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Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari has said the Federal Government in its determination to boost the country’s economy invested in solid minerals to save the sector from collapse.
He said this yesterday while receiving a team of bitumen investors from the United Kingdom (UK), led by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lakel Group, Dr. Lawrence Ajayi in Abuja.
He added that since the 1970s, no government has shown much interest, vigour and commitment to the development of the metals and mineral sector like the present administration.
“Before we came on board, the mining industry had collapsed due to neglect and poor funding because exploration was left in the hands of artisanal, which rendered the sector comatose.
Bwari also explained that government’s diversification drive through solid minerals, was aimed at ending the over reliance on oil and gas, noting that it has changed investors’ perception of Nigeria as a mining country.
“For the three years, government has been tackling a number of issues, which stifled the growth of mining and now the interest in the mining landscape has grown tremendously,” he said. | 2019-04-23T14:20:44Z | https://m.guardian.ng/news/investments-in-mining-sector-to-avert-economic-collapse/ |
It's Monday morning and the first e-mail in your inbox is from your CEO. The message reads: "At the senior staff meeting in two weeks, I want you to present a plan on how to make our team a learning organization."
Your first reaction is likely to be: How am I going to do that? But putting emotion aside and getting down to the task, the first issue to address is what would be present if your company were actually a learning organization.
How to recognize a learning organization if you were observing it? Identify the attitudes, values, goals and practices that constitute the culture of a learning organization. You could develop a checklist of what would be present. For each positive piece of evidence of a learning organization, there is also evidence that would indicate if the organization is not a learning organization.
In many organizations, learning focuses on the individual employee and his or her behavior. Willingness to learn is an important employee attribute, one that has value and potential to contribute to organizational results in the future. So let's begin the learning diagnosis with the individual employee and then move to the organization.
Certainly in a learning organization, the belief that improved skills and knowledge are valuable to both employees and the organization is critical — a necessary condition for impact to be most effective. The key word is "both." At minimum, the language of the organization needs to include phrases like, "We are a learning organization."
But words are not sufficient. Like many beliefs about learning, the real issue is not what is said but what is done. The words sound simple and attractive. The reality is more complex and involves behavior. Some might argue that the level of spending for training is a sufficient indicator of a learning culture. High average annual training expenditure per employee is an oft-cited metric.
The assumption is that this number is an indication of the willingness of the organization to invest in employees, but it is actually a measure of financial activity, not a cultural measure about attitudes and values. This financial measure also fails to deal with the motivational and behavioral components of employee involvement. Most training is mandatory, not voluntary.
The critical evidence for a learning organization would be to measure what percentage of the required attendees would attend were it voluntary. A minimal drop-off in attendance from mandatory to voluntary would be strong evidence that the attitudes and values of employees are closely aligned with those of an organization funding such activity. A large drop-off would indicate that employees' degree of commitment is low. Of course, this experiment would never actually be run, but it is potentially valuable to ask in a survey what attendance would be if it were voluntary.
What are clear indicators on the employee level that an organization does not have a learning culture? An obvious case is the absence of funding for training and learning as measured by training expenditure by employee. The conclusion is that organizations that do not fund training and learning cannot, by definition, be called learning organizations. In general, the conclusion is valid, but it is not the entire story.
A better indicator is the level of employee participation in voluntary learning activities. One measure is the percentage of employees using tuition assistance benefits. In degree-seeking learning activities, the employee voluntarily signs up for classes and is motivated to learn on his or her own time off the clock, as opposed to mandatory training that takes place on company time.
But what is a good level of participation? At Verizon Wireless, nearly 20 percent of employees are using the tuition assistance benefit. In contrast, 5 percent or lower employee utilization would be a strong indicator of the absence of a strong learning culture. Another indicator would be whether management even knows what the tuition assistance utilization rate is.
In shifting our focus from the employee to the employer, there are a number of phrases bandied about that are worth examining in detail.
If this is really a central value, then the practices associated with it would include a human capital investment plan to assure the required talent, skills, knowledge and experience are available to the organization in five years to meet the organization's strategic goals.
An important component of that plan would include the learning activities to be implemented to meet the future talent, skills and knowledge needs identified for future success. This requires an inventory of current capabilities and a forecast of the future, including shifts in the business as well as the impact of turnover and retirement of baby boomers.
What would indicate that people are not the most important asset? There is no inventory of the critical talent, skills, knowledge and experience required to manage the organization today. There also is no forecast of what the business will look like in the future, especially with regard to human assets required to compete in targeted markets.
In a strong culture, the senior leadership looks beyond the current recession, especially with regard to training and education resources, to assure that the skills and knowledge required to compete in a cyclical market rebound are within the organization. In a weak culture, head count is slashed based on expense control alone, and training and education budgets are cut more severely than the downturn in revenue warrants.
A theme in the learning literature is the principle of rapid and repeated trial and error — a practical approach to accelerated learning. Rapid trial and error is the way kids learn when they practice catching a ball or playing a new video game. In a learning organization, the evidence of the value of honoring learning from trial and error would contain some important cultural elements.
The first element is agreement within the organization that experimentation is valuable to success. Connected with a value that designed trial and error is important, the next practice required is examination. A learning organization does not hide the results of an experiment in a secure electronic folder. It openly examines and discusses the results and the implications of those results. Changing the design of the intervention of the next trial is especially important to rapid learning. In this type of organization, the learning takes place between one experimental design and the next. The power derived from the experimentation is in the open and critical examination of the results that form the basis for the redesign for the next experiment.
In an organization with a weak learning culture, mistakes are buried rather than examined, and everyone knows that "it's important to learn from our mistakes" really means "don't ever let that happen again."
Innovation is about incremental, radical or revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes or organizations. From this, we can conclude that the learning taking place around innovation is a kind of suggestion box on steroids, with a heavy dose of new ways of thinking, products and processes that bring identifiable changes.
An organization with a strong learning culture would have change management, a term that sometimes means control, but that organization would also be able to identify changes that have actually taken place — a kind of before-and-after comparison.
In a weak learning culture, the first reaction to any new idea is often why it cannot or will not work. The language in meetings is, "Gee, John, that's a great idea, but … That "but" negates the supportive phrase or phrases that precede it. The phrase after the "but" acts as the final word on the subject — in this case, why the idea won't work.
Yet another element of the culture of a learning organization is the attitude of the finance organization and the priorities selected for resource allocation. The critical attitude in a learning organization would be: Cash has no inherent value in and of itself. How we wisely invest the cash in our human assets is what is important.
So what would be evidence that would confirm that this organization values learning? One place to look would be in the internal senior executive conversations about how to deal with the financial impact of the recession. In a learning organization, this question might be asked: "What would 2 cents less per share in our current quarterly reported results buy us in terms of preserving some of our most critical learning initiatives?"
In an organization with a weak culture for learning, rather than that question, the statement would be: "I don't care what 2 cents less reported income will buy in learning initiatives, I'm not about to stand up in that analysts meeting and report such results. Cut the budget!"
This quote from the June issue of CFO magazine offers another piece of evidence: "In a 2000 interview with CFO, business guru Gary Hamel claimed that finance executives are the enemy of innovation. And that was when times were good. Today, nearly all CFOs have a mandate to conserve cash, and that intensifies the pressure to put a cap on corporate creativity."
Several key attitudes, goals, values and practices would be present in organizations to indicate a culture of learning. That brings us back to the challenge from the CEO to present what it will take to become a learning organization at the senior staff meeting.
With the ideas listed above in mind, design two survey instruments, one containing a single question related to positive elements that indicate a learning culture, and one with questions that would indicate the lack of a strong learning culture. Select a random sample of 150 employees to receive the positive survey and a separate random sample of 150 employees to receive the negative survey. Responses would be indicated on a simple zero to 5 scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. A learning organization would show high values on the positive survey while an organization with the reverse results would be one that is not a learning organization.
At the staff meeting, educate senior executives about the learning organization by showing the size of the gap. From that gap, the bottom line would be an estimate of the resources required to close the gap. Then seek alignment around the leadership's willingness to commit the resources required to become that learning organization. | 2019-04-21T00:44:25Z | https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2009/11/29/creating-a-successful-learning-culture/ |
As you know, I have been patiently (or impatiently!) waiting for my dahlias to bloom. It’s fair to say that I have hit a bit of a challenge, as the ones in my front garden (including these) are blighted by black fly. I need some ladybirds to come and save the day, but I haven’t seen any around. Someone very kindly told me that planting marigolds planted nearby help to deter the bugs, so I must try that. Anyway, here my Labyrinth dahlias in their full glory. A lazy Saturday morning means that I have been able to play, so here they are on my tailor’s dummy as a beautiful corsage. The colour is just divine and looks perfect as a pop of colour in this pale corner in my living room.
In the top picture you can also see my cheese plant that I bought back in the spring for £2 from the car boot fair! It looked very parched, but I’ve repotted it and given it some love. It is now rewarding me by slowly unfurling glossy new green leaves. It has taken me a while to get behind the botanical trend, but now I’m loving the addition of plants in my home, and who doesn’t love a cheeseplant with it’s gorgeous tropical leaves!
I am off to sit in my garden to make the most of the sunshine. Don’t forget that I am doing a Laura Ashley Instagram takeover this weekend, so pop over to see some pictures of the little nook I have created down the end of my garden, I’m so pleased with it! You can find their Instagram here, do come and say hello!
Tomorrow I am posting pictures from our Decorative Vintage Styling Workshop down in Eridge, and revealing not just one, but two more workshop dates! We loved the venue at Eridge venue so much that we will be going back down there in June next year.
If you’re a big dahlia fan, you can see some of my other dahlia posts here and here! | 2019-04-20T00:49:50Z | https://tamsynmorgans.com/2017/07/dahlia-labyrinth.html |
Mi Dia invites you on a trip through Mexico’s heartland, where the sun is hot and the chilies hotter. Chef Gabriel DeLeon has integrated flavors that are exciting as well as harmonious, blending traditional Mexico City recipes with modern Santa Fe and Tex Mex flavors. As our spicy hot sauce begins to awaken your taste buds, let our knowledgeable servers be your tour guide through our menu. Mouth-watering offerings such as Cochinita Pibil and delicious Duck Carnita street style tacos are sure to become new favorites. And because everything is made From Scratch using only the highest quality ingredients, you know each meal is guaranteed to be an experience for your senses.
Of course, no trip would be complete without a visit to our patio, complete with outdoor bar and fire pit. All of General Manager Gabe Waldrep’s expertly-crafted margaritas feature hand-squeezed juices and one hundred percent agave tequilas picked from our show-stopping tequila tower. So bask in the sun as you sip on a sweet Florita or spicy Jalisco Express or enjoy the casual yet refined ambiance from inside.
Fresh ideas, authentic ingredients, skillfully prepared is our motto here at Mi Dia From Scratch. We invite you to take a vacation from your day and let the flavors of Mexico take you away.
Visited this restaurant after seeing it here on tequila.net. We were looking for a change from our regular tequila bar and this one was close enough so we decided to give it a shot. WOW. That was our first impression as we walked in the door and the wows continued throughout the evening. The decor of the place was modern and inviting. We chose to sit at the bar and were at once greeted by Rob and George they offered us the drink menu (2nd wow) and offered suggestions. Once we settled in, Mike, one of the managers stopped by and welcomed us and made feel important. I mention this because at our regular tequila bar, which we have frequented quite regularly for close to 2 years we have never been welcomed like this. The owner is even there many of the times we are there and he has yet to come over and introduce himself. We placed our food order; I chose the DUCK CARNITAS tacos and my wife chose the BANANA LEAF WRAPPED SCOTTISH SALMON. (3rd wow) The food was prepared well and the presentation was 5 star worthy. Flavors were amazing (duck I thought may have been a bit dry but still flavorful)After dinner we were feeling a bit adventurous, perhaps because of the margaritas we were enjoying. They have on tap chilled pineapple, chipotle infused Partida silver tequila. They serve this in one of their drinks Dolce Infuego but they also serve it straight up in a miniature champagne glass for sipping. (4th wow) This well could have been the highlight of our visit. A slightly smokey background aroma along with the smell of sweet pineapple. The flavor profile was absolutely amazing. You would never know you were drinking tequila. You'll just have to try it yourself when you visit there. All in all our evening was one we will not soon forget. It is a bit on the $$$ side, however, if you are looking for a new experience filled with great atmosphere, incredible tasting food and margaritas made fresh with out a mix, you will not mind dropping a bit of coin. We have been back a few more times and have had similar experiences.
View Tequila Bars and Liquor Stores worldwide! | 2019-04-24T18:53:50Z | http://www.tequila.net/tequila-bars-restaurants/united-states/mi-dia-from-scratch.html |
Purpose: The aim of this study was to generate a novel miRNA expression signature to effectively assess nodal metastasis, distant metastasis and predict prognosis for patients with kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) and explore its potential mechanism of affecting the prognosis.
Method: Using expression profiles downloaded from the Cancer Genome Atlas database, we identified multiple miRNAs with differential expression between KIRC and paired normal tissues. The diagnostic values of the differentially expressed miRNAs for nodal metastasis and distant metastasis were evaluated by Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Then, we evaluated the impact of miRNAs on overall survival (OS) by univariate and multivariate COX regression analyzes. This analysis was ultimately used to construct a miRNA signature that effectively assessed nodal metastasis, distant metastasis and predicted prognosis. The functional enrichment analysis of the miRNAs included in the signatures was used to explore its potential molecular mechanism in KIRC.
Results: Based on our cutoff criteria (P < 0.05 and |log2FC| > 1.0), we identified 104 differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs), including 43 that were up-regulated in KIRC tissues and 61 that were down-regulated. We found 12 miRNAs were potentially diagnostic biomarkers of nodal metastasis and distant metastasis by ROC curve analysis. Two miRNAs (miRNA-21 and miRNA-223) were significant miRNAs independently associated with OS based on Cox univariate and multivariate analysis. We generated a signature index based on expression of these two miRNAs, and the two-miRNA signature is promising as a biomarker for diagnosing nodal metastasis, distant metastasis and predicting 5-year survival rate of KIRC with areas under the curve (AUC)=0.738, 0.659 and 0.731, respectively. Patients were stratified into high-risk and low-risk groups, according to median of the signature prognosis indexes. Patients in the high-risk group had significantly shorter survival times than those in the low-risk group (P = 0.000). The functional enrichment analysis suggested that the target genes of two miRNAs may be involved in various pathways related to cancer, p53 signaling pathway, apoptosis, and MAPK signaling pathway.
Conclusion: The two-miRNA signature could assess nodal metastasis, distant metastasis and predict survival of KIRC. As a promising prediction tool, the mechanism of the two miRNAs in KIRC deserves further study.
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common form of kidney cancer and is responsible for up to 85% of cases . Kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC) is the most common subtype of RCC, occurring in 70-75% of cases . KIRC is associated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy resistance , and the overall prognosis is still poor, particularly for patients who present with high-stage disease . Tumor stage (TNM), defined by the anatomic involvement of disease, is recognized as one of the strongest prognostic factors in the clinical outcome of patients with KIRC, as described in the eighth edition of the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) Cancer Staging Manual . Because surgical resection of KIRC remains curative for a proportion of patients with localized disease, several models based on TNM and nuclear grade have been developed to predict outcomes after surgery [6-8]. So, it is important to know the status of nodal metastasis and distant metastasis for KIRC patients. Even though imaging examinations such as computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are available, the status of lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis in a number of patients with KIRC cannot be assessed and is marked as Nx and Mx. Therefore, the treatment and follow-up assessment in KIRC patient may be affected. There is an urgent need for additional biomarkers to help clinicians assess lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis in KIRC which is marked as Nx and Mx.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous, highly conserved, non-coding RNAs 20-24 bp in length that function in a variety of biological processes at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional level. Abnormal expression levels of miRNAs are recognized as an important issue in cancer development. miRNAs are promising candidates as markers for the diagnosis and prognosis and as targeted therapies for cancers .
The Cancer Genome Atlas Project (TCGA) is an effort by the National Cancer Institute to profile different tumor types with genomic platforms and to make raw and processed data available to all researchers . In the present study, we analyzed high-throughput miRNA data from the TCGA database to identify differentially expressed miRNAs (DEmiRs) in KIRC tissues and paired normal kidney tissues and found a two-miRNA signature that effectively assesses nodal metastasis, distant metastasis and predicts prognosis. The functional enrichment analysis suggested that the target genes of two miRNAs were involved in various pathways related to cancer.
The KIRC preprocessed miRNA stem loop expression profiles in TCGA database, displayed as log2 converted reads per million (log2(RPM+1)), and clinical information were downloaded from the UCSC Xena (https://xenabrowser.net/datapages/, version 09-15-2017). If the same patient has more than two samples of the same tissue, the average expression value was extracted. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) the sample included both miRNA expression profiles and clinical information, (2) the sample included prognosis information, and (3) miRNAs with expression levels of zero in less than 50% of the samples. The DEmiRs between KIRC and normal tissues were analyzed by “limma” package in R . The fold changes (FCs) in the expression of individual miRNA were calculated and differentially expressed miRNAs with log2|FC| > 1.0 and P < 0.05 were considered to be significant.
Patients with N0 and N1 were extracted then ROC curve analysis was performed to evaluated the diagnostic value of the DEmiRs for nodal metastasis. Similarly, patients with M0 and M1 were extracted to evaluated the diagnostic value of the DEmiRs for distant metastasis. ROC curves analysis was performed by “pROC” package in R . P-values of <0.05 were considered significant. Then, we evaluated the association between the common miRNA markers and OS by univariate and multivariate COX regression analyzes in all patients. The patients were separated into high- and low-level groups based on median, followed by the Cox univariate and multivariate analysis. Finally, a miRNA-based prognosis index score was constructed on the basis of a linear combination of the expression level multiplied regression coefficient derived from the multivariate cox regression model (β) with the following formula.
The “β” value is the estimated regression coefficient of miRNA and is derived from the multivariate Cox regression analysis, and “exp” indicates the expression profiles of the miRNAs. The KIRC patients were divided into two groups of low-risk and high-risk, according to median PI. ROC curve analysis was used to assess the diagnostic value of the miRNA signature for nodal metastasis and distant metastasis. Time-dependent ROC was used to assess the miRNA signature's predictive value for 5-year survival of KIRC and performed with “survivalROC” package in R.
The target genes of two miRNAs (miR-21 and miR-223) were predicted using miRNet online analysis tools (http://www.mirnet.ca/faces/home.xhtml). The miRNet is an easy-to-use tool with comprehensive support for statistical analysis and functional interpretation of data generated in miRNAs studies. MiRNet offers networks on miRNA-gene and miRNA-long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) modifier. A lncRNA-miRNA-gene network was constructed. The network was further optimized using Cytoscape software to improve visualization. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses of the target genes were performed using miRNet by Hypergeometric test algorithm.
We analyzed the expression levels of the miRNAs in KIRC and matched normal tissues by unpaired t tests. We performed Kaplan-Meier survival analysis with the log-rank method and univariate/multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis to compare the expression (low vs. high expression levels) and prognostic significance (low-risk vs. high-risk) of each miRNA. We considered P-values < 0.05 to be statistically significant. Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS statistics software program version 22.0 (IBM, North Castle, NY, USA).
Clinicopathological features of 516 KIRC.
Our analysis included 516 KIRC tissues and 71 matched normal tissues. Detailed clinical characteristics, including gender, age at diagnosis, nodal metastasis, distant metastasis, pathological stage, nuclear grade, and tumor size (T stage), are listed in Table 1. As shown in Table 1, the nodal metastasis status could not be assessed (Nx) in more than 50% of 516 patients, and distant metastasis could not be assessed (Mx) in 6.59%. According to the cut-off criteria (P < 0.05 and |log2FC| > 1), 104 miRNAs were differentially expressed between KIRC and the matched normal tissues. 43 miRNAs were up-regulated in the KIRC tissue and 61 miRNAs that were down-regulated. The results of the expression analysis are presented as a volcano plot (Fig. 1A) to demonstrate that the distributions of P-values and |log2FC| were reasonable with respect to each other.
The ROC curve analysis showed 27 and 39 differential miRNAs that may diagnose nodal metastasis and distant metastasis of KIRC respectively (P<0.05). We created a Venn diagram (Fig. 1B) and found 12 overlapping miRNAs that could diagnose nodal metastasis and distant metastasis. For the 12 miRNAs, we used median as cutoff point to classify the 516 patients in two groups: high and low level. Patients were divided into two groups and subjected to univariate/multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. MiRNA-21 and miRNA-223 were shown to be independent prognostic indicators for KIRC (Table 2). MiR-21and miR-223 were up-regulated in KIRC. And we got the PI = 0.658*expmiRNA-21+0.601*expmiRNA-223. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis of two miRNAs in overall survival were shown in Fig.2A-B.
