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Do extroverts have an edge when it comes to making a love connection?
Participants answered a range of socio-demographic questions as well as completing a BIG 5 personality test, which us currently the most widely accepted personality system, measuring a person's levels of extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
In addition, for men a great range of personality traits, in particular being more conscientious, more emotionally stable, and more agreeable as well as more extroverted, was also linked with more sexual activity.
However, only 'more agreeable' females had more children.
"Throughout history, competitive advantages have helped men and women achieve increased success in their occupation, sport, artistic endeavors, their ability to acquire and secure resources, and ultimately, their survival," explains researcher Dr. Stephen Whyte.
Next Are sweetened drinks worse for us than other sugary foods?


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Q: jQuery hover after DOM change this is how I use jQuery hover

hover( handlerIn(eventObject),
  handlerOut(eventObject) )

$(".box").each(function() {
    var $this = $(this);
    $this.data('baseColor', $this.css('background-color'));
    $this.hover(function() {
        $this.animate( {
            backgroundColor : "white"
        }, 50);
    }, function() {
        $this.animate( {
            backgroundColor : $this.data('baseColor')
        }, 50);
    });
});

The problem is when DOM changes the hover effect does not work anymore. I know the live method solved such problems many times for me but how do I solve it in that case?

A: From the manual:

All animated properties should be animated
  to a single numeric value, except as
  noted below; most properties that are
  non-numeric cannot be animated using
  basic jQuery functionality. (For
  example, width, height, or left can be
  animated but background-color cannot
  be.) Property values are treated as a
  number of pixels unless otherwise
  specified. The units em and % can be
  specified where applicable.

Specifically For example, width, height, or left can be animated but background-color cannot be.
If you're trying just to update the background color to white, try:
 $this.hover(function() {
      $this.css('background-color', '#fff');
 }, function() {
      $this.css('background-color',$this.data('baseColor'));
 });

If you're trying to make the effect appear 50ms after the user hovers, try using delay.
Now if you're attempting a transition from the current color to white, you need to learn about color blending. But to save you the trouble here's an excellent script by Michael Leigeber. It supports background color fading.

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'BE VICTORIOUS AGAINST THE INFIDELS'
Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi's dad 'made Facebook posts praising militant extremist groups'
He even showed-off a photo of his youngest son wielding a huge machine gun
By Jon Lockett
26th May 2017, 2:59 pm
THE father of ruthless suicide bomber Salman Abedi praised militants aligned to the terror group al-Qaeda in a series of shocking social media posts, it's been reported.
He even bragged his youngest son Hashem – now in custody as a suspected ISIS militant – was in "training" by showing a photo of him wielding a massive machine gun.
Ramadan Abedi praised militants in sickening posts on Facebook
This post showed his son carrying a powerful machine gun
A man with leg injuries is helped away from the arena following the bomb attack
On Monday night, his son Salman, 22, blew himself up at a pop concert at Manchester Arena killing 22 – many of them young children.
Under the name Yousef Hannaa on Facebook, Ramadan Abedi wrote about al-Qaeda. "[May they be] victorious against the infidels."
Ramadan, now in custody in Tripoli, was reportedly a veteran of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) that fought the Soviets alongside Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
In later years he is said to have staged rebellious "operations" against the late Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi, reports BuzzFeed.
Salman Abedi on one of his many returns to Libya
The eldest Abedi brother Ishmail also pictured with a gun
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The ruthless bomber killed 22 concert-goers
Before his arrest this week he insisted he was no longer a member of the LIFG but admitted he still supported the group.
He said: "I am not part of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group but I commend them."
Posts on his Facebook page show his ties to Manchester and his employment by Tripoli's notorious Central Security Directorate.
The Special Deterrence Force (SDF), a Libyan militia that has emerged as the most powerful security formation in Tripoli, arrested Abedi near his central Tripoli home after he gave a television interview absolving his son of guilt in the Manchester attack.
He said he had spoken to his son several days before the attack.
"He didn't say he was going to Manchester," he claimed.
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"Salman said he was going to [pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia]. He was studying in college in south Manchester, and he didn't have any problems. He had high marks."
The SDF is currently holding both Ramadan and UK-born Hashem, 20, who they claim had been under surveillance for suspected ISIS ties.
They revealed they had been watching him for 45 days as he was allegedly "planning to carry out a terrorist act inside the capital Tripoli."
A SDF spokesman told BuzzFeed News interrogations of both suspects were ongoing.
An injured girl is carried from the attack scene on Monday
Armed cops and the army are now patrolling the country's streets
Police patrol past a pink ribbon tribute in central Manchester, England
Salman's mother and two sisters, both in Tripoli, were also summoned for questioning at the force's headquarters in Tripoli's Mitiga Airport but allowed to return home afterwards.
In a posting on Facebook, the force said Hashem was arrested with £1,500 cash he allegedly received from Salman and confessed that he was affiliated with ISIS and played a role in carrying out the concert attack.
"He confessed to being in the UK while the terrorist operation was being planned," the statement said. "And it is clear that he was fully aware of all the details of the terrorist operation. It is also important to note that Hashem left the UK on April 16, 2017, and said he was in constant contact with his brother the executor of the operation."
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Coming together from different parts of the country as well as different genres of music, the four members of Estoria have blended all of their respective styles together to form their second EP, the Travis Wyrick-produced The War. With a combination of pop punk, rap, and modern rock, Estoria can almost be described as a female-fronted Pillar-meets-Linkin Park. Vocally, Meagan Reeves is vaguely reminiscent of Fireflight's Dawn Michele in "Battle Cry" and "Beauty Meets The Beast," and they sound especially at home as the band follows suit in "From Darkness." Her vocals are in need of a little polishing, but she can hold her own well enough against other similarly-styled vocalists. The rapping, on the other hand, is definitely some of the sloppiest I've heard. While I wouldn't say the raps are entirely out of place here, rapper Raymond Gilstrap does sound rather out of his element when he picks up the mic. Rapping in a rock song is obviously not a new concept; if Estoria wishes to impress anyone with this piece of their puzzle, though, a stronger presence is a must. The band's overall sound is a bit on the lackluster side, but they do seem to hit a sweet spot in the EP's closing track, "Warrior." The song itself doesn't stick out, but the chorus is catchy and a good reminder that, in Christ, we are warriors and conquerors (more than conquerors, at that). The War is sure to be a crowd-pleaser, and Estoria will fit quite nicely into many fans' music libraries, but I'd be more interested to hear what they can do after fine-tuning some of the rough patches.


"Working with Action Planning was an enriching experience for me and the team. We gained valuable knowledge and insights and underwent some extremely useful self-examination. The approach was tailored to our needs and was flexible on timelines, which we needed. The results of our work with Action Planning delivered a strengthened position for my service and our future plans."
Every Child A Musician is a music service set up under the authority of the London Borough of Newham, providing free musical instruments and tuition to children aged 7 to 11. The service teaches 12,500 children every week, which equates to 360,000 music lessons per annum. It was in the process of externalising from the local authority to become a small business/charity and was looking for help with a new fundraising and marketing strategy. Action Planning was chosen from a shortlist of six charity consultancies.
We were asked to work with the organisation to help consolidate and strengthen its draft fundraising strategy, which it needed to develop as a key element of its business plan for externalising.
The business plan needed to be sufficiently robust to pass through several stages of scrutiny by the local authority and the fundraising strategy was an essential element within that. To date it has passed successfully through about 80 per cent of the process and we have agreed to come back when the charity has externalised in early 2018 to offer further consultation.
This was an exciting challenge, to help a local authority team adjust to the very different world of charity fundraising. It was important to understand and respect this different psychological starting point and build on areas of shared understanding and experience that could be used to relate to fundraising. It was great to see the 'aha moments' for this enthusiastic team!


