twisted for approximately a mile through the Embarcadero park.
"Latinos for Bernie," Foley shouted.
He said he was was drawn by Sanders' fiscal policies, particularly his plans to reduce the risk banks pose on the economy, and their influence on government. He also said he, like Sanders, wants to see students graduate with less, or no loan debt. But most importantly, Foley said, Sanders' has been steadfast in his message.
"He's been consistent all his life and never flip-flopped." Foley said.
At 68-years-old and one of the oldest in the line to get into the convention center, Foley said he could relate to Sanders.
"We grew up in the 60's. We're products of the 60's," Foley said, before noting that he was once arrested in South Carolina for protesting.
Staff writer Phillip Molnar contributed to this report.
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Blumenberg on Rideshare Pilot Program in Ohio
May 16, 2019 /0 Comments/in Luskin in the News Evelyn Blumenberg /by Myrka Vega
Urban Planning Professor Evelyn Blumenberg spoke to the Columbus Dispatch about a proposed ride-share program in Grove City, Ohio. The Central Ohio Transit Authority and Grove City plan to implement a ride-share program to bridge the distance between public transit stops and people's destinations. The pilot program would be offered in an area with many jobs. Blumenberg, director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at UCLA Luskin, noted that most jobs are not located in the central city. "That, no matter what, is going to pose a challenge for fixed-route public transit," she said.
"There is a window of opportunity to do something different," says Lewis Center Director Evelyn Blumenberg at the InterActions LA event. Photo by Amy Tierney
First Conference on Regional Growth and Equity Tackles Transportation and Communities UCLA scholars, nonprofit representatives discuss how to use multibillion-dollar investment to address regional inequities
April 26, 2019 /0 Comments/in Development and Housing, For Policymakers, Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, Social Welfare, The Lewis Center, Transportation, Urban Planning Evelyn Blumenberg, Madeline Brozen, Paul Ong /by Claudia Bustamante
By Claudia Bustamante
Los Angeles is populous and diverse, but that distinction also produces inequality. There are disparities in housing costs. Amenities vary across neighborhoods. Many low-income families struggle to make ends meet despite impressive gains in employment.
During an inaugural event focusing on regional growth and equity, the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies convened a group of experts to discuss how to leverage a sweeping, taxpayer-supported $120-billion investment in Los Angeles' transportation system to address decades-old disparities.
Following the 2016 passage of Measure M, Metro committed $52 billion in sales tax revenue for capital investments throughout the county. The agency is looking to accelerate 28 projects by the time Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics. Senate Bill 1 approved in 2017 designated another $54 billion to fix roads, to relieve congestion, and to improve transit and trade corridors throughout California.
"The question is how can we improve the quality of communities by taking advantage of the ongoing and major regional investments in public transit," said Evelyn Blumenberg MA UP '90 Ph.D. '95, director of the Lewis Center and professor of urban planning, at "InterActions LA: Inspiring Quality Transit Neighborhoods," held April 18, 2019, at The California Endowment.
"It is precisely in these moments of rapid change when there is a window of opportunity to do something different," Blumenberg said. "Hopefully, it's to engage in more equitable outcomes that better connect residents to economic opportunities, that protect and expand affordable housing, and that improve the health and robustness of the L.A. region."
Paul Ong, UCLA Luskin research professor and director of the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, has done extensive research on the role of urban structures on the reproduction of inequality. He said this topic is an important one for discussion.
"We, as a society, make neighborhoods," Ong said, "and neighborhoods make us. The type of neighborhood we live in determines not only today's quality of life but the trajectory over generations."
Julia Stein of the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment leads discussion. Photo by Amy Tierney
Multiple approaches to improve neighborhoods were discussed. They include progressive housing and land use policies, stationary design, neighborhood amenities and community engagement.
Key among the discussion was the need to focus on people who use transit and their specific needs. For example, women, older adults and people with disabilities make up about 60 percent of Los Angeles' transit ridership. Those transit users have specific concerns about safety and security while walking to stations, waiting and riding transit, said Madeline Brozen MA UP '11, deputy director of the Lewis Center.
"If we're not planning for specific groups in an intentional way, it's not likely we're going to see the shifts we want to see from these investments," Brozen said.
Julia Stein, project director at the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA Law, said the city's Transit Oriented Communities program, which provides incentives to developers to build near major transit stops and include affordable housing units, provides an opportunity to address some issues.
Since the program's inception in 2017, about 2,400 affordable units have been proposed, of which 42 percent are reserved for extremely low-income households.
Attendees also heard about specific efforts being conducted in the city by nonprofit organizations, including improvements along Avenue 26 near Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park spearheaded by LA-Mas. The nonprofit agency engaged with community members to generate design improvements and creative wayfinding on a quarter-mile stretch near the Metro Gold Line station.
The end result was impressive, but Avital Aboody from LA-Mas said the permitting process was complex, expensive and time-consuming.
"We had the expertise and time to navigate this process, but that may not be the case for community members or grassroots organizations that may want to do this in their community," she said.
Lessons Learned Outside L.A.
Outside California, the Twin Cities region in Minnesota has a reputation for being progressive. But the community deals with stark racial disparities, which date back to decades of systemic racism, like redlining, according to Owen Duckworth, director of organizing and policy at the Alliance, a Minnesota-based coalition of community-based organizations and advocacy groups.
Now that the region is investing in transit infrastructure such as an expansion of a rail line that connects downtown Minneapolis to St. Paul, there is an opportunity for communities to have greater impact.
"Government agencies want to deliver on equity. That's the buzzword," Duckworth said. "We can't have equitable outcomes by continuing inequitable processes in planning."
Another theme echoed by many panelists is community engagement — making sure residents' input is not merely tokenized by developers and government organizations.
Community members provide valuable insights as experts in their own neighborhoods.
"Our partners want to be partners to government agencies in community development, but there's no compensation for these organizations. They mostly volunteer their time," said Thomas Yee of LA THRIVES.
"Everything from here on out needs to be collaborative. We need to get away from silos. We need to work together," Yee added.
Multiple Objectives
Blumenberg ended the event by saying it is clear that multiple objectives must be met to ensure quality transit neighborhoods. To name a few, planners must consider housing, traffic, environmental concerns, access to opportunities, safety and security issues around mobility.
The solutions must be equally diverse — tailored to the different neighborhoods and communities throughout the region, she said.
Blumenberg on Cars, Jobs and Low-Income Communities
February 13, 2019 /0 Comments/in Luskin in the News Evelyn Blumenberg /by Myrka Vega
Professor of Urban Planning Evelyn Blumenberg spoke to Wired about how cars are the best way to connect low-income people to jobs. The article noted that the progressive agenda known as the Green New Deal focuses on public transit and clean vehicles but does not account for widespread inequities in mobility. Blumenberg's work studied the effect cars have on a person's ability to get and keep a job. The research showed that low-income people with cars were able to move into better neighborhoods, were less exposed to poverty, and were more likely to find and keep a job. She said this is particularly true for women and caregivers. "Trying to balance unpaid responsibilities and unpaid work is just really really hard while 'trip chaining' on public transit, or while the kids are on the back of your bike," Blumenberg said.
Blumenberg on the Persistence of Driving
January 24, 2019 /0 Comments/in Luskin in the News Evelyn Blumenberg /by Jackson Belway
Urban Planning Professor Evelyn Blumenberg commented on the decline in ridership on public transportation in a recent Philadelphia<|fim_middle|> should factor in the economic benefits of car access, better off-peak transit service and bike infrastructure catered not just to male preferences, and much more.
Right now, Reynolds said, "we've trapped women into finding the one choice that feels safe and comfortable and works for them, because of the design of the system."
Policymakers, practitioners, scholars and students gathered at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in downtown Los Angeles for the panel discussion.
A Gendered Planning Mismatch
February 8, 2018 /0 Comments/in Alumni, Digital Technologies, Diversity, Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels, Environment, For Policymakers, For Students, News, Professional Events, Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, Transportation, Urban Planning Evelyn Blumenberg /by Whitney Willis
How do discussions and plans for the future of transportation and new innovative mobility services account for women's travel patterns? Women tend to commute shorter distances and conduct more household serving trips than their male counterparts. This gender gap exists even in dual-income households and widens further for child-serving trips, even among households with no children.
What potential do new mobility options, bikesharing, ridesourcing, microtransit hold for closing this gap? Or will they rather reinforce these divergent travel patterns? Join us for a conversation about women's travel patterns, current and future transportation planning and policy. Our experts will share their previous research, and discuss future plans from the City and County of Los Angeles to better serve women's travel needs and patterns.
Reception will follow after the event.
Evelyn Blumenberg MA UP '90 PhD '95, UCLA Luskin Department of Urban Planning
Seleta Reynolds, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Stephanie Wiggins, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Save the Date: Back to School Celebration July 15, 2019 | Inquirer article. "Even among population groups where transit ridership and transit use has been highest — low-income, immigrants, recent immigrants, in particular — we found a growth in driving," Blumenberg said, referring to a Southern California study that reflects a nationwide trend. The article focused on the declining usage of public transportation in lower-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia due to the expense of automobiles, the hours lower-income jobs require, the demands of parenthood and concerns about safety. "We've created urban environments that privilege the automobile that make it difficult no matter what transit does," said Blumenberg, who is also director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at UCLA. "If jobs are dispersing and things are spread out in metropolitan areas, transit is going to have an increasingly hard time meeting those travel needs."
WTS Award winner Hannah Rae King, center, with emcees Allison Yoh (MA UP '02, Ph.D. '08) and Gary Lee Moore, city engineer with the City of Los Angeles. Photo by Evelyn Blumenberg
Urban Planning Students Take Home Scholarship Awards
November 14, 2018 /0 Comments/in Luskin's Latest Blog Evelyn Blumenberg /by Stan Paul
Four UCLA Luskin Urban Planning students were winners at the 2018 Women's Transportation Seminar, Los Angeles Area Chapter, annual scholarship awards dinner held Nov. 8 in downtown Los Angeles. Two doctoral students, Hannah Rae King and Miriam Pinksi, each won Myra L. Frank Memorial Graduate Scholarships of $10,000 and $7,500, respectively. Urban planning master's student Cassie Halls is the inaugural winner of the $5,000 Stantec scholarship. Halls was also among award winners – with urban planning master's student Kidada Malloy – at the American Public Transportation Foundation's annual conference in Nashville this past October. Joceline Suhaimi, a student in UCLA Luskin's Urban and Regional Studies undergraduate minor, also received a WTS award. Suhaimi, who is majoring in civil engineering, won the Ava Doner Undergraduate Scholarship. "Transportation is a basic human need, and I want to make it accessible to all people, regardless of age, ability, income and car ownership," said Suhaimi, who will receive $10,000. "This scholarship will allow me to continue education and pursue my career goals." Allison Yoh, MA UP '02 Ph.D. '08, served as co-emcee for the awards. Yoh is now director of transportation planning for the Port of Long Beach. WTS-LA is a chapter of WTS International founded in 1977. The organization has more than 6,500 members (men and women) with 79 chapters in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. — Stan Paul
Blumenberg Says Trump's Welfare Reform Plan Misses a Key Piece: Transportation
July 3, 2018 /0 Comments/in Luskin in the News Evelyn Blumenberg /by Les Dunseith
UCLA Luskin's Evelyn Blumenberg is quoted in a Washington Post article about whether a Trump administration order to toughen work requirements for welfare recipients overlooks a well-documented link between transportation and employment. "Since the 1990s, things have become much more difficult for welfare recipients," said Blumenberg, a transportation expert and professor of urban planning. "And I have not seen an upswell in movement for supporting the transportation part of this." Cars play a key role in access to jobs that are "suburbanizing." Blumenberg said, "It's a touchy subject in transportation circles, where funds are focused on increasing access to public transit, even though poor people more than anyone need the flexibility and instant mobility of having a car."
ITS Launches New Digital Magazine: Transfers
May 16, 2018 /0 Comments/in Luskin's Latest Blog Brian Taylor, Donald Shoup, Evelyn Blumenberg, Gregory Pierce, Martin Wachs /by George Foulsham
Policymakers and professionals need important research to improve our transportation system, but it too often languishes behind the intimidating walls of academia. Transfers Magazine, a new biannual digital publication led by faculty and staff at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, aims to break down those walls by distilling the expert knowledge of scholars into tangible links to action. Donald Shoup and Martin Wachs, distinguished professors of urban planning at UCLA Luskin, serve as senior editors for Transfers. Each issue will feature shorter, more readable versions of peer-reviewed, previously published academic journal articles with the goal of making research accessible to students, policymakers, the press and the general public. Transfers is the flagship publication of the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center (PSR), a research consortium of eight universities in Arizona, California and Hawaii. The inaugural issue was released on May 16 and features new studies from PSR scholars, including UCLA Luskin faculty members Evelyn Blumenberg, Brian D. Taylor, Gregory Pierce and Shoup, on key questions for transportation policy. The issue is now available online, and readers can receive future issues sent directly to their email by subscribing. Between issues, the Transfers staff will connect research updates, student projects, expert opinion and campus news to current events in the transportation world on the The Circulator blog and on Twitter.
Transfers is the flagship publication of the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
Gil Penalosa – Creating Vibrant & Healthy Cities
March 20, 2018 /0 Comments/in Alumni, Digital Technologies, Diversity, Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels, Environment, For Policymakers, For Students, News, Professional Events, Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, Transportation, Urban Planning Evelyn Blumenberg /by Whitney Willis
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Named by Planetizen as one of the 100 most influential urbanists, Gil Penalosa, founder and chair of 8 80 Cities, is known for his advocacy and passion for designing cities and public spaces for people of all ages and backgrounds. His talk will discuss how sustainable mobility, walking, riding bicycles, using public transit, contributes to a vibrant and welcome city for everyone to use and enjoy at every age.
This lecture is presented in partnership with the California Association for Coordinated Transportation.
Lunch will be provided
From left, Madeline Brozen MA UP '11, associate director of ITS and the Lewis Center; LA Metro Deputy CEO Stephanie Wiggins; UCLA Luskin Urban Planning Professor and ITS faculty fellow Evelyn Blumenberg MA UP '90 PhD '95; Seleta Reynolds, Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) general manager and ITS advisory board member; and Investing in Place Deputy Director Naomi Iwasaki. Photo by Investing in Place
Who, Exactly, Is Our Transportation System Designed to Serve? Panelists decry transit shortcomings for women and families during second installment of an ongoing discussion series sponsored by the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
March 12, 2018 /0 Comments/in Alumni, Business and the Environment, Complete Streets, Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels, For Faculty, For Policymakers, For Students, Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, Transportation, Urban Planning Evelyn Blumenberg /by webteam
By Will Livesley-O'Neill, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
The gender imbalance of transportation planning — a field traditionally dominated by men who designed a system that too often falls short for women and families — was the subject of the second installment of the ongoing Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) discussion series Transportation is a Women's Issue on March 7, 2018.
Policymakers, practitioners, scholars and students gathered at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in downtown Los Angeles for a panel featuring Seleta Reynolds, Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) general manager and ITS advisory board member; LA Metro Deputy CEO Stephanie Wiggins; and UCLA Luskin Urban Planning Professor and ITS faculty fellow Evelyn Blumenberg. Moderating was Investing in Place Deputy Director Naomi Iwasaki.
The transportation system is fundamentally designed to accommodate a 9-to-5 work schedule traditionally associated with higher-income men, panelists said. Even as women's participation in the labor market has surged, that system continues to ignore the needs of travelers at off-peak hours and those with complex trip-making patterns, who are much likelier to be women, especially lower-income women, they said.
Women and men travel similarly in terms of mode, but Blumenberg said that the purposes are often different: Women make more trips that serve their household — a "trip-chaining" form of travel that can include multiple stops on the same tour — in addition to commuting.
"In most households, women work and have a disproportionate responsibility for the unpaid labor in the home," Blumenberg said. "It's really hard to carry out those multiple tasks with public transit, or using a bike, or walking."
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In Los Angeles and beyond, work and household trips usually require access to a car. Transit agencies attempt to reduce congestion by focusing on service during traditional peak commute hours, Reynolds argued, ignoring off-peak travel that could benefit women.
"If what you are solving for is the peak, the peak, the peak, then you're never going to have a system that has reliable, frequent, comfortable service at the times of day when women need it the most," she said.
Wiggins said that, too often, transit agencies such as LA Metro have adopted supposedly gender-neutral plans that fail to account for the different travel patterns of women.
"They say that what gets measured gets done, and we haven't been measuring it at all," she said. "We have to make sure that we don't use the planning tools of the past to inform planning for the future."
To that end, LA Metro's CEO has approved a recommendation from the agency's women and girls council to gather data about female passengers and hire a consultant to help develop a gender action plan. As LA Metro embarks on a next-generation study to revisit its bus network amid dramatic ridership decline, Wiggins said that women must be at the table for all levels of decision-making — not just in leadership roles but also in conducting the studies or scheduling service changes. Further research into female travel patterns is required to understand what women and families need and to persuade the federal and state agencies that fund transportation projects to emphasize those needs.
Improving transportation safety is critical for women's travel. A survey of former riders cited safety as their primary reason for leaving the system, and Wiggins said that LA Metro now examines safety concerns through the lenses of sexual harassment and design. New campaigns with Peace Over Violence and local law enforcement agencies aim to crack down on harassment while applying a gender lens to design. Results could include better lighting at bus stops and transit stations, creation of accommodations for strollers, and changes to where passengers sit on buses and trains to minimize unwanted contact.
Blumenberg noted that better off-peak service requires safer conditions getting to and waiting for transit — lower-income workers are more likely to need to travel at night but often feel unsafe using the bus or train at those times.
Reynolds pointed out that too many futurist conversations about the potential benefits of automated buses and rideshare vehicles fail to recognize that many women will not feel comfortable without a driver, who acts as a chaperone.
"That is a really overlooked value and quality that a transit operator brings," she said, adding that such discussions perpetuate a male way of thinking about mobility. "Most women, we feel like we move through the world always on guard about sexual harassment or assault."
Reynolds said that her department's new strategic plan includes a concerted effort to understand what women are looking for from their transportation system. Then, implementation of pilot programs could lead to larger changes.
LADOT plans to start with after-school transportation, a burden that now largely falls on women to arrange as a result of long-term school budget cuts. A pilot electric car-sharing program in the MacArthur Park neighborhood incorporated local women's requests for features such as carseats and the ability to add elderly caregivers to family service accounts.
Moving forward, a more comprehensive and inclusive approach to transportation planning is needed, panelists said. That approach | 2,559 |
Early in my career as a social worker, I couldn't even see the phenomenon of mental health warehousing let alone know how address the issue in a relationship. My college texts had promoted the mainstream eugenic presumptions associated with mental illness. I didn't know what was needed to recover from things like psychosis, personality disorders, or addictions and live a fulfilling life other than to tell the client to take their medication.
Now, in my twenty-three years of experience working in the system, I have seen many other workers not really learn about the effects of mental health warehousing. It's as if those of us who work in the field slept during social psychology lessons of Stanley Milligram and the Stanford Prison Experiments. And many of us who do understand the dehumanization process associated with warehousing may abandon the work for private practice. It'd nice it they left a little space in their practice for warehoused individuals. Perhaps some do.
Believe me, I never imagined that mental health warehousing would happen to a conscientious person who excelled in the mental health professional like myself. I used to think I was empathetic towards clients because that's what always impressed others about me. Now I think I was just sympathetic and encapsulated! Indeed, though it could happen to most us, we rarely think that way. When I did land in warehousing, it was a real education.
I went to work in a section eight housing project and alerted the press and challenged the police. A resident warned me to stop bucking the system, or the same thing could happen to me. He was right.
Now, seventeen years later, most of my clients live in warehoused conditions and need help adjusting to them. Many have lost family support and lived this way decades. Of course, I do what I can do to help them be free; but learning to do so has taken some time. For clinicians new to working with warehoused individuals, I have just five suggestions to make.
Once subjected to warehouse conditions, people may have a need to honor their experience and have a hard time leaving the neglect behind. Many tolerate and honor things that don't make sense to the observer. In fact, many observers might have a hard time believing that what warehoused individuals report is real.
How could it be, for example, that in the land of the free, that the only job that a privileged white man with a master's degree and a beef with organized crime and the police could find was at an Italian Deli with a four-hour daily bike/train commute? It was not for lack of job applications or resumes, I assure you.
During a two-year period, I had to learn not to snitch. I had to accept that people were breaking into my apartment and stealing my things, just as they had done when I was warehoused three-months in the dilapidated Montana State Hospital. Maybe you can't believe it possible until it's happened to you!
For people like me, it can take years of revolving door hospitalizations to get to the place where they accept warehouse living to start with. Then, to move on can be a lot for the ego to manage. It is hard to say all the warped things they learned from their experiences in incarceration were unnecessary. It is hard to abandon the post because, often, warehoused people know first-hand that things could be worse.
In working with warehoused people, it is important to temper the amount of advice you give them about how to be empowered in their situation. Just because you have power, doesn't mean that they do. Thinking that they don't know how to assert themselves is a good way to diminish the amount of trust that develops.
I have seen clinicians burn out because their advice is never heeded. Maybe they leave behind their duties physically or emotionally because they don't believe the oppression is real. Many clients have seen this happen repeatedly. Here comes another staff person they are responsible for training. Now, they start from scratch, just so<|fim_middle|> learn to work with these conditions and limitations.
I wish that more therapists would learn to specialize in helping warehoused individuals. For practitioners who care about social justice, there really is no better way to be of service in the community than to develop specialty practices that can reach out and include such individuals.
Currently we know this population growing exponentially in our local homeless encampments, our flooded shelters, our barrack-like board and care homes, our county jails and over-crowded prisons. Know people can recover and gain back their freedom! Help! | they can get their weekly check.
No matter how seasoned you are, it is always wise to be thankful when your client teaches you something that deepens your understanding of the layers of oppression they face.
Many workers may not realize that they couldn't manage themselves what they are presuming their clients ought to.
Many clients, like the section eight resident who tried to warn me, know better than to try to fight the system politically. They will see advice or action towards that end as simply being naïve and insulting. Really, they usually know what's up! Respecting the power structure but talking about how oppressive it is may help.
Many would say it is cynical to look at the mental health industry and say that there is a lot of money reinforcing the suppression of its subjects into mental house warehousing. Seeing the mental health industry from this vantage point makes it seem like it is a plantation industry with finely educated suits with six figure salaries making decisions about how to keep the peasants maintained.
Clearly, not all the people I work with see managing the trauma and strife in their lives from so cynical a perspective. Still, I believe a therapist who works with people who have been warehoused needs to be prepared to work through these realities and feelings as they get unpeeled in the relationship. At times, I have found that it is important to argue the cynical perspective to help people become sensitive to how being warehoused has impacted them. It may be necessary to help people see and remember the value that they really have. This may help reinforce social rehabilitation.
Many warehoused people will appreciate it when you acknowledge your buzzard role in nickel and diming them and picking through their bones. At least talking about it will help them know you will do what you can not to get caught up in that trajectory.
Although I was only warehoused for a short time, the therapy I got at 125$ an hour while I was making 9$ an hour at a Deli seemed ridiculous. Talk about financial exploitation—for years it was. My parents mandated it and paid for it from a nest egg, but would not give me money for a car.
In retrospect, and knowing the business as I now do, I am just grateful that my therapist did not refer me back to the hospital so that I lost my job and my apartment. If I had seen an intern who wasn't making top dollar, I likely would have overwhelmed them and their supervisor and been incarcerated back in the system where it would have taken me much longer to heal.
Having a therapist for warehoused individuals is important even if they don't seem to like you. And good clinicians need to be tolerant, competent with what they are dealing with, and maintain unconditional positive regard.
Supporting your partners is ways that help them make well thought out slightly empowered improvements in their interpersonal situation is possible. In doing this, it is important not to act as if you know, but to collect a lot of information about the barriers in the situation with curiosity.
I think good therapy advances the mindset that it is possible to help warehoused individuals pursue healthy integrated activities that can mitigate the effects of warehousing. That is what I did maintaining a job. Many amazing people have taught me that a bed in a warehouse is just what it is. One can still do their hygiene up and go out and find healthy activities and connections. I now see and support people doing this every day.
And yet when I look at the workshops available to me as a licensed individual, there is little out there in my trade organization that encourages therapists to | 723 |
Trinity people have been<|fim_middle|>. Our own Rev'd Bob Dekker of Trinity wrote and gave an affecting final Litany of Thanksgiving and Prayer. | active in working with people of other faiths in pursuing environmental stewardship.
A Trinity parishioner is on the steering committee of Indianapolis Green Congregations, an inter-faith group that meets monthly. Indianapolis Green Congregations provides workshops on using energy prudently, how to start a green team, and on various other topics to promote care for the earth. It also fosters communication and advocates for sustaining the environment. In the past year the group has also helped Hamilton County establish its own Green Congregations and has worked to help Eastside Creation Care concentrate on that region. IGC has been active in connecting with other environmental organizations and in supporting the work of Hoosier Interfaith Power and Light.
Trinity was also active in helping with the interfaith prayer service that was held at North United Methodist Church on November 29, 2016 to pray for the United Nations Climate Change Conference beginning the next day in Paris. Clergy and parishioners from Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim congregations and the President of the Christian Theological Seminary read prayers and poems or offered music and song. There were readings from Pope Francis' Encyclical on care for our common home | 245 |
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Welcome to the world of vibrational spectroscopy application in cancer
Sir C.V. Raman
The Raman effect was named after one of its discoverer, the Indian scientist sir C.V. Raman who observed the effect by means of sunlight in 1928 [ ].He was honored with noble prize in 1930 for his discovery using sunlight as the source and a telescope<|fim_middle|> wavelength, as the incident photons. However, a small fraction of light (approximately 1 in 107 photons) is scattered at optical frequencies different from, and usually lower than, the frequency of the incident photons. The process leading to this inelastic scatter is the termed the Raman effect. Raman scattering can occur with a change in vibrational, rotational or electronic energy of a molecule. Chemists are concerned primarily with the vibrational Raman effect. We will use the term Raman effect to mean vibrational Raman effect only.
The difference in energy between the incident photon and the Raman scattered photon is equal to the energy of a vibration of the scattering molecule. A plot of intensity of scattered light versus energy difference is a Raman spectrum.
< BACK > | as a collector ; the detector was his eyes.hence the discovery of such a feeble phenomenon using crude instrumentation was indeed a remarkable achievement. He explored that the wavelength of a small fraction of the radiation scattered by certain molecules differ from that of the incident beam; furthermore, the shift in wavelength depend upon the chemical structure of the molecules responsible for scattering. The shift in energy gives information about the vibrational modes of the molecules. Hence, Raman spectroscopy is a form of vibrational spectroscopy.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
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"the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him"
A New Type of Secondary Radiation
C. V. Raman and K. S. Krishnan, Nature, 121(3048), 501, March 31, 1928
If we assume that the X-ray scattering of the 'unmodified' type observed by Prof. Compton corresponds to the normal or average state of the atoms and molecules, while the 'modified' scattering of altered wave-length corresponds to their fluctuations from that state, it would follow that we should expect also in the case of ordinary light two types of scattering, one determined by the normal optical properties of the atoms or molecules, and another representing the effect of their fluctuations from their normal state. It accordingly becomes necessary to test whether this is actually the case. The experiments we have made have confirmed this anticipation, and shown that in every case in which light is scattered by the molecules in dust-free liquids or gases, the diffuse radiation of the ordinary kind, having the same wave-length as the incident beam, is accompanied by a modified scattered radiation of degraded frequency.
