Sundials for gardens come in a variety of finishes and added details. As a technology that has been used for centuries, many have an antiqued or aged finish for stylistic reasons. If your home is Victorian or traditional in style, look for unique sundials placed on pillars, antiqued metals, and designs that feature Old World motifs. For a more transitional style, look for a little whimsy added to the design of a metal sundial. This might include animals, meaningful quotes, or unique scenes inlaid into the surface or incorporated into the design of the shadow caster.
Antique sundials use either a light spot or cast a shadow to determine the local solar time of any specific location. With the onset of technology, sundials have been used less and less for telling time and are now more for decorative purposes. Sun dials use a longitudinal and latitudinal location relative to the earth turning on its polar axis in relation to the sun to tell the time at that particular spot. Garden sundials do have the ability to tell the time, but the accuracy is difficult to pinpoint, making them more decorative in nature.
Outdoor sundials were first used in Ancient Greece, and are found in archaeological digs around the world. They were used in cultures all over the globe and have become more sophisticated as cultures advanced. Prior to the invention of the clock, sundials were the only source of time measurement for centuries. Wall sundials were often displayed on municipal buildings up until the introduction of the railroad in America. Armillary sundials represent the terrestrial globe and the celestial sky and were created as early as the 4th Century in China and Greece. Since sundials were a useful technology, they lasted centuries until a better technology (the clock) replaced them.
Q: Are sundials accurate for telling the time?
A: In general, decorative sundials found in the yards of a home are not very accurate for telling time. However, the design of properly calibrated and well placed sundials can tell time accurately. It needs to take into account the location on the surface of the Earth in regard to latitude and longitude, as well as the mathematical angles that come from utilizing solar light in this fashion.
Q: What are modern sundials used for?
A: Most modern sundials are used as decorative additions to a yard or garden. Much like a fountain, lawn sculpture, or flower bed it can bring a focal point to your yard and add some curb appeal. You can also incorporate one into your garden wall for an added decorative element.
Q: How big are sundials?
A: Sundials can vary in size. From the size of a standard clock all the way up to tall stones used in earth clocks. Most standard decorative sundials range from 10 to 12 inches in size. This makes them easy to place in your garden without overwhelming the outdoor space.
Q: Can you hang a sundial?
A: Yes, you can hang a sundial, but if you want a general sense of telling time, it is best to install one that is made for vertical surfaces. Because sundials incorporate the angle of the sun in relation to the earth, the angle to get the right shadow or light spot cast on the dial is crucial to the sundial's design.
Q: Are pedestal sundials any different from those that sit on the ground?
A: Because the ground and a pedestal are both on a horizontal plane, the difference in height would be minuscule (if at all) in making a difference in telling the time. You will generally get the same level of accuracy for a horizontal sundial regardless of the surface (ground or pillar) you place it on.


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How DFS is using the latest digital technologies as it balances its customers wishes to research online and visit the store
Strategy and Innovation14 Mar 2019by Chloe Rigby
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DFS today set out how it is deploying technologies from chat bots ad to augmented reality as it works towards its strategic aim of "leading sofa retailing in the digital age".
The sofa retailer, ranked Top350 in IRUK Top500 research, has launched a customer service chatbot and says it was the first in its market in the UK to launch augmented reality on a mobile website last year, enabling customers to visualise a sofa in any room of their home. An innovation team is developing new customer propositions that are now trialled through online customer panels before they are piloted in physical showrooms. Data-led optimisation is also being used, in partnership with data science specialist Beyond Analysis, to information the distribution and selection of its product range. It s also investing in AI-enabled delivery
DFS said that online sales were 22.6% up on the same time last year in the first half of its financial year, with mobile web orders 72% ahead. More than 60% of all website traffic came via mobile, with traffic up by 9% year-on-year – reflecting the fact that more than 85% of DFS potential customers research their sofa purchase online.
Nonetheless, DFS says that more than 90% of its customers still visit one of its 117 showrooms to sit on, touch and feel sofas before they order. That's logical, given that comfort is the primary reason, says DFS, on which customers choose a sofa. "For most of our customers the transaction is a significant investment and they value our local showroom presence, our colleagues' expertise, advice and recommendations and feel re-assured by our fifteen-year guarantee and in-house repair service.
"Our business model is already set up to satisfy all elements of the customer journey in the digital age but we must remain on the front foot to maximise the opportunities available to us, and to compete effectively with new market entrants."
As the retailer has bought other sofa companies, it had made space to showcase their products in its stores. It now has 33 Dwell and 10 Sofa Workshop showrooms, creating "a national presence for these brands without increasing our property costs." Now it aims to make its latest acquisition, omnichannel retailer Sofology, into a national chain, and it is has opened five new showrooms so far, taking the retailer to a total of 42. That, it says, could well grow to as high as 70 in the medium term. It also sees opportunities to build on the digital aspects of its customer journey that already include a MySofology account where customers can get extra product information, and build baskets on their phones either at home or in-store with the help of a member of staff. "We see further opportunities to build on this brand's innovative proposition," DFS said today.
The figures
The update came as DFS said that revenue of £422.3m
in the 22 weeks to December 30 was 29.1% up on the same time last year, after a half-year period in which it bought Sofology. Adjusting to include the effect of that acquisition, revenues were 9.9% up on last time.
Reported pre-tax profits of £14.1m were 127.4% up on last time, although underlying profits of £32.8m were 23.8% up. Online sales grew by 22.6% over the period, while like-for-like sales were 6.6% ahead.
Sales growth, said the retailer, may have benefited as purchases were deferred from the final quarter of the previous year, which was marked by very hot weather, and also port-related issues caused the delivery of goods to be delayed to the current financial year. Nonetheless, it said, "we are still pleased with our top-line performance."
DFS chief executive Tim Stacey said: "We are pleased with the performance for the first five months of the financial year across the group, with all four of our brands achieving like-for-like revenue growth. The benefits of our investments in our online channels, delivery networks and the development of our brands help mitigate the impact of a market which we expect to remain particularly challenging in 2019, given the current political and economic uncertainty. Notwithstanding a softer start to 2019, and assuming no weakening of this environment, our profit expectations for the financial year remain unchanged."
DFS also sells in the Netherlands, where it says trading results have grown by an "encouraging" 29%.
The retailer said that Brexit would affect it in as far as its customers might lose confidence in making big purchases, and in that furniture might be held up at ports. But it does not expect to see a tariff impact since the goods it produces get a zero rate tariff under WTO terms. It employs EU staff in its UK operations as well as in its EU operations, but believes that their status will be protected in the short-term. However, it says, it will be important not to lose staff.
"We have seen reassurances from governments regarding the status of overseas nationals following 29 March 2019, and thus we believe that it is unlikely that there will be an immediate near term impact on our group," it said. "We are however aware of a longer-term risk that EU nationals leave the UK and we therefore see wage inflation as companies compete to attract workers with appropriate skills and experience. To help mitigate this risk we continue to work hard on our employee engagement, to seek to ensure we continue to benefit from employee loyalty, and relatively low turnover.
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 How to Build a Profitable Fitness Business?
How to Build a Profitable Fitness Business?
Building a fitness business is not an easy task. It takes a lot of time, efforts and right approach to bring into something that will yield profits.
Fitness business seems like the right choice when it comes to owning a business. It might seem easy but it definitely requires more than just funds. Fitness, in today's time, has become a need. People don't only look at fitness as a medium to acquire a slim and well formed figure anymore. Many have turned towards it in order to acquire a healthy body and lifestyle. Fitness enthusiasts have a whole lot of choices to choose from. Establishing a name in the fitness market takes all the efforts as there are many businesses that are doing a good job. For a newcomer to form a strong base, there are some points they need to tick mark in order to ensure establishing a profitable fitness business.
Choosing a location is a crucial step. A lot of thinking goes on in selecting a location as it decides a lot of things that contribute in the success of a business. An entrepreneur must make sure that the location that he has selected for his fitness business has the right demographic makeup in order to support a full-time business. The area should be able to establish a good reflection on the business. A location plays a vital role in creating an image of the business and if one ends up with a wrong one, it can do a lot of damage to the brand.
Marketing is like a business's best friend. If done right, it can bring success to a business. A fitness business which is still developing shouldn't wait for it completely settles down to go forward with marketing. The rule here is to start marketing starting from the initial stages to connect with the prospective customers. It is beneficial for the brand to start marketing as soon as possible. Social media is the best option as a brand can do self-promotion without any hassles. One can also invest in paid promotions if they want to reach out at an advanced pace.
A fitness business needs to be systematic in order to build a reliable model. One cannot ensure profits just by buying out a place and putting in some professionals and machinery. Brands need to work on building their fitness business on systems and structures in order to establish a model that yields profits. Introducing new technologies and techniques to make running the business a smooth process will help it grow much faster than holding on to old ways.
If a brand or entrepreneur in the fitness industry wants to grow and expand in a less span of time, they should really network. Networking not only lets other people know that your brand exists but also help open more opportunities for your brand. The fitness industry is a fast-growing market and if a brand has something interesting to offer, investors do put in their money to take it further. At that point, connecting with the important people associated with the fitness industry plays a big role.
Opening a gym is not a big deal but bringing in specialisation and uniqueness into it is something not all can match to. It is recommended for new businesses in the fitness industry to choose on to an area they want to specialise into as plain gyms are so old time now. This will not only make the brand stand out but will also attract good business.
Every business aims to bring in as many clients as possible as that is what impacts the success of a business. While every brand wants to have a huge client base, it is not possible to bring in new clients and lose out on the others. A brand should give a lot of preference to what their clients like and expect from them in order to establish client retention. Developing a good connection by remembering their names and choices can take a brand a long way.
"The Fitness Industry has evolved over the years and today there are multiple ways to grow your fitness businesses. Profit or Revenue, Income or Expenditures, Per Hour or Per Day, that's the important thought personal trainers keep asking themselves. Some personal trainers charge around Rs. 16,000 per month while some charge around Rs.10,000 per month. (I just see it surprising how people don't mind paying Rs 5,000/- on a meal but will cringe to pay the professional Rs 16,000, who is guiding them towards their health and fitness) A personal trainer needs to factor in, travelling long distances which might cost them additional time, fuel and risk of injury along the travels. So how does a personal trainer make a good profit? What is good profit and is profit the only criteria for successful personal training business? Or is revenue an essential part of it too?
Profit Rs 60,000/- that's a 60% Profit.
Though model 2 has more revenue, model 1 has more profit. So the question is - PROFIT or REVENUE? Ideally, I would suggest the following formula.
Based on the above formula, one has to be working 8 hrs a day @ Rs 1093/-hr + (2 hours for travel) to make a total revenue Rs 1,74,880/- less Rs 34,880 for travel = Rs 1,40,000 with a profit of Rs 20,000 and savings of Rs 20,0000.
While using this model one can adjust their per hour rates or daily rates to suit their respective lifestyles. You could also use the referral model where you either refer a client to another trainer and take the commission or get the trainer to train your client and take a monthly commission.This is residual income and works great in allowing you to add extra profit margins to your bottom line," says Prameet Kotak, Holistic Wellness Expert.
A fitness business does not get started within a day. It takes its own time and efforts to become something that can yield success and profits. There goes a lot from the entrepreneur's side in making a brand name known in the fitness industry. Following some tips and steps can definitely help the brand in clearing out their long-term plan and will establish their name in the market.