Apps so helpful you'll want to save them a plate of chicken.
How much planning can you actually do with your phone? Plenty.
Planners like apps, too, as they can clarify a couple's vision. Now, you can send the app link in an email or text, "as opposed to sending Google docs with links elsewhere, floor diagrams from other sites, and images that skip all over Pinterest," says Kuehnel.
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Code AnnexesCode Annexes » General Guide Lines On Claims
General Guide Lines On Claims
1. SCOPE AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES CAC/GL 1-1979
1.1 These guidelines relate to claims made for a food irrespective of whether or not the food is covered by an individual Codex Standard.
1.2 The principle on which the guidelines are based is that no food should be described or presented in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character in any respect.
1.3 The person marketing the food should be able to justify the claims made.
For the purpose of these guidelines, a claim is any representation which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular characteristics relating to its origin, nutritional properties, nature, production, processing, composition or any other quality.
3. PROHIBITED CLAIMS
The following claims should be prohibited:
3.1 Claims stating that any given food will provide an adequate source of all essential nutrients, except in the case of well defined products for which a Codex standard regulates such claims as admissible claims or where appropriate authorities have accepted the product to be an adequate source of all essential nutrients.
3.2 Claims implying that a balanced diet or ordinary foods cannot supply adequate amounts of all nutrients.
3.3 Claims which cannot be substantiated.
3.4 Claims as to the suitability of a food for use in the prevention, alleviation, treatment or cure of a disease, disorder, or particular physiological condition unless they are:
(a) in accordance with the provisions of Codex standards or guidelines for foods as developed by the Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses and follow the principles set forth in these guidelines. or,
(b) in the absence of an applicable Codex standard or guideline, permitted under the laws of the country in which the food is distributed.
3.5 Claims which could give rise to doubt about the safety of similar food or which could arouse or exploit fear in the consumer.
4. POTENTIALLY MISLEADING CLAIMS
The following are examples of claims which may be misleading:
4.1 Meaningless claims including incomplete comparatives and superlatives.
4.2 Claims as to good hygienic practice, such as "wholesome", "healthful", "sound".
5. CONDITIONAL CLAIMS
5.1 The following claims should be permitted subject to the particular condition attached to each:
(i) An indication that a food has obtained an increased or special nutritive value by means of the addition of nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals and amino acids may be given only if such an addition has been made on the basis of nutritional considerations according to the Codex General Principles for the Addition of Essential Nutrients to Foods. This kind of indication should be subject to legislation by the appropriate authorities.
(ii) An indication that the food has special nutritional qualities by the reduction or omission of a nutrient should be on the basis of nutritional considerations and subject to legislation by the appropriate authorities.
(iii) Terms such as "natural", "pure", "fresh", "home made", "organically grown" and "biologically grown" when they are used, should be in accordance with the national practices in the country where the food is sold. The use of these terms should be consistent with the prohibitions set out in Section 3.
(iv) Religious or Ritual Preparation (e.g. Halal, Kosher) of a food may be claimed provided that the food conforms to the requirements of the appropriate religious or ritual authorities (see also the General Guidelines for the Use of the Term "Halal", CAC/GL 24-1997).
(v) Claims that a food has special characteristics when all such foods have the same characteristics, if this fact is apparent in the claim.
(vi) Claims which highlight the absence or non-addition of particular substances to food may be used provided that they are not misleading and provided that the substance:
(a) is not subject to specific requirements in any Codex Standard or Guideline;
(b) is one which consumers would normally expect to find in the food;
(c) has not been substituted by another giving the food equivalent characteristics unless the nature of the substitution is clearly stated with equal prominence; and
(d) is one whose presence or addition is permitted in the food.
(vii) Claims which highlight the absence or non-addition of one or more nutrients should be regarded as nutrition claims and therefore should invoke mandatory nutrient declaration in accordance with the Codex Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling.


This week we discuss the results of The ONS's report into loneliness, which has revealed that - contrary to popular belief - it is not pensioners who are society's most lonely, but 16-24 year olds. Is social media to blame? Has celebrity replaced community? And what will Tracey Crouch do about it?
Also today, we talk about former Everton footballer Neville Southall who has been lending his Twitter platform (with its associated 127,000 followers) to minorities less privileged than him. Pretty great, huh? Well, apparently not. We talk about criticism, the liberal echo chamber and why curiosity is something to be prized not derided. Ultimately, we could all be a bit more Neville.
And on a lighter note: there's Cardi B; the fragrance that 'smells like' Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding; why Cynthia Nixon hates it when Big builds Carrie a wardrobe; and Dolly's drunken obsession with voice notes.
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Азери́ (азари, адари, , āḏarī ,  (al-āḏarīya)) — вымерший иранский язык Атропатены (современная территория Иранского Азербайджана и юго-востока Азербайджанской Республики), бывший распространённым в регионе до его тюркизации и вытеснения азербайджанским тюркским языком.

Об азери имеются свидетельства арабских географов X—XII веков, описывающих Атропатену. Как о языке значительной части населения Атропатены, говорил аль-Масуди. О нём сообщают Ибн Хаукаль, Якут аль-Хамави, аль-Балазури и другие арабские авторы.

Первые исследования
Об азери вспомнили только в XX веке, после выхода в свет бестселлера Ахмеда Кесреви (1890—1946) «Азери, или древний язык Азербайджана» () в Тегеране в 1926 году. Заслуга Кесреви огромна, он впервые выявил материалы языка азери, распространённого в Атропатене в Средние века, и доказал его иранский характер.

Позже революция в иранистике свершилась благодаря выходу в свет работы талантливейшего ираниста, талышеведа Бориса Всеволодовича Миллера «К вопросу о языке населения Азербайджана до отуречения этой области» в Москве в 1930 году, который доказал самые близкие связи талышского языка и языка азери. Позднее обновлённый вариант этой статьи («Талышский язык и язык азери») вошёл в ставшую шедевром иранистики книгу Миллера «Талышский язык».

Характеристики языка
Был распространён на территории юга современного Азербайджана, в частности на территориях, населённых талышами, которые являются потомками древнего ираноязычного населения края, и на северо-западных провинциях Ирана: Ардебиль, Восточный Азербайджан, Западный Азербайджан и Зенджан (их называют Иранским Азербайджаном).

Существовал предположительно вплоть до XVII века, был вытеснен азербайджанским языком тюркского происхождения. Считается, что азери был не единым языком, а объединял группу диалектов, распространённых на указанной территории. Начиная с XI века, количество говоривших на азери начало сокращаться, что объясняется постепенной тюркизацией Иранского Азербайджана. В настоящее время на иранских диалектах до сих пор разговаривают в нескольких лингвистических энклавах в Иранском Азербайджане. Некоторые исследователи считают, что эти диалекты являются прямым продолжением древних языков азери, а другие авторы считают, что древние языки азери полностью исчезли.

Благодаря трудам иранских ученых стало известно, что кроме талышского языка в областях Иранского Азербайджана распространены очень близкие (чуть ли не идентичные) талышскому языку диалекты — тати, харзани, такестани, халхали и другие, которые, как и талышский язык, можно считать потомками мидийского языка и азери. Таким образом, совершенно очевидно, что диалекты близкие к азери и современному талышскому языку, были широко распространены на территории Азербайджана.

