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Kara D. Federmeier
Group: Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative
Affiliations: Cognition, Lifespan Engagement, Aging, and Resilience
Status: Beckman Full-time Faculty
Home: Psychology
kfederme@illinois.edu
Kara Federmeier received her Ph.D. in cognitive science from the University of California, San Diego in 2000. She is a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois and a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute Cognitive Neuroscience Group. Her fields of professional interest are language, memory, hemispheric differences, and cognitive neuroscience.
Named a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Centennial Scholar (2013-2016); James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholar Award, Understanding Human Cognition Initiative (2010-2016); University Scholar (2012-2015); Named the Emanuel Donchin Professorial Scholar in Psychology (2013); Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2012); Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award (2010); Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois (2009, 2003); Helen Corley Petit Scholar (2008-2009); Society for Psychophysiology Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychophysiology (2006).
Certain sensory stimuli—words, pictures, faces, environmental sounds—seem to immediately and effortlessly bring to mind a rich array of knowledge that we experience as the "meaning" of those cues. Federmeier's research examines the neurobiological basis of such meaning, asking how world knowledge derived from multiple modalities comes to be organized in the brain and how such information is integrated and made available for use in varied contexts and often in only hundreds of milliseconds. To study these time-sensitive processes, Federmeier uses event-related brain potentials (ERPs), supplemented by behavioral, eye tracking, and hemodynamic measures.
Federmeier's research has shown, for example, that a crucial part of a sentence context's influence on word processing is mediated through long-term memory structure: the physical and functional similarity between two semantic category members impacts processing, even when such relationships do not alter a word's subjective plausibility in its context. Her research further suggests that this use of world knowledge varies as a function of mood and the availability of various cognitive resources, and also as a function of the representation type used to cue that information. Different semantic information is accessed from words and pictures (and from the same picture as a function of experience), suggesting that semantic processing takes place in a distributed system in which input modality information is not completely lost. Different ERPs to words from different classes (e.g., nouns vs. verbs) further supports the notion of a structured yet shared semantic system, one sensitive to the nature of the information associated with a word (e.g., visual vs. motor associations) as well as to the roles it plays in various contexts. Indeed, Federmeier's work has revealed that perceptual processing itself (as indexed by sensory-and attention-related ERP components) is influenced by language context information, highlighting the inseparability of "perceptual" and "conceptual" analyses of a meaningful stimulus.
By combining ERPs with visual-half-field techniques (used to preferentially stimulate one cerebral hemisphere), Federmeier has also found that the two hemispheres differ in how they use word and picture information to access world knowledge. Whereas left hemisphere-initiated processing seems oriented toward prediction and the use of top-down cues, right hemisphere-initiated processing seems biased toward the veridical maintenance of information and integration with working memory. Overall, Federmeier's research suggests that our experience of meaning is shaped by both the structure of our world knowledge and the structure of the brain network that supports this knowledge. Meaning seems effortless, immediate, and unified—but is, instead, constructed in space and time and multiply expressed.
Coronel, J. C.; Federmeier, K. D., The N400 Reveals How Personal Semantics Is Processed: Insights into the Nature and Organization of Self-Knowledge. Neuropsychologia 2016, 84, 36-43.
Payne, B. R.; Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., Revisiting the Incremental Effects of Context on Word Processing: Evidence from Single-Word Event-Related Brain Potentials. Psychophysiology 2015, 52, (11), 1456-1469.
Stites, M. C.; Federmeier, K. D., Subsequent to Suppression: Downstream Comprehension Consequences of Noun/Verb Ambiguity in Natural Reading. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition 2015, 41, (5), 1497-1515.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D., Time for Prediction? The Effect of Presentation Rate on Predictive Sentence Comprehension During Word-by-Word Reading. Cortex 2015, 68, 20-32.
Coronel, J. C.; Federmeier, K. D.; Gonsalves, B. D., Event-Related Potential Evidence Suggesting Voters Remember Political Events That Never Happened. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2014, 9, (3), 358-366, DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss143.
Gillespie, M.; James, A. N.; Federmeier, K. D.; Watson, D. G., Verbal Working Memory Predicts Co-Speech Gesture: Evidence from Individual Differences. Cognition 2014, 132, 174-180.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D., Never Seem to Find the Time: Evaluating the Physiological Time Course of Visual Word Recognition with Regression Analysis of Single-Item Event-Related Potentials. Language Cognition and Neuroscience 2014, 29, (5), 642-661, DOI:10.1080/01690965.2013.866259.
Fischer-Baum, S.; Dickson, D. S.; Federmeier, K. D., Frequency and Regularity Effects in Reading Are Task Dependent: Evidence from ERPs. Language Cognition and Neuroscience 2014, 29, (10), 1342-1355, DOI:10.1080/23273798.2014.927067.
Dickson, D. S.; Federmeier, K. D., Hemispheric Differences in Orthographic and Semantic Processing as Revealed by Event-Related Potentials. Neuropsychologia 2014, 64, 230-239, DOI:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.09.037.
Awni, H.; Norton, J. J. S.; Umunna, S.; Federmeier, K. D.; Bretl, T.; Towards a Brain Computer Interface Based on the N2pc Event-Related Potential, In 2013 6th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering. IEEE, New York, 2013, 1021-1024.
Stites, M. C.; Federmeier, K. D.; Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., Cross-Age Comparisons Reveal Multiple Strategies for Lexical Ambiguity Resolution During Natural Reading. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition 2013, 39, (6), 1823-1841, DOI: 10.1037/a0032860.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K., Two Sides of Meaning: The Scalp-Recorded N400 Reflects Distinct Contributions from the Cerebral Hemispheres. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences 2013, 4, (181), 1-15.
Huang, H. W.; Meyer, A. M.; Federmeier, K. D., A "Concrete View" of Aging: Event Related Potentials Reveal Age-Related Changes in Basic Integrative Processes in Language. Neuropsychologia 2012, 50, (1), 26-35.
Laszlo, S.; Stites, M.; Federmeier, K. D., Won't Get Fooled Again: An Event-Related Potential Study of Task and Repetition Effects on the Semantic Processing of Items without Semantics. Language and Cognitive Processes 2012, 27, (2), 257-274.
Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., Ambiguity's Aftermath: How Age Differences in Resolving Lexical Ambiguity Affect Subsequent Comprehension. Neuropsychologia 2012, 50, (5), 869-879.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D., Age-Related Changes in the Impact of Contextual Strength on Multiple Aspects of Sentence Comprehension. Psychophysiology 2012, 49, (6), 770-785.
Coronel, J. C.; Duff, M. C.; Warren, D. E.; Federmeier, K. D.; Gonsalves, B. D.; Tranel, D.; Cohen, N. J., Remembering and Voting: Theory and Evidence from Amnesic Patients. American Journal of Political Science 2012, 56, (4), 837-848
Huang, H. W.; Federmeier, K. D., Dispreferred Adjective Orders Elicit Brain Responses Associated with Lexico-Semantic Rather Than Syntactic Processing. Brain Research 2012, 1475, 62-70.
Voss, J. L.; Federmeier, K. D.; Paller, K. A., The Potato Chip Really Does Look Like Elvis! Neural Hallmarks of Conceptual Processing Associated with Finding Novel Shapes Subjectively Meaningful. Cerebral Cortex 2012, 22, (10), 2354-2364.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D., So That's What You Meant! Event-Related Potentials Reveal Multiple Aspects of Context Use During Construction of Message-Level Meaning. Neuroimage 2012, 62, (1), 356-366.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D.; Kutas, M., To Predict or Not to Predict: Age-Related Differences in the Use of Sentential Context. Psychology and Aging 2012, 27, (4), 975-988.
Voss, J. L.; Warren, D. E.; Gonsalves, B. D.; Federmeier, K. D.; Tranel, D.; Cohen, N. J., Spontaneous Revisitation During Visual Exploration as a Link among Strategic Behavior, Learning, and the Hippocampus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011, 108, (31), E402-E409.
Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., Differential Age Effects on Lexical Ambiguity Resolution Mechanisms. Psychophysiology 2011, 48, (7), 960-972.
Kutas, M.; Federmeier, K. D., Thirty Years and Counting: Finding Meaning in the N400 Component of the Event-Related Brain Potential (ERP), In Annual Review of Psychology; Fiske, S. T., Schacter, D. L., Taylor, S. E., Eds. 2011; Vol. 62, 621-647.
Voss, J. L.; Federmeier, K. D., FN400 potentials are functionally identical to N400 potentials and reflect semantic processing during recognition testing. Psychophysiology 2011, 48, (4), 532-546.
Voss, J. L.; Gonsalves, B. D.; Federmeier, K. D.; Tranel, D.; Cohen, N. J., Hippocampal brain-network coordination during volitional exploratory behavior enhances learning. Nature Neuroscience 2011, 14, (1), 115-U152.
Kutas, M.; Federmeier, K. D., Thirty Years and Counting: Finding Meaning in the N400 Component of the Event-Related Brain Potential (ERP). In Annual Review of Psychology, Annual Reviews: Palo Alto, 2011; Vol. 62, pp 621-647.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D., The N400 as a snapshot of interactive processing: Evidence from regression analyses of orthographic neighbor and lexical associate effects. Psychophysiology 2011, 48, (2), 176-186.
Laszlo, S.; Stites, M.; Federmeier, K. D., Task and Repetition Effects on the Semantic Processing of Items without Semantics. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, S28-S28.
Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., It's All in the Family: Brain Asymmetry and Syntactic Processing. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, S36-S36.
Matzen, L. E.; Federmeier, K. D., Contributions of Conceptual Priming and Recollection to the Dm Effect. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, S37-S37.
Meyer, A. M.; Federmeier, K. D., Event-related potentials reveal the effects of aging on meaning selection and revision. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, (4), 673-686.
Stites, M. C.; Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D.; Gao, X. F.; Stine-Morrow, E. A., Linking the Eyes and the Brain: Erp and Eyetracking Effects of on-Line Ambiguity Resolution of Noun/Verb Homographs. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, S37-S37.
Boyd, J. K.; Federmeier, K. D., Are the Cerebral Hemispheres Differentially Sensitive to Changing Linguistic Probabilities? Psychophysiology 2010, 47, S36-S36.
Federmeier, K. D.; Kutas, M.; Schul, R., Age-related and individual differences in the use of prediction during language comprehension. Brain and Language 2010, 115, (3), 149-161.
Huang, H. W.; Meyer, A. M.; Federmeier, K. D., A "Concrete View" of Aging: Erps Reveal Age-Related Changes in Basic Integrative Processes in Language. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, S36-S37.
Kandhadai, P.; Federmeier, K. D., Hemispheric differences in the recruitment of semantic processing mechanisms. Neuropsychologia 2010, 48, (13), 3772-3781.
Kandhadai, P.; Federmeier, K. D., Automatic and controlled aspects of lexical associative processing in the two cerebral hemispheres. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, (4), 774-785.
Huang, H. W.; Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., Imagine that! ERPs provide evidence for distinct hemispheric contributions to the processing of concrete and abstract concepts. Neuroimage 2010, 49, (1), 1116-1123.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D., I Didn't Know You Were Going to Say That: a Left-Lateralized Negative Brain Potential for Sentences of Moderately Strong Constraint. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, S36-S36.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D.; Fabiani, M.; Gratton, G., The Event-Related Optical Signal Reveals Contralateral and Ipsilateral Brain Activity over Time During Lateralized Processing of Words. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, S29-S29.