The Raman Effect and Normal Raman Scattering
When light is scattered from a molecule most photons are elastically scattered. The scattered photons have the same energy (frequency) and, therefore, | 401 |
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Essay planning is simply the way to make sure that you are on the right track of essay writing. It will also be much easier for you to identify any possible errors as you write your article. With a good planning method, you can write an essay easily in a shorter amount of time. What parameters are involved in essay planning?
The creation of an outline is a part of essay planning. You can write a plan that will reflect what things will be discussed in the essay.
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The Courier: 30 days of music - Day 11
Sometimes you listen to a song one too many times and it ruins it for you, a great song becomes terrible. However, that is not the case for today. Our writers have picked a song that they just can't get enough of. 'Sunglasses' - Black Country, New Road I only encountered Black Country, New Road fairly […]
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Sometimes you listen to a song one too many times and it ruins it for you, a great song becomes terrible. However, that is not the case for today. Our writers have picked a song that they just can't get enough of.
'Sunglasses' - Black Country, New Road
I only encountered Black Country, New Road fairly recently and they only have 2 singles out as of yet. Somehow, however, they have become one of my most played artists, and haven't become worn out despite constant play. Their sound is incredibly fresh, drawing on eclectic influence from 90s post-rock, free jazz, and the expressionist movement. Lyrics touch on sexual disatisfaction and irreverent cultural references to Kanye West and Middle English life. BCNR epitomise to me what's exciting about British indie music at the moment, and how things could sound when<|fim_middle|>260 million Gateshead Quayside arena set to open in 2023
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'Mrs Robinson' - Simon and Garfunkel
There's a reason why this song is so often the soundtrack to montages of happy summery memories in film. I don't think I can imagine ever getting tired of Simon & Garfunkel in general anyway, but this song in particular stands out to me.
It's gentle, it has simple lyrics to sing along to, and I could listen to it on a loop without getting bored. It's not so loud that I can't concentrate with it on in the background, but it's not so plain that it becomes monotonous. It's catchy, but not to the extent that it distracts you from what you're doing. This song is absolutely golden, and never fails to make me feel good. And surely that's what you want from a song you could never get tired of?
Grace Dean
'Schizophrenia' - Sonic Youth
'Schizophrenia' by Sonic Youth is one of my favourite songs of all time. From the opening drum beat to the extended grungy guitar outro it's absolutely incredible. It's a song that sounds like no other and I don't really know how to describe a lot of what they're doing with it, but the end result is a song that's beautifully evocative, euphoric and as close to musically perfect as you can get in my opinion. No matter how many times I hear it I'll always be able to lose myself in it and be blown away by the song, it's certainly one I never get tired of hearing.
Stanley Gilyead
'Don't Delete the Kisses' - Wolf Alice
Another stereotypical choice from myself, but this is something I never bore of, and never skip if it comes on shuffle. It feels such a tireless song, and I haven't been bored of it since its release back in 2017. It's beautifully written, beautifully performed and beautifully sung- something Ellie Rowsell always nails.
'Creature Comfort' - Arcade Fire
Whenever I'm skipping through songs on my playlist, this is one that I can't help but listen to in full. The iconic introduction which blends heavy bass with electronica is enough to get anyone moving, and has cemented itself in Arcade Fire's setlist since its release in 2017. The lyrics are remarkable, with some of the most moving and thought provoking I've ever seen. One that comes to mind is "She dreams about dying all the time [...] filled up the bathtub and put on our first record". This line is as emotive as it is rewarding for veteran fans, who'll see the imagery of their first album being called 'Funeral'. This song doesn't just need to be listened to. It needs to be heard.
Tom Moorcroft
'Etched Headplate' - Burial
This song is from perhaps the greatest electronic album of all time, Untrue. A masterclass in sampling, 'Etched Headplate' takes Alicia Robinson's 'Angel' and transforms it from a lighthearted R&B track to something sinister. The shift in the sampled songs tone is achieved through perfect pitch changes and alterations which render 'Angel' unrecognisable in the most faultless way possible.
This song can be found nestled in amongst more cheery tracks on my phone, or tucked away into the dingy corner of my 'sadboy' playlist. In the strangest way possible, listening to this track evokes an obscure hopeful despair. It's the musical embodiment of something being just out of your reach but at the same time its slowly floating towards you. So you'll get it eventually, you're just unsure when. Whatever my mood i will listen to this song and find myself straying into a neutral dark where nothing exists but the melancholic beauty of 'Etched Headplate' repeating itself, again and again.
'House of the Rising Sun' - The Animals
Whenever this song comes on my playlist, there is never a time I feel like skipping it. There was plenty of songs I could think that for but this was the first to come to mind. The song is the definition of 'a classic' and it just doesn't get better than this. The slow beat of the song with the undertones of jazz and blues make you feel like you're sat there in New Orleans, seeing the story of the lyrics happen there infront of you. This now signature song of the Geordie men opened up the world to the rest of their music, lucky they heard it and decided to make a cover right?
Patrick Harland
'Girl From the North Country' - Bob Dylan
I'm going to come straight out and say it- I think 'Girl From The North Country' is one of the greatest songs ever written. There is a beautiful simplicity to Dylan's lyrics, with his verses encapsulating both sorrow and affectionate as he dwells on the memory of a past relationship. The definitive version is undoubtedly his duet with Johnny Cash from 'Nashville Skyline', with Cash's deep, husky tones acting as the perfect foil to Dylan's own unique timbre. 'Girl From The North Country' proves that sometimes, uncomplicated music is the greatest. Dylan and Cash only need themselves and their guitars to evoke nostalgia and regret, with a combined vocal power that is unparalleled, making this song one that I will never tire of hearing.
'Hey Moon'- John Maus
John Maus doesn't really fit the profile of a typical musician. Originally an academic in the field of political philosophy, his day job was as a lecturer at the University of Hawaii. He'd work on his music in the evenings and in 2010 began writing an album "in search of the perfect pop song". Ergo, 2011's "We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves". For the first time in his career, it got favourable reviews, and the single 'Hey Moon' attracted particular attention. It's a lofi synth-pop cover track and is essentially mellow vibes distilled into a song that I never get tired of listening to. Give it a listen and you'll know what I mean.
Muslim Taseer
'Odessa'- Caribou
I often like to think of Dance music as music in its most pure form. All you're listening to is just a bunch of noises that you somehow decide that you like. That's a real love, you can't really explain why you resonate with particular noises more than others but somehow you feel it. When I first started getting into Dance music a few years back Caribou was one artist I would always go to and this year when I decided to go deep into my love for the genre his music was constant. 'Odessa' is the opener from his 2010 album 'Swim' and it's easily one of my favourite dance songs of all time. Fusing techno-style synths with a classic house bassline straight out of the 90's this is one track that could come on at any time of day and transport me to a dark, sweaty dancefloor. The beautiful thing about this song is that just with noise I can be immersed in another world. 'Odessa' is a track that I can listen to time and time again and I know I'll be going to my happy place.
Dominic Lee
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San Francisco Food Safari
San Francisco Food Safari is on temporary hiatus, but is available as a charter. Please contact us for details.
Two delicious experiences to choose from: North Beach every second Sunday and the Mission District every forth Sunday, both at 11 a.m.<|fim_middle|> Chase Map
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Not your typical food tour, Chef Joseph offers his knowledge and insights as guests scout out the best of each neighborhood's food scene. Pick up culinary treasures along the way to enjoy afterwards. Chef Joseph began his culinary career at San Francisco's legendary Salmagundi. He was the food critic at the Orange County and Long Beach Blade and IN Los Angeles magazines, has written food articles for Oakbook and J Weekly magazines, worked as a caterer, taught cooking classes, and is working on a book titled Created in California: The Golden State's Gifts to Gastronomy.
Please note: these are not tasting tours, they're shopping tours: guests may purchase what they like along the way. This is done to keep the cost low - tasting tours typically cost $80-$100, San Francisco Food Safari is only $30. Make sure to bring a shopping bag to load up with goodies and cash, as many of the establishments do not take credit cards!
If you're visiting San Francisco, it's advisable you take our tour first, because you're going to learn about so many places you're going to want to re-visit!
Advance reservations are required, group size is limited to 15.
Note: If you purchased a pre-paid voucher (Groupon, Living Social, etc.), use the word "Voucher" when prompted for the promotional code. You must present an original copy of the voucher (either printed or on a mobile device) upon check-in.
Refunds for cancellations are given only if we are contacted no later than 24 hours prior to your tour.
The tour takes place rain or shine, but no one is required to take the tour in the rain. Rainchecks are gladly issued upon request.
Tour #1: Culinary Gems of North Beach
Every Second Sunday at 11 a.m.
San Francisco's North Beach is well known for its legendary Italian cuisine, but there's more to this historic neighborhood than restaurants. Embark on a two and a half hour journey, scouting out North Beach's best delis, coffee houses, bakeries and meat markets. Learn about North Beach's history, and pick up sandwiches and snacks along the way for afterwards utilizing the tour's voluminous printed guide.
Stops include:
Mara's Italian Pastries-famous for their cannolis.
Little City Market-purveyors of the San Francisco's best Sicilian sausage.
Victoria Pastry Co.-A San Francisco favorite since 1914.
Molinari Deli-A real old-fashioned Italian deli, one of the few left in San Francisco. Find out why their sandwiches are legendary.
Café Trieste-San Francisco's most famous coffee house and home to the Beat Generation.
Tony's-A slice of New York in San Francisco, one of the only places you can get pizza cooked in coal-fired ovens.
Liguira Bakery-find out why people line up early for their legendary focaccia.
Culinary Gems of North Beach takes place every second Sunday at 11 a.m., departing from Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store, 566 Columbus Ave. at Union Street.
Parking note: street parking is limited. Parking garages are available for around $10 on Filbert, west of Columbus, Powell between Union and Green and a municipal lot is on Vallejo Street.
Culinary Gems of North Beach
Tour #2: There's More to the Mission Than Burritos
Every fourth Sunday at 11 a.m.
San Francisco's Mission District is known for great Mexican Food, but there's so much more! Embark on a two and a half hour journey of Mission and Valencia Street's best restaurants and markets. Visit pop-up restaurants, markets, delis, and learn why this area has emerged as San Francisco's most intriguing culinary scene.
Dianda's, home of the Almond Torte.
A huge array of herbs and hard-to-find items at Samirami's Imports.
Taqueria Cancun's award-winning burritos.
Mission Chinese Food: a legend in SF's street food scene.
Bi-Rite Market: originally a mom and pop store, it's a SF favorite.
There's More to the Mission Than Burritos takes place every fourth Sunday at 11 a.m., departing from the 24th St. Mission BART Plaza, northeast corner.
Parking note: parking in this neighborhood is possible, but difficult. It is advisable to take BART.
There's More to the Mission than Burritos
Cost for both tours is $30 each.
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Student Election Program to engage teens
New group encourages youth voting education
Juniors Maggie Klein and Amelia Ryan attend the Student Election Program meeting Feb. 12 at St. Louis Park City Hall. According to election specialist Robert Stokka, the program will have several meetings to explore different civic engagement topics.
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"The (Student Election Program) run by the city of St. Louis Park asking (high schoolers) to be a part of the election," Krebs said. "I wanted to get involved in the city, and it seemed like a great way to get involved."
According to election specialist Robert Stokka, program participants will discuss civics topics.
Sophomore Ben Cantor said acting as a student election judge motivated him to be a part of the election program.
"I thought I should continue with that program, and I'm interested in learning more about student engagement," Cantor said.
Stokka said the program is available to all Park and Benilde students.
"We don't want to create any barriers for students. There's no application just ninth through 12th grade for any student in St. Louis Park, including Benilde," Stokka said.
According to Cantor, he is interested in continuing to implement rank choice voting in Minnesota.
"Make some good connections and learn more about the way our elections are run and I would like to help with the roll out of the rank choice voting system," Cantor said.
According to Krebs, the program's goal is to teach people the importance of voting so they will be more likely to vote in the future.
"Hopefully we can educate a lot of people about voting and hopefully help people understand the voting system," Krebs said.
According to Stokka, there is no limit to the number of kids that can join; if they outgrow their current room then they will move to a bigger one.
"We are open to as many students as we can fit, and if we grow past the council chambers, then we will look for other areas to host us," Stokka said.
For more information on the student election program visit the St. Louis Park city website.
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Obama cancels smog regulation opposed by big business
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The Obama administration on Friday rejected a proposal from its own Environmental Protection Agency to tighten air standards for smog. The regulations, which scientists project would prevent thousands<|fim_middle|>, Obama made clear that his principal consideration was the profit interests of the energy corporations. "I have continued to underscore the importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty, particularly as our economy continues to recover," he said in a statement.
Cass Sunstein, Obama's administrator of regulatory affairs, explained in a letter to EPA head Lisa Jackson that the president was pursuing deregulation throughout the government in order "to minimize regulatory costs and burdens… The president has instructed me to give careful scrutiny to all regulations that impose significant costs on the private sector…"
The standards would have required factories and energy corporations to cut emissions of nitrogen oxides and other chemicals that contribute to the formation of smog. At the same time, the EPA has estimated that the new regulations would reduce health care costs by as much as $100 billion.
According to the Clean Air Act, which covers the regulation of pollutants, the EPA is forbidden from considering costs as a factor in determining air quality standards. For this reason, the administration claimed that its decision to reject the new standards was based on the fact that there is ongoing scientific research, justifying a delay of new standards until 2013.
This is "a real dodge," said Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, in a phone interview. "Nobody, including the administration, is going to suggest that there is going to be new science tomorrow to say that these pollutants are not a danger to human health. It is a poor smokescreen for what is really going on. Obama is responding to industry pressure to the harm of the American public."
A statement released by the CBD noted, "The National Association of Clean Air Agencies says that EPA's own data shows that today's delay will result in more than 8,500 premature deaths, more than 45,000 cases of aggravated asthma, at least 1.5 million missed work or school days, and more than 5 million cases where citizens will need to restrict their activities."
The American Lung Association issued a statement Friday calling the decision "outrageous." Charles Connor, president of the association, commented, "For two years the administration dragged its feet in delaying its decision, unnecessarily putting lives at risk. Its final decision not to enact a more protective health standard is jeopardizing the health of millions of Americans."
The American Lung Association said it plans to revive legal action against the existing standards that it had suspended when Obama took office.
Obama announced at the beginning of the year a review of all existing regulations. Last month, the administration released a list of proposals that it said would save corporations $10 billion over ten years. Business groups praised the move, but said it did not go far enough. The EPA proposal on ozone was cited as one measure that had to be scrapped.
Obama's decision has broader significance for environmental regulations, particularly the Clean Air Act, long a target by energy corporations. Suckling noted that there has been a sharp increase in corporate litigation against the EPA over the regulation of greenhouse gasses, which cause climate change. "Obama is sending a message that the entire Clean Air Act is up for sale. Industry will be emboldened by this," Suckling said.
Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, hailed Friday's decision. "The president's decision is good news for the economy and Americans looking for work. EPA's proposal would have prevented the very job creation that President Obama has identified as his top priority," he said.
The claim that scrapping the regulation has anything to do with jobs is a fraud. Corporate America is sitting on a record cash hoard, and corporate profits are back at pre-2008 levels. The administration has rejected any serious measures to address the jobs crisis, instead using it as an opportunity to intensify the attack on the working class.
AmericasNorth AmericaWorld NewsUnited StatesHealthcare | of premature deaths and health problems, were intensely opposed by energy corporations.
Obama's decision is part of a campaign by the administration to remove restraints on corporate profits, using the jobs crisis in the United States as a pretext.
The EPA regulations would have revised standards set by the Bush administration for ground-level ozone, or smog. The EPA proposal was in line with the unanimous opinion of its panel of scientific advisers and followed statements from Obama in 2010 indicating support for tightening the standards.
The proposal was itself very conservative, phasing in a reduction of ground-level ozone over a period of two decades. Areas with heavy smog levels would have even more time to comply.
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Please find below a section of relevant questions to help you.
Please find below a selection of Frequently Asked Questions for the key areas of our business, Extra Direct, so please visit the dedicated section depending on your circumstances. We have THREE main sections within our FAQs.
We can help in all of these circumstances however for more specific answers, please see the relevant section below.
What sort of services can you offer and how can you help with my business account?
We generally offer TWO main services and the best one will depend on your business and personal circumstances, so we will advise once we have some more information.
Application Service: Assuming we are confident we can assist you and there is nothing we consider too complicated, then we can offer our full Application Service, where we will be able to provide a servcie to help with the whole process.
Sourcing Service: If your circumstances or business is more complicated and there is no obvious solution, then we will offer you our Sourcing Service, where will collate all your details and information and use our network of banking contacts to help source a banking partner for you. PLEASE NOTE that with our sourcing service, once we have found someone who will accept your application there will also be an ADDITIONAL Application Service fee payable to proceed.
I am not a UK resident, can I open a business account without coming to the UK?
Yes – We will be able to help you open a<|fim_middle|> accounts opened without the need of waiting weeks for an appointment, to traveling to a bank or spending hours of your precious business time researching facilities that may not even be available or suitable for your business.
How quickly can you open me a business account?
Some accounts can be opened very quickly and almost certainly the same day, however that will depend on not just the provider, but the applicant too, but in most cases you could expect top get an answer within a couple of days once all proof of identification and business has been submitted.
It's a new business so how can they decline it for credit reasons?
The simple truth is that even if you have a brand new business or one that has an excellent trading or credit file, all the mainstream banks will still need to do their checks on the Directors, Shareholders or Owners of a business, so you will most likely discover it is not the business that has caused the problem but one of the owners or main principles of the business.
I have been bankrupt, so can you still help me?
YES – We have a number of business banking partners who will base their decision on the activity of the business and turnover, so as long as you can provide suitable identification documents, then your application can be accepted, without the need to perform a credit check meaning they will often not even want to know about your bankruptcy.
PLEASE NOTE; Its always better to disclose any information regarding bankruptcy, insolvency or any other adverse credit as it will rarely make any difference anyway.
I did have a CCJ but settled it, so why is it still causing me a problem opening a business account?
The key problem there is that if you apply at any of the high street banks for a business account, they will perform a credit check on you and any other Directors or Shareholders, so if you or indeed any others have had a CCJ (County Court Judgement) then that will show on your credit file, even if it has been recently satisfied (paid).
Our advice would be to apply for an account that does not require a credit check, as that is far more likely to be accepted, then if you can get your CCJ noticed removed from your credit report, you can perhaps look at re-applying again with one of the mainstream banks – but PLEASE NOTE, if you get declined by one of the mainstream banks, then you will almost certainly be declined by the others, so multi-applying could cause your credit file to look considerably worse that it may ordinarily be, as each time you apply the bank will perform a credit check so you could end up with multiple credit checks on your file which never looks good.
Need some advice? Call us on 020 3286 3929 and we will be happy to help answer any questions.
What proof of ID will I need to open a business account?
Generally speaking you will need to provide a two forms of Proof of Address (home utility bill, personal bank statement or other official document) clearly showing your home address and dated within the past 3 months.
Plus you will need to provide some photographic ID like a valid passport or full driving license, sometime a national identification card can also be used if non UK national.
It is important that all documentation is valid however you may only need to provide these in an electronic format, so scanned or photographed is often quite acceptable.
If you are looking to expand into the UK and Europe then you are sure to have some questions, so please find below some previously asked questions with our relevant answers.
I have a successful Amazon business here in the USA already, so why should I bother with the UK or Europe?
That is a good question, especially if you have a good business there already, but here are some reasons why you should seriously consider it – there will be plenty more, but these should give you enough evidence as to why it's such a good opportunity.
The USA market place is saturated with sellers, as more and more people are becoming involved with using Amazon as a way to sell their goods, meaning competition will only ever increase and your margins will surely come under increasing pressure, so finding an alternative could be an excellent way to combat this.
The European markets are very much underdeveloped, meaning many of the sellers here simply don't have the ability or knowledge like a seasoned American seller, so you will have far less competition in this marketplace.
PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS – This is one of the key reasons why a successful business should seriously consider horizontal expansion as the bigger you grow the more likely you may come under threat, so by having a separate entity in an alternative market place will certainly help protect the long term future of your business interests.
Do I HAVE to regsiter a UK Limited Company to sell into the UK?
No, it is not compulsory to register a UK Limited Company to sell here, however there are various reasons why doing so will benefit you so is often the best and most efficient way of expanding your business.
Will you will provide me with a UK address for the registered company or will I use my address here in the States?
When registering a UK limited company it is mandatory to have a UK registered address, which we can help with so you will not be able to use your USA address.
So if I am not registered for VAT can I sell at a lower price or price it higher as though I were charging VAT and keep increase profit margin?
I found a company that said could help, but their UK tax knowledge was zilch, what makes you different?
UK Tax (including the various aspects of Vat) and ensuring you are trading fully legally here in the UK is paramount to ensure your business is fully compliant which is why making sure you receive BEST ADVICE is essential.
As such we have teamed up with our accounting partners who manage over 1000 clients worldwide who sell into the UK via Amazon and other online marketplaces.
Their wealth of experience and expertise in advising sellers throughout the world will ensure you will always get best advice.
I will need a business bank account registered with the new limited company, right?
Yes, if you register a UK limited company you will require a business account in your new companies name to collect the payments from Amazon as they will not pay into any other account. Whilst that is ordinarily very difficult if you are a non UK resident, we have some options available who will accept non UK resident directors and shareholders, so will certainly be able to help you.
When good are sold on Amazon is the VAT priced into to cost of the item or do you see it separately?
No in the UK, when selling to the general public all taxes are expected to be INCLUDED and are not shown separately, so whether you are VAT registered or not will not make any difference with regards to your buyers.
What is the benefit of creating a UK company to sell on Amazon UK as opposed to selling as a USA entity?
The benefit of creating a UK company is that you don't have to start paying VAT to Her Majesty Revenue 7 Customs (HMRC) until your revenue is over approximately $110,000 per year. As a USA company, you'll be paying VAT every quarter whether you are over the threshold or not.
Another potential benefit is that you can save money in currency conversions because you can transfer your UK funds using a more competitive FX company rather than Amazon exchanging your payments at their potentially higher margin rates when converting payments back.
One last point is protection, by having a separate business entity, should either one come under attack or you have any problems, you will always have the other entity still trading.
Seems like I'd just end up paying someone to form a UK entity just to avoid having to file for VAT.
How quickly can all of this be set-up and do I have to visit the UK?
To register a new business and open you a suitable business account will take no more than a week once all your documents have been provided, so very quickly in real terms – PLUS you will NOT be required to visit the UK for any part of the process, meaning we can do everything remotely often with just copies of your identification documents. | new business account as long as you can be fully identified and your business verified, which we can often do remotely via a certified and approved accountant. We have a dedicated area specifically asking the question How can I open a UK business bank account as a non resident?
Is there a Minimum opening deposit requirement for a business account?
No – On approval you will generally NOT be required to deposit a minimum amount into the account however should that change you would be notified before proceeding.
Does anyone else have access to my account?
No – Only the Director or Applicant will have any access to your new business bank account once it is opened.
How long does to take to open a business account?
An online business account that can be opened without the need to travel to the UK will take approximately 2-5 working days to open once all documentation has been received and SUBMITTED, so the sooner you decide to proceed, pay any fees due and provide all the necessary documents required, the sooner your account would be opened.
What documentation will I be required to supply?
Business documentation will include a copy of your certificate of registration, share certificate and any other relevant business documents which could substantiate you have a genuine business.
PLEASE NOTE WHY THIS PROCESS IS SO ESSENTIAL: This identification process is an essential and legal part of the application procedure which the authorities insist needs to be completed prior to any account being opened.
Failure to make the necessary checks, confirming someone's identity and proving the business is a legally trading entity is an offense with a potential custodial sentence, meaning all banks and their staff MUST be completely satisfied before approving an application..
It is for this reason why you strictly adhered to providing all the necessary information during the application process.
What kind of account will I receive? Will it be a high street account?
Ordinarily No, as the quickest and easiest options are based on online business accounts, often allowing you access to a UK GBP account without the need to travel to the UK.
However some businesses and non-UK residents a mainstream business bank account may be available but the cost and time involved will be considerably more and involve a personal visit to the UK.
Every business and bank is individual and unique, with no two the same, meaning the cost and process to open any account will vary from one application to another.
If you need to open a business account but your Bank does not like the business activity, then you may struggle to get any banking facilitates, so please find below some previously asked questions with our relevant answers which we hope will help.
Can you help open a Business account for an MSB?
The simplest answer to your question is YES, however with all these things you would need to compromise as to what is available as currently none of the mainstream banks in the UK have an appetite for an MSB business.
So your options will be limited however we do have options which include anything from a Bank to an Online provider, meaning what ever we found you will almost certainly need to compromise – but yes, there will be options available.
I make a lot of payments to African countries, is there a high street bank account available to me?
Whilst we would be confident that we could NOT open a high street bank account for you, we would almost certainly be able to find something for you that would accept your application, which would be able to accept UK faster or online payments into your business account, then allow for the transfer of those funds out to your African counterpart.
So whilst not a mainstream bank, we would have options available subject to the usual checks and application process.
I have a gaming business but none of the banks will give me an account, can you help?
With Gaming there are always issues depending on whether or not there is any 'gambling' involved, so some businesses in the gaming world could have an issue even if they don't look to offer any gambling.
So in answer to your question, then yes we can help gaming but options available will very much depend on the type of gaming you offer and where the flow of funds will be coming from or going to.
Best advice would be to contact us with your details and we can take things from there.
I have an Adult Entertainment business, can you help?
Adult Entertainment business do cause more issues than most, as only a few of the providers we work with will even consider an application, so whilst there may be some options, there will almost certainly be some restrictions.
I deal with Crypto currencies and everyone is declining me, so can you help?
Yes we can help with some Crypto related businesses, however you would need to understand that none of the mainstream of high street banks would be prepared to accept an application, meaning the options available would almost certainly be more online type facilities with no branch network.
As each business is very different, we would suggest it would be better to speak with one of our specialist banking advisers directly who will be able to advise you accordingly.
We're a large corporate that has had our HSBC account close, what can you offer us?
Well it never surprises us when we hear about the closer of any business account and big banks like HSBC don't seem to discriminate between small or large businesses, but that does not help when you need a larger business account for your company.
We have a number of potential options available and depending on your individual circumstances will depend on what will be available, but we do have access to larger corporate accounts that will almost certainly be able to accommodate your business by offering full UK banking facilities.
If you need to open a business account but you or one of the key principles of the business has some adverse credit, then you may struggle to open an account with any of the mainstream banks, so please find below some previously asked questions with our relevant answers which we hope will help.
Why should we use your service if we can do this ourselves?
There is a large number of new business banking providers available and the market place appears to be growing more, so whilst you may well be able to make an application directly yourself, there are a number of reasons why you would use our service.
We would help find you the BEST option currently available, opening the wrong account can not only be very time consuming but there may be a much better or cheaper option out there that you are unaware of, so our range of providers will often be far greater than you might ordinarily find.
As we have relationships often at a much higher level, we can get applications submitted and approved a lot quicker than normal, plus if there are any problems, we will be on hand to help out.
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Student Alex Stephenson talked with Coventry MP Jim Cunningham about his placement in China
Student Alex Stephenson enjoyed the best time of his university life during a five-week placement in China.
Alex, who is studying Law and Business at the University of Warwick , immersed himself in Chinese culture during his eye-opening experience.
His first two weeks were spent on a 'cultural immersion' course at Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) where he learned Mandarin and gained exposure to Chinese culture through class-based activities and lessons in Tai Chi, Chinese paper folding and calligraphy.
