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In the House Upon the Lake and the Woods
#ArtLitPhx: Spillers No. 4
April 25, 2016 April 28, 2016 Superstition Review
Spillers is Phoenix's premier short fiction storytelling event. Spillers organizers pick 6 of Phoenix's best writers, put them on a stage, feature them in 2 episodes of the Spillers After Show podcast, and publish their stories in a collectible book available the night of the event.
The event takes place Monday, May 2nd, 2016 @ 7:30 PM in the Crescent Ballroom.
Spillers is cohosted by Robert Hoekman Jr and Brian Dunn.
The Spillers are:
1. Joel Salcido: Joel translates the poetry of the barrio pigeons into surrealist prophecies. He is an MFA candidate in poetry at Arizona State University, and a member of the Gutta Collective, ARTRATs, and Chronic Illness.
2. Michael Holladay: Michael was born and raised in Kentucky. He is an MFA candidate at Arizona State University. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Saint Ann's Review, Paper Darts, Fiction Southeast, and elsewhere.
3. David Waid: David has two published short stories available on Amazon: Wicked and Loving Lies and Festival of Rogues. His debut novel, The Conjurers, is currently available for pre-order and publishes on June 1st.
4. Tara Ison: Tara is the author of the novels, A Child out of Alcatraz, The List, and Rockaway, the award-winning essay collection, Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies, and the short story collection Ball. She is an Associate Professor of Fiction at ASU.
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6. Matt Bell: Matt is the author of the novels Scrapper and In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods, as well as several other books. His next story collection, A Tree or a Person or a Wall, will be published in Fall 2016. A native of Michigan, he now teaches creative writing at Arizona State University.
Crescent Ballroom is a 21+ venue, so review the entrance policies on their website. The event is ticketed.
All ticket sale proceeds go to the Harmony Mosier GoFundMe campaign.
Spillers Website | Facebook Event | Tickets
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Congratulations to Matt Bell, whose second novel Scrapper is out in hardcover from Soho Press, available wherever you buy your books, including your local independent bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Powell's.
Contributor Updates Arizona State University, Conjunctions, Gulf Coast, In the House Upon the Lake and the Woods, Matt Bell, Scrapper, Soho Press, Young Lions Fiction Award Leave a comment | . Paul Mosier: Paul's fourth novel was acquired by HarperCollins as part of a two-book deal. The middle-grade Train I Ride will appear everywhere on January 10, 2017, and an even more depressing novel will come a year after | 55 |
Foreclosed or repo (repossessed) RVs are recreational vehicles that have been repossessed by a creditor when the owner fails to make payments on time. The bank or lender will then sell off the vehicle in an auction, often at whatever current state it's in and at a very low price, in order to recoup their losses. Learn how you can find, inspect, and bid on a foreclosed RV at a good value without being surprised or disappointed with the vehicle.
Check a bank's repo list. Ask your bank or credit union if they allow you to view their repo list. Look at this list to<|fim_middle|> to a price no higher than this amount.
Pay attention to the starting bid given by the seller as well, and start your bidding at or just above this price.
If you bid online, you may be able to set a maximum bid and enable absent bidding, allowing the system to bid for you up to your max amount.
Understand the terms and conditions from the seller. Review all contracts, terms, and conditions provided by the bank, reseller, or dealer regarding the bidding process and sale of an RV. Make sure you read any instructions and disclaimers carefully so you understand what you're obligated to.
Some resellers will require that you meet with a broker to ensure that you understand the terms of sale or the auction process before you can make a bid or offer.
Know that in general, you are bound to the sale of a repo RV once you place a bid on it, and the sale is "as is." This means that any issue or problem you find after the sale cannot be disputed, even if it wasn't documented by the seller. The sale is final, and without warranty.
Pick up your RV and make it street legal. Receive your RV whenever you have outbid other bidders, made payment, and signed necessary documents. Just like any other car or trailer, you need to ensure that it can legally be driven in your state before you can enjoy using it.
Re-title the vehicle in your name, get it insured, registered, and any other repairs or replacements done in order to make it street legal. Check with your state or county if there are any additional steps you need to take for an RV in particular.
If you bid on an RV from a bank's repo list, you may need to wait to find out if your bid was accepted after they compare with other offers. Only then can you perform an inspection of the unit before you sign the final paperwork, make payment, and take the RV home.
How can I become an agent that picks up RVs that are voluntarily returned to lenders. Is there a national service that handles this.
Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 48,687 times. | view and bid on the vehicles the lender has repossessed and is looking to sell, which may include RVs.
Note that the benefit of using this option is that you can finance the RV through the bank directly, and often with low or 0% interest rates. On the other hand, the downside is that lenders typically don't spend the money to clean or fix up repossessed vehicles before selling.
If you're interested in a repo RV sold directly from a lender, ask how the vehicle was repossessed. An RV turned in voluntarily is typically in much better shape than one that had to be seized from an uncooperative owner.
Buy from a repo reseller. Check out auctions held by resellers of repossessed RVs, which is the most common and popular way to buy them. Check out resellers' websites and local ads for to view and bid on their options or find out the location of an in-person auction.
Note that the advantage of buying from a reseller at auction is that they fix up the vehicles well, and are more interested in moving a high volume of inventory than marking up the starting price. Just beware of those that charge a "viewing cost" or any other unnecessary upfront charges.
Take note that it can be difficult to find quality RVs in a very large inventory of vehicles in all different conditions. Stay away from any that don't have a title with them or the reseller claims the title is "in transit," as it can be nearly impossible for you to claim ownership without one.
Try buying from a dealer. Try a used RV dealer to check out the repossessed RVs they've purchased at auction and fixed up. Note that this method doesn't offer as much savings on RVs as others do, but buying from a dealer eliminates the bidding process and may give you more options for financing and warranties.
Consider the advantages of buying repo RVs from a dealer. Dealers purchase these RVs at auction and will then do a good job of cleaning them up, replacing some items, and even doing minor repairs, so the RVs are in better shape when sold.
Know that the downside is that dealers will hike up the price on the repo RVs that they've fixed up. Unless you can spot a problem and are a savvy negotiator, you'll end up paying about the same price as any other used RV.
Check the rest of the market. Check out other auctions or reseller's websites to look at common prices, especially for RVs of a similar make and model or similar condition to one you're interested in. Be wary or prepared to negotiate on starting bids or asking prices that seem much higher than others in the market.
Consult the NADA Guide for the RV model you're interested in to find out the low value for the specific make and model. Make sure a seller isn't asking a rate that's higher than its true value, and that you're prepared to bid no more than it's really worth.
Consider that you want to pay less for a repo RV than you would if buying a regular used RV from a dealer or a private seller, especially if you don't have a lot of information about the vehicle. Considering all the unknowns about the previous owner, the risk to you warrants a significant price reduction.
Research the RV. Determine whatever information you can about an RV you're interested in from a lender, reseller, or dealer. Then do any additional research you need to to find out if you're getting a fair price and a good value considering the risk and quality of the vehicle.
Look for sellers that provide photos, vehicle histories, VIN numbers, and certified titles. The more information provided upfront the better, as it usually means the RV is in better shape, you can do better research, and you are closer to getting it road-ready.
If there are known repairs that need to be made on an RV, get a quote from an auto repair shop for the estimated amount it would cost to fix them, and factor that into your budget and considerations.
Inspect the RV thoroughly. Determine when and for how long you are able to inspect a repo RV you're interested in, and look it over thoroughly for possible damage. You might be able to schedule an appointment in advance, or view a unit along with the public before the start of an auction. You may even be able to test-drive a motorhome or truck camper.
Bring along an experienced mechanic or an RV expert to your inspection if you can. Get the fullest assessment possible about the car's conditions and possible problems so you know exactly what you're bidding on or buying.
If you are buying a repo RV from another state and can't inspect it in person, hire an independent inspection service or trusted mechanic to look at the RV for you.
Know your budget. Use your knowledge from the given vehicle information, your inspection, and your research to come up with an amount you will not go over when bidding on the RV you want. Then place your bid or multiple bids up | 1,011 |
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"I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
"I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill Essay Sample
Category: novel suicide
In her novel, "I'm the king of the castle", Susan Hill conveys the themes of imprisonment and escape through a number of key incidents, symbolism and using the relationship between characters.
Being trapped can to some people be a very traumatic experience. The sheer claustrophobia of it all can be extremely scarring. In this essay many forms of entrapment will be put forth but also many forms of escape.
One of the key incidents in the novel is when Edmund Hooper lures Charles Kingshaw into the Red Room. Inside the room are displays of old moths and dusty old books. The symbolism of all the moths pinned down is that of being trapped; the moths couldn't 'get free'. Hooper then runs out of the room and locks Kingshaw inside. Kingshaw here is trapped. Instead of crying for help, he stays quiet and waits until he can hear someone outside before making a noise to escape. This perhaps shows that he has been to boarding school and does not react in what we would call the normal way.
When Kingshaw finds Fielding, he was escaping from the house. He later used Fielding quite frequently as a way of getting away from Hooper for a bit but this later all comes crashing down as Hooper also befriends Fielding and turns him against Kingshaw. Because Fielding was Kingshaw's only friend, he lost his form of escape which effectively imprisons him in Hooper's house.
One of the major key incidents in the book that really puts forth the particular theme of imprisonment is when Kingshaw runs away to Hang Wood. It first starts out as an escape but when he realises that Hooper is following him, it turns into a metaphorical hell. Because of Hooper, they get lost and don't make it out onto the other side of the woods. This means that they have to stay in woods during a thunder storm which makes Hooper violently sick and panicky. After a while, they come across a clearing with a lake in it and they rest there for a few hours. During this time, they go into the lake for a swim and Kingshaw decides to look for a way out of the woods. He ties a bit of string around a tree so that he doesn't get lost and walks off. After a while, the string runs out and so he has to return but when he does Hooper is lying with his body in the water unconscious. The apparent story is that Hooper had tried to catch a fish but he had slipped and hit his head off a rock. When the two boys return home after being found, Hooper claims that Kingshaw had pushed him and deliberately tried to injure him.
After weeks of constant bullying, Kingshaw is so stressed that he commits suicide. This is what you<|fim_middle|> which makes it ideal for critical essays and class discussions.
Novels Alexandre Dumas
To Kill a Mockingbird essays
To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
SparkNotes: To Kill a Mockingbird | could call his ultimate escape. He wakes up one morning, retraces his steps to the clearing in Hang Wood with the lake and drowns himself.
The entire book is completely riddled with hidden symbolism and situations of imprisonment and escape | 47 |
1. Dining pavilion in Melbourne. A stroll across the garden brings guests to a three-sided entertaining area in this Australian backyard. Wisteria vines twine up the posts of the shade structure, and the table is placed to receive homemade pizzas hot out of the wood-fired oven.
In some cases, positioning an outdoor dining area away from the house can make sense — and can be worth a trip carrying a tray from the kitchen — as it creates an inviting focal point across the yard and a potentially memorable journey through the garden to get there. You're set if you have an outdoor kitchen or a pizza oven, but you could easily bring over a portable grill to cut down on trips to the kitchen.
2. Farm to table in Santa Barbara. This Central California backyard has the best of both worlds: a private bistro table for two set amongst the veggies and, on a patio closer to the kitchen, a dining table that seats six.
The two seating options make the backyard more versatile, depending on group size and time of day someone might like to enjoy either space. Either way, harvesting fresh herbs for garnishes is a cinch.
You can appreciate fresh ingredients when you're dining right next to where veggies, herbs and berries grow. If you have a smaller outdoor place, pot up container-friendly veggies and herbs in large terra-cotta pots and place them in a sunny spot near your outdoor dining table.
3. Romantic courtyard in Scotland. Fairy lights woven through fabric flowers create a magical atmosphere for this gravel courtyard in the Scottish Borders area, south of Edinburgh. In chilly summer climates, the addition of outdoor lights, sources of warmth and a rain cover, if needed, can extend how late into the evening you can use the outdoor rooms.
For this twinkling gravel courtyard, the designer styled the dining and seating arrangement as one might for a room indoors. Finishing touches, including flickering candles, a linen table runner and soft throws for draping over laps or around shoulders, contribute to making the courtyard feel just as cozy, and even more magical, than a room inside.
4. Laid-back in Los Angeles. An outdoor dining setup of two tables and lines of bench seats in clean white metal and blond wood sets a fresh, casual theme in this Los Angeles backyard. The patio is covered by an awning that keeps the dining area cool and shaded throughout the day.
Decorating the table with white, glass and green elements — including potted aeonium, dracaena and other foliage plants — elevates the design from casual picnic to elegant summer party. If you'd like to re-create this look, consider having tabletop-size potted plants on hand to use as centerpieces for all of your backyard occasions this season.
5. Cozy cubby in San Francisco. There's something that feels snug and inviting about this redwood slat pergola hung with strings of cafe lights, set across the yard from the main house. It's almost like a fort for grown-ups, made that much more sophisticated by the modern simplicity of the pergola's design and softening curtains hung from the entry. To replicate the feeling of this cozy space, create a ceiling to cover your outdoor dining setup and add an inviting glow with string lights.
6. Alfresco and upcycled in Ohio. Simply positioning a dining table in the most inviting place in your backyard — such as right next to spring beds in bloom or under a<|fim_middle|> blue together. Great table!
Stephanie, I like your backyard setting a lot !!! would love to know where you get the yellow chairs and the fire pit.
Chairs are from Ikea and fire bowl is from pottedstore.com in LA but delivers anywhere. | shade tree's canopy in summer — can be a fun strategy for mixing up your outdoor dining routine. To keep things casual and spontaneous, don't worry about matching chairs, cutlery or plates; just bring out what's easy to use and cut a few seasonal flowers for the table.
The owners of this Euclid, Ohio, home set up this charming outdoor dining table almost entirely with thrift store and dumpster finds. The 12-foot-long table was recycled from old barn siding, and the owner rescued the wooden folding chairs from a dumpster.
7. Green and serene in the Netherlands. In this verdant Dutch backyard in Bussum, southeast of Amsterdam, a patio bordered by lush planting beds packed to the brim with alliums, foxgloves, climbing roses and viburnums, creates a romantic setting for an outdoor meal. If the garden itself is the focus, as is the case here, keep the table setup simple and understated.
The designer chose a classic wood-and-metal dining table large enough to seat eight and coordinating cafe chairs. Pots of lavender act as long-lived, sweet-smelling centerpieces.
8. Party-ready in Austin. Designed for hosting outside, this Texas backyard has a flexible setup, including a grill, fire pit and wood dining set, all of which can be easily moved to suit the needs of the family or event.
Here, the backyard has been done up for a summer party, complete with bright, festive decorations, including a colorful string of papel picado (cut paper), cafe lights, bamboo lanterns and striped throw pillows. None of the decorations is expensive, but in combination all go a long way toward making this backyard feel like a fun, party-ready space.
9. Candlelit in Milan. This inviting terrace outside a home in Milan shows that you don't need much space or fussy furniture to create an outdoor dining space with plenty of ambiance. A simple wooden picnic table and bench seats feel understated yet elegant set with candelabras and dark plates.
To re-create this look, skip the paper plates and bring out candles and nice plates and cutlery from the house, making eating alfresco feel like an occasion. Going with all dark tones creates a particularly rich look.
10. Urban nook in San Francisco. When a young family bought a formerly industrial space in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District, one of their top priorities was to create an outdoor space for eating and allowing the kids to run around. The architect of the project took an existing concrete structure on the lot, cut it in half to open up one side and created a modern outdoor dining nook.
Organic elements like a light wood table, a living succulent centerpiece, a soft green lawn for the kids and a hanging root ball of a maple tree dug up on-site (the plan is eventually to turn this into a light fixture) all help soften the harsh, industrial feel of the raw concrete and make the urban dining space feel more livable.
Very nice Stephanie - I really like the yellow and cobalt | 618 |
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syn·onym /ˈsɪnəˌ<|fim_middle|>be synonymous relative to that context [syn: equivalent
word] | nɪm/ 名詞
同物異名,異名,別名,同義名,同義詞,同義詞,類似物
Syn·o·nym n.; pl. Synonyms
1. One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous. [Written also synonyme.]
All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words being taken up and appropriated by new shades and combinations of thought evolved in the progress of society. --De Quincey.
His name has thus become, throughout all civilized countries, a synonym for probity and philanthropy. --Macaulay.
In popular literary acceptation, and as employed in special dictionaries of such words, synonyms are words sufficiently alike in general signification to be liable to be confounded, but yet so different in special definition as to require to be distinguished.
2. An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.
3. One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym. [Rare]
n : two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to
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The development of Herceptin (trastuzumab) in the late 1980s and 1990s is one of the most remarkable advances in the treatment of breast cancer. The story of the drug and its pioneer, the "velvet jackhammer", Dennis Slamon, is neatly summarised in Siddhartha Mukherjee's award winning novel: "The Emperor of All Maladies – a Biography of Cancer" – a fascinating if not necessarily uplifting read.
In short, unlike traditional chemotherapy, trastuzumab is a monoclonal antibody which specifically targets a receptor known as HER-2 which is involved in the development of breast cancer. No-one disputes that the development of Herceptin was a landmark advance in the field of oncology – an area which above all others in medicine is full of uncertainty and false dawns.
Genentech had a compound patent to trastuzumab, the SPC for which will expire in July 2014. This was not challenged. However Hospira were aware of two additional patents held by Genentech in relation to a dosage regimen for trastuzumab and a composition of trastuzumab with less than certain thresholds of certain impurities. Both patents had been held invalid by the EPO Opposition Division but appeals to the TBA were pending. Therefore Hospira sought to invalidate the patents in the English Patents Court.
Following nine days of argument in Court in March, Birss J issued his judgment on 10 April 2014, finding both patents invalid, and also granting Hospira a declaration of non-infringement in respect of certain trastuzumab formulations.
The judgment contains a number of significant legal points, particularly in relation to the dosage regimen patent. This patent was essentially to a dosage regimen whereby the trastuzumab was administered to a breast cancer patient every three weeks, in contrast to the weekly dosage which was in use at the priority date of the patent. Claim 1 was in Swiss-type form which will be familiar to many readers as "use of X in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Y". Two of the most interesting legal issues, said to be common ground between the parties, related to claim construction for Swiss-type claims. The first was that it was agreed that "treatment" in the context of a Swiss-type claim means that the treatment is a functional technical feature – i.e. the claim is to something which is indeed an effective treatment – in this case for breast cancer. The second was that in the context of second medical use patents, "for" does not mean "suitable for" but rather "suitable for and intended for". Although noting that these aspects of claim construction were necessary to confer novelty on the claim over a proposal to administer the drug in the manner claimed, Birss J observed that clinical data was not always demanded in such patents. However plausibility was required by both the EPO (T609/02 Salk) and the UK Courts (Regeneron). Having construed the dosage regimen claim, the Judge considered the allegation of obviousness and in particular the prior art label for Herceptin from the US FDA which described a once weekly regimen with the chemotherapeutic agent paclitaxel being administered every three weeks. Birss J described a notional exercise involving the clinician consulting with a pharmacokinetics expert about the possibility of a three weekly regimen, and held that "there was no reason on pharmacokinetic grounds not to conduct the trial". In the circumstances, the Judge held that the patent was obvious over the FDA label for Herceptin combined with the common general knowledge. Having come to this conclusion, the Judge did not need to consider sufficiency. However, citing the leading Court of Appeal decision in Regeneron which held that the scope of the monopoly, as defined in the claims, must correspond to the technical contribution that the patentee has made to the art, the Judge held, obiter, that if the patent did involve an inventive step, then the skilled team would not conduct a clinical trial of the claimed three weekly dosage regimen on the basis of the information in the patent. Thus, if it involved an inventive step, the patent would be bad for insufficiency.
Finally on the dosage regimen patent, entitlement to priority was challenged and Genentech accepted that if priority was lost, the patent was invalid. Birss J noted the requirement for the priority document to provide an disclosure of the invention but also that "in a specification filed without claims, the various features found in the claim of the granted patent are unlikely to be written out in a neat paragraph". This is an interesting observation and probably of more general application since it is settled law that the content of any claims in the priority document is not crucial – the overall technical disclosure is what matters. The Judge also reluctantly disagreed with the TBA<|fim_middle|> at least the Biogen case in 1997. Overall, the Judge held that the priority document satisfied the "pure disclosure" requirement even though the enablement requirement was not met given his earlier findings.
As regards the second patent in issue, this claimed a composition containing trastuzumab and impurities known as "acidic variants" whereby the amount of acidic variant was less than about 25%. In common with recent decisions on numeric limitations, the parties agreed that the amount of impurity must be less than 24.5% in the composition. Birss J noted that during the trial, he had made a declaration in respect of certain formulations of trastuzumab which contained impurity levels of 25% and upwards. As regards validity, most of the claims were held anticipated by an earlier patent application called "Andya" and the remaining claim was held obvious over this citation. The claims were also held obvious by some slides presented at a conference by Reed Harris from the Analytical Chemistry Department of Genentech.
It remains to be seen whether Genentech will appeal and if so, if they will try and prevent Hospira launching their generic trastuzumab medicines pending that appeal. | decision in Gemvax (T903/05) which had held that plausibility was not a requirement for priority. Rather Birss J held that an "enabling disclosure" was needed as has been the law in the UK since | 51 |
Markgama<|fim_middle|> of Krasnoyarsk Krai | , or Markham Island (, literally "Island of Markham") is a small, isolated island in the southern region of the Kara Sea off Sorevnovaniya Bay. The island has only sparse tundra vegetation and is covered with snow for most of the year. The coast of the Taymyr Peninsula is located to the southeast.
The island's length is only and its maximum width is . The sea surrounding it is covered with pack ice with some polynias in the long winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer.
Markgama belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation. It is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve in Russia and one of the biggest in the world.
History
The area around Markgama was explored by Otto Sverdrup on the ship Eklips in 1914 while he was searching for Georgy Brusilov and Vladimir Rusanov. The island was named by Fridtjof Nansen after the British Arctic explorer Clements Robert Markham in 1893.
References
Ostrov Markgama at WorldCityDB.com
Otto Sverdrup to the Rescue of the Russian Imperial Navy, by William Barr
The Great Arctic State Nature Reserve at BigArctic.ru website
Islands of the Kara Sea
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Final for 3D Rendering Class at RIT.<|fim_middle|> | Programs used- Maya, Mental Ray, Mudbox and Photoshop. Spring 2011. *See below for link to WIP blog.
Proof of concept render for the client Global Cardiovascular Solutions . Programs used- Maya, Octane Render, Zbrush, Mudbox, Photoshop. Spring 2013.
Collaborative assignment for Collaborative Composite Class with photographer David Beyerlein and Han Mao. Programs used, Project Maya, Mental Ray, Zbrush, Mudbox and Photoshop. Winter 2013.
Lighting Study for Advanced Lighting at RIT. Programs used- Maya (rendered in Maya software with no post processing). Fall 2011.
Collaboration Project done with photographer William Young for Collaborative Composite class at RIT. Programs used- Maya, Mental Ray and Photoshop. Winter 2012.
Compositing Collaboration Project done with photographer Joi Ong for Advanced Lighting at RIT. Programs used- Maya and Photoshop. Fall 2011.
"The Home Office". Project for Environment Design at RIT. Mac G5 model courtesy of "faceofdesign" and keyboard model courtesy of "modelplusmodel". I am responsible for all other elements. Programs used- Maya, Mental Ray and Photoshop. Winter 2011-2012.
"Building 8 Interior". Collaborative Project for Environment Design at RIT with artists Jason Pries, Kate McFadden and Ben Miller. I was responsible for small asset modeling and texturing (main floor texture, rear chair models, trash cans, railings (plants and couches-not seen in this view)), in addition to asset placement and scene management. Programs used- Maya, Octane Render and Photoshop. Winter 2011-2012.
All elements were created in their entirety by Joel Ogden unless otherwise specified. | 382 |
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The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011. The Pupil Premium is designed to ensure that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who need it most. The funding is allocated to schools with pupils who are eligible for free school meals (DPP - Deprivation Pupil Premium), looked after children (LAC - Looked After Premium), pupils adopted from care (AFCP - Adopted From Care Premium) or have parents currently in the Armed Forces (SCP - Service Child Premium).
In 2019/20 the funding allocated to DPP was £1,320 per child, LAC was £2,300 per child and SCP was £300.
The following information and data has been provided to show how Churchdown Village Junior School used its Pupil Premium funding during the last academic year (2019/20) and how we plan to use the funding this year (2020/21).
CVJS PUPIL PREMIUM REPORT
Pupil Premium Information 2019/20
Total number of pupils on roll
Number of pupils entitled to pupil premium
27 (DPP: 14 LAC: 2 SCP: 11)
Total amount of funding received
Summary of Pupil Premium Spending 2019/20
Object<|fim_middle|> school and the subsequent challenges faced. Common barriers for FSM children can be less support at home, weak language and communication skills, lack of confidence, more frequent behaviour difficulties, and attendance and punctuality issues. There may also be complex family situations that prevent children from flourishing. The challenges are varied and there is no 'one size fits all'. For those children who have family members serving in the armed forces, there are times when they need our support. Family members may be involved in active duty and can be away from home for up to six months, Our role is to provide support during these difficult times.
How do we measure the impact of this funding?
The impact of the Pupil Premium funding can be seen in several ways. Firstly, we can use KS2 SATs data to analyse attainment and progress data. Our aim is to ensure that we are 'diminishing the difference' or 'closing the gap' between FSM and non-FSM pupils. However, the impact can also be observed in school on a daily basis. Pupils entitled to the Pupil Premium funding should thrive and flourish with the CVJS environment in all areas of the curriculum - just as other pupils do. By providing support, care and resources, we aim for all children here at the school to develop our HEART values during their time with us.
The CVJS Pupil Premium strategy is reviewed on an annual basis. Changes to spending and provision are made according to the specific children with us at any point in time. | ives in spending Pupil Premium:
To narrow the gap in terms of attainment for children in receipt of DPP and LAC.
To accelerate progress for children in receipt of DPP and LAC.
To narrow the gap and accelerate progress of children Adopted From Care.
To provide pastoral support (if appropriate) for children in receipt of SCP.
Summary of actions and spending in 2019/20:
The attainment and progress of all pupils are tracked and monitored at Churchdown Village Junior School. This ensures that we monitor expected progress and intervene where necessary. Pupils entitled to the Pupil Premium funding receive regular support, along with their peers. This includes:
Working with the teacher or teaching assistant in class.
Receiving group support and intervention by the teacher or teaching assistant out of core lessons.
Receiving individual support by teacher or teaching assistant for specific intervention activities.
Pupil Premium funding is also used at CVJS for a range of specific groups, where attainment and progress are targeted, along with pastoral support where needed. These include:
Participation in other intervention programmes identified and organised by the SENCo e.g. spelling or reading programmes.
Work with Parent & Child Support Advisor (PACSA) targeting social skills or friendship groups.
Programme of one to one tuition in reading, writing and mathematics.
Booster groups for children in Year 6 in reading, writing and mathematics.
Participation in the Gloucester Rugby Engage programme.
Impact of Pupil Premium in 2019/20:
We use published KS2 SATs data for pupils entitled to Pupil Premium in Y6 to gauge the impact of our support. In May 2020, SATs tests were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We therefore have no published SATs data for the 2019/20 academic year.
Summary of Planned Pupil Premium Spending 2020/21
The funding for 2020/21 is £29,205. The Pupil Premium funding will be used during the current financial year to offer our pupils a range of in-class support, targeted intervention support, subsidised events and activities and other programmes designed to engage and support all children entitled to this funding.
Funding has been budgeted to support the following areas this academic year:
One to one pupil support in reading, writing and / or mathematics
Intervention and group work in reading, writing and / or mathematics
Social Skills groups - designed to develop confidence and resilience
Access to PACSA - our parent and child support advisor is available on Mondays and Thursday
Barriers to educational achievement
When making decisions about using Pupil Premium funding, it is important to consider the context of the | 557 |
You will be taught using seminars, lectures, workshops, practical simulation sessions and independent learning. Lectures will introduce core theories and concepts, and the seminars will encourage more critical discussion regarding these topic areas<|fim_middle|> benchmarking, patient safety and service improvement as they apply to nursing practice are explored.