A PI score for each patient was calculated and ranked. Thus, the 516 patients were classified into a high- (n= 258) and low-risk (n= 258) groups, according to the median. Survival analysis using the Kaplan-Meier method with a Log-rank statistical test showed that patients in high-risk group have a significantly worse OS than patients in the low-risk group (P = 0.000, Fig. 2C). The diagnostic value of the two-miRNA signature PI for nodal metastasis, distant metastasis was evaluated with “pROC” package, and the results are shown in Fig. 3A-B. The predictive value of the two-miRNA signature PI for 5-year-survival rate was evaluated with “survivalROC” package, and the results are shown in Fig. 3C. The two-miRNA signature is a promising biomarker for diagnosing nodal metastasis, distant metastasis and predicting 5-year-survival rate of KIRC with AUCs=0.738, 0.659 and 0.731, respectively.
(A) Volcano plot of the differentially expressed miRNAs between KIRC and normal tissues. Red dots represent significantly up-regulated miRNAs, and green dots represent significantly down-regulated miRNAs (log2|FC|>1.0, P<0.05). (B) Venn analysis of miRNAs that could potentially diagnose nodal metastasis and distant metastasis.
Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis of two miRNAs ang the two-miRNA signature in overall survival. (A) miRNA-21, (B) miRNA-223 and (C) two-miRNA signature prognosis index.
Univariate and multivariate analysis of 12 miRNAs in KIRC patients.
CI, confidence interval. * p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant difference.
The diagnostic value of two-miRNA for (A) nodal metastasis and (B) distant metastasis by ROC curve analysis. (C) The predictive value of the two-miRNA signature PI for 5-year-survival rate. FP, False Positive.
Univariate/multivariate analysis of clinicopathological features and two-miRNA signature.
* p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant difference.
To test its predictive value for prognosis, we added the two-miRNA signature PI to other clinicopathological features for univariate and multivariate cox analyzes. The two-miRNA signature was found to be associated with OS and an independent prognostic factor in KIRC patients (Table 3). The results suggest that the two-miRNA signature could be used as a prognostic biomarker.
As there were 271 patients with Nx and 32 patients with Mx or not known, we applied the two-miRNA signature to diagnosis the patient with Nx and Mx respectively. According to the cutoff selected by ROC curve analysis (Fig. 3A), 182 and 89 patients were diagnosed as N0 and N1 respectively. Patients diagnosed as N1 have significantly poorer survival than patients diagnosed as N0 (Fig.4A, P=0.000). According to the cutoff selected by ROC curve analysis (Fig. 3B), 16 and 16 patients were diagnosed as M1 and M0 respectively. There was no significant difference in survival between patients diagnosed with M1 and those diagnosed with M0 (Fig. 4B, P=0.695).
A total 695 genes and 38 lncRNAs were selected by using miRNet online analysis tools based on the two miRNAs (miRNA-21 and miRNA-223). The miRNA-gene network and lncRNA-miRNA network were exported and an lncRNA-miRNA-gene network was constructed by using cytoscape software. 748 edges and 735 nodes were included in the network (Fig. 5). GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses of the target genes were performed using miRNet with Hypergeometric test algorithm. GO enrichment analyses included biological process (BP), molecular function (MF), and cellular component (CC). The results of GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis were ranked by P value and the top 10 terms and pathways were showed in Fig. 5. The analysis suggested that the target genes of two miRNAs may be involved in various pathways related to cancer, like p53 signaling pathway, apoptosis, and MAPK signaling pathway. Table 4 shows the target genes of miRNA-21 and miRNA-223 in the relevant pathway.
Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis of the two-miRNA signature's diagnosis results in patients with Nx and Mx. (A) Diagnosed as N0 versus N1, (B) Diagnosed as M0 versus M1.
lncRNA-microRNA-gene networks constructed on miRNet based on miRNA-21 and miRNA-223. Small red dots indicate genes, azure squares indicate miRNAs and blue diamonds indicate lncRNAs.
The top 10 significantly enriched Gene Ontology annotation and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathway analysis of the target genes of the two miRNAs. (A) cellular component, (B) biological process, (C) molecular function and (D) KEGG pathway.
KIRC patients with stage I disease have a 5-year recurrence free-survival of > 92%, whereas the risk of recurrence for those with stage II and III disease is up to 40% [16, 17]. Several models have been developed to predict outcomes after surgery. The Leibovich score classified patients with KIRC into low-, intermediate-, or high-risk categories, according to stage, tumor size, nuclear grade, and the presence of tumor necrosis [6, 7]. The University of California, Los Angeles, Integrated Staging System (UISS) defines low-, intermediate-, and high-risk prognostic groups based on stage, Fuhrman nuclear grade, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status . Both models require explicit status of nodal metastasis and metastasis, but patients with Nx or Mx account for a considerable portion and that do limit the application of the two models. In addition, the status of nodal metastasis and distant metastasis are two factors of prognosis. In just a few short years miRNAs have become firmly established as key molecular components of the cell in both normal and pathologic states . Tumor miRNA profiles can define relevant subtypes, patient survival, and treatment response [19-21]. In the present study, we comprehensively analyzed the miRNA sequencing data downloaded from TCGA datasets. We identified 104 differentially expressed miRNAs, of which 43 were upregulated and 61 were down-regulated. We evaluated the diagnostic value of each differentially expressed miRNA for nodal metastasis and distant metastasis then developed a two-miRNA signature with diagnostic value for these two clinicopathological features. Further, the two-miRNA signature, as an independent factor of prognosis, successfully separated patients into low- and high-risk groups. The results suggest that the two-miRNA signature could be used as a prognostic biomarker of KIRC prognosis. In addition, the diagnosis for patients with Nx based on our two-miRNA signature, the overall survival rate of patients diagnosed as N1 was significantly poorer than that of patients diagnosed as N1. It did not obtained similar results in patients with Mx or not known because of the small sample size (n=32) or the lower diagnostic value of the two-miRNA signature for distant metastasis (AUC=0.659).
Several studies had performed to investigate the relationship between miRNA expression patterns and the prognosis of patients with KIRC. Cairns et al. found a consistent signature that included significant upregulation of miRNA-21-5p, miRNA-142-3p, let-7g-5p, let-7g-5p and miRNA-424-5p, as well as downregulation of miRNA-204-5p, to be associated with KIRC of high stage, or high grade, or progression . Yann Christinat's study unveiled a KIRC-specific five-miRNA (miRNA-10b, miRNA-21, miRNA-143, miRNA-183, and miRNA-192) signature that predicted KIRC outcome more accurately than TNM staging alone using a computational approach . Wang et al. reported a three-microRNA (miRNA-21, miRNA-584, and miRNA-155) signature as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in KIRC . One of their miRNAs, miRNA-21 overlap with our two-miRNA signature. The different results of these studies may result from differences in the different main purpose and methods of these studies. One advantage of our present study, compared with previous studies, is that our signature is a leaner one containing only two miRNAs, another advantage of our present study is the two-miRNA signature could not only assess important pathological features but also predict survival of KIRC. This two-miRNA signature could act as a new effective tool for clinicians dealing with patients with KIRC, especially, the patients in whom the status of nodal metastasis and distant metastasis cannot be assessed by routine examination.
Increasing evidence shows that miRNA-21 acts as an oncogene by targeting many tumor suppressor genes related to proliferation, apoptosis, and invasion [25, 26]. miRNA-21 stimulates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and tumorigenesis in KIRC, and up-regulation of miRNA-21 correlated with lower kidney cancer survival, which is similar with our results. As for miRNA-223, Wang et al. reported that miRNA-223 promotes the biological behavior of prostate cancer by targeting SEPT6 , while its molecular mechanism in KIRC has few studies. Zhang et al. reported miR-223 could enhance radiation sensitivity of U87MG cells in vitro and in vivo by targeting ataxia telangiectasia . MiRNA-223 is highly expressed in KIRC and may serve as a potential therapeutic target, but its role needs further study. In our current study, the lncRNA-miRNA-gene network was constructed, which would help us and other researchers to explore KIRC further and deeper. The results of GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis suggested that the target genes of two miRNAs may be involved in various pathways related to cancer, included p53 signaling pathway , apoptosis , and MAPK signaling pathway . Our study suggests that two miRNAs are potential predictors of nodal metastasis and distant metastasis, suggesting that these two miRNAs may be related to tumor metastasis. In particular, there are few studies about miRNA-223 in KIRC. Our results suggested that miRNA-223 may play a role in pathways related to cancer by targeting ATM, CDK2, MDM2, TP53, SESN3, CHUK, MKNK2, E2F1, CDC27, STMN1, CACNG8, MEF2C and MEF2C. Further experimental verification is needed.
Although cross-validation was lack in our present study, a two-miRNA signature successfully was constructed in a relatively large sample size. Since we did not find data sets that meet the inclusion criteria in other databases, we regret that we could not add more samples or use an independent external data set to validate our results. Future studies with independent cohorts of large samples from different sample types are needed to validate our findings for clinical practice. The main weakness for our study is lack of direct experimental validation, further functional investigation is required to explore the molecular functions of the two miRNAs in KIRC. Based on our present study, our research team is considering collecting samples in our hospital for validation and further research.
In summary, our study identified a two-miRNA signature from differentially expressed miRNAs in KIRC and matched normal tissues. The two-miRNA signature could not only assess nodal metastasis and distant metastasis. It also predicted survival in KIRC. Ultimately, we hope that this miRNA signature can be used as a new prognostic tool for clinicians dealing with patients with KIRC, especially those patients for whom the status of nodal metastasis and metastasis was not clear.
This study was supported by the Key Research and Development project of Guangxi (Grant No. Guike AB17195002), Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 2017GXNSFAA198249), the Scientific Research Funding from Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Grant No. S2017009), the funding from Department of Education of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (2017JGA159), the Talents Highland of Emergency and Medical Rescue of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. | 2019-04-19T19:23:16Z | http://jcancer.org/v09p3651.htm |
Glaciers can be a pretty powerful force. They've carved the land, affected the weather, and once covered most of North America. But, you wouldn't know that looking at them today; they're receding at an alarming rate. Many of America's glaciers are a mere shadow of what they once were, and plenty have been downgraded from glacier status, or even gone extinct.
If you're interested in seeing a glacier, you're gonna want to visit ASAP. Luckily, glaciers can be found all over, in tons of states across the west. Obviously, Alaska is the place to go to see more massive glaciers, but you can find them in some unexpected places as well. Here are a few places where you can get in some prime glacier-spotting... before it's too late.
Kenai Fjords is a National Park in Alaska with lots of glacier-y goodness. The coolest one to see is Exit Glacier. It's also the only part of the park accessible by car (when it's not winter, in which case, you'll need a snowmobile, snowshoes, cross-country skis or a dogsled to get here). It's one of the most accessible glaciers in Alaska. You can pretty much walk right up to it, or explore the network of trails around the Exit Glacier Nature Center for different views of it. You can really see how much it has shrunk; it reportedly receded 187 feet between 2013 and 2014. If you're motivated, you can hike further along to the Harding Icefield, which is hundreds of miles square and spawns dozens of other glaciers.
Hubbard Glacier in Yakutat, Alaska is a giant. It's six miles wide where it meets the water, its face is 400 feet tall, and it can create glaciers up to 10 stories in height (which is mostly underwater, but still... dang.) Those glaciers mean that boats can't always get super close, but it's still worth taking a cruise around Disenchantment Bay to get a glimpse of this 400-year-old beheamoth.
Mendenhall Glacier is such a major attraction in Juneau that it has its own visitor center. It's not hard to see why so many people are eager to check out the 12-mile-long river of ice, though. The visitor center offers great views across the lake and nearby trails to hike-- visit Nugget Falls while you're here. You can't really get right up to it, but what you can see is nonetheless impressive. The state-of-the-art visitor center has telescopes through which you can view Mendenhall Glacier, along with educational films and interactive exhibits.
Of course, Alaska isn't the only place in the US to see glaciers. North Cascades National Park owes its opaque, turquoise lakes and streams to glacial melt from its nearly 300 mountaintop glaciers. In fact, this park has the most glaciers in the US outside of Alaska; North Cascades is home to a third of the lower 48's glaciers. They're all shrinking at an alarming rate, though. Boston Glacier is a perfect example. It's the largest in the park, but is not nearly as big as it once was.
Mount Rainier has some glaciers, too. Carbon Glacier is one; it feeds the park's stunning Carbon River, and you can reach it via a hike from the Carbon River entrance to the park. It's a 17-mile round trip, but you get to access the lowest-elevation glacier in the continental US while enjoying wildflowers and views of Rainier along the way!
Mount Hood is home to a number of glaciers as well. There are about 12 named glaciers and snowfields to be found on the mountain. They dominate the top of Mount Hood, although one, Palmer Glacier, is partially within the Timberline Lodge's ski area and also happens to be on one of the most popular climbing routes. You can also see moraines and cuts left by glaciers past.
Obviously, Glacier National Park has plenty of glaciers as well. Grinnell is named for George Bird Grinnell, a naturalist and one of the earliest advocates for establishing Glacier National Park. Unfortunately, it's receding at a terrifying pace. Between 1966 and 2005, Grinnell Glacier lost almost 40 percent of its acreage. If global warming gets much worse, it could be totally gone within a decade or two. You can see Grinnell Glacier, along with Gem Glacier and Salamander Glacier, (while they're still around) on a 6-mile hike that starts at Swiftcurrent Lake.
There are some glaciers in Grand Teton National Park as well. Falling Ice Glacier is one of a few. It, like the others in the park, was formed during the so-called "Little Ice Age", which occurred between 1350–1850 A.D. You can see it if you climb to the summit of Mount Moran, or just enjoy its runoff, which feeds the crystal-clear Leigh Lake.
The Rocky Mountains are loaded with glaciers as well. Tyndall Glacier, on the north side of Rocky Mountain National Park's Hallet Peak, is a fun one for an ascent. You'll need all of your icy mountain climbing gear, but it's good for beginners and pros alike. Fun fact: it's named for John Tyndall, a scientist, inventor, and poet who was almost the first man to conquer the Matterhorn and who helped discover the effects of greenhouse gases. Ironic, no?
Did you know that there's a glacier in Nevada? It's true; Great Basin National Park protects mountains in the Snake Range, and that's where you'll find Wheeler Peak and, in turn, the Wheeler Peak Glacier. Incredibly enough, this glacier is still leftover from the first Ice Age, although it might not look like much now. This is another place where you can get a good look at how glaciers have carved and shaped the landscape; moraines, lakes, gulches, and rock formations on the mountains are sure signs of glacier activity.
We can't forget the glaciers of the Sierra Nevadas, either. You'll find one on Mount Conness, right on the edge of Yosemite National Park. It's great practice for alpine climbing, and it offers incredible views of Tuolumne Meadows and the rest of the mountains. | 2019-04-21T06:37:00Z | http://sa1.roadtrippers.com/trips/19736385 |
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As soon as that lens pointed at J's eyes she instantly lit up. Those gorgeous blues popped, that flirty smile came to life and her beautiful curves just took over my studio. It was magical. It was so much fun to see J just take control. | 2019-04-23T11:01:24Z | https://www.elizabethcraigphotography.com/elizabeth-craig-photography-2/2013/07/24/shes-on-fire-folks-boudoir-before-after-photos-pittsburgh |
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Deacon Dave Belland is a longtime member of Roncalli Newman Parish. He and his wife, Chelle, have three lovely daughters - Madeline, Olivia, and Ava. Dave was ordained a deacon in 2014 and has added much to our parish life since that time. He feels as fortunate to be assigned to Roncalli Newman Parish as we are to count him among our clergy! | 2019-04-25T16:44:42Z | https://www.roncallinewmancenter.com/deacon-dave-belland-homebound-ministry-and-rcia.html |
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This week the KFA announced that South Korea will play friendlies later this year against Uruguay, Panama and Uzbekistan. These games will take place in October and November 2018.
We will get a chance to see Paulo Bento's new South Korea side this week also before these games. As the Koreans take on Costa Rica on Sunday followed by a match with Chile next Tuesday. The two games are home matches taking place at the Goyang Stadium and Suwon World Cup Stadium respectively.
The matches after this round of fixtures will start with Uruguay on 12th October this will be followed by a match with Panama three days later. Both fixtures are to take place in South Korea but the stadiums have yet to be announced.
This final of these three friendlies will be with Uzbekistan in Brisbane, Australia, on the 20th November. This game takes place three days after South Korea play against Australia at the same venue.
This will then lead South Korea up to the 2019 Cup in the United Arab Emirates. It will be hoped then by the time the match with Australia comes around Bento will know his team for the Asian Cup.
Now with South Korea, currently ranked 57 in the world the Korean side will wish to get some wins on the board an climb up the FIFA rankings ahead of the Asian Cup that kicks off in January. | 2019-04-21T16:38:00Z | https://www.fromthetofubowl.com/2018/09/south-korea-finalise-preparation-for.html |
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) reported fiscal second-quarter results that handily beat expectations while same-store sales were strong at 6.7 percent.
RBC Capital Markets' Scot Ciccarelli maintains an Outperform rating on Costco with a price target lifted from $235 to $250.
Bank of America's Robert Ohmes maintains at Buy, unchanged $255 price target.
Raymond James' Budd Bugatch maintains at Outperform, price target lifted from $240 to $250.
Morgan Stanley's Simeon Gutman maintains at Equal-weight, unchanged $220 price target.
Costco's stock traded higher by 5.5 percent at $228.62 per share Friday morning.
EBIT of $1.2 billion was $0.1 billion better than expected.
One of the key metrics to gauge Costco's profit outlook is membership rates and this metric remained healthy in the reported quarter, Ohmes said in a research report. Membership fees were 7.3 percent higher in the quarter and the fee increase accounted for roughly half of the growth. Membership renewal rates also showed signs of improvement in both the U.S. and international markets as did growth in member households per store.
Also important to the bull case is continued e-commerce momentum, the analyst wrote. Encouragingly, online sales grew 25.5 percent in the quarter due to better online merchandising, inclusion of higher-end products, digital marketing and better delivery options. While e-commerce sales are dilutive to margins it is also EBIT margin accretive due to lower SG&A.
Costco's "impressive" report marks the continuation of comparable sales momentum over the past year against challenging prior year comparisons, Bugatch said. The company is achieving success mostly due to the strength of its business model in which new and existing members see value in what the brand has to offer.
More important to the bullish case is the consistent mid-single digit U.S. customer traffic growth, which signals management remains focused both generating growth without impacting the customer experience. The analyst said there's a reason to believe the company can continue gaining market share and members over the coming years through new club openings in both the US and international markets.
Gutman said Costco's 20-percent beat may signal strong trends in the core business, but the magnitude of the beat is unlikely to be sustainable. For example, EPS came in better than expected by 32 cents, but around 23 cents of the beat was due to higher EBIT dollars.
Around 9 cents were due to below the line items like FX-related income and a one-time foreign tax credit. Some of the remaining beat can be attributed to higher than usual gas profit but gas prices shifted higher exiting Costco's quarter.
Around 80 percent of the earnings outperformance is due to items that are unlikely to continue over the long-term and EPS growth should moderate moving forward, the analyst wrote.
Costco has now posted 12 consecutive quarters of increasing comps aided by a strong private label offering, improvements in fresh food and new technologies to speed up the shopping experience, Feinseth said in his daily newsletter.
The company also benefits from a very loyal customer base that is willing to pay an upfront membership fee to shop at its "treasure hunt-like" stores, he said. Encouragingly, the number of people willing to pay for memberships continues to increase despite the recent price increase.
"I believe further upside exists from current levels and continue to recommend purchase," Feinseth wrote. | 2019-04-18T10:38:44Z | https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/19/03/13327188/the-street-reacts-to-costcos-big-q2-earnings-beat |
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I would love to hear your caption ideas for this photo.
p.s. the captions you’re writing are hilarious. Please keep it up. Maybe I’ll make a motivational poster. I’ll write more about it later maybe but there were two folks that came on their own and two recruited, so including me and my friend Jeff there were 6 total. Which in a weird way ended up being pretty perfect. I had a music themed post planned for today but I think the comments you’re leaving are far too funny to cover up with another post. So let’s play the caption game today and I’ll move the music themed post to Saturday.
Instant thought runs through this man's mind…….If the rapture just took place then where are the clothes with no one in them, watches, and contact lens? Please Lord just let this be a bad dream!
"Did I forget to turn my clock back an hour last night?"
Is my breath that bad?
And here I was kicking myself for not bringing the camera to document my first hometown event….
That may not be the funniest caption, but this just happened to me last night. I had an author event scheduled at the library in my town and not even crickets came. Wow, instant ego deflation. Maybe I’ll turn it into a book. | 2019-04-23T23:56:43Z | http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/10/09/caption-this-photo/ |
"It's a Piece of Cake" is available for $12.99 at Minnetrista's Orchard Shop, and also from Amazon.
