I recently heard some people on the train talking about the need to be 100% responsible for your communication with other people. It got me thinking, and I came to the conclusion that I might have believed this statement 20 years ago, but I don't believe it now. Here's why.
The type of communication that these people were talking about seems, when you think about it, more like the exchange of prepared statements than a dialogue between two people. You deliver your speech, you check that it is understood, and redeliver the parts that are not. Very mechanical. In a real communication, people listen to what the other person is saying, and they respond to that person. What you say is influenced by what you have just heard, and the conversation is built by the two of you. You can't be responsible for the other person's internal mental workings; their biases, the things they don't hear well (or don't hear at all) or the sense that they make of your words based upon their history.
Any communication between two people is an exchange, and what is created between two people is a mixture and an amalgam of what two people say, think and are. When the conversation is over, what we are left with is something that has been built by the participants and cannot be distinguished from both of them – rendering the idea of 100% responsibility for your communication both impossible and even undesirable.
This idea was only reinforced in my mind when, doing some family history research, I saw for the first time the marriage certificate of two of my great great grandparents. Donald and Elizabeth had both signed the document and their signatures were overlapped and intertwined. When you look at the two signatures together you can clearly read both names; but when you try to separate the signatures it is hard to tell which stroke or whorl belongs to each person's name. When you see both names together, it makes sense. When we try to separate them, something is lost. It's the same with a conversation.
This is also how the process of psychotherapy works. Rather than you presenting your problem to me and me providing a solution, we work together to navigate through the different aspects of the problem in a way that you wouldn't be able to do on your own.


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Carolinas Aviation Museum
While in Charlotte, groups would be remiss without a visit to the Carolinas Aviation Museum.
The Charlotte Airport, in which the museum is now located, was constructed in 1936-37, consisting of two buildings. The administration building, a beacon tower, two 3000-foot runways, and one 2500-foot runway made up the extent of the facilities. On May 17, 1938, Eastern Airlines flew the first commercial flight out of the airport and in 1941, the Army Air Force took control. The museum was established in 1994 for the preservation of history and the promotion of educational exhibits covering the 40,000 square foot space.
There are several interesting aircraft on display at Carolinas Aviation Museum for visitors to explore. One of the planes, the Douglas A-4A Skyhawk, was designed to carry a nuclear bomb which is why it stands so high off of the ground. It could carry its own weight in weapons and was highly maneuverable as a WWII carrier. Another interesting aircraft on display is the D-55-8-1 Skystreak, an extremely rare and unique aircraft designed as a research aircraft to test alternative engine and design configurations near the speed of sound. It is one of two that exist in the world and could travel at a blazing speed of 441 miles per hour.
The Wright Flyer can also be found here, the famous craft designed by Orville and Wilbur Wright. It was developed as a result of years of research, it was the first piloted, heavier than aircraft to obtain sustained, controlled flight in 1903. The aircraft had a total of four flights ranging in duration from 12 seconds to 59 seconds.
Your group will learn facts like these, and much more, with a fascinating visit to the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte!
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Nordic banking giant Nordea Bank is allegedly implicated in a multi-million money laundering scandal. Reportedly, the case is related to another recent money laundering scheme involving Denmark's Danske Bank.
Banking giant Nordea Bank, headquartered in Helsinki, is alleged to have accepted criminally-sourced funds from banks located in Lithuania and Estonia.
We are aware of the report, and at Nordea we work closely with the relevant authorities in the countries in which we operate, including the Nordic Financial Intelligence Units.
According to Sweden's public broadcaster SVT, some 365 individual accounts at the bank have allegedly received payments from shell companies amounting to 150 million euros. What is more, the media, which claims to have access to the report, outlines that part of those payments came from the Estonian branch of Danske Bank.
Bitcoinist reported earlier in October that Denmark's Danske Bank found itself at the center of a tremendous Russian money laundering scandal, alleging that it has illegitimately processed some $235 billion.
And Yet, Cryptocurrencies Present a Threat?
Danske Bank reportedly laundered more money than the entire cryptocurrency market capitalization alone. That's one bank at one location.
Back in February, another major Dutch bank – Rabobank, was also fined for accepting at least $369 million in illegal proceeds from drug trafficking and other activity from the period between 2009 and 2012.
Rabobank also warned against the risks of Bitcoin. Quickly after that, the bank took a major U-turn and announced that it plans to offer a cryptocurrency wallet.
The obvious conclusions aside, it's important to note that multiple international governmental institutions have already spoken up on the risks of cryptocurrencies associated with illicit activities.
A report from the Financial Services and Treasury of Hong Kong on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment revealed that cryptocurrencies are widely left out of organized crime.
What do you think of the recent allegations against Nordea? Don't hesitate to let us know in the comments below!


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Lars Larson: Susan Sokol Blosser illegal worker backlash
Susan Sokol Blosser ilegal worker backlash
Lars Larson Morning commentary,
Susan Sokol Blosser, a candidate for Oregon's House of Representatives, wants the courts to silence her republican opponent Jim Weidner. Her lawyer, Greg Kafoury, threatens a libel lawsuit against Jim Weidner for saying that Sokol Blosser hired illegal aliens and did it under the table. Well let's consider what Ms Sokol Blosser wrote on page 66 of her book about the wine business
Susan Sokol Blosser quote:
"…we were lucky to have (Mexican farm workers). …most of the workers entered the country illegally… The whole situation existed under the table. Everyone knew about it; nobody talked about it."
Sokol Blosser admits in print and in her own hand that she hired illegal workers under the table.
Now she drops a lawsuit threat less than a week before an election where she is struggling, asking the Oregon Courts to silence her opponent.
Is that really the kind of person you want writing the laws of the state of Oregon. Her family has become wealthy on the backs of illegal workers and at the expense of working folks in Oregon. There, I said it. So Susan, you gonna sue me too?
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Movie stars, surfing beaches, marine-life centers, national landmarks, and more draw medical professionals to pursue travel positions in California. California is also home to some of the best sports teams and amusement parks in the nation. Attractions including Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, the Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the Getty Center await California travel nurses.


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using System;
using CardGames.CardLists;

namespace CardGames
{
    [Serializable]
    public class Edition
    {
        public string Symbol { get; private set; }
        public string Name { get; private set; }
        public int? YearOfRelease; // atr. opcjonalny

        public Game Game { get; private set; } // atr. złożony
        public EditionCardList CardList { get; private set; } // Asocjacja Binarna

        public Edition(Game game, string symbol, string name)
        {
            Symbol = symbol;
            Name = name;
            Game = game;
            Game.AddEdition(this);
            SetCardList(new EditionCardList(this));
        }

        public Edition(Game game, string symbol, string name, int yearOfRelease)
            : this(game, symbol, name)
        {
           YearOfRelease = yearOfRelease;
        }

        public void SetCardList(EditionCardList cardList)
        {
            if (cardList == CardList) return;
            CardList?.ResetEdition();
            CardList = cardList;
            CardList.SetEdition(this);
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return $"{Name}\nRelease year: {YearOfRelease?.ToString() ?? "<none>"}";
        }

        public void SetGame(Game game)
        {
            if (Game != game)
            {
                if (Game != null)
                {
                    Game.RemoveEdition(this);
                }
                Game = game;
                Game.AddEdition(this);
            }
        }

        public void ResetCardList()
        {
            if (CardList != null)
            {
                var cardList = CardList;
                CardList = null;
                cardList.ResetEdition();
            }
        }
    }
}