Alex was taken to see the Great Wall of China, Summer Palace, Forbidden City and the 2008 Olympic Stadium.
He then flew to Shenzhen and spent three weeks at Huawei HQ where he learned about Huawei's business activities globally and the work of HQ, and also visited the F1 and Enterprise Exhibition Halls and the factory at Songshan Hu.
Following this, Alex worked in intellectual property rights and patent department.
After completing the Huawei Undergraduate Work Experience scheme, he returned to Coventry to talk about his trip with MP Jim Cunningham 's constituency office in Queens Road, city centre.
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Compared with traditional baking, ohmic heating has several advantages in enhanced bread quality and reduced baking time.
FREMONT, CA: Cooking is a science as old as time, but researchers are still figuring out innovative ways to improve it. Researchers from the Institute of Food Technology of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna have leveraged electric shocks to heat gluten-free varieties from the inside. The concept is called Ohmic heating, and it could save energy and time during the manufacturing process. Gluten-free bread is vital for those with some kind of allergies and conditions like Celiac disease. Scientists have successfully made gluten-free bread using Ohmic heating, in which the bread itself is a conductor for electricity. The test bread had more volume and uniformity and was made with less time and energy than conventional methods.
Ohmic heating is an emerging technology that has shown many benefits over other heating methods. Heat is distributed rapidly and uniformly, as heating happens volumetrically and does not depend on conventional heat transfer based on conduction, convection, or radiation. Major parameters affecting the heat generation during ohmic heating are the electrical field strength and the material's electrical conductivity. Both decide the electrical current and result in a temperature increase based on the total specific energy input applied and the material's specific heat capacity. The applied power impacts the heating rate. In a heterogeneous material like food, the electrical conductivity closely relies on certain properties and usually increases with temperature, water, and salt content.
Gluten-free (GF) batters usually come with several technological hurdles limiting performance during traditional baking and the resulting product quality. Because of the volumetric heating principle and faster heating rates, ohmic heating may be advantageous compared with traditional baking. Therefore, the potential of using ohmic heating as a new approach for gluten-free bread baking was explored. The effect of different ohmic heating process parameters on the chemical and functional properties and digestibility of bread was investigated in detail.
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Deal Town manager Derek Hares knows weekend hosts Rusthall will give his high-flyers a proper test when they meet in the league on Saturday.
Rusthall are only just outside the relegation places in the Southern Counties East Premier Division, but produced a surprise win at Beckenham last week in the Kent Senior Trophy and prior to that picked up three points by beating Tunbridge Wells in a keenly-contested derby.
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Hares said: "It is always difficult there, they had a good win last week against Beckenham in the cup, which was surprising.
"We expect all away games to be difficult and we don't expect that will be any different.
"They are down near the bottom but they will be fighting for points and I am sure it will be another big challenge for us.
"We have to make sure we play well. If we do then we have a chance."
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Macaulay Murray got the first of his hat-trick from the penalty spot and Tom Chapman scored on 43 minutes. Connor Coyne added a fourth and Murray ensured it was a big win after converting a couple of free-kicks.
"It was nice to see those goals go in," said the Hoops boss.
"Macca's second free-kick was lovely and one of the main factors that we had lost our last two previous to that, against Hollands & Blair and Littlehampton Town (in the FA Vase), was that we didn't take our chances.
"We won it comfortably, as the scoreline suggests, and scoring six was a bonus.
"We didn't have loads of chances but the ones we had we took."
Cup progress is important for Hares and they followed that win with an impressive 6-2 victory over Erith & Belvedere on Tuesday night in a rearranged Kent Senior Trophy match.
Goals from Tom Chapman (2), Billy Munday (2), Sam Wilson and Connor Coyne clinched their place in the next round.
The tie had been due to be played on Saturday, but a waterlogged pitch at The Charles Ground led to that being postponed.
Hares said: "We got through in the Challenge Cup against Canterbury and it keeps your season going when you are in the cups.
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Els pitons (Pythonidae) són serps no verinoses que maten les seves preses per constricció (les abracen fins que moren per asfíxia).
Les pitons es distribueixen per Àfrica, Àsia i Austràlia. Entre els seus membres hi ha algunes de les serps més grosses del món, com la pitó reticulada. Es reconeixen actualment vuit gèneres i 26 espècies de la família Pythonidae.
Morfologia
Les pitons tenen gran mobilitat als ossos del crani, de manera que els poden moure en diverses direccions i, fins i tot, desencaixar la mandíbula per tal d'empassar-se una presa.
Els ossos de la mandíbula inferior estan units al crani per uns ossos curts, semblants a un lligament i amb la consistència d'una goma elàstica, de manera que els hi permet obrir molt la mandíbula sense que es trenqui.
Els ofidis tenen les dents primes i afilades com agulles. Les pitons en tenen dues fileres, que canvien cada cert temps. Les seves dents són corbades per tal de poder subjectar les seves preses.
L'esquelet de les pitons està format de<|fim_middle|>ix un forat prou gran. Segons l'espècie de pitó, poden posar entre dos i cent ous. La serp pon un ou cada mitja hora, traient-lo força costosament per la cloaca.
Les cries triguen entre 3 i 5 mesos en trencar l'ou; ho fan gràcies a una dent especial que tenen amb aquesta finalitat: la dent d'eclosió.
Quan han sortit de l'ou, les cries mesuren uns 35 centímetres. Un cop ja han nascut, les cries són independents de la mare.
Captivitat
Es poden trobar pitons en el mercat d'animals exòtics, en el cas d'animals grossos s'ha de tenir en compte que aquests animals són perillosos amb alguns casos de persones mortes per ells.
Gèneres
*) No inclou les subespècies nominades.
) Gènere tipus.
Taxonomia
Les pitons estan més relacionades amb la família de les boes (Boidae) que a cap altra família de serps. Boulenger (1890) considerà que les pitons eren una subfamília (Pythoninae) de la família Boidae (boes).
Galeria
Referències
Bibliografia | fins a 400 vèrtebres, que van des del crani fins a la cua. Aquestes costelles formen un tub que protegeix els òrgans, que són allargats, i es disposen un rere l'altre per adaptar-se millor al cos de les serps.
Les pitons tenen el cos ple d'escames, disposades en fileres que se superposen les unes sobre les altres com si fossin les teules d'una teulada. Les escames del dors són més petites que la resta, per facilitar la mobilitat. Canvien la pell d'una sola peça, inclosa la parts dura dels ulls, que els protegeix perquè no tenen parpelles.
Òrgans dels sentits
Les pitons tenen els mateixos sentits que nosaltres: vista, oïda, olfacte gust i tacte, però no funcionen igual que els nostres.
La vista: a les serps és molt pobre. Només distingeixen entre llum i foscor. Si tenen la nineta allargada poden veure millor de nit.
L'oïda: les pitons no senten perquè no tenen orelles externes, però poden captar les vibracions que fan altres animals quan es mouen gràcies que la mandíbula, en contacte amb el terra, nota aquestes vibracions i les fa arribar a l'orella interna.
L'olfacte: les pitons detecten les olors pels orificis nasals i també pels òrgans de Jacobson. Aquests estan situats al paladar; quan la serp passa la seva llengua bífida per aquests pot identificar les olors que aquesta ha captat de l'exterior, com per exemple de les seves preses.
Òrgans termosensibles: són uns òrgans sensibles al calor. La pitó detecta la seva presa, de sang calenta, amb aquests òrgans. Estan situats estre els ulls i les oïdes.
Àmbit geogràfic
Es troben a l'Àfrica subsahariana, a la península de l'Índia, Myanmar, sud de la Xina, sud-est asiàtic i del sud-est de les Filipines fins a Indonèsia, Nova Guinea i Austràlia.
Als Estats Units s'han introduït poblacions de pitons de Birmània, Python molurus bivittatus, i allà són una espècie invasora en el Parc Nacional Everglades de Florida des de `finals de la dècada de 1990.
Els seus orígens evolutius rauen en l'antic supercontinent de Gondwana.
Conservació
Moltes espècies han estat caçades intensament delmant sobretot la població de la pitó de l'Índia (Python molurus).
Comportament
La majoria dels membres d'aquesta família de serps són depredadors en emboscada, i per això acostumen a estar immòbils en una posició camuflada i de sobte es llancen sobre la seva presa. Generalment no ataquen els humans si no és que se les provoca; tanmateix quan les femelles protegeixen la seva posta d'ous poden ser agressives. Els adults més grossos poden arribar a matar persones i en el cas de nens petits se'ls han arribat a empassat després d'asfixiar-los. Les informacions respecte a atacs contra éssers humans abans eren més comunes al sud i en el sud-est asiàtic, però actualment són bastant rares.
Alimentació
La constricció es fa aplicant pressió al cos de la presa de manera que li impedeixi respirar i per tant mori per asfíxia. Pot ser que tanta pressió provoqui un atac cardíac per interrupció del flux de sang, però és una hipòtesi encara no confirmada.
El cor de les serps dobla la seva mida quan s'ha empassat una presa. Això pasa per facilitar la digestió, que triga dos dies a concloure.
Els gran exemplars normalment s'alimenten amb animals de la mida d'un gat, però poden menjar-se preses més grosses, com cérvols adults a l'Àsia o gaseles a l'Àfrica. La pitó s'empassa la seva presa sencera i triga de dies a setmanes en fer la digestió. Generalment no és perillosa pels humans.
La cultura popular creu que la pitó reticulada (Python reticulatus) trenca els ossos de les seves preses abans d'empassar-se-les però no és així i no hi ha deformació en la víctima i la mort és per asfíxia en impedir que es moguin les costelles per a respirar.
Reproducció
Les femelles ponen ous això és una diferència important amb les boes (família Boidae) la majoria de les quals són ovovivípares. Les pitons femelles incuben els seus ous fins que s'obren. En ser un animal de sang freda la calor per fer la incubació es produeix pel moviment dels muscles com una mena de tremolor que fa augmentar fins a cert grau la temperatura del cos. Mantenir una temperatura constant és vital pel desenvolupament dels embrions als ous. La pitó no menja mentre està incubant els seus ous.
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Carrie Underwood asks BEEF spokesman for recreational sex.
I watched the last fifteen minutes of the Academy of Country Music Awards when Carrie Underwood won the entertainer of the year award. With the other nominees being George Straight, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban Internet, social networking would be the only explanation for Underwood to win the honor. There should be a lesson in that for all of us.
For just a bit of background, Matthew McConaughey the Texas-born actor presented Underwood with the big award, but before his official duties he entertained the audience with a story on how he and his brother once took a road trip thru Texas to see Dwight Yoakam perform. While there the brothers tried to "pick up" a few ladies by telling them that they made a livin' exclusively custom-making George Strait's boots.
"We're like, 'Oh yeah. Say, as I a matter of fact, out in the parking lot, in the trunk of our white Corvette, we have the next year's new edition white ostrich quill George Strait signed series that he's gonna wear on tour next year.' And they got pretty excited about that and said, 'Well, can we see? Can we see? Can we see?'" McConaughey told the audience. "And we obliged ... Point of the story is, we got lucky that night. Thank you, George."
Well, upon being presented the award Underwood appeared to be speechless. Then she turned to McConaughey and said, "Matthew, I want to see those boots".
First, she endorsed the boots made from what she knew was a dead animal product. McConaughey has also been the Beef industry spokesman for the past year. So Underwood claims to desperately be opposed to the consumption of beef and the use of animals to make clothes but she certainly didn't mind showing her sexual desire to be with the spokesman of the beef industry in front of millions of TV viewers.
Carrie Underwood does not represent the "Country" segment of our population and I believe that in that trying moment, she revealed her true colors. Call you local radio station and tell them Carrie Underwood does not represent country and she conducts fundraising efforts for the Human Society of the United States who wants to abolish animal agriculture and end hunting. Get Underwood off of "Country" radio stations.
Trent Loos is a 6th generation United States rancher from Central Nebraska. He is also host of the national radio program called Loos Tales and founder of the non-profit Faces Of Agriculture. Trent travels the country featuring the neat people and places in Rural America that truly make it what it is. Get more information at www.FacesOfAg.com or www.LoosTales.com
And Lady Blue my main saddle horse waited the storm out before foaling for the 4th time. Another Filly
Received email April 7, 2009
Trent:
I attended your presentation in New Hampton, Iowa two or three weeks ago.
Although I've worked in rural school districts virtually all of my
professional life (going on about 40 years) I had never heard of you
before I received an invitation to attend the meeting which was held at
the Pinicon Restaurant. Since I am seeking to become more informed on
agricultural issues as a newly elected member of the Chickasaw County
Board of Supervisors, I was led to believe that you would provide a useful
perspective on agriculture in America.
I must say, first of all, that I was quite surprised at the presentation.
I expected to hear an "informational" kind of speech, one that identified
the important and urgent agricultural issues of the day from the
perspective of one who travels a great deal and who, himself, learns much
from the people with whom he visits and to whom he listens. In fact, as
you were introduced, I took out of some paper and my pen and I was
prepared to write notes about the points you would make.
As your presentation continued it was clear that you were (or are) an
entertainer, much like Rush Limbaugh (sp?) and many other "media
personalities." That said, as you might suspect, I was disappointed.
Intertwined with your "entertainment" comments, I thought you made several
wonderful points on which one should reflect. I recall that you talked
about the need for American agriculture to have<|fim_middle|> Vanilla portion of the mix is not openly advertised and usually denied as an ingredient. The Nuts and Flakes are all very bitter and hard to swallow. The cost is $100.00 per scoop. When purchased it will be presented to you in a large beautiful cone, but then the Ice Cream is taken away and given to the person in line behind you. Thus you are left with an empty wallet, no change, holding an empty cone, with no hope of getting any Ice Cream. Aren't you feeling stimulated?
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[and feared] that you wanted to be that spokesperson.) You also talked
about the need for farmers to learn how to communicate with the vast
majority of Americans who really don't understand the food system in this
country (or in the world). Somehow, the language farmers speak needs to
be transformed so that ordinary people can understand what is being said.
I am still not sure what to make of you. Following the presentation, and
still seeking to understand your motives, I googled you and I watched
several youtube videos that you had made--there were several interviews
with Iowa State University faculty members--that I watched. Thus, I am
becoming aware that although there's this entertainment "side" of Trent
Loos, there's also another side that seeks to inform viewers about
agricultural topics.
All of this said, the most troubling part of your presentation to me--and
it occurred near the beginning of your "comments"--had to do with global
climate change. If I understand you correctly, you deny that humans are
influencing the climate system of the world through various emissions,
especially CO2. My view is different. Because of the process that was
used to construct the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, I
agree with the conclusions expressed by that grouping of world climate
scientists. This view was recently reinforced by a presentation I watched
on television by James Hansen--and it is Hansen's speech which was made on
December 17, 2008 that I would invite you to watch. To get to that
speech, I googled "James Hansen+December 17, 2008" and several webpages
come up. Hansen spoke at University of California at Berkeley on December
17 and his speech, you will find, is now on Youtube. Although the speech
was listed as lasting about one hour, twenty-five minutes or so, at least
some of that time was devoted to questions from the audience. In the
speech, Hansen seems to address some of the issues you raised, if I recall
correctly. I urge you to view the speech and to reflect on your current
position with respect to climate change.
By the way, I do agree with you that somehow, American agriculture does
need a "face." There is a need for spokespeople. One of the immense
challenges to American agriculture is that there are many
dimensions--there's a wide range of interests. My hope would be that any
spokesperson would provide detail about his/her "interest" in
agriculture--whether one was closer to a "corporate" position or whether
one was at the other end of the continuum--whether one was supportive of
maintaining as much as possible, the family farmer, and, perhaps "family
values." And, obviously, even this is a gross oversimplification.
I agree also that Americans (and others) need to understand much better
the "food system." Because I have lived in Iowa, I believe I have a more
"developed" view than some Americans but even then, I know that I am very
ignorant of important parts of the system. I know that I do not have a
sophisticated view of the overall "structure of agriculture" in this
country (nor in the world). There is a desperate need for much
ag-education.
There are many other points about which I could try to make an intelligent
comment. However, my main concern at this point is that you re-consider
your view about global climate change. It's hard for me to imagine that
one who seeks to be a spokesperson, or who, de facto, IS a spokesperson,
would have the view that you currently appear to hold about global climate
change. Again--I believe the conclusions of the IPCC group. I believe
James Hansen. His speech was nuanced. There's obviously much that is not
known. But his explanation of the "science" seemed sufficiently strong
enough to be credible. I recognize that if one accepts the notion that
global climate change is real and that humans have a role in causing an
acceleration of the change, then one needs to examine his/her own behavior
and the various "systems" that are currently in operation that influence
the rates of emissions that could cause life on earth as we know it be
dramatically different within the lifetimes of our grandchildren. That's
a scary proposition, but one that needs to be explored.
John Andersen
Thanks John I appreciate your comments. I would encourage you all to read Ready for a little Global Warming
By the Grace of God. The weather in the Great Plains of America has been extremely tough on livestock in the past thirty days from floods to blizzards and tornadoes. Living with your "kids" takes on a whole new meaning in this conditions.
The day after the worst storm Sunday April 4, 2009
Agricultural youth in our nations Universities tremendously inspirational...Here is my point, great job Drew.....Trent
LETTER: Meat and dairy just as beneficial as any other diet
I grew up on a ranch in the middle of North Dakota, where my family raises beef cattle. I am now a second-year veterinary student at Iowa State, and I plan on practicing food animal medicine. I read Sophie Prell's March 31 article on vegetarianism, and I can't disagree more with most of what she wrote.
I have no problem with people who don't eat meat because they don't like the taste. I do have a problem when people defend their choice by saying that animals are treated poorly.
Anyone who has spent time on an animal operation knows how much producers care about their animals. It's in their best interest to have healthy, happy animals that will maximize production. Most producers spend more time with their animals than they do with their families.
We also need to look at what would happen if we banned eating meat, which is what groups like PETA would like to accomplish. Food production animals are provided food, water and protection and wouldn't be able to survive in the wild today. To the people who say cattle and pigs should be set free to roam, because they were once wild? I hope you won't mind giving up your dogs and cats, because they were wild too.
As for the ISU Vegan Club's 10 reasons to "go veg," there are several incorrect statements that I would like to address.
1."Meat is almost always contaminated with E. coli."
E. coli is a bacteria that lives in the intestines of animals. If meat gets contaminated it is during slaughter, just like fruits and veggies that get contaminated with salmonella during harvest. The bacteria is killed if meat is prepared correctly, and according to the CDC only 23 people out of every 100,000 in the US get infected with E. coli each year from all sources.
2. "Animals you eat are often fed the remains of mad cow-infected animals."
"Mad cow disease" is the cattle form of a group of relatively new diseases caused by abnormal proteins, called prions. The outbreak in Britain in the 1990s was caused by contaminated meat and bone that was ground up and fed to cattle. In response to the outbreak, the United States banned the feeding of animal by-products to cattle in 1997. Cattle by-products can be fed to pigs, but there is no evidence that "Mad cow" can be transmitted to pigs. The United States has only had 3 cases of "Mad cow disease," and one of those animals was imported from Canada. Only 3 people in the US have ever gotten the human form of the disease, and 2 of the 3 acquired it while living in Britain. Cattle are randomly tested during the slaughter process. The abnormal protein is only in the brain and spinal cord tissue, which are both removed during slaughter.
3. "Slaughterhouses send animals through the line still alive."
It's true that animals are alive before they are slaughtered. Animals are restrained, then stunned. This renders them unconscious so they don't feel pain or exhibit reflexes. The animal has to be deemed unconscious before the slaughter process can continue. The animal is then bled out quickly, well before they regain consciousness. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has many regulations for the slaughter of animals. FSIS personnel must be present at all times if the facility is operating, and these personnel perform animal-by-animal inspection of all carcasses and ensure proper sanitation is being maintained.
4. "More than half of all water used in the US goes to the meat industry."
The US Geological Society's Summary of Water Use in 2000 stated that combined water use for livestock, aquaculture, and mining accounted for 3 percent of all water use, while irrigation for crops accounted for 34 percent. Even if all crops grown with irrigation water were fed to animals, those numbers combined wouldn't account for more than half of the United State's water use.
5. "Chickens have their beaks burned off."
Shortly after a chick hatches the sharp point on its beak is blunted. This is done to decrease injury by pecking other chickens, similar to why we dehorn cattle. It is for the chicken's protection. Stress levels are comparable to cutting the umbilical cord of a newborn.
6. "Huge amounts of grain are used to feed animals that could be used to feed humans."
I can't argue this one much; food that isn't eaten by one animal can be eaten by another. But, any industries use grains to produce a product. Ethanol production in 2007 used 14 percent of our corn crop, and that number is expected to climb to 30 percent by 2010. When we take into account the fuel used to plant, harvest, and transport the corn used for ethanol, one gallon of fossil fuel is used to produce 1.3 gallons of ethanol. At least animal production creates food that humans can eat.
7. "Vegan diets lower your risk for diseases."
A low fat and cholesterol diet lowers our risk for certain diseases. A vegan diet is also not without risk. People eating a strict vegan diet are also more likely to get osteoporosis, rickets, and even anemia. Animal products are high in calcium, vitamin D, B vitamins, iron, and protein that would be deficient in an all vegan diet. Total calorie intake can also pose a problem. Children who follow a vegan diet have also had slower growth than those that eat animal products, and vegan women who are pregnant need to take iron and vitamin supplements. Poorly planned vegan diets can result in infant malnutrition and fatalities.
The inaccuracy of these "facts" shows that our own Vegetarian/Vegan Club is no better than PETA or the Humane Society. They all conjure up numbers and stories at their own discretion and portray them as fact. I hope people can think for themselves and see that meat and dairy products, when part of a complete diet, can be just as healthy and beneficial as any other diet.
Drew Magstadt
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Nutrient lockout is a common problem among growers but recognizing it and fixing it requires some basic knowledge. Less experienced growers may not recognize a nutrient lockout, making the problem worse by doing the opposite of what is needed to restore their plants' health. Learn about nutrient lockout and how to fix it and how to avoid it!
A nutrient lockout is among the most common problems cannabis growers can experience during a grow. Unfortunately, less experienced growers will not always recognize a nutrient lockout as what it really is. Many times, the grower might even do the exact opposite of what would be needed to fix the problem. In this blog, you will learn what nutrient lockout is and most importantly, how to fix it and how you can avoid it in the future.
When your cannabis plants are experiencing a nutrient lockout, this means that they cannot take in the required nutrients to grow properly. The result of a nutrient lockout can be growing deficiencies such as discoloured leaves, poor yield and in the worst case scenario a lost grow altogether.
A nutrient lockout can be caused by a variety of things. Common reasons for your plants not being able to take in all the required nutrients could be wrong pH levels for your water,<|fim_middle|> halfway through flower.
Also very common are nutrient lockout problems caused by an altogether incorrect pH level of your water or nutrient solution. Cannabis prefers pH levels that range from 5.5-6.5. If this is significantly off beyond this scale either way, a nutrient lockout and growing problems are likely. To solve this problem you need to always make sure about the correct pH levels of your water or nutrient solution. To start fixing your plants, perform the flush as described above with water that has the proper pH. Water with water that has the correct pH level and the problems from the lockout caused by improper pH should go away in a few days.
Sometimes, the requirement to feed your plants heavily can be the main reason for a nutrient lockout. You can reduce your plant's nutrient requirements if you trim them heavily. Less plant mass means that your plant needs fewer nutrients to feed in order to grow properly.
The amount of light also plays a role in how much nutrients your plants need. This can be important when you switch your plants from the vegetative phase into flowering. Only change the amount of light and nutrients gradually and slowly to allow the plants to adapt to their new environment and to reduce stress.
Organic nutrients can help to avoid nutrient lockout. Non-organic nutrients and fertilizers contain minerals, including salt that will build up over time, changing your growing medium's pH levels and therefore possibly leading to nutrient lockout. Organic fertilizers don't contain those high amounts of salt which means they are far less likely to cause nutrient lockouts. However, even with organic fertilizers, routine flushes are always a good practice.
Nutrient lockout is one of the most common problems especially for less experienced cannabis growers. When you have learned how to recognize and to solve nutrient lockout, you have the best chances for a successful grow and an abundant harvest! | nutrient solution or soil (such as when the pH is too high or too low) or a chemical reaction between nutrients that can cause your plants to not uptake nutrients. Build-up of salt deposits in your soil from the use of mineral (non-organic) fertilizers and nutrients can also be a cause for a nutrient lockout.
What is important to know about a typical nutrient lockout scenario is that all the required nutrients are normally indeed present but the plants cannot take them in. Cannabis plants, for example, rely on a rather tight window of optimal pH levels where they are able to uptake nutrients optimally. If the pH is off, the plant cannot absorb certain nutrients even if they are present.
Many new growers see the symptoms of a nutrient lockout such as yellow leaves or overall poor growth and they think that the problem is not giving the plant sufficient nutrients. This thinking is of course not even that far off since the signs of a lockout can indeed look similar as if the plant would not get those nutrients in the first place, except for the underlying cause.
However, rather than fixing the actual problem, such as a wrong pH, salt build-up or whatever the reason for the nutrient lockout may be, growers may be tempted to give even more nutrients, thinking this would solve the problem, essentially making the problem even worse!
To fix a nutrient lockout and restore your plant's ability to absorb nutrients you can perform a nutrient flush. This means you cleanse the growing medium by saturating it with clean water or with water and a special flushing agent. If you grow in soil, the common flushing procedure is to give as much clean and properly pH-ed water until half of the water comes out. Following the flush, it is recommended to give your plants the correct amount of nutrients. For hydroponically systems, the methods vary, but the underlying principle is the same: you cleanse your system to get rid of salt and mineral build-up, which is the actual reason for the lockout.
Seasoned growers are usually performing regular routine flushes to prevent problems before they can occur. It's a good idea to flush your pots or hydroponic system in regular intervals, like when you move your plants to flower and then a second flush | 450 |
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Captain Kyle Brown was on script too: "We often said one game will not define us or what we stand for as a Springbok Sevens team' yet that second half performance against England in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast was one that did show some shortcomings in our attitude'" said Brown.
"We were in fact defined by that one game as it also knocked us off the podium and we left Australia without a medal' disappointing many' including ourselves."
To help with sharpen minds and re-energise the squad Powell included six youngsters from the SA Sevens Academy in the squad for Singapore.
They did duty in round seven in Hong Kong and earned third – a superb result considering their inexperience.
"There can be no doubt that some of the new guys in the squad brought some energy and excitement and reminded some of the more established players what if felt like.
"It impacted on all of us'" said Brown' now South Africa's second most experienced player ever.
"Good performances in Hong Kong were rewarded and those guys can again show what they are capable of.
"There is little sense in trying to shackle their energy and the way they play as that was what delivered them a medal in Hong Kong' so the senior heads in the team will provide the composure and sense of structure where needed. | has been a consistent theme drummed out by the Blitzboks in Singapore this week' where they are preparing for the eighth leg of the 2017/18 World Sevens Series – 'focus and process'.
Coach Neil Powell believes the side veered from their usual script of staying in the moment at the recent Commonwealth Games.
Their lacklustre performance on the Gold Coast was put down to a team too fixated on outcomes rather than focused on the minutiae within a game.
By thinking of end results' the Blitzboks' standards dropped as minds were not fully engaged with immediate tasks. Powell has been driving the message of 'process' home all week.
The players have taken up the script as they look to maintain and even build on their slender three-point lead over Fiji at the top of the standings.
