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En física la mecànica clàssica, de vegades també anomenada mecànica newtoniana, és una de les grans subdivisions de la mecànica, es refereix a un conjunt de lleis físiques que descriuen el comportament dels cossos sotmesos a l'acció d'un sistema de forces, descriu de manera força precisa gran part dels fenòmens mecànics que podem observar direct<|fim_middle|> clàssica, a la que l'entropia no és una magnitud ben definida. La radiació d'un cos negre no va poder ser explicada sense la introducció dels quanta (llei de Planck). Quan els experiments van assolir el nivell atòmic la mecànica clàssica no va poder, ni aproximadament, coses tan bàsiques com els nivells d'energia, la mida dels àtoms o l'efecte fotoelèctric. Els esforços per resoldre aquests problemes van portar al desenvolupament de la mecànica quàntica.
Des de finals del la mecànica clàssica ja no és considerada com una teoria independent. L'èmfasi s'ha posat en els esforços per comprendre les forces fonamentals de la natura com en el cas del model estàndard de física de partícules i les seves extensions més modernes vers una teoria unificada (Teoria del tot). La mecànica clàssica és una teoria per a l'estudi del moviment en un entorn fora de l'àmbit de la mecànica quàntica, amb partícules de baixa energia i camps gravitacionals febles.
Branques
La mecànica clàssica se subdivideix en
L'estàtica, que estudia els cossos en repòs.
La cinemàtica, que estudia el moviment dels cossos des d'un punt de vista purament geomètric, sense tenir-ne en compte les forces que actuen sobre ells.
La dinàmica, que estudia el moviment dels cossos tenint en compte les forces que actuen sobre ells.
Els resultats de la mecànica clàssica descriuen amb molta precisió la majoria dels fenòmens de l'experiència quotidiana. El seu rang de validesa va des del moviment de les cèl·lules dins el cos humà fins al moviment dels planetes al sistema solar, passant per tots els moviments (cotxes, pilotes, avions) de la nostra vida diària. Quan les velocitats dels objectes s'aproximen a la velocitat de la llum, la mecànica clàssica perd la seva validesa i és reemplaçada per la mecànica relativista. Quan anem a escales atòmiques també perd la seva validesa i és reemplaçada per la mecànica quàntica.
De vegades es reserva el terme mecànica newtoniana per a la mecànica basada en les lleis de Newton, i el terme mecànica clàssica es fa servir per referir-se conjuntament a la mecànica newtoniana i la mecànica relativista, en contraposició amb la mecànica quàntica.
La mecànica newtoniana que és la formulació més coneguda i la més senzilla, basada en les Lleis de Newton y que requereix l'ús privilegiat d'un sistema de referència inercial).
La mecànica lagrangiana és una formulació més abstracta i general, que permet l'ús en igualtat de condicions de sistemes inercials o no inerciales sense que, a diferència de les lleis de Newton, la forma bàsica de les equaciones canvie. Això és degut al fet que en mecànica lagrangiana es descriu el moviment de les particules en coordenades generals sobre el fibrat tangent de l'anomenat espai de configuració.
Suposicions bàsiques
Les suposicions bàsiques de la mecànica clàssica són:
El Principi de Hamilton o principi de mínima acció. El moviment natural d'un sistema és tal que es minimitzi l'acció A del sistema. L'acció es defineix com:
on L és la funció el lagrangià dependent de les coordenades generalitzades q1, q₂, ..., qn, de la seva derivada i del temps. Reduint al mínim aquesta funció s'obtindran les equacions de moviment a través de la equacions d'Euler-Lagrange.
L'existència d'un temps absolut, la mesura del qual és igual per a qualsevol observador amb independència del seu grau de moviment.
L'estat d'una partícula queda completament determinada científicament si es coneix la seva quantitat de moviment i posició sent ambdues simultàniament mesurables.
És interessant notar que en mecànica relativista el supòsit (2) és inacceptable encara que sí que són acceptables els supòsits (1) i (3). D'altra banda, en mecànica quàntica el que no és acceptable és el supòsit (3) (de fet en la mecànica quàntica relativista ni el supòsit (2) ni el (3) són acceptables).
Encara que la mecànica clàssica i en particular la mecànica newtoniana és adequada per a descriure l'experiència diària (amb esdeveniments que succeïxen a velocitats moltíssim menors que la velocitat de la llum i a escala macroscòpica), a causa de l'acceptació d'estos tres supòsits tan restrictius com (1), (2) i (3), no pot descriure adequadament fenòmens electromagnètics amb partícules en ràpid moviment, ni fenòmens físics microscòpics que succeïxen a escala atòmica.
Tanmateix, açò no és un demèrit de la teoria, ja que la simplicitat de la mateixa es combina amb l'adequació descriptiva per a sistemes quotidians com: coets, moviment de planetes, molècules orgàniques, baldufes, trens i trajectòries de mòbils macroscòpics en general. Per a estos sistemes quotidians és molt complicat tan sols descriure el seu moviments en termes de les teories més generals.
Descripció de la teoria
A continuació es fa una introducció dels conceptes bàsics de la mecànica clàssica, per simplificar els objectes reals es consideren com a partícules puntuals, objectes amb una mida negligible. El moviment d'una partícula puntual es caracteritza per un petit nombre de paràmetres: la seva posició, la seva massa i les forces que actuen sobre ella.
En realitat, el tipus d'objectes que pot descriure la mecànica clàssica mai tenen una mida nul·la. (La física de les partícules molt petites com l'electró es descriu millor amb la mecànica quàntica.). Els objectes amb unes mides nul·les tenen un comportament molt més complicat que les hipotètiques partícules puntuals a causa dels graus de llibertat addicionals, per exemple, una pilota pot girar mentre es mou. Però els resultats per les partícules puntuals poden ser utilitzats per estudiar els objectes reals tractant-los com a objectes compostos, formats per un conjunt de partícules puntuals que interaccionen entre si. El centre de massa d'un objecte compost es comporta com una partículapuntual.
La posició i les seves derivades
La posició d'una partícula puntual es defineix respecte a un punt de referència arbitrari, O, a l'espai, habitualment acompanyat d'un sistema de coordenades, amb el punt de referència posicionat en lorigen d'aquest. Es defineix com un vector r del punt O fins a la partícula. En general no cal que la partícula puntual sigui estacionària en realció al punt O, en aquest cas r serà una funció de t, el temps transcorregut des d'un moment inicial arbitrari. En la relativitat anterior a Einstein (anomenada relativitat galileana), el temps és considerat un absolut, per exemple, el temps transcorregut entre dos esdeveniments és el mateix per a tots els observadors. A més de basar-se en un temps absolut, la mecànica clàssica assumeix la geometria euclidiana per a l'estructura de l'espai.
Velocitat i celeritat
La velocitat o ritme de variació de la posició amb el temps, es defineix com la derivada de la posició respecte del temps o
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En mecànica clàssica, les velocitats poder sumar-se i restar-se directament. Per exemple, si un cotxe viatja ver l'Est a 60 km/h i passa un altre cotxe que també viatja cap a l'Est a 50 km/h, llavors des de la perspectiva del cotxe més lent, el cotxe més ràpid viatja cap a l'Est a una velocitat de 60 − 50 = 10 km/h. I des de la perspectiva del cotxe més ràpid, el lent s'està movent a una velocitat de 10 km/h vers l'Oest. Les velocitats es poden sumar directament com a valors vectorials, han de ser tractades utilitzant el càlcul vectorial.
Matemàticament, si la velocitat del primer objecte del paràgraf anterior es denota amb el vector
i la velocitat del segon objecte amb el vector , on és la celeritat del primer objecte, és la celeritat del segon objecte, i i són els vectors unitaris en la direcció del moviment de cada una de les partícules (objectes), llavors la velocitat del primer objecte vista pel segon és:
De manera similar:
Quan ambdós objectes es mouen en la mateixa direcció, aquesta equació es pot simplificar com:
O, ignorant la direcció, la diferència pot ser donada només en termes de celeritat:
Acceleració
Lacceleració, o ritme de variació de la velocitat amb el temps, es defineix com la derivada de la velocitat respecte del temps (la derivada segona de la posició respecte al temps) o
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L'acceleració pot sorgir d'un canvi amb el temps de la magnitud de la velocitat o de la direcció de la velocitat, o de les dues coses. Si només la magnitud, , de la velocitat disminueix, això de vegades rep el nom de desacceleració, però en general, qualsevol canvi de la velocitat amb el temps, inclosa la desacceleració, és simplement el que anomenem acceleració.
Sistemes de referència
Mentre la posició, la velocitat i l'acceleració d'una partícula pot ser referenciada respecte a qualsevol observador en qualsevol estat de moviment, la mecànica clàssica suposa l'existència d'una família especial de sistemes de referència en termes dels quals les lleis mecàniques de la natura prenen una forma relativament simple. Aquests sistemes de referència especials s'anomenen inercials i es caracteritzen per l'absència d'acceleració de l'observador i el requisit que totes les forces que afecten les lleis físiques de l'observador s'originen en fonts identificables (càrregues, cossos gravitacionals, etc.). Un sistema de referència no inercial és un que accelera respecte a un d'inercial, i en un sistema no inercial una partícula és sotmesa a una acceleració per una força fictícia que forma part de les equacions de moviment únicament com a resultat de l'acceleració, i no s'origina en una font identificable. Aquestes forces fictícies s'afegeixen a les forces reals que es reconeixen en un sistema inercial. Un concepte clau dels sistemes inercials és el mètode per a la seva identificació, a efectes pràctics, els sistemes de referència que no estan accelerats respecte de les estrelles distants es consideren unes bones aproximacions com a sistemes inercials.
Les següents conseqüències es deriven de l'observació d'un esdeveniment des de dos sistemes de referència inercials, i , on viatja a una velocitat relativa to .
(la velocitat d'una partícula des de la perspectiva de S és més lenta en que la seva velocitat des de la perspectiva de S)
(l'acceleració d'una partícula és la mateixa en qualsevol sistema de referència inercial)
(la força sobre una partícula és la mateixa en qualsevol sistema de referència inercial)
la velocitat de la llum no és una constant en la mecànica clàssica, i tampoc no hi ha una correspondència amb l'especial consideració que es dona a aquest concepte en la mecànica relativista.
la forma de les equacions de Maxwell no es conserva en els sistemes de referència inercials. Tanmateix, a la teoria de la relativitat especial, l'assumpció de la velocitat de la llum com una constant altera les relacions entre els sistemes de referència inercials de manera que les equacions de Maxwell esdevenen invariants.
Forces. La segona llei de Newton
Isaac Newton va ser el primer a expressar matemàticament la relació entre la força i la quantitat de moviment. Alguns físics interpreten la segona llei de Newton com una definició de la força i la massa, mentre que d'altres la consideraven com un postulat fonamental, una llei de la natura. Qualsevol interpretació té les mateixes conseqüències matemàtiques:
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La magnitud rep el nom de moment conjugat. Així la força neta sobre una partícula és igual al ritme de canvi de la quantitat de moviment (moment) de la partícula amb el temps. Atès que la definició de l'acceleració és , la segona llei es pot escriure d'una forma més simple i més familiar
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En tant que la força que actua sobre una partícula és coneguda, la segona llei de Newton és suficient per descriure el moviment d'una partícula. Com que les relacions independents per a cada força que actua sobre una partícula estan disponibles, es pot substituir a la segona llei de Newton per obtenir una equació diferencial ordinària, que s'anomena equació de moviment.
Com a exemple, suposem que la fricció és l'única força que actua sobre la partícula i que pot ser expressada com una funció de la velocitat de la partícula, per exemple:
amb λ com a constant positiva. Llavors l'equació de moviment és
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Això pot ser integrat per obtenir
On és la velocitat inicial. Això significa que la velocitat d'aquesta partícula disminueix de manera exponencial fins a zero a mesura que passa el temps. En aquest cas, un punt de vista equivalent és que l'energia cinètica de la partícula és absorbida per la fricció (que la converteix en energia calorífica, de conformitat amb el principi de conservació de l'energia), frenant-la. Aquesta expressió pot ser integrada per obtenir la posició de la partícula en funció del temps.
Les forces més importants són la gravitacional i la força de Lorentz per l'electromagnetisme. A més, la tercera llei de Newton pot ser utilitzada de vegades per deduir les forces que actuen sobre una partícula: si sabem que una partícula A exerceix una força sobre una altra partícula B, es dedueix que B ha d'exercir una força igual i de sentit oposat o força de reacció, , sobre A. La forma més forta de la tercera llei de Newton requereix que and actuï al llarg de la línia que uneix A i B, mentre que a la forma feble no és necessari. Com a il·lustració de la forma feble de la tercera llei de Newton s'utilitzen sovint les forces magnètiques.
Energia
Si una força és aplicada a una partícula que assoleix un desplaçament , el treball fet per la força es defineix com el producte escalar dels vectors de la força i el desplaçament: (noti's que el vector desplaçament és el canvi en el vector posició)
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Si la massa de la partícula és constant, i Wtotal és el treball total realitzat sobre la partícula, obtingut sumant el treball realitzat per cada força aplicada, aplicant la segona llei de Newton tenim:
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on Ek rep el nom d'energia cinètica. Per a una partícula puntual, es defineix matemàticament com la quantitat de treball fet per accelerar la partícula des de la velocitat zero a la velocitat v:
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Per als objectes compostos de moltes partícules, l'energia cinètica del cos compost és la suma de l'energia cinètica de les seves partícules.
Una classe particular de forces, conegudes com les forces conservatives, es poden expressar com el gradient d'una funció escalar, coneguda com l'energia potencial i es denota Ep:
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Si totes les forces que actuen sobre una partícula són conservatives, i Ep és l'energia potencial total (que es defineix com el treball fet per les forces implicades per reordenar les posicions mútues dels cossos ), obtinguda mitjançant la suma de les energies potencials corresponents a cada força
Aquest resultat és conegut com a conservació de l'energia i determina que l'energia total,
és constant en el temps. I sovint és un concepte molt útil perquè moltes forces són conservatives.
Mecànica Lagrangiana
La mecànica lagrangiana té l'avantatge de ser prou general perquè les equacions de moviment siguin invariants respecte a qualsevol canvi de coordenades. Això permet treballar amb sistema de referència inercials o no-inercials en peu d'igualtat.
Per a un sistema de n graus de llibertat, la mecànica lagrangiana proporciona un sistema de n equacions diferencials ordinàries de segon orde anomenades equacions del moviment que permeten conèixer com evolucionarà el sistema.
Encara que en general la integració d'eixe sistema d'equacions no és senzilla, resulta de gran ajuda reduir el nombre de coordenades del problema buscant magnituds conservades, és a dir, magnituds físiques associades al sistema, que no varien al llarg del temps. Les magnituds conservades també se solen anomenar integrals del moviment i solen estar associades a lleis de conservació comuns.
En mecànica lagrangiana hi ha un mode molt elegant de buscar integrals de moviment a partir del teorema de Noether. D'acord amb este teorema quan un lagrangià és invariant davall un grup de simetria uniparamètric llavors qualsevol generador de l'àlgebra de Lie associada a eixe grup uniparmètric és proporcional a una magnitud conservada:
Així quan un problema físic té algun tipus de simetria rotacional, el seu lagrangià és invariant davall algun grup de rotació i tenim que es conserva el moment angular.
Quan un problema físic presenta simetria translacional, és a dir, quan les forces que actuen sobre un sistema de partícules són idèntiques en qualsevol posició al llarg d'una línia, tenim que en eixa direcció es conserva el moment lineal.
La llei de conservació de l'energia està associada a una simetria de translació en el temps. Quan les equacions bàsiques d'un sistema són iguals en tots els instants del temps i els paràmetres que determinen el problema no depenen del temps, llavors l'energia del dit sistema es conserva.
La mecànica lagrangiana pot generalitzar-se de forma molt abstracta i inclús ser usada en problemes fora de la física (com en el problema de determinar les geodèsicas d'una varietat de Riemann). En eixa forma abstracta la mecànica lagrangiana es construeix com un sistema dinàmic sobre el fibrat tangent de cert espai de configuració aplicant-se diversos teoremes i temes de la geometria diferencial.
Mecánica Hamiltoniana
La mecànica hamiltoniana és semblant en essència a la mecànica lagrangiana, encara que descriu l'evolució temporal d'un sistema per mitjà d'equacions diferencials de primer ordre, la qual cosa permet integrar més fàcilment les equacions de moviment. En la seua forma canònica les equacions de Hamilton tenen la forma:
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On H és la funció de Hamilton o hamiltoniano, i són els parells de coordenades canòniques conjugades del problema. Usualment les variables tipus qi s'interpreten com a coordenades generalitzades de posició i les pi'' com a moments associats a les velocitats.
Tanmateix, una característica notable de la mecànica hamiltoniana és que tracta en peu d'igualtat els graus de llibertat associats a la posició i a la velocitat d'una partícula. De fet en mecànica hamiltoniana no podem distingir formalment entre coordenades generalitzades de posició i coordenades generaliadas de moment. De fet es pot fer un canvi de coordenades en què les posicions queden convertides en moments i els moments en posicions. Com a resultat d'esta descripció igualitària entre moments i posicions la mecànica hamiltoniana admet transformacions de coordenades molt més generals que la mecànica lagrangiana. Eixa major llibertat a triar coordenades generalitzades es traduïx en una major capacitat per a poder integrar les equacions de moviment i determinar propietats de les trajectòries de partícules.
Una generalització de la mecànica hamiltoniana és la geometria simpléctica, en eixa forma la mecànica hamiltoniana és usada per a resoldre problemes no físics, inclús per a la matemàtica bàsica. Algunes generalitzacions i regeneralitzacions de la mecànica hamiltoniana són:
La geometria simplèctica La geometria de contacte que pròpiament és una generalització de l'anterior.
La mecànica de Nambu que és una espècie de mecànica hamiltoniana amb diversos hamiltonians simultanis.
Rang de validesa i formulació
La mecànica clàssica''' és una teoria general del moviment de sistemes de partícules físiques de sistemes macroscòpics i a velocitats petites comparades amb la velocitat de la llum. Existeixen tres formulacions diferents de la mecànica clàssica:
la mecànica hamiltoniana és una altra formulació abstracta, semblant a la mecànica lagrangiana, on el moviment de les partícules es modelitza sobre l'anomenat espai de fases que és una varietat simplèctica. Este enfocament és particularment adequat per a construir la mecànica estadística clàssica.
Si considerem sistemes inercials en l'espai euclideo tridimensional ℝ³, les tres formulacions són bàsicament equivalents.
Mecánica relativista i mecànica quàntica
La mecànica relativista va més enllà de la mecànica clàssica i tracta amb objectes movent-se a velocitats relativament pròximes a la velocitat de la llum). La mecànica quàntica tracta amb sistemes de reduïdes dimensions (a escala semblant a l'atòmica), i la teoria quàntica de camps (vegeu també camp) tracta amb sistemes que exhibixen ambdós propietats.
Referències
Vegeu també
Relativitat especial d'Einstein
Mecànica quàntica | ament a la nostra vida quotidiana. L'altra gran subdivisió és la mecànica quàntica.
La mecànica clàssica és aplicable als cossos continus, a velocitats baixes (és a dir, molt per sota de la velocitat de la llum) i de mida molt més gran que els àtoms o les molècules. La podem utilitzar per descriure el moviment de tota classe d'objectes macroscòpics, des dels projectils fins a parts de les màquines passant pels objectes astronòmics com les naus espacials, els planetes, les estrelles o les galàxies. Dins d'aquests dominis ofereix resultats força acurats, es tracta d'una de les matèries més antigues en ciència, enginyeria i tecnologia.
Dins de la mecànica clàssica sovint es diferencien dues teories: la mecànica newtoniana (o simplement mecànica ), formulada per primera vegada per Newton en la famosa obra Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, publicada el 1686, i la mecànica analítica desenvolupada per Lagrange, Hamilton, Liouville, Jacobi i d'altres entre la segona meitat del i finals del . De vegades amb el terme mecànica clàssica s'està indicant, especialment en la literatura científica de parla anglesa, només una de les dues teories. Cal assenyalar que les dues teories, encara que partint de principis diferents (els postulats d'Isaac Newton en el primer cas, el principi de mínima acció en el segon) i utilitzant mètodes matemàtics sustancialment diferents (càlcul simple en el primer cas, càlcul de les variacions i elements d'anàlisi matemàtica que en el segon), van arribar a resultats equivalents des del punt de vista experimental.
Història
Tot i que alguns filòsofs grecs de l'antiguitat com Aristòtil ja van introduir la idea de l'existència de principis abstractes que governaven la natura, la idea de l'experimentació com a mètode de verificació no va aparèixer fins al quan Al-Biruní (973 – 1048) va introduir el primer mètode científic basat en la comprovació experimental de les causes que expliquen les observacions. Ja al al-Khaziní unificaria l'estàtica i la dinàmica en la ciència de la mecànica i combinant els camps de la hidroestàtica amb la dinàmica apareixeria la hidrodinàmica. Alguns conceptes relacionats amb les lleis de Newton del moviment van ser enunciats per diversos físics musulmans durant l'edat mitjana. Una versió inicial de la llei de la inèrcia, coneguda com la primera llei de Newton, i el concepte de quantitat de moviment, una part de la segona llei de Newton, van ser descrits per Alhazen (965–1040) i Avicenna (980 – 1037). La proporcionalitat entre força i acceleració, un principi important en mecànica clàssica, va ser postulat per primera vegada per Abu-l-Barakat (1077-1165), i teories sobre la gravetat van ser desenvolupades per Banu Mussa, Alhazen, i al-Khaziní. És sabut que el tractat sobre l'acceleració de Galileo Galilei i el seu concepte de la inèrcia (impetus) va sorgir a partir de l'anàlisi anterior del moviment que a l'edat mitjana havien fet Avicenna, Avempace, i Jean Buridan (1300 – 1358).
La primera explicació de les causes del moviment dels planetes va ser l'obra Astronomia nova que Johannes Kepler va publicar el 1609. Basant-se en les observacions de Tycho Brahe sobre l'òrbita de Mart, Kepler va arribar a la conclusió que les òrbites eren el·líptiques. Aquest trencament amb el pensament antic va coincidir aproximadament amb la proposta de Galileu d'unes lleis matemàtiques abstractes sobre el moviment dels planetes. El famós experiment de deixar caure dues boles des de la Torre de Pisa potser no es va arribar a fer mai, però és molt important destacar que Galileu havia dut a terme molts experiments amb boles i plans inclinats, la seva teoria sobre l'acceleració deriva dels resultats d'aquests experiments i constitueix una pedra angular de la mecànica clàssica.
Com a base dels seus principis de filosofia natural, Newton va proposar tres lleis del moviment: la llei de la inèrcia, la llei de l'acceleració, i la llei de llei d'acció i reacció, que serien els fonaments de la mecànica clàssica. Tant la segona com tercera lleis de Newton van ser objecte d'un tractament científic i matemàtic adequat a la seva obra Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, això les diferencia dels anteriors intents d'explicar fenòmens similars que havien estat incomplets, inexactes, o amb poca utilització d'expressions matemàtiques precises. Isaac Newton també va enunciar els principis de la conservació del moment i el moment angular. A la mecànica, també va ser el primer a oferir la primera formulació correcta, científica i matemàtica de la gravetat a la seva llei de la gravitació universal. La combinació de les lleis de Newton del moviment i la gravitació van proporcionar la descripció més completa i precisa de la mecànica clàssica (les lleis de Kepler sobre el moviment dels planetes va ser una explicació teòrica que va tenir en consideració). Newton va demostrar que aquestes lleis s'apliquen als objectes quotidians, així com als objectes celestes.
Prèviament Newton havia inventat el càlcul infinitesimal i el va utilitzar als seus càlculs matemàtics, tanmateix a l'obra Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica va utilitzar els mètodes geomètrics reconeguts al moment per no comprometre l'acceptació de les seves propostes. Aquests mètodes antics serien reemplaçats ràpidament pel càlcul, però cal fer notar que va ser Leibniz qui va desenvolupar la notació de la derivada i la integral que són els conceptes preferits avui dia.
Newton i la majoria dels seus contemporanis, amb la notable excepció de Christiaan Huygens treballava assumint que la mecànica clàssica podia explicar tots els fenòmens, inclosa la llum, amb l'òptica geomètrica. Fins i tot després del descobriment dels anomenats anells de Newton (un fenomen d'interferència d'ones) va continuar utilitzant la seva teoria corpuscular de la llum.
Després de Newton la mecànica clàssica va esdevenir el camp principal d'estudi en matemàtiques i en física.
A finals del es van descobrir algunes dificultats que només van poder ser resoltes amb una física més moderna. Algunes d'aquestes dificultats eren relacionades amb la comptatibilitat amb la teoria electromagnètica i el famós experiment de Michelson-Morley, la seva resolució va portar a l'aparició de la teoria de la relativitat especial, que sovint és inclosa dins la mecànica clàssica.
Un segon conjunt de problemes va sorgir en relació a la termodinàmica, quan la mecànica clàssica combinada amb la termodinàmica va portar a la paradoxa de Gibbs de la mecànica estadística | 1,997 |
Dr. Amr Badawi, the Executive President of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), participated in ITU Telecom World 2009 that was held in Geneva from 5 to 9 October 2009. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, inaugurated ITU Telecom World 2009. The event was under the theme of 'Open Networks- Connected Minds'. More than 100 delegates came from various countries to participate in that global event, with the participation of Heads of States and governments in addition to the heads of the global pioneering ICT companies.
The Egyptian participation in this global event crowns Egypt's strenuous efforts exerted to publicize and promote worldwide the Egyptian achievements model in ICT sector. Furthermore, the delegation publicized the fourth Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which Egypt will host from 15 to 18 November 2009 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Moreover, ITU Telecom World 2009 is an opportunity for NTRA to announce the RFP for two licenses of telecom network operators in Closed Compounds. NTRA announced lately the submission of bids in order to choose the best Consortia submitting technical and financial bids as per the Beauty Contest. Each Consortium should include an international operator in addition to one local partner or more (from the Egyptian ICT companies). The bids will be invited on January 12 2010.
Dr. Amr Badawi, the Executive President of NTRA was a forum panelist in the Regulatory Roundtable session: 'Regulating in Times of Crisis'. The panel included the heads of the German and French regulatory bodies in addition to a high-level delegate from Japan, UAE and the World Bank.
Moreover, Dr Amr Badawi held several bilateral meetings with the heads of regulatory bodies, policy-makers,<|fim_middle|> in ICT sector. | and the chiefs of international organizations and companies in order to discuss the best means for exchanging expertise and probing the latest developments in the current regulatory issues | 28 |
Applied Physics<|fim_middle|> KU quartz glass. The power of the xenon lamp radiation spectrum (240 nm to 360 nm) was 1,000 kW. The samples under investigation were placed within the working chamber on a copper crystal holder of a blow nitrogen cryostat that provided high vacuum not worse than 2·10– 6 Torr to guarantee the needed purity of the crystal surface at low temperature experiments.
The registration system made it possible to measure the luminescence spectra in different spectral points at the selective photoexcitation to 3.5 eV, as well as the luminescence spectra within the range of 1.2 -3.5 eV.
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Experimental procedure. To carry out one or another type of studies on the effects of solar radiation and the experimental determination of the effectiveness of solar energy concentrators, you need, above all, a source of radiation which spectrum is close to the sun spectrum in outer space or near the Earth's surface. Therefore, one of the most important components of system test stations is a solar simulator. As is known, considerable remoteness of Sun from Earth leads to the fact that solar rays incident on the objects in cosmic space or on the Earth's surface in parallel, while the artificial radiation sources are located at relatively short distances from the surface of the test product. Solar simulator (SS) designed to simulate solar radiation. An important requirement of the SS is its minimum impact on the simulation of temperature and humidity regimes in the measuring chamber. SS includes light sources (lamps), forming optical devices (FOD), devices for radiation input into the chamber, reflecting mirror systems, power supplies for lamps, filters, measuring and control devices for simulator and its individual systems, as well as other auxiliary systems. The luminescent properties of the samples were tested using the newly developed experimental installation, LUMEN. The installation (Figure 2) provides ample opportunities for research in the field of fluorescent UV-visible spectroscopy with energy resolution at different temperatures.
Fig. 2. LUMEN laboratory installation
Figure 3 shows the scheme of optical measurements using LUMEN installation. The installation was mounted using standard serial equipment has been collected on the basis of equipment from serial production and two monochromators. To excite luminescence, a primary monochromator was used. In order to eliminate higher orders of diffraction gratings, quartz or LiF filters were arranged on the output window of the primary monochromator. Optical scheme of the primary monochromator provided UV radiation spot size 2 х 0.15 мм2 on the sample. The second monochromator was used for the registration of luminescence in UV and visible spectral regions. At the exit of the monochromator, a solar-blind photomultiplier was arranged to measure luminescence spectra. LUMEN installation operations, regimes of temperature and measurement range selection, were computer controlled, and processing of luminescence spectra was carried using special software.
Fig.3 The scheme of LUMEN experimental installation.
As a light source, DKsEL 1000-5 ultra-high pressure xenon lamp was used. For this xenon lamp, a high-aperture illuminator was specially made from | 645 |
Alternative Title: Microsoft Windows
Windows OS, computer operating system (OS) developed by Microsoft Corporation to run personal computers (PCs). Featuring the first graphical user interface (GUI) for IBM-compatible PCs, the Windows OS soon dominated the PC market. Approximately 90 percent of PCs run some version of Windows.
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In 1985 Microsoft came out with its Windows operating system, which gave PC compatibles some of the same capabilities as the Macintosh.…
The first version of Windows, released in 1985, was simply a GUI offered as an extension of Microsoft's existing disk operating system, or MS-DOS. Based in part on licensed concepts that Apple Inc. had used for its Macintosh System Software, Windows for the first time allowed DOS users to visually navigate a virtual desktop, opening graphical "windows" displaying the contents of electronic folders and files with the click of a mouse button, rather than typing commands and directory paths at a text prompt.
Subsequent versions introduced greater functionality, including native Windows File Manager, Program Manager, and Print Manager programs, and a more dynamic interface. Microsoft also developed specialized Windows packages, including the networkable Windows for Workgroups and the high-powered Windows NT, aimed at businesses. The 1995 consumer release Windows 95 fully integrated Windows and DOS and offered built-in Internet support, including the World Wide Web browser Internet Explorer.
With the 2001 release of Windows XP, Microsoft united its various Windows packages under a single banner, offering multiple editions for consumers, businesses, multimedia developers, and others. Windows XP abandoned the long-used Windows 95 kernel (core software code) for a more powerful code base and offered a more practical interface and improved application and memory management. The highly successful XP<|fim_middle|> experienced a troubled rollout and met with considerable marketplace resistance, quickly acquiring a reputation for being a large, slow, and resource-consuming system. Responding to Vista's disappointing adoption rate, Microsoft in 2009 released Windows 7, an OS whose interface was similar to that of Vista but was met with enthusiasm for its noticeable speed improvement and its modest system requirements.
Windows 8 in 2012 offered a start screen with applications appearing as tiles on a grid and the ability to synchronize settings so users could log on to another Windows 8 machine and use their preferred settings. In 2015 Microsoft released Windows 10, which came with Cortana, a digital personal assistant like Apple's Siri, and the Web browser Microsoft Edge, which replaced Internet Explorer. Microsoft also announced that Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows, meaning that users would receive regular updates to the OS but that no more large-scale revisions would be done.
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Reid Bullish on Climate Bill
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Does John Kerry have good reason to be so optimistic about a climate bill? The Washington Post reports that he's getting strong signals that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants a bill ASAP, indicating that senators might be closer to a deal on climate and energy than many people around Washington have assumed.
Kerry indicated to reporters Tuesday that an energy package is still atop Reid's agenda for the year. And in a statement to the Post, Kerry said that Reid is "deadly serious about making progress this year on climate and energy reform." Reid met with Kerry on Tuesday after a he huddled with Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) to discuss the anticipated measure.
"Senator Reid made it clear to me the other day that he wants a bill and he wants it soon," Kerry said. "I can't give you an exact timeline, but we are working very very diligently with our colleagues and all of the stakeholders to think this through carefully and get this done right, and get it done in a way that can pass the Senate."
Finance Chair Max Baucus (D-M<|fim_middle|> has jurisdiction over some key elements of the bill, like permit allocation and any revenues it may bring in.
Sources close to the climate debate at environmental and energy industry lobbying groups indicate that they, too, are getting positive signals that the Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman are getting close to a deal. Kerry indicated that they've close to agreement on key elements like a nuclear energy title, but the outstanding issue remains what kind of mechanism they will use to price carbon.
Barack Obama's appeal to industry leaders to support a cap also seems to have revived hopes that something will move forward soon. So we might well see the fruits of Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman's efforts some time soon.
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Is There a Tri-Partisan Path Forward for a Climate Bill? | ont.) has been less enthusiastic about moving on a bill this year, saying earlier this week that he doesn't think it stands much of a chance of going anywhere. His committee | 35 |
The 1975 Knockout Carnival was the 19th Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. The tournament was won by Victoria<|fim_middle|>, with each team playing the others in a round robin competition; but the 1975 carnival was played as a shortened knock-out tournament and split between two cities. Just three games were played: two semi finals and a final. The semi-finals were played as a double-header in Melbourne, and the final was contested a month later in Adelaide. Unlike previous carnivals, no All-Australian team or Tassie Medalist was chosen.
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The 1975 carnival represented a significant change in format for the carnival. Previous carnivals had all been played as a stand-alone event in a single host city | 35 |
Photographer Joseph Podlesnik
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By: Martin Mugar -<|fim_middle|> Painting. | Jul 11, 2020
Image by Josephj Podlesnik.
There is an old Maine locution "You can't get there from here" that is a response to a question from a lost driver getting directions in the Maine backcountry. Factually it states the obvious: it might be hard to describe the way places are connected by convoluted country roads but it also embodies a kind of laconic Yankee spirit that raises the question of why would one bother to go elsewhere when here might be just fine. Joseph Podlesnik adds to this dialogue: once you get there leaves us in a quandary: There may not be a here at all.
In photography and painting perspective has often been the main visual tool that connects the human presence to the here and now which becomes place. The image created by the handheld camera establishes ipso facto a tight bond via the picture plane on the back of the camera to the environment. If it is parallel to the subject matter or at an angle to it, the way the eye is moved by the image can be quite different. In an 8x10 format you can actually manipulate the plane in the back of the camera to be in alignment or not with the subject matter. As a young artist in the 70's when flatness reigned in the world of Painting I took pleasure in looking at the snap shots of photographers who documented their presence in the world. It was a humanist bent that led me to appreciate the work of Cartier-Bresson. He is a master of the manipulation of perspective as a tool to both submit his subjects to perspective and then liberate them from its hold at the last minute so to speak. The perspectival effect was either achieved through the converging lines of architecture receding or with similar objects each being smaller in scale. In this photo he used both:
The perspective is created both by the receding barrier and the scale of the two men in proportion to each other. One wonders how different the image would be if the man closeup would be looking through a hole at what I presume to be a construction site. The side of his face is parallel to the picture plane of the camera putting him in the photos structure, but his looking away is an escape from the structure of the perspective to something outside the snapshot.
Eggleston is another photographer hypersensitive to the picture plane. Whereas Cartier-Bresson is using the diagonals Eggleston often uses the parallel picture plane as an inert underlying structure on which to hang some other visual strategies. In this picture the trash cans hang like two barbells supported by the food stand. It is a closed system except for the soft candy hues of the stand and their evocation of a warm summer day which like the gaze of the man in the Cartier-Bresson photo is an emotional release.
Podlesnik compresses the space with the same perspectival tools but squeezes the human presence almost completely out of the scene for the most part with no escape, no hope for empathy for the human condition. The suburban/urban space he describes seems drawn from the non-spaces of industrial parks, parking garages, motels off of the highway. But the nihilist aesthetic is so powerful they could just as well be anywhere in the hands of Podlesnik. Cartier-Bresson and Eggleston started us down the route away from the monument, the easily recognizable. Poldesnik takes us ever further afar to the edge of the void with the places almost unrecognizable. But there is a surprisingly unexpected release in all his images but not in the subject matter of the photo: the things he describes are often represented with the marks ,structure and textures of abstract painting. Sometimes we see the influence of minimalism at other times that of postmodern provisionalist painting as defined by Raphael Rubinstein a style of painting shown several years ago in a show at MoMA entitled "Forever Now".
Can't get there from here? Just at the moment where Podlesnik seems to abandon the here and now and "the place" seems to be lost in an existential dead end, the viewer is transported by a kind of transcendence into the language of painting. It might be considered in computer parlance as hypertextual the simultaneity provided by the computer in our modern life where one image suggests another.
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Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP is dedicated to the community. The firm believes it has a responsibility to not only its clients but the community at large. All attorneys are encouraged to volunteer their time. Some of the firm's activities include:
Nanci Nishimura is a member of the prestigious Asian Art Museum Board of Trustees. The Museum holds a world-renowned collection spanning 6,000 years of history. Nishimura studied in Japan and was an editor for noted art scholar Sammy Yukuan Lee, the benefactor of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies.
Community Gatepath
Niall McCarthy is a former Board Chair of Community Gatepath. Community Gatepath fosters hope, dignity, and independence among children and adults with disabilities, and is dedicated to building inclusive environments where individuals of all abilities can thrive. Community Gatepath helps people with disabilities in all aspects of their lives including meaningful employment.
Debbie Kiefer heads up CPM's team in their participation in Rebuilding Together, the nation's leading nonprofit, working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities for low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly and those with disabilities.
Second Harvest Food Bank
CPM employees sorted food at the Second Harvest Food Bank to be distributed to families struggling with low-wage jobs, growing housing costs and homelessness. Volunteers bagged, sorted and inspected food. Taking CP&M's motto - "Develop a sense of urgency" - to heart, the volunteers broke a record by bagging 2,300 bags of food. It was just CP&M's way to help achieve Second Harvest Food Bank's mission - "Providing food for people in need in our community."
S.F. Food Bank
CPM employees volunteered at the S.F. Food Bank where they sorted and packed food for those in need. The S.F. Food Bank partners with housing sites, schools, community centers, and churches in San Francisco and ensures that food is provided throughout the community.
Donations to Troops in Iraq & Afghanistan
CPM sent over 500 pounds of various items, from beef jerky to toothpaste, to soldiers from the 82nd Airborne serving in Iraq. CP&M does this on a regular basis. The program is managed by Darren Kelley for the Americans Supporting Americans ("ASA") Program - Troops overseas.
The following are excerpts from a letter to CP&M from Cpt. James Wiltse, Company Commander of the Airborne Infantry unit serving in Iraq, which we support: "Please relay my Company's gratitude to all who contributed to the care packages that we received this week." ... "The men are very grateful for the variety of items that were sent over." ... "Our PX here at Camp Ramadi closes in the next 2 weeks which means<|fim_middle|>: Bet Tzedek Legal Services Union, Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, CASA of Los Angeles, Friends of the Children San Francisco, just to name a few. In the past few years, CPM has obtained millions of cy pres dollars for non-profits.
Joseph Cotchett was honored by Notre Dame De Namur University with the Community Spirit Award. University President, Judith Maxwell Grieg said "Joe Cotchett has spent his life both in and out of the courtroom advocating for those who are less fortunate and couldn't fight for themselves." The school created the award to recognize individuals who have given their time, energy and resources to improve the quality of life for others.
Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club
Darren Kelley is the Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club Board President. The Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club is a non-profit group serving local youth. They provide a range of activities during after-school hours for children between the age of six and 18 that promote self-esteem, mental and physical well-being and academic performance.
Rule of Law Delegation to Southeast Asia
Nanci Nishimura met with U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, David Shear, to discuss advances in diplomatic relations and business development between the U.S. and Vietnam. Nishimura has a master's degree in international relations focusing on U.S.–Asia business, and was part of a rule of law delegation to Southeast Asia sponsored by the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. She was joined by partner Joe Cotchett, who is a long-time fellow of the International Academy.
Filipino Bar Association of Northern California
CPM sponsored the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California fundraiser in San Francisco for Typhoon Haiyan victims. CPM employees and others rallied together to help raise money for those affected by one of the deadliest typhoons that hit the Philippines. CPM also made a generous donation to the ABS CBN Foundation International. | that these packages arrived at the perfect time."
Seven Tepees Youth Program
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP has long supported Seven Tepees Youth Program. Anne Marie Murphy was a board member for a number of years and remains involved through the Advisory Board. Seven Tepees is a non-profit serving more than a thousand urban youth in San Francisco, and provides comprehensive services to youth, including mentoring, academic support, and college and career counseling in afternoon programs. (http://www.7tepees.org/index.html).
2010 Community Award by Santa Clara Law Center
Niall McCarthy was presented with the 2010 Community Award from the Santa Clara University Community Law Center for his outstanding work in the consumer rights area and in supporting organizations in the local community. This award is given to a firm, organization, or individual who has consistently demonstrated a commitment to serving the underprivileged of our society.
Father Alfred Boeddecker Award
Joseph Cotchett was awarded the Fr. Alfred Boeddeker Award from St. Anthony Foundation at a special luncheon and awards ceremony. This honor is given to those who support St. Anthony's mission and work in servicing the poor and homeless. St. Anthony Foundation's mission is to feed, heal, shelter, clothe, lit the spirits of those in need, and create a society in which all persons flourish. They are committed to providing the poor with basic needs and services. St. Anthony Foundation was founded by Fr. Alfred Boeddeker, a Franciscan friar who founded humanitarian programs to aid the poor and marginalized in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of Fr. Boeddeker's greatest sayings: "h e great activity of our life is to love."
KaBOOM! ("Playground In A Day")
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy participated alongside 390 volunteers from the City of Daly City, KaBOOM!, the Foresters and the Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club (MPBGC) to build a "playground in a day" which benefited the MPBGC's Bayshore Heights club location. KaBOOM!, a national non-profit, is dedicated to saving play for America's children. Their mission is to create a great, safe place to play within walking distance of every child in America.
Preschool Beautification Program
CPM employees volunteered to beautify FacesSF Preschool in San Francisco. CPM and the Asian American Bar Association Community Services Committee partnered with Jumpstart to clean classrooms and a playhouse, scrub walls, sweep surrounding areas, remove trash, paint walls and classrooms and fill a sandbox with new sand.
CPM Distributes Cy Pres Awards
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy distributed cy pres awards in California to a range of worthy nonprofit charitable organizations in need. Cy pres awards are funded with money from class action settlements, either the residual funds that are left after the settlement proceeds are distributed to class members, or by court order under the rules of procedure when class members cannot be identified. Nanci Nishimura obtained a court order to distribute residual funds from a class action settlement to veterans, legal aid, and child advocacy organizations, including | 650 |
"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection<|fim_middle|> about it!
I hope you enjoyed these quotes as much as I did. If you have your favourite quotes, tweet them at me – @e4developer. Until next time! | " – David Wheeler. In this article, I look at my favourite quotes relating to software development and what we can learn from them.
Most new programmers often attempt to chase the wrong thing. They try to make their code as short as possible or sacrifice time and legibility with premature optimisations. Martin Fowler is here to remind us what is really important- making your code easy to understand! I would extend that to APIs, Libraries and Framework design.
If the gentle words of Martin Fowler were not convincing enough, here is a quote from John F. Woods! Of course, this is an exaggeration, but exposed to the scrutiny of code review- you don't want to be THAT guy!
What many organization hope is that by creating independent, empowered teams, they will end up with independent, well-built microservices. While there is some truth to it, software engineering is not that simple! With three independent teams, you just may receive three clusters of "distributed monoliths" rather than nice independent microservices.
Designing good APIs is crucial for success in the world of services (micro or not). Jon Postel offers a good advice (originally about TCP protocol) on how to approach your communication.
You should try to be as stable as possible while being able to consume APIs even if they change slightly. This way you end up with robust systems.
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) is often credited for being the first programmer. She was programming an Analytical Engine rather than a modern computer, but she already recognized its potential.
It is fascinating to see that someone over 150 years ago already expected machines to influence science. A fascinating insight.
This quote should hang on every project manager's wall! It is still far too common in the 21st century for people to imagine that they can just throw bodies at a software project and it will all work out!
We are constantly seeing small, high performing teams outcompete massive, slow-moving corporations. With the Agile, Lean, DevOps movements there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but there is still much educating to do.
Share that quote with your managers and colleagues, make sure that they don't forget that!
I really like this quote from Bill Gates. It sums up how many of us feel about software development. There is skill, engineering, but also an element of beauty in it. Let's not forget | 492 |
Why I love Anime, Part 1
By Shamus Posted Wednesday Jun 14, 2006
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A lot of otaku will tell you that one of the appealing things about anime is that the stories are fresh and different. Which is true. We've seen all the stories Hollywood has to tell. A lot. That one story about the loner guy who doesn't play by the rules but beats the bad guy and gets the girl in the end? We've seen it, and a thousand like it. Likewise for the one about two cops who are very different and don't get along, but who need each other in order to crack the case. We've been up and down that story many times, and it was getting stale before I was even born. So the different stories coming out of Japan really are a breath of fresh air.
But after a few years I'm starting to notice that I've heard some of these Japanese stories before. These stories are getting worn as well, yet I would still rather watch one of these than anything on American television. I think it goes beyond the novelty of the story.
Neverending Story
It was only recently that I realized that the major attraction of anime for me is probably the fact the stories end. And they<|fim_middle|> book.
Wiseman says:
Sunday May 5, 2019 at 9:08 am
I assume the sameness of anime finally got to you as you stopped covering it. Anime has always been a part of my life in a way. It's always been on open television in Brazil till recently and while I haven't always watched religiously I also never thought I'd ever quit it for the most part because that would be just like quitting movies or books. It's not a thing you do, you know. You have strayed for too long. Come back home, grasshopper. | don't just end, they end on purpose and at a point that was decided on in the very beginning. A series might go long, but they do have a noticeable story arc and a deliberate conclusion at the end. There is a real satisfaction when I reach the end of a good anime, not unlike the feeling I get when I finish a book.