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British Rap Legend Rodney P Takes us Into the World of Hip Hop for BBC Four
Posted by TBB | 22 Oct, 2016 | Sound, Sound News |
In this 90-minute authored film Hip Hop World News, British rapper Rodney P embarks on an immersive journey, revealing a fascinating alternative version of reality as seen from the perspective of a culture which was created in the black and Latino ghettos of 1970s New York, and has since evolved into a world-dominating cultural powerhouse.
Whether it's chronicling life on the streets or offering a surprising twist on global events, Hip Hop has given a voice to the voiceless, disenfranchised and dispossessed, while also acting as a platform for ideas, opinions – and sometimes controversial theories – to be shared among its millions of followers.
Looking at big issues such as power, conspiracy, education and money, Rodney meets iconic figures such as Public Enemy's Chuck D; Def Jam co-founder and original Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons; and New York rapper Rakim – considered by many to be the greatest MC of all time.
Rodney's journey also takes on contentious issues like police brutality, extreme language and the role of women in a culture often regarded as misogynistic, to provide a fascinating take on what the world really looks like with a Hip Hop state of mind.
As Rodney explores the important issues and powerful ideas through the lens of Hip Hop, he learns more about a culture he himself has been part of for almost four decades, while showing those who have never quite understood (and may even have dismissed it) just how surprising and rich this culture really is.
The Hip Hop World News is available via BBC iPlayer
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EXPO 2015 PROPOSES A SET OF GLOBAL FOOD LAWS
The first online debate on the milan protocol www.milanprotocol.com
Legambiente announces its support.
Now available for download from http://www.protocollodimilano.it/app/assets/pdf/MilanProtocol.pdf the "Good Practice Guide" containing useful advice about how to act virtuously and respect the environment
The first online debate on the Milan Protocol, launched by the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN), saw participants make a strong appeal to world leaders in the runup to Expo 2015. In the words of the Founder and President of Slow Food and BCFN Board Director Carlo Petrini:
''If we want Expo 2015 to leave a legacy, it must coalesce a visible community of purpose. It would be a mistake to settle for showcasing a series of events," said Petrini, "Our greatest hope is that Expo 2015 produces a set of laws that countries can quickly enact on issues ranging from the protection of traditional seeds and agro-food education to incentives to introduce good agricultural practices. The protocol will be effective," he emphasised, "if it acts not only as an operating tool for governments, but also has the power to mobilise young people''.
In the meantime the number of supporters of a world agreement on food and nutrition continues to grow.
"We strongly support the Milan Protocol because we wholly share the three strategic objectives of the proposed action: fighting food wastage - sustainable agriculture (conserving natural resources, most importantly soil fertility, water quality and quantity, biodiversity - ensuring public health by eliminating or reducing to a minimum the use of chemical substances that damage health and ecosystems) - lifestyles (not least diet, emphasising the dual benefits of the Mediterranean diet for human health and to reduce the environmental footprint on ecosystems)", comments Legambiente National President Vittorio Cogliati Dezza – "These are also the goals of our own environmental work, as illustrated by the Manifesto of New Agriculture promoted by Legambiente".
The speakers in the first online debate on the Milan Protocol - in addition to Carlo Petrini, WWF Italy scientific director Gianfranco Bologna, and Riccardo Valentini, Director of the Climate Impacts Division of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change and BCFN Advisory Board member - identified a series of actions to include in the Protocol, among them:
- Promoting sustainable development. At present forecasts point to a fall in harvests of 2% on a global scale each year until 2030. This fall is expected to increase if global warming exceeds 4°C and, concurrently, there is a population increase of over 9 billion people by 2050. This makes it absolutely essential to produce food in better ways, which means saving resources and paying more attention to natural capital. Petrini and Bologna focus on respecting biodiversity, and on this point they are in full agreement with Legambiente, which has a "'new agriculture' model based on farming that respects the environment and traditional local varieties. This type of agriculture," states Vittorio Cogliati Dezza, "can offer better yields and higher income to farmers because it reduces growing costs in the mid to long term, increases soil fertility, plant health and the resilience of agroecosystems, and offers farming businesses income supplement and risk diversification opportunities through the rotation and integrated use of crops";
- Defending the role of food communities (based on the example set by Terra Madre) as virtuous demonstrations of how we can protect a tradition which, Petrini recommends "needs to be passed on to young generations", who have to play a leading role in the drafting of the Protocol. A bridge between past and future (without distaining the new technologies that can help farmers in the world of web 2.0), remembering that many young people are already converts to agriculture, in their search for a new life model and new values.
"The Milan Protocol is a voluntary agreement supported by its signatories. It is a team effort that engages with the public, governments and private individuals", says Riccardo Valentini.
Now available for download from http://www.protocollodimilano.it/app/assets/pdf/MilanProtocol.pdf, the "Good Practice Guide" containing useful advice about how to act virtuously and respect the environment
Legambiente (League for the Environment) is the most widespread environmental organization in Italy, with 20 Regional branches and more than 115,000 members. It is acknowledged as "association of environmental interest" by the Ministry of the Environment; it represents the UNEP National Committee for Italy, it is one of the leading member of EEB ("European Environmental Bureau") the Federation of European environmental organization, and of IUCN - the World Conservation Union. The headquarter is in Rome, with a staff made up of fifty professionals and experts on different fields of activity.


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Q: Same http request to multiple web servers Is there any way to forward same http request to multiple web servers ?
For example. I have server1 and it has one web application running on 80 port .The same application is running on server2 on same port i.e 80.
Is it possible to get the same request on both the servers with some time lag ?.
Please help.Thanks a lot in advance

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Q: Getting the highest owner of a ToolStripDropDownItem I'm currently working on a project in which at one point, the user may right click a button which brings up a contextMenuStrip. I am already able to find the owner accurately from that strip, and manipulate the button clicked as follows:
Dim myItem As ToolStripMenuItem = CType(sender, ToolStripMenuItem)
Dim cms As ContextMenuStrip = CType(myItem.Owner, ContextMenuStrip)

Dim buttonPressed As DataButton = DirectCast(cms.SourceControl, DataButton)

But now for the tricky part. Within this contextmenuStrip, I have a DropDown menu with multiple items in there. I would assume you would be able to work your way up the ladder doing casts like above in the manner of
 ToolStripDrowpDownItem > ToolStripDropDownMenu > ToolStripMenuItem > ContextMenuStrip

Unfortunately, when I try to get the sourcecontrol from this menuStrip, it return Nothing. Any ideas on how I can get the button that was pressed from this toolStripMenuItem? My current code is as follows (in which the sourceControl is Nothing)
Dim myItem As ToolStripDropDownItem = CType(sender, ToolStripDropDownItem)
Dim dropDown As ToolStripDropDownMenu = CType(myItem.Owner, ToolStripDropDownMenu)
Dim menuItem As ToolStripMenuItem = CType(dropDown.OwnerItem, ToolStripMenuItem)
Dim cms As ContextMenuStrip = CType(menuItem.Owner, ContextMenuStrip)

Dim buttonPressed As DataButton = DirectCast(cms.SourceControl, DataButton)

Any ideas on how to go about doing what I did in that first method, but just working my way up from further down the ladder?