"Follow the process and the result will look after itself'" forward Dylan Sage said.
South Africa face Samoa in game one on Saturday followed by Canada and Argentina in Pool C.
"This is without doubt a very competitive series and teams such as Fiji and New Zealand are playing fantastic sevens at the moment'" said Sage | 229 |
Avicenna Holdings Limited
Juno Health Limited
Acquired By
Avicenna Holdings Limited / Juno Health Limited
Cavendish Corporate Finance is delighted to announce the successful completion of the acquisition of Avicenna Holdings Limited by Juno Health Limited. Avicenna comprises 21 pharmacies, as well as a buying group operation serving more than 1,000 independent pharmacies.
The transaction proceeded by way of a scheme of arrangement and achieved final completion on 19 September 2019.
Cavendish Corporate Finance advised the Board of Directors of Avicenna on the successful sale process, led by Michael Jewell, with Shakespeare Martineau acting as legal advisor to the Board led by Keith Spedding.
Ian Gray, Chairman of Avicenna said: "We are delighted that our shareholders have shown such strong support for this acquisition and voted overwhelmingly in favour at the general meeting. I would like to thank both Cavendish Corporate Finance and Shakespeare Martineau for their sound advice throughout this process. I'm confident that Avicenna will continue to thrive as part of Juno."
Juno Health Chairman Richard Smith said: "Avicenna is a well-established business delivering clear benefits to its members. It is one of the most recognisable brands among independent pharmacists and extremely well respected."
The community pharmacies will be integrated into Juno's existing chain with the buying group continuing to be run by Salim Jetha, Avicenna CEO. Juno plan for this to become the industry-leading buying and support group for independent pharmacies across the UK. Juno have considerable experience in the sector and the combination of Avicenna resources and expertise will support the independent pharmacy sector and improve membership benefits.
Michael Jewell, Partner and Head of Healthcare at Cavendish said, "we are delighted to have assisted the Board of Directors of Avicenna in finding the right strategic buyer, recognising the value of both the retail pharmacies and the buying group / independent pharmacy support services operations of Avicenna."
"We are delighted to partner with Bridgepoint who will help take MVF to the next level. Bridgepoint has proved to be the perfect match for MVF because they understand the company vision and culture and have the financial capability and international reach to support the continued growth of the business.
We made absolutely the right choice in appointing Cavendish. Michael Jewell and the team were instrumental in getting us the deal we wanted. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone thinking about a sales process."
Titus Sharpe, CEO of MVF
I wanted to express my personal thanks to you for all your efforts in achieving a successful sale of Yorktest. I never knew how stressful and complex the sale process could be. I really do appreciate your finding a good deal in quite difficult circumstances.
John GrahamFormer Chairman of Yorktest
The Cavendish Team, led by Michael Jewell, did an excellent job managing a well-orchestrated auction process and ensuring the smooth closing of the transaction in a timely manner. They were professional and easy to deal with throughout and committed to achieving a successful outcome for the shareholders.
Rhian GriffithRepresentative of the Shareholders at SG Court
Cavendish's Exit Review allowed us to align and mobilize all stakeholders on the key priorities that have the most impact on valuation over a 6-18 month period – a very valuable exercise.
Terry LeeChairman, SENAD
Thank you so much for your efforts and teamwork in selling RPS! Your approach and process was vital to our successful sale of the Company. In particular, the initiation of a excellent and professional process enabled us to get the actual sales process launched and resourced effectively, which facilitated the smooth initiation of selling discussions in a thorough manner.
Adri<|fim_middle|> to identify the right potential strategic partner and clearly articulating the strategic rational.
Alan CheshireFormer Chairman and a Founding Shareholder of Polar Speed
The Cavendish team were of great assistance throughout the sale process and in particular finding us the most fitting acquirer, helped by their strong networks in healthcare and their understanding of the oral care market.
Richard BenholtManaging Director of Periproducts
Cavendish were a fantastic partner for World First throughout the investment process. We were impressed with their knowledge, level of service and professionalism and we are very excited about working with FTV to realise our growth plans.
Neil SikkaFounder Barbican Dental Care
At this critical stage in the business it has been important that we make all of the right decisions along the way and appointing Cavendish was one of these key decisions. We have worked with very professional and motivated individuals in Jonathan and Duncan on various stages of the process. We look forward to working with the Cavendish team again as our business develops toward our ultimate goals.
Julian ShovlinFounder and CEO of iSmash
Cavendish were a great adviser throughout the process. They knew how to handle whatever situation occurred and the team were a total pleasure to work with. Thanks to their involvement, we drew a successful conclusion to the deal.
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Vista Verde's Carrot and Ginger Soup, It'll Warm your Soul!
Try Vista Verde's carrot and ginger soup with coconut milk, the delicious mix of carrots and ginger will leave you impatiently awaiting your second bowl.
1- Rough chop 1/2 celery and 2 carrots, and toss with olive oil and salt and pepper. Roast off the<|fim_middle|> it with an immersion blender. Strain the soup through a medium strainer, and return to the stove.4- Bring the mix to a boil again, and thicken it with a cornstarch or arrowroot slurry if needed. Pour in the coconut milk, green onion, and cilantro, then adjust the seasoning and serve.
Top 50 Ranches says this recipe's a hit, and so will you! | vegetables in a 350 degree oven until lightly browned.2- Meanwhile take the rest of the celery, carrots, onion, and shallots, and process in a food processor until it is finely chopped. Sweat off the chopped vegetables in the olive oil and sesame oil until the onions turn translucent; add in the roasted vegetables and cook for another two minutes. Deglaze the mix with the rice wine and sake, and add in the ginger, and veg. stock.3- Bring the mixture to a boil, adjusting the seasoning with salt and pepper. Simmer the mixture for about 30 minutes to an hour, and then puree | 132 |
Today starts the last week of 'Clear the Clutter,' a 5 Week Organization Challenge! Over the past 4 weeks I joined three other amazing bloggers as we organized our homes together! Last week we organized Aubrey's small bedroom closet. Whoa, what a change from such a small, non-functional space, to an organizing system that really works for her!
This week, the Clutter Challenge is tackling our storage spaces. I had big plans to show you how we decluttered our garage and then organized it. But then— mother nature had other plans #PolarVortex and we were left with windchills that<|fim_middle|>. For our current wreath storage, I use both bike holders and utility hooks. You can find both at Lowe's & Home Depot.
And it's not just wreaths. We hang our small step ladders, platforms, and extension cords on the walls. They all hang with heavy duty hangers that we picked up at Lowe's or Home Depot.
Whew, that was a lot about getting organized in your basement! Start by sorting the totes you already have, commit to buying consistently sized totes in the future, and start building up!
And that is the last week of the challenge! I am so happy to have completed the Clear the Clutter challenge with you! Are you ready to declutter and organize your storage spaces? Let me know in the comments below!
And don't forget to grab your copy of the Clear the Clutter Organization Calendar! It will walk you through each room of your home over one month. Even if we officially finish the challenge, you can follow along anytime. | felt like negative 45 degrees for a few days. Unfortunately, that meant no one was leaving our warm spaces to venture outside unless they needed to do so.
One of the best things about plastic storage totes is that they come in all sizes. You can buy them in any color, with just about any type of lid. One of the worst parts about totes? They come in all sizes.
If you are just starting organizing your basement or storage spaces, take a few extra minutes before you run to the store and consider what size totes you want for the long-term.
Once you have a size/idea in mind, it makes organizing them in a tidy way so much easier! I promise, I was on team #whateverIsOnSale and it was exhausting trying to organize totes that didn't sit next to each other well, took up too much space, too little space, and those that had handles that never worked.
We still aren't perfect about the tote colors. For us, we've been focused on buying consistent sizes, that I let the holiday colors sneak into the mix. And I know right away which totes should have Christmas items in them!
Don't forget to write on the outside of each tote what is inside. It will save you so much time later when you need to find something quickly.
The overwhelming sea of 'stuff' is hard to stop when you don't have a shelving system. After living in our home for a couple of years, our basement was a never-ending flow of totes and other random things.
Thankfully, Jordan had the idea of building a super cheap storage shelving solution to help with this. By following Jordan's plans and building your own shelving, you can make sure your totes fit just right on the shelves and avoid extra space waste.
First, group like-sized items. While it may not be close together in the seasons (all Christmas mixed amongst Spring, Fall decor & clothing), it's way simpler to build a system for gathering those same sized totes. Measure the tallest items and add 6″ to give you plenty of room for moving your totes in and out. Continue grouping the totes together and measuring.
Next, do this for the items that aren't necessarily in totes, but in boxes. Finally, end with grouping items that are not boxed and are loose.
Now that you know how much you really have in the basement, that will give you a better idea of what you'll need to build or buy in a store. Don't forget to give yourself some expansion room for new totes. As our kids grow up, their outgrown clothes end up in totes in the basement.
It's so easy to fill up floor space! However, sometimes, it makes sense to go vertical and use the walls. For this, you can buy several different kinds of heavy duty hangers to move all the clutter that would normally be on the floor, in a pile, in some sort of organized style.
I love hanging my wreaths on the wall. If I didn't hang them, I feel confident that they would be tossed in a pile somewhere. Now, I can save time and swap out wreaths in less than a minute.
To avoid crushing them, we hang them in the basement using bike holders! Not only can I quickly see what I have for the season, they are easy to hang up and take down | 692 |
Looking for an insane sweet treat? If you're ever in St. Louis, Missouri be sure to check out Beyond Sweet.
They have a lot of different flavors of milkshakes and they are all huge! There's also fried Ore<|fim_middle|> them!
The strawberry cheesecake milkshake literally had a piece of cheesecake on top of it and the Oreo milkshake had a huge Oreo on top of it. The taste of these shakes were something that I just can't quite describe. Definitely the best shakes I've ever had. If I had to do it over again, I would get just one shake to share with someone.
Unfortunately, they were a little pricey. It was around $8 per shake. It was worth it, though.
They chose the perfect name for this place! I will for sure be going back next time I'm in the St. Louis area. | os, funnel cakes, wings, pizza, nachos and more. They have a menu of milkshakes you can choose from or you can create your own shake. I got two milkshakes to share with my friend; cookies and cream and strawberry cheesecake. Let me tell ya, big mistake getting two of them. I couldn't even finish the first one let alone two of | 78 |
Taylor Swift, Childish Gambino Win MTV Woodie Awards at SXSW
By Sophie Schillaci 8:08 PM PDT, March 20, 2015
Taylor Swift and Childish Gambino were among the winners on Friday night at the mtvU Woodie Awards, where a little flash flood watch didn't scare South by Southwest party-goers.
As the rain poured down in Austin, Texas, fans packed the Woodies venue to see live performances by Fall Out Boy, Big Sean, Years & Years and James Bay, while acts including Misterwives, Rae Sremmurd, Action Bronson, Ty Dolla $ign, Raury, and Clean Bandit with Jess Glynne entertained during the pre-show, day-long Woodies Festival.
VIDEO: Fall Out Boy Talks Career Milestones, 'Bad Styles' and How They Stay True to Their Fans
Jack Antonoff played host at the event, which<|fim_middle|> Sale: Save $100s on Frye Handbags | saw Porter Robinson take home the coveted Woodie of the Year award. The producer and EDM star beat out Sam Smith, Charli XCX, J. Cole and FKA Twigs for the honor.
Swift won the Cover Woodie award for her rendition of Vance Joy's "Riptide," while Gambino was honored for finding new ways to reach audiences with the Next Level Performance Woodie. Swift's pal Ed Sheeran also nabbed an award on Friday night for his collaboration with Hoodie Allen.
Only ETonline was backstage with the stars -- including Fall Out Boy, who were recognized as the first act to ever be inducted into the Hall of Wood.
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See the full list of winners below, and check out ETonline's exclusive interview with performer Big Sean at the bottom of the page!
Woodie Of The Year (Artist of the Year)
· Porter Robinson
Artist to Watch Woodie (Best Emerging Artist)
· Years & Years
Best Video Woodie (Best Video of the Year)
· Childish Gambino – "Sober"
Cover Woodie (Best Cover Song)
· Taylor Swift covering Vance Joy – "Riptide"
Next Level Performance Woodie (Finding New Ways to Reach Audiences)
· Childish Gambino
Co-Sign Woodie (Best Collaboration Between Artists)
· Hoodie Allen featuring Ed Sheeran – "All About It"
Social Climber Woodie (Independent Artists Using Social Media for Success)
· Jack & Jack
College Radio Woodie (Best College Radio Station)
· University of Pittsburgh (WPTS)
Backstage at the MTV Woodie Awards with Big Sean
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Q: Rxjs ~6.4.0 in Angular 8. Problem with map I updated my app to Angular 8 and there is new version of rxjs ~6.4.0<|fim_middle|> => {
The same situation with "of" in the end of code
return Observable.of(false);
A: You need to use pipe to chain operators now. change this:
return this.routApi.checkUser(email).map(e => {
to
return this.routApi.checkUser(email).pipe(
map(e => {
})
)
A: You are using / importing it correctly
import { map } from 'rxjs/operators'
Can you provide details on implementation of
checkUser(email)
metod?
If it returns a promise, use from() to make Observable from it.
And correct way to import "of" is
import { of } from 'rxjs';
A: It need to install rxjs-compat
| . Now my .map fuction is not working and I have a mistake in VC
Property 'map' does not exist on type 'Observable'.
I tried to import map by many ways
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
or this way
import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
The result the same.
Code below
canActivate(next: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<boolean> {
const email = this.userInfo.email;
return this.routApi.checkUser(email).map(e => {
this.tradeOperService.writeOperRoomFromResponse(e);
return true;
}).catch((e) => {
if (e.error === 'traderoom') {
this.router.navigate(['registration']);
}
if (e.status === 500) {
this.authService.logout().subscribe(
suc => {
this.tokenService.deleteToken();
this.tradeOperService.deleteOperRoomInfo();
this.router.navigate(['login']);
},
err => {
this.OperRoomService.deleteOperRoomInfo();
this.tokenService.deleteToken();
}
);
}
return Observable.of(false);
});
The mistake if here
return this.routApi.checkUser(email).map(e | 248 |
I suppose this has been a long time coming but for me I wanted to make sure that I made a video that would be useful to you as well as emphasized the importance of good practices when working with AC. Keep in mind refrigerant is a CFC meaning that it pretty much kills the ozone layer and if you don't respect that you WILL cause environmental<|fim_middle|> a problem with your AC it could be much more than just a simple leak. I'll get off my soap box now. | damage even a little adds up so please follow the precautions in this video when working on an AC system. The other thing about AC is that it involves a lot more than just shooting a can of refrigerant into the system when it's not working right there are many systems that come into play that you need to consider such as; the health of the cooling system, cooling fan operation, the mechanical operation of the components of the system, the operation of the HVAC inside the dash, and the electronics so keep in mind if you're having | 107 |
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This is one of the first Honda Fit marks one of the first comprehensive redesign endeavors that have been taken by the brand for the model. The quirky style of the previous years is still there but there are a few modifications. As such, the vehicle is more assertive as it has a new headlamp and new grille design for the current model year. The body of the 2015 Fit Soon at Everett Area Honda Dealer has shrunk by about an inch in length but it has also gained 1.2 inches in width and this makes for incredibly more room. Around the back the tall tail lamps have been partially integrated into the hatch with a roof mounted spoiler which adds a bit of sportiness to the entire package.
The power train of the 2015 Fit Soon at Everett Area Honda Dealer will consist of a 1.5L four-cylinder engine which incorporates direct injection which provides for better efficiency. This is good for 130 hp and 114 lb-ft of torque. This is going to be linked with a six-speed manual transmission or a new continuously variable transmission that will be available with steering wheel paddle mounted shifters. The fuel economy figures for the Fit will be an EPA estimated rating of 33 mpg in the city and 41 on the highway.
As for the interior, the Fit offers a lot of room for the rear passengers and this is thanks to the gas tank which happens to be located under the front seats. The leg and head room is thus surprisingly much more than that of other hatchbacks within the same class. Every version of the 2015 Fit Soon at Everett Area Honda Dealer except the entry level trim comes available with a | 400 |
Paralympic Coach Gains New Wheels from HOPE
Handcyclists at the start of the Long Island Run For The Warriors
As Sergeant Major Kevin Bittenb<|fim_middle|> race started, the first of this group
began to reach the finish line. Each of the nine service members who received a
handcycle carries a unique story of service, athleticism, patriotism, and
perseverance: here is just one inspiring story of many.
Kevin, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, enlisted with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 1985.
Throughout his time of service, he has been deployed three times for Operation Enduring Freedom: once to Europe and twice to Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, Kevin was involved in nation-building as he assisted, trained, and advised many units. Currently, he serves as a Senior Intelligence Sergeant (G2) with the 28th Infantry Division. Beyond his military career, Kevin has a passion for sports and is dedicated to volunteerism.
In 1985, Kevin began to represent the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as a Winter Biathlon athlete and was ranked in the top 50 of the sport by the US Biathlon Association. He has also won numerous awards and has come in first place in many marksmanship competitions. In 2010 Kevin took his talent, years of training, and expert knowledge and became the U.S. Paralympics Biathlon/Nordic Shooting Coach. He volunteers his time coaching and traveling with the team, offering his skill to serve others.
Beyond his involvement in the Paralympics, Kevin continues to spend his time giving back to the community and volunteering with many different organizations. For the past two years, he has organized the Freedom Bike Ride, which takes place in Lewisburg, PA. The cyclists, including handcyclists too, ride 200-miles over four days starting in Washington, D.C. and finishing in Lewisburg, PA as they lead the county's annual 4th of July parade. Kevin also volunteers with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and coaches many soccer teams. His altruistic attitude serves as an example for his local community and is an inspiration for all who know his story.
As members of the Long Island community lined the finish of The Long Island Run For The Warriors® a tiny blur of a handcyclist crest the horizon. The cheers of the crowd grew louder as this first handcyclist approached. Being true to his athletic nature, Kevin was that first handcyclist. He was met by the warm applause of his fellow Americans who stood in awe of his perseverance and strength.
Thank you to Island Federal Credit Union and Angel Bikes for donating the nine handcycles for our warriors. Thank you to the Long Island community for your amazing support! | ender and his eight comrades—all on handcycles—started the Long Island Run For The Warriors® 10K, the streets were lined with thousands of
grateful Americans who stood cheering as they thanked the service members for
their sacrifices. About 30 minutes after the | 56 |
It goes without saying that the Appian Events team knows how to throw a party. And with the best crew in the business in charge of the entertainment, you can be assured that the festivities will blow your mind.
And, so it was last night, as I joined a gaggle of Appian's most fervent fans and party people, to make the half-mile walk past restaurants, retail shops and gated tennis courts to the Exploratorium…the fabulous venue for the Appian World 2017 throwback Conference Party.
When we arrived at the venue, several party-goers snapped selfies with the 10-foot tall, neon-lit robots that welcomed conferees to the party.
I caught up with a colleague, and she helped me navigate through the gauntlet of snack tables and busy bars to the back of the venue, where I grabbed a cocktail and a small plate of tasty hors d'oe<|fim_middle|> boogie bots that were mixing and mingling with the crowd. Up on the nearby stage,a live band was rockin' the joint out!
On the way out, I grabbed a handful of neon colored jelly beans from the candy display. Then, I exited stage left and headed back to the hotel to write and post this blog.
In retrospect, the Appian World 2017 Conference Party wasn't just a party. It was a party with a purpose…to transform the Exploratorium into the ultimate throwback party, with live entertainment, a spirit of exploration capped off with GINORMOUS fun.
And, judging from the high-energy level of the crowd, the Conference Party was a huge success.
Continue to check back on our blog for daily and live updates from Appian World 2017. | uvres. My colleague reintroduced me to a long-time Appian customer, who I had met earlier at lunch.
It turns out that she won the NCAA bracket challenge on an app designed and built on Appian's enterprise application platform by Architech Solutions, a Washington, DC area Appian partner that participated the Appian World 2017 conference.
She said that she wasn't a serious bracketologist, and that it was pure luck she picked North Carolina to win. "I did better than my son, she said proudly. His bracket blew up early in the tournament. After several conversations with various colleagues, customers and partners, I drifted off to explore the Exploratorium.
The venue had two levels and six main galleries, each focused on different areas of interactive learning. I lost track of time interacting with many of the engaging exhibits. On my way down to the main floor, I passed a throng of party-goers who were partying down with two neon-tricked-out | 200 |
During the process of recovering from losing significant people in her life, Bethany's sabbatical gave her the impetus she needed to find a renewed sense of self and challenge the trajectory of her career.
Searching for Fulfillment
Growing up with parents who were passionate about their jobs, Bethany was determined to find work that was simultaneously challenging and rewarding. After she completed law school, she worked in government for six years leading up to her sabbatical. Although this job was fulfilling in some ways, she found herself falling into a routine and<|fim_middle|> preparation for her sabbatical, Bethany worked to save enough money to reduce financial stress for the upcoming time off.
She also spoke with two friends who had taken sabbaticals in the past. Hearing these stories, and how people in her life had found ways to make sabbaticals work, affirmed Bethany's decision. It also helped her go into the time off with an open mind and to be truly available to all of the new experiences.
Embracing New Experiences
There's something critical about losing your identity as a certain type of professional and being in a new place where you don't know the rules and the players anymore. I truly felt like I was a different person living a different life.
Bethany's first stop during her six month sabbatical was Argentina; she had a friend there to ease any "growing pains" of being in an unfamiliar environment. However, during her time in the city, Bethany often felt lonely and unsure. Once the next phase of her time off kicked in—trekking in Patagonia—she began to find her footing.
The most transformative part of Bethany's sabbatical came when she spent a month volunteering in the indigenous region of Ecuador. As she spent time in this community, she felt as though she was a different person living a different life. No longer able to heavily lean on her career or background as a lawyer, Bethany's self-perception was re-focused on her core personality traits. During this time, she also found that she missed intellectually challenging work, which helped to inform her ultimate re-entry into the workforce.
The remainder of Bethany's sabbatical included a combination of solo trips and trips with family and friends, taking her from the Inca Trail in Peru to Europe. While these travel experiences were still meaningful, she feels as though she did not experience the places as fully as she did in Ecuador.
Sabbatical and A Renewed Sense of Self
My sabbatical opened up my ideas about what it is that I can do as a professional and gave me more confidence in trying new things that I don't necessarily have the credential or experience for.
After returning from her sabbatical, Bethany noticed that her ability to think creatively had improved significantly. She had also fulfilled her primary goal: finding a better sense of self. In doing this, Bethany acquired more confidence in her own abilities and decision-making. Most importantly, she became more comfortable with uncertainty.
Bethany believes that re-entering her professional life with this skill set has opened up new possibilities. It left her with a positive view of both challenge and change, making her want to structure sabbaticals into her life periodically as she moves forward.
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Next, Bethany was slated to pursue a PhD in Australia, but after a breakup and death in the family, Bethany ultimately chose to take a step back and reconsider her career direction and life goals.
Setting Up a Sabbatical
Giving myself confidence through other peoples' experiences was essential.
In | 65 |
Avant-garde project SUPERVØID (w/ Eraldo Bernocchi, Jo Quail…) to release debut album « The Giant Nothing » on Subsound Records.
Noise-laden dark ambient project SUPERVØID (with Eraldo Bernocchi, Xabier Iriondo, Jacopo Pierazzuoli and Jo Quail) will release<|fim_middle|> Notice | their mind-boggling debut album 'The Giant Nothing' this May 7th on Subsound Records, and unveil a first single entitled « The Acceleration of the Universe » on Bandcamp today.
Supervøid: an empty section of space defined by the lack of superclusters. In this particular case, this empty section of space is missing an estimated 10,000 galaxies. Scientists suspect that it may be draining energy from light travelling through. Getting through such a big chasm takes hundreds of millions of years. The travel has begun.
SUPERVØID is an instrumental three-piece formed by legendary producer and experimental guitarist Eraldo Bernocchi (Sigillum-S, Obake), multifaceted guitarist Xabier Iriondo (Tasaday, A Short Apnea, Buñuel), drummer Jacopo Pierazzuoli (Morkobot, Obake), also involving avant/classic cellist Jo Quail. The cello stands as a « voice-non-voice », laying captivating melodies and harmonic movements into the nothingness of the giant nothing, while the absence of bass player is highly compensated by Bernocchi's sub frequencies-laden riffing.
Get awestruck by epic debut single « The Acceleration of the Universe«
Produced by the band and mixed by Eraldo Bernocchi, SUPERVØID's debut album 'The Giant Nothing' is an emotional rollercoaster ranging from massive-sounding tracks that echo to the heavy music roots of its makers, to more ambient and soundtrack-oriented parts where baritone guitars and cello intertwine with noisy interventions and spacious percussions. Delivering huge impact in terms of emotions and energy, their music combines heavy riffs with cinematic atmospheres, ambient washes with gigantic barytone guitars, classical strings sections looped in real time with walls of noise, all juxtaposed to create an organic contrast. 'The Giant Nothing' will be issued worldwide on limited edition 12 » vinyl and digital through Subsound Records.
SUPERVØID Debut album 'The Giant Nothing'
Out May 7th on Subsound Records – PREORDER
1. 1.8 Billion Light Year Structure
2. A Cold Spot
3. Eridanus – The Biggest Thing
4. The Acceleration of The Universe
5. The Dark Flow
6. A Rip In The Fabric of Space
7. The Largest Structure Ever Found By Humanity
Eraldo Bernocchi is an Italian composer, arranger, producer and guitarist with a solid reputation as an all round sonic sculptor. Starting his career in the late 70's as a guitarist in independent punk bands, Eraldo co-founded the conceptual audio project Sigillum-S which grew into a highly acclaimed international cult act. A relentless sound explorer, Eraldo Bernocchi has collaborated with numerous artists including Mick Harris, Bill Laswell, Nils Petter Molvaer, Harold Budd, Russell Mills, Toshinori Kondo, Almamegretta, Thomas Fehlmann, Zu, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Robin Guthrie, Colin Edwin and Balazs Pandi among many others. A music score composer, he is also known for playing special events for H.H. The Dalai Lama in Italy. He toured and performed in the USA, Asia and Europe and founded his own label RareNoise Records in 2008.
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Xabier Iriondo is the deus-ex-machina of some of the most adventurous musical projects that have been conceived in the last twenty years in Italy, such as Tasaday, A Short Apnea and Buñuel. He released over fifty albums on major and independent labels, and as a relentless sound manipulator, he has been exploring the possibilities offered by some self-built musical instruments for two decades now. He has performed in Europe, USA, Israel and Japan and collaborated with Damo Suzuki, ZU, Rhys Chatham, Peter Brotzmann, Carla Bozulich, Greg Dulli, OVO, Eraldo Bernocchi, and many others Italian artists.
Milano-based drummer Jacopo Pierazzuoli is now the drummer of Morkobot and Obake (next to Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin, and Eraldo Bernocchi), Deneb Kaitos, Blackwood. He started his career playing rock, metal and electronic music, then moved to post-hardcore, drum'n'bass and even contemporary jazz, inspired by an interest for the genre permeability and the deep search of his own original language. The result is a style that doesn't fit in any box, halfway between metal and modern electronic Music. He toured extensively, playing alongside the likes of Papa Roach, Ill Niño, Intronaut, Zu, The Ocean, Bridge To Solace, Zeni Geva.
