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Data Analysis Made (Somewhat) Easier
Peter Coffee
Numerical libraries for C# and Java attack one of the least appreciated but most important problems of the enterprise application developer: Data analysis applications are more difficult than they look.
Beyond the equivalent of counting on electronic fingers, computer-based mathematics quickly becomes a quicksand of flawed formulas and unscalable algorithms. Even if calculations are correct, the application can be useless without convenient data entry and informative presentation graphics and reports.
Its no surprise, then, that so much analytic work winds up being done—often inconsistently, almost always inefficiently—in a spreadsheet instead of in a task-focused tool. Developers gain considerable leverage, though, in their efforts to build better enterprise analytic solutions with libraries such as Visual Numerics JMSL 3.0 Numerical Library for Java development and the same companys IMSL C# Numerical Library.
Written entirely in Java and C#, respectively, each package represents a substantial improvement in programmer convenience over alternative approaches such as writing a Java or C# interface collection to a library of routines in FORTRAN or C. Each library includes extensive online documentation and unexpectedly full-featured demonstration code.
I was especially impressed by the advanced analytic capabilities (including neural-net analysis) and charting tools (including the visually intuitive Heat Map chart) in the Java library, which was updated to Version 3.0 last month. I was attracted by the prospect of deploying platform-neutral analytic tools to any Java-capable browser.
The product is priced in proportion to its power, at $3,495 for a floating single-seat license. However, many developers will be more drawn to the Visual Studio integration and .Net Framework access that comes from working in C# and by the value proposition of the IMSL C# package that made its debut this past September, at $1,695.
Whatever their language of choice, developers should remember that doing the math right is not the same thing as doing the right math.
Its easy to demonstrate this with one of the JMSL samples, which shows alternative methods of spline-fitting data: A periodic fit to data on coffee sales versus number of installed coffee dispensers produces ridiculous results (yellow curve), while an alternative method yields a much more reasonable projection. There are many subtler but equally dangerous math traps awaiting developers. No library can keep a developer out of these traps, but it can at least free more time for guarding against them.
More information is at www.vni.com.
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Peter Coffee is Director of Platform Research at salesforce.com, where he serves as a liaison with the developer community to define the opportunity and clarify developers' technical requirements on the company's evolving Apex Platform. Peter previously spent 18 years with eWEEK (formerly PC Week), the national news magazine of enterprise technology practice, where he reviewed software development tools and methods and wrote regular columns on emerging technologies and professional community issues.Before he began writing full-time in 1989, Peter spent eleven years in technical and management positions at Exxon and The Aerospace Corporation, including management of the latter company's first desktop computing planning team and applied research in applications of artificial intelligence techniques. He holds an engineering degree from MIT and an MBA from Pepperdine University, he has held teaching appointments in computer science, business analytics and information systems management at Pepperdine, UCLA, and Chapman College. |
Ask JackTechnology
Your questions about upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 10, or vice versa
The whens and hows of upgrading Microsoft Windows 7 to Windows 10, or going back to Windows 7
Have you upgraded to Windows 10 and regretted it? Photograph: Simply Signs / Alamy/Alamy
Jack Schofield
Thu 17 Dec 2015 04.37 EST
Last modified on Tue 21 Feb 2017 12.40 EST
How long have I got?
I'm thinking of upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I'm told the free upgrade is only for one year, and after that you have to pay £80 for it. Is that the case? Robert
You have one year from the launch to accept the free upgrade to Windows 10, so you must do it before 29 July 2016. After you have accepted the free upgrade, there is no further charge for the life of the device. It remains to be seen whether Microsoft will offer any deals after the deadline, but Windows 10 costs £99.99 or $119.99 from Microsoft. Other suppliers may sell it for less.
Can I download now and keep it for later?
We are currently using Windows 7. Can we download Windows 10 now and install it later? And why or why not? Tracey
Windows 10 is "Windows as a Service" and it is frequently updated from the cloud. You can download Windows 10 and keep it on a DVD or USB stick, which is handy if you need to upgrade several PCs. However, the download will soon be out of date, so that is not a long-term solution.
Windows 10 has a cloud-based authentication system, so you must install the upgrade before 29 July 2016. If you miss the deadline, Microsoft's servers will not authenticate the free upgrade and you will be asked to pay.
Can I keep Windows 7?
I am running Windows 7 at the moment. Can I download Windows 10 and have both systems on my machine? John
No, Microsoft is not giving away copies of Windows 10, just offering to upgrade existing licences for Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows 10 for free. If you want to run two versions of Windows, you have to buy two licences.
Can I move it to a new PC?
I own an Asus laptop with Windows 7 installed, but I am going to be building a new gaming rig very soon. Is there any way I can use my existing copy of Windows to get the upgrade on my new desktop? Not being able to use the laptop afterwards is not a problem. Håkon
Sorry, no: see above. Cheap pre-installed copies of Windows are locked to the PC on which they are pre-activated and shipped. Only the more expensive retail version can be moved from one PC to a different PC. And to reply to Chris: when you upgrade your retail copy of Windows 7 to Windows 10, it will retain its rights. That means you will be able to move your copy of Windows 10 to a different PC. (Obviously you can only run it on one PC at a time.)
Getting authenticated
I was having a blue screen problem with my Gateway laptop running Windows 7. I installed Windows 10 from USB and that has resolved my issue. So now I am sitting with this lovely operating system, but I know I will require a product key for it soon enough. Can I email Microsoft and beg for one, or is there an easier way? Mike
The correct procedure is to install Windows 10 as an in-place upgrade, after which Microsoft's online servers will authenticate it automatically. Once Windows 10 has been authenticated, you can do a clean installation from a USB stick or DVD, and that will also be authenticated automatically. (There is a possible workaround.)
However, following user complaints, Microsoft changed things with Windows 10 version 1511, the Fall Update released last month. This can be activated using the Windows 7/8/8.1 key from your laptop: it's probably on a COA (Certificate of Authenticity) sticker.
To check, go to Settings, select Update & Security, and then Activation. If it says, "Windows is activated" then you are OK. If not, change the product key to your old Windows 7 key. If the worst came to the worst, you would have to ask for a phone activation, or re-install Windows 7 from a backup and then install Windows 10 again.
Upgrading from Vista via Windows 7
My laptop hard drive died. My data was backed up so no big deal. However, I had purchased an upgrade disk to go from Vista to Windows 7, and this tells me that it only works as an upgrade [to Vista]. I don't have a copy of Vista. Brian
If you had made a full backup of Windows 7 – which is easy using the built-in backup software – then you would be able to restore that to the new hard drive, and then upgrade to Windows 10. However, you could try installing the Windows 10 Fall Update from a DVD or USB stick and then entering your Windows 7 product key, as explained above.
Alternatively, you could download the Vista code from Get Into PC, and use your original Windows Vista product key to activate it. That's probably on the COA sticker on your PC, if you didn't record it anywhere else. Once Vista is activated then you can use your disk to upgrade to Windows 7, after which Windows Update will offer to install Windows 10.
Can I go back to Windows 7?
I had Windows 7 and loved it. I accepted the free Windows 10 upgrade and I am sooo sorry. Is there a way to get Windows 7 back? Barbara
Yes, if you act within 30 days. Go to Settings, select Update & Security, and click Recovery. This allows you to go back to your previous operating system, which has been stored in a "Windows old" folder. Windows eventually deletes this to save space.
Note that the Windows 10 Fall Update is a new version of Windows 10. When it's installed, the earlier version of Windows 10 becomes the new "Windows old". After that, you can't simply go back to Windows 7/8/8.1.
Can I downgrade a Windows 10 laptop?
A friend has bought a laptop with Windows 10 pre-installed. He is quite homesick for Windows 7, and longs to get it back. Can he get Windows 7 free? Barry
Pro versions of Windows include downgrade rights. If your friend's new laptop has Windows 10 Home then he would have to buy an upgrade to the Pro version before making the downgrade. Microsoft describes the process in an article, Understanding downgrade rights.
Unfortunately, there's no obvious way to get a legal copy of Windows 7, unless the PC manufacturer agrees to provide one. Yes, you can download it from Microsoft, but you have to enter a valid Windows 7 product key to get it.
But I wouldn't bother. The upgrade to Windows 10 Pro costs £99.99, so your friend would be better off making a complete backup of his current system, then buying a discounted copy of Windows 7.
However, a Windows 10 laptop may have been designed for and tested with Windows 10. It may not have been tested with Windows 7, and there is no guarantee that all the right drivers will be available. If it goes wrong, your friend must be able to restore Windows 10 from his backup.
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14. Everything in moderation - a failing proposition.
For diet and health, it does not work. It's a snappy saying and on the surface, it makes sense. However, it's too vague and does not have a meaningful definition.
Bottom-line: The notion that it's O.K. to eat everything in moderation is just an excuse to eat whatever you want. How about thinking in terms of occasional? In other words: Rarely or infrequently.
Check out the images below: The Cleveland Clinic's advice is different than well-known nutritionist Joy Bauer. If weight-loss is the issue, Joy Bauer is on target. |
OSA Publishing > Optical Materials Express > Volume 2 > Issue 8 > Page 1095
Alexandra Boltasseva, Editor-in-Chief
Effects of growth pressure on erbium doped GaN infrared emitters synthesized by metal organic chemical vapor deposition
I-Wen Feng, Jing Li, Jingyu Lin, Hongxing Jiang, and John Zavada
I-Wen Feng,1,* Jing Li,1 Jingyu Lin,1 Hongxing Jiang,1 and John Zavada2
1Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
2Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, New York, NY 11201, USA
*Corresponding author: [email protected]
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Laser Materials
Fiber optic amplifiers
Optical amplifiers
Physical vapor deposition
X ray diffraction
Rare-earth-doped materials (160.5690)
Light-emitting diodes (230.3670)
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Er doped GaN (GaN:Er) p-i-n structures were prepared by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. Effects of growth pressure on the optical performance of GaN:Er p-i-n structures have been investigated. Electroluminescence measurements revealed that the optimal growth pressure window for obtaining strong infrared emission intensity at 1.54 µm is around 20 torr, while the greater amount of Ga vacancies or non-raditive transitions were observed from the ones grown at lower or higher pressure. Our results point to possible applications in optical communications using current injected optical amplifiers based on GaN:Er p-i-n structures.
Erbium-doped a-plane GaN epilayers synthesized by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition
Talal Mohammed Al Tahtamouni, Xiaozhang Du, Jing Li, Jingyu Lin, and Hongxing Jiang
Opt. Mater. Express 5(2) 274-280 (2015)
Erbium-doped AlN epilayers synthesized by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition
Talal Mohammed Al Tahtamouni, Xiaozhang Du, Jingyu Lin, and Hongxing Jiang
Erbium doped GaN synthesized by hydride vapor-phase epitaxy
Dae-Woo Jeon, Zhenyu Sun, Jing Li, Jingyu Lin, and Hongxing Jiang
Current injection 1.54 µm light-emitting devices based on Er-doped GaN/AlGaN multiple quantum wells
T. M. Al tahtamouni, J. Li, J. Y. Lin, and H. X. Jiang
Opt. Mater. Express 6(11) 3476-3481 (2016)
Correlation between the optical loss and crystalline quality in erbium-doped GaN optical waveguides
I-Wen Feng, Weiping Zhao, Jing Li, Jingyu Lin, Hongxing Jiang, and John Zavada
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Fig. 1 Schematic diagram of the MOCVD grown GaN:Er p-i-n emitter structure used in this study.
Fig. 2 I-V characteristics of GaN:Er p-i-n structures grown at different growth pressures from 10 to 40 torr.
Fig. 3 GaN:Er (002) XRD rocking curves of the GaN:Er p-i-n structures with varying GaN:Er growth pressures from 10 to 40 torr.
Fig. 4 Infrared spectra detected at 20 mA from GaN:Er p-i-n structures grown at different GaN:Er growth pressures from 10 to 40 torr. For GaN:Er growth pressure above 20 torr, the infrared emission intensity decreases significantly.
Fig. 5 Infrared spectra detected at 20 mA from GaN p-i-n structures without Er-doping grown at two GaN growth pressures of 10 and 20 torr.
Table 1 Summary of parameters of GaN:Er p-i-n structures grown under different GaN:Er growth pressures (P); FWHM of GaN:Er (002) XRD rocking curves; and the estimated series resistance (R).
(1) I= I sat exp( q(V−IR) ηkT −1).
(2) I dV dI =RI+ ηkT q .
Summary of parameters of GaN:Er p-i-n structures grown under different GaN:Er growth pressures (P); FWHM of GaN:Er (002) XRD rocking curves; and the estimated series resistance (R).
P (Torr)
FWHM (arcsec)
R (kΩ)
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Ever So Close
October 26, 2019 October 13, 2019 by Gary Baines
Denver native Hubbard falls just short of first PGA Tour title, finishing career-best second in Houston Open
Mark Hubbard was born and bred in Denver, but he now lives in The Woodlands, north of Houston. A win on Sunday at the Houston Open would have been quite the story.
Alas, though Hubbard was very much in the race for the title — which would have been his first on the PGA Tour — until the 72nd hole, there was no fairytale ending for him.
Hubbard, who officially regained his PGA Tour card in August — through it was a foregone conclusion long before that, held the lead outright after 14 holes on Sunday in Humble, Texas. But a costly bogey on the par-5 15th hole — where he missed his only fairway of the final round and couldn't convert an 8-foot putt — led to a runner-up finish. That's by far his best showing ever on golf's top circuit, but a victory would have meant exempt status for two seasons after this one as well as berths in the Masters and the PGA Championship.
The Colorado Academy graduate and 2007 Colorado junior player of the year, could have forced a playoff with a birdie from 25 feet on No. 18 Sunday, but he missed the putt to the left. And Lanto Griffin, who was also looking for his first PGA Tour victory after likewise being on the Korn Ferry Tour last season, subsequently converted on a 6-foot par putt to win by one.
Lanto had taken the outright lead on No. 16 with a 33-foot birdie.
"Obviously, I'm bummed," Hubbard said in the Houston Chronicle. "But for two guys who have never won before, I thought we handled ourselves amazing. The putts we were making, the decisions we were making down the stretch, I feel like we played like we've been there before."
Hubbard, who won once on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019, has had a stellar start to the season on the PGA Tour, where he played three previous seasons (2014-17). In five starts so far on the 2019-20 campaign, he's finished in the top 13 three times.
With Sunday's showing — worth $667,500 — Hubbard (pictured) moved up to seventh in the FedExCup standings. Five weeks into the 2019-20 campaign, he's already surpassed $1 million in season earnings.
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Discover These Architectural Masterpieces of the World
Ana Brdar
From the gargantuan structures that date back to the ancient world to the sleek skyscrapers that dominate modern metropolises, architecture has always possessed the ability to amaze, shock and inspire us.
To that end, we've curated a lists of some of the most fascinating architectural feats found around the globe.
Keep reading to find out what they are and where to find them.
Neuschwanstein Castle, Schwangau
If you're thinking "Disneyland", then you've guessed it right – this enchanting Bavarian palace served as inspiration for the famous Sleeping Beauty castle which is found in Disney's theme parks.
The original one was commissioned in 19th century by Ludwig II of Bavaria, who planned for the castle to be a retreat.
The highly stylistic palace was built in Neo-Romanesque style, which was typical of this period. It might be surprising that the design of the castle was criticized by many architecture contemporaries, however, today the Neuschwanstein represents a prime example of European historicism.
Perched atop of a dramatic hillside above the village of Hohenschwangau, the Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the region, drawing over a million visitors each year.
Angkor Wat, Angkor
Angkor Wat, the symbol of Cambodia, is the largest temple complex in the world.
Spanning over 400 acres of breathtaking constructions and lush green spaces, this site is the most elaborate example of classic Khmer architecture and the most tangible proof of the Khmer Empire's enormous power, wealth and innovation.
Angkor Wat was constructed in 12th century on the orders of Khmer King Suryavarman II, who imagined it as an official state temple dedicated to Vishnu and a subsequent mausoleum.
The opulent structures were built mostly using sandstone and laterite; they also feature intricate decorative designs in shape of apsaras (divine nymphs), as well as many narrative scenes depicting ancient epics such as Ramayana and Mahabharata.
The most captivating element of Angkor Wat is undoubtedly the quincunx with a dominant central tower; a construction that symbolizes the five peaks of the sacred Mount Meru.
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Chances are, when someone says the word "Sydney", the image that immediately pops to mind is the city's stunning Opera House.
This magnificent building, which sprawls across the entire Bennelong Point on the Sydney Harbor, was designed by Danish architect Jørn Oberg Utzon.
After the constructions process (which lasted 14 years) was completed, the building was finally inaugurated in 1973 by HRH Queen Elizabeth II.
It has since served as a multi-venue performance center for concerts, theater shows, comedy, talks and tours.
Perhaps the most striking feature of Australia's world-famous building are the so-called "shells", large concrete panels that form the roof of the building.
Gateway Arch, St. Louis
Towering over the city of St. Louis, the Gateway Arch is an emblem of the State of Missouri and the tallest man-made monument in the West.
The 192-meter-tall stainless steel construction was designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen. Its intent was to commemorate Thomas Jefferson and highlight the importance of St. Louis in the westward expansion in the United States.
The construction was completed in 1965 and the monument was opened three years later.
Today, the Gateway Arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, and contains a visitors center that allows curious minds to ride all the way up to the observation deck in an enclosed tram.
Colosseum, Rome
The most famous building to hail from Ancient Rome, the Colosseum is nothing short of an architectural wonder.
Nestled in the central district of the Italian capital, this impressive amphitheater dates back to the 1st century AD, when Rome was ruled by Emperor Titus.
It was built using travertine stone that was brought in from Tivoli via roads made specifically for this purpose.
During the ancient times, this arena used to host all kinds of public events, including gladiatorial contests, theater performances and battle reenactments.
The Colosseum's oval is 527 meters in circumference and was able to hold between 50,000 and 80,000 people, making it the largest amphitheater ever constructed.
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul
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This modern edifice, located in the boisterous shopping area of Dongdaemun, features an eye-catching neofuturistic design characterized by smooth surfaces, curved forms and materials such as steel and aluminum.
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a cutting-edge construction made out of 45,000 aluminum panels, a plaza and a landscaped park, was designed by the renowned architect Zaha Hadid, who envisioned the project as a fluid, continuous interplay between architecture and nature.
The bustling art hub hosts art exhibitions, fashion shows, forums and other cultural events.
The DDP (as it's known among Seoulites) is Korea's most instagrammed location, which is a testament to its impeccable, mesmerizing aesthetics.
Flatiron Building, New York City
NYC is known for its many dizzying skyscrapers that form the city's unique skyline.
One of the most architecturally intriguing ones is the Flatiron Building, a triangular structure that rests at the intersection of 5th Avenue, Broadway, and 23rd Street in Manhattan.
It was designed by the Chicago-based architect Daniel Burnham, while the construction was completed in 1902.
The iconic triangular steel skyscraper features Beaux-Arts aesthetic that gives the building an air of an Ancient Greek column.
The façade was made from limestone and glazed with terra-cota, contributing to Flatiron's rich visual appearance.
Today, the building serves as private office space, which doesn't prevent it from being one of the most popular tourist attractions in New York.
Cubic Houses, Rotterdam
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Rotterdam, a town situated on the coast of Netherlands, is one of the most architecturally intriguing cities in the world.
And among its most innovative designs are the Cube Houses, which were designed in the 1970s by the Dutch architect Piet Blom.
The Kubuswoningen, as they're known around Rotterdam, were built in an effort to revitalize the area of Oude Haven, which suffered tremendous destruction during World War II.
Blom came up with the idea to design tilted cube-shaped houses that were placed atop of hexagonal pylons. Each of these constructions represented a "tree", so a cluster of cubic houses was meant to symbolize a residential forest.
The interior of cubic houses was specifically designed to maximize on space, and it contains a living room, toilet, kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom.
Habitat 67, Montreal
This architectural curiosity was designed in an attempt to explore solutions for fusing the quality and comfort of suburban housing in an urban, high-rise context.
It was the work of Israeli Canadian architect Moshe Safdie for the World Exposition of 1967.
This brutalist housing complex is composed of 354 identical prefabricated modules that were stacked on top of each other in various geometric forms.
The apartments are connected through pedestrian paths and bridges, as well as three vertical cores of elevators, which connect the 12 stories.
Even though the jury is still out on the success of ideas promoted by Habitat 67, this piece of Canadian architecture remains hugely influential and important for the debates on urban planning and high-density housing.
Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Relegating Taipei 101 to second spot, the Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest man made building at an extraordinary 2,722 feet. Designed by Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, it is inspired by the Islamic architecture of the region.
Construction of this multi-use development first began in 2004, with overall completion in 2009. Holder of 17 world records, the Burj Khalifa stands tall and proud, and is definitely a must-see.
St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
Nothing says "Russia" quite like the vast Red Square and its centerpiece, the Cathedral of Saint Basil.
And yet, due to its unique design, this instantly recognizable building is one of its kind in both Russia and the world.
The construction of St. Basil's Cathedral began in the 16th century on the orders of Ivan the Terrible, a Russian Tsar, with an aim of commemorating he capture of Kazan and Astrakhan.
The shape of the building was imagined as bonfire reaching toward the sky. This effect was achieved by placing eight pillar-shaped churches around the central, ninth one.
The Cathedral's signature onion-shaped domes acquired the vibrant colors and patterns in the 17th century.
Nowadays, the church operates as a museum and it represents one of the most visited tourist sights in Moscow.
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing
Often referred to as the "Giant Egg", the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing was inaugurated in 2007 with an aim to host operas, plays and concerts.
The NCPA was designed by the French architect Paul Andreu, who believed this structure would provide Beijing with an instantly recognizable landmark in contemporary style.
The building was constructed in the shape of ellipsoid dome using titanium and glass.
The entire structure is surrounded by a man-made lake that creates a serene, otherworldly setting for the building.
The interior and the NCPA's grand hall can be reached via an 80-meter-long Underwater Corridor, which stretches beneath the artificial lake.
Shah Jahan's ode to eternal love is one of the most recognized buildings in the world. History notes that the Mughal emperor commissioned the construction of this ivory mausoleum to house the body of his beloved wife, Mumtaz.
Occupying 42 acres, the Taj Mahal is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site and continues to attract more than 7 million visitors annually.
Sagrada Familia is an incomplete Roman Catholic church designed by the Catalan architectural mastermind, Antonin Gaudi.
Its construction began in 1882 under the supervision of Francisco Paula de Villar. A year later, he resigned and Gaudi took over the project, completely reimagining its form and continuing to oversee the works until his death in 1926.
The construction of the church had a very slow progress and, ultimately, the works were put to a halt due to the breakout of Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. Since then, the construction process was resumed and the entire building is projected to be completed by 2026.
As it stands currently, Sagrada Familia fuses several architectural styles, among which are Catalan Modernism, Spanish Late Gothic, Art Nouveau and Noucentisme.
It features three elaborately adorned facades, out of which the Nativity Façade is the most illustrative of Gaudi's original design. It depicts various scenes taken from the Biblical story about the birth of Jesus.
Pyramids of Giza, Cairo
It is debatable whether any of buildings featured on this list would exist in the first place had it not been for the Pyramids of Giza, one of the oldest and most impressive architectural feats on the planet.
The Giza complex, which lies about 13 kilometers from the Egyptian capital of Cairo, is composed of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure, as well as the Great Sphinx, which lies in the eastern part of the site.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest and the oldest of the three, as it was constructed around 2560 BC. Currently, its stands at 138 meters, although in ancient times it used to be 146 meters tall.
The pyramids were originally designed to treasure the remains of Pharaohs, ancient Egyptian rulers. It is also speculated they housed various objects which were believed to be needed for Pharaohs in the afterlife.
The Pyramids of Giza remain the only surviving Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
One of the most visited places on the planet, the Hagia Sophia has weathered many storms and seen many faces. Built in the year 537, it was first constructed as a Greek Orthodox basilica.
From 1453 to 1931, it was used as an imperial mosque. From 1935 to present day, it is a museum open to the public.
Not only is it a work of art, its cultural and historical value also makes it a visit of a lifetime.
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
Often considered to be one of the most innovative examples of contemporary architecture, the Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao was designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry.
Sprawling alongside the Nervion River, the museum was officially opened in 1997, allowing the visitors to explore some of the most famous works of Spanish and international artists within its walls.
The structure of the building relies on three materials – stone, glass and titanium – which form random-looking curves that give an appearance of a ship, a nod to Bilbao's rich maritime past.
The resounding success of the bold style envisioned by Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum has influenced a wave of architects around the world to continue implementing innovative, boundary-pushing designs.
Between astonishing architectural feats of the past eras and the innovative projects unveiled in recent years, the world of architecture is only becoming richer and more diverse. The fact that contemporary architects are constantly finding new ways to push boundaries and strive towards innovative, yet aesthetically appealing solutions makes us excited for all the designs we'll get to see in the years to come.
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Ana Brdar is a writer and translator who splits her time working and travelling between Europe and Asia. She enjoys serene landscapes, Turkish coffee and figuring out how different languages work.
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School Bus Conversion Resources > Skoolie Tech > Alternative Fuels | Electric, Propane, Wood Gasification, etc.
We just got our bus!!!!
Seats are out now the fun begins.
There are 3 battery boxes and none of them are deep enough for a propane tank, even a horizontal one. So where is the best place to mount the tank? And where to buy a bracket?
Rats one of the battery boxes was right close to where all the propane was going to be used. Not sure if I should try to modify the box. Seems complex to do that.
Post a picture! This sounds super cool.
I put a permanent 80 lb tank, and an additional 3 20lb portable tanks in the front compartment of my thomas RE safty liner. I used steel straping for the RV tank. They will fit under any normal bus.
I'm going to build a metal box tall enough for 20lb tanks and have it extend all the way back to the chassis, with holes in the bottom to prevent possible propane buildup. It'll be behind the rear axle between the water heater and a place to store a small generator. I'l also add mud flaps to prevent road debris from damaging these boxes.
I know there are also large ASME tanks that mount directly to the chassis, but everytime you fill it you have to drive the whole vehicle there and that's too much of a pain for me.
I'm sure most know this, but. . .
It's OK to store and transport vertical tanks on their side, but **never** operate them in a position for which they aren't designed.
It is possible to design and build tanks that will work in both positions, but that is not practical nor legal.
And horizontal tanks will be "keyed" to a specific point being at the bottom.
Some of NFPA 1192's stipulations are of questionable relevancy to self-converted buses, but its requirement to mount propane tanks or cylinders between the wheelbase makes sense to me. It always makes me very nervous to see, let alone drive anywhere near, RVs and campers with propane cylinders on the back bumper - what would happen in a collision there?
Please keep in mind to follow your local transportation of dangerous goods policies. In alberta canada you may have 5 tanks of propane on your vehicle as long as the stickers on the tanks are visible but any more after that you need stickers and warning placards on your vehicle.
I know the chances of you being stopped are slim though.
also know some ferries will not let you on if you have over 65 lbs of propane storage.
until i can afford to build under mounted storage to place horizontal tanks im simply planning on keeping them underneath the kitchen cabinet. i also plan on having a propane, carbon monoxide, and smoke detector combination unit just in case. |
Quick Answer: Is Norwegian A Beautiful Language?
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Norway is home to two official languages – Norwegian and Sami.
Norwegian is by far the language spoken by most people.
Like Swedish, Danish and Icelandic, Norwegian is a Germanic language derived from Old Norse.
There are, however, two ways of writing Norwegian – bokmål and nynorsk..
The 6 Hardest Languages For English Speakers To LearnMandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. … Arabic. Another of the hardest languages for English speakers to pick up is also in the top five most spoken world languages: Arabic. … Polish. … Russian. … Turkish. … Danish.
DanishDanish and Norwegian are the two languages that are the most similar, among the Scandinavian languages. As a group, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian are all very similar and it is common for people from all three countries to be able to understand each other.
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FrisianThe closest language to English is one called Frisian, which is a Germanic language spoken by a small population of about 480,000 people. There are three separate dialects of the language, and it's only spoken at the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
FRENCHFRENCH – MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOKEN LANGUAGE With its unpronounceable "r", its nasal vowel sounds "en", "in", "un" and melodious intonation, it sounds extremely musical to the non-native ear. And let's not forget the strong cultural context which lends French the status of the most beautiful spoken language in the world.
English is widely spoken in Norway, and virtually every Norwegian can speak fluent (or understand a minimum of, this is mostly the elder people) English. Tourist information is usually printed in several languages. … Many Norwegians also speak or understand a second foreign language, often German, French or Spanish.
When it comes to Danish vs Norwegian, Norwegian is easier to understand. Their writing is the same, and there's not a lot of difference between vocabulary and grammar either. And for Swedish vs Norwegian, Norwegian wins again. It's a slight bit closer to English in terms of vocabulary and pronunciation.
The "advantage" of learning Norwegian is that it's probably one of the easiest languages for an English-speaker to learn, it sounds rather beautiful and, if you learn it, you will find you can communicate quite easily with Danes and Swedes without having to learn Danish or Swedish. Absolutely.
For English language speakers, Norwegian is much easier to learn than most other languages. This is thanks to a number of things including the fact that they are both Germanic languages. This makes it easier to learn as it means it features a lot of cognates, words you will already recognize.
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Gender of Nouns Norwegian Bokmål has three genders – feminine, masculine and neuter.
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A somewhat-literary Instagram account has earned thousands of followers for its book commentary — though the 'grammer behind it doesn't seem to have actually read any of the titles.
Snide Octopus offers witty commentary on books he finds in the library, taking pictures of the spines of books that have interesting titles and posting them regularly.
Then, using Snapchat, he adds captions to the images, dreaming up subtitles (or sometimes teasers or first lines) that take the titles of the books completely out of context.
The result is a series of funny subtitles that make the books seem a whole lot more interesting than they might actually be — though they can also be quite bizarre.
'Causing disturbances in libraries nationwide,' the witty jokster wrote in his Instagram bio. |
Represented large technology companies in negotiating and drafting cloud services agreements, managed services contracts, service level agreements and software licensing.
Handled Washington State's retailer litigation for international insurance company involving core and tender premises and general liability matters.
Represented five of the largest school districts in Washington State handling their core and tender general and premises liability matters.
Successfully litigated multiple premises liability matters, which ultimately resulted in positive arbitrations.
Defending a multi-party general and premises liability matter involving vendors and employees. Successfully obtained summary judgment dismissing three of the Plaintiffs.
Represented a major technology company and successfully defended against claims for racial discrimination.
Successfully defended and represented a private school against claims of wrongful termination.
Successfully negotiated workouts of defaulted loans for SBA backed loans with full principal payoffs.
Represented a real estate developer in the purchase and development of a mixed-use property as a public/private joint venture with the City of Tacoma. Responsibilities included assistance in identifying and negotiating a construction loan for the project, permitting, and investor relations. This was a $45,000,000 project.
Represented a real estate developer in the purchase, development and management of a large hotel and casino valued at $30,000,000, including assisting in the financing of the entire portfolio as well as investor relations and corporate management. The hotel and casino are tenants in common and have a comprehensive TI agreement with respect to use of the property and taxation issues.
Represented a chain restaurant in negotiating a long-term lease with the local port authority.
Prepared and negotiated with a city and port on a sublease of a distressed property to be used in a targeted employment area for investment and job creation purposes.
Prepared and negotiated and implemented complex master lease for a Fortune 100 Financial Institution for their retail banking locations.
Negotiated and drafted anchor tenant leases for a major oil company.
Represented a non-profit foundation in the purchase of land from the City of Seattle. |
A lot of people were talking about Erskine May recently, mainly along the lines of those two questions above. So who, or what, is Erskine May?
Erskine May is the name of a guide for parliamentary procedures in the UK, which was quite recently cited by Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow when stating why he wouldn't allow a third vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal if it weren't substantially different from the deal voted on twice previously.
So where does this unusual name come from? Quite simply, it's the name of the guide's original author, Thomas Erskine May (almost contains Theresa!) It was originally entitled A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament when first published in 1844. The name became progressively streamlined throughout the years and editions, understandably enough.
Around the early 20th century though, May became named in the title for the first time, and his name has remained as part of the title since, leading to the relatively minimalist title of the 24th edition: Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice. I think the presence of May's name can largely be chalked up to respect for the man, and the importance of his work.
I think it can also be attributed to the fact that Erskine's not a common name. When people talk about the book Erskine May, it doesn't really feel like you're using someone's name. It's not like if it were called John Smith or something.
As always with Brexit, the language of the whole mess is fascinating. Apart from Erskine May, and of course Brexit itself, there seems to be something new to learn every day. Like MV3. An abbreviation for Meaningful Vote 3, a hypothetical third vote on the Brexit deal. Oddly enough it's MV3 that makes me think the UK has reached a point of no return. It just sounds so un-British, so needlessly short. So, dare I say it?, American?
It's all just sad really, but at least Erskine May might save us from MV3 becoming a reality.
Did you see the clip of John Bercow arriving to work yesterday, in a scruffy stripy jumper, looking like a hobo? It was amazing. I had never seen him out of his robes of office. I love the fact that this unlikely hero shuffling down Westminster looking like tramp is the man who is putting manners on the farcical House of Commons.
It was fantastic to see, and I think a little down-to-earth common sense is what the increasingly farcical Brexit debacle needs.
I know that you've got Hansard as well, and foisted it on the rest of the Brittish world. I would love to see a Brittish flag on an old, crapt up Triumph or Brittish Layland that plays some Cromwellian ballad with some honorary Members of the House of Lords in it, the Dukes of Hanzzard. |
Blood. 2016 Jun 16;127(24):3026-34. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-12-686550. Epub 2016 Mar 30.
Genetic basis of PD-L1 overexpression in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas.
Georgiou K1, Chen L2, Berglund M3, Ren W1, de Miranda NF4, Lisboa S5, Fangazio M6, Zhu S7, Hou Y7, Wu K7, Fang W8, Wang X9, Meng B9, Zhang L8, Zeng Y8, Bhagat G10, Nordenskjöld M11, Sundström C12, Enblad G12, Dalla-Favera R6, Zhang H9, Teixeira MR5, Pasqualucci L6, Peng R8, Pan-Hammarström Q1.
Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden;
Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden; BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China;
Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden;
Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands;
Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute, and Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, Porto University, Porto, Portugal;
Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, NY;
BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China;
State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China and Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China;
Department of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China;
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY;
Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden; and.
Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbecklaboratoriet, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is one of the most common and aggressive types of B-cell lymphoma. Deregulation of proto-oncogene expression after a translocation, most notably to the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus (IGH), is one of the hallmarks of DLBCL. Using whole-genome sequencing analysis, we have identified the PD-L1/PD-L2 locus as a recurrent translocation partner for IGH in DLBCL. PIM1 and TP63 were also identified as novel translocation partners for PD-L1/PD-L2 Fluorescence in situ hybridization was furthermore used to rapidly screen an expanded DLBCL cohort. Collectively, a subset of samples was found to be affected by gains (12%), amplifications (3%), and translocations (4%) of the PD-L1/PD-L2 locus. RNA sequencing data coupled with immunohistochemistry revealed that these cytogenetic alterations correlated with increased expression of PD-L1 but not of PD-L2 Moreover, cytogenetic alterations affecting the PD-L1/PD-L2 locus were more frequently observed in the non-germinal center B cell-like (non-GCB) subtype of DLBCL. These findings demonstrate the genetic basis of PD-L1 overexpression in DLBCL and suggest that treatments targeting the PD-1-PD-L1/PD-L2 axis might benefit DLBCL patients, especially those belonging to the more aggressive non-GCB subtype.