A wide variety of teaching strategies are utilised. The module uses state-of-the-art facilities, adopting a technology enhanced learning approach to teaching simulation using high fidelity mannequins within the clinical skills simulation centre, as well as more traditional approaches to learning. | . To facilitate this discourse, the module uses Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) and utilises practice based scenarios, thereby bridging theory to practice. Action learning sets will also be used to support the learning philosophy of the Masters programme. Workshops are interactive and help you to problem solve and consolidate understanding of the theoretical concepts introduced in seminars and lectures. Practical simulation sessions within the Clinical Skills Centre use a high fidelity approach, within simulated ward settings with fully equipped mannequins and clinical equipment, in order to offer you an authentic learning environment which replicates clinical practice settings.
During this module you will benefit from engagement in peer learning which will develop critical thinking, group discussion and presentation skills. With regards to independent learning, the eLP (electronic Learning Platform/ Blackboard) will be utilised to enable you to access all supportive learning materials used within the module, including access to an electronic reading list which recommends some profession specific literature.
A variety of approaches to suit different learning styles will be used to complement the innovative content and delivery of learning sessions. Electronic teaching and learning materials will be provided and updated within the module and programme sites on your individual electronic Learning Portal (eLP). This includes information provided within the module handbook, access to assessment information, PowerPoint presentations used in class, references and relevant web links, as well as any additional materials which might be useful for your learning.
The University Library offers an extensive collection of material, both hard copy and electronic, access to international databases and training in information retrieval, in addition to offering access to study space and IT equipment. A variety of study skills resources, such as help sheets and online videos, can be found on the library website, on topics such as writing assignments, time management, and taking notes.
The University Student Advice and Support services offer information, guidance and support (for example reviewing study strategies, and mentoring) for students with disabilities and dyslexia. If appropriate, you will also have access to English for Specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) programmes during the Masters programme to help you develop your English language and academic writing skills, such as reference citation and paraphrasing skills. You will be allocated a GT (Guidance Tutor) for ongoing support throughout the programme and will have regular contact with them, including attending one to one tutorials with you; and with your peers in small group supportive seminars. Peer support will be encouraged and facilitated for you to share and enhance your learning. All students are entitled to an assignment tutorial with their marker prior to assessment submission. You will also receive constructive feedback on your progress at various points throughout the module, including verbal feedback during group discussions and presentations, and written assignment feedback following submission of the formative and summative assignment.
1. Demonstrate independent critical thinking and critical reflection by analysing a contemporary aspect of professional nursing practice in relation to existing principles, professional and theoretical knowledge.
2. Critically appraise pertinent literature, including research, and synthesise evidence to inform future professional nursing practice.
3. Evaluate inter-cultural understanding of professional nursing practice, from national and international perspectives, relating to underpinning theories, concepts, ethical issues and policies.
4. Engage in collaborative learning with health professional peers, and present and justify work to enhance collaborative working skills, knowledge and understanding.
You have the option of submitting 500 words of your summative assignment to ensure that you can explore and critically analyse the contemporary practice issue that you have selected. You will then receive written feedback from the marker, which will give you chance to reflect on the formative comments and therefore inform your final submission. During a seminar within the module you will be asked, as part of your class, to individually discuss and present your initial ideas for your summative assessment paper to your peers and academic staff. The purpose of this is to develop your thinking and refine your work prior to the summative assignment submission. Feedback will be provided verbally from peers and the lecturer.
You will produce a 4,000 word written assignment within which you will explore, critically analyse and reflect on a contemporary practice issue which you have chosen.
• The background and a rationale for the topic selection should be given.
• The current evidence base on your chosen topic should be explored and any gaps in the literature should be identified.
• From the gaps identified previously, you need to consider the work needed to move practice forward.
Assessment feedback will be given using written comments and with a summative grade marked out of 100%.
Module IM0724, Nursing Knowledge and Safe Practice, is a research-rich evidence based module which aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of the nature of contemporary nursing within healthcare practice. The module focuses on the challenges facing all healthcare systems across the world in terms of long term conditions, patient safety and adverse events. The nature of healthcare encourages clinical practitioners to adopt a broad approach to care, encompassing professional issues within the context of legal and ethical aspects of healthcare practice. Therefore the concepts of quality, | 1,008 |
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Dorothy Denise McNear
Dorothy Denise McNear transitioned to her heavenly home on January 2, 2020 at Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL. She was born July 7, 1945 in Minter City, MS to the late Amos and Bernice Smith. After the death of Dorothy's Mother, her father remarried and was wedded to Evelyn, (who was affectionately called Mama Evelyn), who helped to raise Dorothy.
Dorothy married the late Earnest Darden and to this union, Evelyn and Earnest were born. After the death of her first husband, she relocated to Illinois in 1966. Dorothy married Robert L. McNear on July 9, 1973. To this union, Robert D., Leon, Robert C, Ardrenna, and Tiffany were born.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers: W.L, Douglas, Murray, Eddie, Jr. and Hansel; one sister: Burnell, and one granddaughter, Canrea. Dorothy is survived by her husband of 46 years, Robert L.; her children Evelyn and Earnest Darden, Robert D., Leon, Robert C., Tiffiny, and Ardrenna Dean. She is also survived by two brothers: James and Alvin Smith; three sisters: Anna V. (Alex) Hamilton, Linda Banks, and Bernice McElrath; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nephews, nieces, and cousins.
Dorothy was educated in the Mississippi school system. She spent her time cooking, sewing, fishing, listening to music, sitting on her front porch, and making those around her laugh as she told funny stories. She loved attending Worship Service at Mount Moriah Baptist Church and did so until her health begin to decline. She joined The Mount Moriah family under the leadership of the late Pastor James McNear.
Dorothy loved arts and crafts and making beautiful ceramic pieces. She took great pride in assisting Ardrenna in making and assembling lovely arts and craft projects, as well as helping to decorate and display those gorgeous arrangements<|fim_middle|> and had a keen interest and enthusiasm as an avid lover of doves, rabbits, cockatiels, parakeets, and fish.
Dorothy made fantastic cornbread that left you wanting more. Among her great passions were to adorn herself in fashionable attire, attractive and dazzling jewelry, and well-manicured nails. Many will remember her for having worked as a cashier at The Mississippi Store in Joliet on Cass Street for many years. Other jobs that she held were CNA, Caretaker, Babysitter, and Homemaker. Of all of these, she truly enjoyed being a homemaker as she directed and orchestrated her kitchen and home environment.
Dorothy accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized. She had a kind heart, a loving smile and a great spirit, and God was the center of her joy. She was a woman and symbol of great strength, wisdom, virtue, courage, and affection. She loved her family and especially her children and grandchildren.
Dorothy did not have just one favorite person in her life; everyone was special and had a special place in her heart. She encouraged those who needed encouragement; she supported those who desired support. She was a tough and feisty lady. She remained to be joyful, happy and comical even during her illness. Besides, her faith and trust in God was forever unchanging. She believed God was the provider of her strength. She was deeply loved and cherished by her family and friends. She will forever be missed. We believe she is now resting in the arms of her Saviour! Sleep on dear wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, cousin, friend, fellow church member and get your rest! We love you, but God loves you best!
The family would like to thank the medical staff at Silver Cross Hospital, her home health care nurse, Marie, and her caretakers: Cousin, Rose Mae Carter, and her granddaughter Porschia Young for their support.
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<|fim_middle|> nor too bad, The Rolling Stones and especially good ol' Keef, are the core of us all, as capable of giving you angelic mortgage advice as burning the whole damn house down. | Watch New Order performing the revolutionary 'Blue Monday' in 1983
Keith Richards' blistering isolated guitar for The Rolling Stones 'Sympathy for the Devil'
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Far Out Staff· November 28, 2020
If there's one man capable of playing both the angel and devil on your shoulder then it's The Rolling Stones', and their iconic guitarist Keith Richards. And while we agree that his version of an angel may well be drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels and smoking as he offers advice, nobody can doubt the guitarist's ability to morph into the devil whenever he needed.
Keith Richards may not be the most talented guitarist of all time. In fact, he probably wouldn't make the top 10 when you consider the contemporaries around him. But what some musicians have in technical prowess, Richards makes up for in sheer rock and roll 'vibe' and a gunslinging style which nobody could match. There's no better showing of that style than on the band's magnetic hit 'Sympathy for the Devil' and, when Richards' guitar is isolated, it's clear for all to see that he's rightly considered the poster boy of rock 'n' roll.
As part of the glimmer twins alongside frontman Mick Jagger, Richards helped forge a brand new type of sound, with the iron ore of rock days gone by, Richards put a shimmy and a shake into the band's output and it certainly captivated their audience. While Brian Jones had been the main architect of the band's early foundations, now it was Richards and Jagger who were the foremen.
By 1968, the duo were running the show and creating some of the band's most notable pieces. There are few songs that inspire the rock and roll passion that pair began to enact than on 'Sympathy For The Devil'. The opener to Beggars Banquet remains a bastion of spirit and power, and while Jagger's vocal is sensational, it is Richards' ability to wear the skin of Lucifer that has us reeling.
Although the song is attributed to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it is widely believed that Jagger wrote most of the song on his own through its original incarnations as 'The Devil Is My Name' and 'Fallen Angels', before settling on the song's title. It's one of the band's wildest tracks and, in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone, Jagger said, "I think that was taken from an old idea of Baudelaire's, I think, but I could be wrong."
He continues, "Sometimes when I look at my Baudelaire books, I can't see it in there. But it was an idea I got from French writing. And I just took a couple of lines and expanded on it. I wrote it as sort of like a Bob Dylan song." But perhaps most notably, it was Richards who suggested changing the tempo and using additional percussion, turning the folk song into a subterranean samba which smacked of the subversive pop the group were peddling. He was Jagger's devil on the shoulder who was happy to suggest the final ingredient: danger.
Aside from the sinister samba rhythm and the lyrical enjoyment of tragedy, the real seal of demonic approval comes from Richards' flaming riffs. Moved away from the London blues sound which was permeating the streets of the capital in the mid-to-late-sixties, Keef attacks with intensity. It was a performance in the booth that would see The Rolling Stones labelled as Devil worshippers.
When you hear Richards' piercing solo in the middle of this otherwise pleasant samba bop you get the picture of his intent, every single clench knuckle of it direct to the chin. It's an uppercut of a lead line and one that not only cements his place as a great but makes Richards the vital component in the song.
Richards said in a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, "Before, we were just innocent kids out for a good time, they're saying, 'They're evil, they're evil.' Oh, I'm evil, really? So that makes you start thinking about evil … What is evil? Half of it, I don't know how many people think of Mick as the devil or as just a good rock performer or what? There are black magicians who think we are acting as unknown agents of Lucifer and others who think we are Lucifer. Everybody's Lucifer."
And truly, isn't this the crux of Richards' thinking, and in fact, his guitar playing?
Richards is the mix of good and evil, the bubbling crucible of humanity, embodied in one indestructible vessel of rock 'n' roll. Neither too good | 984 |
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So far, this summer's been known for two things -- a lack of comfortable sleeping weather and a lot of rain. While the number of 9<|fim_middle|> north northeast. We've mentioned that the Atlantic as a whole is pretty warm...and warmer water thus can influence temperatures and dew point by increasing atmospheric moisture content as the ocean goes through its evaporation process. | 0 degree days this year is down from the past three years and our average daily high this summer is the lowest of any summer since 2009, our average overnight lows are the warmest they've been since 2010 over the first 45 days of meteorological summer.
Our average overnight low since June 1st is 68.6 degrees, a number that will likely increase as we work through this week's heat. This is 3.5 degrees above average (65.1). It's not the warmest first half of summer at night though -- that "honor" belongs to 2010, which chimes in at 69.8 degrees.
If one were to look at just the first half of July though...things are a different story. The average low of the first 15 days of July for this year is 74.7 degrees...the second warmest of any first half of July on record. The warmest first 15 occurred in 1993 (75.4), coinciding with a heat wave. July 2013, if we were to hold this pace, would end up with the warmest lows of any month on record....July 1993 tailed off after midmonth. We'll see how we do in holding up the pace in the second half of the month.
Beyond the increased urban heat influence that our region (and many other metropolitan areas "experience"), the main culprit for the warmth at night this summer has been the increased moisture in the atmosphere thanks to the persistent southerly southwesterly flow we've seen most of the summer in between a Bermuda High and occasional troughs and upper lows that try to push through. That southwesterly flow has pushed moisture and humidity | 375 |
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Filed Under: fatal crash, Fort Collins, Fort Collins Police, Mulberry, mulberry st, one dead | 29, 2021
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Fort Collins Police are currently investigating a fatal vehicle crash that occurred late Sunday night.
According to an official press release from the City of Fort Collins, Fort Collins 911 received a call regarding a single vehicle accident at 510 East Mulberry Street on Sunday night (Mar. 28) at 10:58 p.m; when police arrived at the scene, officers located a 1991 Honda Civic turned on its side.
The individual in the vehicle, a 63-year-old man, was extricated from the vehicle and transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Investigators already know that the Honda was traveling eastbound on Mulberry Street when it left the roadway on the north side of the road and struck a large rock, but they are still investigating the details of what caused the crash.
"This was a tragic event, and our thoughts are with the driver's family during this difficult time," said Fort Collins Police Traffic Enforcement Sergeant Sara Lynd, as per the press release.
The cause and manner of death will be released by the Larimer County Coroner's Office at a later date.
Anyone with information who has not already spoken to police is asked to call Officer Drew Jurkofsky at (970) 416 2224.
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Six weeks ago, when writing about the Mets signing of Adrian Gonzalez, I suggested that one of the goals of the acquisition was to remind<|fim_middle|>. 1, Passes Japan In WBSC Baseball World Rankings
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When Dominic Smith arrived in Port St. Lucie earlier this month, he looked much more like the Mets first baseman of the future than when he was called up to the team last year and looked like the team's first base coach of the future. During the offseason, Smith lost 30 pounds, and while still not svelte, he arrived looking athletic. More importantly, he looked intent on making sure that Adrian Gonzalez's place as the starting first baseman on this Mets roster was not the lock that many others seemed to believe. Not only did fans recognize this, but so did new Mets manager Mickey Callaway. Gonzalez may have come in with an edge on the competition, but Dominic Smith seemed to arrive with a friendly but competitive chip on his shoulder, and Callaway appeared willing to give him a shot. Last Thursday afternoon, Callaway announced his starting lineup for Friday's spring training opener against the Atlanta Braves, and right in the middle of it all was the cleanup hitter, first baseman Dominic Smith. This came off as Callaway's challenge to Smith to show him what he's got. Then Friday happened…
As someone who has followed the Mets in four different decades, there is a knee-jerk reaction to a player being late to an important, or even semi-important event. So when news came out that Callaway had scratched Smith from the starting lineup because he had shown up late to camp that morning, red flags went up and sirens went off. This is not to suggest that Smith was out late partying hard on Thursday night. This isn't even to suggest that he was out kind of late partying lightly the night before. According to Smith, he was tardy on Friday morning because he was so excited to be in the lineup that he couldn't sleep on Thursday night. While I was willing to believe this excuse and even found it somewhat endearing, this just didn't fly for Callaway.
Callaway's message to Dominic Smith, and to the other Mets players, and to Mets fans and followers in general, was about more than showing up on time. The message was about more than taking this job seriously. The message that Callaway sent when he benched Dominic Smith in what would have been his first real opportunity to prove himself, was that he expects his players to act like professionals who have "been there". The young players on this team need to show they belong on a major league roster by acting like they belong on a major league roster. Perhaps it's a message that the rookie manager is trying to send to himself. On a team full of veterans, Callaway seems to have shown up to camp feeling comfortable with being in-charge. He has talked about the importance of accountability from top to bottom, and in his first real opportunity, he's proven that he's a man of his word.
Now it's Smith's turn to prove the same. He had a pretty steep hill to climb when the spring training started, and he didn't do himself any favors before the first game. And while Smith said all the right, albeit clichéd, things when talking to reporters, the Mets and their fans are hopeful that Smith learned an important lesson last week: On Callaway's Mets, how you carry yourself is going to be about as important as how you play. If Smith doesn't pick up on this soon, not only will Adrian Gonzalez be the team's first baseman of the present, but Peter Alonso, the guy who started in Smith's place on Friday, will be considered the youngster about whom fans should get excited. At least he showed up on time.
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Based on the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber musical comes the hotly-anticipated translation to screen.
Cats takes place over the course of a single evening. A tribe of cats called Jellicles gather in a junkyard to prepare for a ritual to see which of the cats is worthy of ascension to the Heaviside Layer, the cat equivalent of heaven, to be reborn as a younger cat.
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In 1972, Andrew Lloyd Weber picked up Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats at an airport (back when they sold T.S. Eliot in airports) and remembered reading it with his mother. The thought struck him that the book might make an interesting children's album. After writing the hits Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar, he decided to think bigger.
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Dame Judi Dench was cast in the original 1981 London stage production in the dual roles of Jennyanydots and Grizabella. However, shortly before the opening of the original production, she suffered an injury that forced her to withdraw from the show, to be replaced at the last minute | 96 |
By Steve Gidlow Behind the Scenes in Hollywood Archives
You wouldn't necessarily think that Bruce Campbell and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries would go hand-in-hand. For years, Campbell's name has been synonymous with blood and gore courtesy of the Evil Dead movies, and its dark comedy TV spin-off Ash vs Evil Dead, which ran for three seasons. However, this weekend all that changes, as Campbell makes his Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Christmas debut in One December Night, co-starring Peter Gallagher, Eloise Mumford and Brett Dalton.
On closer career inspection, there isn't a film or television genre the actor/producer hasn't dabbled in, doing everything from westerns (The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr), sci-fi (Time Quest), drama (Burn Notice) and video games (as a successful voice-over artist). He's even dabbled in Disney, starring opposite Herbie in The Love Bug(1997) and as the voice of Mayor Shelbourne in 2009's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. So, when he had the opportunity to add Hallmark to<|fim_middle|> into the 'pop culture holiday' thing," he laughed during a recent exclusive chat with MediaVillage. "It was fun, and I can't wait to do another one.
"I'll be honest with you," he continued. "It's the type of work, that at this point as an actor, you just like having scenes with other good actors in a good story. It [was] time to put the chainsaw down and pick up a guitar. That's where I am in my career now. I mentioned to a filmmaker friend that I was doing a Hallmark movie. [He] doesn't like a lot of modern movies and normally bristles at anything, but he said, 'Let me tell you, Hallmark plays by the rules.' What he meant was, they create a problem, address the problem, and solve the problem.
"They make you care about the characters," he added. "Put them through some stuff and see what happens. My friend then said, "Nine out of 10 times when a Hallmark movie is over, you feel better, and they're remarkable at that." I've been in movies with twist endings, dark endings, scary endings, bloody endings, lots of special effects, and it's nice to do one that doesn't have any of that."
Campbell told me he wasn't specifically looking for a holiday themed project, so when the COVID pandemic (and ensuing protocols) shut down production on some indie films, he welcomed the change of pace. "Stuff just falls off the truck sometimes," he shared. "This thing came bopping up, and because Hallmark is quite the machine, they were like, 'If you're gonna do this, we're going right now.' The hardest thing about the whole shoot was doing a Christmas movie in September. You're sweating, but hey, there's no fake blood, so it was all good. While filming I was looking at my other cast members, and I'm like, 'No, no, this is not uncomfortable, believe me'."
In the film, Campbell plays Steve Bedford, one half of the fractured musical duo Bedford & Sullivan (Gallagher, pictured above with Campbell), who after having enormous success splintered amidst a bitter break-up ten years ago. Enter up-and-coming music manager Quinn (Mumford), who happens to be Mike Sullivan's estranged daughter, tasked with reuniting the feuding duo for a TV special. In addition to navigating the complicated dynamics of the reunion, Quinn needs to find common ground with Steve's manager son Jason (Dalton) to create something beneficial for all involved.
Playing a member of a fractured musical duo required no research for Campbell. "I've probably read every actor/musician autobiography out there," he shared. "I've read about the multiple breakups of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. This relationship is a lot like those guys, where musically their harmonies are amazing, but behind the scenes, it's discord like you can't believe. Often in the arts, there's that dynamic of people not liking each other. Sometimes a volatile setup makes for good performances and chemistry. It's the same with Simon & Garfunkel, those guys did not always get along but when they sang together … how could they not work together?"
When it came to performing opposite Gallagher, who is an accomplished musician, Campbell let us in on a little secret. "They did not hire me for my musical skills," he laughed. "It's all movie magic. [Peter] is a seasoned performer whom I called 'Broadway Joe' during filming. When I learned he was playing the other guy, I was like, 'Oh. I'm good, let's do it.' But let's be clear: I actually gave him advice. He'd come to me every day asking, 'Bruce, am I holding the guitar, right?' I'm like, 'Yeah, just a little higher.' I taught him the word 'vibrato,' too. That's a musical term. His voice just didn't have enough vibrato -- it's important that we get the record straight here."
It was Campbell's playful side that kept things light on the set, especially when it came to the duo's "heated" scenes. "We had a couple of scenes where we tussle with each other," he recalled. "We kept getting dialed back. The director said, 'Too much. Hallmark needs implied violence.' You had to moderate yourself to the material and get to what I call 'Hallmark mad.' We had fun though, and I got to keep the bobble head of my character that was made for the film."
Despite a new career opportunity via Hallmark, Campbell isn't retiring his beloved Evil Dead character yet. He's voicing Ash Williams in video games to be released in 2022. And should Hallmark come knocking again, well, he's all in. "It's nice to work on something people will watch and ultimately feel happy at the end of," he said in closing. "I want to go from being the Evil Dead guy to the Hallmark guy and I think it's possible with a few more. I also did a survey; it turns out 72% of Evil Dead fans are closet Hallmark watchers -- so Hallmark, get ready for some Evil Dead fans."
One December Night will be telecast Saturday, November 13 at 10 p.m. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as part of their annual Miracles of Christmas programming event.
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Anglo American (AAUK) rallied strongly this past week, and is now within striking distance of its previous high reached in July. I expect that our #1 play on the commodities supercycle will have a strong fourth quarter. For more insights on the recent sell off in the commodities sector, see my piece in the Global Guru. The stock is now a BUY. Place your stop at $23.50.
ABB Ltd. (ABB) won an order worth more than $400 million from German utility E.ON AG for power equipment to connect the world's largest offshore wind farm to the German grid. Located more than 100 kilometers off the German coast in the North Sea, it will be the most remote wind farm in the world. Our play on the global infrastructure megatrend has plenty of wind in its sails. Now that the market has stabilized, it is a BUY. Place your stop at $19.50.
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America Movil (AMX) has benefited from the unexpectedly rapid growth of total industry wireless subscribers in Brazil over the past few months. Monthly additions had increased 29.7% compared to the prior year as economic growth has re-accelerated in Brazil to 5.5% in Q2. With investors looking for a special dividend payout sometime in Q4, Carlos Slim's baby is a BUY. Place your stop at $50.00.
iShare MSCI Swedish Index ETF (EWD) is recovering as the Swedish government continues its market-oriented reforms and moves ahead with the sale of its remaining stakes in over $90 billion worth of large Swedish companies. Through the Swedish ETF, you're buying into Swedish companies such as telecom manufacturer Ericsson, truck maker Volvo and clothing retailer H&M. Let's BUY the Swedish ETF at these levels, and place our stop at $31.50.
CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust (FXY) changed little in response to the rate cut by the Fed. This recommendation is a defensive hedge against potential market declines and is a BUY.
ICICI Bank (IBN) rallied more than 4% in Mumbai today as India's benchmark Sensex index Wednesday rose more than 3% to cross the 16,000 mark for the first time ever, on the back of the Fed's interest rate cut. The rupee also is strengthening against the dollar, which gives U.S. dollar-based investors an extra bit of return. "India's Citibank" is a BUY. Place your stop at $35.50.
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Reba McEntire is back in the studio with ace producer Buddy Cannon, and the country superstar says her new music might just be truer to the country format than anything she<|fim_middle|> been cut. "We have 13 songs already recorded," the country superstar says. "And we'll do some more if we find 'em."
The search for new additions to the project may continue for a while: McEntire admits that it's difficult for her to turn down the chance to hear new songs that she might potentially want to cut.
"I can't say no," she goes on to say. "Because when they say, 'Hey, I've got a song you oughta listen to ...', it doesn't take that long to listen to it, and you never know what you're gonna get -- where it comes from, you never know."
McEntire's most recent project was a gospel album, 2017's Sing It Now: Songs of Faith and Hope. However, it seems as though, for her next effort, the singer will be getting back to the basics of her career as a country star, and having plenty of fun along the way.
"[I'm] loving it!" she adds, speaking of the process of recording the new music. "It's just real country." | 's ever released before. At a recent press event, McEntire told The Boot and other outlets that she can't wait for fans to hear the new music.
"I'm really excited about being back in the studio with Buddy Cannon on the new project," she explains. "It's gonna be probably the most country album I've ever recorded."
While a release date has not yet been set for the new songs, McEntire goes on to say that a substantial portion of the album has | 98 |
Loneliness, and What Could Have Been
Posted on Monday, Oct 1, 2018 12:30AM Monday, October 1, 2018 by Niall Chithelen
by Niall Chithelen
In the Mood for Love is an acclaimed film about unrealized romance, a film taking place mostly in those moments when two people cannot quite convince themselves to give in to the tension that exists between them. Mr. Chow and Mrs. Su are neighbors, their spouses are having an affair (with each other), they find themselves spending increasing amounts of time together, and soon they realize they are nearing an affair of their own. We watch them brush past one another, glance at each other, try a conversation, and, eventually, strike up a friendship. We also watch them pause outside one another's doors, pause when the other picks up the phone, and pause in response to difficult questions.
In its focus on this near-romance, the film reveals lives controlled by work and loneliness. Chow and Su and their spouses all have good jobs, but they still have to rent out single rooms from a landlord, and thus they end up neighbors. It is not clear how their spouses began their affair, but they cover for it throughout with business trips—at times even to the same place—and calls home about being late from work tonight. Mr. Chow and Mrs. Su confirm the relationship between their spouses through gifts their spouses brought back while abroad for work (Mr. Su seems to have brought a similar handbag back both for his wife and his mistress; Mrs. Chow did the same with a tie). Their relationship comes to an end after Mr. Chow accepts a posting in Singapore and invites Mrs. Su along but she shows up too late. At every turn, a job is waiting to turn relationships, to entwine the sexual and the professional, just as it does when we learn that part of Su's job is arranging the gifts her boss buys for his mistress, and when business trips and affairs become synonymous. Somewhat counterintuitively, as their relationship grows more serious, Chow and Su calling one another at work feels inappropriate precisely because they are not having an affair.
We also know that both Chow and Su work late themselves; having no reason to be at home alone, they stay at the office alone instead. When they start spending time together, however, their relationship is not an escape from loneliness but a form of coping with it. The film fakes us out with flirtatious conversations between Chow and Su, only to have us see that the two of them role-playing as their spouses, trying to figure out how the affair began. Their outings then become a way of acknowledging the failure of their marriages. They are only able to go to tea and to dinner because their spouses are somewhere else, together. When they touch one another it is uncomfortable, and sexual tension between them seems almost out of place. Their relationship is at its clearest when they sit awkwardly across from one another at a table, being lonely together.
Near the middle of the film, however, they do seek a more fully formed relationship. Mrs. Su borrows a martial arts serial from Mr. Chow and he explains that he always dreamt of writing one and she can borrow from his collection anytime. She does so, and later Chow even suggests writing one together, finally providing a reason for the two to spend time together that has nothing to do with their spouses' affair. As he begins working on the stories, Chow, significantly, even misses work. Su joins him and the two of them start to spend time in a hotel together, writing. These brief and warm scenes are the only time in the film when Chow and Su seem to interact as they might've if they had they known each other for more innocent reasons, not intruded upon by work or failed marriage or their concomitant, loneliness.
Apparently, the stories they produce in that time are quite good, as Chow begins to sell them. This is not, however, auspicious. The way Chow's dream has been realized is, in effect, by becoming another form of work, and his success is not a reason for their relationship to develop further, it just risks making them into coworkers—and then, of course, a real affair would be normal.