In the U.S. (and most western countries, I suspect) shows are made to last. They try to maintain the status quo as much as possible, so that when the show goes into syndication the episodes can be shown in any order. It's also a lot easier to write for a steady-state show. You can farm out episodes to different writers and shuffle them around as the broadcast schedule dictates. In effect, they avoid telling any sort of long-term story.
After years of watching these shows, I now find this to be painfully tedious. I hate the way shows will end in a cliffhanger at the end of the season, so that they can entice viewers back after the network is done boring everyone with summer reruns. Even worse is when the viewer tunes in next fall to see how the story turned out, only to have everything go back to the same default state. So, the only time you need to care what happens between episodes is when the episodes are shown four months apart. That's just rude.
I have not seen regular television in about six years. (Except for this small exception.) I don't miss it. I know the stories they are telling aren't real stories. Nothing ever really happens and it never really goes anywhere. It's just a long chain of unrelated events leading to cancelation.
I heard about the Sopranos a couple of years ago and got excited. Not because this was a mob story, but because I heard that they had decided to do a show that would last five seasons, and then end. At last, someone has a story to tell! I started watching the show (via Netflix) and I enjoyed it. It doesn't follow the network TV formula of interchangable episodes. Characters come and go, rise in importance or get killed off. The thing seemed pretty fluid and held my attention until season 4. Then I noticed the show was suffering from a bad case of squirrel brain. Instead of two or three running stories, the show now had a dozen. Plots would show up, jump to the foreground, and then trail off without really coming to any conclusion. The show began focusing on a lot of different characters instead of just Tony and his family. Every show would play hit-and-run with a half dozen plots, all of which seemed like they were just about to climax, yet they never did. Suddenly I realized: This isn't a drama. This is a soap opera for men.
Then I heard that they were making a season six and I felt betrayed. All this time I thought the show was going somewhere, and it wasn't. It was just going. I thought they had a story arc written that would stretch from episode one to the very end of season five, where it would all wrap up. No. They didn't have any ending in mind when they started, and season 4 proved to me that they didn't have a single overall story to tell. I lost all interest in the show. Now I hear they are making season six-and-a-half (come on, it's season seven and everyone knows it!) and I feel like I wasted an awful lot of my time it.
I hate this about American shows, which is why I enjoy Anime so much. Often the endings are lackluster, obvious, or (most common of all) confusing and ambiguous, but hey – at least they have an ending. A book with a rotten ending is better than a book that stops halfway through the final chapter with an ad to buy the next book.
Mahoromatic is famous for its horrible ending, yet I still like the fact that it did end, and they aren't still cranking out season after season of the same crap over and over again. Oh look! Suguru has been in middle school for ten years, Chizu still loves food, Shikijo is still chasing Suguru around, and Mahoro still somehow hasn't run out of energy. For ten freakin' years. I know this is how the show would work if it had been made in Hollywood, and it's a shame.
It's hard to tell if this is a result of American culture or Hollywood itself. I've always assumed that the writers were just too stupid and lazy to try to tell a real story, but its entirely possible that American viewers don't care. Maybe most people like steady-state shows, and television is giving them exactly what they want.
UPDATE: Steven is talking about stories and novelty today as well. He sounds a lot more jaded than me, but he's been doing this anime thing for years longer and at a much greater pace.
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17 thoughts on "Why I love Anime, Part 1"
Steven Den Beste says:
Wednesday Jun 14, 2006 at 8:18 pm
There was a show in the late 1980's called "WiseGuy" which actually told real stories which actually ended. What they did was to divide their year into about four 6-show segments, and each one told a complete story with a real ending. And they'd actually create characters for us, get us to know them, and then kill them off. I was never really much of a fan, but I do remember that it was a lot different than anything else on TV at the time.
Pixy Misa says:
Thursday Jun 15, 2006 at 3:53 am
I get the feeling every so often that I'm tired of anime. But what I'm tired of is bad (or even average) anime. Every time I get that feeling a good show will come along – Nanaka 6/17 or Midori no Hibi or Kamichu or The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – and I'll get sucked right back in again.
I remember WiseGuy… though it seemed that even the half-season story arcs got a bit repetitive after a while (I was a little young at the time, but that's the impression I got from watching with my dad)…
I definitely think that there's a sort of diminishing returns the more you partake in a given entertainment form. At this point, there are so many different things that I'm entertained by that I don't really spend too much time on any one of them (with the possible exception of watching movies), so I don't get too sick of any of them either. To paraphrase the old saying, it seems that the entertainment fads that burn the brightest, also burn the shortest.
One thing that can make me watch network TV is an added social component – if you're watching with other people, it's more bearable. Call it the MST3K effect. That's how I've ended up watching every season of 24 (which is a show that has firm endings and isn't afraid to kill off characters, though last season the formula was wearing a bit thin).
The other thing that helps is watching TV on DVD. This has become so prevalent that I think it's why a lot of newer shows have long story arcs… because they don't have to worry about people missing an episode as much.
Like Pixy says, every once in a while I'll read a book or watch a movie that completely enthralls me and removes any doubt and sucks me back in…
Thursday Jun 15, 2006 at 5:20 pm
I absolutely agree on the importance of telling large scale stories – a collection of episodes may be an excellent collection of short stories, but often a novel is wanted.
That said, these last few years have been a good time for dramas with endings, and HBO has been right at the forefront of that Sopranos isn't what was promised, true – but take a look at The Wire or Deadwood. As Sopranos did, they may yet betray the premise, but so far they've done excellent work, and done it by centering the stories on a city or town. Individual character rise or fall, and the town's slower arc goes on underneath it all. The first season of Veronica Mars was iexactly what you're looking for – a good, unified, story with a beginning and an end. The second season suffers in comparison, and the good news is that they're going to a three arc system next season – like that Wiseguy show SDB mentioned. Battlestar Galactica looks to have effectively ended one story and started another, very different, one after the second season finale. Even shows like Wonderfalls show the signs.
Also, I just can't get through post on television-stories-with-endings without asking about Babylon 5 – have you seen it?
I'd also second Pixy Misa – getting bored with second-rate anime is one thing; getting bored with anime is another.
Oh, I'm not bored with anime. I'm just finally at the point where everything is feeling familiar. It's no longer a journey of discoverery every time I try something new. More like a, "Oh, one of these again, eh? Well, let's see if it's any good."
Ai Aori Yoshi was different and unexpected when I saw it as a newbie. If I saw it now, I would recognize it for what it was: a very ordinary Harem Comedy.
I'm just saying that the honeymoon is over, not that I want a divorce. :)
Evil Otto says:
Gotta agree with you… I like the fact that many anime series end after a season or so. A lot of them would suffer if the attempted to keep going… "Tonight on 'Last Exile: Season Seven': Is Sophie pregnant? And who is the father? Plus, Dio and Lucciola go to Vegas."
And it's one of the things I loved about Babylon 5. Five seasons, that's it. Story is done. There have been a few attempts to start *different* series set in the same universe, but the original series itself ran its course and ended. More than a few series (cough*X-Files*cough*) claim to have a limited run planned and an overarching storyline, but somehow forget it after a few seasons.
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fledgling otaku says:
Saturday Jun 17, 2006 at 11:37 am
I guess I haven't seen enough anime to get bored yet – apart from the Miyazaki genre, of which I have seen a lot (and am watching Howl's Moving Castle this afternoon since my wife is on call and my daughter at the inlaws). And what I've sampled has been pretty diverse. I shoudl make a list of what I watched and whats on tap – it will be quite a modest list. Then again, I also diversify a lot into science fiction and other things so maybe it's precisely my shallow sampling depth that keeps me interested?
Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Tuesday Jun 12, 2007 at 6:12 am
You know, this has to do with what I imagine the difference to be between how the networks work.
My experience is with Chinese (Cantonese, Hong Kong) shows contrasting with American, but generally American networks seems to pick up and drop series, and the episodes get cut short or extended depending on if the networks keep them running. So a show appears to do well, the networks keep it. If it doesn't, it's dropped. This leads to a distinct lack of, well, change. Shows have to get interest, and then hold it. And so long as they hold interest, the networks want more.
In Hong Kong, most series are written as one storyline, filmed, and then aired. To my knowledge, no series has ever been dropped midway. (There are exceptions – some series resemble non-arc shows like The Simpsons where everything is wrapped up and back to normal at the end of one episode. You can always tell when they run out of ideas in those…) Essentially though, most of the shows are indeed a story arc. Three come to mind – a police officer gets sent back in time, and the only way he can have a future to return to is if he makes sure the first emperor of China BECOMES the first emperor. And eventually, there is a first emperor, and the story concludes. Then there are two 'education' based ones, one about pilots in training, and one about police in training. The stories run over what happens while they're there, and concludes with their graduation. Neat contained story arcs.
This is entirely (I feel) because of how the networks operate differently. It's worth noting that the major networks in HK seem to have one pool of talent (per network), and the shows always draw from their respective pools. So the networks seem to compete on a show-basis, not an episode-basis.
This may well have to do with different attitudes in Western and Eastern businesses (and TV is of course a business). The CEO of Sony once deplored the short-sightedness of American corporations. Something about how you sometimes have to make investments that pay off ten years down the road, not the next fiscal quarter.
elfsage says:
Friday Jul 13, 2007 at 3:24 pm
One show I feel lived up to its promise was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I know not everyone was a fan and I respect that, but each season had a plot-arc based around a specific villain. Each season referenced events from previous seasons (although not always important ones) and were internally consistent. And nobody could argue the show didn't have a definite ending. Furthermore, even though other members of the ensemble did guest-star on later seasons of Angel, Buffy herself never made an appearance.
Monday Apr 7, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I guess thats why Vision of Escafowne made such a monstrous impression on me. It actually changed my life. Such good character designs and fully fleshed out stories. It was so opposite of American television. Many origianl ideas in it as well. So many mysteries surrounding the Escaflowne armor. Then they made the movie, which was crap. Its like they suddenly nudered Escaflowne, beat it up and kicked it around and then published whatever came out of it's behind.
MikeSSJ says:
Tuesday Jun 24, 2008 at 11:14 am
Aside from the obvious mention of Babylon 5 as pretty much the ONLY show that had a pre-determined ending from the very beginning, I'd like to mention two more shows I found (or find) quite enjoyable:
Farscape: Science Fiction, and pretty good, if you ask me. It has a clear story-arc, and it even has a clear ending. As a matter of fact, the makers of Farscape collected money after the show was cancelled in order to produce a short mini-series giving the fans the ending everyone was waiting for, and it was definitely worth it.
24: The formula might be similar for each season, but there are enough changes occuring during each season that the "status quo" is never maintained. At least one of the main characters WILL be gone by the end of the day. New characters get introduced, and the whole thing tends to be a bit unpredictable, which is a GOOD thing.
Of course, I haven't watched all available seasons yet, and rather than build towards one final conclusion, each season is it's own stand-alone-story, but nonetheless I feel like I have to mention this as one of the few "good" American shows out there.
If you haven't watched either of them yet, you might consider at least giving them a chance.
Katrani Merack says:
This is a very good point. There are some animes/mangas that drag on for too long- InuYasha, for one. At least the anime, never read the manga. Dragonball/Z/GT for another example, but in that case the creator was forced to keep making more. Some seem too short. I have a feeling Miyazaki could've done better if he'd done Howl's Moving Castle as a series, instead of a two-hour movie. Not sure if that's how long it actually is, but that's besides the point.
At the same time, the Japanese still have that 'we've gotta get this done!' sense sometimes. Take Hellsing, for instance. The anime overtook the manga, but instead of waiting, they came up with an extra villian and just tied it up. That's not to say I don't love some of the extra things- Order 09, for one- but Incognito was just weird and didn't fit at all. FMA avoided this, although I'm not sure HOW. The anime tied up most, if not all, of the loose ends, and is good either as a stand alone or as another way the manga could've been told.
Then, there are American titles- and British ones!- like this. Or I think there are. Firefly only got the one season- CURSE YOU FOX!- but I believe it would've ended if given a chance withint three or four seasons, and Serenity did a wonderful job of tying things up. Futurama is a borderline example. Sure, there was a status quo. But they ended the seasons with actual endings, just in case they didn't get a new season, especially the last. Most of the characters didn't turn into mockeries of themselves, like they have on the Simpsons. That's why I watched all of it. There was development, but it didn't flanderize anyone.
For the British example, look at Doctor Who. Sure, it doesn't have a definite ending. Probably never will. But there are certain points where people can stop watching and feel like it's the end, or keep watching until they grow tired of it or whatever. That is a good example of a status quo show- thigns are allowed to change, but it never left its premise. And that's ignoring the movies, just because, and I've never read the novels.
Also, if you're looking for something samey-but-new, try Magic Knight Rayearth. Sure, it was made in 1993 (I believe), but the dub isn't horrible and the story isn't completely predictable. The first season has some filler as compared to the manga (since there's only 3 volumes), and the second season is pretty different, but it's still good and original, even if it seems to start out samey. CLAMP's best work, I believe.
Monday May 18, 2009 at 8:10 am
Shamus, you should check TV show "Twin Peaks" – it does end!
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18e-eeuws schilder | is vanwege zijn Turkse schilderijen. Zijn werk is niet van artistiek belang, maar uit cultuur-historisch oogpunt interessant. Door zijn werk werd op zijn Turks gekleed gaan mode, zoals in 1719 bij het huwelijk van August III van Polen. Bijzonder is dat het Rijksmuseum sinds 1903 de grootste collectie schilderijen van Vanmour bezit, afkomstig uit de erfenis van de Nederlandse ambassadeur Cornelis Calkoen. Vanmour was een van de schilders van de artistieke beweging die ook wel aangeduid wordt als turkomanie
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Over de opleiding van Vanmour en zijn vroege jaren als schilder is weinig bekend. Zijn vader was schrijnwerker in het Henegouwse Valencijn dat in 1678 door de Fransen veroverd was. In 1699 vertrok hij naar Constantinopel, in het gevolg van de nieuwe Franse ambassadeur, markies Charles de Ferriol, die hij in Parijs had leren kennen. In Constantinopel schilderde Vanmour verschillende bevolkingsgroepen, binnenshuis of op het platteland, topografische gezichten, historiestukken en honderd afbeeldingen van klederdrachten in het Osmaanse Rijk. Van Mour had aanzien en het vertrouwen van de Verheven Porte, want de ambassadeur had wegens onenigheid geen toegang tot het Topkapi paleis van de sultan Ahmed II.
Nadat De Ferriol in 1711 met psychische problemen terugkeerde naar Frankrijk, bleef Vanmour achter aan de Bosporus. De Ferriol gepubliceerd in 1714 gravures naar de schilderijen in Recueil de cent estampes représentant différantes nations du Lévant. Het werk vond gretig aftrek, zodat een tweede druk verscheen in het volgende jaar.
In 1727 werd Cornelis Calkoen ambassadeur voor de Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden en hij vroeg Vanmour om de bijeenkomsten met Ahmed III vast te leggen. Calkoen was zo tevevreden met het resultaat dat hij hem nog tientallen opdrachten verstrekte. Om aan de vraag naar schilderijen te kunnen voldoen liet hij zijn composities in zijn atelier door assistenten kopiëren.
Vanmour werd begraven - naar het schijnt - naast Baron de Sarignac op het Jezuïetenkerkhof in Galata.
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Will your A/C stay on in Texas this summer? A state senator wishes he can promise that
Texans are still recovering from the opposite type of extreme weather event: the devastating winter storm of 2021.
Credit: WFAA
Author: Michael McCardel
Published: 4:45 AM CDT June 20, 2022
Updated: 4:26 PM CDT June 20, 2022
DALLAS — It's so hot in Texas already this summer, many of us are fearful of a 2011 repeat.
For the uninitiated transplants, that was our hottest summer ever. Many cities shattered records for the most 100-degree days in a row. Seventy in Dallas, for example. Ninety-eight days above 100 in San Antonio.
Making us even more skittish? Texans are still recovering from the opposite type of extreme weather event: the devastating winter storm of 2021 that led to a catastrophic failure of the power grid and hundreds of deaths.
"I think we will make it through the summer without rolling blackouts, but I can't promise that," Sen. Nathan Johnson said on Y'all-itics. "I'm not concerned that we're going to have a complete failure and darkness for a week. The grid does have capacity to meet these demands, provided everything goes well."
Johnson, a Democrat from Dallas, is a leading voice on the power grid in the Texas legislature.
He says he can't promise we'll make it through the summer because Texas relies on older technology and older equipment.
But he's comfortable right now, because we have a healthy "margin."
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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) runs Texas' power grid. If you've ever used its app, you're very familiar with the electricity supply line and the electricity demand line. The "margin" you hear folks talk about is the space between those lines. And you want a lot of space.
Johnson says ERCOT is running the grid conservatively to ensure that gap remains over the summer. That means power generators in Texas have brought several extra plants online to hold the "margin."
The danger lies in the fact those plants are usually resting right now and undergoing maintenance.
"It is the problem with the conservative way we're running the grid this summer. It keeps people's air conditioners on. And it keeps people out of political trouble. But it is not sustainable," Johnson said.
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T2DM accounts for more than 90% of the overall population with diabetes in China; type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) accounts for approximately 5%, and other types of diabetes account for only 0.7%.5 Due to lack of reliable data on T1DM incidence and prevalence over the past years in China, further investigation has to be conducted.
A large proportion of diabetes is undiagnosed. In the 2007-2008 national survey among adult population over 20 years of age, patients with newly diagnosed diabetes accounted for 60% of total diabetes population.
The goal of primary prevention is to prevent the occurrence of T2DM.
Secondary prevention aims to prevent diabetic complications.
In order to improve the primary prevention efforts for T2DM, hierarchical management approaches based on the differences between the high-risk population and general population should be adopted.
Since the prevalence of T2DM has now reached epidemic proportions, we assume all the above epidemic characteristics also exist in the insurance population. Accordingly, living insurance benefits policies (such as Critical Illness and TPD) are an important option for those with DM or prediabetes.
In Asian markets, complications of diabetes compose the main part of the benefit of diabetic product. Since both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are predisposed to microvascular disease complications (retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy) and macrovascular disease complications (heart attack, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and gangrene),12 diabetic complications are usually covered as a special benefit in CI policies, which includes Diabetic retinopathy, Diabetic nephropathy, Limb amputation, heart attack and stroke. This special benefit commonly<|fim_middle|>. Less stringent treatment goals (e.g., <8%) may be appropriate for older patients, those with a history of severe hypoglycemia, limited life expectancies, older adults and individuals with comorbid conditions. Reductions in HbA1c are closely correlated with reductions in microvascular complications and neuropathy. Previously, HbA1c was not widely used, but since being integrated into the diagnostic criteria for diabetes in American Diabetes Association (ADA) in its updated 2010 guidelines, this test has become available nationally.18 In 2011, the WHO also recommended that wherever conditions permit, countries and regions may consider adopting this HbA1c cut-off point for diabetes diagnosis.19 For the insurance industry, applying HbA1c as one major criteria of persistent underwriting is appropriate because it reflects the blood glucose control over three months. It is more predictable and less invasive than a fasting blood sugar.
There is good clinical evidence that lowering blood pressure, lowering lipids, or the proper use of aspirin therapy alone or in combination, can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease recurrence and death in patients with T2DM who have had cardiovascular disease.20 In patients with diabetic nephropathy, the use of blood pressure-lowering agents – particularly the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin ll receptor antagonist drugs – significantly reduces the risk of diabetic nephropathy progression.
Besides all of the above interventions, prevention and treatment of DM involves maintaining a healthy diet, regular physical exercise and avoiding the use of tobacco. Clinically, therefore, the approach for cardiovascular risk reduction in type 2 diabetes appears to be multifactorial (glycemic control, stopping smoking, aggressive blood pressure control, treatment of dyslipidemia). By applying certain wearable devices and some new technologies, underwriters now have more solutions to collect all this useful information. We can foresee that the underwriter will be able to draw a precise risk profile of the client by professionally interpreting all these risk factors from information that new technology produces – provided he or she has enough knowledge of T2DM and its epidemic features.
Clinically, the ideal comprehensive control of T2DM varies according to the age, comorbidities and complications of patients. A treatment that does not achieve the control targets should not be viewed as a failure because any improvement in the control indicators confers benefits to the patient and reduces the risks associated with complications.
Cardiovascular disease, a more common cause of death in populations with diabetes than microvascular complications, is less clearly impacted by levels of hyperglycemia or the intensity of glycemic control. Tight glycemic control appears to protect against both microvascular and cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes and against microvascular disease in type 2 diabetes. However, its role in reducing cardiovascular risk has not been established as clearly for type 2 diabetes. Therefore, taking thorough consideration of epidemic features of the Chinese general population, it may be helpful to tailor a product to those people.
With the significantly increasing prevalence of T2DM as well as the absolute prevalence rate in the general population, T2DM can now be regarded as an epidemic disease in China. Living insurance benefit policies (such as Critical Illness and TPD) and medical products (hospitalisation reimbursement and certain DM-related treatment benefits) have been repeatedly discussed in our industry. Furthermore, for individuals with high diabetic risk, prediabetic patients and diabetic patients, updating the underwriting guidelines by taking into consideration medical treatment improvement and life style intervention results is appropriate and should be implemented.
From an underwriting perspective, HbA1c, weight control, blood pressure and lipid control as well as the absence of smoking are important in predicting the risk of complications of T2DM. Therefore, getting the correct risk profile of individual clients, as well as targeting the correct insured group for the DM products, is challenging. To achieve these targets, applying a dynamic underwriting protocol (using the rewards of medical intervention, primary prevention efforts to screen individuals who are at high-risk of diabetes) and taking epidemic figures of T2DM in China into account in pricing, are two fundamental elements. | provides 5%-20% of total sum assured. This design behaves like a minor benefit compared to those standard DM complications covered by CI product and, it is assumed, could be helpful in enhancing the CI product.
In the China market in recent years, we have discussed with clients a DM product that could be sold as an independent product rather than an additional benefit attached to a CI product. The market has a great interest in how to incorporate Health control into the product and how to incorporate the positive intervention result into the product. Possibilities include increasing the Sum Assured gradually or reducing the premium if the individual who is life assured demonstrates good adherence to the health control programme and has no claims (some products provide DM-related medical cost benefits) within a certain period.
In the next section, we discuss underwriting from both individual underwriting and DM product insured aspects. Some younger DM patients and individuals with prediabetes are affected by "tightening" diagnosis criteria, and the individual underwriting practice needs to be adjusted accordingly. Regarding the DM product insured, how to target the right person with persistent underwriting based on medical intervention protocol will be emphasized and discussed.
The epidemic characteristics of diabetes in China as well as the prevention protocols are helpful in determining guidelines for offering insurance to individuals with diabetic risk factors and to diabetic patients and individuals with prediabetes.
Furthermore, diabetic clients' health behaviour is also critical. Lack of compliance with medications, persistent smoking, weight gain over time, persistently high HbA1c, lipids or BP are all unfavourable features. Ideally, it will be helpful at the underwriting stage to have medical documents to confirm the clients' compliance with lifestyle intervention and medications. As it is unavailable at underwriting stage, however, we need to be practical and consider the "Persistent Underwriting" course of action, which means the risk assessment should also continue after the policy is issued.
The American Diabetic Association recommends aiming to achieve normal or near normal glycaemia, recommending an HbA1c goal of <7%. More stringent goals (i.e., a normal HbA1c, <6.5%) can be considered in individual patients | 439 |
Growth and innovation go hand in hand. Without innovation, an individual or a society won't advance and grow.
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☛ Barnaby Barford: "Stick that on YouTube!" from the Private Lives series, bone china, porcelain, earthware, enamel paint, other media, H 27 cm x diameter 29 cm, 2007. Image credit: Theo Cook. © Barnaby Barford.
I wrote about Barnaby Barford's art before (Barnaby Barford: "The Good The Bad The Belle", 2009). He is currently having his first solo exhibition in United States at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia Beach, VA). The exhibition has been running since September 12 and will continue up until December 29, 2013.
"Mary had a little lamb" by Barnaby Barford, from the 'Private Lives' series, bone china, porcelain, metal, enamel paint, H 27 cm x diameter 29 cm, 2007. © Barnaby Barford.
Here's how Alison Byrne, director of exhibitions and education at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), describe Barford's art:
Part artist, storyteller and casting director, Barnaby Barford works with antique and mass-produced figurines. He dissects, combines, reassembles, and paints them to create narrative sculpture with darkly comic titles and a touch of English humor.
By incorporating kitsch figurines that we might expect to find on our grandmothers' shelves into contemporary and sometimes scandalous scenarios, the artist takes us off-guard. At first glance these pieces might look harmless, but when you get up close and notice that a cherub-like boy figurine has been altered into a mischievous weapon-wielding character wearing a hoodie, jeans and Nike sneakers, you can't help but laugh. It's been wonderful hearing our visitors chuckling out loud when they see these tongue-in-cheek sculptures. (British Council: "How a young UK artist came to exhibit in Virginia" by Alyson Byrne, October 11, 2013).
The exhibition features 28 sculptures from 14 collections dispersed around the world. It also has Barnaby's first animated film, Damaged Goods (2008, Vimeo):
The film marks Artist Barnaby Barford's first venture into animated film, creating a new world for his porcelain characters. "I've always seen my pieces as scenes from a film – I want viewers to make up what happened before and what might happen afterwards – so it felt like a natural progression to work on a film," Barford explains. (Barnaby Barford: "Damaged Good Film")
One can also watch the 5-min profile "Porcelain Artist Barnaby Barford" produced by Deutsche Welle back in April 2013 for its Euromaxx series:
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Blondes Shares A Rare Live Set Recorded In Zurich
The synth duo will be performing at The Kitchen in New York this Thursday.
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On December 15, The Kitchen will host N.Y.C. synth duo Blondes (alongside James Campbell and I.U.D.) for the release party of Wade Guyton Kunsthalle Zürich via RVNG. The four-LP compilation includes a performance from Blondes in the Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland. To give a glimpse of what's in store this Thursday, Blondes has shared the recording of their Zurich live set.<|fim_middle|> intuition for featuring just enough melody to make an experimental set feel intimate.
"This is a live recording of the show [that] we performed for Wade Guyton's exhibition in Zurich three years ago," Blondes told The FADER over email. "All of the performances were recorded in the Kunsthalle with a Zoom H4n Recorder. Wade took these recordings and created an insane four-LP catalogue for his exhibition, which we're excited to have been a part of!"
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Rihanna's Fenty Puma Fall 2016 Runway Show
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Bajan singer Rihanna showcased her Fenty Puma Fall 2016 collection on Friday 12th of February in New York City. Supermodel Naomi Campbell and Comedian Chris Rock were part of the celebrities who were in attendance for the show.
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The runway show appeared to have a very dark and gothic vibe. According to elle.com Rihanna put on a more traditional runway show for Puma, showcasing a cohesive collection of what you might call statement athleisure. She stuck to a black and white color palette, and the styling hewed dark and gothic (see: black lipstick and rosaries). There were wearable, covetable items like platform creepers, cropped lace-up sweatshirts and matching track pants, oversized hoodies, extra-long coach jackets, and boxers.
Sister Gigi and Bella Hadid who have been in the media spotlight a lot lately were also featured in this runway show. They both looked absolutely stunning modelling various pieces from this collection.
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The 27 year old spoke about her inspiration for her designs and express her joy of creating fashion. Abcnew.go.com reports , In an interview before her show, which was staged in a dark, mirrored, forest-like setting filled with stage smoke, Rihanna spoke about what motivates her to design. "I think design is a part of being creative," she told The Associated Press. "I enjoy creating and expressing the crazy things going on in my mind through something that people can see and that is tangible. That is the best part, being able to express yourself. "Fashion to me was just one of those things that came naturally," she said. "I enjoy discovering it — all the different styles, finishes, fabrics, silhouettes. It's not easy, but it doesn't feel like work. It's one of the things | 398 |
Church, community members praise God for Wisconsin teen's safe return
Worshippers gather Jan. 20, 2019, at St. Peter Church in Cameron, Wis., to give thanks for Jayme Closs' escape from abduction. The ecumenical service brought a sense of closure and relief to the community, whose members have wept and prayed together since the October murder of Jim and Denise Closs and the abduction of Jayme, their 13-year-old daughter. (CNS photo/Anita Draper, Catholic Herald)
By Anita Draper • Catholic News Service • Posted January 22, 2019
CAMERON, Wis. (CNS) — Faith runs deep in Barron County. The story of Jayme Closs's abduction and escape is one of hope and courage, but it is also a story of faith, prayer and triumph over evil.
On Jan. 20 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Cameron, family, friends, parish members and the wider community gathered to praise God for Jayme's safe return.
The ecumenical service brought a sense of closure and catharsis to the community, whose members have wept and prayed together since the October murder of Jim and Denise Closs and the abduction of their 13-year-old daughter, Jayme, but the joy was muted by remembrance of their deaths and acknowledgement of a young girl's immeasurable suffering.
Father John Gerritts, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Hudson, and supervising pastor of parishes in the region, led the prayer service, which included prayers of thanksgiving for law enforcement, schools, friends, the community, Jim and Denise Closs, Jayme and the blessings of God.
Contemporary Catholic musicians Luke Spehar, a singer/songwriter based in Minnesota's Twin Cities, and Aly Aleigha, a Rice Lake, Wisconsin, native with an indie vibe, performed.
Most members of the media were barred from attending. The 300-seat worship area was filled to capacity, with overflow seating in the hall.
We pray to God in times of need, parish director Patty Gerber explained in her greeting, and so it follows that we show our gratitude when our prayers are answered.
"Lord, we are grateful that faith has triumphed over evil," Father Gerritts said in his opening prayer.
An outsider to the parish, Father Gerritts characterized Jayme's return as "one of the great miracles of our time" and praised a community that has endured trials and tribulations in the last two years — a deadly, record-breaking tornado and the murders of the Closses and abduction of their daughter — without blaming one another, pointing fingers or losing hope.
"You have been a shining star," he said, "a gift to our society, to our generation. You've been courageous. You've been hope-filled. You've been faith-filled people. You can hold your heads high."
St. Peter is Jayme's family's home parish. The funerals for her parents were celebrated in that church. She is now living with her aunt, Jennifer Smith, who also belongs to the parish.
On Jan. 10, Jayme freed herself from the home of her abductor, Jake Thomas Patterson, in the town of Gordon in northern Wisconsin. Patterson has been charged with the Oct. 15 shooting deaths of her parents and with abducting the girl and holding her captive in his home for nearly three months.
At the service, the theme of Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald's address was never giving up hope — and gratitude to a community that encouraged, supported and continually fed his staff.
At one point, more than 340 officers — his 87 employees, state and local law enforcement and federal officials — were all together for one briefing.
Today, they<|fim_middle|> again, and we never did," he said.
Also, they enjoyed the cinnamon rolls.
"We're the only people in a tragedy that gained weight," he joked.
Pastor Chad Halverson, of Barron Foursquare Gospel Church, acknowledged Christians are all "part of one amazing family," and added, "We are privileged to lift up our law enforcement tonight." He prayed for law enforcement, for their sacrifice and service, and for personnel who worked on the case.
Diane Tremblay, administrator of the Barron School District, told Jayme, "We are so grateful for you," and praised the community's response to the tragedy.
"No wonder this community is so strong," she said. "There are solid, resilient pillars everywhere."
Tremblay spoke of finding "more meaning in everything" at the first Mass she attended after Jayme's return — she quoted Isaiah 40:1, "Give comfort to my people, says your God," among others — and spoke of keeping the Closs family in her personal prayers and saying the rosary for an increase in faith, hope and charity.
"Jayme presents an increase in all three of those virtues … and that's nothing short of extraordinary," she added.
Pastor Ron Mathews, of First Lutheran Church in Barron, offered the prayer for schools: "We pray in gratitude, Almighty God, for the gift of those who serve in our schools," he said. "They dry tears. Clean up messes. Provide warm meals, break up fights. Encourage kids to do their best."
He asked God to grant them wisdom as Jayme returns to class.
Aleigha, the stage name of Aly Schissel, was on tour when Jayme was taken. She was inspired to write "Labyrinth," a song about hope, strength and courage, and dedicated it to Jayme at every performance.
Jayme's cousin, Amanda Hoard, wept before offering a prayer of thankfulness for friends, and a prayer for healing.
Barron Mayor Ron Fladten quoted his father's favorite Bible passage, Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."
"We had a dark cloud hanging over our community," Fladten said. "Then God removed it. Now the sun shines through. Jayme is home."
Melissa Salmonson offered the prayer for the community, and Lindsey Smith led a prayer for Jim and Denise Closs, thanking God for the gift they were to Jayme.
Jayme's friends, Katie Kohel and Bailey Hauck, said a prayer for her. Asked to describe her before the ordeal, "We would have said she was kind and caring, quiet and talented," but now, "we'd also say strong, courageous, inspiring and loved so much."
Gerber led a prayer for Jayme, "coming from a mother's heart," thanking God for the gift of Jayme, "in gratitude for the gift of joy and unconditional love she brought into her parents' lives."
"Thank you for driving out the darkness, and allowing Jayme to share her life with us," she said.
Draper is editor/reporter at the Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Diocese of Superior.
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"What's Your Story?" gives Mass Communication recent grad a taste for podcast production
Ryan Griffith '20 got into podcasts shortly after he came to York College of Pennsylvania as a Mass Communication major. He listened to them as he walked across campus and on drives back and forth from his home in West Chester, Pennsylvania. While it seemed there were a lot of podcast options for his interests in sports and technology, Griffith wanted to listen to more conversational podcasts. "Personal stories can be some of the most interesting podcasts," he says. "I wanted to find more of those."
During the 2020 Spring Semester, Jeff Schiffman, Griffith's advisor, suggested he create his own podcast episodes to fill that gap. It would become part of an Independent Study that led Griffith to complete three episodes in a series called, "What's Your Story?"
The first interview was with Griffith's grandmother, Wanda Griffith. The 11-minute episode covers where she grew up, how she started her teaching career, and her move to Texas with her high school sweetheart, Sam. The two would move around<|fim_middle|> his future. He was hired for a Marketing Manager position with a minor league baseball team, but without a season, the position was no longer available. He's doing some freelance work for University of Delaware's Athletic Department, where he can complete some graphic design work remotely.
"I'm not sure what the future holds for me, but I feel I've gained some valuable experiences to take the next step," he says. "I'm not sure if I'll get back into podcasting, even though I'm glad I explored it for my Independent Study. It's great to say that I tried it and learned from that." | quite a bit because of Sam's military career. "It was really eye-opening for me because I've spent my whole life living in the same small town," Griffith says.
His next guest on "What's Your Story?" would be York College graduate Kevin Slattery. Griffith met Slattery during his internship with the U.S. Naval Academy Football team in the 2019 Fall Semester. Slattery is the football program's Director of Digital Media. Their 21-minute conversation dives into Slattery's York College experience and gave Griffith an opportunity to try more narration in his editing of the episode. "I just wanted to learn everything I could on how to create these conversations," Griffith says. "I didn't want to control the outcome too much. I was more interested in letting it flow."
Recording from home
When COVID-19 closed the York College campus, Griffith decided to record one more episode, this time with his parents, Karen and Tim Griffith. His conversation with them focused on their experience following stay-at-home orders. The change didn't impact his father too much, as he's been retired three years, although he did have to cut back on golfing and gym workouts. Griffith's mother, who works for a pharmaceutical company, worked remotely two days a week before the pandemic, but had to adjust to working from home more often.
"I wish I could have done more episodes, which would have been easier if I was on campus and had other people to interview, but I'm happy with what I did accomplish," Griffith says. "It was a good experience for me."
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SANFORD - Most companies would love to be Conveyor Tech. For the last year, the Sanford-based enterprise that designs and builds automated machines used in manufacturing worldwide has enjoyed skyrocketing growth.
Thanks to orders pouring in from existing customers -- and new ones, as well -- their share of the market is growing. They've added 78,<|fim_middle|> local company solve a real problem and, maybe even more importantly, demonstrate how partnerships between education and industry can pay real dividends when everyone brings their expertise to the table.
"We don't want the community college to be seen as a last resort; we want it to be the first," is how Swindell puts it. "When companies are looking for employees, developing the ones they have or training new ones coming in, they should think about the community college right away, because this is where workforce development happens."
Apparently, others are believers, too. Everything went so well at the Innovation Center that the Conveyor Tech project will be featured as an effective and innovative partnership during a presentation at MFGCON 18, the manufacturing innovation conference held each year in the Research Triangle. Pilson and Swindell will be sharing details and insights in September with industry leaders from across the state.
"Recruitment and retention are problems throughout the manufacturing environment," Pilson says when asked how she expects the presentation to be received. "Well-trained employees are happy employees, so the reaction can be only positive."
For further information on CCCC Industry Services, contact Cathy Swindell, Director of Industry Services, at (919) 718-7212 or email to cswindell@cccc.edu. | 000 square feet of space. And their workforce has exploded.
Dreama Pilson, the company's human resources director, says Conveyor Tech essentially is doubling their head count and has been hiring around the clock since last fall. They grew from 82 employees in October to 127 by the end of April. And sometime in the next year and a half, if all goes according to plan, they expect that number to hover somewhere around 200.
But even good news can present some dicey challenges. To start with, how can you quickly hire so many people and train them all to assemble high-tech automated machines, especially when there's already a lot of turnover in those entry-level positions?
Nobody was more puzzled than Pilson -- until she mentioned the problem to Central Carolina Community College's industry services director Cathy Swindell. That's when the two longtime friends and industrial leaders had an idea: What about forming a comprehensive training partnership between Conveyor Tech and the college?
It started with that immediate problem -- training new hires. Swindell found a gifted master training instructor who spent a couple of weeks inside Conveyor Tech, learning their system, assessing exactly what new machine builders needed to succeed on the job and then designing a training program to provide the critical knowledge and skills.
CCCC opened the doors to its Howard-James Innovation Center, the state-of-the-art industrial training facility located a stone's throw from Conveyor Tech in the Lee County Industrial Park. Conveyor Tech provided all of the needed supplies, some basic tooling and, of course, a steady stream of new employees.
Pilson now hires in groups of six to eight and sends them to a two-week, 80-hour training class before they ever land on the production floor. That class, using the curriculum developed specifically for entry-level machine builders at Conveyor Tech, provides classroom instruction on basic electrical systems and a lot of hands-on assembly practice. It even includes a final assessment: completely assembling an automated machine. To finish training successfully, employees must complete the assembly alone, in a fixed amount of time, with 90 percent accuracy.
With that new-employee problem solved and a structure now in place to provide training easily and effectively, Conveyor Tech and CCCC dug even deeper. They also added employee training in several other areas -- including electrical systems, forklift safety, leadership and team skills.
"We talked initially about the entry-level machine builders and what we needed to do to get a project in place, but then we talked about what else was needed given the growth they were going to have," says Swindell. "We knew there were other things that would help them be productive, efficient and successful.
"So, we're actually doing a larger project with other elements that will have a positive impact on the company."
It has been an unqualified success. Not only has training allowed new employees to start building machines with added confidence and skill, but it means Conveyor Tech's more experienced machine builders can use their time better. Rather than teaching the most basic skills to new employees, they can serve as mentors and focus on creating the company's intricate equipment.
"The partnership has been instrumental to our fast growth," says Pilson. "It has helped us improve both quality and production schedules -- which provides benefits internally, within the company, and externally for our customers."
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Back to the west wall of the Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea, New York City's trendy art gallery enclave, my spine is straight, my chin is tucked and my eyes softly focused on a slight Asian man dressed in white, monk-like attire who is on down on his knees, slowly circling a cone-shaped pile of salt. Of all the things to do in New York, I'm not exactly sure why I skipped the collection at the Whitney Museum or taking in a Broadway show to instead cab across town on what felt like a mission to witness the knee-bent artist, Terence Koh, circumnavigate a 24-foot by eight-foot mound of rocky solar salt, something he's been at eight hours a day, five days a week, for the last five weeks. All I know is that when I read of the performance art exhibit on my first pass through the city, I could hardly wait to get down here and check it out.
"Nothingtoodo", the title of Mr. Koh's, er uh production, has an exceptionally monotonous, meditative feel to it, and quietly observing it all up close has me feeling strangely peaceful. According to the NY Times write up, "This is performance art reduced to a bare and relentless rite in a space that has been stripped down to a kind of Temple… the monumental mound of salt – a preservative and curative that can also inflame open wounds – conjures up altars and offerings, as well as pain and healing." I sit for a good hour in the bright, white-washed space, listening to the calming rhythm of two bony knees skimming the glossy concrete floor, like the sound of waves lapping at the shoreline of the sea of samsara. The performer himself looks to be in a meditative posture, hands not hanging limp but rather filled with relaxed energy, appearing as an artist of the martial variety. At times he pauses mid–shuffle and rests, mindfully retracting his form in folding-human-director's-chair fashion, and then reopens, prostrating himself across the gallery floor.
There is an austerity to the room's happenings (or lack of happenings), an ascetic bluntness, recalling the quiet rest and contemplation of secluded retreat. Every slight occurrence – the whoosh of the curtain announcing a new observer, a shift in the artist's crawling pace, a muting of the room's light due to a passing cloud – alters the room's energy ever so slightly. Akin to sitting meditation, when not much is occurring in your outer experience, the subtle becomes very, very significant.
When it comes to critiquing a piece of artwork, I personally have two distinct categories– I either like it, or I don't. Art is the life of life, until someone elevates it – or rather debases it – to the level of snobbery, stimulating the intellectual mind to create unneeded complexity and flooding the brain with insignificant possibilities and potential. While living in San Francisco, I ran into the friend of a local artist in line at a burrito place in The Mission, where we struck up a conversation about his comrade's up-coming show. "One thing I can say about James," the man offered, looking me dead in the eye, "is that he is a very IMPORTANT artist". I found this funny, considering James was a cool guy and all, but most of his works of which I was familiar were paintings of cats. Say what you will about art, and sometimes way too much is said, as soon as you start calling it "IMPORTANT", I find you've revealed yourself as someone who perhaps doesn't know what they're talking about.
Recalling my burrito buddy's critique, I don't find one piece of artwork any more "Important" than another. Every act of creation is important in that it is That person's truthful statement, often requiring a degree of effort, imagination and courage, even and especially the crayon drawing of a three-year old. Most of life is in fact designed to be straightforward and enjoyable, but too often people fail to see the forest for the trees, turning it into a complex, boring and arduous act. Maybe Picasso crafting ephem<|fim_middle|> for himself. Although this work I truly DO like, and after observing the salt and the crawling man and the ever-shifting audience for an extended period, realize that part of my liking of it includes the reactions of the folks viewing the exhibit as much as its main performer. "I think everybody should like everybody," I hear Andy Warhol say again, one of his quotes which, from such a famous artisté, strikes me as pleasant and hearty, like a painting of a can of Campbell's Onion Soup. And it occurs to me that we're all achieving this, in our own quiet, creative and collective way – Mr. Koh, myself, the kid in the fluorescent orange ski cap, the arty, urban Mom with baby and stroller in tow, the beautiful, black-skinned Indian girl and her thin, white Duke of a boyfriend, and even a woman with her yipping little dog. | eral arrangements of papier collés into paradigm-shattering guitars is important, MAYBE, but that's where I draw the line. A waxy, wiggly, blue line, in Crayola's Robin's egg blue, to be exact.
Just before leaving New York, I later stop briefly at MOMA, the Museum of Modern Art, to see the Warhol short film exhibit. "Art is what you can get away with," Andy Warhol once said, the spirit of this truth displayed now in Terrence Koh's work, who took it to heart and has done pretty well | 121 |
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The Dupont Circle is owned and managed by The Doyle Collection, an Irish family-owned luxury hotel group with hotels in Dublin, London, Washington DC, Cork and Bristol.
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Following a dramatic transformation in collaboration with world-renowned designers Martin Brudnizki and the New York-based Clodagh, The Dupont Circle brings style and sophistication to the nation's capital.
The hotel's new dining experience, The Pembroke, has been described by Tom Sietsema of The Washington Post as "a cut from a different cloth." Featuring contemporary American cuisine with global influences, guests have found that the bright and airy restaurant "makes Dupont Circle a destination again."
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Seriously, is there anything that women love more than chocolate, strawberries, and champagne?! Add in endless time for girl talk and laughter and you've got a recipe for success! Today's sweet treat combines all of these favorites in a simple dish that's easy enough for a last-minute cocktail hour,<|fim_middle|> the ladies that you love!
Chocolate donuts + fresh strawberries + bubbly pink wine = a match made in heaven!
As busy moms, we all deserve some special time to relax, enjoy uninterrupted conversation with our friends, and indulge in a sweet treat.
Whether your children make these Donut Kabobs for you on Mother's Day or you prepare a batch for your best friends, it's an easy 4-ingredient recipe that anyone can pull off! Cheers!
Heat the donut holes in the oven, toaster oven, or microwave according to package instructions.
Dip warm donut holes in thawed vanilla glaze.
Alternate threading strawberries, marshmallows, and donut holes on a skewer. Repeat with remaining skewers.
Drizzle kabobs with chocolate sauce, if desired.
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My friend Hope and I recently co-hosted a baby shower for our friend Mollie. We decided that we had discovered the perfect party-planning arrangement — I was in charge of the food, while Hope was in charge of the venue.
I just selected a few of my favorite quick-prep brunch recipes, did the grocery shopping, and then brought everything over to Hope's house on the day of the event. I considered this the easy task!
Hope was the one who had to clean her house (while 3 little kids ran around), set a dining room table with fine china that she hadn't used in years, and wash all of the dishes when the guests were gone. She was thrilled to not have to worry about the menu, while I was thrilled to not have to vacuum my house!
I made my job even easier by selecting only brunch recipes that required minimal ingredients and came together quickly.
I knew that I would be transporting the food to Hope's house, so I didn't want to be carting tons of groceries or delicate cakes that could be damaged en route. Simple solutions like these Donut Kabobs were fast, elegant, and absolutely delicious!
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Hope was in charge of the beverages at the party, which included coffee, mimosas, and juice. But this bottle of sparkling rosé was the true hit! It was the perfect complement to the donut kabobs, and the perfect addition to a Champagne Brunch!