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The concert will finish at approximately 9.20pm In 1600 Will Kemp - actor, shameless self-publicist and member of Shakespeare's company - danced his way from London to Norwich in nine days. This concert celebrates Kemp's fabulous journey in 'Nine Daies Wonder', with raucous dance tunes and more refined music of the Elizabethan age. Kemp was renowned for his jigs, which were light-hearted entertainments. In keeping with his spirit, the Society has commissioned a brand new 21st century Elizabethan jig from writer and actor Simon Paisley Day for this evening's programme. Featuring an array of early instruments including hurdy-gurdy, hardanger fiddle, bass viol, crumhorn and shawm, thisconcert promises to be a wonderfully entertaining evening. "...one of our finest exponents of early music. They enchant and amaze in equal measure" - The Musician
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What Was the Ted Kennedy Legacy?
Dr Snyder August 27, 2009 August 27, 2009
Ted Kennedy died of brain cancer yesterday. He was in the Senate for 47 years. As a Kennedy in Massachusetts, he was never seriously challenged for the position. Simply being a Kennedy assured him of a Senate job for life.
Although nominally a Catholic, it was obvious he never took his church's teachings to heart. Staunchly pro-abortion all his life, he was in the forefront of almost every liberal cause. His endorsement of Obama over Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries might have been the key to Obama's nomination. The current healthcare bill has long been one of Kennedy's dreams. There is now talk of naming it after him in hopes of getting it through Congress that way rather than on its supposed merits.
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He was part of a dynasty. His father, Joe Kennedy, made his fortune bootlegging during Prohibition. He was also a politician who groomed one of his sons, John, to be president. When that happened in 1960, he named his brother Robert as attorney general. Shortly after, Ted was first elected to the Senate to take brother John's place.
Kennedy admirers painted a portrait of a new Camelot, as if the Kennedys were America's royal family. The shocking assassinations of his two brothers left Ted as the heir-apparent. Kennedy camp followers looked forward to his upcoming presidency. It never happened.
On July 18, 1969, he left a party with a woman, Mary Jo Kopechne, and drove off a bridge into a pond. He got out of the car and immediately swam to find his lawyer. Mary Jo was left in the car to die.
He never accepted real responsibility for this action. He never had to spend one day in jail for his recklessness and callous attitude toward the woman who died in his vehicle. And for some reason, the voters in Massachusetts continued to reward him with one of the highest political trusts in the land.
Over the next few days, if you watch the news, you're going to hear a lot of wonderful comments concerning Ted Kennedy's legacy. How often will the commentators wax eloquent on the Kennedy character without mentioning this incident? Watch and learn.
There is this so-called rule that one does not speak ill of those who have recently died. While I sympathize with Kennedy's family at this time, I will not shy away from speaking the truth about the character of the man. Honesty requires it. Integrity demands it. One's character doesn't miraculously change at death.
God's standards of judgment are different than man's. What you will hear and see on TV today will be man's standards, but God's are eternal. They never change. Unless Ted Kennedy, in his last hours, came to grips with God's standards, there is little positive that can be said about his legacy.
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Considering its technological and thematical contexts, digital art conveys different – even more complex – potentials of expression than traditional art forms (such as sculptures, paintings, etc.), what makes digital art a paradigmatic expression of its time? This article emphasizes the variety of (complex) topics that are expressed within digital art, ranging from globalization, ecological and economic crises (virtual economy), media and image revolution to questions of the body and its societal norms. Due to the imminent problems of archiving, the digital arts are threatened by its loss – a problem that is reinforced by the insufficient practices of cultural institutions to display, collect and research digital art. Post-industrial societies require digital arts based on contemporary media dispositive to reflect upon current and future challenges, just like art history was always informed by its contemporary media technologies. By establishing concerted international strategies and new scientific tools it is the aim of this essay to provide a framework to enable media art histories and image science as well as the digital humanities to engage more fully with current digital developments in order to enable the humanities to meet with its (current) responsibilities. By discussing examples from a variety of projects from the natural sciences and the humanities, this article tries to demonstrate the strategic importance of these collective projects, especially in their growing importance for the humanities.