Tellingly, the film does not slow down for that interlude of real friendship but rather speeds up, eliding conversation through montage. It is hard to even imagine what conversations Chow and Su are even having. We do not know what they might be laughing about while writing together, because, oddly, we have no idea what they find funny. What made them compatible before was perhaps less disposition than situation; we never learn much more about them than that they are two decent, reserved people who keep ending up in the same places at the same times and have one very good reason to talk to one another. What would a relationship between them look like? We<|fim_middle|> the most successful relationship that we, anyone, can imagine is precisely that—imagined. A real relationship would have been something more than a break from dealing with loneliness, and it seems that both characters were reluctant to really pursue such a relationship in part because they know that the forces in their lives that drove them together have little to do with whatever forces might keep them together. Their relationship at its best was a fuzzy interlude, a break from the lives to which they have to return.
Before the end credits, a title card appears on screen, telling us that when Chow looks back on these times, the "vanished past," "everything he sees is blurred and indistinct," and the past "is something he could see, but not touch." The film itself is vivid and clear, exceptionally beautiful in almost every frame, but Chow's vision of the past seems more metaphorical—in looking back on these moments, this relationship briefly free and fun, he only sees indistinctly what could have been, but sees clearly that something was not.
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Conduct risk is not a new issue for organizations but, despite the focus on managing corporate behaviours to mitigate systemic risk and meet consumer interests, this issue is far from solved. Although there was hope that regulatory reform would counter some of the problems of the short-term mindset that arose during the financial crisis, new scandals continue<|fim_middle|> levels. People across the enterprise must also receive the training needed to understand that compliance isn't confined to a manual, policy, or procedure—it's an expected mode of behaviour.
Integrate risk management factors into compensation and rewards programs. Rewards and promotions are among the strongest signals organizations send regarding what they truly value. If sales staff are rewarded for hitting aggressive sales targets, they may cut corners on compliance to make more sales. Some organizations are countering this trend by linking the variable component of their professionals' compensation to their behaviours—expressly tying expected conduct to compensation.
As organizations uncover the root causes of misbehaviour, they can begin to make the explicit changes required to truly safeguard market integrity and protect consumer interests. Success, however, will unquestionably hinge on their commitment to fostering a culture of doing the right thing.
For more information about market conduct, contact Jay McMahan or Victoria Loutsiv. To learn more about other regulatory trends affecting financial services organizations, read Navigating the year ahead: Canadian regulatory outlook for financial institutions in 2017. | to erupt and corporate misconduct remains rampant.
Consider: US banks alone have paid out more than $200 billion in fines and sanctions for questionable behaviour . This misconduct is not limited to the financial services industry. In recent years, automotive manufacturers, oil and gas companies, and consumer goods producers have all been implicated in a range of deceptive practices, from selling unsuitable products to charging egregious fees to engaging in aggressive sales practices.
Yet despite the costs organizations have paid, both in fines and in brand damage, corporate misbehaviour continues apace. It is clear, then, that compliance programs alone are not enough to curb these practices. Instead, combatting conduct risk comes down to fostering a more effective corporate culture. For leaders, this means identifying the cultural factors within their own enterprise that may be contributing to undesirable behaviours and resulting in inappropriate outcomes.
Compliance refers to the minimum standards or rules employees are expected to follow to meet organizational norms.
Conduct is usually an expression of outcomes that reflects the way employees actually behave.
Culture refers to the organizational norms meant to promote the right behaviours.
When people talk about risk culture, they often refer to visible indicators—what you see, feel, or hear within the organization. However, research in organizational psychology, behavioural science, and anthropology indicates that culture is considerably more layered. In addition to the visible indicators—such as the behaviours you witness in moments of stress or decision-making—culture also presents itself in system design, in the organization's express value statements, and, most critically, in people's mindsets: their unconscious beliefs, attitudes, and feelings.
This means organizations may have strong risk-management protocols and good governance but still have a culture that excuses—or even unconsciously promotes—misbehaviour. In essence, it's culture that drives conduct.
To effect change, organizations consequently need to delve down to root causes and present people with explicit, real-world examples of where their behaviours, decisions, and activities contravene the organization's accepted norms and risk appetite.
Get the board involved. The board of directors should be intimately involved in the conversation about culture and help drive cultural expectations into the business. Rather than asking only for the results of a survey, board members should talk to business leaders about the cultural factors within their functions and determine the extent to which those leaders understand the organization's risk appetite. The board should also review and approve the organization's conduct risk and culture framework.
Include risk culture in the internal audit (IA) plan. Have IA assess the extent to which people are protecting market integrity while acting in the best interests of clients. One way to do this is by examining the cultural enablers designed to drive expected behaviours. These can include communication of expected behaviours, the actions displayed by leadership, the people practices used by management, and organizational design and structure. By probing these areas, IA can begin to assess how well actual outcomes align to intended behaviours.
Understand that conduct risk is everybody's job. While the second line of defence (risk management and compliance) may drive risk culture and conduct, and then track performance against key metrics, it does not own risk. The first line of defence (business units) also plays a pivotal role. For instance, HR should help to formulate culture and enforce appropriate behaviours. Conduct should be examined not just at the enterprise level, but also at business unit and functional | 673 |
Vijender Singh's most-awaited fight is scheduled on March 19 at a Rooftop Deck of Ship in Goa
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Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh's next fight, his first since November 2019, against an as a yet-to-be-announced opponent will take place in Goa on the rooftop of a docked ship on March 19.
Vijender, the defending WBO Oriental and WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion defeated Ghana's former Commonwealth Champion Charles Adama in Dubai for his 12th consecutive victory in November 2019. Since then, he has not participated in competitions.
Vijender's organisers IOS Boxing Promotions, said: "The undefeated professional boxing star Vijender Singh is set to return to the ring on March 19th ... The first fight of its kind will take place on the rooftop deck of Majestic Pride Casino Ship used as a venue partner."
The venue, Majestic Pride, is a ship docked on the Mandovi River in Panaji, Goa.
"The fight goes beyond the traditional norms of a regular pro match and offers viewers the glitz and glamour of Vegas-style boxing. Vijender's rival will be announced soon." organisers added.
Vijender said: "This is something that has never happened before in India, and I am delighted<|fim_middle|>.twitter.com/8CbVSdpmJc
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) March 1, 2021 | to be part of this unique professional event. I am thrilled and, as always, eager to enter the ring again, and I have been training hard to keep myself in shape for the fight".
IOS Boxing Promotions' Neerav Tomar said: "A boxing match on a ship is the perfect amalgamation of the intensity of boxing and razzmatazz of the entertaining casino. We hope that all fans who watch or attend the venue will enjoy the event thoroughly."
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Al studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire and since then has gone on to work with many celebrities including Lesley Garrett and Mario Frangoulis from the classical world, jazz singers Jacqui Scott and Sara Colman and actors Jenny Agutter and John Nettles.
Al is an outstanding musician who has made a name for himself in a wide variety of different contexts, arranging and producing as well as<|fim_middle|> runs his own recording studio, Algorithm Studios, and is currently writing a book entitled The Shape of Contemporary Harmony. | playing piano and bass.
His recent work with Hayley Westenra, Blake, Alfie Boe, Lorna Luft, Jonathan Ansell, and members of the CBSO on a series of Gershwin concerts at all the major UK concert venues, testifies to his versatility.
He has also broadcast live for Classic FM, Friday Night is Music Night and The Arts Programme, worked with Angela Rippon and David Jacobs on a tribute to Stephane Grappelli, and appeared Live on the Television shows This Morning and the Gloria Hunniford Show.He accompanied Alfie Boe at a private concert for Prince Charles at his Wiltshire home.
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The art of effortless movement.
If you want to take a step forwards, it's impossible to move efficiently if you still have weight on one foot, even a minute percentage.
This is like driving off in a speed boat whilst still anchored.
To move effortlessly, you have to observe not only how you shift your weight from one foot to the other, but also how<|fim_middle|> done with relaxation.
We're not talking about using body momentum here; yes, it's possible to 'throw yourself through a movement' and as a result not notice it – a kind of simultaneous 'in' and 'out of' control, but the real skill is to do it very slowly whilst feeling comfortable (no effort, no tension) throughout.
To move one foot you must place the weight on the other foot. Of course it's obvious, but most people don't do this. Beginners (and some more advanced) in tai chi and qigong fall from one foot to another, using momentum to step; this might be okay when you're walking but isn't so good when you require control in, for example, a martial art – although I'm aware that not everyone is interested in this aspect.
Only by shifting 100% of your weight on to one side of your body can you free up the other side of the body. By doing so, you 'enable movement', in other words, you allow movement to take place because the other side of your body is free to move. This is also known as 'full and empty'.
Next you have to step with the free leg, but if you just stick it out ahead of you, the heel won't touch the floor. However, by bending the knee of the leg on which you're standing, the heel will now touch.
Only when the heel has touched the floor should you start to move the spine forwards (or sideways or backwards)… in other words, only then do you shift your weight to the other foot.
Either you'll need to bend the supporting knee more. (Don't try to increase the length of the step by 'launching' yourself into the step; when you do that, you are briefly falling in space before the foot lands on the floor).
Turn your hip; i.e. If you're stepping with the left foot, then turn your hip to the right.
A combination of the above two points.
• Transfer the weight on to one leg, whilst simultaneously turning and sinking the body and extending the other foot. The extended foot has no pressure on it in this exercise. Only then do you move the weight on to the foot that you've extended.
The art of movement with massive effort.
When described, 'The art of effortless movement' sounds like quite the opposite, but in fact it's very close to the way that a cat, or tiger creeps up to its prey.
This entry was posted in movement, qigong, tai chi, taiji and tagged balance, how to step, movement, movement control, posture, qigong, stepping, tai chi, taiji, taijiquan on Sep 7, 2017 by Taiji.co.uk - James Drewe Taiji & Qigong. | you use your muscles. Are you relaxing all those muscles that are unnecessary for the job, or are you holding on to some because, either you simply haven't noticed that they're tight, or they've been tight for so long that you just don't feel them anymore?
Is your body well aligned? Are you bending to step? Are you looking at the floor? Have you lifted your shoulders to step? Have you tightened your neck?
Stepping forwards, backwards, or sideways.
Whichever direction you want to step, the main question is, how do you do it with ease?
"With ease" means that your balance is perfect, which in turn means that you have complete confidence in it, and that it is | 144 |
Local bike shop wins national awards
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Employees of Garwood Cycles attribute winning their first national bike show award to their friends and supporters.
"It's great," said David Garwood, co-operator and lead technician of the shop. "We thank all our friends and employees who work so hard to get us where we are."
Garwood Cycles received first- and second-place trophies in The Rat's Hole custom bike show in Daytona Beach, Fla., for two of their bikes, "Sinister" and a military tribute bike.
When visiting the shop on West Fifth Street one may think you're seeing double, with twins Steve and David Garwood running around the shop with their pet boxers, Drake and Cleo.
The Garwoods, 36, are both 1990 graduates of Lexington Senior High School. They grew up on a horse farm, and like many boys they became interested in cars and motorcycles as teens. They received their first bikes after graduation.
After David began working on his motorcycle and others, he decided to start a business in 1993 working in a barn with a dirt floor behind his mom's house.
"People started bringing him bikes, and it turned into Garwood Cycles," Steve said. "He started buying and selling a few bikes, too. He's the one who started it, and my sister joined in, and together they got it rolling."
The Garwoods' older sister, Lynn Garwood, and David are the operators of the shop that customizes, repairs, sells and buys bikes. They operated out of the barn for years before moving into a little shop down the street from their mother's house. After outgrowing that spot they then moved to the downtown location in 2004.
"It went from a hobby to a business," said Steve, a consultant with the shop. "Now it's a full-grown business. It has developed over the years from a backyard shop to a nationally recognized shop."
There are two technicians at the shop, Lonnie Michael and Reggie King. Steve is also a designer at the shop.
"I design, and he (David) builds them," Steve said. "I lay out the parts and make sure everything's there, and he puts it together. It's like a puzzle."
Steve is the designer of "Sinister," one of the bikes that won at the national show. "Sinister" is a 2005 Suzuki GSXR 1300 that Steve considers his dream bike. It's black with candy red and silver designs with ghosted skulls, Steve said.
"It's different," he said. "It stands out from any other bike."
The military tribute bike was a team effort where everybody helped design it. It is a 2005 Suzuki GSXR 1300. The color is sand camouflage, with stars and stripes running along the side. Battleships and tanks are ghosted into the design as well. There are three statements written across the windshield, the seat and rear: "Never Forget," "Freedom" and "United We Stand." Each branch of the military is listed on the back of the bike as well.
The reason for the tribute bike was because the shop sells so many bikes to soldiers in the military at Fort Bragg, Virginia Beach and northern Virginia, employees wanted to show their support.
"Nobody in the sport-bike industry has done a military tribute bike," Steve said. "It's a small attempt from us to recognize the sacrifice they and their families have made."
Although "Sinister" is for sale, the shop would like to use the military tribute bike for parades and charity events. Steve said they might even have a raffle or auction for the bike.
Those two bikes competed against more than 10 other bikes from shops across the county, Steve said. He thought it was interesting how when people saw the military tribute bike they struck up conversations about the war, being a veteran or just knowing someone fighting in the war.
"It's incredible to talk about the bike and the meaning behind it," he said.
The company has won numerous local shows. The last two years they have taken first place in the Shriners Show in Greensboro. Earlier this year they competed in an international show in Washington, D.C.
Winning at the national show was unexpected.
"It's a huge honor," Steve said. "I never thought we would have done that well."
David was thrilled just to see the look on Steve's face when the winners were announced.
"It was a great feeling," he said.
David said winning the show not only put Garwood Cycles on the map but Lexington as well.
The Garwoods give credit to the shop still being in existence to their friends who help out in many different ways. Whether it's running an errand, washing bikes, cleaning up or just hanging out, the shop is always full of willing people ready to help.
"It's a total team effort," Steve said. "We have good friends. We wouldn't have the business today if friends didn't come help us out."
Seventy percent of their business comes from people out-of-town and out-of-state. They have shipped bikes as fair as New York and Las Vegas, David said. His job has allowed him to meet a lot of people.
"It's neat to be known," he said.
David said the way business is being conducted comes from watching the way his mom and dad sold horses when he grew up. He thanks everybody for their support over the years.
"Those guys work hard in the back," he said. "We can't thank our friends enough."
For more information about the bike shop go to www.garwoodcycles.com.
Deneesha Edwards can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 213, or at deneesha.edwards@the-dispatch | 1,200 |
Jo Osborn, PhD candidate in anthropology at the Museum, won a Fulbright-Hays grant for her archaeological work on the coast of Peru.
On the coast of Peru, the Panamerican Highway runs through an archaeological site called Jahuay: not near it or around it, but<|fim_middle|> 350 BC to 0 AD, Jahuay was a fishing community occupied by people from the Topará culture.
Now she will be able to do precisely that. This fall Osborn received the Fulbright-Hays award, which will fund ten weeks of excavation at Jahuay with an 8-person crew and several weeks of analysis.
In addition to discovering more about the economic structure of the community, Osborn also hopes to find evidence for whether Jahuay was occupied seasonally or year-round, and to what extent it was connected economically to other local communities.
Her work will inform research done by other South American archaeologists, but also that of historians, economists, and others who study economic development and political economy.
Osborn gives credit to her committee for guidance and support. | literally through it, bisecting the archaeological ruins and exposing the site to looters. UMMAA graduate student Jo Osborn chose to study this site in spite of the damage because, thanks to the extremely arid climate, there is exceptional preservation of organic materials, including fish and fishing nets—the focus of her research.
Jahuay is located just north of Chincha Alta, Peru. From about | 81 |
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Didn't venture over the door yesterday, not even to put the bins out. Awful weather, cold wind, driving rain, yeuch.
So we stayed in, Louise made some cards, I hacked on with a mockup of a site (one of two on the go at the moment), and gave a little more thought to the seminar on Blogging and Communities I've been asked to present at. The initial nerves have subsided and whilst previously I'd been worrying that I wouldn't be able to fill the 45 minute slot, my main concern now is that 45 minutes may not be long enough!!
Ohh and lest I forget, I'd like to thank mike for his generous help, very much appreciated indeed. I may already have thanked him but if that's the case, better to thank twice than not at all!
Louise made a very interesting comment the other night, concerning my current employers. She said that I must be enjoying things there because I was working later than usual. And she's right. Partly because we have a new toy in our department – AuthorIT, a single source publishing tool – and partly because I'm finally getting into the new (upcoming) version of our core product and actually learning new things. Previously I'd been 'stuck' on updates to the current, released<|fim_middle|>It's all looking nicely setup for what could be the deciding game of the tournament – France vs England. Hard one to call for, as ever, if the French get their running game going early then I think England will be in trouble as they are still a little too reliant on their front rows. Then again Wales showed that if you try and go around the front rows, England just drop back and offer a sold white line through which it's bloody hard to break. Intriguing though it may sound, I'd be less than surprised if the game itself is a boring kick-a-thon. Isn't it always the way?
Well a long week stretches ahead of me, I'm hoping to get a couple of things out of the road as soon as possible as I'm currently breaking my own rule of "one job at a time". On the other hand there are opportunities to which you just can't say no, it's just unfortunate they've all come at the one time. Not that I'm complaining. Honest.
UPDATE: What a cracking game of rugby, open, free-flowing and full of passion. Well done to Wales for a professional performance and well done to the Scotland team for playing with such heart and passion. | , products which was proving less than challenging, and more than boring. All's good now though, our new stuff is bloody smart… but enough of that. I don't talk about that here!
Rugby yesterday and I thought the Italians were going to do it… until England clicked up a gear and predictability returned. However the game itself wasn't particularly enthralling, unlike the try-fest that was France vs Ireland. I'm so glad I watched the second half though, as the first half was awful and at times made it hard to believe this was international rugby I was watching.
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A handy sprouting dish made from highly durable material that enables you to germinate seeds at home. The sprouted seeds are ready for consumption after approximately five days.
Suitable for the germination of a variety of seeds including: alfalfa, broccoli, peas, millet, chickpeas, coriander, lentils, leeks, quinoa, radish, beetroot, red cabbage, wheat, bean sprouts, fennel and sunflower seeds.
Germinating seeds at home is quick and easy with this incredibly handy sprouting dish. Simply sprinkle a thin layer of seeds onto the stainless steel mesh and thoroughly dampen under running water. Next fill the glass bowl with water (to just below the level of the stainless steel mesh) and cover with the mesh. Store the sprouting dish in a dark place (at room temperature) in your kitchen or utility room. Rin<|fim_middle|> eaten.
Sprouted seeds are young plants (of just a few days old) that have recently germinated from their seed. A seed will only germinate if their immediate environment benefits from the correct temperature, light, humidity and soil conditions. A sprouting dish is perfect for the germination of seeds as it creates exactly the right amount of moisture without the need for soil. Sprouted seeds taste delicious in a variety of meals, snacks and drinks, including smoothies, breakfasts and salads and are absolutely ideal for garnishing fish or meat dishes.
One sprouting dish is sufficient for the preparation of one portion of sprouted seeds. The sprouting dish is made from durable materials and can therefore provide many years of use.
Whilst sprouted seeds are readily available at many good health food stores, germinating the seeds at home is far cheaper.
Almost all edible seeds, legumes and kernels can be sprouted - only the germination time and the flavour varies. Let your taste buds determine your favourites! | se the seeds twice daily. After three days, remove the seeds from the dark, but take care to avoid positions of full sun. After approximately five days the sprouted seeds are large enough to be | 40 |
During the season of love... I<|fim_middle|> send Valentines to those you care about! This Pedi-Inspired card is clean, quick and classic... ideal for weddings, anniversaries and Valentines!! Sending this embossed, sanded, gold foil die-cut card shows that you care while saving you time! Show your true style with this classic card. What inspires YOU? Leave me a comment and let me know! | love to share the love! With amazing friends, family, hubby and kids... I am blessed with many an opportunity! Decorating my home is just the start.. I'm quick to get my pinks, reds and berry colored clothes out during this season and even sport some pretty Valentine inspired toes. Creating a fashionable embossed, sanded and die-cut card that is inspired by said toes is just a fun way to show that I care!
These open, linked double hearts are easy and elegant to create! I love how they shine.. and brighten this card.
Using even the scrap here, the inner hearts are an ideal inside accent to this card... so put them on inside for a continued accent!
Create a subtle accent with the Adoring Accents Heart Strip. After Embossing this with the Big Shot and the Cherry Cobbler Core'dination card stock. This card stock has a lighter inner core that is meant to show through once sanded.
Core'dination card stock also has a rich linen look where not sanded... it's so rich looking.
Sand the top of the raised/embossed strip of hearts with the Stampin' Sanding System and this lighter core will peek through and leave a soft texture, too!
This soft texture, raised and lighter in color, is a sweet accent to this clean card.
Layered over the Early Espresso card stock, it breaks up the Cherry Cobbler card stock base, Cherry Cobbler Core'dination card stock and lends me to dream of chocolate covered cherries... that and strawberries (a favorite treat of mine).... sigh... Early Espresso is paired with Cherry Cobbler with the help of my Color Coach (#130118).
The extra hearts are the ideal accent to the inside of this sweet card. Sometimes less is more... and that is definitely this card!
Inspiration?? Heck Yeah! My love of fashion and Pedi's... sigh... so even with a cool and damp day like this I can sport a peep toe with flair while showing off my Valentine Pedi!!
The two open gold hearts on the deep red toe is the inspiration for this clean and simple card!
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HOUSTON (AP) — After the Houston Texans fell to 0-3 with a loss at home to the New York Giants on Sept. 23 Natrell Jamerson Jersey , they appeared to be headed for a second straight losing season.Instead, the Texans (11-5) won their next nine games and 11 of their last 13, capped by Sunday's 20-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, to clinch the AFC South title."We have a lot bigger goals," J.J. Watt said. "I have a lot bigger goals but it's good. Especially after starting 0-3 and everybody writes you off. Guys in the locker room believed. Guys in the locker room never gave up."Deshaun Watson threw for 234 yards and ran for a touchdown and DeAndre Hopkins had 147 yards receiving in the victory.The Texans will make their fifth playoff appearance after winning the division for the fifth time in franchise history. Houston returns to the postseason for the third time in four years after bouncing back a 4-12 campaign in which Watson and Watt suffered season-ending injuries."The way we started out, it's a testament to the players in that locker room," coach Bill O'Brien said. "They've always hung tough. And to go from 0-3 (and then) go 11-2 in this league is pretty tough to do. Give credit to the players."Houston built a 14-point lead<|fim_middle|> Clowney Already In a league where the two most sought after positions not named quarterback are filled by people who either protect the quarterback's blindside or try to get after the quarterback, placing a high value on that position makes sense. When you have someone who gets after the quarterback exceptionally well and was touted pre-draft as a "generational talent," that high value should almost be a given. When that player gets injured early on, through no fault of their own, and then fights back against ridiculous odds to turn into one of the most terrifying physical specimens in the league, it's a no brainer. Yet for some reason, the Houston Texans haven't locked up Jadeveon Clowney long-term. Sure, you can make a (barely valid) argument that he has some question marks, and it is a lot of money. But those are playing card arguments that don't hold water. What does that mean Womens Vyncint Smith Jersey , you ask? In the classic movie "My Cousin Vinny," Joe Pesci's character Vincent Gambino used a playing card to show how from one point of view the prosecutors' argument could seem solid and viable; once you turned it and inspected from a different angle, you realized it was as thin as, well, a playing card. Injuries: Clowney has had, and continues to have, issues in regards to his health. So what? He hasn't been 100% at any point in his career and he still manages to terrorize offenses, throwing offensive linemen, tight ends, and running backs around like rag dolls when he gets the upper hand. What's more, after working with Mike Vrabel for some time, his technique is now every bit as solid as just about any other pass rusher in the NFL http://www.thetexanslockerroom.com/...fuller-v-jersey , which means he can bring his freakish talent to bear with intelligence and guile. After watching Brett Kollmann's piece on him, the very idea that Clowney at 80% isn't better than ANY OTHER OPTION Houston has to replace him is utterly ridiculous. Money: Who cares? It's not your cash going into Clowney's pocket. The idea that the mainstream media brings so much drama to how much the players get paid is ridiculous anyway. Houston has the cap space and then some. Houston needs Clowney. Clowney needs to get paid. #DropTheMicIf this team has any hope of scoring a Lombardi Trophy anytime soon, they're going to need J.J. Watt, Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins and鈥adeveon Clowney. The four biggest stars on this team all need to be there, in full force, if there's any hope of the Texans joining the Astros in bringing championships to H-Town. Running the risk of Clowney holding out is essentially the same bullet to the foot as Clowney getting injured; if either happens, he's a non-starter, literally. If there's a chance of two negatives occurring, but you can remove the possibility of one of them by paying the man, why wouldn't you do it?
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I'm happy with the faith because I do believe I will get this right."The Jaguars (5-11) returned to Bortles as starter after benching the quarterback following a loss to Buffalo on Nov. 25. But he did little to get Jacksonville's offense going, with the Jaguars managing one first down in the opening half and finishing with six. Bortles was 15 of 28 for 107 yards.Watt sacked Bortles 1½ times to finish with 16 this year. Watt has four seasons with 15 or more sacks, second most in NFL history to Reggie White (five).The performance by Hopkins gives him 1,572 yards receiving and 115 receptions this season, both career highs. His catch total tied Andre Johnson (2008) for the most in franchise history."A lot of guys have amazing seasons, but their team isn't where it should be," Hopkins said. "So I everything I've been doing has correlated to my team winning, which is even better."KEY PLAYSDede Westbrook muffed a punt late in the first quarter, and Zach Cunningham recovered. 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Making slime is a fun way to study science. Print out the Science Guide and the My Slime Recipe Book to use while you are learning about slime science.
Ideas for this lesson are adapted from lessons written by Science Mom. You can find more of her lessons at YouTube.
The Hour of Code is celebrated the week of Dec 3-9th.
Look over<|fim_middle|> future endeavors! The USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) has a website to help kids understand more about the patent and trademarking process. Check it out here. Try some of the activities and videos! Leave a comment with an idea you would love to create a patent for or something interesting you learned about the patent/trademarking process. | these fun project ideas and write some lines of code to celebrate the Hour of Code any day of the year. As you are looking at the resources, make sure to check out the coding badges that you can earn.
This app is in Self Service. With this app, you can create a game that reviews any of the ideas you have done in science. When you are done, share your game with your class.
Watch these instructions for how to make some pages in scratch.
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coding and it will help you strengthen your problem solving as well.
Here is a tutorial from YouTube that shows you how to play.
These challenges are found online. Go to code.org to sign up with Goggle to get started.
Are you working on badges? Link to Hour of Code badge information.
This coding resource is accessed online. To get started, kids login at bitsbox.com with his/her Google account. There is a star in the top right hand corner to tap to get started.
Here is a link to a few free coding projects provided by Bitsbox.
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You will sign on using your Google information.
Start with learn to Code 1.
Are you working on badges? Link to Swift Playground badge information.
Your teacher needs to have an account and he/she will give you a code to sign in.
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NATIONAL S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. DAY is celebrated on November 8, but you can create STEM and ART all year long!
Check out a few of these STEM/STEAM related experiments that you can do to celebrate the national day dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.
2. Collect the materials you need. Contact the EY coordinator in your building via email if you need help with this step.
5. Submit your work to your teacher the EY coordinator in your building.
Spiders are master builders, and the webs built by these tiny creatures can be used as a source of inspiration for scientists.
Create an illustration, poster or infographic showing what you have learned. Include one or two products on your visual that would be made better with the technology you read about.
Check out more details here. All entries are due July 1, 2018.
Are you up for a challenge that can win you lots of fame and money? If so, don't continue reading. This challenge is not for you. However, if you're interested in an engineering challenge just for the fun of it, read on!
Step 1: Watch this video that gives an overview of the engineering challenge.
Step 2: Draw out different designs/ideas on paper.
Step 3: Work with 1-2 other people to decide on the best design.
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Physics is the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. Learn more about Physics by checking out the following resources.
Watch the Fascinating Physics of Everyday Life video. Answer the questions below by posting a comment and/or try some of the "toys" Dr. Czerski mentions in the video.
How does something not touching anything (i.e. Hubble Telescope) know where it is?
What are two important things to know about science?
Go to the PHYSICS4KIDS website and learn about one of the topics. Create a presentation about one of the topics.
Check out Physics for Kids Overview on ducksters.com. Create 10 trivia questions for your classmates to answer.
Try this yourself! Collect the supplies and create! Snap a picture of your speakers and send it to the EY coordinator in your building.