MUNCIE – When Brittani Gothard sits down to create art, there's not a pen or a paintbrush in sight.
"I couldn't live without these in my art," she said with a laugh, the tweezers held aloft as she momentarily tweezed empty air.
She also has paper, lots and lots of paper, filling wooden storage boxes on the work table in her airy front-room studio, and more in flat plastic boxes stacked four deep on the floor.
"All forms of paper are used," she said. "It all depends on the texture I want to achieve."
As she spoke, the attractive 26-year-old Californian's friendly dog, a Goldendoodle named Rusty, sat calmly on the floor, its rust-colored hair a soft mass of thick curly locks. A Type 1 diabetic, Gothard is training the dog as a service animal, one that paws at her when it senses she needs to attend to her blood sugar.
"I have never loved an animal so much," she said, giving her dog a warm hug.
But she also loves art, and what she makes with those scissors, tweezers, some paper punches and paper is striking.
Propped against the windows in her studio, a series of fine framed pictures made by cutting forms from paper show children riding bikes, skipping through a garden, playing basketball, learning to read and more. All of them illustrate a new children's book about overcoming obstacles that she has recently published with Laurie Lunsford. The book is called, "It's a Piece of Cake."
An excellent measure of Gothard's substantial talent might be that, while Lunsford is an artist herself, upon seeing her friend's collage-like pictures, she insisted on illustrating the book with them.
"It's amazing," Lunsford said of Gothard's work. "It's very, very unique."
A mother of two boys, Weston and Kavin, whose husband, Levi, is a Marine, the Los Angeles native moved here to be near his family when he served in Afghanistan. A cosmetologist, back home she had worked with models and also styled wardrobes.
"I was never able to have an office job," she recalled. "I always had to keep busy. I always liked to be creative, and hair did that for me."
Meanwhile, she was the daughter and granddaughter of two very "crafty," meaning craft-loving, women. Entirely self-taught, she flirted with painting, but found her true talent and interest in collage making, and even had pieces in galleries back in L.A. Upon moving here and meeting Lunsford, her goal of illustrating a children's book was quickly realized.
The allure of her collage pictures?
"I just think it's not commonly seen," Gothard said. "There's so much texture and color. Laurie couldn't see her illustrations being anything else."
Before working on the book, she also did and still does make paper collage portraits sold through her small business, Brittani Rose Paper, on ETSY. Showing off one she made of herself and her husband on their wedding day, it was nothing less than charming, revealing everything from the pleats in his pants and the tufts of gray hair at his temples to the delicate rose tattoo on her left arm.
In illustrating "It's a Piece of Cake," she sketched out her ideas, then set to the difficult work of making them.
"One page would take me about a week," Gothard said. "I was working 11-hour days on them. There's so much. The cutting is ridiculous. I have so much paper, I probably could open up a store."
As much as she has accomplished in her relatively short stay here, she and Levi will soon relocate back to her family and her California home, a move she is happily anticipating. Still, she is appreciative of her time here, and the collaboration with Lunsford it afforded her.
"She let me spread my wings and do what I wanted with it," she said, gratefully.
Contact John Carlson at (765) 213-5824. | 2019-04-22T02:20:22Z | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/life/2014/08/26/brittani-gothard-artist/14624083/ |
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Location Based Services (LBS), when combined with data analytics and city demographics, has tremendous potential to tap into the pulse of the city and thereby improve the quality of life for citizens. The integration of LBS and Smart City Initiatives with city demographics and data analytics leads to better insights as well as enables city authorities to target the right people at the right time and at the right place. There are many international examples of LBS aided Smart City Initiatives proving the above statement.
This integration is a win-win for both citizens as well as the government authorities. Moreover, this will empower city authorities to gain better insights into citizen requirements and accordingly plan as well as disseminate city services. This, in turn, will increase citizen satisfaction levels, thereby improving city branding which will further attract businesses and improve city revenues. Listed are set of International Smart Cities that leveraged the Location Based services.
A just graduated Geo geek with a never-ending curiosity on anything and everything that's GEO combined with a passion for writing.
Why would you use OpenStreetMap if there is Google Maps? | 2019-04-23T02:07:33Z | https://geoawesomeness.com/lbs-and-smart-city-initiatives-on-a-global-scale/ |
Anthropologists are philosophers of the social. With firm roots in classical social theory, anthropologists have always questioned the relationship of materiality and imagination in human culture, the dialectic of individual and social, the structures of power and authority, the pull of kinship and cosmology, and the cultural patterning of time, space, gender, and story. Anthropology trains our attention on big questions of comparative and global import, but seeks answers in concrete things that people do, say, and make. Anthropological theory thus rests on the empiricism of ethnography, archaeology, and material studies, and provides the questions that drive research. This course links contemporary theoretical work in the discipline with essential forerunner texts and projects. It also considers influential texts from theorists outside the discipline proper, recognizing that anthropology takes insights from many theoretical quarters, and in turn informs theoretical endeavors across the social sciences and humanities. | 2019-04-21T01:44:34Z | http://catalog.colgate.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=8&coid=12037 |
Short | 2012 | 39 min.
We all really liked this film. Myself my husband and 24 year old son. The film kept all of us interested and sparked conversation afterwards. We kept discovering layers behind the womans motivation for what she does. | 2019-04-23T18:21:12Z | http://israelfilmcenterstream.org/film/aya-0 |
I keep trying to read books with Quinn. Sometimes she listens, rubbing her fingers over the characters on the pages–especially if those pages have built-in mirrors that allow her to grin at her too-adorable, two-toothed self–but mostly, to my English teacher’s chagrin, when we sit down to read together she writhes around in my lap, tries to chew on my arm, or slaps the pages close because dammit, she doesn’t want to read any stinking books right now.
She’s only 12 months old, I keep telling myself. She’s still a baby. So what if she doesn’t like to read now? It’s okay, there’s still time. There’s still time (kindly imagine the high-pitched voice wailing into the abyss, please).
Books. When I worked in publishing, we editors were always swapping reading material, suggesting novels to each other, lending out whatever intellectual literary fiction bestseller was hot at the moment (no, I didn’t work in fiction publishing. I worked in legal book and newspaper publishing, which is exactly as boring as it sounds, which is why we probably read so much. Probably why we went out to drink so much, too, but don’t tell my kids that. Or my mother. Actually, my mother already knows). Books are important. Reading, in my very biased view, is what sets us up to be curious people, avid learners, better conversationalists (unless our noses are in a book, but that’ s not my point). I’m happy to see Saoirse apparently following in the letter-pressed step of an avid reader, and not just because I like the idea of having my own in-family book club one day.
Quinn, on the other hand, is not quite there yet (see? I’m still comparing my children. I told you about this. Make. Me. Stop. Pigeonholing. My children). She’d much rather use a book for shot put practice, or chew on a page as a snack. I realize that Quinn’s not wanting to sit around and read all day may have more to do with the fact that she’s learning how to stand up, and balance herself–by golly, I hear her think, I will learn how to walk!–and all she wants to do is get down on the floor and movemovemove, but my literature major self (Yes, I was a lit major. And yes, my parents let me do it without voiced fears that I’d end up alone and penniless under a bridge somewhere with just my Ted Hughes poetry to keep me company) silently cries a howl of desperate sorrow, imagining that–gasp–she’ll never really learn to love books and instead get hooked on–the horror!–TV and…I can’t say it…video games. Oh, what’s a momma to do?
Relax, that’s what. Like with everything else in this life that seems like a big deal but really, really isn’t, I’ll just relax. Because the poor kid’s only a year old. She’s still throwing her sippy cup to see if the dog will catch it and eating lint off the floor (not that there’s ever lint on my floor, of course. Ahem). And she loves to be sung to, and dances to her favorite songs, and thinks that magazine pages make for a mighty fine dose of fiber. It’s okay. The kid’s amazing, and she’ll probably surprise me by learning how to read by the time she’s like, 3 (No? Too soon?).
And if she doesn’t? So what. Somebody’s got to study something sensible when she gets to college. After all, no lit major’s going to able to afford the kind of nursing home her dad and I will want someday.
Loved reading this. Great post! | 2019-04-26T06:01:13Z | http://onevignette.com/index.php/2011/06/26/who-you-calling-a-nerd/ |
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"Quality and Equality in Oakland's Evolving Music Industry Ecosystem"
Join Family Paths at our Women's Leadership Luncheon 2018 on September 21 with a keynote by Piper Payne, music industry entrepreneur and Chief Mastering Engineer/Owner of Neato Mastering and Co-Founder at Second Line Vinyl, Oakland's first vinyl record pressing plant since 1935.
This year's event will feature live music, insight into record production, and rich commentary on the state-of-the-arts, equity, and economic development in Oakland.
Returning Emcee Extraordinaire C.J. Hirschfield, Executive Director of Children's Fairyland.
Swingin' VIP after-party option (1:30 pm - 4:30 pm) immediately following with live music by Kendra McKinley and special musical guests. Check back with Eventbrite as new artists are announced.
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For group tables and other sponsorship information, please contact Kimberly Cohn at (510) 893-9230 ext. 262 or [email protected].
About Family Paths - Family Paths, Inc. (formerly Parental Stress Service) is a nonprofit organization of mental health professionals and dedicated volunteers that provides a number of mental health, trauma counseling, and case management services to low-income, multi-stressed individuals and families of Alameda County. Our 24-Hour Parent Support and Resource Hotline receives nearly 6,000 calls annually and our programs provide direct service to more than 1,000 individuals. Family Paths is a multicultural agency committed to serving all families including multiracial, foster families, LGBTQIA families, single parents, and kinship caregivers. To learn more, visit www.familypaths.org. | 2019-04-22T00:07:34Z | http://www.oaklandchamber.com/events/details/family-paths-women-s-leadership-luncheon-2018-16040 |
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Alejandra of Las Mujeres Solares explaining the solar autoclave (Solarclave) technology built at their Solar Center workshop. Solarclave is designed for medical instrument sterilization at rural clinics around the world.
The Solarclave was a project of Anna Young, 2012 MIT D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellow. | 2019-04-18T12:19:05Z | http://d-lab.mit.edu/news-blog/video/solarclave-and-las-mujeres-solares-nicaragua |
Ecology: Drought tolerant and adapted to a wide range of soils. Most abundant on disturbed sites in either deep or shallow soils. Very effective for wind and water erosion control due to its persistent ground cover. This species can coexist with cheatgrass.
Fire Tolerance: One of the most fire-resistant native bunchgrasses. | 2019-04-19T14:48:31Z | https://www.cdlandtrust.org/trails-access/field-guide/squirreltail |
Close your eyes for a minute and think about your grandparents. They’re probably 70+, graying and ripe with good ’ol days wisdom. Now picture NeNe Leakes–totally not a grandmother, right? Except she is. She’s grandmother AF.
Yes, the “very rich” Bravo titan is a grandmother at 48 years old. And she is not the only celebrity whose children have children. These 10 celebrities have the bake-cookies-and-read-stories schtick down pat.
The hip-hop legend became a grandfather at 43 years old when his son Corde Broadus welcomed his first baby, a son named Zion. You can catch Snoop proudly showing off the “grandbaby” on Instagram.
Ice-T went from teen dad to controversial rap star to actor. In the midst of that he became a granddad after his first daughter, LeTesha Marrow, had a son named Elyjah in 1995.
The National Treasure king became a grandparent at 50 years old in July 2014 when his son Wes welcomed a boy, Lucian Augustus Coppola Cage.
The quarterback became a grandfather six years ago–at age 40–after his 21-year-old daughter Brittany gave birth to her son Parker. Athletic prodigy in the making.
Can you imagine having Bruce Almighty as your grandpops? In 2010, Carrey’s daughter Jane gave birth to her son Jackson Riley Santana. Carrey was 47 at the time. Here’s hoping Carrey takes little Jackson’s prom photos!
Green’s stepdaughter Sierra had a baby back in 2010, which means The Voice host became a grandfather…at 35 years old.
Leakes’ son said hello to a baby daughter in 2012, making the 48-year-old Real Housewives of Atlanta vet a grandma–scratch that, glam-ma.
The 53-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County queen has two grandsons thanks to her daughter Briana. And the best part? Gunvalson doesn’t look a day over 40.
You may not be surprised Goldberg is a grandmother, but get this: She is also a great-grandmother. In March 2014, The View co-host’s 25-year-old granddaughter Amarah Dean gave birth to a girl. And Goldberg is only 60 years old.
This 24 star was not yet 40 when his stepdaughter gave birth to a boy in 2005. Hit show. Hit grandpa. He’s doing life right.
Sheen tweeted in 2013 his daughter Cassandra Estevez gave birth to a little girl. He wasn’t even 50 at the time.
Yup. At 62, James Bond has a few grandchildren to his name.
That’s right. At 41, L Boogie recently became the coolest grandmother ever when her eldest son Zion had a bundle of joy named Zepheniah Nesta’.
Even though Love & Hip Hop’s own Kalenna and Tony are proud new parents themselves, they’re also grandparents to the adorable Tony Vick, III. That’s three generations of fly!
Did you know Love and Hip Hop Atlanta’s Rasheeda and Kirk have four grandchildren, including one that’s almost the same age as their youngest son Karter? Mind blown.
On top of his clan of seven children, Stevie J also has a grandson by way of his son Angel.
This creep squad member is also a grandpa (or should we say grandcreep?). Added to the roster of his adorable children is his super cute granddaughter via his 24-year-old daughter Whitney. | 2019-04-24T06:49:38Z | http://www.vh1.com/news/238470/young-celebrity-grandparents/ |
While most investors are biting their nails over the eurozone's potential unraveling and a worldwide recession, contrarian investors are seeing opportunity in Europe.
The legendary Baron Rothschild, a great contrarian investor, reputedly recommended buying only when there was blood on the streets. There's not yet blood in Paris, but Greece has seen some rioting and bloodshed, and most observers believe the eurozone's troubles are far from over.
Financial adviser Kurt Brouwer, writing for MarketWatch, advises that this is indeed a good time buy certain European stocks. Brouwer recommends large European companies that do business outside Europe.
For instance, Nestle S.A. operates around the world. Around for 140 years, it has shown that it can survive tough times.
Novartis, a pharmaceutical firm, is another global company. It was formed when two large companies, Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz, merged in 1996. Their forerunners can be traced back to as early as 1758.
Royal Dutch Shell, the giant oil company, operates in 90 countries, and its predecessor originated in the 1800s.
Buying a mutual fund or ETF is the best way to get a piece of these kinds of companies, says Brouwer, noting that he's not recommending purchasing those individual stocks.
Brouwer himself owns Harbor International, a large cap value-oriented mutual fund with almost 70 holdings and about 70 percent of its assets in European stocks.
Vanguard European ETF, which tracks the MSCI European Stock Index, has a diverse group of almost 500 European stocks, he notes.
These funds have not done well recently, he admits. But that is the point of contrarian investing.
Financial analyst Tom Konrad agrees that European stocks offer opportunities for contrarian investors.
He recommends alternative energy companies, such as environmental services firm Veolia, Germany's SMA Solar, the Danish insulation manufacturer, Rockwool, and Dutch bicycle and e-bike maker, Accell.
"Europe, with its high energy prices and early acceptance of the science of climate change has for many years been growing industries with the technology and skills to confront peak oil and climate change," he writes for the website, alternativeenergystocks.com. | 2019-04-19T02:48:09Z | https://www.newsmax.com/finance/investinganalysis/nestle-novartis-bargains-euro/2011/12/13/id/420840/ |
I have been feeding the birds in my garden for years but only in the last three have I been taking greater interest in how they actually take their turn at the trough or feeding tables. The smaller garden birds come down early on and peck at the dispensers – they’re crafty little blighters too, they know which bits of the multi seed feed they want and literally spit out the stuff they don’t. It goes all over the paved bit underneath and all over the soil. Then down come the noisy blackbirds, fighting and squabbling with the braver of the smaller birds. Then after that the very busy starlings have their turn. So between that little lot, I’m not surprised my dispensers are emptied by lunch time. Clearing up is essential – I leave some seed down for the ground feeders and hedgehogs but no fatty deposits, just in case there are rat shaped visitors joining the party. | 2019-04-20T14:34:36Z | http://www.nauticleansolutions.com/2018/08/ |
Kyle Yuen’s life is in danger and Lizzy Scott will stop at nothing to protect him.
He’s arrogant, annoying and completely irresistible. They’ll risk it all to keep each other safe even if it means walking away when the danger has passed.
Fans of Marie Force’s Fatal series or Laura Kaye’s Hard As It Gets, will love this romantic suspense series from Piper J. Drake and Carina Press.
Kyle Yeun didn’t start out bad and he doesn’t intend to end his life while on the wrong side of the law, either. His testimony to his former employer’s environmental misdeeds has earned him a protection detail compliments of the US government. But due to a dark international conspiracy Kyle was unaware of, his former employers have made ending his life a top priority. Realizing he needs more protection than the US Marshals can provide, he turns to Safeguard after seeing the beautiful, deadly Lizzy Scott in action.
One look at Kyle, and sniper Lizzy Scott knows this isn’t going to be an easy protection job. He’s arrogant, irritating and almost irresistible. Instead of being put off by her hardened attitude, Kyle seems to thrive off the challenge. And she’s slowly giving in to his charms.
After narrowly escaping the latest assassination attempt, Lizzy starts taking dangerous risks to keep him safe. But the last thing Kyle wants is another life ruined because of his actions. He found his redemption in Lizzy’s arms and he’ll risk everything to make sure they both make it out alive. As will she, even if it means walking away from him to keep him safe.
I love strong women and Isabelle proves herself to be one from the very first pages.
Kyle is in protective custody until he finishes testifying again his former employers. When Isabelle quickly dispenses of some goons sent after him. After doing some research he hires her as personal protection on top of the Marshall and local police already assigned to him.
The attacks on his life and the creative ways Isabelle gets them to safety had me smiling and holding my breath.
As they get to know each other as much as can be expected in the situation they are in, the attraction grows. The excerpt below holds one of my favorite scenes.
I have been to Seattle and I actually stayed in the hotel that provides the goldfish, visited Pikes Place Market and walked many of the streets described. I felt like I was back there as images popped into my brain as I read.
I had already fallen in love with this series and this latest addition just shows it will continue to grab your attention, draw you in and not let you go until the finish.
She stepped forward inside his guard and put her left foot behind his right. Seeing her coming forward, he instinctively tried to step back and get his guard back up. Nope.
Instead, she threw her right arm up between the two of them and quickly swung it around in an exterior loop to place his still-retracting arm into an under armpit lock. He lost his balance and toppled, taking her with him. Which was fine.She landed heavily on top of him, forcing grunts out of the both of them. Somehow, she wasn’t even going to mind the bruises. This was more fun than she’d had in a while. | 2019-04-22T06:36:35Z | https://carolkittie.com/2016/05/09/release-day-spotlight-and-giveaway-deadly-testimony-by-piper-drake/ |
The Right-to-Know law changes as new bills pass into law. Almost every year there are proposed bills to amend the Right-to-Know Law. This year, Right to Know NH has proposed 4 bills to strengthen the ability of citizens of New Hampshire to access their government. The 4 bills are HB178, HB252, HB365, HB460.
STATUS: Failed to pass in the House. Vote was Y: 184 N: 187 NV: 11 Abs: 14 .
STATUS: Passed in the House . Inexpedient to Legislate by Senate Judiciary Committee.
If you know the bill number, you can track its progress here or use the NH State Legislature Portal. | 2019-04-24T08:50:40Z | https://righttoknownh.wordpress.com/legislature/bills-2017/ |
The JWST Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) optical light path divides into two channels: a spectrometer and an imager. The spectrometer is also optically configured for integral field unit (IFU) spectroscopy.
Figure 1 shows the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) field of view in relation to fields of view of other instruments.
The science instruments fields of view as projected onto the sky using the JWST Science and Operations Center convention. For an observatory orientation angle of 0°, the V3 axis is aligned with celestial north and is up in this diagram. The MIRI field of view, in the upper right, is highlighted.
Optically, the instrument is divided into two channels: (1) an imager channel (MIRIM), with one detector array, and (2) a spectrometer channel (MRS) where light is further subdivided into long and short wavelength modules that each have a detector array.
MIRI's pick-off mirror, in front of the JWST optical telescope assembly focal plane, directs the MIRI field of view towards the imager. A small fold mirror adjacent to the imager light path picks off the small (up to 8" × 8") field of view of the spectrometer. A second fold in the spectrometer optical path is used to select either the light from the telescope or from the MIRI calibration system.
Overview of the MIRI optical architecture, showing the primary components (detailed components for MIRIM and MRS are given below). The science light path through the MIRI modules are shown in blue. Figure credit: Wright et al. 2015, Figure 2.
