For those struggling with depression, life can feel bleak, dark or foggy. How do you live life through the darkness? And how do we help young people in dark places? Livability's Katharine Welby shares her own mental health journey, and gives some Do's and Don'ts for supporting young people with depression.
I am not a youth leader or a young person, so it would be entirely appropriate to question why in the world I am writing about either of these topics. But l like all adults was once a young person, and like more adults than acknowledge it, during my teenage years I was depressed.
Chances are high that in any gathering of ten or more 11-16 year-olds there will be at least one who has a mental health condition of some kind. Now being no sort of expert on this I might not actually be able to do much for you, but one thing I can do is let you know what it is like.
As mentioned above, I have depression. I was diagnosed aged 19, but the symptoms started around the age of 15, during my GCSE year. I feel like I have spoken a lot about my depression; after a while it begins to feel self-pitying. However, I am going to tell you a little bit about my experience of this disease.
The place to start for me is the feeling that I am a fraud. I am very lucky. I was born into a loving and encouraging family, I have great friends, a supportive church and a fiancé who encourages and builds me up daily. How can I possibly be depressed? Yes, there have been events in my life (many self inflicted) that have caused me great pain and hurt. But many of my friends have suffered more and do not have depression. This is the key, and it has taken me eight years to come to a point of acceptance: I am ill. It is a disease. It is deeply unpleasant, but not something that I have 'earned' through a desperately painful life. Therefore, the fraudulent feelings are suddenly less valid even if yet they persist.
I often wake up feeling hopeless. Like there is a blackness ahead that nothing can really shift. I don't want to live in this state of mind forever, and I don't believe I will. But the belief that there is an end often doesn't really reach me as truth. I can sit and have an entirely logical conversation about how absurd the thoughts in my head are. I am useless, meaningless, forgettable, a burden to all who know me, a waste of space and someone people would generally prefer to live without. I know, now, that this is not true. I only know it because I have spent the last five or so years struggling and seeking something to hope in.
Partly through the Bible and what God says we are and partly through counselling, I can sit here and logically say that I know all of the above is not true. I know there is hope for the future. That truth, however, does not sink in. I don't feel it; I know it but I have to fight to hold onto it. It is this battle that causes me the most pain. I am exhausted by the fight; waking up every day and going to war with myself, taking each thought in turn and checking the validity of it. Often I lose, or I give up trying to win.
This I think is why I care so much about young people with depression. I never really heard about it as a teenager. I recently spoke at an event, where a young lady came and told me she had been diagnosed with depression. She couldn't tell her mother though, as her mother thought it was wrong, un-Christian. I don't really know how to explain how angry this made me.
Why is it that we, as Christians, struggle so much with depression? Looking at the Bible we see every emotion going. It is full of real people, living difficult, challenging, often heartbreaking lives. Failures, who didn't do what God wanted. Yet, we insist, that if we have the joy of the Lord we shouldn't be depressed.
This is a lie that ensured I kept God at arms length. I am not good enough for a God who needs me to be happy all the time. It was last year that I learnt that happiness and joy are two very different things. To me, joy is the understanding that God is there in it all. We are never alone, we are loved, cherished, sung over with thanksgiving and delight. I am content. My illness is horrible, I hate it passionately! However, I know that God is with me, working in me and that brings me a deeper joy than any passing happiness can.
I think youth leaders are in a unique position to help both those with depression to feel accepted and loved, and to help everyone else understand what depression and other mental health conditions really are.
This is a story of a young woman in her late teens – we'll call her Sarah – who was diagnosed with depression at 14 when it became unbearable, but the problems started when she was eight. I interviewed her for this article and for many reasons this young lady would like to remain anonymous. It is a brave and frightening thing to talk about.
Some of her family members had already noticed that something was wrong, so the news did not come as a huge shock to her mum, who took her to the GP. However, when I asked whether she told any friends, the answer was a straightforward no: 'I wasn't sure if I was depressed. I felt like a fraud. I thought all my friends would think I was a fraud too'.
This statement is familiar, and this fear of being misunderstood is common. Most people in their teens (or who can remember their teens) will understand the feeling of fear that comes with being seen as different. Combine this feeling of common teenage terror of one's peers, with an illness that confirms all your worst fears – you are useless, a fraud, a waste of space etc., and the terror becomes even greater.
A lot of illness generates curiosity, sympathy – occasionally pity. You won't hear someone with asthma being told by their peers to just get over it. If you heard a member of a youth group saying 'what do you have to be asthmatic about?' you would (having overcome a fit of the giggles) most likely let the speaker know that asthma isn't a choice. Depression isn't the same as asthma, but it is still an illness.
Making light of someone's depression is a dangerous thing to do – however, it is also, as Sarah mentions, something that can make life a little easier. I find that joking makes it easier for others around me, and often hides from them the severity of the problems I face. However, it can also communicate the pain and stress that comes with depression in a way that others understand. So knowing the individual is key – something youth leaders will know all about.
How do you deal with depression? You don't treat it as depression. You understand that the disease is a disease and that although many of the symptoms will be the same but the working out of that disease will be different in every individual you encounter. Levels of depression will vary depending on the day, the circumstance and the environment. The key seems to be – education and the individual. Recognising the need for both of these factors will provide a platform from which it is possible to make a significant difference in the lives of teenagers with depression.
Below are some do's and don'ts. These are things that I have experienced as valuable and are ideas only. A lot of it might feel obvious, but in my experience the obvious often needs repeating.
Ask what the individual wants or needs. Speak to the parents or carers and the individual concerned. Take the time to work out how the disease affects this individual.
When you say you will do something - do it. If they ask for something you cannot do, tell them. Make sure they know where they stand and that you are trustworthy and trying.
Try to do this before a youth group is affected, so that if someone gets a mental health condition they do not feel like a zoo animal. If it is too late for this, educate anyway. Pick out examples on TV or in the news and talk about the responses they get. Make it personal – how would you feel?
Withdrawal does not mean they don't want to be involved. Many of those I know (including myself) feel we are a burden. Texts or emails are great, as are snippets of information, the odd invite. Show that you are still interested and keen to know how you can help, even if 90 per cent of the time you don't get a response.
Not strict or unkind. However, as with anything, don't just let people get away with unpleasant behaviour. Challenge is fine – done well and with understanding of where it comes from. This also gives a good structure. If it is done in the context of the above, it just gives further clarity and boundaries.
This area is a great embarrassment to most. Tread carefully and recognise that often the individual really might not want others in the group to know. Love can be quiet.
If a member of your group has been depressed before, do not assume this will be the same or even similar. Knowing the symptoms and places to go for help is good. Otherwise, start from scratch.
Similar to the above. Don't assume you know what someone will say or is thinking. You often may be right, but part of living with depression is knowing what you think. Let them work it out, help when asked or when it is clearly needed, but allow them space to come to what you might know already, themselves.
If you see other members of the group making fun, or getting angry, talk to them about why. This might require further teaching, or just a deeper understanding. This also applies to the individual – if they say leave me alone, maybe give space, but keep an eye at the same time where possible.
Joke – not too much, and make sure you know the individual well. But don't make it all high pressure and serious and hard work. It makes the whole subject boring, painful or humiliating, depending on the role you have. Taking it seriously doesn't always mean being serious.
Katharine Welby is the community mission coordinator for Livability.
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The Angkor Dance Troupe is proud to have former dancers and members as current staff and community leaders throughout Lowell, MA. As we continue programming, we hope to develop the next generation of Junior Instructors and Dancers to contribute to the success of the organization and their personal and professional development.
We need your help! If 1,000 of our Facebook supporters and friends donate $20 each on December 1st to be matched, this means we raise enough funds to ensure our programming for Cambodian arts and culture can stay open until the end of the year. These programs benefit young individuals to provide skills and opportunities to become leaders personally and professionally.
Your donation will fund:
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Please learn more about our Junior Instructors and Dancers as they answer how long they've been dancing with Angkor Dance Troupe, why they choose to stay, and one thing they would want others to know about our organization that someone may not know. (Click photo below for interview.)
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1991 is the debut EP of Babyland, released in January 1991 by Flipside.