If you liked this project, check out Toy Hackers. Toy Hackers is a new web series for the next generation of inventors! In the first weekly show, Goldie & the gang will help kids turn toy boxes into toolboxes.
Welcome to the Animal Olympics, where species compete daily in the wild to thrive and survive. Different species have adapted different athletic abilities to succeed in their respective environments, from running fast to chase prey to swimming great distances in search of food and safety. Animals are amazing athletes and their performances in the wild are of often above and beyond Olympic caliber.
Read through each of the animal award winners, and then choose your own animal to research. After you have gathered new information about your animal, create an award for your animal similar to those at WWF. Share your project with the EY coordinator in your building.
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Pa. Republicans applaud, Casey criticizes killing of top Iranian general
Widely considered a martyr by Iranian leadership, U.S. officials have described Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleiman as a killer who has taken American lives.
Pa. Republicans applaud, Casey criticizes killing of top Iranian general Widely considered a martyr by Iranian leadership, U.S. officials have described Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleiman as a killer who has taken American lives. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/03/pa-republicans-applaud-killing-top-iranian-general/2803256001/
Logan Hullinger, York Dispatch Published 10:20 a.m. ET Jan. 3, 2020 | Updated 9:23 p.m. ET Jan. 5, 2020
U.S. representatives Lloyd Smucker and Scott Perry, right, listen to Vice President Mike Pence who spoke during an appearance at JLS Automation in Springettsbury Township Thursday, June 6, 2019. Bill Kalina photo (Photo: Bill Kalina, The York Dispatch)
Republican members of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation lauded a U.S. drone strike in Iraq on Thursday night that killed a top Iranian general, a move Iranian leaders promised would bring retaliation.
The Pentagon announced Thursday, Jan. 2, that a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Widely considered a martyr by Iranian leadership, U.S. officials had described him as a killer who had taken American lives.
"The United States will not allow Iran, or its terrorists like Soleimani, to destabilize the region and the world, and kill Americans with impunity," said said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Carroll Township, in a statement.
The statement continued, "The decades of ignoring acts of terror, or addressing it with harsh language are over. These airstrikes were wholly appropriate. We continue to show the strength and resolve of our Nation, and the President's undeterred and relentless pursuit of combatting terrorism and keeping us safe."
More: Smucker, Perry join call for Supreme Court to 'reconsider' Roe v.<|fim_middle|>.
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. (Photo: The York Dispatch)
Democrats in Congress agreed that the top general was a dangerous figure. But they've accused Trump and the Pentagon of acting on impulse, a decision that could have disastrous consequences.
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said the president needs to supply Congress with information soon with the details that led to the strike, such as the intelligence used to authorize it, its legal basis and the administration's plans in the event Iran retaliates.
"I have grave concerns that President Trump and his administration have not provided the American people with a comprehensive strategy on Iran," Casey said. "Finally, this and other recent actions by the administration have been taken without a congressionally approved Authorization for Use of Military Force."
Soleimani was the leader of the powerful Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. He oversaw specialized operations throughout the Middle East, and he was widely respect by Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Following the drone strike, Khamenei said "a forceful revenge awaits the criminals who have his blood and the blood of the other martyrs last night on their hands."
— Logan Hullinger can be reached at lhullinger@yorkdispatch.com or via Twitter at @LoganHullYD.
Editor's note: This story has been changed. The original story had the wrong date for the air strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
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Thursday's bombing came after pro-Iran protests at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Protesters threw rocks at the facility and set fire to a reception building in response to U.S. airstrikes that targeted an Iran-backed militia last week.
President Donald Trump's administration said the strikes were justified, as a U.S. contractor in Iraq was killed Dec. 27 at the hands of an Iran-backed militia, and the move was linked to Soleiman.
The Pentagon also accused the general of "actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region."
"The safety and security of the American people at home and abroad should be the central focus of our foreign policy," said Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Lancaster, who supported the bombing in a Friday statement.
"The world is a better place now that he is dead," said Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa | 185 |
Australian summer<|fim_middle|> advocate, Marissa Parry.
Parry prepared a breakfast summer smoothie bowl, fresh fruit popsicles and a fresh summer salad using the Australian cherries and summer fruits to inspire shoppers.
Malaysia remains one of Australia's fastest growing export markets in the Asean, with two-way trade in goods and services totalling almost AU$18 billion in 2016. | fruits were celebrated at Tesco Kepong Village Mall, Kuala Lumpur, just in time for the fruit gifting season.
The Taste Australia campaign launched last week highlighted cherries and summer fruits as a fresh and delicious option for shoppers.
Strategic promotion prior to the Chinese New Year was made on fruits like the cherry, whose round shape and colour symbolise prosperity and bring the recipient of them good fortune for the year.
The campaign was coordinated by the State Government of Victoria (Australia), in collaboration with Austrade and Hort Innovation Australia (who represent the cherry and summer fruit industries).
"Lots of sunshine, a clean and green natural environment, rich soil and blue skies are the reasons why Australian stone fruits taste better, are greener, cleaner and safer," said Amelia Fyfield, State Government of Victoria (Australia) representative.
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I'd always wanted to visit the Boundary Waters—there was something about its beauty, open-air, and majesty that spoke to me.
I finally had my chance when an Owner (hi, Dave!) told me he had a cabin on Lake Vermillion, and would be happy to host fellow Owners for a weekend of whiskey and watches. I knew I had to say yes.
In 2019 (before the whole lock down thing) seven Owners traveled up to Dave's place<|fim_middle|> enjoying the peace and quiet that comes with being surrounded by nature.
It was an amazing experience—life changing even.
I left that trip in awe of the area and with new passion to help protect and preserve the BWCA.
This month, we're proud to share that Oak & Oscar is a member of the Boundary Waters Business Coalition—a group of businesses dedicated to supporting permanent protection for Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from proposed sulfide-ore copper mining. This pristine wilderness is a crown jewel of Minnesota, and a beloved destination for those who love exploring its forests and fishing or paddling its stunning lakes and streams—including us.
In the video below, listen to former VP Walter Mondale talk about his own enduring legacy of protecting this special place, and learn more about the current effort to save this rich wilderness. We think you'll see why this mission feels so important to us. | , just at the southern edge of the Boundary Waters. We spent about a week hanging out, swimming, eating, canoeing, drinking, and just generally | 31 |
SXSW Announces Terrence Malick's Song to Song as Opening Film
By Jonah Jeng | January 5, 2017 | 4:59pm
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Where better to debut your cinematic tribute to the Austin music scene than at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, which is based in Austin and each year runs alongside one of the world's premiere music industry events? SXSW programmers certainly had this question on their minds when they decided to open this year's festival with Terrence Malick's Song to Song, which will be screening on the evening of Friday, March 10, per SXSW's announcement earlier today.
Featuring a cast as star-spangled as the cosmos explored in The Tree of Life and The Voyage of Time (Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, and Christian Bale will all be making appearances), Malick's film is one of 2017's most anticipated titles. We wait with bated breath to see how one of cinema's preeminent auteurs will bring his trademark ethereality to a new environment, and whether Song to Song will be a valuable addition to the Malick-ian renaissance we've been experiencing as of late—within the past six years, the director has doubled the size of his filmography, which spans 40-plus years.
In addition to the opening night film, SXSW also unveiled several other titles that will be screened at the festival, which will run through March 19. These include Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms' Small Town Crime, starring John Hawkes as an alcoholic ex-cop in pursuit of a killer; Jennifer Reeders' "coming of age Muslim melodrama" Signature Move; and in the television department, the screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novel American Gods.
Below is a list of all the films that were announced along with their respective synopses, courtesy of Deadline.
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Synopsis: Adapted from Neil Gaiman's award-winning novel, American Gods follows Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) and Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) in a magical world where a battle is brewing between the Old Gods and the New Gods.
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A musical journey for the HTC Vive. Explore a mysterious world where every object contains a unique melody. Featuring original musical compositions by Hot Sugar, this experience brings you inside the tortured mind of a musician.
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After taking a DNA test, Latin America's most decorated artist, Rene Perez (AKA Residente) embarks on a global adventure to trace the footsteps of his ancestors and record his latest album.
Signature Move (World Premiere)
Director: Jennifer Reeder, Screenwriters: Fawzia Mirza, Lisa Donato
A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother. In this coming-of-age Muslim melodrama, Zaynab copes by taking up Lucha-style wrestling.
Cast: Fawzia Mirza, Shabana Azmi, Sari Sanchez, Audrey Francis, Charin Alvarez, Mark Hood, Molly Brennan
Small Town Crime (World Premiere)
Directors/Screenwriters: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
Ex-cop, Mike Kendall, finds the body of a young woman and, in an act of self-redemption, becomes hellbent on finding the killer. While his uncouth, quirky detective style helps break the case, his dogged determination puts his family in danger.
Cast: John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Octavia Spencer, Robert Forster, Clifton Collins, Jr.
Song To Song (World Premiere)
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples—struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares—chase success through a rock 'n' roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
Cast: Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman
Spettacolo (World Premiere)
Directors: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen, Screenwriter: Chris Shellen
For the past 50 years, the villagers of a tiny hill town in Tuscany have turned their lives into a play that the entire town writes and performs. Spettacolo is a portrait of this tradition through the eyes of the last man trying to keep it alive.
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Featured Client: The SKA Radio Telescope – a Global Project for a Better Understanding of the Universe
By Biba A. Bedi on February 12, 2016
Ever since I was a little kid, I was fascinated with the many wonders of our planet and the enormity of the Universe in which it dwells. I often wondered if there was a finite "edge" to the Universe or if it extended into infinity. If there was an edge, what could possibly be beyond that? Blank darkness? Another Universe with more planets and other people? If it was infinite, then what? Could it really be possible that there is no end to something? My young mind just could not get a grasp of that concept. Growing up in an era without the internet, I could only fuel my imagination with movies, books and the news.
Now, many years later, working for Corporate Marketing at Altair Engineering, imagine my delight when I was tasked to work on a story about the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project. This is a project led by the SKA Organization from Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK, supported by 11 member countries – South Africa, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The SKA, a collection of various types of antennas, seeks to challenge Einstein's seminal theory of relativity to the limits, how the very first stars and galaxies formed just after the Big Bang, the study of dark energy and the vast magnetic fields in the cosmos, and the age old question "Are we alone in the Universe?" as some of its key scientific goals.
The actual 13.5m diameter MeerKAT antenna.
Construction of the SKA will be completed in two phases: Phase 1 (SKA1) is being built in South Africa and Australia and is estimated to be completed in 2023 and; Phase 2 (SKA2) will start after SKA1 and will take the project into other African countries, with the Australian component also being expanded. For Phase 1 the 64-dish MeerKAT precursor array, which is currently under construction and expected to come online in a few years' time, will be integrated into SKA1 MID, with the construction of another 190 dishes.
Radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation for the SKA EM Environment
The proximity of adjacent antennas and other systems can result in unwanted inter-coupling which needs to be minimized by first identifying the coupling mechanisms, and then applying measures to improve isolation, for example shielding or re-routing of cables. These on-site radio frequency (RF) coupling investigations can only be done after installation. During the design, planning and installation stages such characterization of the electromagnetic (EM) environment has to be done on scale models and through simulations.
Characterization of Electromagnetic (EM) Environment for the SKA through simulation
The electrical size of the structure and the broad spectrum covered in this case requires significant computational resource requirements. Altair FEKO, an electromagnetic simulation software tool, based on state of the art computational electromagnetics (CEM) techniques, was run at the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) in Cape Town and the simulations were completed in a matter of days. The validated FEKO model could then be used to do rigorous RFI studies and make design, layout, shielding and bonding recommendations to mitigate the interference between these extremely sensitive telescopes.
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Biba A. Bedi
Director Corporate Communications and Client Relations at Altair
Biba has a background in business operations support functions of contract program management, human resources, key financial operations, marketing and communications. She joined Altair as a result of Altair's acquisition of EMSS in 2014 and her current role of Director Corporate Communications and Client Relations includes management, coordination and production of the global Success Story pipeline, authoring success stories for HyperWorks®, content production support and author relations management for Altair Corporate magazine Concept to Reality (C2R), development of press releases, Altair newsletter A60 production, support integration and advancement of blog and social media strategy. She is the Corporate/Americas media POC, as well as presenter liaison for corporate technology conferences. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from St. Bede's College (Himachal Pradesh University), in Shimla, India.
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"FEKO modelling on the Cape Town CHPC has been pivotal in my RFI mitigation research at Stellenbosch University for the MeerKAT Telescope. We have successfully validated dish scale models with measurement and continue to use FEKO to study EM induced current paths and provide RFI mitigation recommendations to SKA South Africa" said Dr Gideon Wiid, Lecturer, E & E Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
When completed, the SKA will be 10,000 times faster and 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio telescope. It will be so sensitive that it will be able to detect an airport radar on a planet tens of light years away. Its central computer will have the processing power of about one hundred million PCs and the dishes of the SKA will produce 10 times the global internet traffic.
While we are extremely fortunate to live in an era of abundant resources with a wealth of information just a mouse click away, there is still so much more to learn and discover. The SKA is a perfect example of technology innovation that seeks to answer questions and solve mysteries about the Universe we live in. I certainly hope it will motivate and fire the imagination of many young minds as they look | 256 |
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Egyptologist James Henry Breasted called Hatshepsut "the first great woman in history of whom we are informed". One of the very few female pharaohs that ruled Ancient Egypt, her reign lasted 20 years. Unstoppable, she dressed like a man when her rule as a woman was not accepted. That's why she appears with an artificial beard in many statues, like the one that served as an inspiration for this piece. She carried on one of the most impressive and successful trade and construction programs in the history of Ancient Egypt. She made Egypt rich, prosperous and safe. She did not go to war. Not just unflinching, but also with exquisite taste, she commissioned some of the most elegant temples that remain from the ancient world. Her funerary temple in Deir El Bahari, looks like a masterpiece of modern architecture. Her successors tried to erase her name and her memory, but she still lives on. And her smile carved in stone, says it all.
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They're all part of the growing brand of The Red Store.
This month Red Store chef Lucas Manteca and Maria Fox, creator of Pickle Girl Pickles, opened The Taco Shop at the Cape May Airport.
The menu could not be simpler: just choose your favorite Mexican format – tacos, burrito, quesadilla, etc. Then pick your protein. In addition to standards like chicken and shrimp, you can choose short ribs, roasted lamb and house made sausage.
Add some extras like Queso Fresco or three different variations on Guacamole and bingo – lunch or dinner is served. Fans of The Little Store bakery – look for house made desserts like Chocolate Ganache Cake and Key Lime Pie.
The Taco Shop's emulating a real life Mexican taqueria. Sort of like a higher end version of the popular Chipotle chain. Grab some take out or stay and eat in the hip, industrial decor. Of course the food is delicious – it always is when the Red Store's involved.
It's the location for this new venture that's pure genius. Manteca opened his new Taco Shop right next door to the Cape May Brewery. The brewery doesn't serve food.
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This year's Super Bowl (which drew a record-setting TV audience) is in the rear view mirror, but research continues to emerge concerning the return on advertisers' efforts. Unlike the game itself, which actually did feature a clear winner, there are plenty of advertising "winners and losers" to be found depending on which metric is used.
Of course, it may well be that it's some time before winners can actually be pronounced. Nevertheless, there are plenty of studies emerging to proclaim victors. The following is a brief(ish) list of highlights from those studies.
The Super Bowl was the most tweeted ever, says Twitter, noting that more than 28.4 million tweets containing terms related to the game and halftime show were sent from kickoff through a half-hour after the game's end.
The conversation on Facebook was also larger than ever: according to the social network, there were 265 million posts, comments and likes surrounding this year's game, more than in any other year. With the Super Bowl such a social event, Marin Software data shows that on Super Bowl Sunday click-through rates for Facebook ads were up 9% over prior Sundays in January, while conversion rates increased by 415%.
How does much of that conversation happen<|fim_middle|> claim that they'll go online to watch more branded content during or immediately after the game. The survey also finds that the Super Bowl will be a social affair, with 57% of survey respondents indicating that they'll use Facebook and/or Twitter during the game. SOASTA agrees: 32% of smartphone and tablet owners that it surveyed said they'll use social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter during the game.
Keeping with the social media theme, some 61% of viewers surveyed by CrowdTap claimed that they will share ads on social media before the game, and roughly two-thirds will likely post about the ads during the game itself.
Interested in fans of the teams? PlaceIQ has some data for that. Compared to the average consumer, PlaceIQ's report notes that Patriots fans are more likely to be in the 35-54 age group and be in a higher-income ($75k+) bracket. More data, such as fans' top dining, retail, and entertainment destinations, is available here.
Google has some interesting insights on search trends in the run-up and aftermath of the Super Bowl, available here.
Finally, Brandwatch will be tracking brand advertisers' social mentions at this site.
About the Data: Please follow the links provided for more details on the surveys and research cited. | ? On mobile devices. Based on second-by-second application session starts, Flurry demonstrates that messaging apps saw above-average use during the Super Bowl, as users picked up their phones during big moments to discuss them. For what it's worth, app advertisers generated plenty of downloads, per AppFigures' analysis.
Onto the winners and losers: based on Twitter activity during Super Bowl Sunday, Engagement Labs determines that Budweiser's ad had the highest engagement, while McDonald's garnered the most retweets. McDonald's also had the most mentions during the live window of the game, per Twitter's count.
It probably helps to promote a hashtag: 50% of Super Bowl ads did so, according to MarketingLand's count, down from 57% last year. Meanwhile, fewer than half (45%) of the 56 commercials tracked by wywy had a "visible reference to the advertised product on the homepage" of the brand's website. Mobile sites fared even worse, a shame considering Criteo data indicates that mobile click activity increased for retailers during the game, even as desktop click activity fell.
It's not just Twitter and a website that are needed to support advertisers' gambit. Beyond those media, brands also need to support their campaigns across paid search, email, SEO and display, per RKG Digital. Giving extra weight to social over those other channels, RKG finds [pdf] that Wix did the best job of supporting its campaign across digital channels.
Wix also won on an important measure: actual viewing of its ad! Rentrak's Ad Retention Index, which measured second-by-second viewing averages for each commercial, found that Wix's ad was the most watched (index score of 110 compared to the average rating of the entire game), with Victoria Secret close behind (index of 109). It certainly helps that both ran right before the game's final drive. Worth noting: Rentrak figures indicate that ad exposure was almost equal to viewership of the game itself.
Focusing on online video shares, Unruly notes that Budweiser is the Super Bowl victor for the third consecutive year, as its "Lost Dog" spot was the most-shared across Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Visible Measures, with its "True Reach" viewership count, agrees. Worth noting: 1.9 million of the Budweiser ad's almost 2.2 million shares came prior to Super Bowl Sunday. Overall, online ad shares grew by 82% from last year, according to the Unruly statistics compiled on February 2, 2015. Interestingly, separate data from Unruly (as reported here by Campaign Live) suggest that while brand ads were viewed twice as many times on YouTube (125.7 million) as on Facebook (60.7 million), 70% of total ad shares as of February 2nd occurred on Facebook. Visible Measures, for its part, suggests that Facebook videos represented 25% of all Super Bowl ad views, a significant rise from years past.
As for ad viewing on YouTube? Pixability says that Budweiser has picked up the most by a long shot, with more than 21 million views as of February 2nd. YouTube itself has more – on trending game day ads – here.
Most brands were able to generate happiness and amusement among viewers, according to a Networked Insights analysis of "millions of posts, tweets and comments from across the social web," but few came away with increased notions of trust. The winners on that end? Always and Carnival Cruises.
Overall web sentiment trended most positive for Avocados From Mexico, says General Sentiment, with Victoria's Secret, Weight Watchers and Wix also recording high levels of positive sentiment. Not surprisingly, Nationwide Insurance generated the most dislike. In terms of earned media value (based on web exposure), Budweiser topped Always in "impact media value."
Budweiser also earned the most social mentions during the game, concludes Amobee, which argues that the #LikeAGirl and Always campaigns had the highest positive sentiment.
Here's something different: a consumer survey! Based on surveys run before and after the game, Accelerant research reveals that the majority of the most anticipated Super Bowl advertisers (special mention to Doritos and Coca-Cola) failed to meet consumers' expectations. Budweiser was the only of the top 6 most-anticipated to pull through. Meanwhile, more consumers liked the Loctite and Esurance spots than had expected to.
Another survey, this time from Fluent, shows that of first-time advertisers, Mophie generated the largest increase in brand recognition from pre- to post-game, with Loctite next.
Finally, and keeping with the survey-based research, Bully Pulpit Interactive finds that Go Daddy did best at winning favorability among general consumers, while Budweiser was the victor in terms of recall.
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[Editor's Note: The following was published prior to the game.]
The Super Bowl is almost here, and NBC has reportedly sold out of ad space at a record $4.5 million per 30 seconds. This article provides a quick look at some of the research that has emerged in the past few weeks surrounding the event, including advertiser spending and consumer attitudes to Super Bowl spots.
According to a recently-released survey from the NRF, slightly more than three-quarters (75.8%) of American adults will watch the Super Bowl this year, with this figure having slowly climbed from 69.7% back in 2007. Men (83.1%) are more likely to watch than women, although almost 7 in 10 women plan to watch. When sorting by age group, the survey results also show that youth are more likely to watch than their older counterparts, with 83.1% of 18-24-year-olds expecting to tune in versus 66.8% of adults aged 65 and older.
Viewers will be spending on food and beverages and other items for Super Bowl Sunday, at an estimated $77.88 per person, the highest figure going back at least as far as 2007 ($56.07).
Given 4 options as to the most important part of the Super Bowl, the largest portion of viewers said the game itself is most important, although only a minority (46.8%) share stated that to be the case. In fact, roughly one-quarter of viewers said that the commercials are most important to them. Another survey, from Burson Marsteller, arrives at a similar conclusion: 53% of respondents reported that their primary reason for tuning into the game is the football itself, while 23% watch primarily for the commercials.
As for attitudes to the TV commercials, 77.1% of the NRF's survey respondents look at them as entertainment, a percentage that has remained relatively steady over the years. (And that entertainment should be humorous, according to the Burson Marsteller survey:Â 91% of respondents said that they're more excited to see ads that feature humor than those designed to elicit an emotional response.)
Meanwhile, about 1 in 5 viewers responding to the NRF survey said the commercials make them aware of advertiser brands, the highest figure since that question was first asked in 2008, though only slightly higher than 2013's result (19.5%). Similarly, 10.7% of viewers this year said that TV commercials influence them to buy products from the advertisers, again the highest figure on record, but only slightly above 2013's result (10.5%). Male viewers (12.3%) are more likely than female viewers (9.2%) to be influenced by ads to buy products, while 18-24-year-old viewers (19.2%) are by far the most likely among age groups.
If (a big if) the 10.7% of the viewing population (of almost 184 million adults, based on NRF's tally) watching were indeed influenced to buy products from advertisers as a result of watching the Super Bowl, that would mean that almost 20 million adults would be influenced by the commercials.
Are the ads worth the price tag? No, according to Communicus, which argues (by way of Ad Age) that advertisers performed below-average last year in terms of brand awareness and purchase intent. Even so, that's based on survey data, which may not be a reliable indicator. Looking at it from another angle (digital activity), iSpot.tv concludes that the investment is worth it: analyzing the 110 ads aired during last year's game, iSpot.tv finds that these ads comprised only 0.11% of all ads aired last year, but represented 9.4% of all digital activity across ads (including online video views, social media mentions and search queries.) Expect more studies on Super Bowl ad effectiveness to emerge after the game's final whistle.
The following list provides a brief look at some other Super Bowl-related data.
The average price of a Super Bowl ad grew markedly in the past decade, from $2.4 million in 2005 to $4.2 million last year, per Kantar Media's tally. Along with price inflation, ad clutter has also increased during that span, with ad time during the Super Bowl growing from 40 minutes and 15 seconds in 2005 to 49 minutes and 15 seconds last year. As a result, total ad spending more than doubled during the decade-long span, from $158.4 million in 2005 to $331.8 million in 2014. In fact, advertisers spent more on the Super Bowl last year than they did on all 7 games of last year's World Series ($257 million) and almost double what they spent combined on the 3 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four games ($182.1 million).
Despite the hefty price tag for a Super Bowl spot, the past 5 years have seen an increase in the share of ads that are at least 60 seconds in length. Last year, 40% of commercials were at least that long, up from 18% in 2010. Kantar Media also notes the prevalence of auto manufacturer advertising in the Super Bowl, with auto advertisers spending $113.4 million on ads last year, more than quadruple their outlay from 2005 ($26.4 million). At the same time, auto manufacturers' investments are expected to be down this year, as several past advertisers have dropped out.
During the past 5 years (2010-2014), Anheuser-Busch has been the top Super Bowl advertiser in terms of ad spend, per Kantar's figures. Its Budweiser brands' spots have fared well in Super Bowl ad shares, according to Unruly, which recently revealed that Budweiser claims 3 of the 4 most shared Super Bowl ads of all time. No wonder results from this YouGov survey show that Budweiser has the most anticipated ad of this year's event, although a separate survey from Accelerant Research has Doritos highest in consumer expectations. Returning to video shares, it's neither Budweiser nor Doritos in the ovearll lead: Volkswagen, with its 2011 spot "The Force," takes that honor.
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Updated: Mon 9:41 PM, Nov 18, 20<|fim_middle|> I'll post it if you're okay with that, and I'll encourage some of my friends to come to the shop," said Weiss.
"I didn't really know what happened with the post," said Swanson. "I just know there was a post. We took a pretty picture by the tree. That's all I know."
The post went viral overnight with nearly 4,000 shares and nearly 3,000 reactions in a matter of days.
"But this is the thing, I don't think we know how much power we have and how those small little acts of humanity can blow up," said Weiss. "I think we're hungry for it. We're hungry to hear kind words. We're hungry to walk alongside people and say, 'You're not alone.'"
"You don't do social justice work because it's easy. You do it because you believe in the power of people and people having moral standards," said Robertson. "That just, for me, validated everything that I thought. People really are innately good."
Swanson says people started lining up to see her business almost immediately. She hopes to donate profits from the store to help support the elderly, disabled, working-class poor, and veterans in the community.
"This store has a mission and a purpose, and it's not just about selling chocolate. It's about meeting the needs of people," she said.
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APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) -- People are traveling to Appleton to show their support for one small business owner struggling with religious discrimination.
The owner of Sapphire Moon Chocolates, 1741 N. Casaloma Dr., hopes to use her shop as a place for everyone to find common ground.
"A lot of people get transported back by a smell or a sight or a sound of their childhood, and that's what we hoped," said Tarina Swanson, owner of Sapphire Moon Chocolates. "To go back to a time when it wasn't so hard."
Among the antiques and sweet treats sits Swanson, waiting to greet customers with smiles and warmth; however, she says it is not always reciprocated.
"I would pop up over the counter and say, 'Hi there.' They would look at me kind of blankly, and they would just turn around and leave," said Swanson.
A sign hanging in the front window reads 'Veteran Owned Business.'
Swanson proudly calls herself a United States Army veteran.
Unfortunately, some customers fixated on something else: her head covering and Islamic beliefs.
"I think it's critically important that anybody no matter what their racial identity, sexual identity, any ways in which they live outside the margins, can be successful in this community if they put in the work," said Tracey Robertson, executive director of Fit Oshkosh.
One of Swanson's former professors and a strong advocate for increasing intercultural competence of people in the community, Robertson invited others to join her at Sapphire Moon Chocolates including Pastor Connie Weiss.
"Basically just said, 'Can I take a picture? | 342 |
COLIN BEATTIE MSP VIS<|fim_middle|> the best luck moving forward." | ITS MACTAGGART SCOTT FOR SCOTTISH APPRENTICESHIP WEEK
Colin Beattie, SNP MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, visited MacTaggart Scott as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week. Established in 1898, MacTaggart Scott is a privately owned Scottish engineering company based in Loanhead near the city of Edinburgh. Along with its extensive technical resources and manufacturing facilities, MacTaggart Scott has contributed to projects such as Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers, the largest ships built by the Royal Navy, as well as the Tower Bridge and the Thames Barrier in London.
Scottish Apprenticeship Week celebrates the successes of apprentices across the country as they prepare to enter the workforce. Apprenticeship programs such as that of MacTaggart Scott allow for crucial skills development and network-building opportunities that give young Scots an advantage in multiple industries and sectors. Data from the Scottish Government notes that 75% of employers felt that Modern Apprentices improved productivity. Studies by Skills Development Scotland show that 91% of apprentices are still in employment six months after completing their programs.