The optics are configured to place the entrance focal plane just outside the MIRIM housing; this allows the focal plane module (which houses the coronagraph masks and low-resolution spectrometer slit) to be bolted directly to the housing in a very simple interface.
Inside MIRIM, the field of view (FOV) is partitioned into three functional areas on the instrument focal plane: imager, coronagraph, and low-resolution spectrometer.
First, the light is collimated. At the pupil image formed by the collimator, a filter wheel holds the following: filters for both the imager and coronagraphs, a prism assembly for the low-resolution spectrometer, a blank for dark current measurements, and a pupil imaging lens. This entrance focal plane is imaged onto the detector using a three-mirror anastigmat camera with separate areas of the detector being dedicated to the imaging, coronagraphy, and spectroscopy functions. The region of the focal plane for each function is selected by a fold mirror close to the telescope focal plane.
The MRS provides diffraction-limited integral field spectroscopy (IFU) over the whole wavelength range from 5 to 28.5 μm. This mode consists of two modules: the spectrometer pre-optics (SPO) and spectrometer main optics (SMO).
The SPO spectrally splits the light into the four spectrometer channels and spatially reformats the rectangular fields of view into slits at the entrance of the SMO.
Inside the SPO, the light is divided into four different wavelength channels using three dichroics.
Each channel has its own dedicated integral field unit (IFU) and the spectra from each of the four channels occupy half of one of the two MRS detectors.
Each channel is split, by an additional dichroic chain, into three sub-bands that are observed sequentially by rotation of just two mechanisms that carry both the wavelength sorting dichroics and the dispersion gratings in a very compact and efficient configuration.
The SMO consists of two arms which perform the following three functions: (1) collimation of the output beams of one of the four IFUs, (2) dispersion of the collimated beam with diffraction gratings, and (3) imaging of the resulting spectrum onto one-half of one of the two focal plane arrays.
One of the two spectrometer arms includes the two short wavelength channels (1 and 2); the other has long wavelength channels (3 and 4). Each spectrometer arm uses six gratings (to allow for any combination of two wavelength channels and three sub-band exposures). The dispersed beams are imaged by three-mirror-anastigmat (TMA) camera systems (M1–M2–M3). Folding flats reflect the channel 1 and channel 4 beams such that the combined (channel 1 + 2) and (channel 3 + 4) beam pairs are imaged onto opposite halves of the detectors.
The optical path through the IFUs begins with the four toroidal mirrors, which comprise the anamorphic pre-optics (APO) module. The APO re-images the input focal plane (8" × 8") onto the image slicer mirror. Light exits the IFU through individual pupil masks for each beam, then through individual slitlets. Reimaging mirrors behind the slitlets relay the beam to the input of the appropriate spectrometer. | 2019-04-21T00:36:26Z | https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/display/JTI/MIRI+Optics+and+Focal+Plane |
Any time of the year is a good time to cuddle up on the couch and enjoy a spine-chilling horror flick. Whether your taste runs to psychological thrillers or old-fashioned slasher films, Netflix has something to satisfy.
The streaming platform has become one of the top sources for entertainment for people all over the country, and while the choices are almost endless, we’ve curated some of the very best scary movies on Netflix for your next movie night.
This is the film that spawned hundreds of memes and nearly as many in-depth reviews as to what those strange, unseen creatures could possibly be. Bird Box is a Netflix original that stars megawatt actors like Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich.
Based on a bestselling book, Bird Box doesn’t purport to tell the whole story behind the nationwide outbreak at the beginning of the film, but rather focuses on how it affects a small group of characters, and their journey to try and find a safe haven. Bird Box will keep you on the edge of your seat, biting your nails in suspense until the very last second.
Relive the terror on the creepiest night of the year. Grab your friends and re-watch #TheConjuring for #FridayThe13th.
A good, old-fashioned ghost story with something for everyone, The Conjuring is based on real-life events, a haunting that took place nearly fifty years ago. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, seasoned horror film veterans, play paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, trying to discover why a vengeful spirit persists in terrorizing a family in their newly-purchased farmhouse.
The Conjuring doesn’t rely too heavily on jump scares or excessive gore but builds the suspense gradually. It spawned several hit sequels, but the sheer terror of the original hasn’t yet been matched.
A classic action film that scared many people out of the water for good, Jaws has it all – humor, excitement, an intriguing story, and a truly terrifying soundtrack.
Follow along as a monster great white shark stalks a peaceful vacation community, picking out victims at will – and of the men who resolve to end the shark’s reign of terror once and for all. Jaws was the film that put young director Steven Spielberg on the map and is considered to be the first great summer blockbuster. Plus, the use of practical effects and careful camera work means that every shot of the giant shark is a real stunner.
Discover M. Night Shyamalan’s masterpiece on Netflix today – The Sixth Sense is still every bit as creepy as the day it was first released in 1999.
Haley Joel Osment delivers a riveting performance as a haunted young boy who can’t escape his visions of the dead, and Bruce Willis excels as a troubled psychiatrist who resolves to help the boy deal with his demons. Whether or not you know the mind blowing twist at the end, The Sixth Sense holds up beautifully for repeat viewings, and, if anything, only seems to get creepier.
"A 21st century classic," declares the @chicagotribune – See #TheWitchMovie today!
What would any list of great Netflix horror films be without the stunningly-filmed 2015 film The Witch? Set in Puritan New England, the movie follows a homesteading family that finds themselves haunted by a witch who lives in the nearby forest.
Incredibly creepy, from the bone-chilling silence of the film’s soundtrack to the grey, barren cinematography, The Witch will live in your nightmares for days following. Plus, it features one of the most terrifying finales of any film of the past several decades – on all accounts, The Witch is a must-watch.
Keep checking with The Cheat Sheet for more best-of Netflix lists, including the best gangster shows on Netflix and the most binge-worthy Netflix original series. | 2019-04-18T12:16:52Z | https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-scariest-movies-on-netflix.html/ |
Jack Donovan was not as well known as his wife Mollie.
Until her death 3 years ago, she was a tireless volunteer in a variety of causes. From the Historical Society and Westport Arts Center to the Schools’ Permanent Art Collection, everyone knew Mollie Donovan.
Jack and Mollie Donovan, on their wedding day.
Jack was less visible, more low-key. But in his quiet, unassuming way, he too contributed to a variety of causes in town. He offered his pro bono services as an accountant to many, and he was very active — behind the scenes — helping Mollie in every project.
Jack died yesterday morning at 87. His death came the same way he lived: quietly and gently.
His son Dan — who, thanks in part to the love of Westport instilled by his parents — moved back here several years ago, with his wife and their 6 kids — passes along a story that epitomizes Jack Donovan.
“Mom lost a diamond from her wedding ring,” Dan says. “Dad submitted a claim to the insurance company and they got reimbursed.
“A year later, Mom was sweeping under the radiator in their bedroom. Lo and behold, the missing diamond was found.
Jack Donovan was honest, loyal and smart. He had impeccable integrity. He was a great Westporter and a beloved family man, with values we should all strive to emulate.
Jack Donovan, surrounded by his 12 grandchildren.
Westport has a poor batting average for saving old homes.
But when it comes to preserving murals, it’s all grand slams.
Restored murals by John Steuart Curry and other noted artists hang in our public schools, fire station and Town Hall.
The Westport Art Rescue Committee — led by the late Mollie Donovan, her sister Eve Potts, Judy Gault Sterling and Ann Sheffer, among others — saved Robert Lambdin’s WPA-era “Pageant of Juvenile Literature” when Saugatuck Elementary School was converted to senior housing. It’s now on display at the Westport Library, admired by hundreds of people every day.
Lambdin also painted the grand “Saugatuck in the 19th Century” — actually 3 works. Two — dating to 1964-65 — were installed in the handsome main lobby of Westport Bank & Trust Company, which commissioned the work.
They remained there as the local bank was swallowed up in a series of takeovers by now-forgotten, bigger ones. The building — in the heart of downtown — is now Patagonia. The cool, functional clothing store has lovingly preserved Lambdin’s murals.
Robert Lambdin’s old-time murals lend a touch of Westport history to modern-day Patagonia.
The other “Saugatuck in the 19th Century” painting was hung at Westport Bank & Trust’s Charles Street branch — in the heart of Saugatuck. It was painted around 1969, when the branch opened.
That large mural depicts a lively Saugatuck. It shows agriculture, stables, the railroad and river trade; businesses like Elonzo Wheeler’s button factory; the Bridge Street bridge, and the Saugatuck Bank (Westport Bank & Trust’s forerunner), whose founding partners included Horace Staples.
Though the view was composed with artistic license, Lambdin conducted painstaking research. Town residents modeled for him, including (at the center) Captain Serano Allen.
Robert Lambdin’s Saugatuck mural. Hover over or click to enlarge.
The Saugatuck mural was a point of pride in the neighborhood, even as the branch lost its local roots. Eventually it became a TD Bank.
When TD (whatever those initials stand for) closed the branch last November, the mural’s future was unknown.
The building is being sold. The mural is headed for storage.
But — thanks to town art curator Kathie Motes Bennewitz, and the Westport Arts Advisory Committee — “Saugatuck in the 19th Century” has a new life.
After touch-up work, it will hang in Town Hall. An exhibit is planned too.
The gift from TD Bank is valued at $25,000.
But you can’t put a price on preserving history.
Last Thursday, the large mural was removed from the old bank building.
Who knew, for example, that swimming and lifeguarding would help propel Kathie Bennewitz — 35 years later — to her new position as Westport’s 1st-ever town curator?
Yet that’s what happened, after Kathie Motes moved to Westport in the summer of 1978 — just before her senior year at a new school, Staples High.
Kathie joined the swim team, took art classes, and befriended Ellise Fuchs, whose father Bernie was a world-famous illustrator. Kathie posed for him, pretending to receive a medal for an Olympic scene.
One summer, lifeguarding at Compo, she met Scott Bennewitz. He was a beach security guard — and a fellow Princetonian.
They married, and lived in Dallas, Minneapolis and Holland. She’d earned a masters in art history. Everywhere they moved, she worked in museums.
Kathie learned how deep and broad Westport’s arts history is. And she realized the impact of men like John Steuart Curry, and institutions like the Westport Country Playhouse, on this town.
“Blues Piano Players” — one of the 7 wonderful works by Eric von Schmidt that make up “Birth of the Blues.” They hang in the Staples auditorium.
She also met volunteers like Eve Potts — Mollie’s sister. “Their commitment, passion and enthusiasm for this town, and its arts community, is infectious,” Kathie says.
She worked professionally at Greenwich’s Bush-Holley House and the Fairfield Museum. A year ago, she became an independent curator.
She also was appointed tri-chair of the Permanent Art Collection, and served on the Westport Arts Advisory Committee. The 2 organizations gave her a broad perspective on the arts here.
So, when a group of people — including Ann Sheffer, David Rubinstein, Leslie Greene, Carole Erger-Fass and Joan Miller — floated the idea of a town curator, she was intrigued.
The doughboy statue on Veteran’s Green is part of Westport’s art and sculpture collection.
In her new post, she’s responsible for advising the town on the care of its art and sculpture collection. Westport owns several hundred works of art, displayed in Town Hall, the Senior Center, Parks & Rec headquarters — even the Fire Department. Statues include the Minuteman and Doughboy on Veterans Green.
Kathie will also serve as liaison to the 1,100-piece Permanent Art Collection, and the Westport Library, with its own murals, paintings and illustrations.
That “more” includes plenty. Kathie envisions self-guided tours of the schools’ collections. A “museum on the street,” with Howard Munce’s Remarkable Book Shop work displayed outside that old store (most recently Talbots). Robert Lambdin’s “Battle of Compo” mounted near the cannons.
She’ll be involved in the rehanging of art at Town Hall — something last done in 1976.
Kathie would also like to open up hard-to-see parts of the town’s art collection — like the amazing fire station mural — to the public.
“Pageant of Juvenile Literature” — a 1934 work by Robert Lambdin — hangs in the Westport Library’s Great Hall. This is part of that mural.
She is eager to get started. But she won’t be alone.
Among those helping: Marie-Neloise Egipto, a Staples senior who will do her spring internship with the Permanent Art Collection.
“I’m honored to serve the town,” Kathie says. “This is different from the other positions I’ve held. It really validates all the decades of work done by the Mollies, the Eves and the Anns who have advocated for, and celebrated, our arts community and legacy.
When we think of Westport as an “artists’ colony” — which, hopefully, we still do — certain names leap to mind: George Hand Wright. Harold von Schmidt. Stevan Dohanos. Hardie Gramatky. Howard Munce.
They spanned the 20th century, and helped launch Famous Artists School. Their work lives on, in catalogs, galleries and the memories of art lovers around the world.
But Westport has another arts legacy: WPA paintings. And back in the 1990s, much of it was in danger of disappearing.
The Depression-era works had hung for years in the post office, schools, Town Hall and other public buildings. Gradually, however — during renovations, moves and other events — WPA art was removed from walls, and never replaced. Important pieces of history gathered dust in storage closets, attics and basements around town.
Mollie Donovan and her sister Eve Potts scoured — sometimes on their hands and knees — those nooks and crannies, searching for lost art. They were guided by hearsay, intuition, and a handwritten list of commissions compiled decades earlier by the magnificently named Henrietta Cholmeley-Jones.
Mollie and Eve didn’t find everything. Some works had been destroyed when buildings were torn down. But the ones they rescued were restored — thanks in part to Mollie and Eve’s fundraising efforts — and they’re now an important part of our town’s artistic legacy.
The other day, Westporters Kathie Bennewitz and Carole Erger-Fass traveled to Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum for the opening of a new exhibit. Called “Art for Everyone,” it celebrates the 1,700 paintings, murals and sculptures created by 173 Connecticut artists, thanks to government support during the 1930s.
Robert Garrett Thew’s street sign was a WPA commission. Apparently, Westport drivers were not so careful in the 1930s, either.
Ralph Boyer’s “Westport WPA Art Committee, 1939” usually hangs in the selectman’s conference room at Town Hall. Now it’s on loan to the exhibit — and is the 1st painting visitors see as they enter the gallery.
Eve Potts was at the opening reception. She had great stories to tell about Henrietta Cholmeley-Jones, who was instrumental in assigning WPA commissions to Westport artists.
Seventeen Westport artists were put to work from 1934 to 1937. They produced 34 artworks and 120 photographs. All the materials, plus framing and placing of the murals, casting of the sculptures and film for the photographs, cost Westport a total of $3,020. For her work as “local supervisor,” Henrietta Cholmeley-Jones earned $1 a year.
But she made it into the painting on exhibit at Mattatuck (below). She’s wearing pearls.
The Westport Arts Awards is one of those you-really-shouldn’t-miss events. This year’s 18th annual ceremony is Sunday, October 23 (2 p.m., Town Hall). If you want to see all that’s right with this town — its long-time residents, its young people, its support of creativity and achievement — save the date right now.
The event honors artists in 4 disciplines — music, film/theater, visual arts and literature — as well as 3 young people, 2 Westporters who work quietly in the background, and 6 local artists who died this year.
You should go to the ceremony if for no other reason than to pay tribute to Miggs Burroughs. For 4 decades, the 1963 Staples grad has shared his graphic design talents — often gratis — with countless area organizations.
The Westport town flag; Levitt Pavilion, Westport Historical Society, Westport Y, Project Return logos; every First Night button; t-shirts for local races — all are Miggs’ creations.
That’s in addition to his postage stamps, Time Magazine covers, lenticular images, cable TV show… No wonder Miggs has earned the “Mollie Award,” named for the indefatigable arts advocate Mollie Donovan.
Speaking of the Levitt Pavilion, Mimi Levitt will receive the “Champion of the Arts” award. The Austrian native — who served as a translator at the Nuremberg war trials — was, with her husband, a major benefactor of the outdoor performing arts center when it was founded on the Saugatuck River in 1973. She still serves on its governing committee.
The Arts Awards span all ages, from 90-year-old Mimi Levitt to a trio who are just beginning what will be spectacular careers.
“Horizon Awards” — to emerging artists under 32 — will be presented to drummer Drew McKeon (he’s toured with Hall & Oates and Jimmy Buffett, and played off-Broadway); filmmaker Nick Ordway (whose “God of Love” earned an Oscar for Best Live-Action Short), and dancer Katrina Gould (she’s performed with the Boston and Los Angeles Ballet companies).
Lifetime Achievement Awards will go to Naiad Einsel (art), Hans Wilhelm (literature), Millette Alexander (music), and Maureen Anderman and Frank Converse (theater/film).
Six names will be added to the Heritage Honor Roll. Sculptor Stanley Bleifeld, violist Keith Conant, artist Tony Marino, architect Abe Rothenberg, author Max Wilk — and of course uber-volunteer Mollie Donovan — all passed away recently.
These are creative people. There are short videos, along with brief dance and music presentations.
Its artistic, musical, theatrical, literary — and very, very talented — best.
A fascinating exhibit opened Sunday at the Westport Historical Society.
Called “Frazier Forman Peters: At Home With Stone,” it honors the man who is arguably Westport’s most famous architect.
He came to Westport in 1919, hoping to work the land as a farmer. The rocky soil intrigued him, and he soon found his calling as a designer and builder of stone houses.
Peters’ homes can be found from Virginia to Maine — but most are in Connecticut. Between 1924 and 1936 he designed and built over 36 stone houses Westport. His designs are revered for their unique fieldstone wall construction method, as well as their spatial organization and sensitive placement in relation to the natural environment.
Were Frazier Peters to build houses today, he’d be receiving all sorts of accolades for being an architect on the leading edge of environmentally-conscious, energy-efficient, sustainable design and construction.
The thick fieldstone walls (as much as 16 inches) typical of a Peters stone house make them energy-efficient; the stones effectively hold the heat in winter and keep the interiors cools in summer….
Another important component of Peters’ designs was the marriage of the house and its surroundings. He wrote a great deal about this and was especially enamored with the brooks, hillsides, and woods of Connecticut.
Adam Stolpen — who lives in a Frazier Peters house — adds: “He was our first ‘green architect. And he was completely self-taught.
The exhibit includes photographs of his houses; artifacts, and a model of stone construction method and materials.
But it would not have come about had it not been for a modern Westporter with an affinity for history — and a connection to Frazier Peters homes.
A few years ago, longtime town volunteer Mollie Donovan wanted a plaque for her son’s family. Dan and Nicole Donovan had just bought a Peters house near Charcoal Hill — one of Peters’ favorite areas.
Most homes with a historic plaque are at least 100 years old. But Bob Weingarten — the WHS member in charge of authorizing plaques — realized that the style, beauty, and placement of the Donovans’ house warranted one.
His interest in Peters was piqued. He searched for other houses. Each time he found — and verified — one, he sent a note to the WHS (and Mollie).
After a dozen, she decided Peters should be honored too — with an exhibit.
Frazier Forman Peters died in 1963. Mollie Donovan passed away last April.
But — thanks to both of them — an intriguing, informative exhibition lives on.
So do Frazier Peters’ houses. According to Bob Weingarten, of the 36 houses he’s found that were designed and built by Peters, only 1 has been demolished.
In today’s Westport, that might be Frazier Peters’ most enduring legacy of all.
Westporters have a variety of ways of honoring the lives of 3 local icons, all of whom died this month.
Mollie Donovan: This Sunday (May 1, 11 a.m.to 1 p.m.) the public is invited to a celebration of life at the Westport Historical Society.
The Douglas Donovan Scholarship Fund, c/o Staples Tuition Grants, PO Box 5159, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5159.
Esther Kramer: A memorial celebration of her life will be held at the Unitarian Church, 10 Lyons Plains Road, on Saturday, May 7 (2:30-4:30 p.m.). The public is invited.
Rich Rollins: Donations in his memory may be made to the Salvation Army, and sent to: 30 Elm St., Bridgeport, CT 06604. | 2019-04-26T16:34:31Z | https://06880danwoog.com/tag/mollie-donovan/ |
The Richfield Tapaires Dance Team is comprised of a Fall Performance Team and a Winter Competitive Team. The Competitive Team competes in the Metro West Conference and Section 2A.
To our Fans: Are you looking to stay more connected this season?!
Please follow this link for registration instructions and forms for Dance Team. | 2019-04-25T01:59:57Z | https://www.richfieldschools.org/Page/454 |
Risk means different things to different people. Risk is defined as “exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance; the degree of probability of a loss.” When it comes to investment portfolios, most people think of risk as the possibility of losing money.
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After a weak performance by most market indices during the month of March, major global markets eked out a slightly positive performance in April. | 2019-04-19T20:34:00Z | http://blog.invisor.ca/archive/2015/05 |
This briefing note is the fourth in a series of six focused on the state of the practice of integrated impact assessment.