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Adapted from the Babyland liner notes.

Babyland
 Dan Gatto – lead vocals, keyboards
 Michael Smith – percussion

Production and design
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Q: Why is SSH working, but not git push over SSH? I am truly lost as to what is happening here. I followed this guide to setup a git hook on my remote server (NearlyFreeSpeech.net).
However, after setting up a git remote like so:
git remote add nfsn ssh://USERNAME@NFSNSERVER/home/private/git/REPONAME.git
The following command hangs at the 'Enter password' prompt - after entering the password, it keeps re-prompting:
git push nsfn master
However, running ssh USERNAME@NFSNSERVER works fine as expected!
I have double, triple checked I am entering the right password! I am also certain there are no errors in the typing of USERNAME@NFSNSERVER.

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The majority of Russians think they should solve their own problems instead of going to the authorities, while nearly a third believe they are fully dependent on the government, a recent poll indicates.
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Only 5 percent said they take their grievances to state officials.
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Q: C# destructors and GC not really solving problems compared to C++ destructors EDIT: This question is meant for comparison between C# and C++ implementations. There is no need to flip dramatic when having a discussion. I personally prefer to develop in C# anyway.
Assume I have the following class:
class Foo {
            FileStream f;
            public Foo() {
                f = File.Open("somefile.txt", FileMode.Open);
            }
            ~Foo() {
                f.Close();
            }
        }

Then I am calling the following in Main:
static void Main(){
    doSomething();
    // this one creates an exception, file in use
    doSomething();
}
static void doSomething(){
    Foo f = new Foo();
}

In C++, this code will work just fine:
    class Foo {
public:
    std::ofstream ofs;
    Foo() { ofs = ofstream("somefile.txt"); }
    ~Foo() { ofs.close(); }
};

void doSomething() {
    Foo f();
}

int main() {
    doSomething();
    doSomething();
    return 0;
}

As when the first doSomething() goes out of scope, the first object calls its destructor and closes the file.
In C# this will always throw an exception saying the file is being used by another process. Obviously the destructor has not been called.
Referring to MSDN page about destructors here, it confuses whoever reads it and makes them think this is actually a destructor. While it is in fact a finializer called by GC whenever GC decides to call it, which is out of my hand.
Yes, I can implement IDisposeable but I do not want every programmer that uses my library to remember calling Dispose() or he will have unhandled exceptions.
I can call GC.Collect() between the two doSomething() methods and no exception will be thrown. Yet again, this will be similar to Dispose() and the user of the library will have to remember it. Not mentioning the zillion warnings from MS telling people PLEASE DO NOT USE GC.Collect() !!
So my question is, if MS wanted to have destructors like C++ does, do they have to only call the Garbage Collector every time a method goes out of scope? Or would it be more complicated for them? What type of complications for such design would there be?
Also, if it was simple, why don't they do it?
Moreover, is there a way to force the destructor in C# to be called upon going out of scope?
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I was looking at the C++/CLI implementation, and interestingly the keyword gcnew allows exactly what I want to happen for the C#. So the answer really lies within that implementation. As in their documentation, when the managed object goes out of scope, the GC is called and so the destructor of the managed object is called. And that does not force the user to Dispose the object manually.
That answers the question about how "hard" would it be for MS to make GC work similarly when an object goes out of scope. It just automatically calls GC.Collect() which forces the GC to call the destructor similar to what happens in C++.

A: As you have surmised, C# does not have deterministic destructors and comparing this to C++ is always going to be "apples to oranges".  Further, implementing a destructor on a C# class will cause the GC cleanup of an instance of that class even less deterministic since the GC will put any instance with a destructor into a list to be handled by a separate thread at some later time.
If you want deterministic disposal of an instance, implement the IDisposable interface/pattern. That's what it is there for.