London based cellist and composer Jo Quail draws upon a myriad of influences, creating music that connects with and unites very diverse audiences. Whilst influenced by Bach, Debussy, Tavener and Bartok, and more contemporary artists such as Trent Reznor and Perry Farrell, her highly evocative and atmospheric songwriting follows its own singular path. Coupling extended cello techniques with looping technology, Jo creates elegiac and energetic soundscapes on stage, with no pre-recorded elements. As a solo artist she has released three albums and a live DVD to critical acclaim. She performs regularly in the UK and across the EU, and completed her 6th tour of Australia in March 2017. She has also performed her music in New Zealand, South Africa and Japan.
SUPERVØID IS:
Xabier Iriondo — Guitars, Shahi Baaja, Noises
Eraldo Bernocchi — Baritone guitars
Jacopo Pierazzuoli — Drums and Percussions
Jo Quail — Cello
SUBSOUND RECORDS LINKS
Website⎜Facebook⎜Bandcamp⎜Instagram⎜Youtube
Norwegian psych doom heroes SPECTRAL HAZE stream « Turning Electric » in full ; out Nov. 24 on Totem Cat Records.
Ritual heavy masters SUNNATA premiere mind-altering third album in full via Cvlt Nation ; « Outlands » is out this Friday!
Desert rock titans YAWNING MAN premiere new album "The Revolt Against Tired Noises" in full ; out July 6th via Heavy Psych Sounds.
Desert blues trio L'UOMO NERO to issue « Andiamo Nel Deserto » EP this November; debut single + preorder available now on Desert Records.
US heavy rockers CRYSTAL SPIDERS unleash frantic « Maelstrom » video off new album 'Morieris'; out this fall on Ripple Music!
MARS RED SKY to kick off extensive European tour this month ; new album « The Task Eternal » out now on Listenable Records
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Facing The Islamic State Threat, Kurdish Fighters Unite
Alice Fordham
Kurdish groups have often quarreled among themselves, or at least kept their distance. But Kurds from Iraq and Turkey have been fighting side by side in northern Iraq against the Islamic State.
In Southeast Turkey, A Long History Of Bloodshed And Worship
Peter Kenyon
A vast plain near Syria is no stranger to military carnage. But a place known as "Potbelly Hill" holds ruins built in ancient times, possibly for ritual purposes, long before organized religion.
In This Turkish Town, Liver (And Olive Oil Wrestling) Are King
Spring in Edirne means the annual Liver Festival, where locals feast on the fried livers of lambs that grazed on nearby plains. It's just the thing to get you through a long day of oil wrestling.
A Glimpse Of Syria's 1 Million Child Refugees
Syrian children account for 1 million of the <|fim_middle|> On Media, The People, And Strife
NPR Staff
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From left to right are Southeast students Libby Sutton, Courtney Potts, Grace Riley, Nikki Perkins, Anna Kern and Callie Fansler.
Sikeston Campus Grads Poised to Educate Next Generation in Southeast Missouri
By Michelle Queiser on May 10, 2019 Campus, Education, Health and Human Studies, Elementary, Early & Special Education, Faculty and Staff, Featured, Home Page, Regional Camp<|fim_middle|> and integrating technology in the classroom, modeling 21st-century teaching techniques, getting hands-on student-teaching experiences and developing close faculty-student relationships — to equip future teachers with the skills necessary for success throughout southeast Missouri.
As a third-grade teacher at Southeast Elementary in Sikeston, Kern will use a variety of instructional strategies, technology and curriculum to provide the best learning environment for her new students.
"I've had a lot of field experience through Southeast's education program," Kern said. "Because of that, I am used to teaching and being in the classroom. I also received a lot of hands-on training and professional development that really helped me land my first job and will help me throughout my career."
The real-world, student-teaching experiences Southeast provides not only prepare students to be better teachers, but also positively impact the children they teach in districts across the region.
"The field experiences we are required to complete do an excellent job of molding us into future educators by visiting different classrooms and learning from working teachers," said Riley, who particularly enjoyed participating in Southeast's Read to Succeed Plus (R2S+) Reading Academy, which recently expanded its outreach to the Sikeston, Kennett and Poplar Bluff communities, and provides struggling readers in grades 1-5 an environment to take risks and build confidence as they develop literary skills to become proficient readers.
"We tutored kids one afternoon per week for a semester," she said. "This was such a great experience, and I enjoyed the bond I made with my student. I think the Read to Succeed program was a great way to give teacher candidates a better glimpse into schools and real-world experiences."
For each of the students, attending Southeast's Sikeston Regional Campus was a great opportunity to pursue their higher education goals while remaining close to their homes on a campus dedicated to comprehensive academics as they prepare to launch their careers.
"The smaller campus and class sizes made the experience more personal, and I truly felt like everyone cared about my education," Sutton said.
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Nine education majors at Southeast Missouri State University-Sikeston will pause this weekend to celebrate an educational milestone – the completion of their college degree — before moving on to school districts throughout southeast Missouri where they've already been tapped to positively shape the minds and lives of the next generation.
The future educators, who will begin their new duties next fall, are poised to carry on Southeast's long-held tradition of teacher preparation. Among them are Nikki Perkins of Charleston, Missouri, who will receive a Bachelor of Science in Education, elementary education; and Grace Riley of New Madrid, Missouri; Callie Fansler of Sikeston, Missouri; Anna Kern of Benton, Missouri; Libby Sutton of East Prairie, Missouri; and Courtney Potts of Dexter, Missouri, all of whom will receive a Bachelor of Science in Education, early childhood education.
"Ever since I was little, I knew I wanted to do something that made a difference in the lives of others," Perkins said. "Education was the first thing that I thought of as I got older, and it is the perfect fit for me. As a teacher, I can give children the knowledge and resources to carry with them their whole lives and be productive members of society too. I want to help build strong, smart children."
Dr. Candee Baker, instructor of elementary, early and special education, says she takes pride in knowing all nine soon-to-be Sikeston campus graduates already have secured jobs.
Nikki Perkins
"Southeast and our regional campus at Sikeston provides a high-quality teacher education program that prepares graduates for success in schools across Missouri and beyond," she said. "The school districts are impressed with their knowledge and instructional skills. This is partly a result of our intensive field-based program where students have the opportunity to apply what they are learning in the classroom. Their passion and drive to become inspiring educators fuel their persistence, and their strength and determination amazes me. Commencement is the culmination of all of their hard work, and the Southeast community and I are so proud of each of them, and I am honored to have been a part of their journey."
Perkins has accepted a full-time position teaching pre-kindergarten at New Madrid Elementary. Joining her will be Riley, who will be teaching fourth grade at New Madrid Elementary.
For Riley, launching her career at New Madrid is like a homecoming – it's where she was raised and went to school.
Grace Riley
"This is my home district, and the school I was lucky enough to student teach in, so it feels like a dream come true to be hired here," Riley said. "I have always loved school and enjoyed going to school. That love of learning eventually turned into a love of teaching. It started when I would help my friends with homework, and I knew I wanted to help students with their work for the rest of my life. I can't wait to have my own classroom of future world changers. Although I've gotten to know and love several children throughout my field experiences in the education blocks, it isn't quite the same as having your own room of children. I also look forward to collaborating with my co-workers to create a super fun learning environment. I want kids to enjoy coming to school."
Callie Fansler
Several others are headed to positions with their hometown school districts, including Fansler, who has been hired to teach fifth grade math at the Sikeston Fifth and Sixth Grade Center; Sutton, who will be starting her career as a kindergarten teacher at R.A. Doyle Elementary in East Prairie, Missouri; and Potts, who will be teaching first graders at Southeast Elementary in Dexter, Missouri.
Fansler hopes to turn her classroom into a sanctuary of creativity and inspiration.
"I am very excited to set up my classroom to provide the best learning environment for my students," she said. "I want to include positive quotes and engaging spaces to motivate my students. I am also thrilled to get to know my very first classroom of students."
Libby Sutton
Sutton is also looking forward to being a positive force in her new classroom.
"I am looking forward to having my own classroom, decorating it, and being a person that will hopefully make a difference in their lives," Sutton said. "I knew from a young age I wanted to be a teacher. I wanted to work with children, help them learn, give them someone who cares about them. I couldn't think of a better career than teaching."
For Potts, being a teacher is an opportunity to make a difference in her hometown community as well.
Courtney Potts
"What excites me most about working in education would be the impact I can have in the lives of the students and families in my room and school," she said. "I get to build positive relationships with students and families in my community. Working together to achieve one goal is exciting."
The students are most looking forward to applying the skills and knowledge they gained while at Southeast, particularly the skills they've acquired via Southeast's EDvolution initiative. Based in Southeast's College of Education, Health and Human Studies, the EDvolution focuses on using | 1,039 |
We created models with interactive physics, agent sheets, and excel and also found a web based application which could be used cohesively in a classroom to help students visualize the principles of the ideal gas law. The interactive physics and agent sheets models that we created represent what happens to a gas when it is compressed. The excel workbook<|fim_middle|> science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning.
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Golden Years of Cinema
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ANTHONY MANN-A PURE CLASSICIST
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Mann directed some intelligent minor Thrillers and Film Noir before hitting his stride with a number of the greatest Westerns of the 1950s, the decade which celebrated the adult Western's coming of age. Mann's list of films speaks for itself: Devil's Doorway (1949) was regrettably overshadowed at the time by the greater publicity and reviews given to Delmer Daves' Broken Arrow as a ground-breaking, enlightened attempt to redress the treatment of the Native American on film. The Mann film actually came first, and presented a more complex and tragic view. Mann's career ended in a blaze of<|fim_middle|> The Naked Spur, The Far Country, and The Man from Laramie. My own first encounter with these films was The Far Country (1953) with Stewart on the lam from his enemies in the Yukon. He clambered aboard a paddle steamer and Ruth Roman obligingly pulled him into her bed and cuddled him close while they searched the cabins. Even at the ripe old age of 10, I thought it the sexiest scene I'd ever witnessed. Remember, this was the early 1950s.
This ambitious western concerns a corrupt landowning family who finally disintegrate when an outsider, (James Stewart in his best role for Mann), is drawn into its closed world. Mann's dramatic presentation, partly set in some striking New Mexico locations is, as in most of his middle to late 50s westerns, Shakespearean in its power and intensity. Mann's widescreen compositions of the 50s are among the best uses of that then fresh format when people were still exploring its possibilities. His New Mexican landscapes create a superbly configured canvas against which the conflicts are played out. King pin land-owner Donald Crisp is the family patriarch, Alec Waggoman (going blind in more than just a physical sense) who is preoccupied with dynastic succession. His natural son (Alex Nicol) is a vicious psychopath who, early in the film, overturns and brutally burns Stewart's trading wagons, shoots his mules and has him roped and dragged through the dirt, all in a pitiful bid to assert his authority in front of his men. In a later incident, he shoots Stewart's hand at point blank range, as if castrating him (a violent and shockingly potent sequence). Crisp's foreman and surrogate son (Arthur Kennedy in a fine performance) feigns worthiness but plots to usurp the succession and betray his father-surrogate. Stewart as catalyst and protagonist, fulfils his own quest for justice and revenge with an obsession/pathology bordering on madness. Strong stuff!
MAN OF THE WEST
Director Anthony Mann's compositions for the frame always tended towards classic simplicity and uncluttered spareness, even in epic forms like El Cid. In Man of the West, they are pared back to the bone, mostly to a single claustrophobic interior and a journey through a barren desert landscape into a ghost town (ironically called "Lassoo"). Gary Cooper, in one of his most expressively laconic late performances, plays Link Jones, a former outlaw long gone straight and respectable, who through an unhappy chain of circumstances that bring him, Julie London and Arthur O'Connell together, falls afoul of his old gang, which includes notable heavies Jack Lord, John Dehner and Royal Dano, and is presided over by ranting father/mentor figure Lee J Cobb, in a grandly theatrical role tailor-made for his volcanic outbursts. The most extreme of Mann's exploration of dysfunctional families and betrayed friendships, Man of the West encompasses sexual and physical humiliation (there are two remarkably nasty parallel scenes involving, respectively, Julie London and Jack Lord, and Gary Cooper and Jack Lord), as well as madness and fratricide. Gary Cooper functions very differently from James Stewart in their respective westerns for Mann: while Stewart's demons are generally unleashed from within or through a contemplation of his alter ego in another strong protagonist (Bend of the River, The Naked Spur, The Man from Laramie), Cooper's are re-imposed from without (the accidental meeting up with his old partners in crime). The film ends in tragedy: Cobb's death at the hands of his erstwhile "son" Cooper is staged with a grandeur that is consistent with Mann's proposal to film a western version of King Lear with John Wayne, a project sadly interrupted by Mann's sudden death. This is one of the great westerns.
EL CID is Hollywood's most important epic film by a long margin . Epics were fashionable between 1953 and 1963 which aimed through their spectacle and technology at getting bums back into cinema seats after the damage TV had done to business. Anthony Mann's 50s westerns with James Stewart were among the mythical, psychological and visual highpoints of that most mythical of genres . All Mann's virtues as a director of westerns were transferred to this lofty story of medieval Spain . Charlton Heston was probably the only actor of his time with the authority and physical grace to carry with complete conviction and credibility a role of such heroic weight -this is far and away his best screen performance (bigger and better than Ben-Hur). Mann's imagery resonates through its clean, classical lines and stately compositions (and its precise of colour-predominantly greys , whites, blacks, and browns with outbursts of strong reds). The close up battle scenes are among the greatest ever filmed, and Miklos Rosza's intelligent score , based on medieval Spanish themes, lends the appropriate gravitas to complement Mann's visual imagination. Philip Yordan's necessarily stylised screenplay conveys the film's thoughtful mix of action and reflection. Sophia Loren is exquisitely lovely as the complex Chimene whom El Cid woos and then loses when he is forced into a duel (of honour) to the death with her father . Their road back is told tenderly, and resolves itself amidst the great epic detail, but only Heston could have carried off the thrilling and uplifting finale where as a corpse strapped to his horse, he stirringly rides into legend-and the glory accorded all mythical heroes .
In summation, from his emergence as a key player in shaping the history of the "golden age" of the Western from 1950 until his death Anthony Mann is the purest classicist in American cinema exploiting both Greek models and Shakespeare in both visual and dramatic senses-his best films from The Furies to El Cid make my blood race with their cleanness and precision both stylistically and thematically.The James Stewart westerns and Man of the West are among the finest exemplars but the power and visual cleanness of all his work after 1950, even in relatively minor works like The Tin Star and The Last Frontier, leave me gobsmacked.
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<|fim_middle|> wind and warming up as the week wore on. Lent and winter ended very well indeed. | This is definitely my favourite holiday in the religious calendar. For a load of reasons. Last week was of course Holy Week. The quieter time of Lent culminates in a week of traditional services all with different moods and significance. Moving through the week is like a gentle and very supported guide to emotions. It is a week of guided introspection, that follows six weeks of fasting, almsgiving and prayer.
I enjoy the sense of tradition, it makes me feel very grounded and somehow safe. Many of the services are attended by much the same people, so I have a real feeling of belonging to a wider community and being part of something bigger than me.
The music is unusual, not what we hear in the rest of the year, and yet familiar in it being the music of Holy Week. The services themselves are unusual, but the same every year. It's a delightful mix of familiarity and difference all in one week.
It is wonderful to be encouraged to be quiet, to turn inwards for a few days. There is a lot of silence in the church services, Good Friday is a day of abstinence and fasting. I abstained from my phone and laptop for the day. It definitely changed the mood of the day, making it much more deliberate and thoughtful.
After a long winter, it felt good to have a week of reflection and quiet to bring it to a proper end. The weather was very compliant, starting the week with cold and | 294 |
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March 8, 2022. ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUEEN AZALEA 2022, ALONG WITH INVITED GUESTS AND QUEEN'S CORONATION CELEBRATION CONCERT ENTERTAINMENT. Nia Franklin, Miss America…
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The Lufkin Azalea Trail connects Grace Dunne Richardson Park to Kiwanis Park and is 1.9 miles long. The route is only open to pedestrians and cyclists and has an enhanced surface. Along the journey, there are seats where you may sit and enjoy nature.
WELCOME TO WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Nia Franklin was awarded Queen Azalea at this year's Azalea Festival on Wednesday evening at Live Oak Pavilion. The singer, actor, composer, and performer received her master's degree in music composition from Winston-University Salem's of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Upcoming Show Dates: March 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 1: 9-6pm.
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Nia Franklin, Miss America 2019, has been named Queen Azalea.
Despite this, Gibbs Gardens is beautiful at any time of year, although the late winter and early spring are the loveliest. Gibbs Gardens is most famous for its daffodils. Millions bloom each March and April, and they grow a lot of varieties.
The majority of spring flowers blossom towards the end of March. The first of the season include daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, pansies, and irises. Others need more time to mature and enjoy the sun before they are ready to bloom. Roses, bluebells, lilacs, peonies, and daisies don't come out until May and June.
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The North Carolina Azalea Festival has announced that it will celebrate Spring from April 7-11, 2021…. and throughout the year.
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The "Multicultural March of Nations Float" during the Azalea Festival Parade kicks off the multicultural celebrations on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
Airlie Gardens
We recommend visiting Airlie Gardens if you want to view azaleas in full bloom this time of year. The azalea is another another amazing feature of the region around our Brunswick Forest neighborhood. And we believe that's a significant reason why so many people still choose to call Wilmington "home."
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The Street Fair Stage is a renowned Street Fair event situated in historic downtown Wilmington.
The North Carolina Channel is available on Time Warner Cable channel 1276 as well as other select cable systems around the state. Please click here to see the UNC-TV schedule. Please go here for additional information about the North Carolina Azalea Festival Parade.
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WELCOME TO WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Nia Franklin was awarded Queen Azalea at this year's Azalea Festival on Wednesday evening at Live Oak Pavilion. The singer, actress, composer and performer earned a master's in music composition from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem.
Bloom Update – Updated April 26, 2022
We have achieved the pinnacle of azalea season and are now on the decline. There are a few bushes that are late bloomers, so you still might see some azaleas, but it won't be anywhere near the number of blooms during peak.
Flowertown Festival 2023 at the Summerville Family YMCA
Upcoming Show Dates: March 31: 9-6pm. April 1: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Azaleas are blooming profusely. – Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, North Carolina – According to Tripadvisor.
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The flowers continue for two to three weeks. They have quite long lives if properly cared for. At the North Carolina Azalea Festival, Azalea Belles act as garden guides.
Azaleas are among the most popular blooming shrubs, with hundreds of variations in a variety of shapes and sizes. A type of Rhododendron, azaleas bloom primarily in spring, though some cultivars rebloom later in the growing season.
Nia Imani Franklin
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Located on the northern pacific coast of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, it provides players with an extraordinary eco-golf experience with exotic wildlife, fauna and panoramic Pacific Ocean views.
This golf course 18-holes, Par 71, is a true championship test for those in pursuit of the ultimate challenge. However, its playability is apparent in that it was designed primarily for the resort player, with spacious fairways and multiple teeing options on each hole. The seasonal breezes will dictate your club selection and provide you with and ever-changing challenge.
The 7,022-yard layout consists of two distinct returning nines. The course wanders through native forests and down to lagoons abutting 1.6 miles of white sand beach along the Pacific Ocean. The 320-yard opening hole features a fairway devoid of hazards. Long hitters might be tempted to swing away with a driver, but a ravine fronting the shallow green suggests caution. More conservative players will grab an iron to set up a wedge approach. On the 542-yard seventh, the tee shot must carry a cluster of trees on the left side of the fairway to offer any chance of reaching the green in two. Careful players can bail out to the right off the tee, but thirteen bunkers will discourage their aspirations for par.
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The Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (The Trust) are proud to announce the completion of the Alaska Mental Health Trust History Project Jukebox, available online at http://jukebox.uaf.edu/mentalhealth. This project includes interviews with twenty-nine individuals talking about the history of mental health services in Alaska ranging from the early days when people were sent to Morningside Hospital in Oregon, the legal battle and settlement<|fim_middle|> state was built. Now, Project Jukebox has preserved these stories and made them accessible to the public.
This project is supported by funding from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, and the Alaska Humanities Forum through the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. | over the management of the state's mental health trust program, and changes in the delivery of mental health services through time. Themes discussed include: litigation and settlement; land selection and valuation; Morningside Hospital; psychiatry in Alaska; understanding mental illness; advocacy for Alaska's mentally ill; Harborview Developmental Center in Valdez; Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage; and creation of The Trust.
The story about the civil rights of those with mental disabilities in Alaska, the development of a system of care to treat them, and establishment and responsibilities of the Alaska Mental Health Trust is a little-known aspect of Alaska history. It is also a land rights story of how the State took control of its land from the federal government and began to shape its own destiny, determining how the land would be managed and for what purposes. These stories, many of which have only been known by the individuals who took part in the early days of treating and caring for Alaska's mentally ill, have never been considered popular enough to be presented in Alaska history classes alongside the signing of our state constitution. However, they are equally important foundations on which the | 226 |
September 2013 will forever be etched in the memory of all Coloradans as one which brought amazing destruction – and death. Images of the truly historical event tell the story of the damage in the aftermath but also show the indomitable human spirit and the willingness of Americans to come together and help in times of need.
Northeastern Colorado has a surprisingly arid climate but also<|fim_middle|>'t miss a thing when it comes to our ever-changing weather! Be sure to 'like' us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and add us to your Google+ circles.
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The cost and final death toll from the floods will be determined in the coming days, weeks and months but we know already this is one for the record books.
The September 2013 event lasted multiple days and effects were felt from the mountains and foothills to the flat eastern plains. Many locations saw rainfall totals over four days equal to half of what they normally receive in an entire year.
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Varian Medical Systems Completes Acquisition of Bio-Imaging Research
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This week in accessories: Bobine Watch for the Apple Watch and more
by Brent Dirks
Welcome back to our weekly look at some of the newest accessories you can purchase for your iPad, iPhone, or even Apple Watch. In this edition, we're highlighting a truly flexible accessory for Apple's latest device and more.
Bobine Watch from Fuse Chicken
A flexible dock choice for your Apple Watch, the new Bobine Watch from Fuse Chicken can be bent into a number of positions on your desk or nightstand. With the included dash stabilizers, it can even be used in your vehicle.
The dock retails for $25 and can be ordered now from the company's site. Orders will ship in<|fim_middle|>0 percent off most of its beautiful iOS accessories | four to six weeks.
Ekocycle Field Band from Misfit
The Coca-Cola Company and recording artist will.i.am have created a new accessory for the Misfit Shine fitness tracker. The Ekocycle field band strap contains 100 percent recycled materials made using an average of one recycled 20 ounce plastic bottle.
The band is available in black or red and can be ordered now from Misfit for $49.99. A complete limited-edition set, which includes the fitness tracker is $149.99.
Darkside Ollie from Sphero
A fun app-controllable toy is headed to the darkside. The new Ollie edition, along with its dark tint, also features a customizable LED glow light. Able to travel at up to 14 mph, the device can do a number of fun tricks and combos. The Darkside edition also comes with a bonus set of Turbo Tires and Flux Hubs to maximize performance.
It costs $129.99 and is available to order from Sphero's site.
Tylt Ribbn Charger
Tylt's revamped Ribbn car charger features a flat ribbon cable that's tangle free and easy to manage. Users can also take advantage of a second USB port to charge an additional device. A 4.8 Amp circuit allows for fast charging of even two iPads at one time.
Buyers can select from four different colors – black, green, red, and blue. A Lightning version costs $49.99 on Tylt's site now.
Gear Pouch from Waterfield Designs
Waterfield has recently unveiled a revamped version of its Gear Pouch. Made with ballistic nylon or waxed canvas, the bag offers one main compartment, several additional internal compartments, and an additional pocket on the front.
You can purchase a small version for $39 or a medium pouch for $45. The large model is $49. There are four different colors to select from for each size.
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Polar, which invented the wireless heart monitor more than 30 years ago, has a wide variety of monitors for casual and committed athletes. Polar monitors generally are well-built and water-resistant, and have large backlit screens for reading, changeable batteries, and alarms that let you know if your heart rate is too rapid or too slow. Polar breaks its monitors into three categories: running and multisport, fitness and cross-training, and cycling.
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Buying too much monitor is a common problem. More is not necessarily better for a casual runner or cyclist. Setup time should also be considered. Some Polar monitors have been rapped by critics for taking too long to set up. As with any other heart monitor, you should buy a Polar based on function, not form.
Most reputable running, cycling and sporting goods stores will carry at least a few Polar monitors. You can also buy them from Polar's online site, although a bit of comparison shopping may make the purchase a bit easier on the wallet.
A basic Polar FS1 monitor will sell for roughly $50, offering only heart rate monitor, time and stopwatch functions. On the other end of the scale, a Polar CS600X cycling monitor that includes a GPS option and measures the difference in force between left and right feet will top $550. The best-value monitors, such as the FT60, which adapts to your personal training habits, will cost about $200.
The Polar FT60 has won positive reviews for its ease of use and style. The RS300X, which costs about $150, has a number of convenient features, including a countdown-to-next-event timer, watch features and information about the last 16 workouts. The CS400 models include altimeters, estimated time of arrival and inclinometer. They cost about $250.
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By: Alfred Leslie, Jean-Paul Sarte, Gregory Corso, John O'Hara, Joel Oppenheimer, Allen Gins<|fim_middle|>lemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Features work by Eugenia Vargas Daniels, Julio Balan, Flor Garduno, Sergio Hernandez, Estel Hussong, franciso Castro Lenero, Salvador Lutteroth, Rocio Maldonado, Alberto Montano, Rubin Ortiz, Adolfo Patino, et. al. with full size b&w prints throughout.
Hombre De Todos Los Comienzos: Iconografia Del Che, 1928-1997
By: Gort, Ana R.
Publisher: Editora Politica: 1998
Spine cocked, but otherwise very clean, no tears/stains, interior perfect. Probably more photos of Che Guevara than I have ever seen on one place. 113 pages, covers his life chronologically with photos and captions, from a baby to his death photos. Text is in Spanish.
Homme : Masterpieces of Erotic Photography
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Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta (Cone Collection)
By: Richardson, Brenda; Stein, Gertrude, Lehman, Arnold L., Richardson, Brenda
Publisher: U.S.A., Baltimore Museum of Art: 1992
Slight crease to spine, and evidence of sticker removal on front endpaper. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. This is the 1992 reprint with revised covers designed by Castro/Arts and endpapers in antique red, limited to 5000 copies. Foreword by Arnold L. Lehman, essays by Gertrude Stein and Brenda Richardson, Annotated Chronology of Cone Acquisitions, Appendix, list of illustrations. | berg, Jack Kerouac, J. Robert Oppenheimer, W. c. Williams, Terry southern, Orlovsky, Jean Genet, John Ashbery, Fidel Castro,
Publisher: Texas, Host Publications: 2006
Binding: Oversize Hardback
Book is in excellent condition, as new in black cloth with silver print on cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is new and wrapped in clear protective cover. With contributions from Jean-Paul Sarte, Gregory Corso, John O'Hara, Joel Oppenheimer, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, J. Robert Oppenheimer, W. c. Williams, Terry southern, Orlovsky, Jean Genet, J. Ashbery, Fidel Castro,
Green Gold Harvest: a History of Logging and Its Products
By: Barrow, Susan H.L. ; J. Allan Evans
Publisher: Bellingham, WA, Watcom Museum of History and Art: 1969
Exhibition catalog is in excellent condition with a few tiny marks on cover, mild fading to spine, age toning of paper, for the show of the same name by the publisher's gallery. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 78 pages with intro to the subject and activer loggers at the time, wholesale lumber companies, logging and sawmill equipment and suppliers and a short bio of Darius Kinsey by Susan Barrow. Selected bibliography, History of Puget sound Pulp & Timber Co. Now Bellingham Div. of g...