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Beautiful teen cashier gunned down for a lousy $100
Published January 9, 2022 January 20, 2022 by mich in New York City Crime
SHE WAS SCARED TO WORK THE NIGHT SHIFT
COLD BLOODED MURDER
A 19-year-old night shift cashier who had just started working at a Manhattan Burger King was shot dead early Sunday for $100 in change.
Kristal Bayron had only been working at the fast food joint at 116th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem for three weeks and already wanted off the late shift.
She told her mother she was scared to go to work that night because of all the homeless people sleeping in front of the shop.
"I don't want to go. I'm scared," her mother said Kristal told her.
"You have to go," the mother said. "You have to be responsible. You have to get a better life."
Kristal left for work at 10 p.m.
At 1 a.m., an armed robber dressed all in black entered the Burger King, pistol-whipped a male customer and punched the 60-year-old female manager in the face, police said.
A terrified Kristal gave him cash from the register and the thug turned to leave.
But suddenly and without reason, the monster turned around and shot her in the stomach. Kristal was rushed to Metropolitan Hospital.
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— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) January 9, 2022
Kristal died in hospital a short time later.
A young admirer who stopped by the restaurant every night and gave Kristal a flower was in the shop when she was killed.
"She'd done everything that he say," he told police. "She give him the money and everything."
Kristal's mother now has to live with the guilt of insisting her daughter go to work that night "to get a better life."
All Kristal got was death — and for a lousy 100 bucks.
PRAYER VIGIL FOR KRISTAL
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God help us all.
mich(Author) January 9, 2022
For now, if not God, then the NYPD — catch this soulless son of a bitch and let him rot in prison — and then in hell.
I could not have said it better.
Catxman January 14, 2022
Justice depends on force, and force comes from being skilled. With the dumbing down of police requirements to enter the force, the skill angle is being challenged like never before. It is beyond belief that so many cops are being dragged in for harming the members of the public, while crimes like this go unsolved. Perhaps there's truth in advertising, and crime doesn't pay — but if so, why is there so much robbery and muggings?
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I wrote a blog not long ago about how my daughter at two years of age received her first library card.
A couple of decades later she has a room full of books. Many of them I gave to her when I moved from St. Louis to Crawford County, Missouri.
She still is in the modern age and uses her computer for reading, but she'd rather have a book.
Although my son has almost every type of electronic device known for communication, he still has books for his three sons to read. The cherry wood bookcase has books so packed in that if he buys anymore, I'll have to make another bookcase.
As for myself, I have no problem with the electronic devices. People who do use them buy my book (I hope). I just have a problem reading from them.
A book has a certain feel. A new book has a smell that differs from a used book to one that is very old.
Where I like turning pages, others like moving a finger. I can take a book to my cabin to read in the evening and not worry about batteries.
Last evening at the local grocery story, I saw a friend, Carol. Her mother is up in years and has been ill lately. Carol was with her mother while the doctors conducted testing.
While Carol waited with her mother between tests, she took out her Kindle and started reading. Carol was asked, by her mother, what she was doing.
She explained it was something she could use to read a book. Carol took the Kindle to her mother, demonstrating how it worked.
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Nothing beats the feel of a real old-fashioned book is how I feel as well.
Have you noticed the cheap paper a lot of trade paperbacks are printed on. Five years old and they're yellowed and badly discolored. They will not last like the old books of last century.
I need the feel of a book in my hands, your description is perfect – it feel unnatural to read from a Kindle. My Godmother, age 83, reads books from her Kindle and adjusted like a twenty-something – who knew?
Me too, Ch'kara! They are just treasures, aren't they? I will go back and read them again too 🙂 Have a great night!
You are right, even though I read a lot on my pc for kindle doing reviews, nothing feels like a book in my hand every once in a while I have to grab one to get that old familiar feel. I love books.
There's nothing like the feel of a finger slipping under the next page ready to turn it once you finish the current one and the smell as you open the cover on an older book.I'm reassured by the weight of a real book in my hands, a kindle won't damage a burglar when thrown.
There is something about a book. I read a lot on the Kindle anymore. My bookshelves are overflowing, as is my Kindle stack. There are some books that I must have in print, I save my precious shelf space for those.
I have one shelf designated for the autographed books of my author friends. And a small space I keep clear, just in case I ever manage to finish a story, because when I do, I want to smell the paper and ink. Feel the cover, because that will make it real.


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Q: Are clam and nautilus antivirus working propperly? When I installed any of those I can't  run or even find them. Since then I can't use any of my internet browsers, I would love to delete them. Any suggest how? Thanks

A: You can remove them with the same exact way you installed them.
For example if you want to remove the tool called "foo" from command line:
sudo apt-get remove foo

or alternatively you can either use ubuntu software centre or synaptic (gui based tools) all you have to do is to scroll between tool until you find the one you are looking for (or you can use search as well), then right click and remove.
Nautilus is file explorer, not sure how that would block you in your internet navigation. I can say the same for clam, never heard that it block internet connection unless you haven't specifically put the rules in configuration file.
if you don't have enough knowledge about certain tools it is better not to install them at all.
Here a step by step guide about how to remove tools:
http://www.howtogeek.com/197919/how-to-easily-add-and-remove-programs-in-ubuntu-14.04/