A: I'd suggest instead of trying to work backward to see what button was pressed and act accordingly, assign the button's behaviour when it is created.
Dim button As New ToolStripMenuItem("do something")
AddHandler button.Click, AddressOf DoSomething

…
Public Sub DoSomething(ByVal sender as Object, ByVal e as System.EventArgs)
    'do something
End Sub

Then you don't have to worry about it -- when it is clicked, it will do its work.


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This millennial has been paying down student loan debt for 10 years and owes more than when she started
May 8, 2022 Nicholas
This year marks 10 years since Keona Tranby graduated from college. A major milestone, to…
Doubling down on debt to get her degree
Finding success in 'sweat equity'
Brighter days ahead?
This year marks 10 years since Keona Tranby graduated from college.
A major milestone, to be sure. But after a decade of slowly chipping away at her student loans, Tranby's still paying for her education, and progress is painfully slow. Although the 32-year-old has paid off roughly $28,800 over the past 10 years, her total balance owed has increased to around $62,000.
Tranby, who works as a marketing director for a Minneapolis-based nonprofit, is hopeful she may get some relief in the coming months, thanks to recent reports that President Joe Biden is seriously considering wiping out $10,000 of federal student loan debt for qualifying Americans.
"Debt forgiveness is an emotional thing, to be honest with you," Tranby says, adding that she'd still be left with a balance even with $10,000 in forgiveness. Cutting down her payment by a couple hundred dollars a month wouldn't be fundamentally life-changing, she says, but it would alleviate some of the constant worry and stress she carries from her student loan debt.
"It's like a more psychological burden would be lifted," Tranby says. "And it would allow us to have more goals and do more things."
More than 60% of student loan borrowers say their debt has negatively affected their mental health, according to a CNBC survey fielded in January. And roughly 7% of borrowers have contemplated suicide at some point due to student loan debt.
For Tranby, some debt forgiveness would provide her the opportunity to spend that money on other things like saving for retirement. During the pandemic, she's taken advantage of the federal student loan pause to start investing in her 401(k) for the first time. "I'm only at $3,000, but it's better than what I was at before—which was nothing," she says.
"I'm fully aware that I am not in the worst position possible—there are people out there who struggle more than I do. I'm not trying to complain or say: 'Oh, woe is me,'" Tranby says. "But I want people to understand that we're working hard, we're doing everything we can do—and it's still a challenge. That's why we need to reevaluate student loans and the structure of paying for education."
Tranby, who was raised by a young, single mother, always knew paying for college would be difficult. But thanks to her grades, she was able to secure scholarship money that paid for about 75% of her tuition.
Her original plan was to work and take out a small amount of student loans—about $25,000 over the course of four years—to cover the remaining costs. Tranby worked full-time as a server on nights and weekends, which paid for her non-tuition expenses.
The plan went out the window when the Minnesota-based University of St. Thomas substantially increased tuition right before the start of Tranby's junior year, she says. She was left scrambling to find the money to cover the higher costs since transferring at that point would have meant delaying her graduation.
She applied for more scholarships and even entered a business idea competition—and won, but it wasn't enough to cover her increased expenses. Ultimately, her mother had to take out a $35,000 Parent Plus loan, which Tranby promised to pay. The increased cost of tuition doubled her debt load at the end of her four years, she says.
Tranby's story is not unique—about 46 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt, with borrowers between the ages of 30 and 39 carrying the highest balances. Most borrowers have between $25,000 and $50,000 in student loans, making Tranby's debt load slightly higher than average.
The additional debt changed her career trajectory. "I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I went to college for it, but it was too scary. You can't take those risks when you're starting off in so much debt already."
Instead, after graduation she moved to San Francisco and took a job in marketing for two years. But once her $500-a-month student loan payments kicked in, she couldn't make the budget work long-term. So she ended up moving back to Minnesota.
Student loan debt may have put her dream career on hold, but unlike many millennials, it didn't stop Tranby from buying a home. And then another and another.
After a bumpy childhood—Tranby says she moved more than 10 times and never had stable housing—her ultimate goal was to buy her own home. She did that at just 21 and still in college.
Her first townhouse cost her nearly $75,000, but it was a smart investment. While she was in California, she was able to rent out the property to cover the mortgage payments. And after making some renovations, she sold it four years later for about $101,500, netting a profit of roughly $25,000.
After the success with the townhouse, she was hooked, and she bought her second property for about $234,900 at age 28. Again, Tranby fixed it up, adding a bathroom and legal bedroom—eventually selling it for a $44,100 profit last year.
That sale, coupled with the student loan payment pause, gave her breathing room to pay off the roughly $20,000 in credit card debt that Tranby racked up in her 20s because of medical bills and homeownership costs. She was also able to use a portion of those profits for a down payment on another home she and her fiancé purchased in late 2021.
Some might argue that she would have been smarter paying off her loans rather than buying homes. But Tranby disagrees: Investing in a place to live made more sense to her.
"I was still paying my student loans—and I didn't see a value in putting extra toward them because they didn't provide me anything. I needed a home, I needed a place to live," Tranby says, adding that a mortgage was actually more cost-effective than paying rent in her area.
"I purchased a home so I had a place to live. Then I just happened to put in sweat equity and made a little bit of profit to be able to buy new homes."
Secure in their new home, Tranby and her fiancé are taking their finances one step at a time these days. And that includes monitoring what will happen when the student loan payments restart and whether forgiveness will really materialize.
As of April, U.S. student loan borrowers collectively owe about $1.75 trillion in outstanding federal and private student loans. If the Biden administration forgives $10,000 per borrower, about 11.8 million of the roughly 46 million total current borrowers would have their entire balance wiped out, according to a recent analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Yet a lot of the details of this potential forgiveness program—like who qualifies—are still up in the air. The New York Fed found that limiting forgiveness to those making less than $75,000 created a targeted approach that was much more likely to benefit borrowers who are struggling with repayment.
Opponents of forgiveness are concerned about the price tag. The NY Fed estimates that knocking out $10,000 in student loan debt for every current borrower would cost about $321 billion. Implementing an income cap between $125,000 and $150,000 for individuals would reduce the overall cost, but that type of policy move would still cost at least $230 billion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
The latest reports have Biden considering extending $10,000 in forgiveness to individuals earning up to $125,000. Since Tranby makes less than six figures, she isn't concerned that an income cap would cut her out of the plan, but she is worried Parent Plus loans may not be covered.
If student loan forgiveness does happen though, Tranby says there's no denying it would be helpful in lowering her monthly expenses—which could help a lot considering inflation has reached a 40-year high.
And it might also allow her to stretch her budget enough that she and her fiancé could afford to have a kid.
"We do fine together but again, that's because we don't have kids," she says. "I hear all my friends and coworkers talking about how it's $1,200 a month for day care. I don't have an extra $1,200 in my budget. I don't know how people do it."
But even if forgiveness doesn't become a reality, Tranby says there are other reforms policymakers can enact that would also help, such as dropping all student loan interest rates to 0% permanently. She doesn't think the conversation shouldn't stop at forgiveness.
"If this isn't realistic to forgive it completely, then why don't we propose adjusting interest or eliminating interest?" Tranby asks. Since the pause was put in place, borrowers are saving $1.5 billion per month not paying interest, according to a recent calculation.
While loan forgiveness might offer more immediate relief to the millions of borrowers like Tranby who have seen their debt load balloon despite years of steady repayment, at least with a 0% interest rate her entire monthly payment would be going toward her principal. Perhaps, she'd even be able to pay off the balance once and for all before her 20th college reunion.
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Palliative care needs of patients living with end-stage kidney disease not treated with renal replacement therapy: An exploratory qualitative study from Blantyre, Malawi
Maya J. Bates, Alex Chitani, Gavin Dreyer
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine | Vol 9, No 1 | a1376 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1376	| © 2017 Maya J. Bates, Alex Chitani, Gavin Dreyer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
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Maya J. Bates, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
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Background: The burden of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in sub-Saharan Africa is increasing rapidly but the palliative care needs of patients living with ESKD are not well described. Resource limitations at both health system and patient level act as major barriers to patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the form of dialysis. We undertook an exploratory qualitative study to describe the palliative care needs of patients with ESKD who were not receiving RRT, at a government teaching hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.
Methods: A qualitative, explorative and descriptive design was used. Study participants were adults aged > 18 years with an estimated glomerular filtration rate < 15 ml/min on two separate occasions, three months apart, who either chose not to have or were not deemed suitable for RRT. Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews.
Results: In October and November 2013, interviews were conducted with 10 adults (7 women with median age of 60.5 years). All were hypertensive and four were on treatment for HIV. Four themes emerged from the data: changes in functional status because of physical symptoms, financial challenges impacting hospital care, loss of role within the family and the importance of spiritual and cultural beliefs.
Conclusion: This study reports on four thematic areas which warrant further quantitative and qualitative studies both in Malawi and other low-resource settings, where a growing number of patients with ESKD unable to access RRT will require palliative care in the coming years.
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// Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Mike Jones, Matt Weimer, Niko Mäkitalo
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// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
// to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
// the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
// and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
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// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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// Source code is modified from Matt Weimer's JSON Serialization and Deserialization library (https://github.com/mweimer/Json.NetMF)
// Source code is modified from Mike Jones's JSON Serialization and Deserialization library (https://www.ghielectronics.com/community/codeshare/entry/357)