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In-Water Construction Begins at Sediment Cleanup
Author: Erik Bakkom, PE Published: July 8, 2011
Environmental, Planning & Community Development, Sediment
Portland, Oregon. July 8 – With federal and state permits in hand, Zidell is moving their cleanup activities into the Willamette River in the South Waterfront neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The issuance of the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Dredge/Fill Permit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allows Zidell to start sediment cap construction in what will be a complex, four-month construction sequence. The sediment cleanup is a major step toward redevelopment of the property, and is one of the first to be conducted in the lower Willamette River.
The<|fim_middle|>Kara Beaudoin, PE Engineering, MFA Staff and Culture | permitting process led by Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc. (MFA) and Zidell's project manager, Paul Fishman, required more than 18 months of innovative design and negotiation. The Section 404 permit included an Endangered Species Act consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service, and a DEQ-issued CWA Section 401 Water Quality Certification. These permits ensure that the project will not harm protected salmon species.
MFA engineers and scientists have been the design lead for the Bank and Sediment Remedial Action, on a design team that includes GeoDesign, Watershed Science and Engineering (WSE), and SWCA. The remedial action is a capstone to the site investigation, risk evaluation, and feasibility study process that Zidell and MFA initiated in 1998. The sediment cap design will safely isolate contaminants in a 13-acre area from fish and other organisms that live in the Willamette River and the river bottom sediment. The remedial action also removes hot spots of contamination in the bank, as well as asbestos, steel, and other debris from decades of industrial activities at the site.
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The sediment cap consists of clean river sand armored with rock armor, and topped with fish habitat gravel. MFA scientists worked with nationally recognized sediment cap experts to develop a contaminant transport model to demonstrate that the sediment cap will effectively isolate contaminants. Working with GeoDesign and WSE, MFA engineers also demonstrated that rock armoring will protect the cap from boat traffic and during extreme flood events.
The design includes a newly constructed section of riverbank where a bioengineered system, using native plants with significant root systems, will armor the bank and protect the bank soil from river scour. Replacing traditional rock armoring with the bioengineered protection significantly reduced the habitat impacts of the project.
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July 1 represented the start of a very busy and complex four-month in-water construction cycle. The work will include removal of over 2,000 old dock piles, bank stabilization of over 3,000 feet of prime riverbank property, capping 3 acres of upland greenway, and placement of 13 acres of sediment cap. In-water construction will require three crane derricks and multiple materials barges in addition to more traditional land-based equipment performing excavation and bank capping work. MFA will provide engineering oversight of the construction activities.
Work has been closely coordinated with the construction of Portland's newest light rail bridge, which will cross Zidell's property and the sediment cap. Two additional crane derricks and up to five supply barges will be used to construct a temporary work bridge and coffer dam immediately outside of the Zidell sediment cap.
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Europe set to open higher, as US politicians agree on a deal
What a difference a day makes, with the Dow posting its best one-day gain since the days of the Great Depression in 1933, and the S&P 500 its best day since 2008, as meltdown Monday, turned into turnaround Tuesday.
Despite the strength of yesterday's move, markets in the US still weren't able to take out the highs from Friday, highlighting quite neatly how volatile markets have been in recent days.
Yesterday's optimism was driven on the hope and expectation that US policymakers would deliver on a vote later today to pass a $2trn stimulus bill that would enable policymakers to send cheques to millions of hard-pressed American families, among support for other areas of the economy. Reports this morning that a deal has been agreed has given markets another lift.
Airlines in particular saw some big gains, no doubt buoyed by the prospect that the US government might take some stakes in them, if it were to become necessary.
The surge higher in stock markets began during the Asia session, and carried over into Europe, with the DAX posting its biggest one-day gain since 2008, despite some pretty diabolical services PMI numbers, which showed that economic activity in that sector of the economy pretty much collapsed in March.
In France we saw a sub 30 reading and a record low, which was bad enough, but we also know that is likely to get even worse. Germany and the UK were slightly better, but not by much, coming in at the mid 30s.
Coming on the heels of the central banks, there is increasing optimism that politicians are starting to understand the scale of the economic stop coming our way, as the death toll across Europe and the US continues to rise. That being said, it should be noted that most bear markets do experience sharp and violent counter moves to the upside, with 2008 seeing several, and this particular down move has seen its fair share in the past few weeks. Yesterday's move could well be another bull trap, and an opportunity to sell at better levels, especially if politicians disappoint.
Germany also held a cabinet meeting yesterday, agreeing a €750bn bailout package for small businesses and the self-employed, a package that would involve the raising of up to €150bn of new debt. These measures are expected to be voted on today, as German politicians attempt to tear up the rule book, and suspend the debt brake.
There is still little evidence of a cohesive and decisive pan-EU response, with Germany and the Netherlands pushing back on French demands to make use of the €440bn of ESM funds to help fight the economic shock across Europe.
Nonetheless, the fact that Germany has followed the UK, and could well be followed by the US, in pushing out a sizeable fiscal package, has seen some market optimism return. The hope is that the politicians on Capitol Hill deliver, given that tomorrow's weekly jobless claims are likely to test market optimism quite sharply.
We already have an idea what is coming our way on the unemployment front after Canada reported a 500,000 spike in jobless claims last week alone, while in Europe, the latest unemployment numbers from Norway jumped from 2.3% to 10.4%, the worst level since the end of World War 2, and an eye-watering increase.
A similar rise this week and next, in US weekly claims, could send US unemployment up from 3<|fim_middle|>. The current rebound could progress as far as the 1.0920 area, and even as far as 1.1000. While below the risk remains for a move towards the 2016 lows at 1.0340.
GBP/USD – the pound appears to be finding a short-term base, after last week's lows at 1.1410. This squeeze could take us back to the 1.1960 level; however, we need to see a move above 1.2000 to stabilise. While below 1.2000 the risk remains for a move through 1.1400 towards 1.1000.
EUR/GBP – appears to have found a short-term top at 0.9500, but the subsequent pullback that we saw at the end of last week failed to move below the 0.8980 area. To have confidence that we could see further losses we need to move back below 0.8980, to target 0.8820.
USD/JPY – continues to struggle near the 111.80 area and trend line resistance from the 2015 highs. This remains a key level given it also coincides with the highs last month. The 109.20/30 area now becomes a key support. A move through 112.00 targets the 114.00 area.
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Asia markets have followed on from the US this morning, by also having a decent day, however momentum already appears to be waning a touch, though reports that US politicians have finally agreed on a deal has helped engineer a fresh lift to investors and as such markets here in Europe look set to open slightly higher. As a result as we look to US politicians voting the deal through later today.
Even if they do deliver, it will still require evidence of a plateauing in global virus cases for these gains to really stick, and that doesn't look likely, especially since India became the latest country to go on a total lockdown.
On the data front, today's latest UK inflation data for February is expected to show that inflationary pressures have been on the wane in recent months, with the large declines in oil prices helping to exert downward pressure on prices. We did see a pickup in inflation in January to 1.8%, but this is normal due to seasonal factors. This is likely to drift back to 1.7%, staying well below the 2% level, while core prices are expected to come in at 1.5%.
This isn't likely to move the needle that much when it comes down to how the UK economy is right now, however today's CBI retail sales numbers for March could signal evidence of a sharp slowdown this month. They do need to be set in the context of some panic-buying on the part of consumers as toilet roll, pasta and tinned food was stripped from supermarket shelves. Nonetheless, we are still expected to see sales slide from 1 to -15
EUR/USD – the euro appears to be finding support at higher levels after this week's low at 1.0635 | 386 |
Stickiness is key to making good gyōza, hence why the dumplings are sometimes called potstickers. At Lucky Gyoza Center, a ramshackle gyōza joint near Kyoto's Municipal<|fim_middle|>5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | Wholesale Market, stickiness starts at the door.
Though Lucky Gyoza has been open less than a year, a thin film of oil coats the floor so that you find yourself, not unlike the gyōza, in a bit of a sticky situation. Don't let the floor deter you though, because Lucky Gyoza has a great range of delicious dumplings.
Formerly a book store, the new owners have done the bare minimum with the interior; save for the addition of tables with iron hot plates built into them, it looks and feels like a school cafeteria. Don't let the owners insouciance deter you either.
Portions of the dumplings come in multiples of six (¥290) and you can order up to 54 at one time. They're cooked through by the time they reach your table, but the hot plate keeps them warm. Each dumpling is small and crispy, and the combination of the nira (chives) and garlic gives a pungent kick. Worth trying are the deep fried gyōza, which have, as you would expect, even more crunch to them. There's one other gyōza option, a soup of lightly boiled dumplings served in a mildly spicy broth.
If you're not feeling the gyōza, an alternative can be found in the māpō dōfu (tofu in a spicy Sichuan-style sauce), which looks messy but is boldly seasoned and spiced.
When you go, try and pick a date that ends with a seven, as the prices on all gyōza dishes are reduced.
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The Celestial Sphere; Apparent Motions of the Sun and Stars
Angular Sizes
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How big is the Sun? How about the Moon? You know the Sun is physically much larger (400 times), but they appear the same size in the sky, right? This means their angular size is the same. The Sun is 400 times larger than the Moon, but it's 400 times farther away.
An object's angular size<|fim_middle|>100 | is the angle whose point is at your eyeball and whose sides encompass the object. Obviously if you move closer or further from the object, or if the object changes physical size, then its angular size will change.
Angular sizes are measured in degrees (e.g., 360o = 1 full circle, 90o = right angle, etc.), with smaller divisions of 60 "arcminutes" (') per degree, and 60 "arcseconds" ('')per arcminute ( 60 x 60 = 3600 arcseconds per degree).
Betelgeuse (largest star) seen from Earth 0.004''
Smallest detail visible from Earth's surface 1''
Smallest detail visible to naked eye 1' = 60''
Sun or Moon seen from Earth 0.5o = 30'
Your fingernail at arm's length 1o = 60'
Your fist at arm's length 10o
Thumb-to-pinky at arm's length 20o
Horizon to zenith (point overhead) 90o
The View Earth: The Celestial Sphere, Daily and Annual Motions of the Sun and Stars
Asterism
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Celestial Equator
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1. The View from Earth: The Celestial Sphere
From a dark, clear site, you can see 3000-6000 stars with the naked eye. The sky is divided into 88 official constellations (e.g., Ursa Major, Virgo, Perseus) based on ancient Arab and Greek mythology. In addition, there are familiar asterisms (e.g., The Big Dipper, The Summer Triangle) that are common but not "official."
The contellations are only apparent lineups as seen from Earth of stars at large different distances; the stars' positions as seen in the sky of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun would be totally different !
Stars' brightnesses are given either in units of intensity (energy received per second per unit area on the Earth's surface) or in magnitudes, which come from the Greek astronomer Hipparchus.
The Earth spins on its axis; the axis defines the North and South Poles. The Earth's equator lies exactly between the poles like a belt around a basketball.
Now imagine extending the Earth's axis like a needle north and south into the sky. If the sky were a shell surrounding the Earth (rather than an infinite void) -- the Celestial Sphere -- then the axis would intersect at two points: The North and South Celestial Poles . Likewise, if you could fling the Earth's equator out onto the shell of the sky, it would create a Celestial Equator, a Great Circle overhead exactly between the Celestial Poles.
How bright is Polaris, the North Star, in magnitudes? What's so special about Polaris?
Every person on Earth has a slightly different horizon -- the limit of what can be seen from that precise spot -- due to the Earth's curved surface. Directly overhead is the zenith.
2. Daily and Annual Motions of the Sun and Stars
The stars rise in the East and set in the West just as the Sun does. Why? Because the Earth rotates (spins) on its axis from West to East (how many times a day?), bringing new parts of sky into view in the East and carrying them below the horizon in the West.
How can you prove this to yourself? On a clear night, go outside, face anywhere but North (why not North?), locate a bright star, and move around until the star is just next to a tree, telephone pole, or other landmark. Now wait a few (5-10) minutes. What happens?
Are there stars in the sky during the day?
The Earth also revolves (orbits) around the Sun (how many times a year?). Therefore, the Sun appears to glide among the stars throughout the year at the rate of about 1 degree per day (why 1 degree?). The path of that glide is the ecliptic (think: eclipse). If you were standing on the surface of the Sun (whose surface is not only 5000 degrees (K) but also not solid), you would see the Earth glide through the same ecliptic path, but 6 months later (or earlier), as it orbited around you.
Day by day, degree by degree, this causes different constellations to appear in the night sky and disappear into the daylight, until finally, after a year, the same constellations reappear.
The 12 constellations along the ecliptic make up the zodiac . When does the Sun appear to lie in the zodiac sign of your birthday?
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Star Island's Adult Clinics are open to resorts guests, locals, and other visitors. Advanced registration is required to help us keep our student - instructor ratios at a level that helps you get the most out of each clinic. Locals and non-Star Island Resort guests need to register with the Director of Tennis by phone, text, or e-mail so we can notify Security that you will be coming onto the property. Star Island Resort guests can<|fim_middle|> clinic... Come check out our new Adult Cardio Tennis Clinic on Tuesday and Friday mornings! This is a little different that the usual cardio tennis clinic... we use our new Playmate iSmash Ball Machine (it's actually controlled through an iPad!) to run high paced, rapid fire drills that will let you work on your game and get a great workout all at once. We also have high resolution, slow motion video recording as you play, so if there's something in your swing that needs a little tweaking we'll not only be able to tell you what it is, we'll be able to show you what you're doing and how to correct it! This clinic will focus heavily on fitness, cardio, and footwork, so we normally will not include any serving drills.
The class is limited to 12 students per week. We will be using 2 courts and 2 instructors when needed.
The ball machine feeding allows everyone to hit more balls in a shorter time and lets the instructor stay on your side of the court where it's easier to show you what you need to change in your strokes and how to do it.
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YOU THINK DMARC IS EASY? THINK AGAIN!
Martijn Groeneweg and Nick Hristov of dmarcian, Inc. presented the lessons they learned from introducing DMARC at PostNL; something that was not as easy as many think. In recent years, the Dutch postal service, PostNL made it into the TV news because of large numbers of spam and phishing mails sent in their name. dmarcian were hired to help the company implement DMARC to prevent this from happening. While this is a technical task, it was by no means just a technical project. The technical aspects of implementing DMARC were just 30% of the project; 70% is process.
Groeneweg and Hristov distinguished between three project phases; Assessment, Implementation<|fim_middle|> application they buy to be DMARC-capable. A key take-away for dmarcian from the PostNL project was how strong an advocate for DMARC a happy customer can be.
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In the Implementation phase, they had to distinguish between active (50) versus a whopping number of inactive (2846) domains. PostNL had to be convinced that the parked/inactive domains also had to be made DMARC-capable in order to avoid abuse by third parties. There had been massive abuse, for example, on the domain post.nl, which belonged to PostNL, but was not actively used by them. PostNL had around 30 suppliers that were sending email on their behalf (e.g. Salesforce, Microsoft Office, SAP). Not only were not all of these DMARC compliant, but PostNL wasn't aware that some of the suppliers could send emails on their behalf.
Once DMARC was successfully activated, 99.8% of threats/unknown emails sent through PostNL domains were blocked.
Groeneweg and Hristov recommend explaining the importance of DMARC to brands. Many stakeholders, especially in big companies, have to be convinced to implement DMARC. Those helping them should also not underestimate what is involved. While the actual realization is not so difficult, so "only" changing lots of DNS entries, it is easy to misjudge how complex the underlying email ecosystem can be. The impact of getting something can be huge, as legitimate email could also be blocked.
A lot of cooperation between ISPs, ESPs, applications, brands, and government is required to implement DMARC across the board. PostNL is now trying to push DMARC and actively advocate it, also on an organizational level. There is a Coalition Safe Email in the Netherlands, with a focus on DMARC, which PostNL is part of. The Dutch government has now made it mandatory for any email | 392 |
N.C. Education Lottery Warns of Recent Scratch-Off Scam
Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 3:29 pm
The N.C. Education Lottery is issuing a new warning to players to buy lottery tickets only from authorized lottery retailers after receiving additional reports of a scam involving scratch-off tickets altered to appear as a "winning ticket."
In the scam, non-winning scratch-off tickets are altered to make them appear to have matching numbers that win a prize. The altered ticket is then sold, usually at a discount, to unsuspecting players. The victims find out they were<|fim_middle|> Blue Ridge Parkway | scammed when they attempt to claim a prize.
As of Friday, Dec. 21, the lottery had received 13 reports this year of such altered tickets at its offices across the state. The victims in the scams are those who buy the altered tickets from the scammer and lose the money they paid.
"This scam is easy to avoid by only buying unscratched lottery tickets from an authorized lottery retailer," said Mark Michalko, executive director of the lottery. "If someone offers to sell you a prize-winning ticket for much less than it is worth, that's a big red flag. Don't fall for these made-up stories about why someone can't claim a prize. You'll end up as a loser instead of a winner."
Consumers can protect themselves from scams like this by:
– Only buying unscratched lottery tickets from authorized lottery retailers for the cost of the ticket.
– Never paying anyone for a "winning ticket."
– Not believing someone who claims they can't claim a prize because they are out-of-state or they are not a U.S. citizen. People from other states and from other countries can claim lottery prizes in North Carolina as long as they have proper identification.
The lottery's security team ensures the integrity of lottery games and can investigate when, where and who purchased tickets. The Education Lottery keeps information about lottery scams in a section of its website at https://www.nclottery.com/CorporateSocialResponsibility_Security
If you are approached by someone trying to scam you with one of these altered lottery tickets, please report the attempted fraud to local law enforcement and call lottery security at a toll-free number of (888) 732-6235.
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Paramount have revealed a truly awful first trailer for Michael Bay's Transformers: The Last Knight, featuring far too many explosions and far too little fun.
Having surpassed a $1 billion dollar box office gross for his most recent film, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Michael Bay is looking at telling a very different kind of big screen story. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bay is eyeing 13 Hours, an adaptation of Mitchell Zuckoff's recently released account of the 2012 Benghazi attack.
Things were looking slightly better at the box office this weekend with a return to the blockbuster sequels that tend to be reliable moneymakers. That was certainly<|fim_middle|> popular toys with Transformers: Age of Extinction (Paramount), starring Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing and T.J. Miller, exploded into theaters across the globe starting on Wednesday (with North America getting it on Thursday night). By Sunday, the fourth installment of the franchise had grossed over $300 million worldwide. | the case with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Fox), directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) and starring Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell and more, which topped the domestic box office with an estimated $73 million this weekend in 3,967 theaters.
Michael Bay's global blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction (Paramount), starring Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor and Nicola Peltz, retained first place for a second weekend in a row, but took a massive 64% plunge from its $100 million opening to bring in $36.4 million in its second weekend. It has grossed $174.7 domestically, which is less than the $228.8 million made by the previous installment "Dark of the Moon" in the same period of time.
Michael Bay's return to the blockbuster franchise based on Hasbro's | 197 |
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Chad Campbell
Seeing your film on a big screen in a classic theater is a filmmakers dream. Beautiful town as well, with a lot to do in between the movies.
Mike Madigan
On behalf of Michigan filmmakers, we thank you for bringing this film festival to Michigan audiences!
Fran Blackwood
I am so happy I submitted to Soo Film Festival. Jason Markstrom and staff are exceptional. Communication is first-rate, and I was provided several opportunities to promote my film in the week leading up to the festival. The staff are part of the great atmosphere and the entire festival is run smoothly. Seats are great, concessions and tickets are very reasonable, and all within the historical setting of the Soo Theatre. I will gladly be attending as a spectator next year.
Denny Rauen
Great selection of films and wonderful people running the festival. The quality of the screening was top-notch. Proud to have my film screened in this festival.
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Jason Markstrom
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Welcome to Soo Film Festival! This year's festivities take place September 12-15, 2019 in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the historic Soo Theatre and Bayliss Public Library, a Superior District Library.
Soo Film Festival 2019 is open to filmmakers worldwide but will continue to emphasize and showcase work from the Great Lakes region.
Entries begin March 25 and all genres of storytelling in feature and short categories will be accepted. Early-bird entry has no fee and a deadline of April 28. The regular deadline is June 9 with a $15 entry fee. Late entries must be submitted by July 1 with an entry fee of $20. The selected films will be announced at the end of July. Students are especially encouraged to submit.
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Audience Awards: Best in Category (depending on submissions)
IMPORTANT DATES (2019)
April 28: Early bird deadline - *** FREE ENTRY ***
June 9: Regular deadline - $15 entry fee
July 1: Late deadline - $20 entry fee
July 26: Filmmaker notification of acceptance
August 24: Exhibition copies must be in the office
September 12-15: Festival Dates
ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS
Completion Date: No restriction.
Prior Screenings: No restriction.
Exhibition Formats: If your film is accepted, your final exhibition copy must be in Blu-Ray, DVD, or MP4 format ONLY. Digital delivery via FilmFreeway or cloud service (for example: Vimeo, Dropbox, etc.) is preferred. If we have not received your exhibition copy by the August 24 deadline, a screening copy will be used.
Language: Foreign language films must include burned-in English subtitles.
Copyrighted Material: It is the responsibility of the filmmaker to secure prior authorization for any copyrighted material that may be used in the film.
Screenings: All accepted films may be screened more than once, and are scheduled at the discretion of the Soo Film Festival staff.
Deadline: You must submit your film online through FilmFreeway.com.
Notification: Films selected for screening will be notified by email around July 26, 2019.
You may enter your film in one category only.
If the Festival determines that work has been entered in the wrong category, it will be reassigned and the entrant notified.
In all categories, preference will be given to films that are connected to the Great Lakes in some way. Examples: film personnel (director, actors, writers, musicians, etc.) are from the Great Lakes area, or the film is shot on location in the Great Lakes area, or the film is about the Great Lakes area. The Great Lakes area includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; and the province of Ontario.
The categories are:
-- Narrative Feature - Narrative works of fiction that are 40 minutes or longer.
-- Narrative Short - Fiction films that are shorter than 40 minutes.
-- Documentary Feature - Non-fiction films that are between 40 and 90 minutes long. If your documentary is longer than 90 minutes, please consider submitting a shortened version in the appropriate category.
-- Documentary Short - Non-fiction films that are shorter than 40 minutes.
-- Animation - Films shorter than 40 minutes, animated by any means
-- Music video – Music videos shorter than 15 minutes.
REQUIRED ENTRY MATERIALS
1. Completed submission through FilmFreeway.
2. A short summary of your film (25-35 words). Additional press and publicity materials are appreciated but not required.
3. A description of the connection for your film to the Great Lakes, if any.
Please note: Because we give preference to films that are connected to the Great Lakes in some way, it is very important that your entry describe the connection. In FilmFreeway this is accomplished by your entry in a custom field.
Audience Awards: Best in Category (depending on submissions).
By signing and submitting this form or by submitting your film through FilmFreeway.com, you are stating that you have read, understood, and agree to the following:
1) Soo Film Festival, Inc. (SFF) reserves the right to include selected films in any category deemed appropriate. Not all films will be selected for screenings during the 2019 Soo Film Festival (the Festival), but all submitted films will be considered. All Submitters will be notified on or about July 26, 2019 of the status of their submission/s. SFF reserves the right to program selected films as many times during the Festival as it sees fit, at whatever venue it sees fit.
2) If a film is selected for screening, the Film Director (Submitter) guarantees that he/she/they are the sole and rightful owner/s of the submission and that it does not violate or infringe on any trademark, trade name, copyright, literary, dramatic, musical, artistic or other intellectual property or personal right. If a film is selected, the filmmaker agrees that he/she will be solely responsible for the delivery of his/her film to the SFF Festival Office no later than August 24, 2019. All physical media must be marked with the name of the film and filmmaker.
3) All participants acknowledge that the Festival is a public event that is open to the media. As such, all participants are subject to media coverage and scrutiny and may have their likenesses published in print, electronically, or via broadcast of any kind. SFF is not now, nor will it be in the future, responsible or liable for such media coverage or actions of the press or other publicity agents during any events or functions associated with the Festival.
4) Once a submission has been made, and the entry fee, if applicable, has been paid, there are no refunds. ALL submission materials become the property of SFF and will not be returned.
Julia Dordel
Unfortunately we could not attend the festival, but the communication with Jason and his team was quick and easy at any time. Thank you "Soo" much for | 1,302 |
I have purging on the brain. I can think of nothing else, really, and feel almost like an expectant mother in the throes of nesting, such is my urgency. Every cabinet, every drawer, seemingly threatens to spill its contents at my feet upon every opening. I feel closed in by the "stuffness" of my house.
Yesterday, I plowed into Christmas with a<|fim_middle|> Christmas, for all its wonder and love, its peace and good will toward men, somehow also ushers in a season of gluttony, at least for me. There's (lots) more (rich and over the top) food, more stuff, more glitter and fancy, more money spent, more, more, MORE. by the end of it all, I feel like my life might explode for all the extra if I don't pare it down first.
I really, truly believe that we were meant to live simply. That we are supposed to move out the stuff that is just taking up space, so it can be filled with things more meaningful. That's not just for our drawers and cabinets, either. It goes for our calendars, our relationships, and our hearts, too.
What needs to be cleaned out in your world?
I think you secretly wrote this for your mother!!!!! | vengeance, putting it away with the same enthusiasm as when I put it out, and I feel better for the effort. The house seems on its way to being reclaimed. I told Kevin, as I looked around with the first inklings of satisfaction, that this year's need to clean out was greater than any year before…that is until I read my TimeHop.
Humbled, I realized that this is how I am every year. I think | 90 |
There are so many incredible female artists to celebrate right now, but at the top of our list is one very special, very honest pop star.
Throw your hands up in support of the incredible Anne-Marie, who has just been awarded Artist of the Year at Stylist's Remarkable Women Awards. Presented by inspirational model Neelam Gill, the UK's most honest singer-songwriter has rightly been recognised not only for her undeniably catchy songs, but for her<|fim_middle|>: "I want to say thank you to Stylist magazine for making a magazine with inspiring women on the front cover – because I never, ever had that when I was growing up.
The last few years have been huge for Anne-Marie, whose chart-topping hits like 2002 have been stuck in the minds of pretty much everyone since they were released.
But more than just creating great music, she's built an incredibly loyal fan base (over three million Instagram followers, thank you very much) thanks to her openness around anxiety and body issues.
Speaking to Stylist last year, Anne-Marie gave a refreshingly honest depiction of her anxiety, explaining: "I don't know how to deal with it yet. I try to tell everyone that it takes time.
"It's like heartbreak – you're not going to go out one night, get pissed and feel OK the next. I'm fine on stage, but get anxiety when meeting new people; it stems from a constant worry that they won't like me.
And this is exactly why we love her, because through the razzle dazzle she gives real answers that we can relate to. We might not regularly be performing in front of thousands of people, but who hasn't had a heart-thumping moment when walking into a big meeting or trying something new?
Congratulations to our Artist of the Year - we can't wait to see what Anne-Marie does in 2019. | status as an artist who speaks directly to her fans - no filter required.
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If you do not own an Apple TV device you will be looking elsewhere for ways to tap into Apples Airplay technology. Kodi Airplay Mirroring has supported this technology for a while but its accuracy has been hindered by each release of IOS on both tablets and smart phones. Apple don't make it easy for the Kodi team to implement this feature. In this "How to Enable Airplay Kodi" post I will take you through the setup steps required and will look at the current status of Kodi Airplay support. I will address the requirements for each version of IOS (including Kodi Airplay IOS 10) to provide you with the best solution.
The latest versions of the great media centre solution do have Kodi Airplay support but how good this is depends on the version of IOS you are using. In this post I will show you how to enable Kodi Airplay and discuss its limitations. The first step to Kodi Airplay mirroring is to switch on Zeroconf.
On the left hand side of the screen that follows you will see all of the available service settings. Before we begin we must change the settings type to Expert so that we see all of the settings available. Click on the Cog shown at the bottom left of the screen until it changes to Expert. Now click on Airplay on the left menu and you will see all settings for Kodi Airplay mirroring.
To enable Airplay Kodi switch on the Enable Airplay Support option. At this stage if you would like to enable a password for this Kodi device you can do so by switching on Use password protection and then entering a password into the box below. If your Kodi device is not discoverable outside of your home network there is no need to do this.
OS 8 or older: Kodi supports audio, video, and pictures.
iOS 9 or newer: Kodi only supports audio.
IOS 10 has even further issues but these we will discuss later. If you are using IOS 9 on your phone or tablet you will need to configure an additional setting. You must uncheck Enable Airplay "Videos" and "Pictures" support as shown in the image above. As you may have guessed you will not be able to stream videos and pictures with this method but audio Airplay will work.
Once you have completed the above steps for Kodi Airplay mirroring swipe up from the bottom on your phone or tablet to reveal the command centre. Select Airplay Mirroring as shown in the image below to pair your device with Kodi. If<|fim_middle|> surrounding it is called Xindawn Airplay Mirroring. It is a paid for product but it does allow a free trial period. Read our full Kodi addon install guide to find out how to install the addon from zip file. You can download the addon Kodi Airplay IOS 10 from the here. We have experienced mixed results with this addon. Make use of the trial period on offer and give it a go yourself. Let us know your results in the comments.
I will update this post with any future Kodi Airplay IOS 10 developments.
The video tutorial below will take you through the full process step by step. | Zeroconf and Airplay settings have been setup correctly you should see your device in the available list. Select your Kodi machine and your devices will be paired. You should now see your content on screen.
If you are using IOS 10 (or IOS 9 and require video and picture streaming capabilities) you cannot use Airplay out of the box with Kodi. There are however Kodi addons out there that claim to be capable of achieving this. Currently the Kodi Airplay IOS 10 addon with the most hype | 103 |
Bright Lights and Costumes For Company Sales Meeting
BUSINESS THEATER
By Patricia Horn Special to The Christian Science Monitor
AFTER three and a half hours of speeches - 13 in all - sales managers at Talbots, a women's clothing retailer, sat up - and a few woke up. The house lights dimmed, the runway lights flashed on, and the first models emerged from behind the stage set.
``This is the highlight of the week,'' says Lisa Barry, a Talbots store manager, referring to the company's annual sales meeting. ``We wait for this every year.''
Barbara Gee, president of Boston-based Fashion Marketing, has created<|fim_middle|>1991 was her only bad year because companies decided to cut back or tone down their annual sales meeting during the Persian Gulf war. ``And we're definitely tone-up, not tone-down,'' she says.
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Missoni founder dies, leaves Italian fashion dynasty | a niche in the convention and meeting planning business by spicing up corporate meetings such as this one with a specialized bit of ``business theater,'' a mix-and-match of Broadway, fashion, and business.
``Barbara is the best in the group of companies who do fashion-oriented business theater,'' says Lee Rubenstein, vice president at Jack Morton Productions, a New York-based business communications firm. Business theater is any form of theater in a corporate setting - an improvisational piece or a fashion show or a play. Companies like Talbots use business theater to motivate sales teams or showcase products.
``In our business, it is much more powerful to present a live program that is theatrical than to show a tape or a film,'' Mr. Rubenstein says. ``People stay more attached to the message from a Broadway show than a video.''
Fashion Marketing staged a show for sales managers of Hampton, N.H.-based Timberland Co. in December 1992. Mrs. Gee began the show with two young, rugged-looking couples holding coffee mugs walking out of a three-dimensional log cabin set among evergreens. The couples greet two harried-looking professionals arriving by helicopter for a visit.
Gee didn't leave out a single detail. She created falling snow and a campfire, the whirring sound of a helicopter and chirping birds, and the smell of bacon and eggs cooking. Of course, she also featured selections from Timberland's line of outdoor clothing and shoes.
``[Gee's] niche is to provide showmanship to go along with new products,'' says Roy Podell, vice president and co-founder of Destination Management Inc. of Marlboro, Mass., a convention planning company that has hired Fashion Marketing in the past.
Most convention and meeting planning companies use multi-image slide and video shows rather than ``live talent.'' Gee's shows weave in professional dancers, models, and cleverly chosen songs (songs her assistants guard so closely they were reluctant to show this reporter the play list.)
But companies only selectively opt for a live show, Mr. Podell says. ``These events are annual events. If I did dancers last year, I won't use dancers this year. Only so many times you can use the same creative idea before it gets old.''
At the Talbots show, Gee unveiled the retailer's lingerie collection to Thomas Dolby's song, ``Silk Pajamas'' and its children's line to the Jackson 5 singing, ``ABC.'' Hip hop, reggae, and jazz also were included.
``People see so much video at home,'' Gee says. ``When the slide show goes on hold, the lights go down, and the stage fills with real people all dressed up, it's more powerful, more exciting.''
Although clothing retailers and designers are its primary customers, Fashion Marketing does not use business theater solely to sell clothes. Gee says she can create an exciting show for any product; dancers can even dress up as computer chips. ``Whatever the product is, whether synthetic fibers or sneakers or children's clothing, it can benefit from theatrical lighting and special effects and staging and all the things that make theater so uplifting,'' she says.
Gee designed a show for Du Pont to market its synthetic fiber carpet products to interior designers and architects. A major national department store chain hired her to design a show for its employees to help halt internal merchandise theft. And the Rockport Company hired the company to organize a dance show for its booth at shoe buyers' conventions. ``We wanted to do something different so people would come into our booths,'' says Rockport spokeswoman Kate Toomey.
In addition to producing shows for sales meetings, Fashion Marketing creates mall fashion shows, special events for magazines such as Glamour, and store openings using fashion and dance.
Fashion Marketing's sales have grown 35 to 45 percent over the past two years, Gee says. She declined to reveal the cost of her individual productions, which vary wideley. The company produces about 50 shows a year and grosses around $500,000 annually. Gee says | 829 |
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From the earliest days of the Internet era, it was painfully obvious that having a single application on a single server can't handle high-traffic situations. This limited set up simply could not provide high-availability.
No matter how powerful the underlying infrastructure of a single server instance of a given application or website, the reality is that concurrent traffic can overwhelm a single server. A solitary instance for application availability is quite literally a single point of failure.
To handle this load, the technique commonly referred to as load balancing was developed. It's an approach that enables organizations to execute workload balancing across different server and compute resources. The benefit of load balancing is that traffic and workload delivery are "balanced" or spread across available resources in an effort to provide higher resilience and availability.
In recent years, load balancing has become a feature of a broader class of technology, known as Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) which aims to provide multiple advanced load balancing features to ensure workload balancing, along with an overall high quality of application delivery.
Load Balancing Architecture: How Does Load Balancing Work?
At the most basic level, load balancing techniques tend to<|fim_middle|>, load balancing, load balancer, server maintenance | rely on several key factors:
Compute Resource Availability. Rather than relying on a single server or compute instance, load balancing requires multiple resources, be they server, virtual or networking to distribute the load.
Content and Workload Duplication. Beyond just having multiple infrastructure resource, load balancing often involves duplication of content and applications workloads, such that more than one copy of a resource can be accesses.
Load Balancing Cluster. The set of multiple resources and workload instances need to be managed in some way, which is where the load balancing cluster concept comes in. An ADC system, or load balancing appliance in that context can provides orchestration and management of resources to enable high-availability.
Load Balancing Security. Often ADCs are now used as appliances and control points for security, helping to protect against various types of potential attacks, including Denial of Service (DOS).
Types of Load Balancing
There are several types of load balancing configurations that an organization can choose to deploy which provide different load balance features. In some cases an organization will apply multiple configuration types in tandem, as part of a load balance appliance, or an ADC appliance.
Server Load Balance
With server load balancing, the goal is to distribute workloads across available server resources based on availability and capabilities.
Server Load balancer configurations tend to rely on application layer traffic to route requests. Server load balancing is also sometimes referred to as Layer 7 load balancing as it makes use of application layer traffic.
Network Load Balance
Distributes traffic flow across IP addresses, switches and routers to maximize utilization and availability.
Network load balancer configurations are made at the transport layer and data traffic.
Network load balancing is also sometimes referred to as Layer 4 balancing.
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
With Global Server Load Balancing an operator handles workload balancing across a globally distributed set of Layer 4 and Layer 7 capable load balance.
In a GSLB deployment, there are also typically ADC assets at the global level, as well as the local level where the traffic is finally delivered.
Container Load Balance
With containers, which provided virtual isolated instances of applications, workload availability is also enabled via load balancing clusters.
Among the most popular approaches is the open source Kubernertes container orchestration system which can distribute load across container pods to help balance availability.
Cloud Load Balancer
Within a cloud infrastructure as a service provider there are often multiple options for load balancing across compute instances.
Load balancing in the cloud, can also include both network (layer 4) and application (layer 7) balancing.
There are variety of load balancing techniques that can be uses in different configurations in order to provide workload balancing.
A set of IPs for server or network resources are provided and traffic is directed to resources in the order listed.
Weighted Round Robin
Each compute or network resource in a list is provided a weighted score, with the highest weight getting the most traffic.
Least Connection
The resource with the fewest number of active connections is directed to get new incoming requests.
Weighted Response Time
Information about server instance response time is used to direct traffic, with the slowest servers getting the least amount of traffic.
Source IP Hash
The IP address of the client and the receiving compute instance are computed with a cryptographic algorithm (the "hash" to help keep clients connected to the same resource.
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When you're savoring those last days of summer with your family, you want to keep things as simple as possible: clothes, playthings, food. (Most kids could spend a whole day running through the sprinkler, stopping only for a quick drink of water and a pretzel.) The same goes for your pets; a jog around the neighborhood in the morning before it gets too hot, and a couple of full water bowls, will make a dog's day. So why not make summer snacktime easy by finding food that both your kids and dogs can eat?
Fortunately for us parents, the delicious and ridiculously-healthy fruits that are in season during the hot-weather months are ones that most kids love, and they're sweet enough to enjoy without dousing them in sugar or whipped cream. In the school where I teach, even the pickiest eaters go wild for fresh cantaloupe and orange slices.<|fim_middle|> in moderation, but you may want to err on the side of caution by sticking to safer fruits. | Plus, say animal experts, many of them make a fine treat for Rover as well. Although not all "people food" is healthy for dogs — nuts, onions, and chips are among the dangerous treats, according to the ASPCA — there's enough of a variety of pet-safe fruit to make it worthwhile stocking up at the produce aisle on your next supermarket visit.
Below are some of the fruits you can serve both to your children and your dog when the weather calls for a refreshing nosh. But be sure to get your vet's okay before feeding fruit or any other human food to your pet.
These little blue powerhouses are one of the best fruits for both your human and fur babies. They have the most antioxidants of any fruit, said WebMD, plus they're rich in vitamin C and have 14 percent of the recommended amount of fiber (for people, that is). While you're dishing out the berries, save some for yourself.
When the temp hits 90 degrees and above, there are few things more refreshing than a chilled slice of melon. The sweet summer fruit is 92 percent water, but it also packs a hefty dose of vitamin A, B6, and C, along with lycopene, the nutrient also found in tomatoes, said LiveScience. But all your kids and pooch will care about is how good it tastes.
Another nutritional superstar, the orange fruit packs high doses of beta-carotene, vitamin C, folate, and potassium, among other nutrients, according to Healthline. But be sure to cut the rind away from the fruit and remove the seeds when you give cantaloupe to your dog, said Rover.com.
Dogs and kids go, well, bananas for this potassium-rich fruit, which also provides a good dose of vitamins and fiber with a minimum of sodium. But because it's fairly high in sugar, give it to your pup in moderation, advised the American Kennel Club (AKC).
Like blueberries, this summer fruit is loaded with antioxidants that are good for people and pooches alike, animal nutritionist Susan Lauten, Ph.D., told Mom.me. Pop some in the freezer for a fruit-pop-like snack that will please the whole family.
Do we really need to sell you on the benefits of this super snack? They're fiber-rich, low in calories, heart-healthy, and even contain an antioxidant that increases oxygen flow to the lungs, according to EatingWell. But the seeds contain trace amounts of cyanide, and the core can be a choking hazard, so it's best to give apples to your dog in sliced form, advised PetMD.
True, citrus fruit is best in winter, but oranges are still easy to find this time of year, and their vitamin C and fiber content makes them an anytime snack. However, they are high in sugar, so veterinarian Stephanie Liff, DVM, recommended to PetMD that owners feed small portions of orange to smaller dogs. (Bigger dogs can enjoy an entire one.) Because the rind contains oils that can be harmful to pets, be sure to give your pet only the fruit.
Don't overlook the exotic fruit section when you're looking for a summer treat. Mangoes not only appeal to a child's insatiable sweet tooth, they're also loaded with vitamin C, A, B6, E, and fiber, which are essential to kids and dogs alike, according to the AKC. If you're serving mango to your pup, be sure to remove the skin and seed, they advised; these can be a choking hazard. And, like apple seeds, mango pits have small amounts of natural cyanide.
Sad to say, but some of the foods we and our kids adore can be harmful or even fatal to our fur babies. Among them: grapes and cherries. Although these are perfectly fine as a human snack, grapes (and their dried version, raisins) can cause kidney failure in dogs, per the ASPCA.
As for cherries, the late-summer treat is delicious for us, but the high cyanide content of the pits, stem, and leaves make them a food hazard for dogs, cautioned the AKC. If you can remove the whole pit and stem, the fruit is fine for dogs | 869 |
and declare your mighty deeds.
I will meditate on your marvellous works.
and faithful in all your doings.
to all who call on you in truth.
their cry for help you will hear, and you will save them.
the wicked you will destroy.
and all flesh will bless your holy name.
break forth in joyous acclamation, shout with joy and sing praises.
Sing praises to the LORD with music, and with the sound of celebration.
in the presence of the LORD, our King.
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who livein it.
Sing to the LORD a new song; God has done marvellous things.
God's right hand and holy arm have gained victory.
and has shown salvation<|fim_middle|> the LORD God has cared for Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God andKing.
and all the peoples with justice.
Wrap a potted bush, shrub or small tree in read/orange cellophane and backlight the whole to give a representation of "the burning bush" (to which Jesus refers in the reading). In that story God says to Moses "I am who I am" or "I will be who I will be" (both are possible translations of the Hebrew). For the God who is and will always be, all are alive. | to all the nations of the earth.
With steadfast love and faithfulness | 14 |
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Imagine you are a marine biologist working in the crystalline, turquoise waters of the Bahamas. Sunlight dances off the rippled , white sand banks. Swimming alongside you are some of the most graceful and extraordinary creatures on earth-- wild dolphins. While few of us will ever have the chance to encounter a dolphin in the wild, audiences will feel like they are participating in exciting research on these magnificent animals when they view Dolphins, a large-format Great Adventure Film from MacGillivray Freeman Films, producers of the box-office hit Everest.
From the dazzling coral reefs of the Bahamas to thewind-swept seas of Patagonia, Dolphins takes audiences on an underwater adventure with inquisitive Atlantic spotted dolphins, acrobatic dusky dolphins, and the familiar bottlenose dolphin. Viewers will meet a young woman scientist, Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski, and her two colleagues, mentor Dr. Bernd Würsig and Dr. Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez, as they lead us on an exploration into their fascinating world.
While most of what we know about dolphins comes from studying them in captivity, Dudzinski and her colleagues conduct their research with dolphins in the wild, a far more strenuous, time-consuming, even dangerous endeavor. Employing innovative scientific<|fim_middle|>phins is produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films in association with the National Wildlife Federation, the nation's largest member-supported conservation group, and with major funding provided by the National Science Foundation and Museum Film Network.
Grammy Award® is a registered trademark of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. | methods and technology, Kathleen and her colleagues set out to learn more about how dolphins communicate and their foraging and social behaviors. Audiences may be surprised to witness firsthand how scientific progress is made in inches and not miles, and how the slow accumulation of scientific data is passed on, and expanded upon, from one generation of scientists to the next.
Featuring a soundtrack with music from Grammy Award®-winning singer and songwriter Sting, Dolphins will capture the imagination of audiences worldwide who will gain newfound respect for the ocean and the importance of scientific research to its preservation.
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Q: Is potential energy frame dependent<|fim_middle|>, e.g. $U \propto \frac{1}{r}$.
However since the distance r between the charges is relative to the choice of the frame of reference
No: any one value of distance is properly determined and attributed to a pair of "ends" which are at rest wih respect to each other; thus identifying one ("their") appropriate reference system. Any one such value is unambiguous, regardless of considerations of possible other reference systems.
| in special relativity? In newtonian mechanics, As far as I'm aware, only kinetic energy is dependent on frames of reference, since kinetic energy is a function of velocity(squared) and velocity is dependent on frames of reference, therefore kinetic energy is frame dependent.
In newtonian mechanics, assuming that all observers use the same reference for zero potential energy($U=0$), it's frame independent . Potential energy of point particles in force fields, like gravity and electric field are given by: $U=constant\dfrac{\xi_1\xi_2}{r}$, where $\xi$ is either the gravitational or the electric charge of a particle. Since both charges and the distance $r$ between them is invariant under all frames of reference, therefore potentential energy is frame independent.
In SR, one expects that the potential energy of an object in a force field should also be a function of the charges and the distance between them. However since the distance $r$ between the charges is relative to the choice of the frame of reference(it's $r$ in a rest frame and $\dfrac{r}{\gamma}$ in a frame that's moving relative to the two charges, owing to lorentz contraction), therefore it seems to me that potential energy becomes frame dependent in SR.
Is this the case?
A: Yes potentials are frame dependent. Let us take the electric and magnetic fields as an example. The electric field can be written as:
$$\vec E=-\frac{1}{c} \frac{\partial \vec A}{\partial t}- \nabla \phi $$
Where $\vec A$ is a vector potential and $\phi$ a scalar potential. Like wise, the magnetic field can be written as:
$$\vec B=\nabla \times \vec A$$
Where $\vec A$ is the same potential as that that appears in the magnetic field. Associated with these potentials we have a four vector, called the electromagnetic four-potential and given by:
$$A^\mu=(\phi, A_x, A_y, A_z)^T$$
Like all four vectors this has to transform via the Lorenz transform matrix (assuming the relative motion between the two frames occurs in the $x$ direction):
$$L=\begin{pmatrix} \gamma & -\beta \gamma &0 &0\\ -\beta \gamma & \gamma & 0 &0\\ 0&0&1&0\\ 0&0&0&1\end{pmatrix}$$
Such that:
$$A^{\mu'}=LA^\mu $$
So potential does depend on frame.