По мнению филолога Людвига Пауля, азери, наряду с родственными — языком зазаки и талышским языком, составляет самую северную группу западных диалектов иранских языков.

Существовало предположение, что иранские слова попали в азербайджанский тюркский из азери, но поздние исследования показали, что большинство из них являются заимствованиями из персидского языка. Азери на самом деле не имел существенного влияния на азербайджанский язык.

На языке азери писал стихи основатель суфийско-дервишского ордена Сефевие и родоначальник династии Сефевидов Сефи ад-Дин. Язык азери четверостиший шейха Сефи ад-Дина был изучен Б. В. Миллером, который в ходе исследований сделал вывод, что диалект ардебильцев и Ардебильского района является языком предков современных талышей, но уже I половины XIV века. Также Миллер делает вывод, что язык азери является родным языком шейха Сефи ад-Дина, а турецкому, персидскому и арабскому он обучился у учителя.

Изучение лексических параллелей языка азери XIV века по стихотворениям Механа Кашфи также показывает сильную связь с талышским языком.

Примечания

Литература
 Миллер Б. В. О языке населения Азербайджана до отуречения этой области. М., 1930.
 Миллер Б. В. Талышский язык и язык азери . М., 1953.
 Henning B.W. The Ancient Language of Azerbaijan. London, 1954.
 Yarshater E. Azari or the Ancient language of Azerbaijan. Meryland, 1993.
 Yarshater E. AZERBAIJAN vii. The Iranian Language of Azerbaijan  // Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. III/2, 1987.
 Гусейнзаде М. Г., Мамедов А. А. Талыши: история и культура. Хрестоматия. М., 2009.

Ссылки
 Г. С. Асатрян. Заметки об азари — исчезнувшем языке Азарбайджана
 http://www.azargoshnasp.net/languages/Azari/azarimain.htm
 Azapadegan Research Institute for Iranian cultures and civilization (includes research articles on Adhari)
 А. Мамедов, к.ф.н. Талыши как носители древнего языка Азербайджана

Иранские языки
Средневековые языки
Талышский язык
История Талыша
Каспийские языки

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November 10th, 2012. The Bretts, Branson's Best Morning Show, announced their second "Bretts For Vets" award winner during their show. After Andrea Brett recited her famous poem "I Am A Veteran," Tom Brett joined her on stage to present the second annual "Bretts For Vets" award.
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The ticking clock, the fear, and then the signal coming down the line. Find out what it was like to go over the top at the Battle of Passchendaele from those who were there.
Guided by historian Dan Snow, experience the realities of Passchendaele through a unique combination of first-hand audio accounts, diary excerpts, and archive film and photos.
Fought between July and November 1917, Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, remains one of the most notorious battles of the First World War.
In three-and-a-half months of fighting, an advance of less than five miles saw an estimated 550,000 Allied and German troops killed, wounded or lost.
It was really shocking. Well done.
The museum has really done a great job of making me feel the brutality of the war.