Van Petten, C.; Federmeier, K. D.; Holcomb, P. J., For distinguished contributions to psychophysiology: Marta Kutas. Psychophysiology 2010, 47, (3), 403-409.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D.; Kutas, M., Shifts in Hemispheric Contributions to Language Comprehension with Age. Psychophysiology 2009, 46, S81-S81.
Hurley, R. S.; Paller, K. A.; Wieneke, C. A.; Weintraub, S.; Thompson, C. K.; Federmeier, K. D.; Mesulam, M. M., Electrophysiology of Object Naming in Primary Progressive Aphasia. Journal of Neuroscience 2009, 29, (50), 15762-15769.
Kandhadai, P.; Federmeier, K. D., Making Sense of Hemispheric Differences in Meaning Apprehension. Psychophysiology 2009, 46, S108-S109.
Kutas, M.; Federmeier, K. D., N400. Scholarpedia 2009, 4, (10), 7790.
Laszlo, S.; Anaya, P.; Federmeier, K. D., Interacting Effects of Lexical Variables on Language-Sensitive Erps at the Single-Item Level. Psychophysiology 2009, 46, S109-S109.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D., A beautiful day in the neighborhood: An event-related potential study of lexical relationships and prediction in context. Journal of Memory and Language 2009, 61, (3), 326-338.
Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., Wave-ering: An ERP study of syntactic and semantic context effects on ambiguity resolution for noun/verb homographs. Journal of Memory and Language 2009, 61, (4), 538-555.
Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., Hemispheric Differences in Word Class Expectancy-an Event Related Potential Study. Psychophysiology 2009, 46, S81-S82.
Evans, K. M.; Federmeier, K. D., Left and right memory revisited: Electrophysiological investigations of hemispheric asymmetries at retrieval. Neuropsychologia 2009, 47, (2), 303-313.
Gratton, C.; Evans, K. M.; Federmeier, K. D., See what I mean? An ERP study of the effect of background knowledge on novel object processing. Memory & Cognition 2009, 37, (3), 277-291.
Federmeier, K. D.; Laszlo, S., Time for Meaning: Electrophysiology Provides Insights into the Dynamics of Representation and Processing in Semantic Memory. In Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory, 2009; Vol. 51, pp 1-44.
Gratton, C.; Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D., In whole or in part? An ERP analysis of global/local processing asymmetries with naturalistic objects. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S70-S70.
Huang, H. W.; Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., Imagine that! ERPs provide evidence for distinct hemispheric contributions to the processing of concrete and abstract concepts. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S49-S49.
Kandhadai, P.; Federmeier, K. D., Summing it up: Semantic activation processes in the two hemispheres as revealed by event-related potentials. Brain Research 2008, 1233, 146-159.
Kandhadai, P.; Federmeier, K. D., Coming up next! Event-related potential evidence for word level prediction in the cerebral hemispheres. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S39-S39.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D., A beautiful day in the neighborhood: An ERP study of lexical relationships and sentential congruity. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S10-S10.
Matzen, L. E.; Federmeier, K. D.; Benjamin, A. S., Wide open spaces: ERPs reveal the role of reminding in memory. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S72-S72.
Meyer, A. M.; Federmeier, K. D., The divided visual world paradigm: Eye tracking reveals hemispheric asymmetries in lexical ambiguity resolution. Brain Research 2008, 1222, 166-183.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D., The frontal P2 component and the influence of sentential constraint on visual processing. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S9-S9.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D.; Kutas, M., Age-related changes in the use of sentential context. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S33-S33.
Federmeier, K. D., I knew you were going to say that ... ERP studies reveal the role of expectancy-driven processes in language comprehension. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S9-S9.
Evans, K. M.; Federmeier, K. D., Uncovering the functional significance of the P2 repetition effect. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S33-S33.
Federmeier, K. D., Encoding done right: Verbal memory in the two cerebral hemispheres. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, S4-S4.
Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., To watch, to see, and to differ: An event-related potential study of concreteness effects as a function of word class and lexical ambiguity. Brain and Language 2008, 104, (2), 145-158.
Federmeier, K. D.; Wlotko, E.; Meyer, A. M. Whats right in language comprehension: ERPs reveal right hemisphere language capabilities. Language and Linguistics Compass 2008, 2, 1-17.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D.; Minding the PS, queues, and PXQs: Uniformity of semantic processing across multiple stimulus types. Psychophysiology 2008, 45, 458-466.
Federmeier, K. D., Thinking ahead: The role and roots of prediction in language comprehension. Psychophysiology 2007, 44, (4), 491-505.
Federmeier, K. D.; Laszlo, S., Deriving meaning from ERPS ... and other acronyms. Psychophysiology 2007, 44, S6-S6.
Federmeier, K. D.; Wlotko, E. W.; De Ochoa-Dewald, E.; Kutas, M., Multiple effects of sentential constraint on word processing. Brain Research 2007, 1146, 75-84.
Gratton, C.; Evans, K. M.; Federmeier, K. D., Generalizing knowledge: ERPS reveal the time-course of retrieval of novel categories. Psychophysiology 2007, 44, S61-S61.
Gutchess, A. H.; Leuji, Y.; Federmeier, K. D., Event-related potentials reveal age differences in the encoding and recognition of scenes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2007, 19, (7), 1089-1103.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D., The acronym superiority effect. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2007, 14, (6), 1158-1163.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D., How I learned to stop worrying and love the VCR: N400 processing of illegal strings in sentence context. Psychophysiology 2007, 44, S62-S62.
Lee, C. L.; Federmeier, K. D., Hemispheric differences in syntactic modulation on the lexical ambiguity resolution - An event related potential study. Psychophysiology 2007, 44, S61-S61.
Evans, K. M.; Federmeier, K. D., The memory that's right and the memory that's left: Event-related potentials reveal hemispheric asymmetries in the encoding and retention of verbal information. Neuropsychologia 2007, 45, (8), 1777-1790.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D.; Better the DVL you know: Acronyms reveal the contribution of familiarity to single-word reading. Psychological Science 2007, 18 (2), 122-126.
Kandhadai, P.; Federmeier, K. D.; Multiple priming of lexically ambiguous and unambiguous targets in the cerebral hemispheres: The coarse coding hypothesis revisited. Brain Research 2007, 1153, 144-157.
Meyer, A. M.; Federmeier, K. D.; The effects of context, meaning frequency, and associative strength on semantic selection: Distinct contributions from each cerebral hemisphere. Brain Research 2007, 1183, 91-108.
Meyer, A. M.; Federmeier, K. D., Visual fixations reveal hemispheric asymmetries in meaning selection and revision. Psychophysiology 2007, 44, S81-S81.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D., Finding the right word: Hemispheric asymmetries in the use of sentence context information. Neuropsychologia 2007, 45, (13), 3001-3014.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D., Two sides of meaning: The scalp-recorded N400 reflects distinct contributions from the cerebral hemispheres. Psychophysiology 2007, 44, S62-S62.
Meyer, A. M.; Federmeier, K. D., Meaning selection in the cerebral hemispheres. Psychophysiology 2006, 43, S67-S67.
Wlotko, E. W.; Federmeier, K. D., An investigation of the timecourse of sentential context use by the cerebral hemispheres. Psychophysiology 2006, 43, S109-S109.
Gratton, C.; Evans, K. M.; Federmeier, K. D., Picturing knowledge: ERPs reveal the acquisition and retrieval of information about novel objects. Psychophysiology 2006, 43, S43-S43.
Hannula, D. E.; Federmeier, K. D.; Cohen, N. J., Event-related potential signatures of relational memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2006, 18, (11), 1863-1876.
Laszlo, S.; Federmeier, K. D., Acronyms reveal the effects of familiarity and regularity on the N400 ERP component. Psychophysiology 2006, 43, S57-S57.
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Beckman Researchers Named University Scholars
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Mamma Mia!!!!
I am a huge Abba fan and having watched Mamma Mia on stage three times (so far) I was really looking forward to watching the movie. I know a lot of people think Mamma Mia is about Abba but actually it isn't. It has a complete original plot with the songs of Abba entwined around the scenes and the thing is, Abba songs are so awesome and talk so directly about life that they hardly had to change the lyrics if at all.
It is all about Donna – the character played by the amazingly beautiful and talented Meryl Street. She lives in a Greek Island – the amazing set for the movie, just incredible, I need to BEG my Greek friend to take me there ASAP – with her daughter Sophie. Sophie is 20 years old and is getting ready to get married to her boyfriend Sky. What Sophie most wants right now is to have her father to give her away. The thing is, she doesn't really know who her father is, and neither does Donna. Sophie was conceived in the 70s, when Donna was a "Dancing Queen" heading the group Donna and the Dynamoes (her two friends Tanya and Rosie – who have gone to the island to attend the wedding).
One of my favorite tunes: SOS
Back then she met this guy Sam (Pierce Brosnan in the movie. Gee, the guy can sing) whom she fell in love with but he was engaged so he had to leave. Heartbroken, she had a fling with other two guys around the same time, Bill and Harry. They never knew she ended up pregnant and things were left like that. Now, Sophie found her mom's diary from when back when, learns that she has three possible dads and sends letters to all of them inviting them to the wedding, posing as Donna. All three men, trying to re-kindle the friendship they had with that amazing woman, decide to go.
Dancing Queen sequence – I dare you not to want to stand up and dance!
When Donna sees them, she freaks out (leading to the wonderful number with the title song Mamma Mia) because she knows the fact that Sam is back is no good but then it is already too late. She must then deal with all three men back in her life, she thinks Sophie doesn't know about one of them being her father and all three men come to the sudden conclusion that they have a daughter which leads to some really comic scenes.
I LOVE the musical. I love all the songs, I love that behind all the uplifting façade of a fun musical, it is really a powerful sentimental journey for Donna who sees her baby growing up , leaving her and their home for the first time whilst having to face her love for Sam and the fact that he married someone else. But now he is back so what then?
A touching moment between Sophie and Donna – Slipping Through my Fingers
But how did the movie fare in comparison to the stage show? Well, not as good, I am afraid but then again, I adore the play so much, it would never be a fair comparison to start with. There is the fact that some songs were cut short, some scenes felt really rushed and some numbers were entirely left out (no *gasps* Knowing me, Knowing you! Sacrilege!) but I guess that is expected since the show had nearly three hours and the movie ended up with less than 2. Having said that, all actors were so good, from the youngsters that played Sophie and Sky to Julie Walters and Colin Firth (both very funny) and the stars Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan who was as charming as ever. They can all carry a tune.
The Winner Takes it All, the most gut wrenching song of Abba. The best song on stage ended being good on screen too!
In the end I guess this is not a movie for everybody. If you don't like musicals, just skip it. People do start singing out of nowhere – Abba songs on top of everything. For me, this is THE feel good movie of the summer. Abba songs do make everything better.
(And in the end when the credits are rolling, they "come back" to the screen just like the encore at the theatre – all of them dressed in those dreaded Abba Suits singing Dancing Queen and Waterloo! Yay)
ThRiNiDiR
I love the premise…thanks for the heads up 🙂
oh, and the 'review' was great too :p
I haven't seen the stage show so had no comparison to make, but I loved the movie. I have to disagree on the whole Pierce Brosnan can sing thing, but other than that I think you hit the nail on the head with your review.
I can't wait to be able to buy the DVD and sing and dance around the lounge room while I watch it!
Marg, really? I loved his voice, specially when he was singing SOS.
I can't wait for the DVD either!
Katie(babs)
Colin Firth *drool*
Bronson was so not right for that role. Meryl Streep was amazing!
Amir Thompson
That music is totally brilliant. I really enjoy listening to it!