This fourth note in a series of 6 presents how the practice of IIA has been institutionalized in the United Kingdom. It describes its history, objectives, procedures and the tools used. In addition, the evaluation of the practice is discussed. Particular attention is also focused on the manner in which impact assessments with a single focus were included in the integrated analysis.
Series on Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA). | 2019-04-20T22:17:55Z | http://www.ncchpp.ca/148/Publications.ccnpps?id_article=1231 |
The typical BNSF Railway Consulting Systems Engineer I salary is $97,548. Consulting Systems Engineer I salaries at BNSF Railway can range from $97,548 - $105,605. This estimate is based upon 3 BNSF Railway Consulting Systems Engineer I salary report(s) provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods. When factoring in bonuses and additional compensation, a Consulting Systems Engineer I at BNSF Railway can expect to make an average total pay of $106,048 . See all Consulting Systems Engineer I salaries to learn how this stacks up in the market.
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Hey everyone! My bear season is about to start. My hunting buddy, carcus, and I have already got the baits out. We will be documenting our hunts, and try and update you guys with a vlog style series. I am hoping this will be more interactive for everyone. Good luck and enjoy the spring bear season!
That looks like a LOT of bait! How long does it typically last? Do you have to RE-bait often?
What’s a vlog? Good luck to you!
A vlog is a like a blog, but using video instead. Once the baits really get going they get emptied every 5-7 days. That’s 4 full drums (55 gallon).
Episode 2 is done. I will only be posting more video updates once I get back from bear guiding, which will be about 3 weeks from now. At least I will be making some new content during that time. Good luck to all the spring bear hunters!
Does anyone know how to embed videos into the discussion instead of a link?
Sure David -someone showed me how to do that on our moose thread.
When you go to the youtube video you want to embed, you click on the "Share" arrow below the video. A little box comes up with a link and two options on the bottom. Click the "embed" button which takes you to another box. From there click copy, and then paste that in the text box here in bowsite.
Thanks guys! It’s funny I can figure out video cameras and editing but not how to embed a video!
Awesome videos David! Looking forward to following along on the rest of your episodes! Thanks for sharing them with us.
What do the bears have in their fur? Cocklebur or something similar?
Very cool David... great job. We are headed up tomorrow!
Good job! Not easy to do..
Great work David! I really enjoy the videos that you and Jason put out!
David, or anybody that knows, what is in the bear's fur? Is it rubbed off in patches or is there something like burrs stuck in there?
Thanks guys. Good luck Chuck!
Episode 3 will be ready on Thursday.
Unacceptable.....may 25 was the last episode... It’s like Game of fkn Thrones !!!
Well Shug the wait is over! Episode 3 of The Bear Hunting Project is done, includes some bonus smallmouth bass fishing!
Next week Carcus’ bear kill will be live.
Episode 5 is done. Apprentice guide Parker takes a great first archery bear in dramatic fashion!
Nice !!!! No tracking involved in that one !! Awesome video David...... keep them coming !!
Gotta love the “Black Bear Bounce”! Good shot placement too. Most blood trail aren’t vertical though.
If you guys don’t mind giving a thumbs up, subscribe and maybe leave a comment on the channel that would be awesome!
Congrats Parker. What a kill scene....never saw that coming! Great videos. Happy to give a thumbs up to your channel and good review....how do I do that? Where is the like button or what should I be looking for?
Awesome video David. Congrats to Parker!
Thanks BIG BEAR....SBH if you have a google account all you have to do is sign into Youtube and hit the button below the video that says subscribe, and to like it press the thumbs up button below the video as well. I appreciate the support, it definitely helps growing the channel.
Nice! Congrats, gave him the Charlie Rehor track job.
Great video, real stuff, enjoyed it! | 2019-04-21T00:22:36Z | https://forums.bowsite.com/tf/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=474775&messages=49&forum=6 |
We recently found a new remedy that has been very effective in eradicating that irritating itch you get when bitten by mosquitoes. Mosquitoes feed off humans for their blood. In exchange their saliva gets left in the area of the bite. Humans have an allergy to their saliva and as a result, experience the allergic reaction of redness, swelling and (sometimes scream-worthy) itching. The problem most people have with the itching is that they scratch and scratch until the skin breaks, resulting in bleeding and leaving the area open to infection. So what is this natural solution?
The remedy is simple. Take 2 tablespoons of baking soda. Add just enough water to make a mushy mixture. Use your finger to take the we baking soda and apply it to the itchy area. Rub it in for about a minute. You may experience some pain or a burning feeling for several seconds, but continue until this feeling passes and the itch subsides. That’s it! Later, if the itching starts up again, just repeat the same technique until the itching goes away completely.
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What's up this weekend? Here's 5 things you can do in the region.
There is a chance of some rain to round off the weekend late Sunday.
Every Friday afternoon we take to Facebook Live for Weaver’s List, and we discuss events that you can participate in over the coming weekend. Mind the rain though, it could get a little heavy this weekend. | 2019-04-23T08:42:38Z | https://country104.com/news/4144260/whats-up-this-weekend-heres-5-things-you-can-do-in-the-region/ |
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The only part that is slightly pleasurable for a teacher, who is so near the grave they are forced to take a sick day, is the thought of someone else having to control their class. You know, the class who made them ill in the first place.
It was on a sick day that I wrote The Substitute Teacher. The book is currently on promotion on Amazon to download for free from the 20th to 24th November 2016.
Harriet is a practicisng teacher and author and sites the pupils in her class as her biggest assets. Follow her on Twitter @missksadventure.
Thanks for stopping by the blog, Becky. We're sure you're not alone with your thoughts!
I whole heartedly agree with this.... And the fear that what you need them to do they wont and then you have to squeeze even more in when you return!! Or is that just me???? | 2019-04-22T06:20:46Z | https://www.edcomsteachers.com/blog/2016/the-substitute-teacher-by-harriet-knight/ |
Well, in Bernanke's defense, Mankiw's version of the Taylor rule would imply a positive rate a bit above 2 with 6.5% unemployment and 2% inflation, so in that sense the policy being described here is a bit more exapnsionary than Greenspan's.
What I'm wondering is, does this really represent a change? And, what's the theory behind it? Why do Blanchard, Bernanke, Krugman, etc. think that demand has fallen so much that with zero interest rates unemployment remains at or above 6.5 percent?
I would say no. My point precisely that even if you want to call a higher inflation target a change (which I wouldn't), this hardly qualifies. It's far from clear that at 6.5% demand pull inflation will kick in. In fact, with the same level of labor force participation as in the late 1990s, now we have considerably more than 7.9% unemployment. Closer to 12% in the last calculations I publish in the blog. So we are really far from full employment indeed.
I mean 7.7%. Oops. But the point remains, a good chunk of the decline in unemployment is due to reduced participation rates.
eu me confundi em algo? ja que na ISLM ha politica de base monetaria nao de taxa de juros, ou seja, se muda a Base monetaria e a taxa de juros "natural" converge para um nivel menor (oferta e demanda) é isso mesmo ou to errado?
Certamente o Hicks (e o Modigliani) tinha uma taxa natural no modelo. Ou seja, fora a possibilidade da taxa ser negativa ou uma armadilha da liquidez, com flexibilidade de precos e salarios o sistema chegaria ao pleno emprego. | 2019-04-24T20:13:22Z | http://nakedkeynesianism.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-natural-rate-is-65.html |
CANTON The deadline to apply for the Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery Workforce Development Scholarship is Friday.
The scholarship is offered to an individual in the workforce to extend his or her training and education in the mental health, alcohol or drug field. Applicants must be an employee of a not-for-profit behavioral health organization in Stark County.
Scholarship applications from eligible applicants, with required narrative, should be submitted online. Only complete applications will be accepted. Apply at https://starkmhar.org/advocacy/starkmhar-scholarships.
The scholarship is awarded at the annual leadership breakfast in June. | 2019-04-25T15:59:39Z | https://www.cantonrep.com/news/20190408/workforce-development-scholarship-deadline-is-friday |
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When it comes to preparing a child to testify at trial, there are at least three things that differ from preparing an adult witness.
The focus should be on putting the child at ease. A child may be very frightened at the prospect of having to testify. It may help alleviate this fear to take the child and parents on a tour of the courtroom where the trial will take place. It’s important to analyze each child individually to determine how best to prepare that child. It may be best to just talk with the child to learn what he or she remembers, or you may want to ask the child questions in a non-leading manner to make the child more comfortable answering questions.
The court may permit leading questions on direct. In appropriate circumstances, the court may allow an attorney to ask a child leading questions during direct examination to elicit accurate testimony. Similarly, leading questions may be permitted to refresh recollection. But be sure to carefully prepare a young witness to testify and don’t rely on the court permitting you to lead the witness simply because he or she is a child. Under Evid C §765(b), the court must take special care to protect witnesses under age 14 from undue harassment or embarrassment and to restrict unnecessary repetition of questions.
The attorney-client privilege includes a guardian ad litem. The attorney-client privilege is broader when it comes to young children because it’s been applied to statements made by the child in response to questions asked by a guardian ad litem at the request of the child’s attorney, either to prepare the child’s answers to interrogatories or to help the attorney prepare for trial. See De Los Santos v Superior Court (1980) 27 C3d 677 (matters that minor communicates to attorney for purpose of prosecuting or defending action are subject to attorney-client privilege whether guardian obtains knowledge by presence at consultation between attorney and minor or secures information from minor for transmission to attorney). The rationale of De Los Santos appears to apply generally when preparing a minor to testify at trial.
Witness preparation is extremely important to success at trial. Get more practical advice on preparing all types of witness for trial in CEB’s California Trial Practice: Civil Procedure During Trial, chap 5. For in-depth coverage of preparing expert witnesses to testify, check out CEB’s California Expert Witness Guide, chap 12. And let the experts walk you through choosing and preparing your witnesses in CEB’s program Preparing Witnesses for Deposition and Trial, available On Demand. | 2019-04-24T19:57:16Z | https://blog.ceb.com/2018/03/19/3-things-to-consider-when-preparing-a-young-witness/ |
Our wastewater system includes eight treatment plants, connected to our homes and businesses by pipes, manholes and pumping stations.
Pipes and pump stations convey wastewater (sewage) from homes and businesses to eight treatment plants, one in Christchurch and seven on Banks Peninsula.
The City of Christchurch was built on low, flat, water-logged land and with no sewage system and cesspits for the wastewater. In its early days Christchurch was particularly beset with the problem of water-borne diseases such as dysentery and typhoid. In 1874 it had the highest death rate of any centre in New Zealand.
With this as a background, in 1875 the Christchurch Drainage Board was formed and construction on Christchurch’s first pump station and first piped network was started in the late 1870s.
The original Number One Pump Station on the corner of Tuam St and Mathesons Rd is still standing (minus its smoke stack) and is a privately owned demolition sale yard.
Now a vast network of 2,679 kilometres of public wastewater pipes, 30,817 manholes and 239 pumping, lift and vacuum stations continuously convey wastewater to the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant for treatment and disposal.
Compared to other New Zealand cities, Christchurch is much flatter and, due to its unique environmental features, has its own particular wastewater network challenges. Pumping is required on the plains as the ground is often too flat for gravity alone to naturally move the wastewater load along. For more information on the Christchurch wastewater system, see facts and figures.
It is important that wastewater gets to the treatment plant as soon as possible to avoid odour generated from its decay. The length of time wastewater takes will depend on the distance from the treatment plant (one to 24 hours maximum).
Christchurch has a particular problem with this as it has one of the flattest wastewater systems in the world. Where the volume of wastewater is not sufficient to cause a rapid flow, or where the pipe grades are too flat, it is sometimes necessary to flush extra water down line through the pipes to move wastewater along.
Bark biofilters are used in 33 locations to treat odours from the wastewater network.
The Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant at Bromley treats the wastewater from all of urban Christchurch (as well as Tai Tapu). The average daily flow is 185,000,000 litres per day. The highly treated wastewater is discharged through a 1.8 metre diameter pipe which has its outlet 3 kilometres into the Pacific Ocean off South New Brighton.
The Akaroa Harbour treatment plants have to cope with the wastewater from large numbers of tourists so the type and amount of wastewater that arrives at the treatment plants can change quite dramatically from winter to summer and even from weekday to weekend or on busy public holidays. This can cause variations in the treatment process.
The standard of the treated wastewater is monitored by the Council and Environment Canterbury to meet the resource consent conditions.
Many of the treatment plants will have upgrades or changes in the near future, including the Akaroa wastewater scheme, the Lyttelton Harbour wastewater scheme and the Wainui wastewater scheme. | 2019-04-19T16:57:09Z | https://ccc.govt.nz/services/water-and-drainage/wastewater/about-wastewater/about-our-wastewater-system |
We are proud to announce that DC Electronics is now a member of the Amphenol family of companies. Amphenol is a world wide leader in providing interconnect solutions.
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Meet the Mold Man 8000. The latest addition to DC's ever expanding production floor. This new piece of equipment redefines what's possible with overmolding. It will allow us the ability to handle increasingly sophistocated and sensitive imbedded PCB device connectors. It also improves qualtiy and reduces productio time. Click here to watch a video.
High Tech R & D work is demanding. Things happen fast and uncertainty is always part of the process. Topcon Engineeering Manager, Michael Chelberg says it is not easy to find suppliers that are up to the challenge. “The turn around times are always short. Last minute design changes are the norm. Companies that are good at prototyping are a special breed”.
“That’s what experience and a single focus does for you”, says Chief Operations Officer, Ruben Macias. DC Electronics has been manufacturing cable and wire harness assemblies in its San Jose facility for 30 years. Macias says the ability to quickly produce prototypes comes down clear communication and direct access to engineers. “We don’t have a lot layers between the customer’s design engineers and ours. You want the people that know what they need speaking directly with the people that know how to make it happen”. Topcon’s Chelberg has the same assessment. “The process has to allow for a lot of back and forth and issues need to be resolved fast”.
In the past, Topcon built many of its prototype cables in-house, but Chelberg says the engineering team realized in order to have what DC offers, they would have to tool up in big way. “ DC has the machine shop to create molds. It has overmolding machines, the testing equipment and engineers that do nothing but deisgn cables. We can do a lot more for less by using DC”.
The 350 person manufacturing operation has built a flexible process. The production floor can jump from one-off protoyping to full-scale production almost overnight. Company President, Dave Cianciulli says that ability to respond quickly to changes comes from working in the heart of Silicon Valley. “If you’re a high tech R & D company, it’s all about developing new products and evolving the old ones. To stay ahead you have to move fast”.
But in the final analysis, Cianciulli says, it always comes down to one basic reality. Can you get the job done within the customer’s price requirements? “Let’s face it, cost drives everything. if you can’t deliver on cost, you can’t deliver” says Cianciulli. The DC COO, agrees, “engineering in efficiencies has to be part of the design process”. On the manufacturing side, Macias says DC is in a constant state of evolution to achieve higher quality with greater efficiency. “New automation technology, LEAN manufacturing processes, finding the smartest engineers, that’s what keeps us competitive”. And when you are a small company competing in a global economy, staying competitive means staying alive. | 2019-04-23T04:17:54Z | http://www.dcelectronics.com/blog |
LEEDS UNITED hope to secure the signing of Tyler Roberts from West Brom.
The Championship outfit are in advanced talks over a deal for the 19-year-old striker, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.
An initial fee worth £2.5million - which could rise to £4m - is set to be agreed between the two clubs.
Roberts is expected to undergo a medical and put pen to paper before tomorrow’s 11pm deadline.
The Wales Under-21 international’s contract with West Brom expires at the end of the season and a host of European clubs were interested in negotiating a pre-contract deal.
Scottish giants Rangers have also been sniffing around.
Roberts spent the first half of the season on loan in League One with Walsall and scored five goals in 19 appearances.
Leeds have been hunting for a striker but were not expected to succeed in bolstering their attacking options.
However, West Brom’s capture of Daniel Sturridge from Liverpool has resulted in the Baggies allowing Roberts to leave.
Roberts might not be the only player to join Leeds on the final day of the January transfer window.
Elland Road bosses could swoop for a goalkeeper if they give Andy Lonergan the green light to move to Sunderland. | 2019-04-23T08:13:49Z | https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/912164/Leeds-United-Tyler-Roberts-West-Brom-Signing-Talks-EFL-Championship |
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>>> Dmitry Samersoff has been tracking this for aarch64 as well. He might be able to add some insights - although I'm not sure if has had time to look at the last batch.
>> being discussed on the AArch64 project list.
> time to check wether this code is still correct or not.
I strongly suspect it will be ok, the condy code did not really change that much, mostly minor tweaks from continual rebasing. | 2019-04-24T00:28:37Z | https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/amber-dev/2018-February/002593.html |
The best ways to watch the solar eclipse safely.
Want to experience an astronomical event that the whole family will enjoy and remember forever? On Monday, August 21, a solar eclipse will be visible across North America and will produce a deep twilight in the sky, lasting about two to three hours. Safety is key in watching the solar eclipse because staring directly at the sun can cause permanent damage to your eyes. When watching the solar eclipse, you need to wear special eyewear that contains solar filters.
The event starts with the moon gradually blocking the sun, which is called a partial eclipse. For only a few minutes, the moon will fully cover the sun producing a halo like effect for everyone to see. This brief moment, called a total eclipse, allows bright stars and planets to be seen, but can only be seen by people within a roughly 70-mile-wide path from Oregon to South Carolina. A total eclipse rarely occurs in the United States with the last one taken place in March 1979.
To watch the solar eclipse safely, you have to wear “eclipse glasses” or use a hand-held solar view with solar filters. Note that wearing dark sunglasses and making your own filter will not protect your eyes during an eclipse. Click here to find vendors near you that sell eclipse glasses. There are several things to keep in mind when viewing the solar eclipse.
Check you solar filters for any scratches or damage before use. Do not use glasses if they have any damage.
Be sure to supervise children with the solar filters.
If you wear glasses, just put the eclipse glasses over them.
Before looking at the sun, stand still and cover your eyes with eclipse glasses or the solar viewer. Do not remove the glasses or viewer while looking at the sun. After viewing, turn away and take off the filter.
Never look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun through an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars or other similar devices. Do not use these devices with your solar filters. The solar rays will come through and damage your eyes.
Only remove your solar filter during the total eclipse, when the moon blocks the sun completely and it suddenly gets dark. Once the sun begins to reappear, immediately put on your eclipse glasses.
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Lotion is an essential product in a woman’s skincare regimen. It gives our skin the moisture it needs to look young, smooth, and vibrant. But have you ever thought about your lotion’s ingredients and what they do for the skin? We list down and explain what these five ingredients that can be found in a lotion have to offer.
Glycerin, also known as glycerol, is a compound that’s often used as a medical treatment for dry skin. Glycerin helps maintain the skin’s water balance, resulting into soft, supple, and glowing complexion.
This refers to the amount of protection from the UVA rays. While SPF is for UVB rays that burn the skin, PA is for UVA rays that enter the skin deeply, and can cause signs of photo aging. The rankings range from PA+ to PA+++. The more plus signs there are, the more protection you’ll have against UVA rays.
Present in whitening lotions, micro-reflectors essentially reflect light. It functions like a luminizer, giving the skin a brighter, healthier, and more radiant appearance.
Niacin or Vitamin B3, is an important nutrient for a healthy body. When it is combined with amino acids of another molecule, it produces niacinamide. Using products with niacinamide can reduce wrinkles, prevent breakouts, among others. | 2019-04-24T14:06:56Z | http://www.vaseline.ph/skin-health/article/whats-in-my-lotion |
It is a nightmare scenario hospitals must be prepared for, although they hope those preparations will never be used.
On Monday, that nightmare came to Kingston General Hospital when the sound of gunshots shattered the normal hum of the busy hospital.
Millhaven Penitentiary inmate Corey Ward is alleged to have disarmed a correctional officer and fired his gun, wounding the visiting family member of a patient in the leg. Ward has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and a review has been launched.
In response to the shooting, the hospital declared Code Silver, which is designed to alert staff to the existence of a person with a weapon in the hospital and to set off planned emergency procedures.
Code Silver is the latest colour code that is part of hospital emergency preparedness. It was introduced by the Ontario Hospital Association in 2016, 25 years after a standardized system of colour codes, including Code Orange for an external disaster and Code Red for a fire, was introduced.
Code Silver is, to a certain extent, a sign of the times, with a steady increase in gun violence across the country.
Willmore is currently working on modules to train employees at The Ottawa Hospital on what to do in the event of a Code Silver.
Hospital shootings remain rare in Canada, although that is not the case in the United States. Between 2010 and 2011, there were 154 hospital-based shootings in the U.S., according to one study. Numbers have most likely increased since then.
On Monday, while Kingston General was dealing with Code Silver, a police officer, a doctor and a pharmacy resident were all shot at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital.