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Step II
by Eric Torres
Editorial Producer
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the 1978 album from an icon of soul and disco, a formative record in the queer canon.
On New Year's Eve, 1986, Sylvester appeared on The Late Show With Joan Rivers in a towering, orange sherbet-colored wig and a sequined pantsuit. It had been nearly a decade since his breakthrough single, the mirrorball disco hit "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)," from 1978's Step II, and the famously androgynous San Francisco singer had built up an easy rapport with Rivers; they'd previously worked together at an AIDS benefit, before the pandemic gained national attention. The conversation eventually eased into some expected ribbing: "What did you say when your family found out you wanted to be a drag queen?" Rivers asks.
"I am not a drag queen!" the singer guffaws, tossing back that fiery mane. "I am Sylvester."
Simple and matter-of-fact, the retort is a snapshot of the disco maven as he forever intended himself to be: a one-of-a-kind talent in no uncertain terms—Sylvester—destined for stardom long before the world was prepared for it. He melded gospel, funk, and disco to create a spangled, unforgettable impression on the '70s and '80s, and through it all, Sylvester remained resolutely himself. The qualities about him that were so often marginalized—Black, gay, and feminine—were the same ones that made him an undeniable star.
Born Sylvester James in South Central Los Angeles, he was fed an early musical education from his doting grandmother and Pentecostal church choirs, where he studied Aretha Franklin interpretations and honed a featherlight, inimitable falsetto. Sylvester joined a troupe of drag queens named the Disquotays in his teens, fixing the crew's wigs and outfits and floating from party to party under the cover of night to dodge laws forbidding drag in California. He left home in 1970 for San Francisco. It was there, in the queer, roving melting pot of the Castro, where Sylvester began to perform.
Sylvester flourished in San Francisco, which quickly became his adopted home city for its sense of sexual liberation; no other city could quite contain him. He joined the renegade drag act the Cockettes and taught them gospel, but otherwise clashed with their outrageous brand of sketch comedy. Yet his appearances with the group—and especially his soaring solos—quickly turned Sylvester into an underground sensation. In 1972, when David Bowie failed to sell out his first San Francisco show, he told reporters, "They don't need me; they have Sylvester."
A seed had been planted, and Sylvester began to perform solo as the doyenne Ruby Blue, a jazz and soul persona influenced by his grandmother that he'd first assumed with the Cockettes. He played at the Rickshaw Lounge in Chinatown, singing standards by early icons like Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Lena Horne. Ruby came about, in Sylvester's words, to inhabit "the mystery of it. The freedom of it. The glamour of it." Here, the genesis of Sylvester's music was born, rich in soul and spiritual traditions, with a high tenor capable of trying on different feminine vocal styles at a whim.
Sylvester's gender identity was purposefully inscrutable. His costumes oscillated between feminine extremes, sporting tinsel tutus with bouffanted wigs, but offstage he could be just as muted. Sylvester was equally comfortable trying on "butch" signifiers like leather pants or a close-cropped haircut; both sides lived within him at all times. He insisted that he never thought about his sexual identity onstage, citing a piece of advice given to him by another one of his idols, Josephine Baker: "The illusion you create onstage is all." Sylvester defied categorization at every opportunity, and shrugged off questions intended to pin him down with the same cool he maintained on record: "Look dear, being gay means absolutely nothing except to straight people," he sniped to a nosy reporter in 1978.
By the time Sylvester began to cut his own records, having signed to the San Francisco label Blue Thumb, he was still finding a niche. His rock-funk music, performing as Sylvester and the Hot Band, was far from the synthy, formulaic disco beginning to dominate both the charts and the gay clubs he frequented. Sylvester was a casual disco fan at best, and it wasn't until he signed with jazz label Fantasy, by way of veteran producer Harvey Fuqua, that he fully leaned into the vision. Sylvester released a soulful self-titled album in the summer of 1977 and followed it up the next year with the glittering Step II, which remains his most precise and dazzling album.
The album's opening one-two punch, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and "Dance (Disco Heat)," both flaunt Sylvester's musical genius, but the former is his his crown jewel. Working with a band led by guitarist James "Tip" Wirrick, the singer intended it as a traditional ballad and wrote lyrics off the cuff in the studio. The arrangement morphed into something else entirely once Patrick Cowley, a friend and producer obsessed with Giorgio Moroder and Euro-dance eccentrics, got a hold of the song and infused it with a synthesized disco pulse. ("I'll always love and be grateful to you," reads Sylvester's dedication to Cowley in Step II's liner notes, "for being right on time.") "You Make Me Feel" pumps with the same space-age DNA as Donna Summer's "I Feel Love," released just the year before, only with Summer's wispy voice replaced by Sylvester's high-wire depiction of the era in San Francisco: "To dance and sweat and cruise and go home and carry on and how a person feels," as he described it. His falsetto dances along with tense breath control until he screams that orgasmic chorus, a full-throated Pentecostal spiritual transformed into an instant disco crowdpleaser.
Sylvester believed there were "enough love songs in the world like there were enough children," yet Step II throbs with passion. Sylvester covers Burt Bacharach and Hal David's swaying "I Took My Strength From You," elongating his vocals into gossamer threads and bending the song into a pure devotional. "Was It Something That I Said," a rolling R&B song co-written with Fuqua, opens with a back-and-forth between Sylvester's beloved backup singers, Martha Wash and Izora Armstead (aka Two Tons o' Fun, who would later form the Weather Girls). "Child, have you heard the latest?" they titter. "Uh-oh, what's goin' on now? About Sylvester breakin' up?" He recalls receiving a letter with a phone number, only to call and find it disconnected. The fallout leaves him overcome, a miniature tragedy writ large with funky keys, horn licks, and a spoken-word bridge.
Step II and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" led Sylvester to international success. The album went gold (celebrated by the label with wine bottles pressed with Step II labels, no less), and Sylvester made a slew of TV appearances where he put on brassy performances for national audiences. He opened for acts such as the Commodores, the O'Jays, and Chaka Khan, and extensively toured Europe, whipping fans abroad into a Beatles-style mania. Practically overnight, all of Sylvester's dreams of stardom had become a reality, and he hadn't forsaken any part of himself to get there.
Sylvester received the keys to San Francisco on March 11, 1979, and "You Make Me Feel" was inducted into the Library of Congress in 2018, formally confirming Sylvester's impact on American culture at large. Go to any gay club or Pride event worth its salt and you'll hear "You Make Me Feel" blaring over the speakers at some point, spinning open and sending every person to the dancefloor to commune. Remnants of the ballad version appear on a reprise halfway through Step II, but look no further than the ascendant, gospel rendition on 1979's live album Living Proof, recorded at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House, for hard proof of the song's divine power, no matter the conduit: Sylvester breaks from the propulsive beat for a slowed-down interlude bolstered by a choir, his voice climbing into an angelic upper register that blows the wind out of you.
Sylvester died at 41 of AIDS in 1988, just a year after his longtime husband, architect Rick Cranmar, died of the same. Cowley, too, died of AIDS in 1982, the same year the two recorded the sleek Hi-NRG blast "Do You Wanna Funk?"; Cowley became one of the first publicized deaths from the virus. Sylvester also put a face to the crisis when he led the People With AIDS group in a wheelchair at the 1988 San Francisco Pride Parade. "He's allowing us to celebrate his life before his death, and I don't know a single star who has the integrity to do that," the novelist Armistead Maupin wrote afterward.
The toll that AIDS took on our queer forebears can never be overstated, but Sylvester's loss is especially heavy on the mind. He often said he would earn enough money to retire at an early age, move somewhere bucolic, and do absolutely nothing for the rest of his days. Even with over 20 years of glamour and success, it hurts that Sylvester never got that future. "I don't want much—just a fabulous time," he said the year Step II came out. "I have quite normal feelings but I like to take on a little bit more excitement than most. I am what I am, I do what I do, I know what I am, I live for what I feel." Through his extraordinary style and boundless imagination, Sylvester generously paved the way for all of us to do the same.
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Today was quarterfinals day at the Atlanta, Georgia $10K USTA Women's Tournament and it was HOT-DIDLEY-HOT as Ned Flanders would say. In their infinite wisdom, Bunny Williams and Patricia Jensen (yes, of that Jensen), started the matches at 9 a.m. It was a beautiful start to the day, being only 75 degrees, but much like the kindness of a light warmup, it wouldn't't last.
On court at the same time were two very different matches. To my right and on this court was Zuzanna Zemenova of Baylor taking on Amanda Fink (left), still looking fresh from her Allentown finals. To my left and on that court was Florida Gator Julia Cohen about to do battle with Mallory Cecil on her 18th birthday. The warm ups looked easy on both courts but war was on!
The Zemenova vs. Fink match was over before either Cohen or Cecil held serve, it seemed. With their cagy spins and net play anoccasionalal power backhands, this was cat and mouse tennis! And more often than not it was Fink getting the cheese! What I noticed about Fink is that she is strong. Not the biggest hitter, but just physically strong. She doesn't get overpowered and stays very composed out there usually. Zemenova is more tactical than overpowering so it was no wonder the first set was over in no time 6-2 for Fink. Rolling along as she did in her first round match, Fink went up an early break. Zemenova held serve for the first time in the set and had a break point to get back on serve. It's at this time net cords started going Zemenova's way and it was three straight games and for the first time since going up 1-0 in the first set, Zemenova was ahead in a set. At this point I heard "Would you stop choking?!?!" and "Stop choking" coming from deep inside Fink's diaphragm. That never seems to be a good sign but sometimes it works. Today was the day it worked and Fink won the next four games and the match was over 6-2,6-3. Fink advances to the semifinals.
Now, for the Cohen-Cecil match. When I mentioned that Fink had won before either held serve, I was only exaggerating a bit. The first set went five games before someone held. This is thquint essentialal returner's match. The first person to hold was by birthday girl Cecil for 4-2. Cecil was channeling a William's sister because every point was either a winner by Cecil or an error by Cecil. She was overpowering Cohen with hard, flat, deep angled forehands and backhands and doing what most only think about: taking balls out of the air and coming to the net. Something she did with great success. From 2-2 in the first set she reeled off 4 straight games to take the first set 6-2. Much like her first set against Emily Gelber yesterday, Cohen did not live up to her potential. I was hoping the second set would be a little stronger from Cohen and she did not disappoint.
Cohen served first in the second set. Not an enviable poisiton I must say. She started playing with new tactics and quickly went out 40-15. Then 40-30. Then deuce. Then Advantage Cecil. Then with a long point finished at the net it was another break and a fifth straight game was Cecil's. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Cohen didn't seem ready to light her birthday candles quite yet as she won the next three games to go ahead 3-1. But with another big backhand swing volley Cecil got a beak point and won the game to pull back on serve, 3-2. At this point I realized there were four holds so far in 13 games. Cecil broke and held to go ahead 4-3. At this point Cohen did what she does best which is capitalize on creeping nerves and frustrate players into errors they would never make otherwise and Cecil was her latest victim. Cohen won eight points in a row forcing Cecil into forehand errors and it was 5-4. Somehow Cecil collected herself and won the next two games to serve for the match at 6-5. Cohen hit a volley winner to go up 0-15 and a forehand error got her to 0-30. In the best point of the match so far, each player raised their play knowing what was at stake. Cohen got two break points to get the match into a tiebreaker.
On the first point of the breaker, she broke and now it's best of seven with a lead of two to either win the match or force a third set. With two down the line backhand winners and a forehand winner Cecil was at 3-0. Four forehand errors and a bounced racket got Cohen ahead 5-3. Then it's 6-4 Cohen with two set points. Two errors and an overhead winner put Cecil at match point 7-6. Another long hard fought point that produced another forehand error from Cecil and it's 7-all. Then 8-7 Cohen for a 3rd set point. Going for the winner down the line she caught the top of the net and it's 8-all. Another backhand error gave Cohen another set point at 9-8. A screaming backhand winner got Cecil to 9-all but the same side produced an error in the next point for the 5th set point for Cohen. Somehow, chasing down every ball, returing some with pace, other with everything but pace, Cohen forces another backhand miss and screams "YES" to finally win the 2nd set tiebreaker 11 points to 9! You would think there couldn't be much more drama than that tiebreaker, but if you think that you don't know Cohen or Cecil.
Both Cecil and Cohen (left) came back from a brief break to each hold serve! This was no mean feat in itself. With great defense and some really nice serving, Cohen went up 5-2 serving for the match. At 15-all Cohen was three points from the match. And Cecil would break her at 15 to get one break back. Cecil holds and Cohen serves for match again at 5-4. With a couple forehand winners Cecil pulled even to 5-all. Cohen broke at 15 to serve for it for a third time. At 30-15 Cohen looked like she would finally close this match out, living up to her #1 seed. And then in no time it was a third set tiebreaker! Cecil, like the second set tiebreaker, would win the first point but Cohen would go on a tear and win the next four to get three points from the match for the third time. With another winner and an untimely double fault from Cohen it was 4-3. Then 5-3 Cohen. Then 6-3 Cohen with three match points. A double fault on the first and a forehand error on the second got it back on serve. Then I watched one of the best points I have seen the entire tournament. Neither player would back down, playing their game at their highest level. I couldn't hear a breath from anoyone in the crowd, just the grunting of the players and the scuffling of their sneakers on the hot asphalt. And then in a moments time a backhand hit the net and it was over. 7 points to 5! Cohen won the third set tiebreaker and the match. The crown was as exhausted as the players.
This last match is the reason people love to watch tennis! And why I love doing this coverage! This will be the last match I will cover at this tournament due to scheduling conflicts, but I am hoping that something will present itself and I'll be at the finals. And if I am, there will be more from me!