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The Kumal family outside their new home in Gokha District, Nepal.
Sixty-two-year old Dambar Kumal lost everything he owned when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, 2015.
Before the earthquake, it had been a day like any other. Dambar was hard at work planting seeds in the fields of Gorkha District, the epicentre of the tremor.
He hurried home to find his house flattened and his entire grain storage ruined by the country's largest natural disaster in 80 years.
As the second anniversary of the earthquake approaches, Dambar and his family finally have a new earthquake safe house. Before this was funded and constructed by International Nepal Fellowship, they had been living in a temporary bamboo shelter, a cramped space without protection from the elements.
Almost 9,000 people were killed in the 2015 earthquake. Nearly 22,000 were injured and many more lost their homes and livelihoods. The job of helping Nepal heal remains immense; rebuilding of homes has been slow in many of the affected areas. Ongoing hurdles include access to adequate funds, sluggish government bureaucracy and the geographical challenges of construction in such a mountainous country.
"The majority of people are still living in old houses and temporary shelters since the earthquake," admits Bishnu Giri.
Bishnu is manager of the GRACE project, the post-earthquake rebuilding project run by International Nepal Fellowship. INF is a Christian mission serving Nepali people through health and development work.
INF has been working with the people of Nepal since the earthquake struck, helping to rebuild lives through practical construction programmes and capacity building for future natural disasters.
Temporary learning centres are still being used as communities wait for permanent schools to be rebuilt.
Within 24 hours of the earthquake, INF sent a medical team and support workers into Gorkha District, to distribute basic medical supplies and non-perishable food to more than 2,000 households. In the months that followed, INF built 119 Temporary Learning Centres (TLCs) for local children to attend school. These centres are still being used as communities wait for permanent schools to be rebuilt.
INF has formally signed an ongoing agreement with the Nepali government to deliver wide-ranging reconstruction and training to communities affected by the earthquake with a particular focus on people with disabilities.
The GRACE project has engaged the support of local churches.
Across Gorkha District, where the earthquake flattened village after village, INF's GRACE project is well underway. GRACE stands for Gorkha Rehabilitation And Community Empowerment. Construction has begun on more than 100 houses for people with disabilities, and five residential centres next to schools that are accessible to children with disability. The GRACE project also involves providing community based earthquake rehabilitation support to almost 1,500 people with disabilities.
"This part of the project aims to improve and increase access for people with disabilities to health services, education, work opportunities and meaningful social participation," says Bishnu Giri.
The GRACE project has engaged the support of local churches. The Gorkhali Christian Society, an umbrella organisation, has brought more than 140 local churches together to partner in the community based rehabilitation activities of the GRACE project.
Alex Barwick lived in Nepal with her family for 12 months in 2014 and worked with INF.
Would you like to support the GRACE project?