“This is a rather rare event, but not so rare that we can’t pay attention to it,” said Willmore. In fact, he noted, there has been a steady rise in gun violence in Canada — especially in Ontario — in recent years.
Kingston is not the first Canadian hospital to be shattered by gunfire. In Cobourg a man shot his wife and then was shot by police at the local hospital in 2017. There have been several other shootings in hospitals across the province in recent years, including in Fort Erie and Northumberland.
The Ottawa Hospital, which held a Code Orange training exercise last week based on the scenario of a mass shooting in the community, is, like other hospitals, preparing for a possible shooting within one of its campuses.
Willmore is working on a 15- to 20-minute simulation module that staff in various departments can do. The exercise gives staff a scenario involving an active shooter in the hospital and takes them through what they should do.
The reality of active shooters, though, is that there are few things people can do to remain safe.
The options are limited to running, hiding or trying to survive by whatever means possible, Willmore said. That could include fashioning weapon out of equipment in the hospital to try to disarm the shooter. The scenario also raises potentially difficult ethical questions — including whether to remain with a patient who is unable to hide.
Dr. Alan Drummond, an emergency physician at the Perth hospital and co-chair of public affairs for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, said there is growing alarm about violence against staff in hospitals, including gun violence. | 2019-04-18T20:19:31Z | https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/how-ontarios-hospitals-have-prepared-for-gun-violence |
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, MFR, GCON was born on the 10th of April 1957, in Kano, Nigeria. He is theNigerian businessman who owns the Dangote Group, which deals majorly on cement, sugar and flour. The company operates in Nigeria and several other countries in Africa, including Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia. He is married, with three children.
Although Dangote is the year’s biggest loser in dollar terms, whose fortune dropped to $15.7 billion from $25 billion last year, as a result of the Nigerian currency devaluation and shrinking demand for cement, his largest asset. He still retains the title of Africa’s richest man. He was the #23 world richest in 2014, and #68 of the world’s most powerful people. | 2019-04-20T14:22:46Z | http://gistmeloud.com/2015/10/nigerians-ranked-with-the-worlds-richest/6/ |
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The best science fiction asks essential questions: What does it mean to be human? Are we alone in the universe, and what does it mean if we're not? Esteemed professor Michael D. C. Drout traces the history of science fiction in this series of stimulating lectures. From Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to today's cutting- edge authors, Drout offers a compelling analysis of the genre, including a look at the golden age of science fiction, New Wave writers, and contemporary trends in the field.
In this course, the roots of fantasy and the works that have defined the genre are examined. Incisive analysis and a deft assessment of what makes these works so very special provides a deeper insight into beloved works and a better understanding of why fantasy is such a pervasive force in modern culture. | 2019-04-26T00:35:46Z | https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Michael+D.C.+Drout |
Stick to the facts to protect old-growth forests in B.C.
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(Troy Media) Forest professionals believe that British Columbia’s old forests are important. Old forests are ecological reservoirs of genetic variation, a record of ecological history, habitat for specialized species or predators, recreation inspirations and complex buffers to change.
That’s why when it comes to managing B.C. forests and implementing government forest policies, forest professionals rely on the best available data to design management strategies that meet government objectives, like the retention of old growth. These management efforts are adaptable, allowing past assumptions to be re-examined in light of change, like the devastation of pine forests from mountain pine beetle or a fire storm that consumes 10,000 hectares.
The state of old-growth forests on Vancouver Island resurfaced in the news recently with the announcement that a pair of environmental activist groups plan to reprise a tour of Vancouver Island communities to talk about preserving the island’s old-growth forests.
The difficulty with any conversation about old-growth forests begins with the definition. As anyone who attended the same environmental groups‘ meetings in March quickly discovered, definitions of what constitutes old growth were mushy and malleable, depending on who was speaking. This lack of a clear definition of what constitutes old growth leads to incorrect numbers and assumptions about the amount of old-growth forests on Vancouver Island that are just plain wrong. As the late U.S. senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
The phrase old growth is an emotional expression, conjuring up feelings of nostalgia, awe and respect. At the same time, old growth means different things to different people. For some, old growth means old trees. But how old? For others, old growth represents big trees, so big you can’t wrap your arms around them. Consequently, when many people use the term old growth, they’re not using it in a science-based context despite that being the context in which government makes policies that govern management and preservation of old-growth forests.
From a forestry science perspective, old-growth forests are seen as having very old (250 to 1,500 years), very large trees; a diverse structure (combination of dead standing, old, new and young individual trees); an understory microclimate with vegetation (in clusters or in gaps); and a dominant canopy layer of climax species or combination of species and ground debris that exhibits the silhouette of past fallen giants partially decomposed and absorbed into the forest floor being replaced by other mature growing trees. Additionally, the characteristics of old-growth forests don’t show up all at once – the occurrence of the characteristics is gradual. And there are old-growth characteristics in some younger forests.
Vancouver Island, which is 3.28 million hectares in size, has 2.4 million hectares of Crown land. Using the above definition of old growth, and digging into data from the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, we find that 860,000 hectares of that Crown land (46 per cent) is old-growth forest and of that, about 520,000 hectares (62 per cent) is estimated to be protected.
Old-growth areas are included in protected areas like parks. Biodiversity targets for landscape units have been set so that old growth exists in all regions. Specific Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAs) have been established. And reserves for fish and wildlife habitat, ungulate winter ranges and other natural uses have been established.
No one in B.C. wants to see the harvesting of all old growth. And with 520,000 hectares of old-growth forest protected, it’s clear that’s not happening nor is it going to happen.
So while there’s no question that our old-growth forests can elicit strong emotional feelings in many of us, when it comes to discussing old-growth forests and how they’re managed, it’s best if we stick to the facts.
Mike Larock, RPF, is director of professional practice and stewardship with the Association of BC Forest Professionals. Megan Hanacek, RPF, RPBio, is a forest stewardship specialist with the Association of BC Forest Professionals. | 2019-04-21T10:06:46Z | http://marketplace.troymedia.com/2017/10/stick-to-the-facts-to-protect-old-growth-forests-in-b-c/ |
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It is no surprise that diversity on our farms has increased exponentially. Each of us has the opportunity to define whether we see diversity on our farms as an opportunity or a challenge. Stephen Covey said, “We must seek first to understand, then to be understood.” For a moment consider this: What if we turned our judgment and frustration of each other’s differences into curiosity and appreciation? Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to firsthand accounts from individuals within the pork industry about how cultural, gender, and generational diversity has impacted their careers followed by a facilitated discussion on how we can embrace diversity on our farms. | 2019-04-22T06:59:49Z | https://www.mnpork.com/farmer-resources/workforce-conference/ |
LOVING OURSELVES, hence being loved and having love in our lives, as incredible as it may sound is the answer to losing weight.
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The book I am Love … I am Success scientifically explains how decrees work in our lives as well as how and why our reality they become. It also explains why and how love in this process is of crucial importance. | 2019-04-25T08:50:15Z | https://iamloveandsuccesscristinaaguilera.com/2018/04/08/decree-6-to-losing-weight/ |
One of the major problems with the support of torture is what I’ll blatantly call a utilitarian ethic. In short, this view holds that good is the best for the most. Thus, on these grounds, torturing one person to preserve the lives of others will always be put forward as the logic for torture. Once this ethic is embedded in the orientation of what is supposed to be right, there will be little ability to understand that torture is wrong, no matter how many people it might be assumed to benefit. A utilitarian ethic operates on its own and therefore aims to resist all critique. This means we’re facing the ongoing battle, with lives at stake, between the individual and the collective. The latter is elevated over the former. Unfortunately, nothing will change this perversion as long as the perception that good is the best for the most remains unchallenged. For that to happen, there’ll have to be a new balanced ethic that re-positions good, and promotes a fresh dialogue between rights and responsibilities. | 2019-04-23T03:18:59Z | http://www.livingspirituality.org/2014/12/living-spiritual-rhythms-december-16.html |
We run a number of projects across Hammersmith & Fulham to promote digital literacy providing free tuition and support to residents with limited digital skills. Whether you want to learn to use your smartphone or tablet, need help with your Universal Credit journals, learn to better manage your money, shop online for better deals or simply meet new people, have fun or learn a new skill, our friendly volunteers are there to help.
Weekly computer clubs based in community centres on housing estates across the borough delivered in partnership with Bishop Creighton House. Our volunteers can help with everything from basic computer skills (using Learn My Way, a tutorial programme specially developed for complete beginners) to more advanced and detailed support such as how to save money online, health online or socialising online.
All classes are drop in and everyone is welcome, whether as a digital champion volunteer or a learner.
To find out more please email [email protected] or call 07739 768625.
Based at Avonmore Library or 338 Uxbridge Road, we use ‘Learn My Way’ online tutorials to assist people to develop digital skills from the basics including using a computer for online banking and budgeting, Our sessions are free and can be done on a one-one or group basis, and we can provide free training for other groups and organisations too.
We also hold regular talks at Avonmore Library covering a range of subjects from using a smartphone and shopping online and to making a will and saving money on energy bills. The Coffee Morning sessions are open to everyone, see our Events page for details of what is on.
To find out more email [email protected] drop into the library during opening hours to make an appointment and pick up a list of our upcoming talks.
Would you like to learn to better manage your money online? If you have basic digital skills, our volunteers can provide you with personal support with budgeting, finding the best deals online and a whole range of other financial online skills. To find out more please email [email protected] will assign you a mentor.
If you would like someone to come into your organisation or pre-existing group and do a workshop on a range of money themes including energy, budgeting, wills, power of attorney, welfare reform then please get in touch with [email protected]. | 2019-04-22T11:58:24Z | http://cahf.org.uk/project/digital-inclusion/ |
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Dubai officers were in for a pleasant surprise when His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued a resolution that paved the way for their promotion. The resolution benefitted 821 officers, non-commissioned officers and members of staff at the General Directorate of Residency of Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai. The resolution was an acknowledgment of the officers’ professional competence and hard work.
The Director-General of GDRFA Dubai, Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, expressed his gratitude to Sheikh Mohammad and also to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. He said that the recognition bestowed by the leaders of the UAE would inspire the country’s military, police and security workers to work harder to bring about professional excellence.
The Director-General also praised Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, for his unflinching commitment in taking measures to safeguard the security and safety of residents in the UAE. | 2019-04-26T15:35:53Z | http://emiratespr.com/dubai-officers-promoted-by-sheikh-mohammad-in-recognition-of-professional-merit/ |
Forbes.com recently featured a blog post written by the Cullen College’s William C. Miller Endowed Chair Professor of Petroleum Engineering and UH Energy Fellow, Christine Ehlig-Economides. She is the third UH Energy representative to be featured on the site in recent months.
Ehlig-Economides’s research primarily focuses on production and conventional and shale reservoir engineering. This background informs her article “U.S. Has the Edge for Developing Unconventional Resources.” In the article, she highlights the “near miracles” achieved by the upstream petroleum industry’s use of unconventional resources, such as horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. She also discusses the challenges associated with exploring unconventional resources, such as implementation costs, relevant technology and accommodating legal, logistical and political infrastructures.
“Any one of those issues can be a barrier to successful development, but they all align in the United States,” she said.
The University of Houston’s Energy Ambassador program is part of the UH Energy initiative. UH Energy is an interdisciplinary platform that integrates University-wide efforts related to energy and sustainability. It is a hub for energy education, research and technology incubation, working to shape the energy future and forge new business approaches in the energy industry.
The blog post was originally published on the UH Energy Fellows blog. | 2019-04-23T20:02:41Z | https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201601/forbescom-features-uh-professor%E2%80%99s-op-ed-developing-unconventional-energy-resources |
Joseph Boykin Pemberton was the son of the late Henry M. Pemberton and Elizabeth U. Pemberton.
Joseph worked as a sales manager at Dewey Brothers. He was a member of the St. Francis Episcopal Church where he served as junior and senior warden.
Joseph was a member of the Wayne County Amateur Radio Association in Goldsboro, NC as well as the BPOE (Elks Lodge). | 2019-04-22T22:46:25Z | http://www.k4cyp.com/silent-keys/joseph-boykin-pemberton-w4hbq |
This is the third directorial of photographer turned director, Shine.
The wait for Poomaram is not over. The film won’t come as expected on March 9. The latest post by lead actor Kalidas Jayaram on Facebook says the movie would be released in the same month, on a different date. This is his debut in Malayalam. “Due to come technical problems, release of Poomaram on March 9 has slightly been extended,” the post reads.
The Abrid Shine film has been in news and trolls since it has inordinately been delayed for reasons unknown. Poomaram started rolling in 2016. Two songs from the movie were out in the meantime and both were instant hits on YouTube and social media. After a long wait, Kalidas himself had announced in February that the movie is slated for a release on March 9, putting speculations to rest.
This is the third directorial of photographer turned director, Shine. Kalidas made his Kolly debut with Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum in 2016. He has one more film, Oru Pakka Kathai, awaiting release. Poomaram also has Kunchacko Boban, Manju Warrier and Meera Jasmine on board. | 2019-04-22T02:02:57Z | https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/050318/poomaram-not-on-march-9.html |
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Very nicely decorated, fully equipped, warm and comfortable cottage, in a quiet area, with beautiful views onto the lake. We stayed here with our three young kids and had a great time. We'll miss feeding the ducks!
Absolutely brilliant property - exactly what we (myself and two teenage kids) were looking for.
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We have been doing some serious stream creepin’ lately. The low water has really put the wild fish on edge and there is no way to walk up on them without spooking them. So we’ve been doing a lot of “duck walking”, crawlin’ and any other low profile way we can come up with to make sure that a nice Elk Hair Caddis or other convincing fly was the first thing of ours the trout saw. The result has been some good fishing in beautiful surroundings (see photo above.) I’ll tell you, though, spend a day casting from a squatting position and your knees will let you know the next day! Motrin, anyone? | 2019-04-24T04:17:23Z | https://unreelflyfishing.com/2015/08/03/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/ |
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The first two men’s quarter-finals were finalised at the Australian Open on Sunday as Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov remained on a last-four collision course.
Top seed Nadal, last year’s runner-up at Melbourne Park, was below his best in battling past Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-3 and will meet Marin Cilic, who came from a set down to see off Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-0) 7-6 (7-3).
In the absence of Andy Murray, it was a landmark day for another Brit as Kyle Edmund broke new ground in reaching his first grand slam quarter-final, defeating Andreas Seppi 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 6-2 6-3.
His opponent in the last eight will be Dimitrov, who ensured the wait for a home male champion at this event will extend into 43rd year with a four-set win over Nick Kyrgios.
The Spaniard toiled at times against Schwartzman and revealed afterwards that the humid conditions on Rod Laver Arena posed a tough challenge.
“Everybody suffers in a four-hour match,” he said. “It was tough conditions out there with a lot of humidity. Sometimes – I said the other day – sometimes it’s tougher for the body. You know, less hot but more humidity. Today was that case.
After Nadal and Schwartzman departed Rod Laver Arena, Dimitrov and Kyrgios were next up and the pair did not disappoint.
The Bulgarian advanced 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) at the end of four tension-filled sets, and afterwards expressed his exasperation at facing someone of Kyrgios’ maverick ability.
“Frustrating!” Dimitrov said. “Simple as that. You’ve always got to be alert, he served a couple of second serves over 200 [kph] today, I mean what can you do, give me a tip!
Edmund came from behind to defeat Seppi to record his best effort at a major – surpassing a fourth-round appearance at the US Open in 2016. And the Brit sees no reason why he can’t go all the way.
“You have to believe it. I mean, that’s why I’m in the quarter-finals, because every time I step on the court and I’m playing, I believe I’m going to win,” he said. “So it’s no different now.
It was far from plain sailing for Cilic, who threw away a 5-2 lead in the opening set to find himself behind, but displayed his mental fortitude to level and then break Carreno Busta at 6-5 down in the third to force a tie-break.
“I should have won the first. I should have lost the third. I should have won quicker in the fourth. So it was up and down a lot. It was difficult match,” said Cilic.
Rafael Nadal battled into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a hard-fought victory over a determined Diego Schwartzman on Sunday.
The world number one was below his best but came away a 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-3 winner on Rod Laver Arena after three hours and 51 minutes.
Nadal slowly built into the fourth-round clash with the diminutive Argentine 24th seed, yet he was perhaps fortunate to win the first set and lacked ruthlessness in the second.
However, the 16-time grand slam champion advanced to the last eight in Melbourne for a 10th time, with Croatian Marin Cilic awaiting him.
But the Spaniard will be eager for improvement heading into the second week, having dropped a set for the first time at this year’s championship.
Schwartzman looked the more likely to break in the first set, but Nadal saved four break points before taking a 5-3 lead.
Just as Nadal appeared ready to take control, he gave up a break advantage three times during the second set.
That proved costly as Schwartzman won the final three points in the tie-break to level the match.
Nadal made fewer errors as the contest wore on, even with Schwartzman’s speed on the baseline forcing him into finer margins.
He took the third set and broke in the third game of the fourth, having saved five break points for 1-1.
Schwartzman continued to fight, but Nadal closed out his victory with another break in the ninth game.
World number one Rafael Nadal cruised into round two of the Australian Open with a 6-1 6-1 6-1 battering of Victor Estrella Burgos.
Top seed Nadal was back on Rod Laver Arena for the first time since his epic five-set defeat to Roger Federer 12 months ago in a final for the ages.
And the Spaniard, the 2009 champion in Melbourne, made a fine start in his bid to go one better this time around, wrapping up a dominant win in just over an hour and a half.
Nadal wasted no time in seizing control of Monday’s clash at Melbourne Park as Burgos struggled to live with his array of forehands from beyond the baseline.
A string of cross-court winners gave Nadal – dressed in a sleeveless top and shocking pink shorts – a 4-0 lead after 12 minutes.
A sumptuous drop shot brought him the first set after 23 minutes and the Nadal juggernaut continued to steamroll its way past his Dominican opponent.
It was not just the trademark booming forehands that brought Nadal joy, his power enabling him to show exquisite touch around the net as Burgos covered every inch of Rod Laver Arena.
There was brief joy for Burgos as he managed to break Nadal late in the second set, two well-placed backhands followed by a winning volley brought huge celebrations from the world number 79.
Nadal quickly put him back in his place, though, and, after securing a two-set advantage, set about confirming his place in round two.
He unleashed two outrageous forehand winners in the fourth game of the third set that Burgos could get nowhere near, a common theme throughout the encounter.
Burgos ensured he did not suffer a bagel in any set with a gutsy hold but it only delayed Nadal’s progression by a couple of minutes.
World number one Rafael Nadal is confident and ready for the Australian Open amid fitness concerns, according to his coach Carlos Moya.
Despite worries about the Spaniard’s knee, Nadal practiced on Rod Laver Arena Friday.
The 16-time grand slam champion cast doubts over his fitness after withdrawing from the Brisbane International.
However, the 31-year-old will be ready for the year’s first major beginning January 15, unless something changes.
“The two trainings have been very positive after arriving late [Thursday],” Moya told El Espanol.
“We want to make a small adaptation to the weather and also to the court. Starting [Saturday], he will start playing training sets and he will continue to do so in the coming days.
“Rafa is fine, with confidence and playing at a good level. We are optimists.
Champion in Melbourne in 2009, Nadal has also been runner-up three times, including losing a thrilling final to Roger Federer last year.
His fitness is a boost to the Australian Open, with Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori having already withdrawn, along with Serena Williams.
World number one Rafael Nadal will prepare for the Australian Open by playing at an exhibition event in Melbourne.
The Spaniard withdrew from the Brisbane International and an event in Sydney due to a late start to his preparation, with reports he was still struggling with a knee injury.
However, the 16-time grand slam champion has still been expected to be fit for the year’s first major, which starts at Melbourne Park on January 15.
In a boost to those chances, Nadal will play at the Tie Break Tens at Margaret Court Arena on January 10.
“Tie Break Tens is a great concept and we will see and play some exciting matches,” he said.
The event sees each match played as a super tie-break to 10, with the tournament decided in one night.
Novak Djokovic, who is battling an elbow injury that has put his Australian Open campaign in doubt, is also expected to play at the Tie Break Tens if fit.
World number one Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Brisbane International, instead opting to head straight to Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open.
Nadal, 31, withdrew from the ATP Finals in November due to a right knee injury, which is reportedly still troubling him.
The Spanish superstar announced on Thursday he would miss the ATP 250 event in Brisbane, where he reached the quarter-finals this year.
“I am sorry to announce I will not be coming to Brisbane this year,” Nadal wrote on Twitter.
“My intention was to play but I am still not ready after last year’s long season and the late start of my preparation. I had a great time there and it was a great start to the month I spent in Australia.
If Nadal begins his year at Melbourne Park, it would mark the first time in his career he would have played the Australian Open after not featuring at a lead-up tournament.