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(1873–1939), historian of Jewish literature; chemist. Yisroel Tsinberg, also known as Sergei Lazarevich Tsinberg (often spelled Zinberg in English sources), received a traditional and a secular education, first from private teachers in his father's home in Volhynia and then at a secondary school in Rovno (Ukr., Rivne). He studied chemistry at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic Institute from 1891 to 1895, received a doctorate in philosophy from Basel University, and settled in Saint Petersburg in 1898.
From 1899 to 1938, Tsinberg worked as a chemist at the Putilov (from 1934, Kirov) Steel Mill, where, from 1905, he was head of the laboratory. From 1896 to 1938, he published numerous articles on chemistry and metallurgy in Russian and German journals. For his work during World War I, Tsinberg was awarded a medal, and in the Soviet period he made significant contributions to developments in metallurgical science.
In Saint Petersburg, Tsinberg participated in the work of the Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia (OPE), composing, for example, a Yiddish pamphlet on popular science (1900). That same year, he published a Russian essay on the maskil and thinker Yitsḥak Ber Levinzon. From 1901 to 1906, Tsinberg contributed a regular column to the leading Russian Jewish weekly Voskhod, calling on the Jewish intelligentsia to promote national self-consciousness and to come to the aid of the Jewish people. In his 1903 essay on Yiddish literature and its readership, he argued in favor of Yiddish as the language for enlightening the popular masses and creating literature. Tsinberg referred to Hebrew as the Jewish national language, while Yiddish, to him, was the "living popular tongue." An ideological opponent of Zionism, he criticized Ahad Ha-Am but recognized the movement's role in Jewish public life.
In 1905, Tsinberg published the article "Dva techeniia v evreiskoi zhizni" (Two Trends in Jewish Life) in the magazine Knizhki voskhoda; this article later became the basis for the structure of his voluminous work on Jewish literature. He interpreted the history of Jewish thought as a centuries-long struggle between two opposing trends: the democratic, mystical "religion of the heart," which reflected popular psychology, and the rationalist "intellectual aristocratism" of the philosophers. He regarded the thinking of Ahad Ha-Am and the class theories of leftist political parties as examples of aristocratic abstract thought. Tsinberg idealized a harmonious merging of the two trends, represented particularly in the work and legacy of Yehudah ha-Levi.
In 1905, Tsinberg joined the Folkspartey (People's Party) and wrote for its publications; in 1918 he was elected as the party's candidate for the Jewish National Council. In 1912 he helped create the monthly Di yudishe velt. Tsinberg was also active in several Jewish academic and cultural associations, including the Jewish Historical-Ethnographic Society (1908–1929). He contributed more than 300 entries on the history of Jewish literature to the Evreiskaia entsiklopediia (Jewish Encyclopedia; 1908–1913), of which he was an editor, and wrote three chapters on literature for the collective work Istoriia evreev v Rossii (History of the Jews in Russia; 1914). In a 1915 monograph, Tsinberg examined the Russian Jewish press in Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, and Polish between 1860 and 1880 as a factor for the awakening of national self-consciousness.
As a literary critic, Tsinberg devoted particular attention to Yiddish writing, including the classics of Mendele Moykher-Sforim, Sholem Aleichem, and particularly Y. L. Peretz (in whose works he saw a reflection of the spiritual seeking of his own generation). He wrote about contemporary Yiddish writers too (such as Hersh Dovid Nomberg, Dovid Bergelson, Perets Hirshbeyn, and A. Vayter), and his studies touched on Hebrew texts (the works of Mikhah Yosef Berdyczewski, Sha'ul Tchernichowsky, and Zalman Shneour) and Russian Jewish writers (in particular, Semen Iushkevich).
During the Soviet period, Tsinberg did not succumb to ideological pressures. From 1919 to 1925, he was the academic secretary of the Jewish University in Petrograd, where he taught Jewish literary history and the history of Yiddish. Until 1930 he was among the most prominent leaders of the remaining Jewish cultural organizations; he published articles in Russian Jewish periodicals and almanacs, including an essay on the young Soviet Yiddish poets Perets Markish, Dovid Hofshteyn, Leyb Kvitko, and Itsik Fefer. After the liquidation of all independent Jewish cultural organizations, Tsinberg's home served as a gathering place for a small circle of enthusiasts of Jewish culture. He continued to correspond with foreign colleagues, and occasionally met with visitors from abroad who came to Leningrad. During the 1920s and 1930s his articles on the history of Yiddish theater and literature also appeared in Yiddish publications outside the Soviet Union.
For more than 20 years, Tsinberg worked on his monumental Di geshikhte fun der literatur bay yidn (A History of Jewish Literature). The initial four volumes were written and several chapters published in Russian. Realizing the impossibility of producing the entire work in the Soviet Union, Tsinberg in 1924 began translating it into Yiddish. After several fragments appeared in Yiddish and Hebrew periodicals, the entire eight-volume work was published in Vilna (1929–1937); the first part of volume 9 appeared posthumously in New York in 1965. In his work, Tsinberg examined the development of Jewish culture, starting with Muslim Spain in the eleventh century and continuing through the literature of the Haskalah in Russia in the 1860s, with a separate volume on older Yiddish literature. In his interpretation of literary history, he consistently gave expression to his concept of "two trends," which meant that he included mystical works in the context of his narrative—a new departure for historiography. He intended his history to treat the entire period up to 1914, but he was not able to complete the text.
Tsinberg was arrested on 4 April 1938 and convicted of counterrevolutionary activity and of participating in a Zionist organization. He died in a transit camp in Vladivostok, either on 28 December 1938 or on 3 January 1939. His personal archives were preserved by his family's determined efforts and between 1947 and 1977 were transferred to the Saint Petersburg branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
From the first moment of its publication, scholars recognized the importance of Tsinberg's History; they remarked on its contribution to the study of older Yiddish literature and its utilization of archival collections in Saint Petersburg. Yankev Shatzky noted Tsinberg's innovative approach to mysticism, and compared him to Gershom Scholem, while also observing Tsinberg's eclectic methodology, which Shatzky defined as "historical determinism." Without belittling the strengths of Tsinberg's work, critics mentioned that various errors and inaccuracies crept into the text because he had been denied access to studies published abroad. In his study, Tsinberg presented dramatic psychological portraits of Jewish heroes and vivid depictions of the cultural life of each epoch, so that his work retains its interest even today. His History stands alongside the most important Jewish historiographic studies produced in the first half of the twentieth century.
Galina Eliasberg, "Publitsistika S. L. Tsinberga kak material dlia izucheniia ego kul'turno-istoricheskoi kontseptsii," Judaica Rossica 1 (2001): 174–201; Avraham Greenbaum, Jewish Scholarship and Scholarly Institutions in Soviet Russia, 1918–1953 (Jerusalem, 1978); David Roskies, "Israel Zinberg: The Scholar as Folk Hero," Moment 5 (1980): 46–47; Israel Zinberg (S. L. Tsinberg), Istoriia evreiskoi pechati v Rossii v sviazi s obshchestvennymi techeniiami (Petrograd, 1915); Israel Zinberg, Di geshikhte fun der literatur bay yidn: Eyropeishe tkufe, 8 vols. (Vilna, 1929–1937); Israel Zinberg, Kultur-historishe shtudies (New York, 1949); Israel Zinberg, A History of Jewish Literature, ed. Bernard Martin, 12 vols. (New York, 1972–1978).
RG 206, A. Litwin, Papers, 1907-1940s; RG 3, Yiddish Literature and Language, Collection, 1870s-1941.
Galina Eliasberg
Translated from Russian by I. Michael Aronson