using System;
using Microsoft.SPOT;
using System.Globalization;

namespace Json.NETMF
{
	internal enum NumberStyle
	{
		Decimal = 1,
		Hexadecimal
	}

	internal static class UInt32Extensions
	{
		public static bool TryParse(string str, NumberStyle style, out UInt32 result)
		{
			bool sign;
			ulong tmp;

			bool bresult = Helper.TryParseUInt64Core(str, style == NumberStyle.Hexadecimal ? true : false, out tmp, out sign);
			result = (UInt32)tmp;

			return bresult && !sign;
		}
	}

	internal static class Int64Extensions
	{
		public static long Parse(string str)
		{
			long result;
			if (TryParse(str, out result))
			{
				return result;
			}
			throw new Exception();
		}

		public static long Parse(string str, NumberStyle style)
		{
			if (style == NumberStyle.Hexadecimal)
			{
				return ParseHex(str);
			}

			return Parse(str);
		}

		public static bool TryParse(string str, out long result)
		{
			result = 0;
			ulong r;
			bool sign;
			if (Helper.TryParseUInt64Core(str, false, out r, out sign))
			{
				if (!sign)
				{
					if (r <= 9223372036854775807)
					{
						result = unchecked((long)r);
						return true;
					}
				}
				else
				{
					if (r <= 9223372036854775808)
					{
						result = unchecked(-((long)r));
						return true;
					}
				}
			}
			return false;
		}

		private static long ParseHex(string str)
		{
			ulong result;
			if (TryParseHex(str, out result))
			{
				return (long)result;
			}
			throw new Exception();
		}

		private static bool TryParseHex(string str, out ulong result)
		{
			bool sign;
			return Helper.TryParseUInt64Core(str, true, out result, out sign);
		}

	}

	internal static class CharExtensions
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Converts a Unicode character to a string of its ASCII equivalent.
		/// Very simple, it works only on ordinary characters.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="p"></param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static string ConvertFromUtf32(int p)
		{
			char c = (char)p;
			return c.ToString();
		}
	}

    #region Private Static Helper Methods

    internal static class Helper
    {
        public const int MaxDoubleDigits = 16;

        public static bool IsWhiteSpace(char ch)
        {
            return ch == ' ';
        }

        // Parse integer values using localized number format information.
        public static bool TryParseUInt64Core(string str, bool parseHex, out ulong result, out bool sign)
        {
            if (str == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("str");
            }

            // If number contains the Hex '0x' prefix, then make sure we're
            // managing a Hex number, and skip over the '0x'
            if (str.Length >= 2 && str.Substring(0, 2).ToLower() == "0x")
            {
                str = str.Substring(2);
                parseHex = true;
            }

            char ch;
            bool noOverflow = true;
            result = 0;

            // Skip leading white space.
            int len = str.Length;
            int posn = 0;
            while (posn < len && IsWhiteSpace(str[posn]))
            {
                posn++;
            }

            // Check for leading sign information.
            NumberFormatInfo nfi = CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.NumberFormat;
            string posSign = nfi.PositiveSign;
            string negSign = nfi.NegativeSign;
            sign = false;
            while (posn < len)
            {
                ch = str[posn];
                if (!parseHex && ch == negSign[0])
                {
                    sign = true;
                    ++posn;
                }
                else if (!parseHex && ch == posSign[0])
                {
                    sign = false;
                    ++posn;
                }
                /*      else if (ch == thousandsSep[0])
                        {
                            ++posn;
                        }*/
                else if ((parseHex && ((ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'F') || (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f'))) ||
                         (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9'))
                {
                    break;
                }
                else
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            // Bail out if the string is empty.
            if (posn >= len)
            {
                return false;
            }

            // Parse the main part of the number.
            uint low = 0;
            uint high = 0;
            uint digit;
            ulong tempa, tempb;
            if (parseHex)
            {
                #region Parse a hexadecimal value.
                do
                {
                    // Get the next digit from the string.
                    ch = str[posn];
                    if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9')
                    {
                        digit = (uint)(ch - '0');
                    }
                    else if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'F')
                    {
                        digit = (uint)(ch - 'A' + 10);
                    }
                    else if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f')
                    {
                        digit = (uint)(ch - 'a' + 10);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        break;
                    }