A 16-time grand slam champion, Nadal has won the Australian Open once – in 2009 – while he lost an enthralling final against Roger Federer earlier this year.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal withdrew from the ATP Finals with a knee injury shortly after he was upset in his opening match by David Goffin on Monday in London.
Nadal, who has been dealing with tendinitis in his right knee, rallied before dropping a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4 decision to Goffin.
Countryman Pablo Carreno Busta, an alternate, will take the place of Nadal, who admitted prior to the tournament that his knee was “not perfect.” The injury also forced Nadal to withdraw from the Paris Masters earlier this month.
Still, Nadal showed his mettle against the Belgian, saving four match points to push the contest to a decisive third set.
The Spaniard saved eight of 13 break points but Goffin finally put Nadal away with an ace — his 14th of the match — to claim his first victory over a No. 1-ranked opponent.
“It was a tough fight until the end. Rafa is one of the strongest players mentally on the tour,” Goffin said after the two-hour, 36-minute match. “I am so happy to finally find the key to win this match. It is so special to do it here.
The loss and subsequent withdrawal ends a season in which Nadal won the French Open and U.S. Open to boost his career total to 16 Grand Slam titles.
In the day’s other match, sixth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria also needed three sets before dispatching fourth-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.
Thiem double-faulted twice in the 11th game of the decisive set against Bulgarian, who then closed out the match on his serve. Dimitrov broke Thiem three times.
“It, for me, was just one of those new experiences that I think I’m going to remember for the rest of my life, I think appreciate for the rest of my life,” Dimitrov said. “This is where I always wanted to be at, among the top players, also being able to come through in my first match, it’s only positive.
Rafael Nadal expects to be fit for the ATP Finals but will see how his knee reacts to practice sessions before deciding whether he can play in London.
The 16-time grand slam champion pulled out of the Paris Masters ahead of his quarter-final against Filip Krajinovic last week due to injury, putting his participation at the O2 Arena in doubt.
World number one Nadal said there are no guarantees he will feature in the season-ending event, but is hopeful he can attempt to win the tournament for the first time.
“Hopefully the knee is good,” the top seed told Sky Sports. “I’ve done everything I’ve needed to do in order to get ready for London.
“Now it’s the moment to wait and practice at the O2 over the next couple of days. Let’s see if I am able to be 100 per cent to compete.
“If nothing happens, then I will play. I visited my doctors after the Paris Masters – it was a tough day for me having to pull out of Paris. Pulling out of any tournament in the world is tough, but pulling out of the city of Paris is especially tough for me.
Nadal was on Wednesday drawn to face Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin in Group Pete Sampras.
World number one Rafael Nadal has been drawn to face Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin in the group stage of the ATP Finals.
Nadal’s participation has been in doubt due to a knee injury which forced him to pull out of the Paris Masters, but the top seed was on Wednesday drawn in Group Pete Sampras for the tournament in London.
The Spaniard has never won the season-ending event and will be eyeing his seventh title of the year at the O2 Arena, fitness permitting.
Second seed Roger Federer leads Group Boris Becker and will face Marin Cilic in a repeat of the Wimbledon final, which the Swiss great won in straight sets back in July.
Federer has won both tournaments he has entered since losing to Juan Martin del Potro at the quarter-final stage of the US Open and will be bidding to win the ATP Finals title for a seventh time.
Third seed Alexander Zverev and Jack Sock – who came from nowhere to secure the final qualification spot by winning the Paris Masters on Sunday – will be up against Federer in the round-robin stage.
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Paris Masters due to a knee injury, and put doubt over his status for the ATP Finals.
Ahead of his quarter-final meeting qualifier Filip Krajinovic, 16-time major winner Nadal confirmed he was pulling out of the tournament in France.
The Spaniard said he was not in condition to commit to another three matches and would try his best to be ready for the season-ending event in London, but confessed his focus is on long-term fitness.
“The way that I am today, I do not see myself playing three more matches,” Nadal told a media conference.
“It’s a very hard decision, a tough and sad situation. I tried my best. I had treatment yesterday night [Thursday] but it’s impossible to go on court. Yesterday, for some moments I couldn’t move.
“[Tournament director] Guy Forget told me thanks for trying. I understand it’s a sad day for the event, for me too.
“The knee is always bothering me a little bit, but sometimes it’s worse.
“I’m going to try my best to be ready for London. | 2019-04-19T04:26:45Z | http://sportmenu.net/tag/nadal/ |
I would have gotten close but signguy would have pushed me over the railing.
well it didn't go thru it. there is a hole there but not the one you're thinking of that bugs bunny would come out of.
you telling me wabbits can't play hockey?
Why would the glass lie?
spoon wrote: well it didn't go thru it. there is a hole there but not the one you're thinking of that bugs bunny would come out of.
They are only found in really bad basketball movies!!
Speaking of which, did anyone hear the call this morning on the X? Some guy called in and said Iceburg was over in C31 up on one of those banisters and they said some kid about 6 years old came down and shoved him. Then the guy said Iceburg turned around and yelled something at the kid that he couldn't make out.
Could you have imagined seeing that at a game if the kid would have succeeded at pushing him off the ledge?
i always screw with the craps mascout when i goto pens games, did he say if iceburg was pushed by a pens kid or a habs kid?
Either way, that kid needs someone to throw him a good beatin'.
Saw habs fans there, not many but some, but didnt see any hab kids.
Does Bettis or Harris have kids??
Thats right they arent old time Bball players!
I heard it was Jean Claude Van Damme.
Spoon, I'm a season ticket holder now. I bought my buddys package.
Next time you're there, we'll have a brewski and heckle some folks for old times sake.
They should make a sequel to Space Jam with Sidney Crosby in it.
Just wait till next year when I get back up in F1. Good God, the F-balcony will never be the same. | 2019-04-21T06:31:52Z | http://www.letsgopens.com/scripts/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=157854 |
Clean or already spell traced Fafnir?
Fafnir staff or wand - worth it?
where can i get a decent staff for my evan?
Do Estaffs still give elemental bonuses?
Did anyone miss this for alot more mp for your mage? | 2019-04-24T19:51:51Z | http://www.basilmarket.com/Mage-Forum-5 |
The “car chase” is another carryover from The Bourne Identity that Director Greengrass includes yet improves upon. Supremacy takes the cliché car chase, injects it with steroids, and chases it with a Red Bull. The climax is easily the best car chase on screen in ten years. It’s better than the The Matrix: Reloaded. Why? Supremacy isn't hindered by CGI. The chase is intense and real. When Bourne’s car spins out of control and is simultaneously blind-sided by another car, I dare you not to flinch.
As my wife has mentioned many times before, Matt Damon is a good looking man. She also mentions his lovely smile. Well, you won’t see Damon’s pearly whites in The Bourne Supremacy, but you will see why he’s one of the most talented actors of his generation. Forget about his buddy Ben Affleck, Damon knows how to capture the audience’s attention with his talent not his girlfriends.
When Paula Landy’s (Joan Allen) CIA sting ends terribly, the few clues left behind lead her to believe Jason Bourne (Damon) has ended his retirement. Her subsequent investigation of Bourne uncovers the closed Operation “Treadstone” and opens doors that others wish to remain sealed.
Hundreds of miles away, the real Jason Bourne enjoys a peaceful yet cautious life with Marie (Franka Potente). Unbeknownst to him, a Russian Kingpin and an American traitor plan on making Jason Bourne’s retirement, permanent. After the hired assassin Kirill (Karl Urban) attempts to kill him, a resulting tragedy propels Bourne back towards the mysterious life that haunts his nights.
Bourne Identity director Doug Lyman brought us a thriller that was restrained until action was warranted. When the action began, it was relentless, cold, and efficient much like Bourne himself. Lyman rescued the secret agent genre from Spy Kids and Agent Cody Banks with a thriller that while grounded in realism, explodes upon the screen with a fury that no silly kid movie can hope to match.
Lyman passed on directing The Bourne Supremacy, but thankfully Paul Greengrass took the helm and kept Supremacy faithful to Lyman’s vision. The major complaint one could find with Greengrass’ style is an overuse of hand-held camera shots used to represent the cloudy/jumbled bits of memory floating in Bourne’s head. I thought it worked well enough, however I can imagine some viewers finding it distracting.
The key to both movies is Matt Damon’s portrayal of Bourne. With minimal dialogue, Damon gives a complicated performance as a man who struggles to discover who he was while consciously trying to distance himself from his past. Bourne is an assassin who needs amnesia to discover who he really should have been. Only Damon’s talents could have shown us this. Do you really think his buddy Affleck could pull this off? What about Paul Walker or Vin Diesel? I don’t think so. Amongst his peers, Damon is in an acting class by himself.
Whether Lyman’s vision or the directing of Greengrass can claim responsibility for The Bourne Supremacy’s is open to debate. I don’t care. At the very least, Greengrass knew not to screw up a good thing. With Matt Damon establishing himself as a talented and bankable star, The Bourne Supremacy will reign supreme at the box office and in the action-thriller genre. | 2019-04-24T04:19:53Z | https://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Bourne-Supremacy-581.html |
Calendar — Dance It Up!
Fall Classes Begin- Wednesday, September 5th, 2018!!!! | 2019-04-19T06:34:47Z | http://www.danceitup.com/calendar |
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The 2GIG STVGRL1-345 Stove and Grill Guard will alert users when one of their stove or grill burners has been left in the on position. The sensor sends an alert to a compatible alarm system when the sensor is positioned 20 degrees or more from the off position. Buy the 2GIG STVGRL1-345 here.
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The STVGRL1-345 is great for pairing with an interactive service platform like Alarm.com or Total Connect 2.0. A user can check their interactive service using its associated mobile app while they are away. This way, they can be sure that their system is not displaying any faults and that their stove or grill is currently off. The device is also great for knowing if your children are playing with the stove or if someone else in the family is using the grill to make a midnight snack!
At just 2.2" diameter and 0.21" thick, the 2GIG Stove and Grill Guard is sleek and discreet. Others will be unlikely to even notice the device, all while you monitor your stove or grill with great accuracy. The device is water-resistant, making it suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. It has a battery life of approximately four to five years.
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Reporting a bullying incident will soon be almost as simple as sending a text message for students in Toronto’s Catholic school board.
Starting Wednesday, about 30,000 teenagers at the board’s 32 high schools can use a smartphone app to report bullying, cyberbullying, threats, concerns about a classmate’s self-harming behaviour or other safety issues. And they don’t have to identify themselves.
The Anonymous Alerts app “is another tool for students in those situations where people don’t feel comfortable reporting in person,” says Nadia Adragna, a high school principal and member of the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s safe schools department.
The app, to be unveiled Tuesday at a safe schools symposium, can also be used by parents who discover unsafe incidents and want to alert the school principal and ensure prompt action, she said.
It’s a solution welcomed by students like Jahiem Henry, a safe schools ambassador and Grade 10 student at St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School, one of three high schools that piloted the app last fall.
He says his peers found the app easy to download and use, even though only five incidents were actually reported during the two-month pilot.
The process involves a few simple clicks of the button that includes identifying the school and principal, then choosing from a list of categories to report the incident such as abuse, harassment, bomb threats or depression.
As soon as a student clicks “submit” the school principal and vice-principal receive notifications by text message and email.
“It gives students that reassurance that someone’s going to be there, someone’s going to be listening and going to know,” says Henry.
The big selling points for the board, which looked at several options over the past couple of years, was the technology ensuring reports are anonymous and a feature allowing students to upload images and video with their report, which can be crucial in bullying or cyberbullying episodes.
“The message I receive as principal is completely encrypted and remains anonymous unless the student chooses to identify himself or herself,” says Adragna, principal at the St. Martin Campus of Monsignor Fraser College.
Student trustee and Grade 12 student Karina Dubrovskaya said she was excited to learn about the app at a TCDSB board meeting and hopes students will use it. She cites a recent safe schools student survey which found many students had experienced or witnessed bullying, but about half didn’t report it. The app will make it easier.
“Just the fact that you can take out your phone and if you see something or are thinking about it later, you can send in that information, big or small,” she says.
Dubrovskaya says it often takes a major incident to get a student to report it to a staff member, which can lead to normalizing less traumatic bullying. Being able to alert an adult early could help change that, she says.
While such apps have been referred to as “whistleblower” technology, that’s not a phrase used by the school board, which considers it a tool to promote safety. It can also be used by a student concerned over someone struggling with mental health issues or at risk of harming themselves.
Adragna acknowledged a risk of false reports but says that’s no different than with other reports delivered in person or by phone.
Anonymous Alerts founder Gregory Bender says data since his company launched the app three years ago shows about 97 per cent have turned out to be credible.
The Toronto Catholic board signed a three-year contract with the company, based in White Plains, N.Y., but did not disclose the cost to the Star.
Anti-bullying apps have exploded in U.S. school boards over the last few years and Bender says his app is used in 32 states. He designed it after the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.
Schools also have access to analytics to look at trends and impact of the reporting system.
The Catholic board is the company’s first Canadian client, though Bender said he has spoken with several other boards in the last few months. The Catholic board is the only Toronto board to use this technology.
The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board is among the few already using anonymous reporting apps. The board began piloting TipOff, an app to report bullying, in 2013 and it’s now in place at all its schools.
Of the thousands of messages received, many were tests or considered too minor to pass along, but more than 1,524 were passed along for investigation to the schools involved, board spokesperson Robert Faulkner said in an email. | 2019-04-18T11:02:06Z | https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2017/02/28/app-lets-students-make-anonymous-reports-about-bullying-unsafe-behaviour.html |
the last lecture: a review, of sorts.
I just finished The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. The book, published in 2008, is a sort of accompaniment to Pausch's last lecture at Carnegie Mellon, where he was a human-computer interaction, design, and computer science professor. I remember watching the lecture a few years back and being touched, and wanted to go through the book since I've been interested in memoirs lately.
Pausch was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer a month before giving the lecture and writing this book. He talks about childhood dreams, lessons he's learned, stories from his life, and things he's learned from teaching. The book is really moving. It's evident that Pausch has a sincere love and appreciation towards his life. He's acutely aware of what his death means, but is able to maintain a deep sense of optimism. I found that incredibly admirable.
I also found the book difficult to get through because of the various parallels I found between his life and mine. Pausch's oldest son was five years old when he passed away, which was the same age I was when my father passed away. The difference, it seems to me, is that Pausch had the mental and physical capacity to prepare for his death in a way that was unimaginable for my family. He had financial security, a strong support network, and an abundance of resources at his fingertips. He could hire someone to help him write a book about his life. He could spend money to swim with dolphins with his son and go to Disney World. He could spend time crafting and curating the image of himself that he wanted to leave with his children. Dying young is always a tragedy, but of all tragedies, his was the fairytale. He said all of his goodbyes, witnessed the glory surrounding his own life, and left his mark on the world.
His message about achieving dreams, gratitude, and making the most of life are universally relevant, but by the end of the book, I felt resentful. The things he left his kids with - stories, security, entire pieces of himself - were things that I would not ever get. They were things that my father couldn't prepare for, and for that, the book wounded me.
At one point, Pausch leaves a specific message for his kids - that he wants them to pursue their own interests, and that he would never want them to feel obligated to become something because that's what they thought he wanted for them. Those were words that I needed to hear and to fully believe. I cried when I got there because I didn’t know how much I had wanted to hear those words in a different voice until they hit me.
This book drips with privilege, but it is a genuine celebration of life. It is a love letter to his family, Disney, academia, and the opportunity to say goodbye. It is a complete collection of everything I wish I had received from my own father, and for that reason, I cannot love it.
I don’t know how I found this artist but this song is making me feel lots of things.
Basically just posting to say that I updated my about me section. It’s taken a bit of time for me to acknowledge my confusion and current lack of direction in my life right now, but putting that out there was pretty therapeutic. For whatever friends that don’t know, I moved back home to Orange County a few months ago. I was struggling mentally in Boston and wanted to be closer to family. I liked the work that I did in design, but want to take the time to learn more about myself, explore other possibilities, and develop a stronger sense of what I want to tackle and accomplish in my 20’s. It hasn’t been easy. There’s many days where I wake up and feel utterly useless. It’s taken a while to detach my sense of self-worth from my job title. I still don’t think I’ve completely reconciled the work it took to get my degree and what I’m doing now. I tell myself repeatedly that it’s okay to be confused, to be lost, to be young and a little clueless. A lot of the times, I don’t believe it. Today, I did.
I suppose there is a question mark after goals because I have no sense of what 2019 brings. I changed my website up for the new year—I’ve had the previous theme for about 3 years now, and decided it was time I refined some of my photo collections and strengthened some aspects of my website (this is still a WIP). I’ve added a “writing” section because writing more is a major goal for 2019. I started by submitting a piece to 35mmc, a film photography blog that I’ve been following for a while now. I think that will be the last definitive “non fiction” type of writing I’ll do for a while—I’m interested in blurring the lines between fiction and reality and experimenting with how hazy those lines can get. I also integrated the Medium post I wrote a few months ago into my website here. I like Medium because it’s accessible for people who would otherwise never go on my website, but it feels much less personal. I changed up some photos from that piece and added a few more.
Back to the topic of goals—reading, as always, is part of my goal list. I attempted to read 40 books in 2018 but only completed 38. This year, I’m aiming for 60. Since New Year’s Day, I’ve read My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki, The Once and Future World by J.B. MacKinnon, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, and Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. I was trying to do a book a day but that seemed like a path straight to burnout. Here is my tentative list for the year. Leave a comment if there’s anything you think I’d like!
Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and this ceaseless arising and passing away is what we experience as time and being. They are not separate. They are one thing, and in even a fraction of a second, we have the opportunity to choose, and to turn the course of our action either toward the attainment of truth or away from it. Each instant is utterly critical to the whole world. | 2019-04-24T10:15:24Z | http://www.wenzeng.net/blog?offset=1551593963334 |
That was the first thing South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg cleared up for the Washington Blade in response to questions about his 2020 presidential run in a Jan. 31 interview.
Buttigieg, a Rhodes scholar and Afghanistan veteran, beefed up his national profile in his 2017 run to become Democratic National Committee chair.
The 2020 White House hopeful announced his exploratory committee last month. If successful, the long shot Buttigieg would be the first openly gay person to win the Democratic presidential nomination and the White House.
LGBT priorities for Buttigieg, who said he’d run a campaign based on the themes of freedom, democracy and security, include passage of the Equality Act and greater visibility for transgender people.
Distinguishing himself from other 2020 hopefuls, Buttigieg said he supports transgender people having access to transition-related care, even when they’re in prison. Other candidates, including Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, have different records on that issue.
Washington Blade: You’re running in a field of Democratic candidates, many of whom have been longtime LGBT allies. What do you bring to the table that’s different?
Pete Buttigieg: First of all, I’m very mindful of the possibility of being the first out nominee in American history, and you know, I think it’s safe to say for many reasons, I’m not like the others.
I also just have a different outlook: I am from the industrial Midwest, I’m in local government and I come from a generation that I think really needs to be stepping forward right now. I think our generation has so much at stake in the future and the decisions that are being made today, and I think it really shows the people in charge, like the current president and administration, don’t care very much about the future because they don’t plan to be here.
2054 is the year when I will reach the current age of the current president, and I think you just take some of these decisions about climate, about the economy much more seriously if you’re hoping to be here in 2054.
What we have here right now is a sequence of decisions that have been made that are very short term, very destructive and it’s time for voices from a generation that has a personal stake in that future to step forward and talk about how we can make that future different.
Blade: But what makes you think you can win the White House if you get the nomination?
Buttigieg: I think the message needs to revolve around three themes: freedom, democracy and security. I think that you have a very strong, progressive foundation for those issues, but I also think we’ve not done a very good job of communicating them across the aisle.
Freedom is something that I think has been monopolized by conservatives in terms of political rhetoric, but when I think about everything from the freedom to marry to the freedom to start a new business knowing you can still get health care, it’s really progressive and Democrats have delivered the kinds of freedom that are most important for our daily lived experience.
When it comes to democracy, I think we’ve demonstrated that we are the party that is more interested in making sure that more people can vote, and I think this needs to be part of a national conversation as well. We need to shore up our democracy through a number of reforms, including D.C. statehood, that just make our democratic republic a little more democratic.
And then on security, we’ve got to understand 21st century security means a lot more than just border security and traditional military issues. I was in the military. I certainly spent a lot of time thinking about traditional military issues, but we have to be talking about cybersecurity, election security, climate security, digital security. And I think people are ready for a message that’s just different from what we’ve had before.
We have a profoundly, almost historically, unpopular president, but that doesn’t mean he gets defeated on his own if we don’t have a compelling message that’s different and better.
Blade: Let’s bring this closer to our LGBT readers. How does support for the LGBT community figure into your run for the presidency?