B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
B7-H1 Antigen/genetics*
Cytogenetic Analysis
DNA Copy Number Variations
Gene Amplification
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Genes, Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain
Germinal Center/metabolism
Germinal Center/pathology
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
Up-Regulation/genetics
B7-H1 Antigen
CD274 protein, human
B-Cell Lymphomas - Genetic Alliance |
Stijn Dickel went for 10 days to Marrakesh to record sounds from the Medina. These recordings were used to aurally manipulate a group of people from another culture. The group of people who were treated, were people who stroll in a park during the Ghent Feast (2014). Stijn arranged four speakers in the park and with a controller he created another aural setting. With a database of Moroccan sounds he sent the listening of "the public" in different directions and after every 30 minutes of improvising he made an interview with the people.
This project was commissioned by Flemish Government, Trefpunt and aifoon.
In cooperation with Post X (Wouter Cox) and FoAM Stijn infiltrated with his concept of Audiohacking during a sensual dinner. |
Sniff, A Film Noir Set In A Retirement Home, Will Star Morgan Freeman And Al Pacino
By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 7, 2021 8:20 pm EST
What do you get when you put Morgan Freeman, Al Pacino, Dame Helen Mirren, and Danny DeVito in a retirement community together? A film noir, of course. The four actors, all of whom have received Academy Award nominations or wins over the course of their illustrious careers, will appear in "Sniff," the latest film from director Taylor Hackford.
THR reports that "Sniff" is launching sales at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off this Friday, September 10, 2021.
Rian Johnson's "Brick" famously used a high school as an unlikely noir setting, and "Sniff" will be going to the opposite end of the age spectrum, framing its noir around septua- and octogenarians. It sounds like the spirit of Detective Somerset, Freeman's character in "Seven," and Alex Cross, his character in "Kiss the Girls" and "Along Came a Spider," will live on in "Sniff" in the form of a retired police detective who gets drawn into a mystery.
Hackford, who served as president of the DGA (Director's Guild of America) and is known for his work in "Ray" and "An Officer and a Gentleman," happens to be married to Mirren and has directed her before in "Love Ranch." For "Sniff," he'll also be re-teaming with Pacino after "The Devil's Advocate," their 1997 supernatural thriller, in which Pacino squared off against Keanu Reeves.
A Wish List of Actors
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Deadline reveals that "Sniff" is penned by Tom Grey, a first-time screenwriter, and that the title is an acronym for "Senior Nursing Institute & Family Foundation." Hackford is reportedly a big fan of film noir, and because of his industry contacts and spousal connection with Mirren, this is one of those rare projects where the writer's wish list of actors all wound up signing on, making his dream come true.
The idea of a noir set in a retirement community is an interesting one, especially in a business that is as obsessed with youth and beauty as Hollywood is. If nothing else, it's good to see these actors getting some work and combining their talents in one project.
Hackford will produce "Sniff" through his company, Anvil Films, with Adam Goodman and Matt Skiena of Dichotomy Creative Group co-producing. Here's the synopsis via THR:
When two residents die under suspicious circumstances, retired detective Joe Mulwray (Freeman) is pulled back into the action by his former partner William Keys (DeVito) as they uncover a hidden underworld of sex, drugs, and murder in the high-end, luxury retirement community controlled by kingpin Harvey Stride (Pacino) and his femme fatale enforcer, the Spider (Mirren). |
Fans of great music, performed by an artist in a class by herself, should get their tickets now for An Evening Under the Stars with Patty Griffin. The Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter will be on stage for an intimate private concert at Abacus in Camana Bay on Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. She will be accompanied by musician David Pulkingham.
The event is being held to raise funds for Stay-Focused, an extraordinary organization that introduces teens with disabilities to the wonders of Scuba diving. Over the years, hundreds of teenagers have been flown to the Cayman Islands to experience the joy of exploring the world beneath the waves. Stay-Focused is celebrating its 15th year anniversary in 2018, so what better way to celebrate than with a little dinner, some wine and a lot of music? Each ticket includes a Prosecco welcome reception and a three-course dinner with half a bottle of wine per person.
She is an accomplished vocalist and plays guitar and piano and her songs have been covered by numerous musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, Rory Block, Dave Hause, and the Dixie Chicks.
In 2007, Griffin received the Artist of the Year award from the Americana Music Association, and her album "Children Running Through" won the award for Best Album.
David Pulkingham will be accompanying Patty Griffin on guitar.
David Pulkingham is a guitarist and songwriter, who David Bowie's producer Tony Visconti refers to as "the complete guitarist, one of the best I've ever worked with." In 2015, Pulkingham released his first singer/songwriter album entitled "Little Pearl." He is currently traveling internationally under his own name, and has toured with Patty for five years.
The vision for Stay-Focused is to create a unique leadership development organization for teens with disabilities that enhances their quality of life and provides the opportunity for continued growth. Scuba diving offers teens and young adults with disabilities an unparalleled opportunity to experience freedom from their disability, gain confidence, and realize their ability to set higher goals. Friendships formed during the program last a lifetime, and Stay-Focused alumni remain involved in guiding, and, eventually running, the organization.
Learning more about the beneficial aspects of Scuba diving for people with disabilities and assisting in developing appropriate guidelines is a priority for the organization.
The evening benefits the Stay-Focused organization, represented here by Roger Muller and Ryan Chalmers.
Tickets for this concert are $200 each, or $250 for VIP which include a meet-and-greet with Patty Griffin, a photo and a copy of her "Servant of Love" CD. Tickets can be bought at Abacus (623-8282) or on the Stay-Focused website at www.stay-focused.org. |
This Honda Project 2&4 looks a whole lot of fun
Like a go-kart on steroids
Remember the time when Honda used to be the Mazda of the car industry? Which is to say the era when the Japanese carmaker was exciting and fun. No? Then perhaps this little thing will remind you.
This is the Honda Project 2&4, so called because it celebrates the company's expertise in engine manufacturing for two- and four-wheel vehicles. Two and four...get it?
Honda recently held an in-house "Global Design Project" competition, in which more than 80 designers and creators participated. "The objective of this annual contest between Honda design studios is to challenge team and project members to share one goal and achieve high targets," Honda said in a statement. The Project 2&4 is the winner of said contest--conceived by Honda's motorcycle design studio in Asaka--and will be presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week.
Inspired by the Honda RA272 of 1965, the Project 2&4 measures 3,040mm in length, 1,820mm in width and 995mm in height, and weighs just 405kg.
"The exhilarating feeling created from the open cockpit is significantly enhanced by the driver's seat, uniquely suspended just above the road," explained Honda. "The floating-seat design places the driver as close to the action as possible, evoking the freedom of a bike and completing the immersion provided by the Project 2&4's extreme performance, 14,000rpm redline and unique engineering."
The most important part of the concept vehicle is its motor, especially since this project is being used to "celebrate Honda's position as the world's leading engine manufacturer, providing engines to 28 million people per year across two- and four-wheel automotive, power equipment, marine and aerospace applications."
And so, doing duty for this vehicle is the RC213V competition motorcycle engine, reported to have been modified to run on public roads. The 999cc V4 four-stroke unit is rated in this configuration at 212hp and 118Nm, and mated to a six-speed DCT gearbox.
No idea what it feels like to drive this thing. But one look at these pictures and you know it promises all the driving thrill in the world.
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Here is a simple and quick plant-based recipe you can serve your family or guests for a hearty breakfast. It even works great as a lunch or 'breakfast-for-dinner' recipe. Pair with toast, bagels, buns, pancakes, waffles, crepes, muffins, your favorite gluten-free alternative or simply with fresh fruit. You can even wrap this up in a tortilla with some ketchup, tahini-ketchup or siracha ketchup to make a tasty breakfast burrito!
It should be noted that commercial soy-based lunch meats or soy tofu dog products tend to be made with gluten as part of the ingredients, hence this recipe cannot be called gluten-free. However, if you are able to find an alternative gluten-free meat analog that you can use in this recipe, then this recipe would be gluten-free! Feel free to scale up this vegan, egg-free, dairy-free and nut-free recipe depending on the number you have at the family table.
A simple and quick vegan, egg-free, dairy-free and nut-free meal to satisfy vegans and non-vegans. Pair with toast, bagels, pancakes, waffles, crepes or your favorite gluten-free alternative.
Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil in a skillet on medium heat. Once the oil is hot, sauté the minced garlic and diced onions in the oil for 2-3 minutes, then add in the chopped soy lunch meat.
Let the soy lunch meat cook until browned and slightly crispy (about 5 - 7 minutes), stirring frequently to prevent sticking to the saucepan. Turn down the stove top heat setting slightly if needed.
While the soy lunch meat is cooking, cook a large potato in the microwave. To do this, poke some holes in a potato first with a knife or fork and sprinkle some water on the potato. Then heat the potato in a covered microwave-safe dish for 2-3 minutes at a time until cooked through. Remove the potato carefully from the microwave, let cool (or run the potato under cold water). Peel the potato and chop into cubes. If this is not enough to give you 2 cups' worth of cooked potato cubes, repeat this step to cook another potato in the microwave.
Chop up the rest of the ingredients while the potato and soy lunch meat is cooking.
Add the potato cubes, bell pepper and the remaining additional ½ tablespoon of olive oil to the pan. Stir frequently for 5 minutes to let the potato chunks brown on most sides.
Add in the salt, ground black pepper and Cajun seasonings.
Add into the skillet the diced tomato and chopped spinach leaves. Stir and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
Taste the dish and adjust the seasonings as desired. Top the hash with some vegan 'cheese' shreds (optional) and serve!
Notes: If you don't have sliced soy lunch meat on hand, an alternative would be to chop up 3 soy-based tofu dogs (or other plant-protein based meat analog) instead. Feel free to add or substitute other veggies like chopped mushrooms and kale if you don't have some of the listed ingredients above. Taste and adjust the seasonings before serving to your taste (you may want to add more pepper, Cajun seasoning, or even cayenne pepper for a more spicy kick).
Tahini-Ketchup: simply mix one tablespoon of tahini with one tablespoon of ketchup in a 1:1 ratio.
For an oil-free recipe, use at least a ¼ cup of vegetable broth (more if needed) in a well heated skillet to sauté the garlic, onions and to cook the rest of the ingredients. |
Protests in Armenia: Democratic Death Throes or a New Dawn?
Days after a wave of protests won an enormous (and unlikely) victory by forcing the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargysan, his Republican Party still seems reluctant to let their grip on power slip away. Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan could be confirmed as the new prime minister in a parliamentary vote on May 8.
Time will tell whether Sargysan's resignation on April 23 was a genuine step away from one party rule or little more than a sacrificial offering to the protesters. Armenia's steps toward democracy are likely to be tortuous and fraught.
Russia President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump likely agreed to restrict intervention in the affairs of third countries at the G-20 summit. This agreement, however, contradicts Russian foreign policy. In Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, Russia seeks to curtail the ability of these governments to pursue independent foreign policies. A series of recent probes in the region demonstrate that Trump's agreement with Putin is worthless and that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of these states is meaningless from Moscow's standpoint. Russia feels free to intervene in their affairs at any time, threaten their compatriots in Russia, and regularly brandish military and other forms of power to intimidate them. Unless Washington, Brussels, and NATO step up their game, this region will either explode or be compelled to shelter under Russian power. The West cannot simply look away because European security is linked to the security of the South Caucasus.
It has been a long time since I have sensed any cause for optimism about the prospects of a political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Indeed, Armenia and Azerbaijan nearly resumed full-scale war in April, when their troops clashed along the line of contact with a level of ferocity unprecedented during the twenty-two years since the previous ceasefire. As the dust has settled, however, two new openings have emerged, one rather unexpectedly from Russian President Vladimir Putin and another from a regional business leader. Both merit Washington's close examination and perhaps its embrace.
The events in Armenia from July 17 to July 31 in 2016 and what followed in the early weeks of August highlighted the deep economic, social, and political problems that are facing Armenia today. More alarmingly, they have confirmed without question the country's slide toward dictatorship and authoritarianism.
It all began with a takeover of a large police compound in downtown Yerevan—Armenia's capital—by thirty-one civil activists and veterans of the Nagorno Karabakh war who called themselves the "Daredevils of Sassoun"—taking the name from a medieval Armenian heroic epic poem. |
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Inspired by minimalism, melody and groove-heavy percussion, bandmates Michael Ford, Jr. and Ben Ford launched the group in 2016, one year after their previous project, The Apache Relay, quietly called it quits. The Apache Relay had been a large band, staffed with six members and armed with a thick, wall-of-sound approach. With Airpark, the Ford brothers sharpen their focus and scale back their arrangements, focusing on songs that pack a punch with bold, basic ingredients.
It's a sound that targets the feet and the head. It's pop music for thinkers. It's dance music for wallflowers. And with the brothers pulling triple-duty as songwriters, multi-instrumentalists and co-producers, Early Works, Volume 1 — whose March 3, 2017 release arrives courtesy of the Fords' own label, Eugenia Hall Records — is their most forward-thinking project to date, pairing the band's growing ambition with musical chops to match. |
BTS to drop new album 'BE' in November
K-pop superstars BTS will drop their new album "BE (Deluxe Edition)" in November, the band's agency announced Monday.
"BTS's new album 'BE (Deluxe Edition)' will be released on Nov. 20," Big Hit Entertainment, the band's label-agency, announced on the group's online fan community BTS Weverse.
It said the upcoming album will be a special album "carefully crafted" by BTS, but did not elaborate on details.
"This album is made more special by direct involvement from BTS in not only the music, but from the concept and composition to design," it said. "You will discover throughout the album the thoughts, emotions and deepest reflections of BTS while experiencing an even richer musical spectrum."
"BE" will be BTS' second album of 2020, following "MAP OF THE SOUL : 7," the fourth studio album of the seven-piece act.
It recently shared its first English single "Dynamite" and became the first Korean band to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
From Monday through Friday, the septet will appear on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" for a weeklong special of "BTS Week." It will also hold the online concert "BTS MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E" on October 10 and 11.
Pre-orders of the new album will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, according to Big Hit. (Yonhap) |
'I Prefer Buhari, Obasanjo Keeps Deceiving People'- Oba Of Lagos
GC Posted On: May 01, 2018
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has said that he prefers the leadership quality of President Muhammadu Buhari to that of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
He pleaded with Nigerians to give Buhari another four years as the country's leader.
The monarch spoke at the opening ceremony of the 17th Lagos Housing Fair yesterday.
He stated that a second chance would enable the President to improve on the country's economy.
The traditional ruler added that President Goodluck Jonathan would also have been a better leader if he was not a victim of circumstance, who allowed some people to use him.
He said, "Buhari has to do more, I agree, but we all have to assist by giving him another four years and see where he will take Nigeria to . I am supporting what is good for Nigeria.
"In 2011, Buhari sent Tony Momoh to me that he was coming to meet the leaders of Lagos in my palace by 1 pm, he came by 3 pm and said he was delayed by bad roads and traffic.
"I told him he caused it because he cancelled the metro line of Lagos State in 1984 . I told him I would not tell Lagos people to vote for him.
"But in 2015 when he came, it was on a Friday, he came with my son, Bola Tinubu, and I noticed that for 20 minutes it rained. It occurred to me that God is going to favour this man.
"I prefer Buhari to Obasanjo. Obasanjo keeps deceiving people for what he is after. But if Buhari is given another chance and God gives him good health and he chooses the right people to work with, Nigeria will be a better place."
The Oba further called on the Federal Government to resolve the security issues in the country by reviewing all national security policies.
He, however, argued that the call by the National Assembly to sack all the security service chiefs in the country was not the solution to the problem.
"What the government was supposed to do 20 years ago , they did not do it . Many years ago, I suggested to them to revisit all national security policies.
"If you sack all the security service chiefs, the same set of people will still come back," he said.
The monarch said all Nigerians must work together in the fight against corruption and terrorism in the country
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Cartesian coordinate robot for dispensing fruit fly food
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Religious Freedom In Sweden Under Threat
February 6, 2012 by Barbara
School Authorities Challenge Religious Education
Online school yearly reunion. Photo from COL. Front Photo: Haga Nygata, pedestrian street of city district Haga, Gothenburg, Sweden. Photographer: Erik of Gothenburg, EVL.
by S. Fridman – Gothenburg, Sweden
(Lubavitch.com) On January 26, Rabbi Alexander and Leah Namdar, Chabad representatives to Sweden, were served at their home with a notice by Gothenburg's school authorities: Four of their children presently studying at an international online school must be delivered to a Swedish school by February 1. Failure to do so may result in a fine of 16000 crown—the equivalent of $2400 per week.
The notice came following a change in Sweden's law January 1st that tightened restrictions on homeschooling, permitting it only in "extraordinary" circumstances. Religious reasons were explicitly excluded as a valid reason.
• Gothenburg's school authorities are challenging a Jewish family's right to a religious education
• School authorities threaten Chabad couple with hefty fines if children are not delivered to Swedish school
• Children are enrolled in established international online school, and participate in rigorous academic curriculum
• Children's parents must fight in court for the right to a Jewish education.
According to Richard Backenroth, the attorney representing the Namdars in their court battle against Gothenburg's school authorities, the case will be a critical test of Sweden's record on religious freedom. European law protects the religious freedom of its citizens, but with this action, Sweden is effectively denying the Namdars this right.
"This is a stain on the reputation of a country that takes pride in equality as a fundamental value," says Rabbi Namdar who, like his wife, regards education as their "highest priority."
Backenroth, who is appealing the notice and its "exorbitant fine" which came while the Namdars' case is still pending, told lubavitch.com that "Sweden's schools cannot possibly accommodate the needs of the Namdar children with respect to their religious requirements."
Moreover, the law, which challenges the right of parents to home school their children, should not be applied to the Namdar children, he insists, because they are in fact, being educated "in a normal online school along with 500 international students," as well as through private tutoring, yet Gothenburg school authorities are choosing to ignore this.
Guy Linderman, a Jewish citizen of Sweden who was active in politics supported the law when it was drafted years ago, but objects to its enforcement in the case of the Namdars. The law was originally motivated by concern for Sweden's immigrant children, he explains, "many of who were denied an education, and had grown up illiterate, incapable of signing their names."
But the Namdar children whom he has come to know well, have benefited from high educational standards. "They are more educated than their Swedish peers," he said, pointing out that all of them pursue careers in education.
Furthermore, as the only Orthodox Jews in the city, forcing them to go to a Swedish school where they would stand out, expose them to real danger. Swedish schools are notorious for their bullying problems, and the children would become a certain target for anti-Semitic harassment.
Leah Namdar sees this as one more in a pattern of challenges that she and her husband have been faced with in the course of the last 21 years since they have made their home in Sweden. Six of their 11 children now live and study abroad at Jewish high schools, teaching seminaries and rabbinical schools.
"We gave them an education that allowed them to integrate into the schools they have gone on to study at," Leah said. That is the same educational route the rest of her children are expected to pursue.
"They need this education through the international online school in order to continue their studies abroad," she said.
At their individual computers from 8:00 each morning to 1:15, five days a week, the children must master a full schedule of Judaic studies including proficiency in Hebrew. The afternoon is dedicated to English, Swedish, mathematics, geography, science, music, art, and gymnastics. All the children speak English, Swedish, and Yiddish fluently. They can read Hebrew by age 4 or 5, like other Orthodox Jewish children.
Their extra-curricular activities include community work with regular visits to the elderly, helping out with the Sunday Hebrew school classes for other Jewish children taught by their parents, and other educational activities. The online school also ensures the children benefit from a healthy social experience.
To read more go to: http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034463/Religious-Freedom-In-Sweden-Under-Threat.html
"Hanging in the balance then, really, is nothing less than the religious freedom of Sweden's citizens."
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NEW ELIZABETH COMMUNITY OFFICE OPENS IN SUPPORT OF NEWARK LIBERTY'S $2.7-BILLION TERMINAL ONE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Posted on May 17, 2019 by Travel PR News Editor
Elizabeth joins growing network of community centers supporting major Port Authority redevelopment projects at Newark Liberty, JFK, LaGuardia and the Port Authority Bus Terminal
New York City, New York, United States, 2019-May-17 — /Travel PR News/ — As part of its ongoing commitment to the local community in the development of the $2.7-billion Terminal One Redevelopment Program at Newark Liberty International Airport, the Port Authority, joined by local and state officials, opened an airport outreach office today (May 14, 2019) in Elizabeth.
Designed as a central resource for local job and contracting opportunities for the Terminal One project, the Elizabeth office will serve local residents and businesses while also focusing on communication and building stronger community engagement. Outreach staff also will assist in the recruitment of certified Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE), provide certification workshops and host job fairs.
The Elizabeth facility joins a growing network of community offices supporting major Port Authority redevelopment projects. Last month, an office opened in the city of Newark to support current and future Newark Liberty projects, and offices serving John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports and the Port Authority Bus Terminal also have opened in recent months.
"New Jersey's diverse cities and urban centers provide a workforce and business community that is second to none," said Governor Phil Murphy. "I applaud the Port Authority's efforts to engage the people of Elizabeth during Terminal One's development and construction, providing opportunities for small businesses and women- and minority-owned firms right in their own backyards."
"The Port Authority's commitment to keep our host communities involved in major construction projects is unprecedented in the agency's nearly 100-year history," said Port Authority Chairman Kevin O'Toole. "Opening community offices in the cities of Newark and Elizabeth will ensure local residents have direct access to the latest information and opportunities throughout the Terminal One Redevelopment Program."
"The opening of the Elizabeth outreach office today illustrates the Port Authority's commitment to the inclusionary process for minority- and women-owned businesses as subcontractors, vendors and consultants – not just for Terminal One, but for all of our projects," said Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton.
"The new Terminal One at Newark Liberty International Airport will provide both residents and visitors to New Jersey a world-class experience and be a welcoming gateway to the Garden State. As a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I believe this important project provides needed jobs and significant economic benefits to the state and the region," said U.S. Representative Albio Sires (NJ-8).
"Having the Port Authority open an office in Elizabeth will give our residents and businesses a closer location to take advantage of the services and inclusive opportunities they provide for the new Terminal One Project," said Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage. "Our city is not only the fourth largest in the state, but one of the most diverse, so I applaud their efforts in creating pathways for success in our community."
Since November, the outreach offices have canvassed more than 1,300 local businesses with information on the Terminal One project with hundreds of local engagements with both businesses and community members. Through the end of 2018, the Terminal One project achieved 48 sub-contracts with MWBE firms totaling close to $200 million, and 56 sub-contracts with local firms, totaling about $630 million.
The Elizabeth office is located on the ground floor of 79 West Jersey Street, with hours of operation from Monday-Thursday, 1-5 p.m. (open until 7 p.m. on Thursdays). Appointments are recommended. For information and to schedule an appointment, outreach staff may be reached at 201-395-7421.
Terminal One is replacing the outmoded Terminal A. It will feature cutting-edge digital technology, superior dining and retail options in approximately one million square feet of space able to accommodate a projected 13.6 million passengers on three levels. The new terminal – which will have 33 common-use gates to handle larger aircraft and modernized check-in, security and baggage claim areas – is scheduled to be fully operational by 2022.
The $2.7-billion Terminal One Redevelopment Program is the state's largest design-build project and is expected to generate more than $4.6 billion in regional economic activity, create more than 23,000 job years and provide more than $1.9 billion in wages.
For information, job and contracting opportunities for the Terminal One Redevelopment Program at Newark Liberty, click here.
Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. The Port Authority receives no tax revenue from either the State of New York or New Jersey or from the City of New York. The agency raises the necessary funds for the improvement, construction or acquisition of its facilities primarily on its own credit. For more information, please visit http://www.panynj.gov.
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aka TriHard�s Laser - FGDCH, eight year old Laser joined Karen Erz�s family as a fluffy, happy border collie pup ( Indy x Divot), and has not stopped smiling since. He is the happiest dog she has ever owned, and he has a wonderful exuberance for life. As much drive as he has, he is also a wonderful pet who can just chill out in the house.
Laser has been racing on Top Dog Racers his entire flyball career. A super easy dog to train, he took to flyball immediately. With his very consistent box turn, everyone on the team wants to have him as the dog they have to pass. Photo to Kyle Lehrmann.
aka Quicksilver�s All Aglow, is a two year old border collie bred by Deb and Julie Norman. She is by Angie and Lee Heighton�s Badger out of Deb�s Shiner. She (and her sister, Kohl) are some of the newest members of DogGoneFast Flyball in Raleigh, NC. She has run in three tournaments with a personal best so far of 3.880 and has earned her FDCh-G! Her favorite position is start so she can stare down the opposition before whipping off down the lane. Though her mom couldn�t attend, Halo recently traveled to the NAFA Can-Am Classic where she helped set a new club record of 17.5 seconds handled by her �Uncle� Geoff Brown. She is a very happy, silly girl who loves to meet new people and learn new things. If you ever meet Halo be prepared for lots of kisses; we recommend keeping your mouth closed when greeting her! She is owned and loved by Kate Wentz and lives with her spaniel friends, Basil and Godiva and couch potato lab, Lise in Raleigh, NC. Photo taken by Sam Bennett of Swift-Bennet Photography (www.swiftbennett.com).
aka Anchor Creek's Anarchy on Thunder Hill, FMX, WD, is a six 1/2 year old Leonberger and is one of the top giant breed dogs in NAFA. Havoc was a strong competitor throughout his flyball career and was notorious for his "opponent check" at the box that is captured in this wonderful photo by Sam Bennet. He ran in every position and with many different breeds of dogs in his career and posted a best time of 4.677 seconds in start. Havoc retired from flyball last spring and is currently enjoying water rescue and tracking as his retirement sports. Havoc and his handler, Mary Kline, would like to thank all their friends in Region 15 and Region 9 for their support and some wonderful racing. We were fortunate to find a home with Flash Point and send very special thanks to every dog and handler on our club - passing the 100+ lb dog takes courage! Havoc's photo is courtesy of Swift-Bennett Photography. |
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What follows are photos of Round One on Monday. As I mentioned, Phil is not a welcome woodchuck and better stay hidden in his hole. This snow was beautiful: wet and fluffy and stuck to everything in sight, tracing all the tree branches in white.
Round Two which arrived in the wee hours of the morning this morning, was quite a different animal. Several times I woke up to sleet hitting the window, tink, tink, tink. The sight out the window this morning was not a welcome one. Yet another six inches of snow, but this time very dense and with an added something extra thrown in just to keep it interesting — a coating of an inch or more of ice. The only good thing I can say about the snow is that Rick did cancel his road trip to Maryland and is working from home today.
Here is what it looks like now.
The stuff is the consistency of snow cones. All I need is some colored flavoring and I could start a snow cone franchise.
Moving it was like trying to pick up concrete. I first had to break the top layer of ice and toss it before I took a shovelful. I think a nice soaking bath will feel pretty good tonight.
Bella is the only one who doesn't mind.
I don't think Round One or Round Two is going to melt before Round Three which is expected on Sunday through Monday with a predicted additional 6-12 inches with maybe an ice storm thrown in. It's still days away and too early to call yet, but that's at least what they are saying now. I can't wait.
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Growing forced displacement crisis impacts over 65 million people worldwide
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A group of men work together to repair a fence on a farm in Jordan. In Jordan alone, more than 1.4 million Syrian refugees are being hosted, with 90 per cent of them residing in rural areas.
19 September 2016 – According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the current global crisis of forced displacement has affected an unprecedented 65 million people worldwide. More than one-third of the displaced – or 22.2 million – are in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region.
On 19 September, IFAD launches the Facility for Refugees, Migrants, Forced Displacement and Rural Stability (FARMS), a new financing facility, at the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting which coincides with the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants.
FARMS has been created to specifically address the rural dimensions of the current crisis resulting from the large movements of refugees and displaced people from and to rural areas.
In the run-up to the launch, Khalida Bouzar, IFAD's Director for the Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia (NEN), explains how the current migrant crisis has both a rural and agricultural dimension, and what can be done to provide better livelihood opportunities for refugees, displaced people and their host communities in rural areas.
Q: Millions of people have been displaced in 2015, causing global refugee and forced displacement totals to skyrocket. What do you think is the rural dimension of the current crisis of migrants and refugees?
"The world is experiencing the greatest crisis of migrants and refugees since the Second World War. At the end of 2015, nearly 65 million people were displaced globally, and more than 22 million from the Near East and North Africa alone. When we talk about a strong rural dimension of the current crisis, we refer to the large movements of refugees and displaced people from and to the rural areas. At IFAD, we are noticing that large numbers of displaced people tend to originate from rural areas and are now living in rural host communities in neighbouring countries.
"In Jordan alone, more than 1.4 million Syrian refugees are being hosted, with 90 per cent of them residing in rural areas. In Lebanon, displaced people make up almost 20 per cent of the rural population. The consequences of this are serious and far-reaching. They include degradation of agricultural land and collapse in food production in the areas left behind; while, in the host communities, there is increased pressure on natural resources, food security and agricultural production systems, as well as increased competition for jobs.
"In addition, there is a disproportionate burden on the host communities of the neighbouring countries, who carry the human and financial responsibility to respond to this enormous challenge, which if left unaddressed could lead to further instability and displacements."
Q: Why is there a gap between humanitarian and sustainable development responses, and how can IFAD help bridge it?
"There is a gap between meeting the most immediate needs of refugees in real time and short term, the so-called humanitarian responses, and working towards reducing the drivers of mass displacement or building resilience of host communities as well as self-reliance of the displaced to allow them to return home when it is safe to do so – the latter ones considered longer-term, sustainable development solutions. There is a gap for a simple reason that both types of responses cannot match the scale of the crisis.
"So it is crucial to mobilize support from partners, explore complementarities without engaging in 'mission creep', and scale up joint efforts, not only to be better at anticipating and preventing crises from happening but also to help build the resilience of both refugees and host communities alike. Even crises that appear to be short-term often have long-term consequences.
"And addressing the roots of these crises requires long-term planning and solutions. Today IFAD is well positioned to serve as a key partner to bridge the gap between humanitarian and sustainable development responses in rural areas and is already actively engaged in many of the most affected regions. Many ongoing IFAD projects in the region have found themselves working with communities increasingly affected by these issues, where needs and vulnerabilities are increasing, but more remains to be done."
Q: To help solve some of these challenges you just mentioned, IFAD is launching a new initiative called FARMS on 19 September – what is it?
"The Facility for Refugees, Migrants, Forced Displacement and Rural Stability (FARMS) has been created to address the rural dimensions of the current crisis. FARMS will have an overall envelope of US$ 100 million and will initially focus on the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, where the current crisis is most acute.
"We estimate that FARMS will reach out to a total of about 1 million people, or at least 200,000 families. FARMS will address both host areas, where displaced populations are based, and origin or sending areas, whose communities have been diminished by forced displacement or unsustainable levels of migration – desperation migration driven by poverty and lack of opportunity. By improving rural infrastructure, strengthening natural resources management, building the capacity of community-based organizations, enhancing policy and regulatory frameworks and, where legally possible, creating employment, particularly for youth – FARMS can help to reduce the vulnerability of refugees and the displaced, and the communities that host them."
Q: IFAD has a lot of experience in fragile and conflict-affected situations. Could you give an example of the impact of IFAD's work in one of these countries?
"With almost half of IFAD's ongoing operations in fragile states, IFAD has decades of experience working in active- and post-conflict situations, where refugees, IDPs and returnees were a relevant share of the main beneficiaries, supporting reconstruction, resettlement and reestablishment of livelihoods. Even under challenging security conditions in highly fragile contexts, IFAD-supported projects have proved effective.
"A good example from the field can be found in rural Syria. There, in the province of Idleb, 30 microfinance groups called sanadiq, or 'savings boxes' were established by the Idleb Rural Development project (IRDP) before violence broke out in that country. Today, all 30 sanadiq are still operational, and small farmers and their families continue to benefit. This is an example of an activity/benefit delivered by IFAD that has proved to be resilient and sustainable even in a period of conflict."
About the Facility for Refugees, Migrants, Forced Displacement and Rural Stability (FARMS)
The Facility for Refugees, Migrants, Forced Displacement and Rural Stability (FARMS) has been created to specifically address the rural dimensions of the current crisis resulting from the large movements of refugees and displaced people to rural areas.
FARMS will support people living in rural areas of host countries by helping them to improve sustainable agricultural productivity, which is the basis of their livelihoods. Refugee families will also receive support to develop marketable skills and increase their incomes. Economic opportunities will also be created in countries of origin so that the people who have left have income-generating opportunities to return to, and those who remain have a chance to rebuild their livelihoods.
Follow the conversation online at #ruraltransformation and #UN4RefugeesMigrants. |
RAN Technology Videos
Periscope Films provides this vintage training film and the following commentary with callouts for specific aspects of radio navigation, including the Four Course Radio Range (Adcock Range), and both manual and automatic radio compasses (direction finders). Although modern GPS navigation makes these methods seem crude, the importance of radio aids to navigation for both commercial and m... READ MORE ranickels
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The Beatles on Ed Sullivan...Ford's new Mustang...eating sugar without guilt....do you remember the 60's?A great 8 minute compliation by YouTuber FredFlix: The World We Knew... READ MORE ranickels
Wherever you lived during the golden age of Top 40 radio, chances are you were within the sound of at least one of the voices you'll hear in this salute by Rado's Best Friend, Art Vuolo.... READ MORE ranickels
Fantastic archive footage of the National Field Day, 7 and 8 June 1947, (mostly around SE England) - lots of cool old radios. bugs and keys, generators and masts - families and suits and ties! If you watch closely about 2/3 of the way through you get a glimpse of the actual G5RV himself. ... READ MORE ranickels
He invented speakers, mixing boards and equipment that revolutionized concert sound.And then there's the talk box.Just ask Joe Walsh or Peter Frampton about Heil and his talk box innovation. The talk box Frampton made famous was a Christmas present from Frampton's wife Penny McCall, courtesy of Heil's design."So I sent Penny McCall a talk box," Heil said. "I don... READ MORE ranickels
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Initial testing of W9RAN Field Radio on 75 meters, with Rob K5UJ kindly providing a test signal.Receiver and transmitter are light aircraft radios from the early 1940s which have been converted to 75 meters.... READ MORE ranickels
It's a bit humbling to realize that the United States had only been a country for 15 years when the man who invented the Morse Code was born. Samuel Finley Breese Morse, (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the development of a single-wire telegrap... READ MORE ranickels
The LM-386 has long been a favorite audio amplifier for getting the audio from a direct conversion or other type of receiver up to the 1 watt level to drive a speaker. But some clever fellows came up with a way to turn this high-gain linear IC into a regenerative receiver all by itself, and I just had to try it. The result surprised me. Unlike most regens which are a c... READ MORE ranickels
04/26/2019 RAN Technology Product demos
The Bell Labs 'Graphic 1' computer system consisted of a Digital Equipment Corporation 'PDP-5' computer coupled with input devices such as the 'Type 370' light pen and Teletype Corporation 'Teletype Model 33' keyboard, married to a Digital Equipment Corporation 'Type 340' precision incremental display backed by 36-bit Ampex 'RVQ' buffer memory ... READ MORE ranickels
Personally, I've never been a fan of Godzilla or other manic monster movies, and yet there is a new one coming this summer. Believe it or not, this will be the 35th movie of the Gozilla franchise since the first one appeared in 1954.Maybe that's why when it comes to communications, the latest movie relies on 1950s technology? Well to be fair it is somewhat enhanced ... READ MORE ranickels
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I captured a word: genuine.