                    // Combine the digit with the result, and check for overflow.
                    if (noOverflow)
                    {
                        tempa = ((ulong)low) * ((ulong)16);
                        tempb = ((ulong)high) * ((ulong)16);
                        tempb += (tempa >> 32);
                        if (tempb > ((ulong)0xFFFFFFFF))
                        {
                            // Overflow has occurred.
                            noOverflow = false;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            tempa = (tempa & 0xFFFFFFFF) + ((ulong)digit);
                            tempb += (tempa >> 32);
                            if (tempb > ((ulong)0xFFFFFFFF))
                            {
                                // Overflow has occurred.
                                noOverflow = false;
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                low = unchecked((uint)tempa);
                                high = unchecked((uint)tempb);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    ++posn; // Advance to the next character.
                } while (posn < len);
                #endregion
            }
            else
            {
                #region Parse a decimal value.
                do
                {
                    // Get the next digit from the string.
                    ch = str[posn];
                    if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9')
                    {
                        digit = (uint)(ch - '0');
                    }
                    /*       else if (ch == thousandsSep[0])
                           {
                               // Ignore thousands separators in the string.
                               ++posn;
                               continue;
                           }*/
                    else
                    {
                        break;
                    }

                    // Combine the digit with the result, and check for overflow.
                    if (noOverflow)
                    {
                        tempa = ((ulong)low) * ((ulong)10);
                        tempb = ((ulong)high) * ((ulong)10);
                        tempb += (tempa >> 32);
                        if (tempb > ((ulong)0xFFFFFFFF))
                        {
                            // Overflow has occurred.
                            noOverflow = false;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            tempa = (tempa & 0xFFFFFFFF) + ((ulong)digit);
                            tempb += (tempa >> 32);
                            if (tempb > ((ulong)0xFFFFFFFF))
                            {
                                // Overflow has occurred.
                                noOverflow = false;
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                low = unchecked((uint)tempa);
                                high = unchecked((uint)tempb);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    ++posn;// Advance to the next character.
                } while (posn < len);
                #endregion
            }

            // Process trailing white space.
            if (posn < len)
            {
                do
                {
                    ch = str[posn];
                    if (IsWhiteSpace(ch))
                        ++posn;
                    else
                        break;
                } while (posn < len);

                if (posn < len)
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            // Return the results to the caller.
            result = (((ulong)high) << 32) | ((ulong)low);
            return noOverflow;
        }
    }

    #endregion
}


Moleskine Exchange: Self=Portrait of the Artist in a "Dark Matter Mirror"
Self=Portrait of the Artist in a "Dark Matter Mirror"
Self-Portrait of the Artist in a "Dark Matter Mirror," for Andrea. (by me, Mary stebbins Taitt). I haven't had a Moleskine sketchbook from the exchange in a long time. I've been filling in some of the old Moleskines (may post some of them later), and I also bought two strange nonMoleskine sketchbooks. This one I got at our local Renaissance Festival hand made paper and cover, leather. The piece is done on the inside of the front cover on the leaver with markers. The leather is very rough and stained with droplets of leather stain from the outside of the front cover.
The outer red, yellow and orange circle represents the persona I present to the world--sunny and pleasant. The inner circle represents my hidden dark thoughts and feelings, my anger, rage, pain, shame etc. The rays are the love I give out to the world and the snakes are the anger, rage, pain and shame that escape from their internal prison and cause hurt feelings and misunderstandings. They also represent the chaos that underlies and spills out of the "safely" imprisoned negative qualities.
This book is too big to fit on my scanner (what was I thinking?) and the leather is thick, sturdy and doesn't lie flat, so I apologize for the quality of the photo.
Love this idea. Is the Moleskine exchange still open to join?
This round is almost over, some people already have their books back. We will be starting a new one soon. Andrea is the moderator.
I'm not sure if there is space or not. Andrea would know.


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Aggleton, John Patrick, Neave, N., Nagle, S. and Sahgal, A. 1995. A comparison of the effects of medial prefrontal, cingulate cortex, and cingulum bundle lesions on tests of spatial memory: evidence of a double dissociation between frontal and cingulum bundle contributions. The Journal of Neuroscience 15 (11) , pp. 7270-7281.
Rats were trained on an automated delayed nonmatching-to-position (DNMP) task. They then received cytotoxic lesions in either the medial prefrontal cortex (n = 13) or the cingulate and retrosplenial cortices (n = 8), or radiofrequency lesions in either the fornix (n = 6) or the cingulum bundle (n = 8). Twelve animals served as surgical controls. Only the fornical and medial prefrontal lesions disrupted DNMP performance, both groups showing a loss of accuracy and an increase in bias. The rats were then trained on a lever discrimination and reversal task, the medial prefrontal and fornical groups showing evidence of an increase in bias when compared with the cingulate cortex group. Finally, the rats were trained on a forced alternation task in a T- maze. Marked deficits were observed in the fornix and cingulum bundle groups, but the medial prefrontal and cingulate groups were unimpaired. The double dissociation between the effects of the prefrontal and cingulum bundle lesions highlights the very different nature of the two spatial tasks (DNMP and T-maze alternation), even though both involved a nonmatching rule. These findings may reflect the involvement of divergent outputs from the fornix-anterior thalamic pathway. One possibility is that anterior thalamic projections to the medial prefrontal cortex are concerned with processing egocentric information, while anterior thalamic projections to temporal regions via the cingulum bundle are concerned with allocentric information. The results also indicate that the effects of conventional lesions in the cingulate cortex and medial prefrontal cortex may be compromised by additional damage to the cingulum bundle.


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Томас Ґордон (;  1720) — львівський купець, Міський райця (1690—1720), бурмистр Львова (1693, 1695, 1699, 1708) та війт (1698, 1704, 1711).

Життєпис
Шотландець за походженням, народився в містечку Сауфтон під Единбургом (). 1684 року прийнятий до міського громадянства за рекомендацією Яна Убальдіні та Альбрета Купінського. У 1672—1682 роках був членом Колегії Сорока мужів, пізніше міським райцею.

Мешкав у кам'яниці на площі Ринок, 24. В 1707 у Томаса Ґордона гостював московський цар Петро І, який приїздив до Львова на переговори з шляхтою Речі Посполитої

В 1708 — бурмістр міста, керував відбудовою верхівки львівської ратуші, зруйнованої ударом блискавки.

Сім'я
 Дружина: Констанція Ціверт ()
 Син: Александер Ґордон, райця (1721—1727) і бурмистр Львова (1723)
 двоюрідний брат Томас Ґордон, теж львівський міщанин, прийнятий до міського громадянства в 1665 р., (пом. 1697). Син останнього від Констанції Кудлич, Томас, був членом Колегії Сорока мужів (1701—1704) та лавником (1704—1727)

Джерела
 Bajer P. P. Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th to 18th Centuries. Brill Academic Pub., 2012. — P. 456.
 Kapral M. Urzędnicy miasta Lwowa w XIII—XVIII wieku // Spisy Urzędników Miejskich z Obszaru Dawnej Rzeczypospolitej, Śląska i Pomorza Zachodniego. — Toruń : Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2008. — T. 7 : Ziemie Ruskie, zesz. 1 : Lwów. — S. 420.
 Францішек Яворський, Адам Краєвський, Александер Чоловський. Львів давній / переклад Ілька Лемка. — Львів : Видавництво «Апріорі». 2017. — С. 40.