Commenting on the visit, Colin Beattie said:
"I enjoyed my visit to MacTaggart Scott, Loanhead and am grateful for their strong efforts in supporting Scottish apprenticeships. The apprentices I met were bright young individuals with promising futures and I wish them | 281 |
Many Acadians have fond<|fim_middle|>, 80-83; Ouellette 2005, 33), however, as Father Gallant's memoirs suggest, there is little historical evidence to suggest that this was the case in the Acadian communities. It is more likely that the practice came about due to a lack of accompaniment instruments, such as the pump organ, piano, or guitar, and through increased exposure to a similar practice in Québécois traditional music. Nevertheless, stories about the prohibition of dance abound. One older musician recalled a story he had been told about a priest who would walk past houses and peek in the windows to ensure that the imposed decorum was being upheld and that a tradition of seated foot-tapping accompaniment developed as a way of masking percussive accompaniment to singing and mouth music. Similarly, a young musician told an account of her great-grandfather whose instruments were confiscated in New Brunswick, and so he would tap his feet to create music so that no one would see them. | memories of "legendary" house parties in their communities at which social dancing was a common occurrence. The kitchen was a space for family, relatives, and neighbours to meet.
Most often, these parties took place on special occasions, such as weddings, Shrovetide (at Mardi Gras), and other special occasions, with dancing that would start after supper and often last until dawn. Kitchens teamed with as many dancing couples as the space could hold, with a local fiddler or mouth organ player providing the music.
The merry-makers would only go home as dawn was breaking. Sometimes people would catch a few house sleep before the dancing was renewed on Tuesday afternoon. Quite often they would not sleep at all and get a few hours work done before everyone gathered together again.
You can read the full article about Acadian Mardi Gras here.
Square dancing was also done at parish picnics and festivals. Picnics were often organized as fundraisers to build new community buildings. They usually consisted of a communal meal, games for adults and children, a craft fair, band music, and traditional music and dancing.
Grade one and two students at Abram-Village school getting ready to do a square dance at the 1959 Christmas concert. 1st row: Judy Savage, Gloria ( à Edgar) Gallant, Lydia (à Cyril) Arsenault, Lise (à Phil) Arsenault. 2nd row: Jacques (à Arthur) Arsenault, Léonce (à Edgar) Gallant, Eldon (à Léo) Gallant, Éric (à Ida) Gallant.
Photo taken by teacher Marie Maddix (Coll. Georges Arsenault).
Founded in 1974, the Club Ti-Pa was a French social and cultural organization (and co-operative) that served the Tignish-Palmer Road area, with the goal to preserve and promote Acadian culture in the region. In 1975, the Club initiated a number of cultural projects, including a set dancing group and step dancing lessons. The dance group – les danseurs du Club Ti-Pa – performed traditional Acadian dances in a variety of venues across the island, such as parish halls, schools, festivals, and auditoriums.
Dancers from le Club Ti-Pa perform at the Festival acadien de la région Évangéline, ca. 1980. Coll. Georges Arsenault.
The Club 50 in Abram-Village was a popular social club that featured some traditional set dancing. Amand Arsenault recalls that the Club held dances every Saturday night with live music, as did the French Club in Summerside and other community halls where people gathered for set dancing and waltzes.
There was a marked decrease in set dancing by the mid-1950s. This was especially the case for dances that took place in houses, as social dancing moved increasingly into public venues where the traditional sets were gradually replaced by other forms of social dancing, such as "round dances," that is, waltzes and the fox trot. In the 1950s and 1960s, the jive and other modern dances were introduce.
Square dances were generally "walked," but occasionally dancers who could step dance would do a shuffle step as they went around in a promenade figure. While certain square dances or figures were common, Deacon Cyrus Gallant recalled occasions in which dancers put new "twists" on old favourites. For example, he described a particular house party at which the women danced blindfolded around the kitchen stove – several in high, spiked heeled shoes no less – and their male partners would try to trick them by switching partners.
On July 13, 1958, Québécois folklorist Simonne Voyer (1913-2013) documented a quadrille danced at a house party hosted by Mr. Amédée Arsenault of St-Chrysostome. The musicians recruited for the party were fiddler Eddy Arsenault, age 37, accompanied by his brother, Amand Arsenault, age 30, on guitar.
She later published this quadrille as the "Quadrille de l'Île-de-Prince-Édouard" in her 1958 book, La danse traditionnelle dans l'est du Canada: quadrilles et cotillons. The quadrille, in the form of a carré simple, was danced by four couples and comprised three parts, of which only the title of the third part was known by the dancers.
Read more about the life and work of Simonne Voyer here.
In 1974, Acadian historian and folklorist Georges Arsenault documented four dances from the repertoire of Augustin Gallant (1905-1979) of Cap-Egmont in the parish of Mont-Carmel, P.E.I. Augustin was a well known dance caller in the area. The first of these was known by the name "La borbis," while the other three were identified by key figures, such as "Four hands around" and "Advance and leave your lady." The first dance, "La borbis," was subsequently choreographed for the troupe Les Danseurs Evangéline.
Members of the Club Ti-Pa dance a promenade figure at a house party in Saint-Louis, 1974 or 1975.
Aldine Arsenault (Perry) and Lorette Fennessey, 1980.
For many years, square dancing was looked down upon by clergy, and some parish priests prohibited dancing that involved bodily contact. Step dancing was tolerated because it was solo dancing, even on Sundays when square dancing was forbidden (Arsenault, 1998).
Oral history in the region suggests that the practice of seated foot-tapping (podorhythmie) emerged in response to restrictions imposed on music-making and dance by the Catholic Church (Forsyth 2011 | 1,265 |
As the Yale-NUS Class of 2<|fim_middle|>.
Like Cheryl, Felicia also reflected that what she would miss the most would be her group of friends who "come from different parts of the world, and would be dispersed to different places post-graduation, as they embark on amazing ventures". | 018 counts down to graduation in May 2018, one student is readying herself for a career as a uniformed police officer with the Singapore Police Force.
Felicia Soh (Class of 2018) is a Ministry of Home Affairs scholar and will be pursuing a career in the Singapore Civil Service after graduation.
On why she decided to take up the scholarship, Felicia explained that she wanted the opportunity to learn more about Singapore through "spending time in the heartlands and learning the problems prevalent in the country".
Students like Felicia receive scholarships from the Singapore Government to fund their tertiary education with a career in the public sector awaiting them after their graduation.
A Literature major, Felicia shared that the diverse environment at Yale-NUS has helped her prepare for her future career.
"Being in an environment with so much diversity, it is very common to encounter an individual with opinions vastly different from mine. Learning to be confident of my own opinions while understanding new perspectives will help me in coming up with creative solutions and making firm decisions in my future career," she said.
Another government scholarship holder is Seow Yongzhi (Class of 2018, photo below). A Ministry of Education scholar, he will be slated to teach at a local school after completing his training at the National Institute of Education.
Yongzhi decided to take up the scholarship after a three-month stint as a relief teacher.
"Teachers have a dual affective and academic role: they seek to mould students' values and develop a solid epistemological foundation for future intellectual pursuits. To fulfil the academic role, teachers have to be able to deliver lessons that are engaging and easily comprehensible," he shared.
A Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) major, Yongzhi believes that his Yale-NUS education has equipped him to fulfil the dual roles of a teacher.
"The broad-based curriculum ranging from great works in philosophy and literature, to the training of quantitative skills, equips me with the skills to apprehend the core content to be taught, and to draw out relevance to other disciplines," he explained.
Gin Ong (Class of 2018, photo below), is another student headed for a career in the public service as a recipient of the prestigious Public Service Commission (Public Administration) Scholarship. As she is not bonded with any particular government ministry, Gin will be rotated to work in different government ministries upon graduation.
"I hope to contribute towards making Singapore a more knowledge-intensive and innovative economy, and work in a role that would involve a high degree of data analytics to inform decisions, such as the National Research Foundation and Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)," said Gin who is majoring in Mathematical, Computational and Statistical Sciences (MCS) with a focus on the Mathematics pathway.
"A Smart Nation cannot happen without data science, and I believe that we need people possessing strong technical knowledge in policy work to inform the development of policies and strategies such that the right decisions can be made and the appropriate initiatives adopted," she added.
On why she decided to pursue a major in MCS, Gin shared that she was "enthralled by the beauty of Mathematics" and also inspired by her professors such as Professor of Science (Mathematics) Jon Berrick.
"I think that my greatest achievement at Yale-NUS was persevering through my one-on-one Galois Theory class with Professor Berrick. There were many times when I lost faith in my abilities and thought about giving up, but I am very grateful to Professor Berrick for his patience and kindness in guiding me throughout the whole process," she added.
The Singapore Government also offers ASEAN Scholarships to students from the other nine countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to study in Singapore. Cheryl Cosslett (Class of 2018), who hails from Indonesia, is one of several Yale-NUS students who has received this scholarship to fund her Yale-NUS education.
"It has been a privilege to pursue my education as a scholar, which has made me more aware of the kind of expectations and effort I should put into my learning and experience here, precisely as a way to make use of this privilege I've been given," Cheryl said.
While she will not be joining the public service, Cheryl will be pursuing a career intimately connected with government and policy.
"I will join Vriens & Partners after graduation, an advisory firm that specialises in government relations and political risk analysis in Southeast Asia. The relevance to my studies and to my interest in the region particularly appealed to me," she added.
Having spent two summers in Morocco and Spain and a semester abroad at Leiden University in the Netherlands, Cheryl also noted that the travel opportunities she had in college have expanded her knowledge and perspectives.
"My academic focus on Southeast Asia as a region has benefited from cross-country comparisons based on my encounters abroad. Applying my real-life experiences of different communities to the theory I read about and in-class discussions during seminars have also been humbling and exciting," she shared | 1,017 |
FORT PAYNE, AL (WAFF) - With the snip<|fim_middle|> | of a ribbon, the boys from Fort Payne celebrated the grand reopening of their renovated museum Wednesday evening at the Alabama Fan Club and Museum in Fort Payne just in time for their annual fan appreciation weekend.
This is the first major renovation since it opened in 1985. And fans now have the chance to see more memorabilia than ever. Lead singer Randy Owen is proud of what they've brought in.
"I actually found all the number one songs that I wrote. Actually, the real handwritten copies of them. And they'll be copies of those put in here from time to time.
This museum will be changed out from time to time because there's just so much," said Owen.
Cousins and fellow members of the band, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook say they enjoyed working on the renovation together.
"Wonderful experience to get to relive some of the moments over the years. I'm sure like Jeff, we pulled out stuff we hadn't seen in years. And it's been fun to go through and pick out some of our favorite stuff. And some of our favorite moments in time. And put them here in the museum. And hopefully they'll be here for a long time," said Gentry.
"Like Teddy, I saw some stuff I hadn't seen in a while and I think it will be an opportunity to share it with a lot of our fans, said Cook."
Owen says they are still humbled by all of the support from their fans and hopes the museum will be enjoyed for generations to come.
"When we do our concerts now, there's a lot of people that are in the audience that I know wasn't born when we were singing in the '80s. So it's really been something that you just stand back and just really appreciate and thank God for," said Owen. | 368 |
Modeling and simulation of emergent behavior in transportation infrastructure restoration
The objective of this chapter is to create a methodology to model the emergent behavior during a disruption in the transportation system and that calculates economic losses due to such a disruption, and to understand how an extreme event affects the road transportation network. The chapter discusses a system dynamics approach which is used to...
Ojha, Akhilesh; Corns, Steven; Shoberg, Thomas G.; Qin, Ruwen; Long, Suzanna K.
Ojha, A., Corns, S., Shoberg, T., Qin, R., and Long, S., 2018. Modeling and Simulation of Emergent Behavior in Transportation<|fim_middle|>In order to provide the land cover user community a summary of the similarity and differences between the 2011 National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) and the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Program Existing Vegetation 2010 Data (LANDFIRE EVT), the two datasets were compared at a national (conterminous U.S.) and regional (Eastern...
McKerrow, Alexa J.; Dewitz, Jon; Long, Donald G.; Nelson, Kurtis; Connot, Joel A.; Smith, Jim
Attribution: Core Science Systems, Gap Analysis Project, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS), United States of America
McKerrow, A., J. Dewitz, and D. Long. 2016. A Comparison of NLCD 2011 and LANDFIRE EVT 2010: Regional and National Summaries. | Infrastructure Restoration, in Mittal, S., Diallo, S., and Tolk, A., eds., Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems Engineering: A Modeling Simulation Approach. Chapter 15. 349-368.
An open source high-performance solution to extract surface water drainage networks from diverse terrain conditions
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Stanislawski, Larry V.; Survila, Kornelijus; Wendel, Jeffrey; Liu, Yan; Buttenfield, Barbara P.
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A linked GeoData map for enabling information access
OverviewThe Geospatial Semantic Web (GSW) is an emerging technology that uses the Internet for more effective knowledge engineering and information extraction. Among the aims of the GSW are to structure the semantic specifications of data to reduce ambiguity and to link those data more efficiently. The data are stored as triples, the basic data...
Powell, Logan J.; Varanka, Dalia E.
Powell, L.J., and Varanka, D.E., 2018, A linked GeoData map for enabling information access: U.S. Geological Survey Open–File Report 2017–1150, 6 p, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171150.
Partial polygon pruning of hydrographic features in automated generalization
This paper demonstrates a working method to automatically detect and prune portions of waterbody polygons to support creation of a multi-scale hydrographic database. Water features are known to be sensitive to scale change; and thus multiple representations are required to maintain visual and geographic logic at smaller scales. Partial pruning of...
Stum, Alexander K. ; Buttenfield, Barbara P.; Stanislawski, Larry V.
Stum AK, Buttenfield BP, Stanislawski LV. Partial polygon pruning of hydrographic features in automated generalization. Trans in GIS. 2017;00(0):1–18.
A reference landform ontology for automated delineation of depression landforms from DEMs
Abstract The landform reference ontology (LFRO) is being developed to formalize ontological distinctions underlying naïve geographic cognition and reasoning about landforms. The LFRO taxonomy is currently based only on form-based distinctions. In this significantly revised version, several new categories have been added to explicate ontological...
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The National Map seamless digital elevation model specifications
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Archuleta, Christy-Ann M.; Constance, Eric W.; Arundel, Samantha T.; Lowe, Amanda J.; Mantey, Kimberly S.; Phillips, Lori A.
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Elevation Difference and Bouguer Anomaly Analysis Tool (EDBAAT) User's Guide
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Smittle, Aaron M.; Shoberg, Thomas G.
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Integrating multiple data sources in species distribution modeling: A framework for data fusion
The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the use of species distribution models (SDMs) to characterize patterns of species' occurrence and abundance. Efforts to parameterize SDMs often create a tension between the quality and quantity of data available to fit models. Estimation methods that integrate both standardized and non-standardized...
Pacifici, Krishna; Reich, Brian J.; Miller, David A.W.; Gardner, Beth; Stauffer, Glenn E.; Singh, Susheela; McKerrow, Alexa J.; Collazo, Jaime A.
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Ward, David L.; Casper, Andrew F.; Counihan, Timothy D.; Bayer, Jennifer M.; Waite, Ian R.; Kosovich, John J.; Chapman, Colin; Irwin, Elise R.; Sauer, Jennifer S.; Ickes, Brian; McKerrow, Alexa J.
Attribution: Biology and Ecosystems, Southwest Biological Science Center, Western Fisheries Research Center, Core Science Systems, Ecosystems, Fisheries Program, Gap Analysis Project, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS), Southwest, United States of America
Ward, D.L., Casper, A.F., Counihan, T.D., Bayer, J.M., Waite, I.R., Kosovich, J.J., Chapman, C.G., Irwin, E.R., Sauer, J.S., Iches, B.S., and McKerrow, A.J., 2017,Long-Term Fish Monitoring in Large Rivers: Utility of "Benchmarking" across Basins: Fisheries, no. 42, v. 2, p
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One method for working with large, dense sets of spatial point data is to aggregate the measure of the data into polygonal containers, such as political boundaries, or into regular spatial bins such as triangles, squares, or hexagons. When mapping these aggregations, the map projection must inevitably distort relationships. This distortion can...
Battersby, Sarah E.; Strebe, Daniel "daan"; Finn, Michael P.
Attribution: Mapping, Remote Sensing, and Geospatial Data, Core Science Systems, United States of America, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS)
TopoLens: Building a cyberGIS community data service for enhancing the usability of high-resolution National Topographic datasets
Geospatial data, often embedded with geographic references, are important to many application and science domains, and represent a major type of big data. The increased volume and diversity of geospatial data have caused serious usability issues for researchers in various scientific domains, which call for innovative cyberGIS solutions. To address...
Hu, Hao; Hong, Xingchen; Terstriep, Jeff; Liu, Yan; Finn, Michael P.; Rush, Johnathan; Wendel, Jeffrey; Wang, Shaowen
A comparison of NLCD 2011 and LANDFIRE EVT 2010: Regional and national summaries.
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Claire Birchall - Song For The Man In The Moon
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Tuesday 17th November, 2020
Seven months after the release of her latest album Running In Slow Motion, Melbourne DIY rocker Claire Birchall has shared with us a clip for album highlight 'Song For The Man In The Moon', a space-age visual accompaniment that transforms the track's emotive synth-pop into something even more cosmic.
Nothing is sacred anymore in the year of 2020 and so the stellar Melbourne musician Claire Birchall has adopted an old-school approach: the release of the video for her song 'Song For The Man In The Moon' comes months after the album it is taken from came out. Running In Slow Motion was actually released back in April (via It Records) but the arrival of COVID-19 gave Birchall the time and space to get creative.
Birchall had been doing live streams from home and making appearances in online festivals but spotted the opportunity to explore deeper an album that never got the tour or publicity it otherwise would have received in a normal year. She made the clip with her partner Matt Green during the strictest lockdown periods in Melbourne. The sense of meaningful exertion - of necessitated distraction - is palpable in the video. Birchall made and painted both the space costumes and starry backdrop; once the video had been filmed, she edited it all herself.
A long-standing member of Melbourne's rock community, Birchall's participation in it has lasted for essentially the entirety of this young century. Her debut album, Captain Captain, was released in 2001; she then fronted indie rock outfits like Paper Planes and Claire Birchall & The Phantom Hitchhikers; she played in the garage country rock band The Happy Lonesome; she's now a member of Kim Salmon's band.
Running In Slow Motion was both a return to solo work and the lo-fi experimentation which defined her debut release. A multi-instrumentalist, Birchall played everything from the guitar to the keyboard, the mandolin to the xylophone on Captain Captain. It sounded like the (un)fashionable fuzzy DIY of artists like The Microphones, Jeffrey Lewis, and Badly Drawn Boy that were prevalent at the turn of the millennium. For her first foray into electronic music and aiming to present a unique approach to the genre, she recorded Running In Slow Motion using synths and drum machines while retaining the lo-fi 4-track aesthetic.
The result is an icy and claustrophobic take on synth-pop. The ten tracks on Running In Slow Motion are dramatic and theatrical, serious and emphatic, and 'Song For The Man In The Moon' exemplifies these attributes to the greatest degree. The song is about losing a sense of belonging and dreaming of faraway places. As the earth turns to shit, Birchall has turned her eye to the sky, in search of an escape. "Send me into outer space / I can't find my place anymore / And no one is around to keep me on the ground," she cries, a sentiment that feels immediately relatable in 2020.
The momentous drum machine propels the melancholia skywards - the song could easily soundtrack the third act of an 80's sci-fi film, the moment when the action intensifies as it rushes to its galactic climax. "Hey, hey is there anybody out there?" It's a fair question from Birchall. The video peters out backed by what sounds like a muffled radio transmission: if anyone truly is out there though and they received contact from earth, perhaps they'd do well to turn the proverbial lights off and pretend no one's home.
Running In Slow Motion is out now through It Records - head to clairebirchall.bandcamp.com to grab the album on limited vinyl.
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Since dairy products are regarded as healthy, demand is rising continuously. A development noticeable e.g. on the production of the Zott dairy company in Mertingen in the German state of Bavaria: Each year, they process about 950 million kilograms of milk into yogurt and<|fim_middle|>ogurt is especially popular in Europe. When it comes to per capita consumption, the French are the European champions, with 17.8 kilograms per year; Germans consume about 13.9 kilograms. During the production process the tasty dairy products are controlled thoroughly in accordance with strict hygiene standards. This is because dairy products are particularly susceptible to germs.
The process known in the industry as aseptic filling is state-of-the-art: Just before it is filled, the packaging is disinfected with hydrogen peroxide. In addition to the biocidal effect, it must also be very easy to remove the product from the packaging so that no residues remain. The hydrogen peroxide that Evonik has developed for this is ultra pure and, when subjected to heat, decomposes to oxygen and water, which makes it a very environmentally compatible product that is ideally suited for use in the food industry.
As one of the world's biggest providers of hydrogen peroxide, Evonik has been supplying the product to the food industry since the 1960s. "The high bactericidal effect of hydrogen peroxide and its good environmental compatibility have contributed to the sweeping success of aseptic filling," says Friedhelm Brandner, who is responsible for technical service for active oxygen products at Evonik. Many machines operate in the Zott dairy company and they are treated with OXTERIL® 350, a hydrogen peroxide that was especially developed for the food industry. "Depending on the product, the cups are disinfected either in an immersion bath or they are sprayed," explains Brandner. Residues of hydrogen peroxide are completely removed. | other dairy products.
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Maine lobsterman's convention speech sets off political spat
Jason Joyce of Swan's<|fim_middle|> National Convention on Tuesday. Joyce said he supports President Trump's trade deal, prompting a rebuke from the state's Democratic Party, which says the deal has done more to hurt the lobster industry than aid it. Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP
A Maine lobsterman spoke in favor of President Trump's trade policies during the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, earning a rebuke from the state's Democratic Party, which faults Trump for hurting the industry.
Swan's Island lobster harvester Jason Joyce said he was skeptical of Trump in 2016 and didn't support him then, but has since come around because of the president's trade deals. He referenced last week's announcement that the European Union agreed to drop its 8 percent tariff on U.S. lobsters for the next five years. The EU has also agreed to work to make the move permanent.
Joyce also said he approves of Trump's June move to reopen the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, off the New England coast, to commercial fishing.
"As long as Trump is president, fishing families like mine will have a voice," Joyce said.
Day 2 of Republican convention includes the first lady, a Maine lobsterman and a pardon
Maine Democrats said before Joyce's speech on Tuesday that Trump has done more to hurt the lobster fishery than aid it. Trump's trade hostilities with China have taken a valuable market away from the U.S. lobster industry, Maine Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Marra said.
"Trump's failed trade war with China upended Maine's vital lobster industry and turned hardworking lobstermen and women into collateral damage," Marra said. "He promised us better trade deals, but instead he instead got played by China, and Maine workers got the bill."
Maine is the center of the U.S. lobster industry, and the business is central to the state's economy, tourism and culture. Lobster fishers have had several strong years at Maine's docks. They have topped 100 million pounds of lobster for nine years in a row after never previously reaching that mark, according to state records that go back to 1880.
But the industry faces numerous challenges, including the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the seafood business, the trade fight with China, a stubborn bait shortage and new protections designed to reduce risk to endangered whales.
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Jason Joyce, a lobsterman from Swan's Island speaks from Washington during the second night of the Republican | 61 |
September is upon us, and RePop's hosting a First Friday art event on Friday, September 4. It's always a good crowd.
First Fridays have returned and by popular demand, RePOP is proud to feature once again the work of Amy M. Asher and Arian Gimbutas.
Amy's work derives from nature; she uses what she sees and transforms the obvious. The landscapes she creates are part illusory, what you might see as if you were squinting at a landscape,<|fim_middle|> work is shaped on what, at first, seems a simple background, but the canvases are really layers upon layers of material put on, scraped off, put on, written on or covered up. These are landscapes, landscape of the mind, memory, and imagery. Growing up in Kansas she creates work that tends to lean toward this feeling of vastness and isolation, the kind of feeling a lone barn sitting in an open field might inspire, for example. These are the kinds of images she sees in her minds-eye, the shapes she draw from and manipulates, playing with the harmony of composition, color and form.
Working in black ink and bleach, Arian allows images work themselves out through a sort of Rorschach test ink blob. Further refining them by pulling tones out with bleach, he presents them as a sort of icon for both the real and unreal, the natural and the synthetic.
This particular collection, all created within the last two years, offers a beautiful entrance into the fall season with an adornment of abstract landscapes, illustrative renderings and unique musings. | or driving fast and watching the blurred hills and fields and trees rush past. Some of her | 18 |
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Bio: Ketan is the VP of Diagnostics Information Solutions at Roche and his team is focused on harnessing the power of data, diagnostics and other critical information to support better clinical decisions. Prior to this role he was a Managing Director at Health2047 and General Manager of Life Sciences at Intel Corp. He has been a member of the US Health IT committee on Precision Medicine, and part of numerous taskforces at AAAS-FBI-UNICRI, ITU and WHO. He has an MBA and MS and is a certified Paramedic.
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We spent a thoroughly enjoyable evening watching The English National Ballet perform The Nutcracker at the London Coliseum. Nutcracker is the traditional Christmas ballet, however the concept design for this production was by Gerald Scarfe so it was completely different from the<|fim_middle|> it being Boxing day, that the roads would be pretty empty. Wrong! The West End was totally mad to the point of gridlock. In increasing danger of getting there too late, we dived down one narrow theatre-land back street after another, looking for shortcuts and a place to park. I managed to pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat – somehow! – as we magically arrived outside the Coliseum. Right around the corner was a tiny NCP which we managed to park in. That was a challenge in itself as the entire two storey carpark seemed to be contained within what I can only describe as a wardrobe. Anyway, against all the odds we were there with time to spare!
Image unashamedly borrowed from the ENO website.
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Interesting journey up to town. With most tube lines shut for the hols we had to take the car. I naively assumed, | 58 |
In the broader South East European region<|fim_middle|> ICT platform. It will enable each partner to use applications that wake enthusiasm for scientific education, tackle information gaps in the area of technology and innovation, encourage visitors to develop an entrepreneurial spirit, and diminish fears concerning new technologies. SEE Science Centre will also 'broadcast' the SEE Science Festivals online. | , innovation scores low. Proper conditions that could bridge research, education & business are missing and the area is characterized by a weak culture for innovation. Although there are excellent chances for innovative business development, because of the universities and high technology companies that are located in the countries represented in the SEE Science project, their potential to improve social climate for new developments is underexploited. To reflect the problems and the needs of the SEE area, a transnational partnership was formed to define and carry out joint interventions in the framework of the SEE Science project.
The SEE Science project is a South East European project aiming at the increase of public awareness on the importance of natural sciences, technology and innovation as key determinants of economic growth. The project specifically aims to wake the interest of young people for science, technology and innovation, by networking Science Centres in the SEE region and increasing the visibility and accessibility of technical and natural sciences. In today's changing world, the cooperation is becoming even more important in many areas of the economy, therefore the network of Science Centres can promote a culture for innovation tomorrow by targeting young people today!
Science Centres have to become catalysts for innovation. The capacity building of these institutions and efficient knowledge sharing are necessary. Capitalizing on best European practices and introducing new approaches the SEE Science project takes an active part in the reformulation of the role of the Science Centres. To this end a number of Science Festivals are planned throughout the SEE region, as well as a virtual SEE Science Centre will be created.
The planned SEE Science Festivals will directly contribute to raising public awareness on science and technology. The festivals intend to create a more inclusive environment and make innovation more accessible to the wider public. It will provide a platform for young people and their families to explore different aspects of innovation through "learning by doing" activities. The most important aim is to turn these events into a sustainable instrument (e.g. annual/bi-annual events) to support the image formation of SEE as a place of innovation and growth.
The virtual SEE Science Centre will be operated by the project partners through an | 420 |
British Museum – Museum of the World
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Explore a vast collection of online experiences to feed your curiosity and education resources supporting online teaching and learning.
Google Arts and Culture
Explore collections from around the world with Google Arts & Culture, created by Google Cultural Institute. Visit Florence's Uffizi Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Palace of Versailles, the National Gallery of Art, and hundreds more – all online!
Guggenheim Collection Online
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Louvre Online Tours
Visit the museum's exhibition rooms and galleries, contemplate the façades of the Louvre…
Come along on a virtual tour and enjoy the view!