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Review by Matt C.
It's clear that a lot of heart's gone into the development of Eekeemoo: Splinters of the Dark Shard. Unfortunately all the good intention in the world can't save a broken game, and that's what Eekeemoo is. It barely works as a prototype, let alone a full game that people are expected to pay money for.
Related reading: For people looking for a 3D platformer, Yooka-Laylee is a very traditional one, and it's generally a workable game. Brad's full review.
On paper, Eekeemoo is a simple 3D action platformer in the vein of Spyro the Dragon. You play is the titular hero, a ninja eskimo who's on a quest to rescue his friends from the evil Dark Shard. That journey involves fighting skeletons, zombies, yetis, and other critters, jumping over pits of poison and lava, and avoiding hazards like swinging blades and circular saws – the usual stuff.
The problem is that, aside from the most basic platform aspects, none of these things really works. A bad, terrible, and worse hit detection means that getting past those hazards doesn't come down to skillful play so much as just forcing your way through – thankfully, with a very generous health bar. Light puzzle elements involve finding an activating switches that shoot lasers at you, but again, you can't really do anything to avoid them; you just endure the attack and hope your health bar holds up.
Most of the focus is on combat, and this is where Eekeemoo is at its worst. Eekeemoo himself attacks in a slow, lethargic fashion – less like a ninja and more like someone drunkenly waving goodbye to a friend. That's fine, though, because the hit detection is so forgiving that you don't really need proper attacks. As long as you swing your sword vaguely in the direction of an enemy, your attack will probably connect, regardless of the animation. That's true for enemies as well, though; they hit you with similar ease, physics be damned.
You can ostensibly dodge attacks by pressing the circle button, but Eekeemoo has the worst dodge animation I think I've ever seen in a game. He doesn't even start moving until a good second after you press the button, he rolls like he's in slow-motion, and this "dodge" has almost no effect on his positioning. For the time it takes to actually perform a dodge roll, you can walk just as far as the roll would take you, rendering it entirely moot.
This all creates a battle system that's as dull and button-mashy as possible. You run up to enemies, hammer away on the attack button without even much care for enemy positioning, and you simply tank every attack because you have a massive health bar and avoiding attacks is impossible. This pointless loop makes up about 80 per cent of the game; the rest of it is the aforementioned broken environmental puzzles and platforming that's at least functional, but far from interesting enough to make up for the rest of the game's flaws.
The sprinkles on the cake are the coins and other pickups strewn about each level that serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever. There's no scoring system, no 1-Ups to collect when you collect 100 coins, and nothing to unlock. A few of the collectibles at least have trophies attached to them, but the coins themselves do nothing at all, from what I can tell. This may seem like a little thing to fixate on, and it doesn't really detract from the game in any way, but it is rather symbolic of how Eekeemoo fails to understand and implement even simple ideas.
This would be a bit more forgiving if it weren't for the fact that there are so, so, so many blueprints for Eekeemoo to follow. The 3D platformer is a genre rife with other games to draw on, from great ones that offer a benchmark for success to truly woeful ones that show what to avoid. Eekeemoo isn't fumbling its way through uncharted territory; it's trying to mimic one of the most well-explored genres of the last couple of decades, and fails at even the basics.
But, like I said, there's a lot of heart gone into Eekeemoo, and that's the most frustrating part. There's so much potential here for something great. The game is based on an obscure, quirky fantasy comic about the adventures of Eekeemoo and his snow troll friend Yum Yum. I can't find the original webcomic anywhere, nor any digital versions of the print comics that followed, but from what little I've been able to uncover, it looks like an enjoyable ride.
Eekeemoo: Splinters of the Dark Shard captures the dark yet quirky tone of those comics in its ominous setting and creative character designs. Despite falling neatly into typical fantasy locales (forest, volcano, snowy mountain), there's something unique about Eekeemoo's levels, and they inspire plenty of curiosity.
Sadly, those feelings are quickly laid to rest by every other aspect of the game. Despite its potential and the love poured into it, Eekeemoo: Splinters of the Dark Shard is a broken mess that I wouldn't recommend to anyone.
– Matt C.
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The Objectifier empowers people to train objects in their daily environment to respond to their unique behaviors. It gives an experience of training an artificial intelligence; a shift from a passive consumer to an active, playful director of domestic technology.
As a designer, I was interested in the future of the language and relationship between machine and human, but as a maker, I wanted to bring the power of machine learning into the hands of everyday people.
The purpose of this concept is to empower even my grandmother to program or just play with technology. Rethinking the way we could interact and program devices to remove any fear from engaging in problem-solving. No screen. No writing code. No electronics.
With computer vision and a neural network, complex behaviors are associated with your command. For example, you might want to turn on your radio with your favorite dance move. Connect your radio to the Objectifier and use the training app to show it when the radio should turn on. In this way, people will be able to experience new interactive ways to control objects, building a creative relationship with technology without any programming knowledge. The Objectifer is relying on soft skills rather than hard skills.


CMRR's phase one, the radiological laboratory, also known as the part that got built.
The Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement-Nuclear Facility (CMRR-NF) is not quite dead, but it is headed that way. The Union of Concerned Scientists already made its case for that outcome. We supported the administration's proposed five year delay for the new nuclear weapons-related plutonium facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. As we said, "there is no clear need for the CMRR-NF as currently proposed." It simply isn't needed.
Recent developments have come in a "two steps forward, one step back" slide toward delaying the facility. As we'll see below, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) argues such delay means the eventual demise of the facility, but the administration continues to argue to the contrary.
Most recently, two steps toward delay came with the Senate's passage, over the weekend, of the Continuing Resolution that will fund the federal government when the 2013 fiscal year starts on October 1. The good news is that there is no money in the CR specifically for the CMRR.
It wasn't for a lack of trying on the part of CMRR supporters. Perhaps most ominously, in June Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) organized a bipartisan letter that was signed by Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), the chair of the strategic forces subcommittee of the Senate armed services committee, and four other Senators. The letter called on the administration to provide full funding for the CMRR.
That letter followed an earlier, more partisan letter organized by Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), in which she was joined by 11 other freshman Republican senators threatening to not support any arms control treaties unless CMRR was fully funded.
In the end, these letters did not persuade Congressional appropriators, who wrote the CR. This isn't surprising, as both the House and Senate appropriations committees supported the administration's position by denying funding for CMRR in their FY2013 bills.
The bad news is that does NOT mean that the CMRR could not be funded. There is no provision in the CR or elsewhere that would prohibit using FY12 or FY13 money for the CMRR, if the administration and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) chose to do so. The CR was perhaps the last best opportunity for supporters to get funding for the CMRR, but it does not mean they are giving up.
Specifically (like every department and agency) the NNSA must submit a spending plan 30 days after the CR takes effect that says what it plans to do with the money it are allocated.
Fortunately, there are lots of indications that the NNSA has no interest in allocating any money for the CMRR.
Quite the opposite. The NNSA is disbanding the CMRR design team and is trying to spend the money that the FY12 budget devoted to the project on its alternative plutonium strategy. That strategy is the plan for plutonium work NNSA is proposing as a result of the five-year delay in the CMRR.
That is where the "one step back" comes in. Sen. Levin, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is not happy with NNSA's plan. On September 19, he sent a letter to the Department of Energy in which he "defers action on this [NNSA] request" to reprogram the money from the CMRR to the alternative plutonium strategy.
This creates a problem for NNSA. Whenever any government agency wants to adjust its plans and spend money somehow other than Congress first approved it for, they must get the approval of all four relevant congressional committees that handle authorization and appropriation. In this case, that is the House and Senate armed services and energy and water development committees.
The appropriations committees presumably have or will sign off happily on repurposing the FY2012 money toward the alternative plutonium strategy.
The House Armed Services Committee, however, previously took an adamant course in opposition. In their bill, they went so far as to deny ANY money for an alternative plutonium strategy unless the CMRR was fully funded. They undoubtedly would be the last player to agree to the switch.
That makes Sen. Levin and the SASC the key player. If they can be persuaded, the HASC might have a harder time standing alone.
To make the case, I'm told that the Pentagon leadership, the NNSA, and the head of Los Alamos, Charlie McMillan, have banded together to push for the CMRR delay and the alternative plan.
Some details about the alternative plutonium plan have emerged, with initial reporting by John Fleck of the Albuquerque Journal and further explanations from Greg Mello of the Los Alamos Study Group. Sometimes called "Plan B," the proposal includes significant upgrades to the recently-completed Radiological Laboratory, Utility, and Office Building (RLUOB – photo above). That upgrade would further expand the amount of plutonium that could be worked on at the lab. A tunnel would also be added between the lab and Plutonium Facility 4 (PF-4), where pits are made. The existing vault within PF-4 would be improved. Pit needs would be met by a combination of the current production capacity at PF-4 and reuse of existing pits. All the pieces seem to be falling into place to make the weapons labs and—more importantly—the DOD happy.
But Sen. Levin's letter, coming from someone who normally would agree with the administration, indicates concerns remain in Congress.
His letter makes a case against the CMRR delay. It states that on September 13, NNSA submitted the request to reprogram the $120 million that was appropriated for CMRR in FY12 toward the alternative plutonium strategy. It notes the estimate prepared by LANL that the alternative plutonium strategy will cost between $800 million and $1.13 billion.
The supporters of CMRR are in a distinct minority. It is the House and Senate authorizing committees alone that support building the facility. The administration, including the Pentagon, the NNSA, the weapons labs, and the Congressional appropriations committees all support the delay.
If I were a betting man, I'd side with the appropriators and the Pentagon, as that is a fairly powerful combination that usually gets its way. But the final word is not yet spoken, and will undoubtedly await Congressional approval of the alternative plutonium plan.
* So what is Plan B and what analysis justifies its elements? There are unresolved issues, from the necessity and cost of the proposed short tunnel ($140 million at last ken; no tunnel has ever been necessary for that mission at LANL before) to the degree and cost of upgrades to the first CMRR building, to the cost of the PF-4 vault cleanout, to the mission and location of the environmental testing facility for pits. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance of the whole is in doubt. We also do not understand the relationship of Plan B to NNSA's ambitious plans to produce plutonium dioxide for the MOX program, and additional Pu-238 heat sources in the same facility. We do not have an integrated facility and mission plan plutonium sustainment at the LANL site, let alone for all the sites involved. There is every indication that LANS, the LANL operating contractor, seeks a sort of careless aggrandizement of plutonium missions. Any space conflict or difficulty is just a reason for more money or buildings. The "can't do" attitude we see from LANL when it comes to pit production capacity is complemented by a "can do" attitude for every other mission that comes along that competes with pit production.
* Part of the resistance to Plan B may be a form of negotiation for future facilities (or for program payments in lieu of facilities).
* Looking at the big picture, Congress's actions are increasingly falling behind events. This is what happens when no applicable legislation is passed. You mention the disbanding of the project teams — this is quite true. This began in March and is very far along. Ninety percent of project activity has already ceased. Also, future funding streams for CMRR-NF have been claimed by other higher priorities — which have also had huge estimated cost overruns. There just is no money as well as no need for CMRR, and this problem will not improve in the coming year or years. The resistance we see from a few remaining members of Congress, to the extent it is not negotiation or posturing, is not reality-based.
* Since not all the stockpile will be retained in future years (the cost/deterrence ratio will be seen as too high for the nth platform or warhead) the mission need for an additional huge nuclear facility for plutonium at LANL will be even more conspicuously absent.
* At bottom, CMRR was a neoconservative project, put forward to help produce the RRW, as was understood at the time by the House appropriators at least, who tried to kill it for five years running. CMRR-NF reflected the priorities of the early Bush Administration. When first proposed under Clinton, CMRR was to be a Hazard Category III facility or Radiological Facility, not anything like a Nuclear Facility that subsequently arose. NNSA has shifted back to the reality of their need. Not all the way, but somewhat.
yes, certainly there ARE always limitless numbers of alternatives to nuclear weapons and energy businesses- and life-enhancing ons at that! esp. w/ all those billions of peoples' money.