Посилання
 Львівський історичний музей — пл. Ринок, 24

Бурмистри Львова
Райці Львова
Міщани давнього Львова
Шотландці Львова


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DVD REVIEW: ENTOURAGE – THE COMPLETE SERIES
Kenny Madison
STUDIO HBO
RUNNING TIME 2640 minutes
All eight seasons plus their special features in a swanky box. So a bunch.
"What if there was a show where rich people got exactly what they wanted?"
Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon, and Jeremy Piven
Vincent Chase (Grenier) is the world's biggest movie star, but not even he can do it alone. With best friend "E" (Connolly) managing him, Turtle (Ferrara) and big brother Johnny Drama (Dillon), and super agent/sociopath Ari Gold (Piven), the entourage takes the town by storm through ups and downs.
When I sat down to write this article, I got about a page in and realized I don't know how to properly sum up Entourage. Not that it's terribly complex. In fact, it's mostly straight forward, save for Kevin Connolly's apparently douche-y performance that was unable to get through his nice guy facade. It's also overwhelming. I watched this show in the span of a month and a half. To people of our ilk (i.e. nerds), this is a whole other life time, especially considering each episode runs about 30 minutes.
To try and justify my actions, let me say this: Entourage is a workout. It's a test of endurance and I'm a glutton for punishment. I'm also just a glutton, but that's neither here nor there. And the first bunch of episodes are the epitome of insipid. I cannot tell you how completely irrelevant this show is in a post-Occupy world. How can I empathize with any character who possesses multiple gardeners and a Hummer? If you are attracted to pretty people succeeding by sheer circumstance, this is a show that you will love from the first frames.
I know, entourage. Even I was surprised that I made it through.
It's not a bad show by any means. Not by a long shot. I'd rather take an episode of Entourage over any single crime procedural. I've had enough semen splayed all over corpses. It just doesn't have the same excitement for me as it does for the rest of America, but that might have to do with me jerking off on corpses on my Thursday nights. No, my friends, understand me wholly when I say Entourage is quite entertaining. There are far worse ways to waste 30 minutes, especially if you're a misogynist career oriented male that loves to ogle rich people.
I was not expecting to like Entourage. I've known of the show for awhile, but the only real times I paid attention to it was when it was cancelled. Surprisingly, I was won over., and it wasn't an issue of Stockholm Syndrome, either. The show is good, existing in a class of not quite comedy but not quite drama, all within a half hour. Shows just don't do that ever, which is why it was kind of neat to see just how low the lows get. Additionally, it's not so self important to make it into an hour. Maybe that's why the show, despite its often rich people problems plots, never wears out its welcome. It's incredibly flawed, but genuinely pleasant.
Our entourage is engaging enough. The main character is Eric, cleverly abbreviated to "E" because it's a syllable shorter. Eric is our straight man, the most blue collar member of the group, despite driving expensive cars and sleeping with insanely attractive women. There's also Vincent Chase (a Hollywood name if I ever heard one), a flighty leading man who is the least responsible, but most charismatic, person ever. Kevin Connolly and Adrian Grenier do fine jobs with their respective characters, but it's nothing terribly interesting. The problem with doing just a fine job means that it never particularly elevates above that. When E is labelled a jerk at points in the show, it's very hard to believe it because a.) Kevin Connolly looks like someone you just want to cuddle, and b.) he's so nice and flat. His deliveries definitely favor on monotone, which works most of the time.
Adrian Grenier in ten years. I'd still take a moustache ride.
It's a fair companion to Grenier's Vince, who is just about as nuanced as E. Vince is most entertaining when he's being a celebrity or being a dunce, but feels surprisingly ancillary in later seasons. The shining moment for the character is in season 5, when he has a massive dry spell after a flop. There's a real tangibility to his desperation for work and to be relevant. Vince is a celebrity and, without his fame, there's not a reason for him to exist. That's why he's able to have sex with a woman who's getting married: because he's on her "celebrities I'd sleep with" list. I have some criticisms, too, but that's coming later.
Rounding out the entourage are Turtle and Johnny Drama. Turtle is a fun character and his hair is nice. That's about it. Johnny Drama, however, is hysterical and the high point of the group. Vince's big brother is a big wimp of a dog, challenging everything that comes his way, but quick to cuddle. It helps that Kevin Dillon gives Drama the saddest, most clueless eyes in every scene, something I pray is intentional. He's a cartoon of a character, which is why it makes sense when Drama gets his own cartoon by series's end.
Turtle's characteristic. The show is rife with rich characters.
The real standout of the show, though, is Jeremy Piven as Vince's superagent Ari Gold. Ari is a juggernaut of a character and a borderline sociopath in so many ways. Yet, Piven is able to make this detestable low life of a human being a sympathetic character. While Ari is capable of real feelings and emotion, his passion for his job as an agent is all consuming. It's kind of lame to say that it's an absolute powerhouse of a performance, but Entourage and any goodwill it generates is a result of Piven.
While we're on the topic, let's talk about the show a little. You know how I said the show was a little bit of an endurance test? Here's why. The first season was incredibly hard to get through because the characters are douchebags. They are completely undeserving of their fortune and the fortunes that go along with that fortune. Within the first five minutes of the pilot, Vince has conversations with two gardeners, yet we're expected to feel sorry for him when Mark Wahlberg got a part that Vince might have wanted. While most of you might think that I'm rolling in fat CHUD cash, I certainly don't have two gardeners. I know I've already verbalized this sentiment, but when the stakes of the show are so unrelatable, it kills the drama.
In fact, the characters work best when they're failing. Going back to Season 5, Vince becomes an underdog and, on his climb back up, he has to do anything that comes across his way. That includes doing things like bat mitzvahs and bit parts. Vince fails a lot in this season, causing actual dramatic tension. For a moment, it looks like Entourage might be a rise and fall story of an irresponsible asshole and his friends not cherishing the almost criminal lifestyle they indulge themselves with. And, for a moment, it looks like the show is going to be about something!
But, of course, Martin Scorsese calls Vince personally at the end of the season and offers him the lead in a film.
Aquaman's James Cameron is not amused.