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The day's name indicates its dual focus. The Reading of the Passion Narrative (the story of Jesus' arrest, trial, and crucifixion) is the most primitive feature and remained so after the revisions of the 16th century.<|fim_middle|> century. These included the Blessing of the Palms and the Procession with Palms. The Book of Common Prayer provides a celebration of Jesus' Entry into Jerusalem as an Entrance Rite at the beginning of the Day's Eucharist, but the central focus is the reading of the Passion. That reading marked the formal beginning of Holy Week symbolized by a switch from the Lenten purple vestments to the red vestments of Holy Week at the conclusion of the Passion.
The liturgy here begins with that Blessing of the Palms with, at the 9:00 service, a Procession from Saint Philip's Plaza. The Palms are distributed to the people, blessed with a solemn prayer that echoes the Great Thanksgiving of the Eucharistic Prayer, and then the Procession continues. Children are mentioned in the Gospel accounts of Jesus' Triumphant Entry, and children seem particularly drawn to this part of the story.
The Procession includes the stirring hymn (the only hymn mandated in the Book of Common Prayer for any liturgy) "All Glory Laud and Honor." Structurally, in relation to the rest of the Liturgy, all of this is essentially the equivalent of the opening hymn – it gets us into place and gathers us as a Body so we are prepared to respond to the opening invitation, "Let us Pray" that introduces the Collect (prayer) of the Day.
That prayer quickly and directly brings our focus to the mystery of the Incarnation (the coming of God as man in Jesus) and the Atonement (the reconciling of the people of God with God by Christ's Life, Death, and Resurrection). The Readings and the Psalm continue this theme and the Gospel is introduced without any acclamation. For all of Lent, the alleluias which usually greet the Gospel have been silenced; now there is not so much as a "Glory be to thee, O Lord." Through Holy Week the liturgies return to their most ancient forms and these later additions are eliminated – the forms of these liturgies are rooted in the most ancient patterns of worship for which we have evidence from the earliest centuries of the Church.
The Passion is read or sung from one of the first three Gospels each of which has its own particular insights and recounts the details that must have been most important and salient to each writer. Two ceremonial notes: palms are traditionally held as the Passion is sung or read; at the verse the mentions the death of Jesus all kneel as a period of silence follows. On most Sundays a sermon immediately follows on the heels of the Gospel but to start talking after this story seems presumptuous so we follow the Passion Gospel with one of the great Passiontide hymns.
The Creed and the Confession are omitted as allowed by the rubrics (liturgical directions printed in the Book of Common Prayer). Part of the motivation for this is the length of the service, but these are also later additions to the Liturgy (5th or 6th century for the Creed and much later for the Confession). At several points during Holy Week the Liturgy takes on some of its most primitive and ancient aspect so these later additions are set aside in the movement toward the shape of the Liturgy as our earliest forebears of the faith engaged it.
The Prayers are an essential part of the Eucharistic action – and draw us into our work as the Body of Christ. As He hung on the Cross, Jesus asks forgiveness for others (Luke's Gospel) and commends His Blessed Mother and His Beloved Disciple (John's Gospel). At the foot of the Cross, the work of intercession and prayer is nothing less than Jesus' own mission.
The rest of the Liturgy follows as usual with the Great Thanksgiving and Communion. It is still a Sunday – and even though we have proclaimed the story of Christ's death, in the Eucharist we proclaim the Resurrection and recognize the Living and True Presence which sustains the Church. It is traditional to take the Palms home, and often it is placed behind a cross or an icon. At any rate, it has been blessed, so treating it with respect is appropriate – either keeping it as a reminder of the Passion or burning it with others' Palms on Shrove Tuesday the following year.
Next week we move into the interestingly named Spy Wednesday when we at Saint Philip's will have a parish supper and a welcome into the Triduum (the three great days) followed by Tenebrae. We will also review the Liturgy of Maundy Thursday next week. | The pre-Reformation rites in England were full of movement and rich in poetry. The Palm Sunday rites were particularly dramatic and involved. In the Procession, the Gospel Book or the Blessed Sacrament was carried as a vivid image of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. The Procession involved a number of "stations" or stops at places in the Church or along the route to the Church for prayers, hymns, or responsories.
In the 19th century, the Oxford Movement within Anglicanism reclaimed (and simplified) many of the traditions that had been lost in the 16th | 120 |
As part of a renewed focus on video, Vox, the flagship site of Vox Media, needed to create functional studio environments to give its productions<|fim_middle|>'re going to see a lot more people going and it's really good for people to start investing in what their setup actually looks like and sounds like," she said.
Vox Washington. Photo courtesy of 3C Studio / Camille Connolly.
The studio spaces 3C created for Vox will also be able to shift as strategies and productions change — which not only maximizes the company's investment but will allow for a consistent, streamlined look across all of its productions while still giving each one a bit of a unique look.
Scenic Design by Camille Connolly / 3C Studio, Inc. | a professional look and feel in both its Washington, D.C. and New York City offices.
Vox turned to Camille Connolly of 3C Studio to create a unique studio configuration that combined functional workspaces with all the bells and whistles of a professional TV production studio and gave the video team the flexibility to create multiple unique looks for each show.
With Vox inside typical office space, the grid and studio sizing had to have special attention paid to the scale of the design and how it influenced the on-air look, said Connolly.
Set dressed for "The MMA Beat." Photos courtesy of 3C Studio / Raeford Dwyer.
The studio, which is about 20×25, includes a collection of interlocking set pieces on casters — designed to appear as built-in shelving units, faux windows or video panels.
When creating the rolling units, however, close attention was paid to how the pieces interacted together.
"I tried to maximize the space there and give them a whole bunch of rolling units that were interchangeable but that would work together," explained Connolly.
So, while the design still offers building-block style flexibility, a great deal of planning went into focusing how the pieces, when put together, looked, which meant Connolly had to think of them not only individually but as part of multiple wholes. This included taking a close look at how each set was dressed.
At this point, the New York sets are being used for "The MMA Beat" and "The MMA Hour," two shows focused on mixed martial arts.
Set dressed for "The MMA Hour." Photos courtesy of 3C Studio / Raeford Dwyer.
"Hour," on one hand, is much less formal and stocked with collectibles from the personal collection of host Ariel Helwani, which full the built-in floating shelves.
For "Beat," however, Vox wanted a bit more formal look, so the decor is focused more on books and small potted plants to add a pop of green to the design.
"Beat" also has a more traditional, but still relaxed seating and table arrangement — a wide oval with stools, while "Hour" features a unique polygon-shaped surface with finishes and accents found in fine furniture.
The D.C. space, on the other hand, doesn't include a traditional desk, aiming for a more modern workspace vibe, creating a branded environment for shooting a variety of shows or segments.
For this space, Vox's team wanted flexibility, with Camille noting they wanted someone to come in and set up a pattern to follow and experiment with.
At the end of the day, both spaces will no doubt continue to evolve as Vox continues its investment in video, following the ever-changing landscape of digital video, something Connolly sees Vox as a leader in.
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When Dr. Steve Kay, the dean of USC Dornsife, finished his graduate work on genetics at UK's University<|fim_middle|> to plants that can better adapt to climate change. Among other honors, Dr. Kay is a fellow at the National Academy of Sciences, was awarded the American Society of Plant Biologists' Martin Gibbs, and was named one of "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters.
This post is our open call for questions directed to the expert (Dr. Steve Kay). | of Bristol, there were three words on his mind: "get to America." In a brief conversation with me, Dr. Kay described his early-career vision of America classically: a place where determination can meet opportunity. Dr. Kay succeeded in arranging such a meeting and never looked back. He started his academic career at The Rockefeller University, studying the genetic basis of circadian rhythms and went on to The University of Virginia and The Scripps Research Institute before heading west to USC.
He's recognized as one of the foremost experts in understanding how plants and animals process the natural cycle of night and day. He works alongside other talented researchers at the Kay Laboratory, where he and his colleagues have identified a genetic switch that regulates a plant's internal clock based on temperature, which may lead | 156 |
Jodie Kidd has fused the worlds of designer fashion, sports and TV and is an excellent events host.
TV Presenter and international model Jodie Kidd has taken part in a number of popular programmes, including Jack Osborne's Adrenalin Junkie for ITV2, BBC1's Who Do You Think You Are and Strictly Come Dancing as well we her own US television show Fashion Avenue. She has also been a fashion co-commentator for the BBC at Royal Ascot and for Channel 4 at Goodwood. She has also presented the Red Bull Air Race. She fronted her own BBC3 documentary I Believe In Miracle Healing which saw<|fim_middle|> hiatus from modelling. Jodie walked for Moschino during Milan Fashion Week, and in 2014 she was the face of Jaeger's Autumn/Winter campaign, while at the same time launching a leather range with Debrett's.
In the same year, Jodie took part in Celebrity Masterchef, in which she finished as a runner up, having demonstrated serious skill in the kitchen.
2015 saw Jodie's return to the screen as she co-presented Channel 5's The Classic Car Show alongside Quentin Willson. This show had Jodie getting behind the wheel of some of the world's most beautiful and high performance classic cars. Furthering her love for cars, Jodie hosted the first ever live car launch, unveiling the new Rolls Royce Dawn to the world's media via a global live video link-up alongside the Chief Executive of Rolls Royce, Torsten Muller-Otvos. 2015 also saw Jodie appear in Channel 4's winter sports programme The Jump while continuing her role as host of CNN Equestrian for CNN International. Jodie teamed up with Appletiser, to promote the brand's role as Official Soft Drink of Ascot Races and reprising her role as the face of Halford's winter safety campaign.
Jodie is also collaborating on a golf clothing range with sports lifestyle brand Green Lamb for a third year.
Jodie has managed to fuse the worlds of designer fashion and glamorous sports. On the catwalk she is a leading supermodel and off it she plays polo at a high level and golf off a handicap of 18. She has enjoyed a successful career as a high octane Maserati racing driver, competing at some of Europe's most prestigious racing circuits in the Maserati Trofeo Series.
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Home News LACCD L<|fim_middle|>, it usually takes students three to five years to get through community college, instead of the usual two years, according to Axelrod.
The ASO organized a protest outside the Great Hall with cardboard boxes used to make creations that symbolized the affect from the budget cuts.
"We are protesting outside the Hall to bring to your attention the plight of students and the affects the budget cuts will bring. The rally was called 'Rally outside since I can't afford my education'," Axelrod said.
Vice Chancellor for Economic and Workforce Development Felicoto Cajayan gave a presentation and slide show about the LA MERIT PROJECT. It involves all community colleges in the LACCD.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the availability of up to $ 500 million in grant funds to be awarded under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grants program (TAACCCT).
Pierce College is focusing on Media Arts.
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Los Angeles Harbor College is focusing on the Los Angeles ports in career opportunities.
The NextGen Project specializes in developing mobile apps for businesses and also providing programmers to app development companies.
Carolyn Mallory, astronomy professor, did a presentation on Pierce Infrared Research called "Finding the Stars," which was taxpayer-funded using Spitzer telescope data.
They found 29 new stars by heat, because they were naked to the naked eye.
"[The research] will be published in 'Astrophysical Journal' in July," she said.
They didn't know if there were a bunch of stars, or just a few, in the nebula so they had to use infrared to see in the dark mass.
Mallory is very enthusiastic and excited about her students and their visits to Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
There was a slideshow showing the different stages of building the new planetarium and emphasizing the deck where the rolling telescopes could be brought out to watch the stars.
Bruce Yoshiwara, chair of Pierce College's math department, went up to the podium to acknowledge the fact that he received a Hayward Award.
"Do you know the difference between an introverted and an extroverted mathematician? The extroverted looks down at his own shoes," he said. | ACCD introduces grant programs
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he Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Board of Trustees met in the Pierce College Great Hall on Wednesday, May 11, in a public session at 2:30 p.m. for their board meeting an to discuss items on the agenda.
Pierce College President Kathleen Burke-Kelly gave welcoming remarks.
Daniel Axlerod, president of the Associated Student Organization (ASO), talked about the affect of the budget cuts on the students.
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The nature of mind Is not an Issue new to those In philosophical circles. It has long been a controversial problem and no entirely satisfactory solution has been proposed to date. In this thesis, the problem has been taken up again,<|fim_middle|> license their possessor to move from asserting certain factual statements to asserting other factual statements. Such hypothetical statements, therefore, do not primarily describe what people are doing or have done but rather enable us to explain, predict, and retrodict people's behavior. Mongrel-Categoricals are the last type, and they function not only to explain and predict behavior but also to describe or narrate what has occurred. The final part of the thesis is devoted to the analysis and evaluation of certain objections to Ryle's treatment of mental concepts. He has been accused of identifying mental concepts with overt acts. The accusation is not without point. Yet, according to Ryle, to admit the distinction between overt and covert acts is to adopt a form of dualism. Another famous objection is that contrary to Ryle, mental concepts can not be unpacked into any list of hypothetical statements. Ryle, however, has already conceded this point. His distinction between single-track and many-track dispositions and his characterization of many-track dispositions enables him to account for the complex and indefinite ways in which certain dispositions manifest themselves. It is quite obvious that Ryle's dispositional account removes much of the mystery that previously clouded the concept of mind. It also suggests a new direction for further investigation of the nature of the mind-body problem.
Bongkushstit, Wunpen. "An analysis of Gilbert Ryle's The Concept of Mind." (1974) Master's Thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104884. | with the views and arguments contained in Gilbert Ryle's The Concept of Mind as a main focus. Much of Ryle's book is devoted to an attack on the Cartesian view that mind and body are two distinct substances having different kinds of qualities. The operations of the mind are unobservable and unwitnessable, while those of the body are observable. On the Cartesian view, therefore, mental concepts seem to function as names of mysterious entities or processes, Ryle has strong objections to this position. Moreover, he argues for treating mental concepts as more or less dispositional in character, thus enabling us to understand mental phenomena without invoking the mysteries of the Cartesian view. The first part of this thesis is devoted to Ryle's analysis of some mental concepts. When we use various mental concepts, we are frequently talking about the various activities people are disposed to engage in. To say someone is Intelligent is to say that if certain situations arise, he will perform in a certain manner. This applies to other mental concepts such as being vain, etc. Ryle's treatment of introspection, memory, and volition are discussed to show how we might understand these notions without resorting to unexplainable processes of mysterious entities. The second part of the thesis is an attempt to analyze Ryle's concept of a disposition, "Disposition" is a word applied freely both to living beings and non-living things as well. Not all dispositions are alike. A rough characterization can, however, be given. Ryle distinguishes single-track dispositions, the manifestations of which are unique and definite, and many-track dispositions, the manifestations of which are complex and sometimes undefinable. Besides these differences, the sentences containing mental concepts have different logical structures. Ryle classifies these into three types. Categoricals function simply to narrate what has taken place or what is now taking place, Hypotheticals function in a manner similar to a law in the sense that they are "inference tickets" which | 400 |
26 September 2008 Published in the Wood and Vale by Pascoe SabidoTHE sun momentarily shone on the autumn equinox this week – as Druids descended on Primrose Hill for the age-old festival.
Dozens of Druids dressed in white gowns and head-dresses congregated on the hill on<|fim_middle|>stice, began in the 18th century during the great Druidic revival in response to the destruction of natural beauty by the industrial revolution. The rituals mirror those of the ancient Druids, the Celtic priests who ruled Western Europe and were eventually suppressed by the Romans.
Villalobos and Raresh still can't make Fabric fun! | Monday to mark the equinox – when day and night are the same length of time.
"The autumn equinox takes us from the light half to the dark half of the year," said Emma Restall Orr, head of the Druid Network.
"These seasonal festivals allow us to pause for a moment and honour our harvest and the abundance of rich gifts this world has given us.
The practice of observing the autumn and spring equinox, as well as the summer and winter sol | 93 |
In 2002, TUM established the German Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) - TUM Asia, making it the first German university to set up an offshore campus. From its humble beginnings at the German Centre to the current Pixel (picture on right) and Singapore Polytechnic campus, TUM Asia now provides holistic higher education services from undergraduate programmes to PhD and-or applied research programmes to students here in Singapore and from all over the world. Graduates from TUM's privately operated Asian campus are in high demand among companies thanks to the successful combination of German engineering, management skills and understanding of Southeast Asian culture. This initiative is flanked by the TUM CREATE research center, where scientists are developing new electro-mobility concepts for the tropics.
"We took a step into uncharted terrain"
Wolfgang A.<|fim_middle|> technology and the natural sciences among children from less privileged backgrounds. Each year, TUM will invite two schoolchildren from Singapore to Germany. During their stay, the children will visit TUM's laboratories and attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. They then get their first taste of scientific research at the Berchtesgadener Land research center for schoolchildren. | Herrmann, TUM-President: "Ten years ago, we took a step into completely uncharted terrain for a German university. To date, we have provided hundreds of graduates with an intercultural education and seen our collaboration with our partners in Singapore thrive and intensify – proof positive that we are on the right path. Today, we are building on the mutual trust we have established in Singapore, generally viewed as east Asia's knowledge and learning hub."
TUM will be using its anniversary in Asia to thank the people of Singapore for their hospitality thus far and look at ways of encouraging next-generation talent. By funding the Building The Future project, TUM will be helping foster interest in | 137 |
One of our core values and objectives is to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and to develop the outreach initiatives needed to ensure that such values and objectives are shared by everyone at our firm.
Our firm has been active in international business for more than three decades, serving clients from all over the world. It's no coincidence that the diversity of our staff matches that of our client base. Wildgen has been developing business internationally since the firm's long-time head and our lawyers are constantly on the move between the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, the Nordic countries, North America and other financial hubs, juggling conference calls and<|fim_middle|> and diversity as a source of enrichment, innovation, progress and social cohesion. | switching from language to language.
Our ability to serve a diverse client base and to understand and operate in a multicultural world is driven in large part by our own make-up, which comprises more than 15 nationalities and speakers of around 15 languages. This diversity not only expands the firm's collective knowledge and experience but leads to innovation, creativity, and greater understanding of the ethnic, social and cultural background of its clients. Its ethos is an inclusive culture that embraces diversity in all its forms and integrates these values into every aspect of its business.
Wildgen's espousal of gender equality is seen in the representation of women throughout the firm and critically in its top management, like senior partner Samia Rabia, chosen by Luxembourg as an ambassador for women in business. Our partnership illustrates perfectly Wildgen's stance simultaneously as a national and racial melting pot and an equal opportunity organisation.
Diversity is a business imperative but, no less important, a moral imperative.
Diversity, to us, means recognising, accepting and including differences, such as race, gender, and sexual orientation.
On 24 September 2013, Jackye Elombo signed the Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg on behalf of the firm, signalling our commitment to employ practical measures to fight all forms of discrimination and our encouragement of equal opportunities | 268 |
According to Bogotá's Department of Sanitation (UAESP), food courts in Bogotá's Shopping Malls recover around 8% of their waste, whereas, if waste was well sorted it could reach a recovery percentage of 60%. Considering these numbers, UAESP partnered with <|fim_middle|>� ¿Y tú? | 5 food and packaging companies and one Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) last year to launch a recycling project (called "Separar Transforma") in 5 shopping malls in Bogotá. With the help of interactive screens and information guides next to the food court's bins, the project intended to promote waste sorting habits at the mall that people could emulate at home. Choosing the mall as the target of the recycling project, guaranteed not only a higher recovery of wastes, but also a wide dissemination of the message to all socioeconomic levels.
Acoplásticos will participate in the second version of "Separar Transforma" which will start on June 2018 and will last for six months. Learning from the latter experience, the second version will be more interactive and include the participation of "Plast" a fictional character created by Acoplásticos, which simulates a transformer of recycled products. "Plast" is made of recycled material and will be the spokesman for the campaign stressing one key idea: the value of waste and the importance of learning how to sort it well.
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Meliá Caribe Tropical is the right choice; the most complete all inclusive resort in all of Punta Cana. The resort offers impressive amenities such as children's theme play areas and an ample variety of culinary options to please all travelers. A golf course, an exciting casino and a wide choice of group activities, as well as foods, snacks, domestic and imported beverages, all included. Staff that is eager to serve you, first class facilities, innumerable possibilities<|fim_middle|> large lake style pools with Jacuzzi in its center, two(2) separate swimming pools for the children, two(2) swimming pools for sports activities and two(2) pools in each of the spas Two(2) spas with fully equipped gyms are open daily from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Eight(8) tennis courts, at no charge during the daytime, open from 8:00am till 5:00 pm. There is a complete program of activities during the day and different shows every night, including live music and parties organized by the Sol Melia Team.
Each hotel is fully equipped with an entertainment theater and Fun Pub Bar located at the Meliá Tropical, open bar, dance music with a DJ. Also live music at the Palma Real Casino. | for activity and entertainment, just waiting for you… just a few steps from your villa.
We have 52 bungalows for a total of 1,110 rooms. Each suite has two connected rooms. All rooms are junior suites with an area of 452 square feet, decorated in the most exquisite, colorful Caribbean style. We have rooms available with a single king size bed (for couples) or two separate beds. Each is equipped with central air conditioning, private bathroom (complete with hair dryer and other amenities, safe, telephone, TV, refrigerator (filled with sodas and beer), a sitting room (decorated in the same style as the room), sofa, sofa bed and a furnished balcony. There are rooms available with a data port, telephone line and desk. Maximum occupancy is triple (or two adults with two children under the age of 12).
With our "all Inclusive" system, we have 13 restaurants including buffet restaurants and "A la Carte" specialty restaurants.
There are nine (9) bars where international brands of select beverages are served. Two (2) bars in the lobby, Two(2) bars by the pool, Two(2) bars at beach side grills, Sports Bar, Fun Pub Bar, and the Avenue Bar, and exclusive lounge bar.
At the hotel Club House located by the pool area, guests can find a wide range of games such as Ping-Pong, Badminton, Shuffle Board, and volleyball. During the day, our animation team organizes aerobics, water polo, beach football, beach volleyball and Merengue dance lessons (to name a few of the many that are offered).
The Mini-club for children between the ages of 5-7, offers an extensive program in which children play, attend Spanish and painting class, are entertained with Karaoke shows, etc. all with a professional team who are dedicated to the care of the smallest ones, allowing for the parents' total relaxation while their children are in the best of hands.
The resort has 8 swimming pools: two (2) | 428 |
Yews Barn is a luxury detached self-catering holiday barn accommodating 2 people.
<|fim_middle|>This quiet, picturesque location together with the barn's exposed beams, 4 poster bed, spa bath, private courtyard & views of deer grazing in the meadows nearby make it an ideal romantic retreat.
Fresh flowers & a bottle of wine will be waiting for you on your arrival. | It is centrally placed in Shropshire, just off the A49/A5, making it an ideal touring base for this picturesque county.
Yews Barn, originally built in 1840, has been tastefully restored and converted into a holiday barn in 2002 (by a R.I.C.S award winning contractor) fully equipped with all modern facilities, yet retaining many of its original features, including exposed beams, courtyard and unusual sloping roof.
It is situated on its own in a quiet idyllic rural setting on Lyth Hill, near the former home of famous Shropshire authoress & poet, Mary Webb. It is a stones throw away from the Lyth Hill Country Park with its ancient woodlands & breathtaking views of the nearby South Shropshire Hills.
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BAY SHORE, New York -- When you think of wrestling, the thought of a team of girls isn't the first<|fim_middle|> same school. Her father also coached her when she was one of the only girls on the team.
Atkins and her father actively work together to grow the program, so that everyone can have a chance to be included in the sport that means so much to them.
"It feels good because we're making a difference," said wrestler Kassidy Mcleod. "No one expects girls to wrestle, but we're showing them, yeah we can. We can do anything."
"I want more schools to have their own teams," said wrestler Katalina Villalba. "I think it's just a great opportunity for everyone."
Atkins is looking forward to next year's season and is happy to expose more girls to the world of wrestling which for anyone who wants to try it out, no experience is necessary!
"I tell them every day I'm with them is the best day of my life," said Atkins. "It's something that I dreamed of and now it's happening."
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This past year, Atkins created Bay Shore High School's first-ever all-girls varsity wrestling team and for Atkins, this accomplishment was everything she could ever want for the sport.
"Growing up there was maybe 2 to 4 girls on all of Long Island when I wrestled," said Atkins. "Now I'm able to have an all-girls team it's kind of like an incredible feeling. It's something I wish I had when I was younger."
To Atkins, wrestling is a family affair, since her father coaches the boys' team at the | 145 |
Thank you! I'm considering run/walking the Sarasota Half in March…if so I need to start building up some mileage! So far today (the day after) I still don't have any pain! This is a definitely improvement.
It's still really tentative, but I registered last year super early (and super cheap) and haven't sold my bib to anyone, so just maybe…we'll see if I can get my mileage<|fim_middle|> is sooooo cool with that awesome dolphin! Thank you!
Hey Melinda, I just came to your blog from the Tampa Bay Bloggers Facebook group. It looks like you really put a lot of effort into eating well and staying active- that must be tough with two young boys. I've been sticking to the Paleo diet 80% of the time since about October now and I really love it. That dinner you made for your family looks delish! They're lucky to have a mom who takes the time to make healthy AND delicious meals. Awesome.
Thank you so much Kelly! I go by my middle name, Caroline, by the way. Don't worry though, I'm used to being called Melinda…it is my name after all! I have really learned a lot during my Whole30 and will definitely be integrating many of the "paleo" ideas in the future. However, I will NOT be cutting out alcohol forever, haha. I really appreciate your kind comment! | up between now and then. Good luck to you!!!
You are amazing! I love your recap of your Whole30 journey. Happy to hear about your hip.
I will be so happy for you if you do the half in March!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed and I'm going to start increasing mileage on my run/walks and we'll see how it goes. I'd LOVE to do at least one half this year, and I'd LOVE to do Sarasota. I didn't do that one last year and the medal | 108 |
Site Name San Pietro di Cantoni
Location Contrada Cantoni di Sepino
Region Molise
County/Province Provincia di Campobasso
District/Comune Sepino
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San Pietro di Cantoni
A number of trenches were opened this season at San Pietro di Cantoni<|fim_middle|>ze Storiche dell'Antichità
Archaeologist representing the Soprintendenza: Valeria Ceglia - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Molise
Draftsman: Marco Corona
Draftsman: Maria Ilenia Pizzuto
Draftsman: Mauro Vassena
Draftsman: Michela D'Alessandro
Draftsman: Valeria Scocca - Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Scuola di Specializzazione in Archeologia
Field director: Valeria Scocca - Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Scuola di Specializzazione in Archeologia
Research Body: Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Sezione di Scienze Storiche dell'Antichità, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Cattedra di Urbanistica del Mondo Classico
Funding Body: Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Sezione di Scienze Storiche dell'Antichità, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Cattedra di Urbanistica del Mondo Classico | . These were situated at the front of the temple podium, behind the podium itself and along the western edge of the paved road leading south to the temple steps from the north enclosure. At the front of the temple, the removal of a row of trees meant that in depth-excavation could finally start, with the aim of exposing the continuation of the eastern processional way running at a right angle to the so-called rectangular structure situated at the front of the monumental podium. This structure represents the earliest monumentalisation of the cult within the sanctuary area.
To the rear of the podium, the excavation concentrated on checking several contexts relating to votive hoards and pottery deposits, carefully arranged between the rocky outcrops. The excavation was then extended to the adjacent area located at the intersection between the podium's short and long sides, where the sloping terrain meets the levelled ground north of the podium. Here, a partial and superficial intervention uncovered fragments of black gloss vessels, some of which were miniatures, clearly destined for cult use.