Prepare to amaze with Spicy Chicken Lasagna Roll-Ups, a new twist on delicious lasagna. This Spicy Chicken Lasagna Roll-Ups recipe includes a how-to video.
Stir first 2 ingredients into sauce. Remove 1/2 cup of the pasta sauce mixture; place in large bowl. Add chicken, 1 cup mozzarella, Parmesan and eggs; mix lightly. Spread 1/2 cup of chicken mixture along the length of each noodle; roll up.
Spread 1/2 cup of the remaining pasta sauce mixture onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with lasagna roll-ups, seam sides down. Cover with remaining pasta sauce mixture; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella.
Garnish each serving with 2 tsp. chopped fresh basil before serving.


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With her Hermione days far in the past, the British beauty flaunts her fresh-faced sophisticated glow, wearing all of Lancôme's vibrant 'In Love' products.
With her slicked-back hair, matte pink lips, and electric eyes, Watson is wearing 'Baume in Love' in hot-pink 'Rose Macaron' lipstick and 'Pommettes d'amor', a coral shade of 'Blush In Love' on her cheeks, 'Kohl in Love' eyeliner in 'Jade Crush' and 'Ombre In Love' eye shadow.
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La locomotiva elettrica gruppo E.666 è un progetto sviluppato dal Servizio Materiale e Trazione delle Ferrovie dello Stato intorno alla fine degli anni sessanta nell'ambito dei piani di rinnovamento e modernizzazione del tempo. Il progetto arrivò solo allo stadio di realizzazione presso le OGR di Foligno del simulacro per le prove in linea, ma venne abbandonato dopo un certo tempo e non ebbe più seguito, anche per i mutati orientamenti direzionali e successivamente a causa dello sviluppo di nuove tecnologie di trazione con le locomotive E.633.

Caratteristiche
La locomotiva prevedeva un inedito, per le ferrovie italiane, rodiggio Co'Co', e una potenza assorbita di 6.000 kW, allo scopo di poter trainare, alla velocità di 200 km/h, convogli di composizione superiore a quella ammissibile per le locomotive E.444; avrebbe preso la denominazione di E.666: i suoi motori di trazione e l'apparecchiatura elettrica sarebbero stati unificati con quelli delle E.444.

Il simulacro della locomotiva costruito non era completo di tutte le apparecchiature presenti di solito su una locomotiva elettrica ma era dotato dei serbatoi dell'aria compressa e delle altre apparecchiature indispensabili; venne provato in linea per studiare il comportamento dinamico dei carrelli sperimentali a tre assi, i cui motori venivano alimentati dall'equipaggiamento elettrico di una locomotiva E.444, inizialmente la E.444.016, a cui era agganciato. Venne accantonato agli inizi del 1977: effettuò il suo ultimo viaggio il 26 gennaio da Firenze a Foligno (come 289 bis da Firenze a Terontola e come 76526 da Terontola a Foligno); all'inizio dell'estate del 1981 si trovava ancora ricoverato in stazione a Foligno, venne poi trasferito all'interno delle vicine Officine Grandi Riparazioni e demolito nel corso del 1983 fornendo parti di ricambio alle E.444.

Le caratteristiche tecniche della locomotiva:
potenza continuativa di 5.600 kW,
6 motori del tipo T 750;
massa totale di 114.000 kg;;
massa per asse di 19.000 kg;
lunghezza tra i respingenti 20.000 mm;
diametro delle ruote 1.250 mm;
passo tra gli assi esterni del carrello 4.600 mm;
rapporto di trasmissione 40/77.
Frenatura elettrica reostatica da 200 a 30 km/h.

Riproduzioni fermodellistiche
Il simulacro dell'E.666 e la locomotiva E.444.016 a esso accoppiata sono stati oggetto di riproduzione fermodellistica in scala H0 da parte della ditta ACME nel 2011, in occasione dei suoi primi dieci anni di attività.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Storia delle ferrovie in Italia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

E.666
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Kuhn's career found him moving in exceptional company while still a teenager: he accompanied Chet Baker, Coleman Hawkins and Vic Dickenson in the clubs of Boston. At the Lennox School of Music he played in a band with Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry. He was in Kenny Dorham's group for two years, and then became, briefly and famously, the first pianist of the John Coltrane Quartet (an experience recalled in Kuhn's "Mostly Coltrane" album). After Coltrane came Stan Getz in a line-up with Scott LaFaro. At the end of the 1960s, Kuhn spent four years living in Europe, mostly in Scandinavia where his performance had a significant impact upon local players. Upon returning to the United States, Kuhn began his affiliation with ECM, resulting in a row of important albums. Three of these were reprised in 2008 in the box set "Life's Backward Glances", which included the solo album "Ecstasy", and the quartet discs "Motility" and "Playground" (the latter with singer Sheila Jordan): the collection received many positive reviews.
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Das Haus Zur Jagd war ein historisches Gebäude in Magdeburg im heutigen Sachsen-Anhalt. Es wurde während des Zweiten Weltkriegs zerstört und gilt als verloren gegangenes Baudenkmal.

Lage
Das Gebäude befand sich in der Magdeburger Altstadt auf der Ostseite des Breiten Wegs in einer Ecklage südlich der Einmündung der Steinstraße an der Adresse Steinstraße 1. Nördlich, auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite der Steinstraße befand sich das Haus Zum Turm. Das Haus ragte dabei deutlich in den Breiten Weg hinein, so dass der Breite Weg an dieser Stelle einen Engpass bildete. Das Haus Zur Jagd war daher in besonderer Weise auch städtebaulich bedeutend. Bei dem sich nicht an die historische Stadtstruktur haltenden Wiederaufbau Magdeburgs nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde die Steinstraße überbaut und ist heute nicht mehr vorhanden. Der Standort des Hauses befand sich etwas nördlich der heutigen Grünen Zitadelle, nördlich schräg gegenüber der Einmündung der Leiterstraße.

Geschichte und Architektur
Der Name des Hauses geht auf eine wohl ursprünglich am Gebäude dargestellte Jagdszene zurück. Zum Teil wird es fälschlich auch als Zur Yacht bezeichnet. Es wird angenommen, dass das Haus identisch ist mit anderen Erwähnungen als Zum Schützen und Zum alten wedman. Zuvor trug es den Namen Zu den drei Türmchen oder Zu den drei Zinnen. Zeitweise soll es dazwischen auch als Zum schönen Halse bezeichnet worden sein. Das Haus besaß das Braurecht.

In der Zeit vor dem Jahr 1631 gehörte es Heinrich Briest, danach Gerhard Hückelkoth. Im Jahr 1650 erwarb die Witwe von Simon Printz das Grundstück für 420 Taler. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war das Areal wohl nach der Zerstörung Magdeburgs im Jahr 1631 noch immer zerstört. Es war ohne Mauern und voller Schutt. Noch im gleichen Jahr verkaufte sie das Grundstück für den gleichen Preis an ihren Schwiegersohn, den Seifensieder Joachim Weber, der es 1653 schließlich bebaute. Im Jahr 1683 veräußerten es seine Erben an den Händler Sigismund Weber für 1400 Taler. Bereits 1688 gehörte es dem Glockengießer Jakob Wentzel, dessen Witwe es für 2400 Taler im Jahr 1706 an den Händler Gottfried Jehne veräußerte. Jehnes Witwe war bis 1722 Eigentümerin.

Kurz nach 1722 wurde dann das bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg bestehende dreigeschossige Gebäude für Christoph Goßler errichtet, der das Grundstück am 9. Juli 1722 für 5400 Taler erworben hatte. Die Gliederung wurde dabei der Lage und Ansicht am Breiten Weg angepasst, so dass sie asymmetrisch war. Nach Norden zum Breiten Weg hin befand sich ein von Pilastern flankiertes Portal, bekrönt mit einem Giebel. Oberhalb des Erdgeschosses bestand ein vorkragendes, umlaufendes Gurtgesims. Die vertikale Gliederung erfolgte durch vier Kolossalpilaster und Ecklisenen. An der Westfassade zum Breiten Weg befand sich ein flach hervortretender Mittelrisalit. Im Jahr 1751 erfolgte für das Anwesen eine Erbteilung.

Im Jahr 1845 gehörte das Haus einem Nesener, 1870 dem Kaufmann Delius und 1898 dem Kaufmann Hermann Giese. In dieser Zeit gab es für das Gebäude auch die Bezeichnung Haus Giese. Das Haus blieb im Eigentum der Familie Giese. 1909 und 1914 wurde der Kaufmann Franz Giese, 1925 und 1938 die Geschwister Giese als Eigentümer geführt.

Um 1900 wurden in das Erdgeschoss Ladengeschäfte und Schaufenster eingefügt. Mehrfach erfolgten Umbauten des Dachs. Zeitweise bestand im Dachgeschoss oberhalb des Poretals ein Balkon, der jedoch später wieder entfernt wurde.

Der durch das Haus entstehende Engpass des Breiten Wegs führte zu Behinderungen des Verkehrs, so dass es Überlegungen gab, diese Situation zu verbessern. Um das Jahr 1900 wurde festgestellt, dass die polizeilichen Vorschriften, rechts zu gehen und langsam zu fahren, nicht den gewünschten Erfolg gebracht hätten. Es wurde seitens der Stadt daher eine neue Fluchtlinie festgesetzt. Danach sollte die neue Bauflucht der Ostseite des Breiten Wegs vom Pieschelschen Haus (Haus Zum Turm) in gerader Linie zum weiter südlich befindlichen Gebäude der Magdeburger Feuerversicherung verlaufen. Sie ging damit durch vier Grundstücke, darunter auch des Hauses Zur Jagd hindurch. Bei einer Neubebauung der Grundstücke hätte die neue Bauflucht eingehalten werden müssen. Es folgten Pläne, über die Grundstücke Steinstraße 1 und Poststraße 13 eine neue Straße zum Domplatz zu bauen, um so eine Verkehrsentlastung zu erreichen. Der entsprechende Fluchtlinienplan wurde im November 1909 beschlossen. Tatsächlich verkauften die Gieseschen Erben die Grundstücke am 1. April 1939 an die Stadt Magdeburg. Zu einer Umsetzung der Pläne kam es jedoch nicht mehr.