Therein lies every single fault of the show and how incredibly easy everything gets fixed. No matter how dark it might get, there's always that feeling that everything will work out because our entourage is filled with a bunch of nice guys. Not every single episode ends like this, but, when Johnny Drama gets to make out with Vanessa Angel despite being a complete douchehat the entire episode, it kind of lets you know that everything will be okay all the time. It makes for pleasant, passive viewing.
In fact, I found myself far more interested in the non-entourage (or the non-tourage [I know, I know, I'm great]) portions of the show. Watching four guys sit around and smoke weed while being rich isn't terribly fascinating. What is fascinating is watching the politicking involved in getting Vincent Chase's career going. Seeing Ari Gold yell his lungs out time after time again in order to get what his clients want is a cornerstone of the show. You add actors like Beverly D'Angelo, Malcolm McDowell, and Carla "Holy crap, I'm hot and everyone knows it" Gugino and the performance and the episodes are captivating.
Piven is electric, giving a ruthless and complex performance that he will never get away from. He loves his wife and family and will do anything for them, but if it gets in the way of his business, she gets tossed aside. What's more is that it never feels malicious; it feels unfortunate. There's something to be said of a sociopathic performance that engenders goodwill about it. I found myself both for and against Ari constantly, which makes it all the more rewarding to watch. Seriously, he's one of the great characters.
It is in Ari's celluloid politicking that the show comes alive. Without it, the show would just be full on dream fulfillment, but seeing Ari fight and lie and take a paintball gun into one of the offices make the show stand out. It ranks with some of the best political shows, showing show business without any of the glitz and glamour. It's ruthless and evil and outstanding to watch.
Mostly, Entourage is pleasant. It's never too mentally taxing, but it's interesting enough to keep you compulsively watching. If you want a look behind the curtain of Hollywood, it's a great deconstruction and a pretty entertaining show.
Carrie Fisher is a washed up writer here. Also, she plays one in the show. ZING!
The Complete Series set of Entourage comes in a really swanky box that I kept flipping through over and over again because it's pretty. I know that's not the most professional review of the actual packaging, but I liked it a lot.
However, if you're looking for anything new or insightful, you're not really going to find it here. The set is all of the DVD's previously released in a collected form. If you've got the rest of the sets, there's no real need to re-purchase it unless you want a really nice box.
Also, to review the actual bonus content, it's all largely fluffy and self-congratulatory. There's no tremendous meat to anything, much like the show. There are some audio commentaries, some retrospectives, and a lot of EPK pieces, but no real insight on the craft of making this show.
At some point in the special features, creator Doug Ellis says that this is the most realistic show he's ever seen (I may be paraphrasing). Having seen every single episode of the show, he's delusional. I feel like this statement sums up the general attitude towards the show from those that worked on it and the behind the scenes aspect on the show.
The series finale shocked millions when we found out Vince was in stuntman purgatory the whole time.
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'Guys and Dolls' continues church's rich summer youth musical tradition
For the Times Record News
This weekend, the Summer Youth Musical at First United Methodist Church will have a new director.
And although he's never been a director, Luke Draper is not new to the annual production.
"Several years ago, I was the page-turner for the piano player," Draper said with a smile. "It was a favor for a friend."
This year Draper has a considerably bigger part in the 71st production of the Summer Youth Musical, which will be "Guys and Dolls." Performances are June 30th at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and July 1 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 909 10th St.
The audience can be sure of one thing from the 22-year-old newbie. Draper knows theater and is a veteran actor. He's been acting at Wichita Theatre since he was in the first grade as well as more recently at Backdoor Theatre.
"I'm really a character actor," he said. "I like to get the big laughs."
He's gotten plenty of laughs over the years playing everything from Cogsworth in "Beauty and the Beast" and Horton in "Seussical" to Flounder in "The Little Mermaid."
While Draper considers acting his forte, showing kids their spiritual gifts is his real strength.
"My mission in life and my purpose is to teach acting and singing and lead by example," he said. "I want to be a model to the kids to be thankful for the gifts and talents God blessed us with. Just like on stage, we are all in the spotlight. All glory to Him."
Draper said he "really lucked out" with this year's group of 30 young actors, who range from seventh graders to seniors.
"There are kids who go to church at First United Methodist and kids from the community," he said. "It's a talented and super-star cast. We have kids who have taken singing lessons all their lives to kids who have never acted before."
One of those new to the stage is Dominic Isaiah Chavez, a senior at Rider High School. Draper saw Chavez perform at the school's lip sync event and texted him a message that he had to be a part of the Summer Youth Musical.
Chavez was cast as Nathan Detroit, one of the lead characters, who is a con-man.
"Nathan is unorganized and tries to keep everything in place, but fails," Chavez said.
Draper adds: "He's like Dominic. A typical teenage boy."
Chavez is having the time of his life as part of the cast and meeting new friends.
"These are pretty much the people I've been hanging out with all summer," he said.
The cast members have been rehearsing five days a week since the beginning of June. Many of the young performers have appeared in shows at Wichita Theatre, Backdoor Theatre or in previous Summer Youth Musical productions.
"Guys and Dolls" is a romantic comedy set in late 1940s Manhattan. It revolves around the relationships of gambler Sky Masterson (Robert Halloway) and missionary Sarah Brown (Angelica Concepcion) and Sky's con-man friend Nathan Detroit and showgirl Miss Adelaide (Alyssa Minuto).
Since its inception in 1948, the Summer Youth Musical has remained a constant fixture at First United Methodist Church, even as the culture and climate around it has changed.
"While the program has always sought to raise funds for the First United Methodist youth program, it most recently has evolved into more of an outreach program as more community thespians have gravitated to the production," Brent Lamberth, youth director, said. "This year in particular, over 80 percent of the cast and crew are visitors to our church family. For our church, the Summer Youth Musical not only provides students a constructive and creative outlet, but it also opens up an avenue to those looking for a church home."
Tickets to the show are sold at the door only. Prices are $8 for adults and $5 for children. A nursery for children three and younger will be provided free of charge. For more information, call Lamberth at First United Methodist at 766-4231.