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Celine Samoborske  falu Horvátországban Zágráb megyében. Közigazgatásilag Szamoborhoz tartozik.

Fekvése
Zágrábtól 24 km-re nyugatra, községközpontjától 3 km-re délnyugatra, a Zsumberk-Szamobori-hegység völgyében fekszik.

Története
1598-ban "Czerye ad Zamobor" néven említik először. 1857-ben 208, 1910-ben 366 lakosa volt. Trianon előtt Zágráb vármegye Szamobori járásához tartozott. 2011-ben 377 lakosa volt. A rudei Szent Borbála plébániához tartoznak.

Lakosság

Nevezetességei
Tesna nevű településrészén Franjo Štengl pincéje mellett álló kis Szent Flórián kápolnája az egyházi vizitáció feljegyzése szerint 1799-ben készült. 1996-ban Franjo Štengl faoszlopokon nyugvó tetőt épített eléje.

Külső hivatkozások
Szamobor hivatalos oldala
A rudei Szent Borbála plébánia honlapja
Szamobor város turisztikai egyesületének honlapja

Jegyzetek

Zágráb megye települései


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Luke Peters
Nottingham Rugby > Greene King IPA Championship > Luke Peters
Monday, 11th October 1993
Luke started his rugby at his local club Portsmouth at the age of four where he came up through all the age groups. He then moved on to combine his studies with the London Irish AASE scheme playing in the a league in his last year at college. After finishing college, he spent a season in their senior academy training full time and playing A league.
He then made the move up north to Leeds where he spent three years at Leeds Beckett university reaching two BUCS finals, losing one and winning the other, as well as winning two England student caps. After his time at university, he signed for Ealing where game time was limited. This led to him moving on to Rotherham the following season where injury caused his season to finish early. After a couple of stop start seasons and a big injury, he's looking forward to getting back to full involvement and hopefully having a successful season.
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During this time, Adam decided to make production agriculture his career. He returned to Indiana and began the process of molding the family farm into a business that could compete in the agricultural consolidation of the 21st century. His rigorous education and depth of practical experience make Adam a rare individual in the modern world of commercial production agriculture.
Adam shares management of Howell Farms of Crossroads with Aaron. He focuses on business development, long-term planning, finance, crop insurance, landlord and investor relations, and grain marketing. Among multiple production responsibilities that Adam assumes are corn planting, nitrogen application and supervision of the tomato, corn and soybean harvest.
Adam and his wife, Keri, live on the farm with their four young daughters. They are active members of High Street United Methodist church in Muncie and in multiple club and school activities with their girls. He has recently begun to raise a few head of cattle to complement their daughter's 4-H participation. Adam was named to the 20 under 40 group of young business leaders featured in M Magazine.