Bis 1945 blieb das Gebäude jedoch trotzdem erhalten. Städtebaulich wurde das Haus als südlicher Abschluss der barocken Prachtstraße Breiter Weg durchaus geschätzt.

Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde das Gebäude, wie große Teile der Magdeburger Altstadt, zerstört. An der Stelle entstand später ein moderner Wohnhausbau. Die Steinstraße wurde aufgegeben und besteht nicht mehr.

Literatur
 Götz Eckardt (Herausgeber), Schicksale deutscher Baudenkmale im zweiten Weltkrieg, Band 1, Henschel Verlag Berlin, ISBN 3-926642-24-6, Seite 269.
 Alfred Hentzen, Magdeburger Barockarchitektur, Dessau 1927, Seite 52 f.
 Ernst Neubauer, Häuserbuch der Stadt Magdeburg 1631–1720, Teil 1, Herausgeber: Historische Kommission für die Provinz Sachsen und für Anhalt, Magdeburg 1931, Seite 427.
 Guido Skirlo, Der Breite Weg – ein verlorenes Stadtbild. Hrsg.: Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg, 2005, Seite 86 f.

Einzelnachweise

Ehemaliges Kulturdenkmal in Magdeburg
Abgegangenes Bauwerk in Magdeburg
Erbaut in den 1720er Jahren
Zerstört in den 1940er Jahren
Zerstört im Zweiten Weltkrieg


CGA partner Agis Georgiades is attending the Saint Petersburg Legal Forum 16-20 may 2017.
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WHAV (https://whav.net/2014/11/24/city-risks-losing-2-4-million-in-former-hospital-debt-relief/)
City Risks Losing $2.4 Million in Former Hospital Debt Relief
By News Editor | November 24, 2014
The city may be dipping into its rainy day fund after all. Governor Deval Patrick has placed on hold $2.4 million in state funds the city expected to use to defray debt payments on the former Hale Hospital.
Last week, city Councilors Robert H. Scatamacchia and Michael S. McGonagle expressed reservations over using $600,000 in unused abatement funds to reduce property taxes this year. Their fears may have come to pass.
"The $2.4 million is on hold. Should state revenues improve, it would be restored," Colleen M. McGonagle, chief of staff to Rep. Brian S. Dempsey, told WHAV Monday. Dempsey is chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.
"Out of respect for the chairman (Dempsey), the governor chose to place a hold on the money. It would be one of the last things to disappear," she said.
Gov. Patrick last week moved to offset the state's projected $329 million revenue shortfall. Most of the budget cuts require legislative approval and Speaker Robert A. DeLeo has pledged to stop cuts to the local aid. "The Hale money is not considered local aid," however, McGonagle said.
"I'm mad at Deval Patrick for taking away our earmark for the Hale Hospital," Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini said Saturday on a Lowell-based talk radio program. At the time, the mayor did not elaborate and did not return telephone calls or emails by deadline.
Dempsey has delivered more than $16 million to the city since the former city-owned hospital went deep into debt and was sold. Typically, the city has drawn down the state money once the city passed a budget and once the governor signs the state budget. The city passed its $168 million budget in June and Patrick signed the state budget in July.
Meanwhile, McGonagle said state department heads would be consulted to determine exactly how much money could be cut.
"When there is a gap this big, no one is safe. Brian is confident once revenues go up… we'll have the opportunity to secure and lift the hold," she said.
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Demet Haksever on November 25, 2014 at 10:25 am said:
I just received the actual numbers from Mr.Gullo regarding the difference between the property taxes with and without the $600,000 and want to correct what I wrote above regarding these numbers. The benefits are about $27 for average residential and about $98 for average commercial property.
Jack on November 26, 2014 at 10:36 am said:
Well, if the $2.4 million is not sent our way, the Mayor may have to go back to the council to change that tax formula. What I don't understand is why we don't plan 5 years out for these types of situations. Why wait until the bottom drops out ?
I attended the meeting last week and from what I heard, I was not sure if it was a good idea to use the reserve fund of $600,000 to reduce taxes since the benefits of doing that to average homeowner was only about $29 but the benefits for average commercial property was over $1000 a year. I thought the impacts of those amounts on both groups would be small. Unfortunately, the City Council president didn't invite comments from the public about using $600,000 in reserves to reduce the tax levy. We were allowed to comment only about the split of taxes between the residential and commercial property. If the hold on the $2.4 million debt relief is not lifted, then I suppose the city will have to borrow, which in turn will increase our tax liability in the future.
Roland Seeall on November 25, 2014 at 8:03 am said:
Didn't see this on the ET site. But then ;you can't see much on the ET site, which is nothing more than click crap and continues the paper's diminishing attention to Haverhill.
By the way, if you reach your article limit, just clear the cookies from your browser (Chrome>settings>advancedsettings>privacy>clear browser data. Then select cookies and other site data and click clear broswer data again. Presto, a new set of views)
Jack on November 24, 2014 at 6:55 pm said:
Thanks to Councilor LePage for asking for the separate vote on the 600k at the meeting. That opened up the discussion about this money and the questions by Councilors McGonagle and Scatamacchia. Just think if we just assumed the Mayor was accurate on the initial assumption of the funding ? Transparency is a good thing right ?


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Repeal Day 2016 is here!
Sly's goes Tiki in Celebration of Repeal Day!
"What this town really needs is a good Dover sole Meunière."
Consider the Burger - we certainly do at Sly's!
We'll admit it. We didn't know what to think when Arianne proposed a Tiki menu for Repeal Day.
Tiki? Really? While crimes have been committed in the name of the Tiki drink, I should have had faith in the skilled bar staff at Sly's. Long, hard work researching - and testing (love that testing) - means they have come up with a killer Tiki cocktail menu. As can be expected with a skilled staff like we have at Sly's. Not to mention the wealth of material that's out there. The world of Tiki drinks gave us all a lot to work with. The one-day-only menu features drinks dating from 1840 - the Planter's Punch - to the swinging' 70s. Naturally the Tiki drinks that have a constant place on Sly's Classic Cocktail's menu, the Zombie (1937 , limit two per customer) and the Mai Tai (from 1944) are on the list.
It's been a busy couple of weeks behind the bar, with Arianne brewing up falernum syrup, almond based orgeat, testing swizzles and painkillers and fog cutters, Slings and Scorpions. The little paper umbrellas are unfurled, the palm tree swizzles are stocked, and the bar staff is getting ready to cut pineapple garnishes as we speak. Tiki up, my friends, at Sly's this Saturday.
Like to look behind just the Tiki drinks at American's "search for a garden of eden?" Here's a great book Tiki Pop, America Conjures Up Its Own Polynesian Paradise. Author Sven A. Kirsten delves into the wave of Tiki culture that swept America - and not just the drinks, by the way.
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What's the Deal with a Reiki Attunement? One Writer Shares
After being exposed to alternative wellness modalities at Wanderlust, an unlikely candidate for Reiki attunement undergoes a life-changing journey.
By Amanda Crooks
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I'm not someone you'd expect to be interested in Reiki. I'm not a yoga instructor or a regular meditator. I consider myself spiritual, but not woo-woo; I don't travel with crystals (but I have to admit that I own a few) and for the most part I consider myself a regular girl from New Jersey. So why did I choose to get my Reiki Level 1 certification? You may be surprised.
I first got interested in Reiki sort of by accident. I was searching for beginner French classes to take while living in Boston and for some reason Reiki appeared as a class offered in my area. I signed up out of curiosity, but the class was canceled last-minute. I took it as a sign I was better off without it. I left Boston, traveled for a while, and eventually landed in Brooklyn, working for Wanderlust. Wandering the grounds of our Festivals, I was exposed to all sorts of wellness and mindfulness modalities that piqued my interest. There were celestial soundbaths and Silent Discos and smudging ceremonies and Kundalini classes and sweat-inducing workouts… But I wasn't necessarily moved to facilitate any of these.
Through work, I met a woman who worked at the Brooklyn-based wellness center Maha Rose. It was as if being at the Festivals had opened up a portal to interest in my brain, and this time, something just clicked. Years after my first attempt, I was again face-to-face with the opportunity to try for my Reiki certification. So I did. And I LOVED IT.
What an Training Looks Like
I was nervous that I'd be surrounded by people whose "woo-factor" far outpaced mine, and who wouldn't necessarily be receptive to a regular girl from New Jersey. I was wrong. After showing up and making introductions, the training opened with a meditation. Through the day, we learned the basics, and then practiced Reiki on each other and ourselves. We took a few breaks to chat, to journal, and to grab lunch. It was everything you might expect from a full day of learning something new. There were some awkward moments, some nervous giggling, but mostly we were all excited to lean into the experience and be vulnerable with each other and our teacher.
Getting Attuned
The things I least expected were the attunements, which are essentially moments when the Reiki Master performs an energetic opening of your body in order to allow energy to flow freely through you. Attunements are crucial to becoming a Reiki healer.
The colors during the attunement were intense. My eyes were closed but I was seeing rainbow fireworks as the attunement proceeded. It was almost an out-of-body experience. I felt like I could see the energy moving across my eyelids and deep into my brain. The blood coursing through my veins felt electric and my whole body was vibrating. There was a lightness, a levity that filled the room. It was … weird.
I wasn't the only person who felt this way. We took a couple breaks because of the intensity of the course overall. People cried, people shared deep stories, and we all felt a sense of connectedness to the practice and to each other. It was truly special. I won't go on to wax poetic about the whole experience. I think it's very clear I enjoyed the entire process and would do it again in a heartbeat. Here's looking at you Level 2…
Reiki in Practice
The goal of practicing Reiki is not to create energy, but to become a vessel for the energy transfer from the universe unto another object. You can do Reiki on people, animals, plants, rocks, benches, and everything in between—with permission. (Consent counts spiritually as well!) When you think about it, the universe has an incredible amount of energy to give and Reiki teaches us how to become a funnel for that positive energy to heal other people and things. This is my favorite part about Reiki training—I was not asked to become an expert or to harness any power, it was truly an exercise in opening myself up to let the universe do its own work to help others feel better and to take away a little bit of pain that lives in this world. Learning to do Reiki is truly a selfless task (though you can do Reiki on yourself and It. Feels. Amazing.).
And I'm living proof that it's not just yogis and hippies doing it! According to research from the Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center and published by Mayo Clinic, Reiki has been used during open heart surgeries and for cancer patients, for pregnant women and firefighter first-responders at 9/11's Ground Zero. The benefits are scientifically proven. According to a Reiki study done at Hartford Hospital:
86% of patients reported improved sleep
78% of patients reported reduced pain
80% of patients reported reduced nausea
A whopping 94% of pregnant women reported reduced anxiety
Whether or not you believe in the study results, I think it's worth noting that spending an hour lying down with your eyes closed, while someone else is actively and sincerely trying to help you feel just a little bit better through energy healing is kind of a wonderful thing, and I strongly suggest you give it a try.
Amanda Crooks is a full-time staff member at Wanderlust, curating integrated partnerships. In her free time, she visits National Parks, studies French, tries new trends in health and wellness, and goes on whiskey distillery tours. She splits her time between New Jersey and Brooklyn and doesn't have social media.