A:
As far as I'm aware, [...] velocity is dependent on frames of reference
No: any one value of velocity is properly determined and attributed to one particlar object (e.g. participant $A$) wrt. to one particular suitable reference system (e.g. system $\mathcal S$); therefore written explicitly as the value $\mathbf v_{\mathcal S}[~A~].$ Any one such value is unambiguous, regardless of considerations of possible other reference systems.
As far as I'm aware, only kinetic energy is dependent on frames of reference
No: any one value of kinetic energy is properly determined and attributed to one particlar object (e.g. participant $A$) wrt. to one particular suitable reference system (e.g. system $\mathcal S$). Any one such value is unambiguous, regardless of considerations of possible other reference systems.
The same argument holds for total energy. Therefore:
Is potential energy frame dependent in special relativity?
Well, it may depend of how to define "potential energy" (or at least: "change of potential energy, between trials"). If the definition is strictly in terms of (total) energy and kinetic energy then it is explicitly not "frame dependent", by the arguments above.
In SR, one expects that the potential energy of an object in a force field should also be a function of the charges and the distance between them.
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Savage Continent
This is an excellent book.
It explains in detail things that no one ever told you before about the aftermath of WWII in Europe.
If you really want to know what happened in Europe after the war was "officially" over, you ought to read this.
From Keith Lowe, author of the critically acclaimed Inferno comes an 'extraordinary, disturbing and powerful' (Daily Mail) new history, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II. The Second World War left Europe in chaos. Landscapes had been ravaged, entire cities razed and more than 35 million people killed. Across most of the continent, the institutions that we now take for granted - such as the police, the media, transport,local and national government - were either entirely absent or hopelessly compromised. Crime rates soared, economies collapsed, and the European population hovered on the brink of starvation.In this groundbreaking study of the years that followed the war, Keith Lowe describes a continent still racked by violence, where large sections of the population had yet to accept that the war was over. He outlines the warped morality and the insatiable urge for vengeance that were the legacy of the conflict. Based on original documents, interviews and scholarly literature in eight different languages, Savage Continent is a window on the brief, chaotic period between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. 'Deeply harrowing, distinctly troubling. Moving, measured and provocative. A compelling and plausible picture of a continent physically and morally brutalized by slaughter'
Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Excellent', Independent 'Unbearable but essential. A serious account of things we never knew and our fathers would rather forget. Lowe's transparent prose makes it difficult to look away from a whole catalogue of horrors...you won't sleep afterwards. Such good history it keeps all the questions boiling in your mind', Scotsman Keith Lowe is widely recognized as an authority on the Second World War, and has often spoken on TV and radio, both in Britain and the United States. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg, 1943 (Penguin). He lives in north London with his wife and two children.
Here is an excerpt from the book.
Excerpt: Savage Continent
Imagine a world without institutions. It is a world where borders between countries seem to have dissolved, leaving a single, endless landscape over which people travel in search of communities that no<|fim_middle|>ate, or merely pick the most sensational number from the range of figures available, to make their stories seem more dramatic. But the stories from this period are fantastic enough – they do not need exaggeration. For this reason I have tried where possible to base all my statistics on official sources, or on responsible academic studies if official sources are missing or suspect. Whenever statistics are in dispute I shall put what I consider to be the most reliable number in the main text, and alternative numbers in the notes.
That said, it would be foolish to imagine that my attempts at accuracy cannot be improved upon. Neither can this book pretend to be a 'definitive' or 'comprehensive' history of the immediate postwar period in Europe: the subject matter is far too broad for that. Instead it is an attempt to shine a light on a whole world of surprising and occasionally terrifying events for those who might never otherwise have discovered them.
My hope is that it will open up a debate about how these events affected the continent during the most painful stages of its rebirth and – since there is enormous scope for further research – perhaps stimulate others to investigate more deeply. If the past is a foreign country, this period in Europe's history still has vast regions marked only by the phrase 'Here be dragons'.
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this sounds like a very interesting book,thanks for the info
Agreed!!! I must have this book... There isn't anything on the torrent sites though. I see I can buy the Kindle version on Amazon and read it on my computer...Which is what I may end up doing. Only $9.99
I can't imagine the horror those innocent people went through with absolutely nothing...No government, police, Jesus Christ, no buildings, food, anything.
The movie coming out called Monuments Men is about people stealing art and culture back from the Nazi's that stole it from other countries. Hitler wanted all that burned along with the countries themselves... Stealing and destroying culture is like stealing their identities...
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Here is the Washington Post review of the book:
"Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II" by Keith Lowe
Thanks to SJ, I downloaded the book via Epub...Will begin reading!!! What I find fascinating is the part of these peoples lives that are the most horrific, the most challenging, is also the most forgotten about.
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Wow, Zippy share & library Genesis. I should hang around with you elite people more often!!! I'm definitely learning new stuff. I hope my brain doesn't start leaking.
I've only begin to dig into the book, but here is what catches me so far: I believe the author is strenuously trying to articulate the devastation and lack of living conditions there. He even says himself that it can't be put into words as a way to try to give the reader a scope. Europe is a tough continent and the fact they were able to rebuild to what they are shows vastly the persistence to survive in their character. Great book so far though.
Okay you guys have got me interested. I put the book on my Kindle Fire HD and will get to it as soon as I have time.
Thanks for sharing, velvet.
Here is the link to the author's web site: http://www.keithlowehistory.com/index.html | longer exist. There are no governments any more, on either a national scale or even a local one. There are no schools or universities, no libraries or archives, no access to any information whatsoever. There is no cinema or theatre, and certainly no television. The radio occasionally works, but the signal is distant, and almost always in a foreign language. No one has seen a newspaper for weeks. There are no railways or motor vehicles, no telephones or telegrams, no post office, no communication at all except what is passed through word of mouth.
There are no banks, but that is no great hardship because money no longer has any worth. There are no shops, because no one has anything to sell. Nothing is made here: the great factories and businesses that used to exist have all been destroyed or dismantled, as have most of the other buildings. There are no tools, save what can be dug out of the rubble. There is no food.
Law and order are virtually non—existent, because there is no police force and no judiciary. In some areas there no longer seems to be any clear sense of what is right and what is wrong. People help themselves to whatever they want without regard to ownership – indeed, the sense of ownership itself has largely disappeared. Goods belong only to those who are strong enough to hold on to them, and those who are willing to guard them with their lives. Men with weapons roam the streets, taking what they want and threatening anyone who gets in their way. Women of all classes and ages prostitute themselves for food and protection. There is no shame. There is no morality. There is only survival.
For modern generations it is difficult to picture such a world existing outside the imaginations of Hollywood script—writers. However, there are still hundreds of thousands of people alive today who experienced exactly these conditions – not in far—flung corners of the globe, but at the heart of what has for decades been considered one of the most stable and developed regions on earth. In 1944 and 1945 large parts of Europe were left in chaos for months at a time. The Second World War – easily the most destructive war in history – had devastated not only the physical infrastructure, but also the institutions that held countries together. The political system had broken down to such a degree that American observers were warning of the possibility of Europe—wide civil war. The deliberate fragmentation of communities had sown an irreversible mis—trust between neighbours; and universal famine had made personal morality an irrelevance.'Europe', claimed the New York Times in March 1945, 'is in a condition which no American can hope to understand.' It was 'The New Dark Continent'.
That Europe managed to pull itself out of this mire, and then go on to become a prosperous, tolerant continent seems nothing short of a miracle. Looking back on the feats of reconstruction that took place – the rebuilding of roads, railways, factories, even whole cities – it is tempting to see nothing but progress. The political rebirth that occurred in the west is likewise impressive, especially the rehabilitation of Germany, which transformed itself from a pariah nation to a responsible member of the European family in just a few short years. A new desire for international cooperation was also born during the postwar years, which would bring not only prosperity but peace. The decades since 1945 have been hailed as the single longest period of international peace in Europe since the time of the Roman Empire.
It is little wonder that those who write about the postwar era – historians, statesmen and economists alike – often portray it as a time when Europe rose like a phoenix from the ashes of destruction. According to this point of view, the conclusion of the war marked not only the end of repression and violence, but also the spiritual, moral and economic rebirth of the whole continent. The Germans call the months after the war Stunde nul ('Zero Hour') – the implication being that it was a time when the slate was wiped clean, and history allowed to start again.
But it does not take much imagination to see that this is a decidedly rosy view of postwar history. To begin with, the war did not simply stop with Hitler's defeat. A conflict on the scale of the Second World War, with all the smaller civil disputes that it encompassed, took months, if not years, to come to a halt, and the end came at different times in different parts of Europe. In Sicily and the south of Italy, for example, it was as good as over in the autumn of 1943. In France, for most civilians, it ended a year later, in the autumn of 1944. In parts of eastern Europe, by contrast, the violence continued long after VE Day. Tito's troops were still fighting German units in Yugoslavia until at least 15 May 1945. Civil wars, which were first ignited by Nazi involvement, continued to rage in Greece, Yugoslavia and Poland for several years after the main war was over; and in Ukraine and the Baltic States nationalist partisans continued fighting Soviet troops until well into the 1950s.
Some Poles contend that the Second World War did not really end until even more recently: since the conflict officially began with the invasion of their country by both the Nazis and the Soviets, it was not over until the last Soviet tank left the country in 1989. Many in the Baltic countries feel the same way: in 2005 the presidents of Estonia and Lithuania refused to visit Moscow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of VE Day, on the grounds that, for their countries at least, liberation had not arrived until the early 1990s. When one factors in the Cold War, which was effectively a state of perpetual conflict between eastern and western Europe, and several national uprisings against Soviet dominance, then the claim that the postwar years were an era of unbroken peace seems hopelessly overstated.
Equally dubious is the idea of Stunde nul. There was certainly no wiping of the slate, no matter how hard German statesmen might have wished for one. In the aftermath of the war waves of vengeance and retribution washed over every sphere of European life. Nations were stripped of territory and assets, governments and institutions underwent purges, and whole communities were terrorized because of what they were perceived to have done during the war. Some of the worst vengeance was meted out on individuals. German civilians all over Europe were beaten, arrested, used as slave labour or simply murdered. Soldiers and policemen who had collaborated with the Nazis were arrested and tortured. Women who had slept with German soldiers were stripped, shaved and paraded through the streets covered in tar. German, Hungarian and Austrian women were raped in their millions. Far from wiping the slate clean, the aftermath of the war merely propagated grievances between communities and between nations, many of which are still alive today.
Neither did the end of the war signify the birth of a new era of ethnic harmony in Europe. Indeed, in some parts of Europe, ethnic tensions actually became worse. Jews continued to be victimized, just as they had been during the war itself. Minorities everywhere became political targets once again, and in some areas this led to atrocities that were just as repugnant as those committed by the Nazis. The aftermath of the war also saw the logical conclusion of all the Nazis' efforts to categorize and segregate different races. Between 1945 and 1947 tens of millions of men, women and children were expelled from their countries in some of the biggest acts of ethnic cleansing the world has ever seen. This is a subject that is rarely discussed by admirers of the 'European miracle', and even more rarely understood: even those who are aware of the expulsions of Germans know little about the similar expulsions of other minorities across eastern Europe. The cultural diversity that was once such an integral part of the European landscape before, and even during, the war was not dealt its final death—blow until after the war was over.
That the reconstruction of Europe was begun in the midst of all these issues makes it all the more remarkable. But in the same way that the war took a long time to end, so the reconstruction took a long time to get going. The people who lived amidst the rubble of Europe's devastated cities were more concerned with the minutiae of everyday survival than with restoring the building blocks of society. They were hungry, bereaved and bitter about the years of suffering they had been made to endure – before they could be motivated to start rebuilding they needed time to vent their anger, to reflect and to mourn.
The new authorities that were taking up office across Europe also needed time to establish themselves. Their first priority was not to clear the rubble, or repair the railway lines, or reopen the factories, but merely to appoint representatives and councils in each area of their countries. These councils then had to win the trust of the people, the majority of whom had learned through six years of organized atrocity to treat all institutions with extreme caution. In such circumstances the establishment of some kind of law and order, let alone any physical reconstruction, was little more than a pipe dream. It was only outside agencies – the Allied armies, the United Nations, the Red Cross – that had the authority or the manpower to attempt such feats. In the absence of such agencies, chaos reigned. The story of Europe in the immediate postwar period is therefore not primarily one of reconstruction and rehabilitation – it is firstly a story of the descent into anarchy. This is a history that has never properly been written. Dozens of excellent books describe events in individual countries – especially in Germany – but they do so at the expense of the larger picture: the same themes occur again and again throughout the continent. There are one or two histories, like Tony Judt's Postwar, that take in a broader view of the continent as a whole – however, they do so over a much larger timescale, and so are obliged to summarize the events of the immediate postwar years in just a few chapters. To my knowledge there is no book in any language that describes the whole continent – east and west – in detail during this crucial and turbulent time.
This book is a partial attempt to rectify this situation. It shall not, as so many other books have done, seek to explain how the continent eventually rose from the ashes and attempted to rebuild itself physically, economically and morally. It will not concentrate on the Nuremberg trials, or the Marshall Plan, or any of the other attempts to heal the wounds that had been created by the war. Instead it is concerned with the period before such attempts at rehabilitation were even a possibility, when most of Europe was still extremely volatile, and violence could flare up once again at the slightest provocation. In a sense it is attempting the impossible – to describe chaos. It will do so by picking out different elements in that chaos, and by suggesting ways in which these were linked by common themes.
I shall begin by showing precisely what had been destroyed during the war, both physically and morally. It is only by fully appreciating what had been lost that we can understand the events that followed. Part II describes the wave of vengeance that swept across the continent, and suggests ways in which this phenomenon was manipulated for political gain. Vengeance is a constant theme of this book, and an understanding of its logic, and the purposes to which it was put, is essential if we are to understand the atmosphere of postwar Europe. Parts III and IV show what happened when this vengeance, and other forms of violence, were allowed to get out of hand. The ethnic cleansing, political violence and civil war that resulted were some of the most momentous events in European history. I shall argue that these were, in effect, the last spasms of the Second World War – and in many cases an almost seamless link to the beginning of the Cold War. The book will therefore cover, roughly, the years 1944 to 1949.
One of my main aims in writing this book was to break away from the narrow Western view that tends to dominate most writing on the period. For decades books about the aftermath of the war have focused on events in western Europe, largely because information about the east was not readily available, even in eastern Europe itself. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union and its satellite states this information has become more available, but it still tends to be obscure, and generally appears only in academic books and journals, often only in the language of the originator. So while much pioneering work has been done by Polish, Czech or Hungarian writers it has remained accessible only in Polish, Czech or Hungarian. It has also remained, largely, in the hands of academics – which brings me to another purpose of this book: to bring the period to life for the general reader.
My final, and perhaps most important, purpose is to clear a path through the labyrinth of myths that have been propagated about the aftermath of the war. Many of the 'massacres' I have investigated turn out, on closer inspection, to be far less dramatic than they are usually portrayed. Equally, some quite astonishing atrocities have been hushed up, or simply lost in the sweep of other historical events. While it might be impossible to unearth the exact truth behind some of these incidents, it is at least possible to remove some of the untruths.
A particular bugbear of mine is the plethora of vague and unsubstantiated statistics that are regularly bandied about in discussions concerning this period. Statistics really do matter, because they are often employed for political purposes. Some nations routinely exaggerate the crimes of their neighbours, either to distract attention from their own crimes or to further their own national causes. Political parties of all colours like to exaggerate the misdeeds of their rivals, and play down those of their allies. Historians also sometimes exagger | 2,852 |
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The Chris Munn '81 Rugby Weekend is returning to an in-person gathering this year on April 9-10, 2022. There will be a dinner on Saturday, April 9 with a 7's tournament the following day on Sunday, April 10. Registration for sponsors and dinner is OPEN! Complete the form below to reserve your spot at the banquet or make your gift.
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Chris<|fim_middle|>All proceeds from the tournament, auction, and dinner will go to support the Chris Munn '81 Rugby Scholarship and Norwich Scrum Alums. The scholarship was awarded the past five years to ten Norwich rugby student-athletes and will continue to support the program into the future. | played both rugby and lacrosse during his 4 years at Norwich (1977–1981) and served as captain of the Rugby Team his senior year. He led a team that excelled on the Dog River Pitch and won matches at the New York, Saranac Lake and Junior Weekend 7's Tournaments.
Chris continued to play rugby with the various Army teams and club sides in Washington State after he commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. After his distinguished military career, Chris retired from the Army as a Colonel. He then served as the Chief of Staff for the Mission Support Element at Fort Drum, New York.
In 2013, Chris was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) – a progressive, neurodegenerative muscular disease that is incurable. Chris passed on January 26, 2020, but dedicated his life and fight to raising awareness of the disease.
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LIVE: Garth Brooks
Published November 8, 2015 • Updated on March 4, 2022 at 3:53 pm
Country-music legend Garth Brooks made a triumphant return to San Diego with a four-night, five-show stand at Valley View Casino Center starting Thursday,<|fim_middle|>.
Based on album sales, Brooks is the biggest artist in the SoundScan era, exceeding more than 68 million records sold since 1991.
Brooks was nominated for the Country Music Hall of Fame on Oct. 21, 2012.
He's won nearly every major music accolade over the span of his career: two Grammys, 17 American Music Awards and the RIAA Award for the Best-selling Solo Albums Artist of the Century in the United States.
Brooks went into early retirement from 2001 through 2009, but made a comeback with a five-year live residency at the Encore Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 2009.
Following the conclusion of his Encore residency, he announced a comeback tour last year and released his ninth studio album, "Man Against Machine."
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Garth Brooks went all in during his triumphant return to San Diego with a four-night, five-show stand at Valley View Casino Center.
SoundDiego photographer Steve Covault caught the very first show -- pictured here on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Brooks tore through his enormous catalog, playing hits like "Friends in Low Places," "The Beaches of Cheyenne," "The Dance" and "The Thunder Rolls."
The four-night extravaganza was sponsored by San Diego country-music radio station 97.3 KSON-FM.
Brooks was joined during the shows by Trisha Yearwood -- talk about a double whammy!
Fun fact: Garth Brooks' full name is Troyal Garth Brooks | 158 |
In concurrence with the philosophy of Symmetry that "If everybody learns to share, the world will have enough", we were excited about our planned trip to the cafe. Tucked away in a serene spot within Jalan Kubor (close to Bugis), the cafe turns into a restaurant bar in the evening. Inspired by the Australian casual dining culture and French cuisine, Symmetry places great emphasis on sharing and prides itself for using modern food preparation techniques on fresh produces.
We felt that the latte art on the flat white was something that could be improved but in terms of flavours, it had a relatively good balance between the acidity of the coffee beans and the foamed milk though the after-taste had a strong creamy and milky finish.
The long black coffee on the other hand carried a sharp acidity which puckered my mouth. I am in general, very particular about my brew and on this particular occasion, it did not quite go my preferred way.
Served with diced portobello mushrooms and bacon, the classic English muffins played host to the soft-boiled eggs cooked at low temperature. The technique used was largely similar to the eggs ben tried at The Missing Pan though this rendition had melted aged cheddar to top off the dish. Due to the preparation technique, the eggs were wobbly soft, tasting almost like your soft-boiled eggs.
We enjoyed the crispness of the freshly toasted muffin and the beautiful caramelised onions that introduced a hint of sweetness to complement the savoury bacon. The freshness of the ingredients was guaranteed when the viscous bright orange egg yolk started flowing out upon the first slice of the knife.
We would however have preferred a more generous portion of the classic Hollandaise sauce as that was an element sorely lacking in the dish to define a classic eggs benedict.
Recommended by the serving lady as one of Symmetry's signature dishes, we unveiled the toast to reveal a mixture of pork sausages, smoked paprika, cherry tomato coulis, creamed baby spinach and eggs topped with cheddar cheese.
Expect some rich flavours in that thin tomato purée which had been infused with the savouriness of the pork sausages. Paired with the creamed baby spinach, it went well with the crisp toast and portion of<|fim_middle|>Overall, I appreciated the philosophy in writing largely, especially the line that goes "This is a place where you can walk in every single time knowing it's going to be good and then leave feeling happier...and loved". The actual cafe dining experience however failed to nail that perspective for me and while the food was decent, it was not particularly impressionable. Compared to the other cafes out there, prices of the mains at Symmetry command a premium which makes it even less palatable.
Nonetheless, taste is a very subjective matter and it would be some time yet for us to return anytime soon. | greens to cleanse one's palate.
Offering both indoor and outdoor seating, expect a queue on the weekends. At the entrance of the cafe was a tablet which offered an automated queue system. After inputting the number of dining guests and your contact details, expect a SMS to come instantaneously to confirm your booking. As soon as your table is available and ready, you will receive an updated text from the system.
While we were impressed by the automated service, we felt that the service lacked personal touches and it was no more different from the next cafe. With its philosophy built around the beautiful idea of sharing, we felt that the message was not delivered across to the diners. Among the three of us, we decided to share two mains but somehow the tonality of the lady made us felt as if we under-ordered, albeit an awkward manner.
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Shivalik Convent School, Aliyaspur managed by Gauri Shankar Educational Trust (Regd.) is a venture of Shivalik Group of Institutions. The school aims at quality Education for the students all round development and character building. The school strives to develop the wholesome personality (body, mind and spirit) of the pupils in an environment of freedom<|fim_middle|>, responsibility and a strong sense of moral integrity. The campus serves to be a model with environmentally responsible design, with learning spaces, in accordance with global consciousness on pollution control and protection of our planet. | and personal responsibility. We aspire to inculcate in the students the spirit of team work and co-operation by promoting a spirit of service, loyalty and dedication. Make your child a part of global learning community. Open the world of opportunities for the holistic development of your child.
We also offer an excellent environment for all round development with special emphasis on discipline, as a way to live life. We endeavor to cultivate in our pupil the respect for elders, all religious customs and true Indian sentimentality. We guide our children to synchronize their success with moral values and introspection.
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Restoration of the Taber Courthouse
September 25, 2019 September 27, 2019 Jared
Editor's note: If you're interested in other restoration projects by the government's Heritage Conservation Advisers, read about the conservation of Circle L Ranch.
Written by: Fraser Shaw, Heritage Conservation Adviser
Designated a Provincial Historic Resource in 2013, the Taber Courthouse presides over a quiet park just off Taber's main street. The building's stately arched entryway speaks to its historic importance as one of Alberta's first "sub-jurisdiction" courthouses, a system of provincial justice administration introduced at the time.
Built in 1918, Assistant Provincial Architect J.B. Allan developed the courthouse design and noted Provincial Architect Richard P. Blakey subsequently revised it. Blakey's eclectic mix of Edwardian, Classical Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival elements eventually became an architectural prototype for other courthouses of the period. Examples of Blakey's work that are still intact include the Blairmore Courthouse in the Crowsnest Pass and the Medicine Hat Courthouse. Both<|fim_middle|> 2015, a rare and important piece of Alberta's railroading and transportation heritage has been designated as a provincial historic resource.
Exterior of the Canadian Northern Railway Roundhouse, showing the large, double doors, which provide access to the locomotive stalls. The turntable and bridge are in the foreground, September 2014. Alberta Culture and Tourism, Government of Alberta.
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Pranks and Fun: Social Life at Old St. Stephen's College
May 20, 2015 April 7, 2015 Erin
The history of Old St. Stephen's College spans over a century and while the building itself is unique, it is the people have who have lived and worked here that bring out its uniqueness.[1] In its time as an educational facility, the college produced a large number of graduates who went on to become ministers, employed renowned educators and housed thousands of students. Residents participated in the traditions and customs of campus life and the building became eminent for the pranks that were carried out there. This post will look at the people of Old St. Stephen's when it functioned as a theological college and some of the stories that illustrate the student's social lives.
Students using the fire escape slide at St. Stephen's College, October 1940
(Courtesy of the University of Alberta Archives, UAA 72-58-0294).
Students were the majority of the building's inhabitants: up to 150 youths were housed in the college at once and they didn't spend all their free time studying. After the First World War, the college installed steel spiraled slides, to be used as fire escapes, at the end of each wing. During this time, the college had become a convalescent home for injured soldiers and the fires escapes were meant to evacuate patients as quickly as possible in an emergency. The fire escapes were never used for their intended purpose, but the students made use of them for their own enjoyment. Freshmen were initiated by their fellow classmates, who would dump the unlucky first years down the slides and then chase them with buckets of ice water. This custom continued into the 1970s, up until the fire escapes were removed during the renovations and replaced with ladders. In addition to the pranks and hazing that took place, there were water fights with neighboring residences that highlight the enjoyment of student life on campus. The students had a great deal of playful fun here.
Another tale is from when the Rutherford Library was being constructed in 1948. On the evening of the cornerstone-laying ceremony, the cornerstone mysteriously disappeared, only to turn up behind the college's west wing fire escape. The stone weighed 700 pounds, and everyone presumed that engineering students were the culprits. However, in 2008, the secret was revealed in New Trail, the University of Alberta's Alumni magazine. The escapade was actually the work of a group of agriculture students living at St. Stephen's College. Turns out, the students borrowed a milk cart from the St. Stephen's kitchen and attempted to haul the stone as far as 109 Street. Being heavier than anticipated, they only made it as far as St. Stephen's College. To the student's dismay, the stone was discovered just hours before the cornerstone-laying and the ceremony proceeded as planned.
Old St. Stephen's College, 1971 (Historic Resources Management Branch, 71-R0001-29).
The tubed fire escapes on the wings of the building were installed in 1920.
Faculty members would also fall victim to the student's pranks. The day after Halloween one year, John Henry Riddell, the College's first principal, saw that his buggy was balanced unsteadily on one the building's towers. Once again, the engineering students from the University of Alberta were thought to have assisted with this feat. Although no details could be found on who was responsible, it likely would have been worthwhile for the students to see the look on their administrator's face. Pranks such as these were seemingly all in good fun, and as one former student states, they "built character and helped form fast friendships."
In addition to pranks, there were Glee clubs, Students' Council and various intramural activities for students to participate in. Physical recreation played a large role in student life at the college. Friendly sports rivalries were encouraged and the students had access to the tennis courts, a gym for basketball games and even skating parties were organized. Once the college's ban on dances was lifted in the 1940s, students were able to attend university dances, including the well-known Sadie Hawkins Dance. Dormitory life helped to foster a communal atmosphere spirit among students and many residents have fond memories of their time spent at the college. Even the brochure for the St. Stephen's Ladies' College noted that "the social life [was] just delightful."
Formal group portrait of the members of the Alberta College South Glee Club, 1912-1913 (Provincial Archives of Alberta, A16351).
When the building was home for the students of St. Stephen's College, it was a place where friendships were formed, bonds between students and instructors were strengthened and fun was had. The building has seen thousands of staff and students pass through its hallways and numerous tales have been accumulated. These stories help to illustrate the liveliness of the former college and show us that it is the people who make history come alive.
What can you tell us about your time spent at Old St. Stephen's College? Let us know your stories!
Written by: Erin Hoar, Historic Resources Management Branch Officer.
Alberta Register of Historic Places. "Old St. Stephen's College." (Accessed September 10, 2014).
Designation File # 132, in the custody of the Historic Resources Management Branch.
Elson, D. J. C. "History Trails: Faith, Labour, and Dreams." University of Alberta Alumni Association. (Accessed September 23, 2014).access
Schoeck, Ellen. I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906-2006. Edmonton, Canada: The University of Alberta Press, 2006.
Simonson, Gayle. Ever-Widening Circles: A History of St. Stephen's College. Edmonton, Canada: St. Stephen's College, 2008.
"The Caper." New Trail: The University of Alberta Alumni Association, 2008, 26-28 (Accessed September 13, 2015).
University of Alberta. "University of Alberta: St. Stephen's College." (Accessed September 10, 2014).
[1] A note on naming: the institution was initially known as Alberta College South. ACS and Robertson College were amalgamated in 1925 and renamed the United Theological College. The name St. Stephen's College was chosen in 1927. It became known as Old St. Stephen's College in 1952 when a new St. Stephen's was built directly south of the existing college.
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Club 70, a first in Alberta's LGBT history
February 20, 2019 November 3, 2021 Jared
Written by: Darrin Hagen, legendary playwright, actor, sound designer, composer, performer, director and TV host based in Edmonton
In the tumultuous year of 1969, Canadian queers suddenly found themselves in a new legal landscape. The bill that decriminalized homosexuality passed the parliamentary vote in May – in August, that bill was voted into law. No one was quite sure what it would mean as far as day-to-day life for gays and lesbians, but some forward-thinking folks in Edmonton decided that with this new legal reality, it was time to create Edmonton's first official queer gathering place.
They chose the name Club 70, even though it was autumn of 1969. Not only was 1969 almost over, but a few of them felt that naming it Club 69 was just a bit too cheeky. And so they heralded the approaching decade by naming the bar with an eye to a new future.
The location was on 101 street and 106 avenue, in the basement of a building that still stands today. Back then, a Greek restaurant occupied the main floor. Even though the Milla Pub is still open, the building is grubby and the yellowing plaster shows neglect. But if you look at the north end of the building, there is a brightly painted door that leads to the basement. It was behind that door that a queer person would nervously descend down the stairs into the very beginnings of Edmonton's very first official gay club.
You may know it now as the seedy Milla Pub. But behind these doors in 1969, a queer person would nervously descend down the stairs into the very beginnings of Edmonton's very first official gay club, Club 70.
There had always been places where the Friends of Dorothy could discretely congregate – generally in one corner of the taverns that occupied the main floor of the large, grand hotels that dominated downtown: The Mayfair, The Corona, The Royal George, and the King Edward (or King Eddie). But these gay hangouts were never official – they just sprung up out of necessity in cities across Canada. It was in these early unofficial gathering places that 'the community' began to recognize each other in the smoky half-light, and began to connect and communicate. Even as recently as the early 80s, a gay man could stroll into one of these smoky taverns, and once his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he could find a group of men like him, taking over one corner or certain tables in the room.
None of these hotels stand today – they've been replaced by downtown malls, or newer high-rises. Only the Corona LRT station keeps one of those names alive. But somehow the early gay club scene's first legal footprint has escaped the wrecking ball of progress.
Through those nondescript doors, one descended down a flight of stairs into a space no bigger than a large living room. Everyone had to sign in, although pseudonyms were the norm – people were still very afraid to be 'outed' and the last thing one would want was to be identified by logging into a register of a gay bar. There was hired security – a straight man who kept a scowling presence at the bottom of the stairs.
Small stage for burgeoning drag scene
The club had no liquor license, and so bringing your own bottle was essential, as the concession only sold pop and chips. There was a small dance floor, and even a tiny stage populated by the pioneers of Edmonton's burgeoning drag scene: Grindl performed on that stage, as did Trixie, and Millie – names that, within a few years, would become legend on the stages of the underground. Few Queens were as legendary as Millie, who in 1976 would become Edmonton's first crowned head of state, the unofficial Godmother to all Queens who followed: Empress I of Edmonton, establishing the Imperial House of Millicent, the first in a long chapter of royal houses that still rules Edmonton through the auspices of the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose; she was simultaneously crowned Mz. Flashback I. Millie has the distinction of being the only drag queen in Edmonton's history who wore both crowns at the same time.
The tiny club could only hold about 50 people, and was only open on Friday and Saturday nights. The ambiance was more like a house party than a nightclub. But it was the first queer space. That meant safety. It meant being able to freely recognize and acknowledge people like yourself, to dance with whoever you wanted to dance with, or to freely cheer on a drag show.
That freedom was fiercely protected, however. Club 70 had a strict gay-only membership policy, for the safety and discretion of its members. Violating this policy by bringing a straight person to the bar would get you a 30-day suspension.
Club 70 bears the distinction of being the first official, registered-on-paper-with-city-hall, gay society in Alberta
However, it got off to a very rocky start. The location was short-lived, even though Club 70 was not. After a month of weekends of business, the owner of the building finally realized what sort of business had taken root in his basement, and when staff and members arrived for the weekend party, they found he had nailed the doors shut, seized the liquor, and whatever there was in the way of a sound system. The fledgling gay club was suddenly in a legal battle with a landlord. However, they won that battle, as their lease had been broken illegally, and were able to not only get their stuff back, but the owner of the building was forced to pay for their relocation costs.
Club 70 closed for a month, eventually finding a new home on 106 street; that building remained queer for the next 42 years. When Club 70 had run its course, it transformed into The Cha Cha Palace for a short period in 1978, then Boots & Saddles for decades, and lastly The Junction Bar & Grill. Once the 106 street location opened, that spot in Edmonton was a safe queer space from 1970-2012.
In 1969, the first step towards building a new sense of community was building a home; a meeting place or a town square, where LGBTQI people could gather, and for the first time, discover who they were in this brave but unknown new world.
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One-room Schoolhouses in Alberta: where early public education began
August 30, 2017 August 30, 2017 Erin
The image of the one-room schoolhouse is recognizable to many communities across Alberta. Fortunately, there are a few of these structures still existing that help to illustrate the origins of public education in Alberta. In this article, we will look at the development and decline of the one-room schoolhouse and the building features that make this structure such a unique example of built heritage. The schoolhouses that will be discussed here are the Shilo School, Verdun School and Chailey School. These particular buildings have been restored, indicating the public interest and historical significance of these structures to their community.
A typical one-room schoolhouse was where one teacher would instruct boys and girls of all ages and grades. Attendance to the school could range from just a few to almost one hundred. This type of early public education was common across Canada from the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth century. In Alberta, the first one-room schoolhouse was built in Edmonton in 1881. Many more schoolhouses were erected throughout the province in the years that followed, the majority of which consisted of one room. By 1910, Alberta had 1,501 school districts operating 1,195 schools, the majority of which were located in rural areas.
Edmonton 1881 School (Erin Hoar).
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Law & Order in Coleman: The Alberta Provincial Police Building
May 17, 2017 May 16, 2017 Erin
Even before Alberta became a province, communities were in need of a local police force. The Crowsnest Pass in particular saw an increase in crime as the area began to develop as a coal mining community in the early 1900s. With the introduction of new settlers to the area, it wasn't long before Coleman requested a police presence from the Canadian Government. A North West Mounted Police office building was constructed in 1904 and shortly after, an officer arrived to the area to establish law and order. This blog post will look at the introduction of a formal police presence into the Coleman area and highlight the importance of the still existing Alberta Provincial Police Building that was built for their use. Read more →
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN NUMBERS PART THREE : ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE INVESTIGATION
May 10, 2017 May 9, 2018 colleenhaukaas
This week's post is part three of a series of infographics about the Archaeological Research Permit Management System at the Archaeological Survey of the Historic Resources Management Branch.
Previous posts:
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN NUMBERS PART TWO : ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERMIT HOLDERS AND COMPANIES
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN NUMBERS 2016 – PART ONE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERMITS
ARCHAEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT: STATISTICS FROM THE HISTORIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BRANCH
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Bonus Video!
This video shows a time lapse of archaeological sites recorded each year by archaeologists beginning in 1912.
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A New Roof for St. Ambrose Church
April 26, 2017 April 26, 2017 frasershaw2014
Located on a quiet residential street in Redcliff, Alberta, St. Ambrose Anglican Church is distinguished by its buttressed brick masonry exterior, steeply-pitched gable roof and pointed arch windows. These characteristics strongly identify the 1914 church with the Gothic Revival style popular in the Victorian era for ecclesiastical architecture in England, a style also eagerly adopted by Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches across Canada. Unlike many churches, though, St. Ambrose was modelled on small Anglican parish churches in England and is a variant of the Gothic Revival style seldom found in Alberta.
St. Ambrose's architecture hearkens back to England but the building's local roots are evident in the "clinker brick" masonry exterior, an overfired brick with distinctive irregular or lumpy shapes and striking colour variations. Clinker brick resulted from high firing temperatures in the kiln which caused the clay to partly vitrify or melt, sometimes to the point where clumps of bricks would fuse together and had to be broken apart. This lack of uniformity was appreciated for its decorative qualities and the clinker brick at St. Ambrose was produced at the Redcliff Brick and Coal Company just blocks away. The combination of far-reaching colonial stylistic influences and distinctive local materials contributed to the church's designation as a Provincial Historic Resource in 2008.
St. Ambrose Church from the northwest in 1914, with inset showing the original narrow exposure, traditional step flashings, and rows of slightly offset shingles (inset) to create shadow lines and decorative horizontal bands across the roof. Glenbow Archives photograph NA -2701-5.
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"IT THREW A MUSHROOM CLOUD JUST LIKE AN ATOMIC BOMB": THE LEDUC No.1 OIL DISCOVERY – 70 YEARS AGO
February 13, 2017 February 13, 2017 rkelland
On a bitterly cold afternoon, at 3:55pm, Nathan E. Tanner, Minister of Lands and Mines turned a valve at the Leduc No. 1 oil well as a rig hand held out a burning rag, setting alight a massive column of smoke and flame that roared hundreds of feet skyward. That event took place on February 13, 1947, seventy years ago today and it heralded in a new era for Alberta. An era of rapid development and prosperity fed by the now discovered reserves of oil deep under the province.
"It flared hundreds of feet" is how tool push Vern Hunter described the lighting of the flare as the Leduc No. 1 oil well was brought in on February 13, 1947. Source, Provincial Archives of Alberta, P1342
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ELIZABETH STREET SCHOOL, MEDICINE HAT – MUNICIPAL HISTORIC RESOURCE
November 30, 2016 December 5, 2016 rkelland
In February 2016, the City of Medicine Hat designated the Elizabeth Street School as a Municipal Historic Resource. In September, a plaque about the school's history and designation was unveiled. The school is the most recent of Medicine Hat's historic resources to be listed on the Alberta Register of Historic Places.
Elizabeth Street School during construction, ca. 1912. The school's Classical Revival details, notably the cornice at the roofline and the keystone and voissoir details around the entryways, are evident.
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heating to the ignition point of the oil and then world. More particularly, Shakespeare was quenching is repeated until it has been per- indebted to the story of a feet of ships that formed three times, after which the piece is said had set out from England in 1609, was wrecked to be "oil tempered, and is ready for use. in the Bermudas a few weeks after and
In the early days of steel-working in the finally reached the newly-established colony in United States, it was common to import water Virginia. While, as has been suggested, he in casks from Sheffield, England, for hardening might have heard from returning seamen and tempering purposes, as it was believed that stories of this wreck and of the strange hapthere is some special virtue in the water that penings in the New World, he was especially had been used for so long, and with such indebted to Silvester Jourdan's The Diseminent success, in that city. There was prob- covery of the Bermudas, published in 1610. ably little or no foundation for this belief, and Professor Alden has recently made good his yet it is known that substances that may be in contention that the real source for the desolution in the water that is used for quenching scription of the storm and for the incidents often have an important influence upon the that take place upon the strange island is product. Many artisans dissolve salt or cyanide found in a letter written by William Strachey, of potassium in the water that they use for this dated 15 July 1610, and which, though not pubpurpose, and there is considerable ground for lished until 1625, was, from contemporary evithe belief that such dissolved substances do
dence, seen by Shakespeare. The parallelisms exert an influence upon the character of the
between the play and the letter are most strikproduct, which is out of all apparent proportion ing and certainly tend to show that the author's to the strength of the solutions containing them. indebtedness to contemporary sources was far In particular, it may be noted that there is a
greater than has been generally supposed. The deeply-rooted belief among blacksmiths and ideal commonwealth suggested by Gonzalo, other artisans who work with metals that a while based upon
Florio's translation of piece of steel cannot be hardened by heating it Montaigne's essays, a new edition of which and then quenching it in water that contains was published in 1610, bears a striking resoap, even in small amounts.
semblance to conditions in the Virginia colony The art of tempering cannot be adequately as portrayed in the letter. presented in a short article, and those who are However far one may go in the acceptance skilled at it maintain (probably quite justifiably) of these parallels, the play is none the less the that the only way to learn it is by actual ex- creation of Shakespeare's genius. While it is perience in the shop. Different steels may lacking in the perfect technique of some of his require radically different treatment, and
plays, and especially in the closeness of draspecial implements (razors, for example) may matic structure, it is a great poem and it lends call for years of study before they can be tem- itself to allegorical interpretation as do few pered satisfactorily.
of the plays. Caliban is a monumental repreALLAN D. RISTEEN.
sentation of a primitive type of humanity, reTEMPEST, The. Although certain inter- joicing in unrestricted freedom and in the nal evidence, notably the verse-test, has caused
saturnalia of license. Ariel, more than Puck, most scholars to believe that "The Winter's represents the spiritual forces of nature under Tale' was the last of Shakespeare's plays,
the domination of superior wisdom and for there will always be reason in thinking that
the service of man.
Prospero, both in his "The Tempest (written in 1610 or 1611) best
magical art and in his intellectual and spiritual represents the final mood of Shakespeare as greatness, is an anticipation of the triumphant he turned from the writing of his plays to
victory of man at his best over all the forces the last years of his life in Stratford. It is
of the world. There is no greater utterance certainly one of the group of romantic of Shakespeare than the words in which comedies which Shakespeare wrote after the Prospero, looking out from the serene heights completion of his tragedies; and in the char- which he has reached, expresses the ultimate acter of Prospero we are warranted in seeing
truth about man and the universe: an adumbration of Shakespeare's personality as
"We are such stuff he looked out upon the world from the heights
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep." of his later years. He, like Prospero, broke
EDWIN MIMS. his wand and buried his book deeper than did ever plummet sound. After all, while life may TEMPLAR, Knights. See MASONIC FRAbe tragical as presented in the series of plays TERNITY, THE from Hamlet' to "Timon of Athens, it is TEMPLE, Frederick,
Frederick, English prelate, also full of sunshine and humor and the for- archbishop of Canterbury: b. Santa Maura, giveness of enemies and the reconciliation of Ionian Islands, 30 Nov. 1821 ; d. London, 23 the forces of good and evil. "The Tempest) Dec. 1902. He was the son of an English army is such a representation of life. While some of officer who died while he was a child, and the scenes of the play suggest definitely Milan under his mother's care was well educated in and Naples, Tunis and the intervening Medi- youth, so that he obtained a double first at terranean Sea, the enchanted island upon Oxford and was elected Fellow and tutor of which Prospero lived is on none other than his college. After his ordination in 1846 he the uncharted deep that voyagers were bring- took charge of Kneller Hall, Twickenham, and ing within the compass of man's imagina- from 1848 to 1858 was school inspector. In the tion. In the grotesque figure of Caliban, the latter year he was made headmaster of Rugby magic of Prospero and the spirit-like world and became one of the most powerful and inof Ariel, there is the atmosphere of the fluential successors of Arnold. The publicastrange world that stood out in definite con- tion of Essays and Reviews, in which series trast with the fixed limits of the European Temple led off with The Education of the
World, roused a storm of acrimonious controversy, but did not shake confidence in the headmaster of Rugby, who was appointed bishop of Exeter in 1869, was translated to London in 1885 and succeeded Archbishop Benson in 1896. Equally as schoolmaster and as bishop he was a strict disciplinarian, an untiring worker, a blunt, just and sincere man whose plainness of address did not obscure the massive learning with which his mind was stored. The great controversial storms of the century had spent their fury in the English Church before he reached the primacy, but his incumbency was not uneventful. The Tractarian movement was in its last phase of ritualism, and Temple handled ritualists with firmness and moderation. He took part in the queen's diamond jubilee (1897) and in 1902 placed the crown on the head of her successor. His writings are Sermons in Rugby Chapel and Bampton Lectures for 1884 on The Relations between Religion and Science, of which it may be said that they were up to the standard set by previous lecturers and were not unworthy of the future primate of All England. He died in harness, never recovering from the effort he made in a strong appeal in the House of Lords uttered in favor of the public education bill.
TEMPLE, Oliver<|fim_middle|>. This re- seems rather remote. For all practical intents volt was quelled through the aid of Austria, and purposes the different powers recognize as but another uprising occurred soon after, and a fait accompli the incorporation of the papal the Austrians took occasion thereby to occupy dominions into the kingdom of Italy; though, the northern legations, while at the same time on the other hand, it still remains true that this the French placed a garrison in Ancona. Oc- state of affairs has never yet received any for
« PrejšnjaNaprej » | Perry, American lawyer and author: b. Green County, Tenn., 27 Jan. 1820. He was graduated from Washington College, Tenn., in 1844, and admitted to the bar in 1846. He was a Union leader in East Tennessee during the Civil War; was a chancellor of Tennessee, 1866–78, and retired from the bar in 1881. His publications include (The Covenanter, The Cavalier and the Puritan) (1897); (Union Leaders of East Tennessee (1903), etc.
TEMPLE, Richard Carnac, English civil servant and antiquary: b. Allahabad, India, 15 Oct. 1850. He was educated at Cambridge University. He served in the Burma War 1887– 89 and received a medal for bravery. From 1887-93 he was engaged by the Indian government to raise and fit out volunteer regiments. He has published Wide Awake Stories (1884); Legends of the Panjab (1883–90), etc., and is a member of philological and other learned societies.
TEMPLE, Sir William, English statesman: b. London, 1628; d. Moor Park, Surrey, 27 Jan. 1699. He was educated at Cambridge, spent six years on the Continent and returning in 1654, and not choosing to accept any office under Cromwell, occupied himself in the study of history and philosophy. On the Restoration he was chosen a member of the Irish convention, and in 1661 was returned for the county of Carlow. The following year he was nominated one of the commissioners from the Irish Parliament to the king, and removed to London. On the breaking out of the Dutch War, he was employed in a secret mission to the bishop of Münster which he executed so much to the satisfaction of the ministers that in the following year he was appointed resident at Brussels, and received a baronetcy. With De Witt he concluded the treaty between England, Holland and Sweden (February 1668), with a view to oblige France to restore her
conquests in the Netherlands. He also attended, as Ambassador Extraordinary, when peace was concluded between France and Spain at Aix-la-Chapelle, and subsequently residing at The Hague as Ambassador, enjoyed the friendship of De Witt, and also of the Prince of Orange, afterward William III. A change of politics led to the recall of Temple in 1671, who, refusing to assist in the intended breach with Holland, retired from public business, and employed himself in writing his Observations on the United Provinces, and part of his Miscellanies. In 1674 Temple was again Ambassador to the States-General, in order to negotiate a general pacification. Previously to its termination in the Treaty of Nimeguen (in 1678), he was instrumental in promoting the marriage of the Prince of Orange with Mary, eldest daughter of the Duke of York, which took place in 1677. In 1679 he was recalled from The Hague, and shortly afterward was elected to represent the University of Cambridge in Parliament. In 1681 he retired from public life altogether. He was on friendly terms with William III who occasionally visited him. (For his relations with Swift see Swift, JONATHAN). His Memoirs) are important as regards the history of the times, as are likewise his (Letters,' published by Swift after his death. His Miscellanies' consist of essays on various subjects: Gardening,' The Cure of the Gout, Ancient and Modern Learning' (which provoked much controversy at the time), Health and Long Life, Different Conditions of Life and Fortune, Introduction to the History of England, Poems and Translations, etc. Consult Courtenay, Life of Temple!, (1836); Macaulay's Essay) and Forster, Life of Swift (Vol. I, 1875).