A: This is not a C# issue. Your class should handle the opening and closing properly.
public static class Foo
{
    public static void DoSomething()
    {
        string someText = "someText";
        using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter("myfile.txt"))
        {
            writer.Write(someText);
            writer.Close();
            writer.Dispose();
        }
    }
}


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Based on 3373 votes
We calculate this occupation to have an automation risk score of 5% (Totally Safe)
Our visitors have voted that there is a small chance this occupation will be replaced by robots/AI. This is further validated by the automation risk level we have generated, which suggests a 5% chance of automation.
The number of 'Lawyers' job openings is expected to rise 8.9% by 2030
'Lawyers' is expected to be a fast growing occupation in comparison to other occupations.
What are the median wages for 'Lawyers' in the United States?
In 2020 the median annual wage for 'Lawyers' was $126,930, or $61.02 hourly
'Lawyers' are paid 202.6% higher than the national median wage, which stands at $41,950
As of 2020 there were 658,120 people employed as Lawyers.
Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.
Sandor (Small chance) says
Even if it would be technically possible, it would be a really bad idea to found complete branches of powers on robots. Imagine a robot judge sentence you to life imprisonment (or to death, in some jurisdictions). Why would you execute its decision? How would checks and balances would work in this situation?
As a client, how would you build your confidence to ask the advice of a lawyer robot? How do you know it handles your data properly and who guarantees it? The government, or big tech companies? The very idea beats GDPR and the most up-to-the-minute legislations even.
Though I think in administration exists a few jobs which could be made completely useless by just automatizing. This would already be possible at this moment, but I guess governments just don't intend to have thousands of unemployed ex-administrators just for the reason of being 'more efficient'.
E (No chance) says
It is a legal requirement for lawyers to be humans, and nobody will ever accept putting the fate of human beings into the hands of an AI
Daniel (No chance) says
I would never go to a robot lawyer, they won't display the same confidence. Also you go to lawyer for how they treat you and how professional they look. Also law requires many logic and abstract aspects of knowledge a robot couldn't posses.
Edy (Could go either way) says
Don't we already search for laws and applications of it online before going to a lawyer?
Dhruv agrawal (No chance) says
Law is a profession which requires critical thinking, reasoning and analysing. Robots have less chance to do this efficiency as it is one of the basic difference between robots and humans
hypocrite says
If law could be perfected, why don't the most intelligent people come together and form it? It's because it's unethical and sometimes disgusting. If law is 'perfected' then we will be living in a dystopia. Everyone will have to follow the rules, without being able to think for themselves. Unlike robots, human feel and empathize with each other; so if law could be truly perfected and automated, that will essentially strip away our human rights and make us no better than cold unfeeling robots.
MooshroomsRCool (Small chance) says
There is little chance of courtroom lawyers being replaced by robots. For this profession you need the ability to read people, to be able to sense emotion and build on that. Robots thus far are not capable of doing this.
Ryder (No chance) says
Because you know how many years of programming it would take probably 5 YEARS they would have to code every law of the united states of America in it so not a chance
- (Could go either way) says
Basically, robots could be made to FIND arguments in a court. But I have a hard time thinking they can defend you in a court.
Murdadog (No chance) says
No A.I. has been invented yet than can scam as well as a human. Except Brad Parscales "Death Star" did to Trump
Simon (Likely) says
Most tasks will be replaced be educated people using an AI interface like watson, to solve their problems by themselves.
jiyun (Small chance) says
A lawyer should communicate, and empathize with their clients. These are exactly what human have to do. If robots do that, many clients won't think that they are empath and protected. A lawyer is the job that FEELs the client's emotion.
Roland (No chance) says
Lawyer is too broad of a term- basic discovery, looking over contracts etc. can be easily automated, but the interpretation of law as well as arguments for the interpretation are out of reach of computers.
Audrey Liew (Highly likely) says
My tasks can be highly automated
thomas (No chance) says
Firstly, Robots don't have the ability to respond to a question, not only that but they cant express their feelings to make an argument.
Aryaa Dubey (Could go either way) says
There are definitely some aspects of being in the legal field that just require a simple application of rules and procedures, and transforming the entire judicial system as one that is automated could happen, but lawyers and the judiciary would go kicking and screaming mostly because it would be of great interest to them to maintain a 'human touch' in the field, regardless of how good at critical thinking the AI becomes. It is possible, though.
Rodd College (Highly likely) says
The world's first AI lawyer called ROSS by IBM has already replaced lawyers, next one in line please.
Dhruv agrawal says
1) Ross is a legal assistant
2) How often do you see ROSS the robot fight cases in e-courts
3) Robots can only refer to cases but they cant place an argument. And arguments are driven by facts and morality
Do share your views on it after considering this
Jaida P (Small chance) says
The paperwork and communication may become more automated but I don't see how a robot could represent in court.
Sebastian Cojocaru says
Robots don't receive bribes.
Cristian (Could go either way) says
It could go in any direction, that is, there are already machines in the US that try to impersonate the judge or lawyer but this will always be part of the human. I believe that there will be a help towards the lawyer, as an assistant that can improve the function of the lawyer in their cases.
I do not see a replacement very feasible but rather a help towards the lawyer or towards the judiciary.
nmk (Highly likely) says
The imperfection of the law preserves lawyers
David Ančić (No chance) says
I think that lawyers will not be replaced by machines because in that work you need to be open minded and think about other things not just about law
Mar 18, 2020 at 11:24 PM
Man says
It won't happen because lawyers will make it illegal for them to be replaced.
Ramon (Highly likely) says
if they see all the data from the "person in question", with a little bit of AI it could figure out something
Renan (Highly likely) says
In reality, what lawyers do is learn rules and how to apply them in specific cases, that is a task that can certainly be automated with machine learning
Val (No chance) says
For engineers, IT people and the common person in the street, there persist the idea that law and the judicial function is merely applying X rule to Y case, prevented by that specific rule. This is a very old idea, one born from 17th and 18th century philosophers such as Montesquieu (the judge acting only as the "mouth" of the law.) This idea also leads to something called "formalism" in legal theory, which leads to injustice and cases where the law could be applied in an unfair way.
Other than that, there are other factors to consider when we ask ourselves if law will be automated:
The actual jobs - I think "menial" tasks such as contract revision on the states can (an already can be done) by an AI.
However, other functions such as advocacy and the judging function performed either by a judge or a jury, cannot be replaced by robots. This in part because, as Hart puts it, law is an institution.
If we put this perspective in the light of automation, we must turn into the rules and principles that govern the institution which we know as law. This becomes much more clear when we are talking about criminal law and the principles that govern it, and when we contrast it to algorithms which, for example, determine if someone will go on parole or not (algorithms which already exist and are in use.) however, two things are very obvious once we look at them, the first being that these algorithms struggle with what is known as "AI bias" and second, that the reason of why they do so is because they are trained with, and designed to operate, under utilitarian evaluations of morality.
Any person who has at least read some legal philosophy and jurisprudence would notice how problematic these evaluations can be, and their possible consequences, just by glancing at them.
A purely Kantian approach to morality in these machines would also be quite problematic (going back to my original example of just applying a rule over X case that fits.) Are law and morality even two things that need to have a necessary connection? This is still a very much undecided question, and one to which positivists tend to answer "no."
Other things to have in mind are the way judges evaluate proof and evidence, and how they are required to bring said evaluations to light in order for any judging to be fair, and the very nature of law and jurisprudence. "What is law" "What are rules" are questions that still persist to this day.
There's a lot more than could be said, also, about the relation of law to politics, specially regarding the law-making process. So too is politics a job which could hardly be automated, because of its intrinsic nature.
Karst says
Laws would have to be rewritten to be designed to be applied that way. No subjective language. Very specific outlining.
Olyannincs Gábor says
A good nice Neural Net specialised in branches of Law and we are quite OK.
Nate (Small chance) says
Human lawyers will still exist, but most of the job market will be occupied by bits (ie for discovery)
Dave (Highly likely) says
Lawyers will be automated for similar reasons to accountants and auditors. It's inevitable
yep. (No chance) says
Human connections are hard when you aren't human
The Dude (Highly likely) says