Hidden in wild flowers, I waited for them: her, a fairy crowned in natural beauty, warm and present, like a fall wind, the kind that calls you home. It called him too, a barefoot traveller returned to his mother earth, with much missing, but lots of loving.
They could shout their story, but instead they whisper it, with trust and tenderness, in a world created for them by the time they spent holding each other and all the laughter they shared.
He carries her, dancing, and she floats, a mesmerizing butterfly, and their kisses show themselves and look like the blessing given to a thirsty man too long gone in the desert, like the smell of baked bread.
They're children and also titans, because love does that, it makes the sum of two people enough to tell all the stories of all ancient forests in this world.
They returned with flowers on their hair, in their hands and inside their souls, and I followed, curios and pulled, like to a tinny shine of a spring, like the faint aroma of gingerbread.
You hear laughter, but behind it there's the song of wild birds, and the noise, crowded around them, all the fuss, sweeps over them like the fog veil of a morning in a secret world.
The together movements, in dance, of the audience, the wishes, sweet and welcomed, are given to them as gifts, and if the weight of the metal crown on her head is too much, it's because her fingers only know the delicacy of the flower petals and his love.
He carries her, often and possessive, as if there could be a scenario between them where she could leave, would want to leave, as if she could ever look and him and not say to herself: What fate, what luck? I decide my destiny and he is it.
And when the feast is over, they are still laughing, friends and family tearing up, and they retire to natural landscapes, green and genuine and endless, like their love.
Where I thought there couldn't be new ways for the light to show them to me, or fresh smiles to capture, he whispers something, careful and playful, and light explodes along with her smiles.
I watched them like you would do a wild flowers field, not too close for it to lose the feeling, but impossible to get away from.
And their genuine self, learnt maybe from time, from flowers, wind or true love, welcomed me and all those other souls, like friends, witnesses to them and their happiness. |
I really love the chalkboard background Jennifer has been featuring in her listings on Urban Collective. The contrast with my papercuts is absolutely gorgeous!
In the photo: Peonies with blackboard texture background.
Photo credit: Jennifer Raichman, Urban Collective. |
The Math Behind Rail Guns
Posted bychacerandolph March 28, 2022 Posted inUncategorized
Blog Post Number 10 Written: 05-24-2021 Uploaded:03-28-2022 (Sorry this wasn't uploaded on 03-25-2022 Like it should have been, life happens.)
I know I said I am bad at math, but that doesn't stop me from trying. I'd rather try, be wrong, and get corrected than have never tried at all and been even more wrong. So… It might not be relevant in the first book, or even the second book…. But there are rail guns, and here's a little math I did to try and make sure I described the kinetic weapon's effects appropriately.
To start with, I'll talk a little about normal ballistics. A typical projectile's kinetic energy is not difficult to calculate. For example a simple kinetic energy formula for a bullet fired horizontally in the atmosphere is The weight of the bullet (in grains) multiplied by the velocity squared (in feet per second) and that number is then divided by the number 450440 (this 450440 number is a constant that takes into account average air pressure, temperature and humidity at just above sea level.) Let's see if Microsoft word will let me write formulas.
W x V^2/450440=ft-lbs
Not everyone is familiar with a 'grain' as a unit of measurement, but at least in the manufacture of ammunition that is the standard unit of measure. So for the purposes of this paper, don't mistake G for grains and G for grams. They are two different units of measurement. There are roughly 7000 grains to a pound and only 453 grams per pound.
As an example, the 30-30 your fudd grandpa shot bambi with should look like this…
170 G x 2200 fps^2 /450440=1826.65 ft-lbs
Make sense? Tracking so far?
The problem is, that formula doesn't work with excessive numbers…
My rail gun, on the other hand, does involve some excessive numbers. To start with the projectile must be a Ferris metal in order to be magnetically accelerated, a very hard metal that resists deformation in this case I selected to use Tungsten.
I knew velocity was going to be very high, in order to strike targets as accurately as possible over the vast interplanetary distances involved in space combat, you would want a fast projectile so that flight time would be as short as possible and there would be less time for your target to avoid the shot. I chose a small projectile ( as far as cannons are concerned anyway.) 2 kilograms of tungsten occupies a volume of 103.9 cubic centimeters. However, I am an American science fiction author and an Aviation mechanic, airplanes and the old cars I own, don't come in metric, I don't think in metric when I don't have to, so to convert that to pounds, two kilograms is 4.41 pounds and 103.9 cubic centimeters is 6.34 cubic inches. I guess for the purposes of this discussion the actual shape of the projectile doesn't matter, but I had always imagined it as a cylinder. A two kilo/4.41 pound cylinder of tungsten would be 28.75mm x 160mm /1.132 in x 6.299 inches. Doesn't sound very big, does it? Well, that's just the projectile, next we must impart some velocity on it. Light speed, it the galactic speed limit, nothing can exceed that, at least not under current physics. Light speed is 299,792,458 meters per second or roughly 186,000 miles per second. Woof, fast I know, but we're not going to push this tungsten quite that fast. Electricity travels at the speed of light, but computers take time to process, and capacitors take time to cycle and coils to energize and then you have to consider the tolerances and variability that comes into any mass-produced engineering project. I estimated that the electromagnetic coils inside a spaceship's rail gun powered by a nuclear reactor or six would be able to embark a speed of 24% of light speed. No, I didn't do any math for that, it's just a gut feeling estimation. For argument's sake, for the lore of the world, the Russian Federation can build rail guns that can accelerate a 2-kilo slug of tungsten 28.75x160mm to 24% of light speed.
24 percent of light speed is that's 44,640 miles per second or 71,950,189.92 meters per second. Still really fast. However, that formula I described earlier won't work. Sure we could convert the kilos and pounds into grains, and the miles per second into feet per second, but that 450440 number is a constant that represents Earth's atmosphere and gravity at sea level. This rail gun is being fired from one ship to another, without the interference of an atmosphere, and it's not over Earth either. Fortunately, the ship firing the rail gun is at a lower orbital altitude and is fighting at a second ship at a higher orbital altitude, so the effect of gravity is working in the inverse direction of the projectile. This planet's gravity is roughly 1.7 that of Earth's gravity, and we all know Earth's gravity exerts a force of 9.8 meters per second, so this other planet will exert a force of 16.66 meters per second on the projectile, slowing it down. For reference, this combat is in orbit over the planet Kepler 452B which is estimate to be roughly 1.9 earth masses, but I figure in order to make space flight and general human occupation more feasible there I would lighten up the gravity and attribute the current 'over estimation' of its mass to things like its moon and asteroids in the solar system increasing the solar wobble that was in part used to discover the existence of and calculate the mass of the planet. Anyway… back to giant space guns.
Without factoring atmospheric interference the kinetic energy formula is a simple KE=.5 x m x v^2 where M=mass and V = velocity so in this case, we have .5 the mass of two kilos (one kilogram) multiplied by the velocity of 71,950,189.92 meters per second
KE= 1 kilo x 5,176,829,829,524,069.6064 meters per second but also have to subtract the 16.66 meters per second from Kepler 452B's gravity. So then the end result is
KE=5,176,829,829,523,792.05 Jules (3,818,233,735,506,251.5 foot pounds) now that's a big number… that's roughly 2,089,892,575,537 times more powerful then the deer rifle mentioned in the initial formula/example.
That is a number so big, that it will be operating on a whole different scale. That's like a meteor hitting a planet level of kinetic energy and I find, at least for the way my head works, it best to compare this to explosives and convert it to TNT-related units like they do with nuclear devices. Using some calculator I found on the internet and no specific formula I am told that 5,176,829,829,523,792 Jules is the same as 1,237,292 tons of TNT or as would be said in colloquial speak "1.2 megatons of TNT". That's a big boom the little boy dropped on Hiroshima was 15 kilotons of TNT. This is nearly ten times as powerful as that, but it's purely kinetic energy, no radiation, no explosion, just wallop.
But I didn't stop there…. These two space ships in orbit are some distance apart right? If one ship is in a low planetary orbit, and the other is slightly higher, for this instance I chose an altitude difference of 200 kilometers, that's a safe orbital distance separation so you don't have to worry about colliding with each other. At the 24% of light speed chosen velocity flight time of the projectile is .00278 seconds. That's not enough time for the targeted ship to get out of harm's way. To use a larger example, if fired from the Earth, across the 382500-kilometer gap to the moon, the projectiles flight time would only be .0053 seconds. The same velocity would get you from the earth to Mars in just about thirteen seconds.
I know I could have been more accurate in my calculations since the planet's gravity would be 16.6 meters per second on the surface, but if the two ships mentioned are orbiting at 500 and 700-kilometer altitudes the gravity will be less up there.
That was the easy part of the problem, for the story's sake. The next question is what left me hung up for months. If that small of a projectile actually hit the target at that velocity… what would happen to the target? Would the tungsten punch a little hole through the targeted ship and go off into space leaving a 29ish mm hole in the hull, or would it impart some or all of that kinetic energy and convert the spaceship into a cloud of orbital glitter?
I spent months crawling through forums, social media platforms, and so on talking to engineers and people better at math than I in order to try and answer that question. Finally, I met a NASA engineer who was lurking in one of the dark quiet nerdy corners of Discord, and after some discussion, the answer I got was "it depends". As the author, I took some creative liberties at that point, and you'll just have to read the third book, when it comes out to see what happened. (*wink wink*)
Thanks for stopping by, I'll see you out there.
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Cubs Vs. Cardinals Preview: St. Louis Looks To End Losing Streak
The St. Louis Cardinals will be looking to avoid their longest losing streak of the season as they host the Chicago Cubs on Monday.
By Satchel Price May 14, 2012, 8:00am CDT
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May 8, 2012; Phoenix, AZ, USA; St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook throws in the fourth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE
The St. Louis Cardinals will be looking to avoid their longest losing streak of the season as they host the series opener against the Chicago Cubs on Monday night. After being swept by the Atlanta Braves, the Cardinals' three-game losing streak is tied for the team's longest of the season.
Jake Westbrook will be making his seventh start of the season for St. Louis. He's coming off his best start of the season, during which he pitched seven shutout innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks while striking out a season-high eight batters.
The Cards will be facing the Cubs' Ryan Dempster, who is pitching extremely well this season despite having zero wins. In five starts, Dempster has a 1.05 ERA but Chicago hasn't won a single one of the games that he's appeared in.
Game Date & Time: Monday, May 14, 6:00 p.m. CST
Location: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO
TV: ESPN
For more news and updates from around the MLB, drop by Baseball Nation with Rob Neyer, or dig deeper into the stats at Beyond the Box Score. Also, check out the team blogs Bleed Cubbie Blue and Viva El Birdos.
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Whether its an AEG or your first spring action airsoft rifle, you obviously want the best you can get for your money. This list contains some of the best airsoft rifles you can currently get for your next skirmish games. Make the difference and upgrade your weapon here!
Taking inspiration from the popular SCAR assault rifles, this CA107M comes in two colours and is one of the most powerful AEGs on the market. This Rapid Assault Carbine is ideal for CQB skirmishes as well as medium flanking. With a 3-position stock and semi to fully automatic firing modes, this weapon is a force to be reckoned with.
With full metal construction, protected hand guard and quick-reloading flash mag, this M4 Carbine allows the airsofter to shoot fast and get out of there quicker. Adjustable hop-up with 330FPS means this gun will take at enemies at shorter distances with ease.
A unique rifle with some impressive additions. The SR4 Mamba has a huge range of specs, including a nylon fibre grip, a fibre optic front sight with a good aluminium build. Ranging up to 330 FPS, this rifle can hold it's own on the field and looks brilliant whilst doing it. With a sturdy front grip, you're going to be able to keep shots steady even if you're pinned down by the enemy.
This SR416 is a modified version of the M4 and due to the gun's popularity, there is a lot that can be done to this weapon. With a 1:1 scale and adjustable tactical rail you can put laser sights, torches or other airsoft accessories on to make this gun your own. Couple that with an adjustable stock and this gun will become an attachment of yourself, perfect for taking out opponents at your next skirmish.
Recognised around the world, the M4 style of rifle is eponymous with western military and this choice from WE is one of the most popular airsoft rifles currently on the market. This Gen 2 M4 hits a consistent 330fps, perfect for UK skirmishing and has a good metal build, capable of surviving the wear and tear of a heavy weekend of airsoft. |
Judge Strikes Down Federal COVID Vaccine and Mask Mandate for Head Start Program
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In a devastating blow to yet another one of the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates, a federal judge in Louisiana on Wednesday ruled the government cannot require Head Start program teachers, staff and volunteers be vaccinated against COVID-19, nor can they require that adults and children wear face masks.
The jab-or-job mandate affected nearly 280,000 Head Start Program teachers, staff and volunteers and more than one million children.
U.S. District Court Judge Terry A. Doughty wrote:
"The public interest is served by maintaining the constitutional structure and maintaining the liberty of individuals who do not want to take the COVID-19 vaccine. This interest outweighs Agency Defendants' interests. The public has a liberty interest in not being required to take a vaccine or be fired from their jobs. The public interest must be taken into account before allowing Agency Defendants to mandate vaccines. Although vaccines arguably serve the public interest, the liberty interests of individuals mandated to take the COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any interest generated by the mandatory administration of vaccines."
The lawsuit was originally filed in Dec. 2021 by teacher Sandy Brick in an effort to stop the mandate. The Liberty Justice Center, a national law firm, and the Louisana-based Pelican Institute for Public Policy took the case.
"Although President Biden recently declared that the 'pandemic is over,' the fight to restore Americans' individual liberties is not," said Daniel Suhr, managing attorney at the Liberty Justice Center in a statement.
"We will continue to fight for teachers like Sandy and the low-income students they serve until every illegal and unjustified mandate is wiped from the books," he added. "Today's decision is a significant step toward undoing the injustice perpetrated against everyday Americans throughout the COVID-19 crisis."
"Louisiana teacher Sandy Brick has been serving her students through adversity and uncertainty the last two years. Today, this decision vindicates her right to teach without sacrificing her freedom," said Sarah Harbison, general counsel at the Pelican Institute for Public Policy.
According to the Liberty Justice Center, Head Start programs help children up to age 5 from families at or below the federal poverty level prepare for school. Head Start agencies are local, primarily nonprofit or governmental providers that receive federal funding to provide services for these children.
Brick's lawsuit was filed in response to the Office of Head Start under the Department of Health and Human Services publishing an "interim final rule" on Nov. 30, 2021, that required teachers, staff and volunteers in Head Start programs to be "fully vaccinated" by Jan. 31, 2022, or face losing their jobs.
A universal mask mandate was also forced on all adults and children over two years old, despite no science supporting the practice.
The federal government must now decide whether to appeal the ruling of the Western District to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — the same court that blocked the government's vaccine mandate for private businesses.
The Head Start mandate was one of five federal mandates included in President Biden's COVID-19 action plan announced on September 9, 2021. The Liberty Justice Center and Pelican Institute also challenged the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test mandate for private employers that affected more than 80 million Americans.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Louisiana business owner Brandon Trosclair and six Texas CaptiveAire employees in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and was blocked on Jan. 13, 2022, by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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There were a few games last year the Tigers didn't believe they could actually win, according to sophomore quarterback Michael Lindauer. He knows that needs to change if they want to improve upon last season's 2-8 finish.
"We were surprised when we came close. We have to go into (the season) knowing we can win ballgames," Lindauer said. "We lost three guys last year, so we have no excuse."
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Lindauer admitted he wasn't as confident in his own abilities as he should've been. He was thrust into the starting role when then-senior Will Durchholz suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 3.
At 6-foot-3, 170 pounds, Lindauer is stronger and more comfortable with his role this season. The other 16 returners should feel the same when they walk onto Enlow Field against Jasper at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
"Michael does a good job at quarterback, but he's 15. He's a sophomore and he's still developing and he's still maturing," coach John Hurley said. "That puts it on the other guys who have been around for awhile … they're going to have to pick up their play and get everything else going."
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Memorial has an opportunity to validate its preseason optimism against Jasper, which went 10-2 last year. Jasper also has won its past 11 against Memorial, which has lost all eight under Hurley. Memorial has held leads in recent years, but hasn't finished within two touchdowns the past five meetings.
"That just makes us want to beat them even more," Memorial senior Peyton Head said. "Everyone is saying this can be the year and I truly believe that. We've got a good team and we're ready to go."
Head, a wide receiver and safety, is one of Memorial's captains. He's sensing higher expectations from his teammates and outsiders. He said the Tigers know the plays, so wins will depend on "whether we can keep our heads in the game all the way until the fourth quarter."
Head headlines a strong receiving corps, which should help Lindauer, who threw for 1,583 yards and 16 touchdowns last season. Defensively, Head and senior linebacker Jack Folz have placed an emphasis on being more aggressive, rather than letting plays come to them.
Memorial doesn't want a fifth consecutive losing season. The Tigers are trying to escape the bottom of the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference.
Friday's a fresh start.
"We were 2-8 last year and I think we're better than that — I thought we were better than that," Hurley said. "We're going to have to beat teams people don't expect us to beat." |
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'I feel like I have failed as a parent,' dad says after this shocking discovery
Posted 5:48 pm, November 25, 2014, by Web Staff, Updated at 06:34PM, November 25, 2014
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio - Grandview Heights police are working to identify and contact the victims of a voyeur: an alleged teenaged "Peeping Tom" who lurked outside the windows of women, recording them, some while they were nude.
As shocking as the crime, may be how police found their suspect.
"I'm ashamed. I feel like I have failed as a parent."
WBNS has agreed not to reveal the identity of this Grandview Heights father, to protect the anonymity of his young children. It is the actions of his oldest child, a 15-year-old boy, that have launched a criminal investigation.
The father says he was doing his son's laundry when he found a camera memory card.
He plugged it into the computer, and found photos and videos of women from his neighborhood.
"There were a few that were dressed, and there were quite a few where the women were not dressed at all," he said.
He says the videos and photos were taken from outside bedroom windows, looking in.
"It was just feelings of disgust flowing through me, like why would somebody do this to another human being?"
He confronted his son, who he says eventually admitted to making the recordings through the windows of Grandview homes.
"The first thing I did was call the police and let them know, and then I took the memory card with the evidence on it to the police station and let them handle it," he said.
The father says he never considered not involving police.
"He has to, I guess, face the consequences for his actions. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it. I, as a parent, cannot do what's wrong to try to cover up something my son did that was wrong. I have to do what's right, regardless."
Police say there are three victims, one of whom has been identified.
To those women, this father apologizes.
"I can imagine there's probably going to be a lot of people in the area that are now going to be looking out their windows and wondering is somebody standing out there and I feel horrible."
To those who would question his decision to turn his son in to police, he says he had no choice.
"I love my son unconditionally. But that love is not going to override the fact that he needs to pay for what he did."
Grandview Police are in the process of searching the teen's phone and electronics for any other images.
He has not yet been charged with a crime.
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Way to go, Dad!!! Too many parents would run to "protect" their child from consequences of their actions. Totally support you! You are giving your son the best lesson ever– and while you are there to help him through it all. So much better to stop his behavior now, than to let it progress and become embedded into his psyche and character. Personal responsibility is such a key component of integrity– I so wish I had more friends like you. Thank you for what you are doing for your son, and our community as a whole.
Dad shouldn't feel bad. He did the right thing.
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He has officially sealed his son's future and fate.
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This dad did not seal his son's fate or future, the son did that when he broke the law! If his dad had not turned him in, this would probably have been the gateway to even more horrific behavior. Bravo dad, way to take your responsibility as a parent to heart. We have to teach our children responsibility and respect .
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Yes, but it is an impersonal account. I toyed with the idea PVJ was dumped nearby to make it look like a pattern. But we know little about how Heidt made her money, if you know what I mean.
Yep. It's hard to tell what really happened at such a distance in time, what the details of the crime are, etc. Also, since the authorities were looking for a roommate of the victim, who knows what her associates were like, or, as you say, how she made her money. People in bad situations/environments are so susceptible to violence. Especially women and children.
Since she was murdered in the same way as her baby, it sounds like she was silenced. Still, in her environment she also may have bene in a position to have fallen victim to a random. More details are needed. Proctor Valley Jane is truly strange– someone should have remembered who she was. |
An Essay About Whether The Characters In The House Of The Seven Gables (Written By Nathaniel Hawthorne) Are Responsible For Their Own Bad Luck, Or If It Has To Do More With Fate.
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Flamboyant Russian lawmaker in parliament chamber brawl
Flamboyant, ultra-rightwing Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky clashed with a legislator from a rival party on Wednesday in a violent brawl inside parliament that highlighted his frustration at the dominant role of pro-Kremlin forces.
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The legislator, Andrei Savelyev, and Zhirinovsky lunged at each other with their fists and others joined in the fight.
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The fight broke out as the Liberal Democratic Party leader protested at weekend regional parliamentary elections to the Yamalo-Nenets region in Western Siberia in which his party scored disappointingly, behind Rodina and the Communists. The pro-presidential United Russia party came out on top with more than 60 percent of the vote, Interfax reported.
Zhirinovsky's party has generally toed the Kremlin line despite his occasionally provocative statements and antics that have earned him the title of the clown of Russian politics. |
I made review, I make account yesterday on wordpress.org just to make review of wondderful plug in and then I come today and my review gone ?! In my profile said that I never made any kind of review ?! OK, then I try to make another one and I get an error: "ERROR: Duplicate topic detected; it looks as though you've already said that!" so I cannot post review and site said that I did it already which is correct but apparently is not viewable, please correct that issue, thanks !
Your review was removed because you inserted a link to that review. That was one of… twenty that did that that day.
Don't do that. That's not what the reviews are for and users who do that are frequently spamming. If you want to leave a review then then limit it to your experience. If you want to post your link there then yes, that will be removed.
I am sorry because I did not know that is forbidden to support with links wordpress and supporting plug in with ling on my site which is running on wordpress and using plug in for which I want to make review. I make account on wordpresss just because that review about brilliant plug in. Nevertheless I am familiar with worpress at least 10 years… so if you do not allow me to repost review I have no choice then delete this account, make new one and post review again, in any case I would not post any kind of links.
so if you do not allow me to repost review I have no choice then delete this account, make new one and post review again, in any case I would not post any kind of links.
You left a review with a link. You were one of many that did that, and most of the times that's from spammers. Your review was archived for that reason.
Most accounts that do that are spammers and don't come back. You're not a spammer and here we are.
This was explained to you just now in this topic. It happens.
You replied that if you can't leave that review then you'll just create a new account to leave a review.
The above point? I have a thing about fake accounts and you just replied to me with a threat to create one to get around the link admonition.
So. Let's start over. I have un-archived your review. Your account will remain on moderation watch for the time being because a) links and b) saying you'll create multiple accounts to get around a restriction.
Please do not put links in reviews. Even more so, don't create more accounts. That will lead to your reviews being archived and your accounts being banned from here.
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Workday - Expenses & Procurement
10:00 am - 11:00 am Virtual
Join a Workday help session for answers to your questions about expenses and procurement.
Tepper Future Business Leaders Program Information Session - Carnegie Mellon
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Virtual
Come join us on Tuesday, February 2, to hear more about graduate opportunities at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business!
Taken from https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/why-tepper/index.html:
The Tepper School offers a future-focused business school experience, tailored for the complexity of today's marketplace. Where others see challenges, we see opportunity. Always looking ahead, we are consistently moving the world forward with innovative ideas, creative solutions, and new approaches.
Today, more than ever, the world of business is transformed by technological innovation, the ubiquity of data, and the application of advanced analytics. The Tepper School and Carnegie Mellon have long been renowned for research and teaching that doesn't simply keep pace with business practice but forges ahead, powerfully transforming the way organizations compete and lead.
This event will take place via Zoom. For inquiries about the accessibility of this event or to request any accommodations, please contact the Career Development Center Team at [email protected]. Please make accommodation requests no later than Tuesday, January 26, to give implementation time, however, in all situations, a good faith effort will be made to provide accommodations up until the time of the event.
This event is being conducted over Zoom. As the host, Mount Holyoke College reserves the right to record this session and the event sponsors will give prior notification to event participants of any intention to do so. The recording feature for others is disabled so that no one else will be able to record this session through Zoom. At all times, no recording by any other means is permitted without prior written permission from the event sponsor or as an approved accommodation.
This event is brought to you by a three-college consortia partnership between Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges' career centers.
Workday for Students
Sessions are meant for students and will cover searching and applying for student employment opportunities, submitting time worked, payslip and tax information.
Middlebury School for the Environment Information Session
Interested in opportunities in environmental studies? Spend six intensive summer weeks in Yunnan Province, China, with dual sites in Kunming and Dali. Connect with faculty, environmental advocates, and NGOs including the Nature Conservancy and Planet Forward, while earning nine credits. Designed for college students and recent graduates.
For more information, please visit: https://www.middlebury.edu/schools-abroad/summer-programs/school-environ....
Wed, Feb 3, 2021
Workday - Student Hiring
Sessions are designed for supervisors and will review the process for creating a student job requisition and hiring student employees.
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Information Session
Are you a graduating senior looking for a full-time work opportunity in biomedicine? Come join us to learn more about Research Associate opportunities at the Broad Institute!
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard was launched in 2004 to improve human health by using genomics to advance our understanding of the biology and treatment of human disease, and to help lay the groundwork for a new generation of therapies.
The institute was founded to seize the opportunity that arose from the Human Genome Project -- the international effort that successfully deciphered the entire human genetic code. Despite that accomplishment, scientists knew they still lacked a clear understanding of the genetic basis of disease, and how to translate that understanding into more effective prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
This event will take place via Zoom. For inquiries about the accessibility of this event or to request any accommodations, please contact the Career Development Center Team at [email protected]. Please make accommodation requests no later than Wednesday, January 27th to give implementation time, however, in all situations, a good faith effort will be made to provide accommodations up until the time of the event.
French Table
12:30 pm Virtual
Virtual French Table will start up again beginning January 20. Please join your French Language Assistants for informal conversation in French! French Table is open to students, faculty, and staff. French speakers of all levels are welcome! If you were not enrolled in a French course during fall semester, but would like to participate, please email [email protected] directly.
Lunch & Learn: Dr. Scott L. Rauch '82, President & Psychiatrist in Chief of McLean Hospital
Dr. Scott L. Rauch '82 is President and Psychiatrist in Chief of McLean Hospital, Chair of System Behavioral & Mental Health for Mass General Brigham, and a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. On Monday, February 3, he will virtually visit Amherst's Loeb Center for a "Lunch & Learn" presentation and conversation about his career path.
Dr. Rauch's principal research interests relate to neuroimaging and the neurobiology of anxiety disorders, as well as healthcare delivery and the use of technology in psychiatry. He received his undergraduate degree with honors in Neuroscience from Amherst College ('82) and attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati. He completed his residency training and a chief residency in Psychiatry, as well as a Radiology Research Fellowship, at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in affiliation with Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Rauch served on the faculty at MGH for more than 15 years, during which he founded the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program, the Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics Program, and the Psychiatric Neuroscience Division. He was appointed to his current leadership roles at McLean and MGB in 2006.
Most recently, Dr. Rauch has been involved in the leadership of several national professional societies, including as past president and current secretary of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, and as past secretary and current Board member of the Anxiety & Depression Association of America. Dr. Rauch has also been inducted into the National Academy of Medicine.
All class years and majors are welcome to attend.
Amherst College Creative Writing Virtual Residency February 2021
1:00 pm on Feb 3, to 4:00 pm on Feb 9
Join us for a virtual independent residency in creative writing. Modeled on writers' and artists' colonies like MacDowell, Yaddo and the Provincetown Fine Arts Workshop, this program offers you the opportunity to devote attention to your fiction, poetry, dramatic writing or creative nonfiction in a supportive environment. Participants will have opportunities for collaborative structured writing and the freedom to choose between social and independent writing each day. Participants are welcome to work on either new or existing projects. And for participants seeking guidance, instruction or simply feedback on their work, we'll offer one-on-one mentoring sessions with program leaders. At the end of the program, we'll come together for a virtual community reading, during which we'll share work produced during the residency. We will meet via Zoom and Google docs from 1pm to 4pm (EST) on February 3rd-5th and February 8th and 9th. The residency is led by writing center associates Roy Andrews and Emily Merriman. Please register via the link below.
Students Only
Using a Prioritization Matrix to Focus on What Matters
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Zoom Link
In times of turbulence and change, it may be challenging to determine what projects take precedent, or how to set priorities when everything seems top of mind. This session will talk through how our priorities may have shifted both individually and within our teams, and how to facilitate a decision-making process using a prioritization matrix tool.
Thu, Feb 4, 2021
DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services Information Session
Come join us on Thursday, February 4, from 4:30pm - 5:30pm ET to hear more about the 2021-2022 DIAL/SELF AmeriCorps Program!
DIAL/SELF helps young people become independent by connecting them with housing, employment, education and civic opportunities. We believe that all youth possess unique strengths which are enhanced by community support and collaboration and that all youth should have the right to exercise choice in their own lives.
We are a community-based non-profit agency that has been serving the youth and communities of Western MA since 1977. We provide a wide array of services that foster youth empowerment and community service. Over the course of the last four decades, more than 38,000 area youth have been served by the agency in Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden Counties and the North Quabbin Region.
This event will take place via Zoom. For inquiries about the accessibility of this event or to request any accommodations, please contact the Career Development Center Team at [email protected]. Please make accommodation requests no later than Thursday, January 28th to give implementation time, however, in all situations, a good faith effort will be made to provide accommodations up until the time of the event.
Virtual Education Pathways Panel: Education in the Age of COVID
How are schools and education programs adjusting to COVID-19 related uncertainty? What does this uncertainty mean for the future of my career in education? Get the answers to these questions while learning about job opportunities at 10 different education organizations. See below for the full list of employers attending.
Employers Attending:
Boston Plan for Excellence
Breakthrough Collaborative
College Advising Corps | Boston University
Generation TEACH
Match Education
Teach for America
Uncommon Schools
Urban Teachers
Fri, Feb 5, 2021
The Learning & Development Team invites you to focus on your wellness with Brenna Werme. Set the tone for your day by calming your nervous system and connecting with ease to your body and breath. These workshops will give you quick, easy tools to reset and release stagnant energy throughout your day.
Sat, Feb 6, 2021
Sophomores: Take the LEAP 2.0 - Change the Way You Experience Spring 2021
Missing the spaces on campus where you could comfortably show up as yourself? Missing meaningful, spontaneous social interactions that all add up to feeling connected and a part of? While there is so much diversity in who we are and how we show up in the world as Amherst students, we are all going through the shared experience of college in the pandemic... Which for sophomores, is a shared experience of college away from college. Which is why we are creating a space for Amherst sophomores (and any other students, on or off-campus who want in!) that will reinvent the Val-sit, go further then a cross-quad hello, and overcome all the space between us. Take the Leap 2.0 is an every-other-week virtual meet-up throughout Spring 2021 that will create connection amidst the distance, find meaning in our and others' experiences, and continue building the friendships and memories that college is made of.
#WHYIMASK WINTER GIVEAWAY
8:00 am on Feb 8, to 12:00 am on Feb 12
Share why you mask and protect the herd in the comment section of the post on the PA, SHE, and Health Ed pages. The first 65 respondents will win a free t-shirt and everyone will be entered for raffle prizes which include Delivery Express gift cards! All students are welcome to post and if you do not have social media, you can send in your response to the PA email. Be sure to include if you are on or off-campus in your post. Questions? Contact [email protected] or call (413) 542-2760.
Caregiver Sessions
9:30 am - 10:45 am Zoom Link
As you may recall, the college asked faculty and staff with caregiving responsibilities to participate in an anonymous survey last fall. The goal was to learn more about how members of our community are doing with managing the demands of work and caregiving during the pandemic.
As part of its response to the survey, the Office of Human Resources is now offering sessions that will provide a forum for caregivers to connect and to share their experiences with one another, including strategies that they have developed to cope with what they are facing. Facilitators may also pass along to HR helpful suggestions that may emerge from these conversations.
Each session will be limited to 25 participants. Additional dates will be added if needed and/or if participants would like to reconvene.
Jodi Foley and Laurie Frankl will be facilitating the sessions. If you have questions, please reach out to them via email at [email protected] or [email protected].
Intro to the Houston Internship Program & Loeb Center Internship Resources
If you're not sure where or how to find an internship, you should consider joining the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program. The Houston Program is designed to not only allow Amherst students to apply for quality, vetted internships that are paid, but also provides preparatory guidance and support throughout the summer.
Additionally, the Loeb Center has funding available for students who have secured unpaid summer internships.
Come to this information session to learn about the process for joining the Houston Program, as well as the application process to be considered for funding for unpaid internships.
Hosted by the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program. Learn more about the Program here: https://www.amherst.edu/mm/575805
"Amherst Faculty in the Public Arena in the Trump Era and Beyond"
The Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, the Center for Humanistic Inquiry and the Amherst College Press invite the Amherst College community to a panel discussion moderated by Professor Austin Sarat, with faculty members who will explore the motives that led them to take on a public role in their writing. Presenters will be professors Lawrence Douglas, Javier Corrales, Catherine Sanderson, Eleonora Mattiacci, Pawan Dhingra and Ilan Stavans.
Register in advance:
https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsduqprz0pH9MFloDsClMs...
Foundations of Resume Writing Workshop — Hosted by the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Virtual
Learn about the skills and strategies needed to create resumes that best represent your unique experiences to land summer internships and future job opportunities. Get comfortable with the Loeb Center's resume approval process and criteria necessary in order for you to apply to opportunities on Handshake.
*This workshop will fulfill the Internship Preparation Workshop requirement for the Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program*
Foundations of Cover Letter Writing Workshop — Hosted by the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program
Did you know that you need to write a customized and specific cover letter for every internship opportunity you apply for? Learn the basic formatting and strategies for writing effective cover letters, as well as advanced tips to write exceptional cover letters that will make you stand out.
Student Video Showcase
A virtual screening and Q&A by students in the Amherst College class "Foundations in Video Production"
Videos by:
Leland Culver
Raymond Dixon
Seojin Jung
Anna-Blanca Leake
Frank Peprah
Andrew Rios
Grace Walker
Attendees must register in advance: https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceGrrDktEtS8_cbNdGrL...
Renting in New York: A Practical Guide
Planning to relocate to New York City after graduation? Considering a big city move in the future, but feeling overwhelmed by what that might entail?
Join representatives from Cooper & Cooper Real Estate -- a Manhattan-based residential real estate brokerage firm -- for their annual "Renting In New York" webinar workshop. During the session (~45 minutes), agents will break down the ins-and-outs of finding a new apartment in the Big Apple. Topics include: starting your search, neighborhoods & subways, the application process, paperwork requirements, income & credit guidelines, scams to avoid, etc.
With access to over 9000+ buildings throughout NYC, Cooper & Cooper agents are experts at helping graduating students make successful transitions. As former investment bankers (Goldman Sachs, Bank of America) and college grads (Harvard, Northwestern, Columbia MBA), Cooper & Cooper's founders understand the needs of transitioning undergraduate and graduate students. Their mission is to ensure your experience is as smooth and stress-free as possible.