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Global Vision Correction Month
LASIK Myths
MYTH #1: LASIK is Risky and Unproven
MYTH #2: Doctors Won't Have LASIK Themselves
MYTH #3: LASIK Makes Your Night Vision Worse
MYTH #4: Having LASIK Can Make Your Myopia Worse
MYTH #5: It Is Unsafe to Fly Following LASIK
MYTH #6: LASIK Causes Dry Eye
MYTH #7: The Implantable Contact Lens (ICL) Causes Cataracts
MYTH #9: High-Altitude Activities, like Mountain Climbing, Cannot be Safely Performed after LASIK
MYTH #12: You Cannot Participate in Sports After LASIK
MYTH #17: The LASIK Flap is Fragile and Can Easily Be Dislodged
MYTH #29: The LASIK Market is Not Growing
LASIK MYTH #30 – LASIK is an Old Technology, Wait for Something Better to Come Along
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FACT: LASIK Has Been Approved for All Flight Activities
There is no reason to be concerned about flying after LASIK, as a passenger or as a pilot. Airplane air is dry, so it is helpful to bring artificial tears with you when you fly, especially during the first 6 months after surgery.
An extreme example of LASIK flap safety while flying may be found in the experience of a naval flight officer who ejected from his F/A-18F Super Hornet at 13 000 feet at a speed in excess of 400 miles per hour. His 7-year old LASIK flap was unharmed, and vision the next day was 20/15. [1]
Another study showed that 88% of pilots who land on aircraft carriers at night found their night vision to be better after LASIK with no glasses than they did with their glasses before surgery. [2]
7-years after LASIK, a Super Hornet naval flight officer ejects from an aircraft going in excess of 400 mph at 13,000 feet...
The next day, his LASIK flap was unharmed, and his vision was 20/15.
Amongst 633 active-duty naval aviators who were treated with modern LASIK, 99.6% would recommend the treatment to others...
and 95% stated that LASIK had helped them be more effective at their job.
Title: Extreme LASIK flap stability
Article: "Laser in situ keratomileusis flap stability in an aviator following aircraft ejection."
Authors: Christopher J Richmond MD, Patrick D Barker MD, Edgar M Levine MD, and Elizabeth M Hofmeister MD.
Précis: A 28-year-old male F/A-18F Super Hornet naval flight officer ejected from an aircraft at 13 000 feet at a speed in excess of 400 miles per hour 7 years after LASIK. His LASIK flap was unharmed, and vision the next day was 20/15.
Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2016.10.001
Full reference: Richmond CJ, Barker PD, Levine EM, Hofmeister EM. Laser in situ keratomileusis flap stability in an aviator following aircraft ejection. Journal of Cartaract & Refractive Surgery. 2016;42(11):1681–1683. doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2016.10.001.
Keywords: LASIK, Refractive Surgery, Flying, Safety
Article: LASIK in naval aviators
Authors: "Laser in situ keratomileusis in United States Naval aviators"
Précis: Amongst 633 active-duty naval aviators who were treated with modern LASIK, 99.6% would recommend the treatment to others and 95% stated that LASIK had helped them be more effective at their job. Uncorrected vision was 20/20 for 98.3% of nearsighted and 95.7% of farsighted eyes by 3 months after surgery, and more than 1 in 3 gained at least 1 line of vision while just 0.4% (2 eyes) lost any vision. Night vision after LASIK was reported to better than pre-surgery with glasses by 88% amongst these pilots whose job requirements include landing on aircraft carriers at night.
Full reference: Tanzer DJ, Brunstetter T, Zeber R, et al. Laser in situ keratomileusis in United States Naval aviators. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2013;39(7):1047-1058
Keywords: LASIK, Safety, Refractive Surgery
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Information provided here is obtained from a variety of sources and is provided for informational services, only.
There are four stages of vision development throughout life. Vision Correction surgery offers many different procedures and can treat all of them:
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Doctor Who: Series 6: Episode 5 – The Rebel Flesh
I am rather late with my thoughts on the latest episode. This is because in a lot of ways I thought The Rebel Flesh was scarcely worth commenting on. Not because it was bad but because it was mostly a setup for next week's The Almost People. My suppressed OCD instincts could never allow me to skip an episode though. Judging by the build up to next week, it would seem that we'll get some fairly substantial answers to aspects of the story arc, as well as a dramatic conclusion to the story established here.
The trailers and promotional material for The Rebel Flesh all emphasised the aspect of the Doctor mediating between two sides in a war, without necessarily condemning one as the enemy. This was all rather ominous given that the weakest episodes of last year's series came via the Silurian double bill, in which the Doctor was reduced to an ineffectual peacekeeper. However thankfully not only does next week's finale look far more satisfying than last year's, as a standalone ideas piece this was superior to the disappointing Silurians.
Matthew Graham's script has some very interesting ideas and manages to be original despite treading well explored sci-fi territory. The Doctor gets some fantastic lines when he is calmly and seriously explaining the rights and beauty of the flesh but I can't help feeling Graham doesn't carry off the scattier moments as entertainingly as Moffat or even RTD in the past. Matt Smith's increasingly assured and diverse performance helps gloss over these occasional weaknesses in the more playful chunks of dialogue though and one line did manage to capture the mysterious, funny and mad side to our temperamental Time Lord: "I've got to get to that cockerel before all hell breaks loose! I never thought I'd have to say that again."
The concept of the Gangers is suitably chilling for the tone of the new series and delightfully unsettling. There are genuinely complex ethical questions that arise from such a technology. Doctor Who is at its best asking those sorts of questions and sparking intelligent debate. But of course it also has its essential ingredients. Here we get some typical running around and down corridors, as well as scary gooey faces and a dark, near future setting.
With the somewhat obvious creation of the Doctor's Ganger, and its emergence at the end, many are wondering if this is connected to the big question marks of the series surrounding the Doctor's death in episode one. It would seem to be an easy get out clause. But for some reason my instincts tell me it would be simultaneously too simple and complex a solution. Too simple because Moffat doesn't like answers you can see coming and too complex because clearly, despite their similarities, the Gangers have underlying faults and differences that make them monstrous. And I'm sure the Doctor will be of the opinion that there can't be two of him dashing about the universe, for reasons of cosmic law and order.
Elsewhere in this episode we are still being fed teasing reminders of Amy's pregnancy, with the Doctor scanning her inconclusively once again and telling her to "Breathe" before he darts of to try and stop the solar tsunami doing too much damage. Also Amy's and Rory relationship continues to be pushed and strained. This week Rory has another love interest, in Ganger/human Jennifer, which is a nice role reversal for the hapless husband, often just reduced to a comic presence lusting after the TARDIS redhead. Theories swirl in the online fan community, with some suggesting Rory is fading in and out of reality. Seems random? Don't forget his disappearance through a crack in time and space last year and his return as an auton. Also the Doctor has forgotten about Rory a few times this series, including in this episode. Such moments appear to be simple humour at first glance. But maybe they're not.
On a second viewing I thought Raquel Cassidy's performance as factory leader Cleaves was quite appalling and irritating. That's right just a random jibe at a hardworking actress there.
Stay tuned for next week's The Almost People, which will nestle nicely before the Champions League final. Superb Saturday viewing.
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Thoughts on … Never Let Me Go/The Canal/The Dice Man
Posted on November 8, 2010 | Leave a comment
I have recently enjoyed three excellent and thoroughly engaging novels. Each had me gripped in very different ways, but each shares the key ingredient of successful storytelling; a strong narrative voice. The extremely distinctive first person narrators of each of these novels draws you in and captivates you. A narrative voice that feels real and engaging is the element I most struggle with when trying to write my own creative works. I certainly therefore don't feel qualified to dissect the successful and unsuccessful subtleties of the writing in these books in review form, but feel compelled to record what made them so readable for me as "thoughts", for that is all they are, and to recommend them to others nonetheless. I may inadvertently let slip the odd slight spoiler, for which I apologise but place a warning here.
First up then is Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, which I admit I was only inspired to read due to the hype surrounding a forthcoming film adaptation and the allure and beauty of the trailer for it. What's noticeable and striking even in that brief snippet of film is the overwhelming Britishness of the story and it's a very British novel too. That sense of place comes not just from the boarding school setting, the childhood themes, the nostalgic reminisces and stunning countryside, but from the voice of the novel, Kathy H. Whilst it appears she is candidly telling her life story, with little reason or desire to embellish and hold back, you soon notice her strong focus on others, on those immediately close to her. If she criticises a friend she will qualify what she means and spend pages delving into another random memory of them to share their alternative, better side. In many ways this is a novel of memories, about the ones that slip away and the ones you never let go of. Given that she focuses on those most important to her, it's enlightening, revealing and intriguing that she never actually says in the novel, as far as I can see or recall, that she loves the man events make clear to be her soul mate. Indeed Kathy does not spell things out about herself often and retells everything, overpowering emotions and all, with a simplicity and undertone of British restraint. It's this restraint and modesty that is the most chokingly moving at times too. It's clearly to Ishiguro's immense credit that he simultaneously creates a strong, rounded character in Kathy, whilst also letting events, and things Kathy omits, paint a picture of their own. Kathy has confidence that, from what she has retold to us, she need not say explicitly "I loved him".
I'm glad I read the original story as a novel before the release of the film in January. Despite the promise that attracted me in the trailer, Carey Mulligan will do well to play Kathy H as quite as compellingly as Ishiguro writes her. The film is also set to cut large chunks of Kathy's childhood memories of Hailsham, in favour of the adolescent portion of the story. I hope this omission does not detract from events later on and make them less meaningful. The one fault I found with the book, and one the film will also struggle to overcome, is the sense that there is never a satisfying big conspiracy revealed, as is hinted at. The one that does emerge seemed fairly clear early on and whilst Ishiguro seems to hint that there is more to it (I had visions of some sort of apocalyptic Britain or a more interesting and dramatic disintegration of ethics) there really isn't. Mostly though Never Let Me go is a terribly moving story because of the way it feels so real. Kathy's language is simple but beautiful at times, like many of her memories. Her friendships and loves are not obsessively described with clichés and extravagant imagery, and are consequently all the more like our own. The way things turn out is so tragic because you can place yourself in her shoes.
I have also recently read Lee Rourke's debut novel, The Canal, joint winner of the Guardian's alternative award Not The Booker Prize. As the review on the Guardian website points out, this is a debut crammed with ideas. This might have been a problem if the ideas weren't original or didn't resonate with me, but I found most of them to be insightful and well expressed musings on a realistic truth. The novel begins as an engaging meditation on the nature of boredom and how it is a fundamental part of existence to be embraced, rather than feared and avoided. It eventually evolves into a touching love story, which becomes an obsession and climaxes with an eventful ending. Most of the novel aims accurately for realism; its ideas, its dialogue, its images. Only at the end do feelings and events become sensational.
The title of the book makes it clear that it will have a strong sense of setting and the surroundings of The Canal are ever present throughout the narrative, the backdrop to almost all the action. Its features are described with some wonderful imagery and symbolism. Even the book itself, the physical design of the novel, is pleasing to look at and hold. If I were Rourke I'd be delighted with the tasteful design of my first fictional foray. He ought to be proud too of the dialogue in his work, which really stands out as exceptionally believable and realistic, becoming almost a script at times before reverting back to the narrator's thoughts. The dialogue is rightly praised on the back of the book.
Like Never Let Me Go, much of The Canal's success comes down to the convincing narrative voice. However if Kathy H was restrained, the nameless narrator of The Canal is mysterious. The woman he meets on The Canal is also mysterious, until he slowly uncovers her secrets. She is for the most part a rounded character and their relationship believable, but at times it succumbs to cliché. There are other clichés too such as the stereotypical gang of youths and the unstoppable march of building work that eventually swallows his patch of The Canal. These unimaginative elements let down the originality and realism of the rest of the book, but The Canal was an engaging, un-put-down-able read.
If The Canal mused about boredom then The Dice Man is a full on exploration of its depths and connections to the meaning of existence. The main reason I was reluctant to be bold enough to call these thoughts of mine a review was that The Dice Man is simply too mammoth, sprawling and impressive a work for me to digest, let alone analyse adequately. It's jam packed with ideas and full of such variety that it touches on more areas in one chapter than most novels. It has spawned a cult and resembles a bible in weight and heft. It's immensely controversial, challenging long established truths in religion and philosophy, outraging those with a strong moral compass. It contains scenes that are graphically violent and sexual. It is regularly and consistently funny. However as with The Canal, it is the quality of composition and writing that truly impresses me with The Dice Man.
From the very first page The Dice Man makes it clear it will not follow the conventions of an ordinary novel, but mimic several at once. It flits from the brilliantly cynical and scathing first person voice of Dr Lucius Rhinehart, to describing events in his life in the third person. It also chucks in various articles about events in the Dr's life, along with other methods of storytelling such as transcripts of interviews and television shows. With all the talk of ideas, philosophy and sex surrounding The Dice Man, it can be forgotten that it is an exemplary exercise in creative writing, full of tremendous variety. The dialogue is always funny and realistic and the characters well realised, albeit obviously through the lens of Dr Rhinehart's own entertaining, intelligent opinions. There are narrative twists and turns, violent thrills and sexual ones. The careful craft and exciting breadth of this novel ensures that a novel of over 500 pages remains gripping throughout. It consumed me for a whole week.
Then of course there are the ideas themselves, the philosophy behind The Dice Man. The reason this book has become so notorious and actually converted readers to the "religion" detailed within its pages, is that many of the ideas make sense, that and the alluring mystery to it all. The mystery blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality. Luke Rhinehart is of course a pseudonym, but a quick Wikipedia search on The Dice Man and you discover the real author, George Cockroft, also genuinely experimented with the "dicelife". So there is some truth to the claims that this a factual account and that may account for its vivid detail. However it is also undoubtedly a sensational work of fiction, at times taking swipes at the profession of psychology and the state of society in general. I have already said that as a novel it should be praised and not revered simply for its bold ideas, but it is true that the seductiveness of the ideas help sweep you along in the story.
The basic principle of The Dice Man is to abandon free will, at least to a great extent. Every decision in your life you are unsure about should be decided by the throw of a dice, and in fact later on, even those you do feel sure of. You may create options for the various numbers of the dice or die, but whichever they choose you must blindly follow. The options must try to embrace all aspects of your multiple existence, so for example if you have idly fantasised about masturbating over your pot plant, even for a second, this ought to be considered and given to the die to decide. The aforementioned variety and randomness of the novel thus mimics the theory at its heart, with one section actually printed twice immediately after you have read it, presumably at the will of the die.
The philosophical implications of handing over control of a human life to chance are vast and fascinating and I shall not even scratch the surface of their interest here. But Rhinehart comes to believe in the novel that by following the dice and developing his theory he can become a kind of superman, the ultimate human that abandons the misery imposed on us by clinging to a sense of "self". We often feel completely contradictory desires each day, none more true than the other. What is truly haunting and bewildering about The Dice Man is that by listening to Rhinehart's distinctive, cynical, hilarious voice, we come to see the sense to his arguments and then when he commits an unspeakable sin at the will of the dice, we feel implicated too. Does a truly liberated human existence require immorality? Rhinehart becomes obsessed by the potential of his simple idea to elevate him intellectually, to truly free him from boredom and obligation. He says that he resembles Clark Kent and by pursuing "dice theory" Rhinehart aims for a permanent transformation into Superman, The Dice Man, on another level to the ordinary human drone.
I'm not saying The Dice Man is the perfect novel, do not misunderstand my awe and praise. At times it left me baffled in completely the wrong way, and despite its championing of the random and new experiences, it can become repetitive, particularly the frequent bouts of sex. And whilst it is sometimes credibly intellectual and inspiring, such as the scene when Rhinehart defends his new theory to a panel of his influential peers, at others it does appear to be simply sick and shocking for shocking's sake. The thing is that The Dice Man knows it is not the perfect novel, in fact its cynicism screams and mocks the idea of a perfect novel being possible. Even the repetitive sex scenes are always evocatively described or hilariously painted and the idea that a man striving for complete liberty is constantly tied down by sexual desire is ironic and mocking in itself. The Dice Man really is often laugh out loud funny. It is also scandalous, entertaining and everything else it has been described as. Most of all it is an original creation, a unique fusion of cultural influences, which perfectly encapsulates the America of its time and remains powerfully relevant today.
These three novels perhaps demonstrate the importance of two ingredients in particular amongst the many needed for a success: interesting ideas and an individual narrative voice.
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What could a simple cab ride have to do with having a better website?
Actually a lot! I'm going to share five lessons you can learn in just the ride from any airport to a downtown hotel in any larger metropolitan area.
Now bear in mind that this illustrates only the initial customer interaction with your website. There is even more to consider when thinking about the customer's different needs during the entire journey with you during their lifecycle which I hope to address in a later post soon.
OK… You've landed at the airport, gathered all of your luggage, and headed curbside to grab a cab.
The cab pulls up and the driver gets out, walks around to the trunk, takes one look at your luggage and just grunts at you. Immediately you feel like you've done something to offend him.
He wrestles everything in and slams the trunk lid shut as you sink into the back seat feeling embarrassed that you actually had luggage or needed to travel.
When you're dealing with customers, you need to put on your game face. When customers visit your website, it needs to be inviting.
If you find your website is alienating customers in the first few minutes, I suggest you find another website designer and another website.
As you hit the open road, you quickly discover that this driver has one foot planted on the accelerator and the other on the brake. Smooth is definitely not a word in his driving vocabulary.
Can your customer get around your site? I recently received an email 'offer' from a freelancer that didn't actually include a link to the offer. When I went to his/her site, there was no mention of the offer and although there was a sentence to "Click here for rates" it didn't link to anything. Don't make it difficult for the user. When was the last time someone gave you honest feedback on your website? A better question; when was the last time you asked for feedback?
As you continue, you notice the inside of this cab looks like something out of a horror movie. You're not really expecting a room at the Ritz, but they could throw out trash, sweep out dirt and wipe drool off of the windows.
It's easy to get complacent, challenge yourself to step up and find the "drool" in your website. Fix those spelling errors, broken links, missing images.
Twenty minutes outside of the airport the cab driver turns to you and ask you if you know where the hotel is. If you knew, you'd have rented a car, right?
You need to have knowledge about your products, customers, market, industry and competition. Your website is one of the resources that your customers look to for advice – impart some of that wisdom.
Cab drivers get tips, sales reps get commissions, websites generate revenue. There are more similarities than differences in how these three get compensated. If your livelihood depends on customers, then you, your manager, your organization and your website need to be committed to taking care of them.
If you don't someone else will.