The third trench was opened on the west side of the road leading up to the monumental podium. A low surface, probably for water collection, was abutted by a sort of tank. This was used by the faithful, but also had an important cult purpose. In fact it was a large votive deposit, one of the largest found among the many excavated in the sanctuary of San Pietro di Cantoni. Not only the quantity and quality of the artefacts and their excellent state of preservation makes this deposit important, but also its unusual components. In addition to the pottery (mainly black gloss, but also coarse wares, both functional and miniatures), the excavation recovered tens of loom weights, carefully placed one on top of the other to form a very neat deposit rather than a jumbled assemblage.
The absolute importance of the discovery lies in its position in the ground, in the open air. The relationship with the deities, unknown but certainly distinct one from the other, was not celebrated inside the temple structure or structures, but outside in the open sanctuary area. In other words, the already complex layout of the sanctuary area with double cult structures, double processional routes and multiple entrances along the curtain wall has now produced evidence of a further peculiarity in its use.
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Director: Maurizio Matteini Chiari - Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Sezione di Scien | 537 |
Big Sean Performs on 106 & Park
Kanye West's new artist stops by 106 to celebrate the release of his first album!
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When Big Sean first appeared on 106 & Park, he told Terrence<|fim_middle|> invited Sean to hang out with him that night. Not long after, Sean became the newest member of Kanye's music label, whose roster also includes Common and Pusha T.
Now, Big Sean returns to 106 with his new full-length, Finally Famous: The Album. And to celebrate his first major release, Sean will perform for the Livest Audience!
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America's top seed accelerator Y-Combinator is considering bringing it's flagship event Startup School in India. In this event<|fim_middle|> understand the ecosystem here .
The event, held in 2013, included great talks from the likes of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, VMWare founder Diane Greene, Evernote CEO Phil Libin, Airbnb's Nate Blecharczyk and Andreessen Horowitz's Chris Dixon.
Y Combinator was founded in March 2005 by Paul Graham with his Viaweb co-founders Robert Morris and Trevor Blackwell, as well as Jessica Livingston, who Graham later married. Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded over 700 startups, a community of over 1,400 founders and companies under its belt have a combined valuation of over $30 billion.
Until now, four Indian companies have made it to the Y-Combinator accelerator till date - ClearTax, Plivo, TapToLearn and HackerRank (previously InterviewStreet). ClearTax was the first ever India-focused startup to have graduated from the Y-Combinator batch.
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People interested in starting a startup can attend Y Combinator Startup School. Startup School is a free to attend, one day conference where you'll hear stories and practical advice from founders and investors. Learn how they got started, what went wrong, what surprised them, and what happened as their companies grew.
This year, for the first time, Startup School considered organizing event outside the Silicon Valley with events in New York and London and is expected to debut in China as well, next year.
When YC announced that it would be taking the Startup School global in May, entrepreneurs in India had voiced their interest for an event in India on YC's forum - Hacker News.
YC said Twitter analytics revealed that 5% of its followers were from India and it made sense to | 168 |
McCann bags Grand Prix for Good, Medula wins 2 Silvers
McCann Health India was the second runner up in Healthcare Agency of the Year award and propelled McCann Health to win the<|fim_middle|> at a point where it can oversee things better than human beings: Mike Agostini
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CANNES: India has got off to a great start by any reckoning bagging the prized Grand Prix for Good.
The winning entry came from McCann Health, the healthcare specialist division of McCann Worldgroup. Titled 'Immunity Charm', the entry was created for the Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan.
It also picked up all the eight trophies it was nominated for in the Pharma category, including four gold: a rare feat in festival history and bagged a bronze in the Health and Wellness category. The campaign is currently shortlisted in the PR category too.
McCann Health India was the second runner up in Healthcare Agency of the Year award and propelled McCann Health to win the Healthcare Network of the Year trophy.
Speaking of the win, Prasoon Joshi, CEO, McCann Worldgroup – India and chairman, McCann Worldgroup – Asia Pacific says, "We are really proud of this piece of work which reflects the culture of collaboration at McCann World Group in India. When an idea is seeded in culture and finds a meaningful role in people's lives, the impact and salience is far reaching. As jury chair it's a great feeling giving the Grand Prix for Good to others, as I've done, and it's an even better feeling getting it."
Immunity Charm is the result of a pilot project to reduce infant mortality in Afghanistan. It involves adding beads colour coded to vaccinations against particular diseases to the bracelets worn by many infants in the country, to ward off evil. With these charms, a doctor can clearly gauge which illnesses a child has already been inoculated for, a necessity in a country where there are few formal medical records.
Speaking to Brand Equity about the project Dr Harshit Jain, said, "Nearly 1,000 kids were enrolled when we started in March, and still continue with the bracelet. We will be creating an effectiveness study which we will then take to development partners for scaling it up further." He believes the idea can be used even in India, particularly the northern states which have high infant mortality.
Medulla continued its winning streak at Lions Health. Besides being judged the first runner up in Healthcare Agency of the Year (it topped the list last year and was at No 3 in 2015), it won two silver lions for Last Laugh its ongoing campaign for the Indian Palliative Care Association. The campaign which featured terminally ill patients doing standup comedy for a gathering of their relatives and doctors, helped doctors broach the subject of death and palliative care, long considered taboo in India.
India has a rich clutch of nominations in the remaining categories with 13 shortlists in outdoor, 9 in print and publishing, 10 in promo and activation, 7 in PR and 2 in the Glass Lions (a category where India has won Grand Prix two years in a row). It has no shortlists in the Cyber category.
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From artisanal hot chocolate to handcrafted truffles, local cocoa connoisseurs are busy churning out small batch confections that elevate and redefine the way we think about chocolate. Tschudin Chocolates in Middletown, Truffle Shots® in Essex, and Le Rouge in Westport all cleverly juxtapose classic favorites with complex flavor profiles to provide an experience that transcends the everyday chocolate experience.
Tschudin Chocolates & Confections highlights innovative flavors, exquisite presentation, and hands-on knowledge in a cozy shop on Middletown's historic Main Street. Beyond the luscious chocolate case, owner Roberto Tschudin Lucheme, a Food Network ReWrapped Champion and a Sweet Genius finalist, offers a series of classes to expose customers to the remarkable intricacies of his craft.
"If you understand why you're tempering the chocolate or why you're making the ganache a certain way, then by understanding the motions of doing it, you can focus on doing it right," he says, touting the value of pairing classroom instruction with firsthand experience.
Between delicate chocolate sculptures (hand-painted high heels are particularly popular), globally inspired truffles, and magnificent specialty confections, Tschudin offers an impressive range of options for the dessert enthusiast. The award-winning "Night in Tunisia" bonbon boasts ganache spiced with red chili, cardamom, and coriander and remains one of the shop's most popular varieties.
Thinking outside the shell, as it were, Sherri's daughter, Lauren, began filling shot glasses with the silky chocolate ganache. With that revelation, Truffle Shots was born. Despite the name, these sweet delights are relished with a spoon, made without liqueur, and feature a semi-solid mix of chocolate, cream, and natural flavors. In their charming Essex shop, the Athays create handmade, small-batch treats that have caught the attention of local and international fans alike. In fall 2015, they represented Truffle Shots at the International Chocolate Awards in London, and returned to Connecticut with three awards from the World Finals.
With 30 rotating flavors, creative offerings include everything from buttered rum to bumbleberry, a dark chocolate ganache with a layer of raspberry, cherry, and blackcurrant gelée.
Nestled in a vibrant red and black hued café on Westport's bustling Main Street, Le Rouge by Aarti presents a universal experience in the form of chocolate. Drawing inspiration from her Indian heritage and international travels, owner Aarti Khosla infuses her creations with flavors that span the globe. Khosla, a former economist<|fim_middle|>osla's customers. The café offers a range of hot chocolates to complement the exquisite truffles and plated desserts.
"Raspberry white hot chocolate is one of my best sellers," says Khosla, but the double dark hot chocolate and saffron pistachio white-hot chocolate are not far behind. With silky ribbons of melted chocolate pooling at the bottom of the mug, a to-go cup would not do the steamy beverage justice. It's a drink best served and consumed inside a cozy café. | , moved to Connecticut after living in Hong Kong for several years. She recognized a culinary gap in her new community.
"I found that even though we are in this wonderful area with very well traveled, educated people, there wasn't much that caters to the international palate," Khosla says. It seemed especially true with desserts. Instead of returning to her corporate job, she refocused her attention on chocolate and started Le Rouge.
Khosla's truffles showcase an eclectic mix of familiar and exotic flavors designed for sophisticated tastes. "The idea was to start with inspiration from Indian cuisine," she says. Her popular Heritage Collection features truffles delicately spiced with saffron, pistachio, masala chai, and preserved rose petals. An homage to her travels, she developed a popular Oriental Collection and selection of European inspired flavors. "I created the apple pie truffle for a Dutch friend and now it's a top seller. The matcha green tea chocolate is also quite popular," she says. "They are inspired by places I've traveled to and the flavors that have stayed with me." Crafted using fair trade dark chocolate, Khosla individually hand paints each shimmering gem with intricate care.
Rich ganache cakes and airy French macarons share space in the truffle case, creating a sweet (and gluten-free) oasis for Kh | 273 |
As one would expect, 3D Pool Pro is a fully fledged 8-ball and 9-ball pool simulator.
The controls work very well. The mouse by default rotates and pans the camera around the fully 3D pool table. When cueing up, holding the right mouse button allows you to rotate or raise the cue to aim, and the middle button adjusts the tip position. To shoot, hold down the left button and you can slide the cue forwards or backwards by moving the mouse up or down.
An aiming indicator can be switched between two modes or turned off. In one mode the reflected angle is shown with an arrow, making pots very easy, and in the other mode the impact destination of the cue ball is shown.
The graphics are adequate but not outstanding. Players can choose between one of several different playing arenas and the backgrounds for the bar or the arcades for example are interesting but not finished with much detail. Likewise, the textures applied to the table and cue are rather simple looking, the 'dirt' on the bar table looks more like giant shadows. The icons are text based. There aren't many special effects in the game as a whole, the only notable one being a streaking slow-mo when you jump the cue ball.
The lighting on the table and surroundings works well, but the balls look a little too dark and the normally bright colours of the pool balls are lost. The dark balls make the stripes hard to distinguish, and the game looks less attractive than it should. The 9-ball game is also slightly more difficult as a result. An option to play 8-ball with a yellow/red ball set might have been nice.
The sound is all good, which might be surprising considering pool is not a noisy game. The thorough tutorial is spoken, and includes several trick shots to form a sort sub-game in itself. Different ambient sounds accompany each playing area, such as arcade machine bleeps and noises in the arcade room. Some intro music starts up the game but thankfully does not invade the playing arena. Needless to say, the ball clinks are there.
The feel of the game is just about perfect, better than any other pool game I've played. The mouse controlled cue action really gives the player a feel for the weight of the ball. It is possible, in fact easy, to make the cue ball leap into the air which is not something I've ever managed on a real pool table. Oddly, the computer player does this a lot but the leap-effect does not in any way detract from the gameplay. The middle mouse button adjusts the 'english', the placement of the cue tip to achieve top, back, left or right spin.
As far as<|fim_middle|> can play entirely from keyboard which is useful for those people who rely on touchpad equipped laptops.
Some pool games allow you to set up a table for trick shots; 3D Pool Pro doesn't, but I don't know anyone who used that option anyway so that is not a serious blow.
To summarise, it looks and plays a lot like pool. The physics and game types are all there. The pool balls look a little too dark for my liking, and the interface can look a little amateurish and the 3-button plus wheel controls can be a little awkward, but those are all minor points. Reasonably priced, and with comprehensive instructions, 3D Pool Pro is a good pool game that does what a pool player would expect in a way that a computer gamer would appreciate. The version reviewed was v1.0, but v1.1 has been released within the last week. Updates include Internet/LAN play, so a good game just got better.
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That's...not what I was expecting.
Look<|fim_middle|> | , I'm as big a fan of smoothies as the next person. But there is one trendy ingredient that throws me off my game every time: Açai. You'll find it in every single smoothie bowl, and honestly I don't know what to say. Is it Ah-kai? Ah-sigh? Some other thing? You'd think I'd have looked it up by now, since açai is all over the dang place, but ... no.
I had long defaulted to the ah-sigh pronunciation, until about a year ago, when I ordered something involving the fruit at a juice bar and was promptly corrected by the barista. So now I know: Acai is pronounced ah-sigh-ee.
So how did açai's meteoric rise to smoothie bowl fame start? The New Yorker attributes its popularity to the California juice company Sambazon, which began importing the pseudo-berry in the early 2000s from Brazil (it's been a fixture in the diets of river tribes there since forever).
Sambazon's founders discovered that the pit fruit (not an actual berry) packs a remarkable nutritional punch: omega-6 and -9 fats, vitamin E, fiber, and notably, the antioxidant anthocyanins, which may help ward off cardiovascular problems and even cancer.
It really took off in the U.S. after that, and soon açai was being billed as a weight loss and anti-aging miracle, thanks to its antioxidants. It was even marketed as a scam weight-loss supplement at one point, according to NBC.
Of course, as with everything that sounds too good to be true, some of those claims have been scaled back—and some of the health benefits you're getting from açai may be outweighed by the busload of sugar added to many purées to counterbalance the fruit's natural, earthy flavor.
Still...it tastes pretty damn good in a smoothie bowl.
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Beauty > Makeup
Drew Barrymore's Genius Guide to On-the-Go Beauty
by Mackenzie Wagoner
On a recent winter morning, Drew Barrymore sweeps into her room at the Crosby Street Hotel. While her daughters are busy playing, she beelines it to the bathroom mirror to switch from her uniform of laid-back mom (bare-faced with her hair in a loose braid, dressed in sweatpants and a vintage powder blue sweatshirt featuring the native fish of Alaska) to powerhouse celebrity, producer, and makeup mogul ahead of a full day of meetings.
"I don't have a lot of sit-down-at-the-vanity-table, old-fashioned luxury of time," says the founder of Flower Beauty. "It's so real for us girls. We really do our makeup on the go." She's referring to the regular in-transit routine she calls #commuterbeauty. Years of multitasking makeovers alone could make her an expert in the art of pulling together a camera-ready look in a pinch. But add that to her lifetime of experience working with some of the world's best makeup artists (she made her big-screen debut at the age of 5) and Barrymore could likely write a textbook on what she<|fim_middle|>But her favorite moment of her makeup routine occurs when she pulls out a wand of Diorshow mascara. "In mascara, there is no such thing as too much," she says, reminiscing about the globs of product that were produced by the Maybelline Dial-A-Lash she used in her youth. "It was like icing." With two applications she reaches the optimal, bright-eyed "mod '60s layered-on" look. A shake-out of the hair and a split-second ensemble change later, Barrymore—looking every bit the Hollywood multi-hyphenate—is out the door.
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She dips into her makeup bag, moving deftly and waxing poetic about each makeup category as she buffs and blends. Foundation, she's found, is best served in a stick for optimal apply-anywhere versatility. Highlighting under the eyebrows "gives the eyes a little lift," while a quick dusting of contour powder enhances bone structure—"who doesn't want great cheekbones?" she asks rhetorically. But to achieve an otherworldly glow, she picks up a jar of moisturizer: "I always take some on the go." With a pea-sized amount tapped onto her skin, she creates the from-within "beyond-makeup glow."
In terms of lipstick, she's as particular about pigment as she is about placement. "I really am opposed to any formula that feathers," she says, so, after creating a barrier of MAC lip liner in Magenta, she employs a bold swath of By Terry lipstick across her mouth before blending a bit onto her cheeks, the tip of the nose, and right under her chin for a "cohesive color look" that will last all day.
As a penultimate step, sun protection is her postpartum essential. "As you get older, you have melasma and babies and you get this kind of crazy pigment," she explains of the increased need for SPF. Barrymore prefers a powder formula to avoid clogged pores and to reveal any discoloration on her skin that may require an extra dab of concealer.
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During the summer months, the Center offers a six-week summer camp also known as The Barnes World Academy. In collaboration with the Burlington School District<|fim_middle|> to look at great pictures on Facebook from past summer adventures. | and Burlington Parks & Recreation, SHCC offers children entering 1st grade through entering 5th grade a wonderful summer packed with activity. Campers spend the mornings doing craft projects and playing indoor and outdoor games. After meeting at 12:00 p.m. for lunch, campers spend fun-filled days at area beaches or dive into other community activities like strawberry picking, hiking up Mt Philo, and visiting places like the Ethan Allen Homestead, Ben & Jerry's factory, and Echo Leahy Center at the waterfront. On rainy days, the blues are kept away with indoor activities: arts and crafts, board games, sports, free-play, and group games.
Children register for the full 6-week camp (no partial enrollment), which starts the last week in June and ends the first week in August. Camp quarters are located at the Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes (North Street). There are two camp options: Full Day (8:15am-5:00pm), or Half Day (12:00pm-5:00pm). Camp enrollment is limited to 65 children.
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ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) today recognizes Profitect, a leader in prescriptive analytics software, as a valuable strategic partner to the Association and the industry. As a solution provider to the retail industry's top companies, Profitect understands the hyper-competitive environment in which retailers now operate and is committed to collaborating across functional areas on solutions that enable company-wide and industry-wide success.
Profitect serves as a strategic partner to the association's Supply Chain Leaders Council (SCLC) and Asset Protection Leaders Council (APLC), which is comprised of top supply chain and AP executives from America's leading retail and CPG companies. The partnership opens the door for collaboration between Profitect and RILA's member companies with the shared goal of improving the industry's understanding and use of data.
"We have worked with Profitect closely over the last several years and watched as they've quickly established themselves as leaders in prescriptive data analytics and optimization," said RILA Executive Vice President of Retail Operations & Innovation Lisa LaBruno. "More importantly, they are a trusted partner for many of our member companies and have helped foster a culture of innovation and collaboration across the industry. Profitect plays an important role in our supply chain and asset protection leaders councils, not only in offering solution expertise, but in helping companies break down silos and open the door for innovation internally, as well. We look forward to continuing our work together."
"Profitect is honored to partner with RILA. Their members are the industry's most successful retailers. The APLC and SCLC councils consist of industry thought leaders, and Profitect's customers benefit the most from this partnership," said Guy Yehiav, CEO, Profitect.
Key to the strategic partnership is Profitect's participation and guidance in RILA's Supply Chain Leaders Council (SCLC) and Asset Protection Leaders Council (APLC), which both meet annually for best practice discussions and peer-to-peer benchmarking with leading retail executives.
About RILA:
RILA is the US trade association for leading retailers. We convene decision-makers, advocate for the industry, and promote operational excellence and innovation. Our aim is to reimagine and transform the retail ecosystem - and equip leading retailers to succeed in it. RILA members include more than 200 retailers, product manufacturers, and service suppliers, which together account for more than $1.5 trillion in annual sales, millions of American jobs, and more than 100,000 stores, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers domestically and abroad.
About Profitect
Profitect's prescriptive analytics solution leverages pattern detection and machine learning to identify opportunities that impact sales and margin. Profitect takes retail and CPG company data to identify areas for improvement including: inventory accuracy, out of stocks, pricing accuracy, unsellable merchandise, and assortment discrepancies. Profitect customers typically realize a | 613 |
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A-10 Partners with DC<|fim_middle|>-10 initiative provides not only a collegiate basketball game experience, but exposes hundreds of school-age children to our outstanding student-athletes, many of whom are role models on their campuses for their academic as well as athletic accomplishments. We are excited about the educational elements we have built into the game, and grateful to the District public schools for incorporating their Every Day Counts! program into the event," adds McGlade.
Every Day Counts! is an initiative of Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and seeks to ensure that every student in the district attends school every day, through a public campaign, a task force of education, health and safety leaders and investments in data-driven strategies to reduce absenteeism. Studies indicate that students who attend school every day are more likely to graduate from high school and make more money as adults.
"As we build city and school cultures that draw students to their school, it is important that we show students and families that we know it takes work worthy of recognition to make it to school every day," says Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles. "As the city continues to invest in removing barriers to student attendance, I'm proud to have partners like the Atlantic 10 Conference support our students and our efforts to improve attendance citywide."
The A-10 Education Through Sports game tickets are provided at no cost to the school children from the A-10 Conference and its 14member schools. Throughout the contest, the conference will integrate the collegiate basketball experience with learning activities and opportunities for the students.
"As we've heard from Mayor Bowser and Deputy Mayor Niles, the entire community plays a role in ensuring our students can get to school every single day," says Atlantic 10 Conference Executive Associate Commissioner Keith Gill. "We are proud to be able to partner with the Every Day Counts! campaign and public schools throughout the District of Columbia to honor students for their hard work at our basketball tournament in March."
The A-10 Men's Basketball Championship begins on Wednesday, March 7 at Capital One Arena with two games and continues through Sunday, March 11 and the championship contest at 1 p.m. All 14 members of the conference compete in the Championship. Tickets include all-session books as well as the new A-10 Zonies tickets in the lower bowl for only $20 per session. To purchase tickets go to www.ticketmaster.com, and for more Championship information, go to www.atlantic10.com.
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The Atlantic 10 Conference will host its 2018 Men's Basketball Championship March 7-11 at the Capital One Arena, and on Thursday, March 8, open the doors to over 1,000 school children from the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and public charter schools.
A-10 Executive Associate Commissioner Keith Gill joined Mayor Muriel Bowser and Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Miles to announce a DC partnership today (Feb. 7) at Sousa Middle School, which will provide 10 tickets to each of the 108 schools serving the district to attend the Thursday, March 8, A-10 Education Through Sports contest at noon. Students in middle and high schools will be selected to attend the contest utilizing the guidelines of the school system's "Every Day Counts!"
"We are delighted to partner with the Washington, D.C., public schools through our A-10 Youth Education Through Sports game as part of the 2018 Men's Basketball Championship at the Capital One Arena," states A-10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade.
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Huntingdonshire dignitary John Bridge has been appointed as one of four deputy lieutenants for Cambridgeshire.
He will support lord lieutenant Hugh Duberly with his work as the Queen's personal representative in the county<|fim_middle|> on behalf of the Queen, and participate in civic, voluntary and social duties, as well as liaising with units of the army, navy, RAF and Royal Marines and their associated cadet forces.
Mr Bridge has been the chief executive of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce since 2004, is chairman of economic development company Opportunity Peterborough and a non-executive director of Luminus Group and Luminus Homes.
He has been an active preacher in the St Neots and Huntingdon circuit of the Methodist Church for the last 26 years. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary membership of the Road Haulage Association and in 2003 he was elected Freeman of the City of London. He was awarded the OBE in 1997.
Mr Bridge said: "I certainly feel very privileged - I am very committed to serving others and doing public service and I didn't ever expect anything as a result of it.
He will be joined by Benjamyn Damazer, Jeremy Newsum and Colonel Timothy Seal. | . Responsibilities include arranging visits by members of the royal family and escorting royal visitors. They present medals and awards | 22 |
In laying $24.7 million on the table, and in kick-starting a six-month public bidding war through the Australian Securities Exchange, AC3 sent a statement of intent to the Australian market.
Driven by a desire to become a leading hybrid cloud provider, the acquisition of Bulletproof - over a defeated Macquarie Telecom - triggered a process of self-assessment and re-evaluation for the Sydney-based business.
Because as the contract ink dried, the delisting commenced and the celebratory champagne fizzled out, a key branding decision had to be made.
"We had every option on the table," explained Stephanie Challinor, head of marketing and communications at AC3. "We had AC3, Bulletproof, a brand-new name or even a house of brands. We wanted to get as much feedback as we possibly could for this stage.
The objective, according to Challinor, was to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of each brand, through the lens of the customer.
In recalling the early phases of the post-acquisition strategy, Challinor said findings from more than 100 pages of research were "clear" in that both AC3 or Bulletproof could work. But once overlaid with key business objectives, AC3 emerged as the brand of choice.
"The new AC3 is the leader in secure multi-cloud solutions," Challinor added. "Our purpose is to make technology real, so we're all about delivering tangible results.
With brevity lacking, the business was trying to use one sentence to say an "entire paragraph worth" of purposes - the square peg of a mission statement simply couldn't fit into the round hole of the brand.
"We finally got to the almost over-simple 'to make technology real' quite late in the piece when I was trying to get to the crux of what wasn't working with our CEO, Simon Xistouris," Challinor said.
The notion of merged messaging is not uncommon for the leadership team however, with the transaction coming five years since Klikon Solutions acquired all the shares in then NSW government-owned AC3, for an undisclosed sum in December 2013.
Fast forward to 2019 and AC3's new tagline is 'clarity in the cloud', designed to speak to the provider's key technology areas, including new software and data integration.
"It also speaks directly to what our customers told us they wanted from an MSP, and what they believe AC3 deliver – transparency, clear value and accountability," Challinor added.
The combined entity, confirmed to the market in June 2018, now serves over 1000 customers, with plans in place to offer cross and up-sell services across an expansive portfolio.
Born with different purposes, driven by different technologies and motivated by different markets, phase one<|fim_middle|> Challinor explained. "We used external research, had analyst input, market forecasts and internal intelligence.
Internally, Challinor said AC3 kept communication constant "every step of the way", in a bid to keep staff informed and motivated during the process.
"We actually involved the entire business in various ways throughout the process, including surveys, workshops, fireside chat sessions, etc," Challinor said. "We shared the decision around moving forward with the AC3 brand with the team immediately after the decision was made.
"There's a great emotional connection with both our brands, so we wanted to be upfront with the team as soon as we could. It was also the most common question we were asked. We shared the final output of the branding project with a presentation to the team followed by a celebration. | of the integration process involved clearly articulating a new value proposition ahead.
Because according to Challinor, the official branding project could only commence once a defined go-to-market strategy was in place.
"I'm a firm believer that you need to understand what you're selling and who you're selling it to before you can decide the most effective way to position it," said Challinor, who joined AC3 in October 2016. "The first step after the acquisition was closed was to determine our go-to-market strategy.
Such an exercise was triggered by a market research project, as well as combing through internal data to extract the nuggets of information required to remodel the business' strategy.
"With complementary services delivered by each business, and a combined service catalogue that was hundreds of items long, our first step was to get a good grasp on what we wanted to deliver to our customers now, as well as in the next few years," Challinor explained.
On reflection, Challinor acknowledged that building a brand which reflected both businesses - and subsequently both cultures - as they came together represented a "challenging" undertaking.
"We have such a strong history as being the safest pair of hands in state government, but we really wanted to pair this with the innovative hallmark of Bulletproof," Challinor added. "Again, the branding process had so many inputs and the internal engagement was crucial.
"The entire integration project was built with a bedrock of culture initiatives. We needed to start with a clear culture strategy as the base – it's the most important piece, especially as every one of our people are brand ambassadors.
Consequently, Challinor said refreshing creative was the last piece of the puzzle.
"The look and feel of the brand has to reflect what the brand stands for, while also being engaging and unique," Challinor qualified. "I really wanted to keep the bones of what we already had in market, but modernise it and walk the fine line between 'human' and professional.
With the entire process a "marketing led integration", AC3 bucks the common trend of channel partners, partners more favouring of style over substance.
In housing two reputable market brands, two extensive teams of experts and two technology portfolios, AC3 approached integration with the wider Bulletproof business delicately, in recognition of the size and scale of each party.
Acquiring and then absorbing, was not an option.
"This type of acquisition is not particularly common, we were two similar sized businesses with complementary services and skills," Challinor said. "It hasn't just been a matter of AC3 swallowing up Bulletproof – and we never wanted to run it that way.