Note: Students who RSVP through the external link AND attend the session will receive a $100 Credit Check Gift Certificate from the firm!
Wed, Feb 10, 2021
Establishing and Communicating Workplace Boundaries
10:00 am - 11:00 am Zoom Link
When working from home, do you find yourself working longer hours, or stepping back into "the office" to just finish up that one thing? How we set and communicate boundaries helps us fight burnout and fatigue. This session will amplify strategies for establishing boundaries for yourself and communicating them to others.
Student Hiring in Workday
City Year Information Session
Join us on Wednesday, February 10, from 11:30am - 12:30pm to hear more about opportunities at City Year!
From City Year's Website (https://www.cityyear.org/about/):
At City Year, we believe that all students can succeed and that developing the skills and mindsets of children and young adults contributes to strong, vibrant communities—outcomes that benefit all of us.
Many students lack access to learning environments and resources they need to thrive in school and in life, due to systemic inequities that disproportionately affect students of color and students growing up in low-income households.
City Year AmeriCorps members serve in schools all day, every day, preparing students with the social, emotional and academic skills and mindsets to succeed in school and in life.
Developing civic leaders
City Year AmeriCorps members not only make a difference in the lives of students they serve, but also acquire valuable skills that help them and prepare them to be leaders in their communities and their careers.
As City Year continues to innovate alongside our school and district partners, we aim to share what we are learning and contribute to a broader conversation about how to ensure equitable access to learning opportunities for all students.
This event will take place via Zoom. For inquiries about the accessibility of this event or to request any accommodations, please contact the Career Development Center Team at [email protected]. Please make accommodation requests no later than Wednesday, February 3, to give implementation time, however, in all situations, a good faith effort will be made to provide accommodations up until the time of the event.
Sessions are meant for students and will cover searching and applying for student employment opportunities, submitting time worked, and tax information.
How to Improve Your Internship Search — Hosted by the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program
Have you started your internship search, but feel like you haven't been able to find exactly what you're looking for? Do you feel overwhelmed about the search and want advice about how to organize yourself? You're not alone. Come to this workshop to learn about strategies you can use to search for and secure the right internship or research opportunity for you.
CHI Salon: "Worthless: An Ethnography of Devaluation and Domecide in a Midwestern Trailer Park"
Manufactured homes (MHs), better known as "mobile homes" or "trailers," house an estimated 22 million Americans; however, fewer than 25 percent of all manufactured homes are titled as real estate. Classifying their homes as personal property is the only option for the estimated 7 million residents living in approximately 50,000 mobile home communities (MHCs) across the United States. Although over 90 percent of MHs never move once sited, most municipalities restrict MHs to MHCs, where resident landownership is prohibited.
Drawing on 28 months of ethnographic research in urban MHCs in Lincoln, Neb., in this talk, 2019-20 CHI Fellow Allison Formanack describes how mobile-homeowners create symbolic-- if not economic --value in their homes. As these case studies reveal, the affective labor of home-making produces a hybrid identity-- that is, a deeply meaningful relationship between "home" and "owner" that is as often destructive as it is beneficial.
Allison Formanack is an incoming assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Southern Mississippi. A cultural anthropologist, Dr. Formanack considers the process by which pollution, ruin and "trashiness" is transferred from home to resident in the context of the most maligned housing type in the United States: the "mobile" or "trailer" home. Drawn from 28 months of ethnographic fieldwork in urban mobile home communities in Nebraska, her work finds that immaterial systems of law and finance conditions the materiality of categorically ambiguous "mobile" housing. This creates a state of "im/permanence," or imposed temporariness, which threatens the rights and well-being of an estimated 22 million mobile-homeowners. She is currently working on a book project based on this work, Mobile Home on the Range: Manufacturing Ruin and Respect in an American Zone of Abandonment. Dr. Formanack received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Colorado Boulder, where her research received support from from the National Science Foundation and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, among other organizations.
Careers in Grantmaking & Foundations — Advice from Linda Steele '85, Katyana Dandridge '18, and John Abodeely '01
Do you want to have a meaningful impact on your community and support initiatives that fuel change? Are you curious to learn how your disciplinary interests might extend into your professional career? Join us for small group discussions with alumni & other industry leaders to explore how grantmakers and foundations shape economic development, foster thriving creative communities, drive education reform, and much more.
You'll leave this event with:
• an understanding of the work of community and national foundations/grantmakers.
• practical tips from industry leaders on landing jobs and internships.
• the networking connections that are essential in this industry.
This Loeb Center event is co-hosted by Linda Steele '85 and Katyana Dandridge '18 of ArtUp and will feature the following panelists:
• John Abodeely '01 | CEO of the Houston Arts Alliance
• Jennifer Coleman | Program Director, Creative Culture & Arts for The George Gund Foundation
• Carol Coletta | President & CEO of Memphis River Parks, and Senior Fellow at The Kresge Foundation
• Stacey Easterling | Vice President of Programs for the Virginia Piper Charitable Trust
• Chantel Rush | Managing Director of The Kresge Foundation
• B. Sutton Mora | Executive Vice-President & COO of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
Thu, Feb 11, 2021
Workday for Faculty
Join a Workday training session for Faculty. Sessions will cover employee self service tasks but will primarily focus on internal awards, student hiring and approval of student hours.
Intro to Networking, Pt 2: Informational Interviewing — Hosted by the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program
An informational interview is a conversation with a professional in an industry, field, company, or position that interests you and that you would like to learn more about. It's a valuable opportunity to conduct personalized research with someone whose experience and perspective you think you can learn from.
In this workshop, students will learn how to respectfully reach out to people you'd like to speak with, prepare for the conversation, maintain the relationship, activate your Amherst community through the Alumni Directory, and more.
While this workshop builds off of Part 1 from Fall 2020, anyone may attend regardless of participation last semester.
Prosek Partners: Public Relations Agency Info Session
Curious about a career in public relations? Learn how you can put your liberal arts skills in writing, unpacking ideas and collaboration to use in the fast-paced world of a PR agency. Join Gabrielle Simon, of financial communications agency Prosek Partners, for an information session on working in communications and public relations, what Prosek Partners does for clients, post-graduate job opportunities in Boston, New York, and Connecticut and a lively Q&A session.
Prosek Partners is among the largest independent public relations firms in the U.S., and one of the few domestic, mid-size firms that offers global capabilities through its London office and international network. Specializing in providing a full range of communications solutions to financial and professional services companies, the firm delivers an unexpected level of passion, creativity and marketing savvy. Prosek Partners' "Unboxed Communications" approach brings breakthrough ideas to every client engagement.
Students from all class years and majors are welcome to attend.
Arts at Amherst Initiative Spring Soirée
5:00 pm Virtual
Join the Arts at Amherst Initiative at our Spring Soirée to hear Joseph E. and Grace W. Valentine Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Kate Pukinskis and Mead Art Museum Study Room Manager and European Print Specialist Miloslava Hruba share their recent research. Miloslava will share field notes from her recent survey of printmaking practices in the former Czechoslovakia (1948-1989) with a focus on gender differences within the ideologically and culturally ostracized group of nonconforming artists. Following these presentations, there will be an opportunity for audience Q&A.
While the Spring Soirée cannot take place in person, the AAI Steering Committee is planning to do its best to replicate the welcoming atmosphere that these biannual events traditionally foster by offering contactless pickup of complimentary wine and cheese to the first 20 people who register for the event!
Fri, Feb 12, 2021
Creative Thinking Coffee and Conversation
Wrap up your week with creative skill building and conversation. Join Learning & Development for a conversation and reflection of the LinkedIn Learning videos Becoming an Idea Machine and The Power of Creative Collaboration (about 5 minutes total). While these videos are part of the February LinkedIn Learning Creative Thinking Challenge, participation in the Challenge is not necessary to join the discussion.
Sessions are designed for supervisors and will review the process for creating a student job requisition and hiring a student employee.
Hired Guns? The Politics of Foreign Interventions
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Held Via Zoom, Zoom Link: https://amherstcollege.zoom.u
The Faculty Colloquium Series for 2020-21 presents a lecture entitled "Hired Guns? The Politics of Foreign Interventions" presented by Eleonora Mattiacci, Assistant Professor of Political Science. This lecture will be held via Zoom (see link below). Faculty Colloquium events are sponsored by a group of faculty colleagues who meet informally with the purpose of supporting and promoting the College's commitment to faculty research. The event is open to the Amherst College Community. For more information about the Faculty Colloquium Series please visit this link https://www.amherst.edu/mm/597044
LINK TO THE ZOOM MEETING:
https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/j/97050893817?pwd=VWxwTjBPN0xRakpXQTZiMXh...
Mastering the Digital Internship Interview — Hosted by the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program
How do you best prepare for interviews in digital settings? Has an application ever requested that you pre-record a video introduction?
Join us to learn how to effectively prepare for a range of interview formats, answer challenging questions, and present yourself in a professional manner, even if you're Zooming in from your bedroom.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Virtual
Take the LEAP 2.0 - Get Connected!
3:00 pm on Feb 13, to 4:00 pm on Feb 14 Virtual
ARE YOU READY TO BE DONE WITH FEELING DISCONNECTED??
Missing the way that being with others has the power to make you feel more human and less stuck in yourself? How about the way that a good shared laugh, or having "real talk" with friends, or simply saying something out loud to another person can all feel like an important reminder that the world is so much bigger than the four walls we can feel trapped in, especially as we navigate all of the unknowns of the pandemic? Part of the magic of Amherst is that it has been a place where all of these things came alive for us daily just by being there. For those who will not be on campus this semester (and those who are, but just want to add new friendships to your being-with-people-again reboot) Take the Leap 2.0 is a completely virtual experience, defying what we know to be possible on zoom, and recreating these feelings of connection in an entirely new space in Spring 2021. This every-other week meet-up will reinvent the Val-sit, go further then a cross-quad hello, and overcome the space between us as we continue building the friendships and memories that college is made of!
"I feel so much better than I did an hour and half ago. That was the most valuable time I've spent on Zoom!" - Student who attended last week's virtual open house
Biology Monday Seminar: Walking and Singing: The Neurobiology of Multitasking in Drosophila"
Osama Ahmed, Ph.D., Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, will speak on "Walking and Singing: The Neurobiology of Multitasking in Drosophila."
Locomotion, such as walking or flying, is vitally important for the survival and fitness of practically all animals, and regularly occurs in tandem with other motor actions. Human locomotion, for example, may occur concurrently with talking, and similarly, Drosophila flies can walk and produce complex acoustic signals called "courtship songs." While many components of the neural circuits that control either walking or singing have been identified, the neural substrates that couple these behaviors during multitasking are entirely unknown. Here, I show how Drosophila courtship behavior can be leveraged as a neuroethological model for studying multitasking. During courtship, male flies must attend to and keep up with their potential mates, all the while producing the right songs at the right times by correctly vibrating their wings. My results show that fly chase-and-stop courtship sequences exhibit hallmarks of multitasking: male flies either walk, or sing, or perform both behaviors simultaneously. Through optogenetic activation of locomotor neurons in freely courting male flies and new machine-learning methods for automated behavioral analysis, I reveal performance differences in how flies walk or sing (single-tasking) compared to when they walk and sing (multitasking). These results demonstrate that the fly courtship model is an advantageous and promising framework for characterizing and testing the neurogenetic control of multitasking. These experiments provide a strong foundation and entry point for probing circuit mechanisms that underlie multitasking via brain-wide neural recordings in behaving animals. Identifying these mechanisms will inform our understanding of how neural pathways interact to control, or limit, behavioral simultaneity.
Persons from the college community that wish to attend should please register by sending an email request to the Biology ADC, Karen Racz, who will provide the Zoom link to the event.
Call for Applications: NAIS Mellon Mini-Grants and Residencies | Five Colleges, Inc.
Five Colleges, Incorporated, has been awarded a $2.5 million, four-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help its member campuses transform how they approach Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) with the goal of enhancing teaching, learning and scholarship in the field. As part of this multi-year initiative, FCI is offering mini-grant and residency opportunities to Five College faculty and staff interested in working collaboratively to integrate NAIS into their curricula.
Five College full-time faculty or staff members responsible for creating curriculum are encouraged to apply for mini-grants and lead team projects to develop one or more course modules, a new course, or a cluster or sequence of courses (such as language study). This funding opportunity is also open to faculty with a more multi-disciplinary background and no prior experience in NAIS who are interested in infusing Indigenous approaches into their courses through collaboration with other faculty experts. Mini-grant projects should include multiple faculty and can also include Five College staff, students, and community participants as collaborators. Faculty can also apply for residencies to host Indigenous artists, authors, activists, and community historians. Residencies can span a few weeks to an academic year. Please note that campus policies during the pandemic will severely restrict residencies but creative and/or remote options will be considered.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with two more deadlines this academic year: March 2 and May 2021 (specific date to be determined). Additional rounds of applications will be available through 2022. A virtual Information session will be offered prior to each deadline to assist applicants in refining their proposals. The next information session will be held on February 16 from 4 to 5pm. Applicants are encouraged to attend information sessions and read the Frequently Asked Questions available on the FCI website.
For more information on the NAIS Mellon Mini-Grants & Residencies and to register for the February 16 info session, please visit the FCI website listed below.
Redefining Health: Building Skills for Radical Healthcare Workshop Series
until May 15 Virtual
The Department of Health Education and SHES present a new workshop series on health equity! Co-sponsored with Your Embodied Sexuality (YES!), we will offer monthly workshops that expand our understandings of health and provide skills for navigating healthcare and the systems of oppression that shape it. Workshop topics will include self-managed abortion care, medical fatphobia, medical racism, misogyny in healthcare, birth control information and how to perform your own breast and pelvic exams, gender affirming healthcare, medical ableism, death positivity and planning, and more. (Registration required: sign up link will be available on the Daily Mammoth during the week leading up to each workshop.) Contact [email protected] with additional questions.
February 20 at 3pm EST: Building Abortion Knowledge for Self and Community Care
Facilitated by Women's Medical Fund's Seneca Joyner and Brittany Chung
Come join the folks at the Women's Medical Fund and YES! for a skill-building workshop on abortion care! The interactive workshop will offer helpful information on how to care for yourself and others before, during, and after an abortion. We will be working together to expand our understanding of the differences between various abortion methods and sharing knowledge in order to better equip ourselves and our loved ones. We'll be looking at accessing and experiencing abortion care as whole people who are part of vital, complex communities. The workshop will be a liberation-focused space and an opportunity to discuss the realities of abortion openly and honestly.
March 20 at 3pm EST: Don't Tell Me to Lose Weight: Navigating and Challenging Medical Fatphobia
Facilitated by Isy Abraham-Raveson
The so-called "obesity crisis" is a fatphobic myth that constructs fatness as a disease that needs to be eliminated for the good of society. In fact, fatness is not correlated to disease, and dieting to lose weight isn't sustainable and can lead to major health problems. On top of that, this misinformation, along with discrimination and shame, prevents people in large bodies from accessing the healthcare they need. In this workshop we will challenge commonplace myths about fatness and health and develop self-advocacy strategies to use when faced with fatphobia in healthcare settings.
April 17 at 3pm EST: Subverting the Master's Tools: Effective Strategies for Navigating Racism in Medical Care
Facilitated by Michelle Munyikwa
In this workshop, we will review the concept of medical racism and discuss its implications for folks seeking care in the medical system. After a brief review of the history and politics of racism in American healthcare, we will move on to more applicable concepts. Drawing on the experiences of the presenter and advice from local activist groups, we will discuss concrete strategies for engaging in self-advocacy and advocacy for loved ones navigating a complex, racist system.
May 15 at 3pm EST: Fertile Wounds: An Exploration of Misogyny in Medicine
more information TBD
Unhunch: Spinal Health Workshop
Now more than ever, how our bodies exist in the world has shifted with the adjustment to remote work and wearing masks. We are also in an environment of stress, which impacts our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. In this workshop you will learn an easy routine to incorporate into your day to enhance your spinal health and wellbeing as well as how to tune in and recognize when you're experiencing extra spinal stress.
Money at Work 1: Foundations of Investing
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Live Webinar
The OHR Learning & Development Team invites you to a live webinar presented by TIAA to discover how you can manage risk versus reward as well as understand the role of investing and managing risks, ways to help accelerate savings and tools that can help sustain a portfolio.
Buddhist Group
Join us as we meet weekly over Zoom for guided meditation and conversation about how the Buddha's teachings - from interconnection to embodied awareness to skillful relationship to thoughts - can make our daily lives a bit more grounded and happy. You don't need to be Buddhist to attend, and all College students, staff, and faculty are welcome.
For more information please contact interim Buddhist Advisor Harrison Blum ([email protected]).
Black Faith: A Panel and Conversation
Join us as we hear from and speak with Black leaders from the Muslim, Buddhist and Christian traditions on their intersectional experience of race and religion.
Co-sponsored by Religious and Spiritual Life, the Black Student Union and the Multicultural Resource Center
Zoom info and panelist question submission form at link below
Health Education Insta Follower Giveaway!
until Feb 26 Virtual
The Health Education Department presents our Instagram Follower Giveaway! Follow @ac_HealthAndWellbeing on Instagram for a chance to win some great (and delicious) prizes (Girl Scout Cookies and swag) and keep updates on how to improve your wellbeing. The raffle starts Sunday, February 14, and closes Friday, February 26. Follow the instructions in our February 13 Insta Follower Giveaway post, and three winners--remote or on-campus--will win a collection of Girl Scout cookies! Only current Amherst College students, faculty and staff are eligible.
Perfecting Your "No-Guilt" No
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Live Webinar
The OHR Learning & Development Team invites you to a live webinar presented by Care.com.
Saying no can be uncomfortable and awkward but it's absolutely necessary to avoid burnout and help you remain focused on your most important goals. In this session led by Lisa Abramson, you'll learn a powerful "saying no" framework and get a cheat sheet to make saying no less stressful in the future. After this session, you'll be able to confidently deliver a firm and appropriate no without the side of guilt.
Called an "inspiration" by Oprah, Lisa Abramson is an executive coach, mindfulness teacher, author, and mom of two girls. She teaches overachievers how to develop a resilient mindset and create success that's sustainable.
Blocking Burnout
The OHR Learning & Development Team invites you to a live webinar presented by the EAP, New Directions, to learn how to detect burnout triggers and discover ways to regain enthusiasm at work and at home by becoming more conscious of your needs and motivators.
Lifetime Income: Marketproof your Retirement
The OHR Learning & Development Team invites you to a live webinar presented by TIAA.
You've worked hard to save for retirement. TIAA can help you understand how to create a plan that protects you against key retirement risks as well as helps build a diversified retirement income plan.
Ash Wednesday Prayer Service and Distribution of Ashes
12:00 pm Johnson Chapel
Join a brief worship service marking the start of the Lenten Season and remembering our mortality and the God who holds us in all of it. This year there will be two separate services. Rev. Anna Woofenden, Protestant Advisor, will lead the noon service. Ashes will be individually distributed and self-administered to maintain social distance. Deacon Tom Lynch, Catholic Advisor, will lead the 1:30pm service. Ashes will be imposed on the top of the head of each individual.
Inside Money: Managing Income and Debt
Discover how to help make your money work harder by using your cash flow more effectively, developing good saving habits and better managing debt.
Workday for Managers, Supervisors and Staff
CHI Salon: "The Indian in the Freezer: The Genomic Quest for Indigeneity"
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Virtual, Zoom
Visiting Professor of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies Jennifer Hamilton will present her new book manuscript, The Indian in the Freezer: The Genomic Quest for Indigeneity (under contract with the University of Washington Press). The book explores what she terms "the genomic quest for indigeneity," and follows people, scientific objects, biomedical discourses and capital over time and in space in order to provide a rich ethnographic account of how race, sex and sexuality continue to inform and shape contemporary biomedical inquiry. Hamilton argues that indigeneity is a productive category, particularly in terms of how genomics is imagined. She does the empirical work of tracing how indigeneity circulates and how it impacts the creation of diagnostic technologies and therapeutics as part of a larger intervention in ongoing discussions of how and why health disparities cannot be reduced to naturalized narratives of biological difference. The overall point of the book is to take seriously that if we accept, possibly embrace, the speculative and contingent yet material and consequential dimensions of genomics and the life sciences more broadly, we can potentially shift scientific modes of inquiry to be more inclusive of other possible worlds.
Tomorrow in Focus: Saving for Your Ideal Retirement
Find out how retirement savings, planning and the real benefit of time are essential features of retirement investments.
Designing Virtual Meetings
How many times in the past week have you left a meeting and thought, "that could have been an email"? Studies show that we have more meetings on our schedule than ever during this time of remote work and change. How often are those meetings productive and intentionally thought out? This session will focus on an intentional process for designing and facilitating meetings (both virtual and in-person) to ensure they are worth everyone's while. You will leave the session with an understanding of how to determine the purpose and method for various meetings, as well as a tangible tool to put into use immediately.
Understanding Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
You may know about the tax advantages of contributing to a Health Savings Account (HSA), but did you know that HSAs are also a way to save for health care in retirement? This webinar will help you understand unique aspects of HSAs including how they help account owners to pay for current health care expenses and save for those in the future.
Rapaport Lecture: Jason Moran, "The Sound Will Tell You"
This year's Rapaport Lecture will feature jazz pianist, composer and artist Jason Moran, the artistic director for jazz at The Kennedy Center. Moran was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010. He has recorded 16 solo albums, with the most recent being his third solo piano recording, titled The Sound Will Tell You.
To attend, please register in advance: https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bArSNWdMQyGOSCejVqgOBg
Internship Application Clinic — Hosted by the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program
How does a compelling internship application come together? Learn how to put your best foot forward with your application materials by targeting your resume, aligning your cover letter and resume, and conducting adequate employer research to embed into your materials in this group advising and working session.
To attend, please register via Handshake by 12:00PM EST the Wednesday prior (48 hours in advance). If you wish to RSVP after the Wednesday deadline, email [email protected] to confirm available space.
Hosted by the Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program team. To learn more about the Program, visit: https://www.amherst.edu/mm/575805
Cheminar: Professor Robert Gilliard, University of Virginia: "Electronic Tuning in the Main-Group: From Subvalent Organometallics to Novel π-Electron Materials"
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Via Zoom Link
Abstract: Research efforts in the Gilliard laboratory span diverse areas of chemical synthesis related to the activation of inert chemical bonds, energy storage and molecular hybrid materials chemistry. Our work with s-block metals has resulted in a number of advances in the low-valent and hydridic chemistry of the alkaline earth metals (e.g., beryllium, magnesium), including molecular models for hydrogen storage. Recently, we have begun to study heterocycles "doped" with p-block elements for the development of new π-electron materials with unusual bonding and photophysical properties. This has led to the first examples of pyrene-fused N-heterocyclic germylenes and boranes, thermochromic and thermoluminescent borafluorene materials, and stable borafluorene radicals. Our primary goal has been to isolate molecules in rare electronic states and to provide a link between structure and function. This presentation will highlight our most recent results in these research areas.
CANCELED M@A: A Virtual Season Presents Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, and Daniil Trifonov, piano
M@A regrets very much to have to inform you that COVID restrictions make it impossible for the artists to offer the following program:
Presenting the fourth free online concert for M@A 2020-2021: A Virtual Series:
Grammy Award winning Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov—winner of Musical America's 2019 Artist of the Year award—has made a spectacular ascent of the classical music world as a solo artist; a champion of the concerto repertoire; a chamber and vocal collaborator; and a composer. Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, his performances are a perpetual source of awe. "He has everything and more … tenderness and also the demonic element. I never heard anything like that," marveled pianist Martha Argerich. Trifonov recently added a Grammy Award to his already considerable string of honors, winning Best Instrumental Solo Album of 2018 with Transcendental, a Liszt collection that marked his third title as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist. As the Times of London notes, he is "without question the most astounding pianist of our age."
Pärt "Fratres" for violoncello and piano
Shostakovich Sonata for Violoncello and Piano D Minor, Op. 40
Rachmaninov Sonata for Violoncello and Piano G Minor, Op. 19
Hailed by the Washington Post as "a seasoned phenomenon," Narek Hakhnazaryan won the Cello First Prize and Gold Medal at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011 at the age of 22.
until Mar 1 Virtual
Virtual Crafting Classes with Book & Plow
Farming together is a great way to form connections and build community. This is in part because the tasks are repetitive, grounding, and give a sense of accomplishment. Many farmers have "winter hobbies" which possess the same qualities to fill the dark months between fall harvest and spring seeding.
Join campus farmers Kaylee & Julia for virtual crochet and embroidery lessons. Open to all Amherst students, both on campus and remote, on a first come first served basis. Supplies will be provided.
Spring Virtual Get Involved Fair
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Virtual, https://thehub.amherst.edu/event/6867091
Learn about new organizations! Gain insight on leadership opportunities! Make your organization's presence known! Come to the Spring '21 Virtual Get Involved Fair on the Hub.
To view the event, visit the Hub or click the link below. Please note that only Eboard members can sign organizations up, but anyone can RSVP. Hope to see you there!
Black Movement Makers brought to you by the Peer Advocates
8:00 am on Feb 22, to 8:00 am on Feb 28 Instagram @amherst_pa
The Peer Advocates for Sexual Respect will be highlighting Black Movement Makers who have contributed to work surrounding sexual respect and violence prevention. A different person will be featured daily from Monday, February 22, through Sunday, February 28, on Instagram. Be sure to follow the Peer Advocates @amherst_pa to learn about each of these movement makers! Questions? Email [email protected].
HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities) Internship Opportunities Information Session
Join us on Monday, February 22, to hear more about internship opportunities with HACU's Corporate Component Internship. For more information, please visit: https://www.hacu.net/hacu/Corporate_HACU_Internship_Program.asp.
HACU National Internship Program - Corporate Component:
The HACU National Internship Program - Corporate Component, partners with some of the leading corporations in the nation to assist them in attracting and hiring the best talent from HACU member colleges and universities. The process is very competitive but rewarding, as many internships lead to full-time roles. Opportunities for both internships and full-time employment are available.
This event will take place via Zoom. For inquiries about the accessibility of this event or to request any accommodations, please contact the Career Development Center Team at [email protected]. Please make accommodation requests no later than Monday, February 15, to give implementation time, however, in all situations, a good faith effort will be made to provide accommodations up until the time of the event.
Holyoke (USA - Massachusetts) Monday, February 22, 2021 at 11:30:00 am EST
Berlin (Germany - Berlin) Monday, February 22, 2021 at 5:30:00 pm CET
Mumbai (India - Maharashtra) Monday, February 22, 2021 at 10:00:00 pm IST
Beijing (China - Beijing Municipality) Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 12:30:00 am CST
Los Angeles (USA - California) Monday, February 22, 2021 at 8:30:00 am PST
Job Search Foundations: The Resume — Senior Job Search Bootcamp Week
If you are a senior looking for a boost of support in your job search, the Loeb Center team is here for you!
In this special week of workshops designed just for Seniors, Loeb advisors will break down the core components of any job search and give you the tools you need to tackle the process. All sessions are designed to apply to ANY field of career interest.
In this two-part workshop that kicks off the Senior Job Search Bootcamp, get up to speed with a job search-ready resume (4 - 5 p.m. session) and cover letter (6 - 7 p.m. session). A special discussion on personal statement writing will be included in the cover letter session.
Invest time now in these critical documents so you can tackle your search this spring! Attend one or both parts; there is a one-hour break between topics.
Learn more about and register for other sessions in the Loeb Center's week-long Senior Job Search Bootcamp series on Handshake:
-- 2/22: Job Search Foundations: The Resume https://amherst.joinhandshake.com/events/669995/share_preview
-- 2/22: Job Search Foundations: Cover Letters and Personal Statements https://amherst.joinhandshake.com/events/670006/share_preview
-- 2/23: Dynamic Job Search Strategies https://amherst.joinhandshake.com/events/670018/share_preview
-- 2/24: Your Impressive Self: Strategies for Effective Interviewing https://amherst.joinhandshake.com/events/670038/share_preview
-- 2/25: Demystifying Networking: How Relationships Are Key to Any Job Search https://amherst.joinhandshake.com/events/670049/share_preview
-- 2/26: Money Matters https://amherst.joinhandshake.com/events/670062/share_preview
Please join your French Language Assistants for the virtual weekly meeting of French Table. French Table is an opportunity for informal conversation in French, and is open to students, faculty, and staff. French speakers of all levels are welcome! If you would like to join this group, please email [email protected] to receive the Zoom link.
Job Search Foundations: Cover Letters and Personal Statements — Senior Job Search Bootcamp Week
Resume Review Drop-in Clinic with Loeb Center Peer Career Advisors
Meet with the Loeb Center's Peer Career Advisors to have your resume reviewed. Whether it's your first time seeking Handshake resume approval or you simply want to freshen up your for this semester, we are here to help!
Participants should come prepared to the clinic with a completed draft in Google Docs that you can share with a PCA.
The Loeb Center's weekly virtual drop-in clinics run from February 15-March 29th in addition to the Peer Career Advisor appointments that are available for booking via Handshake. If you have questions, email [email protected].
Can I study away as a senior?
Petition a Non-approved Study Away Program! Deadline April 1
Project Connect Spring Sign-ups Open
until Mar 5
Want to get to know more students? Help build community? Learn ways to improve the connections you have? Project Connect is a fun, five-session peer-led program. Participants discuss a series of thought-provoking questions, complete a mini outreach project, and share experiences with a small group of fellow students. Sign up at the following link https://forms.gle/2WnfbfcmgMN1TgXx8
You may contact [email protected] for more information.
Brought to you by the Wellness Team!
Verite Information Session - Summer Internship Opportunities Available!
Come join us to learn more about summer internship opportunities at Verité, an international labor rights nonprofit located in Amherst, MA!
Verité is an Amherst-based nonprofit and award-winning pioneer in the social auditing, training, research, and consulting field. The organization has over 20 years of experience working with Fortune 500 corporations and their local suppliers through our global network of NGO partners. Verité works in over 70 countries to empower companies, factories, NGOs, governments, and workers to create sustainable workplace practices in the factories and communities where our consumer goods are made and the raw materials that go into them are sourced.
This event will take place via Zoom. For inquiries about the accessibility of this event or to request any accommodations, please contact the Career Development Center Team at [email protected]. Please make accommodation requests no later than Tuesday, February 16, to give implementation time, however, in all situations, a good faith effort will be made to provide accommodations up until the time of the event.
Virtual Russian Table
11:30 am Virtual
Please join us for the Virtual Russian Table every Tuesday between 11:30am and 1:00pm EST.
Russian Table offers an opportunity to gather and converse with other Russian-language learners and teachers. Come for the whole time or drop in for a shorter conversation - all levels of Russian speakers are very welcome!
Please email Kristina Diachenko ([email protected]) for the Zoom info.
Peer Support Skills Training
1:50 pm on Feb 23, to 2:50 pm on Mar 10
Have you had feelings of concern for a friend but felt unsure how or if to help? Would you like to learn more about how to use Empathy and Active Listening to become a better communicator? Do you feel uncertain how to start challenging conversations?
The Peer Support Skills Training (PSST) is a first step to becoming part of the Peer Support Network here At Amherst College. Over the course of three two-hour sessions we will work to develop the fundamental skills to support one another and to advocate for yourself more effectively. Importantly this training also includes ways to establish boundaries and safety measures to care for yourself and will review a wide variety of supports you can offer to someone you feel concerned about.
This training does not prepare folks to become primary supports for those in need but can offer a toolbox of techniques for helping those around us access help.
Currently these sessions will be offered remotely via Zoom and are open to all current students at Amherst. We are offering two sessions at this time.
Tuesdays, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23 from 6pm-8pm EST
Fridays, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19 from 10am - Noon EST
For more information and to register for a series, please contact Garrett Fitzgerald at [email protected].
This Program is brought to you by the Amherst College Counseling Center.
Dynamic Job Search Strategies — Senior Job Search Bootcamp Week
Are you ready to get organized and in command of your job search strategy? Whether you're just getting started or feeling stalled out, this workshop will offer you tools and resources to navigate the landscape of job prospects; advice for staying adaptable, energized, organized, and engaged; and concrete suggestions for finding opportunities that are viable and relevant to your interests.
Kinetic Light Screening and Discussion with Alice Sheppard
In preparation for her February 26 public lecture, disabled dancer/choreographer Alice Sheppard will introduce the Five College community to the work of her company Kinetic Light and its undergirding concepts of intersectional disability arts, disability aesthetics, and aesthetic access. We will watch clips of performances, and Dr. Jina Kim will moderate the discussion. Open to the Five College community. Five College Dance students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to attend in order to gain a foundational understanding of Alice's work and aesthetic.
Register here: https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUodeiorTopHtxTGn5UpnjF...
Alice Sheppard is the Artistic Director of Kinetic Light, a leading disability arts ensemble. She studied ballet and modern dance with Kitty Lunn and made her debut with Infinity Dance Theater. After an apprenticeship, Sheppard joined AXIS Dance Company, where she toured and taught in the company's education and outreach programs. As an independent artist, she has danced in projects with Ballet Cymru, GDance, and Marc Brew Company in the U.K. and Full Radius Dance, Marjani Forté, MBDance, Infinity Dance Theater, and Steve Paxton in the U.S. Her choreography has been commissioned by Full Radius Dance, CRIPSiE, and MOMENTA.
As a Bessie award-winning choreographer, Sheppard creates movement that challenges conventional understandings of disabled and dancing bodies. Engaging disability arts, culture, and history, she is intrigued by the intersections of disability, gender, and race. In addition to performance and choreography, Sheppard is a sought-after speaker and has lectured on topics related to disability arts, race, and dance. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and in academic journals.
Jina B. Kim is an Assistant Professor of English and the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College, and a 2016 PhD graduate of the Women's Studies and English Program at the University of Michigan. She teaches and writes about critical disability studies, feminist- and queer-of-color critique, and contemporary ethnic American literature. She is currently at work on a book manuscript titled Dreaming of Infrastructure: Crip-of-Color Imaginaries after the US Welfare State. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Signs, Social Text, MELUS, American Quarterly, Disability Studies Quarterly, The South Atlantic Quarterly, and The Asian American Literary Review.
An Evening with Trevor Noah
#1 New York Times best-selling author, comedian, and host of The Daily Show in a moderated Q&A with SNL cast member Heidi Gardner.
Trevor Noah is the most successful comedian in Africa and is the host of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central. Under Trevor, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" has broken free from the restraints of a 30-minute linear show, producing engaging social content, award-winning digital series, podcasts and more for its global audience. In 2020, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" received six Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series and Outstanding Writing for A Variety Series. Trevor also received NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special). "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" also received Webby Awards for Best in Comedy and Best Web Personality/Host, as well as a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Talk Series. Trevor originally joined "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in 2014 as a contributor.
Trevor Noah is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" and its young readers adaptation "It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood," which also debuted as a New York Times bestseller. The book received the Thurber Prize for American Humor and two NAACP Image Awards, one for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author and another for Outstanding Literary Work in the Biography/Auto-Biography category.
To view the live stream click the link below. This event is limited to students, faculty, staff, alumni and parents. An Amherst College login is required to watch the event.
Thinking about study abroad or domestic study in 2021-2022?