TEMPLE, Tex., city in Bell County, on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fé and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroads, about 220 miles northwest of Galveston, and 35 miles southwest of Waco. It was founded in 1882 by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fé Railroad, and was chartered as a city the same year. It is in an agricultural and stock-raising region and has considerable manufacturing interests. The chief manufacturing establishments are agricultural-implement works, cottonseed-oil mills and cotton compresses, flour mills, chewing gum and candy factory and lumber mills. The city has handsome churches, public and parish schools, Saint Mary's Academy, two kindergartens, a business college, three large hospitals and a public library. The four banks have a combined capital of $580,000. Pop. (1920) 11,033.
TEMPLE, London, England, a district of the city lying between Fleet Street and the Thames, and divided by Middle Temple Lane into the Inner and the Middle Temple, belonging to separate societies (see INNS OF Court), each with its hall, library and gardens. The name is derived from the Knights Templars, who had their headquarters in England here. The two temples are separated by a wall from the rest of the city, and have entrance gates which are closed at night. The district is occupied, with few exceptions, exclusively by barristers and solicitors. In former times the members of the Temple were famous for the
TEMPLE - TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
masques, revels and banquets which they gave in their halls. To these entertainments there are many allusions in the old poets; kings attended them, the benchers joined in them and directed the students to dance. Among famous members of the Temple have been Beaumont, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Ford, Wycherley, Congreve, Cowper, Blackstone, Sheridan, Coke, Littleton, Clarendon, Somers and Eldon. Goldsmith and Johnson had chambers here, and here Charles Lamb was born and passed the first seven years of his life.
TEMPLE, a name applied in religious history particularly to the temple built by Solomon at Jerusalem as a House of the Lord, and to the temples which succeeded it, more especially the magnificent structure, erected by Herod the Great, which is often mentioned in the New Testament. Solomon's Temple was -built with the aid of an architect and skilled workmen from Phænicia. The temple was an oblong stone building, 60 cubits in length, 20 in width and 30 in height. On three sides were corridors, rising above each other to the height of three stories, and containing rooms in which were preserved the holy utensils and treasures. The fourth or front side was open, and was ornamented with a portico, 10 cubits in width, supported by two brazen pillars, Jachin and Boaz (stability and strength). The interior was divided into the most holy place or oracle, 20 cubits long, which contained the ark of the covenant, and was separated by a curtain or veil from the sanctuary or holy place, in which were the golden candlesticks, the table of the shew-bread, and the altar of incense. The walls of both apartments and the roof and ceiling of the most holy place were overlaid with wood work, skilfully carved. None but the highpriest was permitted to enter the latter, and only the priests devoted to the temple service the former. The temple was surrounded by an inner court, which contained the altar of burntoffering, the brazen sea and lavers, and such instruments and utensils as were used in the sacrifices, which, as well as the prayers, were offered here. Colonnades, with brazen gates, separated this court of the priests from the outer court, which was likewise surrounded by a wall. This temple was destroyed about 586 B.C. by the Assyrians, and after the return from the Babylonish captivity some 70 years later, a second temple of the same form, but much inferior in splendor, was erected. Herod the Great rebuilt it, beginning the work about 20 B.C., of a larger size, surrounding it with four courts, rising above each other like ter
This being the temple of the time of Christ possesses great interest. The lower court was 500 cubits square, on three sides surrounded by a double, and on the fourth by a triple row of columns and was called the court of the Gentiles, because individuals of all nations were admitted into it indiscriminately. A high wall separated the court of the women, 135 cubits square, in which the Jewish females assembled to perform their devotions, from the court of the Gentiles. From the court of the women 15 steps led to the court of the temple, which was enclosed by a colonnade, and divided by trellis-work into the court of the Jewish men and the court of the priests. In the middle of this enclosure stood the temple, of white
marble richly gilt, 100 cubits long and wide, and 60 cubits high, with a porch 100 cubits wide, and three galleries like the first temple, which it resembled in the interior, except that the most holy place was empty, and the height of Herod's temple was double the height of Solomon's. Rooms appropriated for different purposes filled the upper story above the roof of the inner temple. This edifice was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D., and for many centuries the long-consecrated height has been occupied by the Mosque of Omar.
The Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Persians, and other ancient nations had temples for the worship of their gods, and the Mexicans and Peruvians, at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards in the New World, had splendid temples. On the sacrificial platforms of Aztec temples thousands of victims perished annually. The Greek and Roman temples were, as a rule, models of architectural grandeur and beauty. The word "temple is sometimes, but not often, applied to Christian places of worship as a special designation, although frequently used in a figurative sense. The Mormons designate as "The Temple," the large structure in which they worship at Salt Lake City. Consult Fergusson, James, 'The Temple of the Jews' (1878); Smith, G. A., Jerusalem' (1908). See ARCHITECTURE.
TEMPLE, Order of the. See ORDERS. ROYAL.
TEMPLE BAR, London, England, an arched gateway which formerly stood between Fleet street and the Strand, and divided the city from the liberty of Westminster. (See LONDON). It was a structure of the Corinthian order, designed by Sir 6. Wren, and built in 1670 of Portland stone. Over the gateway, on the east side, were statues of Queen Elizabeth and James I; and on the west side, of Charles I and II. The heads of persons executed for high treason were formerly exhibited on this gate. Here, also, on particular occasions, the corporation of London received the royal family, the heralds' proclamations, or any distinguished visitors. When the sovereign came in state the lord-mayor here delivered to him the sword of state, which was returned, and after this he rode bareheaded, immediately in front of the royal procession. As the gate seriously obstructed a crowded thoroughfare, it was removed in 1878, its site now being marked by the heraldic monster, a «griffin." The gate has been re-erected at Theobald's Park, Cheshunt.
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, an institution of higher learning founded at Philadelphia in 1884 by Russell H. Conwell, pastor of the Baptist Temple. It was chartered by the State in 1888, and empowered to grant degrees in 1891, its name being changed from Temple College to Temple University in 1907. It was designed to offer instruction to young men whose occupations kept them busy during the day, and at first only evening instruction was offered; in 1891 a day school also was added. There are 18 departments with a range from kindergarten and academic to the highest university courses. Instruction is arranged in morning, afternoon and evening classes in all branches except medicine and dentistry, in which there are only day classes. The university is non-sectarian,
races.
TEMPO - TEMPORAL POWER
but is of a strongly religious atmosphere, and Italy and elsewhere long before any form of accomplishes a notable work in assisting those political papal sovereignty had been thought of. who could not otherwise obtain high educa- Meanwhile, through the favorable legislation tional advantages. In 1922–23 there were 408 of the Christian emperors, the political role of instructors and 8,042 students. The value of the popes and of bishops in general, was assumthe University's property was given as $760,684. ing an ever-growing importance. The bishop of TEMPO (time), in music, the relative rate
a city was not only the official protector of the of movement or degree of quickness with which
poor, of prisoners and of slaves; he had also in a piece of music is to be executed. The de
virtue of his office a voice concerning various grees of time are indicated by certain words
points of civic administration. Even in prosuch as lento (slow), adagio or largo (leisurely)
vincial affairs he enjoyed important rights and andante (walking pace), allegro (gay or quick), privileges. Thus, among other things, we find presto (rapid), prestissimo (very rapid), etc.
that appeal could be made from the decision of A tempo is the proper time. (See Music).
an imperial magistrate to the tribunal of the The word is also used in chess to indicate the
bishop. Such being the political status of bishperiod of a move, especially when the move is
ops generally, it is easy to understand that the wasted.
powers granted to and exercised by the Roman
pontiffs were still more extensive. To them, in TEMPORAL BONE See ANATOMY; particular, recourse was had against the exacSKULL.
tions of the rapacious Byzantine governors who TEMPORAL POWER (OF THE POPE). ruled in the different Italian provinces, and in By this expression, in its generally received sig- this connection, as well as in other ways, the nification, is understood the sovereign civil rule vigilant protection of the popes proved benewhich was exercised by the popes over the ficial to the people. It must be remembered states of the Church with varying vicissitudes that during this period the civil and political from the middle of the 8th century down to the situation throughout the peninsula was in a conyear 1870, when the last remnant of the papal dition bordering on the chaotic. The chronic states was annexed to the United Kingdom of state of unrest and insecurity which resulted Italy.
from the incursions of the barbarians and the The formal establishment of the temporal deplorable inefficiency of the imperial adminispower dates from the year 754, when Pepin, tration, made the interference of the popes in king of the Franks, bestowed upon Pope civil matters a real practical necessity. Theirs Stephen II (who had sought his aid against the was the only authority that commanded genoppression of the Lombards) independent sov- eral respect, and the common weal demanded ereignty over some 20 cities, thus constituting that they should look after the material as well what was henceforth known as the state or as the spiritual interests of their flock. That patrimony of Saint Peter. Though apparently such was the true condition of affairs is amply a new departure - one possibly unlooked for on shown forth in the papal correspondence of the the part of the Pope himself — this addition of time, especially in the letters of Gregory the a temporal to the spiritual rule of the bishop Great (590-604). It is also worth noting that of Rome was in reality but the natural outcome though they had ever-growing reasons to be of pre-existing civil and political conditions.
dissatisfied with Byzantine rule, the popes (even Among these may be mentioned the fact that those who succeeded Gregory) continued to the Roman Church was already in possession remain faithful to the idea of a world-wide of numerous and extensive landed estates or Christian empire, and exercised their influence patrimonies situated for the most part within to maintain in Italy its authority and prestige. ihe bounds of the Italian peninsula, and which
But, as is well known, many of the emperors were controlled or administered by the popes
of that period were more preoccupied with through their agents.
theology than with matters pertaining to civil This state of things had gradually developed administration, and their repeated attempts to from very early beginnings, for we find that impose upon the bishops of the West subtle even during the period of the persecutions, the formulas of orthodoxy led to frequent conflicts, local church of Rome (whether organized le- in some of which popes were violently dragged gally as a burial society, or simply as a body away to prison or death. Thus Silverius and corporate, holding property under the general Vigilius, Pelagius and Martin became the laws of the empire) possessed not only the victims of imperial tyranny. On the refusal of great cemeteries now known as the Catacombs, Sergius I to accept the decrees of the Emperor but also other property, as is clear from the Justinian II the latter commanded the protoedict of Milan. By a law of 321, the Emperor spatharius Zachary to arrest the Pope and bring Constantine granted to all persons capable of him a prisoner to Constantinople, but the pubmaking a will the right to bequeath property to lic spirit in Italy was already in revolt against the Church, and he himself gave an example this arrogant, high-handed policy, and the army of generosity in this respect by endowing munif- interfered to prevent the execution of the imicently the various basilicas of Rome. Similar perial mandate. Again, in 727, Leo the Isaurian bequests in one form or another were made by sent his edict against the use of images to Pope wealthy Christians throughout the empire, one Gregory II with orders for his deposition in of the principal uses to which the property thus case he should refuse to comply. Gregory reacquired was applied being to relieve the dis- sponded by denouncing the edict and excomtress occasioned by the depredations of the bar- municating the exarch; again the soldiers arose barians who began to overrun Italy from the in his defense, and the efforts of the imperial beginning of the 5th century. In this way the officers to carry out their instructions cost them Roman Church had become very wealthy, and their lives. In 733 the emperor confiscated all the popes, were already great landed proprie- the Church's estates in Sicily, Bruttium, Lutors, owning vast estates in various parts of cania, Calabria and Naples; others were con
fiscated by the Lombards, and no security re- casional minor disturbances occurred between mained even for the inhabitants of Rome. The these events and 1848, when Pius IX, on account empire was unable to defend its subjects — of an insurrection, was obliged to flee to Gaeta worse than that, it even oppressed and plundered and Rome was declared a republic. The Pope them. The only refuge left to the Romans and was again restored to power through the armed their spiritual as well as actually temporal intervention of France, Austria, Spain and Nahead was to seek the aid of the friendly king ples, and the Austrians occupied the northern of the Franks. It is not clear whether Pope legations or Romagna on his behalf until 1859, Stephen II in taking this step had already in when their army was withdrawn. Soon after view the establishment of a civil principality the province repudiated its allegiance to the under his own rule or not, but be that as it Pope and its annexation to Sardinia was promay, just then the relations between the papacy claimed. The French still continued to hold and the emperor were further strained by the Rome in subjection to papal authority and Pius publication of a fresh edict against the use of IX, with a view to withstand any further enimages emanating from a synod of Constanti- croachments upon his dominions, raised an nople. A continuation of the old régime seemed army, which was placed under the leadership of no longer possible, the army of Pepin arrived in the able French general, Lamoricière. In the Italy in the summer of 754, and the independent meantime Garibaldi and his followers, whose state of Saint Peter was established, with the aim was the political unification of the Italian Pope as its civil ruler, in the same year. In states under the rule of Victor Emmanuel, were view of the circumstances, it may be truly said conducting a successful campaign in Sicily and that this distinction was bestowed upon the Naples. The news of this caused an outbreak bishop of Rome in recognition of a twofold in Urbino and the Marches in favor of Victor prerogative, namely, his prestige as head of the Emmanuel. The Sardinian troops came to the Church and defender of orthodoxy against aid of the insurgents and after two encounters Eastern aggression, and his character of na- with the troops under Lamoricière compelled tional benefactor.
the latter to surrender with his whole army The papal dominion as constituted by the after a week's siege in Ancona (1860). The grant of Pepin comprised the cities of Ravenna, revolted provinces of Umbria, Urbino and the Rimini, Pesaro, Fano, Casena, Forli Comma- Marches, as well as the isolated provinces of chio and 15 other towns. In 1053 the duchy Benevento and Pontecorvo, situated within the of Benevento was annexed, and between that kingdom of Naples, were immediately annexed period and the end of the 13th century the au- to Sardinia. Finally, on 20 Dec. 1870, the thority of the Roman See was acknowledged by French troops having been withdrawn on acmany other free towns in Italy. In 1278 the count of the war with Prussia, Rome was enEmperor Rudolf I confirmed the acquisitions tered practically without resistance by the made thus far, defined the boundaries of the troops of Victor Emmanuel, and the last vestige papal states, and recognized the Pope's exclu- of temporal power disappeared. Victor Emsive authority over them by absolving the in- manuel having been proclaimed king over habitants from their oath of allegiance to the united Italy, took up his residence in the papal empire. The papal dominion then included Pe- palace of the Quirinal and Pius IX withdrew rugia, Bologna, Bertinoro, the duchy of Spoleto, to a life of seclusion (in the Vatican), considerthe exarchy of Ravenna and the marche of An- ing himself as a prisoner unable to leave his cona, but many of the towns were more or less retreat without compromising his dignity as independent. The Romagna was annexed at head of the Church, or even giving occasion to the end of the 15th century. Under Alexander riots and bloodshed. He never ceased to proVI and Julius II were added Faenza, Parma, test emphatically against the spoliation of his Placentia and Reggio, and the papal states re- rights as a temporal ruler and against the presceived their final additions in the 17th century, ence of the king and his court in the papal city. namely, Urbino, Ronciglione and the duchy of Leo XIII, though departing in many respects Castro. In 1797 the Romagna was seized by from the policy of his predecessor, maintained Napoleon and incorporated into the Cisalpine nevertheless throughout the same uncompromisRepublic. The following year Rome itself was ing attitude toward the question of the temtaken by the French and the papal states were poral power, and the same policy was steaderected into the Roman Republic. Pius VII fastly affirmed by his successor, Pius X. Such regained possession of his states in 1800, but are, in briefest outline, the main facts pertain they were soon retaken by the French, and ing to the origin and history of this ecclesias. finally (1809) incorporated with France, Rome tico-civil institution. It is beyond the scope being reckoned the second city of the empire. of the present article to appreciate or criticize After the downfall of Napoleon (1814) Pius the motives either of those who labored to VII returned to Rome and was formally rein- maintain it or of those who more or less stated in his office of temporal ruler by the directly sought its abolition. Still less pertreaty of Vienna, mainly through the friendly tinent to the purpose in view would be a specusupport of the non-Catholic powers Russia, lation on the probable restoration of the same Prussia and England. In 1830 a rebellion broke in the future. It must be granted that, conout in Ancona and Bologna, the reason alleged sidering the present political situation in by the insurgents being that the clerical rule in Europe, the probability of a restoration of the the provinces contrasted too unfavorably with temporal power, at least in its ancient form, the preceding French administration | 5,527 |
Stories abound everywhere you go in Colaba, the posterchild for places where the past segues into the present. It only makes sense then that the oldest bar in the city lies in this neighbourhood – the one that got the city started. Today, the southernmost tip of Mumbai is home to all kinds of drinking places catering to everyone from the undergrad who will pop breath mints to keep his parents from knowing about his extra-curricular activities to the yuppies travelling across the Bandra-Worli Sea Link or the Eastern Freeway to spend their 9-to-5 here. To help you make sense of which one is for you – the one you deserve as much as it deserves you – we drank through Colaba and its next-door neighbours to put together this list.
For those seeking a selection of beers (craft or otherwise), cocktails (classic or with a twist), and reliable bar bites, Woodside Inn doesn't disappoint. With its annual beer and burger festival, it manages to add some excitement to the city's otherwise dreary monsoon, but for those who want to drink, the<|fim_middle|> gin menu – with a selection of tonics for the discerning – while its cocktails also change with the seasons, taking into account fresh produce and flavours. During the winter, their mulled wine is a highlight, and around the year, you should order a Cucumber Saketini. It might just become your new favourite drink. | bar feels like home – and their consistent cocktails definitely help. We can usually be found with an old-fashioned in hand, catching up by the bar.
Its large bar and well-made cocktails may be what it's best known for, besides of course its spacious premises. They do the classics (order a negroni and thank us later) with aplomb, but for those looking to experiment, there are options to try (we're fans of the Bloody Margarita) with a side of the delicious nachos that seem to be on every table. With drinks changing seasonally, and some well-made sangria, there's more than enough to keep trying. These guys do great dessert too, in case you want a sugar rush to fix what a drink couldn't achieve.
Colaba's newest drinking house is also maybe its largest. Spread over two floors, with a large motorcycle hanging from the ceiling, the beers here are house-made and trucked in from their Pune brewery. When it comes to hard liquor, there's an array of cocktails on offer to be paired with their menu that encompasses biryani and Thai curry, ensuring everyone has something to nosh on.
On the top floor of the recently refurbished Hotel Harbour View, this indoor-outdoor space offers stunning views of the sea. The only hiccup: drinks can only be served in the indoor section. Still for a beer and kebab kind of evening, it's the ideal place to enjoy the view, have a couple of drinks before getting back to street level and city-life below.
Since being immortalised in Shantaram, the cult of Cafe Leopold has only grown. Known for its beer towers and spicy Chinese and Indian food, large group of drinkers waiting outside make snagging a table seem at times impossible. Once you're seated though, the high ceiling, no-nonsense service and the incessant sound of chatter that fills the space will make you glad you put in the effort. There's a full bar for those who want to drink, but follow every other table's lead and share a pitcher of beer with friends – you won't regret it.
Serving only beer and wine, this 'café' is a throwback to a more egalitarian city. The tables are crammed in close to each other and there's a jukebox at the back for those seeking to stay in control of the playlist. The inner, air-conditioned sanctum is some relief from the city's humidity but if you're here for a drink, the livelier outdoors is the best place to sit.
Catering to those who live and work in Cuffe Parade, Flamboyante adds some life in the World Trade Centre. The food menu traverses cuisines and serves up some delicious pizzas, an easy-to-share option for those stopping by for an after-work drink or – if they're surreptitiously serving – shisha. With a large outdoor area that's broken up into different sections, it's ideal for those who find themselves in this area, craving for a good drink.
For a lot of locals, Gokul was the first bar they ever stepped into, and for the most part nothing's changed. Yes, the area around it has become a hub for restaurants and bars but inside this dimly lit space, you'll still find young drinkers and those looking for their daily tipple after a long day at work. The simple bi-level space still has its straight-back wooden benches and tables, making it more canteen than bar. But then again, that's part of its charm.
The city's first bar and the oldest licensed one (in case you were still wondering) is located in the opulent environs of the Taj Mahal Palace. Nosh on tapas from around the world (think guacamole golgappa and prawn pepper salt) while enjoying their signature cocktails (the From the Harbour has been on the menu since 1933, when the bar opened). With mood lighting, impossibly plush sofas to sink into, and a sense of charm that seems like it's straight out of another era – this one is an experience and not just a location.
Walking into Alps is like walking into another time. Sure, they only serve beer, but its bentwood chairs, mirrored walls and hanging pendant lamps seem to have not changed for over 30, maybe 40 years. Order a hearty sizzler, pair it with a beer (they've changed with the times and you'll find Bira on the menu alongside Kingfisher), and take in its quaint charm.
Taking its inspiration from Cuba and the country's rum culture, Havana is a watering hole for those who like their music loud, their drinks strong and their crowds noisy. Especially popular on weekends, the bar does a couple of great rum cocktails (no surprises there) — we usually get the Old Cuban or the whiskey sour.
The rapid rise of TBSE has allowed people all over the city to enjoy the spoils of cheap drinks that change price according to demand. The slightly gimmicky concept has given rise to numerous imitators and the kind of deals on alcohol that were unheard of in the city. So, keep an eye on the screen, plan what your friends will be ordering, and let the market take care of your drinks menu for the night.
For those looking for the kind of night which includes live music, an impossibly romantic setting, and stunning views of the sea, The Eau Bar is the place to grab at least one drink. It's a throwback to another time, when a bar was more sedate, service more formal and drinks much harder to come by. Luckily now, the staff is happy to offer off-the-menu suggestions and there's a selection of special nights to plan your next visit around.
Get a seat overlooking the small bar to see the bartenders work their magic out here. There's a special | 1,202 |
Children In Hospital Get New Playroom
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New Johnny M Playroom Opens at Cooper Children's Regional Hospital
CAMDEN, N.J.— The Cooper Foundation in partnership with the Johnny M Foundation today celebrated the opening of the new Johnny M Playroom at Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper.
The playroom and an adjacent family lounge are made possible by a grant from the Johnny M Foundation, established in 2010 by Patti and John Murabito, of Mount Laurel, to honor the memory of their son Johnny Murabito, Jr., who died when he was just 3 years old.
"We are honored to partner with the Murabito family to help make a difference in the lives of children and families during their stay at Cooper," said Susan Bass Levin, President and CEO of The Cooper Foundation. "The expansion of the Child Life Program, including the new playroom, is a fitting tribute to Johnny, whose spirit will live on in all those who are touched by this generous gift."
Designed as an outdoor space within the hospital, the focal point of the playroom is a custom "tree" with a flat-screen TV built in. The space also features a customized outdoor barbecue play set, a toadstool table and chair set, and butterflies suspended in the air. An adjacent family lounge is designed to give a feel of being on an outdoor deck and will provide a relaxing environment for parents and families while their little one is in the hospital.
The Johnny M Foundation has pledged $750,00<|fim_middle|> Holiday Book Drive Kick Off → | 0 to establish the Johnny Murabito Child Life Program at Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper. In addition to the new playroom and family room, the gift will support the expansion of the activities offered by the Child Life Program, including art and music therapy.
"We are tremendously grateful to the Murabito family for their generosity and for providing our youngest patients a warm, friendly and modern playspace where they can escape the rigors of their hospital stay," said George E. Norcross, III. "Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper is the only state-designated acute children's hospital in South Jersey. This playroom enhances the care we provide, helping children feel better, faster."
Norcross and Levin were joined for the ribbon cutting by Patti and John Murabito along with Adrienne Kirby PhD, President and CEO, Cooper University Health Care, and Michael Goodman, MD, Chief of Pediatrics, Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper.
"It is our hope with this project that Johnny's memory will live on longer than his three short years," said Patti Murabito. "He touched so many lives while he was here with his beautiful smile and funny personality, and he will continue to touch many more lives and bring smiles and laughter to other girls and boys in their time of need."
John Murabito added: "Johnny loved life and people. We know he would want us to continue to keep living every day to its fullest and to help children overcome challenges so they can too can go on to live full lives."
The Murabito's also donated more than 200 books for the Johnny M Playroom that they collected at the 5th Annual Johnny M Foundation Gala held last month.
Click here to view photos from the event.
About the Cooper Foundation/Cooper University Health Care
The Cooper Foundation serves as the philanthropic, community outreach and community development arm of Cooper University Health Care, one of the largest health systems in southern New Jersey with over 100 outpatient offices and its flagship, Cooper University Hospital located in Camden, N.J. It is the premier university hospital serving South Jersey and the Delaware Valley. Cooper has reaffirmed its role as a leader in medical education and research with the opening of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in 2012, the first four-year allopathic medical school in South Jersey. Cooper is renowned for signature programs in cardiology, cancer, critical care, pediatrics, trauma, orthopedics and neurosciences. Cooper is also home to the only state designated Children's Hospital in South Jersey—the Children's Regional Hospital at Cooper. Over the last decade, Cooper has transformed its Camden City neighborhood into the Cooper Health Sciences Campus. In October 2013, the new MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, a freestanding cancer center for comprehensive care, opened on the Health Sciences Campus.
About the Johnny M Foundation The Johnny M Foundation was established in 2010 to honor the memory of Johnny Murabito, Jr., who died when he was just 3 years old. The Foundation is committed to all children having access to life's basic necessities during their formative years, as well as opportunities to foster productive lives as they grow into adulthood. Providing building blocks such as nurturing families, paths to quality education, and gateways to recreation and merriment through fun extra-curricular activities enables children whose families face adverse circumstances to enjoy the same quality-of-life as those more fortunate.
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Album There's One In Every Crowd (1975)
by Eric Clapton
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If you're down, here's what to do;
Me and my guitar will sing for you.
Oh, little Rachel, oh.
I got a box and an old whisk broom.
We gonna rock around the room.
When my guitar plays this tune,
We gonna dance to the light of the moon.
What you feel, that ain't no jive.
The get down sound makes you feel alive.
Push it, little Rachel, push it.
Pull it, little Rachel, pull it.
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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.
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Yesterday was my trip down the mountain and it came not a day too soon. My shelf in the kitchen was looking grim: one very ripe and mushy banana, a can of tuna fish, a handful of golden grahams. I'd finished my bread that morning, and ate the last yogurt. All in all I planned my meals well, and could have done even better if the promised 'épicerie (grocery) truck' that delivers to the village once a week hadn't been on holiday. For my last dinner before the great shopping trip, I had an egg scramble: a couple eggs mixed in with whatever veggies I had left in the fridge. Sprinkle on some herbs de provence and it was a success.
Glenn, on the other hand, was a different story. He had a similar idea for his last supper, and went to the cabinets and fridge to pull out his remaining food. As everyone else cooked their meals, we'd occasionally look over at Glenn to see what he was doing. Slicing some bread… no problem. Cutting chunks of cheese… fine. Then he pulled out herring. And pâté. And Pringles. And something pink that I still haven't been able to identify.
"Glenn, what are you doing??" someone asked.
(The second plate in the photo is a meal of salmon and veggies, which another resident offered to him out of pity).
The trip to the supermarché was an all day outing. It began with a few hours in Carcassonne (the "newer" part of the city, not the fortified town); my first reaction after being dropped off at the train station was: "There's too much going on! Too much noise and too many people!" It was a sharp contrast to the quiet and solitude of Labastide. Five minutes later, however, Julia, Artis and I were like kids in a candy shop, pointing at the stores and cafés, oohing and ahhing. The other two went off to do some clothes shopping (it's 'soldes' time in France, big sales!), I walked around to explore.
It was my first time in a French town in over 10 years, and it brought back so many memories of being in Toulouse (even though I've been in France now for 10 days, village life is a brand new experience). This felt like the France I knew. The pharmacies recognizable by their green crosses, the crédit agricole banks, even a sandwich shop chain I loved to go to in Toulouse.
After walking around for an hour, I met Julia and Artis in the town's square. A five piece band was playing beautiful music, kids were running around the fountain, cafés set out dozens of umbrella-ed tables. We picked a café called 'Artichaut', and lingered through lunch, soaking in the atmosphere of the square and the luxury of being served a meal.
From Carcassonne we went on to the supermarché, where I loaded up my cart and spent more on food in one trip than I ever have in my life (meat! cheese! fruits! veggies! wine! coffee!). Then more stops: an organic store, a boulangerie for a couple of fresh baguettes, a craft store so Julia could buy some canvases, and an impromptu stop for some 'road cheese'. We even convinced John (our host and driver for the day) to stop for a "five minute" café. I ordered a petit crème: a tiny glass of espresso with steamed milk and a spoonful of foam.
On our way back up the mountain we ran into a storm, and arrived at La Muse to a power outage<|fim_middle|> and leaned out my window to look down.
The table was set and Homer, the dog, was resting nearby (no doubt waiting for the food to be served). One by one the residents gathered, opening bottles of wine, finding candles for the table, plating the food.
Once the wine was poured and the 11 of us were seated around the table, Judith picked up her glass and cried, "Vive la France!" We echoed her toast, and someone launched into La Marseillaise. The first course began with hors d'oeuvres: roasted red peppers, little bites of sausages, slices of cucumbers and pears, tomatoes and mozzarella. A potato and egg frittata, Caesar salad, quinoa, meatballs, and beet risotto dishes followed.
Outside there was laughter and singing. Throughout dinner, Alain had been freely pouring wine and refilling glasses, often when no one was looking. We lit candles, Homer cleaned up forgotten scraps of food, we discovered snails devouring a plate of nuts. | that lasted four hours (the biggest worry was not that there were no lights or internet service, but that our food could go bad). But the power returned, clouds rolled through the mountains, and we sat down to enjoy dinner on the terrace. Bon appétit, indeed.
I'd heard rumors earlier in the day that we were going to be having a fête to celebrate Bastille Day. Residents often try to eat dinner together, but people cook for themselves and the eating tends to go in shifts. Tonight's dinner would be a collective effort, with everyone contributing a dish.
Diane, Glenn and I, the only new residents, laugh a little everyday about our food situation. We were given shopping suggestions before arriving, and I had made a list and was prepared to buy more than I thought I needed. But the actual grocery store experience was completely surreal and overwhelming. I had just been picked up in Carcassonne, rode in a jeep with four strangers for 10 minutes, and then was deposited at the grocery store. We wheeled our carts aimlessly through the store, going our separate ways, studying the shelves and searching for the food items on our lists. After nearly an hour passed I started to panic, because it had been a long time since I'd seen anyone I recognized. I began moving quickly through the aisles, sometimes grabbing food at random, sometimes putting items back on the shelves.
Finally I ran into Diane, and she sighed with relief. "I thought I was the last one!" Soon afterwards we saw Glenn, with barely anything in his cart, looking a bit dazed. "I'm not much of a cook," he said. We helped each other find the last, missing items: coffee filters, sugar, laundry detergent, and then checked out, satisfied that we'd done a good job.
But almost as soon as we arrived at La Muse later that evening and saw what the other residents had to eat, did we realize that none of us had bought enough. Everyday we put our heads together and talk about what we're going to eat, giving each other ideas and sharing food. One day, Glenn brought out a can of Pringles saying, "You can each have three." Diane shared her turkey, I shared my eggs. We have an excess of yogurt and stale bread. Glenn has started walking to the next village to eat at their cafe.
The windows of my room look out onto the back of the house, and down to the bottom of the village. Around 7:00 I heard movement on the terrace, | 519 |
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As teachers across east London continue working hard to provide an education during the Covid-19 crisis, Queen Mary is helping to support them through its outreach work.
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The Student Recruitment and Widening Participation team has launched a new content hub where teachers, advisers, students, parents and carers can find a number of resources and information about forthcoming virtual events which will support journeys into higher education.
The content hub currently features information on study options, the transition to higher education and researching courses and universities. The hub's offerings will continue to<|fim_middle|> of students and educators at this unprecedented time. I will be sharing the information on the resources you have made available with our students and my colleagues. I think outreach sessions like today's are invaluable and I hope to be able to engage with more."
Sam McCarthy, RCDP (Senior Careers Advisor) at Leyton Sixth Form College, added: "We were really impressed with the resources as they cover all the things we would be covering in our usual Progression Fair and Conference for students. We really like the virtual teacher/adviser conference, which means that more teachers and tutors can access the information than at a real conference. We were particularly pleased that they'd also covered information for Parent/Carers which we can use to support them."
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Jack Fox, Queen Mary's Head of Student Recruitment and Widening Participation, said: "Seeking new approaches to engage prospective students through our outreach work at Queen Mary is more important than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. We are particularly pleased to launch the new content hub and host the virtual Conference for Teachers and Advisers to offer as much support as we can to the amazing work school staff and leaders are doing right now."
The hub was presented during a webinar/teacher conference which allowed attendees to discuss and provide feedback on the new resources.
Rhoda Mitchell, Careers and Guidance Manager at Townley Grammar School, said: "I enjoyed the webinar earlier today and find it heartening that universities have worked so hard and so quickly to meet the needs | 156 |
"Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven. For wherever two or three are gathered (drawn together as My followers) in (into) My name, there I AM in the midst of them."
When you read the previous verses, you can see that Jesus taught about forgiveness. So when your brother sins against you, you are to show him his fault. But you're not to publicly condemn him; you are to approach him privately and correct him. (verse 15) But if that brother doesn't want to listen to you, then you are to take one or two other people with you and confront him together. (verse 16) If he still doesn't listen, then you are to publicly tell the church. (verse 17) If he still refuses to listen at that point, then he is not your brother.
Then in verse 19 we read that Jesus says, "Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven. In other words, there is power in agreement. When two or more believers gather together in unity, then Jesus is amongst them and whatever they have asked for will be done for them. When people are united in agreement with each other, they can achieve and accomplish anything, far greater things than they could ever accomplish if they were by themselves. But when there is disunity, there is chaos.
Think of a symphony and all the different types of instruments. When every musician comes together and plays the same song in one accord, then they produce beautiful music. But if every musician played their own music and made up their own notes, then there would be no harmony, no unity, and no agreement. Out of that, there can't be any beautiful music. So agreement is very important.
Let's say for example that a husband and wife agree about how to raise their children. There is such great power in their agreement. Successful families are a result of unity within the household. One of the worst things<|fim_middle|> I can preach the Gospel, but I also need funds to provide humanitarian aid and Christian literature for the people there. That's where the partners of the ministry come in. Through their seeds of prayers and funds, many lives are being touched here at home and on the Balkans. But I could only do so much on my own.
So when everyone in a family is in agreement, the family functions smoothly. When everyone in a business is in agreement, then the business will grow and prosper. When everyone in a ministry is in agreement, then that ministry will bring glory to God and be a blessing to many other people. Jesus is present where there is unity. The only division He brings is between light and darkness. But since we are children of light, we should all be in agreement with one another. God delights in our unity. Psalm 133:1 says, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" | for a child is disunity between his mother and father. Another thing that a husband and wife should agree on is money. If they both agree on financial issues, such as how to handle money, how to spend money, how to give money, and how to save money, then their agreement will bring success into their finances. But if they disagree and pull in different directions with their money, then they will not be able to increase and prosper.
Let's say for example that you are in a business with other people. When everyone who is involved in that business (from the chief owner right down to the least important employee) is in agreement with the goals and vision of the business, then that business will grow and become prosperous. As the business grows and increases, everyone involved in the business will grow and increase as well. There is power in agreement. But if you have people in a business pulling in different directions and not sharing the same vision, then that business cannot grow to its full potential.
So Jesus is saying here that there is great power in agreement, power to help you achieve far greater things than you could possibly achieve on your own. I'm involved in mission's work on the Balkans. But I can't do as much on my own as I am able to do with the help, support and prayers of others. | 269 |
Diving isn't just about being underwater anywhere, it's about going to places and experiencing both the area and the sealife! At NHDC, we provide a service where we plan and manage dive trips for you, and all you have to do is come along. For more information about the trips we run or information about current and past trips, look below and use one of the links.
All of our trips are lead by a member of our professional and friendly dive team, ensuring your diving is both fun and safe! Joining us on one of our trips is a great way to meet new divers, practice or learn new skills and explore new destinations and dive sites. New Horizons will do all the work for you, so once you get there, all you have to do is relax and enjoy the diving!
And don't worry if it's been a while since you've been diving, we can arrange a Scuba tune up so you can brush up your skills with one of our instructors before you dive in!
To book on to a trip, contact us to check availability and to discuss any questions you may have, then simply complete a UK or overseas booking form and arrange to pay the appropriate deposit.
A huge thank you to Rachael at New Horizons for a very enjoyable Simply the Best trip to the Red Sea. Her superb organisation ensured a stress-free experience (I can't blame her for any currents I may have encountered….). Wonderful food, fantastic service from the crew at all levels and outstanding diving (though nudibranchs were conspicuous by their absence) and sightings (with photographic evidence for you doubters) of Hammerheads, Oceanic White tips and Silky Sharks.
A great trip. I have really enjoyed all the UK trips I have been on with New Horizons, thank you for making 2012 a great diving year for me.
After the second dive of the day on East Crumbstone "my best UK dive yet! (Farnes Aug 2012).
Thank you New Horizons for organising<|fim_middle|> just wanted to say thank you for organising these 2 super trips. Both different to the norm and both, IMHO, worthwhile experiences.
A cracking trip to the Farnes (Aug 2012).
Steve – Just a note to say how much I enjoyed my recent trip to the I-O-M. It was a great group, led magnificantly by Roger. Fifteen years of diving with New Horizons and this must surely rank along side Scapa Flow as the highlight of my experiences. Fantastic accommodation, beautiful scenery, even better diving – FANTASTIC!
Very very helpful, I found this trip very enjoyable as my kit and personal needs were catered for. | this trip and Brian for being a fantastic trip leader. Great company, great diving, great holiday, great dive centre!!
A fantastic week with many stunning dives (Aug 2012 Safari ro Red Sea on M/y Blue Melody).
Loads of seals on every dive – wow!
Martin could not have been more accommodating.
Yes I (we) had a great time. For me the whole event was special because of the uniqueness in my experiences, but what made it good was the organisation, the hotel & boat, the people and lastly the weather.
A GREAT trip to Farnes, enjoyed every moment of it and very well run (Aug 2012).
Just returned from an unbelievably brilliant trip to the I-O-M, great diving, fantastic company, great food and drink and some very cheeky seals.
Great gang on trip. First UK diving in the sea, felt well looked after on the boat. Martin was fantastic and I learnt a lot from the trip.
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Founded in Florida in 1982, Directions For Living serves over 12,000 people each year and focuses on substance abuse, mental health, homelessness and the child welfare system. With treatment options for adults, children and families, behavioral, mental and primary healthcare services are available<|fim_middle|> children? This is definitely not the end of this, if I have anything to say or do with this organization. | for residents of the greater Tampa Bay area. Outpatient substance abuse programs for adults also include dual diagnosis support and can be accessed at the Clearwater Center in Clearwater, Florida. Dependency case management, diversion services and the children's specialty center are located in Largo.
All clients seeking substance abuse treatment must first complete an intake evaluation. Operating on a first-come-first-served basis, clients do not make appointments and can walk in to see a practitioner Mondays to Fridays from 8 am to 4 pm. A case manager determines the best course of treatment, including psychological, psychiatric and physical assessments as needed.
The outpatient program consists of individual therapy at least twice a month, group therapy once or twice a week and family counseling as needed. Groups are held on Mondays for one hour, and on Fridays for two. Therapy never exceeds 12 clients, as small groups leave space for everyone to receive individual attention. A therapist facilitates sessions, opening with an educational lecture about substance abuse, its consequences, identifying triggers or relapse prevention, among other topics. The session is then open for group sharing, with clients receiving the benefit of peer support and fellowship. The program is ongoing, with clients completing it once treatment goals are met.
Licensed Master's-level therapists and counselors address trauma through evidence-based practices such as CBT and Seeking Safety. Psychiatrists, doctors and nurses provide assessments and medication management for clients with co-occurring disorders, with a fully integrated pharmacy at the Clearwater Center providing easy access to prescriptions.
An Early Childhood Consultation program provides parenting skills training in the home. Early childhood specialists teach parents to care for infants and children up to five years old. Therapy and additional resources can be accessed for families and kids with trauma, behavioral or emotional problems, including coordinating foster care and adoption. In-home therapy is also offered.
The primary counselor also coordinates with other services offered. Some of these include referrals to housing and employment resources for those at risk of homelessness, and pairing with law enforcement officers and social workers to manage legal issues. The primary counselor serves as an advocate for the client and provides continuous assessment, planning, coordination and monitoring.
The range of other services provided make Directions For Living an attractive choice for outpatient substance abuse treatment. For those facing homelessness, with co-occurring disorders, or looking for treatment as a family, great support is available. Fees for intake evaluation are $140, with group and individual therapy between $100 and $120 per session.
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They are a horrible facility, "Erratic" behavior and false police reports against parents fighting for their children, They give kids to abusive care givers then call the parent crazy for finding the information out. This Organization needs new staff or shut down, they are just old YFA workers who were shut down already, They do not assist parents to be reunited they take way too long to confirm funding and just hate parents.
The child welfare system that Directions for Living administers is absolutely horrific. They keep children away from their parents, to grow apart, and build a wall between families. This organization does not believe in reunification, as they say. My girlfriend has been fighting for her children back for over 6 months, after simply having them removed for crying, and being reported that she was acting "erratic". The caseworker has the children scared to even go back to the mother, as they placed the children with the father who has a history of domestic violence, 2 batteries, and sexual misconduct. The mother has completed her case plan months ago, and also paid thousands of dollars to psychiatrists for evaluations to prove she is completely normal, and she was in an abusive relationship that she couldn't get away from. This is so pathetic for women out there who have to suffer abuse, and when looking for assistance, rather than getting the help they deserve, they lose their | 807 |
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As an added personal touch, this exciting book features a personalized cover and your child's name interwoven through the story. It also includes an illustrated encyclopedia of 62 sea creatures with<|fim_middle|>30 pages, depending on length of child's name.
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Written by award-winning author Maia Haag, with beautiful, hand-painted illustrations by Lisa Falkenstern, this book is a unique keepsake that will be cherished for a lifetime. Hardcover 9 1/2" x 11" book is recommended for girls and boys ages 0 - 10. Contains approximately | 75 |
What is a medial<|fim_middle|> a treatment with more permanent benefits. | branch nerve block?
Medial branch nerves carry pain signals from the spine's facet joints to the brain. The facet joint is a common source of back or neck pain, particularly in patients over the age of 50. A medial branch nerve block involves injecting an anesthetic near small medial nerves connected to a specific facet joint. Typically, a procedure injects several levels of the spine at once. By interrupting the nerves' ability to transmit signals to the brain, the procedure determines if the facet joints are the source of your pain. These medial branch nerves do not control any major muscles or carry any sensation in the arms or legs, so there is no danger of negatively affecting those areas. If you experience immediate relief after the injection, then you will likely be a candidate for a procedure with long-term benefits called a radiofrequency ablation.
The most common nerves targeted with this procedure are the cervical, thoracic, or lumbosacral nerve roots. The levels targeted for your specific injection are identified after a thorough physical examination and review of imaging studies. The procedure is done with the administration of local anesthetic to numb the injection site and is done with the guidance of a fluoroscope so that the needle is placed in the exact location necessary.
What conditions are treated with a medial branch nerve block?
The conditions most commonly treated with a medial branch nerve block include failed back surgery syndrome, spondylosis, lumbago, cervicalgia, and scoliosis.
The local anesthetic might start helping the day of the injection, and we will send you home with a pain diary to document your pain over the next 24 hours. We track whether the pain goes away and if you are better able to tolerate the activities that cause your pain. If you experience relief of more than 50% of your pain, then we discuss your candidacy for radiofrequency ablation.
The medial branch nerve block is usually a diagnostic procedure. We only expect you to feel pain relief for a couple of days at the most. Some patients benefit from a second injection, but the goal is to find | 422 |
Billed as two instruments in one: an Electric Bass Guitar and Synthesizer, this compact light-weight instrument from German organ builders WERSI was aimed at keyboard and organ players. The purpose was to give the organist/keyboardist some Bass Guitar and Synthesizer sounds they could incorporate into their performances. It is a monophonic analog synth with funky controls, decent sounds and a unique character.
The Bass Guitar sound is actually very realistic, really capturing the sound of an electric bass guitar or acoustic bass. It has an attack control called "On" that lets you adjust the initial attack to make it sound like a picked bass or a fingered bass. A "Damp" control is essentially a sustain envelope that can be used to create more of a muted bass sound.
The Synthesizer section is pretty basic, and definitely designed using organ player<|fim_middle|> owner's manual and assembly instructions available.
Although the model pictured above (taken from a Wersi product brochure) calls it the "Bassie" on the front panel, they almost all usually say "Baß Synthesizer" on the front panel. That ß symbol is just another funky quirk of this synth—it's from the German alphabet for the "ss" sound. The model designation of the Bass Synthesizer was AP-6 (usually printed below the power cord socket), so you may also see it referred to as the Wersi AP-6.