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60 Minutes Visits Duke Puppy Kindergarten, Sunday
National broadcast to spotlight Duke research on the science of canine learning and development
A 60 Minutes film crew captures members of the Duke track team embracing a kindergarten puppy. Photo by Jared Lazarus
The national CBS broadcast "60 Minutes" will highlight Duke research on the science of canine learning and brain development and what it can tell us about human evolution. The report will be broadcast locally at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, on WNCN, Channel 17.
Funded by the National Institues for Health, the Duke Puppy Kindergarten was the first academic center of its kind and is advancing research on the development of potential assistance dogs. Each semester, more than one hundred Duke undergraduates help raise puppies from Canine Companions from 8-20 weeks of age. The students also run the puppies through a range of cognitive games that will function as a kind of early aptitude testing, which will be used in the future as early identifiers of puppies who are most likely to graduate as assistance dogs.
This past spring, the 60 Minutes crew visited the puppies during their training and filmed their training and interaction with students and other members of the community. "The work at the center is about how we can do even better raising great dogs," said Brian Hare, professor of evolutionary anthropology and director of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, which oversees the kindergarten.
"Our work is all about testing ideas about how dogs grow their minds and bodies and how we can give them a headstart in life," Hare said. "We are especially proud of what we are learning that will help us make more service dogs available to those with physical and mental challenges."
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Q: How to read data from csv file and store it in the database ? Spring Boot For example I have an entity of Users consisting of username,phonenumber and address.
I want to read all these fields from a csv file and store it in the respective table in the database?
Can any one Help me by describing how to do that? Or is there any documentation on how to do that?

A: I assume that you want the user to upload the file from some UI. Depending on the exact way in which you build UI, you might:

*

*Send a multipart HTTP POST request (mime type = multipart/form-data; see What should a Multipart HTTP request with multiple files look like?)

*Send a simple POST request with the body directly containing the file contents.

Either of the two can be fairly easily solved using Spring.
Assuming that we have the following entity:
@Data
@Entity
public class User {
    @Id
    private String username;
    private String phoneNumber;
    private String address;
}

And we define a Spring Data repository for accessing the database:
public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<User, String> {

}

For the CSV deserialization, I would propose using Jackson. Spring Boot already comes with Jackson, but we need to add a data format extension for CSV in your pom:
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
        <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
    </dependency>

This way, we can create a simple utility method that knows to read a CSV for a given POJO class:
public class CsvUtils {
    private static final CsvMapper mapper = new CsvMapper();
    public static <T> List<T> read(Class<T> clazz, InputStream stream) throws IOException {
        CsvSchema schema = mapper.schemaFor(clazz).withHeader().withColumnReordering(true);
        ObjectReader reader = mapper.readerFor(clazz).with(schema);
        return reader.<T>readValues(stream).readAll();
    }
}

And then we create a simple Rest Controller for handling the upload(s):
@RestController
@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class UserController {
    private final UserRepository repository;

    @PostMapping(value = "/upload", consumes = "text/csv")
    public void uploadSimple(@RequestBody InputStream body) {
        repository.saveAll(CsvUtils.read(User.class, body));
    }

    @PostMapping(value = "/upload", consumes = "multipart/form-data")
    public void uploadMultipart(@RequestParam("file") MultipartFile file) {
        repository.saveAll(CsvUtils.read(User.class, file.getInputStream()));
    }
}

In case you also need some HTML for doing the upload, the following snippet is a minimal working example:
<form action="/upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <input type="file" name="file" id="file" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

Later edit: If you want to also validate the incoming data, first annotate your entity class attribute with javax.validation constraints. For example:
@Data
@Entity
class User {
    @Id
    @Email
    @NotEmpty
    private String username;
    @Pattern(regexp = "[0-9 ()-]{4,12}")
    private String phoneNumber;
    private String address;
}

Then you can chose where do perform the actual validation call:

*

*Service level. This is what I personally recommend in this case, as it is fairly easy to setup and would perform the validations early enough. For this you introduce a simple @Service class between the controller and the repository.

@Service
@Validated
@RequiredArgsConstructor
class UserService {
    private final UserRepository repository;
    public void saveAll(@Valid List<User> users) {
        repository.saveAll(users);
    }
}

You would then use this service class instead of the repository inside the controller class.

*Repository level: here you don't actually need to do anything. If you annotate your entity classes with validation constraints, Hibernate would automatically call the validation in a pre-insert listener (BeanValidationEventListener).

*Controller level. This is trickier to setup. Move the CSV deserialization in a custom HttpMessageConverter. You should also add this converter to the FormHttpMessageConverter (such that it can use it to deserialize a part of the multi-part request). You could then theoretically just declare the @Valid List<User> as inputs for your controller methods and Spring would automatically call the message converter based on the mime type and then call the validator. See Add JSON message converter for multipart/form-data for an example.
Lastly you can always manually call the validation whenever you want: Manually call Spring Annotation Validation.