It's already being replaced by AI for writing contracts and other clerical work, such as setting up businesses.
Nur Ashsams(Adult actor-Youtube channel)) says
My anticipation is that every logical step can be automated.
William (Small chance) says
Depending on the robot, they will either be programmed to act one way, or learn off of court experiences, but the more important reason is that lawyers hold a very important job of protecting the rights of their client, and robots are rather senseless and talk without actually how to help them as a human being
Nguyen (No chance) says
imagine optimus prime trying to prove if someone is a murderer or not
Themis Tovle (Highly likely) says
IBM Ross + underestimation of geometrical progression of learning machines. Law is very algorithmic already = all the more assimilable by A I
AIbot (Highly likely) says
Almost everything we do will be recorded. AI will use precedents and make decisions quicker. Also will be able to detect lies and stress etc
Law Yer (Could go either way) says
We have already outsourced doc review and the low level lawyer work that was done by associates in large firms. To imagine that AI couldn't put together a user interface to construct a brief would be foolish. We never thought that Indian sweatshops would be producing submissions to the US Supreme Court, but 15 years ago they already had. Whose job won't be taken over by AI? Also - why do we keep bringing more foreign workers in with automation poised to crush the workforce?
Hi (No chance) says
Lawyers are human.
blue fin says
really I had no idea!
ok boomer says
OMG I DIDNT KNOW THAT WOW
Mr Law (Highly likely) says
Already starting with AI, many lawyers already are using AI to search through previous cases.
Bahlul says
that's work of a paralegal, not a lawyer
Not Mr Law (No chance) says
This is talking about replacing lawyers, not helping them. The amount of programming needed for an AI to replace a real person in court is enormous. Even then it would only operate inside its programming. No way will this job be taken by an AI.
Lucas (Highly likely) says
because I want to be lawyer
Aryaa Dubey says
I feel ya :/
terrence says
i want to be a lawyer like saul from better call saul
Czyoen Dexcel (No chance) says
Because lawyers need emotion.
no they don't your nuts......
AI Engineer (Likely) says
Language models are beating human level comprehension.
Expert systems are being built on tasks assume "hard for computers."
CSGuy (Likely) says
Computers are inherently more rational than humans(because they optimize utility and have no emotions), with enough computing power computers can construct better logical arguments than humans.
ConcernedCitizen says
You are forgetting; that lawyers do not only rely on logical arguments: in common law systems for example, appealing emotionally to the jury plays a huge role in the verdict.
CJ (Could go either way) says
Nature of dispute resolution is changing
May (Likely) says
I think some functions a lawyer execute are mostly human, but lawyers also deal with lots of data. This part is already being organized by AI in automatized apps and mechanisms. There are practical chances that, in a few decades, the occupation will get more amplified to technological use
Hexel says
Lawyers are biased, make lot of mistakes and tend to twist the law for their own benefits.
Robot should replace lawyers totally to prevent these.
However, there should be investigators to input other factors to come-up with the final result.
Rubens Luiz Schmidt Rodrigues Massaro (Small chance) says
Because legal work involves most of the time direct ethical and social decisions and the bars and representative classes (who are not weak of influence) would not allow. Only a Government who doesn't care at all about this could approve the "robotization".
Art (No chance) says
Everyone comes out of Law school learning the same knowledge, however, how it is applied to the specific context of a case is highly individualized. This is an industry where the value of human capital is higher than ever.
Lina C says
Jessen (Highly likely) says
AI can review the claim faster than human.
Eliza Schuyler-Hamilton (No chance) says
Because robots can't reason.
Bright (No chance) says
Robots have no emotions
Siri says
That hurts
lillisent says
do you want me to call 000??
Gugu (Small chance) says
There is no way lawyers can be replaced by robots.
The one says
People will always want someone to talk to in times of stress, not a robot who cant feel emotions. Not only that but people would chance there attitudes and some might not even feel safe, human ways are much better
Your Right
Jaro Tomik (Likely) says
I truly hope that most of what lawyers do right now will get streamlined into a basic form-based drag and drop system with a simple, easy to understand language. Especially in business contracts where the vast majority of it could be auto-generated and standardised. This will significantly reduce contract negotiation times (no wording discussion) as well as future disputes due to standardised language all across the board. Therefore, not as many lawyers will be required during creation, sign off and dispute times
X says
And what makes you think this is a good thing?
It's like saying, I hope instead of doing all this complicated surgery we could just drag and drop and close up the patient. Do you not care about the quality of the final product you receive?
I think there's a lot of good arguments to be made for standardization, particularly in business contracts. In Japan major business contracts written on a single sheet of paper can be agreed upon because Japan has a high-context legal framework where most of important terms are set as defaults, and only deviations from the norm need to be written in the agreement. The UCC tries to do something similar in the USA but it's not universally adopted, and even its language is sometimes the subject of disputes
AIdude says
The quality is going to be much better if anything. Its objective and there's no human error involved.
Name says
Erm, false analogy. A surgery needs to be complicated because the human anatomy is objectively complicated. A contract is only complicated because the legal system is complicated -- by lawyers, for the sake of lawyers -- and part of it is the legalese, which is neither a formal language (one that can be unambiguously plotted onto a graph) nor a mode of using a natural language (there's no way you can understand all subtleties without a training). Forcing these guys to use a formal language would be beneficial BOTH for ordinary people and IT companies.
sheen (Likely) says
because dude lawyer's jobs are just to present evidence and make arguments for the legal system to work
Robots have to develop the knowledge to make and support an argument, due to the robot having different experiences than a human, it's unable to express themselves in court well, and the facts will be blatant and the point doesn't come across, they would be biased and have no sense for their client
Kath says
Making arguments is easy i agree. But they have to come up with a lot of back ups.
I think u r just being logical but it was a little immoral. Lawyers have to work a lot and voicemails and text are always buzzing.
They are even threatened at some point if they are involved in a murder case.
Be a little more respectful.
Eyal (Likely) says
Automation will lead to significant reduction in the number of lawyers required. It does not replace the need for human legal professionals but it will reduce the need for them significantly.
The foundations of the law and the artefacts produced are better structured than many other fields of human endeavors. This structure make the legal process more machine readable and understandable.
Myra Bradwell (Could go either way) says
I think clients would feel better to rely on AI to come up with the best defense and feel secure in that fewer errors are likely to take place strategically and in court. They would also be without worry that their lawyer thinks them guilty. In this sense, strategically, computers may provide better support for clientele, however, I think there is also some sense of human connection vital between lawyers and their clients- just as it is unlikely for therapist's jobs to be taken by AI due to the connection felt between the patient and doctor.
A concerned future lawyer (Highly likely) says
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/free-robot-lawyer-fighting-parking-tickets-across-us-152052274.html
That is why
Caio (Could go either way) says
A.I. is growing pretty fast
Tia (Small chance) says
robots will not be able to legally construct accurate arguments to such a complex extent in the next 20 years
hehexd (Likely) says
Most lawyers work on studying previous cases and sifting through previous cases to apply to current relevant cases. This can all be done by machines much faster and more efficiently than people.
Use of AI will certainly change the way Law is practiced. It will not, however, affect lawyers dramatically, nor reduce drastically the number of lawyer jobs posts. A lawyer´s practice is much, much more than memorizing legislation and court decisions. The exercise of jurisdiction is complex and requires subjective, analytical and even philosophical thinking.
The situation is very different for paralegals, whose work is often "mechanical" and non-subjectively orientated.
This should be split into two. The work carried out by barristers (litigation lawyers) is very different and distinct from the work carried out by solicitors (non-litigation lawyers). Presumably one or the other is more susceptible to automation.
I agree that in many countries that is the case, however the data we are using is for the US, and the United States does not draw a distinction between lawyers as pleaders (barristers) and lawyers as agents (or solicitors).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrister#United_States
There is a separate page for Paralegals and Legal Assistants, and interestingly the probability is much higher.
https://willrobotstakemyjob.com/23-2011-paralegals-and-legal-assistants
John - I think you may have got things confused (unless things are very different outside the UK!). Barristers are not traditionally permitted to conduct litigation in the UK.
bob joe says
there can be automation following the learning of law by AI, which can happen quickly and can be better than humans.
Dominic says
perhaps some fields of law could be automated
A concerned future lawyer says
They already are...