Images from an original Wersi Electronics product brochure, scanned by Chris Kann. | lingo as opposed to synth player lingo. There a five flute stops (sine) from 16', 8', 4', 2', to 1', two brass stops (sawtooth) at 16' and 8' and a woodwind stop (square) at 8'. Multiple stops and waveforms can be simultaneously engaged to create more complex tones. These waveform sections, as well as the Bass Guitar section, have independent volume controls to balance their mix.
There is a filter section—a formant filter referred to as "Wah-Wah"—that the brass (sawtooth) and woodwind (square) waveforms can be effected by in either automatic or manually adjusted modes using the "Wah-Wah" slider. No frequency cutoff or resonance knobs or anything usual like that here. Just an "On" switch, direction switch ("Up/Down"), a manual switch and a "Rotor" (auto) switch. A simple envelope section is available with attack and sustain parameters.
A unique "Glide" slider can be used to pitch shift the keyboard by an entire octave. The octave shift can also be automated up or down at variable speed. A really interesting feature is the "Hawaii" button—an intermittent switch that drops the pitch by a half-tone. It is effectively like a pitch bend but only goes down and at a quick fixed rate. A Vibrato effect is available as well, with rate and depth controls and either continuous or delayed modes.
The WERSI Bass Synthesizer was available in kit form but also came pre-assembled with many keyboard/manual options. The idea being that you could connect it to the keyboard or pedals of your organ, or you could choose from WERSI's 13-, 25-, and 30-pedal claviers. WERSI provided connector kits and a wiring diagram to help connect your own keyboard or pedals to a 16-pin connector interface on the rear of the unit. It was encased in a carry-case-style chassis with a handle and cover.
If looking to buy one of these, potential units should be closely examined, as the original assembly may have been done by the factory or second hand. As a result, a unit may not always be fully functional. Also, some units may have been modified over the years with the original push buttons and knobs replaced by alternative switches and knobs. Other things to consider: is the cover included, are any of the pedal board and connector kit options available and are the | 518 |
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April 15, 2016 by Kathryn 52 Comments
I have a lot of friends in the Toronto area, so I've heard of the Medieval Times experience in the past. In fact, I've often read about my best blogging friend's trips to Medieval Times Toronto with her boys in envy…the idea of watching live jousting and sword fights while enjoying a medieval feast sounded like so much fun! So when I had the chance to visit Medieval Times Orlando with my boys and their grandparents on a recent trip to Florida, I was thrilled. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was sure the night would be entertaining!
The fun started as soon as we arrived and walked towards the towering castle. We all had the immediate impression of being transported back in time and Zackary couldn't wait to get inside. When I picked up our tickets, we learned that we would be sitting in the green section and cheering for the Green Knight. After receiving our crowns and entering the main hall, we had just enough time to get a pre-dinner drink, buy the boys each a green flag and admire the suits of armour. Then we were ushered to our seats so the tournament could begin!
The Medieval Times tournament involves the knights of six different realms competing against each other to become the champion of the kingdom. The realms have names but are also identified by colour and, to add even more suspense, an evil villain from a neighbouring kingdom makes periodic appearances as well. As we watched the different events, squires brought our food…served traditionally without cutlery, of course!
I was surprised to learn that in addition to the traditional jousting and sword fighting I had expected, the event also featured a gorgeous falconry performance and trick horses. It was a surreal and somewhat magical moment watching the animals perform, and I loved every minute of it. The hearty food was the perfect compliment to the show, though eating half a chicken without cutlery was quite the messy experience!
For the boys, however, the heroic deeds of the knights were the highlight of the entire event. They cheered passionately for our Green Knight and his two allies and reveled in every victory. A few times I glanced over at Benjamin and saw the agony on his face when one of the knights on our "team" had been defeated or seemed to be losing. He would be almost in tears, yet moments later a victory from one of our allies had him celebrating with unrestrained joy.
There's never a guarantee that the knight a person is championing will win the tournament…or even that one of the knight's two other allies will. But on our first trip to Medieval Times, we were lucky enough to be seated in the section cheering for that night's victor! Our Green Knight defeated all others and then fought a passionate battle to defeat the evil ambassador from the neighbouring kingdom. The man was banished, the stadium rejoiced and my boys were on cloud nine. It was definitely an ideal first experience at Medieval Times!
While I haven't had the chance to attend the Medieval Times event in Toronto, I'm sure it's every bit as thrilling. And if you're in the area and would like to check it out for yourself, I have a great giveaway just for you! One lucky Mommy Kat and Kids winner is going to win two tickets to Medieval Times Toronto, a $132 total value! To enter to win, just leave a blog comment about whether you've ever been to Medieval Times before.
Visiting Medieval Times Orlando was a fabulous experience for the entire family, and something that I can't wait to do again. The meal and tournament is family-friendly fun at its finest and all ages will enjoy the energy and excitement. In fact, many of the people around us were couples on dates! From watching the deadly accuracy of the falcon as it grabs targets out of the air to the majestic white horses prancing in sync to the sparking swords of the knights as they battle, the fun is nonstop from beginning to end. If you're visiting a city with a Medieval Times venue or happen to be lucky enough to live close to one, make sure to plan a dinner with your family. Whether you're celebrating a special occasion or just want to enjoy a unique night out with loved ones, this is one dinner that kids and adults alike won't soon forget!
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Shelley N says
I have never been to Medieval Times before. We have been to a few medieval festivals where they had a joust but not since my kids were very small
Freda Mans-Labianca says
Never been but want to see it badly.
Alison K says
I have been to Medieval Times before, for a friend's birthday.
Melissa M says
I have not been before but have always wanted too.
I have never been to Medieval Times.
Kim K says
I've been years ago
Amber Y says
I've visited Medieval Times, but it was many many years ago!
Jody D says
Yes, our family has been once. Great experience and would love to go again!
abedabun dawn says
Have I ever been to Medieval Times before? No, I have not but it sounds interesting.
Doris H says
I have been there in the past. I absolutely loved the whole show and atmosphere. I'd love to see it again!
I have been there once with my son's class. My husband and daughter have not been. Would love to go as a family.
Erinn Lishman says
I have been to Medieval Times a few times and loved it!
loucheryl says
I have been once before, but it was a while ago.
tammy ta says
We have been to Medieval Times before and LOVED it! We would be so honoured to go again.
Israel Y says
never been yet but sister in law & fam have gone and highly recommend it, they had a blast, we hope to go in the future
I have been, but I'd like to take my Mom
margo b says
Ive never been there before but would love to take my 9 yr old son, thanks for the chance to win
Robyn Bellefleur says
I have been once with my husband, but I would like to take my kids.
Nicole Jubleew says
I've been there once before many years ago.
Donnas says
Even though I always lived near the Toronto area, I've never been there.
Shane Smith says
yes i have taken my 2 boys to the toronto show
Katy<|fim_middle|> many years ago.
It's been many years, but I went with my oldest son a couple of times. It was a really nice event out. I haven't been back with my younger children yet.
I have never been but would love to!
Maria McLachlan says
I've never been. Would like to take my boys there. Think they would enjoy
Yes I have been before…but my parents haven't and they would love it.
Brandee H says
I have been to Medieval Times. It is always so much fun! Every time we visit!
We've been but would love to go again.
Yuen C says
Yes I have been before!
Follow @mommykatandkids | Emanuel says
I have not been to Medieval times, but we keep talking about it. We really must take the kids. It looks like so much fun.
Melinda Jana says
I have never been but I have heard alot of good things about them
Yes, and it was great!
ruth moreira-lozon says
i've been there before, but my parents haven't been in years and they would love it!
Angela September says
I have been with my 3 boys to the show in Toronto and it's amazing!!! and delicious food too
Jenn Beckett @jennpup says
Never been! Would love to go!
gene d says
I have been to the Toronto Castle
tanyab79 says
A group of us went to watch back in December. The adults enjoyed the show just as much as the children.
Kim Tanti says
Yes we went a long time agoe and would love to go again. Good times.
I live so close but I've never been. Just found out it's wheelchair accessible though, so I most definitely want to.
KellyPC says
My hubby took me for my birthday about 19 years ago while we were just dating! I'd love to go back!
Nope never. We are going to ON in june and really want to go bring the kids here. Looks so much fun! Thanks for the chance.
Erin McSweeney says
I have been before and had a great time
wobbles13 says
i haven't been before want to go!
laura m says
I've been once before, but it's been a long time & would love to bring my kids to see it this time!
BobbiJo Pentney says
I have been to Medieval times before and it is so very enjoyable
kristen s says
We've been once a long time ago! It was so much fun!
This sounds like awesome fun!
Marie S says
I've been with my high school class. it was so much fun. I would love to bring my daughter and husband
We have been before with the kids, but want to get a group of adults together to go!
Never been there before. Sounds cool!
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God planted a seed in our hearts for an international adoption early on in our marriage. A seed that He would carry on the wind to reach our son across the sea. It was a desire to build our family this way for many years, but we knew that financially we weren't prepared. Despite those facts, God had a way of tugging on our hearts to start the process in the fall of 2012.
While taking an afternoon walk, admiring the beautiful foliage, I once again felt an urgency to step out in faith towards an international adoption. When I spoke about it to Arthur, he said that he felt the same unexplained urgency. We knew it was time to act, so we decided to pray individually about which country God was calling us to. During that time, I had a dream that I was holding a child and<|fim_middle|>14. The oncologist confirmed that my life expectancy and ability to parent would not be an issue. He concluded that I had over a ninety five percent survival rate. At that point it was full steam ahead to reach our little one!
After all of the waiting and blind leaps of faith, we received news that we had been issued our court date. The past pain and trauma instantly vanished, because we were going to finally hold the one who God had promised to be ours. Arthur and I arrived in Korea on September 10, 2014 and tried to get settled knowing that we would meet Wung the very next day.
Hours before our play date with him, we paced nervously back and forth in our hotel room. At fifteen minutes away from meeting our darling, with sweaty palms, we walked to the Holt Children's Services building. Riding the elevator up to the sixth floor, we looked around for any sign of him. We were gathered with other families in a large room for an overview of what to expect in court. Everyone was sitting in chairs facing a stage where the speaker was talking. We could hear little ones playing and lots of commotion going on behind us. It was hard to stay focused on the details of the meeting, because we knew he was probably only feet away. Then we heard the words that we had waited forever to hear, "You may now turn around and meet your children!" On the far end of the room we saw him. I think we floated over to introduce ourselves because we were walking on clouds! Kneeling down to his level our eyes met and I felt an immediate heart connection. Our labor of love was blooming in front of our eyes. We played for hours with our shy, handsome son. He knew us as "umma" (mom) and "appa" (dad), which melted our hearts beyond words. The highlight for me was the short nap he took resting against my shoulder. Arthur had his own special moment of giving Wung his very first piggyback ride on "appa".
The following days, we were only allowed one more play date before court. It was everything we had hoped for. The time came to say goodbye and reassure him that we would soon be returning. He wanted us to ride the elevator downstairs with him and the foster Mom. We watched him walk down the hall and behind a glass window. I wouldn't take my eyes off of him until the very last view of his body disappeared.
The next day we stood before the Korean judge and nervously answered his questions. The last thing he said to us before dismissal was, "I hope you have a wonderful life with your son." What a relief! It was the longest eight minutes of our life, but now we were sealed as a family. It was so hard leaving Korea the next day, but we knew it was necessary while the legal process was being finalized. Even though we have to make a second trip for custody, we are already united soul to Seoul. | heard the Lord say firmly, "Do not hesitate. This is something I am going to do alone. Do not toil." One week quickly passed and we sat face-to-face ready to reveal our answer. At the same time we responded, "South Korea!" What a confirmation it was to be led to the same country without discussing it beforehand. So we intentionally started tending the seed, by faith, searching for an adoption agency that worked with South Korea. We found WACAP. There were months of paperwork and interviews that followed. We chose to accept any child, boy or girl up to the age of two. WACAP told us that it could be over a year before we would receive a match. Arthur and I prayed about which little one would be sent to us. We felt that whichever child came first would be the one that God had chosen for our family. We both were confident about the paperwork and the age of the child being under two years old. While on another walk through our neighborhood, Arthur said, "I know that we said a child up to two years old will be right for our family, but I feel that God is telling me they will be three or four." I didn't know what to think and thought that my husband was wrong, but God was about to reveal His plan.
On January 11, 2012 I was coming home from work when Arthur called and excitedly told me that we had received a referral packet in his email. I raced home so we could review it together. It was a boy! He was dressed in a trendy vest and looked so well cared for. His name was Wung and on the cusp of turning two years old. We knew that meant he would be between the ages of three to four by the time the paperwork and court decree would be finalized. Wow! My husband had truly heard from the Lord, and we knew that this precious child was destined to be our son! We immediately responded with a yes to our agency. Wung was living in Seoul, South Korea with his foster family and they were told that his forever home had been found. We would give him the name Jonathan which means, God has given. What a gift he was indeed!
It is truly amazing to see how God can plant a seed of hope in a family's heart then bring supportive people along to help water and develop its growth. That's exactly what He did for us. We had been able to scrape together funds from our own blood, sweat, and tears to pay for the initial fees. Once we were officially matched around March 2013, we realized that we didn't have the money to pay for the upcoming ones. They were all coming due at once, and we panicked. Then I remembered the dream that God had given me about not hesitating or toiling, so we believed that somehow He would make a way. It was clear that we should remain calm and wait for God's provision. We had very dear friends and loved ones who threw fundraisers and assisted us in every way possible. It helped us with part of our fee burdens, but we still needed a significant amount. Then God opened a door with a Christian credit union in California who approved us for the remaining balance. In the upcoming months God would provide even more than financial peace. We had no idea of the storm on the horizon that would try to kill our dreams.
Only a month later, Arthur was heading out on another military deployment. I usually never went home to see family during these, but my mother had called. She said that my Dad's health was declining and that if there was ever a time to come home it was now! We decided that while Arthur was deployed, I would go home to Alabama to be with my family through these hard times. My Dad passed away from stage four pancreatic cancer only weeks after I arrived. I barely got to say goodbye. Summer was coming and I stayed with my mother to try and help her get back on her feet again. It was hard but we looked forward to the day Arthur would come home and having our dossier sent to Korea. We managed to get adoption paperwork done, even though we were on opposite ends of the world. We were on the verge of having all of the paperwork completed so that we could get our court date to meet our son, when the unexpected happened. I found a lump on my neck. Two days later, I found myself sitting at the doctor's office setting up for a biopsy. It confirmed our worst fears. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer that had spread to my lymph nodes. The Red Cross was contacted, and Arthur was brought home to be with me during my upcoming surgeries and radiation therapy. What hurt the most was that our adoption was put on hold until the treatments could be completed and the cancer evaluated. This would set us back six months. It was such a dark time, but we knew that we needed to hold on to God's promises for our family. We weathered the storm, leaning into Christ, and got back on track February 20 | 1,031 |
\section{Introduction}
EvoMan~\cite{karinemiras01} is a framework for testing competitive game-playing agents in a number of distinct challenges such as:
\begin{itemize}
\item Learning how to win a match against a single enemy
\item Generalizing the agent to win the matches against the entire set of enemies
\item Coevolving both the agent and the enemies to create intelligent enemies with increasing difficulties.
\end{itemize}
This framework is inspired on the boss levels of the game Mega Man II~\cite{capcom} created by Capcom in which the player controls a robot equipped with a simple arm cannon and must beat $8$ Robot Masters equipped with different weapons.
In the game, every time Mega Man defeats a Robot Master, it acquires its weapon making it easier to defeat the remainders bosses. This game is considered to have a high degree of difficulty among skilled players. As a personal challenge, some skilled players try to beat all Robot Masters using only the default arm cannon.
With this competition we propose the following question: can a fully automated intelligent agent defeat each one of the Robot Masters using only the default arm cannon? In more details, we challenge the competitors to evolve an intelligent agent by allowing it to train against four ($4$) of the Robot Masters but with the ultimate goal of defeating all eight ($8$) of them.
\section{The Challenge}
In this challenge, the contestants should train their agent on a set of four enemies (defined by the contestant) and evaluate how general is their learned strategy when fighting against the whole set of enemies.
Since each enemy behavior greatly differs from each other, the player should learn how to identify and react to general patterns like avoiding being shot or shoot at the direction of the enemy. Learning a general strategy capable of winning over the entire enemies set can be very challenging~\cite{karinemiras01,karinemiras02}.
The agent will have a total of $20$ sensors, with $16$ of them corresponding for horizontal and vertical distance to $8$ different bullets (maximum allowed), $2$ to the horizontal and vertical distance to the enemy, and $2$ describing the direction the player and the enemy is facing. The sensors are illustrated in Fig.~\<|fim_middle|>77.01 & 183.01 & 178.01 & 0.01 & 182.01 & 183.01 \\
Mean & 185.67 & 139.64 & 143.74 & 149.43 & 0.04 & 104.01 & 79.32 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:results}
\end{table}
\section{Conclusion}
This paper introduces the EvoMan competition as a new general game playing challenge based on the Mega Man II game by CAPCOM. The main goal of the competition is to evolve an intelligent agent capable of defeating each one of the eight available bosses while being able to train against a smaller subset of those enemies.
The winner of this competition will be the one agent that performs equally well on each one of the eight bosses, hopefully defeating them all.
In order to help the competitors, we provided a table with the upper bounds of the gains for each boss, obtained with the help of specialist agents.
| ref{fig:sensors}.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{Evoman3.png}
\caption{Sensors available for the competition.}
\label{fig:sensors}
\end{figure}
The framework is freely available\footnote{\url{https://github.com/karinemiras/evoman_framework}} and it is currently compatible with Python 3.6 and 3.7 (Python 3.8 is not compatible at the moment). There is also an extensive documentation available\footnote{\url{https://github.com/karinemiras/evoman_framework/blob/master/evoman1.0-doc.pdf}}.
\section{Evaluation Criteria}
Both the agent and the enemies start the game with $100$ energy points. Every time the player or the enemy gets hit, they lose one point. Whoever reaches $0$ points loses the match.
The final performance of the agent after the end of a match is calculated by the energy gain, as a maximization problem, calculated by the difference between the player and the enemy energy:
\begin{equation*}
Gain = 100.01 + ep - ee,
\end{equation*}
\noindent where $ee$ and $ep$ are the final amount of energy of the enemy and the player, respectively. The value of $100.01$ is added so that the harmonic mean always produces a valid result.
The main goal of this competition is that a given agent perform equally good for every boss. So, each contestant agent will be tested against all of the enemies, and they will be ranked by the harmonic mean of the performance over the different bosses.
\section{Participating in the Competition}
The initial code, manual and every other needed resources are available at a Github repository\footnote{\url{https://github.com/karinemiras/evoman_framework}}. The competitors should pay attention to the following directions:
\begin{itemize}
\item Follow the installation instructions in the file evoman1.0-doc.pdf.
\item Run the demo script controller\_specialist\_demo.py to test if the framework is working.
\item Play the game using your own keyboard to understand the difficulties of the problem. Use the script \emph{human\_demo.py} for that.
\item The agent should be trained using the Individual Evolution and Multi-objective modes with the goal of beating each one of the four adversaries chosen for training.
\end{itemize}
\section{Current Results}
In~\cite{karinemiras03} different learning strategies were tested for the individual evolution mode. In this mode the algorithm creates one agent for each boss, thus generating specialist agents. The algorithms used for this test was variants of neuroevolution~\cite{neuro} strategies with $1$-layer perceptron and $2$-layers perceptron with $10$ and $50$ neurons for the hidden layer. The weights of the Neural Network was adjusted by means of a Genetic Algorithm~\cite{ga} (GAP, GA10, GA50) and LinkedOpt algorihtm~\cite{linkedopt} (LOP, LO10, LO50). The other strategy was the evolution of a Neural Network topology with their weights by means of the NEAT algorithm~\cite{neat}.
Table~\ref{tab:results} show the obtained results so far for the individual mode. These results serve as an upper bound for the proposed competition.
From this table we can see that NEAT provided the best overall results followed by the two-layer neural networks with their weights adjusted through a Genetic Algorithm.
Notice that since these results were obtained with Individual Mode they will most likely serve as an upper bound of the results obtained in this competition.
\begin{table}[t!]
\caption{Gains obtained by each tested algorithm reported in~\cite{karine03}. The \emph{mean} row is the harmonic mean of the results.}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c|ccccccc}
\hline
Boss & NEAT & GAP & GA10 & GA50 & LOP & LO10 & LO50 \\
\hline
1 & 190.01 & 190.01 & 190.01 & 190.01 & 0.01 & 196.01 & 80.01 \\
2 & 194.01 & 190.01 & 182.01 & 178.01 & 190.01 & 182.01 & 188.01 \\
3 & 180.01 & 158.01 & 158.01 & 136.01 & 124.01 & 70.51 & 116.01 \\
4 & 194.01 & 93.51 & 118.01 & 169.01 & 73.01 & 36.51 & 119.01 \\
5 & 194.01 & 180.01 & 188.01 & 179.01 & 178.01 & 181.01 & 188.01 \\
6 & 173.01 & 79.01 & 77.51 & 103.01 & 139.01 & 128.01 & 20.01 \\
7 & 177.01 & 170.01 & 156.01 & 118.01 & 186.01 & 169.01 & 190.01 \\
8 & 186.01 & 1 | 1,354 |
Climax/Rocky Road Label<|fim_middle|>1973), and "It's Gonna Get Better" (1974, produced by Steve Cropper, and Climax's last release). In order to promote their releases, Climax did tour. According to Geraci, "we toured with BJ Thomas and the Guess Who. However, our managers did not know what to do with us."
All good things must come to an end, and the same was true for Rocky Road and Climax. States Gordon, "in 1974, Clive Davis took over Bell and was not interested in promoting any of the Rocky Road releases. Instead, Clive wanted to concentrate on the East Coast product."
Throughout the 1970s, Gordon continued to manage not only the Fifth Dimension and Al Wilson, but other premier artists such as Tony Orlando And Dawn, Thelma Houston, and Willie Hutch. Says Gordon, "I got out of the music business in 1979. My cycle was over and I went on to other things, such as merchandising during the 1984 Olympics. Now, I am getting back into it again." (Gordon is now in the process of seeking a record deal for his new management client, vocalist/instrumentalist Sean Holt.)
As for Climax, "The group called it quits in 1976," says Geraci. "After Climax, I worked with Bob Stone who wrote 'Gypsy's Tramps & Thieves' for Cher. He got me a deal on Janus, but nothing happened. Then, I recorded an album in 1979, but it flopped. I now have out a new Sonny Geraci CD, consisting of some originals. Nims still lives in Los Angeles, but is in poor health." The new Sonny Geraci CD can be ordered by calling 1-800-484-5412, dial code #6173. |
"Precious And Few." A classic pop song that will live forever. Recorded by the group Climax on the Rocky Road label, and featuring the unforgettable lead vocals of Sonny Geraci. This article will focus on the story of Climax, and the person that made this hit record possible, music industry executive Marc Gordon.
Climax evolved out of the classic 1960s band from Cleveland, the Outsiders, who hit #5 on Billboard (BB) in early 1966 with the horn rock masterpiece "Time Won't Let Me" (and later charted top 40 in BB 3 more times that same year). According to Geraci, the Outsiders got signed to Capitol because "our manager, Roger Karsher , was the number one promo man for Capitol and he convinced Capitol that we were great. In fact, we had already cut 'Time' before we signed with Capitol." Unlike most bands of that era, the Outsiders were self-produced, which says a lot about the mature musical abilities of the band. By 1968, however, things went sour. Adds Geraci, "the Outsiders stopped recording for Capitol because we quit working with Karsher when we discovered that he screwed us out of our money." (Karsher later became Vice President of Capitol, worked at Hanna Barbara, and then wrote a book called "The Music Machine" exposing payola in the music business.)
In late 1968, Geraci left the Outsiders and moved to Los Angeles. (Tom King, the guitar player and elder member of the Outsiders, kept the band going in Cleveland, eventually recording for Kapp with new lead singer Jon Simonell.) About this time, Geraci released a collectible solo single on Capitol, "Loving You" b/w "Think I'm Falling", which failed to chart. Both of these sides were written by a replacement Outsiders member Walter Nims (who would later pen "Precious And Few.") "Walt Nims was still in the Outsiders, but I liked his songs and recorded them," says Geraci. The bond with Nims would prove to be most beneficial soon thereafter.
A new Los Angeles based Outsiders featuring Geraci singing Nim's songs hit the streets in 1969 looking for another record deal. Recalls Geraci, "we played some shows around Los Angeles and signed with the Metromedia label (then hot with Bobby Sherman). At Metromedia, we recorded a few sides with producer Ron Kramer, including a version of 'Precious And Few.' However, nothing happened and they dropped us." At this juncture, Marc Gordon entered the picture and added the necessary elements which led to the hit version of "Precious And Few" that still permeates the airwaves today.
Marc Gordon got his start in the music business around 1960 in Los Angeles managing an R&B singer from Cincinnati, Ohio - Hal Davis, and having Davis record Gordon's songs. States Gordon, "through this process I learned about producing and selling masters. Then, we started collaborating with other artists and musicians just starting out such as Glen Campbell and Gary Paxton. [Note, you can hear Gordon and Davis singing background on the #1 hits "Alley Oop" by the Hollywood Argyles and "Monster Mash" by Bobby Boris Pickett]. One thing led to another and all of a sudden we became partners as record producers."
Continues Gordon, "Hal and I produced an artist that we took to one of the first R&B conventions. There, we met Barry Gordy, who did not yet have a presence in Los Angeles. Barry gave us both a job to produce product on the West Coast. The first record we made for Motown was a hit - Brenda Holloway "Every Little Bit Hurts" (1964 Tamla, BB #13). For three years, 1962-1965, I helped stabilize the West Coast Motown office, eventually becoming President, West Coast. While at Motown, I was responsible for producing the Ikettes, and Tina Turner and I co-managed all of the acts on Motown that were on the West Coast." While at Motown, Gordon formed a friendship with young songwriter Jimmy Webb - who was a staff songwriter with Motown for a short time - that would soon change history for them both.
By 1966, Gordon had left Motown. (Hal Davis stayed with Motown and became a hit producer, producing many of the early Jackson 5 chart toppers and Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way.") According to Gordon, "I started a management company and began working with a new jazz-pop group called the Versatiles. The Versatiles first record deal was with Bob Keane's (of Del-Fi fame) Bronco label, where they recorded a couple of unsuccessful sides, with Barry White (of 1970s disco fame) as music director. Next, Johnny Rivers accountant hired me to open up and manage Johnny River's new Soul City label which was subsidized by the Liberty label. The Versatiles were the first signing, but they soon changed their name to - the Fifth Dimension. Rivers came to me with idea of producing the group singing a 'white' song. Before then, the group had been doing R&B music." The song River's chose, "Go Where You Wanna Go," became a hit in 1966/67 (#16 BB). Explains Gordon, "River's was a friend of Lou Adler, who produced the Mamas & The Papas, and was attracted to the material and direction of the Mamas & The Papas. He patterned the Fifth Dimension's harmonies after them."
Gordon co-produced with Rivers the Fifth Dimension breakthrough hit, the grammy winning Jimmy Webb composition "Up-Up And Away" (#7 BB, 1967). Voices Gordon, "River's was uncomfortable with the Fifth Dimension surpassing him as an artist, so he choose not to produce them anymore. River's recommended that the group be produced by Bones Howe, who had just had success producing the Association. Howe knew how to produce groups and he thereafter chose all of the songs recorded by the Fifth Dimension. His formula was to combine white pop composers (ala Webb, Sedaka, Nyro) with a soul sound."
In about 1970, Rivers sold Soul City and changed distribution from Liberty to Bell, owned by Larry Utall. With the continued success of the Fifth Dimension on Bell, this opened up a channel which allowed Gordon to start his own record label in 1970 - Carousel - distributed by Bell.
In 1970, Geraci's Outsiders, with the help of Ron Kramer, signed a deal with Gordon's Carousel label. This relationship resulted in the sadly overlooked catchy horn-laced recording of Nim's song "Changes", actually released on Bell/Carousel. Almost immediately, there were a flurry of important name changes prompted by legal threats. With respect to the Outsiders, informs Geraci, "Tom King started sending cease and desist letters, so we changed the name to Climax." With respect to Carousel, it is a bit more complex. Says Gordon, "the first Climax product was with a producer named Larry Cox. (Cox later went on to produce "Miracles" "Runaway" and "Count on Me" for the Jefferson Starship, and also Graham Nash.) Out of that album came the song 'Precious And Few.' The album was released on Carousel first. Then, I was advised that someone else owned the rights to that name and I had to cease and desist using it. I had pressed a lot of records on Carousel , but I had to change the label name to Rocky Road." When Climax recorded for Gordon's label, the group consisted of Geraci, Nims, and many of Los Angeles' finest session musicians. During this period, Climax was managed by the team of Paul Kessler, attorney Dave Cheren, and Brain Paulella, who also managed the group Taures at the time.
"Precious And Few" became a huge hit for Rocky Road in 1972 (#3 BB), putting the label on the map. (However, the label's biggest hit came the next year via one of Gordon's other management clients - Al Wilson and "Show And Tell" [#1 BB].) "Precious And Few" was followed-up with several prime examples of melodic, vocal-driven pop, including: "Life And Breath" (#52 BB, 1972), "Caroline This Time" (1972), the original, pre-Righteous Brother's version of "Rock And Roll Heaven" ( | 1,815 |
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Together with Monet and Courbet, Loppé was also a precursor and innovator in painting wintry and snowy landscapes. Through his paintings, photographs and drawings, we can follow the artist and also the man as he travelled through a rapidly changing world, ever alert to the numerous technical innovations of his time.
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Long Island Air Quality Shows Marked Improvement
New natural-gas-fired, combined-cycle power plants credited with helping clean the air we breathe
YAPHANK, NYÂ June 5, 2013Â A recent report issued by the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) provides dramatic confirmation of the environmental benefits that new "clean" power plants, similar to Caithness Long Island Energy Center (Caithness), bring to Long Island and the region. NYISO, a not-for-profit corporation responsible for operating the state's bulk-electricity grid, has reported sharp reductions in emissions from newer power-generating facilities in New York in recent years. Caithness began commercial operations in Yaphank in August 2009.
The report states, "In New York State, the rate of power plant emissions of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) has declined since 2000. The SO2 rates have seen the most dramatic decline by dropping more than 86 percent. NOx rates dropped more than 76 percent and CO2 rates dropped by 36 percent."
Caithness provides nearly 20% of the electricity produced on Long Island and its emissions are less than half of that allowed by its air-emissions permit one of the strictest for any power plant operating in New York State. Caithness's NOx levels are 50% below its permit requirement; its volatile organic compound (VOC) levels are 74% below its permit requirement; and its carbon monoxide (CO) emissions are 91% below its permit requirement.
Since becoming operational, Caithness has helped reduce the reliance on older power generators, many of which were built in the 1950s.
Separately, in December, the United States Environmental Protection Agency determined that the region has attained the PM-2.5 24-hour-particulate-matter standard under the Clean Air Act. This determination is based upon certified quality-controlled ambient-air monitoring data showing an improving trend in PM-2.5 concentrations that overlaps with the period in which Caithness became operational.
These significant improvements in Long Island's air quality and the associated public-health benefits have resulted in large part from the construction of new natural-gas-fired power-generating facilities in the region, and the effect of relying less upon older,<|fim_middle|> has helped to dramatically clean up the air shed," said Ross D. Ain, President, Caithness Long Island, LLC. "We are pleased that Caithness has been a meaningful contributor to the broader regional improvement in air quality, and that, as additional new clean-power-generation facilities lessen the reliance on older power plants, further reductions in emissions can be expected."
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"That Little Gesture Moved Me."
Nessuno Escluso' – Nobody Left Behind: An EMERGENCY initiative to support some of the most vulnerable people in Italy who have been left in a precarious position due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"It's Saturday morning, which means an early start.
At eight o'clock things are already manic at the warehouse. We have to load up the vans with food packages for people around the city. Luckily there are a lot of us, and our human chain makes everything a lot less tiring.
We have a lunch break and I go to buy some focaccia for everyone. In the shop the lady behind the counter sees the writing on my T-shirt and she asks me: 'What does 'Nessuno Escluso' mean?'
I tell her that it's the name of our project which we started to get packages of food and basic goods to people who can't make it on their own at the moment.
Just as I'm about to leave I realise she's given me too much change. Before I even have time to tell her, she says: 'It's all right. Thank you for what you're doing.'
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Definition of BAN (Bank anticipation notes)
notes issued by states and municipalities to obtain interim financing for
projects that will eventually be funded long term through the sale of a bond issue.
Abandonment option
The option of terminating an investment earlier than originally planned.
ABM (automated banking machine)
A bank machine, sometimes referred to as an automated teller machine (ATM).
Agency bank
A form of organization commonly used by foreign banks to enter the U.S. market. An<|fim_middle|> agree.
A comparison between the cash position recorded on a company's
books and the position noted on the records of its bank, usually resulting in some
changes to the book balance to account for transactions that are recorded on the
bank's records but not the company's.
A computer message system linking major banks. It is used not for effecting payments, but as a
mechanism to advise the receiving bank of some action that has occurred, e.g. the payment by a customer of
funds into that bank's account.
Banker's acceptance
A short-term credit investment created by a non-financial firm and guaranteed by a
bank as to payment. Acceptances are traded at discounts from face value in the secondary market. These
instruments have been a popular investment for money market funds. They are commonly used in
international transactions.
Bankers Acceptances
A bill of exchange, or draft, drawn by the borrower for payment on a specified date, and accepted by a chartered bank. Upon acceptance, the bill becomes, in effect, a postdated certified cheque.
State of being unable to pay debts. Thus, the ownership of the firm's assets is transferred from
the stockholders to the bondholders.
The reorganization or liquidation of a firm that cannot pay its debts.
Bankruptcy cost view
The argument that expected indirect and direct bankruptcy costs offset the other
benefits from leverage so that the optimal amount of leverage is less than 100% debt finaning.
Bankruptcy risk
The risk that a firm will be unable to meet its debt obligations. Also referred to as default or insolvency risk.
Bankruptcy view
The argument that expected bankruptcy costs preclude firms from being financed entirely
with debt.
The term applied to the liberalization in 1986 of the London Stock Exchange in which trading was
automated with the use of computers.
Bollinger band chart
A financial chart that plots actual asset data along
with three other bands of data: the upper band is two standard deviations
above a user-specified moving average; the lower band is two standard
deviations below that moving average; and the middle band is the moving
average itself.
A public agency responsible for regulating and controlling an economy's monetary and financial institutions. It is the sole money-issuing authority.
Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS)
An international wire transfer system for high-value
payments operated by a group of major banks.
A privately owned, profit-seeking firm that accepts deposits and makes loans.
concentration banking
System whereby customers make payments to a regional collection center which transfers funds to
a principal bank.
Consortium banks
A merchant banking subsidiary set up by several banks that may or may not be of the
same nationality. Consortium banks are common in the Euromarket and are active in loan syndication.
Demand master notes
Short-term securities that are repayable immediately upon the holder's demand.
Documented discount notes
Commercial paper backed by normal bank lines plus a letter of credit from a
bank stating that it will pay off the paper at maturity if the borrower does not. Such paper is also referred to as
LOC (letter of credit) paper.
Eligible bankers' acceptances
In the BA market, an acceptance may be referred to as eligible because it is
acceptable by the Fed as collateral at the discount window and/or because the accepting bank can sell it
without incurring a reserve requirement.
A bank that regularly accepts foreign currency denominated deposits and makes foreign currency loans.
Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank)
The U.S. federal government agency that extends trade credits to U.S.
companies to facilitate the financing of U.S. exports.
Extendable notes
Note the maturity of which can be extended by mutual agreement of the issuer and
investors.
Federal Financing Bank
A federal institution that lends to a wide array of federal credit agencies funds it
obtains by borrowing from the U.S. Treasury.
Federal Home Loan Banks
The institutions that regulate and lend to savings and loan associations. The
Federal Home Loan banks play a role analogous to that played by the Federal Reserve banks vis-à-vis
member commercial banks.
The twelve district banks in the Federal Reserve System.
Foreign banking market
That portion of domestic bank loans supplied to foreigners for use abroad.
A banking system in which banks hold only a fraction of their outstanding deposits in cash or on deposit with the central bank.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - IBRD or World Bank
International bank for Reconstruction and Development makes loans at nearly conventional terms to countries for projects of high
economic priority.
International Banking Facility (IBF)
International banking Facility. A branch that an American bank
establishes in the United States to do Eurocurrency business.
Financial intermediaries who perform a variety of services, including aiding in the sale of
securities, facilitating mergers and other corporate reorganizations, acting as brokers to both individual and
institutional clients, and trading for their own accounts. Underwriters.
Middleman between a corporation issuing new securities and the public. The middleman buys the securities issue outright and then resells it to customers. Also called an underwriter.
the Japanese word for card; it was the original name
for a JIT system because of the use of cards that indicated
a work center's need for additional components during a manufacturing process
Legal bankruptcy
A legal proceeding for liquidating or reorganizing a business.
Merchant bank
A British term for a bank that specializes not in lending out its own funds, but in providing
various financial services such as accepting bills arising out of trade, underwriting new issues, and providing
advice on acquisitions, mergers, foreign exchange, portfolio management, etc.
A financial institution that engages in investment banking functions, such as advising clients in mergers and acquisitions, underwriting securities and taking debt or equity positions.
Money center banks
banks that raise most of their funds from the domestic and international money markets, relying less on depositors for funds.
Money market notes
Publicly traded issues that may be collateralized by mortgages and MBSs.
Municipal notes
Short-term notes issued by municipalities in anticipation of tax receipts, proceeds from a
bond issue, or other revenues.
Amounts owed by the company that have been formalized by a legal document called a note.
NOTES RECEIVABLE
notes receivable are promissory notes that the company has accepted from its debtors. Most promissory notes pay interest. Those that are due within a year are shown under "Current Assets." Those that mature in more than a year would be listed under "Long-term Assets." If a note is being
collected in installments, the payments due within the next twelve months are shown as a current asset, and the remainder is shown as a long-term asset.
Amounts owed to the company that have been formalized by a legal agreement called a note.
Notes to the financial statements
A detailed set of notes immediately following the financial statements in
an annual report that explain and expand on the information in the financial statements.
PIBOR (Paris Interbank Offer Rate)
The deposit rate on interbank transactions in the Eurocurrency market
quoted in Paris.
Prepackaged bankruptcy
A bankruptcy in which a debtor and its creditors pre-negotiate a plan or
reorganization and then file it along with the bankruptcy petition.
Project notes (PNs)
Project notes are issued by municipalities to finance federally sponsored programs in
urban renewal and housing and are guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Project financing A form of asset-based financing in which a firm finances a discrete set of assets on a standalone
Projected benefit obligation (PBO) A measure of a pension plan's liability at the calculation date assuming
that the plan is ongoing and will not terminate in the foreseeable future. Related:accumulated benefit obligation.
Rate anticipation swaps
An exchange of bonds in a portfolio for new bonds that will achieve the target
portfolio duration, based on the investor's assumptions about future changes in interest rates.
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)
A dedicated computer network to support funds transfer messages internationally between over 900 member banks worldwide.
TANs (tax anticipation notes)
Tax anticipation notes issued by states or municipalities to finance current
operations in anticipation of future tax receipts.
Tax anticipation bills (TABs)
Special bills that the Treasury occasionally issues that mature on corporate
quarterly income tax dates and can be used at face value by corporations to pay their tax liabilities.
Treasury notes
Debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have maturities of more than 2 years but less than 10 years.
Wholesale mortgage banking
The purchasing of loans originated by others, with the servicing rights
released to the buyer.
A multilateral development finance agency created by the 1944 Bretton Woods, New
Hampshire negotiations. It makes loans to developing countries for social overhead capital projects, which are
guaranteed by the recipient country. See: International bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The International bank for Reconstruction and Development, an international organization that provides long-term loans to developing countries to improve their infrastructure. | agency
bank cannot accept deposits or extend loans in its own name; it acts as agent for the parent bank.
Arrangements whereby customers who pay before the final date may be entitled to deduct a
normal rate of interest.
In the words of Warren Buffet, Bill bane Sr., is, "a great American and one of the last real traders
around. I like to call him 'Salvo.'" His wife, Carol, is a huge NASCAR fan, and in her own words "delights in
pulling the legs off central bankers." Cooper bane, son number two, is a thriving artiste who specializes in
making art that is much better than the stuff most folks are doing. Jackson, son number three, is a world
renowned master chef and plans on opening a restaurant. Bill bane Jr., son number one, plans on giving Mr.
Monroe Trout a run for his money. [Bill bane, Jr. helped Professor Harvey put the hypertextual glossary
together while an MBA student at Duke University.]
Money in a bank cheque account, the difference between receipts and payments.
Bank collection float
The time that elapses between when a check is deposited into a bank account and when the funds are available to the depositor, during which period the bank is collecting payment from the payer's bank.
Bank discount basis
A convention used for quoting bids and offers for treasury bills in terms of annualized
yield , based on a 360-day year.
A draft addressed to a bank.
A guaranteed form of payment which is issued in amounts over $5,000.
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
An international bank headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, which
serves as a forum for monetary cooperation among several European central banks, the bank of Japan, and the
U.S. Federal Reserve System. Founded in 1930 to handle the German payment of World War I reparations, it
now monitors and collects data on international banking activity and promulgates rules concerning
international bank regulation.
Bank line
Line of credit granted by a bank to a customer.
Bank overdraft
Money owed to the bank in a cheque account where payments exceed receipts.
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weaken the surface and can make the candle warp.
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Always keep the candle within your sight. If you are going to leave the room, be sure to first extinguish all candles.
Never burn your candle for longer than 3 hours at a time.
Use a candle snuffer (which could be found under our Tapers and Gifts for Her sections or retailers such as Ikea) to extinguish a candle. It's the safest way to prevent hot wax from splattering.
To avoid fading, please do not place your candle in direct sunlight.
Candles need oxygen to burn. Consider the size of the room when you arrange your candles to make sure they will have sufficient oxygen to burn cleanly.
Candle dyes can mark your furniture, so place them on a candle holder or plate.
Special tip: To sample a scented candle, breathe the fragrance in from the bottom of the candle rather than the top or side. Undisturbed by circulating air, the aroma will be intensely concentrated there, more so than on any other part of the candle. | in to protect them from breakage or warping. Wrapped sets in tissue paper will help to keep them organized.
Increase Burn Time: Wrap candles in plastic wrap or foil & keep in the refrigerator. Not only will this slow the burning process down but by wrapping them you are also keeping the wick from absorbing moisture.
Before a Party, Light and Extinguish your Candles: They will be much easier to light when the time comes!
Removing Leftover Wax from its Holder: Simply place in the freezer for several hours or overnight and depending on the shape of your container, it will drop out when you tip it over or you can pry/break it out using a small paring knife. You can also wipe the inside of the holder with non-stick cooking spray prior to inserting the candle which works especially well with the removal of the candle stubs.
Read and follow the instructions on the labels.
Trim the wick to ¼ inch (5mm) each time before burning. Long or crooked wicks can cause uneven burning.
Always use a candle holder specifically designed for candle use. It should be heat resistant, sturdy, and large enough to contain any drips or melted wax. Candles at times may contain air bubbles that can cause seepage, therefore it is important to use a candle holder suitable to accommodate excess wax spillage.
Burn candles in a well-ventilated room. Candles need oxygen to burn. If you burn a candle in a small, confined area, it will smoke so consider the size of the room when you arrange your candles to make sure they will have sufficient oxygen to burn cleanly.
Place the candle holder or candle container on a stable, heat-resistant surface.
For the first time you light your candle, burn your candle for one hour per 2.5cm of the diameter of the candle, blow it out and let cool.
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Phoenix Perform at Surprise SPIN Rooftop Party
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Phoenix may be in the middle of a massive world tour, and just a couple days away from playing Coachella, but when SPIN has a birthday to celebrate, it's time for the band to head to New York.
Thursday night, the French quartet stopped by SPIN's Lower Manhattan headquarters to play a rooftop set in celebration of the magazine's 25th anniversary issue — an event sponsored by Fujifilm, AriZona, and Corona. Watch the video >>
In front of some 150 fan-contest winners and friends of the magazine, the band ran through an acoustic set from last year's Grammy-winning album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix — which landed at No. 3 on SPIN's 40 Best Albums of 2009 list.
As Phoenix took the stage — which was four barstools step up in a corner of the tarpaper roof — a light rain started. And before the first song had ended — a loose, lively "Lisztomania" — it turned into a cool downpour.
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Thomas Mars barely seemed to notice. The Phoenix frontman looked, as he often does, like he had just woken up to find himself in front of hundreds of adoring fans in some strange city playing music he wasn't quite sure anyone was going to like. Which is to say he looked cool — and sang beautifully.
And despite the rain, his band — two acoustic guitars and a keyboard — was able to recreate the punch and polish of Phoenix's riff-heavy pop.
During the first chords of "Rome," one concerned fan headed toward the stage with an umbrella to hold over the head of keyboardist Deck d'Arcy; then another showed up with one for guitarist Christian Mazzalai; and finally, Mars and guitarist Laurent Brancowitz got their own personal protectors. It was a charming moment that drew hoots from the crowd and grateful smiles from the band.
When "1901" rolled around, the audience was chanting along to its refrain: "Hey, Hey, Hey!"
And when Mars finally got off his stool and gave a shy little bow, ending Phoenix's set, the rain began to slow.
Within five minutes, as the band members mixed with their fans on the rooftop, it stopped, giving way to a perfect starry spring night in New York City.
For more Phoenix, check out their 2009 acoustic session — indoors at SPIN — right here, and read their fashion-heavy feature here, in our Google Archive.
WATCH: Phoenix, "1901"
Phoenix / Photo by Kyle Dean Reinford
Phoenix / Photo by Ben Rowland
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Snyder, Gary. The Practice of the Wild. Northpoint Press, San Francisco, 1990.
The Etiquette of Freedom
(5) The world is nature, and in the long run inevitably wild, because the wild, as the process and essence of nature, is also an ordering of impermanence.