Casa de Esperanza Service Year for Graduating Seniors Information Session
Casa de Esperanza is a non-profit organization in Houston, Texas providing residential care to children ages birth through six years old who are in crisis due to abuse, neglect, or the effects of HIV. Care is provided in our residential neighborhood by our Hands of Hope Service Year House Parents. House Parents join us for a year of service (generally after finishing their undergraduate degree- although this is not a requirement) and come from all majors- the single unifying factor for all of our House Parents is the desire to serve vulnerable young children. In our program House Parents arrive and complete training as a small group. We accept and process applications on a rolling basis and applicants can indicate their desired start date on their application.
This event will take place via Zoom. For inquiries about the accessibility of this event or to request any accommodations, please contact the Career Development Center Team at [email protected]. Please make accommodation requests no later than Wednesday, February 17, to give implementation time, however, in all situations, a good faith effort will be made to provide accommodations up until the time of the event.
Stress Management for Managers
The OHR Learning & Development Team invites you to a live webinar presented by the EAP, New Directions.
Managers are constantly being pulled in different directions and have high accountability for how a team functions. This can lead to cumulative stress. Learn more about the stress cycle, how to recognize it's impact on health, and strategies to lower stress that can be applied in daily life. This webinar is designed for anyone who actively supervises others.
Join the Queer Resource Center staff and Dr. Darien McFadden & Dr. Sarah Erickson from the Counseling Center for an open discussion and support space centering conversations concerning our current moment, navigating gender, sexuality, identity at large, and what it means to be LGBTQ+ at Amherst and beyond.
Join us via this link: https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/j/98710086723?pwd=WVFmWHl1ODMyWlRpeVpnOXF...
For accessibility needs or concerns, please contact [email protected] or 413-542-5964.
Your Impressive Self: Strategies for Effective Interviewing — Senior Job Search Bootcamp Week
This interactive workshop meets you wherever you are in preparing for an upcoming interview. Strategies, best practices, and current considerations will be shared as well as follow-up resources and training tools. Come learn how to put your best self forward when competing for internships, fellowships, or employment.
CHI Salon: "Spain, the Second World War and the Holocaust"
Join editors Gina Herrmann and Sara J. Brenneis in a discussion of the new publication Spain, the Second World War and the Holocaust: History and Representation (University of Toronto Press, 2020). Herrmann and Brenneis brought together over 30 international experts around the topic of Spain's involvement in World War II, combining the vantage point of Jews who fled Nazi persecution through the Iberian Peninsula, Spaniards who were directly involved in the war and/or imprisoned in Nazi camps, and artists who have created representations of this historical period and its actors. The waves of people-- Jewish refugees and Spanish antifascists alike --who moved across borders, through concentration camps and into exile press us to consider what "home" meant during a moment of unparalleled global strife.
The editors will speak about this collection as the first volume to take this kind of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural view of the period, consider how the volume came together, and discuss some of the more extraordinary takeaways from the book.
Gina Herrmann is a Norman H. Brown Faculty Fellow, professor of Spanish and director of the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Sara Brenneis is professor of Spanish and department chair at Amherst College.
This event is co-sponsored by the Departments of Spanish and European Studies at Amherst College. Pre-registration is required.
Please note this event will be recorded.
https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrcO6upj8tE9Na0OjzvYdy...
Solidarity Book Project: Shape the Books that Have Shaped You
Turn your books into art! Sculpt the iconic solidarity fist into books that have shaped your understanding of solidarity. To commemorate our Bicentennial, the College will donate per submission, up to a total of $100,000, to organizations providing Black and Indigenous communities with access to books. Have questions? Join Sonya Clark's make-with sessions to sculpt your books with other members of the Amherst community. Join us at our first session on Feb. 24!
Fostering a Culture of Recognition and Appreciation
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Zoom Link
When was the last time you highlighted a colleague for their good work? Why do we not build appreciation into the culture of our groups? This session will focus on appreciating and recognizing those around us as a tool for supporting comradery and connection.
Demystifying Networking: How Relationships Are Key to Any Job Search — Senior Job Search Bootcamp Week
The Amherst network is one of the greatest assets you have as you navigate your career. This workshop will teach you about the how-to's of successful professional relationship building, and empower you to start today.
FREEDOM! Amherst College's Annual Speaking Competition
Please support student speakers by attending FREEDOM: Amherst College's remote speaking competition. Students from all four class years have written persuasive speeches about this year's theme, "FREEDOM," and will speak compellingly about what matters to them. Speaking prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the event. Please Zoom in to cheer on these FREEDOM speakers on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 4 to 5:15 p.m.
Pre-registration is required for this webinar event. Please register here:
https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uEvv829_SYqTfgEtq2IXNA
Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started In Tech
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Zoom
Womxn in Computer Science @ Amherst presents "Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started In Tech" by Beth Linker, Class of '98, in this first installment of the WiCS Alumni Speaker Series! Considering going into tech? Join us in this special presentation by Beth to hear their thoughts on planning (and not planning!) a career in the tech industry. Register online at bit.ly/wics-speaker-series for a spot. (Attendees get free t-shirts!)
Verkada: New Grad Analyst Program Information Session
Founded in 2016, Verkada is an IoT security technology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area in the heart of Silicon Valley. Built on the vision of creating the operating system for modern buildings, Verkada's end-to-end building security solution helps modern teams protect people, assets, and privacy.
Verkada is the fastest-growing physical security company in the world, backed by top venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, Meritech and First Round Capital. In January 2020, Verkada raised a Series C round at a $1.6B valuation and recently ranked #10 on LinkedIn's Top Startups 2020 list.
On the Sales Strategy and Operations team at Verkada, new hires hit the ground running with high-impact projects and work cross-functionally across the organization -- gaining exposure to a wide variety of challenges, processes and data. Those hired will become part of a tight-knit team with a diverse set of backgrounds in sales leadership, consulting, banking, private equity, and software engineering.
Analysts on this team drive key policy and strategic initiatives across the company through data-driven insights and play a key role in developing the analytical basis for executive-level decisions. These roles also focus on building future-proof systems and processes, aiming to optimize existing workflows and strategically designing improvements across systems for the long-term.
Join Phoebe Chan, Sales Recruiter; Phuong Tran '09, Sales Operations Lead and Amherst alum; Bobby Pease, Senior Director of Sales Operations; and Stephen Rickli, Sales Operations Manager, to learn more about the company and its opportunities. All class years and majors are welcome to attend.
Getting Sexy, Not Sick! with the SHEs
Join the SHEs for an exciting workshop and discussion about sexual experience during COVID-19 times! As we are in the midst of a global pandemic, we're still aware of the needs and wants of the students within our community, and we want to make sure students are equipped with the resources and tools to have safe and pleasurable sexual experiences. Access the zoom workshop via the following link: http://tinyurl.com/acsexy-feb-25. For more sex related health education, check out our instagram @ac_she!
Spoken Word Slam for Amherst Students
LitFest kicks off with the Spoken Word Slam, hosted by Daniel Gallant, executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The Slam will begin with performances from reg e gaines and J.F. Seary.
Interested students should register now to participate in this virtual event. Registration is open until February 22.
Daniel Gallant is the executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the author of the short story collection Determined to Prove, and a playwright, theatrical producer, actor and teacher. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Time Out, the New York Post, the Daily News, six anthologies from Applause Books and Vintage Books and elsewhere. He is the recipient of an Eisenhower Fellowship and fellowships from National Arts Strategies and the DeVos Institute, and was recently named to the Fulbright Specialist roster. He has been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Crain's New York, Forbes, Adweek, Inc., The Washington Post and Voice of America; and on CNN, MTV, NPR, NBC, NY1, CBS, Univision, the BBC and other networks.
reg e gaines is author/lyricist of the Tony Award-winning musical Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk and is in his ninth year as artistic director of the Downtown Urban Theater Festival in New York. Most recently, reg directed Through the Looking Glass for Center Theatre Group and Rock WILK's Brooklyn Quartet. He is currently writing and directing two musicals: The 88 and FREE. His spoken-word career began at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, where he was named Grand Slam Champion.
J.F. Seary is a Nuyorican poet and actor. She has performed at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Bowery Poetry Club and Le Poisson Rouge in New York City, as well as in London, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Juan, Grand Rapids and Orlando. She has also toured colleges across the United States with her solo poetry show and with the ensemble production HerStory. Seary has taught English and drama for Monroe College, John Jay College and Borough of Manhattan Community College for 13 years. She is currently working on Necromancer (pilot), and she is a co-creator/co-writer for the web series The New York Effect.
Alcahoot! With the SHEs!
Want to relive the glory of high school Kahoot victories? Then come get a shot of knowledge with the SHEs this Thursday night! We will be hosting an alcohol related Kahoot game where you can have some fun and learn some facts about safe drinking. Follow this tinyurl link to access the zoom meeting: https://tinyurl.com/ac-alcahoot-2-25. More information will be posted on our instagram @ac_she or you can email us at [email protected] with any questions. Hope to see you there!
Creative Thinking Coffee and Conversation: Creative Blocks and Problem Solving
Join Learning & Development for a conversation and reflection of the LinkedIn Learning videos "The Origin of Creative Blocks and Why we Need to Remove Them" and "Bite Sized Problem Solving" (about 5 minutes total). While these videos are part of the February LinkedIn Learning Creative Thinking Challenge, participation in the Challenge is not necessary to join the discussion. Use the link below to register and to find the videos being discussed.
Carleton College--Buddhist Studies in India Information Session
Money Matters — Senior Job Search Bootcamp Week
This workshop focuses on how to put your best foot forward in the job search process and beyond. As you enter into life post-graduation, it is important to understand your value proposition and how to communicate it to your employers and how to live within your means to create long term success. In this workshop you will learn how to research salary ranges, how to negotiate salary and benefits, and how to budget effectively.
Five College Dance Annual Lecture: "Under Wired: Intersectional Disability Aesthetics On and Off Stage," Delivered by Alice Sheppard
Five College Dance is thrilled to welcome dancer and choreographer Alice Sheppard for our 2020-2021 Five College Dance Lecture. Sheppard will deliver a public talk via Zoom entitled "Under Wired: Intersectional Disability Aesthetics On and Off Stage." With Kinetic Light's Wired at the center of this talk, Alice Sheppard invites you into a world where intersectional disability aesthetics and culture take the stage.
Leaving aside the deficit-based understandings of medicalized bodyminds, Sheppard lays out the principles of the newly re-emerging disability arts movement.
This event is free and open to the public, with ASL interpretation and captions provided.
Please register here to receive the Zoom link: https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkdOmoqDsuHdaWmzFmCfKw...
Please also visit our webpage for reading and viewing that we encourage you to engage in advance of Alice's talk, in order to situate it within the broader context of her and her company's artistic practice and ethos: https://www.fivecolleges.edu/dance/alice-sheppard-events
Alice Sheppard is the artistic director of Kinetic Light, a leading disability arts ensemble. Sheppard studied ballet and modern dance with Kitty Lunn and made her debut with Infinity Dance Theater. After an apprenticeship, Sheppard joined AXIS Dance Company, where she toured and taught in the company's education and outreach programs. As an independent artist, Sheppard has danced in projects with Ballet Cymru, GDance and Marc Brew Company in the U.K., and Full Radius Dance, Marjani Forté, MBDance, Infinity Dance Theater and Steve Paxton in the U.S. Her choreography has been commissioned by Full Radius Dance, CRIPSiE and MOMENTA.
As a Bessie Award-winning choreographer, Sheppard creates movement that challenges conventional understandings of disabled and dancing bodies. Engaging disability arts, culture and history, she is intrigued by the intersections of disability, gender and race. In addition to performance and choreography, Sheppard is a sought-after speaker and has lectured on topics related to disability arts, race and dance. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and in academic journals. alicesheppard.com // @wheelchairdancr
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A Conversation with 2020 National Book Award Winner Charles Yu and Nominee Megha Majumdar
Join Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint for a conversation with National Book Award winner Charles Yu and nominee Megha Majumdar, with a welcome from President Biddy Martin. This virtual event, hosted in partnership with the National Book Foundation, is open to the general public and will be followed by a Q&A.
Charles Yu is the author of four books, including Interior Chinatown, winner of the 2020 National Book Award. He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the HBO series Westworld. He has also written for shows on FX, AMC and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
Megha Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, where she was a Traub Scholar, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an associate editor at Catapult and lives in New York City. A Burning, her first book, was longlisted for the National Book Award and was named a top book of the year by the New York Public Library and NPR.
Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint is the author of a novel, The End of Peril, the End of Enmity, the End of Strife, a Haven, which won a 2018 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. Her second book, Names for Light: A Family History, was the winner of the 2018 Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and is forthcoming from Graywolf Press this August. Myint was the recipient of a Fulbright grant to Spain and holds an M.F.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Denver. She is currently a visiting writer at Amherst College.
A Conversation with 2020 National Book Award for Poetry Finalists Tommye Blount and Natalie Diaz
Join John Hennessy for a conversation with National Book Award for Poetry Finalists Tommye Blount and Natalie Diaz. This virtual event, hosted in partnership with the National Book Foundation, is open to the general public and will be followed by a Q&A.
Tommye Blount is the author of Fantasia for the Man in Blue (Four Way Books, 2020)—a finalist for the National Book Award—and the chapbook What Are We Not For (Bull City Press, 2016). A Cave Canem alumnus and graduate from Warren Wilson College, he has been the recipient of a fellowship from Kresge Arts in Detroit and the John Atherton Scholarship from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Blount's work has been featured in Magma, Poetry, New England Review, Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, Ecotone, Ninth Letter, Kenyon Review and elsewhere. Born and raised in Detroit, Blount now lives in the nearby suburb of Novi, Mich.
Natalie Diaz is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. Her first poetry collection, When My Brother Was an Aztec, was published by Copper Canyon Press, and her second book, Postcolonial Love Poem, was published by Graywolf Press in March 2020. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Lannan Literary Fellow, a United States Artists Ford Fellow and a Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Artist Fellow. Diaz is director of the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands and is the Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Chair in Modern and Contemporary Poetry at Arizona State University. She lives in Phoenix, Ariz.
John Hennessy is the author of two poetry collections, Bridge and Tunnel and Coney Island Pilgrims, and his poems appear in The Believer, Best American Poetry, Harvard Review, The New Republic, Poetry, The Poetry Review (UK), Poetry Ireland Review and other journals and anthologies. He is the co-translator, with Ostap Kin, of A New Orthography, selected poems by Serhiy Zhadan, longlisted for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, 2021; Hennessy and Kin won the John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for Translation from Poetry magazine for work included in this book. A former Amy Clampitt Resident Fellow, Hennessy is the poetry editor of The Common and director of undergraduate creative writing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Emily Dickinson's Amherst College
In partnership with Amherst College's Bicentennial, join Museum staff for a talk about the impact of the College on the life of poet Emily Dickinson. The Dickinson family was instrumental to the College during its first 75 years, beginning with Samuel Fowler Dickinson's part in its founding and continuing with Edward and Austin's combined 60 years of service as treasurers. The College was an early and lasting influence in Emily's life, playing an inestimable role in her early education and friendships, and later connecting her to an ever-widening local and global community. Through original photographs and archival documents, encounter some of the people and places that defined the Dickinsons' 19th-century Amherst College, including students, professors, workers and alumni.
Readings by The Common's Literary Publishing Interns: Amherst Students Share Their Own Creative Work
Jennifer Acker '00 will host readings by The Common's the literary publishing interns: Olive Amdur '23, Sofia Belimova '22, Eliza Brewer '22, Whitney Bruno '21, Elly Hong '21 and Isabel Meyers '20.
Jennifer Acker '00 is founder and editor-in-chief of The Common and author of the debut novel The Limits of the World. Her short stories, essays, translations and reviews have appeared in Amazon Original Stories, The Washington Post, Literary Hub, n+1, Guernica, The Yale Review and Ploughshares, among other places. Acker has an M.F.A. from the Bennington Writing Seminars and teaches writing and editing at Amherst College, where she directs the Literary Publishing Internship and LitFest.
Alumni Authors Cocktail Hour Reading
Jennifer Acker '00 will host brief readings by Calvin Baker '94, Chris Bohjalian '82, Dan Chiasson '93, Edward A. Farmer '05, Michael Gorra '79, Kirun Kapur '97, Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne '01 and Ismée Williams '95. A Q&A to follow.
Acker '00 is founder and editor-in-chief of The Common and author of the debut novel The Limits of the World. Her short stories, essays, translations and reviews have appeared in Amazon Original Stories, The Washington Post, Literary Hub, n+1, Guernica, The Yale Review and Ploughshares, among other places. Acker has an M.F.A. from the Bennington Writing Seminars and teaches writing and editing at Amherst College, where she directs the Literary Publishing Internship and LitFest.
The Poet's Prose: Rereading Joseph Brodsky's Essays Today
This LitFest event features Professors Polina Barskova and Catherine Ciepiela '83, in conversation with Christopher Benfey, Sven Birkerts and Jonathan Galassi about the prose works of the Nobel Prize Winner and 5-Colleges Literature Professor Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996). This event is hosted in partnership with the Amherst Center for Russian Culture.
Polina Barskova is a poet and a scholar, author of 12 collections of poems and two books of prose in Russian. She has also authored a monograph, Besieged Leningrad: Aesthetic Responses to Urban Disaster (2017), and edited three scholarly volumes. Her collection of creative nonfiction, Living Pictures, received the Andrei Bely Prize in 2015; it was published in German by Suhrkamp Verlag and is forthcoming in English from New York Review Books. Barskova edited the Leningrad Siege poetry anthology Written in the Dark (Ugly Duckling Presse) and has four collections of poetry published in English translation: This Lamentable City (Tupelo Press), The Zoo in Winter (Melville House), Relocations (Zephyr Press) and Air Raid (forthcoming from Ugly Duckling Presse). She has taught at Hampshire College, Amherst College and Smith College. Starting in 2021, she will be teaching Russian literature at the University of California, Berkeley.
Catherine Ciepiela '83 is a scholar and translator of Russian poetry who teaches at Amherst College. She is the author of The Same Solitude, a book on Marina Tsvetaeva and Boris Pasternak; co-editor, with Honor Moore, of the anthology The Stray Dog Cabaret; and editor of Relocations: Three Contemporary Russian Women Poets. Her translations have appeared in The Nation, The Massachusetts Review, Seneca Review, The Common, Pequod and elsewhere. Her translation of Polina Barskova's book of poetic essays will appear in the coming year from the New York Review of Books.
Christopher Benfey is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. He is the author of five books about the American Gilded Age, including A Summer of Hummingbirds, which won both the 2009 Christian Gauss Award of Phi Beta Kappa and the Ambassador Book Award. A frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, Benfey is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2013, he won the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which is given to a writer whose work merits recognition for the quality of its prose style.
Sven Birkerts is the author of 11 books, most recently an appreciation of Nabokov's Speak, Memory (Ig Publishing). He co-edits the literary journal AGNI at Boston University, and was for many years the director of the Bennington Writing Seminars. He interviewed Joseph Brodsky for The Paris Review.
Jonathan Galassi has been at Farrar, Straus & Giroux since 1986 and currently serves as president. His most recent publication is a translation of Eugenio Montale's selected poems (part of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series, 2020).
A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Anne Applebaum
Join Pulitzer Prize Winner Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy in conversation with host Cullen Murphy '74 H'19. This virtual event, hosted in partnership with the National Book Foundation, is open to the general public and will be followed by a Q&A.
Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where she runs a project on 21st-century disinformation. She was a Washington Post columnist for 15 years and a member of the editorial board. She is the author of several history books, including Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956 and Gulag: A History, which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. Her newest book, Twilight of Democracy, appeared in July 2020. Her writing has also appeared in many publications, including The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy, among many others.
Cullen Murphy '74 is editor-at-large of The Atlantic where he has spent most of his career, and a former editor-at-large of Vanity Fair. His most recent book is Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe, a memoir about the large cartoonist colony in Fairfield County, Conn. His other books include Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and The Fate of America and God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World. For 25 years he collaborated with his father, illustrator John Cullen Murphy, on the comic strip Prince Valiant. Murphy was a longtime member of Amherst College's board of trustees and chaired the board from 2012 to 2018. He lives in Massachusetts.
M@A Presents: Dan Tepfer, piano and computer
Virtual performance of "Natural Machines"
Bringing together his undergraduate studies in astrophysics with his passion for music, his groundbreaking multimedia project "Natural Machines" integrates computer-driven algorithms into his improvisational process.
"Combines superb technique with a complex set of impulses: he's a deeply rational improviser drawn to the unknown." — The New York Times
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Sealord ordered to forfeit $24 million vessel and pay penalties for trawling in a protected area
Mark Quinlivan
Rosie Gordon
Watch Rosie Gordon's report. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - Sealord
Sealord must forfeit a US$16 million (NZ$23.98m) vessel and pay penalties for five bottom trawling incidents in a protected area during 2018 a hoki fishing trip.
The global seafood enterprise must pay $24,000 dollars for the offence, while a vessel master and first mate have also been fined.
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Sealord must also forfeit the proceeds from the entire catch - more than $112,000, along with the boat.
According to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), Sealord failed to take reasonable steps to avoid the offending.
"All bottom trawling and dredging is illegal in benthic protected areas," MPI compliance director Gary Orr said.
"To ensure that fishing gear does not touch the bottom, trawling within 100m of the seabed is prohibited within a benthic protection area.
"It is important that the companies sending skippers to sea give them adequate training and provide sufficient oversight well after the vessel leaves the port."
MPI says the fishing trip happened at Chatham Rise, about 200 nautical miles east of Christchurch.
"For each of the trawls, the net was hard on the seabed and within the lower buffer zone of 50 metres off the bottom."
About 40,000 kg worth of fish was caught during the trawls, MPI says.
"Sealord Group Ltd can make an application to the courts for relief from the effects of forfeiture in relation to the vessel," the public service department said in a statement. "The defendants were sentenced on the basis that they had not deliberately bottom trawled in a protected area, but they had failed to take reasonable steps to avoid the offending." |
Bad Characters, Female Characters, Dakotaverse Characters,
1994 Character Debuts
Modern-Age Characters
Ivan Velez, Jr./Creator
ChrisCross/Creator
Power Limitation
Female Villains
Identity Unknown
Wytch (Dakotaverse)
Wytch
Current Alias
Shadow Cabinet, formerly Star Chamber
Shadowspire, formerly Star Chamber headquarters (location unknown)
Operative of the Shadow Cabinet, former member of the Star Chamber
Dakotaverse
Ivan Velez, Jr. · ChrisCross
Hardware #11
(January, 1994)
Little is known about Wytch's background before she joined the Shadow Cabinet, an ancient team of metahumans that covertly protects mankind from being destroyed by its worst instincts. She is a worshiper of New Age mysticism, which presumably led to her becoming a true witch.[1] At some point, Wytch's powers came to the attention the Shadow Cabinet's leader, Dharma, who convinced her to join his team. Wytch's abilities quickly made her a valued asset to the team. She also joined a popular clique of Cabinet operatives consisting of Ash, Blitzen, Donner, Iota, and Jigsaw, who would hang out off duty.[2]
Wytch's relationship with the Cabinet's field commander, Iron Butterfly, was not so cordial. Butterfly made little secret of her belief that Wytch's New Age religion as well as her recklessness had no place in the team. Conversely, Wytch thought Iron Butterfly was too tightly wound to be an effective leader. Not surprisingly, the two women often locked horns though they were able to put aside their differences to complete a mission.
That changed due to a major upheaval in the Shadow Cabinet in recent years. An ambitious operative named Headmaster felt that beings as powerful as the Cabinet should rule humanity rather than protect it. His views were shared by several other operatives including Wytch.[1] These dissidents would eventually become the faction known as the Star Chamber, which promptly split off from the Cabinet. This schism would begin the covert metahuman conflict known as the Shadow War.[3]
Since the Shadow Cabinet would oppose their goal of world domination, the Star Chamber needed to quickly bolster their ranks. The key to doing so was the Dakota City, which saw a major increase in metahumans due to the "Big Bang" event.[3] Dharma had extensive files on Dakota's metahumans, information which the Chamber had secretly copied before leaving the Cabinet.[3] Thus, the Shadow War quickly escalated as Shadow Cabinet and the Star Chamber vied to get Dakota's superheroes and supervillains to join their side. Wytch did participate in the recruitment, but instead coordinated the Chamber's efforts from their secret base.[3]
After the recruitment was largely successful, the Star Chamber then sought to acquire Quantum Juice or "Q Juice", an unpredictable, dangerous mutagen responsible for the Big Bang.[1] The only known stockpile of Q Juice belonged to the malevolent conspiracy S.Y.S.T.E.M., who stored it in a vault hidden in an American casino. Headmaster convinced the new Chamber recruits that stealing the Q Juice from SYSTEM was necessary lest it fall into the hands of the "evil" Shadow Cabinet. Headmaster also desired to capture Q Juice's creator Dr. Nathan Flack, but the Chamber's efforts to find him had so far failed.[1]
Several Chamber members including Wytch teleported via Funyl's powers into the casino, breached the vault's outer door, and quickly overcame the squad of armored SYSTEMatics protecting the stockpile.[1] However, the Chamber met new opposition as the Shadow Cabinet teleported in, leading to a fierce battle. During the battle, Chamber member Slag attempted to capture the Q Juice, but was beaten to the prize by Blitzen.[1] With the Q Juice in enemy hands, the Star Chamber teleported back to their headquarters.[1]
Headmaster had anticipated this possibility and implemented a new strategy. Since the Star Chamber could not steal Q Juice, they would make their own by using the superconducting supercollider in Luoyang, China to process certain radioactive materials into the mutagen.[1] These materials were available in three fusion reactors on Earth. Headmaster split the Chamber into three teams, each assigned to a fusion reactor.[1] These simultaneous strikes would increase the odds that at least one team would be successful.[1]
Wytch joined Harm and Rocket to raid the L'institut Des Recherches Atomiques in Paris, France, where they clashed with a Shadow Cabinet strike team led by Iron Butterfly.[1] In the midst of the battle, Wytch and Butterfly confronted each other, and years of simmering loathing for each other finally boiled over into violence.[1] Initially, Wytch seemed to have the upper hand, but Iron Butterfly turned the tables due to her tactical ability and greater experience with her powers. Before Wytch knew it, she was on the ground with Butterfly's sword at her throat.[1] Harm soon ordered a retreat after the Shadow Cabinet began winning the battle. Somehow, Wytch broke free from Iron Butterfly's grasp and used Funyl's teleportation funnel to return to base.
Despite this defeat, another Star Chamber team acquired the radioactive material so the entire group teleported to the collider, leading to a final showdown with the Shadow Cabinet.[1] However, the Star Chamber's battle with the Cabinet was a diversion allowing Wytch's teammates Ash, Funyl and Slag to reach the collider control room and take the staff hostage. The trio then reprogrammed the collider so it would process the stolen radioactive material into Q Juice, which they loaded into an already prepared missile. Ash, Funyl, and Slag launched the missile, whose loud roar was so startling that it brought the fight between the Cabinet and the rest of the Chamber to a halt.[1]
Headmaster then revealed to all present that in minutes the Q Juice-bearing missile would reach geosynchronous orbit.[1] The rocket was rigged to be detonated by a remote in Headmaster's hand, thus releasing its payload into Earth's atmosphere and killing countless millions. The missile was Star Chamber's trump card in case any superhero tried to thwart the group's true goal of world domination.
However, Headmaster's gloating was short-lived when his remote was suddenly snatched by an invisible observer: Dr. Nathan Flack, who now called himself Dr. Nemo.[1] Nemo gained his cloaking power by exposure to Q juice, and he now wanted to similarly "bless" humanity by repeating his experiment on a global scale.[1] After observing the Shadow War for days, Flack realized that the Star Chamber's scheme for world conquest was the perfect way to accomplish his dream.[1] Nemo then detonated the missile to the horror of those assembled.
Fortunately, the Cabinet's ally Hardware had secretly flown off to intercept the Star Chamber's missile as Headmaster explained its purpose.[1] Hardware boarded the missile and then escaped with its Q Juice payload just seconds before it exploded.[1] Thus the world was saved from Flack's genocidal plans.
The Star Chamber promptly surrendered except for the new recruits who either joined the Cabinet or fled the scene.[1] After securing the new Q Juice, the Shadow Cabinet left the rest of the Chamber to be picked up by the authorities. Wytch and her teammates soon found themselves in maximum security prison with lengthy sentences.[1]
Wytch would still be incarcerated if not for an unexpected turn of events. During the infamous Utopia Park Riots, several Shadow Cabinet members disobeyed Dharma's explicit orders to not get involved in order to save endangered civilians and police.[4] Dharma considered this mutiny as proof that his Cabinet operatives had too much free will and thus were less effective in his eyes.[5] So, he declared that operatives could no longer leave the Cabinet's headquarters, the Shadowspire, except for missions.[6] Deeming Dharma insane, operatives Donner, Blitzen and Iota fled the Shadowspire to form their own public superhero team, Heroes.[5] Perhaps anticipating such a rebellion, Dharma had earlier arranged for the release of the Star Chamber, who having no where else to go decided to rejoin the Cabinet.
Months later, many of Dakota's Big Bang survivors or "Bang Babies" were kidnapped by the Traffic Men, mysterious figures who used energy staves to temporarily disrupt their victims' powers.[7] For unknown reasons, Wytch was in Dakota at this time and wound up being kidnapped by the Traffic Men, who thought she was Bang Baby.[8] Wytch's captors secretly served John Tower, the legendary superhero turned supervillain who sought to boost his powers with a serum derived from the blood of his metahuman captives. The Heroes and Hardware eventually discovered Tower's hideout thanks to information shared by Iron Butterfly, who also joined the rescue effort.[8] While his allies fought the Traffic Men, Heroes member Static freed Tower's captives, including Wytch. Soon, Tower found himself alone and without his serum leading to his quick defeat by Wytch and her fellow captives.[9] Heroes member Gloria Mundi then absorbed the souls of Tower and the Traffic Men into her collective intelligence.[9]
Presumably, Wytch returned to her duties as a Shadow Cabinet operative.
Magic: All of Wytch's superhuman abilities stem from her study and knowledge of witchcraft.[1] The full extent of her power is unknown though it clearly pales to that of more experienced sorcerers like Arcaana and Red Dog.
Telekinetic Animation: Wytch can project her mystical energy into inorganic inanimate objects which then move according to her will.[1] Through this means, she can cause utility pipes to erupt from the ground to ensnare an unsuspecting opponent or turn debris into deadly missiles by commanding them to fly at a target.[1] Wytch is also capable of creating complex structures from inorganic materials such as concrete slides that she can use to quickly transport herself and others.[1] Wytch usually gestures with her hands to better control the inorganic matter she animates.
Flight: Wytch can magically levitate herself and thus fly.[1] She cannot levitate much weight besides her own body. Hence, Wytch could not get airborne if she tried to levitate herself and another person.[1]
Power Limitation: Wytch's mystical powers cannot affect organic matter except for herself.
Shadowslide: As an operative of the Shadow Cabinet, Wytch can also teleport via the Shadowslide.
Sideshow admitted to having a crush on Wytch, who remains unaware of his feelings for her.[2]
3 Appearances of Wytch (Dakotaverse)
5 Images featuring Wytch (Dakotaverse)
Quotations by or about Wytch (Dakotaverse)
Character Gallery: Wytch (Dakotaverse)
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When SpaceX launches a Dragon capsule full of supplies toward the International Space Station Sunday night, it will be the beginning of a new era for space exploration. It will be the first privately funded commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo shipments to space.
After SpaceX successfully tested its Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon capsule in May (see its historic docking in the gallery below), now it's ready to actually deliver the goods, consisting of a half a ton of equipment and supplies. If all goes well with the launch attempt, set for 8:35 p.m. ET Sunday night, the Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the space station on Wednesday, October 10.
This initial mission carrying a half-ton of cargo will be the first of 12 resupply flights NASA has contracted with SpaceX. The space agency and SpaceX have made a $1.6 billion deal to deliver 20 metric tons of supplies into space for NASA.
Tonight's launch puts the United States back into the space launching business again, a welcome capability for NASA, whose space shuttle fleet has been retired since Space Shuttle Atlantis landed on on July 21, 2011 after its last flight.
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On All Saints Day, Christians have traditionally remembered those they have lost. Co-founder Andrew Packman reflects on the hope that despite the reality of death, all will be well.
After this I looked, and behold, a great countless crowd from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the Lamb, clothed in white robes and with palms in their hands; and they shouted loudly saying, "Salvation to our God who is enthroned and to the Lamb." And all the angels stood around the throne with the elders and the four living creatures and prostrated themselves before the throne and worshipped God saying, "Amen; praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might to our God forever and ever; Amen." And one of the elders spoke to me saying, "Who are these who are clothed in bright robes and from whence have they come?" And I said to him, "My Lord, you know". And he said to me, "These are the people who have come through the great ordeal and have washed their robes and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb. On this account, they are before the throne of God, and they worship night and day in his Sanctuary, and he who is enthroned will shelter them. They shall not hunger anymore or thirst anymore, neither shall the sun nor any scorching heat fall upon them, because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
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Loki has a what the vet thinks fairly certain is a cyst on his tail. He said you can drain cysts or remove them, but he recommends removal while still small especially on the tail. Anyone else experience a cyst on a huskies tail? He has been scheduled to have it removed, but I'm nervous for him. The vet said that cysts on tails are not normal.
I guess no one else had experience with this issue. Loki is at the vet getting it removed. I have been worried since I dropped him off. Can't wait till he comes back home.
I'm sorry Jessica! I've never dealt with this either. I hope Loki does well with surgery and keep us updated.
Loki is home and sleepy. I have to keep him not active for 5 days including no walks. This will be hard with two husky boys under 2. My dog lexi has a sebaceous cyst on her back. We removed it once during teeth cleaning but it came back. Since it never got bigger or caused problems we have left her cyst. The vet though was concerned as Loki's was on tail and if it got bigger it could cause issues where he could lose tail. He saud cyst are uncommon on tail and for his age so I am concerned. I am use to my lumpy old dog, just not lumpy young dog. He said pretty sure cyst but I read something about sebaceous carcinoma and other things where male huskies can be predisposed. The lump was sent to lab for histology. So I should get more info soon.
^^this was my go to for help when Beka would have issues.
This one below is a thread from here that I posted information about her sebaceous cysts in.
It did feel same as my other dogs cyst and was round with hair on it, not calif lower like picture. I will take a look at other link. Thanks!
First I would ask you if they gave the cyst a style or a name? is it on the tail or or at the base or the tip? Beka had several different kinds. We were told basically that since she was a mix she was prone more. Did they lance it and scoop it out? The one we had this done to never came back. We had others drained and some a "center" came out and they were fine others just drained ad would come back. Some would be warty and cauliflower like others like skin tag or horn, others were almost like a pillow packet under the skin.She did over produce skin oil and we were told to watch how much and what we washed her with. Tails are bad because there are lots of nerves there. The odd thing with Beka was she started getting them at about two or three and had them her whole life. She started with sebaceous then as she got older the horns, cornified things, pillows, most things we gland or hair follicle related.
The biggest tip I have is that even though the vet would aspirated popped or check the cysts she was always leary about popping. Depending on the kind of cyst some can internally pop/ If you pop it but the "insides" leak inward rather than out ward. The cyst can wall itself off because it could be bad to leak inside.