Hubby is out of town. That means one thing and one thing only in this house. BREAKFAST FOR DINNER! I don't know why, but Randy does not enjoy breakfast for dinner. He only likes it for Breakfast. I could eat breakfast for dinner every single night. I love eggs, but I am not so much a morning person. So since he is gone for work, we enjoy breakfast for dinner almost every single night. I saw these a long time back and thought they were cute. They looked difficult, but actually they are super easy. So here they are!
Preheat the oven to 400° F. Spray large muffin pan with cooking spray. Find a biscuit cutter or cookie cutter that is close in size to your muffin tin.
In a frying pan, cook bacon about 3-5 minutes, until partially cooked but not completely crispy. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Cut out circles in each piece of bread using the cutter.
Today I used EnerG gluten free brown rice bread.
You can save the crusts to use for breadcrumbs or stuffing at a later time. Press the bread rounds into the greased muffin wells.
Curl a piece of bacon around the periphery of each piece of bread, positioning it between the bread and the muffin tin to help keep it in position.
bake until eggs are cooked through to your liking (about 15 minutes) and bacon is crispy.
Run a knife around the edge of each muffin well and pop the egg cups out.
Season with salt and pepper to taste and if you desire serve with easy hollandaise sauce on the side.
Taylor definately went for the hollandaise.
She also chose to not use the fork and knife I gave her.
Now these are perfect for a brunch, but I would definitely not say no to them for dinner either. :) I love the way the turned out. Beautiful!!
Thanks! I was so suprised how easy they were, and how great they tasted! I am adding them to the regular rotation.
I just made them and they are perfect! I added some cheddar cheese to the top to make them "Bacon Egg & Cheese Cups". Thanks so much for sharing. Jay is a happy man!
definitely adding to the menu, thanks!


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For anyone wishing to take an active role in one of our productions, either onstage or backstage, it is required that they become a member. However we do have an open audition policy and it is not necessary to be a member at the time of auditioning for a part in one of our productions.
Membership is also open to anyone who would like to support the theatre in a 'non-active' way and take advantage of the ticket discounts offered to members.
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If your interest is in acting then do come along to any of our auditions. Open auditions are held for each production with dates being announced on our News page and through other outlets such as Facebook and Twitter, and our mailing list.
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Душан Поповић (Волујак, код Јагодине, 25. децембар 1884 — Лондон, 8. новембар 1918), новинар, публициста и политичар, један од вођа радничког покрета и Српске социјалдемократске партије.