National Museum of Anthropology – Mexico City
Visit the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, devoted to the archaeology and history of Mexico's pre-Hispanic civilizations.
Port Discovery Children's Museum
Explore videos from the Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore, MD.
The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.
A virtual tour of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Vatican Museums Virtual Tour
Welcome to the Vatican Museums, which conserve the immense collection of art amassed by the popes from the seventeenth century onwards.
Westminster Abbey Virtual Tour
Take a virtual tour inside Westminster Abbey. View treasures including the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor, the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, the High Altar and the Coronation Chair in unprecedented detail.
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day for his LUNCH DOODLE. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo's studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. Grab some paper and pencils, pens, or crayons and join Mo to explore ways of writing and making together.
Read Together, Be Together
"Read Together, Be Together<|fim_middle|> International and Discovery Education! Learn about the Arctic ecosystem, adaptations, sea ice habitat, climate change, and more.
U.S. National Park Service – Watching Wildlife
Did you know that you can see what's happening live at parks without leaving your home? Webcams allow you to get up close to wildlife without disturbing them. Watch the famous brown bears of Brooks River, go on a live dive in Channel Islands, or take a peek in a Bald Eagle's Nest. | " is a nationwide movement that celebrates the importance, and power, of the shared reading experience between an adult and a child. Stay connected with live story times and digital events.
Storyline Online streams imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors including Viola Davis, Allison Janney, Chris Pine, Wanda Sykes, Justin Theroux, and Betty White reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations, helping to inspire a love of reading in children.
Story Time From Space
Story Time From Space sends children's books & demonstrations to the International Space Station. While in space, astronauts videotape themselves reading books to the children of Earth.
A collection of digital games that students can play at home. Students can click on any game and start playing!
Free courses in a wide variety of subjects from colleges around the world.
Early literacy begins with you and your child. You can help your child get ready to read by doing simple activities every day. The Library makes this easy by creating an Early Literacy Calendar each and every month!
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5,000+ tutorials on how to code like a pro!
Gale in Context: High School
Homework help resources from Gale help you confidently begin and complete assignments outside of the classroom.
Gale in Context: Middle School
Imagineering in a Box
'Imagineering in a Box' is a free online program that brings together the diverse talents of Disney Imagineers around the world for a one-of-a-kind learning experience! The series offers 32 videos in which Imagineers share how they use a wide range of skills – from story development and conceptual design, to math, physics and engineering – to create immersive experiences.
Khan Academy – Schedules for School Closures
Self-paced, interactive content for students in every grade and in most major subject areas. Teachers and parents can also use our teacher tools to monitor progress and assign specific work.
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Michigan History for Kids
Read stories about the history and heritage of all Michigan's peoples OR click on the audio files and listen to the stories, enjoy the interactive educational activities and games, and check out the "Teacher Section" for lesson plans and ideas that can be easily used at home! Please use Username: MHK and Password: 1234
Miss Hucklebee's Online Academy
Miss Humblebee's Academy is an easy to use educational tool to prepare your preschoolers for kindergarten and beyond.
NASA STEM Activities
Launch rockets, build a hovercraft, create a winning science fair project and more! These science, technology, engineering and math activities are fun for kids, adults, and the whole family.
Live views from space, groundbreaking science, interviews with scientists: NASA TV has it all. Tune in to enjoy #NASAatHome weekdays at 10 a.m. EDT and 4 p.m. EDT.
Make learning fun with National Geographic! Explore animal and country profiles, encyclopedia entries, maps, and more!
Scholastic Learn at Home
Explore learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin!
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Airpano Virtual Tours
Around 3,000 panoramas of more than 300 places of the Earth, including the North Pole, the Antarctic, volcano eruptions and even panoramas from the stratosphere.
American Battlefields Virtual Tours
Experience the Civil War like never before and tour the battlefields in panoramic view. Jump from battlefield to battlefield using our virtual tours that offer historic detail on battle highlights and points of interest, compelling photography, lively video, in-depth articles and more.
Arconic's Advanced Manufacturing Virtual Tour
Take a virtual tour of Arconic's Advanced Manufacturing hub in Alcoa, Tennessee and learn about the exciting ways robotics and digital technology impact the skills needed to succeed in Advanced Manufacturing.
FarmFood 360
Take yourself on a real life expedition of Canadian farms and food processing facilities from the comfort of your home. It's a fun, simple and affordable way to educate and engage audiences and explore where food comes from.
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Virtual Tour
As the birthplace of the Ford Model T car, the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is recognized as one of the most significant automotive heritage sites in the world. Take a 3D Virtual Tour of this Historic Site.
Great Wall of China Virtual Tour
Explore one of the most impressive ancient structures on the planet, the Great Wall of China!
Monticello Virtual Tours
Tour Thomas Jefferson's plantation and explore its furnishings in this 360-degree panoramic presentation of Jefferson's autobiographical architectural masterpiece.
Mount Vernon Virtual Tours and Online Learning
Explore Mount Vernon's vast digital offerings including primary and secondary sources, virtual tours, as well as videos, games, quizzes, and activities that can be completed independently or as a group.
NASA Glenn Research Center Virtual Tours
Get an inside look at NASA Glenn Research Center's facilities. Select a tour and tap the icons to view videos, images and see testing in action.
NASA Langley Research Center Virtual Tour
Look inside the gates of NASA's Langley Research Center with a virtual tour.
NASA Space Center Houston App
The free Space Center Houston interactive mobile tour features audio tour, GPS maps, selfie filters, augmented reality experiences, virtual reality lite and more!
U.S. National Park Webcams
Links to all known U.S. National Park, National Monument, National Recreational Area, and National Seashore WebCams.
Walt Disney World Tours
Explore Disney Parks like never before – right from your phone or computer – on Google Street View.
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Without a doubt, many of us are feeling anxious as we navigate the uncertainty of COVID-19. Enjoy this curation of content hand-picked to support your mental and emotional wellness through this time.
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Mindfulness and Movement for Kids – Katie Scherr
Enhancing school readiness with mindful movement and stillness. Yoga-inspired and science-informed.
Yoga With Adriene – Yoga for Uncertain Times
A free, 30+ video playlist from the Yoga With Adriene YouTube channel. This collection of practices is there to support you in times of uncertainty. May this collection serve to remind you that you are not alone, to support you through unknown times, and to help you find peace through your home practice.
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Bolshoi Theatre – Russian Ballet
Watch popular opera and ballet performances from the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Classroom Edition
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Educational Concert Series (ECS) has introduced students to classical music for more than 80 years. With special hosts and thoughtfully chosen music, these concerts bring kids inside the orchestra. Each performance includes a downloadable Teacher Resource Guide.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Replay Archive
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Metropolitan Opera – Nightly Met Opera Streams
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Time Out: The Best Live Theater to Watch from Home
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Georgia Aquarium Beluga Webcam
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Houston Zoo Webcams
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Kansas City Penguin Cam
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1、Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.
2、Happiness is a way station between too much and too little.
3、In love folly is always sweet.
4、The hard part isn't making the decision. It's living with it.
5、Your happy passer-by all knows, my distressed there is no place hides.
6、You may be out of my sight, but never out of my mind.
7、Love is not a maybe thing. You know when you love someone.
8、In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
9、When the whole world is about to rain, let's<|fim_middle|> people how much they mean to you.
13、I lied when I said I didn't like you. I lied when I said I didn't care. I lie every time I try to tell myself I will never fall for you.
14、One needs 3 things to be truly happy living in the world: some thing to do, some one to love, some thing to hope for.
15、No matter how bad your heart has been broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief. The sun comes right back up the next day.
16、Accept what was and what is, and you'll have more positive energy to pursue what will be.
17、Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.
18、If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
19、If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.
20、I'll think of you every step of the way. | make it clear in our heart together.
10、It's better to be alone than to be with someone you're not happy to be with.
11、Life is a journey, not the destination, but the scenery along the should be and the mood at the view.
12、Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these | 83 |
Building young people's confidence, improving their health and providing training is all focused on seeing them move on in a positive way.
To help them take<|fim_middle|> is our programme to build young people's independence. Taking a wide ranging approach, we help them get to grips with skills that are often taken for granted. Homelessness can prevent young people from learning how to pay bills, manage their money and even cook. By taking part in the parts of Lifewise that are right for them, they're better prepared for life after Centrepoint. | this big step, we prepare young people for moving on while they're with us and continue to support them for six months after they've left. This support includes workshops teaching practical skills like managing budgets and paying household bills, help to find suitable accommodation to move into and a rent deposit guarantee scheme.
Homeless young people overcome so much to turn their lives around.
But with 103,000 asking for help with homelessness last year and a national shortage of housing, we need your support to help more young people.
Tori suffered violence from her mother followed by a breakdown in her relationship with her godmother, after moving in with her. She came to Centrepoint and immediately hit it off with her key worker Veronica. Within a few months she moved from her hostel to one of Centrepoint's self-contained flats. After a year she moved on into her own home, Veronica went with her when she signed the contract. Seven years later, Tori still lives in the home Centrepoint helped her into.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 10, 2015 – Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) is playing a critical role in the historic flyby of Pluto and its five known moons with NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which has traveled nearly three billion miles in just under 10 years to reach the dwarf planet. New Horizons is the first spacecraft to ever make a close study of Pluto and is already returning images of the system that are of higher quality than those taken by any space telescope. Aerojet Rocketdyne provided 43 propulsion devices and six pressurant tanks aboard the United<|fim_middle|> of the dwarf planet and, according to NASA, seeks to understand where Pluto and its moons "fit in" with other planets in the solar system. During its three-billion-mile journey, New Horizons swung past Jupiter for a gravity boost that increased the spacecraft's speed and enabled arrival at Pluto years before it would have arrived without the gravity assist. Since the Jupiter assist, the propulsion system was awakened only occasionally for brief annual checkouts and finally in December 2014 in preparation for the Pluto flyby. | Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launch vehicle and propulsion system for the spacecraft.
Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion aboard the ULA Atlas V included five solid boosters that provided an average of 250,000 lbf of thrust each; eight separation motors; one Centaur RL10A upper-stage main engine that offered 22,300 lbf thrust; 12 MR-106 5.0 lbf thrusters that were used for roll, pitch, yaw and settling burns; and an atypical third stage used a single MR 107 nutation control thruster. ARDÉ, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne based in New Jersey, provided the pressure vessels on the first and second stages on the launch vehicle. The New Horizons spacecraft includes a propulsion system built by Aerojet Rocketdyne that uses four MR-111C 1.0 lbf thrusters and 12 MR-103H 0.2 lbf thrusters to provide spin control, course correction, and fine-tune maneuver capability. The New Horizons propulsion system was built under contract to the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory.
The New Horizons mission is the first reconnaissance | 257 |
What Is Patch-by-Exception and Why Do We Need It?
For engineers looking for an easy, inexpensive yet high performing cabling alternative, Patch-by-Exception offers a solid solution. Helping to save time and money while improving performance, manageability, security and aesthetics, we explore what Patch-by-Exception is, and the need behind its use.
The most common method of installing communications cabling systems throughout the world is to utilize a standard RJ45 patch panel style solution.
There are either no records kept, or it's very hard to keep records up to date.
Unauthorized changes can be made without approval.
Testing of outlets requires disconnection of the service.
Patch cords required for every service.
Poor management can lead to a patch cable nightmare.
Takes up space in equipment racks.
Changes can be made to network equipment within the equipment rack.
Patch cord mismanagement and an inability to test/monitor circuits<|fim_middle|> while avoiding many of these issues associated with traditional RJ45 systems.
So how can we define PBE?
IDC (Insulation Displacement Connection) termination modules with their unique Patch-by-Exception design provide an easy and inexpensive cabling alternative. CommScope offers a Patch-by-Exception solution for Category 6 and 6A applications.
These Category 6 and Category 6A modules all contain disconnection contacts. It's this distinctly unique feature that sets them above other IDC contact types. You can only achieve the benefits of a Patch-by-Exception solution by utilizing disconnect modules.
A disconnection module has two contacts for each wire, an 'in' and an 'out'. These two contacts touch in the middle of the modules with a controlled amount of spring pressure.
The central spring contacts allow the single-wire circuit to be disconnected, hence the name 'disconnection contact', and provides the access for patch plugs, test plugs, monitoring plugs or isolation plugs.
The design of disconnection modules provides a clean front panel. The insulation displacement contacts for the wire and the disconnection spring contacts are recessed inside the module so accidental contact of the module with a metallic tool like a screwdriver will not cause any short circuits.
During moves, adds and changes, the act of plugging a patch cord into the work area modules open the internal spring contacts, thereby disconnecting the existing circuit.
When the other end of the patch cord is plugged into the module on the network equipment field, it will disconnect that existing circuit and feed the signal via the patch cord to the new work area outlet.
To revert back to the original jumpered configuration, simply remove the patch plug from the network equipment modules, then the work area module.
This sequence ensures no signal voltages will appear on the plug ends. The patch cords can be hung in a cupboard ready for use the next time an exception is required to the original jumpering. | create a costly operational nightmare. The good news is that there is a better way, one that will not result in a tangled mess of patch cords – Patch-by-Exception.
Patch-by-Exception technology offers a superior patching solution | 46 |
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The Supreme Court sets a limit to EU Regulation
The Danish Supreme Court has recently given a judgment of very fundamental importance in the widely publicised Ajos case. The case involved a 60-year old salaried employee who had been dismissed after 25 years of service. Pursuant to the Danish Salaried Employees Act, the employee was in principle entitled to a severance allowance of 3 months' salary due to his long-term employment. The dispute was caused by the fact that the then current Section 2a (3) of the Salaried Employees Act provided that the right to a severance allowance would lapse if the employee was entitled to employer-paid retirement pension upon expiry of the employment. This was the case for the relevant employee, and he did not receive the severance allowance. The Supreme Court's judgment of 6 December 2016.
For the Supreme Court, the question was whether the provision of Section 2a (3) was contrary to the EU law principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) had previously given judgment in a similar case (the Ole Andersen case, C-499/08), but unlike that judgment, the question now was whether the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age would also apply in connection with private employers - contrary to the express statutory provision of the Danish act.
During the proceedings, the Supreme Court referred two preliminary questions to the ECJ, and the ECJ responded by ruling of 19 April 2016 that (i) Section 2a<|fim_middle|> sell back of employee shares
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The Danish Western High Court sets aside the decision of the Danish Board of Equal Treatment in a case about religion and belief
The Danish Committee on Corporate Governance has published updated Recommendations for Corporate Governance
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Coronavirus - midlertidig udvidelse af sygedagpengereglerne for den særlige risikogruppe og deres pårørende
Webinar - Workforce challenges in the Nordics during the corona crisis | (3) of the Salaried Employees Act is contrary to the EU law principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age, (ii) it rested with the Supreme Court to interpret the provision in conformity with EU law, and (iii) if it was not possible for the Supreme Court to establish an interpretation of the provision which was in conformity with EU law, it rested with the Supreme Court to refrain from applying the provision.
Read our previous comments about the ECJ's ruling
In connection with the referral of the preliminary questions, the Supreme Court was of the opinion that the Danish statutory rule did not allow for an interpretation of the provision that was in conformity with EU law. Therefore, the Supreme Court's dilemma was whether the Supreme Court should refrain from applying Section 2a (3) of the Salaried Employees Act or whether the Supreme Court should allow for the provision to remain in force in spite of the ECJ's instructions. As such, there was a "contra legem" situation.
The Supreme Court stated that, since the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age is not part of the set of legislative acts to which Denmark had assigned direct binding effect upon its accession to the EU, the principle cannot take precedence over a validly adopted statutory rule that had been enforced in Denmark for a long time. Against this background, the Supreme Court stated that, if the Supreme Court refrained from applying Section 2a (3) of the Salaried Employees Act, the Supreme Court would act outside the scope of its authority as the judicial power of the community.
Consequently, the Supreme Court found that the provision of Section 2a (3) of the Salaried Employees Act should remain in force and thus ruled in favour of the employer in regard to the claim for payment of severance allowance.
The judgment shows that EU law principles which do not stem from the set of legislative acts to which Denmark had assigned direct binding effect upon its accession to the EU cannot set aside the Danish statutory rules in the relationship between two private parties.
Within the area of employment law, this implies that Danish employees cannot invoke general EU law principles toward their private employers if there is a clear and unambiguous Danish rule that regulates the issue.
Please note that the Supreme Court did not dissociate itself from the actual principle of non-discrimination on grounds of age. The Supreme Court recognised the existence and appropriateness of the principle, but found that the principle should not be assigned such value in terms of source of law that it could set aside Danish law.
Lise Høy Falsner
Attorney-at-Law, Partner
fal@plesner.com
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Chad Varah
Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans, died on November 8th, aged 95
"HE'S not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid." In 1953, four years after Linda Loman's famous soliloquy in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman", the Rev Prebendary Chad Varah pioneered a wonderfully simple and effective way of paying attention to people to whom terrible things were happening.
The early years of the Samaritan movement he founded were centred on the dank, gloomy crypt of a beautiful Christopher Wren church, St Stephen Walbrook, a stone's-throw from the Bank of England in the City of London. Volunteers would take phone calls and receive visits from the lonely, the desperate and the suicidal. As a young curate nearly 20 years earlier, Mr Varah had conducted his first funeral—a 13-year-old girl, who had started menstruating and thought she had some dreadful venereal disease. Confronting suicidal thoughts and sexual ignorance became the theme of his life.
In the 1950s, it was said that in the London area three people killed themselves every day. His simple insight was that many suicides could be averted if the despairing had emotional support in their darkest hour. This the Samaritans offered. He called it "active listening", or " befriending". It was secular and non-judgmental: a kind of aural hug, perhaps all the more consolatory for coming from a stranger.
As Mr Varah himself put it: "There are in this world, in every country, people who seem to be 'ordinary', but who, when meeting a suicidal person, turn out to be extraordinary. They can usually save lives. How? They give the sad person their total attention. They completely forget themselves. They listen and listen and listen, without interrupting. They have no message. They do not preach. They have nothing to sell. We call them 'Samaritans'."
It caught on. Partly because Mr Varah had a flair for publicity; more importantly because they were soon seen to fill a need, the Samaritans spread rapidly in Britain, helped by a change of the law in 1961, before when attempted suicide was a crime in England and Wales. There are now 202 branches in Britain and Ireland with more than 17,000 trained volunteers. Through "Befrienders Worldwide", founded by Mr Varah in 1974, there are now Samaritan operations in almost 40 countries across the world. He loved to travel, and visited many of them.
Many Samaritans who met him on his travels, as well as journalists and others, were rather taken aback by Mr Varah in person. They expected a saint-like figure of all-encompassing compassion. They found a charismatic, clever, argumentative, puckish and emotional man, who seemed<|fim_middle|> was one battleground. As might be expected of a number offering boundless sympathy and plenty of female voices, the Samaritans often attract telephone masturbators, a topic to which Mr Varah devoted one of his many books. Unlike some colleagues, he saw these callers as an opportunity rather than problem—if only they could get beyond their "presenting problem" and talk of their real troubles.
Mr Varah was an unconventional Christian. The title of his autobiography, "Before I Die Again", which appeared in 1992, refers to his belief in reincarnation. He was also an unconventional Samaritan. Disenchanted with the movement he founded, he marked its 50th anniversary with a call for an end to its charitable status. He also had to be reminded that "founder" was not a post from which you can resign. Before his death, however, he was reconciled with those tending his legacy. They understood that he too was a human being, and that he thought terrible things were happening to his creation. Attention was paid. Millions are in his debt.
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The South African-born actor died on December 2nd, aged 72 | obsessed with sex. Unshockable himself, he apparently enjoyed shocking others. He liked to tell young Samaritan recruits how he had dealt with a manipulative regular caller who had telephoned him at home and threatened to kill herself if he did not reschedule an appointment: "You do that, sweetie, and I'll piss on your grave."
Besides the Samaritans and his clerical work at St Stephen, Mr Varah had in the 1950s supplemented his income by writing comic strips, such as "Dan Dare" in the Eagle. He also had a lifelong career as a self-styled sex therapist. In Lincoln, in eastern England, where, after studying at Oxford, he went to theological college and had his first curacy, he made a name for himself with "marriage-preparation classes" including detailed sex education.
He counted himself an expert, he later explained, having enjoyed "amorous dalliances with most of the girls in my age group within cycling distance". In 1940, though, he settled down in marriage and had five children. He would tell his marriage-preparation students that fidelity was a "privilege" not a problem. He later wrote a column for Forum, a sex magazine. Having said that he did not mind being considered a "dirty old man" at the age of 25, he liked to think of himself, when a nonagenarian, as the world's oldest sex therapist, and claimed to have invented the permissive society.
Samaritan, heal thyself
As the Samaritans grew, he lost control and often found himself at odds with those leading the movement he had launched. Sex, typically, | 347 |
For three chapters God answers Job with questions of His own. But such questions made little impression on me at the time. I saw only my own suffering, and I wanted out.
Weeks spent with cold distance between my heart and the heart of God began to take a<|fim_middle|> beautifully, when we are able to swing round the corner to praise, somehow it become more bearable. | toll. I felt so empty. The day came when I knew I had to stop living in the barren valley. I had a choice to make. I would choose faith or I would walk away. There really was no "Land of In-between."
With my back to Him I looked down the long road of years yet to come. All I could see was emptiness - a place devoid of hope and meaning, filled with despair. I turned slowly to face Him. I couldn't see the path, but I knew He was up ahead - waiting. I took one halting step forward and spoke His name.
I told Him I didn't know how to pray any more; that it seemed He had turned a deaf ear to all my cries for help. I wanted to believe in Him, but I had only the tiniest flicker of faith to see by.
He answered in His gentle way, "Praise."
Praise - in the face of such loss; in the face of such heart-wrenching sorrow?
Yes - just that - praise.
I struggled for words. Reaching for the Psalms, I walked into praise.
It's amazing what praise can do sometimes. The sorrow is still there - there is no denying it, no stuffing it, but as the psalmists do so | 265 |
After 10 incredible months of living in Austin, it is time that I return back home to Ireland. I am fortunate that this was my first "real job" out of college, I couldn't have asked for a better experience. Working with the ATC to help strengthen the Austin tech community has been a fantastic journey to be on, but it needs to be said that the highlight of my time with ATC has been the people I've met.
It has never ceased to amaze me how supportive the ATC community is, once I became embedded in, and surrounded by the tech industry, it was great to see how far people went to help each other out.<|fim_middle|> measures. Many companies routinely offer these types of services following a data breach. The concern may now be that offering these kinds of remedial or ameliorative services may actually be held against companies and used as the basis for claimants to establish standing. Companies and their advisers may now need to rethink how to respond and what steps to take following a data breach.
Unless and until the Supreme Court weighs in and sorts out these issues, data breach victims will continue to try, with apparent likelihood of success, that their claims of potential future harm are sufficient to establish Article III standing, even if they cannot allege actual identify theft. The availability of these kinds of arguments not only will make it more difficult for defendants to secure dismissal on Article III standing grounds, but it may encourage more data breach victims to try to pursue negligence and privacy breach type claims. | The people I'll miss the most are the ones I've seen Monday to Friday, 9-5 every week over the last 10 months. A special thank you to the ATC team, they are relentless when it comes to fulfilling the mission of ATC and a pleasure to work with, I can't wait to see what they will do next.
If you haven't already, I encourage you to connect with me on LinkedIn here; who doesn't want a bunch of C-Level executives in their Network?
Does the Holiday Season have you thinking about how you can give back to the Austin community? Are you looking for a deeper way to connect and contribute to future generations? Or, do you just want to do something that is FUN and outside of your normal routine? If so, the ATC Foundation has opportunities for you!
The ATC Foundation was created to address the need for a strong and sustainable talent pipeline of young people that will keep our technology community alive and well for many years. We want to inspire young people to not only pursue academic pathways in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math fields, we want to encourage them to think BIG and be the next generation's entrepreneurs. Research shows us that just one external positive role model can change the trajectory of a student, particularly a low-income student who may not have the same opportunities to explore their career options as others. With a focus on these students who could use a little extra inspiration, the Foundation has created opportunities for YOU to get involved!
ATCF has opportunities for you to engage at many different levels. Have an hour? Great! We would love for you to take part in our Career Conversations program at one of several targeted middle schools. Have an hour a week? We have after-school programs that could use your energy and knowledge to help kids learn about technology! Have time on the weekends a few times a year? We have opportunities for you to judge robotics competitions. Our goal is to find an opportunity for you that fits your availability. Every opportunity for these students to engage makes a difference and together we can make a real impact.
In 2017, we will launch an initiative that allows for company-wide volunteer engagement as well as the individual programs we currently have available. If your company is looking to engage, let us know! For more information on any of the Foundation's programs, please contact me at molly@austintechfoundation.org, call 512-740-6522 or visit www.austintechfoundation.org, click on "Volunteer Now" and fill out the form. I'll be in touch as soon as possible.
I wish you a happy and joyous holiday season and hope to see you soon!
Until now, a company's exposure to direct liability type claims for potential harm as a result of a Cyber breach has been gauged as relatively low. A recent decision in the Sixth Circuit has changed all of that and we expect that the Supreme Court will at some point hear a case similar to the one outlined for you below. In a recent article summarized below, Kevin LaCroix author of the D & O Diaries blog discusses the court's decision and the impact it could have on companies in the future.
One of a defendants most significant arguments in opposing data breach victims' negligence and breach of privacy claims has been that the claimants that have not suffered actual fraud or identity theft can show no discernible injury and therefore lack Article III standing to assert their claims.
Appellate decisions in the Seventh and Ninth Circuit have previously taken a bite out of this defense, in rulings holding that the victims' fear of future harm is sufficient to establish standing.
One particular aspect of the Sixth Circuit's decision may be particularly troubling for companies that have experienced data breaches. In support of its conclusion that the plaintiffs had standing, the Sixth Circuit cited the fact that Nationwide had offered the data breach victims credit monitoring and identify-theft services.
The appellate court said that these moves showed that even Nationwide recognized that the risk of harm was great enough to support these kinds of protective | 823 |
It's so easy to feel separate. We feel separate from Mother Earth, and we feel separate from one another. This is not how life is meant to be. I heard someone say that each human, each loving heart, is as one drop in a wave of the ocean. This is not a new idea, and it's definitely one worth hearing again and again.
Our Be Like Water design is an inspirational t-shirt intended to remind us that we are not separate. We are a drop - an important drop - in the ocean of humanity. We<|fim_middle|> a message to be in the flow of life, and to always, always remember that we are one with everything that is. Soft and loose, this cotton statement tee has been laundered to avoid shrinkage.
*This is a fitted tank. If you prefer a looser fit, we suggest ordering one size larger than your norm. | ARE water. We can be powerful, like a torrential downpour. We can be gentle, like small waves lapping the shoreline. We nourish one another like the falling rain. We ebb. We flow. We are a vital life force, a natural wonder.
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Holistix Treatment Centers recognizes that Drug and Alcohol addiction can have a significant impact on your life. We aim to support and make our drug and alcohol rehab services relevant to the widest range of addiction scenarios to provide the best holistic recovery by addressing multiple levels of the: body, mind, emotion, and spirit. Addiction is often the result of underlying emotional and spiritual issues that have led to depression, anxiety, anger, and maladaptive coping mechanisms. Holistic approaches get to the underlying causes and heal all the related dimensions simultaneously.
With 48 beds, our Lake Worth Rehabilitation Facility is located in Palm Beach County, Florida, and specializes in the treatment of drug and alcohol medical detox and residential treatment. Our professional and caring staff guides you through your journey, in a safe, non-threatening environment. We ensure that you experience a safe and serene healing environment with the highest level of confidentiality and the utmost respect for each individual. Our qualified staff has extensive experience in<|fim_middle|> | drug and alcohol addiction treatment and detoxification, and is always available to our clients. We utilize only the most effective addiction rehabilitation methods to ensure a successful recovery.
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MI is a collaborative, therapeutic conversation that addresses the common problem of ambivalence for change. As defined by William Miller, the creator of MI, its purpose is to strengthen the client's own motivation for and commitment to change in a manner that is consistent with said client's values. Therefore, rather than imposing or forcing particular changes, we meet the client where the client is, and help them move toward their goals by drawing out and building their readiness to change.
Those who suffer from addiction are often driven by destructive thought patterns. CBT encourages clients to question and examine recurring thoughts in order to phase out those that are negative and unhealthy.