"We wanted to approach the project as a blank canvas and we literally knocked down the blocks and rebuilt with the best from both businesses.
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Collectively, key customers include UrbanGrowth NSW, Atlassian and the NSW Department of Justice, in addition to Big W, Crestone and Nova Entertainment - to name but a few.
Upon closing of the transaction, both customer bases required communication and guidance as to the direction of the new-look operation, and crucially, its new value proposition.
"We did this through our go to market strategy project," | 656 |
Promar completed field research on agriculture, forestry and fisheries in Rwanda and Tanzania in late 2011 as part of a project for the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The purpose of these studies was to provide background for designing aid and technical assistance projects in agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as inform private sector investment and business ventures. Because each country and region in sub-Saharan Africa has significant differences in natural environment as well as in socio-economics, politics and culture, in order to provide effective and efficient assistance, MAFF recognized that it is absolutely essential to<|fim_middle|>. Finally we also looked at inclusive business models in agribusiness (known in Japan as "BOP" or base-of-the-pyramid businesses) which are developing both domestically, through foreign investment in agribusiness as well as through support by donors' development assistance schemes such as the UK's Challenge Funds.
Please click on the PDF file to read the full report in English. | have the most current information on the agricultural conditions and the major challenges facing the individual countries and the regions within them. Therefore MAFF has been supporting the collection and analysis of information related to the overall agricultural sectors in various sub-Saharan African countries.
Tanzania was chosen as a focus of this year's research because, due to its stable political situation and industrial development, especially mining, the economy has been growing relatively smoothly. Against this optimistic background, it is useful to have a deep understanding of how the agricultural sector is developing within the growing economy, as well as what obstacles hinder agricultural development. It is also useful to explore whether this stability and economic growth is drawing investment to agriculture or encouraging new inclusive business models that can benefit the rural population.
Within the overall agricultural sector we have looked more deeply at several key issues: the Nile perch export industry in Lake Victoria which employs thousands and yet faces significant environmental and economic challenges, as well as the banana industry in the northern highlands and its role in food security and income generation | 203 |
Improving the Quality of Life For Residents, Workers, and Visitors
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Inc.:
Helping Nonprofits Build Capacity
Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC) is a school, gallery, and state-of-the-art green glass studio, one of only a few public access glass art centers in the U.S. PGC drives economic development in its East End neighborhood and strives to partner with other organizations in the nonprofit sector. For example, PGC shares a chief financial officer with four other organizations and is part of an arts capitalization collaborative. Because of its history of collaboration and productive use of capacity-building resources, PGC was a natural choice to serve as the fiscal agent for<|fim_middle|>5,000 range—remains a challenge. Large consulting firms, however, have both the expertise and the desire to work in this sector.
To address this gap, Foundation staff approached KPMG, the leading provider of professional services to the "development sector," with a unique inquiry: if the Foundation combined six to eight grantee projects, would the engagement opportunity be attractive to the firm? In response, KPMG provided the Foundation with a proposal to work with up to eight nonprofit organizations on their most pressing capacity issues, which the Foundation is funding with a grant of $150,000. PGC will serve as the fiscal agent for the project, reducing the need to recommend grants to eight individual organizations.
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toward support of operations | a capacity-building pilot project undertaken
in partnership with KPMG.
When the Foundation launched its online application portal in December 2018, the application included a questionnaire around the capacity needs of each potential grantee in six key areas: leadership, financial management, facilities, systems, strategy, and organizational realignment. Collecting this data helps the Foundation understand the issues that limit the performance of both individual grantees and the nonprofit sector as a whole. To date, the more than 200 self-assessments completed by grantees indicate a need for assistance across the board.
However, fewer organizations in the region offer capacity-building assistance for these agencies. In addition, the small number of consultants—especially for projects in the $10,000 to $2 | 160 |
1.2 The student will investigate and understand that moving objects exhibit different kinds of motion.<|fim_middle|> a substance will dissolve in it. | Key concepts include"
c) pushes or pulls can change the movement of an object.
c) some substances will dissolve more readily in hot water than in cold water.
An object's motion may be described by tracing and measuring its position over time. The motion of objects may be straight, circular, curved, or back-and-forth.
One kind of back-and-forth motion is vibration. Vibrations may create sound.
Pushing or pulling can change the position and motion of objects. For the same object, the size of the change is related to the strength of the push or pull.
Different types of materials act differently when mixed with water.
Some liquids will mix with water, while others will not.
Some solids will dissolve in water, while others will notThe temperature of the water affects how easily | 160 |
New image from 'Scream' shows David Arquette and Melissa Barrera seeking killer
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We're getting some ideas what the upcoming Scream film from various promotional images that have been released into the wild — and now there's another<|fim_middle|>. | one.
A new still from the film features Arquette's Dewey Riley and Barrera's new character Sam preparing to exit an elevator in a hospital environment, according to Bloody Disgusting.
In the still, Riley has a pistol at the ready while his acquaintance looks ahead quizzically with a phone in her hand. Though fans have speculated healthily on the movie, and alleged leaks have purported to outline much of the plot, directorial newcomers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have warned fans looks can be deceiving and their goal is to subvert expectations.
"There are misdirects within the movie," Bettinelli-Olpin said in an earlier interview with Bloody Disgusting. "There are misdirects within the trailer. Anything that you think is a spoiler in this, there's a good chance you're wrong."
Via Bloody-Disgusting
We have to wait for Jan. 14 to find out. Until then, mysteries remain and no one knows just who will survive out of the cast, which includes Dylan Minnette, Mason Gooding, Kyle Gallner, Courtney Cox, Neve Campbell and Jenna Ortega.
What are your theories for the next Scream? Will one of the legacy characters die? Will it all be revealed to be a dream taking place inside of Matthew Lillard's mind? Let us know in the comments section of this article down below | 286 |
5404 Manchaca Road. 443-5167, www.austinbakehouse.com.
Hours: 7 a.m. to midnight daily. Breakfast until 3 p.m.
In this era of specialty, we're conditioned to be wary of a menu where the words chimichanga, couscous, curry and Cantonese stir-fry co-exist. I'll save that Marco Polo tour for another time. The Bakehouse breakfast menu skews less globally, leaving the international territories safe for the pancake boys down the road. However, you can still eat locally and sit globally underneath the yellowed glow of globe lamps in the back room.
The BakeHouse was on my radar because owner Carl Zapffe would call me at the American-Statesman whenever I did a roundup that could have wrapped in his place. In<|fim_middle|> included Dan's, the Omelettry, Ross's and a few other modest plates. You couldn't get an omelette at the Omelettry for less than $5, but the BakeHouse would sell you one with cheese and two sides for $4.99, Zapffe said. He and his regulars seemed to think a little old South Austin snobbery lay behind the snubbery.
A cheese omelette doesn't make very good copy, and it's risen just beyond five bucks, so let me talk about eggs Benedict instead. For $7.49, you get two poached eggs over English muffins with Canadian bacon and Hollandaise sauce, plus thoroughly charred homefries and a tiny blueberry muffin, more for decoration than for what it adds to a plate of starch and eggs.
The eggs were beautifully poached, with a high white dome over a yolk that flowed generously on the first cut, surrounded by a willowy shawl of white. They rested on English muffins like dense sponges, with slices of salty pork in that smoky range between bacon and ham. An acceptable plate of ham and eggs, betrayed only by the Benedict part, a thin Hollandaise more like frothy melted butter than a composed sauce of yolk and lemon and kitchen craft. Snobbery? More like a refusal to lower my expectations just because I'm in South Austin. | particular, I remember a call after a five-stop tour of breakfasts for less than $5. The story | 22 |
Problems of Belief & Unbelief
William Lane Craig says there are good reasons for thinking that He does.
On April 8, 1966, Time magazine carried a<|fim_middle|> appearances of age like food in our stomachs from the breakfasts we never really ate and memory traces in our brains of events we never really experienced? How could you prove that you are not a brain in a vat of chemicals being stimulated with electrodes by some mad scientist to believe that you are reading this article? We don't base such beliefs on argument; rather they're part of the foundations of our system of beliefs.
But although these sorts of beliefs are basic for us, that doesn't mean that they're arbitrary. Rather they're grounded in the sense that they're formed in the context of certain experiences. In the experiential context of seeing and feeling and hearing things, I naturally form the belief that there are certain physical objects which I am sensing. Thus, my basic beliefs are not arbitrary, but appropriately grounded in experience. There may be no way to prove such beliefs, and yet it's perfectly rational to hold them. Such beliefs are thus not merely basic, but properly basic. In the same way, belief in God is for those who seek Him a properly basic belief grounded in their experience of God.
Now if this is so, then there's a danger that philosophical arguments for God could actually distract your attention from God Himself. The Bible promises, "Draw near to God and he will draw near to you." (James 4:8) We mustn't so concentrate on the external arguments that we fail to hear the inner voice of God speaking to our hearts. For those who listen, God becomes a personal reality in their lives.
In summary, we've seen eight respects in which God provides a better account of the world than naturalism: God is the best explanation of
(I) Why anything at all exists.
(II) The origin of the universe.
(III) The applicability of mathematics to the physical world.
(IV) The fine-tuning of the universe for intelligent life.
(V) Intentional states of consciousness.
(VI) Objective moral values and duties.
(VIII) God can be personally experienced and known.
© Prof. William Lane Craig, 2013
William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology, California, and founded the organization Reasonable Faith (please visit reasonablefaith.org). His book, A Reasonable Response, is due out soon, answering questions unbelievers and believers often pose.
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The Blasphemy of Saint Augustine | lead story for which the cover was completely black except for three words emblazoned in bright, red letters against the dark background: "IS GOD DEAD?" The story described the so-called 'Death of God' movement then current in American theology. But, to paraphrase Mark Twain, it seemed that the news of God's demise was "greatly exaggerated." For at the same time that theologians were writing God's obituary, a new generation of young philosophers was re-discovering His vitality.
Back in the 1940s and '50s it was widely believed among philosophers that any talk about God is meaningless, since it is not verifiable by the five senses. The collapse of this Verificationism was perhaps the most important philosophical event of the twentieth century. Its downfall meant a resurgence of metaphysics, along with other traditional problems of philosophy which Verificationism had suppressed. Accompanying this resurgence came something altogether unanticipated: a renaissance of Christian philosophy.
The turning point probably came in 1967 with the publication of Alvin Plantinga's God and Other Minds, which applied the tools of analytic philosophy to questions in the philosophy of religion with an unprecedented rigor and creativity. In Plantinga's train has followed a host of Christian philosophers, writing in professional journals and participating in professional conferences and publishing with the finest academic presses. The face of Anglo-American philosophy has been transformed as a result. Atheism, although perhaps still the dominant viewpoint in Western universities, is a philosophy in retreat. In a recent article, University of Western Michigan philosopher Quentin Smith laments what he calls "the desecularization of academia that evolved in philosophy departments since the late 1960s." ('The Metaphilosophy of Naturalism', Philo, Vol 4, #2, at philoonline.org). Complaining of naturalists' passivity in the face of the wave of "intelligent and talented theists entering academia today," Smith concludes, "God is not 'dead' in academia; he returned to life in the late 1960s and is now alive and well in his last academic stronghold, philosophy departments."
The renaissance of Christian philosophy has been accompanied by a resurgence of interest in natural theology – that branch of theology which seeks to prove God's existence without appeal to the resources of authoritative divine revelation – for instance, through philosophical argument. All of the traditional philosophical arguments for God's existence, such as the cosmological, teleological, moral, and ontological arguments, not to mention creative, new arguments, find intelligent and articulate defenders on the contemporary philosophical scene.
But what about the so-called 'New Atheism' exemplified by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens? Doesn't it herald a reversal of this trend? Not really. As is evident from the authors it interacts with – or rather, doesn't interact with – the New Atheism is, in fact, a pop-cultural phenomenon lacking in intellectual muscle and blissfully ignorant of the revolution that has taken place in Anglo-American philosophy. It tends to reflect the scientism of a bygone generation, rather than the contemporary intellectual scene.
Eight Reasons in Support of God's Existence
I believe that God's existence best explains a wide range of the data of human experience. Let me briefly mention eight such cases.
(I) God is the best explanation why anything at all exists.
Suppose you were hiking through the forest and came upon a ball lying on the ground. You would naturally wonder how it came to be there. If your hiking buddy said to you, "Forget about it! It just exists!" you would think he was either joking or just wanted you to keep moving. No one would take seriously the idea that the ball just exists without any explanation. Now notice than merely increasing the size of the ball until it becomes coextensive with the universe does nothing to either provide, or remove the need for, an explanation of its existence.
So what is the explanation of the existence of the universe (by 'the universe' I mean all of spacetime reality)? The explanation of the universe can lie only in a transcendent reality beyond it – beyond space and time – the existence of which transcendent reality is metaphysically necessary (otherwise its existence would also need explaining). Now there is only one way I can think of to get a contingent entity like the universe from a necessarily existing cause, and that is if the cause is an agent who can freely choose to create the contingent reality. It therefore follows that the best explanation of the existence of the contingent universe is a transcendent personal being – which is what everybody means by 'God'.
We can summarize this reasoning as follows:
1. Every contingent thing has an explanation of its existence.
2. If the universe has an explanation of its existence, that explanation is a transcendent, personal being.
3. The universe is a contingent thing.
4. Therefore, the universe has an explanation of its existence.
5. Therefore, the explanation of the universe is a transcendent, personal being.
– which is what everybody means by 'God'.
(II) God is the best explanation of the origin of the universe.
We have pretty strong evidence that the universe has not existed eternally into the past, but had a beginning a finite time ago. In 2003, the mathematician Arvind Borde, and physicists Alan Guth and Alexander Vilenkin were able to prove that any universe which has, on average, been expanding throughout its history cannot be infinite in the past, but must have a past spacetime boundary (i.e., a beginning). What makes their proof so powerful is that it holds so long as time and causality hold, regardless of the physical description of the very early universe. Because we don't yet have a quantum theory of gravity, we can't yet provide a physical description of the first split-second of the universe; but the Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem is independent of one's theory of gravitation. For instance, their theorem implies that the quantum vacuum state which may have characterized the early universe cannot have existed eternally into the past, but must itself have had a beginning. Even if our universe is just a tiny part of a so-called 'multiverse', composed of many universes, their theorem requires that the multiverse itself must have had a beginning.
Of course, highly speculative physical scenarios, such as loop quantum gravity models, string models, even closed timelike curves, have been proposed to try to avoid this absolute beginning. These models are fraught with problems, but the bottom line is that none of these theories, even if true, succeeds in restoring an eternal past for the universe. Last year, at a conference in Cambridge celebrating the seventieth birthday of Stephen Hawking, Vilenkin delivered a paper entitled 'Did the Universe Have a Beginning?', which surveyed current cosmology with respect to that question. He argued that "none of these scenarios can actually be past-eternal." Specifically, Vilenkin closed the door on three models attempting to avert the implication of his theorem: eternal inflation, a cyclic universe, and an 'emergent' universe which exists for eternity as a static seed before expanding. Vilenkin concluded, " All the evidence we have says that the universe had a beginning."
But then the inevitable question arises: Why did the universe come into being? What brought the universe into existence? There must have been a transcendent cause which brought the universe into being – a cause outside the universe itself.
We can summarize this argument thus far as follows:
1. The universe began to exist.
2. If the universe began to exist, then the universe has a transcendent cause.
3. Therefore, the universe has a transcendent cause.
By the very nature of the case, that cause of the physical universe must be an immaterial (i.e., non-physical) being. Now there are only two types of things that could possibly fit that description: either an abstract object like a number, or an unembodied mind/consciousness. But abstract objects don't stand in causal relations to physical things. The number 7, for example, has no effect on anything. Therefore the cause of the universe is an unembodied mind. Thus again we are brought, not merely to a transcendent cause of the universe, but to its Personal Creator.
(III) God is the best explanation of the applicability of mathematics to the physical world.
Philosophers and scientists have puzzled over what physicist Eugene Wigner called "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics." How is it that a mathematical theorist like Peter Higgs can sit down at his desk and, by pouring over mathematical equations, predict the existence of a fundamental particle which, thirty years later, after investing millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours, experimentalists are finally able to detect? Mathematics is the language of nature. But how is this to be explained? If mathematical objects like numbers and mathematical theorems are abstract entities causally isolated from the physical universe, then the applicability of mathematics is, in the words of philosopher of mathematics Mary Leng, "a happy coincidence." On the other hand, if mathematical objects are just useful fictions, how is it that nature is written in the language of these fictions? The naturalist has no explanation for the uncanny applicability of mathematics to the physical world. By contrast, the theist has a ready explanation: When God created the physical universe He designed it in terms of the mathematical structure which He had in mind.
We can summarize this argument as follows:
1. If God did not exist, the applicability of mathematics would be just a happy coincidence.
2. The applicability of mathematics is not just a happy coincidence.
3. Therefore, God exists.
(IV) God is the best explanation of the fine-tuning of the universe for intelligent life.
Looking for intelligent life
In recent decades scientists have been stunned by the discovery that the initial conditions of the Big Bang were fine-tuned for the existence of intelligent life with a precision and delicacy that literally defy human comprehension. This fine-tuning is of two sorts. First, when the laws of nature are expressed as equations, you find appearing in them certain constants, such as the gravitational constant. The values of these constants are independent of the laws of nature. Second, in addition to these constants, there are certain arbitrary quantities which define the initial conditions on which the laws of nature operate – for example, the amount of entropy (disorder) in the universe. Now these constants and quantities fall into an extraordinarily narrow range of life-permitting values. Were these constants or quantities to be altered by less than a hair's breadth, the life-permitting balance of nature would be destroyed, and life would not exist.
There are three live explanatory options for this extraordinary fine-tuning: physical necessity, chance, or design.
Physical necessity is not, however, a plausible explanation, because the finely-tuned constants and quantities are independent of the laws of nature. Therefore, they are not physically necessary.
So could this fine-tuning be due to chance? The problem with this explanation is that the odds of all the constants and quantities' randomly falling into the incomprehensibly narrow life-permitting range are just so infinitesimal that they cannot be reasonably accepted. Therefore the proponents of the chance explanation have been forced to postulate the existence of a 'World Ensemble' of other universes, preferably infinite in number and randomly ordered, so that life-permitting universes like ours would appear by chance somewhere in the Ensemble. Not only is this hypothesis, to borrow Richard Dawkins' phrase, "an unparsimonious extravagance," it faces an insuperable objection. By far, the most probable observable universes in a World Ensemble would be worlds in which a single brain fluctuated into existence out of the vacuum and observed its otherwise empty world. So, if our world were just a random member of the World Ensemble, by all probability we ought to be having observations like that. Since we don't, that strongly disconfirms the World Ensemble hypothesis. So chance is also not a good explanation. Thus,
1. The fine-tuning of the universe is due to either physical necessity, chance, or design.
2. The fine-tuning of the universe is not due to physical necessity or chance.
3. Therefore, the fine-tuning of the universe is due to design.
Thus, the fine-tuning of the universe constitutes evidence for a cosmic Designer.
(V) God is the best explanation of intentional states of consciousness.
Philosophers are puzzled by states of intentionality. Intentionality is the property of being about something or of something. It signifies the object-directedness of our thoughts. For example, I can think about my summer vacation, or I can think of my wife. No physical object has intentionality in this sense. A chair or a stone or a glob of tissue like the brain is not about or of something else. Only mental states or states of consciousness are about other things. In The Atheist's Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions (2011), the materialist Alex Rosenberg recognizes this fact, and concludes that for atheists, there really are no intentional states. Rosenberg boldly claims that we never really think about anything. But this seems incredible. Obviously, I am thinking about Rosenberg's argument – and so are you! This seems to me to be a reductio ad absurdum of his atheism. By contrast, for theists, because God is a mind, it's hardly surprising that there should be other, finite minds, with intentional states. Thus intentional states fit comfortably into a theistic worldview.
So we may argue:
1. If God did not exist, intentional states of consciousness would not exist.
2. But intentional states of consciousness do exist.
(VI) God is the best explanation of objective moral values and duties.
In our experience we apprehend moral values and duties which impose themselves as objectively binding and true. For example, we recognize that it's wrong to walk into an elementary school with an automatic weapon and shoot little boys and girls and their teachers. On a naturalistic view, however, there is nothing really wrong with this: moral values are just the subjective by-products of biological evolution and social conditioning, and have no objective validity.
Alex Rosenberg is brutally honest about the implications of his atheism here too. He declares, "there is no such thing as… morally right or wrong." (The Atheist's Guide to Reality, p.145); "Individual human life is meaningless… and without ultimate moral value." (p.17); "We need to face the fact that nihilism is true." (p.95). By contrast, the theist grounds objective moral values in God, and our moral duties in His commands. The theist thus has the explanatory resources to ground objective moral values and duties which the atheist lacks.
Hence we may argue:
1. Objective moral values and duties exist.
2. But if God did not exist, objective moral values and duties would not exist.
(VII) The very possibility of God's existence implies that God exists.
In order to understand this argument, you need to understand what philosophers mean by 'possible worlds'. A possible world is just a way the world might have been. It is a description of a possible reality. So a possible world is not a planet or a universe or any kind of concrete object, it is a world-description. The actual world is the description that is true. Other possible worlds are descriptions that are not in fact true but which might have been true. To say that something exists in some possible world is to say that there is some consistent description of reality which includes that entity. To say that something exists in every possible world means that no matter which description is true, that entity will be included in the description. For example, unicorns do not in fact exist, but there are some possible worlds in which unicorns exist. On the other hand, many mathematicians think that numbers exist in every possible world.
Now with that in mind, consider the ontological argument, which was discovered in the year 1011 by the monk Anselm of Canterbury. God, Anselm observes, is by definition the greatest being conceivable. If you could conceive of anything greater than God, then that would be God. Thus, God is the greatest conceivable being – a maximally great being. So what would such a being be like? He would be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, and He would exist in every logically possible world. A being which lacked any of those properties would not be maximally great: we could conceive of something greater – a being which did have all these properties.
But this implies that if God's existence is even possible, then God must exist. For if a maximally great being exists in any possible world, He exists in all of them. That's part of what it means to be maximally great – to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good in every logically possible world. So if God's existence is even possible, then He exists in every logically possible world – and therefore in the actual world.
1. It is possible that a maximally great being (God) exists.
2. If it is possible that a maximally great being exists, then a maximally great being exists in some possible world.
3. If a maximally great being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.
4. If a maximally great being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.
5. Therefore, a maximally great being exists in the actual world.
6. Therefore, a maximally great being exists.
It might surprise you to learn that steps 2-7 of this argument are relatively uncontroversial. Most philosophers would agree that if God's existence is even possible, then He must exist.
So the question is, is God's existence possible? Well, what do you think? The atheist has to maintain that it's impossible that God exists. That is, he has to maintain that the concept of God is logically incoherent, like the concept of a married bachelor or a round square. The problem is that the concept of God just doesn't appear to be incoherent in that way. The idea of a being who is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good in every possible world seems perfectly coherent. Moreover, as we've seen, there are other arguments for God's existence which at least suggest that it's possible that God exists. So I'll just leave it with you. Do you think, as I do, that it's at least possible that God exists? If so, then it follows logically that He does exist.
(VIII) God can be personally known and experienced.
This isn't really an argument for God's existence; rather it's the claim that you can know God exists wholly apart from arguments, by personally experiencing him. Philosophers call beliefs grasped in this way 'properly basic beliefs'. They aren't based on some other beliefs; rather they're part of the foundation of a person's system of beliefs. Other properly basic beliefs would be the belief in the reality of the past or the existence of the external world. When you think about it, neither of these beliefs can be proved by argument. How could you prove that the world was not created five minutes ago with built-in | 3,986 |
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Occasionally, the writing ripens into melodrama. Looking back on the cusp of the arrest, Celestial ponders, "Did we love so forcefully that night because we knew or because we didn't? Was there an alarm from the future, a furious bell without its clapper?"
Still, as the voices pluck our sympathies and the narrative builds, the reader rushes to discover if Roy and Celestial's marriage can last. Jones has taken a propulsive romance and raised its stakes. "An American Marriage" hums with Black Lives Matter topicality but is devoid of sermons.
"My novel is not about criminal justice 'per se,' " Jones writes in the publicity materials. "It is issue adjacent, rather than a protest novel."
Fair enough, but consider that title. Jones doesn't call her work "A Canadian Marriage." Or a Bulgarian one. The Americanness seems pointed.
Even more, she begins this provocative, heartrending story with an epigraph that belies any distancing from larger societal concerns. The words Jones picked to draw in her readers come from the poet Claudia Rankine:
"What happens to you doesn't belong to you, only half concerns you. It's not yours. Not yours only."
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AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, by Tayari Jones. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 308 pp., $26.95.
For her fourth novel, the bracing and evocative "An American Marriage" — just selected for Oprah's Book Club — Tayari Jones found her topic in a prosperous, contemporary couple brought low when the man is wrongfully imprisoned. She found her literary spark in a shopping mall.
"Sitting in the food court, I overheard a young couple arguing in hushed tones," Jones recalls in the book's publicity materials, describing the pair as in love and in pain. "She said, 'Roy, you know you wouldn't have waited on me for seven years.' He looked puzzled and then replied, 'This wouldn't have happened to you in the first place.' "
The first and last words of "An American Marriage" belong to Roy O. Hamilton, the striving, up-from-humble-roots Morehouse man who took his bride to Bali for their honeymoon. Eighteen months later, a judge gives him 12 years in a Louisiana prison for a rape he didn't commit. His beloved, Celestial Davenport, is a Spelman graduate — as is Jones — from an upper-class Atlanta family. She is Roy's alibi — but the pair had been quarreling on the night in question and the jury doesn't believe her.
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No one in either of their families doubts Roy's innocence.
"Are you ashamed of me?," Roy writes from his cell, panicking a bit as Celestial's fine-arts career seems poised to ascend without him. "You are, aren't you? You can't go to the National Portrait Museum and tell them your husband is in prison. You could actually, but you won't. . . . Before, we were living that Huxtable life."
As she did with "Silver Sparrow," an incandescent novel of teenage half-sisters, Jones expertly builds her story out of long stretches of contrasting voices, beginning here with husband and wife, often pinching them into letter format. Roy signs his "love"; Celestial signs hers "yours," until the "dear John" installment arrives on page 81: "I can no longer be your wife." She offers friendship, and Roy howls. That one she signs "Love (and I mean it)."
Jones, who gains in skill with each book, has made Atlanta her fictional turf, and conjuring a skein of complex relationships her trademark. She writes in folksy, assured sentences; the reading is almost effortless. When Roy's conviction is abruptly overturned, she compounds the surprise with a new narrator. He is Andre Tucker, best man at the wedding, wedged into the Roy-less void that had stretched to five years. The pair is now a triangle.
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"Celestial isn't something that you steal like a wallet or even a bright idea," Andre insists. "She is a living, breathing, beautiful human being." Celestial's mother takes a different angle, describing her only child as "brilliant but impulsive and a tiny bit selfish." Then Gloria Davenport adds, "But more women should be selfish. Or else the world will trample you."
In this way, "An American Marriage" swings the reader's sympathies widely, centrifugally, as if on a merry-go-round. The men are believable. The women are recognizable, familiar as a favorite sweater. The details are pleasurable, down to the Huey Newton chairs on Roy's parents' front porch.
The novel kneads the push and pull of love and loyalty, weighing the merits of marriage as institution, as lived out by different generations and negotiated by different classes. Once again, this book is dense with Daddy issues, | 869 |
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