–After hours of testimony and closed door negotiation between prospective pot farmers and those opposed to the proposed cannabis operation on York Mountain Road, an agreement was reached late Tuesday afternoon at the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors' meeting.
Consultant Jamie Jones' clients and the concerned neighbors finally reached an agreement. The plan to put a pot farm at 6480 York Mountain road in Templeton was finally approved, but the cannabis operation is greatly reduced in size and scope. The grow will be indoors, to alleviate odors emanating from the farm.


Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Pinoza in outer Asunción. Founded on 12 October 1903, it is one of the oldest and most successful in the country, with eleven Primera División titles.
Club Guaraní is the second oldest Paraguayan football club. It was founded in 1903 under the name of "Football Club Guaraní" and its first president was Juan Patri. The name of the club derives from the Guaraní people, a big part of Paraguayan culture and history. The colours of the club, black and yellow, were proposed by the Melina brothers (also among the founders of the club) in reference to the colours of Uruguayan club Peñarol, where the Melina brothers played for a few years. The mentioned colors were also used by English privateer Francis Drake in his emblem and shield, which is another reason why they were chosen to represent the club.
Guaraní is one of the traditional teams from the Paraguayan football league and during their history they have won a total of ten championships and were runners-up in fourteen occasions. The most successful era in their history was in the 1960s, where they had an excellent team that won three titles. This era is known as the "golden decade" by the Guaraní fans.
Along with Olimpia, they play the "clásico añejo" (the oldest derby) because they are the two oldest teams from Paraguay. Also, Guaraní, Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are the only teams that have never played in the second division of the Paraguayan league.
In late May 2010, Guaraní became champions after 26 years after defeating Olimpia in a match that ended 2–1 to clinch the 2010 Apertura title.
One of the club's youth teams played at the 2008 Torneo di Viareggio, the 2010 Torneo di Viareggio, the 2012 Torneo di Viareggio and the 2014 Torneo di Viareggio.
As of 10 January 2018.
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^ "Colombia - C. Caicedo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Yuki Tamura". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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9 best holiday tech gifts for grandparents the 2019 season
These presents help grandparents stay in touch with family whether they're far away or enjoying the holidays in person.
At the top of every grandparent's list of wants is spending time with their grandchildren. So gifts that allow them to stay connected to their loved ones are those that will be adored. These nine presents either help grandparents feel closer to family while they're at home, make trips to see their grandchildren easier or give them some comfort to know everything at their place is safe and secure while they're on the road for the holiday season.
Nest Hub Max
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This new display from Google supports its video chat service, Google Duo, a fantastic way to see family even when you can't be in the same room. But that's just the tip of what the $229 Nest Hub Max can do. Yes, there's Google Assistant built inside — but you also get a Nest security camera, which means you can tap into that tool even when away to see what's happening in your home. New features also include facial recognition and Voice Match, which means the display only shows details specific to the person it recognizes — a solid security feature for anyone who likes to keep things private.
Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo 920
The Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo 920 works with both Alexa and Google AssistantGearBrain
Robot vacuums have come a long way since we started testing them at GearBrain. One of the newest is the $699.99 Ecovacs Deebot Ozmo 920, a robot that will both vacuum and mop your floors in one go. There are multiple settings, and the vacuum can be ordered to start cleaning with your voice through integrations with both Alexa and Google Assistant. It's perfect for those who like to do some daily cleaning around their home, like grandparents. It's also easy to empty the bin, which is opened from the top, and not the bottom — a solid feature we're seeing more often in robotic vacuum cleaners.
Away the Bigger Carry-On
Away The Bigger Carry-On bag has a removable battery charger inside Away
Away bags are great pieces of luggage (we have one ourselves). One of the big selling points is the thin, but strong, material that the bag is made of which means your things stay protected inside, but you don't have to add a ton of weight to get that perk. The Away Bigger Carry-On is one you can bring on the plan, it rolls and it includes a battery charger inside — which, yes, can be removed per TSA requirements. At $245 is really fairly priced for a piece of luggage and the endless color options, from pink to a modern asphalt great, make this the perfect holiday gift for any grandparent.
Nest Wifi
The Nest Wifi is the simplest mesh Wi-Fi system you'll install GearBrain
Two Google devices on one list? What can we say, Google pushed out some solid products this year. The new Nest Wifi is a perfect holiday gift — actually for anyone — with a mesh system that is so easy to install truly anyone can get this up and running in about five minutes. Really. The $269 Nest Wifi two-pack comes with a router and a second point, and works across 3,800 square feet. The second point, or mesh device, also includes Google Assistant. You can tap the voice A.I. to do anything the Nest Mini can do, like pull up the weather, play music, or check details you have stored in a Google account. And, yes, you can turn all of that off as well.
Awair Glow C
The Awair Glow C doubles as a smart plug, with a motion sensor packed insideAwair
This air sensor glows a color that instantly tells you about the air quality in the room. Green is great, red is a problem. It also doubles as a smart plug, so a coffee maker, or a lamp, for example, can be plugged in and then operates from the app as well off your smartphone. The $89 Awair Glow C reads humidity levels and VOC levels. One of our favorite features was the motion sensor, which can be set up to turn that lamp you plugged in to turn on automatically when you walk past the Glow C. Ideal for grandparents, especially those who may be visiting, who want a bit of light when they're up at night and in a space that may not be super familiar.
Lovebox wooden box with rotating heart Lovebox
This unique and sweet gift plays at the heart, a wooden object with a red geometric heart that spins when someone has sent a message to the box. Left the beech wood lid of the $100 Lovebox, and there's a note on the screen sent by someone through a mobile app. You can even make a drawing, which will show up as well. You can buy a two-pack — so grandparents can send messages back — for $199.98, although this option is currently on sale for just $174.99. Spend an extra $15 and you can engrave the top with a personal message as well.
The Philips Hue Go works 24 hours as a portable lampGearBrain
This lamp highlights the simplicity of design, a product that works simply but doesn't give up looks for features. The $80 Philips Hue Go is a lamp that's works plugged into an electrical socket, but can hold a 24-hour charge and be brought on the road as well. It's great as a nightlight, as a reading lamp, but also as an emergency device: in a blackout, you simply turn it on and know you'll have a working light for hours. You can bring this on the road with you too (say, to visit grandchildren), or take it outside, use the campfire setting (one of our favorites) and make a little candlelit dinner out on the back porch.
Honeywell Home T9
The Honeywell Home T9 has a vacation mode for controlling the indoor temperature of any spaceGearBrain
This smart thermostat packs smart room sensors inside, giving you the ultimate way to control the temperature in any home. The newest $199.99 Honeywell Home T9 smart thermostat reads movement in a room, so it knows if temperatures need to go up and down to create the comfort level someone wants at all times. Smart thermostats are also ideal for those who are traveling, as there is a vacation mode so you can save some money by not over-heating or over-cooling your home when you're not there. Buying this for grandparents? Consider springing for the installation too.
Long Distance Friendship Lamp
The Long Distance Friendship Lamp glows in a loved one's home when someone is thinking of them Long Distance Friendship Lamp
Friendship lamps are designed for pals and loved ones, touch one and the other lamp — wherever it may be — lights up to know someone is thinking of them. This pair, sold by Uncommon Goods, feature a unique design that taps into the look of Arts and Crafts movement for a very budget price. The Long Distance Friendship Lamp is $85 for one, $170 for two, they work over Wi-Fi, and can glow a specific color, or move through an entire rainbow for up to 24 hours, or for just 30 minutes.
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Charles Frey (1886-1959) worked in the editorial and art department of the Chicago Examiner (1905-06), and the Chicago Evening Post (1906-09). In 1917, he organized the Chicago branch and served as the national director of the American Protective League. The collection consists of correspondence and manuscript data concerning the American Protective League accumulated by Charles Frey as Director of the League. Also included are files of U.S. War Department telegrams, Official Bulletin of the U.S. Committee on Public Information, bulletins of the Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Justice, and miscellaneous government bulletins.
Frey was born on October 9, 1886 in Denver, Colorado; after an education in the public schools, Frey worked in the editorial and art department of the Chicago Examiner, 1905-06, and the Chicago Evening Post, 1906-09; in 1917 he organized the Chicago branch and served as the national director of the American Protective League; served as captain, Military Intelligence Division of the General Staff, Washington during World War I; served as chairman of the finance committee, Municipal Voters League, 1920-26; organized the Charles Daniel Frey Company advertising agency in 1921 which operated until its liquidation in 1948; vice chairman, board of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, 1934; director, Chicago Times, 1939-47; died in November 1959.
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American Protective League. Chicago District. Data Concerning Organization. Charles Daniel Frey, Chief
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Q: Why does RestSharp Call work in VB.NET form Code module, but not in VB.NET class module with same code This is a continuing quest to get api calls to work in in VB.NET application using RestSharp. When I started this effort I created a Windows forms project so I could manually enter values and test the approach. The first task in running the application is to retrieve a oauth user token from eBay given the refresh token for that user. In the form I enter the refresh token and run the procedure cmdGetCode which is executed by a button press. The procedure returns the user token information in JSON format. This works and returns the usertoken JSON. See code below.
Imports System.Net
Imports RestSharp
Imports System.Text.Json
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
Public Class Form1
    Public uT As userToken
    Dim sBaseURL As String = My.Settings.baseURL
    Dim ClientSec As String = My.Settings.ClientSec
    Dim ClientID As String = My.Settings.ClientID
    Dim sTokURL As String = My.Settings.tokenURL
    Dim sFulfillmentURL As String = My.Settings.fulfillmentURL
    Dim dsFulfilment As DataSet
    Dim client As RestClient = New RestClient(sBaseURL)
    Async Sub cmdGetCode_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles cmdGetCode.Click
        Dim Base64Auth As String = System.Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(ClientID & ":" & ClientSec))
        Dim request As RestRequest = New RestRequest(sTokURL, Method.Post)
        With request
            .AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
            .AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic " & Base64Auth)
            .AddParameter("grant_type", "refresh_token")
            .AddParameter("refresh_token", txtRefreshToken.Text)
            .AddParameter("Scope", "https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.inventory")
        End With
        Try
            Dim response = Await client.PostAsync(request)
            If response.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK Then
                Dim sR As String = response.Content
                'uT = JsonSerializer.Deserialize(Of userToken)(sR)
                uT = New userToken
                JsonConvert.PopulateObject(sR, uT)
                txtAuthToken.Text = uT.access_token.ToString
                txtDuration.Text = uT.expires_in.ToString
            Else
                txtRefreshToken.Text = "Failed to GetType tokens"
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            txtRefreshToken.Text = "Failed to GetType tokens"
        End Try
    End Sub