Buttigieg: I think that it will be vital. I think it will be a spruce of lifeblood because we are perhaps the only minority in more or less equal proportion across every racial, ethnic, economic and geographic group in the country, so one thing that will be very important for the success of this project, especially early on when people take your measure based on fundraising is to be able to demonstrate grassroots support from people in the community who believe that representation at the highest levels, actually having someone from the LGBTQ community on the ballot is important, that it will make things better for the next person who comes along and that America needs to be given a chance to demonstrate that it’s ready for this.
Blade: In terms of LGBT rights issues, where do you want to go with that?
Buttigieg: I think one of the big things that we’re looking at, of course, is the Equality Act. I live in a state where it is still — not in South Bend because we took local action, but in most parts of my state it’s still perfectly legal to be fired for who you are, and I think we need better legislation, civil rights legislation that takes care of that.
Obviously, we have a lot of issues with hate crimes now in Indiana. At the state level, we’ve been pursuing hate crimes legislation. We have federal hate crimes legislation, but we have to do a lot more, including, not just at the policy level, but at the cultural level. There’s several reasons why hate crimes have gone up by most measures in recent years, and I think, a lot of that starts at the top. It has to do with leadership, it has to do with the tone that it set by those in charge and it has to change.
Blade: What concerns you most about how President Trump is handling LGBT issues?
Buttigieg: Obviously the attack on trans rights and the trans military ban is extremely disturbing. When I was in the military, the people I served with could not have cared less whether I was going home to a girlfriend or boyfriend. They just wanted to know that I was going to be someone they could trust with their lives and vice-versa.
Trans members of the military who are willing to put their lives on the line in order to defend this country deserve to be supported by their commander in chief, and it’s extremely disturbing, especially for someone who, let’s face it, kind of pink-washed his campaign early on and portrayed himself as somebody who might change the way the Republican Party related to the LGBT community to turn around and do this demonstrates that he was never serious about that, not to mention the elevation of Mike Pence to one heartbeat away from the presidency.
Blade: What kind of place will transgender people have in your campaign and your presidency?
Buttigieg: A very prominent place. I’ve been really heartened to see more people, especially in my generation, stepping forward. I think Danica Roem opened a lot of doors in terms of elected leadership, and I think we will be looking to make sure that our campaign as well as a future administration reflects the diversity of this country. Obviously, that includes making sure there are visible roles for trans people.
Blade: One question I want to pose to you because it has been a point of differentiation among the Democratic candidates: Should transgender people, even if they’re in prison, have access to gender reassignment surgery?
Buttigieg: Yeah. I believe that’s part of health care. We provide health care to people who are serving the country, we provide health care to people who are incarcerated. I think the bigger issue is that too many people are incarcerated, but if you are, we need to treat everybody the same, and if you regard this, as I do, as part of health care.
Look, people try to turn others against this around the issue of cost, but the spectacular costs of incarceration have very little to do with things like gender reassignment.
Blade: Are you aware Kamala Harris as California attorney general defended the California Department of Corrections in seeking to deny surgery to transgender inmates and what do you make of that?
Buttigieg: I was not aware of that. I do know that California, if I understand correctly, is one of the few places that has been able to provide that, and I think that the rationale for it is based on it being — not only that it can be medically necessary for many inmates, but also there are shockingly high rates of sexual assaults or sexual abuse for transgender people who are incarcerated, so I think that moving in that direction was the right thing to do and I hope that more states take a look at that, especially the ones that want to ensure that we’re preventing sexual abuse.
Blade: What kind of endorsements has your potential candidacy obtained so far and how do you expect them to grow?
Buttigieg: Obviously, this is a very early phase. We just announced the exploratory committee last Wednesday, but we are going to seek endorsements from organizations and individuals. We’ve already reached out to the Victory Fund, to the Human Rights Campaign and to a lot of the people I respect and talked about.
Rightly, they are taking their time and they’re being very deliberate about this, but I do hope that we will earn that and demonstrate somebody like me belongs in this conversation at the highest level. Hopefully, we will continue to mobilize the support we need in order to be taken seriously.
This first quarter is critical because this is where we establish that we belong at the table, then it becomes a matter, once we’ve shown enough early organizational support at the end of the quarter, then we no longer have to answer questions about whether we belong in the conversation and start really focusing on making sure that what we have to say in the conversation justifies more and more support.
Blade: What will it take for you to move from an exploratory committee to a candidacy in the legal sense?
Buttigieg: I want us to be in a position to have a very strong launch coming out of the gate both in terms of the sort of event we are launching and in terms of the organizational support we have on Day One of that phase, that we’re right where we want to be.
Blade: I’ve had experts tell me you face challenges because you don’t have the name recognition of other candidates and you should run for governor and not president. What would you say to that?
I just don’t believe that you run for office because you would love to have it or because you think it’s the right step along the way because these offices are too important. You run for office because you think what you have meets the moment, and every time I’ve decided to run for office and every time I’ve decided not to run for an office has been the outcome of that same process of discernment.
Blade: Has anyone told you a gay person cannot be elected president in the year 2020?
Buttigieg: Yes. Some believe that’s the case, and I think there is only one way to demonstrate conclusively that that’s not true.
Blade: If there are LGBT people or people anywhere who want to support you, what is the biggest way to help out?
Buttigieg: So, peteforamerica.com is the place where you can add your name to the list, if you want to be on the list so we know you’re a supporter, if you want to make a financial contribution, which again, right now, in terms of showing we belong at the table, part of how they take your measure is that grassroots financial support.
Over time, especially in early states, we will need help on the ground getting known, making introductions, winning people over and then hopefully as that grows, more and more of a field organization that will have all kinds of roles for people, but you can start by going to peteforamerica.com and adding your name so we know who’s out there to support us. | 2019-04-18T13:01:12Z | https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/02/05/pete-buttigieg-makes-pitch-to-lgbt-voters-in-bid-to-become-first-out-gay-president/ |
Polystyrene foam (a.k.a Styrofoam) is a petroleum-based plastic. It’s typically tossed in the trash once it serves its purpose of insulating beverages and food or cushioning fragile items, but because Styrofoam does not decompose, a multitude of issues arise once it’s released into the environment. Examples include air and marine pollution, the release of toxic chemicals and the destruction of wildlife that ingests the plastic. So, how do you address a problem like polystyrene foam?
Don’t know what to do with your old or damaged clothes? Don't throw them away - many thrift stores, dropboxes and other locations in the area will take them and reuse or recycle them, reducing waste in the landfill.
It doesn't matter if the clothes are ripped, stained, or otherwise damaged - find the nearest donation location instead of putting them in the trash.
The University of Washington’s Seattle campus earned a spot on the list of top 20 schools in RecycleMania, a national collegiate waste diversion tournament. For the first time in the University’s three years of participation, UW finished 17th overall with a recycling rate of nearly 63%. Additionally, the University surpassed other Pac-12 schools by 20% in total waste diversion, which includes both recycling and composting.
With the City of Seattle’s new compost ordinance in effect, UW Recycling is, more than ever, a pivotal waste diversion resource on campus.
The Washington State Recycling Association has scholarships available for student who would like to attend the organization's annual conference and trade show. This year the conference is in Spokane on May 17-20. The deadline to apply is Monday, March 23 at 5 p.m.
Members of the UW’s Electrical Engineering Department hope to make strides to solve the issue of electronic waste with funding from a Green Seed Fund grant. Awarded $50,433 by the Fund, this group is focused on the sustainability of electronic waste and how to better divert the waste flow to more renewable options.
It's true, it's true! Now go forth and test your recycling and composting knowledge for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card. Click here to get started!
Believe it or not, it’s already the third week of RecycleMania and we’re very happy to share the results of our kickoff week with you!
In other exciting news, there is another chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card this week! To enter, visit http://green.uw.edu/pledge and fill out the sustainability pledge. | 2019-04-19T06:28:46Z | https://green.uw.edu/blog/categories/recycling-compost-waste?page=6 |
Welcome back Year 6! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break, spending time with your family and resting ready for the new term ahead.
This term’s topic is ‘Battleships’. We will be learning all about features of the world, describing physical features of the Red Sea, describing geographical diversity across the world and lots more!
This is an important term Year 6 as we will be preparing for SAT’s week. But there will be lots of exciting things to come after!
If you have any queries, please do come and speak to me or make an appointment at the office. | 2019-04-26T13:58:28Z | http://albanwood.herts.sch.uk/classes/year-6/ |
I’ve left it such a long time to write up our camping holiday to North Devon, that it wouldn’t be realistic now to break it down day by day. Therefore, here’s an overview and some pictures to whet your appetite.
This was the poet’s first visit to North Devon, so the first day was spent giving him a bit of a tour. We drove along all of the coast, down as far as Woolacombe. It was very windy. Gales were recorded at over 60mph in our neck of the woods, but they were much, much stronger in the north of England at the same time.
The first night was dreadful with those winds. It’s quite ironic that we weren’t able to put the windbreak up and by the time the wind dropped later in the week, the end of the tent that the windbreak usually went around was so damaged, it was held together with guy ropes. So the windbreak stayed in the roofbox on the car.
We lost the only pole that goes with our tent. It snapped in a couple of places and had to be repaired with gaffer tape. Fortunately, we had a spare pole back home so we could leave this one in the bin when we left. We also lost at least one guy-tab, so that will need repairing before we take the tent out again.
We stopped off at Ilfracombe to get something to eat, a few supplies and to take the first photographs. Back in the day, when I used to go to North Devon with my parent, we’d spend almost every evening in Ilfracombe, where my brother used to fish from the pier.
The next photo-stop was Woolacombe, which was where my family pitched their caravan for six years on the trot. We visited Little Roadway Farm, where we used to take the caravan, and we went down to the beach, where it was still incredibly windy.
When we were kids, this beach at Woolacombe was always, always packed. It’s a massive stretch of sand that goes a very long way out to the sea when the tide is out. There were several Land Rovers that patrolled the beach throughout the day collecting lost children. Lost children used to gravitate towards my dad too, for some reason. If it were today, he’d probably be arrested!
From the beach at Woolacombe you can see Lundy Island – sometimes. Rain used to follow my dad everywhere he went. It still does. And when we were in North Devon we had a saying: if you could see Lundy, it was going to rain; if you couldn’t see Lundy, it already was raining. It was no different on our visit this time. But we could see Lundy on the two days we were in the right place. Our problem wasn’t the rain, though. It was the wind.
The next day I took the poet to Watersmeet. This is where the West and East Lyn rivers meet, and I knew he would love the picturesque beauty spot where salmon and dippers can be seen on the babbling waters. It did rain today and there was such a massive queue to get into the tea rooms there that we abandoned the idea and carried on with our journey.
One of my most favourite places on Earth is Exmoor. I love the wild-ness of it. I love the heather in the summer. I love to be able to see the sea one way and miles and miles of moorland the other way. Even when it’s foggy or raining I’m happy to park up on Exmoor and just gaze. Naturally this meant a drive around Exmoor, and I hope the two pictures I’ve shared demonstrate at least two of the aspects I love about the place.
After Exmoor, we dropped down into Putsborough late one day. Because the beach at Woolacombe used to get so busy, Putsborough was where we headed as a family “in the old days”. There are rocks there, and lots of places that can act as markers for children finding their way back to their families from the sea.
Yup, you guessed it, we were on the dog-free beach. Oops. Ah well, at least he had a good time, and he behaved himself very, very well.
Back up on Exmoor, we had to pay a visit to Lorna Doone country in the Doone Valley. Lorna Doone was, of course, a figment of RD Blackmore’s imagination. This doesn’t stop a small church in the middle of the moors claiming to be the one where “the shooting” took place. When we were little, there was a patch of “blood” on the floor of the church where the victim was alleged to have bled out. By the time I took the poet, this little stain was actually rust from a leaky radiator!
We camped at the Camping and Caravan Club camp site above Lynton & Lynmouth, a small town right next to the Valley of the Rocks. Here there were such spectacular sunsets that we had to have a few goes at photographing this beautiful place. So after tea at least twice we went down there to take the pictures.
Possibly one of the most southern places on this north coast of Devon is the small fishing village of Clovelly. Here a cobbled road takes the pedestrian (vehicles aren’t allowed) down a steep and winding hill to the harbour. There’s a car park at the top of the hill and an extensive visitor centre through which an admission fee is paid. There’s also a Land Rover that takes those visitors that need or want a lift down the back way to the harbour.
We walked down into the village, but we jumped on the Land Rover to come back. And as we were in that part of the country, when we got back to the car we continued to drive to Hartland Point where there’s a lighthouse. Unfortunately, public access to the lighthouse was closed while we were there due to them doing some land-moving work. We did, however, get a cracking view of Lundy Island.
On our last day, we headed back to Ilfracombe for a wander around the town and harbour. I was most disappointed to see that the pier there is much smaller than I remember when my brother fished from it. I’m not sure if it was made bigger in my memory or if they’ve shortened it. It’s still, however, a very lovely place.
Back in Lynton & Lynmouth, we had a final wander round and a trip down the Lynton & Lynton Cliff Railway and back, and we had fish and chips for tea.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this sneak preview into a part of the country that I love very much. And now the poet loves it too. I also hope the selection of pictures I’ve made does it justice. He took several hundred! So I was unable to share them all. However, you can see more on his Instagram or on his website. | 2019-04-20T12:51:17Z | https://bagginsbottom.wordpress.com/tag/putsborough/ |
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AMOUR is a brutal, honest, detailed, uncompromising and cautionary evocation of what it means for one elderly spouse to care for another elderly spouse with a terminal illness.
AMOUR is documentary fiction. Fiction can be more honest and factual than “documentary,” real time footage, edited to create a film. Only in fictional, staged film can detailed accuracy be achieved. Filming real events as they happen is always fraught with irrelevancies and distractions. The final “documentary” film is created not in real life, but in the editing room. In staged fiction the essence of the issue can be assembled exactly.
AMOUR systematically recounts the challenges faced by an elderly man coping with the problems of caring for his wife, who is suffering though a series of more and more debilitating strokes.
For those already experienced with similar events, the issues and memories this movie evokes will be provocative. For future health care workers, and people who have not faced these issues, this film paints pictures of many events that will occur -- from the sudden onset of the illness, through bedridden care, through death.
The way that events are handled in the film is not necessarily the way any particular couple will deal with them, but it is a catalog of many (good and bad) possibilities.
Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva play the couple. We learn little of the characters’ backstory. They are in their 80's. She was a piano teacher. Their daughter (Isabelle Huppert) lives far away. They seem to have an active, warm and loving life (with some problems) before her first episode.
But there is another backstory at work, contributing to the poignancy: the actors’ backstory. We remember them as movie stars in many films (especially, perhaps, Emmanuelle as the woman in Hiroshima Mon Amour; and Jean-Louis in A Man and a Woman). Once, they were romantic movie stars dashing through the world; in this film, now, they are shuffling across the floor.
The visual design is clear and precise, and almost always just a little bit dark; their apartment is old, clean, spacious, and simply furnished.
AMOUR, directed by Michael Haneke is a deeply emotional film, brilliantly acted. The 2012 winner of the Palme D’Or (grand prize) at the Cannes Film Festival, it opens December 19th 2012 in the US. | 2019-04-21T03:09:26Z | http://qporit-snl.blogspot.com/2012/10/amour.html |
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In the coming elections, people should choose between two different political agendas. The one endorsed by the left-wing and progressive forces calls for a different financial and political model that would put the interests of the people first. The other one entails the very same policies that have caused all issues above, endorsed by the conservative, populist and far-right political forces, i.e. the ones that have failed to deliver a better future for the people, says Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Head of the SYRIZA Party Delegation, in an interview with Europost.
- Mr Papadimoulis, about 70 days to the European elections, how severe do you think will be the fight for seats in the new parliament?
- The European Elections in May 2019 are possibly the most crucial ones for the future of the EU. During the last five years we have witnessed the surge of the far-right, the loosening of cohesion policies, the weakening of the welfare state and the deregulation of the labour market as major side effects of neoliberalism and the imposition of austerity policies.
In the coming elections, people should choose between two different political agendas. The one endorsed by the left-wing and progressive forces calls for a different financial and political model that would put the interests of the people first. The other one entails the very same policies that have caused all issues above, endorsed by the conservative, populist and far-right political forces, i.e. the ones that have failed to deliver a better future for the people.
- What is your main message for the forthcoming vote and how do you think Brussels can move closer to the European citizens?
- People should go and vote massively, make the difference. They need to endorse those parties and political figures that have proved to be caring about people's interests, and those that have struggled to improve social and financial conditions for the vast social majority.
As of Brussels, they might need to engage people into constant dialogue and consultation in a more effective way and not run on to them only before elections. Moreover, democratic legitimacy and transparency should be enhanced and people need to feel that in their daily lives. This is a big challenge to fight for, and it is definitely worth trying to do so.
- According to the projections, for the first time the two largest political families in the EP will not be able to take the majority of seats. Why, in your view, will the mainstream parties suffer such painful damages?
- I believe it's early to make predictions on the seats. Nonetheless, we should note that the bigger political families are losing ground as a consequence of their policies.
The big challenge is for the progressive forces to increase their appeal and achieve to build new alliances in the next composition of the European Parliament, thus pushing for the adoption of our progressive agenda. This also goes hand-in-hand with our aim to impede Weber's candidacy for the Commission and have another President that can serve its role in an effective way.
- Recently you mentioned the need for progressive forces to have a clear stance and posture. What alternative to the status quo does the Progressive Caucus present?
- The Progressive Caucus calls for five major changes in EU policies. First, to reform the Stability and Growth Programme so that it can serve its true purpose; Second, to push for binding policies for the climate change and tackle its side effects; Third, to accelerate fiscal harmonisation and the banking union, tax tech giants, enhance control of tax evasion; Fourth, to support social, labour human rights through strong social pillars; Fifth, to introduce a sustainable growth model and increase EU budget's funds for research, social cohesion, youth policies and the agricultural sector.
To adopt all policies above, we need to have a new, strong majority in the Parliament; and this is what we are fighting for.
- How in your opinion will Brexit change the EU?
- It's a tricky situation and we should restraint from “big words”. Let's see what the developments will be in the coming days. Truth is that Brexit is a painful process in all possible aspects, and we do hope both sides will take into account the people and the successful co-existence, not only numbers and bills to be arranged and paid.
- What will happen if the UK quits the Union with a no-deal?
- This seems for the moment the most possible scenario. To be honest with you, I should wait for the people officially involved in the Brexit process.
- Parties such as Syriza are labelled as left-wing populists. Do you agree with such allegations?
- Syriza is a left-wing party. An historic party of the radical and reformative left, having on its shoulders the heritage of Eurocommunism.
Since we came in power, in 2015, we have been trying to create a broad European progressive alliance and shift politics in favour of sustainable growth and social cohesion. We have built alliances with other forces at EU level, both via the European Parliament and also via the Greek government, working for another, progressive agenda for Europe.
There are many deeds we have achieved so far, and this is also the way to move forward against neoliberal and far-right policies: to make the people active participants and doers in our project.
- What, according to you, does the appearance of movements like the “gilets jaunes” in France indicate, and isn't their role somehow underestimated?
- There is a huge representation crisis globally, and in Europe as well. The “yellow vests” started months ago as a movement with specific demands and turned to be a widespread body of collective demands. If we put it in the domestic context in France, it is reflecting the disappointment of a big part of the French people with Macron's policies.
If you put it at EU scale, we realise that it's a movement that wants to fight for another Europe, for a fairer Europe with more chances for sustainable growth, and a broad disappointment over implemented policies.
- Do you think that climate marches and school strikes, in which thousands of young people are taking to the streets across Europe, can become a real game changer with regard to the decision making in the EU and its Member States?
- Definitely. I do support the youth movement, and I do believe that they have to offer a lot in a very complicated issue. This is also the reason why we invited them in the March plenary - the political groups of the Left, the Greens and the Socialists - to hear their say and proposals.
We strongly believe that this movement can leave a positive mark in this big challenge we are facing, and we thus want to work with them closely.
Dimitrios Papadimoulis is a Greek politician, Vice-President of the European Parliament since July 2014, MEP from European United Left/Nordic Green Left. He is also Head of the SYRIZA Party Delegation. Papadimoulis is a member of the Parliament's Bureau and chairs the High-level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity. Under his responsibilities as EP vice-president, he is also taking part in the Working Group on Information and Communication Policy. He is replacing the EP President for European trade unions and also for Council of Europe and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He is sitting in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and is member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Dimitrios Papadimoulis is also member of the steering committee of the Progressive Caucus in the European Parliament. | 2019-04-20T08:46:51Z | http://europost.eu/en/a/view/dimitrios-papadimoulis-brexit-is-a-painful-process-in-all-possible-aspects-24928 |
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