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Meet Zach, the oldest macaque at the sanctuary
Of course we think all the animals at Primarily Primates are quite important and interesting, but Zach's claim to fame is he is the oldest macaque at the sanctuary at 37 years old. One of the things that keeps him 37 years young is his daily vegan protein smoothie, which he enjoys around noon. Before Zach found sanctuary at PPI, he was used in tendon studies at a research lab in New York. A vet there formed such a bond with Zach that she sponsors him and travels to Texas once a year to visit him. Unfortunately macaques like Zach are frequently used in research. Nearly two-thirds of the nonhuman primates the National Institute of Health uses in research are rhesus macaques, with cynomolgus macaques (15%), baboons (6%), and a dozen other monkey species making up the remainder. The rising demand for rhesus macaques appears to be driven by researchers studying HIV/AIDS, the brain, Alzheimer's disease and addiction, according to an NIH report released in September of 2018. Learn how to become a sponsor of Zach or other animals at the sanctuary by clicking here!


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Announcements Published: October 19, 2020 8:29 am
Unity Trust Bank is aiming to be crowned 'Socially Responsible Lender of the Year' at the NACFB's annual Patron Awards – and is calling for members' votes.
The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers, the UK's largest independent trade body for commercial finance brokers with 2,000 members and 140 lender patrons, is holding a 'virtual' awards ceremony on Thursday, November 26.
Members have until Wednesday, October 21 to cast their votes.
Linda Martin, Regional Manager at Unity Trust Bank said: "Unity Trust Bank became a patron of the NACFB in July 2019 and our relationship has enhanced our brand awareness in the SME commercial sector, which in turn has led to new lending opportunities and subsequent growth for the bank."
Established 36 years ago, Unity Trust Bank only lends to businesses and organisations that deliver social value.
In 2019 Unity delivered £115m of loans and a further £50m in the first 6 months of 2020.
Last year's lending enabled the provision of 1,188 bed spaces, provided housing for 437 people, protected or created 672 jobs and developed 28 community facilities.
Unity also works closely with Responsible Finance intermediaries to ensure that smaller community-focused businesses, social enterprises and charities are able to access affordable finance. In 2019, Unity distributed £13.6m to 278 organisations and a further £12.5m to 207 organisations in the first half of 2020.
In 2020 the COVID pandemic brought unprecedented challenges and Unity was committed to helping customers; by supporting Responsible Finance providers to deliver CBILs support, including £7.5m to the Business Enterprise Fund which helped 150 businesses.
This year Unity also donated £9,400 to charitable causes, including emergency COVID support for The Big Issue.
Corporate Responsibility sits at the core of Unity's business, and the bank's operations and practices are aligning to globally recognised UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Other categories Unity has entered are BDM Team of the Year, Development Lender of the Year, Short-term Lender of the Year, Specialist Lender of the Year and NACFB Lender of the Year.
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Sciences Dean Stubbs Hopes to Improve Division's Gen-Ed Offerings
By Juliet E. Isselbacher, Crimson Staff Writer November 5, 2019
Christopher W. Stubbs, the Dean of Science, teaches in the physics and astronomy departments.
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Dean of Science Christopher W. Stubbs said in an interview on Friday that he hopes to help members of his division develop and improve their General Education offerings in the coming year.
The revamped Gen Ed program premiered this fall with dozens of new and adapted courses designed to transcend both disciplinary divisions and the bounds of the classroom, per its website. Despite delays in its rollout, many of the courses offered this fall proved immensely popular even though the Faculty of Arts and Sciences placed enrollment caps on many.
"Focusing on urgent problems and enduring questions, Gen Ed courses are unusually explicit in connecting the subjects you study to the people you will become and the world beyond the classroom," the program's site reads.
Stubbs said that members of the Sciences Division have work left to do in developing Gen Ed offerings that fully embrace the mission of the new program.
"The challenge that I hope to address for Gen Ed offerings from Science faculty is that the liberal arts educational objective of Gen Ed courses is much broader than just some introductory course in chemistry," he said. "And I think scientists in particular are often uneasy dealing with syllabus and curricular things that are not directly in their lane."
Stubbs said that many of his colleagues have "a firm comfort zone," so when it comes to teaching about the "broader social elements" of their work, "a lot of scientists are reluctant to go there intellectually." He said he hopes to encourage more Sciences faculty to adopt the liberal arts mindset required for Gen Ed courses.
"[My goal is] empowering my colleagues to be more comfortable to move into that space and take some ownership and share their perspective and understand that it's okay, in the classroom as a scientist, to speak to things to which there may not be a black-and-white, crisp, quantitative, experimentally-verifiable answer," he added.
Stubbs said he hopes to embark on this mission in the coming year with the partnership of the Gen Ed program office.
"I think that we are going to continue to improve the Gen Ed program and the offerings that we have out of this division to support the curriculum of Harvard College," he said.
Stubbs added that he is inspired by his colleagues.
"I salute my colleagues for their creativity, scholarship and research accomplishments," he said.
—Staff writer Juliet E. Isselbacher can be reached at juliet.isselbacher@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @julietissel.
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Overhyped was the first thing that popped into my mind as I left the cinema, although I do believe the hype was more surrounding the cultural significance of the film, rather than the actual movie.
I thought Chadwick Boseman, Letitia Wright, John Kani and Winston Duke were tremendous in their roles, but Michael B. Jordan really stood out for me. He is a great villain, with good motivation, yet flawed methods. The film really excels due to a stellar cast that produced wonderful performances due to their chemistry and talent.
The soundtrack and visuals were beautiful, the story was good and it's probably one of the better additions to the MCU.


As a new stay at home mommy I have plenty of time to dream up some great family vacation ideas. When I was working full-time planning our family vacations was a nightmare, traveling with kids was stressful as well. Not because, they ask every 10 second if we are there yet, or have to stop for a bathroom break every three minutes, but because I personally was unorganized. Which just started the vacation out on the wrong foot.
I know it's possible to plan your trip, travel with kids and have a great time doing so, if you're armed with a few tips. So if you are planning on traveling with your kids this summer and already stressed out about the trip, breath a deep sigh of relief, and follow these few steps to keep your stress levels down so you're able to enjoy traveling with the kids and have fun.
This used to be where I started out wrong, which made the entire vacation with the kids stressful. Now I know it was no their fault, but mine for not planning my trip appropriately, especially when traveling by car. The kids are trapped in the back seat, bored out of their little minds, that's when they begin to fight, complain, need to use the restroom every three minutes, get sick, you name it. If they are bored they will think of something to occupy their time.
FYI: Be sure to grab a trash bag or six, if you don't have one you're car just might look like a war zone when it's said and done.
Planning for the drive will really make your trip more fun, and less stressful.
Speak up, it's time to bond.
Okay, the last thing you want to tell your kids, especially if they're older is that you're talking to them because you need bonding time… Be sure to keep this trick to yourself, or it might not work, lol. Really on a serious note, don't ignore your kids on the car ride, take advantage of the time you're together. Talk to one another, you will be surprised where the conversations will lead, and how much fun you and the kids will have. Having a conversation while driving can actually be an awesome bonding experience as well.
Play games with your children along the way.
There's several great games to play with kids in the car. There's I Spy with My Little Eye, Slug bug (maybe tone that one down a bit, lol), The Guessing Game, and if you pre I'm sure there is plenty more fun games you can find by doing your research. This will help pass the time for you can the kids.
If it's possible to travel during the night hours, do it. It means the kids are more likely to sleep, and less likely to get bored while traveling in the car, or by plane for that matter.
Be sure the kids wear and yourself clothing, and shoes that are comfortable. There's nothing worse that wearing uncomfortable clothing while traveling. It doesn't matter how you're traveling, wear something that allows you to be comfortable.
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Thank you for the great advice!! We are taking a road trip to Disney World this summer and we need all the help we can get!!!
Traveling at night time is a very good idea! We've done that one before - it helps a LOT. For long distances we also plan where we are going to stop, and at this point, with the ages of our kids, we find 5 or 6 hours in the car is their breaking point, so we stop for the day after that (if we have to travel during the day).
I love your tips. I'm going to make sure my daughter reads this . they are taking a car trip from SC to Mass. with a 7 yr old and a 4 yr. old. They need all the advice they can get!!!
I like the tips especially the one about planning. I would add another one to your tips. Take the backroads when possible because there is more to look at, and we have found some great roadside attractions on the way.
Awesome ideas....especially the trash bags, I ALWAYS forget them, lol! Happy travels to all!
I love the travel at night tip! As for books, over the years as a kid and as an adult, I always found that "Yes and Know" magic pen books can keep a kid occupied forever. My husband's granddaughter waited through a 6 hour wait on the tarmac with not one complaint, all the time with her Yes and Know.
What a great tip md. Thanks for sharing. One of my nieces is discovering Mad Libs. She can't get enough of them.
great tips i will be remembering these when i am traveling with my 3 kids this summer and anytime i am traveling with kids. Thanks.
great tips i will be remembering these when i am traveling with my 3 kids this summer.
Thank you Jenn for these great traveling tips. I have been on a few disorganized trips & they turned out to be a disaster!! You always have great stuff on your blog I enjoy visiting daily.