Биографија

Рођен је 6. јануара 1885. (25. децембра 1884. по старом календару) године у селу Волујак, код Јагодине (сада део града Јагодине). Његови родитељи отац Алекса и мајка Јевица, били су пореклом из Новог Сада, а у Србију су дошли за време мађарске буне 1848. године. Постоје тврдње да је рођен у учитељском стану школе у Драгову код Рековца.

Основну школу је завршио у Јагодини и ту је започео гимназију. Пети и шести разред гимназије учио је у Ужицу, а седми и осми у Београду. Социјалистичком покрету пришао је још као ученик Ужичке гимназије, под утицајем Димитрија Туцовића. Матурирао је 1903. године и потом уписао Правни факултет у Београду.

Био је велики борац за радничка права и увођење општег гласачког права у Краљевини Србији. Године 1905. приступио је Српској социјалдемократској странци и у социјалистичким круговима почео да се афирмише као сарадник "Радничких новина". Године 1907. је постао уредник, а маја 1908. главни уредник "Радничких новина".

Маја 1909. године постао је члан Главне партијске управе Српске социјалдемократске партије, а септембра 1911, на предлог Димитрија Туцовића био је изабран за секретара Главне партијске управе. Ову дужност обављао је до септембра 1912. године и поново од 1915. године до смрти. Учествовао је на Седмом, Осмом, Деветом и Десетом конгресу ССДП и на њима подносио реферате о значајним питањима социјалистичког покрета.

Од 1908. до 1912. године био је предавач на партијској школи у Београду. Заједно са Димитријем Туцовићем покренуо је лист Борба, који је био полумесечни часопис ССДП, који је излазио од 1910. до 1914. године.

Боем по природи, близак књижевности и писцима, написао у Борби 1910-14, неколико приказа о страним писцима (Арцибашев, Толстој, Плеханов, Анатол Франс) који су код нас први покушаји разматрања књижевних и уметничких питања са марсистичког полазишта.

Током Првог светског рата, развио је веома живу политичку активност, а 1917. године заједно са Тришом Кацлеровићем је емигрирао из окупиране Србије. Прво је отишао у Стокхолм, а пошто није успео да пређе у Петровград, отишао је у Лондон. Био је веома задивљен збивањима у Русији и избијањем Велике октобарске социјалистичке револуције.

Био је ожењен Ерном Милицом Лукшић (1897) са којом је имао ћерку Мару (1917—2007), удату Протић.

Умро је 8. новембра (26. октобра по старом календару) 1918. године у Лондону. Био је сахрањен на лондонском гробљу Хајгет, поред гроба Карла Маркса. Децембра 1959. године његови посмртни остаци су пребачени у Београд и сахрањени у Алеји великана на Новом гробљу у Београду.

Основна школа у Белушићу, насељеном месту града Јагодине, носи његово име.

Референце

Литература
 Перо Морача и Станислав Стојановић Комунисти Југославије 1919-1979. "Експорт Прес", Београд 1979. година.
 Popović D. A. & Katslerovic T. (1918) Memorandum by the Serbian Socialist Party upon the conditions in occupied Serbia Washington, D.C.: Serbian Press Bureau

Рођени 1885.
Умрли 1918.
Јагодинци
Српски социјалисти
Српска социјалдемократска партија
Личности радничког покрета Југославије
Сахрањени на Новом гробљу у Београду