Given that this worked I then created a class in my application, clsUserToken, to provide the same function. This class in instantiated on application start and then executed to retrieve the user token for each of our users by updating the refresh token and executing the procedure getUserToken in the class. Code follows:

Imports System.Net
Imports RestSharp
Imports System.Text.Json
Imports Newtonsoft.Json

Public Class clsUserToken

    Property uT As userToken
    Dim sBaseURL As String
    Dim ClientSec As String
    Dim ClientID As String
    Dim sTokURL As String
    Dim client As RestClient
    Property refreshToken

    Sub New()
        ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12
        sBaseURL = My.Settings.baseURL
        client = New RestClient(sBaseURL)
        ClientSec = My.Settings.ClientSec
        ClientID = My.Settings.ClientID
        sTokURL = My.Settings.tokenURL

    End Sub

    Async Sub getUserToken()

        Dim Base64Auth As String = System.Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(ClientID & ":" & ClientSec))
        Dim request As RestRequest = New RestRequest(sTokURL, Method.Post)
        With request
            .AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
            .AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic " & Base64Auth)
            .AddParameter("grant_type", "refresh_token")
            .AddParameter("refresh_token", refreshToken)
            .AddParameter("Scope", "https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.inventory")
        End With
        Try
            Dim response = Await client.PostAsync(request)
            'Dim responce = Await client.ExecuteAsync(request)
            If response.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK Then
                Dim sR As String = response.Content
                JsonConvert.PopulateObject(sR, uT)
                uT.fail = False
            Else
                uT.fail = True
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            ErrorLogger.WriteToErrorLog(ex.Message, ex.StackTrace, "clsUsertToken_getUserToken")
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

This does not work. The application drops out of the procedure when the line Dim response = Await client.PostAsync(request) is executed. No error message, nothing in the catch.
There is really no difference in the code between the two modules so I am at a loss as to what is happening. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
Here is how the class is called.
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
Module Run
    'Public clsUT As clsUserToken = New clsUserToken
    Dim tok As String
    Public UT As userToken
    Public policies As clsPolicies
    Dim d As Dac
    'Public T As test

    Public Sub main()
        Call getCode()
        UT = New userToken 'Instansiate userToken class. Holds user token properties
        policies = New clsPolicies
        d = New Dac
        Call getPolicies()
    End Sub

    Sub getPolicies()

        Dim dt As DataTable
        Dim dr As DataRow
        Dim refreshToken As String
        'Dim token As userToken = New userToken
        Dim clsUT As New clsUserToken
        Dim sName As String
        Dim iCredentialID As Integer
        d.Connstring = My.Settings.conn
        dt = d.ExecuteDataTable("sp_GetSellers")
        If dt.Rows.Count > 0 Then
            For Each dr In dt.Rows
                refreshToken = dr.Item(2).ToString
                iCredentialID = dr.Item(0)
                sName = dr.Item(1).ToString
                clsUT.uT = UT 'Pass token to Get user token class
                clsUT.refreshToken = refreshToken

                clsUT.getUserToken()
                If UT.fail = False Then
                    tok = UT.access_token
                    policies.sUserToken = tok
                    policies.fulfillmentPolicies()
                    policies.returnPolicies()
                    policies.paymentPolicies()
                    updateFullfillment(policies.sFulfillmentContent, iCredentialID)
                    updatePayment(policies.sPaymentContent, iCredentialID)
                    updateReturn(policies.sReturnContent, iCredentialID)
                End If

            Next
        End If
    End Sub

A: Async is "viral", in that if you call an Async method your calling code must also be Async, and it must Await the result of the method you are calling. Thus one Async use tends to force a lot of other dependant code to also be Async, which in turn can cause other code to be Async, and it can infest an entire code base.
It works in the Form's button click event because Visual Studio is smart enough to see the event handler method is Async and call it appropriately when the event is raised.


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Robert Half Recognized As One Of America's Best Employers For Women
MENLO PARK, Calif., July 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Staffing firm Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) announced it was named to Forbes' 2019 list of The Best Employers for Women.
Forbes partnered with an independent research firm to survey 60,000 workers — including 40,000 women — working for companies with at least 1,000 employees. Respondents rated their own organizations on criteria such as working conditions, diversity and pay equity. Responses were reviewed for potential gender gaps.
Participants were also asked to nominate businesses in other industries. The employers with the most recommendations and the most gender diversity among board members and executives were included on Forbes' list.
"We are proud that many outstanding women have chosen to build meaningful careers with Robert Half," said Lynne Smith, senior vice president of Human Resources. "We have a long history of promoting ethical and fair business practices and advocating for gender equality."
Founded in 1948, Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized staffing firm and the parent company of Protiviti®, a global consulting firm that provides internal audit, risk, business and technology consulting solutions. Robert Half has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide and offers job search services at roberthalf.com.
SOURCE Robert Half
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La No Wave va tenir un curt període de vida però influent del punk rock centrat a Nova York durant els últims 70s i primerencs 80s. No Wave va tenir un moviment abstracte i música experimental.