(6) North America was all populated [before European arrival]. One might say, yes, but thinly - which raises the question of according to whom. The fact is, people were everywhere. When the Spanish foot soldier Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his two companions (one of whom was African) were wrecked on the beach of what is now Galveston, and walked to the Rio Grande valley and then south back into Mexico between 1528 and 1536, there were few times in the whole eight years that they were not staying at a nature settlement or camp. They were always on trails [ie, human byways].
(7) The place-based stories the [native] people tell, and the naming they've done, is their archaeology, architecture, and title to the land.
(8) Language is like some kind of infinitely inter-fertile family of species spreading or mysteriously declining over time, shamelessly and endlessly hybridizing, changing its own rules as it goes. Words are used as signs, as stand-ins, arbitrary and temporary, even as language reflects (and informs) the shifting values of the peoples whose minds it inhabits and glides through. We have faith in "meaning" the way we might believe in wolverines - putting trust in the occasional reports of others or on the authority of one seeing a pelt. But it is sometimes worth tracking theses tricksters back.
(12) When an ecosystem is fully functioning, all the members are present at the assembly. To speak of wilderness is to speak of wholeness. Human beings came out of that wholeness, and to consider the possibility of reactivation membership in the Assembly of All Beings is in no way regressive.
- Compare to standard Western view that wilderness is empty, unused. "Nature on its own provides little value to society," John Locke.
(13) By way of trade off [nature illiterate civilizations] learned "human management," administration, rhetorical skills…Then citified mythology (Medieval Christianity and then the "Rise of Science") denied first soul, then consciousness, and finally even sentience to the natural world. Huge numbers of Europeans, in the climate of a nature-denying mechanistic ideology, were losing the opportunity for direct experience of nature.
(14) Ishi the Yahi walked into civilization with as much desperation as Nunez walked out of it. Nunez was the first European to encounter North America and its native myth-mind, and Ishi was the last Native American to fully know that mind - and he had to leave it behind. What lies between those two brackets is not dead and gone. It is perennially within us, dormant as a hard-shelled seed, awaiting the fire or flood that awakes it again.
(16) The term culture, in its meaning of "a deliberately maintained aesthetic and intellectual life" and in its other meaning of "the totality of social transmitted behavior patterns," is never far from a biological root meaning as in "yogurt culture"<|fim_middle|> painting is "mountain and waters pictures." (A mountain range is sometimes also termed mai, a "pulse" or "vein" - as a network of veins on the back of a hand.). One does not need to be a specialist to observe that landforms are a play of stream-cutting and ridge-resistance and that waters and hills interpenetrate in endlessly branching rhythms. The Chinese feel for land has always incorporated this sense of a dialectic of rock and water, of downward flow and rocky uplift, and of the dynamism and "slow flowing" of earth forms.
- Mountain ranges are a snap shot of a wild, tumbling sea. They are moving in their own time. "As the cricket's soft hum is to us, so are we to the trees, as are they to the rocks and the hills," Snyder.
(111) The early Tang poet Han-shan is taken as the veritable model of a recluse - his spacious home reaches to the end of the universe:
I settled at Cold Mountain long ago,
Already it seems like years and years
Freely drifting, I prowl the woods and streams
And linger watching things themselves.
Men don't get this far into the mountains,
White clouds gather and billow.
Thin grass does for a mattress,
The blue sky makes a good quilt.
Happy with the stone underhand
Let heaven and earth go about their changes.
Ancient Forests of the Far West
(143) With good practices North America could maintain a lumber industry and protect a halfway decent amount of wild forest for ten thousand years. That is about the same number of years as the age of the continuously settled village culture of the Wei River Valley in China, a span of time which is not excessive for humans to consider and plan by.
(144) All the houses of San Francisco, Eureka, Corvallis, Portland, Seattle, Longview, are built with those old bodies [Redwood]: the 2x4s and siding are form the logging of the 1910a and 1920s. Strip the paint in an old San Francisco apartment and you find prime quality coastal redwood panels. We live out out daily lives in the shelter of these ancient trees. Our great-grandchildren will more likely have to live in the shelter of riverbed-aggregate. Then the forests of the past will truly be gone.
Out in the forest it takes about the same number of years as the tree lived for a fallen tree to totally return to the soil. If societies could learn to live by such a pace there would no shortages, no extinctions.
(145) The straight line of mushrooms sprouting along a smooth ground surface is the final sign, the last ghost, of a tree that "died" centuries ago.
On the Path, Off the Trail
(155) The relentless complexity of the world is off to the side of the trail.
(164) We find some ease and comfort in our house, by the hearth, and on the paths nearby. We find there too the tedium of chores and the staleness of repetitive trivial affairs. But the rule of impermanence means that nothing is repeated for too long. The ephemerality of all our acts puts us into a kind of wilderness-in-time. We live within the nets of inorganic and biological processes that nourish everything, bumping down underground rivers or glinting as spiderwebs in the sky. Life and matter at play, chilly and rough, hairy and tasty. This is of a larger order than the little enclaves of provisional orderliness that we call ways. It is the Way. | - a nourishing habitat. Civilization is permeable, and could be as inhabited as the wild is.
(16) A ghost wilderness hovers around the entire planet.
(17) The body does not require the intercession of some conscious intellect to make it breathe, to keep the heart beating. It is to a great extent self-regulating, it is a life of its own. Sensation and perception do not exactly come from outside, and the unremitting thought and image-flow are not exactly inside. The world is our consciousness, and it surrounds us. There are more things in mind, in the imagination, than "you" can keep track of - thoughts, memories, images, angers, delights, rise unbidden. The depths of mind, the unconscious, are our inner wilderness areas, and that is where a bobcat is right now. I do not mean personal bobcats in personal psyches, but the bobcat that roams from dream to dream. The conscious agenda-planning ego occupies a very tiny territory, a little cubicle somewhere near the gate, keeping track of some of what goes in and out.
(18) Language is learned in the house and in the fields, not at school. Without having ever been taught formal grammar we utter syntactically correct sentences, one after another, for all the waking hours of the years of our life. Without conscious device we constantly reach into the vast word-hoards in the depths of the wild unconscious. We cannot as individuals or even as a species take credit for this power. It came from some place else: from the way clouds divide and mingle, from the way the many flowerlets of a composite blossom divide and redivide, from the gleaming calligraphy of the ancient riverbeds under present riverbeds of the Yukon River streaming out the Yukon flats, from the wind in the pine needles, from the chuckles of grouse in the ceanothus bushes.
(19) Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance of spirit and humility.
(20) There is an extraordinary teaching of specific plants and animals and their uses, empirical and impeccable, that never reduces them to objects and commodities.
It seems that a short way back in the history of occidental ideas there was a fork in the trail. The line of thought that is signified by the names of Descartes, Newton, and Hobbes was a profound rejection of the organic world. For a reproductive universe they substituted a model of sterile mechanism and an economy of "production." These thinkers were as hysterical about "chaos" as their predecessors, the witch hunt prosecutors of only a century before, were about "witches." They not only didn't enjoy the possibility that the world is as sharp as the edge of a knife, they wanted to take that edge away from nature. Instead of making the world safer for humankind, the foolish tinkering with the powers of life and death by the occidental scientist-engineer-ruler puts the whole planet on the brink of degradation. Most of humanity - foragers, peasants, or artisans - has always taken the other fork. That is to say, they have understood the play of the real world, with all its suffering, not in simple terms of "nature red in tooth and claw" but through the celebration of the gift-exchange quality of our give and take. "What a big potlatch we are all members of!" To acknowledge that each of us at the table will eventually be part of the meal is not just being "realistic." It is allowing the sacred to enter and accepting the sacramental aspect of our shaky temporary personal being.
- see Death of Nature, C Merchant.
- The unconscious death wish of narcissistic, hubristic modernity. The fear of death toward the will to eternity in a made up, transcendent (outside of nature), omniscient, nature-hating God.
(20) The world is watching: one cannot walk through a meadow or forest without a ripple of report spreading our from one's passage. The thrush darts back, the jay squalls, a beetle scuttles under the grasses, and the signal is passed along. Every creature knows when a hawk is cruising or a human strolling. The information passed through the system is intelligence.
- Spell of the Sensuous, D Abram
(21) "Whoever told people that 'Mind' means thoughts, opinions, ideas, and concepts? Mind means trees, fence posts, tiles, and grasses," says Dogen (the philosopher and founder of the Soto school of Japanese Zen.
(22) The Buddhist iconographers hide a little animal face in the hair of the human to remind us that we see with archetypal wilderness eyes.
(22) Richard Nelson, a student of Indian ways, has said that an Athabaskan mother might tell her little girl, "Don't point at the mountain! It's rude!"
(23) Nature description is a kind of writing that comes with civilization and its habits of collection and classification.
- its our dignified way of "pointing at the mountain."
(25) People of wilderness cultures rarely seek out adventures.
(25) The lessons we learn from the wild becomes the etiquette of freedom. We can enjoy our humanity with its flashy brains and sexual buzz, its social cravings and stubborn tantrums, and take ourselves as no more and no less than another being in the Big Watershed. We can accept each other all as barefoot equals sleeping on the same ground. We can give up hoping to be eternal and quit fighting dirt. We can chase off mosquitoes and fence out varmints without hating them. No expectations, alert and sufficient, grateful and careful, generous and direct. A calm and clarity attend us in the moment we are wiping the grease off our hands between tasks and glancing up at the passing clouds. Another joy is finally sitting down to have coffee with a friend. The wild requires that we learn the terrain, nod to all the plants and animals and birds, ford the streams and cross the ridges, and tall a good story when we got back home.
The Place, the Region, and the Commons
(29) Thoreau says in "Walking" that an area twenty miles in diameter will be enough to occupy a lifetime of close exploration on foot - you will never exhaust its details.
- small geographic home range of eastern and western coast Native Americans
(32) American public lands are the the twentieth century incarnation of a much older institution known across Eurasia - in English known as the "commons" - which was the oldest mode of both protecting and managing the wilds of the self governing regions. It worked well enough until the age of market economies, colonialism, and imperialism.
(40) In the old ways, the flora and fauna and landforms are part of the culture. The world of culture and nature , which is actual, is almost a shadow world now, and the insubstantial world of political jurisdictions and rarefied economics is what passes for reality. We live in a backward time. We can regain some small sense of that old membership by discovering the original lineaments of our land and steering - at least in the home territory of the mind - by those rather than the borders of arbitrary nations, states, and counties.
(42) [Austin] Hammond [Tlingit elder] spoke of empires and civilizations in metaphors of glaciers. He described how great alien forces - industrial civilization in this case - advance and retreat, and how settled people can wait it out.
Sometime in the mid seventies at a conference of Native American leaders and activists in Bozeman, Montana, I heard a Crow elder say something similar: "You know, I think if people stay somewhere long enough - even white people - the spirits will begin to speak to them. It's the power of the spirits coming up from the land. The spirits and the old power aren't lost, they just need people to be around long enough and the shirts will begin to influence them."
- Technological civilization, by ecological definition, unfortunately cannot be around long enough.
(44) Bioregionalism is the entry of place into the dialectic of history.
(45) Our philosophies, world religions, and histories are biased toward uniformity, universality, and centralization - in a word, the ideology of monotheism…Before the expansion of early empires the occasional strife of tribes and natural nations was almost familial. With the rise of the State, the scale of the destructiveness and malevolence of warfare makes a huge leap.
- Platonic Ideal Forms toward the transcendent, non-nature monotheistic god.
- "States" are not outlined by bioregions (cultural landscapes), but by the straight lines of politics. Disrespect for land comes hand in hand with disrespect for people.
(46) Cultural pluralism and multilingualism are the planetary norm. We seek the balance between cosmopolitan pluralism and deep local consciousness. We are asking how the whole human race can regain self determination in place after centuries of having been disenfranchised by hierarchy and/or centralized power. Do not confuse this exercise with "nationalism,' which is exactly the opposite, the imposter, the puppet of the state, the ginning ghost of the lost community.
- "Without diversity, the mind creates autonomous, hallucinatory experience," P Shepard, Man in the Landscape. The computerized experience of modern life is just this.
Tawny Grammar
(65) American society (like any other) has its own set of unquestioned assumptions. It still maintains a largely uncritical faith in the notion of continually unfolding progress. It cleaves to the idea that there can be unblemished scientific objectivity. And most fundamentally it operates under the delusion that we are each a kind of "solitary knower" - that we exist as rootless intelligences without layers of localized contexts. Just a "self" and the "world." In this there is no real recognition that grandparents, place, grammar, pets, friends, lovers, children, tools, the poems and songs we remember, are what we think with. Such a solitary mind - if it could exist - would be a boring prisoner of abstractions. With no surroundings there can be no path, and with no path one cannot become free.
(66) Some historians would say that "thinkers" are behind the ideas and mythologies that people live by. I think it also goes back to maize, reindeer, squash, sweet potatoes, and rice. And their songs.
It is appropriate to feel loyalty to a given glacier; it is advisable to investigate the whole water cycle; and it is rare and marvelous to know that glaciers do not flow and that mountains are constantly walking.
(68) If we actually tried to teach the values of western civilization, we'd just be peddling the ideology of individualism, of human uniqueness, special human dignity, the boundless potential of Man, and glory of success. Isn't that finally the Oil Pipeline philosophy? ("Jewish Inwardness - Greek Narcissism - Christian Domination" is how Doug Peacock the Grizzly Bear scholar puts it.). After Protestantism, capitalism, and world conquest, maybe that's still what occidental cult comes to.
(74) It's not enough to be shown in school that we are kin to all the rest; we have to feel it all the way through. Then we can also be uniquely "human" with no sense of special privilege.
- So Human An Animal, Dubos.
(82) [With Homer and Hesiod] A niche had opened up in the spaces between shaman, priest, poet, and mythographer. That niche was the city, the small city-state. Thought in the city reflected a kind of contest: the poetic and mythic way of seeing that was common in the villages versus the daily argumentation and reportage that dominated town life. At bottom it was a contest between subsistence economies and surplus - the centralized merchants. So the philosophers - the Sophists - were instructors to the rich young men on how to argue effectively in public. They did a fine job. They are the Founding Teachers of the whole occidental intellectual lineage. Ninety percent of what all so-called humanists have done throughout history has been to fiddle with language: grammar and rhetoric and then philology [the structure and historical development of language].
- The sophist rhetoric of modern lawyer-speak, which is a reflection of the abstract, cyclical (self referring), narcissistic, hubristic, nature-abandoning modern way.
- Without the humility that Living-in-Nature brings, all thought and discourse is a contest. We have forgotten that Nature has already won whatever illusory contest we can devise.
(83) In one of his talks Dogen said, "To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. But myriad things coming forth and experiencing themselves is awakening." Applying this to language theory, I think it suggests that when occidental logos-oriented philosophers uncritically advance language as a unique human gift which serves as the organizer of the chaotic universe - it is a delusion. The subtle and many-layered cosms of the universe have found their own way into symbolic structure and have given us thousands of tawny human language grammars.
Good, Wild, Sacred
(85) For preagricultural people the sites considered sacred and given special care were of course wild. In early agrarian civilizations, ritually cultivated land or spacial temple fields were sometimes considered sacred. The fertility religions of those times were not necessarily rejoicing in the fertility of all nature, but were focusing on their own harvest. The idea of cultivation was conceptually extended to describe a kind of training in social forms that guarantees membership in an elite class. By the metaphor of "spiritual cultivation" a holy man has weeded out the wild from his nature. This is agrarian theology. But weeding out the wild from the natures of members of the Bos and Sus clans - cattle and pigs - gradually changed animals which are intelligent and alert in the wild into sluggish meat-making machines.
- which in turn transforms humans as well into sluggish meat machines.
(98) The most sophisticated modern variety of hierarchical spirituality is the work of Father Teilhard de Chardin, who claims a special evolutionary spiritual destiny for humanity under the name of higher consciousness. Some of the most extreme of these Spiritual Darwinists would willingly leave the rest of earth-bound animal and plant life behind to enter an off-the-planet realm transcending biology. The anthropocentrism of some new age thinkers is countered by the radical critique of the Deep Ecology movement.
- A natural progression from the invented "off-the-planet" transcendent God of biblical tradition. An exiled people must necessarily discount land as homeland, which creates the need for a landless (nature-less) God who then commands the conquest/genocide of others.
(99) We can all agree: there is a problem with the self-seeking human ego. Is it a mirror of the wild and of nature? I think not: for civilization itself is ego gone to seed and institutionalized in the form of the State, both Eastern and Western. It is not nature-as-chaos which threatens us, but the State's presumption that it has created order. Also there is an almost self-congratulatory ignorance of the natural world that is pervasive in Euro-American business, police, and religious circles. Nature is orderly. That which appears to be chaotic in nature is only a more complex kind of order.
- biological narcissism; self-regulated, self-fulfilling myopia.
- what is more orderly, the thing that is billions of years old (nature) or the thing that has consciously separated from nature for only .1% of nature's existence (humans).
(101) The wilderness pilgrim's step by step, breath by breath walk up a trail, into those snowfields, carrying all on the back, is so ancient a set of gestures as to bring a profound sense of body-mind joy.
Blue Mountains Constantly Walking
(105) We learn a place and how to visualize spatial relationships, as children [as for all adult life], on foot and with imagination.
(109) In common usage the compound "mountains and waters" - shan-shui in Chinese - is the straightforward term for landscape. Landscape | 3,417 |
Winter is starting to beat me down<|fim_middle|>.
This was a big hit with Norah, which is a pretty good win, as it is now added to the school lunch rotation. A nice, tasty, and healthy dinner is just what is needed this time of year to remember the summer!
A light and healthy lunch or dinner!
In a large mixing bowl combine tuna, cucumber, onion, tomato, jalapeno, carrots, cheese, cilantro, salt, and pepper.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3-4 hours to allow salsa to meld together.
Remove from refrigerator and scoop into tortilla's and roll up. | . Between the December holiday feasting and the cold of January, we have been doing less then spectacular with our healthy eating. Time to get back on track.
Tuna Salsa is a staple of our garden time eating. Usually made with what is available including a can of tuna, veggies, tomatoes, and cilantro. Sometimes we hollow out lemon cucumbers and fill with the salsa, or eat with tortilla chips as a dip. In winter we don't have the luxury of fresh garden tomatoes so I cut back on those and add grated carrots.
The plan is to make a Tuna Salsa, then wrap it in a spinach tortilla for a healthy sandwich. To make the salsa you will need 1 can tuna in water drained, a couple small cukes, a couple carrots, a medium onion (or in my case 3 small onions), a large red tomato, one jalapeno, 3/4 cup grated Monterey cheese. and your favorite herbs (I used celery leaf in place of fresh cilantro).
To start off, I put the drained tuna into a large mixing bowl. Then I diced the cucumbers into small cubes, seeded and diced the jalapeno very small (I only used half of one because the grocery store jalapeno was huge), diced the tomato removing the seeds, diced the onion, and grated the carrots. Into the bowl it all went. Lastly I added the grated cheese and dried celery leaf (This is significantly better with fresh herbs but being winter I used what I had).
After mixing everything together I placed it in the refrigerator to give it a couple hours to meld. This is really great the next day, but I usually just give it 3-4 hours in fridge to come together.
Now we are ready to make some wraps. I scoop a couple large spoonfuls of salsa into wrap, fold in sides and roll up tight. This will make 4 large wraps and some straight up spoonful samples | 399 |
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Strach so glad to be back!
Gavin Strachan is happy to be back in the side and is having the time of his life at Victoria Park.
The influential midfielder has been crucial to Pool's success this season as Neale Cooper has turned his side from relegation favourites to promotion dark horses.
Strachan, son of former Southampton boss Gordon, was signed by Cooper in the summer after being released by Southend.
And he quickly established himself as a key player in Cooper's side, earning a reputation as a free-kick specialist.
He scored with a 20-yard set piece on his Pool debut at Peterborough on the opening day of the season and went on to become an ever-present in the Pool side, making 37 league and cup appearances and scoring six goals.
But at Sheffield Wednesday back in February, Gavin was forced off with a knee injury.
After missing two matches, the 25-year-old was recalled but was again forced off just after half-time in the 2-0 home win over Chesterfield.
The recurring injury meant the former Coventry man was forced to sit out a further four games.
But, after playing for the reserves against Darlington last week, he was back in the first team squad for the shock 2-1 home defeat at the hands of struggling Brentford last Saturday.
Having started on the bench, Gavin was called into action early when Michael Nelson limped off after just 17 minutes - by which time Pool were a goal down.
But, despite being unable to steer Pool to a vital victory over the relegation-threatened Bees, Gavin is happy to be<|fim_middle|> me get some of my sharpness back.
"I'm loving it at Hartlepool. It is the best club I have ever been to.
"I think that's down to the fact that wherever I have been before I have never played regular football week in week out where here I have been given that chance and this is a great team to play in.
"That's why it was so frustrating when I was out injured because I'm no good watching the games and I was enjoying my football and felt I was playing well."
Going into this afternoon's visit to Brighton, Pool were ninth in the table but only two points off a play-off place.
And, surprisingly, their form away from Victoria Park is currently better than the form at home.
That is a complete turn-around from the beginning of the campaign when they extended their unbeaten home run to a record 28 matches - the best in English football before losing 2-1 to Barnsley on Boxing Day.
The win at Grimsby two weeks ago was an eighth on the road - compared to seven at home.
"It really has been a season of two halves," added Gavin.
"In the first half of the season we were struggling away but now we are playing well.
"At home we have conceded a lot of goals in the last few weeks and I think that's because a lot of teams are coming here thinking they can beat us.
"The thing some people forget is that a lot of these teams have been together for a while and know how each other plays, whereas we have had a lot of new faces and we are still learning how to play together." | back in action.
"I am glad to be back playing again but disappointed to come back in those circumstances," he said.
"We threw everything at Brentford in the second half but for most of the first half we couldn't get it together."
While admitting that the Brentford result could end up damaging Pool's hopes of reaching the play-offs, on a personal note he is just glad to be back playing football and is enjoying the most successful spell of his career.
"I think it could prove costly but we've just got to keep it going and we can't think about that until the end of the season.
"We have to take the positives from the match, especially the way we kept at it and never gave up.
"It is good to be back, though, and the game in midweek was a help because it was a proper game and there was something to it, it helped | 176 |
Joe Allen was one of the first of the lads from Cumberland who came down to play for the Saints, which also included his contemporaries such as Bill Whiteley and Billy Cross. He played as a centre and made his debut in a friendly against a District team on 19th January 1895 at Knowsley Road, scoring a try. Joe made 16 appearances during the campaign, scoring 2 tries<|fim_middle|> pen picture.
After leaving Saints he returned to the re-formed Kendal Hornets who played under Northern Union rules in the North West League. He was still playing in 1903-04, which was the club's last season. Joe had a distinguished career in representative rugby union for Westmorland too, making 11 appearances for the county, selected as a full-back or centre in equal measure. In the 1911 Census he was living with his wife and eight children in Blackburn, employed as a tinsmith. The 1939 Census has Joe living at 86A Wethers Street, Blackburn. Joe lived in Blackburn until his death in March 1953 at the ripe old age of 86. | and kicked a goal. He began the inaugural season of Northern Union football in the centres, with fellow Cumbrian Bill Whiteley outside him. Joe also played a couple of games at full-back later in the campaign. He made relatively few appearances in 1896-97, which was to be his last season as a Saint.
There does seem to be much more information about Joe and his origins. He was born in Kendal in 1867 and, by the 1886-87 season he was playing full-back for Kendal Hornets and later switched to the centre. Rumour has it he went down initially to St. Helens for a short spell as early as 1888 with his close friends Billy Cross and Jimmy Graham, but he returned to Hornets, where he was a regular choice. The History of Football in Kendal says that his nickname was 'Nuts' or 'Rowler' and that essentially he was a full-back, who could play in the threequarters when wanted. "He had few equals as a drop kicker and proved a prolific scorer", says the rest of his | 233 |
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HON CHEMISTRY: Okay, maybe balancing equations isn't exactly like this, but….. Here are the rest of the notes on balancing equations. Plus – a couple of examples for practice.
Homework for tonight is writing up the lab on chemical change for tomorrow. And, did I mention practice, practice, practice balancing equations?
HON CHEMISTRY: Do you need help balancing equations? Here's a few minutes of practice doing just that. Don't forget to first check to see if all of your formulas are correct. Then grab an eraser and practice, practice, practice! You can do it!! We're going to crank it up a notch tomorrow! | this, but….. Here are the introductory notes on balancing equations. Plus – a couple of examples for practice. And, did I mention practice, practice, practice?
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…It's Kevin Spacey and David Fincher together making a high quality, serial political thriller; if it were premiering on a cable channel (like, say, AMC), there's no doubt it'd have a huge audience.
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I'm looking forward to giving this a try. I know a lot has been written about this show and Netflix's distribution model, and I can completely understand the appeal. Usually, I'll wait and watch many of the shows that normally air on HBO or Showtime when they come to DVD, especially since this eliminates the need for a year-round subscription to these channels. A season for shows like Girls, Homeland, or Dexter can easily be knocked off in a weekend. | But it's not. It's Netflix's show, and it's only available there. It shows; rather than "broadcast" a new episode each week at a certain time on a certain day, all thirteen episodes of its first season became available today. If you'd like, you could sit down right now and watch the entire first season—on its first day. Or you can space it out. Whatever you want, just like we've all been watching TV series on Netflix that we missed | 99 |
Source One's team of strategic sourcing, procurement, and supply chain experts can source just about anything, and we mean anything. Most recently, the team came together to source treats for the Brandywine Valley SPCA, a local animal shelter that recently suffered loss and damage when a driver lost control of their vehicle and crashed into their Delaware campus facility. In this case, the best supplier for the job was none other than the employees at Source One's Willow Grove office.
They gathered last Thursday for a great cause: biscuit baking for the shelter dogs. Together the team baked batches of treats for the pups to enjoy for weeks to come. The following Saturday, members of the Source One squad hand delivered the fresh biscuits to Brandywine SPCA's West Chester location. This visit was easily everyone's favorite part of the activity, as the Source One<|fim_middle|> these furry friends. Everyone was grateful for the chance to lend a helping hand to these four-legged members of our community, and it was an experience we will never forget.
As Source One celebrates it's 25th Anniversary this year, we're taking advantage of multiple opportunities to give back to our community. This milestone is the best excuse to recognize our employees, partners, clients, and business affiliates that have supported us throughout the years and helped in making this accomplishment possible. We have more exciting things planned to celebrate this year, so keep an eye out on the blog to find out what the Source One team is up to next. | team had the opportunity to spend time with | 8 |
JupiterOne raises $19M to help companies automate asset discovery, visibility and compliance
JupiterOne announced $19 million in venture funding to help companies automate asset discovery, visibility<|fim_middle|>, security for your assets as you transition to the cloud is not only possible, it's easy.
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JupiterOne closes an important gap for CISOs, security operations, and compliance officers by providing automated, accurate and actionable visibility to their global asset inventory. The Series A funding round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with additional investment from Rain Capital, LifeOmic, and individual investors.
Cyber security asset management is a fast-growing segment of the global security and compliance market, estimated to reach $8.5 billion in spending by 2024.
JupiterOne serves a critical need by reducing cost and complexity and providing in-depth visibility for cloud posture management, risk analysis and compliance reporting, vulnerability management, threat hunting, and incident response. Current customers include leading cloud-native organizations such as Reddit, Databricks, HashiCorp, Addepar, Auth0 and OhMD.
JupiterOne significantly reduces the time and effort required to collect and analyze assets, demonstrate compliance, remediate security gaps, and improve the organization's overall security posture.
The solution replaces manual asset inventories and survey-driven security assessments with a data-driven approach to provide an objective and continuous outcome. JupiterOne technology provides granular visibility into software-defined assets and resources, and deep understanding of security vulnerabilities.
"Security is a basic right for every organization, but cost and complexity are major barriers," said Erkang Zheng, founder and CEO of JupiterOne.
"We built JupiterOne because we saw a gap in how organizations manage the security and compliance of their cyber assets day to day. Compliance should be a natural outcome of doing security correctly, and that starts with understanding what resources you have, how they are configured, who owns them, and how they are connected to each other."
JupiterOne was founded as a subsidiary of LifeOmic, a cloud-native healthcare software company. Erkang served as LifeOmic's chief information security officer, and initially built JupiterOne to support security and compliance needs for LifeOmic's cloud software.
After hearing feedback from customers on the value of its novel approach to automating security operations and compliance, LifeOmic productized this solution as JupiterOne.
Prior to LifeOmic, Erkang had previously spent 15 years as a security practitioner and leader with Fidelity, IBM, Cisco and others, seeing first-hand that too many security teams are operating without granular visibility into the security and compliance of their cyber assets.
"JupiterOne has developed a compelling product that integrates quickly, has applicability across enterprise segments, and is highly reviewed by current customers," said Enrique Salem, partner at Bain Capital Ventures, and former CEO at Symantec. Salem now joins the JupiterOne board.
"We see a large multibillion dollar market opportunity for this technology across mid-market and enterprise customers. Asset management is the first step in building a successful security program, and it's currently a tedious, imperfect process that's well-suited for automation."
"JupiterOne prospects say time and again that there's no solution as mature or as sophisticated as what JupiterOne is bringing to the market," said Dr. Chenxi Wang, general partner at Rain Capital.
"The cross-platform graph data model is a game-changer. Cyber security and asset management can no longer be managed separately. The two pieces are merging together, and JupiterOne is helping companies adjust to that new reality."
Erkang and his team built JupiterOne to provide continuous, data-driven visibility across cyber assets and system configurations, eliminating guesswork for security operations teams, vulnerability managers, and threat hunters.
JupiterOne received a 451 Firestarter award last year from technology research and advisory firm 451 Research, recognizing exceptional innovation within the technology industry.
Typical implementations of JupiterOne achieve:
Strong visibility of global asset inventory: Get visibility across cloud, human, and digital operations through direct integrations with dozens of providers and services. Automate the discovery, security, and compliance for your global cyber asset inventory.
Threat and risk reduction: Ask questions of your inventory to discover unknowns, gaps and vulnerabilities at their source. Make your data work for you, not the other way around. Find and follow up on issues with rapid querying of up-to-date asset data.
Significant cash savings: Less is more. Reduce overall asset inventory costs and maintenance overhead with JupiterOne's apps and technologies. Do more with fewer resources and lower your costs.
Achieve compliance quickly: Speed up evidence collection and enable continuous controls monitoring by mapping data to requirements. Achieve compliance goals faster and more accurately than ever before.
Securely empower your digital transformation: JupiterOne enables secure digital transformation with continuously updated asset and security models. Security is the biggest inhibitor to digital transformation. With JupiterOne | 950 |
The Adventures of Sam 1 - Interactive Children's Book: Why kitten was late for<|fim_middle|> it teaches such notions as "the good", "justice", "fellowship". It teaches the child not to be indifferent to the world around and its people, which seems to be even more important that to read or to count. | school?
It is a didactic story about the kitten called Sam and his adventures on the way to school. Sam dreams of being a knight and he finds the possibility to protect the weak against the rascals and to make the world better even on his way to school.
Sam will have to solve a number of problems and puzzles, for example, to cross a brook in flood, to get out of a pit and to restore the warning sign, and, finally, to save a little kitty from a nasty boy. To surpass all the difficulties, Sam will need help of our little readers.
The illustrations to the book are in the style of the old good children's magazines. That is why the book will not only be interesting to the children but it will also wake the pleasant childhood memories of their parents. It is the first book of the series about kitten Sam, and there is more to come!
This book is at the same time an entertainment and a work-book for children from 4 to 8 years old. It has good humor, which is clear both to children and adults, as well as puzzles to develop children's skills of counting, reading and spatial intelligence. The pictures of the book carry on the time-proven canons; they are absolutely safe for the child's mentality.
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Phoenix, AZ (Sept. 8, 2017) —Open Hearts Family Wellness joins our partners in behavioral health, advocates, and immigrant communities in standing against this week's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). Our nation is strongest when we embrace the diversity of ideas and contributions of everyone, including our young people.
For more than 43 years Open Hearts Family Wellness has been committed to improving the well being of children and their families by providing holistic, quality services. It pains us to see how these harmful policy decisions are creating much distress to immigrant youth and their families, as well as their supporters.
Thriving communities equal healthy families. Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants have relied on DACA for safety and stability in a nation that they have called home since childhood. Arizona alone has 27,000 DACA recipients. The decision to rescind DACA threatens the lives of countless young people who are contributing to the economic growth and success of the country and reneges on a promise that was made to them.
Rescinding DACA contradicts Open Heart's ideals of building upon people's strengths and empowering them to strive toward a better future. We are committed to advancing solutions to ensure that the nearly 800,000 young immigrants who successfully enrolled in DACA and the many more who are eligible to do so can continue to live, work, and learn in safety. In light of this week's announcement, we urge policymakers to develop a solution that protects these young people and upholds our nation's promise of freedom, fairness, and prosperity for all.
Chandler Yelton
President, Board of Directors Argie "Arjelia" Gomez
About Open Hearts Family Wellness
Open Hearts Family Wellness, a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization, has been part of this community since 1974, providing a team-based approach to services designed to help support and empower clients as they chart an individual path towards emotional and mental wellness. For more information visit openheartsaz.org.
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Selling a business after years of work can be extremely profitable. Many businesses are created with the hopes that they will one day be acquired by a larger firm. The sale can be complicated, however. There are Federal and Arkansas laws concerning mergers, acquisitions, negotiations and securities exchanges that must be followed.
To sell a business there must be an offer, whether it is solicited or not. Purchase agents in Siloam Springs not only help to secure an offer, but also lends advice about which offers are worthwhile to consider. During this process, the financial records must be updated and prepared in strict accordance with Arkansas and Federal law. The reliability of these methods is necessary in determining the proper value for the rights you are selling. Typically a formal contract will be written as the agreement nears its conclusion. The provisions contained in the contract should present all matters discussed in a fair light, and this requires careful review by both parties.
In selling a business, the buyer gains a right known as "control". Control of a business entitles a party to direct its operations and it can also controls what is done with business property. A party seeking to purchase a Siloam Springs business may not be concerned with all aspects of the company. In fact, purchasers are typically interested in acquiring control as cheaply as possible, and this may allow other rights, including the right to future earnings, to be apportioned or even retained by the seller. These particularities make negotiations vital, during which each party should use the opportunity to voice their intentions and concerns.
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At Martin Industrial Supply, we pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality service and best value to our customers. This philosophy has helped us grow into an industry leader, providing custom-tailored solutions for maintenance, repair and operation supplies throughout the United States. Satisfied customers have come to know that we offer not only world class products and technical support, but also a team that works with them to provide cost elimination, increased productivity, and asset management.
We have an experienced team of technical specialists that work closely with our Customer partners in many areas, including cutting tools, abrasives, adhesives, material handling,<|fim_middle|> that not only contains dedicated pricing, but also the specific products that are approved by that Customer. This helps ensure consistency: only the agreed upon products are purchased, they are spec'd in, and rogue spend is greatly reduced.
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For a Vendor Managed Inventory program, Martin partners with out customers to handle your inventory inside your facility. This solution is customized to fit your exact needs. We apply a 5S methodology to your existing location as well as analyze any available data to determine proper product mix, stocking levels, and frequency of restocks. Once we're in place you can focus on your value stream as Martin ensures you have the components in place when you need them. Our personnel come on site, take inventory, restock, and check in with your employees to make sure that they are getting the service they need. We also provide you with reporting so that you can always track what's coming in.
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Customer service is the backbone of our operations. Being Customer focused is one of our Core Values as an organization, and both our Outside and Inside sales teams work every day to ensure our Customers are satisfied. This level of our solution never goes away, no matter the size of the account or what other solutions we may stack on top of this you will always have dedicated Martin resources that work on your business to help you operate better.
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Pioneer volunteer from 1971 celebrates UNV at 50
Fresh out of university, I was intrigued by a poster advertising for UN Volunteer assignments. I applied and was soon deployed to the National Parks Directorate in Chad from 1971-1974. My UN Volunteer experience benefited me enormously, both personally and professionally. First and foremost, I met my Chadian wife, with whom I have four wonderful children, all born in Chad.
SDG 1: No poverty, SDG 15: Life on land, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
Raising awareness of environmental issues as a UN Volunteer Ocean Governance Assistant
Lomas de Lima: Protecting a unique ecosystem
"I started to get involved in the study and conservation of the Lomas because of my thesis. However, if I have been at it for four years, it is due to the people and organizations with whom I collaborate. United, we are achieving goals that, until recently, seemed too far away," María states soon after our interview begins.
SDG 1: No poverty, SDG 2: Zero hunger, SDG 3: Good health and well-being, SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities, SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production, SDG 13: Climate change, SDG 15: Life on land
Delivering food to the most vulnerable in times of COVID-19
Angela Gregório António Chale Macie, UN Volunteer with WFP in Nampula, Mozambique Just a couple of months before COVID-19 spread across nearly every border in the world, Ângela Gregório António Chale Macie began serving as a United Nations Volunteer in Nampula, Mozambique. Little did she know just how critical her role would become for the people in Erati district when the Coronavirus endangered their already-limited access to food.
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Car of the Week: 1936 Pontiac Deluxe Six
1936 Deluxe Six that's been in the family four generations
The '36 Pontiac styling has an obvious art deco look. The bullet headlights were moved to the sides of the radiator surround and these appear to have sealed beams bulbs.
It is always fun to go to a car show and see a vehicle that's similar to one you own. That was the case when we attended a car show in East Troy, Wis., and noticed a car similar to ours. The 1936 Pontiac Deluxe Six two-door touring sedan belonged to the Goggins family (our car is a 1936 Pontiac with two additional doors).
The window card on the Goggins' car read, "In our family for four generations. In memory of John Mitchell of East Troy." The car looked very nice<|fim_middle|>, except that it had "Knee Action" independent front suspension. The upholstery in closed cars was taupe mohair or modified tweed pattern taupe woolen cloth. Deluxe sixes also had translucent dash knobs and door handle knobs. Additional standard equipment in this series included a larger gas tank, a higher capacity six-volt battery and an automatic choke. The Goggins' car is a Deluxe Six two-door five-passenger sedan that went out the door for $745.
Here is a photo of the car prior to its restoration. It's pretty apparent that the family didn't baby the Pontiac and put a lot of labor and love into bring it back.
Pontiac also offered a Deluxe Eight line that had a longer wheelbase. The extra length was taken up in the hood and running boards. Fenders varied slightly in the manner in which they overlapped the cowl, but were actually the same with the attachment holes drilled differently. The words "Pontiac 8" appeared on the grille and the hood ornament was a distinctive, circular design instead of the oblong loop style used on sixes. Standard sedan equipment included front and rear armrests, twin assist straps, oriental grain interior moldings and a dash-mounted clock. All eights had "Knee-Action" front suspension, a pressurized cooling system, an automatic choke and a new type of clutch.
One family's 1936 Pontiac Deluxe Six
The Goggins' Deluxe Six is one of 44,040 cars built in that series, but there is no breakout of production by body style available. The window card indicated that the featured car has its original 208-cid inline, L-head six with a cast-iron block. This engine has a 6.2: 1 compression ratio and a Carter one-barrel model 342S carburetor. It produces 81 hp. The family has added Firestone reproduction whitewall tires, bolt on amber-colored rear turn indicators, an aftermarket outside rearview mirror (the original style attaches to the driver's door hinge) and an aftermarket under-dash water temperature gauge.
Everything on the car is very nicely carried out and the Pontiac also has a couple of factory options such as bumper over-riders and a glove box-mounted clock. The blue-and-red Wisconsin Collector plate at the rear even has a vintage "tag topper." And of course, there's that "Troy Land" sticker on the driver's side rear window that highlights the fact that the Pontiac has been in the same family for four generations. Not many old-car owners can make a claim like that!
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On the side window of the car was a sign written by the Goggins' son, Jordan, that provided some additional information about the Pontiac's ownership history. It read as follows:
"Hi, I'm Jordan and I am 10 years old. This '36 Pontiac was my great-great grandfather's car. Just last year (2013) we entered it in our first car show in East Troy, Wis., where the car lived before we got it.
"The reason it says 'Troy Land' is because that is where my great-great grandfather, my great grandfather, my grandfather and my mother all went to swim.
"This car was my grandfather's car later on. But when he died (before I was born), the car was passed down to us. At the beginning, we couldn't drive this car because there were problems with it. Later on, my mom and dad found out that when my family was working on the car, they accidentally mixed the radiator cap and gas cap.
"Today, this car is one of our family's prize possessions. We hope you enjoyed looking at our car."
'30s lines follow the Deco influence as shown in this rear shot of the Pontiac.
Coaches gain popularity
Two-door sedans of the 1920s and 1930s were often called "coaches," especially at General Motors. The popularity of this body style can be traced to the Hudson Essex, a car that made closed-body models more affordable during the 1910s. Until cars such as the Essex arrived, about 90 percent of the cars made were roadsters or touring cars. As more and more coaches came on the market and the price became more affordable, this body style popularity trend changed and closed cars sold better and better.
Two-door sedans were typically among the lower-priced body styles. They were usually slightly more expensive than a business coupe and about the same in cost as a Sport Coupe. Regular two-door sedans were known as "straight back" or "slant back" models. In the early '30s, trunks were sold as accessories for coaches. Touring Sedans arrived in the mid '30s and had a built-in trunk. They were called "hump back" sedans.
Pontiac's multiple '36 models
The 1936 Pontiac had a new waterfall grille with a thinner shell, fewer "silver streaks" and the outer sections finished in body color. The horizontal hood louvers came to a point at the front. Longer, slimmer headlamps were mounted on the sides of the hood. The fenders no longer had "speed lines" sculpted into them as they had in 1935.
Though advertised as a five-passenger car, the Pontiac interior dimensions are a tight fit for 6-footers, On coaches the front seat backs fold forward for rear passenger entry. The 1936 dashboard layout is pretty simple. The translucent knobs were used on Deluxe models. Knob below windshield division bar operates the vacuum wipers.
The Pontiac Master Six could most easily be identified by its solid front axle. It also had a non-locking glove box, taupe mohair or brown pattern broadcloth upholstery and black Bakelite door handle and instrument panel hardware. Two-door sedans at first came only with bucket front seats. A bench seat option was introduced at midyear. Standard equipment included DELCO-Remy ignition, hydraulic brakes, cross-flow cooling and foot-operated starter buttons. Flush-mounted taillamps were used on some Master Sixes built early in the model year. Later cars had a bullet-type taillamp on the driver's side.
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Flipping the script: UTSA women ride a fourth-quarter rally to a 71-68 victory over UAB
Jordyn Jenkins played only 18 minutes because of foul trouble but hit the game-winning shot — a 3-pointer — with nine seconds left. With the victory, UTSA snapped a three-game losing streak. – Photo by Joe Alexander
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UTSA coach Karen Aston and her staff improved the program in so many areas since the end of last season. They brought in eight newcomers, including five freshmen, to bolster the roster. The returning players all made strides to better themselves.
At the same time, the Roadrunners took their lumps early in Aston's second year as coach.
UTSA freshman Sidney Love scored a season and career-high 23 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter. – File photo by Joe Alexander
They played through November and most of December and, because of late-in-the-game mistakes or bad breaks or, whatever, they couldn't seem to turn the corner toward respectability — until Saturday.
Trailing by 10 points in the second half and by seven after three quarters, UTSA caught a spark and raced to a 71-68 victory over the UAB Blazers at the Convocation Center.
Junior forward Jordyn Jenkins hit the winner on a three-pointer at the top of the circle with nine seconds left, and freshman guard Sidney Love blocked a shot at the buzzer, as the Roadrunners prevailed to split two games on their first weekend of C-USA competition.
"I'm really happy for the girls," Aston said. "It's a growth process. But at the same time, you do need to be rewarded a little bit. Hopefully this gives us some confidence to know that (we) can win close games.
"In reality, all of our conference teams look like this. I think there's a lot of parity in our league based on what you're looking at and some of the teams I've seen.
"It's going to be a possession game from this point forward, and I think we're getting closer to understanding what every possession means."
California native Siena Guttadauro also sparked the fourth-quarter rally with nine points, an assist and a steal. In one sequence, she hit back-to-back triples. – Photo by Joe Alexander
Calling it a game for the UTSA guards, Aston couldn't have been happier with the way her freshman backcourt players performed in the fourth quarter. Love scored 11 points and Siena Guttadauro contributed nine in the last 10 minutes.
Finer details of the fourth quarter rally? Love and Guttadauro combined for seven field goals, including six threes, and they each made three apiece from long distance.
In addition, Kyra White executed a solid play on the game-winning three by Jenkins, driving on the right side and then hooking a pass out to Jenkins on the perimeter. UAB freshman Denim DeShields, sucked into the middle on the drive, ran out to the perimeter to contest Jenkins' jumper with a hande up, but it was too late.
"I thought the game was about our guards today," Aston said. "…They were aggressive. They were in attack mode. So I think that possession in particular was from the fact that they were aggressive the whole game, so everybody kind of drew to Kyra, which created Jordan being pretty much wide open."
Jenkins, the C-USA's leading scorer, said it felt "pretty good" to drain the three.
"There's been a couple of games when it's been close and I'd been taking shots that hadn't fallen," she said. "So, it was like tough on my mental … The last shot, (it) felt good. It gives me some confidence. Yeah. It's cool. I love when my teammates celebrate."
Trailing by seven points going into the fourth quarter, Coach Karen Aston's UTSA Roadrunners rallied to win, improving to 3-8 overall and 1-1 in Conference USA. – Photo by Joe Alexander
After Jenkins connected, the Blazers called time out to set up a play on the other end. But as the ball was inbounded and found its way to UAB forward Lyndsey Robson on the 3-point line, her shot was blocked by Love, and it bounded away as time expired.
All of that was a welcome change of fortune for the Roadrunners, who cheered wildly from the bench when the final horn sounded. At that point, too, the box score did not lie. There was Love, a first-year collegian out of San Antonio-area Steele High School, with a team-high 23 points.
"It always feels good when I can do anything to benefit the team," Love said. "I guess this game, it just happened to be me and Siena, who sort of stepped up for the team."