A: You can achieve that easily with openCSV.
For a known POJO User, you just map the CSV columns(headers in your case) to corresponding fields in the POJO.
Just add the following to you dependency, check for the latest version for your application though.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
<artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
<version>4.1</version>
</dependency>

this link guides you through https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/mapping-csv-to-javabeans-using-opencsv/


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Hi John and thanks for the invitation to be on your blog. I have great respect for you and your career, not to mention the pile of awards you've rung up in your second 'career' as a writer.
I once had a person tell me during a radio interview that I've had a "colorful life." I never had thought about that, because it's simply the life I lived. I grew up in a Denver suburb, quit high school and went in the U.S. Navy when I was 17. Usually, that doesn't portend a great future! But, I had a drive to be the best in the best, and in the Navy that meant SEALS or submarines. I chose the latter. During my four years in the Navy, I did two tours in Vietnam (underwater of course), and saved a lot of money to go to college when I got out. That's exactly what I did and was in the very first graduating class at what is now Metropolitan State University in Denver.
Since my major was Criminal Justice, which intrigued me, I decided to go into law enforcement. Once again the 'best of best' came into play. The Ventura Police Department in southern California was, at the time, the only police department in the U.S.A. which required a bachelor's degree. They hired me, I finished first in my police academy class, and I went through the ranks – detective, sergeant, etc. While there I decided to continue my education, first receiving a master's in Criminal Justice from Calif. Lutheran University. Several years later I started at the Univ. of Southern Calif., receiving a second master's, this one in Public Administration. I started working on a third one at Pepperdine Univ., but decided two was more than enough.
While going to school at USC, I met several guys from the FBI office in Los Angeles who encouraged me to apply to the FBI. And so I did. "Best of Best" again. After all the testing, I was quite high on the list, and was appointed a Special Agent in 1979. The FBI Academy followed, and then I was assigned right back to L.A., not where I wanted to be. I served two years there and managed to get out on an undercover assignment in, of all places, Iowa. That lasted about six months and I was assigned to the Cedar Rapids Resident Agency of the Omaha Division of the FBI.
It was in Cedar Rapids where one of the most important things that ever happened to me happened. I was chosen by my Special Agent in Charge to become one of the first "Profilers." After my initial training, I was able to train hundreds of agents and officers in what the concept of (then called) "Psychological Profiling" was about, and how it could be of assistance to them in their investigations. It was not a full-time job, but that and my other cases kept me more than busy. After eleven years in Cedar Rapids I requested a transfer to Omaha. I'd enjoyed Cedar Rapids, but my kids had finished college and it was time to move on. I spent five years in Omaha working gangs and drugs, which I also enjoyed, despite the long hours.
By then I had enough time in to receive my Office of Preference transfer. I was assigned to the Grand Junction Resident Agency of the Denver Division until my retirement on 12-31-99. I did that on purpose, so I'd always remember I retired on the last day of the millennium. I was also named the 1999 National Law Enforcement Officer of the year by a major international organization for solving a $60 million multi-national fraud case. Good way to go out. On top.
Several months after retiring from the FBI, I was hired by a college in Colorado as a Criminal Justice instructor. I was then recruited by a college in Colorado Springs to become an Associate Professor and Department Chair of the Criminal Justice program. I spent 13 years in higher education and retired in May of 2013. Best job I ever had!
When did you decide to begin writing and why?
That's really a tough question. I was a rare critter who loved writing police reports and the ones we did in the FBI, including wiretap applications. Writing seems to be in my DNA. My mom and dad were both excellent writers-not published. I didn't get serious about it until I was in Cedar Rapids. The Univ. of Iowa has a renowned writing program, so I applied, was accepted, and spent two weeks learning how to write. Police narratives and books are completely different. I learned how to use dialogue and action to advance a story. I wrote my first book, submitted it to an agent, and was rejected. In retrospect, it was pretty BAD. But, I went on from there and decided some of my experiences needed to be on paper. I finished my first book, "FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil," before I retired from the college. It was published a few months later. The Amazon reviews are good, 14 of 15 are 5* and the other one is 4*. This book is the very first one which takes the reader right into the training we received in the profiling program. And, even better, how it worked once I took that training and applied it. I still have a bunch of cases I didn't include in that book, and plan another similar one down the line.
I know you have a new novel set for release. Please tell my readers about it.
This one is called "FBI Animal House." It arises from my days at the FBI Academy in what I'd characterize as a 'very unusual' class. We had some real characters, and some of the antics will shock people who think ALL FBI agents are spit and polish, 'by the book' types. The book is also very critical of the training, which for me was still mired in the 1930's or 40's. J.Edgar Hoover had died eight years before I went in the bureau. But, virtually all of his policies remained, including academy training. The bureau had refused to come into modern times, and the training we got didn't prepare us for what we'd deal with in the field. I came out clueless about far too many things. I've talked to quite a few other agents, and they agree. A Washington pundit wrote about ten years ago, "The FBI is training their agents to arrest Bonnie and Clyde, but wants them to find Osama Bin Laden." I hadn't seen that quote before I started "Animal House," but I completely agree with it. It's going to be a big shock to many people in the USA, partly because I contend that, if properly trained, some things which have happened in this country wouldn't have happened. The bureau as a whole won't like me. My theory is: You can't get by on mystique forever. If you add quality training to the quality of people the FBI is able to attract, you would have an unbeatable combination. Unfortunately, that didn't happen to me and a lot of other agents in the 80's and 90's.
The only 'novel' I wrote was a bomb! But I learned from the experience. Mainly that I'll never try to write fiction again! All I'll write from this point on will be non-fiction. In 30 years of law enforcement time, there are enough things back there to write plenty of more books. Particularly with the profiling background. In the 2nd paragraph above I mentioned "FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil." We just went into the 2nd edition of that book, so it's going okay I suppose. I intend "FBI Diary" to be a series, but more of a brand name than anything else. I did, in fact, keep something of a diary in the FBI. But each of the books will be completely different.
This one took some thought. I would have to say getting my first book published and then on Amazon is atop the list. And it was with a 'real' publisher, not a vanity press or print on demand. I had submitted the manuscript for the book to the Public Safety Writer's Association annual writing contest. When it got second place in non-fiction, that was pretty exciting. A few weeks ago, "FBI Animal House," was awarded first prize in the non-fiction category. I figured I'd get honorable mention, so that was pretty exciting as well. Being able to put an award sticker on a book is a pretty cool deal to me.
What in life makes Pete Klismet happy?
I'm one of these lucky guys who has a great wife. We've done a lot of traveling together, and I probably enjoy that more than anything else. We're truly best buddies and enjoy being with one another. Just being with her makes me happy. And it works the same way for her. Can't beat that at this point in my life.
Are you working on any new writing projects?
I am. Right now I'm about 70,000 words into "FBI Diary: Home Grown Terror." This is a story about three para-military, right wing whackos who assassinated a police officer in Cortez, Colorado. They shot three more officers and put eight police cars out of commission in the chase which ensued. They fled into some of the worst terrain in the USA, hot, deep canyons, sheer cliffs, a veritable wasteland. Still called "The Greatest Manhunt in the history of the West," there were ultimately 500 law enforcement officers, National Guard choppers, the FBI's "Night Stalker" plane, and heaven knows what else involved in the search. Since I was directly involved with the investigation and identification of these guys, I give the reader a ringside seat to what happened and how we solved it. The investigation went on for 15 years until the found the body of the third guy. The other two had committed suicide, and so had the third. It's an incredible story.
A good writer is a good reader. I think you need to enjoy reading before you can enjoy writing. Writing is one of the most enjoyable and creative things I've ever done in my life. I might start a chapter thinking "ok, here's where we're going today." Good luck with that happening. Once the creative thinking process gets rolling, you can take yourself into a world unlike any you've ever been to before. That may sound a little grandiose, but anyone who has done a considerable amount of writing knows exactly what I'm talking about.
I would add one thing. Don't encourage your kids to read, MAKE them read. There is nothing I hate hearing more from a kid (and I heard it from my students) than "I hate to read." What a wonderful world they're missing.
Both "FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil" and "FBI Animal House," either are or will be available from my publisher. That website is www.houdinipublishing.com ….. this is really the quickest way to get it, although it is on Amazon. Slower though.
My Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pete-Klismet-Author-FBI-Diary-Profiles-of-Evil/425047067608997 (please click on the link and 'like' the page. I'm trying to get over 200 likes!).
Thanks, Pete, I'm sure my readers will be anxious to read your work, particularly your next release about FBI training. I hope to see you at the 2015 writers conference in Las Vegas.
Glad to see you here with John. Congrats on the new book, Pete. Sorry we weren't able to get to PSWA this year to see you both.
There's always next year, Lorna.Thanks for visiting.
What a great interview! Enjoyed learning more about you, Pete!
Excellent interview, John and Pete! Great hearing more about you, Pete, and how you got to where you are now in life. Love "life journey" stories. And you have had "a colorful life." Think your statement, "A good writer is a good reader. I think you need to enjoy reading before you can enjoy writing…" is right on the mark. Continued success with all your writing!
Two of my favorite author friends together in one blog. And both are former cops and FBI agents. Loved the interview and finally getting to see the cover of Pete's newest book. I also have to agree that good writers have to be dedicated readers. Good job by both of you.
Wow! What a varied and interesting life you've had. I love these kinds of interviews because in a few minutes I know more of an interesting person like you than I would in hours of conversation. Thanks for sharing, and good luck with the soon-to-be-out book.
Nice interview John and Pete! I can't wait to read Pete's new book. The cover looks great and Agent X sounds fabulous!
Thanks to all who have visited. Pete is an interesting man, to say the least.
I really enjoyed this interview, getting to know Pete. I'm from Cedar Rapids so know the Iowa City writer's workshop is indeed famous–one of my favorite authors, John Irving, studied and taught there. Pete is sure fascinating and I'll read to find out more of his behind-the-scenes scoop on the FBI.