Scientific studies have shown that CBT is an effective form of treatment for Substance Use Disorder. CBT is based on the cognitive model that postulates that the way individuals perceive a situation is more closely connected to their reaction than to the situation itself.
DBT teaches clients how to regulate their emotions to reduce the self-destructive behaviors that derive from extreme, intense emotions. "DBT is an effective treatment for substance abuse disorders, eating disorders, anger-related issues, self-injury, and personality disorders.
Helping clients attain safety in their thinking, emotions, behaviors and relationships.
Medicated-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the use of FDA-approved medications in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies to provide a 'whole-patient' approach to the treatment of substance abuse disorders. These medications are an adjunct to other treatment approaches such as extended psychological and psychiatric care, counseling based on 12-steps program for addiction recovery, and other therapies.
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Every individual presents a different addiction story that's unique to him or her. From the first interaction with the individual or family, we work with you in order to provide you with the right level of care to meet your specific needs as you heal and rebuild your life.
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YOUrban is a research project at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design into social media, design and the city. It investigates tools and means to creating engagement and<|fim_middle|> temporal qualities of GPS in cities.
The conference Digitalt byliv took place at DogA on 24 May. We had great speakers, a broad trans-disciplinary audience and wonderful weather. Digitalt byliv was organised by YOUrban and Statsbygg with support from Miljøverndepartementet, Norsk Form and Forskningsrådet.
Over the last year our film 'Immaterials: Light painting WiFi' have been seen over a million times, spread far across the internet and have become a popular cultural phenomena. In this blogpost we have a look at where the film has gone and how it has been discussed.
A paper about the experimental urban mapping app Streetscape, made as part of the YOUrban project, was presented at the Local and Mobile Conference at North Carolina State University.
This spring we are organising a conference in Oslo called 'Digitalt byliv' (meaning 'digital urban life'). The conference looks at the possibilities and challenges posed by digital technologies in urban life and has an impressive line up of local and international speakers. | a sense of ownership and responsibility towards our physical, social and cultural world.
We have just launched a new project called Satellite Lamps where we investigate and reveal one of the central infrastructures of the networked city, the Global Positioning System (GPS). This project continues our project of visualising the materials of technologies that started in 2009 with our studies of RFID and WiFi. With Satellite Lamps we now explore the material, spatial and | 91 |
It's not too late to start pole or bush beans from seed. They are best started in peat or plastic pots. With the weather warming up, place the pots outside where they get indirect or morning sun.
Monday/Thursday: Moon in the sign of Virgo/Libra - Plant seasonal color, flowering vines, and herbs.
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A. M. Robin
Hidden Scales
Fallen Thief
Book One of the Merrows Series
Merrows are supposed to be extinct. No one has seen the water-breathing creatures in over a century.
That's all eleven-year-old Mira has time to think as she stares at the silver scales that have spread over her foot before she accidentally triggers a curse that will change her world forever. She and her best friend, Peter, are forced to embark on a journey across the kingdom, escaping from ruthless spies who will stop at nothing to capture them before anyone else learns Mira's secret.
With the help of a runaway scholar and a familiar young boy who reveals that he, too, has just discovered that he is a merrow, the children begin to train to beat the spies at their own game. Before they can truly find safety, Mira must learn to use the mysterious powers of her people, or else she and her friends may never be able to return home again.
"A feisty heroine and vivid worldbuilding make for an effective series opener." ―Kirkus Reviews
"This suspenseful story is one that will keep readers entranced clear through to its satisfying ending which is perfectly set up for another exciting book in this series. With outstanding character development including a strong female protagonist, an intelligent sidekick, and caring and insightful adult role-models, this book has undercurrents which provide many meaningful messages for young readers. Recommended for home and school libraries, Hidden Scales has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval."
―Literary Classics
"With a mixture of fantasy, fairy tale, magic, mythical creatures, and a whole lot of adventure, the story moves at a compelling pace, with twists and turns as the plot thickens. . . A great read!"
―Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
"A well-written and engaging saga for a middle-grade audience. . . Readers will enjoy reading about Mira, the eleven-year-old protagonist as she grapples with change, hardship and high-stake adventures."
―The BookLife Prize Critic's Report
"A thrilling adventure story perfect for 9 – 12 year olds. A BRONZE MEDAL WINNER and highly recommended."
―The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Primary Teacher, age 29
"This is<|fim_middle|> age 11
"Tons of twists I didn't see coming."
2019 Literary Classics International Book Awards for Best First Book and Gold Medal for Best Middle Grade Fantasy
2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Award for First Place in Middle Grade Fiction
B.R.A.G. Medallion Award by indieBRAG
2019 Wishing Shelf Book Award Bronze Medal Winner
2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist
Copyright © 2019 A. M. Robin | a wonderful middle grade fantasy adventure. The children in my class (10 yr olds) very much enjoyed it. We read it over 6 weeks as a class reader. We liked how the author created such an amazing world for her characters to explore. We also liked Mira who, we felt, was a very inquisitive girl/merrow. Fab ending! The kids will want me to read them the rest."
Boy, age 9
"This was a very good adventure/fantasy story. The quest they went on was very exciting. I felt gripped by this story until the very last page. I liked how they have powers they must try to control. The author is a very good writer. I understood the whole story and I am eager to read the next book in the set."
Girl, age 11
"I liked that so much happened all of the time. This is a mega exciting story. Mira is such an amazing character. I will read the next book."
Boy, | 204 |
The course is a workshop, we learn the practice of mindfulness and how to use it in everyday life. The course lasts eight weeks, each meeting lasts 2 hours. Every week has its theme and associated exercises. During the course, we encourage you to contact us and ask questions, both in and outside the classroom. During the course we give out materials summarizing the classes, and the cds with the<|fim_middle|> self-practice, which allows us to introduce what we learn in the course of our daily routine. Before enrolling on the course, we ask participants to consider whether they will be able to devote 30 to 45 minutes a day to this practice.
The Courses are in Kraków.
Posibility to divide the payment.
Individual workshop – dates and time are adjusted to the individual needs of the participant.
Possible to be divided into 3 rates paid after each meeting. | recorded practices. Each participant also gets a bag that relaxes the muscles around the eyes, helping in daily practice. A very important part of the course is home-based | 33 |
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5 Psychedelic Books Our Staff Loves
byPsychedelic SpotlightonMay 24, 2022
Members of the Psychedelic Spotlight team share their favorite psychedelic books that explore our favorite subject, in one way or another.
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Oregon Adopts First Set of Rules for Legal Psilocybin | elics? We've already recommended several documentaries, available to watch either on streaming services or YouTube, and we write articles about the subject every day, but for those hungry for more, here are some of our favorite psychedelic books to devour.
Psychedelic Spotlight staffers weighed in with their No. 1 recommendation for readers. Some are research driven, others are fictional narratives, but all are guaranteed to expand your mind. Got a suggestion? Speak up in the comments section below and let other readers know!
DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences
This book deserves some recognition because it was one of the first books to revive interest in psychedelic research after a two-decade ban. Not only does the author describe the research and experiments conducted with precision, he also brings to light the obstacles of early psychedelic research, and questions the set and setting of a sterile clinical basis for the trials and its impact on the subject's experience.
Whether you're a hardcore researcher or just an avid psychonaut, this book has it all. The author covers the scientific approach as well as tales from 400 people who have pushed the envelope of human experience, making you feel like science and spirituality are finally chipping away at the same wall.
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LSD My Problem Child: Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science by Dr. Albert Hofmann
LSD My Problem Child is written by the Father of LSD himself, Dr. Albert Hofmann, the man who invented LSD and was the first human to try it. I love this book because it's a first-person account of how LSD was created and what Hofmann's self-experiments were like, as someone who didn't know they were ingesting a psychedelic substance. The book also goes into Hofmann's experiences using psilocybin and his adventures to Mexico to try other psychedelics.
You'll love this book if: 1) You're passionate about psychedelic discovery, synthesis, and history of its usage and 2) You're interested in diving into what the first acid trip was like.
Here's an excerpt from the book: "There was to my knowledge no other known substance that evoked such profound psychic effects in such extremely low doses, that caused such dramatic changes in human consciousness and our experience of the inner and outer world… What seemed even more significant was that I could remember the experience of LSD inebriation in every detail… without [it] leaving a hangover."
This may not seem like a big deal for today's psychonauts, but in 1943 substances like this were essentially unheard of.
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What this book does so well is break down complex science, and weave it into personal stories, ensuring anybody can understand its significance. Peppered into this book is Pollan's own experimentation with psychedelics and insights into how they changed his mind as well.
10/10 would recommend.
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There was a time in my life where "existentialist" and "emo" were definitively the two "e" words I identified with the most. While the music I was ingesting and surviving on was decidedly angsty and indicative of my own state of mind and body, the literature I sought out was no different. Enter the phantasmagoric world of Jean Paul Sartre, and his seminal work of "fiction," Nausea.
Have you ever been repulsed by your own body? By even the thought of lugging around this incomprehensibly complex bio-mechanical system of checks and balances, blood and bone? What's more, have you ever felt perplexed to the point of stomach sickness by even having to contemplate why this should be the case? Why can't consciousness exist in a state that is free of the desire to contemplate its purpose? Surely the truest form of freedom comes from a release of adherence to form and function. Can that be attainable whilst remaining, mostly, "human?"
Nausea struck me at that very volatile time of late adolescence, and in Sartre's narrator I found so much to identify with. Reading the book was a revelation, a trip. I'd never before come across an examination of existence which rang so familiar, at a point in my life where feeling isolated, lost, confused, yet fascinated, perhaps even to the point of self-infatuation was the norm. There is an inward gaze that I do think, while perilous, can be quite invigorating to return from, with lessons in tow, and tools grasped for finding freedom in our lives by the willful alteration of our common perceptions.
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Psychedelics helped spark the Western hunger for Eastern spirituality in the 1960s, a cultural fascination that continues to this day, and Hermann Hesse wrote one of the best fictional accounts of enlightenment decades before mind-manifesting, hallucinogenic drugs burst onto the counter culture scene. Published in 1922, this short but profound read follows the journey of a young Indian Brahmin through samsara to nirvana, culminating in, perhaps, the most vivid description of spiritual awakening and Dharma transmission since Krishna revealed his true cosmic form to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita.
Psychedelics are a tool to study the mind and its perceptions, so naturally, they are of interest to seekers trying to better understand themselves through scientific and spiritual methods. It is no coincidence that psilocybin and LSD led psychedelic pioneer Ram Dass, and so many others, to study and practice Buddhism or Hinduism. Even author Michael Pollan said he started meditating after tripping through various psychedelic drugs to write his celebrated book mentioned above. Siddhartha holds the priceless pearl of wisdom that so many seekers who embark on the psychedelic journey hope to obtain. I've read this book three times, and will read it again, and again, and again, and hope more people discover and treasure it, too.
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You can download WordPress plugins from the official plugin directory or from many individual plugin developers or companies.
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WordPress.org is also popularly known as a "self-hosted WordPress blog," which I will explain in a minute.
WordPress.com is a free blogging platform offered by Automattic, which allows anyone to create a blog for free.
When you create a blog on WordPress.com, you will get a web address like "name.wordpress.com". Your blog will be hosted on the WordPress server. This platform is perfect for someone who wants to have a blog simply for the purpose of hosting his or her personal writings.
On WordPress.com, however, you will have many limitations in terms of managing your blog.
From the perspective of a personal blog, however, this is not a bad option, as the WordPress team takes care of managing your blog's architecture and back-up.
Here is the official TOS page for using WordPress.com blogs, which will give you all the information you need regarding fair usage and the full TOS of WordPress.
WordPress.org is a complete solution for people who are looking to start a blog for the purpose of making money, for promoting small business, or for any other use such as creating an e-commerce site.
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WordPress.org, however, removes all the limitations of WordPress.com, and offers you complete control over your blog.
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When Toni Anhert was accepted into an economics PhD program at the London School of Economics last spring, he knew that his rigorous ten months spent at the Barcelona GSE had paid off.
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"The MSc in Economics was a splendid preparation for [the PhD program]. I benefitted tremendously from both the conceptual comprehension and the technical rigor of the program, which helped smooth the transition from the Master level to the PhD level."
Most students of the Barcelona GSE, like Toni, have achieved the post-graduation goals that they entered the program with. When the 2007-2008 class graduated in June 2008, the majority of students had already found employment or gained entry into a doctoral program (career placement report).
Each year, around half of the students in the MSc in Economics and MSc in Finance continue on in a doctoral program. However, the majority of Barcelona GSE students choose to enter the job market. Italian student Ambrogio Cesa Bianchi used his experience in the MSc in Economics to prepare himself to enter the labor market, and as a result fielded several excellent employment options upon graduation.
"Through the Barcelona GSE, I was able to complete an internship in macroeconomic analysis at Banc Sabadell after graduation, as well as find my current job as Researcher at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC", he says.
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"The GSE helped by placing me within an excellent network of economists," says Crosby, "and by providing me with an opportunity to learn from some highly respected professors in a program that is gaining a solid reputation."
As students in the Class of 2008-2009, including students in the new MSc in Macroeconomics and Financial Markets and MSc in International Trade, Finance, and Development, begin exploring job prospects, many are taking advantage of the GSE's resources. In addition to offering the MCR Internship Program and organizing the Financial Institution Seminars, the school has partnerships with a number of top firms who recruit GSE students, including RBB Economics, The Brattle Group, the Office of Fair Trading (UK), Competition Commission (UK), LECG, Konkurrensverket (Swedish Competition Authority), OfCom (UK), Conseil de la Concurrence, CRA International, Banc Sabadell, and the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI).
In addition, the Barcelona GSE will soon launch an Alumni Association in cooperation with current and former students. The Association will create a global network for social and professional interaction among GSE students, graduates, and friends from around the world.
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Students from other master programs have shared similar success in the job market. Fabiana Tito, a 2008 graduate of the MSc in Competition and Market Regulation (MCR), had four internship opportunities at her disposal at the time of graduation. Currently at the UK Competition Commission in London, through the MCR Internship Program she also completed full time, paid internships at RBB Economics (London) and LECG (Madrid).
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Board index Beyond "My So-Called Life" The Afterlife of Cast and Crew Claire Danes
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Post by TomSpeed » Oct 8th 2004, 8:06 pm
Here's a review of Stage Beauty.
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Post by Sascha » Oct 11th 2004, 4:37 am
In limited release, Billy Crudup and Claire Danes' Restoration-era theatre drama Stage Beauty did solid business, opening with $39,000 in three theatres.
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"Stage Beauty" review: Art wins over artifice
Post by Greybird » Oct 16th 2004, 7:57 am
It's the best time I've had, witnessing Claire Danes's craft, since "Romeo + Juliet," at least ... possibly since "My So-Called Life."
"Stage Beauty" does what any good period piece does, whether set 300 years ago or 300 years from now. It takes us back into that setting, finds evocative and well-turned characters, and has them bring up plot matters that resonate. With us, that is ... not necessarily with those who were, or will be, actually living in the time depicted.
I say this because the central element of the story has been described as unbelievable or unconvincing by some critics. Ned Kynaston is pulled from personal and professional despair, through the insight and love of<|fim_middle|> to matter little that this is the 1660s. It's a human triumph that simply can't be denied, and which is timeless. Not every question of their lives is answered, for Ned and Maria, but you know that they're embarking toward a New World of finding out about themselves -- more metaphorical than the journey undertaken at the end of "Shakespeare in Love," but also more believable.
Yes, Claire does do properly by the Bard, being affected profoundly by his work this time around, rather than (in "R+J") being immersed in it. You will believe it, and the Motion Picture Academy had bloody well better believe it.
If you live in or near Los Angeles, the showing in Pasadena (one of four this week, until wide release) at Laemmle's Playhouse 7 has one of Claire's elegant gold-colored stage costumes on display under glass, along with a huge photo of her wearing it in the film. Do go out of your way to see it, if you can.
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Post by chaseface888 » Oct 24th 2004, 1:51 pm
I saw it, and it was a wonderfully good movie.
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Post by EWU MSCL fan » Jan 25th 2005, 3:56 am
Stage Beauty comes out to DVD and VHS on March 8th in the U.S.
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EWU MSCL fan wrote: Stage Beauty comes out to DVD and VHS on March 8th in the U.S.
Coolies. I'm looking forward to adding it to my collection.
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Post by SanDeE* » Apr 18th 2005, 8:48 am
I just rented this over the weekend, and I must say I liked it a lot. My boyfriend, however, ended up on the internet looking at ESPN.com. <sigh> But overall, I did like it. It is one that I will be recommending to my mother, she's into period movies.
Um, in my room, one seam is a little off and I stare at it constantly. It's, like, destroying me.
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Post by svenkid » Sep 16th 2006, 3:38 am
just rented this. great movie and great acting by both lead roles.
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Return to "Claire Danes" | Maria, and they create a triumph out of this by bringing some real emotion to the Restoration stage.
This has been decried as bringing Method acting to the 17th Century. It's nothing of the kind. It brings innovation into a fertile, provocative period of history. It may have indeed taken another quarter-millennium to get away from the artifice of gesture on the stage. What is important is that "Stage Beauty" makes you believe that these characters could have accomplished it in the 1660s.
If you can live with that, showing a success on stage that we can believe, even if it couldn't "actually have happened" ... then you'll enjoy this story. I was riveted by the way Ned and Maria turn their mutual fortunes around. So was Rupert Everett's wryly spoken Charles II, and so, I suspect, will you.
The story is ultimately about Ned, his withering and growth in the face of adversity, and Billy Crudup shows a huge range of emotions in carrying out this character's experiences. Complacency, haughtiness, sardonic amusement, appalled shock, tenderness -- but most of all, a crushing verdict on his own abilities, delivered before Charles and his mistress in a setting that only adds to his humiliation. I was taken entirely out of that moment in how I felt for him, almost an out-of-body experience.
Maria is the mainspring to Ned's watch face, and Claire shows her own range and depth of feeling. She takes the winds of celebrity, itself something new for that time, and runs with them. Though she's not past being bewildered by them, especially when her portrait is being painted. Her suffering in the wings of several theaters -- even one abasing setting, for Ned, that's hardly worth even being called a "theater" -- shows several depths of love, for acting as such, for brilliance of technique, for Ned himself.
She almost never talks directly of love. (Hugh Bonneville's perceptive Samuel Pepys helps bring it out at one crucial turning point.) She shows her love to Ned, to all levels of him, without once actually saying so.
The two are left seemingly adrift at the end, with her final question and his response -- I'll leave that moment, and the elegant visual allusion to their private life, for you. Yet their regard for each other transcends everything that is thrown at them -- from his raging self-doubt, to the royal court's machinations and violence, to her being obsessed with acting technique at the expense of creating passion and fire.
This is a story of words transcending gestures and artifice. The words win out, whether in backstage maneuvering, unexpected honesty (even from the King's mistress!), or gauging what can be done with a character. It's a brave new world of being direct, getting past evasions and imitations of emotions, and we can see Ned and Maria setting sail toward it. You'll rejoice for them.
Claire inhabits her character. She simply is English, no question -- her accent is perfect. As for past artifice, I'll save those here from looking for one particular element: Her chin doesn't quiver. Attitudes are shown entirely through her demeanor and dialogue, and that's one sign of her coming fully into her own craft. I was simultaneously rooting for Maria's and Claire's successes. Maria evokes Ned's best qualities in their country sojourn, a remarkably sexy and potent passage ... and they stay nearly fully clothed.
The Restoration physical settings are perfect. Dark enough for post-exile, pre-Fire London, entirely believable for courts, stages, and back-stages. The score is evocative, with the twangs of Scots influence that came over to mountain folk in North America, and I hope the soundtrack CD is available soon.
Every element immerses us in this world, even with the acting paradigm shift I noted above. One can believe in these characters and their difficulties, and it ultimately comes | 829 |
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Hungry Media, the parent company of chompmenus.com, is a leading creative digital marketing company and a marketing partner for restaurants nationwide. Company subsidiaries include College Advertising Solutions, Reward Trail, Snack Social, Hungry Web Designs, and MenuDrive. With a hyper focus on client relationships and marketing initiatives, Hungry Media provides restaurants with a unique perspective on better ways to market their brand online. Through strategic acquisitions, Hungry Media has created a portfolio of companies and an infrastructure of support that can provide any restaurant with several options to improve their digital footprint. By using a combination of internal data, industry expertise, social media, and online research, Hungry Media can coordinate and implement a | 368 |
Jewellery can last a lifetime. Once you have bought some jewellery you want to keep it looking good. Silver and base metals naturally tarnish over time - tarnish is a natural reaction to airborne chemicals, moisture, and oils from our skin (e.g. from sweat or lotions applied). Some people like the way natural tarnish looks, as this can give an antique look. But if you don't see our tips below.
Remove jewellery before bathing or swimming. Water, salt and chemicals such as chlorine can contribute to tarnishing of metals.
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from msrest.serialization import Model
class TopologyAssociation(Model):
"""Resources that have an association with the parent resource.
:param<|fim_middle|>, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.name = kwargs.get('name', None)
self.resource_id = kwargs.get('resource_id', None)
self.association_type = kwargs.get('association_type', None)
| name: The name of the resource that is associated with the parent
resource.
:type name: str
:param resource_id: The ID of the resource that is associated with the
parent resource.
:type resource_id: str
:param association_type: The association type of the child resource to the
parent resource. Possible values include: 'Associated', 'Contains'
:type association_type: str or
~azure.mgmt.network.v2018_01_01.models.AssociationType
"""
_attribute_map = {
'name': {'key': 'name', 'type': 'str'},
'resource_id': {'key': 'resourceId', 'type': 'str'},
'association_type': {'key': 'associationType', 'type': 'str'},
}
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
super(TopologyAssociation | 193 |
Creating tomorrow's intelligent communities
In the Internet of Things (IoT), devices need connectivity to send data they collect to repositories for analysis and then to institutions where people can make data-powered decisions. With connectivity like ORION, the gateway to discovery is opened, enabling data to be transformed into meaningful innovations to improve our quality of life.
It's another day in an intelligent community: your family is planning to visit Grandma at the hospital. You drop into the local library and use the 3D printer to make her a personalized gift. Connectivity enables you to find, customize and send the 3D schematic to the library printer. Then, as you're driving to the hospital, your connected car finds, books and pays for a parking spot. Connectivity enables the hospital's parking system to communicate with the city's parking database and feed this information to the city's app, but it also allows them to charge it to your next utility bill, as your account preferences indicate. Next, as you embrace Grandma, you notice a device on her shirt, which monitors her movements and other vitals. Through connectivity, this device sends relevant data to an advanced computing research facility for analysis, then back to her caregivers – who are prompted to early interventions<|fim_middle|> Dave Williams put it best: "With this speed and bandwidth at our fingertips, our imagination is no longer limited by our connectivity." | before Grandma even needs help, improving her health while reducing the associated costs.
This is the Internet of Things (IoT), where connectivity enables millions of sensors and devices to produce technological advances for society. And this future is not so far away. In fact, in York Region it arrived in October 2015, when an ORION Point-of-Presence (PoP) was installed at Southlake Regional Health Centre, connecting the centre to a 10-gigabit-per-second (Gbps) optical fibre network.
The PoP will act as a gateway for York Region, supporting intelligent community growth, using IoT to transform life and work. "The ORION PoP is a key component of the broadband strategy outlined in our Economic Development Action Plan," York Region chairman and CEO Wayne Emmerson said. "It will significantly enhance research and collaboration capabilities, which in turn will foster innovation and economic development across York Region."
In addition, the Southlake PoP will enable collaboration between the centre's researchers and their colleagues – whether they are in another part of the community or around the world – allowing them to exchange vast amounts of data in real time. For instance, Southlake's health care business incubator, CreateIT Now, partners with Seneca College, York University, Venture Lab and the Town of Newmarket. The incubator supports new ventures by providing them with access to resources like connectivity so that ventures, researchers and users can all collaborate on health care solutions via a powerful network.
In fact, it was out of CreateIT Now that the medical device worn by Grandma was invented – it's designed to track movement to prevent bedsores, and soon to be introduced at Southlake (and marketed to the wider medical community). For now, data collected from the device will be shared within Southlake, but, through ORION, it can also be made available to researchers anywhere medical innovation requires it. "Our clinical team gave the developers a lot of feedback on the device," said Gary Ryan, Southlake's chief innovation officer. "And they were able to re-engineer the product and come back with something that is ready for a real-world trial."
Pushing Boundaries
While York Region and Southlake have kick-started their journey, other communities are planning to follow suit. York Region hopes to inspire leaders across the province – including other community hospitals – to introduce similar networks and help advance the boundaries of medical and health sciences.
When it comes to describing the potential of the 21st century, Southlake's CEO | 512 |
Blockchain uses beyond cryptocurrency
by theglobalmail
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Blockchain technology is the driving force that makes cryptocurrency work and industries outside of the<|fim_middle|> online gambling is JoyToken. The company has created their own token which they posit enables developers to pay and be paid for their online gambling games. The company argues that "JoyToken will benefit from blockchain technology and thus transparency.
This last point is the most exciting as this has not been done before and will open up a new market of potential players, who want trust, anonymity, and total transparency; all of which are delivered through blockchain technology."
Blockchain technology in the long run
The technology that makes cryptocurrency possible is starting to branch out into other industries as demonstrated above. What long-term effects the technology does in fact have is still to be determined. But one thing is certain, industries outside of cryptocurrency have taken notice of the positives that blockchain technology could do for them and they want in.
theglobalmail
Blockchain use on the rise despite Gartner survey showing otherwise
A study released by the American research and advisory company Gartner on May 3, 2018, revealed that a vast majority of surveyed Chief Information Officers (CIOs) reported their companies having little to no inclination towards adopting blockchain technology. A mere
by Rahul Nambiampurath
Coinbase's plan to dominate the cryptocurrency industry
Coinbase, the company that is best known for its cryptocurrency exchange business, has slowly but steadily been ramping up its reach in the industry. Based on data made available after the New York State Attorney General launched an inquiry into
Cryptocurrency, Platform, Uncategorized | digital currency community are starting to take notice and implement it for their own use.
The technology can be described as an open, distributed ledger that records transactions permanently between two parties in an efficient and verified matter. The ledger can also be programmed to make transactions on its own. Another way to look at it is to imagine a spreadsheet that is duplicated a thousand times across a network of various computers. Then envision that this network is fashioned to update the spreadsheet on a regular basis.
Don & Alex Tapscott, authors of "Blockchain Revolution" say that "The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value." And industries are taking note of that making use of the technology in their respective industries. Some of the practices which could help industries include:
protection of data from would-be predators
streamlining of internal operations
reduction of overhead costs as a result of mistakes arising from human errors
unnecessary delays resulting from outdated ways of doing things
increased transparency
ease of auditing and accountability
For a considerably long period, the world has only linked blockchain to cryptocurrency. This fact is obviously changing as industries across the board are yearning for its inception. They are slowly engaging in pioneer projects that will and should soon see them join the bandwagon. The industries below are only a tip of the iceberg.
Blockchain uses in other industries
A government relies on internal funding and external borrowing as its major sources of finance. Internally it's through taxation of its citizens thus their key interest in ensuring that every dime is appropriately channeled to projects of value that can guarantee and sustain economic growth. Governments time and again have found it a menace to curb corruption, this, however, can be a thing of the past if blockchain technology is given a chance.
This technology has Ethereum-based smart contracts which aid in automating different processes which result in full transparency and accessibility. It also bases this on its reliance on distributed database technology which cannot be easily manipulated to please an individual's mischievous behaviors.
The technology also comes with an application known as the Boardroom which permits organizational decisions to happen on a blockchain which allows for transparency and verifiability when dealing with equity, information, and assets.
It is worth noting that the network utilizes the daisy chained blocks for data to record and verify every single transaction that has taken place. Every block has a hash which is a digital fingerprint and a time-stamped batch of blockchain transactions which have recently taken place. These blocks are interlinked to guard against any external attack or manipulation and aids in the verification process of transactions.
Notably, every block that is written on blockchain ledger contains a unique key attached to it. Blockchain technology could aid the government to keep track of how it spends tax dollars.
Financial institutions have for a long time participated in ensuring economic growth of the world through financing and other realistic objectives such as safe custodian of customer's valuable assets. These objectives should be carried out with utmost care and in good faith without any breach of contractual agreements. This has however been faced with a myriad of challenges with the most recent being cyber-crime which exposes customers identities and breaches payment processing.