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day was Guttadauro, who had not played in the team's last three games. The native Californian hadn't played since the Idaho game on Dec. 10, and yet she came in and sparked the team, including back-to-back threes at one point.
"No, it didn<|fim_middle|> said Linguard fared well academically in the fall semester, and so UTSA has made the request.
"We've submitted the paperwork and hopefully will get an answer from the NCAA soon," Henson said.
Another unrelated complication in Linguard's efforts to play this season started to unfold when the team took a mid-December trip to play at New Mexico and Utah. He apparently suffered a concussion on the trip and is now in protocol.
Linguard's absence from practice was a factor Tuesday afternoon.
"That affected our workout quite a bit," Henson said. "Our guys hit the wall today. We were without Isaiah (Addo-Ankrah), Carlton and Japhet. So that gives us 12 bodies and two point guards (Erik Czumbel and Christian Tucker).
"So they had to go every single rep. Every single rep they were on the court … There wasn't much down time for anybody. There was just one sub on each team."
Linguard's situation could be vital to the long-term success of the team this year. Since he started to practice full speed following a months-long knee rehabilitation, he showed quickness, jumping ability and multiple skills.
Henson said he doesn't know how long it will take the NCAA to sort out Linguard's academic issue.
"My belief is that they move a little faster (on requests) during the season," the coach said. "The NCAA knows people are sitting around waiting on that. But I think there's a lot of stuff going on with the (football) bowl games, waivers and appeals and those kind of things.
"I would hope (in Linguard's case) relatively soon. It's possible they look at it and want to know more information. More clarification. Our compliance office does a great job handling those situations. We kind of lean on them for it."
Henson said Linguard "did a very good job in the classroom, an excellent job" in the fall semester. That was part of the process, to show that since he has been in school at UTSA, that he was making progress, the coach said.
"He's a good student," Henson said. "He's got a good (grade point average). We just got to show that we've got everything lined up for him. That he's in good standing. That he's in good hands. That the move here has been positive for him."
As for Addo-Ankrah, one of UTSA's top three-point shooters, it was announced prior to UTSA's Dec. 22 game against North Texas that he would be out a month with a fracture in his left wrist. It's his non-shooting hand.
If everything works out on his recovery timeline, fans might expect to see the Houston native back on the floor some time around the first of February.
Henson, talking after Tuesday afternoon's workout, smiled when it was suggested that a healthy Addo-Ankrah and an eligible and healthy Linguard were two of his recent requests to Santa Claus.
"Those would have been pretty high on the Christmas list, for sure," the coach said.
UTSA at Louisiana Tech, Thursday, 6 p.m.
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As a cold wind blows outside, North Texas' Ousmane rains 37 points on UTSA
Guard John Buggs III led a second-half charge for the UTSA Roadrunners, but the North Texas Mean Green stopped the rally and puilled away for a lopsided victory in the Conference USA opener for both teams. – Photo by Joe Alexander
Mother Nature directed an Arctic blast of cold air at San Antonio on Thursday afternoon, just about the same time that the North Texas Mean Green and UTSA Roadrunners tipped off in a Conference USA opener at the Convocation Center.
Steve Henson's UTSA Roadrunners fell to 6-6 on the season and to 0-1 in Conference USA after losing 78-54 to North Texas Thursday night. – Photo by Joe Alexander
At the end of the night, North Texas forward Abou Ousmane emerged as a force of nature himself. He rained a career-high 37 points on the UTSA Roadrunners in leading the Mean Green to a 78-54 victory.
Ousmane hit 15 of 19 from the field and grabbed 11 rebounds as North Texas (10-2) won its fifth in a row on the season. In addition, the Mean Green added to their recent dominance of the Roadrunners, improving to 9-2 against UTSA over the past eight seasons.
Ousmane, a 6-foot-10 Brooklyn native, was the talk of post-game interviews. Coming in, he was averaging a little more than 11 points. His previous career high was 23.
"I was most impressed with his patience," North Texas coach Grant McCasland said. "He was 15 of 19, and I thought he was composed. And then when he took his time and our team was patient on the offensive end, I thought we got the shots we wanted. That showed in 17 assists and nine turnovers."
UTSA center Jacob Germany, playing on a recently sprained ankle, contributed 11 points and 12 rebounds in 29 minutes against North Texas. – Photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA (6-6) didn't shoot well in the first half but still managed to stay within reach of the visitors, trailing by 11 at halftime. Led by Japhet Medor an John Buggs III, the Roadrunners hit a few threes, attacked the basket and pulled to within one point twice early in the second half.
A driving layup by Josh Farmer capped a 19-9 run and pulled the Roadrunners to within one point, 43-42, with 12:46 remaining.
From there, the Roadrunners started to settle for jump shots, lost a little of their edge on each possession and watched as the Mean Green exploded for 17 unanswered points. A dunk by Ousmane capped the streak and made it an 18-point game, 60-42, with 6:55 remaining.
UTSA never got closer than 15 the rest of the way and lapsed again in the final minutes, as North Texas rolled up as much as a 27-point lead. It all left UTSA coach Steve Henson and his staff searching for answers.
Asked what he told his players in the locker room, he said, "I was pretty honest with 'em. It's not acceptable. You know, it's a home game. It's a conference game. We were in pretty good shape there midway through the second half and ended up losing badly. You can't feel good about that.
"If they feel good about that right now, then something's not right. It's just not good enough. You know, we gave up 50 percent (shooting) to them. We shoot 33 percent. Turned it over too much and got out-rebounded.
UTSA's Japhet Medor battles to create space on a drive to the hoop. Medor finished with 12 points, four assists and three rebounds – Photo by Joe Alexander
"You know, there's not many phases of the game left. Again, proud of certain stretches of the ball game. I still love this team. I love our guys. I like their attitudes, for the most part. But we've got to play harder."
Injuries played a role in the lopsided margin. UTSA was playing its first game of the season without forward Isaiah Addo-Ankrah, one of the team's best three-point shooters. Addo-Ankrah, who scored 14 in his last outing, was sidelined after being diagnosed earlier this week with a wrist fracture.
Additionally, UTSA center Jacob Germany also was less than full speed. Germany twisted an ankle badly in a home game on Sunday and wasn't himself in a couple of days of practice coming into Thursday night.
Germany had a good first half in some respects, with eight points and seven rebounds. But matched against Ousmane, it appeared he had some trouble springing off the floor and with lateral movement.
Regardless, he played with significant heart and finished with 11 points and 12 boards. Medor led the Roadrunners with 12 points and John Buggs III had 10.
Foul trouble plagued UTSA freshman standout DJ Richards. Richards had three in the first half and picked up a fourth early in the second half. He finished with eight points on three of 11 shooting. Richards was two of eight from three.
In scoring 54 points, the Roadrunners fell 16 shy of their season average. They also shot 32.7 percent from the field, which was also down from their 41.2 percent reading through the first 11 games.
North Texas 10-2, 1-0
UTSA at Louisiana Tech, Dec. 29;; UTSA at UAB, Dec. 31.
Former UTSA great Devin Brown was a face in the crowd at courtside. Brown, No. 3 on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,922 points, led the Roadrunners to the 1999 NCAA tournament. He later played in the NBA and won a championship with the Spurs. Brown was recently named to the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame.
Posting up to score
North Texas forward Abou Ousmane scores down low against UTSA. Ousmane produced 20 first-half points for the Mean Green. https://t.co/hyCDEtrt3Q pic.twitter.com/BJds5euSww
Double-clutching on the drive
UTSA's Japhet Medor with the sweet double clutch for two points, late first half. https://t.co/hyCDEtrt3Q pic.twitter.com/rbF0pxms4l
Taking it inside
Freshman Massal Diouf works inside to score for the Roadrunners late in the first half. https://t.co/hyCDEtrt3Q pic.twitter.com/OWeabwaIFT
With North Texas forward Abou Ousmane scoring 2o first-half points and the Mean Green clamping down defensively, the Roadrunners found themselves down by 11 at intermission. North Texas held UTSA to 32 percent shooting and surged at the break to a 34-23 lead.
UTSA's offense never got untracked in the half, shooting 9 of 28 from the field and 1 of 7 from three-point distance. Germany led the Roadrunners with eight points and seven rebounds at the break.
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UTSA's Steve Henson: 'I think we're locked in and ready to go'
Steve Henson's UTSA Roadrunners not only will need to hit some shots tonight, they'll likely need to hit the defensive glass hard to have success against the North Texas Mean Green. – Photo by Joe Alexander
Starting Conference USA play without one of his top three-point shooters and with his starting center likely hindered by a sprained ankle, Coach Steve Henson and the UTSA Roadrunners will host the North Texas Mean Green tonight at 7.
Henson said his players are ready.
"Our mindset is pretty good right now, excited," the coach said Wednesday. "It's kind of another start. You kind of go through different phases in a season. Certainly the start of league play is a big deal. Guys have had some good practices. I think we're locked in and ready to go."
In their last game, the Roadrunners (6-5) found an offensive groove in downing the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 90-69. Since that Sunday afternoon game, the team has had to face up to some adversity, with three-point shooting specialist Isaiah Addo-Ankrah ruled out for four weeks with a wrist fracture.
Also, center Jacob Germany twisted his ankle against the Wildcats, so the 6-foot-11 senior might not be full speed for the Mean Green (9-2). It's not a great time to be at less than full speed, because North Texas has won 20 or more games in four of the last five seasons.
They won 25 last year. In doing so, the Mean Green claimed the regular-season title in the C-USA with a 14-2 record. They went on to play in the NIT, downing Texas State and then falling to Virginia in the second round. This season, the Mean Green look as salty as ever.
They're holding teams to 51.6 points per game, which ranks second nationally behind only the Houston Cougars. Also, they're 18th in offensive rebounding and 23rd in field goal percentage defense.
"We've got a great deal of respect for North Texas," Henson said. "It's a huge test for us right out of the gate."
Under sixth-year coach Grant McCasland, the Mean Green play a deliberate style designed to wear down and frustrate opponents. They beat UTSA twice last year using that very formula, holding the Roadrunners to fewer than 50 points in games played in Denton and San Antonio.
This year, they've held opponents under 50 four times. The Saint Mary's Gaels solved the Mean Green mystery earlier this season, winnning 63-33 in Moraga, Calif. But the Gaels, incredibly, are the only team to eclipse 60 points on North Texas thus far.
"It's a whole combination (of things)," Henson said. "It all fits together very well. Pace gets your attention initially. Yesterday, KenPom (advanced metrics) had them as the second-slowest team in the country in number of possessions.
"You know, part of that is that they're hard to score on. So that affects the number of possessions. It's not just about them having long possessions offensively, but they also do that. So it's a bunch of factors. It's a very unique style of play."
North Texas — Guard Tylor Perry, a first-team all C-USA pick last year, leads the Mean Green in scoring at 17.7 per game. He's adept at knocking down jumpers late in the shot clock. Also, newcomer Kai Huntsberry is enjoying a solid season in his first year in Denton. He's second in scoring at 12.6. Forward Abou Ousmane, who played with UTSA's John Buggs III in prep school, averages 11.2 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds. Ousmane, Aaron Scott and Jayden Martinez (from Steele HS) are all significant threats on the offensive glass.
UTSA — Point guard Japhet Medor leads UTSA with 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists. Jacob Germany, who tweaked his ankle in the second half Sunday against Bethune-Cookman, averages 11.7 points and 7.4 rebounds. Without injured Isaiah Addo-Ankrah, John Buggs III and D.J. Richards will need to hit some perimeter shots to keep UTSA in contention tonight. Buggs is averaging 9.8 points and Richards 9.5. Richards leads the team in three-point percentage at 41.4.
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Buggs-Ousmane friendship adds a layer of intrigue to the UTSA-North Texas rivalry
UTSA's John Buggs III says his good friend Abou Ousmane of the North Texas Mean Green has been playfully 'talking noise' on the eve of tonight's game at the Convocation Center. – Photo by Joe Alexander
If you ask John Buggs III a question, it's almost guaranteed that you'll get an interesting answer, around which he almost always spins a yarn about his life in basketball.
For instance, I asked Buggs yesterday about playing tonight at the UTSA Convocation Center against the North Texas Mean Green.
It's the Conference USA opener for both Buggs and the UTSA Roadrunners and the Mean Green, who have been a dominant force in the league for the past five seasons.
As a newcomer in the UTSA program, Buggs has yet to experience what it's like to host the Mean Green at the Bird Cage.
Other than last season when North Texas dominated in a 59-48 victory, the UTSA-North Texas games played in San Antonio recently have been close, coming down to one or two possessions in the final minutes.
The crowd, as you'd expect, has usually been animated and vocal.
I was curious to get Buggs' take on the rivalry, and what the game means to him at this juncture of an up and down season for the Roadrunners.
Also, what it means to him, to get a crack at the defending conference regular-season champions on opening night.
"I feel like we're very excited," Buggs said. "It's an unbelievable opportunity that we have. We can definitely open a lot of eyes by getting a win, you know."
It's been a tough deal for UTSA to get many wins against North Texas lately.
In five previous seasons under Coach Grant McCasland, the Mean Green have posted a 6-2 record against the Roadrunners, including 3-2 in San Antonio.
Since 2017-18, North Texas has won handily in all three games against UTSA in Denton, all by double digits. In San Antonio, as mentioned, the games have been hotly contested for most of the 40 minutes on the game clock.
For instance, in December 2017, UTSA freshmen Jhivvan Jackson and Keaton Wallace and Co. battled to the end before North Texas made a few plays and won, 72-71.
In January 2019, Jackson hit a memorable, spinning jump shot in the final seconds to lift the Roadrunners to a 76-74 victory.
Two years ago, during the pandemic season, North Texas played at UTSA on back-to-back nights. The Mean Green pulled out a 77-70 decision on the front end of the double dip.
But UTSA bounced back the next night to exact revenge, winning 77-69 against a North Texas team that would go on to play in the NCAA tournament.
Last season, North Texas was all over UTSA at the Bird Cage with a smothering defensive effort. It was all Mean Green down the stretch in a 59-48 drubbing.
Buggs likely doesn't know all the history, but he does know a little about this year's North Texas squad based on film study.
He knows North Texas is a quality team, one of the best in the nation defensively, and that a win tonight for UTSA could really alter the trajectory of the season.
"I'm really excited," Buggs said, a smile creasing his face. "One of my (former) teammates plays on their team, so we've been talking back and forth a little bit."
Who does he know?
"Abou Ousmane," Buggs replied. "We played together for a year at prep school."
In Connecticut, in the 2018-19 season, right?
At the Putnam Science Academy?
"Yeah, he's a little younger than me," Buggs said. "But we were at the same prep school for a little while. Last year, when I was at Juco (at Hill College, in Hillsboro) I went to watch him play (in Denton) many, many times.
"(Ousmane) was one of my best friends in prep school. So, you know, we got a little duel going on (this week)."
If you think about it, the Buggs-Ousmane reunion is quite a hoops coincidence. Buggs is from northwest Louisiana and Ousmane, a 6-10 forward, is from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Both played together at the prep school in northeast Connecticut for one year, became friends and now they're on opposite teams for a bragging-rights type game, scheduled to be contested in San Antonio, a few days before Christmas in 2022.
"We definitely have kept in touch," Buggs said, smiling. "It's going to be a show (tonight) for sure."
So, have you talked to him or texted in the last several days?
"Yeah, I talked to him two days ago?" he said in an interview Wednesday at UTSA. "Actually before the Bethune-Cookman game (last Sunday), he was calling, talking noise. You know, he was throwing (verbal) shots. I said, 'We ready.' It's going to be a good test for us tomorrow.
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Wrist injury is expected to sideline UTSA's Isaiah Addo-Ankrah for four weeks
Quietly, UTSA forward Isaiah Addo-Ankrah served as an inspiration to his teammates for all the extra time he spent working on his game in the offseason.
UTSA forward Isaiah Addo-Ankrah played in all 11 games this season and averaged 7.3 points before an X-ray revealed a wrist fracture that would keep him out four weeks. — File photo by Joe Alexander
In early September, for instance, the UTSA women's basketball team usually worked out in the morning hours, followed by the women's volleyball squad in the early afternoon, followed later in the day by Addo-Ankrah and his friends in men's basketball.
Sometimes, a visitor would show up in the morning thinking that Coach Karen Aston's women's basketball squad would be on the floor, only to discover that it was a scheduled day off.
Instead, the visitor would walk in to a nearly empty gym to the sound of squeaking shoes, with a couple of Coach Steve Henson's men's team players taking advantage of the open court to get up extra shots.
One day, it was Addo-Ankrah, who explained later that he'd committed to complete a couple of challenges from coaches — to make 10,000 3-pointers, outside of scheduled practices — in two different segments of the offseason.
As a consequence, the Houston native was in the gym up to three times a day from June through September. It was disheartening, in that regard, for the Roadrunners to learn recently that a fractured wrist 11 games into the season will sideline Addo-Ankrah for four weeks.
"It's really disturbing to hear that," UTSA guard John Buggs III said on the eve of the team's Conference USA opener against North Texas. "Isaiah's probably one of the more hard-working players on our team.
"He doesn't have as many (natural) gifts as other people athletically, but, man, his work ethic … It's just so heartbreaking for him. We hate that for him. Hopefully he'll get well as soon as possible."
The renewal of the hotly-contested, in-state rivalry between the Roadrunners and the Mean Green will take place on Thursday night at UTSA. Fortunately for UTSA, center Jacob Germany is expected to play.
Germany suffered a nasty-looking ankle sprain on Sunday afternoon in the Roadrunners' 90-69 victory over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. UTSA (6-5) had a day off on Monday and then practiced Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation for the defending C-USA regular-season champions.
Led by guards Tylor Perry and Kai Huntsberry, North Texas (9-2) has won four in a row on the season. In addition, the Grant McCasland-coached Mean Green have won six out of eight against the Roadrunners in the series over the past five seasons.
Henson discussed his team's preparations and his personnel issues after a two-hour drill Wednesday afternoon.
"We didn't do much, up and down, either day," Henson said. "As much as we'd love for there to be some pace in the game tomorrow, we don't anticipate there will be a lot of pace, so we did a lot of stuff on the halfcourt, offensively and defensively. Jacob was able to do most of it both days.
"He looked progressively better today than he did yesterday, so I don't think he'll be 100 percent, but he'll play."
Addo-Ankrah apparently had been playing with some discomfort in his left (non-shooting) wrist for some time. Because of lingering pain, a new X-ray was ordered. It revealed a fracture.
"He's going to miss about four weeks," the coach said.
The circumstances on how Addo-Ankrah suffered the injury weren't immediately clear.
"He injured it a long time ago," Henson said. "Initially, it didn't show a fracture. He started feeling a little better. But he wasn't quite getting over the hump there, so they re-X-rayed and they found a small fracture."
For the season, Addo-Ankrah had played in all 11 games with eight starts. A three-point shooting specialist, he was fifth on the team, averaging 7.3 points.
Though Addo-Ankrah made a season-high four triples on Sunday afternoon against Bethune-Cookman, his shooting percentages were down from last season, as he was hitting .366 from the field and .313 from three.
Henson didn't specify how he planned to fill the 23.5-minutes per game void. But, likely, players such as Aleu Aleu, Lamin Sabally and Lachlan Bofinger will need to step up.
"I think (Isaiah's) presence will be missed as far as spacing the floor and creating driving lanes, that type of thing," Buggs said. "But we have other guys that can get in the lane or attack the paint, affect the game with offensive rebounding, that type of stuff.
"I think we have guys that are ready to step up and take on a bigger role."
Buggs said it's a good sign for the team to see the efforts that Germany made to practice on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.
"It just sends a message that we're all about being tough and trying to grind it out, and do whatever we need to do to win," Buggs said. "I feel like, with Jacob playing, that puts us in the best position to win."
North Texas at UTSA, Thursday, 7 p.m.
North Texas 9-2
North Texas' top players are guards Perry and Huntsberry, with 6-10 power forward Abou Ousmane playing inside. Buggs said he was Ousmane's teammate years ago in Connecticut at the Putnam Science Academy.
"He was one of my best friends in prep school," Buggs said.
Buggs said he talked to Ousmane recently, likely in the days before the Bethune-Cookman game. "He was calling, talking noise," Buggs said. "He was throwing (verbal) shots. I said, 'Hey, we ready.' It's going to be a good test for us tomorrow. Definitely."
The Mean Green have won at least 20 games in four of the past five seasons under McCasland. They reached the NCAA tournament in 2021 and advanced to the round of 32.
Last year, they finished 25-7 and 16-2 in the C-USA. North Texas played in the NIT, defeated Texas State and then lost to Virginia in the second round.
Posted in College basketball | Tagged Conference USA, Isaiah Addo-Ankrah, Jacob Germany, John Buggs III, North Texas Mean Green, UTSA Roadrunners | Leave a reply | 't surprise me," Love said. "I'm confident in Siena. She's a pure shooter. She can shoot the ball with her eyes closed."
UTSA 3-8, 1-1
UAB 8-4, 0-3
UTSA at Middle Tennessee State, Jan. 5
UTSA at Western Kentucky, Jan. 7
UAB — Guard Denim DeShields had 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Off the bench, Forward Destinee McGhee scored 11 and forward Tracey Bershers had 10. Margaret Whitley, the team's leading scorer, was held zero for eight shooting and four points.
UTSA — Guard Sidney Love, a season-high 23 points. Also seven rebounds. Jenkins, averaging a C-USA best 20.6 coming in, had 13 points in 18 minutes limited by foul trouble. Guttadauro, nine points on three of five triples, all in the fourth quarter. Guard Kyra White, four points, 10 rebounds, nine assists.
The Roadrunners shuffled their starting lineup, going with Madison Cockrell, Hailey Atwood, Queen Ulabo, White and Jenkins. Love and Elyssa Coleman (seven points, seven rebounds) were the first players to sub into the game for UTSA.
Freshman Madison Cockrell started in the backcourt and produced six points, two assists and two rebounds. – Photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA outrebounded UAB, 53-35, including 21-8 on the offensive glass. The Roadrunners also made a season-high 11 three-point shots. They held the best three-point percentage team in the C-USA to eight of 29 from distance.
Delino DeShields Sr. is the father of UAB's freshman point guard. Her brother, Delino Jr., has played seven years in MLB, including last season with the Cincinnati Reds. Sister Diamond DeShields is with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.
The Roadrunners controlled the boards, winning the battle on the offensive glass decisively, as they battled the UAB Blazers to a 29-29 deadlock at halftime.
The game played at the UTSA Convocation Center featured a battle of freshmen point guards. Denim DeShields had 13 at the half for the Blazers, while Madison Cockrell had six points and two assists for the Roadrunners.
JB's video replay
Drilling the game winner
UTSA forward Jordyn Jenkins hits a triple with nine seconds left for the game winner. Kyra White on the assist. https://t.co/hyCDEtJ4sq pic.twitter.com/bR4czVbn3X
— Jerry Briggs (@JerryBriggs) December 31, 2022
Firing up the three ball
UTSA freshman Siena Guttadauro with back-to-back triples. This one lifts the Roadrunners into a 63-61 lead on the UAB Blazers. https://t.co/hyCDEtJ4sq pic.twitter.com/8dJczSAwXc
Making the simple play
UTSA finding am offensive rhythm in the fourth qtr. Ball moves and finds Elyssa Coleman open for two. https://t.co/hyCDEtJ4sq pic.twitter.com/Qa89QScH1z
Scooping the competition
UTSA freshman Maya Linton scores on a scoop at the bucket. UAB leads 53-46 after three quarters. https://t.co/hyCDEtJChY pic.twitter.com/wXnb4e8i8q
Driving the lane to score
UAB freshman Denim DeShields drives through traffic to hit a layup to give her 22 points. Blazers on a run, leading 48-43. Third qtr. 3:41. https://t.co/hyCDEtJ4sq pic.twitter.com/SCeDnkABsb
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New Year's Eve matinee: UTSA women hope to end 2022 on a high note against UAB
Sidney Love and the UTSA Roadrunners host the UAB Blazers today at the Convocation Center. Love is a freshman from Steele High School. – Photo by Joe Alexander
Another major test looms today for the UTSA women's basketball team.
The Roadrunners, improved but still a work in progress in their second season under Coach Karen Aston, host the UAB Blazers in a New Year's Eve contest at noon in the Convocation Center.
UTSA (2-8, 0-1 in Conference USA) is coming off its first home loss of the season Thursday night.
To recap, the Roadrunners hit a halfcourt shot at the buzzer and led by five points at the half. They led by three at the end of three quarters. But they couldn't hold on, falling 62-57 to all C-USA guard Keiunna Walker and the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters.
The Blazers (8-3, 0-2 in Conference USA) likely don't have a player with Walker's credentials. But they do feature two capable backcourt players in senior Margaret Whitley and freshman Denim DeShields.
Whitley and DeShields are the sparks for a team that leads Conference USA in scoring. The Blazers and Rice Owls both average 77.4 points per game.
Whitley, DeShields and forward Lyndsey Robson all play big minutes, with the three averaging 25 minutes or more. They're 1-2-3 in scoring, respectively, for the Blazers and 10th-year coach Randy Norton.
DeShields comes from a notable athletic family, with her father, Delino DeShields, Sr., having played 13 years in the major league baseball. Her brother, Delino Jr., is in the major leagues and her sister, Diamond, makes her living in professional basketball in the WNBA.
To beat UAB, UTSA will need to guard the three-point line. The Blazers lead the conference in shooting from beyond the arc at 37.8 percent, with Whitley hitting at an eye-opening 48.3 clip.
Lately, the Blazers have been frustrated in losing their first two conference games — both on the road — to the Charlotte 49ers and the UTEP Miners. The Blazers were stymied in a 76-58 loss at UTEP Thursday night on the first game of a road trip through Texas.
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Louisiana Tech rallies in the fourth quarter to knock off UTSA
Guard Keiunna Walker buries a jumper down the stretch for the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. Walker finished with 20 points in a 62-57 victory over UTSA. https://t.co/hyCDEtJChY pic.twitter.com/CmJGD6cHfb
Louisiana Tech guard Keiunna Walker fell hard underneath the UTSA basket early in the fourth quarter and wobbled off the floor to take a breather.
A few minutes of rest was all she needed.
Jordyn Jenkins scored 21 points for her fourth straight game of 20 or more. – Photo by Joe Alexander
Walker returned late in the game to knock down two shots, helping LA Tech rally for a 62-57 victory over the Roadrunners.
Lady Techsters coach Brooke Stoehr, with her team down three points at the end of three quarters, applauded her team's defensive effort down the stretch.
"I thought the defensive effort in the fourth quarter was tremendous, to hold them to 10 (points)," Stoehr said. "We had two quarters, the first quarter and fourth quarter, I thought we were pretty solid defensively.
"(We'd) given up a bunch of offensive rebounds in the second and third quarters, and we just talked to them a lot about, 'Hey, they're a great rebounding team,' and (UTSA coach) Karen (Aston) has 'em playing so hard.
"They put a lot of pressure on you with (Jordyn) Jenkins and (Elyssa) Coleman in there, in the paint. I think (UTSA guard Hailey) Atwood had three or four (offensive boards) at halftime on the offensive end.
"So, just really proud of our group, and how they continue to fight. It's tough to win on the road."
With the victory, Louisiana Tech (8-4 overall) overcame the absence of injured forward Anna Larr Roberson and evened its record in Conference USA to 1-1.
Hailey Atwood finished with six points and seven rebounds off the bench for the Roadrunners. – Photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA (2-8, 0-1) skidded to its third straight loss, coming up short on its home court against one of the conference's better teams.
For Roadrunners coach Karen Aston, the loss was a tough one because she wanted to win her C-USA opener for everyone in her home arena who attended on a holiday week night.
She also wanted a win for her players, who have put in the hard work at practices this season, only to lose by seven or fewer points in seven of the eight losses.
"Even though (fans) wanted to win tonight, I think they would appreciate the effort and how close we are right now. I know the focus is on us not finishing games. But we weren't even in the games last year. We've made remarkable progress."
With UTSA holding a 47-44 lead entering the fourth quarter, Louisiana Tech forward Lotte Sant immediately stepped out and nailed a three to forge a tie.
From there, both teams went cold, scoreless for almost four minutes. In that stretch, Walker had to leave the game when she was hit from behind and fell hard under the UTSA basket.
Walker walked off the floor after both the LA Tech team trainer and coach came out to check on her. It was potentially a big loss for the Lady Techsters, because she had 16 points at the time.
UTSA guard Kyra White was held scoreless on zero for six shooting, but she contributed in a big way with seven rebounds, six assists and two steals. – Photo by Joe Alexander
Fortunately for LA Tech, she returned three minutes later just as UTSA was beginning to pick up some momentum.
Coleman went to work inside, got fouled and sank two free throws with 2:32 remaining, pulling the Roadrunners to within one.
On the next trip upcourt for LA Tech, Walker knocked down an 18-foot jumper. After Jenkins answered for UTSA with a bucket to make it a one-point game again, Walker struck one more time.
Getting the ball on the left side, she circled to the right on the dribble and then cut to the basket, sinking a driving layup while also drawing a foul.
Walker lay motionless after she hit the floor and had to come out again, the victim of apparent cramping.
Teammate Mackenzie Wurm, stepping to the line in Walker's place, knocked down the free throw for a 59-55 lead with 1:30 remaining.
UTSA could get no closer than two points the rest of the way.
"Just reallty proud of our players," Stoehr said. "We've had a lot of people step up. We're a little short-handed right now. Just, facing a lot of adversity. So it's good to see our bench come in and do what they did."
LA Tech 8-4, 1-1
UAB at UTSA, Saturday, at noon
Louisiana Tech — Keiunna Walker, 20 points on seven of 15 from the field and six of seven at the free throw line; Lotte Sant, 15 points on five of six from 3-point distance; Salma Bates, 12 points and six rebounds; Amaya Brannon, 10 points, three rebounds and three steals.
UTSA — Jordyn Jenkins, 21 points on nine of 20 shooting from the field; Elyssa Coleman, double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds, with four of 11 shooting; Queen Ulabo, eight points on three of four afield; Hailey Atwood, six points and seven rebounds off the bench; Kyra White, zero points, seven assists and six rebounds; Sidney Love, two points and three assists.
Madison Cockrell and Jordyn Jenkins celebrate after Cockrell hits a long shot to end the first half. – Photo by Joe Alexander
Freshman Madison Cockrell banked in a 40-footer at the halftime buzzer to give the UTSA Roadrunners an emotional lift and a 33-28 lead at intermission.
Cockrell's heave from just inside the halfcourt stripe, launched on the dribble, underscored UTSA's shot-making ability — and perhaps its good fortune — in the half.
The Roadrunners connected on 15 of 31 from the field and three of six from 3-point distance over the first and second quarters.
Louisiana Tech forward Anna Larr Roberson, a career 1,000-point scorer for the Lady Techsters, did not play. She was on the bench with what appeared to be a cast on her right hand. A LA Tech spokesman described it as a finger injury.
UTSA freshman Alexis Parker did not play. She had a walking boot on her right foot and wasn't suited up. Parker, from Brandeis High School in San Antonio, scored 11 points in UTSA's last game, a 93-89 overtime loss at Houston on Dec. 21.
Jenkins on the run
UTSA forward Jordyn Jenkins runs the floor, receives a pass from Kyra White and scores an easy two. Roadrunners, 19-15, w/8:02 in second qtr. https://t.co/hyCDEtJChY pic.twitter.com/jRYJmMANch
Driving for two
UTSA's Elyssa Coleman takes it to the basket for a field goal in the first quarter. Louisiana Tech
leads 13-10 after one period. https://t.co/hyCDEtJChY pic.twitter.com/BTQPgnVyKo
In the spin cycle
Louisiana Tech guard Keiunna Walker executes a spin move and then hits a jumper in the third quarter at UTSA. https://t.co/hyCDEtJChY pic.twitter.com/9EehlOLR65
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Lady Techsters veterans pay a visit to test the young Roadrunners
UTSA guard Kyra White (left) and coach Karen Aston talk after practice earlier this week as they prepare to face the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. Tipoff is at 7 tonight at the Convocation Center. https://t.co/hyCDEtJChY pic.twitter.com/WyNfb9nGEJ
The three-time national champion Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters, one of the original powers in women's college basketball, will play in San Antonio tonight against the UTSA Roadrunners.
Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at the Convocation Center.
Led by Jordyn Jenkins, the leading scorer in Conference USA, UTSA (2-7) hopes to start a winning trend in its first C-USA game of the season.
Jenkins averages 20.6 points for the Roadrunners, who are undefeated at 2-0 on the home court and winless in five road games, plus two at neutral sites.
Six of UTSA's seven losses have come by seven points or less, including a 93-89 loss in overtime at Houston on Dec. 19, the team's last outing before breaking for Christmas.
In the game at UH, the Roadrunners erased a 21-point deficit with a stirring rally that fell short, as they dropped a 93-89 decision to the Cougars in overtime.
Louisiana Tech (7-4, 0-1) lost its first conference game, falling to the UTEP Miners 62-54 at home on Dec. 18. The Lady Techsters have been off since then.
Picked second in Conference USA, the LA Tech features guard Keiunna Walker and 6-foot-3 forward Anna Larr Roberson. UTSA coach Karen Aston also pointed out assist leader Silvia Nativi as another concern.
UTSA is a young team, with Aston expected to start a freshman point guard in Sidney Love and is likely to use three and perhaps four other first-year players in the rotation.
Love, Alexis Parker, Madison Cockrell and Maya Linton all played in the Houston game. Siena Guttadauro is a talented fifth freshman for UTSA.
Nobody is calling the Roadrunners the Baby Birds yet, but they could. They'll be tested by the likes of Walker and Roberson, who have combined to play in 213 games at LA Tech. Walker, the preseason Player of the Year in the conference, has played in 120.
Both helped lead LA Tech last season to 21 victories, a trip to the C-USA tournament title game and an appearance in the Women's NIT.
LA Tech was one of the storied programs in the women's game in the 1980s. The Lady Techsters won the 1981 national title in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) and then claimed NCAA championships in 1982 and 1988.
"I know that they're a very developed team," UTSA's Kyra White said of Lousiana Tech. "They have a lot of experience. Multiple guards coming back that have been there for a year, multiple years. Very strong post presence down low. And I just know that they're going to come in to our house ready to compete. So, we just have to match that energy."
UAB at UTSA, Saturday at noon.
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Monster rally in Houston boosts UTSA leading into C-USA play
UTSA forward Jordyn Jenkins averages 20.6 points per game to rank 16th in the nation and first in Conference USA. The Roadrunners open C-USA play by hosting the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Thursday night. – File photo by Joe Alexander
More than a week has passed since a remarkable women's college basketball game unfolded at the Fertitta Center in Houston.
In the beginning, the Houston Cougars roamed the passing lanes and pounced on just about every pass thrown by the young UTSA Roadrunners.
An early lead for Houston ballooned to 10. Then to 15. As UTSA kept throwing the ball away, the advantage for the home team widened to 21.
It was only the second quarter, and it looked as if the Cougars might win by 30 or 40 or more. Well, let's just say that it didn't quite work out that way.
With UTSA junior forward Jordyn Jenkins putting on a show en route to a career-high 35 points, the Roadrunners opened eyes by unleashing a monster rally, coming all the way back into a few second-half tie scores, before losing 93-89 in overtime.
In one sense, the Houston game is ancient history. It was played nine days ago. Before Christmas. Back before the arctic blast.
In the present tense, the weather has warmed again, and UTSA (2-7) is back home at the Convocation Center, hoping to start a winning trend to coincide with the start of Conference USA play.
Eager to put all those pre-conference losses behind them, Roadrunners are preparing to host the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (7-4) on Thursday night, before they entertain the UAB Blazers (8-2) on Saturday afternoon.
Their last game, nonetheless, remains top of mind.
Coaches and players keep talking about Houston. Aston played the tape of it for her players' again on Tuesday morning.
The video showed two versions of the Roadrunners.
One of them failed to answer the call after the opening tip, committed numerous turnovers and eventually fell behind, 39-18, midway through the second quarter.
The other played with heart and rallied on a 32-11 streak over a 13-minute stretch that spanned the end of the second and most of the third periods.
That same team battled to the end, with standout performances from several players, including double-digit scoring efforts from Jenkins, Elyssa Coleman, Kyra White and Alexis Parker.
"We re-watched (the tape) this morning," Aston said late Tuesday afternoon. "What I still don't know is, what turns their motors on? I mean, I don't know if they were nervous to start the game, or what.
"They looked a little bit frozen, and then — somewhere in the midst of the second quarter — we got our motors running."
White, a junior from Judson, said the team still feels positive vibes from the Houston game, even though it will go down as a loss in the record book.
And even though UTSA lost some close games earlier in the season with inconsistent play in the fourth quarter, she said she has a good feeling about the team overall.
"Our last game was Houston, and we lost in overtime, but the game showed a lot for our team," White said. "We showed grit. We showed fight. We just simply didn't quit. It was a good way to leave before (Christmas) break.
"Coming back, we're just trying to get everybody back under their feet and and ready to go play."
From this point forward, every team that UTSA plays will have Jenkins' name circled on the scouting report.
At Houston, she struggled early with the physicality of the Cougars' defense, but she kept battling and hit 12 of 17 shots from the field.
In one stretch, she wowed the crowd at the Fertitta Center with deft moves that you might see in a pro game.
Once, while set up at the elbow, she pivoted, spun through traffic and flipped up a shot left-handed into the net.
In another sequence, she came down on the fast break, sweeping past defenders and into the paint, to score again with the left hand.
The right-handed Jenkins leads Conference USA at 20.6 points per game, while making 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from three.
She's on a roll now, having scored 20 or more in five of her last six outings.
"She's extremely skilled," Aston said. "There's no question. She works on her craft. I mean, she's in the gym all the time (and) she wants to be great.
"The growth of our team is that we're starting to figure out who can do what, and I think our team is comfortable knowing they need to get her the ball some.
"I'm not sure we knew that a month ago.
"For her, she's making better decisions when she gets doubled. Right now, people are, I would say, picking poison against us."
Aston said the team still needs other players to step up and contribute.
"We also need to see Elyssa Coleman get the ball a little more down low," the coach said. "She was efficient when she got it (at Houston), and then, you know, we need to have (other) players make open (perimeter) shots."
Louisiana Tech at UTSA, Thursday, 7 p.m.
UAB at UTSA, Saturday, noon.
C-USA standings
FAU 1-0, 8-2
UTEP 1-0, 8-2
Middle Tennessee 1-0, 8-2
Charlotte 1-0, 5-5
Western Kentucky 0-0, 3-6
North Texas 0-0, 3-7
Rice 0-1, 9-1
Louisiana Tech 0-1, 7-4
FIU 0-1, 5-5
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UTSA men to embark on a C-USA trip to Louisiana Tech, UAB
UTSA guard Japhet Medor returned to practice Wednesday after experience holiday travel delays in getting to San Antonio from his home in Florida. – File photo by Joe Alexander
Forging through a few uncertainties coming out of the Christmas break, the UTSA Roadrunners are scheduled to take a bus ride to Louisiana today on their first Conference USA trip of the season.
The Roadrunners (6-6, 0-1) are scheduled to play the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (7-5, 0-1) on Thursday night in Ruston. Next up, UTSA will move on to Alabama to face the UAB Blazers on Saturday.
The most pressing issue for UTSA centers around starting point guard Japhet Medor.
Steve Henson's UTSA Roadrunners hope to gain traction in the Conference USA race with a victory at Louisiana Tech. – File photo by Joe Alexander
Like most players on the team, Medor went home for the holidays. He was in Florida visiting family as the Roadrunners took three days off following a Dec. 22 home loss to North Texas.
When UTSA returned to on campus workouts Monday, Medor was not there.
Like a lot of people traveling this week, he had been unable to get from Point A to Point B on his itinerary. The last time I checked with Roadrunners coach Steve Henson on Tuesday afternoon, Medor was expected to arrive in San Antonio some time Tuesday night.
The team's leading scorer was due to work out with the team Wednesday morning before everyone boarded a bus bound for Ruston. In a late-breaking development, the Medor travel issue has been resolved.
Henson just texted to say that Medor had arrived in San Antonio on Tuesday night, as scheduled, and practiced with the team on Wednesday.
Another issue of note was the ongoing question surrounding the status of 7-foot center Carlton Linguard, Jr. UTSA, as expected, has forwarded its request to the NCAA to clear a path for the former Stevens High School standout to gain immediate eligibility.
A transfer from Kansas State, Linguard has been ineligible since he arrived this summer. Henson | 5,717 |
As with most things in Year of the Grown-Up, I discovered my ignorance about introductions one day when I was giving one and realized I wasn't quite sure I was doing it properly.
These days In the U.S., nearly anything goes with introductions in a casual environment. As long as you actually introduce people who you aren't sure know each other, and say at least one of their names (two is ideal, but if you remember one, hey – fohgettaboutit – they will usually introduce themselves to the other), you have been polite in the general sense.
But if you are in a more formal environment, say, with current or prospective colleagues or at a function with many in-the-know people, being able to provide a more formal introduction with comfort and ease will let you feel more confident and not draw unwanted attention (for being ignorant of the "appropriate" practice).
There is a hierarchy of honor when<|fim_middle|> you can reverse them, too. If you have a favorite story you want to tell, start with that and figure out what it is about your friend that made those times so great. Was it their spontaneity? Their availability? Their kindness? Now you have your characteristic and your anecdote.
Sandwich your positive characteristics and anecdotes between an intro and a closing (definitely see that art of manliness article for tips on transitioning to a toast), and include thanks to those in attendance and/or for the opportunity to share about the honored person. Voila!
One final tip. Before you get up to speak, have in mind how you're going to finish your speech. It's easy to rattle on for several minutes after you're done simply because you haven't found a stopping point. So practice ahead of time a closing statement and use it. You will feel less awkward and everyone will appreciate your succinct closure.
Would this one-two method work for you? Do you have any additional tips? Please share! | introducing people.
Address the person of higher honor by name, and "present" the other person to them.
There are two hierarchies in play, one for business situations and one for social situations. In the old days there was only one, but I guess changes in women's roles and career norms in general necessitated the adjustment. So these days we have two.
If you can only be troubled to remember one of the two, I'd go with the business one. Most people won't fault you for using it, and formal business situations are more common than formal social situations for most of us (seems like many of our formal social situations are often related to employment anyway). But really, once you learn the business one, the social one is a snap. The only thing you actually have to remember is to use it.
Did you catch that? The social hierarchy is exactly the same as the business hierarchy, you just ignore the part that pertains to business.
First, assess who takes the place of honor.
For a business situation, whoever is highest up the corporate ladder takes the place of honor. If the parties are of the same position, the female takes the place of honor. If they are of same rank and both female, the elder takes the place of honor.
For Social Situations do the same thing, just ignore their career bits. If both parties are of the same gender and same age, just go with it. You can give your family member or close friend the place of honor if you want, but whatever is fine.
Tip: Stay away from using the word "introduce". There are some very subtle technicalities to it (again, check out Karen's article), and by using it you risk botching the introduction. If the situation is formal enough to require "introduce", use "present" instead and you're guaranteed to get it right.
Good morning, Monsieur Labisse… May I present to you, Monsieur Hugo Cabret.
Use first and last names as often as possible (again, Isabelle gets it right).
In conversational atmospheres, mention something about each party that you think the other will find interesting. Do this after you have completed the introduction, starting again with the person of honor. For instance, "Mom, this is my friend Kate. (Elders first.) Kate, my mom loves to cruise and recently took her first Transatlantic voyage. (Told something about mom first.) Mom, Kate cruised the Mediterranean last year and posted all about it on her blog. Now they have something to talk about. Especially great if you don't want to carry the conversation yourself.
Give an everyday introduction however you want, but learn the proper protocol for formal situations.
Use full names as often as possible and offer interesting information about the parties you're introducing.
And that's it. Let me know how it goes!
Have you ever been traumatized by the thought of giving a toast or having to stand up and say something about a friend at a party? If so, I've got just the thing for you. A quick, easy, two-step, way to put together an honoring speech, even at a moment's notice.
Recently my mother-in-law was preparing to give a eulogy at her mother's memorial service; she had gathered memories and favorite stories from the kids and had come to that difficult moment of trying to put it all together. And something occurred to me that I wish would have popped into my brain a dozen years ago. An easy way to prepare a toast, eulogy, or other honoring "speech" that will get you through the crisis phase in no time at all.
Now, this is the very basic of templates. A map that will take you from 0% to 85% of a solid honoring speech. For the finer points, keep looking. For toasts, I highly recommend the Art of Manliness article about giving a great toast as a best man. It covers the finer points of this art and gives great guidelines and reminders for all sorts of toasts.
As you prepare, I suggest capturing thoughts and notes on paper. It will keep you from trying to keep it all straight in your head, and a second draft can serve as a cheat sheet. Shall we begin?
1) Make a list of favorable characteristics of the person you're speaking about.
Be sure to include something that speaks to the "heart" of the individual. As the wife of a dude who is regularly remembered for being quite funny and a great storyteller, I know that when this is the only thing people compliment him on, he wonders if he actually contributes anything else to the world. Everyone likes to know they're enjoyed. Definitely talk about that. But also mention how generous the person is, or how they are always the first to serve, or that they are tender-hearted, or whatever.
2) Pick two or three things from your list (depending on how much time you're given for your speech and your propensity for being long-winded) and think of anecdotes or examples of that characteristic.
If you're talking about the person's generosity, tell about the time they had pizza delivered to your house during a particularly trying time. If you're taking about what a prankster they were, tell about how they put your office phone in a full mold of jello. But not in front of the boss.
Which leads me to this reminder: always consider your audience and whether your statements might offend someone, get the honored person into any trouble, or cast them in a negative light.
If in doubt, ask the person (or for a memorial service, ask the person's immediate family) if they mind. "Hey, I was thinking about what I might say tomorrow night and wanted to run something by you. Do you mind if I share the story about sneaking out to go get frosties at the 24-hour Wendy's the night before graduation? Your mom already knows about that, right?" Something like that will do just fine.
That's it. Two easy steps. And | 1,230 |
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