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Irvington Educators Present at National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Conference
River Journal — December 7, 2022
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kristopher Harrison and Dows Lane Elementary School Principal Dr. Andrea Kantor presented at the annual National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Conference. Photo courtesy of the Irvington Union Free School District
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kristopher Harrison and Dows Lane Elementary School Principal Dr. Andrea Kantor presented at the annual National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Conference, held from Nov. 29-Dec. 2.
They shared insight with other school leaders from across the nation on how they've created a school community that fosters a sense of belonging for all.
"School leaders today need to balance student learning and academics, equity, and social-emotional learning and staff learning, growth, and collegiality," Kantor said. "Being a compassionate leader who navigates the daily management of the building with heart is the key to success. Staff who feel valued, listened to and appreciated foster a community of love and appreciation for students."
Kantor added that sharing leadership responsibility and fostering teacher, teacher aid and staff leaders is the first step.
"Always striving for the pursuit of better, and using a continuous improvement mindset, the distributed leadership team represents the entire staff," she said. "By sharing concrete examples of systems that empower others, leaders will add to their repertoire of practice to help foster an exemplary professional community in their schools, that in turn helps students thrive and succeed."
The national conference honored schools that have achieved a new level of professional recognition in their journey to continuously improve education for every student. Dows Lane received the National Blue Ribbon School award in September 2020.
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The Museum of the Millbury Historical Society, located in the Asa Waters' Mansion, has undergone extensive renovation and refurbishing in anticipation of Millbury's Bi- Centennial Year.
Stop in and experience the new exhibits of Millbury sports, military, businesses, and notable personalities.
The Museum also has a large collection of Asa Waters muskets and pistols on temporary loan from Charlie Adams of South Main Street.
In addition, The Millbury Museum Store is filled with exciting gift ideas.
Saturday, November 3 from 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 14 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 29 from 9:00- 11:00 a.m.