One of Beka's popped on its own near her back hip it was like a pillow pocket. it was like the skin just stretched to far. but then she had one years later that was like a pimple the popped but had a hole and it started to well up and wee had to have it lance because it was an internal infecting it was leaking inside almost a reverse tumor. We did not have that one have surgery on it because she was in her last year.
The bump was on the underside of his tail and in the middle. It was not at the base.
The vet just said like a sebaceous cyst. It didn't move around or anything either. At first I though it may be a matt or something. Even vet had to shave to see it. I told the vet I play with his tail alot and when I brush him, so I think it came on pretty fast and was about size of dime. It was covered in hair though, so maybe I missed it. They said they could lance to try and drain (may or may not work - could get infected), use creams for 2 weeks to see if it goes down (unlikely to work), or remove the cyst. The vet was concerned if we didn't remove it could become infected. He also felt that given it seemingly came on fast, if it continued to grow it would be much harder to remove if that would be needed as there is not much to work with on the tail.
Loki actually seems to have the least amount of oil of my 3 dogs. Ichigo is more oily. Vets and people who meet him are pretty sure he is fully husky, but he was rescue so who knows. I also had a lab for a number of years, so many dogs feel less oily (ie maybe I'm not the best judge). They get baths about every 6-8 weeks. I have oatmeal shampoo. However, my fiance was so happy he bought conditioner for loki and put that on the last time he bathed him a couple weeks ago. I wonder if that may have bothered his tail?
I agree with Colleen, I don't think it has anything to do with being clean or using shampoos. I see it more as an ingrown hair that humans get, or acne, which isn't necessarily because of excessive oils. The cat, when I was a teenager, he was a fastidious cleaner, but he was young. The cat with the face or chin acne should have been covered in cysts, she was extremely overweight and could not clean most of herself, and I had to brush her way more often than Miya, lol, I mean I brushed that cat almost daily, but only had a mild reaction to plastic bowls.
Like I said I file this stuff for the just in case, but also, I think some people do searches, and this may prove to be helpful to others......Jessica, glad Loki is home and hope he is on a quick mend.
To answer your question ....all have something in common all of these are a filled pocket all cysts are walled off pockets. How they are formed, what they are formed around, wether they are under the skin or over the skin etc that is what is different.
Jessica, I hope I did not hijack your thread, wasn't my intention, I just wanted to understand this more.
No worries. You didn't hijack. I'll just keep a eye on him to see if anymore come up. I know my dog Lexi is lumpy from 2 fatty tumors, a cyst, and a few skin tags. The vet has left all of those and I just have grown use to her being a bit lumpy. Loki's tail looks like it is healing well. Now I will just have to keep an eye on it and see how long it takes for hair to regrow.
It was a dermoid cyst. Vet said I should bathe him every 2-3 weeks. Seems like a lot so I will need to look into it.
My husky had a cyst removed from his tail a year ago. It started small and grew rapidly in a three month period. My doctor said it was sebaceous. I had the cyst surgically removed. It was sent to the lab for testing and it was benign. I developed so quickly and began to ulcerate in a few months. He went to the doctor several times for ointments and oral antibiotics before the doctor recommended surgery. I would have it removed only if it increases in size or starts to ulcerate. My husky has several cysts and the doctor says it is due to aging. He doesn't feel they should be removed if they are superficial and not growing.
Oh dermoid cyst I thought those (in humans) were the "You ate your twin at birth cysts."
It's from a movie sorry.
I thought those were cyst that formed as a defect starting at birth sometimes having hair or teeth in them and mature as the body grows. Yep just looked it up.
So it sounds like if the cysts do not rupture and are not causing the dog any apparent discomfort, removing them basically is a cosmetic option for the benefit of the owner. |
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New Mexico Utility Sparks Change with Fleet Electrification
There is no silver bullet, no perfect vehicle technology to meet all fleet needs, but PNM is pushing the envelope.
Frank Burcham, Land of Enchantment Clean Cities Coordinator
The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) provides electricity for more than 500,000 residential, commercial, and tribal customers. In addition to delivering power, PNM is inspiring fleets and vehicle owners in their community to consider electric drive vehicles.
With a fleet comprised of about 700 vehicles that travel 5 million miles annually, PNM has always looked for ways to cut fuel use. As a founding member of the Land of Enchantment Clean Cities coalition (LECC) and covered fleet under the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Policy Act (EPAct) State and Alternative Fuel Provider Fleet Program, PNM considered fleet electrification for years, even piloting one of the first EV pickups available in the 1980s. Recent vehicle technology advancements made a more substantial transition a reality. PNM began incorporating PHEV sedans, including the Ford Fusion and C-MAX and Chevrolet Volt, into the fleet beginning in 2013.
With the release of VIA Motors' extended-range PEV pickup truck, PNM partnered with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in 2013 to cover the $60,000 per vehicle incremental cost for three VIA pickups. The fleet purchased an additional three vehicles without financial support. In 2014, PNM acquired their first heavy-duty electric drive service trucks. Employing electric boom technology from Versalift and Altec, the fleet currently operates 16 electric bucket trucks, with six more on order.
Driven by Edison Electric Institute's Fleet Electrification Initiative, which requires utilities to dedicate 5% of annual fleet purchases to PEVs, PNM plans to continue along this path. "Whenever we have the opportunity to replace a vehicle, we look to PEVs," said Fleet Manager Dave Fisher. "Our fleet's success was a combination of timing, new technologies, and a management team that fully supports our efforts."
To charge their vehicles, PNM installed Level 2 EVSE at four of its facilities, including the PNM offices in downtown Albuquerque, where charging is also available to the public. In addition, thanks to an introduction made by LECC, PNM is partnering with Nissan to install 11 public DC fast charging stations along the Rio Grande corridor from Albuquerque to Santa Fe.
As a result of their electric drive vehicles, PNM is averting 606 tons of greenhouse gas emissions on an annual basis, and has achieved a cost savings of $166,347 per year. In addition, PNM's telematics system--which is used to monitor fleet performance, track driver behavior, and inform driver training--has improved the fleet's average fuel economy by 15%.
These activities also align with the EPAct State and Alternative Fuel Provider fleet Program requirements. Under the Program's Standard Compliance method,alternative fuel provider fleets like PNM must ensure that at least 90% of their annual non-excluded light-duty vehicle acquisitions are light-duty alternative fuel vehicles. Medium- and heavy-duty electric drive vehicle acquisitions, as well as investments in fueling infrastructure, also count toward compliance under the Program.
Through connections with LECC, PNM is sharing their knowledge of PEVs with other fleets, offering free charging installations to fleets in their service territory, and promoting the vehicles at state fairs and other events. "Through Clean Cities, you always get the inside scoop," Fisher said.
"There is no silver bullet, no perfect vehicle technology to meet all fleet needs, but PNM is pushing the envelope," said LECC Coordinator Frank Burcham. "They are seeing huge benefits and spreading the word to others."
Fleet Type: Public utility vehicles
Technology: Plug-in electric vehicles, Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
Number of Vehicles: About 700
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (tons/yr): 606
Cost Savings (annual): $166,347
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Mae West made a career out of being an unapologetic bad girl. She was the kind of woman who always said the wrong thing, the brassy thing. "Dirty Blonde" embraces the legacy of Miss West with affection and admiration. The new Portland Center Stage Production tells the story of two overanxious New Yorkers, people who share a love of the actress and develop a relationship based on that commonality. Their eventual quirky romance contains a large dose of her influence. The pair are a frustrated actress and a man with an interesting obsession. They both draw inspiration from the diva.
The production consists of three actors with varying roles. Jennifer Taub plays West with a fantastic energy and a great attention to detail. Her interpretation of the legend is right on without leaving the audience with a feeling of overdone exaggeration. The actress does a wonderful job of doubling the characters of the star and a fan with the fluidity necessary to conquer the role.
The production, while not as elaborate as the original Broadway version starring Kathy Najimy, is solidly presented. The dialogue has a steady pace with the songs creating a beautiful addition to it. The music is simple and non-intrusive to the flow of the story. The infusion of flashbacks of West's career creates a humorous ground for the presentation of the comparatively banal love story. Miss West's life and personality are far too big in contrast to a story about two regular people falling in love.
Mae West starred in 12 movies throughout the course of her career, most of which were released in the 1930s and 1940s, and she left a lasting imprint. Her position as a classic film icon can be traced to her early start as a child star on Broadway and her incredible talent for writing her own dialogue. Her comic timing puts her miles ahead of her costars with the exception of her last work, "Sextet," which was released in 1978 and ridiculously shows an 85-year-old West as a sex symbol of sorts.
Her legacy of outshining all who surrounded her translates to the production of "Dirty Blonde." While the destiny of her two fans may lie with each other, they don't have the power to take the spotlight away from a personality like West's.
Overall the play is beautifully done and takes an incredible amount of care with the memory of a woman who aspired to be the biggest, brashest, blondest star on screen, and did all she could and more to achieve it.
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The Violent Embrace
The Atlanta shooter comes from a culture that connects Asian women to sex and violence. It has its origins in U.S. wars—particularly the Korean War—and is fueled by our continued military presence in Asia.
Jessie Kindig
Categories: Class & Inequality
Topics: Asia, War and National Security
After he killed eight people in the Atlanta suburbs on March 16, the perpetrator told police that he "wanted to eliminate" the "temptation" of the massage parlors and spas he had targeted. While it is unclear if he actually said that he wanted to "Kill all Asians"—as Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on its front page—his actions speak for themselves: of the eight he killed, six were Asian women, four of them Korean.
Activists, feminists, and historians are exhausted from explaining again and again the basic idea that Asian women's stories and lives matter.
The killings came on the heels of an international outcry following Harvard professor J. Mark Ramseyer's claim—now known to be based on nonexistent sources—that Korean women's conscription into imperial Japan's "comfort women" system from 1932 until 1945 was wholly voluntary. That this even remains a matter of debate is astonishing: Ramseyer's assertion came despite survivor testimony and over a decade of careful scholarship documenting the enslavement of women from Japan's colonies into a system of sexual slavery. Yet Ramseyer's claims are echoed by the Japanese government's continued attempts to downplay the issue. Activists, feminists, and historians are exhausted from explaining again, and again, the basic idea that Asian women's stories and lives matter.
I see this exhaustion in the commentary I read from the United States now too, where, following the Atlanta murders and a national wave of anti-Asian violence, Asian American women have taken to telling their own stories, again, with the icy and deliberate anger of those who have been living with, and saying, this their whole lives.
Sung Yeon Choimorrow, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, described to the New York Times what men said to her when she arrived in the United States for college in 2000:
It is the 'Me so horny, I love you long time,' in like weird accents, and 'Oh, are you Korean? I love Korea,' she said, adding that she began to wonder if American men were crazy. They would 'go into this whole thing about how they served in the military in Korea and how they had this amazing Korean girlfriend that was just like me. And will I be their girlfriend?'
The Atlanta shooter comes from a culture shaped by decades of U.S. empire-building in Asia. In the fantasies of American men, the enduring connection of Asian women to sex, the understanding of Asian women as "submissive" to a dominant American partner, and the shading of sex into violence, has its origins first and foremost in the U.S. wars, occupations, and continued military presence in the region. This has been especially true in East Asia, where Asian women's voices have gone unheeded while stories about them have been amplified with deadly consequences.
Americans have long relied on sexual metaphors to figure the country's relationship with East Asia, a turn of phrase that perhaps titillated the speaker but also cast the imperial presence in Asia as benevolent, pleasurable, and natural. In 1868, for example, U.S. Navy Commodore Robert W. Shufeldt described the Pacific as "the ocean bride of America" and imperialism as sexual consummation:
Let us as Americans—see to it that the 'bridegroom cometh' . . . . It is on this ocean that the East & the West have thus come together, reaching the point where search for Empire ceases & human power attains its climax.
In 1882 Shufeldt would be the chief architect of the treaty "opening" Korea to U.S. and Western trade, a relationship he described as "amicable intercourse."
The defeat of imperial Japan in World War II allowed the United States to build an extensive military presence across East Asia, where it remains entrenched today. At the end of World War II, the U.S. military occupied Japan (1945–52) and the southern half of a newly divided Korea peninsula (1945–48). The United States led one side of the Korean War (1950–53) and maintains a large military presence in Japan and Okinawa as well as in South Korea, where thousands of U.S. soldiers are always ready to "Fight Tonight" in case of renewed war with North Korea.
Americans have long relied on sexual metaphors to figure the country's relationship with East Asia, casting the imperial presence in Asia as benevolent, pleasurable, and natural.
The opportunity to contain communism in Asia after World War II and ensure the stability of allied governments, no matter how undemocratic, shaped the tenor of American interest in Asia after 1945. This was pretty basic Realpolitik—but culturally, at least, it was imagined in intimate, sexual, or familial terms. As historian Naoko Shibusawa has argued, Japan was understood as a "geisha ally," passive, defeated, and willing. In Korea the U.S. Army's Korean Military Advisory Group, whose mission was to train the new South Korean Army, described its work as cultivating a "big–little brother relationship." It was the stronger, male partnership of the United States that was, in both cases, necessary.
U.S. soldiers, already steeped in an orientalist imaginary populated by sexually submissive "geisha girls," seductive and dangerous "dragon ladies," and demure "lotus blossoms," moved through U.S.-occupied Japan to occupation, then war, in Korea, and avidly took to the thriving economy of sex work in Japan's geisha houses and Korea's camptowns. During their tours of duty move between Japan and Korea, soldiers learned to expect Asian women's sexual embrace as part of their deployment. This was, after all, what they were told "Rest & Relaxation" was all about. One of the most popular cartoons for men serving in Japan and Korea was Navy officer Bill Hume's Babysan, a series of cheesecake pinups detailing "Babysan's" charms, instructing soldiers in "how to be occupied while occupying." It is estimated that of the $185 million spent by U.S. troops in occupied Japan, half went toward the sexual procurement of Asian women.
U.S. military culture during and after World War II encouraged the "healthy" expression of heterosexual masculine desire, provision for which was a constant headache for commanders. That soldiers needed sex, however, was unquestioned. Or as the U.S. brigadier general in Japan, Bryan Milburn, put it in 1950 in a letter about controlling street prostitution, because of their young age, "their comparatively new and strong sex awakening and the abundant opportunity of attractive and submissive girls, it is indeed difficult for the soldier to cope with the situation." In other words, it was the women who needed regulating, because sex was just what soldiers did.
Soldiers learned to expect Asian women's sexual embrace as part of their deployment. Indeed, U.S. military culture during and after World War II encouraged the "healthy" expression of heterosexual masculine desire.
Actually, it took quite a bit of planning, institutional collaboration, administrative work, wartime economic deprivation, venereal disease inspection, state oversight, city district planning, and what would now be called sex trafficking to make soldiers' sexual fantasies about East Asia come true. This was a project not just of the U.S. military but equally of the Japanese and South Korean governments, which were willing to use women's bodies to cement political alliances and rebuild war-torn economies.
In Japan the U.S. military government forbid "fraternization" between Japanese civilians and U.S. soldiers, with a segregated system of restrooms, trains, and water fountains reminiscent of the Jim Crow South. The one kind of fraternization that was allowed, however, was heterosexual sex. Afraid of an epidemic of rape by Allied soldiers, the Japanese Home Ministry instituted a system of "comfort facilities" across the country in the days after Japan's defeat, drawing on their recent experience running imperial Japan's "comfort women" system. Known as the Recreation and Amusement Association (RAA), these brothels were soon endorsed by the U.S. occupying government and the Japanese police. The Japanese government tried to recruit by appealing to Japanese women's patriotism: the Americans, the government said, needed "welcoming."
For most women, though, this work wasn't patriotism but a job in a desperate economic climate. As Otoki, a leader of sex workers from Tokyo's Yūrakuchō district, explained in a 1947 radio broadcast,
Of course it's bad to be a hooker. But without relatives or jobs due to the war disaster, how are we supposed to live? . . . There aren't many of us who do this because we like it.
The RAA came to employ about 70,000 women, many of whom had not been sex workers previously. Like the "comfort women" before them, they were expected to service between fifteen to sixty men per day. It seems that for some RAA workers, their task was more daunting, exhausting, and exploitative than government ads had promised: a nineteen-year-old former typist committed suicide shortly after she began working there. One of the Japanese police chiefs also, it seems, hadn't realized what he was abetting; it's reported he wept when he saw how the women were treated on opening day.
The Japanese and South Korean governments were willing to use women's bodies to cement political alliances and rebuild war-torn economies.
Though the system was immensely popular among U.S. servicemen and spread to twenty cities outside of Tokyo, it was closed by the U.S. military authorities after one year. The official reason given was that it impinged on women's human rights—but actually, archives reveal that it was because of concern over servicemen's climbing rates of sexually transmitted infections. Consequently, women working in the privately run system of brothels, bars, and cabarets now came under tighter regulation from the U.S. military and Japanese police forces, with compulsory pelvic exams and disease checks.
It became Korean War–era GI slang to refer to all Korean women as "moose," a derivative of the Japanese euphemism musume (娘), unwed girl. In the same fashion, ways of imagining—and sexually regulating—Korean women were borrowed from the Japanese imperial system as well as the U.S. experience of occupation in Japan.
In South Korea the Japanese "comfort women" system was reconfigured to suit the new U.S. occupying power. As the research of Chunghee Sarah Soh and Na Young Lee has found, South Korean brothel owners, police, and petty officials who had procured comfort women for Imperial Japan now sourced women to serve American GIs.
The first Korean camptown—the soon-ubiquitous shantytowns thrown up outside U.S. Korean military installations to provide cheap drinks, women, and Western commodities to soldiers—appeared in Bupyeong just months after the U.S. occupation forces arrived in 1945. It expanded during the war to host 2,000 women workers. As in occupied Japan, the main problem for the U.S. military in Korea was how many troops were contracting STIs; by 1948 nearly 20 percent of American troops in Korea were hospitalized for this reason, reportedly the highest in the Far East Command.
Shantytowns were thrown up outside U.S. Korean military installations to provide cheap drinks, women, and Western commodities to soldiers.
In an effort to provide "healthy recreational opportunities" for servicemen, the U.S. Army built "R&R" facilities in 1947, alongside shopping centers for U.S. products, enshrining the camptown—the gijichon—into U.S. military practice in Korea. With the war causing widespread dislocation and poverty for Koreans, these military installations offered the possibility of steady work as houseboys, janitors, housekeepers, cooks, secretaries, live-in girlfriends, sex workers, and black marketeers, and provided access to "luxury" goods such as toothpaste, cigarettes, and liquor.
For many women in Korea, working in the bars and hostess clubs or securing an American boyfriend was a way to support their families and communities, despite the shunning they often received as a yanggongju, "Western princess," or yanggalbo, "Western whore." For a few, though, especially during the 1950–1953 war years, it was not a question of choice. Some of the first camptown women were kidnapped or sold by their families into prostitution. One British war journalist, a lecturer at Warwick College, wrote of the "flourishing trade in girls to serve the needs of the US Army," in which the South Korean police "supplied the refugee girls."
What this unequal sexualized landscape produced, overlain with the violence of war and the impositions of occupation duty, was an epidemic of rape, not only in the prostitution districts and camptowns, but also spilling out well beyond them. Not all soldiers were rapists, of course. But in such a context—where it was primarily soldiers' health, needs, and lust that mattered, not those of local women—it is no surprise that some soldiers took this blend of political and sexual dominance to a violent extreme.
Overlain with the violence of war and the impositions of occupation duty, an unequal sexualized landscape produced an epidemic of rape.
As the Japanese occupation continued and the Korean War began in 1950, Japan came to be seen by GIs as an erotic playground in which sex and dating shaded easily into sexual violence, becoming part of the U.S. military's lexicon of pleasures: R&R leave, in Korean War–era GI slang, could also mean "Rape & Restitution" or "Rape & Ruin." Japanese women reported being abducted and raped by servicemen while walking home at night, on empty buses, or in their homes. Gang rape became a particularly common practice of soldiers in both Japan and in Korea. In Yokohama, for example, an eleven-year-old Japanese boy witnessed five U.S. GIs rape a twenty-six-year-old woman and then take a photograph of her vagina.
In October 1950 General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U.S. military government in Japan, attested to the "complete camaraderie" between Japanese and Americans—a statement possible only to a mind where "Rest & Relaxation" was the same thing as "Rape & Restitution." Japanese women and men, however, saw the occupation differently and complained, protested, and organized against their treatment: the U.S. military archives are full of their letters and petitions for redress. But in this landscape, reporting rape could lead to further stigmatization: at least one Japanese woman reporting her rape was treated like a prostitute and put in a guarded venereal disease hospital.
The Korean War emerged in this climate, and the rape of Korean women by U.S. and allied South Korean and United Nations forces took on epidemic proportions. Sometimes it was used as a weapon of war: "sexual punishment" of suspected communist women by right-wing Korean youth groups and U.S.-allied South Korean military and police forces was frequent during the war. One North Korean eyewitness described how 300 politically suspect Korean women were held in a warehouse and used at will by U.S. soldiers after the recapture of Seoul in 1950.
R&R leave, in Korean War–era GI slang, could mean "Rape & Restitution" or "Rape & Ruin." In this landscape, reporting rape could lead to the further stigmatization of Japanese women.
It also became common wartime practice, as the fighting—in which young and largely untrained GIs fought a guerrilla war in which all Korean civilians were "suspect"—moved up and down the Korean peninsula in its first chaotic year. U.S. troops were said to entice young Korean refugee girls across the Naktong River to rape them. Memoirs, oral histories, and journalists' accounts describe families either hiding their daughters or trading time with their daughters to soldiers in exchange for cigarettes or gum. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bussey remembered overhearing his troops discussing how best to "rape a woman." One U.S. Army chaplain reported to General Matthew Ridgway a case of seven U.S. soldiers caught raping Korean women in Pyongyang and complained that the soldiers were released unpunished. In war journalists' accounts, there are numerous allusions to "the constant raping" behind the battlelines; in the internal archives of the U.S. Army, there are continual orders from commanders to stop raping.
Because Asian women's voices and lives were neglected, accounting for the full extent of rape and sexual assault through U.S. military papers is nearly impossible. In Korea, for example, the Army's partial tabulation of reported rape cases only appears as part of a general survey to determine the workload of Criminal Investigative staff. For a report to make it into military files, it had to be a formal complaint lodged by the Korean woman or her family, a fraught undertaking in the midst of active combat, language barriers, and mutual distrust. But the silence in U.S. accounts is belied by the memory of Korean women and men, for whom rape or fear of rape is one of the most enduring memories of the war.
An international fact-finding commission organized by the Women's International Democratic Federation, an antifascist women's organization recognized by the United Nations, visited North Korea in May 1951 and carefully recorded evidence and testimony of the systematic use of sexual torture against North Korean women by U.S., UN, and Republic of Korea (ROK) forces, including the cutting off of breasts (common on all sides in World War II's Pacific theater), kidnapping and forced prostitution, rape, and extremely brutal rapes-then-murders. As historian Suzy Kim's research has shown, the commission's report was undertaken by longtime committed peace activists independent of North Korean or communist forces, and its findings are wholly consistent with what we can glean from the archives.
Because Asian women's voices and lives were neglected, it is nearly impossible to account for the full extent of rape and sexual assault through U.S. military papers.
Many U.S. Army commanders continually denounced U.S. soldiers' crimes against Korean civilians, including rape, but—at least in their public statements—understood these crimes as an exception to an otherwise amicable relationship. In March 1951 Army General Matthew Ridgway sent a letter to all subordinate commands arguing that the "gross misconduct of a few members," including instances of "molestation," "provides grist for the vicious Communist propaganda mill in its effort to belittle our mission in Korea." Even if Ridgway's concern was truly for the women and not the Army's image, it's quite clear that violence in an unequal, sexualized, militarized environment could not be controlled.
After the war U.S. troops stayed on in Korea, welcomed by Republic of Korea president Syngman Rhee, who was single-mindedly focused on maintaining the U.S. military presence in order to guard against threats from North Korea. If, for U.S. commanders, the camptowns were a necessary evil, for Rhee they were issues of national security, necessary to maintaining friendly U.S.–ROK relations as well as boosting the national economy, and his administration formally organized the camptowns into an R&R system at the end of the war. As Americans stayed on, the camptowns flourished, particularly under South Korea's successive military dictatorships. During the 1960s, as political scientist Katharine Moon has found, the U.S. military presence accounted for 25 percent of the ROK's economy, and the state was happy to offer cheap sexual access to some of its own citizens in order to support the country financially.
The reliance of the South Korean state on camptown women's labor, however, did not mean that the women working in them were welcomed back into South Korean society or that they were well-paid or protected from extortion and violence. In the 1970s a joint U.S.-Korean effort to "clean up" the camptowns focused mainly on regulating sexually transmitted diseases. Largely, this led to criminalizing the women working in them. Among other indignities, sex workers were now required to wear a large tag listing their disease status, their most recent medical check, and last menstrual cycle for clients to consult prior to purchasing sex.
As it had been earlier, not all women were working in the camptowns by choice. As Park Young-ja remembered of working in the gijichons in the late 1960s and early '70s:
They say we walked into gijichon on our own, but we were cheated by job-placement agencies and were held in debt to pimps. I was only a teenager and I had to receive at least five G.I.s every day with no day off. When I ran away, they caught and beat me, raising my debt.
And even for those not held in debt like Park, there was the constant negotiation of living within two states who used their bodies as political collateral. Jeon found work in the camptown in Dongduchon, near the DMZ, in 1956, and stayed through the 1960s:
The more I think about my life, the more I think women like me were the biggest sacrifice for my country's alliance with the Americans. Looking back, I think my body was not mine, but the government's and the US military's.
Some of these women married American soldiers and came to the United States as war brides, numbering nearly 100,000 emigrants between 1950 and 1989. Yong Ae Yue, one of the women killed in the March 16 attacks, came to the United States from South Korea in just this way after marrying a U.S. soldier in 1979.
Of course women developed survival strategies and support networks and organized to protect themselves and each other.
Though some of these were love matches, others were more clearly products of the unequal power dynamic under which they were formed, as historian Ji-Yeon Yuh's oral history–based research with Korean military brides has found. Domestic violence, abusive forms of control, and desertions were common, and the women rarely had the mobility offered by English language fluency, driver's licenses, or financial independence. Sil Dong Kim, a graduate student at the University of Washington, conducted interviews in the mid-1970s with Korean military brides in the towns near Ft. Lewis, and found that stories like this one were not exceptional:
Even though he beats me up almost every other day, I could not leave him. He brings money in family. Without him, I don't think I could survive. If I have had good brain and English, I wouldn't take this ordeal. I don't have any education. I don't speak English. I don't know how to drive. I have two infants. What can I do? I can't even go back into the street again. I just have to suffer through this until I learn some English and until the kids grow up, I am just stuck to this S.O.B.
Of course women developed survival strategies and support networks and organized to protect themselves and each other. Near Ft. Lewis, for example, the Korean Women's Association formed in 1972, offering English classes and access to social services. The organization is still active today.
In Korea Durebang (My Sister's Place) was established in Uijongbu in 1986 by women activists. It provided community support, shelter, services, and work at the organization's bakery to women in the camptowns hoping to transition out of working at the clubs; other local women-run centers now exist elsewhere in the country. The horrifying murder and sexual torture of Yun Geum-i by a U.S. serviceman in October in 1992 served to catalyze local communities to address the inequities of living in the camptowns. And since 2014 former sex workers in Korea—including Park Young-ja—have lodged successful lawsuits against the Korean government for abetting the camptown system, and for forcing women to undergo mandatory pelvic exams and disease checks. What's more, today—in the wake of 2004's harsh anti-prostitution law—there is a thriving movement of Korean sex workers advocating for decriminalization, rights and recognition, and better working conditions. Most notable among these is the Hanteo National Union, which represents around 15,000 sex workers of all genders.
In 1971 Evelyn Yoshimura contributed a blistering polemic, "GIs and Asian Women," to Roots, an edited collection which became a founding text of the new Asian American movement, buoyed by the liberation movements of the 1960s and spurred on by the U.S. war in Vietnam. "As long as there are U.S. troops in Asia," Yoshimura wrote,
As long as the U.S. government and the Military wage wars of aggression against Asian people, racism against Asians will serve the interest of this country. . . . We, as Asian Americans cannot divorce ourselves from this reality, and we as Asian American women cannot separate ourselves from our Asian counterparts. . . . The mentality that keeps Suzy Wong, Madam Butterfly and gookism alive; the mentality that turns human beings into racist, murdering soldiers, also keeps Asian Americans from being able to live and feel like human beings.
In the past two decades, the U.S. military has bent its resources toward further tightening regulations on soldiers and developing a culture that discourages what it once encouraged as a "perk" for GIs serving in East Asia. "Houses of prostitution" are off-limits to all U.S. military personnel today, but they still exist outside the gates of U.S. bases—staffed, in Korea these days, by Filipina and Russian immigrant women.
But despite these changes, the legacy of decades of sexualized war and occupation is impossible to neatly place "off limits," creating an environment in the United States in which men like the Atlanta shooter can see Asian American women as the outlet for any urges they have—sexual, racist, or destructive.
This isn't just what men do "on a really bad day," as the Cherokee County sheriff first suggested. This is what men have been taught to do.
We know this because Asian and Asian American women have been saying it, writing it, yelling it, organizing against it, living despite it, for decades; we know this because historians and scholars in multiple countries have documented it in minute detail; we know this because it was built on our watch with our tax dollars. What we lack here is not information or empirical evidence. What we lack is an attendance to Asian and Asian American women's stories. This isn't just what men do "on a really bad day," as the Cherokee County sheriff first suggested. This is what men have been taught to do.
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Dr Annapoorna Kini from Puttur honoured the 'Heart of Gold Award'
Puttur, Jun 15, 2018 : Dr Annapoorna Kini, the director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mount Sinai, has been awarded the 'Heart of Gold Award' for her contribution to improve the health of New Yorkers. Kini hails from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district.
Valentin Fuster, the director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-In-Chief of Mount Sinai Hospital handed over the award to her.
On June 6, the American Heart Association in New York City celebrated its annual Heart and Stroke Ball. The event brought together hundreds of volunteers, survivors and other supporters who work round the year to bring the American Heart Association's mission to life. This year's event was unique because its theme of 'Access and Health Inequity' highlighted growing health disparities in New York City.
Dr Annapoorna said, "It is such a big honour to receive the Heart of Gold Award from the American Heart Association. My advice to all women out there is to pursue your passion in whichever field it is. Remain focused, remain humble and maintain balance between family and work. There is no substitute for hard work and family is equally important."
Dr Annapoorna is married to U Subhash Kini. Last year, she received the Ellis Island Medal of Honour and was one among six Indian-Americans to win this medal which is considered as one of the most prestigious awards award in the US. Kini is an international leader in the field of percutaneous coronary intervention and heart valve therapy. After receiving her medical degree from India, she completed her training in England, followed by a fellowship in general cardiology and interventional cardiology at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Her brother Radesha Vittappa Prabhu, her brother who stays at Bolwar in Puttur taluk, said, "The family feels proud of her achievements. She has always worked hard. She comes home every year.
Dr Kini performs over 1,000 coronary interventions annually, the highest number by a female interventionist in the US.
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Inside Shein's Sudden Rise: Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
I had come to watch Kelly film a haul. She skipped off to the living room to dance around—a warm-up—then led me upstairs to the carpeted second-floor landing where she does her shoots. There was a Christmas tree, a cat tower, and, in the middle of the landing, an iPad mounted on a tripod and haloed with a ring light. On the ground lay a mound of shirts, skirts, and dresses from Romwe.
Kelly's mother, Nichole Lacy, scooped up the clothes and headed to the bathroom to steam them. "Hello, Alexa, play Christmas music," Kelly said. She joined her mother in the bathroom, then, over the next half-hour, emerged wearing one new outfit after another—heart-patterned cardigan, star-print skirt—and silently modeled in front of the iPad camera, making kissing faces, kicking a leg up, fingering a hem here or a tie there. At one point, the family's sphynx, Gwen, sauntered into the frame, and they cuddled; later, the other cat, Agatha, made an appearance.
For years, Shein's public face has taken the form of people like Kelly, who make up a federation of influencers filming hauls for the company. According to Nick Baklanov, a marketing and research specialist at a company called HypeAuditor, Shein is unusual in the industry for the enormous number of influencers it sends free clothing to. They in turn share discount codes with their followers and earn a commission on the sales. This strategy, HypeAuditor says, has made it the most talked-about brand of any kind on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
Along with the free clothes, Romwe also pays Kelly a flat rate for her posts. She wouldn't name her fee, though she said she makes more in a couple hours of video work than some of her friends with normal after-school jobs make in a week. In exchange, the brand gets relatively low-cost marketing, in the places where its target audience, teens and twentysomethings, prefers to hang out. While Shein has collaborated with major celebrities and influencers (Katy Perry, Lil Nas X, Addison Rae), its sweet spot seems to be the ones with medium-size followings.
In the 1990s, before Kelly was born, Zara popularized a model of borrowing design ideas from whatever was getting attention on runways. By manufacturing clothing near its headquarters in Spain and streamlining the supply chain, it offered up these already proven styles in a matter of weeks at prices that felt shockingly low. Connie Chan, an investor at Andreessen Horowitz who invested in a Shein competitor called Cider, told me that Shein represents a newer phase of fast fashion: Now, what appears on runways and in fashion magazines matters less, and people look to one another for what to wear. "They don't care that Vogue doesn't think it's a cool piece," she said. Boohoo, a UK-based company, and Fashion Nova, based in the US, are part of the same trend.
After Kelly finished filming, Lacy asked me how much I thought all the pieces—21 of them, plus a decorative snow globe—cost on Romwe's website. They looked better than what I had bought by intentionally clicking on the cheapest items, so I guessed $500, at least. Lacy, who is around my age, smiled. "It was $170," she said, widening her eyes as if she couldn't believe it herself.
Every single day, Shein updates its website with, on average, 6,000 new styles—an outrageous figure even in the context of fast fashion.
By the mid-2000s, fast fashion was the dominant paradigm in retail. China had joined the World Trade Organization and had quickly become a major clothing production center, and Western companies moved much of their manufacturing there. It was around that time, in 2008, that the name of Shein's CEO first appeared in Chinese business filings, as Xu Yangtian. He was listed as a co-owner of a newly registered company, Nanjing Dianwei Information Technology, along with two others, Wang Xiaohu and Li Peng. The filing shows Xu and Wang each owning 45 percent of the business and Li having the remaining 10 percent.
Wang and Li shared their recollections from that time. Wang said that he had met Xu as a work colleague, and in 2008, they decided to start a marketing and cross-border ecommerce business together. Wang took on business development and some aspects of the finances, he said, while Xu was in charge of a range of more technical matters, including SEO marketing.
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Denpasar is a haven for those looking for the perfect blend of a slower pace of life and a connection to the chaos and hubbub of a metropolis. Denpasar is where great shopping meets yoga and where religions, languages, and cuisines collide. Many opine that Denpasar is just a frenetic city known for the trade. But, ask an avid traveler, and they will tell you that there is more to Denpasar than just buildings and temples. This capital city is an eclectic mix of traditional beauty and modern architecture and amenities. Here are the few most incredible thing to do while in Denpasar :
Visit Bajra Sandhi Monument
Situated in the heart of Denpasar city, the Bajra Sandhi Monument gives prominence to the struggle faced by the Balinese people. Built in 1987, the monument preserves various cultural aspects of Bali and passes on the journey, history, and spirit of the Balinese people for present and future generations to understand.