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The University of Alabama tennis teams will host the ITA Summer Circuit Tournament. The tournament started back in 1993, and has been an annual event since then.
The Tuscaloosa section of the tournament will be July 14-16, which is the fourth week of the tournament.
Players that advance through qualifying tournaments will compete in the ITA Summer Nationals, which will be held the weekend of Aug. 12-15 at TCU.
Overall there will be 100 athletes competing in the tournament. The athletes consist of college players, alumni and junior players.
The tournament will consist of a 64-person singles and a 32-team doubles draw for both men and women. The singles matches will be best two out of three sets with a 10-point tiebreaker, instead of a third set. Doubles will run an eight-game pro set with a tiebreaker at 7-7.
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Minnesota Orchestra reports Fiscal 2015 balanced budget according to preliminary unaudited results
Strong fundraising from more than 7,000 donors helps balance budget in first full season "back" for the Minnesota Orchestra
Endowment draw for operations held to 5 percent policy
The Minnesota Orchestra has completed its 2014-15 season with a balanced budget, according to preliminary unaudited results. The Fiscal 2015 budget of $30.6 million is balanced due to expense savings and strong fundraising from the community, which supported the Orchestra through gifts to its Guaranty Fund (annual operating fund) as well as through major gift contributions. The Orchestra's annual endowment contribution was based on a 5 percent draw for operations, consistent with the organization's policy. The 2014-15 season was the Minnesota Orchestra's first full season of operations following a 16-month lockout that ended in February 2014.
"As we launch our 2015-16 season this weekend, we want to share this snapshot of last season's results," said Board Chair Warren Mack. "Many people have worked hard to see this day arrive, and we owe great thanks particularly to our community, which helped the Orchestra surpass its fundraising expectations and achieve this result. This puts the Orchestra in a positive position for the year ahead."
In an August meeting, the Orchestra board approved a balanced operating budget for Fiscal 2016.
President and CEO Kevin Smith cites both cost savings and revenue increases as key factors in balancing the budget. Expenses for Fiscal 2015, which totaled $30.6 million, reflected savings of nearly $800,000 over anticipated costs in administration and general overhead due to lower staffing and health care costs.
"We were able to hold costs down over budgeted expectations and, at the same time, to surpass contributed income goals," Smith said. "The spirit of engagement and collaboration we are feeling within the organization has clearly also been sensed by donors, who have been eager to support the Orchestra at every turn."
The Orchestra raised a total of $14.8 million in contributions supporting operations during 2014-15. This funding includes contributions to the Guaranty Fund, which is the Orchestra's annual operating fund drive, as well as major gifts for operations and artistic initiatives including the Cuba Tour. Total contributed income, including a distribution from the Oakleaf Trust, reached $18 million. By comparison, Fiscal 2014 contributions reached $7.4 million (or $10.5 million including the Oakleaf distribution) for a shortened concert season that ran from February to August.
In total, 7,105 unique donors contributed to the Orchestra, an increase of nearly 30 percent over the previous year. "Support for the Minnesota Orchestra is coming in from donors at all giving levels and from all sectors, including government, individuals, event patrons, foundations and corporations. This creates a strong base of support for us to build on for the upcoming season," said Smith. "We were pleased to welcome many corporate sponsors back this year. We received gifts from 47 corporations, an increase of ten companies over the prior year."
In Fiscal 2015, earned revenue totaled $8.1 million. By comparison, Fiscal 2014 earned revenue totaled $5.8 million for that shortened season. Total capacity for all concerts reached 83 percent, the same as the prior season's result. In total, the Orchestra reached approximately 250,000 people through concerts at Orchestra Hall and beyond. Rental and food and beverage revenue, which is a part of total earned revenue, saw significant gains since the Orchestra Hall renovation, ending the year at a nearly 75 percent increase over the same revenue line prior to the renovation.
With regard to invested assets, the Orchestra used $7.7 million in draws for operations from its trust and investments, an amount which is based on an overall draw of 5 percent across all investments, endowments and trusts. "We made the strategic decision this year to eliminate from our books approximately $9.5 million in debt that dates to the early 2000s," said Smith. "It has been a long held goal to pay this off and now we are clear of it." As a result of the debt elimination—in addition to normal draws and market performance—the Orchestra's total invested assets for Fiscal 15, as of June 30, 2015, decreased from $164 million to $147 million.
Clarinetist Tim Zavadil said, "The musicians are absolutely thrilled with the news of this year's balanced operating result, and we are incredibly grateful to our board, staff, supporters and community for this achievement. Under the leadership of Warren Mack and Kevin Smith, the Orchestra has laid the foundation for a strong financial future. We now look forward to a strong musical future, continuing our work with Osmo Vänskä, and serving our community."
The Minnesota Orchestra's fiscal year ended August 31, 2015. The organization will release its audited financials and annual report at its December 2 Annual Meeting.


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Aviation Africa 2021, due October in Kigali, Rwanda, postponed
Aviation Africa 2021, due to take place on 14 & 15th October in Kigali, Rwanda, has announced today that the event will now take place in 2022, new dates to be announced shortly.
The organisers have taken this decision based on the increased cases of the delta variant across the African continent and hope that by moving to 2022, the event can transition to safer times when global travel confidence is back.
Mark Brown, Managing Director, Times Aerospace Ltd, organisers of Aviation Africa said: "We are very disappointed that we could not run Aviation Africa this year in Kigali as planned. The number of increased Covid-19 cases across the globe, mean we have to consider health & safety as our top priority whilst also ensuring we can bring a fruitful gathering to the event, and the current situation would not have allowed for that."
He added: "Rwanda has been one of the countries globally that has put in place a very secure Covid protection plan with strict entry and exit requirements and we remain extremely confident that holding Aviation Africa here next year will be the optimum option for our attendees."
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