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BA 462: Business Strategy
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Harvard Business Review readings cannot be directly linked to. You can access HBR in the Business Source Premier Database.
HBR Cases are not available through the Libraries. Students must purchase their own copies of any assigned HBR cases.
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Please let me know if you need assistance.
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Hammond, J. S., Keeney, R. L., & Raiffa, H. (2006). The Hidden Traps in Decision Making. Harvard Business Review, 84(1), 118-126.
Porter, M. E. (1996). What Is Strategy?. Harvard Business Review, 74(6), 61-78.
Prahalad, C. K., & Hamel, G. (1990). The Core Competence of the Corporation. Harvard Business Review, 68(3), 79-91.
Almquist, E., Senior, J., & Bloch, N. (2016). The Elements of Value. (cover story). Harvard Business Review, 94(9), 46-92.
Kim, W. C., & Mauborgne, R. (1999). Creating New Market Space. Harvard Business Review, 77(1), 83-93
Porter, M. E. (2008). The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy. Harvard Business Review, 86(1), 78-93.
Herzberg, F. (2003). One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees?. Harvard Business Review, 81(1), 87-96.
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New Apps May Make Giving and Getting Government Aid Easier
Mobile technology has made a belated but much needed debut in human services.
April 2015 3:00 AM
L.A. County has launched a host of mobile apps to serve its clients. (Los Angeles County DPPS)
By Tod Newcombe | Columnist
Human services agencies have never really been on the technological cutting edge. These are organizations where the ways of doing things have often been entrenched for years, and these agencies typically have been slow to adopt innovative technologies to improve the way services are delivered to the poor.
But as with the rest of government, unrelenting tight budgets have human services agencies up against the wall, forcing them to adopt changes, including new technologies, in order to survive with fewer resources. One of those changes is the adoption of self-service delivery using mobile technology -- akin to some of the more innovative practices already taking place in the private sector, including retail, banking and insurance companies.
What makes this change promising is the fact that so many of the clients served by human services -- the poor, the out of work, the disabled, even the elderly -- already have the technology needed to make self-service feasible: a smartphone. Mobile access is a big deal for lower-income populations, according to the Pew Research Center. One-third of families earning less than $20,000 don't go online at home, while another third do go online but don't have broadband access. But smartphone ownership is strong, exceeding 75 percent for those ages 18-29, making mobile devices the primary means for getting online for low-income adults.
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In Oklahoma, noncustodial parents can now make child support payments via a new mobile-friendly website. In Nebraska, parents receiving child support can make cash payments at certain retail stores, such as 7-Eleven, by downloading a payment code to their phone from the state's child support website. Store cashiers scan the code and accept it as cash. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been working with a private company to develop a secure method for food stamp recipients to make purchases with their phones at farmers markets.
The biggest effort so far is in Los Angeles County, where the Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) has launched a host of mobile apps to serve its clients. One lets users capture images of pay stubs, attendance records and other documents and upload them to their case files for review by caseworkers. Another mobile app provides a link to users' cash or food stamp account for up-to-date information on their balances, while another uses the GPS feature in the phone to help users locate the nearest bank, store or ATM that will provide benefits without a surcharge. The county has also set up self-service kiosks in the lobbies of its buildings, using tablets and other mobile devices, providing clients with yet another way to transact business with DPSS without having to set up an appointment or wait for help (DPSS does have staff available in the lobby to assist with the technology).
Michael Sylvester, assistant director of the DPSS Bureau of Contract and Technical Services, says the rapid adoption of mobile technology has driven his agency to create new ways to deliver services. "We don't have to spend endless hours training people how to use [apps]; they already know," he says. Even elderly users who may not be familiar with the technology usually have a family member who can help guide them. "That opened our eyes that we shouldn't presume limitations about what our customer population can actually take advantage of," Sylvester says. "We just need to make it available in a convenient form."
Using mobile technology isn't just about convenience. It's also about money. An average-size state agency could save up to $14 million annually by relying on mobile apps instead of in-person interactions, according to a study by Accenture.
The good news, at least as Sylvester sees it, is that getting the clients of human services agencies to use mobile technology should be pretty easy. "We haven't really had to spend a lot of money on marketing," he says, "because it's taking off on its own."
Tod Newcombe | Columnist | tnewcombe@governing.com | @tnewcombe
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