Take in the Historical Architecture
From temples and monasteries to royal palaces, Denpasar's buildings and places of worship feature a beautiful mix of Eastern carvings and ornate and intricate designs. Check out the Palace of Satria and the Royal Temples.
A Visit to Pasar Badung Market
The largest market in Denpasar, the Pasar Badung Market is filled with a large range of groceries and goods. The market is only a kilometer away from the city center, and locals and tourists visit on a daily basis – and rightly so! They have a huge variety of clothes and fabric, handicrafts, accessories, homeware, and produce, which is great for travelers looking to get their hands on some great souvenirs and gifts to take back home.
Desa Budaya Kertalangu
Desa Budaya Kertalangu (Kertalangu Cultural Village) is a locally run recreational site on the eastern outskirts of Denpasar. It has green paddies looked after by the local village farmers, an outdoor activity centre, spas, various restaurants, shops and a freshwater fishing arena. The 'village' covers 80 hectares with pathways connecting tenants who occupy their own unique enclosures made from wooden houses and straw huts.
Among the activities on offer here are horse riding, woodcarving, traditional Balinese dancing lessons and painting. A convenience store and souvenir shop is located near the entrance, offering items at attractive prices. At the heart of the village, you can also find a world peace monument in well-manicured gardens alongside sculptures of world figures.
Sari Wisata Budaya Barong Dance
Sari Wisata Budaya in the village of Suwung Kauh, east of Kuta, features an amphitheatre where the Barong and kris dagger dances are shown. Pamphlets are handed out before the show, which explains the episodes of the performances inspired by the legendary Calonarang tale of the struggle between the powers of good and evil, represented by the 2 main characters known as the Barong and Rangda.
Popular Neighborhoods in Denpasar
Panjer – this district has the beautiful and picturesque Lapangan Puputan Renon. At any given time, you'll see people jogging, doing yoga, and just simply relaxing.
Dauh Puri Kangin – this is another spot in the city where you can relax at the Puputan Badung Park and catch a movie at Denpasar Cineplex.
Sanur Kaja – right on the coast of the sparkling waters and beaches in this neighborhood is the Bali Beach Golf Course and Sector Bar and Restaurant.
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The prevalence of transitional vertebrae in the lumbar spine
Spine J. 2011 Sep;11(9):858-62. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.08.005.
Alexios Apazidis 1 , Pedro A Ricart, Christopher M Diefenbach, Jeffrey M Spivak
1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY 10003, USA.
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.08.005
Background context: Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTVs) are a congenital vertebral anomaly of the L5-S1 junction in the spine. This alteration may contribute to incorrect identification of a vertebral segment, leading to wrong-level spine surgery and poor correlation with clinical symptoms. Although several studies describe the occurrence of this anomaly in back pain populations, investigation of the prevalence in the American general population is lacking.
Purpose: To establish the prevalence rates for LSTVs in the general population.
Study design: Retrospective review.
Patient sample: Consecutive kidney-urinary bladder (KUB) radiographs of subjects from the past 2 years (2008-2009).
Outcome measures: Clinical demographics, number of lumbar vertebrae, L5-S1 transverse process (TP) height, and rib length.
Methods: Consecutive adult KUB studies of adult subjects were queried with clear visibility of the last rib's vertebral body articulation, all lumbar TPs, and complete sacral wings. Exclusion criteria consisted of any radiologic evidence of previous lumbosacral surgery that would obstruct our measurements. A total of 1,100 abdominal films were reviewed, and 211 were identified as being adequate for the measurement of the desired parameters.
Results: Two hundred eleven subjects were identified as eligible for the study, and 75 (35.6%) were classified as positive for a transitional lumbosacral vertebra. The most common anatomical variant was the Castellvi Type IA (14.7%). The average age at the time of the KUB study was 59.8 years (18-95 years). One hundred ninety-seven subjects (93.4%) presented five lumbar (nonribbed) vertebrae, and only 14 (6.6%) had six lumbar vertebrae.
Conclusions: The significance of lumbosacral transitional level changes to the establishment of pain, degenerative changes, stenosis, and disc disease have been well documented in symptomatic patients. Although LSTV's role in low back pain remains controversial, our study has shown that, when the same criteria are used for classification, prevalence among the general population and symptomatic patients may be similar.
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Lumbar Vertebrae / abnormalities*
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J-School Educators Dive into Startup Culture
by Michelle Ferrier
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When 15 educators from around the world went back to school — metaphorically speaking — at the third annual Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute earlier this month, they learned two big things: the art of the pitch in gaining support for an entrepreneurial idea and the idea of the pivot — the change in direction that moves an idea or team forward.
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"We hope we're helping folks better understand the startup culture -- including what it takes to be an entrepreneur and the resources available to entrepreneurs." - Dan Gillmor
Journalism schools, as they seek to remake themselves to adapt to the changing media environment, would be well-served to learn these two lessons and adopt the "agile development" model for building curriculum. These professors will take these lessons learned and apply them to new courses designed to teach their students how to be entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs innovating within existing companies.
Hugh Martin, associate professor in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, teaches media management. "What I learned will improve the way that I teach students to prepare a pitch for investors," he said. "The workshop also offered useful insights into how startup companies and investors think and act."
Understanding a culture
The weeklong event, hosted by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation, helps educators implement media entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the curriculum. Professors are introduced to startup founders, venture capital partners, angel investors and others who helped orient faculty to the startup culture and why entrepreneurial skills are critical for today's communication school graduates.
Dan Gillmor encourages innovation at the Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute. (Photo by Molly J. Smith, courtesy of the Cronkite School at Arizona State University)
"Entrepreneurship and creativity have been at the heart of our company since its founding 135 years ago," said Mike Philipps, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Foundation, the corporate philanthropy arm of The E.W. Scripps Company. "This spirit of innovation has made Scripps one of the nation's leading media companies, so it's incumbent upon us to encourage entrepreneurial thinking to support the industry's evolution."
Dan Gillmor, founding director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, coordinates the program, bringing his experience and contacts in Silicon Valley to educators.
"We hope we're helping folks better understand the startup culture — including what it takes to be an entrepreneur and the resources available to entrepreneurs. Then they can help their students understand it as well."
Spreading innovation
The benefits of the institute go beyond helping students in the classroom. Scott Titsworth, dean of the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, has three faculty members who have completed the fellowship program. "In a landscape defined by innovation, change and new business models, one of the challenges we face in higher education is professional development for faculty," he said. "We think an added bonus is that these faculty will infuse the perspectives of innovation and entrepreneurship into our own practices as we seek to adapt and grow as an academic unit."
Participating educators develop and deliver pitches during the ASU institute. (Photo by Michelle Ferrier)
2014 Scripps Howard Entrepreneurship Institute Fellows
Kiesha Easley, mass communication instructor, Benedict College
Neil Foote, principal lecturer, the University of North Texas Mayborn School of Journalism
Lori Henson, journalism lecturer, Indiana State University
Susan Jacobson, assistant professor, Florida International University
Rachele Kanigel, associate professor of journalism and acting director of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco State University
Beth Konrad, journalism program director and senior professional in residence, Loyola University Chicago
Kurt Lancaster, associate professor of digital media, Northern Arizona University
Norm Lewis, associate professor of journalism, University of Florida
Hugh J. Martin, associate professor, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University
Joy McDonald, assistant professor, Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University
Colleen McEdwards, lecturer, Georgia State University and anchor, CNN International
Sean Mussenden, lecturer of digital journalism, University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Kevin Rafter, associate professor and associate dean for research, Dublin City University, Ireland
Michael I. Williams, associate professor and director of special projects and innovation, University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Emily Withrow, assistant professor of journalism, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism
Learn more about the entrepreneurship institute's efforts to stoke innovation in journalism programs.
Michelle Ferrier is associate dean of innovation at the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University and associate professor in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Ferrier is vice president of Journalism That Matters and creator of the "Create or Die" startup weekends. Ferrier is an inaugural Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center fellow and an inaugural fellow in the Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Texts and Technology from the University of Central Florida and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis. Ferrier is a former columnist, digital content architect and online community developer who has been involved in new media for more than 30 years. She has worked in strategic communication, policy analysis and publishing for several national nonprofit organizations. Her research interests include media entrepreneurship, online journalism, online communities and hyperlocal online news. Contact her at [email protected] or online.
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PUNDIT Satyanand Maharaj says he is considering lodging a complaint with the Equal Opportunities Commission against the Prime Minister over what Maharaj sees as Dr Rowley's bias against the Indian community. In a media release yesterday, Maharaj said Rowley hosted Emancipation Day celebrations at the Diplomatic Centre on Sunday, and most government ministers and officials attended.
He said this was evidence that the PNM administration was not interested in the Indian community but only in its vote and financing.
However, according to the OPM's official Facebook page, the PM, together with other senior government ministers had gone on an official trip to China (14-19 May) and Australia (20- 25 May). He returned to Trinidad on May 28 and on May 29 hosted a press conference at the Diplomatic Centre to report on the two official visits. The Indian Arrival Day holiday was the next day. Meanwhile, Maharaj said he was awaiting the PM's Emancipation Day itinerary with "bated breath," as Emancipation Day was also important to the Indian community.
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The Hanna Hawks football team Won the ASAA Semi finals against the Brenton Cougars 63-60 On Saturday in Hanna . the Hawks go on to play the Alberta bowl provincial 6-man finals against St. Josephs on Friday November 23rd at 4 p.m. at the SMS equipment Stadium in Fort McMurray.
The Hanna Hawks continue to power through the competition this season, pulling ahead in a close game against the Breton Cougars during the provincial semi-final on Saturday, Nov. 17.
The game was neck and neck to the last point as the Hawks and Cougars battled each other for a shot at the provincial title in Fort McMurray on Nov. 23.
The Hawks came out with a narrow win, beating the Cougars with a final score of 62 – 60.
With the win, the Hawks secured a spot in the Alberta Bowl in For McMurray, where they will have to take on the St. Joseph's Crusaders from Brooks.
Hawks head coach Cam McKeage said the game was packed with high intensity and was by no means a given.
"It was a very exciting game, and came down to the final play of the game to run the clock out. We got behind early in the game, but restored the lead in the second quarter and hung on for the win," said McKeage.
He said the Cougars are a powerhouse team, and the defence performed admirably.
While the victory is a huge one for the team, McKeage said the boys need to stay focused with their development if they want to compete for the provincial title.
"We need to work a bit on our special teams—especially the kick-off team. We allowed three runbacks for touchdowns. We also need to adjust to a new offense to play against Brooks," he said.
Still, McKeage said the team has the will and confidence to be provincial champions.
The progress the Hawks have made this year has shown improvement from last year, where they were knocked out for the provincials in the quarterfinal.
The Hawks will continue to truck onward throughout the week to find out if they'll be named provincial champions come Friday in Fort McMurray. |
"A system to allow efficient image backup and restore (full or selective) by using an object-storage system as a backing store."
Current prior art, such as UltraBac's Image Backup and UltraBac Warp allow for an "image" (or block-level backup) to be taken of a user's computer and stored on a filesystem – usually resident on the network, or locally attached (either internal, or external disk drives). When storing the backup data in this way, the data is normally stored in monolithic files of many GBs or even TBs in size. These are typically broken down into "data" files which represent the compressed/encrypted data, and smaller "index" files which describe the layout of the data contained in the "data" files so that they may be used to skip regions of the drive that are marked as not-in-use and describe the ranges of data and how they map from uncompressed to compressed sizes. The "index" data may be interspersed into the "data" files themselves eliminating the need for separate files, but having the data separated allows the restore processes to be more efficient.
Currently there are "object-storage systems" such as OpenStack Swift architecture developed by Rack Space and released as open-source. Although there are other competing technologies (such as from Amazon.com Inc.) for object-storage systems that this invention could use, for purposes of illustration this document is based on using the Swift architecture. This invention could easily be applied to other object-storage systems other than Swift. Object-storage systems such as Swift are used by cloud-storage providers to allow end-users (their customers) to store large amounts of personal data "in the cloud." Swift, and similar technologies, allows a massively scalable and distributed object-storage infrastructure to be built up quickly and cost-effectively. The distributed component of Swift means that Swift, when properly configured, provides data redundancy so that the objects stored in Swift are not exposed to any single point-of-failure.
While Swift, and other object storage systems, are extremely effective at managing millions, or even billions, of objects, it is very inefficient at handling large objects that would be necessary to store if Swift were to be used as a target for an image (block based) backup. Swift does provide "large object support" which allows "segmentation" – this allows very large files (>5GB) to be supported by breaking the large object into segments and then describing these segments with a "manifest file."
Some technologies exist to present the Swift object storage system as a filesystem which would allow existing backup technologies to read/write backup data. This is a poor solution as the creation of files greater than 5GB may cause the technology to fail. Even if it works, a problem exists where if the internet connection or cloud service provider falter, it may result in a partially transferred backup (which may have taken days or weeks to transfer thus far) having to restart from the beginning.
To solve the problem with large files, this invention describes a technique to write directly to the Swift (or other cloud technology) and to manage the segmentation to assist Swift in efficiently storing the image backup data. A "mount" of the backed-up data can be achieved by implementing a user-mode service to process requests from the filter-driver that makes the virtual mount device visible to the operating system.
The backup process, as part of its normal backup operation, will write many GB (or TB) of data to the Swift storage. It writes to the storage directly via the use of libcurl (or it could issue http commands directly via TCP, but libcurl facilitates this process). It will set a maximum file system (which is configurable) and, for sake of argument, we will assume it is set to 100MB for this description. When the backup program has written 100MB of data to Swift, it will write to a local storage a file that will eventually become the manifest to represent all of the files present in Swift that represent the one image backup file. If the internet link fails, or the internet/cloud service provider becomes too congested, it is possible that libcurl/TCP will time out and the current transfer of the backup file will fail. This will not result in starting over the backup, but rather only re-starting the current 100MB segment that was in progress at the time of the failure. The backup will wait for the link to re-establish and then continue the backup at the beginning of the current segment. The backup will write its traditional index also to a local file – this file describes the offset/length and compressed-length for each block of data written to the main "data" file. The index will also now contain a segment-identifier so that it knows which object the data exists in for each defined range.
Only once the backup data has been completely written will the backup process then transfer to Swift the objects that will represent the manifest and the index. The manifest will also contain a reference identifier inside its data to identify the name of the object that contains the index for this backup.
The current art in UltraBac and UltraBac Warp is to use the UltraBac Filter Driver ("UBFD") to mount a virtual drive that represents the data contained in the backup. In order to do this for Swift, UBFD will communicate with a user-mode service (functionality could be added to the "WarpService" process for this, or a dedicated service could be added). The user mode service will receive requests from UBFD that will be read or write requests for specific ranges of data from the backup. The user-mode service will determine which object holds the data by reading (or maintaining in-memory tables) the index and manifest objects and determining which object-segment holds the data required. It will use libcurl/TCP to request the data from Swift, then decompress/decrypt it and pass the data back to UBFD which will then satisfy the operating system's request for the data (in the form of an IRP). In this way, a virtual drive of the user's backed-up data can be made available for any point-in-time requested. A user can also restore (in the event of total data-loss of the original drive) the entire drive by using the existing prior art in UltraBac Warp to restore the whole volume (this can be done with a boot CD or USB key where there is no longer any bootable operating system).
Existing prior art in UltraBac Warp allows the user to continually back up changes made to the protected drives to the backup destination. When the backup destination is a locally or network-attached drive it is reasonable to back up these changes immediately as they occur. When targeting a backup on a Swift server, it may make more sense to aggregate changes after a certain period (say every 15 minutes). In this case, the backup application will keep track of all changes made to protected drives since the last successful transfer to Swift and then generate a new object that represents all of the changes made since that point. It is quite possible that these changes will exceed 100MB (or other segment size defined), so the backup process will use a similar process as described above for backup where, once the object size exceeds the defined limit, the current one will be closed and validated and then a new object will be created for transfer. For each object transferred in this way a second "index" object will be created (this can be easily identified by using a suffix such as "-i" in the object name, or by maintaining a master list of the names of all objects in Swift that are related to the CIP data).
Keep all 15 minute "incrementals" for a period of a minimum 24 hours, then consolidate to one "daily" incremental.
Keep all "daily" incrementals for a minimum of 60 days to "weekly" incremental.
Keep all "weekly" incrementals for 20 weeks, and then consolidate into "master."
The consolidation of the incrementals is fairly straight-forward to those accustomed in the art. For example, all of the 15 minute incrementals that are older than 24 hours are identified; the index data is read to determine the most recent instance of all ranges covered by the data during that period. Only the most recent data available is then written out to a new data/index file for each new "daily." The master list of names of CIP objects is replaced with a new file to represent the consolidation once complete.
Once data will no longer be kept in CIP data (for example the weekly incrementals above referenced that are now 20 weeks old), these files will be read, merged into the "master" data/index files, and then deleted. Because of the architecture described above, it is possible to update parts of the master image backup by generating just new 100MB segments that will replace the existing segments. New data can also be inserted into the master image by generating new segments and then inserting a reference to these segments. By reducing the size of the individual segments, to say 10MB, this increases the efficiency of the consolidation because it reduces the amount of "incidental" updates that each update is likely to incur (for example if 1MB of data changes in one segment, then 99MB has to be read/written to fill the segment with the original non-impacted data), but places additional resource utilization on Swift by making it store 10 times as many objects. These conflicting efficiency improvements have to be balanced when deciding upon the segment size. |
Air Pollution's Connection to Infant Mortality
The study of sub-Saharan Africa finds that a relatively small increase in airborne particles significantly increases infant mortality rates. A cost-effective solution may lie in an exotic-sounding proposal.
Rob Jordan
A man walks through a sandstorm in Chad, home of the Bodélé Depression – the largest source of dust emissions in the world. George Steinmetz
Dust sweeping across the Southeast U.S. in recent days warns of a growing risk to infants and children in many parts of the world. A Stanford-led study focuses on this dust, which travels thousands of miles from the Sahara Desert, to paint a clearer picture than ever before of air pollution's impact on infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper, published on June 29 in Nature Sustainability, reveals how a changing climate might intensify or mitigate the problem, and points to seemingly exotic solutions to reducing dust pollution that could be more effective and affordable than current health interventions in improving child health.
"Africa and other developing regions have made remarkable strides overall in improving child health in recent decades, but key negative outcomes such as infant mortality remain stubbornly high in some places," said study senior author Marshall Burke, an associate professor of Earth system science in Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences. "We wanted to understand why that was, and whether there was a connection to air pollution, a known cause of poor health."
Understanding airborne danger
Children under 5 are particularly vulnerable to the tiny particles, or particulate, in air pollution that can have a range of negative health impacts, including lower birth weight and impaired growth in the first year of life. In developing regions, exposure to high levels of air pollution during childhood is estimated to reduce overall life expectancy by 4-5 years on average.
Quantifying the health impacts of air pollution – a crucial step for understanding global health burdens and evaluating policy choices – has been a challenge in the past. Researchers have struggled to adequately separate out the health effects of air pollution from the health effects of activities that generate the pollution. For example, a booming economy can produce air pollution but also spur developments, such as lower unemployment, that lead to better healthcare access and improved health outcomes.
To isolate the effects of air pollution exposure, the Stanford-led study focuses on dust carried thousands of miles from the Bodélé Depression in Chad – the largest source of dust emissions in the world. This dust is a frequent presence in West Africa and, to a lesser extent, across other African regions. The researchers analyzed 15 years of household surveys from 30 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa covering nearly 1 million births. Combining birth data with satellite-detected changes in particulate levels driven by the Bodélé dust provided an increasingly clear picture of poor air quality's health impacts on children.
Sobering findings and surprising solutions
The researchers found that a roughly 25 percent increase in local annual mean particulate concentrations in West Africa causes an 18 percent increase in infant mortality. The results expand on a 2018 paper by the same researchers that found exposure to high particulate matter concentrations in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for about 400,000 infant deaths in 2015 alone.
The new study, combined with previous findings from other regions, makes clear that air pollution, even from natural sources, is a "critical determining factor for child health around the world," the researchers write. Emissions from natural sources could change dramatically in a changing climate, but it's unclear how. For example, the concentration of dust particulate matter across Sub-Saharan Africa is highly dependent on the amount of rainfall in the Bodélé Depression. Because future changes in rainfall over the Bodélé region due to climate change are highly uncertain, the researchers calculated a range of possibilities for sub-Saharan Africa that could result in anywhere from a 13-percent decline in infant mortality to a 12-percent increase just due to changes in rainfall over the desert. These impacts would be larger than any other published projections for climate change impact on health across Africa.
Safeguarding children against air pollution is nearly impossible in many developing regions because many homes have open windows or permeable roofs and walls, and infants and young children are unlikely to wear masks. Instead, the researchers suggest exploring the possibility of dampening sand with groundwater in the Bodélé region to stop it from going airborne – an approach that has been successful at a small scale in California.
The researchers estimate that deploying solar-powered irrigation systems in the desert area could avert 37,000 infant deaths per year in West Africa at a cost of $24 per life, making it competitive with many leading health interventions currently in use, including a range of vaccines and water and sanitation projects.
"Standard policy instruments can't be counted on to reduce all forms of air pollution," said study lead author Sam Heft-Neal, a research scholar at Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment. "While our calculation doesn't consider logistical constraints to project deployment, it highlights the possibility of a solution that targets natural pollution sources and yields enormous benefits at a modest cost."
Additional co-authors include Eran Bendavid, an associate professor of medicine at Stanford, member of the Maternal andChild Health Research Institute and an affiliate of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Jennifer Burney and Kara Voss of the University of California San Diego. Burke is also deputy director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment; and a fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
The research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Sea of Thieves gets Forsaken Shores and Devil's Roar with it
By:Adnan Kljajic - Nem
Published: 15:22, 28 September 2018
Sea of Thieves Forsaken Shores
Rare have released Forsaken Shores expansion for Sea of Thieves, sending players into the volcanic region known as Devil's Roar. It will present them with new loot, new type of voyage and a new vessel for navigating tight bodies of water.
Devil's Roar is by its nature a challenging place to navigate as it features lava rocks falling out of the sky and hot geysers coming out of the ground. Players will need to dodge these environmental dangers in order to complete voyages successfully, especially with the new voyage type - cargo runs.
Cargo runs will, as the name suggests, task players with picking up goods at a given place and then delivering them to islands, seaposts or outposts. The initially promised reward is rather high according to Rare, but it will diminish if players take too much time bringing the cargo back or if they don't preserve its condition. Hence, avoid being hit by hot lava.
The area around Devil's Roar features tight bodies of water so regular ships will have a hard time sailing there. That's where the rowboats come in. These tiny vessels should prove to be adequate for moving players and cargo around, albeit in smaller amounts than the larger ships, so the trade-off for navigating tight corridors is apparent on first sight.
Lore enthusiasts will be treated as well, since players will be able to discover the fate of Forsaken Shores Alliance and meet new characters in Devil's Roar. Explorers will have several new islands to discover, while fashionistas will have time limited customisation items to look forward to.
Rare Sea of Thieves Forsaken Shores
All of the mentioned content makes for quite a bit of new gameplay experience in Sea of Thieves but not all of it is available on launch. One of the main features players were looking forward, cargo runs, will only become available during the third week of Forsaken shores, according to .
Until then, players will have to settle with regular exploration and voyages which will reward them a bit more due to the dangers of the region.
Sea of Thieves, Rare's swashbuckling adventure
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Rare's Sea of Thieves promises serious fun in a meticulously crafted world.
Sea of Thieves switching to Battle Pass and Season model
Rare have delivered what they claim is the final Sea of Thieves update in 2020, announcing that the swashbuckling adventure is switching to the Battle Pass model.
GTA VI will reportedly have playable female and male protagonist
According to reliable industry insider Tom Henderson, Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto VI will have a playable female and male protagonist for the first time in the series history.
Respawn Entertainment are working on a new game that will allow players to "adventure forever"
According to a now-deleted job listing on Respawn's website, the studio are currently hiring for a brand new game, which will let players keep "adventuring forever."
Steam getting extended support for Xbox controllers
Steam's Client Beta has been updated with extended support for four Xbox controllers, which includes rumble and key binding on Xbox Elite and Xbox Series X gamepads.
Next Assassin's Creed game could be a spin-off title, set for release in early 2022
The rumour has it Ubisoft are planning to release a smaller, spin-off Assassin's Creed title in early 2022. Ubisoft Sofia who previously worked on a similar title - Assassin's Creed Rogue - are reportedly helming the project.
Rumour: The Coalition are working on Perfect Dark multiplayer
An Xbox Game Studios leak which originally surfaced back in May has seemingly turned out to be true. It claims that The Initiative's Perfect Dark title will have a multiplayer, which is developed by The Coalition.
Dark Knight and Inception director is interested in adapting his films into video games
The director of Hollywood blockbusters like Inception, Interstellar, Tenet and The Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan would love to work on adapting his films into video games but there's a catch.
Cyberpunk 2077 will corrupt save data if you craft or pick up to many items
Don't go all crazy on crafting or looting if you want to keep your Cyberpunk 2077 saves well and alive. CD Projekt Red have confirmed that save data will be permanently damaged if it exceeds 8 MB.
Fallout 76 nuke codes for the week of December 16, 2020
December 16, 2020, brought a new set of nuke codes to Fallout 76. The new codes have been decrypted and can be found right here. Some festive items are available at the Atomic Shop and the Santatron Collectron Station can be claimed for free.
Fallout 76: Scribe of Avalon update details
Fallout 76 just got its "Scribe of Avalon" update. The update brings a bunch of new stuff to the game and serves as a jumping-off point for Fallout 76 Season 3. |
There are host of new management tools for businesses of all sizes currently coming on-stream. Tools linked to CRM, ERP, Project Management, Team communication which were once only used by large companies being offered to them by even larger companies such as SAP and Oracle are now available to SME via the cloud. One of the areas a lot of new tools are available is around Data Visualisation. We are fans of "Dashboards" for managing businesses and hence are now trialling several of these tools to see which is genuinely useful.
Business data visualisation – especially used for sales over multiple products over multiple months - budgets versus actuals, product categories, visualisation etc. At its core, it takes excel data you have collated and with guidance, creates charts. It is smart enough not to need to know what the columns ACTUALLY mean but guides you through a process so that you give it enough information to create comparisons between budgets and actual data, averages, best monthly sales etc. The beauty of this product is that it displays well on mobile and tablets having being designed from the bottom up for these smaller displays. In a rush for sales meeting and have nothing prepared? Perfect for these purposes.
$10 per user per month for the basic plan. Cheaper plans for more users.
Ease of use? Plus across devices?
You have to dedicate some time to making sure you have the correct excel data in the first place – this is the real work. This tool will NOT DO DATA ORIGINATION or tell you what you need to look at. It is dumb until you instruct it. However the guidance as you step through the uploaded file is fairly good and leads to a good result. The charts are clean and well spaced and you have multiples choices from bar to line to pie to….
This tool essentially replaces an analyst who can use pivot tables and do basic excel charting and link the charts to a nice document with headlines. For $10 per month – this is not expensive. The thing is – if you have your excel file set up properly in the first place with output charts– then it will more or less update itself as time goes on and you add more data and update the charts.
SO – if there is no one in your office who can use an excel charting tool or pivot tables – this is perfect. If you have some staff who have basic excel - then use them. Most of the trouble is in collecting the right data in the first place and knowing what you should be looking at.
Score: 6/10 - docking marks because it essentially just automates chart making, which excel has pretty much automated already. |
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham – Wildfire (Ebola Amidst Conflict)
In 2019, the Ebola virus spread like wildfire through North Kivu, a region of the Congo beset by militia groups. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, a candidate for the Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award, documented the outbreak and brought it to global attention.
Women in colourful dresses; a tropical rainforest saturated with green: at a first fleeting glance, British photographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham's colourful and intense pictures appear to speak of life; in fact, they speak of death. The children in the photos carry crosses in their arms. Family members stand in the cemetery and mourn. Medical staff squeeze themselves into protective clothing. The country is in a state of emergency: last year, over 2000 people died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo; it was the second largest outbreak of the virus in the world – a wildfire.
"These issues need to be reported and documented for global awareness; but when dealing with the crisis, I am looking for moments of empathy and connection, rather than simply depicting hardship for its own sake."
The photographer spent three months observing the situation there. He visited Ebola treatment centres, events to sensitise communities, and the funerals of patients. "The photos are intended to convey the trauma of the virus, with a sense of upended normality; but also, the incredible work and fearlessness of local health workers," Cunningham says, speaking of the series. "Because I was working long-term in the region, I was able to create longer and more human reportage work, and wait for the story to develop around me."
The photographer has been travelling to the DRC, since 2017, in an effort to bring to light the country's critical health and social issues to people around the world. Election processes, the protection of primates, the lives of former child soldiers – Cunningham says that it is a privilege for him to be a witness and correspondent, covering events that often get no international resonance: "Awareness of social conflicts is best expressed with images, so as to create a universal human connection to the crisis at hand. In my work, I seek to create this connection with a global audience, in the hope that this awareness will be vital to help prevent the same happening again."
"The outbreak occurred in a region beset by attacks by the ADF armed group, who have declared themselves the Central African branch of ISIS ideology, with numerous militia groups conducting assaults, robberies and killings throughout North Kivu. This meant safety was key."
News agencies and health organisations around the world have published many of the photographs from this series. Cunningham says that he is particularly concerned to show pictures of medical staff, a highly endangered risk group, whose daily routines he followed – from the distribution of medicines to patients, to consoling a child whose infected parents had been put into isolation. His portraits of nurses document fearlessness, courage and strength in a very difficult time. In truth, the British photographer is less focussed on depicting the emergency itself, and more intent upon giving a face to the people in a country where conflicts and humanitarian problems have long been ignored by the government, as well as by the international community – culminating last year in the Ebola crisis.
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham was born in London in 1994. In his work as a photographer, he deals primarily with critical hotspots and conflicts, and is concerned with health and society. He received a Pulitzer Scholarship for crisis reporting, and his work has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as on the BBC News. He works regularly for organisations such as the WHO, Save the Children and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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PureDrive Automotive – A full day of supercar fun on Jebel Jais.
A big part of the Nocturnal Bandit is adapting to certain situations. Sometimes, things don't work out photography-wise, or a car doesn't start at the last minute or schedules don't work out. On the flip side though, sometimes, opportunities sometimes arise from places that one would not have dreamt of. Why am I beating about the bush and not getting to the point? Good question.
I found myself thinking about this, on the road to Ras Al Khaimah (a northern emirate of the UAE) at 7 a.m. on a misty Monday morning. I had gotten in touch with the gents behind The Land Rover Diaries (TLRD) – a Landie lifestyle blog – and they had very kindly invited me for a behind the scenes look at the production of a video for the launch of their supercar lifestyle brand, PureDrive Automotive. They had also mentioned that they had closed off a mountain road for the day and it would be a lot of fun.
I reached our meeting point, the Hilton and met them for breakfast. A bit of light toast and conversation later, we were on our way to Jebel Jais, the tallest peak in the United Arab Emirates. The fact that this mountain has a road cut into it which is also known as the 'Nurburgring of the UAE' was the icing on the cake.
We stopped for fuel a short while later and I looked at our crew. Among others, Matt and Theo from TLRD, vlogger James Walker, racing driver Ollie Webb, photographer Riad and a couple of people from RAK Tourism. A W Motors Lykan Hypersport, a McLaren 650S Spyder, a Ferrari 488 Spider, a Range Rover Sport SVR and a Mitsubishi Pajero were the primary vehicles.
Picture the scene: a tight mountain road with sharp curves and hairpins, snaking its way into the clouds, with sheer drops to the side, being driven in high-powered supercars all day long. Oh, and the road was closed by the police, just for us.
A lot of fun they said? Just a small understatement right there.
The sun was high in the sky by the time we reached the foot of the Jais. After ensuring that the road was well and truly locked down, it didn't take long for us to reach the peak, courtesy of some spirited driving by all. Greeted by beautiful scenery and lower temperatures, we planned out the whole day. The Lykan would stay at the peak, while the 650S and the 488 would be driven up and down the roads leading to the peak. The SVR would undertake primary filming duties, with a videographer hanging out the back. The Pajero would try and keep up with the high-speed convoy, armed with supplies and assorted gear. Time to get the show on the road, literally.
Back and forth the cars went. The valley reverberated to the sounds of high-powered V8 engines belting out the note of sheer power. The sounds of the Ferrari and McLaren contributed to the treble, while the bass department was ably held up by the roar emitted by the SVR. Add to this the high-pitched whine from the camera drone flying overhead, and we had a full-blown mobile philharmonic orchestra.
Every few minutes we'd stop to find out what the next step was, which depended on whether the videographers had got their desired shots. This process continued as we made our way up the mountain, occasionally interrupted by the odd mountain goat or construction truck.
On one occasion, the Lykan at the peak needed a screwdriver. Theo was tasked with getting it to the top and I volunteered to ride shotgun with him in the SVR.
I had not been expecting what came next. While I have heard very good things about the Range Rover SVR, I've never been in one, until now.
With a deep roar the SVR bolted up the mountain. An SUV is not supposed to have this much power and yet somehow the SVR keeps it manageable. Hurtling between corners, the car isn't light but the power and the suspension make up for that, along with very good brakes. Theo, a skilled hand behind the wheel, made short work of the distance and within a few minutes we made our crucial delivery. Then it was time to go back down. Process: repeat!
Talking to Theo on the way down, I asked him how they had come up with the idea for TLRD and PureDrive. He explained that they had always been into cars and once they'd come to the UAE, the abundant availability of desert terrain and supercar culture had sparked the two brands. Then he told me about Matt.
Matthew Croucher GC, is one of the most highly decorated British servicemen in existence. Awarded the George Cross in 2008 for bravery on the battlefield, he survived extreme injuries, recovered and went back to serve in an active warzone. Did Matt tell me all this? No, I found it on Wikipedia. Matt didn't say a word about any of it the whole day, a shining example of modesty, something you don't see every day.
It was about 3 in the afternoon when we stopped to grab a quick bite to eat. There were a number of shots still required and the videographers were anxious to press on.
The next shot involved the Ferrari drifting around a curve, with the McLaren close behind. Scaling a part of the Jais in order to get a better view, I suddenly came to a point where I had 360 degree views. I watched as the cars set off and Ollie, at the wheel of the Ferrari, deftly swung the car sideways. The sun glinted off the red supercar, as its rear tyres screamed, leaving a plume of white smoke to be dispersed by the McLaren. That particular shot had four takes, and each one was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The hours flew by and soon it was sunset. All the shots had been completed and we stood in silence at the peak, admiring the beautiful mountain vistas, as the sky changed from blue to gold to orange. As darkness fell, the mountain was illuminated by red and blue strobes, mounted on the RAK police cars that had kept the road clear all day. We said our goodbyes and I set off on my way back to Dubai, giving me time to reflect on the day.
A cracking mountain road. Supercars and a super SUV. High speed driving action. Mr. JWW and Ollie Webb, both celebrities in their own right. An opportunity to see how a video production takes place behind the scenes.