There is, however, an array of hope to this industry through blockchain management.
File storage is a primary benefit for banks in using blockchain technology. Decentralization of file storage on the internet turns around everything in banking and finance as it protects hacking of files and their undesired loss. InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) eases conceptualization on how a distributed web might operate as it gets rid of the need for a centralized client to server relationship.
Blockchain management involves a digitized or electronic ledger which contains a full history of a financial institution's transactions with several blocks that contain in them an individual's bank statement. This will ensure the safety of customer's identities since the blocks can't be manipulated are immutable.
Blockchain will also make payment processing much easier and safer. It allows for back office settlement systems to process, transfer, trade and to perform any other transactions in a nick of time and dramatically reduces delays posed by traditional ways of records reconciliation.
Beyond that, blockchain has played a significant role in cross-border payments. Remittance companies like Align Commerce, Bitspark, and Abra, provide end-to-end payment services powered by blockchain. Santander was among the first banks to merge blockchain to a payments app, and this has been a relief to customers who are now able to make international payments within 24 hours, whilst clearing the following day.
How then can we find a global connection between patients, medical practitioners, and other service providers? This is a million-dollar question with a simple answer: Blockchain management.
Data of patients need to be consistent and since data in blockchain is immutable, it guarantees consistency. Due to its decentralized nature and public accessibility, it poses unrestricted access to information. Some companies are already taking full advantage of blockchain technology to provide a leveled playground for the international audience and also reorganize the healthcare industry in general.
A good example of this unique development is the services offered by TrustedHealth. The platform generally offers a direct connection between medical practitioners, patients and other service providers in the health sector.
On the other hand, Trustedoctor.com, which is an already existing platform, connects patients directly with medical consultants globally without the extra cost of traveling. This, therefore, completely removes the geographical barriers that initially existed and sidelined some people from first-class medical services.
Another blockchain startup, Shivom, wants to use the technology to store genome data on the platform. Shivom is offering an open marketplace for healthcare providers to join. Individuals that join the platform will not only be able to securely store their genomic data on a blockchain but also have the choice to use that data to contribute to important scientific endeavors.
Supply chain/food
Different products, different suppliers, different consumers, different geographical locations, all of these are factors that create a difficult scenario when dealing with food supply chain. Transparency is key to this industry and it's one of the ways that would make it easy for a supplier to keep track of food he has supplied in the market. But how can he make this a reality? Blockchain-based time stamping of a location and date that resembles a product number is a sure bet on this.
Blockchains results in collaborative organizations that eliminate middlemen. This disruptive technology thus promises to bring significant efficiencies to global supply chains even in the growing and distribution of food. Smart contracts management has characterized this industry and a supplier could sell produce directly to a restaurant or an individual without middlemen.
Blockchain technology can also aid markets as it relates to counterfeit food. In 2017, the Inspector General in the U.S realized that millions of pounds of counterfeit organic produce were entering the American supermarkets yearly. This is not only a problem for consumers but for farmers as well who produce real organic produce, as the prices for the counterfeit products will be significantly lowered.
As a result, there has been an increasing demand for systems that can actually authenticate a product's supply chain. And blockchain has topped the list as the best choice for this application. Farms can now use blockchain to add authentic organic products to the ledger. Then, customers can use a mobile app to confirm the background of every produce in the store in real time.
From a supervisory perspective, this has really made it easy for the USDA and FDA. If a contamination of the food supply is noticed, then, it becomes easier to track its origin and recall the associated produce. Consequently, regulators will be able to quickly isolate foodborne illnesses.
Affiliate markets
Affiliate markets are a way for a company to sell products by signing individuals, or companies, who then market the products for a commission. This is an agreement that requires a lot of trust and transparency for a business to maintain its public image. This means that getting rid of scams and ensuring safety is of utmost concern.
Blockchain technology keeps records of transactions and shows every record to all the parties involved.
With blockchain technology, it's possible to track every conversation on a ledger involving all the three parties and since they can all access it, they can openly check and approve of the legitimacy of those transactions. Under blockchain, there are smart contracts which are self-executing contractual chains safely stored on the blockchain. They are tasked with ensuring secure payment methods.
A company already using blockchain to aid it is Hoqu. The company is a decentralized marketing platform that wants to ensure fair deals. It has developed an ecosystem that will eliminate fraud in affiliate marketing.
Time is of the essence to people and by reducing advertisement load and strictly adhering to delivering fewer, more timely and relevant ads, advertisers help save their consumers time. Blockchain helps to navigate the walls of the existing different service providers and link them together, hence ensuring that the right people are targeted with the right ads.
Beyond that, blockchain technology could help advertisers avoid the risk of fraud. The rise of hackers creating fake web traffic, which involves fake bots visiting sites rather than human visitors, comes at a loss of revenue. The consultancy Juniper Research released a report that in 2018 ad fraud could cost advertisers $19 billion, or nine percent of their total digital advertising money.
Blockchain technology an aid in this effort through the use of smart contracts. A company, adChain, has developed a blockchain-enabled registry that will flag fraudulent of low-quality sites.
Blockchain technology innovations have made it possible for online digital currencies to take shape and real estate has not been left behind as it is slowly but steadily start to take this payment mode more seriously. Four years ago, in fact, a 1.4 acre home was for 2,739 bitcoins or around $1.6 million at the time. Buying real estate entails using large amounts of money to be transferred between parties with always raises the risk of corruption.
SMARTRealty wants to help in that regard. The company employs blockchain technology via two platforms, one for contracts and the second one for listings. One a buyer and seller come an agreed upon price, SMARTRealty provides a smart contract template for the parties to change how they see fit. The contract will already provide the necessary details regarding the local laws and regulations.
The platform will also have its own token, RLTY, which will help facilitate payments and records on the blockchain. By using the companies native token, it will allow all parties involved the opportunity to do the transaction using any currency of their choosing, including cryptocurrency.
With the rise of fake news circulating the internet, is there a way to use blockchain technology to stop this, and better yet, improve journalism? One company thinks that's a possibility by arguing that the news should be run by the people. Civil, a start-up company, wants to create a new type of site that it hopes will be an open marketplace for journalists.
The start-up believes that blockchain technology, along with cryptocurrency, can create a sustainable place for journalism, including local, policy and investigative journalism that has been disappearing. Civil believes decentralization is the key to a free and independent press. Its plan is to build a site that's a combination of a publishing platform — not unlike Medium — and a crowdfunding system like Patreon or any other crowdfunding platform.
Civil is still in start-up phase so how it affects journalism is still to be determined.
Blockchain technology can in content distribution as it relates to promoting content online audiences in multiple media formats by utilizing various channels. It helps solve the puzzle on digital rights management. Content creators have for a long time lacked the ability to produce, protect, monetize and manage their creations.
It helps create a direct network between content creators and consumers thus enabling direct interactions between the two parties. This effectively does away with intermediaries which bring about an increase in content consumption. It also brings in the ability to tag, content with specific metadata thus improving discoverability and shareability of the price of content in question.
One company that wants to help content creators in that regard is Po.et. The company wants to the standard of the world's creative assets by integrating a marketplace for anything involved with content. Once content is created, it can be used in WordPress, or other content management systems, as well as music creation tools. When that's done, with a click of a button the content will be documented in the Po.et platform, which would add a timestamp which allows for attribution of all the assets.
If there's one industry that could use blockchain technology it is online gambling. The industry is expected to surpass $50 billion this year alone and now accounts for up to 25 percent of all gambling. The problem lies in the security associated with online gambling. A reported 1.4 million fake online sites are created on a monthly basis which means any online gambling site can be susceptible to being copied.
Additionally, assurance of gamblers regarding protection for their money and fair generation of odds and the fair outcome of their bet needs to be secured. Blockchain technology assures this as all parties involved will benefit from its permanent records of verifiable and unchangeable transaction ledger.
One company trying their hands at using the technology with | 2,642 |
Data Science at The New York Times | Vortrag Chris H. Wiggins
Veranstalter: Prof. Dr. Hans-Günther<|fim_middle|> Jeanette Wing. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and is a recipient of Columbia's Avanessians Diversity Award.
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Chris H. Wiggins, Columbia University
The Data Science Group at The New York Times develops and deploys machine learning solutions to newsroom and business problems. Re-framing real-world questions as machine learning tasks requires not only adapting and extending models and algorithms to new or special cases but also sufficient breadth to know the right method for the right challenge.
In this talk, Chris will first outline how unsupervised, supervised, and reinforcement learning methods are increasingly used in human applications for description, prediction, and prescription, respectively. He'll then focus on the 'prescriptive' cases, showing how methods from the reinforcement learning and causal inference literatures can be of direct impact in engineering, business, and decision-making more generally.
Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University and the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times. At Columbia he is a founding member of the executive committee of the Data Science Institute, and of the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics as well as the Department of Systems
Biology, and is affiliated faculty in Statistics.
He is a co-founder and co-organizer of hackNY, a nonprofit which since 2010 has organized once a semester student hackathons and the hackNY Fellows Program, a structured summer internship at NYC startups. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia, he was a Courant Instructor at NYU (1998-2001) and earned his PhD at Princeton University (1993-1998) in theoretical physics.
He is currently writing a book on the history and ethics of data with Professor Matt Jones (Columbia), forthcoming from W. W. Norton & Company, as well as a book on data science with Al Spector, Peter Norvig, and | 429 |
MCraft Escher
'Relativity' gets a mind-bending Minecraft makeover
Have you ever looked at a picture that makes your brain just wanna give up? Chances are you were looking at a visual illusion, an image that plays with our mind's perception of reality. And one of the most famous visual illusion artists of them all was MC Escher.
You may not have heard that name before, but you've definitely seen his work. MC Escher is responsible for some of the most iconic and eye breaking illusions. Stuff that makes you stare for hours navigating the twists and turns of his art until you end up right where you started. Ever seen a picture of people on a circular staircase? Everybody's walking upstairs but nobody seems to be getting any higher. That's Escher work. His visual art puzzles make appearances in everything from movies, to anime, to video games.
And now, thanks to the phenomenal talent of S_pinney and H2CO3, Escher's work has come to Minecraft in all of it's blocky, mind-bendy glory. If you're looking at these images going what? huh? How did they do this? - don't worry! We've got some answers for you straight from<|fim_middle|> "Especially the creative aspect. The coloring and forming stuff."
"This painting seemed, as we saw it, a 2D picture, impossible to recreate in 3D Minecraft. That's probably why we chose to try it."
When they're not melting our eyeballs with their fantastic build of Escher's famous Relativity work, they like to tinker with redstone contraptions and command block builds.
It's one thing to create powered rails with redstone and write simple code with command blocks, but it's another thing entirely to recreate visual illusions from scratch.
"When we build stuff, we are often searching for cool images," explains S_pinney. "And because we are getting more and more into abstract, modern art, we stumbled across MC Escher. This painting seemed, as we saw it, a 2D picture, impossible to recreate in 3D Minecraft. That's probably why we chose to try it."
Attraction to the impossible worked for these two, expertly recreating Escher's illusion in the Minecraft we know and love. But it took a lot of work to make this look good, and the difficulties weren't what you'd expect.
"By far the most challenging thing about this project was the coloring of the walls," says S_pinney. "It was a lot of trial and error. They shouldn't be too noisy, but also not too pale. Getting horizontal textures in it was extraordinarily difficult because the walls aren't going along one axis, but in every direction."
In the end, they managed to overcome their painting issues by working together as a team. "When we start a project, we both have stuff we are more comfortable with than the other," explains S_pinney. "I lay out the walls, putting in the stairs and railings while H2CO3 works on the humans."
So S_pinney builds the space, and H2CO3 builds the people. But they haven't finished with their phenomenal builds or their trippy, mind blowing themes. When we asked what's next, S_pinney had this to say:
"We've wanted to create an animation in Minecraft for a long time. We found a stunning video that shows an alchemist machine burning the memories of its creator to convert metal into gold. The pictures, idea, and execution were so crazy cool that we are trying to create something similar in the future. But we know it's going to be a real challenge."
I bet after seeing what they're capable of, you're looking forward to seeing them overcome this challenge too. And if you're interested in building your own illusions?
"Working together with a friend makes it so much easier to stay focused on a project," S_pinney advises. "You can teach each other stuff and also complement each other. Join a team where you feel most comfortable with the members. Minecraft can be a great place to find new friends and to (re)create great art."
Image renders by @CuddlyM_H, @AronSp_, @Imhotep05, @ahlucaa, @Hobmaasand @MrBatou
Ash Davis | the builders themselves.
S_pinney and H2CO3 (or Carbonic Acid for you chemistry lovers out there) are German university students that like to spend their free time building in Minecraft. S_pinney found Minecraft through a friend and H2CO3 stumbled upon the game by accident.
"We both enjoy organic and oversized building the most," s_pinney says, when we ask what they liked most about playing Minecraft. | 85 |
Premier Inn is one of<|fim_middle|> with their Operations teams across the UK. In Autumn 2016, it was more important than ever to bring their people together to discuss and plan for the economic uncertainties ahead in Post-Brexit Britain, through formal presentations and interactive Q&A sessions.
Brightfive worked closely with key Premier Inn personnel in the run up to the road show, designing presentations for multiple presenters.
We joined the onsite tech team, travelling to Edinburgh, Solihull and Reading. Our responsibilities onsite comprised of operating graphics in-show and making continued edits, ensuring the show's content evolved with the learnings from each day's session.
Thank you very much for all of your support in shaping up the content and at the events themselves. It was hugely appreciated – and valued. | the UK's biggest and best known brands. Brightfive have enjoyed a long and fruitful working relationship with the hotel business through our regular client, Roebuck Productions.
Alongside their annual Party, Premier Inn hold regular roadshows to share messages, strategy and targets | 52 |
The original dolphin single rod holders were created to hold 1 rod and adjustable every 45 degrees. The single rod holders will clamp to your T-Top, hardtop, tower, radar arch, rail or any structure made from 2 inch, 1.5inch pipe.
The original dolphin twin rod holders were created to hold 2 rods and adjustable every <|fim_middle|> rails 25mm (1") to 32mm (1-1/4") diam. Ideal for fishing boats with rails, where gunwale space may be limited. Rubber insert to protect your fishing rod from any wear against the stainless surface.Attn: It can fit Dolphin SS pro plus t top only, if you buy other Dolphin t top,please do not buy this rod holder to match your t top! | 45 degrees. The twin rod holders will clamp to your T-Top, hardtop, tower, radar arch, rail or any structure made from 2 inch, 1.5inch pipe.
The original dolphin 5 rod holders were created to hold 5 rods. The 5 rod holders will clamp to your T-Top, hardtop, tower, radar arch, rail or any structure made from 2 inch, 1.5inch pipe.
Can be mounted to vertical or horizontal rails - Adjustable for | 105 |
Drug Regulators from across the<|fim_middle|> and Facebook. | world meet in Dublin to improve patients safety and access to medicines
An international World Health Organisation (WHO) conference with the largest global gathering of medicines regulators from across the world was officially opened today by Minister for Health, Simon Harris, TD. Hosted by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), the International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICRDA) brings together over 500 delegates from 94 countries with an aim to strengthen global collaboration and increase patient safety and access to medicines and health technologies.
ICDRA is a week-long event, held every two years. This year's theme, Smart Safety Surveillance will discuss a wide range of priority areas to enable regulators to look at ways they can better collaborate across countries and regions to approve and register new health products efficiently, thereby ensuring faster access for patients. It places patients at the centre, and underscores the responsibility of regulators to maintain constant vigilance - from product development to end use. It will examine how to deal with substandard and falsified products, which are a worldwide problem; and the vital role of regulators during public health emergencies, for example, Ebola or other disease outbreaks.
Speaking at the opening ceremony Emer Cooke, WHO Head of Regulation of Medicines and Other Health Technologies, states: "A good regulatory system gives people in a country confidence that the medical products they need and use are safe and will work as intended. A weak regulatory system undermines patient safety and access, for example by taking too long to approve products or by not detecting and removing substandard or falsified products."
The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, TD, provided the Keynote Address stating that: "Ireland is proud to host the 2018 ICDRA conference in Dublin and delighted to contribute to the worldwide agenda of all medicines regulators attending here this week, as they continue through close dialogue to strengthen medicines regulation and to contribute to greatly improved global health. While it is recognised that there are many challenges to ensuring adequate and appropriate access to safe medicines, for all citizens of the world, the ICDRA conference is an important and valued opportunity for the WHO and drug regulatory authorities to examine and address these myriad challenges in a collaborative and positive manner."
According to Dr Lorraine Nolan, Chief Executive, HPRA, the meeting offers a unique opportunity to showcase Ireland's expertise in the regulatory field of health products. The event offers an important platform for Ireland to contribute to and play an important role in enabling strategic review and solution-based debates to improving and building regulatory capacity across the world including in low and middle-income countries.
"This year's theme is highly relevant to all regulators as we continuously adapt to advancing technologies and innovative scientific approaches across the health sector, to best serve public health," says Lorraine Nolan. "Throughout the week of ICDRA interactive panels and workshops will provide the opportunity to learn from one another as all regulators strive to continuously maintain the safety, effectiveness and quality of medical products on behalf of patients around the world."
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Tallgrass Prairie
National Preserve Kansas
Accessibility at the Preserve
Visitors testing out the new accessibility units and the Braille topography map, preparing for the hiking trails.
Accessible Hiking Trails Using Trekker Breeze+ Hand-held Units
All forty miles of hiking trails and the cultural ranch site are now accessible to visitors with visual impairments using the hand-held device called Trekker Breeze+.
Using GPS technology, the preserve's hiking trails and ranch site can now be enjoyed by all, opening up a new interpretive program. Different paths and courses have been created using text to voice, recorded animal sounds, bird calls<|fim_middle|> KS 66869
(620) 273-8494 xhit 0 | , and guiding information and directions. Hear the sound made by the bison, bird calls, coyotes, and the voice of a park ranger telling about the natural and cultural resources that make up the preserve. These pieces all lend themselves to a greater understanding and appreciation for the nearly 11,000 acres of natural and cultural resources.
Come to the visitor center to check out a Trekker Breeze, returning unit by 4:00 p.m. Let us know about your experience.
Visitors enjoying the waysides along the wheelchair friendly Bottomland Trail
Trail Access
The Bottomland Trail is wheelchair friendly (except when wet) with trailhead kiosk, five interpretive waysides, wheelchair accessible comfort station, picnic area, benches, and two varying length trails of 3/4 or 1/2 mile. Handicap parking (gravel, but close to the trailhead) is available. Trails are open 24 hours year-round.
Travel south of historic ranch headquarters area on K-177 for two miles, turning left (east) onto the gravel country road adjacent to St. Anthony cemetery. Travel east on gravel road for 1/3 mile. Watch for trail sign on the north (left) side of the road.
Handicap parking available near the barn.
Parking at the Preserve
The visitor center has handicap parking available 24 hours daily. Handicap parking is also available west of the barn until 4:30 p.m. when the gates are locked. Please park between the blue signs near the barn.
Wheelchair accessible restroom facilities are available at the visitor center both inside and in the after-hours restroom inside the breezeway of the visitor center. Accessible restrooms are also available at the historic ranch headquarters adjacent to the barn. The Bottomland Trail offers a comfort station equipped for wheelchairs.
Bus is equipped with a wheelchair lift. Please let the ranger know when making your bus tour reservation.
Audio Visual Program
A 10-minute site orientation video is available at the visitor center. Presentation is open-captioned with audio-description available via headsets and/or hearing aid loop. A script is also available upon request.
Braille Park Brochure
The preserve's main brochure is now available in Braille at the visitor center desk. It is also called the Black Band or Unigrid brochure.
House Accessibility
The main level of the historic house is available via removable ramps. Please ask the ranger at the visitor center for assistance. House is available at our Virtual Tour website page and for self-guiding tours in person. The visitor center has a flip book showing interior photos of the house.
Virtual Tour Page
Barn Accessibility
Historic barn's main floor is available via ramps.
Historic One-room Schoolhouse
From May through December, the schoolhouse is open daily from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. On weekends (Saturday and Sunday) in May, June, September, and October the Lower Fox Creek Schoolhouse is staffed with volunteers from noon until 4 p.m. to answer questions and assist with your experience. The schoolhouse is accessible via removable ramps. Please call ahead for assistance. Follow the link below to view the interior of the buildings.
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Last month we released<|fim_middle|> a sub-theme of Frame and based on the Omega base theme, Gazette is a fully responsive and a mobile friendly theme. It was originally designed by Samantha Warren and then adapted for responsive design by Dave Ruse. We were excited to add it to OpenPublish in the Beta release as a demo theme to show just what OpenPublish can do.
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Guest post: Checkbook recruiting – will Kirkland's strategy pay off?
Posted on 5 January 2015 00:43am 16 February 2018 17:08pm | Bruce MacEwen
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From the Kirkland & Ellis site, under the topic Laterals Overview (I quote in full, emphasis supplied): 'At Kirkland, the quality and experience of our lawyers are among our greatest strengths. We are committed to making a substantial investment in our lateral hires by fostering an environment in which they are seamlessly integrated into our Firm culture.'
File this in 'Dep't of Understatement.'
I allude of course to Kirkland's hiring James Hurst from Winston & Strawn for a reported $9m/year, guaranteed for four years. This not two weeks after they took Stephen Lucas from Weil Gotshal for about $8m/year, guaranteed for three years. While these numbers are new news, and justly deserving of the 'eye-popping' label they've received, this pattern of hiring by Kirkland is by no means new. I first began hearing of Kirkland engaging in high-profile hires, wielding its daunting checkbook, about two or three years ago from some managing partners here in New York.
But it's now eminently safe to conclude it's not a series of one-off's by happenstance, but an established and exceedingly purposeful strategy. Here's a partial rundown of recent Kirkland lateral recruits from The American Lawyer, prompted by the Hurst transplant:
'For its part, Kirkland has been aggressively recruiting star laterals from other firms, often paying top dollar to bring them on board. In May, the firm bagged Weil, Gotshal & Manges banking head Stephen Lucas in London, reportedly doling out almost $8 million along with a three-year guarantee, according to two sources. Last summer, Kirkland nabbed Robert Khuzami, former head of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, as a partner in the firm's government, regulatory and internal investigations practice in New York and Washington, D.C. with the promise of $5 million per year for the next two years, as first reported in The New York Times DealBook.
In November 2013, the Windy City-based firm recruited Simpson Thacher & Barlett's Sean Rodgers to join its partnership ranks. Simpson Thacher partner Andrew Calder, Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Douglas Ryder and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner Richard Aftanas also joined Kirkland earlier this year. The Am Law Daily reported that Ryder was offered a substantial increase on the $1.4 million<|fim_middle|> to make a ton more money than you're making, our firm isn't the place for you. The door is to your right; be my guest…. This has the twin virtues of clarity and of drawing a line. We will not be held up for ransom.
Another answer is that we don't compete in that league, for starters, so who are you kidding? This is probably the de facto answer for the vast majority of firms and their partners. Sure it's fun to read about these moves and these numbers, but that's a different world, a different industry. True enough.
The toughest spot is for firms (see the AmLaw recounting above) that rightly consider themselves peers of Kirkland. What are they to do? Counter-offer, generously? Match? Say 'So long?'
For now—I told you the only honest answer to how Kirkland's plan will work out is that it's too soon to tell—my money is on 'So long.'
This surely comes with risk: Kirkland's model could be right after all, and you could have just shot your legs out from under yourself.
So my longer answer is: What is your firm all about? What does it stand for? If you know the answer and have the courage to say 'so long,' knowing your firm will be strengthened and not weakened, then preserve your firm's soul. Some things have no price.
If you don't know the answer for sure, go find your checkbook.
Bruce MacEwen is the president of Adam Smith, Esq. You can read his blog here.
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Other recent hires include Ropes & Gray private equity partner Gary Li in Hong Kong in October, as well as Skadden partner Ian John in New York, Davis Polk associate Bate Yu as a partner in Hong Kong and Sidley Austin associate Lucas Spivey as a partner in Houston in November. The firm also added a trio of Covington & Burling litigators last month in Washington, D.C., all of whom did Deepwater Horizon-related litigation work alongside Kirkland attorneys. Right before Thanksgiving, the firm brought on McDermott private equity partner Ryan Harris and just last week, Kirkland also brought on Debevoise & Plimpton associate Matthew Dickman in London as a partner in San Francisco.
The American Lawyer reported last year on Kirkland's large spread between the highest-paid equity partners and lowest "nonshare" or nonequity partners, which has allowed the firm to lure laterals with hefty bonus packages.'
Requisite caveat alert: Obviously, Kirkland isn't the only firm that's ever spent lavishly on laterals, with or without guarantees, of short or long duration, but they're justifiably in the news lately and the scale and sums involved are, shall we say, noteworthy.
And sure, these moves, and their associated strings of zeroes, draw oohs and aahs from the audience, but that's not why we'd talk about them on Adam Smith, Esq. What I want to explore is whether Kirkland's tactics represent a new and powerful technique to build a firm for the long run, or whether they're going to amount to splashy but short-lived experiments?
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The only honest answer, of course, is that it's too soon to tell.
Shall we tot up the pro's and con's?
• Clients hire lawyers, not law firms
• These folks are go-to lawyers in their fields
• (Even if clients hire firms, it's marquee-name partners that burnish a firm's reputation)
• The knock-on effects of prestigious names will more than recoup, for Kirkland, the outsized compensation
• As the industry moves towards a model of increasing dispersion in performance, Kirkland is staking out an impregnable position at the high end
• What on earth are incumbent partners without guarantees to think? Does this strategy strengthen centripetal forces within the firm?
• The industry's track record with laterals is less than admirable; they often leave when or shortly after the guarantee expires
• How much inequality among partners, from highest to lowest in terms of pay, is too much?
• Ultimately, how sustainable is this?
• Is this any way to build a law firm?
We actually have at least a modicum of learning from elsewhere in the economy about the dynamics of superstar industries, notably entertainment and sports. Indeed, almost 20 years ago Robert Frank published The Winner Take All Society, which explained, while decrying, the market forces that push some superstars' compensation into orbit while attracting a host of aspirants, most of whom, inevitably, are doomed to fall short. Presciently, the book talks of the dynamic invading law, business and academia. (Have you read about the historic raids Stanford Law made on Harvard, Yale, and Columbia faculties decades ago?)
In the meantime, what's a managing partner to do?
One answer arose in a conversation we had this very week: 'Just say no.' That is, if you want | 728 |
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From picturesque Table Mountain to lush vineyards and unparalleled game viewing, South Africa's wonders promise to impress. Explore the sights of Cape Town and get an in-depth cuisine, which bears influences from all over the world. See adorable African penguins at Boulders Beach, then cross some of South Africa's most stunning landscapes en route to Stellenbosch, home to delicious wines, vineyard tours, and walks down oak-shaded streets lined with cafes, boutiques, and art galleries. Take game drives across the<|fim_middle|> waves on optional whale-watching safaris or test your mettle by climbing into a shark cage to dive with great whites before flying north. | savanna of Timbavati Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger area and spot lions, leopards, zebras, and cheetahs prowling in the golden afternoon light before the impressive final stop: thundering Victoria Falls.
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Admiral James Stavridis on "2034: A Novel of the Next World War"
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A conversation with Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, as he discussed his new book, 2034: A Novel of the Next World War.
2034, co-authored with Elliot Ackerman, describes how today's political, economic and technological conditions could erupt into the next world war. What happens in the book is not beyond the realm of possibility. Experts have said that Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and even the COVID-19 pandemic were failures of imagination. Today, imagination is a national security imperative<|fim_middle|> in combat. He holds a Ph.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he recently served five years as dean. He is currently an Operating Executive of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, and chairman of the Board of Counselors of McLarty Global Associates, an international consulting firm.
Admiral James Stavridis
USN (Ret.) and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO
Ernest J. Moniz
Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer, NTI
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Consultant, Scientific and Technical Affairs | , and 2034 is a cautionary tale of what could happen if our leaders do not anticipate future challenges.
Admiral Stavridis spent more than 35 years in the U.S. Navy, rising to the rank of four-star Admiral. He was the Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and commanded U.S. Southern Command, overseeing military operations in Latin America. At sea, he commanded a Navy destroyer, a destroyer squadron, and an aircraft carrier battle group | 97 |
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