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Geyser Notes
Notes and information on geyser activity in Yellowstone National Park and elsewhere.
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Old Giant Geyser Photos
Giant Geyser platform, 1930s?
Giant Geyser, mislabeled Grotto
Giant Geyser eruption in 1912
Here are a few old pictures of Giant Geyser. The first is of an eruption in 1912, taken, it appears, from across the river near Beauty and Chromatic Pools. It came from a series of photos taken in and around the old Army post at Old Faithful. Needless to say, the other ones I would have liked to have went for much more than I could afford.
The second is actually a photograph, probably from the 1930s. The third is also probably from the 1930s (does the "36" indicate the year?). It appears that some sort of activity might have just finished with Mastiff and Catfish, or it was just steamy.
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Shoshone Pictures
Shoshone GB, looking south on east bank 1930s?
Shoshone GB, looking south on east bank 2010
Here are a couple more Shoshone pictures. The black-and-white one was probably taken in the 1930s, and no later than the 1950s. The color one is one I took this last trip, from almost the same location. (That wasn't my intention, just worked out that way.)
Observations for 06 August
I learned today that if you are going to do something really, really stupid, it's best to do it on the last day of the trip when it'll just be an inconvenience instead of a catastrophe
The day started out with a damp wait at Grand. Some of the thickest geyser fog I've seen this trip, which occasionally got swept away by a strong breeze. Grand itself was steamy, hard to see.
After that I rode down to find that Fan & Mortar did erupt overnight as expected. Based on the amount of activity from the vents, I wouldn't be surprised that it happened right after I left Grand the night before. (Not that I wanted to be in that weather.
Following that did get to see a nice Beehive eruption from the overlook. An eruption whose significance became apparent later in the day.
The afternoon Grand took place just as a small but windy storm was clearing out. One Turban eruption later and we'd have had sunshine and much less wind. And we didn't even get the compensation of a second burst.
I used the lull before an Old Faithful eruption to go to the Lodge Cafeteria to get some food. I was just finishing up when the call that Beehive's Indicator had started. This was a bit of a surprise, as it was only 10 hours since the morning eruption. So I finished my meal, went back to the cabin to get a raincoat and umbrella, and sauntered over to Geyser Hill.
Where I got to see the first false Indicator in quite a while. 65 minutes of it. Beehive stopped splashing and trying at about the 35 minute mark. So now the question becomes, will Beehive have an eruption with the next Indicator eruption, making this an interesting and annoying exception, or does this mean that this morning I saw the last Beehive eruption of the summer?
Turns out that leaving Sawmill Group last night was right decision, as Penta marker was still in place when came out before dawn. Once again, water levels there were high, but I didn't stick around. About half hour later heard to load thumps of a high pool Sawmill start.
After the morning Grand eruption, headed down to Fan & Mortar for a few hours of garbage mode, although i think I arrived at the end of a minor event. At least it never looked as good during my wait as it did when I arrived.
After breakfast, there was finally a report of an event at Fan & Mortar. This was Mortar dominated, with the activity of the Fan vents never looking good, but we did get one surge from Mortar that could've grown into a full eruption.
Following that, it was about time for Grand, but Rift had also just started. When II had returned as far as Castle, I had a decision. Based on past behavior, that meant about a three hour wait, but on the other hand, I had no reason to head any further in. So decided to head over to Grand.
That proved to be the right decision, as within minutes of arrival, the pool on Grand was full with waves. Unlike so many recent eruptions, Grand initiated this one, and we got a nice two burst eruption with Rift sputter away over on the side, on a less than 7 hour interval.
Following that, the Sawmill Group was high with Sawmill quiet. Some bubbling from Penta's lower vents was enough to get me to stick around. (That I'd been prepared to stay out a few hours was a factor, too.) All the pools continued to rise, and finally we got a good, doming surge over Penta's bottom vents, but no eruption. Expected that the next good surge should be the one which started the eruption, instead looked over and saw Sawmill boiling and doming up. Time to head in.
I was starting to get ready to go out to Grand when the next call for an event at Fan & Mortar came over the radio. It was good timing, as I figured that no matter what happened, I could then go directly to Grand. As it turned out that while the surging from Lower Mortar looked promising, when Fan came back on it never really looked all that good. So it was off to Grand.
Even heading out to Fan & Mortar the sky looked ugly. At Grand I got to experience possibly the worst conditions I've ever encountered that didn't involve precipitation. While there was no rain, it was dark and there was a strong wind from the north that had to have gusts at or above 40 mph. But it only lasted about 20 minutes, and by the time Grand erupted, it was relatively calm.
That eruption started with one of the most explosive Turban starts I've seen. It suddenly and without warning threw a plume of water sideways at least 15 feet high. It was getting dark, making the steamy pool hard to see, but just based on that I figured we were about to get Grand. And I was right. The second burst was also sort of a bonus, as the first burst was nearly 11 minutes long. But thanks to the wind, which had been picking up during the first burst, it wasn't all that impressive.
The wind was picking up because another storm was moving in, but fortunately, I was back in the cabin by the time it started to get wet.
I noticed when I was riding my bike on the service road behind the Inn in order to make the previous day's posting that there was a freshly flattened tree rat on the pavement. Coming back ten minutes later, the carcass was gone. Those ravens work fast.
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Like the night before, the possibility of an eruption of Grand just as it was getting dark turned into an after-midnight eruption. I arrived just as West Triplet started, and Rift joined right in a half hour later. Unlike the night before, this time it was mostly clear (just the usual clouds far to the north and south) and calm.
The predicted aurora never materialized. As the sky darkened, the area to the north seemed to remain bright, but as midnight approached, it too finally became dark, and then the eastern sky began to lighten slightly as the moon rose. There was a little light on the top of Grand's steam column during the eruption, but it really didn't help make anything more visible.
In the morning, we had yet another long interval at Grand. At least we were rewarded with the second three burst eruption in two days. Was a long pause between the second and third, so it didn't surprise me when Vent and Turban quit after.
With the next Fan & Mortar window approaching, I spent an hour down there, watching garbage, although there was some Upper Mortar rumbling with water visible down in the vent, and steaming from the Frying Pan. (It's amazing how large that vent has become. No way that water would have been visible even ten years ago.)
Grand Geyser at sunset 04Aug 2010
Grand was set up for a sunset eruption, but when West Triplet's eruption led into the start of Rift, I figured I'd be seeing it in the dark. So it was a pleasant surprise to have it start on the last possible Turban eruption, just as Rift was ending. The only drawback was that there wasn't a second burst, but the lighting during the eruption, along with a breeze out of the north, gave us full arc rainbows which ended in Sawmill on the right end.
Beehive Geyser after sunset 04Aug 2010
Beehive's Indicator was announced just before the Grand eruption, and thanks to the long Indicators we've had lately, I was able to seen the entire Grand eruption, and leisurely walk all the way to the overlook at Crested Pool. Too bad the sun had already set by then.
Along the ways I noticed that the Sawmill Group was again full, and in Tardy Mode. It had been that way when I came out to Grand, but after about 20 minutes, Spasmodic shut off and the system drained. I probably should have stuck around, but getting some sleep seemed a higher priority.
The nighttime Grand eruption wait started with overcast skies and a Rift eruption. By the time Rift had quit the clouds had turned to a strong wind and some showers. But it only took a half hour for things to clear back up. When Grand did start, the moon, while dimmed by some thin clouds, was enough to illuminate a nice three burst eruption.
The Castle eruption during the wait had to be one of the more powerful it's had in a while. Or else the wind conditions really amplified the noise of the steam-phase. It was still an impressive rumble an hour after the start of the eruption.