I could have never dreamt that I'd be part of something like this, which brings me back to my earlier point. Sometimes, opportunities arise from nowhere, creating highly enjoyable experiences that I'll forever be grateful for.
Matt and Theo were right. It had been an absolute ball.
Cheers to Matt and Theo for inviting me for a thoroughly enjoyable day of supercar madness, mountain style. You can watch the video below.
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Antique Auctions – How can you make money from antique auctions?
Antique collecting is a very big business and one of the best ways to start building up your inventory of quality antiques is with the help of antique auctions and estate sales. Bidding in antique auctions or estate sales is a great way that you can find pieces you may not be able to find anywhere else. If you have a community of the right collectors or a great storefront where the item could be resold for a profit, you can start to make a healthy sum of money in the antique resale market.
Finding a niche: start working on some research for a particular niche within antiques that you are very passionate about. If you have some experience collecting sports memorabilia, furniture, jewelry, toys or clothing, stick to this as your main buying and selling category.
Look for only an established dealers: auctioneers and dealers that have an established reputation in the market are always the best to deal with. Choosing a company that's very inexperienced could mean that you might fall victim to a potential scam or some low-quality items. Antique auctions performed by experienced companies will also run much more smoothly and they will know how to pack/care for the items while they are on the auction block or shipping to you.
Know the signs of fakes and restorations: training yourself to spot a fake or restoration is extremely important. Most collectors are interested in original pieces when it comes to antiques with minimal restoration. A botched restoration, partial replacement of an item or a complete re-creation/fake could be substantially less value than the original piece in great condition.
Consider auction costs: most auctions will have extra fees such as taxes, buyer's premiums, auction fees and shipping. If you're going to relist items at auction remember all of these additional fees. When buying items remember to leave a little bit of money in your budget for shipping the item and other applicable costs associated with the actual purchase of an auction.
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If you have an antique item that you want to sell and if you want quick cash then the best option available to you is to approach a good antique dealer. Antique dealers may be someone that works alone or he or she could be working at an antique mall. Regardless, they are always ready to offer you an easy solution provided you are willing to negotiate with them.
The fact is that when you sell to a dealer you won't have to pay any fees, as would be the case when selling the item through an online ad. Also, you won't need to worry about collecting your payment and you are also spared all the troubles associated with packing and shipping your items to an online buyer. The best part is that you also don't have to worry about damaging your items in transit, which is an important consideration if you are selling an antique item that is very delicate and fragile.
Before you approach an antique dealer it makes sense for you to know what to do and you should also have reasonable expectations. This can make a huge difference in how well you complete your deal.
The first thing that you need to do when dealing with an antique dealer is research them well. Also, you need to be very well informed about your antique item. The fact is that dealers are not very keen on giving you a free evaluation about your item. The more well informed you are about your antique piece the more likely it is that you will get a good price for it. And, it also ensures that you won't be cheated out of your money. By researching the value of your antique piece you will be in a position to know what to expect.
When you walk into a dealer's shop you should have a ballpark estimate about the value of your antique piece. However, do not be surprised if the dealer offers you less. Typically, he or she will want to pay you between a quarter and half of what you think is the current market value of your item.
Most antique dealers also expect sellers to give them a price that they can work with. So, be ready to let them know how much you expect for your antique. Also, be prepared to negotiate a final price. Try to also judge how much you think the dealer is willing to pay.
Last but not the least; after selling your antique piece to an antique dealer, do not look back. Even if the piece has great sentimental value once the deal is done there is no looking back. Remember also that the dealer may not be willing to sell the item back to you at a later date. So, make sure that you are ready to part with the item before approaching the dealer.
Once you have completed the deal, you should be grateful for what you got and you should then move on to something else. |
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Bugaboo took three wobbly-yet-independent steps in a row today!!!
He is twenty-two months old, and the causes of his developmental delays are still unknown. We are still waiting for answers and milestones. But today some of our waiting (and praying and working) is paying off. My heart overflows with joy and thankfulness for this event.
Then this afternoon, just following the celebrating, we received a discouraging piece of mail. The Hubs and I sat and wondered aloud, "What should we do, God?"
We have choices, neither of which are ideal. We can give up or we can stay the course and wait. Honestly, there are days when we are weary of persevering. We feel like we have already waited for so many things.
This evening I saw my toddler and thought about how hard he works. He recently got funky-looking devices put on his feet, but he didn't complain. He adjusted to his new footwear. He falls down, but he allows us to pick him. Then we make him try his skills again. Most of the other kids his age are passing him by, but he doesn't let that deter him. With help from his family and his therapists, he perseveres. From the outside it seems like a long wait for each milestone. But deep down I believe there is some divine purpose just waiting to be unveiled through my youngest son. I just haven't been shown what it is yet..
In this hard season of waiting, I will remind myself that I can't see the big picture - for my kids, for our careers, for this journey we are on. I want to give up praying, trying, waiting, but my youngest son reminded me today that this is not the time to give up.
There is always hope. Just when I needed it most, I was given another spark of hope. I will cling to that as I wait. Because the waiting is hard, and without hope, all would be lost.
side note: This post was written Wednesday evening.
Yay! How wonderful! Rejoicing with you! Love these posts. So much to be learned in the waiting and even beyond. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! We are so excited. Every step is prayed in and worked for.
Go, go Bugaboo! This is exciting! Praying for you as you continue to wait to hear His voice in other matters as well.
Thanks for your prayers, Meg. I'm so glad we've become blog-friends. |
200 Australian Women
Constance Ellis
Constance Ellis (1872-1942), doctor, was born on 2 November l872 at Carlton, Melbourne, sixth child of Lydia Constance (born Phillips) and Louis Ellis, deputy sheriff, both of Jewish faith. She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College and the University of Melbourne where she studied medicine, graduating in 1899. She was a member of Janet Clarke (q.v.) Hall from 1896-98. After a residentship at the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital she spent a further two years at the (Royal) Children's Hospital, and established a general and obstetric practice. In 1903 she qualified MD from the University of Melbourne. Dr Ellis joined the honorary staff of the Queen Victoria Hospital and was appointed demonstrator and lecturer in pathology at the University of Melbourne.
From the formation of a Victorian National Council of Women in 1902, Constance was an active member of its health committee. In 1910 she joined a women's group which met to discuss intellectual and cultural subjects, calling itself at her suggestion the Catalysts. She became a member of the Lyceum Club when it was formed in 1912 and later with Nell Martyn (q.v.) she founded the Business and Professional Women's Association (1925). At Queen Victoria Hospital she organised its pathology department, and was honorary pathologist from 1908-19. With Georgina Sweet (q.v.) she campaigned for sex education, giving talks and creating material to put in the hands of parents. Their approach was scientific rather than moralistic with the emphasis on psychology. They believed parents should be educated to encourage greater openness about sex and to respond frankly when children asked questions. In the 1920s Ellis became president of the Medical Women's Society and a committee member of the Australian Association for Fighting Venereal Diseases. She was also a council member of the Victorian branch of the British Medical Association.
The health and care of infants was another major interest. Dr Ellis was one of the three women who reported in 1921 to the Victorian National Council of Women on the operation of the Commonwealth maternity allowances scheme, which they found 'wasteful'. Their recommendation was for the equivalent money to be spent on centres with a maternity hospital, an ante-natal clinic, clinics for babies and children and a milk depot under district nursing staff, in one institution. She was a council member of the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association from its inception, and a long serving vice-president. Here also it was the parent (or the future parent) whom she addressed. She went often to girls' schools, spoke frequently to women's groups and was closely involved in the training of domestic science teachers through her association with the College of Domestic Economy (later the Emily McPherson College). She was a member of its council from 1911 to within a few months of her death and council president from 1932-34.
Constance Ellis never married. She was an accomplished violinist and owned a large collection of books and pictures, which she left to Janet Clarke Hall and the University Women's College. She died from Paget's disease on 10 September 1942.
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Eleanor Bourne
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Ethel Osborne
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Fanny Reading
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Gertrude Halley
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Helen Mayo
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Kate Ardill Brice
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Syros - my Greek Yacht Charter
Syros is a charter location in Cyclades, a yacht charter area in Greece.
The anchorages on Syros:
Limin Sirou
Ormos Varis
Ormos Kini
Ormos Galissas
Ormos Aetou
Ormos Delfino
Ormos Grammata
Ermoupolis Fishing Harbor
Island Overview
Syros is a Greek Island located in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea, and it is popularly called the jewel in the Aegean Sea. The island is just 78 nautical miles southeast of Athens. It is a magnificent Greek island with a rich blend of history with modernity. The island attracts tourists with its stunning sandy beaches, clear blue waters, and panoramic sceneries that will leave you coming for more.
Although the island is a perfect destination for a yacht charter in Greece, it is filled with thrilling and fun activities that you can try out. The island is also a great place to go for outdoor lovers as it is surrounded by fun outdoor activities to try out from strolling to cycling around the towns. After you have enjoyed a fun time at the lovely beaches, you can join fun jeep tours on the dirt roads that surround the island.
Syros, Photo by: endless_blue_from_syros (Source: Instagram)
You are going to find Ormos Finikous, a sheltered bay on the SW coast of Syros. You will find villas around the slopes of Ormos Finikous and identify the light structure on Psathonisi. It is best if you stern or bow to the S side of the outer mole at Ormos Finikos. Although there are plans to re-lay moorings, you will use your anchor. If you can find room inside the basin, you can also berth your yachts here. You can also go stern or bows to the mole or along the inner mole. The bay experiences Meltemi and it is best if you berth on the outside of the mole where the Meltemi is blowing you off the quay.
Syros is among the top tourist destinations in Greece with its panoramic sceneries. The island is a perfect summer destination as it offers mind-blowing beaches, unique culture, and mesmerizing architecture to explore. The island has a traditional Greek island feel, and it is a hotspot for locals. The island is surrounded by little boutiques and markets that sell the daily needs of the locals. If you want to experience the Greek island vibe without the crowds, Syros is the best place to go.
Syros, Photo by: chrissgreece (Source: Instagram)
Syros, Photo by: kostasboukou (Source: Instagram)
Ano Syros
Ano Syros means the Upper Syros, and it is a stunning Venetian settlement that was constructed like a fortress in the 13th century. It is now used as the Roman Catholic quarter of the island, and it features a narrow and steep alleyway. You can wander around and get lost in the alley surrounded by a colorful balcony, stunning doors, and a hidden corner with a Greek chair where you can relax.
Agios Giorgios
This is a catholic church constructed on the top of Ano Syros. It is a great place to go if you want to enjoy mind-blowing views. You can also explore the interior of the church, which is also amazing.
Archaeological Museum
This museum is among the oldest in Greece, and you will find it in a majestic town hall on Miaouli Square in Ermoupolis. It houses a lovely collection of artifacts that shows the history of the island. You should also explore the building if you are an architecture enthusiast as it features three different architectural styles.
Ano Syros, Photo by: kostasboukou (Source: Instagram)
Ermoupolis
Ermoupolis features a rich history and diverse culture, which makes it one of the top destinations to go for history lovers in Greece. The town features Renaissance architectures like the Ermoupolis' city hall. You should ensure you wander around the streets where you will discover picturesque squares and neoclassical houses that will leave you mesmerized.
The Assumption of the Virgin, Orthodox Church
This church is the second oldest church in Syros, and it was constructed close to the harbor in 1828. You will love its three-aisled Basilica, which features fascinating architecture and decoration. Once you step inside the church, you will be astonished by its interior decoration. The highlight of the church is the original icon of the Assumption that was painted in 1562 by Dominikos Theotokopoulos.
Ermoupolis, Photo by: perfect_greece (Source: Instagram)
Apollon Theater
This theater shows the strong cultural heritage of Syros in Greece. It was constructed by an Italian architect called Pietro Sambo in 1864. Its construction was inspired by La Scala di Milano and lots more. The theater hosts numerous cultural events, operas, and theatrical performances on the island. It also offers tourists the chance to take Instagram-worthy pictures.
Vaporia neighborhood
This neighborhood is dubbed the Manchester of Greece. It is surrounded by majestic villas that belong to the wealthy families of the past. You can stroll around the neighborhood and then go for a refreshing dip at the nearby beach.
Vaporia neighborhood, Photo by: zoegeorgiopoulou (Source: Instagram)
History of Syros
Syros, Photo by: glafkiroomsyros (Source: Instagram)
Syros is located in the center of Cyclades. Based on the archaeological evidence, it was inhabited during prehistoric times and later in the Cycladic period. According to history, the first settlers on the island were the Phoenicians that moved around the Cyclades. The Samians inhabited the island during the 6th century.
The Ionians built the Ancient Ermoupolis before the Persians, Romans, Franks, and Turks later settled there. During the Roman era, the island experienced significant economic development. The Venetians also played a crucial role in the cultural development of Syros as they make the island an essential trade center in the Eastern Mediterranean. The inhabitants of Syros then move the capital to the top of the hill called Ano Syros after constant pirate invasions on the island.
During the 17th century, the French conquered the island. Catholics inhabit it called the capuchins, and they founded a small monastery that is still active till now. After the Greek revolution in 1821, the island flourished greatly after emigrants from Chios, Crete, Psara, and Minor Asia settled on the island. The emigrants used the island as the center for their trading and maritime activities. During the early 20th century, the prosperous period ended because of the arrival of the German troops on the island. The local economy was destroyed because of the death of thousands of people due to famine and diseases during the period.
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CPJ award goes to jailed Sri Lankan journalist
New York, August 31, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists announced today that it will honor imprisoned Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam with a 2009 International Press Freedom Award. Tissainayagam, left, sentenced today to 20 years in prison on specious charges of violating anti-terror laws, is one of five journalists who will be honored by CPJ at a ceremony in November. The full slate of awardees, selected by CPJ's Board of Directors this summer, will be formally announced in September.
A Colombo High Court sentenced Tissainayagam to 20 years of hard labor in the first conviction of a journalist under the country's harsh anti-terror laws. Tissainayagam, known as Tissa, suffers from poor health and said his confession to the charge was extracted under threat of torture, according to his lawyers.
"We are announcing this award today to highlight the depth of outrage at this unjust sentence," said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. "Its harshness and the retroactive nature of the charges reflect vindictiveness and intolerance. We are calling today for Tissainayagam's release–an appeal we plan to repeat at our awards ceremony, when the world's leading journalists gather to demand press freedom for all of our colleagues."
Terrorism Investigation Division officials arrested Tissainayagam, an English-language columnist for the Sri Lankan Sunday Times and editor of the news website OutreachSL, on March 7, 2008, when he visited their offices to inquire about the arrest of colleagues the previous day. He was held without charge under emergency regulations before his indictment in August 2008 for articles published nearly three years earlier in a now-defunct magazine, North Eastern Monthly.
Judge Deepali Wijesundara said articles Tissainayagam wrote for the Monthly in 2006 incited communal disharmony, an offense under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, according to international news reports. She also found him guilty of raising funds to publish the magazine, itself a violation of the anti-terror law. The Monthly folded in early 2007.
The anti-terror laws were relaxed in 2006-07, according to CPJ research. Under a cease-fire accord then in effect between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the government pledged not to detain people under the statutes. The government re-enacted provisions of the anti-terror laws after the cease-fire dissolved in early 2008, according to international news reports. Tissainayagam will appeal the sentence, the reports said.
The two colleagues, Vettivel Jasikaran and Vadivel Valamathy, also face anti-terror charges for aiding and abetting Tissainayagam. Published reports indicate they have not gone to trial. Jasikaran, who also worked on OutreachSL, owned a printing business that helped publish the Monthly. Valamathy had no reported involvement with the magazine beside her personal relationship with her companion, Jasikaran.
"The retroactive sentencing sets a very dangerous precedent. The government has singled out articles written during the cease-fire, when terrorism laws weren't even in effect," said Simon. "It sends a very clear message to journalists who've ever criticized a government policy: Anything you've ever said could suddenly be evidence against you."
U.S. President Barack Obama highlighted Tissainayagam's case during his World Press Freedom Day address in May.
Hundreds of prominent journalists will gather in New York on November 24 to recognize Tissainayagam and the other honorees. Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, will be the host; Robert Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, is chairman of the event.
A CPJ special report, "Failure to Investigate," chronicles some of the growing incidents of attacks on journalists in Sri Lanka, including circumstances surrounding the murder of outspoken editor Lasantha Wickramatunga in January 2009.
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These Places Could Reopen in Chicago's Phase 3, But Not Right Away
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday that the city plans to move into the next phase of its reopening plan on June 3
Published May 28, 2020 • Updated on May 28, 2020 at 6:50 pm
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday that the city plans to move into the next phase of its reopening plan on June 3.
The move, though later than the rest of Illinois, will allow a number of businesses to resume operations at limited capacity and with certain restrictions in place.
But for some businesses, the wait to reopen will continue, even with plans to allow them to reopen in phase three.
That includes:
City services won't be allowed to reopen until June 8, Lightfoot said. That includes libraries and park facilities west of Lake Shore Drive.
Lightfoot said some other industries and businesses may open later in phase three, but "we'll have to wait and see how these initial first steps go." Those mentioned include:
Summer programs & youth activities (e.g., Park District, private summer camps)
The Lakefront
Limited-capacity outdoor performances
These Are Chicago's Guidelines for Businesses to Reopen in Phase 3
coronavirus chicago May 22, 2020
These Places Will Remain Closed When Chicago Enters Phase 3 of Reopening
Industries that will be allowed to reopen on June 3 include:
Childcare centers and family childcare
Non-lakefront parks (no contact sports)
Libraries and other city services
Office-based jobs, professional services, and real estate services
Hotels / lodging
Outdoor attractions (e.g., boating – not including the Playpen, non-Lakefront golf courses)
Non-essential retail
Personal services (e.g., hair/nail salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors)
Restaurants and coffee shops (outdoor dining only)
Manufacturing, construction, and warehousing
Hospitals, dentists, community mental health centers, and Federally Qualified Health Centers
Public transit, regional transit, taxis and rideshare
Gyms (outdoor and 1:1 personal training only)
Guidelines for each industry were released earlier this week.
The capacity of those industries will be "incrementally" increased as time goes on "based on health criteria progression and adherence," Lightfoot's office said.
Schools, playgrounds, bars and lounges, and large venues like stadiums, indoor theaters, music venues and convention centers will remain closed, Lightfoot said.
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Beyonce & JAY-Z Formally Announced "On The Run II" Tour | List Of Dates
by S. Leslie March 12, 2018
Beyonce and JAY-Z have formally announced their joint "On The Run II" Tour of Europe and North America.
The "On The Run II" stadium tour first popped up online last week but was quickly yanked perhaps because it was announced prematurely. On Monday, Beyonce formally announced the tour via her website and social media pages. The couple first embarked on their "OTR" tour in 2014 to support JAY-Z's 2013 album Magna Carta Holy Grail and Beyonce's self-titled album. Since then they have both made cameos on each other's solo tours, but this year, the Carters will be touring together.
The "OTR II" tour kicks off on June 6, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. The couple will then embarked on a trek across Europe covering a total of 15 shows before coming to a halt on July 17 at the Allianz Riviera in Nice France.
Beyonce and JAY-Z will then take their "On The Run II" tour on the road in the United States and Canada. The first show is set for July 25th at the FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. The North American leg will cover 21 shows before coming to an end on October 2nd, at the BC Place in Vancouver, BC. Tickets are on sale starting March 19th.
News of the tour slipped through the cracks last week when Ticketmaster suddenly started selling tickets. The tour dates also popped up on Beyonce's Facebook page but disappeared within a few hours after the news spread like wildfire. Beyonce and JAY-Z are rumored to be working on a joint album. So the announcement of this joint tour is also a sign that the project could be coming soon. She recently appeared on his 4:44 single "Family Feud" and even appeared in the music video.
You can buy tickets for "OTR II" tour on Beyonce.com and Livenation.com
On The Run II European Tour Dates:
June 06 Cardiff, UK Principality Stadium On sale March 23
June 09 Glasgow, UK Hampden Park On sale March 23
June 13 Manchester, UK Etihad Stadium On sale March 23
June 15 London, UK London Stadium On sale March 23
June 19 Amsterdam, NL Amsterdam Arena On sale March 19
June 23 Copenhagen, DK Parken Stadium On sale March 19
June 25 Stockholm, SW Friends Arena On sale March 23
June 28 Berlin, DE Olympiastadion On sale March 19
June 30 Warsaw, PL Stadion Narodowy On sale March 23
July 03 Cologne, DE RheinEnergieStadion On sale March 19
July 06 Milan, IT San Siro On sale March 19
July 08 Rome, IT Stadio Olimpico On sale March 19
July 11 Barcelona, ES Olympic Stadium On sale March 19
July 14 Paris, FR Stade de France On sale March 19
July 17 Nice, FR Allianz Riviera On sale March 19
On The Run II North America Tour Dates:
July 25 Cleveland, OH FirstEnergy Stadium On sale March 19
July 28 Washington, DC FedEx Field On sale March 19
July 30 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field On sale March 19
Aug. 02 E. Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium On sale March 19
Aug. 05 Boston, MA Gillette Stadium On sale March 19
Aug. 08 Minneapolis, MN US Bank Stadium On sale March 19
Aug. 10 Chicago, IL Soldier Field On sale March 19
Aug. 13 Detroit, MI Ford Field On sale March 19
Aug. 18 Buffalo, NY New Era Field On sale March 19
Aug. 23 Nashville, TN Vanderbilt Stadium On sale March 19
Aug. 25 Atlanta, GA Mercedes Benz Stadium On sale March 19
Aug. 29 Orlando, FL Camping World Stadium On sale March 19
Aug. 31 Miami, FL Hard Rock Stadium On sale March 19
Sept. 11 Arlington, TX AT&T Stadium On sale March 19
Sept. 13 New Orleans, LA Mercedes-Benz Superdome On sale March 19
Sept. 15 Houston, TX NRG Stadium On sale March 19
Sept. 19 Phoenix, AZ University of Phoenix Stadium On sale March 19
Sept. 22 Los Angeles, CA Rose Bowl On sale March 19
Sept. 27 San Diego, CA SDCCU Stadium On sale March 19
Sept. 29 Santa Clara, CA Levi's Stadium On sale March 19
Oct. 02 Vancouver, BC BC Place On sale March 19
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Next week, Melbourne Storm are partnering with VicHealth's TeamUp to help women get active and have fun by offering a free session to learn some rugby league skills.
Join Melbourne Storm players and Club legend Robbie Kearns for some fun and fitness while trying out your rugby league skills on Wednesday 10 June from 6pm at Gosch's Paddock, Richmond. The special one-off women's skills session will give you an introduction to rugby league while learning from the best.
No game knowledge or prior experience is required, and women of all levels of fitness are welcome! There will be free giveaways for participants on the night.
Wear your training gear and runners and bring a bottle of water to keep hydrated.
To take part in this event - download VicHealth's TeamUp app from the App Store or Google Play or use it online at www.teamup.com.au, sign up, and search for "Storm" to register.
VicHealth's TeamUp is a free smartphone app and website that helps you find social physical activities in your area. From organised activities including Zumba, netball, pilates, jogging groups and group fitness, to more recreational pursuits such as bike riding, walking, yoga and swimming, there are activities for all fitness levels and interests. TeamUp helps motivate Victorians to be active, and to stay active.
Please note this event is only open to females 18+ as an initiative to increase physical activity and involvement in sport.
This event will be moved indoors if weather does not permit. |
Artistic rivalries are generally an overblown concept in music, something for obsessives to debate over drinks. Still, in the wake of the avalanche of acclaim received by pianist Vijay Iyer last year for his excellent trio album "Historicity," it's hard not to wonder if the similarly lauded Jason Moran is issuing a response with "Ten," a new album backed by his longtime rhythm section, the Bandwagon.
A startlingly gifted pianist with a relentless thirst for experimentation, Moran returns to a trio format after teaming with guitarist Marvin Sewell for two records, and the results are devastatingly sharp. Blasting out of a bluesy opening that briefly brushes against "Georgia on My Mind," "Blue Blocks" builds on a driving rhythm from drummer Nasheet Waits and bassist Tarus Mateen as Moran's keyboard flutters and gathers strength, finally resembling two pianos locked in a joyful duet. "Feedback Pt. 2" shows Moran's taste for sonic adventure remains intact as a Jimi Hendrix sample is twisted into a metallic whisper as the trio swirls through a ghostly, unsettling ballad.
Moran further honors his influences with a rollicking take on Jaki Byard's "To Bob Vatel of Paris" and "Play to Live," a contemplative, restless piece Moran wrote with Andrew Hill. Also offering takes on classical composers Conlon Nancarrow and Leonard Bernstein, "Ten" is an unpredictable, imaginative ride.
Of course, it's just a happy coincidence that Iyer and Moran would release such remarkable trio records in consecutive years, but imagining these two musicians pushing each other to new heights for years to come sure sounds good regardless. |
When will the world pay heed to the humanitarian crisis on Erdoğan's home turf that engulfs more innocent people by the day, even crying babies?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is infamous for encouraging Turks to reproduce like wildfire, urging the diaspora in Europe to "have five children, not three" and telling women in the secular state that Islam ties them to the "duty" of motherhood.
He's not so fond of babies with alleged coup conspiratorial ties.
Yes, Erdoğan's paranoid purge of perceived political enemies has landed hundreds of babies and toddlers behind bars, sometimes arresting mothers on the very day they have given birth.
Turkey's Ministry of Justice told an inquiring opposition lawmaker last May that at least 560 children 6 years of age and under were being held in overcrowded prisons as authorities continue to round up perceived foes after the July 2016 coup attempt. Sometimes the mother has been arrested while pregnant; sometimes both parents were seized and there's no one left in the family to care for the children. More than 100 incarcerated kids were infants under a year old.
Activists have been using the hashtags #668babies, or #668bebek, to reflect the mounting total of known tots behind bars.
In August 2016, Turkey cleared out 10 of thousands of inmates, some convicted of violent crimes, to make room for more political prisoners. An IRIN investigation released last September uncovered reports of torture, withholding water, lack of access to medical care and sexual abuse among the mistreatment; one woman who suffered internal bleeding after a beating was scheduled by prison officials to see a doctor two months later. To add insult to injury, everything used by a prisoner from water to medical care to maxi pads must be paid by the detainee.
One young mother sentenced for taking part in a protest was sent to prison with her six-month-old baby, shoved into a cell built for eight that housed two dozen women. Her sister told investigators that the mother struggled to get baby food and supplies behind bars, and was once dragged by her hair down a stairway for refusing to salute guards.
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Screen Blinking/Flashing while opening YouTube videos.
Hi, I bought a new monitor today, I connected it with a standard HDMI cable that came with it.
I have a dual monitor setup, the second one is connected with a DisplayPort to HDMI cable, as my GTX 960 only has one HDMI, one DisplayPort and 2 DVI's.
This only happens on my new monitor, the one connected with HDMI to HDMI, previously I was using the same installation, the same cable but with my old monitor and this wasn't happening.
Disabling Hardware Acceleration helped but I notice the browser really slow.
My question is, why does it happens only on my main monitor? If the problem was the monitor, then why disabling Hardware Acceleration solves the issue?
I have to say that this doesn't happens every time I open a youtube video, only some times, I tested playing a game and it doesn't blink.
I also experience this issue. It is not only videos flashing, but also contents of tab A in window 1 will show up in Tab B of window 2. Sometime very short, sometime a couple of seconds.
When i switch over to VGA cable no issue exists.
Did you perhaps find a solution yourself?
dunno if this will help.. Open the Nvidia Control Panel and in the global nvidia settings's choose vsync and turn it on.. and or connect through display port (DVI).. try another slot if possible..
Try different cables too if ya can. Make sure all cables in system are seated well etc too.. sum cables do 1440p only.. but not in your case.. *just say 'n..
dunno what monitor ya use but Asus monitors do not go good with that card..
Ummm.. if intell graphic is diabled then the rest of this does not matter..
Your PC will have integrated graphics and may be defaulting to them even if you have a powerful graphics card installed.
Whether you don't agree with the automatic switching or think it's malfunctioning, you can take control of what happens by setting a default graphics card.
After saving the settings, remember to completely close and restart the application for which you just changed the settings. When you relaunch the application, all screen flickering should now be gone!
Not sure exactly where to do this, though. Best of luck in your troubleshooting..
disabled physx (changed to cpu) in nvidias control panel if ya got that..
i read this in a thread earlier for gtx 970 card..
1 Reboot in Safe Mode.
3 Disconnect from the internet and then restart the system.
4 In normal mode, install the new driver.
So far I haven't had any issues since I've done this. I'll report back on this page if anything changes, but this should be a solid fix for those experiencing this issue with Windows 8 or 8.1.
i played around with some settings.
This already decreased the problem.
'Ublock Origin' >> instantly the flickering and content mixing between Opera windows is gone, NICE!
Next, I tried disabling the build-in spam blocker to check if these two were conflicting with each other. but that was not the case.
Will do some testing later, as my current (second) monitor setup will not exhibit this odd behavior. |
Data bases of numerous oil and gas companies embrace very promising potential for more informed decision-making processes. Furthermore, there is an exponential growth in the influx of generated data from an escalating parade of systems encompassing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), machine instrumentation, sensory networks, and escalating mixed-media and different unlabeled data. Despite that, extracting meaningful value from zettabyte-sized datasets remains problematic given the uncontrollable wealth of data and its subsequent noise caveats. Amongst those data warehouses, are a multitude of textual information. Accordingly, Text mining has garnered worldwide interest, as it is a crucial phase in the process of knowledge discovery automatically extracting unstructured to semi-structured information. The following survey covers Text Mining methods and approaches to explain their effectiveness in information retrieval from textual databases from various sources. Moreover, the situational types where each technique may be beneficial are explored.
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Police Brutality Alleged in Staten Island Choke Hold Death
On Behalf of Law Offices of Nussin S. Fogel | Aug 11, 2014 | Excessive Force
Family members and victim advocates are alleging police brutality in New York City after a 43-year old father died during or shortly after being allegedly placed in a choke hold by an NYPD officer. Eric Garner was accused of selling illegal cigarettes on a Staten Island sidewalk earlier this month. During an attempt to take him into custody, Garner died. Victim's advocates say that police officers involved in the fatal incident may have been motivated by Garner's race and intimidated by his size.
Video shot at the scene shows Garner denying the charges, telling officers that he feels harassed, pleading his innocence. When one officer tries to detain Garner, he pulls away. Another comes from behind and puts him in a choke hold. He's then pushed to the ground and his face is pressed into the concrete, his voice becoming muffled. The video goes on to show Garner pleading with officers saying that he couldn't breathe. Shortly thereafter Garner went into cardiac arrest.
The incident has once again ripped open the debate surrounding police brutality in New York City. While Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Bratton have vowed to root out any such abuse of power within the NYPD, incidents like this repeatedly reappear to confirm that the issue is not being adequately addressed .
The Mayor's office and Commissioner Bratton have both promised a full and thorough investigation into Garner's death but that's no solace for his family. Indeed, his widowed wife is left to fend for herself and Garner's six children.
According to official records, NYPD officers were accused of using controversial choke holds over 200 times last year alone but only two of those cases were substantiated during investigations. In 60% of those incidents, investigators were unable to determine whether or not choke holds were actually used. Digging further back, independent investigators have found thousands of other "unsubstantiated" choke hold allegations in recent years.
If your or a loved one has been the victim of abuse at the hands of the NYPD, contact a New York City police brutality lawyer immediately. Call the Law Offices of Nussin S. Fogel for a free consultation at 646-736-2777 or 212-385-1122 to learn your rights. |
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You have the flexibility to set the period from pay-day to pay-day or any other variation as you like.
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Soaring Eagle Casino has planned to launch a free play online gambling site this summer and has decided to convert it into a real money product only after the US federal government legalizes online gambling.
Soaring Eagle Casino's new online casino will be used for entertainment and marketing only. Raul Venegas, director (marketing) of Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, said that online gambling is illegal in the US, owing to which the casino does not intend to offer real money gambling online.
Stressing that the new free play casino will be used for marketing purposes alone, he pointed out that several casino companies are launching similar products. The new online casino will be powered by Aristocrat Technologies software and offer games such as Jacks or Better, Blackjack Pro, Roulette, Keno, and Hi-lo Solitaire. According to Aristocrat, Soaring Eagle will use its online casino to enroll members for its land-based casino, and land casino players can use the online casino to check their balance.
The online casino will enable the land casino to analyze the activities of its customers both at the online casino and the land casino. Soaring Eagle Casino will then use this information to make offers customized to suit the requirements of individual players. |
It's a well-worn clich?? that the brain never stops working, until the moment you stand up to make a presentation. Yes, they can be nerve-wracking things to do but like anything else you can learn to make good, even great, presentations. Think positive!
First of all, why are you making this presentation? Yes, it might be because the boss has told you to do it, but what is the actual objective? What do you want the audience to know or do after your presentation. The answer to this question will help you identify all the facts, theories, figures, stories, etc. that might be helpful to that objective. Make a list. Do some research. Ask other people; in fact, ask your audience what they would like to know. In this way, you can gather more than enough material.
Next, consider your audience. What will work for them? What will engage them, convince them? Relevant factors may be their jobs, age, background, level of education, ambitions, opinions, interests and so on. This will help you decide what material to keep and what to cut out and also what sort of presentation they might appreciate. For example, do they need something short and blunt (because they are busy and/or have short attention spans) or do they need lots of supporting facts and figures (because they will have to present this information to others afterwards)?
Within the middle section, which contains all the key points, you should break the information down into sections and then put those sections into a logical order.
What about visual aids: flipcharts, handouts, PowerPoint, videos, etc? Well, it's true that a picture is worth a thousand words and it's also true that however beautiful your voice, people will sooner or later become tired of listening to it. So give them something to look at; but make sure it's relevant.
OK, you have your presentation written and ready, now what? Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse! Practise it in front of the mirror (speaking out loud) and in front of family or friends. This will help you sound more natural on the day, and will help you test your material and the timing.
nerves are natural and good; in order to have the butterflies, you have to have the stomach. |
FM will be responsible for managing all aspects of the facility/property management service delivery system on the client project; primarily Asset Management and Operations. In this capacity, the FM is accountable for the achievement of the Management Plan and all key performance indicators including responsibility for managing the capital and expense budgets, short and long-term regional projects, operations and maintenance, interface with senior managers in client real estate / Facility team and business units, coordination with other key managers within client alliance partner organizations and customer satisfaction.
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In consultation and collaboration with Ops. Manage oversee the operation, staffing, performance and development of the Facilities Management service delivery staff.
Ensure client satisfaction with client Facility/Property Management by providing a seamless interface into client real estate organization.
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Understand the Facilities Management scope for the client assigned and develop client specific processes and procedures in consultation with Ops and ensure implementation and compliance of the processes.
Support the Client in the implementation of short and long-term projects for the client project.
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Pusha T. stopped in the hometown of Toronto, Canada to perform for some crazy reason, when some men jumped the stage in an attempt to jump and kick the rappers a**.
According to a video from a fan on Twitter, while Pusha was performing drinks were thrown his way, and Pusha escaped off stage. The camera then goes back to the stage, and you can see men attacking one or more people.
Pusha did return to the stage, and according to another person on Twitter, Pusha claimed that Drake sent the people to attack him as part of their ongoing beef. |