Els artistes classificats com No Wave, generalment van tenir poca similitud musical entre ells: Els grups van treballar en diferents estils, tals com funk i jazz (James Chance), blues, música aleatòria i punk rock. Mars, Swans i The Static (Glenn Branca) van experimentar amb soroll extrem, la música droning que estava caracteritzada per repetitius drumbeats i lletres explícitament nihilistes i guitarra de tres ponts.

L'àlbum No New York, produït per Brian Eno, és el millor exemple d'aquest gènere, amb cançons de Mars, Teenage Jesús & The Jerks (Lydia Lunch), DNA i James Chance.

Àlbums
 No New York, 1978, Brian Eno, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Mars, DNA, James Chance & The Contortions

Grups
 The Contortions
 DNA
 James Chance
 Lydia Lunch
 Mars
 Sonic Youth
 Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
 Glenn Branca
 Rhys Chatham

Vegeu també
 Art Rock
 Post Punk
 Punk Rock
 Guitarra preparada

Documental
 Kill Your Idols, Scott Crary, 2004

Referències
 No Wave AllMusic

Enllaços externs
 New York No Wave Photo Archive

Punk rock


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New York Times Best-Selling Author David Horowitz Coming to Sioux Falls
Dan Peters Published: April 28, 2017
The South Dakota Republican Party is hosting a Freedom Rally on Saturday with renowned author David Horowitz as the keynote speaker.
To be a featured guest at a Republican event was inconceivable for Horowitz as a young man whose parents led him toward Communism. However, tragedy was the turning point for Horowitz.
"The Black Panther Party murdered my friend and the left supported them. When the left was successful in forcing America out of Vietnam and the Communists proceeded to slaughter two and a half million people there were no protests against that. I voted for Ronald Regan in 1984 and have been a conservative ever since."
Horowitz believes President Trump gains support because he goes on the attack which most Republicans are loathe to do.
"Republicans are too polite. Whenever I see a Republican square off with a Democrat it looks to me like Godzilla versus Bambi. The Democrat is going to be calling the Republican a racist, sexist, homophobe and an Islamophobe. Meanwhile the Republican will be calling the Democrat a liberal."
There is no irony according to Horowitz that President Trump as a former Democrat now Republican comes out swinging.
"I call people who have come over from the left 'Second Thoughters' as in people who had second thoughts (about their positions). The left are like missionaries going out and trying to change the world. Conservatives talk like accountants worrying about the cost of this and that, but don't have the missionary fervor. That handicaps them in the political wars."
In order for the country to succeed, Horowitz says there needs to be a shift back to principles of individual freedom and accountability rather than placing a label on someone.
"We shouldn't judge people by their skin color or their origins. The Democratic party wants everybody to judge you on the basis of your skin color, origins, gender and sexual orientation."
The Republican affair will directly compete with the South Dakota Democrats' McGovern Day dinner with both events to be held at the Sioux Falls Ramkota. Democrats will have a highly-touted guest in their own right with Minnesota Congressman and DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison as the featured guest.
Source: New York Times Best-Selling Author David Horowitz Coming to Sioux Falls
Filed Under: Politics, Sioux Falls


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In a large bowl, combine mushrooms, artichoke hearts, olive oil, vinegar, wine, basil, oregano, salt, pepper. Toss, set aside & let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Arrange chopped lettuce on a large platter, strain mushrooms & artichokes from the marinade & place in centre of lettuce. Arrange remaining vegetables around centre. Drizzle remaining marinade ove antipasto & serve.


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Beijing will be the first city to host both the summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games. Several venues from the 2008 Games will be used for these Winter Games, which will take place from February 4 to 20, 2022. The Principality of Monaco will present athletes in alpine skiing and bobsleigh.
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Actor, troupe leader, author and director, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), known as Molière, is the complete man of the theater par excellence. He exploited the whole gamut of comedic effects and created characters with complex psychology who quickly became archetypes. He distinguished himself by both comic and critical pieces, making laughter a weapon to combat the mores and constraints of his time, arousing resounding controversies and lasting hostility from devout circles. Molière's work constitutes one of the pillars of literary education in France and remains one of the references of universal literature.
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Q: Sampling to get around randomForest's 32 factor level limit I'm trying to work around the randomForest package limit of 32 levels for factors.
I have a data set with 100 factors in one of the variables.
I wrote the following code to see what things would look like using sampling WITH replacement and how many tries it would take to get certain % of factors selected.
sampAll <- c()
nums1 <- seq(1,102,1)
for(i in 1:20){
samp1 <- sample(nums1, 32)
sampAll <- unique(cbind(sampAll, samp1))
outSamp1 <- nums1[-(sampAll[,1:ncol(sampAll)])]
print(paste(i, " | Remaining: ",length(outSamp1)/102,sep=""))
flush.console()
}

[1] "1 | Remaining: 0.686274509803922"
[1] "2 | Remaining: 0.490196078431373"
[1] "3 | Remaining: 0.333333333333333"
[1] "4 | Remaining: 0.254901960784314"
[1] "5 | Remaining: 0.215686274509804"
[1] "6 | Remaining: 0.147058823529412"
[1] "7 | Remaining: 0.117647058823529"
[1] "8 | Remaining: 0.0980392156862745"
[1] "9 | Remaining: 0.0784313725490196"
[1] "10 | Remaining: 0.0784313725490196"
[1] "11 | Remaining: 0.0490196078431373"
[1] "12 | Remaining: 0.0294117647058824"
[1] "13 | Remaining: 0.0196078431372549"
[1] "14 | Remaining: 0.00980392156862745"
[1] "15 | Remaining: 0.00980392156862745"
[1] "16 | Remaining: 0.00980392156862745"
[1] "17 | Remaining: 0.00980392156862745"
[1] "18 | Remaining: 0"
[1] "19 | Remaining: 0"
[1] "20 | Remaining: 0"

What I'm debating is whether to sample with or without replacement.
I'm thinking about:
1) getting a sample of 32 of the 100 factors,
2) using those lines to run the randomForest,
3) predicting the test set with the randomForest and
4) repeating this process either
     a) 3(WITHOUT replacement) or
     b) 10-15 times (WITH replacement).
5) taking the 3 or 10-15 predicted values, finding the average and using that as a final predictor.

I'm curious if anyone has tried something like this or if I'm breaking any rules (introducing bias, etc.) or if anyone has any suggestions.
NOTE:
I've cross-posted this question on Stack-Overflow.

A: I doubt that you have 100-level factor which is not truly ordered or reducible to some hierarchy...
Anyway, I'll throw a bit simpler idea -- try splitting this attribute into two, say by randomly converting those levels to 0..99 and encoding first digit as new attribute A and second as new attribute B. This way a tree will be in theory still able of representing any subset of original levels.
 You may also repeat this few times (with different levels to 0:99 mappings) and this way emulate your intended random scan loop within one model training, only on information system with $2\text{few}-1$ more attributes.


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Chief Warrant Officer 5 Thomas Travis joined the Army in 1984, he is a jumpmaster and rotary wing advisor for U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command and, in total, has approximately 126 jumps. Thirty-one years later, his son followed in his footsteps.
"Our family's military history goes all the way back to a Norman chief named Travers who crossed the channel with William the Conqueror," Travis said. "In the U.S., our family fought in the Revolution, the war for Texas independence, both sides of the Civil War; and my father and uncle fought in WWII in the Pacific."
"Its part of the family business, there's a long tradition of military in our family, so I'm honored that he decided to take this route," Travis said.
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The elder Travis recalls his son, Josh Travis, expressing an interest in the military at a very young age, he specifically remembers his son telling him; "I want to be in the Army and fly like you do."
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The opportunity to jump together seemed to almost blur the inherent danger of what they were about to do, however, Tom and Josh Travis are confident in their training and their equipment.
"As I like to say; the parachute wants to open. You have to have a healthy respect for what you are doing, and not get complacent. As I JMPI'ed [Jumpmaster Personnel Inspection (A required procedure, conducted on each jumper, prior to every jump.)] him before the jump, I actually did think; 'wow I am inspecting my son!'" Tom Travis said.
With more than 30 years in the military, Tom Travis says that his time in the Army is just about up, though he's had 'a lot of fun' doing what he loves. He knew that jumping with his son is an opportunity that may be gone someday soon. His son, Josh Travis, shares the sentiment.
"Before I joined the military, I knew jumping with my dad before he retires would possibly be one of the benefits of being stationed here at Bragg, and today it all kind of just kind of came together" the younger Travis said.
Tom Travis states that he has learned a lot during the last 30 years of his military career, and with this experience he plans to prepare his son for a long, successful career in the Army with some words of wisdom.
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"I am very proud of my son for choosing this path. I have always tried to guide and advise him, but the decision to join the military should always rest with the individual. A parent should never push their son or daughter into serving," Tom Travis said.
Josh Travis notes that he looks forward to the possibility of one day sharing the same experiences he's had with his father, with his own son or daughter.