The afternoon Grand eruption was another one of its cases of having a delay at a reasonable time, thus making sure there's another long interval.
Old Faithful eruption seen from Snowlodge balcony
Here's what an eruption of Old Faithful looks like when viewed from the Snowlodge. Another lost opportunity we've gotta live with for the next few decades.
The previous day's late evening Grand turned into the after-midnight Grand. It turned out to be quite nice.There was a bit of a breeze from the south, which was pushing the steam to the north. The moon had just risen, so even though only about half, it was illuminating the pool of Grand and its runoff nicely. I was able to see the waves build on the pool and clearly see the start of the eruption. A second burst would have been really pretty, but that didn't happen.
I also got to hear Beehive just before Grand. It was perfect timing, as al the noise of Rift and Percolator erupting had finally subsided, making it obvious that something was happening over on Geyser Hill.
The morning eruption turned into the noon-time eruption, thanks to a Vent delay just as West Triplet had it's early window eruption. Again the lighting was nice. As Grand's surges climbed, each one broke out of the shadow of the previous one's steam cloud, a nice effect. And again, we got a one burst so there wasn't a chance to see that happen again.
During that wait, saw one of the tallest Oblong Geyser eruptions I've ever seen. A massive surge was not just as high as the dead tree by Chromatic Pool, but appeared as high as the trees behind Oblong on Wylie Camp hill.
After Grand it appeared that Penta might try to erupt from a normal Tardy Mode, but for half an hour everything in the Sawmill Group just sitting there. When Oval Spring's pulsations didn't seem to change things, I decided it was time to leave. Penta didn't erupt, as shortly afterwards Spasmodic stopped overflowing and all the water levels dropped. Later that afternoon, Sawmill erupted.
This afternoon's Beehive eruption was a warning. After several weeks of Indicator durations around 20 minutes, this one was barely over 6, just enough time to get from the store parking lot to the Firehole river overlook. (This was my first daytime Beehive this trip from that vantage point.)
The evening was clear and pleasant, and I didn't need to bring out the nighttime gear. Grand took advantage of the early West Triplet eruption to erupt as soon as the next window became available. While waiting, I saw another Oblong eruption, this one not impressive at all.
After learning that I had made the bad choice the night before, the day settled into the fairly typical and mildly boring three Grand eruptions and one Beehive eruption. A good day to catch up on sleep and other tasks I'd been neglecting over the previous few days.
Overnight Beehive got lost, but based on the early afternoon eruption I'd guess it went during the Grand or Fan & Mortar eruptions when people were out but preoccupied.
One good thing about the day was that the Grand intervals were a little shorter. Of course that wasn't going to last.
Observations for 31 July
In the middle of the night I thought 7 hours would be enough to get out to Grand but it wasn't. Once again I got to see Vent and Turban and an empty crater. As a bonus, I did get to see Rift start.
The next time I got up, it was overcast with a thunderstorm moving in. Eating breakfast during that time seemed a good idea, then it was time for a Grand wait.
Penta Geyser eruption 2010 July 31
I really wasn't expecting a third short interval and I was right. But we did get to see a different Penta eruption than the norm. Usually a Penta eruption starts after there's been heavy overflow from Spasmodic and a slow, steadily more vigorous eruption of Tardy. This eruption was about an hour after Sawmill and Spasmodic was just at the point of overflow, and dropping. Otherwise it was a normal eruption that lasted about an hour. During the eruption itself(another two burst) Sput A and Sputnik started blipping.
At that point it was time to head in, as the sky was getting black and the rains were coming. But as we approached Sawmill, it started erupting, lasted about 30 seconds and then quit. I've seen that before, during deep drains,but this must've been more of a post-Penta effect as the water levels weren't low enough for that.
That afternoon, after a quick but intense thundershower, saw a disinterested event at Fan & Mortar;. Heading out for the evening Grand eruption, it looked like I was going to get wet, but the heavy clouds passed both to the north and south. The southern one was close enough that we got a rainbow, but no droplets.
Once again Grand demonstrated its bimodal behavior, passing up early opportunities for an eruption to only wait until it reached the 10 hour mark. I did get to see another Penta steam-phase eruption during the wait, though. It was while I was coming in that I heard that another event was starting at Fan & Mortar. The idea of riding down all that way, then coming back disappointed an hour later didn't appeal to me, so I turned off the radio and headed in instead. That proved to be a mistake, as the event quickly built into an eruption that took place well before midnight.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Feb. 7, 2020 – Charter Communications, Inc. today announced that following the completion of its all-digital network upgrade, it has launched Spectrum Internet and other service offerings for more than 2,400 homes and business in rural Athens County, Ohio, enabling true broadband speeds there for the first time.
The announcement was made at a celebration marking the completion of the network expansion with several state and local government officials, including Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, state Sen. Frank Hoagland and state Rep. Jay Edwards.
Over the last two years, Charter has invested more than $900 million in infrastructure and technology in Ohio, expanding its broadband network to nearly 60,000 additional homes and businesses in the state, especially in areas that lack access.
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AN OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF KURT VONNEGUT'S "SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE" (OR THE CHILDREN CRUSADE"
Custom Made Theatre Company has dazzlingly mounted Eric Simonson's stage adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" (or The Children's Crusade). Ten company members vividly play the multitude of characters that inhabit the story. Director Brian Katz put these fine actors through their paces in this 90 minute production.
"Slaughterhouse-Five" is exceedingly difficult to describe this anti-war plot since like the book it bounces all over the place and there are actors quickly moving in and out of characters to impressionistic Billy's war-induced dreams and hallucinations. However I will attempt to explain the plot. This is about an American World War 2 named Billy Pilgrim who becomes "unstuck in time" after being kidnapped by a race of aliens. They have lent him their power to see in four dimensions and teach him that "no one ever dies" because they are always alive in the past.
The audience sees that Chaplain's Assistant Billy Pilgrim, a mixed-up, fatalistic and ill-trained American soldier is captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He and fellow prisoners are housed in a disused slaughterhouse in Dresden known as "Slaughterhouse #5". A combination of American and British bombers firebomb the city of Dresden and POWs and German guards alike hide in a deep cellar and because of their safe hiding place, they are some of the few survivors of the city-destroying firestorm during the bombing.
Billy Pilgrim is played by three persons. When he is a boy enduring his father's cruelty played excellently by Alum Anderman. Brian Martin impressively plays Young Billy who survived the firebombing of Dresden. His face shows fear and fatigue, suggesting reality is still present onstage. The blending of two states is charismatic. Ryan Hayes gives a solid performance as the adult Billy who was abducted by aliens called Tralfamadorians who motivate him to make wild-eyed proclamations back on earth. . You can understand the character's confusion and exhaustion as his life seem to be beyond his control.
The three Billy's are joined by Dave Sikula who plays the narrator and maybe an unreliable narrator intentionally exposing him as the author of the story. He gives an outstanding performance with his great powerful voice. Also in this splendid cast are Stephanie Ann Foster, Sal Mattos, Chris Morrell, Jessica Jade Rudholm, Carina Lastimosa Salazar, Paul Stout and Sam Tillis playing various roles.
Brian Katz bleeds the past into future simply. His tightly scenes always clarify which era we're visiting. Sarah Phykitt scenic design is simple for the three sided theatre while Maxx Kurzunki's lighting gives the illusion that these events happen simultaneously. Karina Chavarin costumes are authentic World War 2 uniforms along with other excellent civilian dress ware. Special mention should be given to Rebecca Longworth's videos line drawing showed on the wall of the three sided theatres. These line drawing are similar to those seen in the "Slaughterhouse-Five" novel along with "Breakfast of Champions" and all of Vonnegut's subsequent novels.
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